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In-person learning nears with excitement, heavy lift from teachers BY EDWARD BOOTH Enterprise staff writer The Davis school district will launch a five-day in-person learning model on Monday that will remain in place for the remainder of the school year. Excitement for the return is in the air for students, teachers and parents, though school will not
yet be what it was before the pandemic. About 30% of district students will still be learning from a distance, and those who return will need to adapt to COVID-19 safety precautions, such as masking, social distancing and hand washing. Air filters will run constantly in classrooms to purify and cycle the air, COVID-19 testing will occur
each week and students will need to stay home if they have any symptoms of the illness. Students may also be forced back into distance learning for 10 days if any cases show up in their classroom. But students will be able to see their classmates again, become familiar with their school campuses — some for the first time — and gain a feel for sitting at a
desk and listening to a teacher while surrounded by classmates. The district plans to reopen entirely in the fall, and is working to build a distance learning academy for any students who would prefer it. The excitement is palpable. Davis City Council member Will Arnold said at a city and school district 2x2 meeting Wednesday
that his kids are incredibly excited to go back to school, and he’s excited for them to return. He even played an April Fool’s Day prank, he said, by telling them schools had opened up on April 1. “I told them, ‘get in the car, school’s open today, they just texted us all!’ ” Arnold said. “I’d
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Masked Davis Waldorf Students take a lesson outdoors as the private school adapted to COVID health restrictions.
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Lived experience Waldorf school has lessons for pandemic learning BY JEFF HUDSON Enterprise correspondent When the coronavirus pandemic struck in March 2020, educational institutions of all kinds had to scramble to adapt to a new set of health-related safety measures and precautions. There were urgent meetings at public and private schools in Davis, as staff members read over the instructions from the county public health officer and figured out ways to make them
work in their school’s setting. The Davis Waldorf School was in a better position than most to quickly adapt to this new (and unprecedented) challenge, which was unlike anything that schools had previously faced in modern times, like the brief school closures due to outbreaks of the swine flu, whooping cough, or the measles. Davis Waldorf — a K-8 school with a total enrollment of nearly 200 students — has an average class size that is smaller
than the typical average class size at a public school. And the leafy, shade-dappled Waldorf campus has several outdoor spaces that were already used periodically during the school year as open-air classrooms. In addition, Waldorf parents tend to be active and involved as volunteers. And a small, K-8 school with a tad under 200 students can respond to a public health emergency in a more nimble manner than a public-school district with 8,500 students,
multiple campuses, high school students, etc. As a result, Davis Waldorf students were back on the school campus after a comparatively brief interval of weeks doing on-line “distance learning.” And consequently, teachers at Davis Waldorf have logged multiple months of experience with a daily school routine that involves wearing face masks, social distancing, and the other measures that schools are typically now obligated to adopt for safety’s sake.
The Sacramento City Council voted 7-2 Tuesday evening to approve a Community Benefits Partnership Agreement tied to the Aggie Square project, a $1.1 billion campus and innovation hub slated to break ground in Sacramento in late 2021. The 1.2 million square-foot UC Davis extension will host research and academic activities, continuing education and job training, and business startups, especially those working in the fields of life science, technology and healthy communities, and bring substantial economic investment to Sacramento. The community benefits agreement, which was announced two weeks ago by UC Davis and the City of Sacramento, includes money for local housing and infrastructure and a guarantee that local residents are prioritized for jobs that come out of the project. “Aggie Square is the single biggest high-wage jobs and housing opportunity we have had in this city in decades,” Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg said last month. City officials estimate the project could bring
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BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer Levels of coronavirus detected in the city’s sewage system have held steady over the last week though positive tests for COVID-19 have ticked up in Davis recently. The city has seen a larger percentage growth in new cases over the last four weeks than Woodland, West Sacramento and Winters, though not by much — between March 12 and April 9, cases grew by about 4 percent in Davis, compared to 3 percent in Woodland and West Sacramento and 1.5 percent in Winters. Unincorporated areas of the county also saw
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a 4-percent increase in cases over the last four weeks. All told, 83 new cases were reported in Davis residents over the last month. And while that is significantly less than the enormous surge of cases during the winter, there is an upward curve of cases in the city, compared to the county as a whole where cases remain relatively flat. Meanwhile, the wastewater monitoring that Healthy Davis Together conducted over the last week in Davis showed levels of coronavirus found in samples of sewage taken at multiple locations in the
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Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig believes it’s time for the community to have a purposeful conversation about criminal justice reform. What’s been missing, he says, is the prosecutorial data that facilitates those talks. “It just lacks meaningful transparency,” Reisig said of the void. “It erodes the trust between the community and the government, and it’s because the accountability is missing. It’s been a key failure in the system.” The recent unveiling of an online database, accessible to the public, could change that. Last week, Reisig’s office teamed with Yolo County’s Multi-Cultural Community Council and Measures for Justice, a New York-based nonprofit and nonpartisan research organization, to launch Commons
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— a first-of-its-kind data transparency dashboard that tracks the county’s criminal caseload, from arrest to resolution. Check it out here: www.measures forjustice.org/commons/yoloda. “It has what people want,” Amy Bach, Measures for Justice CEO, said at an online launch event Tuesday. Chief among them: the ability for the public to stream accurate data and examine whether people of varying backgrounds received consistent treatment in court. And because it’s collected, validated and posted by a neutral third party, the portal offers the assurance that the numbers aren’t “cooked,” Bach says. “We have to be able to sit down in our humanity and have a conversation that’s based on fact,” Tessa Smith, chairwoman of the MCCC, said during Tuesday’s launch event. Commons, she added, provides a pathway “to have a dialogue that can
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Speck lived an amazing life for good O ur town lost a great soul and a cherished citizen who cannot be replaced when lifelong resident Cathy Speck passed away the day after Easter at the age of 61. It was a day we all feared would come sooner rather than later when Cathy was diagnosed with ALS a decade ago, but her indomitable spirit and her willingness to tackle her disease head-on gave her — and us — many more special years than the data would have suggested. Put simply, Cathy Speck is one of the greatest human beings God ever put on this Earth. She taught us love and compassion and kindness and true friendship. Those who didn’t know Cathy might hear of all the lives she touched and all the people she influenced since her diagnosis and think she was impressive for someone afflicted with ALS, and later cancer, as well. No, Cathy Speck was impressive all right, but it had nothing to do with ALS. She was impressive before being stricken with ALS and impressive while she battled ALS and impressive until the day she died. Sometimes when people die, we read that they “lost” a long battle with a dread disease. But Cathy didn’t lose anything. Until she took her last breath, she was making people laugh and smile and think deeply about why we are on this Earth. In a sometimes dark and divided world, she was a force for good. Yes, I’m sure it was a battle, but every time I would encounter Cathy around town, she was so full of life and joy and love and care for others that she didn’t appear to be battling anything at all. While she was incredibly open
about death and dying and willing to talk about her diagnosis with a disease that had already claimed her mother Dorothy in 1972, her brother Larry in 2008 and her brother Paul in 2011, she was consumed with living each day as it came. She certainly knew that her time might be limited, but that seemed only to make her even more determined to spread the kind of special, unrestricted and unconditional love she had to offer. As her sister Barb so perfectly put it, “Cathy is like the candle used to light other candles. Cathy strove to find light and positivity. She encouraged us to do the same. Our world was lighter, brighter and richer because she taught us gratitude, generosity and humility. You light up my life, dear sister.” One of the great joys in my life was to introduce Cathy a few years ago to a large and appreciative crowd of her friends and other community members on the occasion of her induction into the Davis High School Blue and White Hall of Fame.
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he joy was multiplied tenfold when I listened to Cathy’s acceptance speech. I had heard of her prowess with a microphone, but had never witnessed it in person. In short, she knocked my socks off. Her message was so full of hope and encouragement and optimism that she could have been elected
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Put simply, Cathy Speck is one of the greatest human beings God ever put on this Earth. She taught us love and compassion and kindness and true friendship. president of the United States that night. Friends of hers told me afterward that this was something she regularly did in our schools and universities with great effect on those blessed to be in attendance. Cathy’s longtime friend Jennifer Terra noted, “I have known Cathy since she was 5 and I was 3. The reason we all hurt so deeply is because we loved her so deeply. Her illness did not define her. What defined her was her optimism and her gratitude and how she always found a way to be happy. “She always knew everything was going to be OK and she passed on that belief to everyone around her. She chose to bring happiness into people’s lives and told us all to embrace each day we’re given. That kind of spirit has such a bright light and a huge presence and she left that to all of us.” There must have been a million posts on social media the day Cathy died, each pointing out a different quality of this remarkable person. Darlene Hunter wrote, “Cathy is an amazing warrior who had
shared with all her sense of humor, intelligence, musical talents, her incredible strength to weather unbelievable challenges while always being positive and giving us her radiant smile.” Yes, that smile. When Cathy smiled, you could see her soul.
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rry Murphey wrote, “Cathy has always been a lesson to all of us on how to live your best life no matter the circumstances.” Bob McBarton noted, “For her, the best medicine was to mock death by having as much fun as possible. And she had fun.” Linda Dickerson Brant added, “Cathy is a heavenly spirit placed on this earth to spread kindness, joy, inspiration, tenacity, humor, compassion and courage. She has given us a compass for how to live.” Heidy Kellison accurately stated, “There will never be enough column inches to do her justice.” Ruth Chappel Roper said simply, “God is so proud of all she accomplished.” Joe Davidson wrote, “A fighter.
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Davis man arrested in federal drug-trafficking probe BY LAUREN KEENE Enterprise staff writer Federal drug agents raided a North Davis home last week in connection with an international drug-trafficking investigation that resulted in three arrests. Parampreet Singh, a 55-yearold resident of Goshawk Street, and two others face charges of distributing and conspiracy to distribute cocaine, heroin, opium and ketamine — the latter an anesthetic drug often abused for its hallucinogenic and tranquilizing effects, according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court. Singh and his codefendants — Ranvir Singh, 38, of Sacramento, and Amandeep Singh Multani,
33, of Roseville — remained on no-bail holds Saturday at the Sacramento County Jail pending their next court hearing. The 36-page complaint contends that the Singhs and Multani conspired since at least August 2020 to distribute the drugs “from Sacramento and elsewhere,” their alleged activities coming to the Sacramento DEA’s attention last October. Read the complaint at https:// wp.me/p3aczg-3Zct. Joshua Matas, a special agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration, wrote in an affidavit that the six-month investigation began in October with a phone call from DEA officers in Ottawa.
“The DEA Ottawa CO (country office) agents advised that in June 2020, they began investigating members of the Parampreet Singh drug-trafficking organization (DTO), which they later found is based in Sacramento, CA and extends to the greater Toronto, Canada metropolitan area,” Matas wrote. “The DEA Ottawa CO investigators further advised that the York Regional Police (a Canadian police department in the greater Toronto area) is utilizing a police officer acting in an undercover capacity to directly communicate with DTO members, who are involved in facilitating the trafficking of cocaine, heroin, opium and ketamine across international
borders,” the affidavit says. According to the document, undercover officers brokered multiple drug purchases through both Singhs and Multani, who “have offered to supply up to hundreds of kilograms of cocaine, heroin, opium and ketamine at a time ... They have also stated that they have drug-trafficking connections to Mexico, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Germany, in addition to the United States and Canada,” Matas wrote. The complaint says Parampreet Singh arranged many of the transactions on encrypted textmessaging apps, which Matas said “shows his level of expertise in his attempts to avoid detection of his drug-related conversations
by law enforcement.” In addition to the undercover purchases, officers conducted ongoing surveillance of Parampreet Singh’s Davis house, his business — a Chevron Extra Mile gas station on Harbor Boulevard in West Sacramento — and Ranvir Singh and Multani’s residences in Sacramento and Roseville, all of which underwent searches last week. Agents took the trio into custody on Thursday, online jail records show. Should they remain in custody, prosecutors have two weeks from the date of arrest to bring an indictment in the case, according to Lauren Horwood, spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Sacramento.
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Cases of COVID-19 in the city of Davis have shown a recent upward trend.
UPTICK: Sewage holds many clues From Page A1 city have stayed about the same. Data from the previous week showed virus levels holding steady or decreasing throughout the city with one notable exception — a week ago Healthy Davis Together notified residents in parts of East/ Central Davis that virus levels were increasing in wastewater samples taken in that area of the city. “This suggests new infections may be present,” the Yolo Alert message said. “Please help us in reducing the spread of COVID-19 by getting free
testing and following other public health behavior guidance.” New data released Saturday showed virus levels had flattened out in that neighborhood as well, though it remains above the city-wide average. The sewage sampling is being done by the city’s Department of Public Works and UC Davis with sample collection in 25 different locations within the city’s sewage collection system. Healthy Davis Together has said wastewater sampling can detect the presence of COVID-19 in both
symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals who shed the virus in their excrement. And while the data is not household-specific, notifying residents in those areas where virus levels have increased can encourage people to get tested. The city and UC Davis plan to add additional monitoring locations throughout the city’s sewage system. — Reach Anne TernusBellamy at aternus@ davisenterprise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @ATernusBellamy.
SACRAMENTO: May praises agreement From Page A1 5,000 construction jobs and up to an additional 5,000 new ongoing jobs. While the project, which will be in Sacramento’s Oak Park neighborhood near the UC Davis Medical Center, promises economic growth, local organizations have raised concerns about gentrification and increased housing costs they say the project could bring. Last year, Sacramento Investment Without Displacement (SIWD), a coalition of Oak Park activist groups, sued the University of California Board of Regents over Aggie Square, demanding assurances that economic gains from Aggie Square benefit the community and not displace local residents. Per the community benefits agreement, UC Davis and the city of Sacramento will commit $50 million
to create an affordablehousing fund for the Stockton Boulevard corridor, which will be used to build affordable housing and to stabilize housing costs in existing residential areas. For the first 10 years, 20% of the 3,500 to 5,000 anticipated ongoing new jobs at Aggie Square will be filled by nearby residents. Those include entry-level and higherwage jobs that the project will create. After 10 years, the share of new jobs allocated to local residents will rise to 25%. The City of Sacramento, UC Davis and Aggie Square developer Wexford Science & Technology presented the proposed agreement to SIWD last week. On Tuesday, a deal was reached between all parties and SIWD signaled it will drop its lawsuit. “We are tonight moving from the posture of litigants to partners,” Steinberg said Tuesday in
announcing the deal. UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May celebrated the agreement. “This is a milestone for Aggie Square that will bring real innovation to our region, through jobs, workforce development, housing, industry, and new opportunities for students, faculty and staff,” he said in a press release. “I also want to express my sincere appreciation to the community and neighbors who helped shape the CBPA,” May said. “Your participation in more than 90 community and stakeholder meetings led us to forge this commitment to providing jobs and job training, affordable housing, better transportation options, youth education programs, among other benefits.” — Reach Caleb Hampton at champton@ davisenterprise.net. Follow him on Twitter at @calebmhampton.
others in the criminal justice system — police, court officials, public defenders and probation officers — “a lot of actors making decisions they need to be held accountable for.” Tracie Olson, Yolo County’s public defender, said the Commons data “confirms that our local system has some problems.” “My greatest hope is that we can all come together and talk openly and genuinely about where to go from here, and make necessary changes so that this same data looks a lot different in the near future,” Olson said. Starting in May, the D.A.’s Office will take the additional step of introducing a race-blind charging manual that will redact identifying information, such as name and race, from police reports before prosecutors review them for charging decisions.
