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UCD: Half of all women will get false-positive mammogram By Caleb Hampton Enterprise staff writer
Along the way, she lands a job as a ranger with the National Park Service at the Grand Canyon, and finds that working the front counter answering questions at a busy visitor center wasn’t quite the kind of job she’d imagined. At yet another level, “Unnatural Selection” is a coming-of-age story (as many memoirs are). When the book begins, Ross is a fresh graduate of UC Santa Cruz, who lands her first real job as a naturalist teaching at a redwood camp in the coastal mountains. By the time the book wraps up, the more mature Ross has become a writing teacher at a large university (and we aren’t giving anything away to acknowledge that she’s been teaching writing at UC Davis for years). Along the way, she learns a lot about her
A new study led by UC Davis Health has found that about half of all women will experience at least one false positive mammogram over a decade of annual screening with digital breast tomosynthesis (3D mammography). The study, which assessed the cumulative risk of receiving a false positive on a mammogram over a 10-year period, was published Friday in the medical research journal JAMA Network Open. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related death for women in the U.S. Regular mammography screenings help with early detection of the cancer, which lowers the risk of advanced breast cancer and death from the disease. “A false positive result is a positive screening mammography assessment that leads to more diagnostic workup but no diagnosis of breast cancer,” UC Davis Health said in a press release that discussed the study’s findings. The UCD study, which analyzed data on 3 million screening mammograms for more than 900,000 women aged 40-79, looked at results from the standard two-dimensional
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Andrea Ross’ memoir is the story of a “mountain girl” who likes to spend time in redwood forests, climbing mountain peaks and hiking through the Grand Canyon, as well as a chronicle of the search for her origins.
Finding herself on the page Author details search for origins in memoir By Jeff Hudson Enterprise correspondent Longtime Davis resident Andrea Ross has published a memoir titled, “Unnatural Selection.” Ross sums up her new book this way: “Living through the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989 prompted me to ask, “What will this world be like now that the Earth has cracked open? ... it launched me on a journey of searching for my biological family, hoping to uncover my identity.” This 10-year search unfolded while Ross — who came to Yolo County in 1997 to earn a master’s degree in creative writing at UC Davis — was working as a wilderness guide throughout the American West.
Subtitled, “A Memoir of Adoption and Wilderness,” the book is, at a primary level, the story of a young woman — adopted at a very early age — who decides as a young college graduate to seek out her origins ... Who were her birth parents? Where did their lives take them? Would they be willing to meet with her, after many years of no contact, and get to know her as an adult? The story of her long (and sometimes frustrating) search is one of the book’s central elements. This memoir is also the story of a young woman who deeply loves wild places and spectacular Western landscapes, a “mountain girl” who likes to spend time in redwood forests, climbing mountain peaks and hiking through the Grand Canyon. Her interest in wild places takes her to Alaska, the Rocky Mountains and various parts of California (as well as a city or two).
Barn-raising for climate change
Citrus Circuits wins at regional robotics competition By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer
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The agricultural communities that make up the Central Valley of California are not known for climate activism, but this is changing. From crop diversification to habitat creation, water conservation to renewable energy generation, climate-friendly agricultural techniques are gaining traction across the region. To acknowledge this shift, a group of farmers are starting a climate art trail in the valley using agricultural infrastructure as their canvas. The first site for the art trail is a red barn on an organic almond orchard along County Road 102, halfway between Woodland and Davis. On Saturday, local residents gathered for a 21st century “barn raising” to paint the barn together. VOL. 124 NO. 38
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The Davis high school robotics team Citrus Circuits won the Sacramento Regional FIRST competition held at UC Davis over the weekend. The team took first place along with alliance partners Cheezy Poofs from Bellarmine Prep in San Jose and Digital Minds, composed of students from Woodland and Pioneer high schools. Citrus Circuits also received the most prestigious award of the competition, the Chairman’s Award, which is presented to the team that best
embodies the goals and purpose of FIRST and represents a model for other teams to emulate. Citrus Circuits was honored for its global efforts to assist other robotics teams and for delivering its message to expand girls’ opportunities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. In April, the Davis team will head to the FIRST world championships in Houston after having already qualified with a win at the Hueneme Port Regional competition earlier this month. Citrus Circuits has about
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Briefly Jogger struck by vehicle ID’d A man who was struck and killed by a vehicle while jogging in rural Woodland last week has been identified as Richard Hoar, 64, of Woodland, Yolo County coroner’s officials said. The California Highway Patrol reported that the fatal collision occurred at about 4:45 a.m. Friday at the intersection of County Roads 98 and 25A.. According to the CHP, Hoar was running westbound on the shoulder of Road 25A and entered the intersection with Road 98, into the path of a southbound vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Drugs and alcohol are not suspected factors in this collision, which remains under investigation. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the Woodland CHP office at 530-6624685.
County closing road for repairs WOODLAND — Yolo County Public Works Division will close a section of County Road 32 for maintenance from April 4 to April 15, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. The closure will span between CR 93A to the west and CR 95 to the east. Dates will depend on weather and the amount of maintenance required.
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There was supposed to be no math F I or years the PG&E bill would come in the mail and we’d just pay it, no questions asked. In recent years we’ve always taken our blood pressure medicine before opening the yellow and blue envelope, then called the kids together to explain to them our plan to get through an entire Davis summer without air conditioning. Recently, however, the price of energy has gotten so completely out of hand that we have a ceremony before opening the bill to see who can come closest to the actual number of dollars and cents we owe our favorite power provider. The other day, surprisingly, we got a letter from PG&E explaining that our family now has a “choice” of rate plans, ranging from “shocking” to “outrageous” to “bankruptcy.” “Some residential customers in the Sacramento Valley will move to a time-of-use rate plan in April 2022 to encourage energy usage when renewables are more
“Customers who automatically transition to this Time-of-Use rate plan will receive risk-free Bill Protection for the first 12 months on the delivery portion of the bill.”