Reisig also plans to use the dashboard to highlight his office’s policy goals. His current aim is to increase the diversion of felony cases by 10 percent through alternative and restorative justice programs such as Neighborhood Court, mental health court, drug intervention court and others that resolve cases outside the traditional court system. According to Commons data, prosecutors achieved that goal in January, with 13.5 percent of cases diverted, and are striving to sustain that number by July. Reisig noted the programs have been shown to decrease recidivism rates and boost victim satisfaction with the case’s outcome. “We want more people who are arrested to have access to programs that will leave them better on the back end, and that won’t leave them with the stigma
OBITUARY Joseph Austin Bettencourt May 15, 1998 — March 26, 2021
Joseph Austin Bettencourt passed away suddenly in a traffic accident on March 26. Joseph was born on May 15, 1998, to Christina Pesola and Mark Bettencourt. Joseph was athletic and was into fitness, as well as getting outdoors. He enjoyed long walks, just hanging out with family, gaming with his friends, playing chess, boxing and watching the sport. Joseph and his brother Kenneth loved to push each other on long-distance runs including two marathons and an ultra-marathon, and often went out for runs just to spend time and talk. What Joseph probably loved most was leisurely spending time with his sister Nona, having fun together, being silly and talking with each other. Joseph was a handsome boy and did not need much to enjoy himself, and he never missed out on an opportunity to get together with his cousins when they were in town. Joseph had an extremely easy-going, engaging personality, and never had a mean thing to say about anyone. He was known to make silly, quirky jokes and light-hearted, off-the-wall comments. He was always ready with a laugh and a smile. Joe had a strong bond with his family, he loved to eat, he ate a lot and was the tallest in the family; his older-little brother Kenneth loved to call him “big dog” and Nona would call him “Joe-Joe”. He worked several jobs and was most proud of his time at Save Mart where he was cross-trained for multiple departments just out of high school. He also worked in the family business, Bedrock Construction, and there he learned quickly. When he put his mind to something, he worked hard to do his best and finish the job. From a child, Joe loved helping his
Grandpa on the property whether it be harvesting grapes, olives, and almonds, or making wine, working on building projects, picking fruit, pulling weeds, digging holes or anything in between. He had a special connection with his grandfather, Giacomo Pesola. He loved to eat mounds of his grandpa’s pasta and homemade sauce and said that when he was at his grandpa’s house everything felt right. Joseph had a natural way with people, he was inquisitive and always wanted to see himself and others do better. Joseph loved his parents. In just a few words, his mom remembers Joseph as thoughtful, loving, kind, gentle and playful. His dad loved his honesty; “he told you the whole story, bad or good.” He will be so gravely missed that words cannot express it; Heaven could not come quick enough. He believed in God and put trust in Jesus Christ. His time was much too short to see the man he could have become or to measure the grandeur of his life by the length of his achievements. Joseph is survived by his mother Christina, his father Mark, and his siblings, Robert Bettencourt, Daniel Bettencourt, Michael Bettencourt, Trisha Morgan, Kenneth Calvin Jr. and Nona Bettencourt. The place Joseph held in his family’s and loved one’s heart is one only he could fill. Our beautiful, loving Joe — may you rest in peace. The funeral services will be held Saturday, April 10 at Calvary Cemetery & Funeral Center on 7101 Verner Ave. in Citrus Heights to begin at 10:30 a.m. The reception will follow the funeral service at Christ Community Church, 5025 Manzanita Ave., Carmichael. The service is open to family and friends.
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Courageous. Proud. Genuine. And gold.” Antonia Hirson spoke for many when she said, “Cathy might be the greatest blessing this city has ever received.” My lasting memory of Cathy are the words she herself wrote last September on a site titled “You Know You’re From Davis When ...”
It was there that Cathy posted a beautiful photo of a favorite childhood hangout with the words, “You know you’re from Davis when you recognize this spot near Putah Creek. We were safe and the only requirement was to be home in time for dinner.” You’re home, Cathy. — Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@ davisenterprise.net.
that will prevent them from getting a job or housing,” Reisig said. Meanwhile, Reisig said he’s also prepared to tackle “the bad and the ugly” that the Commons data reveals. “We need to do what we can to fix it,” including examining “what the (lawenforcement) agencies are sending over,” Reisig said. Also, “we now have the ability to look years back, and if we see radical disparities, we can ask questions and dig deeper. We’re evolving as a society, and we have the ability, at least in California, to ask a judge to re-sentence somebody. “This is the people’s data, and it’s the right thing to do,” Reisig added. “If we’re going to have conversations about getting it right, the data is the common language.” — Reach Lauren Keene at lkeene@davisenter prise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @laurenkeene.
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LEARNING: Everyone excited From Page A1 never seen a backpack get put on so fast.” Arnold said he feels good about the process even though there’s been changes along the way. He said as a parent, he’s just trying to roll with the punches and he appreciates the work of the district and the board. Board president Joe DiNunzio said at the meeting that many parents and students were excited, and he thanked everyone in the district who’d helped move through the difficult planning process. He also expressed optimism about the COVID-19 situation in Davis. “I, too, am optimistic, that things seem to be going in the right direction,” DiNunzio said. “We don’t want to get overconfident, but boy it does feel so much better than even six weeks ago in terms of where we are.”
Teachers feel weight Teachers are also excited about seeing their students in the classroom, said Davis Teachers Association President Dianna Stommel, but teaching under the new model will require another transition, one where they’ll have to figure out how to teach distance learners and inperson students at the same time. “Everyone’s excited to see students again,” Stommel said. “All the trainings I’ve been to, when they ask
what teachers are excited about, it’s to see their students. There’s a lot of joy for that, I think.” With the new model, teachers are managing the stress of planning for a teaching environment they’ve never experienced before. The students remaining in pure distance learning will be taught via simulcast much of the time, which essentially means they’ll watch their teacher on screens as they teach in their classroom live to both the distance learners and the in-person students. The teacher is responsible for monitoring both groups and making sure all the COVID-19 safety precautions are followed. A vast majority of teachers preferred a four-day inperson model to the five-day model, Stommel said, because they had concerns about the education of students that are remaining in pure distance learning. The one day of distance learning for all students offered by the four-day model would have given teachers more room for planning, she said. “There is a loss of community for those (distance learning) students,” Stommel said. “It raises all kinds of issues for their instructional time, what are they actually getting, are they maintaining relationships.” She said it’s likely to be more difficult for elementary school teachers to teach distance and inperson learners simultaneously than for secondary school teachers.
The stress of teaching high schoolers would come from having to address the needs of both sets of students, which would also add constraints to the instruction because teaching has to work for both groups, Stommel said. Elementary school students need much more individualized attention, she said. “For elementary, it’s like, they need a lot more supervision, they have a lot more immediate emotional needs and spacing is a lot harder for them,” Stommel said. “You have to maintain the interest of these kids in the classroom, address them, talk to them, while also doing the same thing online and it just doesn’t work as well.” Stommel added that she thinks teachers will find a way to succeed because they’re professionals. But doing so will require a substantial lift. “I’m sure that once we start in-person learning there’s going to be just so many things that come up that we’re going to have to address,” Stommel said. “Work issues, spacing issues. Supervisory issues. Supervising the kids. And even basic questions like, if you’re an elementary school teacher and you’ve got that block of time with your kids, when do you have a bathroom break? Stuff like that is not really clear right now.” — Reach Edward Booth at edward.booth@ mcnaughton.media. Follow him on Twitter at @Edward_E_Booth.
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UCD LIVE looks at return to class BY EDWARD BOOTH Enterprise staff writer UC Davis LIVE held a panel discussion about school campuses reopening for in-person learning on Thursday, shortly before many Davis Joint Unified School District students head back to school on April 12. Panelists included district superintendent John Bowes and David Coil, a research scientist at the UC Davis Genome Center who’s been involved in local efforts to combat COVID19. Bowes talked first about the district’s multi-layered “Swiss cheese” approach to safety measures, which effectively means the multiple safety measures will work to cover possible holes in the individual measures. “If you imagine those (safety measures) as slices of Swiss cheese, we know that Swiss cheese has holes in it in different spots, but as you layer those protective practices on top of each other we know that’s an effective method to help block the spread of the coronavirus,” Bowes said. “No one layer is perfect, each has holes. When those holes align, the risk of infection increases, when they’re misaligned that can help quench the spread.” Those safety measures, Bowes said, include air filters in classrooms, masking and handwashing, free weekly testing for students and staff, a contact tracing program, modification of classrooms to allow for 3 feet of physical distancing, equipping each classroom
with a “health center” that contains protective equipment like masks and disinfecting and cleaning classrooms and commonly used surfaces daily. “It’s with these multiple layers of protection and protocols in place that students will be able to safely return to school and finish out the school year inperson with many of their classmates and their teachers,” Bowes said. Healthy Davis Together, the nationally recognized partnership between the city of Davis and UC Davis formed to take on COVID19, helped with putting many of these measures in place and is running the testing program. Bowes and Coil went into detail on how many of the safety measures will operate. Coil said one measure, the HEPA filtration systems in each classroom will circulate and clean the air, and samples can also be taken from the filters to determine if someone in the room was shedding COVID-19. He said the air filters could allow the district to catch positive COVID-19 cases that emerge in between weekly tests or for students who don’t test. “Again, you would hope that with weekly testing anyone who has the virus would find it out that way, but this provides an extra layer of security,” Coil said. “If you could test every student every day, that would be great, there’d be no need to look at the air filters. But that’s just not feasible from a cost or logistics perspective.”
In response to a question about why the district isn’t mandating testing, Bowes said public health experts aren’t requiring asymptomatic testing on school campuses. The district is, however, strongly recommending that students participate. The weekly HDT asymptomatic testing currently requires parents to opt-in to the program. Bowes said the district doesn’t believe it has legal authority to mandate the testing without legislative action or keep students out of in-person learning if they don’t consent to testing. In response to a question about how COVID-19 variants could affect reopening, Coil said it was too early to tell. The variants of concern, he said, have the potential to change the situation in ways that aren’t yet understood. There’s good evidence that the variants are more transmissible, he said, and there’s some evidence that vaccines are less effective with some uncommon variants. Coil added that there’s a huge effort from HDT to stay on top of the emerging science, and the county public health office is responsible for determining local health measures. Coil added that he thinks returning is pretty safe, but nothing is guaranteed. It’s also important, he said, to consider the decisions in the relatively safe context of Davis, where the prevalence of virus is low, so the “Swiss cheese” model has a higher chance of success.
OBITUARIES Melvin (Mel) Perelman, Ph.D. Oct. 12, 1930 — March 26, 2021
Melvin (Mel) Perelman, 90, of Indianapolis passed away at his home on March 26. Mel was born Oct. 12, 1930, in Omaha, Neb., to Benjamin and Sarah Fox Perelman. Mel received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Northwestern University in 1952. In 1956, he earned his doctorate in organic chemistry from Rice University, followed by a year of postdoctoral research at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland. Dr. Perelman joined the Eli Lilly and Company as an organic chemist in 1957. He was elected president of Lilly International in 1976 and was a member of the board of directors of Lilly International. Dr. Perelman was named an executive vice president of Eli Lilly and Company and president of Lilly Research Laboratories, a division of Lilly, on Dec. 1, 1986. He was a member of the company’s board of directors from April of 1976 to December 1993 when he retired. Both a respected scientist and business leader, Dr. Perelman was a member of the
board of directors of PSI Resources, Inc., and PSI Energy, Inc., electrical utilities. He was also a member of Alpha Chi Sigma, professional chemistry fraternity; Beta Gamma Sigma, business scholastic honor society; Delta Mu Delta, business administration honor society; Phi Beta Kappa, scholastic honor society; and Sigma XI, scientific research society. Dr. Perelman was recognized as a Viking of Distinction by North High School in Omaha, Nebraska, as a Distinguished Alumnus by Rice University and was awarded an honorary doctorate degree and the President’s Medal by Indiana University. He received the Good Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America and in June 2018 was made a Sagamore of the Wabash. Always willing to serve his adopted city in volunteer positions of leadership, Dr. Perelman was active in the arts, education and cultural communities. He served as chairman of the founding
board of the Indianapolis Zoological Society, and he was instrumental in moving the Indianapolis Zoo to its current home in White River State Park. He also served on the Humane Society of Indianapolis advisory board; the advisory council of the Conner Prairie Pioneer Settlement and Museum; Indiana University president’s council; Indiana University School of Medicine board of advisors; University of California at San Diego, department of chemistry Industrial board; and Institute for Science in Society board of directors; Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Bureau; steering committee for the Hoosiers for Economic Development Commission; general campaign chairman for a major Indiana University School of Medicine capital campaign, and, in addition, he served on eight corporate boards and five not-for-profit boards. Mel was an avid art collector and, inspired by and in partnership with his
wife Joan, assembled a nationally regarded collection of Native American and Western art. Their collection will reside in the permanent collection of the Eiteljorg Museum where Mel was a board member for 20 years, and where he co-chaired a major capital campaign that allowed the Museum to double in size by adding the Mel and Joan Perelman Wing. Mel is survived by his loving wife, Joan (Bugbee) Roessler Perelman; two children, Steven Perelman and Wendy Fels (Dan); eight grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. He was preceded in death by his youngest son, Kent Perelman. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. Memorial gifts may be made to the Eiteljorg Museum, 500 West Washington St., Indianapolis, Ind. 46202; the Indianapolis Zoo, 1200 West Washington St., Indianapolis, Ind. 46222; or charity of the donor’s choice. Leppert Mortuary — Indianapolis, Ind. is assisting with arrangements. To share a memory or condolence, please visit www.leppertmortuary.com.