plentiful and demand is lower,” the letter begins cheerily. “Customers can choose their preferred rate plan at any time.” I immediately called and said I preferred the 10-cents-a-day rate plan, but couldn’t find it anywhere in the offerings listed in the kind letter. Turns out PG&E plans to move “eligible residential electric customers currently on a tiered rate plan called E-1 to a Time-of-Use rate plan in April 2022.” Whether this plan will affect Easter egg hunts is unclear. On the Time-of-Us (Peak Pricing 4-9 p.m. Every Day) rate plan, when customers use energy is as important as how much they use.
presume “Bill Protection” means blocking the mailman from dropping a PG&E bill into our humble mailbox. “If a customer pays more on the Time-of-Use (Peak Pricing 4-9 p.m. Every Day) rate plan than they would have on their current rate plan, PG&E will automatically credit the customer with the difference for the first year.” Consider that a little stockingstuffer at Christmas time. Hidden in the fine print is another Time-of-Use plan, this one offering us lower rates 21 hours a day if we promise to sweat it out from 5 to 8 p.m. on weekdays during the summer months. For some odd reason, we don’t have to observe the 5 to 8 p.m. restriction on weekends, but who’s complaining? Summer, by the way, has been redefined by PG&E as a fourmonth fiasco that runs from June
WCC honors foster care at Founder’s Day By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer The Foster and Kinship Care Education Program, which provides training and support for foster parents in Yolo County, will be honored Friday, April 8, during Woodland Community College’s Founder’s Day Celebration. The event will take place in the courtyard of the college campus on East Gibson Road beginning at 4:30 p.m. The annual event, postponed during the pandemic, honors those who have helped the college grow over the years. In addition to the foster and kinship care program, other honorees include individuals who have played significant roles at the college. “We have been waiting for two years to bring back this celebration where we recognize those who through their vision and dedication have made a real difference in the lives of students and the college,” said Woodland Community College President Art Pimentel.
A total of five honorees will be honored this year, including a former college president, an alumnus of the school, two adjunct professors and the Foster and Kinship Care Education Program, which was created by longtime director Cherie Schroeder and which has been a crucial resource for foster families in Davis as well as throughout the county. This year’s other honorees include the late Dr. Daniel Walker, who as president of Yuba College, established the Woodland Center of Yuba College which later became Woodland Community College; Woodland Community College alumnus Ana Villagrana, who was for many years the executive secretary to the presidents of the college and played a central role in the development of the Woodland Fund and the Founders Day celebrations; and adjunct professors Lance Davis and Dennis Schiermeyer. Proceeds from the fundraiser will support student scholarships, including the memorial scholarship established at the last
Founders Day Dinner in honor of Woodland Community College alumnus Davis Police Officer Natalie Corona. The event will feature heavy hors d’oeuvres prepared by Cracchiolo’s of Woodland and ceviche and cupcakes created by Aromas Cafe, the student culinary program at Woodland Community College’s Lake County Center. During the reception, which begins at 4:30, there will be a silent auction. Introduction of the 2022 honorees will follow. To donate items for the silent auction, contact Carid Servin at 530-6615711 or at wccfounders@ yccd.edu. Tickets are $35 per person. For tickets or to sponsor the event, visit: https:// wcc.yccd.edu/foundation/ founders-day or send a check payable to “WCC Fund” to: Carid Servin, Secretary to the President, Woodland Community College Fund, 2300 E. Gibson Road, Woodland, CA 95776. For information, call 530-661-5711 or email wccfounders@yccd.org.
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The “winter season” runs from October 1 through May 31, and never mind that both October and May have seen temperatures in excess of 100 degrees in the shade. The attractive thing about the 5-to-8-p.m. offer is that “this rate plan has no pricing tiers.” No more tiers, just like Johnson’s No More Tears Shampoo. The city of Davis used to have those onerous tiers as part of its water rates, which unfairly punished large households by charging them more for a gallon of water than their neighbors with smaller households. One joyous day, however, the wise members of the Davis City Council did away with tiers and ever since we’ve all been paying the same price for a gallon of water. “PG&E does not profit from this change.” You betcha. — Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.
City to host Chávez celebration Saturday By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer The city’s annual Davis César Chávez Celebration will be held during the Farmers Market on Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Central Park. This free event is sponsored by the city’s Human Relations Commission to commemorate the birthday of civil rights leader César Chávez. Community members of all ages are encouraged to attend. Speakers and performances will take place during the two-hour event. The program includes a special opening Aztec dance performed by Tlayolo; poetry reading by César Chávez Elementary School students; and dancing by Folklorico Latino de Woodland. Speakers include Dr. Lorena Marquez from the UC Davis ChicanX Department; Daniel Castaneda, a Ph.D. student
from the UC Davis History Department; and Justine Villanueva of the Bulosan Center. A children’s story time will also be incorporated into the program. Additionally, the event will host resource tables showcasing local organizations. Groups will be available throughout the event for information and conversation. Latinos Unidos, a high school student club, will host an art activity for attendees. “I’m looking forward to coming together to acknowledge and celebrate the important work of César Chávez and others, who worked tirelessly to improve the living and working conditions of farmworkers and strived for social change,” said Davis Mayor Gloria Partida. “It is important to note, that this work continues today. We invite everyone to join in the celebration.”