Sharlene Kay Oeste Stahl Nov. 11, 1941 — April 4, 2021
Sharlene Kaye Oeste leaves behind a family who will miss her dearly. She was born Nov. 11, 1941, in Davis to Laverne Adolph Oeste (OH-Stee) and Ethel Wildah Heidrick Oeste. Sharlene was the farm couple’s second child, born three years to the day after her sister Sharon. Sharlene Oeste was born in Woodland but raised throughout her childhood in the city of Davis, where the Oeste Manor housing development and Oeste Drive still carry the family’s name. Sharlene was raised in Davis, graduated from Davis High School in 1959, then earned a bachelor’s degree in business at Chico State College in 1963. She married William Fred Stahl III on Dec. 28, 1963. The couple raised three children, William Fred IV, Shana Kaye and Jeffrey Duane at their home in Camarillo until divorcing in 1975. She never remarried, instead choosing an independent path raising her family and pursuing her community service and professional goals in finance and counseling. In 1977, Sharlene was elected Southern California’s first female AYSO youth-soccer commissioner, responsible for the organization’s youth-soccer operations in the city of Camarillo. She also accomplished the first club soccer team exchange with West Berlin’s soccer club, Hertha 03. Later that year, Sharlene earned her certification and operated a practice in financial planning. In 1980, she shifted her attention towards counseling and enrolled at California State University Northridge. She earned a master’s degree in educational psychology in 1982 and leveraged her education and experience to work as a drug and alcohol rehabilitation counselor at the Centinela Hospital Medical
Center in Inglewood and then run a practice in marriage family and child counseling in Ventura. She was also someone her children’s friends always seemed to feel comfortable talking to. Many came to her for guidance and advice or just to talk. She was always willing to listen. Sharlene retired first to an oceanview home in Santa Barbara and then to the rocky mountains of Idaho after seeing her three children off to college. She built a custom log cabin home and resided comfortably in the Sawtooth Mountains near Stanley. There she enjoyed the adventure of living a rural, rugged life while also working at the town’s medical clinic as a counselor and office manager. Then she moved to Boise to be nearer to her daughter and grandchildren. She enjoyed her lifetime hobbies of travel, porcelain-china painting, cooking, sewing, watercolors and creating handcrafted holiday ornaments. Sharlene was really quite talented but never considered herself a “true” artist. Others would disagree, citing frequent sales of her high-quality works as well as award-winning art she regularly displayed in the Professional Division at the Western Idaho State Fair. She volunteered her time at St. Luke’s Health System in Boise, clowning as ‘Pansy’ to raise spirits for both patients and staff. She also gave her time to teaching immigrants the English language and donating some of her hand-sewn handbags to those in need. She was also a dedicated Boise State football fan, always celebrating the team’s successes against national and Pac 12 rivals. To really know Sharlene was to understand the love and pride she had for her
pioneering farm family’s hard work. Her ancestors immigrated to America from Germany and Ireland and created lasting prosperity after purchasing and working 360 acres of land in Davis in 1868. They were one of Yolo County’s original farm families. Jacob William Oeste, his wife Catherine Voigt Oeste, along with their son John Henry Oeste (18371913) and his wife Marie Elisabeth Strippel (1843-1935) produced bountiful fields of barley, wheat, and oats on their farmland after leaving Germany for the promise of America. They also raised sheep, hogs, and mules until 1905, along with his brother-inlaw, H. S. Strippel. Together, John Henry and Marie Elisabeth had five children: Carl Theodore (1872-1944), Henry (1875-1951), Adolph (1878-1934), Julius (1883-1925) and Sophia (1885-1954). Sharlene was Adolph’s granddaughter and was always impressed, proud and grateful for how the children were all very hard workers and devoted to their parents. Sharlene was the last Oeste born to this prominent, historical family. Their legacy, however, continues to this day as the Oeste Ranch property produces a variety of crops including tomatoes, wheat, and barley at the corner of W. Covell Blvd. and Road 99. She recalled her father Laverne covered head to toe with dirt from the fields. He was also a volunteer firefighter, who in the 1950s set off the city’s annual July 4 fireworks display, but only after storing those fireworks in the family’s garage. He also steered a small airplane through city streets in the annual Christmas parade while dressed as Santa. Her mother, Ethel,
was one of six hardworking children, Fred, Joe, Emmet, Vera and Louise. Their father was a local school teacher. The six children had little during their formative years and worked on the farms eventually, to create their own agricultural dynasties. The California Agriculture Museum in Woodland was built around Fred Heidrick’s unique tractor and artifacts collection. Fred was Sharlene’s beloved “Uncle Fred.” Sharlene may have moved away from Davis, but she often returned to visit family. She also made a point of paying her respects to her Oeste and Heidrick ancestors interred at the Davis and Woodland Cemeteries, sharing their stories with her children and grandchildren. The community of Davis was important to her. The Oeste Ranch lives on. It was important to her. So was her family. She passed early Easter Sunday surrounded by her children in La Quinta, where she spent numerous winters away from the Idaho cold and ice. She is survived by Fred and Karen Stahl, William Fred V, Kendra and Jackie; Shana Stahl Richter, Chax (fka Sharadin) and Nicholas; and Jeff and Marian Stahl, and Joshua. She will be missed dearly. A visitation is planned from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 15, at the Smith Funeral Home, 116 D St. in Davis. A funeral service is set for 10 a.m. Friday, April 16, at the same location, with a commitment and interment service to follow at 11 a.m. at the Davis Cemetery and Arboretum at 820 Pole Line Road. Sharlene always wanted lots of pink flowers at her ceremonies. However, she would also love donations made in her memory to assist refugees in learning English, care of the Learning Lab, Inc, 308 E. 36th St., Garden City, ID 83714.
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WALDORF: Dressing in layers helped From Page A1 So with students at the Davis public schools scheduled to return to a classroom setting on Monday, April 12, The Enterprise sat down with two Waldorf instructors — seventhgrade teacher Karen Roos, and eighth-grade teacher Cindy Toy — to ask them for a few observations about the new school routine, and changes to education in general, during the present “age of the pandemic,” and maybe offer a few pointers for other teachers and students who are about to “take the plunge,” so to speak. The Enterprise visited teacher Cindy Toy’s outdoor classroom on a nippy late-winter morning over a month ago. And Toy acknowledged that during the winter, she’s bundled up a bit in order to stay warm teaching in the open air, beneath a waterproof canopy on an overhead framework, with students seated at socially distanced desks arranged in rows on a broad concrete pad. Toy dresses in layers. From the waist down, she wears “long underwear, another pair of pants or tights, then perhaps a warm skirt or other, rain pants etc. wool socks or smart wool type socks, two pair, liners for colder days, heavy water proof shoes, trail runners, rain boots, heavy duty outerwear for feet.” And on top: “Long sleeves, with a winter underwear topper, then long sleeve T-shirt, then sweater, then light jacket, or heavy down jacket, or rain jacket if needed. Hat and gloves, sometimes halfgloves that you can write with.” Some of those heavier layers are peeled off as the sun moves higher in the
Two people busted in identity-theft case BY LAUREN KEENE Enterprise staff writer
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Masked and socially distanced Davis Waldorf students carve pumpkins outdoors. sky, and the chilly morning air becomes more balmy during the afternoon. The daily school routine now includes regularly scheduled temperature checks (to see if any students are running a fever) and hand-washing breaks. There are unexpected moments, too, like the time a hummingbird briefly landed on her hat as she was teaching outdoors. Toy added, “This (has been) a profound year. It required that we all faced the mirror every day and asked the question, every day, ‘Can I/we do this, especially in the winter?’ ” Watching her fellow teachers as they adapted to the new routine, Toy said she “found a reflection of myself in my colleagues, watching them heft the materials of education .. teaching fully masked ... But we were all so relieved to be at school. The relationship between teacher and students is everything to education. This cannot be built up over the internet, as any teacher will tell you.” Teacher Karen Roos said,
“Looking back on (the past year), we know so much more (now) than we did before about what’s possible with learning outside ... like the constant flexing and adapting that we’ve learned to work with.” Teaching outdoors sometimes means that a gust of wind will send everybody’s papers flying, for instance. “At the end of the day our students are healthy, safe and loved. They spend their days with peers, learning to be better humans.” And what do the Waldorf students think? Sierra, a seventh-grader, volunteered that “it has, for sure, been an interesting experience ... But it would be nicer to be able to learn inside again. Some subject classes, that don’t have too many papers, could stay outside. But the majority would be more productive and easier inside.” And Isaac, another seventh-grader, said, “Every once in a while, an animal or the (school’s) garden cat will do something funny that we wouldn’t get to see if we had been indoors ... although it is nice to be in
the fresh air, and get to see turkeys chasing chickens, I would rather be in a regular classroom to be sheltered from the cold and rain” during the winter. Students at the Davis public schools will likely be spending more time learning indoors as compared to their age-peers at Waldorf ... by and large, the public school campuses don’t lend themselves as easily to outdoor learning to the degree that the Waldorf campus does. And with more students on campus, and larger class sizes, the daily routine at the public schools will differ in a number of ways as compared to the routine that Davis Waldorf has developed. But Davis Waldorf ’s largely positive experience with educating students under a host of new pandemic-related daily procedures does offer an encouraging indication that good things can happen as public school students return to learning in classrooms at school campuses this week, for the first time in just over a year.
A man and woman face identity-theft and other charges after allegedly trying to use stolen credit cards to rack up hundreds of dollars in Target purchases, according to Davis police. The victim, said Lt. Art Camacho, was a member of a local fitness club who had his wallet stolen from the locker room last week, soon after which his credit-card company alerted him to four attempted Target purchases ranging from $400-$500 each.
Davis police obtained surveillance footage from the Second Street store and ultimately identified two suspects in the case: Robert Ernesto Gallegos Jr., 40, and Rebekah Marie Lancaster, 27, both of whom were arrested on burglary, conspiracy and ID theft charges Monday on Fermi Place, Camacho reported Friday. Camacho said Lancaster made another fraudulent purchase attempt on her own, resulting in a second arrest on additional identity theft charges Wednesday not far from the Target store.
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Pho, Varsity, Hyatt set opening dates T
he new Vietnamese restaurant Pho Tasty is set to open Monday. It replaces Taste of Thai at 301 G St. Quality will be the focus, owner Allison Lo said. The restaurant’s signature dish is pho bo with filet mignon. It’s a beef ricenoodle soup with onions, scallions, cilantro, bean sprouts, basil, lime and jalapeño. Other menu items include charbroiled meat over rice or noodles, clay pot dishes and banh mi sandwiches; appetizers like spring rolls, guo bao buns and fried pot stickers; and several soup and vegetarian options. To begin, hours will be 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. ———— Davis Varsity Theatre will reopen on April 30, owner Sinisa Novakovic said. The independent movie house will open three weeks earlier than the two Regal cinemas in Davis, which are set
for May 21. Opening movies will be “Nomadland” and “Promising Young Woman.” Davis Varsity is at 616 Second St. Regal Davis is at 420 G St., and Regal Davis Holiday is at 101 F St. ———— Hyatt House, the new 118room extended-stay hotel in South Davis, will open to the public on Wednesday, April 21. The hotel, 2750 Cowell Blvd., features residential-style guest rooms with living areas and full kitchens. Guests may use the
fireplace or cook on the grill in the outdoor common areas, and will have access to a coffee bar and workout facility. The hotel is a project of Presidio Companies, which also owns downtown’s Hilton Garden Inn (formerly Hallmark Inn) at 110 F St. ———— The Yolo County Library became open by appointment as of April 5. Visit https:// yolocountylibrary.org/ or call 530-666-8005 to schedule a time to browse. Appointments at the Mary L. Stephens Branch Library at 315 E. 14th St. are available from 4 to 8 p.m. on Mondays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesdays, and 3 to 5:30 p.m. on Saturdays. ———— On Wednesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that California businesses will fully open on June 15 — if certain criteria
are met. Requirements are that the vaccine supply is sufficient for Californians 16 years and older who wish to be inoculated; and the hospitalization rates remain stable and low. If this happens, it’s still not business as usual. Masking will remain mandatory in most cases, and proof of vaccinations or a negative COVID test will be required for participation in larger indoor events. ———— Woodland will add a La Quinta hotel, 7-Eleven store and gas station, two food kiosks and a fast-food restaurant as part of the new Woodland Depot project approved April 1 by the city’s Planning Commission. According to reports by The Daily Democrat, development of the former Woodland Auto lot at 1670-1680 E. Main St. will begin with the convenience store, which incorporates kiosks for
Laredo Taco and a Raise the Roost Chicken & Biscuits. After that comes the 86-room hotel and a yet-to-be named drive-thru fast-food restaurant. ———— 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.
New web app ranks spillover UCD, University Credit Union risk for newly detected viruses announce new partnership BY KAT KERLIN
Special to The Enterprise SARS-CoV-2 showed the world the threat undetected viruses can pose to global public health. SpillOver, a new web application developed by scientists at UC Davis and contributed to by experts from all over the world, ranks the risk of wildlife-to-human spillover for newly discovered viruses. SpillOver is the first open-source risk assessment tool that evaluates wildlife viruses to estimate their zoonotic spillover and pandemic potential. It effectively creates a watchlist of newly discovered viruses to help policymakers and health scientists prioritize them for further characterization, surveillance and risk-reducing interventions. The tool is linked to a study published in the journal PNAS, in which the authors identified the most relevant viral, host and environmental risk factors for virus spillover. Then the team ranked the risk from 887 wildlife viruses using data collected from a variety of sources, including viruses detected by the USAID Emerging Pandemic Threats PREDICT project, which UC Davis’ One Health Institute led from 2009 to 2020.
Coronaviruses rank high Topping the list were 12 known human pathogens, which was expected and validates the tool’s utility. Interestingly, SpillOver ranked several newly discovered coronaviruses as a higher risk for spillover than some viruses already known to be zoonotic. This watchlist includes a novel
coronavirus provisionally named PREDICT_CoV35, which ranked in the top 20. The power of the tool lies in the fact that it is opensource — the more data entered, the more robust the ranking. SARS-CoV-2 currently ranks second out of the 887 viruses analyzed, between Lassa and Ebola viruses. That may seem counterintuitive, the authors note, given the pandemic’s current global devastation. They explain that the tool is ranking the potential for another spillover beyond what has happened historically. In addition, key information remains undiscovered about SARS-CoV-2 and its spillover risk, such as the number and range of its host species. As scientists learn more about this virus, it is possible SARS-CoV-2 will move to No. 1. “SARS-CoV-2 is just one example of many thousands of viruses out there that have the potential to spill over from animals to humans,” said lead author Zoë Grange, who led the development of SpillOver as a postdoctoral researcher with the UC Davis One Health Institute. “We need to not only identify but also prioritize viral threats with the greatest spillover risk before another devastating pandemic happens. Our SpillOver Viral Risk Ranking tool is the starting point for building proactive solutions.”
Virus ‘credit score’ SpillOver was inspired by risk assessments used by banks and insurance companies. It creates a “creditlike” score for viruses by
looking at key risk factors and using them to prioritize those viruses posing the greatest potential threats to human health for a watchlist. Users can customize the watchlist to their own circumstances, such as country of interest. Previous virus-ranking tools have been limited in the number or types of viruses analyzed, with minimal risk factors considered. SpillOver considers 32 risk factors about the virus and hosts, including associated environment and human behaviors. It also includes 25 different viral families, from coronaviruses to the viral family that includes ebolaviruses. SpillOver produces a detailed risk report for each virus, and its “Risk Comparison” tool allows users to compare and contrast ranked viruses, as well as filter viruses on a selection of key attributes, including virus species, host species and country of detection. As an open-source tool, SpillOver provides a living platform for ongoing ranking of spillover risk. Scientists can contribute data to existing viruses or assess risk of new viruses using the “Rank Your Virus” application. The study’s co-authors include hundreds of individuals who supported the PREDICT Project in their countries and home institutions, as well as global scientific leaders in viral emergence and the core collaborating institutions, including the Wildlife Conservation Society, EcoHealth Alliance, Metabiota, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, and Columbia University’s Center for Infection and Immunity. — UC Davis news
Property tax delinquent after April 12 Special to The Enterprise WOODLAND — The Yolo County Tax Collector’s Office reminds taxpayers who own property in Yolo County that the second installment of the 2020-21 Secured Property Tax, which was due Feb. 1, will be delinquent if not paid by April 12. To avoid a penalty, property taxes must be paid by 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 12, after which a 10% penalty and $10 cost will be added. Envelopes must be postmarked no later than April 12 if taxes are paid by mail. It is suggested that payments be mailed a few days before the April 12 deadline to ensure the envelope will have the proper postmark. The only acceptable postmark for deadline payments is a U.S. Postal Service postmark. Current law does not relieve property owners of
payment responsibility or the imposition of penalties because of failure to receive a tax bill. Taxpayers have the option of paying property taxes by credit card (plus a 2.34% convenience fee) or electronic check (no charge). These payments can be made via www.yolo county.org (select I want to pay property tax link) or by phone at 877- 590-0714. Payments made using either of these two systems must be completed by 11:59 p.m. on April 12 to avoid penalties. For inquiries or more information concerning tax bills and payments visit www.yolocounty.org, call 530-666-8190 during business hours or visit the Yolo County Tax Collector’s Office at 625 Court Street, Room 102 in Woodland, during regular business hours, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Agreement supports students, Pavilion Special to The Enterprise UC Davis has entered into a new, 10-year partnership with University Credit Union that will result in renaming and updating The Pavilion, funding student initiatives and increasing access to financial services on campus. Originally prompted by the university’s need to fund deferred maintenance of The Pavilion, the agreement has grown into a broader campus-wide partnership with financial services and educational priorities that fit squarely within Aggie community values. “I’m pleased that we’ve found a financial institution partner who shares our mission of preparing students to meet the challenges of a diverse and changing world,” said Gary S. May, chancellor of UC Davis. “This partnership between UC Davis and University Credit Union will set an example for how such a relationship can grow beyond the naming of a building, with initiatives that will benefit our whole campus.” In addition to improvements to The Pavilion, the partnership will bring University Credit Union ATMs to the Davis and Sacramento campuses and an advisory center to the Memorial Union for financial services. The California-based credit union provides access to membership benefits to all UC Davis students, employees, alumni and retirees, and will launch a co-branded UC Davis credit card and a UC Davis Athletics debit card in July. The credit union will provide annual funding for undergraduate and graduate student initiatives, starting with Graduate Student Association travel awards to support student participation in national and international conferences. The Division of Student Affairs will collaborate annually with University Credit Union to identify areas of need for undergraduate funding, and additional opportunities will be identified as the partnership grows. The partnership will also provide financial literacy and wellness education to employees, students and alumni through partnerships with the Aggie Compass Basic Needs Center, Aggie EVO System and UC Davis WorkLife. Student employment opportunities at the new advisory center will be coordinated with the Internship and Career Center, in
alignment with the Aggie Launch initiative focused on career exploration. Founded by UCLA employees more than 70 years ago, University Credit Union today serves more than 42,000 members and has partnerships with many California universities. The purposedriven financial cooperative recently became a sponsor of the Big West Conference, which includes many of UC Davis’ intercollegiate teams as members. The UC Davis agreement is the credit union’s first campuswide partnership with a public university, making University Credit Union the “Official Financial Institution Partner of UC Davis and UC Davis Athletics.” “We are excited to serve the Aggie family, as UCU has expanded to serve universities throughout California,” said University Credit Union CEO and President David Tuyo. “The relationship will provide support to many facets of the UC Davis community and offer employees, alumni, students and retirees a financial edge for years to come. University Credit Union’s unbiased, conflict-free advice is a perfect match for UC Davis. Go Ags!” Home to Aggie Division I teams including men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball and gymnastics, The Pavilion will be renamed University Credit Union Center as of July 1. One of the first visible improvements already made to The Pavilion is a new Daktronics videoboard, more than 13 feet high and 46 feet wide, showing replays and realtime statistics. The videoboard can also be used for campus events throughout the academic year in one of the largest oncampus multiuse facilities in Northern California with seating capacity approaching 6,000 for basketball games. The Pavilion district, as it is now listed on campus maps and signage, will be renamed the U Center district. Plans call for an official ribbon-cutting ceremony for the renamed University Credit Union Center and the U Center district in the fall, when in-person classes are expected to resume. The University Credit Union agreement will last until at least 2031, with the possibility of future extensions. This agreement was made possible by the UC Davis Preferred Partnership Program in consultation with multiple campus stakeholders, via UC Davis Athletics’ multimedia rights holder, Learfield IMG College, and its Campus+ team. — UC Davis news
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Sports
A8 THE DAVIS ENTERPRISE
SUNDAY, APRIL 11, 2021
Luke Walton deserves at least a phone call W ith the MLB All-Star Game being moved from Atlanta to Coors Field in Denver, the final score is likely to be 23-21. Don’t look for any pitcher to see more than an inning of work. And if the game’s tied and both leagues are out of pitchers, “that’s the ballgame,” as Duane Kuiper says. ■ Getting out of New York may be the best thing for Sam Darnold. No longer is he a franchise savior. Now, he’s a guy competing for a job in the relative tranquility and anonymity of Charlotte. ■ The University of Arizona this week did what it should have done months ago: fire men’s basketball coach Sean Miller. Constantly embroiled in controversy, on and off the court, Miller is just the latest coach to lose his job because he thought the rules never applied to him. ■ From a longtime official on both the collegiate and profes-
sional levels: “The NFL is considering giving the replay officials added responsibilities, which include correcting subjective mistakes. They (replay people) have enough to do now as it is. Why does the league object to adding an eighth official (sky judge) to do this? He would have access to video to make quick corrections. Nothing about the current proposal seems to lend itself to quick corrections. By the way, all NCAA FBS conferences have eight officials. Is it the added cost that concerns the NFL?” ■ How good a coach was Jim Sochor? Well, for starters he’s in the College Football Hall of Fame. He also won more games than any UC Davis football coach. He has a statue near UC Davis Health Stadium. Lastly, five of Sochor’s former assistants or players went on to become FBS head coaches: Paul Hackett (Pitt, USC), Mike Bellotti
(Oregon), Chris Petersen (Boise State, Washington), Gary Patterson (TCU) and current Aggies coach Dan Hawkins (Boise State, Colorado). ■ Jack Nicklaus said this years ago: “Majors are won on Sunday, and on the back nine.” Should not be any different this afternoon at The Masters. ■ If I were John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan, I wouldn’t let anyone know their thinking about who S.F. will take with third pick in first round of NFL draft. Loose lips sink ships. And drafts. ■ If the NFL has proven any-
thing over the past four decades, it’s that the NFL product is yearround. So why all the fuss about adding a 17th regular-season game and pushing the Super Bowl to mid-February? Not that big a deal, it says here. Wish they’d gone a step further and eliminated preseason games. There were none in 2020 and did that hurt the game? Hardly. ■ The owners and players hammered out a labor contract last year that passed by 60 votes. In exchange for the players signing off on the new agreement, owners now pay players 48.5% of the league’s revenue, up from 47%. All 32 teams now must play an overseas game at least once every eight years. ■ Now that there’s a coaching opening at Arizona, might Luke Walton be tempted to flee the Kings and take over at his alma mater? And if I’m Arizona, don’t I have to at least make the call to
Walton’s representatives?
■ For the first time since 1999, the last names of Giants players now appear on both the home and road jerseys. ■ Every Pac-12 hoops coach loves the contract extension given by UCLA to Mick Cronin. Cronin certainly earned the adjustment to $4 million per year, taking the Bruins from a First Four play-in game all the way to the Final Four. ■ Is former Giants pitcher Jeff Samardzija waiting for a market to develop, or has he thrown his last big-league pitch? Stay tuned. — 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.
FC DAVIS: Team schedules will be released late April and May From Page A10 format that will be dependent on state guidelines. The men, who return much of their 2019 championship-winning side with a couple of new additions, will have their NPSL scheduled released later this month. Returning for the Golden Lions are captain Onah Power and speed demons Evan Barrett and Kennedy Chongo who tortured defenses on the wings en route to leading the league in goals scored in 2019. COVID-19 restrictions on adult sports eased this week when the California Department of Public Health eliminated an adjacent county rule, which only allowed for competition with teams in neighboring counties. However, teams in the NPSL and WPSL compete in a handful of Bay Area counties, some of which have adopted stricter guidance than the CDPH. In the event that some conference teams are unable to compete against Davis, Lewin says the Golden Lions will compete in a hyper-local regular-season campaign. Below is a list of the most common questions FC Davis fans have right now: When will 2021 WPSL and NPSL schedules be released? The 2021 schedules are set to be released in April or early May. Are there any expansion teams for the 2021 season?
Davis native and current UC Davis defender Alana Curtis (24) is one of many local stars on the FC Davis women’s soccer roster. CODY ORNBAUN, UC DAVIS ATHLETICS/ COURTESY PHOTO
Yes. For the women, three teams joined the conference this year: Bay Area FC (San Jose), Lamorinda (Moraga) and Diablo Valley Wolves (Concord). On the men’s side, the Golden Gate Conference had added Contra Costa FC. Are fans allowed at matches? Effective April 1, outdoor sporting events
can allow spectators at matches. Depending on the color tier of Yolo County, fan attendance can range from 20 percent in the red tier, 33 percent in the orange tier and 66 percent in the yellow tier. Currently, Yolo County is in the orange tier.
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Inside your body are warrior cells that find and attack harmful germs. Some people have warrior cells that get confused. They attack things that are not normally harmful to people, such as pollen, cat dander or mold.
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Jacob, Amanda and Sasha have allergies. Yet their allergies are all different. If Jacob pets his friend’s cat, he starts to sneeze. If Sasha eats strawberries, she breaks out in an itchy rash.
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Use context clues to understand the meaning of sentences.
Amanda’s first taste of a peanut butter sandwich made her vomit, wheeze and struggle to breathe. Amanda cannot eat things with nuts. Do YOU have any allergies? Does a member of your family suffer from allergies?
Standards Link: Health: Students understand the causes and symptoms of diseases in the human body.
Look at each row of things that can cause allergies. Draw what comes next in each pattern. The best way NOT to suffer from allergies is to stay away from what causes them. This is easy if you know you can’t eat strawberries or peanut butter. But if you are allergic to pollens and other things in the air around us, you may need to see a doctor for help. Standards Link: Health: Students understand the treatment of diseases in the human body and the behaviors to reduce the risk of disease.
Standards Link: Math: Recognize and extend patterns.
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M EDA L ince that time, new EM ERG treatments have made E NC Y it possible for people with allergies and asthma to Aaa-CHOO! A big sneeze live more _______ lives. blew some words out of In Amy’s case, it helped this story. Can you find where each word belongs? her go for the _______!
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n 1996, swimmer Amy Van Dyken became the first woman to ever win four gold _____ in a single Olympics. Amy has severe _________. When she was a little girl, her allergies caused asthma attacks that often sent her to the ________ room at ALLERGIES the hospital. She was so _____ from her asthma that she could not NO R M A L swim the length of a pool G OL D until she was 12 years old.
When this happens, the place where the warrior cells are fighting swells up, turns red and gets itchy. This is called an allergic reaction.
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How are game-day tickets going to work this season? FC Davis will have tickets available online and at the gate. Due to anticipated attendance limits, a reserved lot will be held for each category; walk-ups and online purchases. Are there any Founding Memberships available? WPSL season passes are sold in the form of memberships. Memberships provide a host of benefits for those who purchase. FC Daviss final membership release is scheduled for April 14. To learn more about the Founding Memberships and be notified of the final release, sign up at: bit.ly/3d20Nfq. Only a select few NPSL season passes remain available for the men’s team. Those interested can visit: tinyurl.com/p5ybmv3v. When will a roster be released? FC Davis’ 2021 WPSL roster is scheduled to be released on May 10. The men will release their roster on April 25. Are there tryouts for 2021? Due to COVID-19, FC Davis will not be conducting tryouts this season. Tryouts will resume in 2022. Notes: Formed in 2018, FC Davis plays its home matches at Playfields Soccer Stadium in South Davis. To learn more about Davis’ semi-professional soccer club, visit footballclubdavis.com or email: info@ footballclubdavis.com.
Look through the newspaper to find words or pictures of things that belong in one of the following groups: • Things we breathe. • Things we eat. • Things we touch. Put a star next to things you know can cause allergies. Standards Link: Science: Investigation: Group objects by common attributes.
ATTACK POLLEN CAT CELLS EGGS ITCHY TASTE ALLERGIC DOCTOR WARRIOR PEANUT DOG AIR SUFFER MOLD
Find the words in the puzzle, then in this week’s Kid Scoop stories and activities. V P J K C A T T A K
Are you an eagle-eyed reader? Read the paragraph below and circle the seven errors you find. Then rewrite the story correctly.
Breathe Safe
If the air near your home is polluted, their are ways for you to lower you’re risk of health problems caused by pollution. You can played outdoors at the times of day when hair pollution levels are lower. In the summer, this is often in the morning or in the evening. Another good way to lower your risk is by taking it easier if me do play outdoors when air pollution levels is high. Also, if your chest ever feel strange or it is hard to breathe, stop playing outside, and tell your parents or teachers.
C D O G S E A U R R A I T C H Y L N E O T S G G E L U L T T E W Y R E F F U S C T U N A E P O N A O A E T M O L D Y T D E I K Q P O L L E N G B R O I R R A W A Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognized identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
Healthy Feels Good
Everyone feels better, even people with allergies, when they eat right, exercise and get plenty of rest. Look through the newspaper for things that are good for your body. Choose three or more things.
Standards Link: Health: Recognize and practice safe health habits.
Standards Link: Health: Students recognize and practice positive health behaviors.
What if I were allergic to … Pick something silly to be allergic to. How would this change your life?
... eating right and getting lots of exercise.
Sports
THE DAVIS ENTERPRISE
SUNDAY, APRIL 11, 2021 A9
Blue Devil baseball continues to roll Enterprise staff Davis High baseball pushed its unbeaten streak to start the season to 6-0 with wins over Vanden and Casa Roble this weekend. On the road Friday, the Blue Devils beat the Vanden Vikings 4-3 in nine innings thanks to Koen Carston’s go-ahead double in the top of the ninth. Davis led 3-0 early, buoyed by starter Matt Young’s four-plus solid innings and three strikeouts. But The Vikings tied it up in the sixth, sending the Devils to extras for the first time this season. Rockwell Lybbert pitched three-plus spotless innings in relief, allowing just one baserunner and striking out four. After Carston’s go-ahead rip, Lybbert set the Vikings down in the last of the ninth, aided by a smooth, game-ending double play — Jason Henkel to Grafton Shorts to Dillon Rockwell. At home on Saturday afternoon, DHS dismantled Casa Roble, 12-4, behind a collective bullpen effort. Six Devils took the mound for Davis — Joey Traverso, Carter Stoltz, Saul Israel, Dante Romero, Brian Chin and Brennan Peiffer. The Devils trailed until the fourth inning, when Griffin Szymoniak’s two-run single put DHS up 5-4. Davis rallied for three more in the inning thanks to Cyrus Larson’s run scoring single. Lybbert topped the DHS stat sheet with four RBIs on Saturday; Shorts and Romero led Davis with two hits apiece. Next up for the Blue Devils is their league opener Tuesday at Franklin at 4 p.m. Davis plays the Wildcats twice more next week — at home on Thursday and at Franklin on Saturday.
No. 2 (21-4, 21-13) and Kako Hayashi was victorious at No.3 (21-6, 21-7). Also contributing points were Sarah Park (21-9, 21-13), Helena Wei (21-1, 21-6), Alicia Joo (2115, 21-12), Angela Li (21-6, 21-9) and Dua Hassan (21-5, 21-3). DHS hosts Rodriguez on Tuesday for a 2 p.m. meeting.
Track and field
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Dante Romero was one of six Blue Devil hurlers in Saturday’s 12-4 win over visiting Casa Roble. He also had two hits and scored twice.
DHS ROUNDUP ELK GROVE — There was no breathing room for the Thundering Herd on Thursday as the DHS boys muted Elk Grove High 9-0.
Sheppard (6-0, 6-0), Joshua Xu (6-1, 6-0), Maddux Madayag (6-0, 6-0), Dorado Barrios (6-0, 6-0) and Ian Hwang (6-0, 6-1). Davis (2-0) hosts Franklin of Elk Grove on Tuesday at 2:30 p.m.
to St. Francis, 12-0 on the road. DHS (1-4) hosts four straight games next week with Wood (Vacaville) visiting Monday at 4 p.m. Elk Grove (Tuesday), Kennedy (Wednesday) and Pleasant Grove are also scheduled.
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The Devils won decisive doubles games in which Itai Kelman and Adam Wu (6-0, 6-2), Nico Perez and Ayden Morgan (6-0, 6-0) and Arjun Penmesta and Julian Dunn (6-0, 6-0) each shellacked their Herd opponent. In singles, winners included: Alan Cao (6-1, 6-0), Owen
SACRAMENTO — In the bottom half of the third inning, senior Madison Rutherford made a running catch in rightcenter field, then hit first baseman Erika Wenner for a one-hopper double-play, but the Blue Devils dropped their third straight game Thursday, falling
VACAVILLE — In the second match of back-to-back battles, the Blue Devil birdie bashers pulverized Will C. Wood High, 8-0, on Friday. At Davis’ No. 1 singles spot, Melissa Lee took down Wood’s Lizzie Gonzalez (21-4, 21-5). Chiara Wu beat the Wildcats’
Boys tennis
Hosting Bella Vista High for a jumps-only competition on Saturday, Ray Oldham stole the show in the boys high jump. The 6-foot junior leapt 6 feet, 4 inches to win the event — a jump that puts him among the best in the state this season. “Ray has always been a great jumper for his age group,” Devil high jump coach Lon Payne told The Enterprise. “But this year he’s sort of exploded into that next tier. “He’s been jumping this stuff consistently and keeps climbing the ladder.” Other top high jumpers included Jason Arendt and Nolan Bitners (5-08.00). Recent UC Santa Barbara commit Shay Hawkes was the Lady Devils’ top leaper, hitting 5 feet. In pole vault, Will Siemens won the boys event by 3 feet. Siemens vaulted 13-06.00, while Clay Ballard tied BV’s Saeid Khoshnoodi at 10-06.00 for second. Gabriela CaceresFernandes was the top Devil girl at 9-00.00. Team triple jump crowns went to Lillian Gieschen (33-03.25) and Starr (36-05.75), while Ballard (19-05.75) and Caitlin McMillan were top Devils in the long jump. DHS hosts Franklin this Thursday for both schools’ Delta League opener.