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Special to The Enterprise The Hattie Weber Museum presents its latest exhibit, “Three Students and Civilian Exclusion Order No. 79,” which focuses on the three Japanese Americans enrolled at Davis High School during the 194041 school year: siblings Tetsuo and Tayeko Ito, and Miyo Hiromoto. All appear in the DHS yearbook of ‘41, photographed with their classes and also as participants in many of the school’s activities. Despite mounting world tensions, the spring of ‘41 was a tranquil period in Davis. Tetsuo, a senior, graduated in June and had been accepted as a student at the University Farm for the following fall. According to his senior prophecy, his ambition was to be a concert singer. He was on the basketball and track teams, and in the orchestra and chorus. His sister Tayeko, a sophomore, was her class treasurer, and Miyo, a junior, was active in the Girls’ Athletics Association, chorus, and publishing. However, the following December, everything changed for them. Shortly after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, Executive Order 6099, issued 80 years ago this year, required everyone of
Japanese descent living in areas of Washington, Oregon and California to prepare to be “interned” in camps located in isolated areas in the interior of the country. The justification was that they posed a wartime security risk. The exhibit juxtaposes images from the yearbook with the stories of the students’ lives as presented in their obituaries, all written about 75 years after they left Davis. Read the obituaries to learn how they survived and how they regarded this traumatic event. Also included are photos of the relocation camps to which the families were sent: Tule Lake in northern California and Amache in southeastern Colorado; a copy of Exclusion Order 79; and an actual letter written by President George Bush, apologizing to those who had been imprisoned. The museum, 445 C St., is open on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Nominations are open for the city’s annual Golden Heart Awards, which honor local youth for overcoming personal challenges or contributing to the community. The awards, which have been presented by the City Council for nearly three decades, were created in the wake of the 1992 death of Andrew Mockus, a 14-year-old Holmes Junior High School student who was killed by a group of Davis teens who beat him, robbed him and pushed him into the path of a moving train. His death stunned the city, which responded by holding public forums to discuss the issues facing the city’s youth and ways the city could do more to help In the end, the City Council adopted seven recommendations that grew out of the forums, including the creation of the Golden Heart Awards, which are given annually in
two categories: overcoming personal challenges and community service.
The personal challenge award recognizes individuals in grades 7-12 who have overcome significant challenges in their lives, while the service award recognizes individuals in grades 7-12 who have given significant service to an expressed need in the community, to their peers or to their school. “Through the Golden Heart Award, we highlight youth who serve our community and who display resiliency despite challenging circumstances,” said Mayor Gloria Partida. “The City Council is honored to acknowledge the outstanding accomplishments of the youth in Davis.” The nomination period will be open through Monday, April 25, and nomination forms are at http:// cityofdavis.org/aboutdavis/community-awards/ golden-heart-award-nominations . Nominations are due no later than 5 p.m. on April
25 and can be submitted in any of the following ways: n By email to cdyer@ cityofdavis.org n By mail to City of Davis, Golden Heart Awards – ATTN: Carrie Dyer, 23 Russell Blvd., Davis, CA 95616 n Dropped off at the city clerk office’s public counter at City Hall, 23 Russell Blvd.
Awards and recognition will be presented at a City Council meeting. For information, call the city manager’s office at 530-757-5602 or visit http://cityofdavis.org/ about-davis/communityawards.
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Briefly ‘UC Davis LIVE’ on biodiversity UC Davis is home to a number of biological collections, from fossils and insects to pressed plants and yeasts. On this week’s “UC Davis LIVE,” the curators of three of UC Davis’ museums talk about their collections and their important role in supporting research, teaching and outreach. n Lynn Kimsey is a professor of entomology and director of the R.M. Bohart Museum of Entomology. Founded in 1946, the museum houses the seventh-largest insect collection in North America, with about 7 million specimens of arthropods. n Ernesto Sandoval is the manager of the UC Davis Botanical Conservatory. The conservatory’s collection of live plants supports research and teaching on campus, as well as for other academic institutions including K-12 schools. n Kyria BoundyMills is the curator of the Phaff Yeast Culture Collection in the Department of Food Science and Technology. It is one of the largest public collections of wild yeasts in the world, including original yeast strains used in California wine fermentation. The conversation, hosted by Soterios Johnson, will be streamed live on Facebook and YouTube beginning at noon Thursday, March 31. Questions can be submitted via Facebook and Twitter either in advance or during the show.
Tours benefit gallery, stories The Pence Art Gallery will host its annual self-guided tour of seven to 10 private gardens in and around Davis from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, May 1, from 12 to 5 p.m. Find out more about the event, including tickets, at the Pence Art Gallery website at https://pencegallery. org. All proceeds go to the Pence Art Gallery. One of the gardens featured on the tour is a 30-year-old, 3-acre English country garden on the outskirts of Davis. Stories on Stage Davis will host a special guided tour by Joseph Rothleutner (Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens) and Jim Salyards (Filoli Gardens). This separate event will be from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on May 1 and include a light brunch of mimosas and homemade pastries, all for a $50 donation per person. Spots are limited; reserve a place at stories onstagedirector@ gmail.com.
Learn from Master Gardener April’s Kitchen Chat by a Yolo County Master Gardener will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, April 2, on ZOOM only at https:// ucanr.zoom.us/j/ 98028723763. Join Treva Valentine as she presents what plants to start from seed, how to choose plants, how to prevent pest damage and seed saving for a winter garden. Participants will be given the opportunity to have their questions answered during the presentation. This presentation is free and open to the public.
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The victorious Citrus Circuits team celebrates yet another win in FIRST Robotics competition at the University Credit Union Center at UC Davis.
ROBOTICS: Team of local teens just keeps on winning From Page A1 100 team members from high schools and junior highs throughout the school district. The team was formed in 2004 and became internationally recognized after winning the world championships in 2015. Since then, Citrus Circuits has won nearly every regional competition it entered and came close several times to winning the world championships again. But the pandemic ended the team’s 2020 season early — before regional competitions really got underway — and in-person competitions were limited to off-season events in the fall of 2021. Back on track this year, the team built its robot in January before beginning its winning competition ways again. Under FIRST rules, teams receive game information and a kit of parts and have six weeks to build their robots before competitions get underway. This year’s game — RAPID REACT — requires robots to shoot balls into nets and earn extra points by climbing hanger rungs. The first 15 seconds of a match are autonomous, meaning teams cannot manually control the robots and instead must run an autonomous
program to score points by shooting balls into the goals. After those first 15 seconds, teams take control of their robots to continue scoring and to climb a series of four bars of increasing heights for additional points in the final 30 seconds of the match. Winning a regional competition guarantees a trip to the world championships, which Citrus Circuits did at the Hueneme Port event. The team also received the Autonomous Award at that competition for demonstrating consistent and highperformance robot operation during the autonomous period. During the Sacramento regional competition, held at the UC Davis ARC Pavilion over the weekend, 43 teams competed to earn more of those coveted world championship spots. In the final round, it was Citrus Circuits, Cheezy Poofs and Digital Minds that captured the best two of three matches to win the title. Learn more about Citrus Circuits at https://www.citruscircuits.org. — Reach Anne Ternus-Bellamy at aternus@davisenterprise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @ATernus Bellamy.