CAGERS: Season is dedicated to Speck
DEVILS: DHS pulled out all the stops
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From Page A10 were many, delay of game calls would stunt the Devils progress. It wasn’t until a run-heavy Devil drive late in the second quarter that DHS finally got on the board. It was a 22-yard Garvin scamper that brought the Devils to the edge of the red zone before a pass interference call against the Wolfpack set up his 1-yard scoring plunge on a QB keeper. DHS failed to convert the point-after attempt. “That guy is so unbelievable,” Smyte said of Garvin. “He plays with such passion and honor.” Garvin would work his magic again in the third quarter, gaining 51 yards on a broken play. The senior fumbled the ball forward as he was tackled, only to have the ball recovered by his teammate, Chris Mochizuki, at the Wolfpack 7-yard line. DHS scored two plays later, with Garvin, again, punching it in himself. But Cosumnes Oaks responded quickly, as it did all game. Wolfpack QB Anthony Grigsby hit Diante Carter for a 20 yard score — one of his four passing TDs, all of which were logged from distance. The Devils bubbled back to life late, going ahead 16-15 on a 26 yard Neil Smith field goal. Slowly, it looked like the tide was turning the Devils direction early in the fourth quarter. But the C.O. defense buckled down, intercepting Garvin with 10:30 left in the ballgame. The Wolfpack’s dagger, a 31-yard TD reception by Steven Duran with just over six minutes left, sealed the deal. A Cosumnes safety two minutes later only added salt to the Devil wound. Still, Smyte was proud of the effort: “They’re all incredible,” the veteran coach said. “They’re winners. I don’t
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Blue Devil defender Ryan Jaramillo breaks up a pass intended for Cosumnes Oaks’ receiver Moses Oladejo (10) in Saturday’s Delta League contest.
“To go through 16 months of this (junk) and keep your focus — it shows you the character of the guys we have.” Steve Smyte DHS head coach care what the score was. “To go through 16 months of this (junk) and keep your focus — it shows you the character of the guys we have.” The Devils wrap up their pandemic-shortened season next Saturday against rival Jesuit in Carmichael. Kickoff for the season finale is set for 1:30 p.m.
Notes: The Devils honored 10 seniors Saturday: Zach Brooks (Whitworth University); Xavier Chambers; Donovan Garvin; Santiago Gonzalez; Patton Miller (Whitworth); Cameron Nelson; Josiah Roa (Santa Barbara City College); Liam Sheehan; Neil Smith and Aaron Turner. ... DHS cheer recognized seniors Sarah Griffiths, Maren McGuire and Kylie Martinez ... In junior varsity action on Friday, the Blue Crew moved to 3-0, muting Dixon, 28-0. Davis QB Baron Rosario threw a pair of TD passes to Aoui Delfino and A.J. Hasson, while rushing for a score himself. Cole Broussard also scored on the ground on a 45-yard jaunt. Ethan Cavanaugh, Austin Saylor and Broussard had interceptions. — Reach Owen Yancher at oyancher@davisenterprise.net. Follow him via Twitter at @530athletics.
own hoop, type of deal. And then the last week of March we moved into Phase II, which allowed us to share the basketballs and do close contact drills. “We started to test twice a week in order to move into Phase II. The girls are wearing their masks the entire duration of practice, through every drill, through every scrimmage. It progressed from just kind of skill development, limited contact drills into now we are able to go 5-on-5.” The Cage — as the Blue Devil faithful fondly refer to the South Gym — will remain empty as the team must play all its games in the North Gym. According to DHS athletic director Jeff Lorenson, “only two parents or guardians of team members will be admitted for the strict purpose of age-appropriate supervision.” The rules follow new California Department of Public Health guidelines for youth sports released this week. One absence will be missed most of all: Cathy Speck, pillar of Davis and longtime friend of Davis High girls basketball, died on Monday at the age of 61. “We’re definitely playing this season for Cathy,” Highshoe said. “Onehundred percent … It’s been a pretty difficult week for me, for players in our program. But we’re still very blessed to have the opportunity to play. We’re just gonna play our
hearts out for her and enjoy the opportunity and have fun.” Speck, a Blue and White Hall of Famer, starred for Davis in the 1970s and has been a staple at Devil games ever since. Davis’ annual Speck tournament — the longest standing tournament in the state — is named for her mother, Dorothy, who, like Speck, battled Lou Gehrig’s disease. The new CDPH rules have also allowed more flexibility in schedule building for the Highshoe. The guidelines eliminated rules prohibiting youthsports teams from competing with teams from counties other than those bordering their own. Davis hopes to play a full schedule including league and nonleague contests. But as of now, the Elk Grove Unified School District has not cleared its girls basketball teams to play. This presents a problem for DHS, whose league — the Delta — houses four Elk Grove teams: Sheldon, Franklin, Cosumnes Oaks and Elk Grove. “If the Elk Grove school district figures it out then we have a full league schedule set all the way through June 4,” Highshoe said. “But if not, then, I’m just going to actively search for other games.” This season, Delta league series will consist of games on back-to-back nights; one home, one away. Davis tips off on Thursday. The wait is finally over.
DUNNING: Fouling in the final moments turns 2 minutes into 2 hours From Page A10 game, once a team has committed seven fouls in a half, the other team gets to shoot a oneand-one. If you make the first, you get a second. But if you miss the first, the ball is in play. Starting with the 10th foul of a half, it’s two shots whether or not you miss
the first one. The counting of fouls starts over in the second half. In the women’s game, once a team commits a fifth foul in a quarter, two free throws are awarded. There is no such thing as a one-and-one. At the start of the next quarter, you start the foul count over, with both teams back to zero.
I think the women’s foulshooting rule is vastly superior to the men’s. What drives me crazy in the men’s game is the constant foul shooting toward the end of a close game, where the trailing team keeps fouling in the hope that the other guys will choke at the foul line. With two shots instead of a
one-and-one, there’s less incentive for the trailing team to foul, but it still happens. I’d like to take it a step further by taking away any incentive to foul at all. This could be accomplished starting with five minutes left in either half by awarding two free throws and the ball out of bounds for any foul. That would
very quickly end the nonsense where the last two minutes of a game takes half an hour to complete. What you’d get instead would be pure basketball — as God and James Naismith intended. And wouldn’t that be a miracle? — Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.
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The wait is over for DHS cagers Blue Devil girls tip off Thursday
This Kelly guy is on to something
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y friend and column-writing colleague Doug Kelly is pretty much an expert on any sport you can name and has had a storied career that has brought him into direct contact with many of the most recognizable figures in American sports. So, when Doug has a suggestion or expresses an opinion in print, I sit up and pay attention because I know there’s considerable experience and wisdom behind what he has to say. In other words, he knows of what he speaks. None of which means he’s always right, just that he has the background to back up what he says. The other day, in his regular Enterprise column, Doug had this to say: “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.” Fair enough. I agree with some of that and disagree with some of that, too. I do remember when I was growing up, the men played a four-quarter format. If one team was ahead 25-20 at the end of the first quarter, I’d multiply by four and get excited about the prospect of a team scoring 100 points in a full game.
BY LEV FARRIS GOLDENBERG Enterprise staff writer It’s been a long wait for Davis High girls hoops. But they will get their season. The Blue Devils will host Antelope at 7 p.m. on Thursday for their 2021 season opener — and their first time on the hardwood in more than a year. “We’re just super excited, we feel very fortunate to have the opportunity to play and I’m excited for my seniors,” said head coach Heather Highshoe. The program will be much smaller this year. The confluence of spring, winter and fall
“We feel very fortunate to have the opportunity to play and I’m excited for my seniors.”
sports has left the freshman and DHS hoops proJV seasons. gram depleted — Some of those of 33 players returners are across three levbig names. Skyels last year, only lar Schouten, 10 will return. Emme Eisen“We unfortuman, Lily Hessl nately lost a lot of and Maddie players due to the Buzbee are back conflicts of every for their senior other sport going seasons. Junior on,” Highshoe Mara Bledsoe is said. “But that another big conwas expected, Heather Highshoe tributor who is and we tried … to DHS basketball coach back in blue and see if we could white. make them balBeyond that, ancing two sports work. But I the varsity roster will be think two team sports are very stocked with the few returning difficult to manage and com- JV and freshman players: mit to and give 100-percent Bella Oliva, Pauline Anasco, commitment to.” Malia Abrenica, Tessa As of now, it appears there Schouten (younger sister of will not be enough players for Skylar) and Alia Cordone.
Schouten and Eisenman led Davis to a record of 17-13 overall and 5-7 in league last season. Both recently committed to playing at the next level, with Schouten headed to Sonoma State and Eisenman bound for the University of Puget Sound. For now, they will focus on taking advantage of a senior season that a few months ago looked as if it was not in the cards. The Devils have progressed in their workouts over the past few weeks as testing ramped up and restrictions were eased. “Pretty much the first two weeks we were together it was all skill development,” Highshoe said. “The girls (each) had their own basketball, had their
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t some point, both the men’s and women’s collegiate games went to 20-minute halves. I have no idea why and can’t honestly say that it changed the game in any fundamental way, certainly not anything like the dramatic change that adding the 3-point field goal created. I remember Aggie men’s coach Bob Hamilton, a basketball purist if there ever was one, railing against the 3-point shot, partly because every player suddenly wanted to start launching from long range rather than settling for a 2-point field goal. “Why don’t they give four points for a shot from 30 feet and five points for one from halfcourt?” he asked me one day in frustration. He, of course, adjusted, figured out how to incorporate the 3-point shot into his offensive strategy and remained just as successful as he was before. But he never did like it. Currently in the men’s game, there are two 20-minute halves, while the women’s game features four 10-minute quarters. I don’t see anything in either format that prevents a team from being 25 points behind at halftime. I mean, they don’t erase the score after each quarter and start over at zero. The main difference has to do with fouls and foul shooting. In the men’s
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Blue Devil quarterback Donovan Garvin, right, is able to get outside a Cosumnes Oaks defender for a first down in the first half of action Saturday.
Devils run out of gas Cosumnes Oaks spoils Sr. Night BY OWEN YANCHER Enterprise sports editor Donovan Garvin was a three-headed monster. And he had to be one. The senior rushed for a pair of touchdowns, threw for 70 yards, chalked up 164 on the ground and had a 31-yard interception return. But the shorthanded Davis High football team couldn’t quiet Cosumnes Oaks loud
FC Davis women, men set to start BY OWEN YANCHER Enterprise sports editor In 2019, FC Davis launched a bid to bring Davis’ first-ever Women’s Premier Soccer League team to life. The wager was simple: Davis, a town full of soccerloving fans, needed a team they could call their own. To truly establish the identity of Soccer City, the community would purchase memberships to help fund the team, run for board positions to operate the team and create initiatives that would positively impact the youth and adult female players within the area. It worked. FC Davis’ bid was successful and in 2020, the WPSL accepted the
Lionesses as an expansion team. Quickly, FC Davis began to assemble a roster chockfull of former Davis High and current UC Davis soccer stars. But along came COVID19 and the associated pandemic, which would reshape the world and pause the Lady Lions’ inaugural season. Entering the summer of 2021, owner Adam Lewin says all signs point to the men’s and women’s sides being able to hit the pitch in a safe, enjoyable experience in just a few months. The women are scheduled to take the field in June, with a competition
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passing game in an eventual 31-16 loss to the Wolfpack at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium.
Wolfpack 31, Devils 16
The Blue Devils started the night with an onside kick, a flea flicker Next game: Saturday and an array of at Jesuit, 1:30 p.m. rushes. But the trickery worked to The setback dropped the Devils to 1-3 this disorient the locals as much as spring and bumped visiting it did the Wolfpack. C.O. to 1-1. “We had to steal a couple possessions,” Smyte said, “I can’t fault their effort,” Devil head coach Steve Smyte explaining Jude Vaughn’s said after. “We had a lot of guys onside kickoff recovery to start playing out of position. And the game. that’s the problem you have “Donovan’s our emergency when your numbers are down.” quarterback and that has a Confusion was the name of the game Saturday night.
domino effect. We moved him from receiver where we’re
already missing Xavier Chambers, so that’s (reshuffled everyone).” With just 20 healthy players available, the Devils were constantly scrambling at the line of scrimmage. Still learning the DHS playbook after being thrust into the starting QB role last week, Garvin easily logged an extra 1,000 yards trotting back and forth to the sideline each down for playcall instructions. For every one of his highlight reel runs, of which there
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Cleared it by that much Davis High senior Shay Hawkes clears the bar during the girls high jump Saturday. The recent UC Santa Barbara commit was the highest leaping Lady Devil, clearing the bar at 5 feet in a jump events-only dual meet against Bella Vista. DHS hosts Franklin on Wednesday in its Delta League opener. For more Blue Devil action, see the DHS roundup on page A9. OWEN YANCHER/ ENTERPRISE PHOTO
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the case of raised planters as those drain quicker and dry out faster.
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very hot summer, dry and hot fall, mild but very dry winter, one abrupt cold snap, and an unusually cold spell in late winter (what we call spring here) has left gardeners and their plants confused and perplexed. This was probably not an auspicious start for a whole crop of new gardeners who planted for their first time during the pandemic spring and summer of 2020. Unusual weather was a major factor in garden successes and failures last year. Continued drought this winter will be a problem for trees this summer. Gardeners can hedge their bets by choosing a mix of varieties and can achieve greater success by watering more carefully and thoroughly. In the landscape, stress from drought is not yet apparent and can be prevented by intermittent deep watering of larger trees and shrubs. Your best watering practices depend on the density of your soil. Water slowly and deeply every few weeks by whatever method works best for you. Let’s review some key weather data from the 2020 to 2021 growing seasons.
Heat waves Starting in late May there were seven periods of three to four days or more that were well above average temperature during the summer. Yields of tomatoes and other summer vegetables were well below average. We had another period of high temperatures in midOctober, which provided for a
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Peppers don’t like the cold soil of spring, but develop steadily and respond well to our late-season warmth in October. This harvest of a mix of sweet and hot types is from early November. Keep them well watered through the summer. late harvest of peppers — a bright note in an otherwise pretty paltry garden yield. Tomato flowers don’t pollinate well at temperatures greater than 90 degrees. When we plant those suited to this area, we generally get good fruit set occurring about half of our summer days. Some varieties are especially intolerant of heat, including many of the popular heirloom varieties — most of which, such as Beefsteak and Brandywine,
originated in the eastern U.S. Our first heat wave was in late May, so high temperatures during early bloom affected pollination and early fruit set was poor. That’s not unusual, but we have a very long growing season here. We usually can count on an August cool-down with lower daytime high temperatures when monsoon air pushes up from the Gulf of Mexico. Well, that barely happened this year as August temperatures were above average
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Watering issues High temperatures meant more water use by plants. If gardeners weren’t providing long, thorough waterings, the summer garden suffered. Many of the problems we saw with summer vegetables came from people simply not running their irrigation long enough on their vegetable gardens, or often enough in
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Home Garden WEATHER: Unusual hot/cold pattern no reason to panic From Page B1 trend or pattern. We had a hot summer in 2017, and mild and productive summers in 2018 and 2019. Lots of people want to plant early this year to “beat the heat,” but that can have drawbacks. The summer vegetables we all love to grow are mostly subtropical or tropical plants. They grow very slowly, if at all, when the air and soil temperatures are low. Weather weirdness has continued into spring, mostly in the other direction temperature-wise. Most of March was very cool. We had frost on March 14. Night temperatures were too cold for seedlings in garden centers, much less out in the open in your garden. For best results, we plant tomatoes in April, peppers and eggplants in May. A couple of easy ways to decide if tomato planting season is here: ■ Daytime temperatures around 80 degrees, at least once or twice. ■ Nighttime temperatures around 55 degrees. ■ Soil temperatures (check online or use a soil thermometer) at about 60 degrees for tomatoes, 65 degrees for peppers and eggplants. We generally reach all of those milestones on about the third week of April. Or you can use the butt test: Sit on the ground. If your butt is uncomfortably cold, your plants will be, too. Yes, we all know someone who plants early. My experience is that plants that go into warm soil later grow better and yield better overall than those planted early. What will happen if your seedlings are already in the ground, with the cold nights we’ve had in early April? Early planting can lead to reduced seedling vigor, and susceptibility of the early fruit to blossomend rot (a physiological condition which causes the bottom, or blossom end, of the fruit to soften and spoil). Tomatoes that were planted early will recover, albeit slowly. Peppers and eggplants may be stunted all season. Later plantings of these nearly always out-yield the first ones you planted. Choose tomato varieties known to succeed locally. As noted, most heirloom varieties originated in the eastern U.S., where summer temperatures aren’t as
high, and humidity is not as low. Hybrid tomatoes and locally developed varieties are generally better producers than those regional favorites from climates that are different than ours. Early Girl, an old favorite hybrid, produced well last season as usual. Champion, Costoluto Genovese, Chef ’s Choice Orange, Sungold and Juliet are just a few of many tried and true types. For peppers, consider other sweet pepper varieties than the standard bell types, as the bells are more prone to sun scald during heat waves.