(2D) mammography as well as the newer three-dimensional (3D) mammography. It found that the newer technology only slightly reduced the chance of receiving a false positive result. The researchers at UC Davis Health estimated that over 10 years of annual 3D screening, 50% of women will receive at least one false positive result, 17% will receive a false positive short-interval follow-up recommendation, and 11% will receive a false positive biopsy recommendation. In comparison, over 10 years of 2D screening, 56% of women will receive a false positive recall, 18% will receive a false positive short-interval followup recommendation, and 12% will receive a false positive biopsy recommendation. “The screening technology did not have the largest impact on reducing false positives,” said Michael Bissell, epidemiologist in the UC Davis Department of Public Health Sciences and co-first author of the study. Factors that had a greater impact on reducing the rate of false positives included screening every other year instead of annually and having non-dense breasts. Older women were also less likely to receive a false positive result. According to UC Davis Health, when abnormalities are found on a mammogram, the patient is asked to do additional imaging and tests. If the patient is found to be cancer-free after the follow-up evaluation and for one year afterwards, they are considered to have received a false positive result. “To detect breast cancer early, we need to be careful and inves-
tigate any potentially abnormal findings,” said Thao-Quyen Ho, radiologist at the University Medical Center in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, research fellow at UC Davis School of Medicine and co-first author on the study. “Women should not be worried if recalled for additional imaging or biopsy. The vast majority of these results are found to be benign.” Overall, about 12% of 2D screening mammograms result in a patient being recalled for follow-up tests, though only about 4.4% of those recalls — or 0.5% of all mammograms — conclude with a cancer diagnosis. While mammography plays an important role in the early detection of breast cancer, false positive results on mammograms are not harmless for patients. “Despite the important benefit of screening mammography in reducing breast cancer mortality, it can lead to extra imaging and biopsy procedures, financial and opportunity costs, and patient anxiety,” said Diana Miglioretti, professor and division chief of biostatistics at the UC Davis department of public health sciences and senior author of the study. “Findings from our study highlight the importance of patient-provider discussions around personalized health,” Bissell said. “It is important to consider a patient’s preferences and risk factors when deciding on screening interval and modality.” — Reach Caleb Hampton at champton@davisenterprise. net. Follow him on Twitter at @calebmhampton.
MEMOIR: Davis author will sign copies at Sacramento bookstore From Page A1 origins, and even befriends some siblings she didn’t know she had. And she has relationships with several men who are likewise attracted to wild landscapes. As Ross puts it in her book, “I looked like some mountain man’s girlfriend. And sometimes, that’s all I felt like.” She gradually figures out what sort of life partner she’d like to settle down with. She eventually married Andrew Majeske (an academic who earned a Ph.D. in English from UC Davis), and they raised a son, Owen Ross-Majeske, a recent graduate of Da Vinci Charter Academy. These diverse elements fit
snugly together as a book in sometimes surprising ways. “Wilderness delivered me from one family to another and back again,” Ross writes, “providing me a home as I traveled between the known and the unknown. During the decade I searched for my birth family, the wild outdoors became my family.” “Unnatural Selection” was released quietly in 2021 by CavanKerry Press, a small nonprofit literary press in New Jersey, which issues attractively designed volumes of poetry, memoirs, etc. Although “Unnatural Selection” did not generate an enormous amount of press coverage when the book was released amid the turbulence of the COVID
pandemic, the book nonetheless sold well enough that CavanKerry has already ordered up a second printing, to the great delight of its author. Ross apparently has more to say about experiencing wilderness areas — she’s already writing her next book, which will involve “breaking down barriers to outdoor adventure,” including “How we can claim our space and thrive in the outdoors regardless of age, ability, race, gender, or location.” ———— Andrea Ross will read from “Unnatural Selection” and sign copies of the book at 4 p.m. Saturday, April 9, at the Avid Reader Broadway, 1945 Broadway in
Sacramento. Travel writer and essayist Suzanne Roberts also will appear at the event. You can listen to Ross reading a 17-minute excerpt from “Unnatural Selection,” describing her somewhat stressful experience as a recently trained emergency medical technician who unexpectedly encounters a seriously injured hiker on the snowy upper slopes of Arizona’s tallest peak (12,633-foot Mount Humphries) in the Kachina Peak Wilderness, north of Flagstaff. Listen at thedirtbagdiaries/ the-shorts-double-vision or read the same excerpt at www.parks andpoints.com/double-vision.