Other issues We are in our second year of very low rainfall. After very heavy rainfall in the 2018-19 season (33 inches), we have now been well below our seasonal average of 20 inches for two seasons. Total rainfall to date in Davis is 6.65 inches. That’s about 35% of our yearly average. Last year’s total was only 10 inches. I am concerned at this point about the larger trees and other woody plants in our landscapes going into summer with so little soil moisture. I recently had a trench dug on my property. The bulldozer operator told me that he started hitting resistance as he dug into the second pass through the soil. Inspection in the trench found the soil was dry a foot-and-a-half
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Our long growing season often means we’re making maximum harvests in October from fruit that set in August. To get an October bounty, plant a mix of varieties. These are hybrids, some heirlooms, and some of the open-pollinated Wild Boar Farms tomatoes developed by a local farmer. down. That soil should be saturated from rainfall in March. A significant percentage of your trees’ roots are not finding adequate moisture as they begin this season’s growth.
Watering trees We can take a clue from the farmers around us. Irrigation of walnut orchards in our area began in January. Almond growers began irrigating in February. They have simple economic reasons: drought-stressed trees
don’t yield as well, affecting the bottom line. But home gardeners should consider giving deep soakings to the shrubs and trees in the landscape to help them grow well this spring and develop healthy, dense canopies for the summer. It’s good for them and for us. There are several methods by which you can augment the soil moisture for your trees. ■ Using your existing sprinkler system, run multiple cycles on one day.
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Take a cue from the farmers this year. This walnut orchard is being irrigated until the soil reaches full saturation because the rainfall this season has been so limited. Some growers began watering in January this year.
Special to The Enterprise Spring cleaning isn’t just about purging dirt and grime. It’s also the perfect opportunity to take inventory of items around your home. As you tackle this season’s cleaning, look for ways to improve your overall living space, from getting rid of things you no longer need to adding items that can work harder for you. Consider these five ways to tackle your home inside and out this spring. Make organizing easier. As you clean each space, look for easy ways to reduce unsightly messes and improve organization. If your entryway always becomes a jumbled pile of shoes and coats, consider adding a storage bench and hooks to bring some order to the area. If the kids’ toys always accumulate in the living room, add a storage chest or large baskets to store them when not in use. If tools and equipment make the garage unusable, install shelving units to keep everything in place. Eliminate the excess. Spring cleaning is also an opportunity to declutter and make way for something new, either by donating or selling unused things. Whether it’s last season’s fashion and accessories or unused tech and fitness gear, that item you never used — or haven’t used in a while — may be exactly what someone else is looking for. Online platforms can make the process easy and be a way to earn extra cash or help fund other home upgrades. Reimagine your living space. If one area is becoming too crowded or doesn’t serve your family’s needs, consider items you can repurpose for another part of the home. For example, move an unused chair in your living room into a bedroom to create a reading nook. Keep your focus on function as you make changes that accommodate your lifestyle. Make smart additions: Once you’ve cleared your space, and sold things you no longer need, you can convert that extra cash into reliable home appliances and tech. For example, purchase or upgrade items like vacuums, lawn mowers, power washers, drills and more to help take your spring cleaning to the next level. You can make your money go further by choosing certified refurbished products. Commit to revisiting regularly: It’s easy to let clutter and disorganization slide when you get busy with life’s demands. Once your spring cleaning and reorganizing is complete, commit to reassessing your home on a monthly or quarterly basis so you can make small adjustments along the way, rather than face a major project every year. — Family Features
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WEATHER: Watch what farmers do in their orchards From Page B2 Allow time for each watering to soak in before you water again. Measure to see when you’ve provided a couple of inches of water total. ■ Using your existing drip irrigation system, turn it on manually and let it run for at least a couple, perhaps several, hours (unless water is running into the street). ■ Make a simple watering system for larger trees. Put in three rings of drip irrigation: one out a little from the trunk, one out at the “drip line” (edge of the
leaf canopy) of the tree, and a ring further out by a couple of feet around the tree. Run that long enough to soak in 18 to 24 inches deep, which may take several hours. For a detailed description of the most efficient way to water trees deeply, read about the Tree Ring Irrigation Contraption here: https://ccuh. ucdavis.edu/tric. ■ Set a little sprinkler out there and move it around, running it until it puddles in one area before you move to the next. Set it in each spot twice over the course of a day. This is
primitive and less readily quantified in terms of output, but it is simple. You can do any of these deep-watering methods about once a month in addition to your regular watering schedule. Ordinarily, we wouldn’t bother with this until nearly summer, but the dry soil conditions this year suggest we should begin now. The major drought of 2010 to about 2016 caused significant stress to our trees, with some species (redwoods, maples, magnolias, ornamental pears) weakened or killed. Let’s
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comprehensive history of the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on California would surely conclude that the state’s schoolchildren have been treated shamefully. The incessant political squabbling over closing and reopening schools, and the sporadic efforts at in-home learning, have once again demonstrated that the supposed adults who manage and operate public education in California are more focused on their own interests than on the wellbeing of students. Indeed, one could easily describe what has happened and not happened in the schools as child neglect on a massive scale. California schools were not a roaring success even before the pandemic struck more than a year ago. By almost any measure, we lagged behind other states, particularly in meeting the needs of the more than three million students classified as poor or English-learners. The many billions of dollars
that the Legislature appropriated to improve their outcomes under former Gov. Jerry Brown’s Local Control Funding Formula were often misdirected with little accountability. When the coronavirus reared its ugly head, schools were quickly shuttered and educators scrambled to replace classroom instruction with at-home instruction via the Internet. But once again, many of the children already at risk of failure were left behind, lacking the resources or familial support to participate. The damage has been huge, widening the already yawning gap between the at-risk students
and their more privileged peers. A new report on impacts in Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation’s second largest school system, reveals the extent of the damage. L.A. Unified’s classrooms have been closed for more than a year and will only begin to reopen later this month, largely due to conflicts between the district’s managers and its unions — a syndrome that’s delayed reopening in many large urban districts. “The COVID-19 pandemic has interrupted the livelihoods, health, education, childcare and financial stability of millions,” says the report issued by Great Public Schools, a local advocacy group. “Students in Los Angeles Unified School District … are experiencing the painful loss of connection with their peers, teachers and school staff, and serious loss of learning that will have life-long consequences if not addressed.” “We may not know the full
impact of this last year on our students for another year or more, but the preliminary data we have paints an alarming picture,” the report adds. Among the specific findings, based on L.A. Unified’s own data: ■ 40% of LAUSD middle and high schoolers were disengaged or absent from classes in spring 2020. ■ Disengagement was likely even higher for elementary students. ■ More than 13,000 middleand high-school students were consistently disengaged in fall 2020. An additional 56,000 did not actively participate on a daily basis. ■ Two-thirds of L.A. Unified students are falling behind in literacy and math. Fewer young students of color are on target in reading skills compared to a year earlier. ■ Across all academic progress indicators, students of color, low-income students, English
learners, foster children, students with disabilities and homeless students have been set back further than their more advantaged peers. ■ Many high school students are at risk of not graduating. Currently, 20% of the class of 2021, 43% of the class of 2022, 37% of the class of 2023 and 30% of the class of 2024 will not graduate. These numbers are — or should be — shocking and embarrassing to every adult involved in the operation of California schools, from Gov. Gavin Newsom downward. Not only are the futures of the affected children dimmer but their educational lapses will affect the entire state for decades to come. — 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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LETTERS History happening now Were you born after 1970? When you read about the civil rights battles of the ’60s, do you assume you’d have joined in? Would you have been there on the Pettus Bridge alongside John Lewis? Well, a new battle lies before us. Sens. Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham and Joe Manchin were raised in racism. Steeped in it. They and others like them — Christian, straight, cisgender and white — have power over all our lives. Men who saw Jim Crow as normal decide who gets to vote today. Men who thought all women should be June Cleaver choose what rights women can have today. Tensions between those men and the rest of us have come to a head. We, the “everyone elses” of the world, want the same rights and privileges that they have. We are brown, Black, female, Muslim, atheist, trans, gay, in a wheelchair, nonbinary and sick of being cheated. While white men are a minority in our country, they have power over us because we, the majority, aren’t engaged. Can you volunteer just a few hours a month? For starters, you can help get the filibuster out and get voting rights in. If you can keep volunteering through the midterm elections in 2022, you can create a foundation to save us all. You’ll
impact racism. Climate change. Education. Immigration. LGBTQ+ rights. Poverty. Animal suffering. Hunger. Countless local, state, and national groups will train you, support you and empower you. For me, connecting with our local Indivisible chapter was key. I found new friends, camaraderie, new skills (ask me about Zoom waiting rooms!) and, most importantly, a sense of history. With Indivisible Yolo, I helped bring in the Democrat trifecta of the White House and both chambers of Congress. I follow new legislators on Twitter — legislators that I helped get elected. I contributed to the thousands of phone calls that made Sen. Dianne Feinstein recently shift her stance on the filibuster. Babies born today will grow up to benefit from bills we’re calling our representatives about this week. Please get involved! Alex Bury Davis
Excited for school I am anticipating the schools’ reopening and am excited to go back in April. The reopening of schools under hybrid learning will be good because it will allow students to socialize and be able to see friends in person. It will allow us to get better help from teachers, too. One-on-one help in person from teachers is very important because it shows the teachers that we as students are engaged in our learning.
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Finally, I think that going back to school will provide an important change of scenery. We have been doing our schoolwork at home, making it hard to separate school and work from relaxation and time at home. I am glad to be going back to school and I hope other students are, too. Charlie Tucker Davis
Sounds familiar Jeff Hudson notes in his article that new Davis homes are now in short supply. Déjà vu all over again. In March 1978, my wife and I purchased a new Stanley Davis El Dorado home in West Manor 2 for $37,125 which was one of only three new houses on the block (one custom and one other Stanley Davis). We had qualified for the home due to our financial situation. Within a few months, the next group of Stanley Davis homes on our block was put in a lottery system. People had to be at the Stanley Davis office on East Eighth Street waiting in line for a chance at receiving one of the new homes offered. There were hundreds in line waiting (some camped overnight) for the 20-plus homes available. The lack of new homes in Davis is not a new phenomenon; the days of affordable homes are long gone. John Clark Davis
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VCE I may have some of this wrong, but didn’t VCE promise 5% lower rates than PG&E? They are the same in the last comparison I saw. VCE promised to spend and develop local resources to lower system losses, keep money in the area and help the local economy. The last contract they signed is from a source to be developed in San Bernardino County; 450 miles south-southeast. The VCE news release specifies 90 MW of solar, and 75 MW of storage. MWh (megawatt hours) is the correct unit for energy. I am retired, having worked for both PG&E and SMUD as an employee and consultant and contractor, and I admit to being skeptical of the idea of numerous community choice aggregators planning my energy future. Jim Skeen Davis
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hen I came to Davis in 1989, I was essentially doing a do-over. I was moving from L.A., becoming a single parent with three small children and starting classes at UCD. My family was certain this was a disastrous decision. So, it was with much trepidation that I began settling into a place that may as well have been Mars compared to where I had come from. To get a lay of the land I began reading The Enterprise and the Aggie which at that time was still regularly published in print. I quickly found all the essential information I needed. When Little League and Scouts were signing up. What time the VFW was holding the pancake breakfast, but it was Bob Dunning’s column that really explained everything I needed to know about Davis. Like a field guide, it carefully called out interesting tidbits of information while at the same time letting me know which social faux pax could be my downfall. All of Davis’ eccentricities from toad tunnels to tickets for snoring, to fights over historic alleys were delivered shaved down to their absurdity in Dunning’s irreverent but always relevantly right style. From this I gathered that Davis was truly a special place. I stayed anyway. This year marks Bob Dunning’s 51st year of giving us the lay of the land. It is truly a blessing to have someone that cares deeply enough about their community to commit to lovingly present it in its unvarnished glory and point out its beauty. As I round the bend on my first year as mayor, I appreciate what that commitment means. The ability to wade through the rough spots and keep your eye on community is equally challenging and rewarding. Thank you Bob for all your years of service. I hope to catch up. — Gloria Partida is the Mayor of Davis.
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ecently, we read in The Enterprise that the developers of the West Davis Active Adult Community (since renamed Bretton Woods) plan to change the Davis-Based Buyers Program. When the developers came before the City in 2017/2018 seeking approval to place their proposal on the ballot a key component was their DavisBased Buyers Program: “The project proponent has elected to develop a ‘DavisBased Buyers Program’ that would restrict sale of 90% of the for-sale residential units to households that include a Davis resident, family of a Davis resident, Davis employee, student or graduate of Davis schools or similar connection. The Development Agreement requires the developer to develop requirements and procedures for the program that ensure that it is consistent with all applicable fair housing laws.” The City Council decided to place the West Davis Active Adult Community proposal on the ballot, according to the requirements of Measure J/R. Ultimate approval for the project would require a majority of “yes” votes on the proposal, which was designated as Measure L on the November 2018 ballot. Leading up to the election, the project proponents made the Davis-Based Buyers Program a central feature of their campaign outreach. It is not a stretch to conclude that many in our community supported Measure L because they believed the promise that a significant majority of the new houses would be allocated to those who currently have or previously had a Davis connection. Prior to the City Council’s decision to place the proposal on the ballot, the project proponents’ attorney as well as the city of Davis’ attorney provided legal guidance that locationbased criteria, such as that outlined in the Davis-Based Buyers Program, do not run afoul of state or federal fair housing laws if properly implemented to meet the important provisions of these laws. The project proponents’ attorney submitted a legal memo to the city on Jan. 11, 2018, which analyzed the proposed Davis-Based Buyers Program and concluded that: “As described herein, it is clear that the intent of the ‘DavisBased Buyers Program’ is to implement Measure R and, in so doing, help to meet a broad array of the internal housing needs of the city. The intent of the program is not to discriminate against any protected class of individuals, but to achieve numerous legitimate public policy goals. Furthermore, with the numerous safeguards in place and broad qualifications for program inclusion, no protected class will be deprived reasonable opportunity to obtain housing in Davis. As such, there is no discriminatory intent and there will be no significant disparate impact as a result of implementing the Davis-Based Buyers Program. Therefore, the program complies with state and federal fair housing laws.” Given this history, it was with some surprise that we learned that the project developers wish
to essentially eliminate the guarantees and commitments of the Davis-Based Buyers Program. The developers first proposed eliminating the Davis-Based Buyers Program in its entirety in July 2020, but faced immediate criticism from city residents and accusations of perpetrating a “bait-andswitch.” They withdrew that request. They have now returned with an alternative proposal where prospective buyers would be asked about their Davis connection, but if they are members of a “protected class” they could bypass answering that question and still be eligible to purchase a home in the new development.