Obituary Mary Clark Schroeder Mary was born in Great Bend, Kan., to Johnette Harrold Clark and Warren Williams Clark at a time when her engineer father was working on construction of a pipeline bringing natural gas from Texas to the Midwest. In 1942, her father began military service at Ft. Bliss in El Paso, Texas, and then spent the rest of World War II in the Pacific. Mary, her mother and younger brother Jim spent the war years with her grandmother in Shelby, Mont. Following the end of the war, the family settled in Salem, Ore., and her father began a civil engineering consulting career and her mother taught kindergarten. Mary completed grade and high school in Salem and then became a home economics major at Oregon State University in Corvallis. In spring quarter of her freshman year, a civil engineering student “spotted” Mary in their English class and arranged a coffee date. Her interest was evidently limited because Mary’s roommate had to tell the very interested Ed that she was sleeping when he came to pick her up. The coffee date did happen, Ed kept
pursuing and they were married on Sept. 2, 1961. Mary spent the following year as a graduate student in child development and in 1962 the couple moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where Mary worked in the Children’s Hospital playroom. In 1963, Mary and Ed moved to Houston, Texas, and Mary became director of the Harris County United Way day care centers. Their first child, Margaret was born in August 1964. Peter was born in May 1966 just as Mary and Ed were preparing to move to Davis. Katherine, 1968, Michael, 1969, Timothy, 1971, Phillip, 1972, and Matthew, 1974, completed the Schroeder family. Mary became active in Davis Parent Nursery School when Margaret was 3 years old. She served as president of the association prior to becoming an assistant session director and then session director. Mary was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1988 and retired from teaching in 1990. Many of her closest friendships were developed during her 23 years involvement at DPNS. Mary loved to travel. Going to the grocery store
was fine, but longer trips were preferred. The family camped in summers, particularly along SCHROEDER the California and Oregon coasts. Seven people in a tent made for particularly interesting memories. She loved the two sabbaticals in the U.K. with the entire family and the ones with just Ed in Hong Kong and New Zealand. A family trip to Sweden while Margaret was at University of Lund was extended to Denmark, Poland and Norway. Other places on Mary’s travel list included Mexico, Germany, Austria, Italy, Israel, South Africa, Australia, Japan, Thailand and Mauritius. When her Parkinson’s symptoms made air travel difficult, they continued to travel by car to visit Peter in San Diego and Margaret in El Paso and family and friends in Oregon several times a year. The best bathrooms on I-5, I-8, and I-10 between Portland and El Paso could be cited by name and location. In recent years when Mary became more homebound, her friends visited
her often. Nancy Kelter, Mary Hayden and Connie Romstad were with her almost every week and sometimes there were groups of five or six making much noise and laughter. The family will be forever grateful to these friends for making Mary’s life so wonderful. Mary is survived by her husband Ed; children Margaret (Guillermo Medina), Peter (Theresa), Michael, Phillip (Lora) and Matt (Heather); brother James Clark; sister Karen Clark; grandchildren Fernando, Luis, Jose, Katherine and Emily Medina, Joshua, Molly, Noah, Scot, Jacob, Jakob, Delaney, Amy and Kaitlyn Schroeder, and
Madison Pike; and greatgrandchildren Camila, Jade and Emma Medina. She was predeceased by her parents, children Katherine and Timothy, and grandchild Samantha Young. There will be a Mass of Christian Burial at St. James, Davis at 10 a.m. Friday, April 1. A Rosary will be prayed at the Smith Funeral Home at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 31. (www. smith-funerals.com) Donations in memory of Mary can be made to the Davis Parent Nursery School, the Edward And Mary Schroeder Fund For Civil And Environmental Engineering Students at UC Davis or a charity of the donor’s choice.
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Commentary Time to improve transmission of clean power By Michael Colvin and V. John White Special to CalMatters
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alifornians get it. After years of unprecedented wildfires, growing awareness of the threat that dirty gas power plants pose to our health and climate, and now, the urgent wakeup call of Russia’s war in Ukraine, our state is remarkably unified about the need to shift to clean energy. The only real question is how quickly we can make the transition to 100% clean power — and independence from fossil fuels — while keeping the lights on, bills affordable and ensuring there is enough energy available to meet future demand. A lot of attention has been paid recently to the amount of clean energy California is going to need in the next few years, with the state ordering procurement of massive amounts of clean power — 11.5 gigawatts by 2026, enough energy to power more than 8 million homes — to replace aging power plants. Just as important, though, will be getting all of this new clean power where it is needed. Transmission — that is, moving electricity from where it is generated to our homes and businesses — is an often neglected part of the state’s clean energy conversation. The truth is, transmission congestion is already causing a massive backlog in California clean energy projects: The state has roughly 5 gigawatts of renewable and storage capacity sitting needlessly idle due to delays in interconnection and transmission approvals. This is not just hampering clean power deployment; it is slowing creation of thousands of green construction jobs. It’s also a warning sign of challenges to come: California’s transmission infrastructure is woefully antiquated’. In February, the California Independent System Operator’s 20-Year Transmission Outlook projected a need for at least $30 billion in new modern power lines to connect growing quantities of wind, solar and other renewable technologies to the grid.
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Will UC forfeit tax status, impartiality?
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ery quietly, the University of California’s faculty has for almost half a year been considering putting at risk the institution’s tax exempt status and its longstanding credentials as an impartial source of reliable information. This is not the first time UC has seriously contemplated a harebrained move — and sometimes those moves actually get made. Only last year, for one example, UC decided it would no longer require prospective freshmen to take standardized exams like the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or those of the American College Testing Program (ACT). Instead, UC admissions now rely primarily on high school grades, meaning all high schools are considered equal, even though every parent in California knows there are vast differences in quality of curriculum and instruction. Amazingly, the faculty which votes on these sometimes fashionable and politically correct moves is loaded with folks holding Ph.D. degrees from the world’s top universities, with a fair sprinkling of Nobel Prize laureates among them. This group’s latest senseless proposal, kept mostly quiet until a UC Santa Cruz professor let the cat out of the bag early this month, would allow academic departments
to take official stances on political issues of all kinds. This proposal originated last fall in a letter from the head of UC’s Committee on Academic Freedom to the system-wide Academic Senate’s top official. “Departments should not be precluded from issuing or endorsing statements,” said the letter from UC Berkeley law Prof. Ty Alper to fellow Berkeley Prof. Robert Horwitz. The letter admitted “such statements are sometimes ill-advised and have the potential to chill or intimidate minority views.” But it said that’s OK, so long as minority views are explicitly included in addenda and the names of those voting for the official statement are revealed. Of course, those very actions do chill minority views and would influence hiring of new faculty, who in UC’s confidential processes could easily be eliminated because of political views. Officially sanctioning such statements on issues from elections to international
affairs to scientific beliefs would essentially make UC departments political institutions. That could quickly cost the university its tax exempt status, which now gives alumni and other donors large and small tax writeoffs for every penny they contribute. It’s not as if individual faculty members don’t already have complete freedom to express any idea or thought they like. That’s how, for just one example, former UC Prof. Linus Pauling became known as “the father of vitamin C” and also won a Nobel Peace Prize for his activism in favor of nuclear disarmament.
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imilar policies of complete individual license at the California State University system (which would surely imitate any actual UC action on the current proposal) allowed Ku Klux Klan ally Kevin McDonald, long blasted by the Southern Poverty Law Center and others as a “racist” and an “anti-Semite,” to remain a psychology professor at Long Beach State until he retired. They allow some departments at San Francisco State to be almost completely politicized, too, even if those departments don’t official adopt the ideas preached by some of their more vocal faculty members.
It’s not as if departments don’t already go rogue at times, with stances on Israel’s policies, climate change and other issues. Departments may call these positions official, but under a UC policy in effect since 1970, they’re not. The policy states that “The name, insignia, seal or address of the university or any of its offices or units shall not be used for or in connection with political purposes or activity.” The policy also bans political campaigning on campuses. That’s the way it should and must be, if UC is to be sure of maintaining both its tax status and its reputation for intellectual honesty. If anything, the current effort by Alper’s faculty committee ought to serve as a warning to UC’s Board of Regents to be more vigilant in enforcing its longstanding and upstanding policy. Otherwise, why pretend the university or its departments are impartial observers or analysts of anything at all, from vaccines to political candidates? — Email Thomas Elias at tdelias@aol.com. His book, “ΩThe Burzynski Breakthrough, The Most Promising Cancer Treatment and the Government’s Campaign to Squelch It” is now available in a softcover fourth edition. For more Elias columns, visit www.californiafocus.net
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tate leaders seem to understand the scale of this problem — along with the risks of relying solely on local energy generation or deferring transmission investments, which take at least a decade to bring online. “We know we need to build transmission,” Alice Reynolds, the new president of the California Public Utilities Commission, recently told the Los Angeles Times. “We need to think about planning for it and not waiting until the last minute, because these are long projects.” That’s where two important new transmission bills now moving through the Legislature can help. Senate Bill 1174, introduced by state Sen. Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, proposes to streamline the process that has delayed approval of new transmission lines, by directing state energy agencies to identify and advance “all interconnection or transmission approvals necessary” for California to achieve its 100% clean energy goals. The bill requires state energy agencies to execute an “accelerated approval and completion process” to accomplish this task. It also directs the owners of transmission facilities to prepare new annual reports on any delays to in-service dates of eligible renewable energy or storage resources — and to “identify all prudent remedial actions to address and minimize those delays.” A complementary bill, Assembly Bill 2696, by Assemblyman Eduardo Garcia, D-Coachella, also accelerates approvals for new clean energy transmission. This legislation requires the state energy commission to conduct a study on whether today’s transmission governance system — including facility ownership and financing mechanisms — are adequate for achieving the state’s climate goals. The bill requires a report to be submitted to the governor and Legislature by September 2023, outlining recommended improvements. These bills may not make headlines — but they are smart pieces of legislation that tackle real clean-energy issues and give us a chance to build our way out of the climate crisis. It is time for transmission to take its rightful place in the state’s clean energy conversation. It is the only way California will be able to deliver clean power to every community. — Michael Colvin is director of the California Energy Program at the Environmental Defense Fund. V. John White is executive director for the Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies.
Letters Arroyo Park zip track We appreciated the coverage of the March 16 Recreation and Parks Commission meeting, but wish to clarify a few things. First, though, we would like to state that the city’s decision to relocate the Arroyo Park Sky Track further from impacted neighbors — while in our minds long overdue — is greatly appreciated, and the relief we are experiencing while it is currently disabled is indescribable. The community should be aware, though, that the two sites favored by the city for relocation are still likely to cause noise concerns, and for an even wider audience. Each site, both a bit north of the current location in Arroyo Park, is predicted to have a sound impact within one-half decibel of the city’s nighttime noise regulation of 50 dBA (49.5 at residences to the south for Location B and 49.5 to the north for Location C). Given that even the best sound measuring equipment can be off by a decibel, and that sounds are more audible at night, nighttime use at either of these locations will continue to disturb neighbors. The proposed solution, nighttime locking, is both expensive (at least $10K/ year) and unreliable (we’ve documented
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numerous nights it remained or became unlocked, and numerous days it has remained locked), and an invitation to vandalism (at least 12 occurrences). Is it wise for the city to spend upwards of $35K to move the zip track from its current spot but still be vulnerable to the same complaints and problems? Surely there are other locations in the city more suitable for a play structure of this scale and popularity. We look forward to exploring the options in the next phase of the process, which we hope will be an engagement and noticing process at least as robust as those applied to other recent park projects. Janet and Joe Krovoza Davis
Ukraine forever Russia is terrorizing innocent people and indiscriminately destroying personal and public property. This is sad, barbaric and ineffective as history shows, arguably, terror does not work. Terror often strengthens those terrorized. The bravery of Ukraine and its people is the result of both their love for their homeland and the reaction of all humanity to horrific actions. There is great danger since Russia has terribly destructive nuclear weapons and is willingly destroying. This destruction must be stopped and those guilty must be removed from power, held
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accountable and do restoration. While the dead cannot be restored, I can imagine other restorations of Ukraine. I wonder how respect and honor for Russia can be restored? Kenneth Firestein Davis
Excellent court nominee I was impressed by judge Katenji Brown Jackson’s coolness and straight answers during her interview before the senate Judiciary committee. Some of our Republican senators, like Lindsey Graham, Ted Cruz, Tom Cotton and Josh Howley were not really fair. They were trying to disqualify her in spite of her proven honorable and professional long career. I understand the importance of asking all the difficult questions for that important position on the highest court of the land. She never lost her composure, coolness and grace. She stood her ground and made them look bad, from my perspective. It broke my heart to see her tearing eyes after Senator Cory Booker complimented her. I hope she will be approved by the Senate. She will be a great addition to our supreme court. Hamza El-Nakhal Davis
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Return of the well-traveled Swainson’s hawk By Judith Lamare Special to The Enterprise
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hen will the first Swainson’s hawk return to our region from its annual migration south? Certainly by the second week of March, we will see the early returnees circling above their nesting trees throughout the Central Valley of California and foraging in nearby agricultural fields. Sacramento, Yolo, Contra Costa and San Joaquin counties have the highest concentrations of nesting sites. Swainson’s hawks leave our region in September to fly thousands of miles south. A recent study showed that hawks who nest in the same community, spend the winter in different areas, as far apart as Sinaloa, Mexico; Meta, Colombia; and Salta, Argentina. When a hawk returns to our region, it returns to the site where it nested the previous season, and meets up with its mate there. Swainson’s hawks are found in various colors, but these field marks remain constant. Some Swainson’s hawks look purely black and white, and are called “light morphs,” while others may have feathers of dark browns, so the field marks aren’t readily apparent. They are called “dark morphs.” Others are “intermediate,” between light and dark. The way to tell a Swainson’s