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ccording to the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing protected characteristics are: race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, familial status (such as households with children under age 18), source of income, disability (mental and physical), medical condition, genetic information, age, citizenship, primary language, or immigration status. While the developer’s proposed alternative sounds laudable at first, the practical effect would be to end the DavisBased Buyers Program, as they desired in July of last year. Understandably and appropriately, the definitions of “protected class” in fair housing law can be construed quite broadly, which means that nearly every prospective home buyer could choose not to answer the question about a Davis connection and still buy a house in Bretton Woods. This likely outcome would violate the promise made to the community when the proposal was placed on the ballot about providing needed senior housing for Davis residents and those with a connection to Davis. We understand that there is a genuine wish among many in our community to expand housing opportunities to a broader segment of the population; we share this wish. To address the desire for a more inclusive approach while maintaining respect for the underlying intent of the DavisBased Buyers Program, we suggest expanding the geographic bounds of the program beyond Davis to include all of Yolo County. By adding West Sacramento, Woodland, and the unincorporated areas of the county, a “Yolo County-Based Buyers Program” would meaningfully expand the diversity of eligible applicants while maintaining fidelity to the intent of helping local seniors find suitable housing opportunities in the area. As the Planning Commission prepares to review this issue next week, we hope that the developer remembers the campaign promises they made to our community. The developer included a robust commitment that these homes would go to those with a local connection and we hope that the developer will abide by their commitment. — Brett Lee is a former mayor of Davis and a Davis City Council member from 2012 to 2020. Claire Goldstene served on the Davis Social Services Commission from 2014 to 2019.
world commodities rebalancing is underway, and China is in a position of dominance. Take lithium, where China is a major processor and battery manufacturer; cobalt, where China has dominated the supply chains; and rare earths, where China has an almost total monopoly. Taken together, these three commodities are key to the future of alternative energy, electric vehicles, mobile phones, and even headphones. Having stated that he was “fervently Sinophile,” British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the House of Commons recently described lithium deposits in England’s rugged southwestern county of Cornwall as “the Klondike” of lithium. Johnson is known for his grandiloquence, but he knows about the importance of lithium in the age of the lithium-ion battery, and a big lithium mine will open in Cornwall in 2026. This kind of economic activity points to the re-evaluation and rebalancing of the world’s vital, nonagricultural commodities, reflecting the need for new raw materials for national survival as the demands of technology have changed. The rare earth elements — there are 17 of them but only four are in demand — are the great multipliers of the modern electronic age. I have seen how this works with the equivalent of a refrigerator magnet. A traditional magnet has a slight pull toward the metal surface. Try it with a magnet that has been enhanced with one of the rare earths, neodymium, and you will find the attraction to the metal of the refrigerator so strong that
COMMENTARY the magnet will fly out of your hand — and it will take a muscular tug to remove it. Enhanced magnetism is what makes wind turbines economically feasible. Wind turbines wouldn’t produce enough electricity to make them economical without that multiplier. The problem is that 95 percent of the rare earths now mined and processed come from China. This gives the Chinese the ability to choke off the West’s economies while the struggle to produce the vital elements elsewhere (and they are well distributed throughout the Earth’s crust) is mounted.
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avid Zaikin, a Ukrainianborn Canadian citizen working in London, knows as much about the world resource line-up and China’s influence as anyone. He is the CEO of Key Elements Group, and an alumnus and founder of the Mining Club at the London Business School. “China is out there and is trying to win every race globally. The West must do everything it can to subvert its efforts and find alternative nations to work with,” Zaikin says. “The good news is that there are friendly nations like Canada, Australia and India that are naturally very rich in rare earths. They are well-positioned to bridge the gap in potential rare earths shortages, or in the event those are weaponized by the PRC,” he says, “The bad news is that it takes a long time to begin commercial production, and the right time to start was yesterday.” The Mountain Pass mine, which lies in the Mojave Desert
in California, is in production after a hiatus. But that doesn’t mean much in terms of our Chinese dependence. The production from California is shipped to China for processing and then shipped back to the United States. The mine has also been financed by the Chinese. The inhibition to mining for rare earths, as John Kutsch, executive director of the Thorium Energy Alliance, explains, is thorium, which isn’t a rare earth element, but which is found in conjunction with rare earths, especially in the United States. Thorium is a fertile nuclear material and is classified as such by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the International Atomic Energy Agency, so miners have to account for it, and it has to be stored and disposed of as nuclear waste. Until a national thorium bank is established, as supported by Kutsch and his group, we will be looking elsewhere. Zaikin says, “As the West pursues green policies and becomes more independent of imported oil, it will reduce the influence that the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) and other oil-producing nations have on domestic and international policies.” He adds, “However, by moving from oil into renewable energy, the West increasingly finds itself at the mercy of China. This is why it is crucial that the West includes nuclear power in its green vision of the future, in order to avoid the weaponization of energy by hostile powers.” — Llewellyn King is executive producer and host of “White House Chronicle” on PBS. His email is llewellynking1@gmail. com. He wrote this for Inside Sources.com.
Dealing with housing and climate BY ANNA CABALLERO AND MICHAEL DELAPA Special to CalMatters
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alifornia faces a housing crisis and a climate emergency. We don’t build enough housing so we drive too frequently and too far in cars that generate most of California’s greenhouse gases. The solution is simple and obvious: build more housing in cities where people work so we don’t have to drive so much. Local governments need to partner with the state and private developers to reduce building costs, which reduces housing prices. Start with making it easy to build compactly in cities where housing should go. Compact housing not only reduces vehicle miles traveled, it is less expensive because it lowers land costs per unit and improves “economies of scale” in construction. Lowering housing costs starts with increasing housing supply. California is now 49th in the country in housing production per capita. We build fewer homes annually than we did in the 1960s. How did we get here? The root causes are old infrastructure, conflicting laws and misaligned incentives that drive up both housing costs and emissions. Proposition 13 incentivizes local zoning less for homes and more for commercial to generate taxes. California local governments have virtual free reign over zoning, putting the interests of current residents before those of future ones. Consequently, housing in California is costly and financially risky to build, so developers can’t
COMMENTARY and don’t — and private developers build essentially all of California’s housing. With limited housing production, housing prices have soared, making it virtually impossible for average wage earners and young people to enter the housing market. Low-wage earners end up sharing homes or moving. Competing interests restrict supply and drive up housing costs to unprecedented levels. Local governments fiercely protect control over zoning. Neighborhood groups protect status quo zoning. Construction unions want set wages, regardless of regional markets. Social justice groups, too long excluded from the housing market, understandably argue that market rate housing must subsidize affordable housing and not displace low income residents. California can increase housing supply within the boundaries of our 482 cities. There’s no need for sprawl in unincorporated areas. And housing needs to be reimagined to be “affordable by design” — more units in larger buildings, especially for-rent apartments and for-purchase condominiums and townhomes. The state should require local governments to approve and build more housing, use land more efficiently and simplify permitting. That is why state Sen. Anna Caballero, D-Salinas, authored Senate Bill 6 this year, the Neighborhood Homes Act. It makes it easier for local jurisdictions to approve residential development in commercial office and retail spaces. Communities are increas-
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ingly familiar with distressed malls plagued by vacancies. These commercial and transportation centers are ripe for new residential development. The state should also include mandates for approval of duplexes and lot splits in residential neighborhoods and approval via “ministerial” procedures, based on objective standards. The city of Sacramento has led by allowing four-plexes by right. Other regulations also should be relaxed, including height, setback and parking requirements. Building in cities should be as profitable as building on virgin land. One of the biggest impediments developers face is old infrastructure — sewer, water and gas lines and electric utilities that won’t support higher densities. Cities that have zoned their downtowns for higher density should be rewarded with infrastructure improvement bonds. We need incentives that encourage developers to build more affordable housing in cities — incentives like density bonuses, to allow more units if a percentage is reserved for low-income wage earners. If California is to meet our goals for equitable greenhouse gas reduction, adapting to climate change, and building homes for all, it’s time to break down the local barriers that have favored building out rather than building up. California’s Legislature is where that needs to happen. And it can’t happen soon enough. — State Sen. Anna Caballero represents the 12th District. Michael DeLapa is executive director of LandWatch Monterey County, a nonprofit, execdir@ landwatch.org.
Editors’ choice for web comment of the week “Managing who purchases through marketing has to be some kind of fiction.” From Todd Edelman
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No, I will not pay $800 in accrued interest M ay today’s entry inspire you to wage your own battles against absurdity. Because the following tale, my friends, has a happy ending. I think my March 12 email to our attorney — because yes, an attorney was becoming necessary — best explains the situation. Hi there. I’m in a standoff with Big Bank over interest it wants me to pay on a car we sold close to three years ago. We sold the car in July 2018, and then I made two wire transfers to pay off the loan — one for $9,999, the max you can send in a day, and the following day, another for around $8,700, the remaining balance to pay off the car. The DMV sent us the pink slip and Big Bank a notarized copy of the “your loan is paid off,” and I promptly forgot about it. And then they reopened the account when the second wire transfer was not processed. I didn’t get a phone call or an email, but I supposedly did get something in the US Mail from Big Bank letting me know there’d been an error. I didn’t see this notice because A) I’m an idiot? B) We get so much junk mail it’s crazy! C) It didn’t arrive?
To be honest, a handful of months later I noticed there was $8,700 in our savings account that I thought shouldn’t be there. But I assumed I’d made some mistake in my accounting ... I saw no way I had the pink slip and notarized payoff notice and the bank made a mistake. It must have been my error. Fast forward to Oct. 2020 when I saw some mail from Big Bank. While it looked like junk mail (which I always, albeit foolishly, tear up into pieces over our recycling can outside as I come back from the mailbox) I somehow opened this one and saw a statement that said while we had nothing due on our car loan now, the remaining balance of more than $9,000 was coming due soon. What? That day I called Big Bank and was on the phone with various people for a long time ... it took me a while to piece together
what had happened, but I learned that wire transfers don’t always go through — even though one of them, for $9,999 did the previous day — and even if you receive the pink slip and a notarized payoff notice, you might not be done paying off a car. It turns out I’d been getting these nondescript Big Bank mailings quarterly that said nothing was owed but showed a balance of the second wire-transfer amount, along with accruing interest. Oh, and the first statement like this I finally noticed was more than two years after the car had been sold. Mea culpa for sure... I immediately sent them the $8738.42 that was owed to pay off the car, but ain’t no way I’m paying this interest. I’ve now spent the past handful of pandemically complicated months trying to resolve this with Big Bank ... aka inform them that I am not paying the interest that accrued due to their mistake. (Their mistake, as I’ve told them repeatedly, being that they had the correct wire transfer info, they’d successfully done a wire transfer the day before the failed one, the money was in our
account, I had the pink slip and notarized payoff notice, and they failed to call but merely sent a letter I never saw telling me the wire transfer didn’t work.) I’ve written to the president of Big Bank explaining everything, and the response was a very blanket, “Here’s how interest is accrued” tutorial. Lame. Where it sits now: Big Bank says we owe $784.49 in interest, and I say we don’t. I also say I am willing to pay you thousands of dollars to not pay this bogus accrued interest because I’m furious at this situation. And I want to shout it from social media, and my column in The Davis Enterprise, and recommend to everyone I know to not do business with Big Bank. Thoughts? :) Yes, I’m being hyperbolic here, but I really do want to know what you’d recommend. And please don’t say “Pay $784.49 in accrued interest.” Thanks, Tanya
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hockingly, on March 26, before any letter on legal stationary was sent to Big Bank, someone in the president’s office who actually knows what happened with our car loan called me. She was wonderful and understood the oddities of this case, and I learned from her
that Big Bank didn’t get notification about the second wire transfer failing until 13 days after I made the transfer. That’s how the DMV was able to release the title to the car’s new owner. Before she had barely finished uttering the phrase, “Would you be willing to split the interest expense?” I practically shouted “DEAL!” I mean, this is definitely half my fault for not opening my (presumed junk) mail! Thus a happy ending was mine after a mere six months(!) of back-and-forth phone calls, threatening letters from collection agencies and nonstop robocalls. I mean, if you asked me if I’d be willing to trade countless hours of my time in the form of letter-writing and excruciating conversations over and over (and over!) with customer service representatives for nearly $400, I’d scream “Hell no!” But if you said I’d only have to pay $400 of $800 and Big Bank admitted they kinda blew it, to0? Priceless. — Tanya Perez lives in Davis with her family. Her column is published every other Sunday. Reach her at pereztanyah@ gmail.com. Follow her on Twitter at @californiatanya.
Faithful volunteers stop the cycle of child abuse BY TRACY FAUVER Special to The Enterprise
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pril is Child Abuse Prevention Month and promoting awareness is more important this year than ever as the impact of the pandemic on child abuse will likely be seen for years to come ... I understand that schools needed to be closed for safety reasons during the pandemic, but as I spot school busses beginning to drive on the streets again, I am hopeful. Schools are often a safe haven for foster children. After all, when their lives become quickly unfamiliar with new family members, foods, and traditions, school is often the place that stays the same. It also used to be a place where about a fifth of child abuse and neglect cases were initially found and reported to child protective services. Needless to say, when the pandemic hit and schools closed, we were concerned … not because of the amount of calls that were going to child protective services, but because the amount of calls that weren’t. Living our lives in isolation meant that abuse happened in isolation. It would be one thing if this were short-term, but it’s been a full year since schools have even begun to open part-time. The long-term ramifications of Coronavirus have yet to be seen, especially when it comes to cases of child abuse and neglect. What will be uncovered
YOLO CASA when we all return to life as normal? Will we even return to life as normal? We are preparing now for an influx of cases within the next few months. But these cases will be different. The usual trauma of being abused or neglected will be there, but there will be a different kind of trauma … a trauma left behind from experiencing it in isolation … wondering if it would ever end or see the light of day. As vaccines roll out around the nation, we’re relieved. But we are also soberly aware that there is no vaccination for the silent abuse and neglect that passed us by this last year. In honor of Child Abuse Prevention Month, please commit to “If you see something, say something.” It truly takes a whole community of people watching out for our most vulnerable people to make progress happen. Speaking of a whole community of people, I’d like to take a moment to say a special thank you to this entire community for helping us to effectively continue our mission as I reflect on this past year. We’ve flipped our volunteer trainings and continuing education to a virtual format, and we’ve helped our CASA volunteers find safe ways to regularly connect with their foster children. Despite the pandemic, our CASA volunteers have still spotted red flags, have still helped
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Living our lives in isolation meant that abuse happened in isolation. their foster children advocate for what’s most important to them, and have still been there for phone calls and chats. This kind of work stops the cycle of abuse and enables our foster children to learn to become self-advocates … an incredibly valuable gift. Our donors have enabled us to train and retain these CASA volunteers. Our only funding is through grants and private donations, and our private donors stepped up in a big way through this pandemic. I feel like a broken
record when I say that I cannot thank our volunteers and donors enough, but I truly can’t. How can you adequately thank someone for making a difference to a child? This year’s Big Day of Giving is coming up on May 6 and my ask is always the same: Will you remember us and help us continue doing what we are doing by making a donation? You can schedule your donation today at bigdayofgiving.org/yolocasa. Our mission isn’t the most visible or the most
sensational, but I can promise you it’s among the most important cause I’ve ever seen as a social worker. And thanks to your support, we are able to stop the cycle of child abuse not only in April, but all year long. For more resources on child abuse prevention, the Yolo County Child Abuse Prevention Council a project of the Yolo County Children’s Alliance, has created a new website: Strong Families Yolo! It encourages everyone to play a part in caring for Yolo children and
strengthening Yolo families. Whatever our role in the community — friend, educator, business owner, parent, person of faith — there are ways we can support children and families in Yolo County. This website also offers resources for everyone so we can learn how to recognize, intervene, and report child abuse and neglect. The website is available in different languages at www. strongfamiliesyolo.org — Tracy Fauver, LCSW, is the executive director of Yolo County CASA.