Far right, a Swainson’s hawk takes flight. At right, a Swainson’s hawk gathers nest-building material in Contra Costa County in April 2017
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hawk from a red-tailed hawk is by looking at the underside of the wing. The red-tailed hawk’s wing will have a dark leading edge, while the Swainson’s hawk wing will be lighter at the leading edge. The red-tailed hawk will have a “belly band” of color next to a white chest, while the Swainson’s hawk will have a lighter belly than its chest color. In 1983, the State of California declared the Swainson’s hawk to be threatened according to the criteria set by the California Endangered Species Act. Since then the California Department of Fish and Wildlife has confirmed the need for special government protection for this species. By the end of March in California, about 2,000 Swainson’s hawk pairs will be preparing nests to take care of eggs. If you witness harassment of hawks,
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Tuleyome Tales contact the CDFW hot line at 1 888 334-CALTIP (888 3342258), 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Or submit anonymous tips to CDFW using tip411. By April, Swainson’s Hawk pairs are in nest building, or rebuilding, mode. They will build at the site of their last nest, or in a suitable tree nearby. Nests are usually in tall, older trees, near the top of the tree. To locate one, watch for hawks flying in and out of a tree with sticks in their beaks.
Chicks will start flying from the nest by July 1. They start learning by climbing out of the nest on branches, called “branching.” This is a very exciting time for hawk nest watchers. Our nesting hawk pairs need nearby foraging areas to feed a new generation of our most endangered raptor in California. The best foraging is alfalfa fields and irrigated pasture because this is where the highest value prey are found in large numbers for the longest period of time. The favorite prey for feeding the young are small field mice, squirrels, rabbits and voles. The
biggest threat to the breeding success of the Swainson’s hawk is the loss of foraging grounds, largely as a result of urbanization of agricultural land. Preservation of agricultural land and urban limit lines is critical to protecting foraging habitat — Judith Lamare is cofounder of Friends of the Swainson’s Hawk, a citizen advocacy group based in Sacramento California. All the photos in this article were contributed by avid birdwatchers and hawk advocates. Find Friends of the Swainson’s Hawk on Facebook and at www.swainsonhawk.org.
Far right, an early arrival perches in a tree in late February 2012 in Davis. It shows the field marks for Swainson’s hawk: a dark bib, a white chin and a yellow cere at the base of the beak. The photo at right, taken along the American River in Sacramento, shows a mother and two chicks in a large stick nest. Robert Sewell/ Courtesy photo Susie Nishio/Courtesy photo
What’s the hurry? Slow down, save some gas
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t’s easy to be frustrated by the price of gasoline at the pump. We are at war and gas is expensive. It’s part of the battle we are fighting and, seen in that light, worth it. For that reason, I look askance at efforts to ameliorate gas prices by use of the strategic reserve or a gas-tax holiday or cash rebates. Instead let us look on the bright side: Gasoline is still readily available at a nearby gas station. This is not necessarily the case in the UK, where there is pressure on the availability of petrol, because the war in Ukraine is causing supply-chain issues, shortages and panic buying. The UK price is on average about $8.50 per gallon and trending upwards. Some UK gas stations are limiting how much gas each customer can buy and some gas stations have run dry. At least gas is not rationed these days. Gas was rationed in the U.S. and in the UK during World War II, and rationing continued in Britain into the 1950s with varying degrees of severity. For a time there was no gas for private autos only for
those on official and essential business. I remember those days as there were few vehicles on the roads. In the early 1970s,there were shortages even here in the U.S. with panic buying and dry pumps. There is no reason why that cannot happen again but it seems unlikely as things now stand. In times of war, one never knows. There are some things we drivers can do to ameliorate the price at the pump. However, my present observations persuade me that we have not yet reached the gasoline price point at which such change in behavior kicks in. On I-80 to Sacramento, I see the usual helterskelter go-faster-by-anymeans approach to getting there, and I’m sometimes quite frightened by the risks some drivers will take to get ahead. Of course, high speed and hard acceleration sucks gas and such drivers
should not complain too loudly if their charge at the pump is high and frequent. Buying gas more cheaply is a primary way to save money. Duh! I usually organize my route so that I can fill up, when necessary, at Costco in Woodland. My biggest saving there recently was $0.50 per gallon over my local gas station or $7.50 saving on a full tank. My last fill-up was a little less lucrative but well worth having. Incidentally, the cheapest gas I ever bought was $0.17 a gallon when there were “gas wars” in 1960s New York. In a certain sense the price of gasoline is not the issue. If we could get to San Francisco and back on a gallon, the price would be immaterial, but a gallon each way to Sacra-
mento gets our attention. And so, what really counts is the distance a gallon will carry us and, to an important extent, that is part of the choice we make. If you chose to buy a large heavy vehicle with a large heavy engine and must drive it a fair distance each day, I’m sure you are aghast at the price of gasoline. If you have a smaller, lighter, less-used car, probably not so much. piece I read recently reminded me that in a gaspowered vehicle every bit of energy used comes from burning gasoline, and that none of these energyrequiring systems are particularly efficient. So, whether it is part of the electrical system, like power windows and satnav, or part of the comfort system of seat heaters and air conditioning, or part of the more obvious motive power of engine and transmission, it’s consuming gas and consuming it inefficiently. Then there is the resistance to rolling from contact with the highway and wind resistance. The list of these
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sorts of things is very long and partially captured in the EPA estimate of gas mileage reported as our familiar miles per gallon (mpg) or elsewhere as liters per 100kilometers. The other day I drove from home to downtown Davis three times. That was ridiculous. With a moment’s thought I could have combined the same errands into a single trip. These days I am trying to think through such obvious ways of saving gas in a more deliberate way without, of course, causing myself too much inconvenience. I am trying to reevaluate how I drive with the end objective of squeezing a few more miles out of each gallon. Maybe I can develop better habits. I am well aware that my little car with its dinky 2-liter engine gets about30% more mpg on a long drive than tootling around town. What makes the difference is all the stopping and starting and idling and rapid acceleration that city driving requires. I have come to regard
red lights, flashing red lights and stop signs as my nemesis; I would prefer green lights, flashing yellows and slow signs. It’s tiresome that Davis has not yet worked out how to program traffic lights to turn green on cue the way Woodland has. Back in the day, in Davis, when I drove through 14 traffic lights to get to work, it was red/green 50/50 most of the time. I drive at, or slightly above, the posted speed limit as anything slower could be dangerous. In this context, a government web-site that offers advice on stretching the mpg and hence the effective price of a gallon of gas, says that, with our gas price, driving at 75 mph on the highway, as most do, instead of 65 mph, raises the price of a gallon by about $0.75. The same website suggests sensible and conservative and thoughtful driving can improve fuel economy by as much as 30% (highway) to 40% (city). In this day and age, that is worth having. — Reach Michael Lewis at waleslewis792@gmail. com.