Local students shine at their universities Enterprise staff
BY ANDY JONES Special to The Enterprise 1. Cities That Start with V. The most populous V-city in America is also the most populous city in its state. Name the city. 2. Pop Culture — Music. Who was the youngest person to win the four main Grammy categories — Best New Artist, Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Album of the Year—in the same year, 2019? 3. Science. What G-word do we use for an organism’s reproductive cells? 4. Great Americans. Oscar winners Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett and
Heath Ledger all played what American Oscarwinning musician in the 2007 film “I’m Not There?” 5. Unusual Words. What large and imposing entranceway is also a web page providing access or links to other sites? Answers: Virginia Beach, Va.; Billie Eilish; gamete; Bob Dylan; portal. — Dr. Andy Jones is the quizmaster at de Vere’s Irish Pub and author of the book “Pub Quizzes: Trivia for Smart People.” Dr. Andy is now also sharing his pub quizzes via Patreon. Find out more at www.yourquizmaster.com.
Julianna Morgan, a native of Davis, has been named to Emerson College’s dean’s list for the fall 2020 semester. Morgan is majoring in creative writing and is a member of the Class of 2023. The requirement to make Emerson’s dean’s list is a grade point average of 3.7 or higher. Based in Boston, Emerson College educates individuals who will solve problems and change the world through engaged leadership in communication and the arts. The College has 3,780 undergraduates and 670 graduate
NAME DROPPERS students from across the United States and 50 countries. ———— Woodland natives Kyle J. Froman and Claire Schwarzgruber made the honor roll at Oregon State University. A total of 8,150 students earned a B-plus (3.5) or better to make the listing. To be on the honor roll, students must carry at least 12 graded hours of course work. Froman is a senior majoring in
mechanical engineering, and Schwarzgruber is a senior majoring in liberal studies. As one of only two universities in the nation designated as a land, sea, space and sun grant, Oregon State serves Oregon and the world by working on today’s most pressing issues. Its more than 31,000 students come from across the globe, and its programs operate in every Oregon county. — Do you know of someone who has won an award or accomplished something noteworthy? Email it to newsroom@davisenterprise.net.
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Worth the time Dear Annie: I have been dating my boyfriend for two years. We are both in our mid-40s. But I feel as if we are walking in opposite directions on the road of life. He works two full-time jobs and has several younger children. He has so many responsibilities financially that he is stretched thin. I have never been invited inside his home. I have been outside the house, but that is it. I tell him almost everything, while he keeps most things bottled up. That is the biggest problem with our relationship. I try to discuss this, but he sweeps it under the rug. First, his daughter hates me. She refuses to meet me. She cries and carries on. She’s 16 years old. So he makes excuses for her. Secondly, I recently found out that his brother and his long-term girlfriend are living there and not helping with any of the household expenses. This bothers me because, until recently, I have more often than not covered his mortgage while paying my own rent and household expenses. I told him that he needs to talk to the adults in his house because I can’t financially continue to do this. He used stimulus money to get caught up on his mortgage because he was behind (I assumed that he hasn’t paid since I stopped paying it). I told him a year ago that things would be so much easier for us if we lived together. But I feel as though that is not an option. And he says that he needs both jobs for the foreseeable future. This means that I see him roughly an hour a month. And we have a date night maybe once every five months, if he’s able to get the night off. He keeps apologizing for not being able to
Legals@DavisEnterprise.net see me. But every time we talk, he tells me about the bills he is behind on. And I am not sure how much more I can take. I love this man with every fiber of my being. He says he loves me and that I should know how he feels about me and it kills him that he can’t spend too much time with me. Some days I just feel used to help him keep his head above water. How do I get him to see the big picture? Or do I just fade away into the shadows and tell him I can’t do it anymore? — Lost and In Love
Dear Lost In Love: I’m not sure that he is the one who needs to see the big picture here. That person is you. One hour a month of time spent together is not a relationship. Walk away — today. This does not sound like a good match. The sooner you leave, the sooner you can find someone who wants to make time for you. ——— Dear Annie: I hope you will print my response to “Irked,” who had to convert milliliters to teaspoons. Any pharmacy would be glad to provide a dosing spoon, cup or syringe with your prescription. People often use regular spoons instead of more accurate measuring spoons. That’s a mistak because regular teaspoons and tablespoons are not standard. People could over- or
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Hygiene problems points to deeper issues Dear Annie: Our son is an educated, well-read, successful married man. We taught him how to keep a home, how to clean, how to groom himself. This has never been an issue. Since he married five years ago, all things clean have disappeared. His home is filthy. We help out at his house, doing painting, flooring, etc. We are glad to be a part of our son’s life and don’t mind helping — if he just took care of his things and his home. He also doesn’t seem to care how he presents himself. Recently, his wife had a birthday party for him. He came out looking like he had just gotten out of bed. The bathroom looked like it hadn’t been cleaned in over a month. He was not raised like this. How do we approach him about this without causing hard feelings? — Embarrassed Mom Dear Embarrassed Mom: He might not have been raised like this, but clearly something is going on in his home life. Letting go of your house, and yourself for that matter, could be signs of a deeper issue. He could be dealing with depression, anxiety or ADHD. As a temporary BandAid, you could offer to pay for a cleaning service — even monthly could make a huge difference. While that might tackle the surface of what is going on, it’s important to look at what is going
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on inside of him. Ask him if he wants to go out to dinner or for a walk, and have an open, nonjudgmental conversation with him about how his life is going. And how he is feeling. Hopefully, he will open up. Continue to support and be there for him. If matters do not get better, he might need the help of a professional counselor. ——— Dear Annie: My daughter died at age 41 after 17 years of marriage. Her husband will always be my son-in-law. I was one of the first people he called when he started dating again because he didn’t want me to hear it from someone else. He repeated that when he decided to remarry. I knew that I would have a difficult time attending the wedding. However, I wanted to go to support him and my three grandchildren. When I overheard my granddaughters talking about the wedding, I asked if there was a date selected, because I hadn’t been told. The response was that it was during a time when I had a long-planned trip scheduled. So, they knew I wouldn’t be able to attend. I don’t know if that was on purpose or a coincidence, but it was certainly a relief. The stepmother is a fine person and is loved by my grandchildren. — I Am a Blessed Papa Dear Blessed Papa: I am so sorry for the loss of your daughter. As I have written before, there is life before you lose a child and life after. The after is never the same. You sound like an incredible man, and your son-in-law — the father of your grandchildren — shows great respect toward you. Your focus on your blessings is admirable, and it is precisely
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Please tone down the tambourine Dear Annie: I attend a small church where the congregation does not exceed 12 members. So on any given Sunday, there are at least nine of us in attendance, including the pastor and first lady. We follow the government recommended COVID-19 social distance guidelines. I am hearing impaired and wear a digital hearing aid. There is an older member who beats a tambourine at the drop of a hat during worship service, and since I’m not impaired by volume but tone, the tambourine sounds more pronounced to the point that it gives me a quick migraine or makes me dizzy. Should I speak with the pastor so he can instruct her to tone it down, or should I go elsewhere? I can’t seem to enjoy service like this, especially when it is already hard to hear a person speaking or praying while they are masked. She beats it during prayers, too. I really believe the tambourine lady knows this annoys me. — Dizzy and Annoyed Church Member. Dear Dizzy: Yes, you should tell your pastor how the tambourine is giving you migraines and making you dizzy. He probably has no idea that the tone is so pronounced for you. And it might be having the same effect on others. As humans, we often write narratives in our minds that other people are engaging in behaviors to specifically bother us. Try to not put that onto the member who is beating the tambourine. Chances are that she just enjoys the sound of the instrument and gets carried away.
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Public Notices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed: 03/24/2021 FBN Number: F20210260 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) JDM Organic Farm 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California. Business is located in Yolo County. 34254 County Road 19 Woodland, CA 95695 Mailing address: 630 Lincoln Avenue Woodland, CA 95695 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip Windmill Vineyards LLC 34254 County Road 19 Woodland, CA 95695 4. Business Classification: Limited Liability Company 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) 6. Signature of Registrant(s): Jeffrey D. Morgan Manager, Windmill Vineyards LLC 3/28, 4/4, 4/11, 4/18 1212
petition should not be granted. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: 5-6-21 Time: 9:00 AM Dept: 9 Room: N/A The address of the court is 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695 3. a) A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The Davis Enterprise 315 G Street, Davis, CA 95616 Date: 3/11/2021 Daniel M. Wolk Judge of the Superior Court 4/4, 4/11, 4/18, 4/25 1220
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the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held on April 13, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. in Department 10 located at 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Signed: ROY N. BUTZ Petitioner 4205 Lamont Street, Unit 1 San Diego, CA 619-204-8281 4/7, 4/11, 4/14 1223
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed: 04/02/2021 FBN Number: F20210294 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) ESC LANDSCAPES 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California. Business is located in Yolo County. 1028 Cross Street Woodland, CA 95695 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip Eduardo Sanchez Castillo 1028 Cross Street Woodland, CA 95695 4. Business Classification: Individual FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME 5. Beginning Date of Business: The STATEMENT Registrant(s) commenced to transact Filed: 03/18/21 business under the fictitious business FBN Number: F20210248 name or names listed above on: N/A 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) “I declare that all information in Nina’s Spray Tan this statement is true and correct.” 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of (A registrant who declares as true Principal Place of Business in California. information which he or she knows to be Business is located in Yolo County. false is guilty of a crime.) 936 Campbell Circle 6. Signature of Registrant(s): STORAGE LIEN SALE Woodland, CA 95776 Eduardo Sanchez 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), 4/4, 4/11, 4/18, 4/25 1221 Auction at Stonegate Self Storage, Residence Address, State, and Zip NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER 2772 W Covell Blvd, Davis, CA. 95616. Karina Morales When? 4/28/21 at 11:00 AM. This and ESTATE OF 936 Campbell Circle enforcement is authorized by Chapter ROY J. BUTZ Woodland, CA 95776 10, commencing without warranty or CASE NO. PR2021-38 4. Business Classification: Individual guarantee for cash only. We reserve the To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, 5. Beginning Date of Business: The right to reject any or all offers. Purchased contingent creditors, and persons who Registrant(s) commenced to transact items must be removed from property business under the fictitious business may otherwise be interested in the will immediately following the sale. The or estate, or both, of: ROY J. BUTZ name or names listed above on: N/A following is a general description of the “I declare that all information in A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been items to be sold: Guitar, Electronics, filed by: ROY N. BUTZ in the Superior this statement is true and correct.” Clothing, and Household Goods. Unit (A registrant who declares as true Court of California, County of: Yolo # and Name: 1058 Chloe Simko Buck information which he or she knows to be THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests BOND #0342850 that: ROY N. BUTZ be appointed as false is guilty of a crime.) 1224 personal representative to administer the 4/11, 4/18 6. Signature of Registrant(s): estate of the decedent. Karina Morales PUBLIC NOTICE 3/28, 4/4, 4/11, 4/18 1213 THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR Independent Administration of Estates FOR UNITRANS PUBLIC TRANSIT CHANGE OF NAME Act. (This authority will allow the personal PROPOSED SERVICE CHANGES FOR Case Number: CV2021-413 representative to take many actions 2021-2022 1. Alicia Odalys Hernandez filed a petition without obtaining court approval. Before with this court for a decree changing taking certain very important actions, The Unitrans Advisory Committee (UAC), names as follows: however, the personal representative will a committee to the Davis City Council, Alicia Odalys Hernandez be required to give notice to interested will hold a virtual public hearing on to persons unless they have waived notice Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 4:00 PM on Alicia Odalys Casanova or consented to the proposed action.) proposed Unitrans service changes independent administration that, if approved, would go into effect 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons The interested in this matter shall appear authority will be granted unless an on Monday, August 2, 2021. Meeting before this court at the hearing indicated interested person files an objection to information will be available 72 hours in below to show cause, if any, why the the petition and shows good cause why advance of the meeting at https://www.
cityofdavis.org/city-hall/commissions- of the ordinance, a reading of the and-committees/unitrans-advisory- document in its entirety may be necessary. committee. A certified copy of the full text of the Service change proposals are available proposed ordinance may be viewed in the at unitrans.ucdavis.edu/changes. City Clerk’s Office, 23 Russell Boulevard, Proposed changes focus on improving Davis, California, and/or copies may be service reliability and meeting customer obtained at a nominal charge. 1230 demand. The E line is proposed to be 4/11 re-routed from 3rd Street to 5th Street FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME to improve route reliability. The Z line STATEMENT schedule is proposed to be adjusted 5 Filed: 03/15/2021 minutes in the mornings to better meet FBN Number: F20210234 customer demand. To hear more or 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) comment, you may attend the public BERENGUERS hearing, attend a public open house, 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of email comments@unitrans.ucdavis.edu, Principal Place of Business in California. call 530-752-2877, or mail us at Unitrans, Business is located in Yolo County. 1 Shields Avenue, 5 South Hall, Davis, CA 34895 County Road 16 95616. Details on how to comment are also available online at unitrans.ucdavis. Woodland, CA 95695 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), edu/changes. 4/11, 4/18, 4/21 1229 Residence Address, State, and Zip Robert Gabriel Macias 34895 County Road 16 PUBLIC NOTICE Woodland, CA 95695 4. Business Classification: Individual 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Registrant(s) commenced to transact CITY OF DAVIS ORDINANCE SUMMARY business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on March “I declare that all information in 16, 2021, the City Council of the City of this statement is true and correct.” Davis introduced, and on April 6, 2021, (A registrant who declares as true the City Council unanimously adopted information which he or she knows to be the following entitled ordinance: false is guilty of a crime.) 6. Signature of Registrant(s): ORDINANCE NO. 2598 Robert G. Macias AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 4/11, 4/18, 4/25, 5/2 1231 CITY OF DAVIS MUNICIPAL CODE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME ARTICLE 39.03.170 (“CONSTRUCTION STATEMENT PROJECT RATE”) TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE CODE REGARDING THE RATE Filed: 04/02/2021 CHARGED FOR WATER USED FOR FBN Number: F20210295 CONSTRUCTION PURPPOSES 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) CONTINUUM The adopted ordinance amends Chapter RIVER DISTRIBUTION 39.03.170 of the Municipal Code on 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Construction Project Rate. Principal Place of Business in California. Business is located in Yolo County. Over the past 14 years, water rates have 3121 Evergreen Ave., Ste 100 increased in order to maintain needed West Sacramento, CA 95691 infrastructure and fund needed Capital Mailing address: Improvement Projects. However, as the Attn: Adrian Lambie City’s ordinance has not been updated, 200 Spectrum Center, Ste 300 and still references the $0.91/CCF rate Irvine, CA 92618 for construction water use, water used 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), for construction purposes is being billed Residence Address, State, and Zip at a significantly lower rate than all other River Distributing Co., LLC water use sectors within the city. 600 California St., Ste 600 The update to the City’s ordinance will San Francisco, CA 94108 include the following modifications, 4. Business Classification: to bring the rate in the ordinance into Limited Liability Company alignment with the current commercial 5. Beginning Date of Business: The water rate for the city and to increase Registrant(s) commenced to transact with accordance with commercial water business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: rates moving forward: • Increase the unit charge beginning 9/18/2015 March 1, 2021 for construction water “I declare that all information in from $0.91/CCF to $4.88/CCF, the current this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true commercial water rate. • Revise the ordinance to scale the cost information which he or she knows to be of construction water with any future false is guilty of a crime.) modifications (increases or decreases) to 6. Signature of Registrant(s): Chris Candelario the city commercial water rate. Senior Vice President, Sales The above summary constitutes the major River Distributing Co., LLC highlights; to obtain a full understanding 4/11, 4/18, 4/25, 5/2 1232
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