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Cultural competence is key to a diverse curriculum Editorial by Xochitl Armién HUB Staff
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Diversity in school curriculum matters. Minority representation in the curriculum benefits both students of color and white students. Representation improves the self-confidence of students of color and fosters open-mindedness and acceptance of other cultures and people. However, when diversifying the curriculum, it is important to pick topics and stories that don’t reinforce negative stereotypes, as well as teach sensitive topics in a way that works to dismantle any stereotypes or other negative side effects that may come up. There are many books in Davis High English classes that are written by authors of color. However, when it comes to the topics that these books are about, they are overwhelmingly focused on the traumas and oppression of people of color. “Most of the books focus on the bad parts of people of color: them being slaves, them being workers who are in the feilds, that’s all they’re known as,” junior Gabriel Salaices said. Throughout history, people of color have been exploited and terrorized. At the same time, these same people were creating literature, poems, music and living lives outside of simply being victims of hate. It is important to learn about what happened and continues to happen to people of color in America and around the world, but it becomes a problem when their trauma and oppression is the prime focus of the representation in the books and curriculum at school. According to The Century Foundation, a diverse curriculum is supposed to help improve the self esteem of students of color. However, if students of color only see themselves represented in school as slaves, victims of hate crimes, exploited migrant workers or as negative stereotypes, this representation could have the opposite effect. This is not the only problem. While studying sensitive topics, it is immensely important for educators to have solid strategies for managing the class and how students react to these topics. However, this does not always occur due to the fact that the many teachers are not being sufficiently trained to teach and mediate discussions about these topics. The Davis Joint Unified School District does not offer teachers any mandated training for how to teach sensitive topics surrounding race, yet expect skillful facilitation
of these conversations. English teacher Pernia Hassan feels that ongoing teacher training is necessary. “It’s not like you can go to one professional development week and suddenly you’ve overcome your racial biases and your prejudices,” Hassan said. When white fragility and defensiveness come into play, the lesson can go from productive and uplifting to tearing people apart. Sophomore Gabrielle Naftel witnessed a class discussion go south as students shut down after a student of color made a comment. She explains that most of the students rejected the idea that they may have made a mistake, and jumped to the conclusion that they were being accused of something. “The primary reaction was defensiveness. People wanted to explain and justify (themselves) and thought they were being accused of racism,” Naftel said. Eric Sanchez, the Diversity & Inclusion Educator and Specialist at UC Davis said that there are two paths that the district should pursue in order to begin to fix some of the issues that come up while diversity is implemented in classrooms. “One is the reactive path: what do we do in response to the harm that has already been caused. And the other is the proactive path: how we intentionally and proactively look at the curriculum from the mistakes of the past and make it better the next time around so that the future folks who go through it don’t go through the same issues,” Sanchez said. As far as the method of delivery for teaching these sensitive topics, Sanchez explained that the topics need to start being taught at a basic level. He uses the analogy that the books being studied are essentially the final calculus level of learning diverse subjects. “You wouldn’t drop a kindergartener into calculus but that’s where you started students as learners. They weren’t equipped to get to that point. So what’s an earlier starting point?” Sanchez said. Hassan suggested that an earlier starting point would be to extend the ethnic studies program to begin as early as kindergarten. “I really do think that if we started talking about this from a much much earlier age we would be overcoming our biases,” Hassan said. For a diverse curriculum to be beneficial for students, the district needs to provide sufficient training for teachers, a well rounded spectrum of books that represent the richness of cultural identities, and take measures to prevent identity-based harm and promote cross-cultural appreciation.
DHS should offer CPR training to students Editorial by Grace Kishiyama HUB Staff Last year, I realized the importance of my own Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification and training after I came close to having to use CPR on my dad. After my dad went into sudden cardiac arrest in my kitchen, I grew to have a greater appreciation for the CPR training and certification I had received when I became lifeguard certified. I likely would have never taken it upon myself to become CPR certified if I hadn’t decided to be a lifeguard for my synchronized swimming team as it was too much of a hassle for a lazy teenager like me to go out of my way to find an in-person CPR certification course near me. While there are online CPR certification classes for an affordable price of $35 offered by the Red Cross, I feel that the online classes may not be as effective as in-person training where students can gain hands-on experience on mannequins and can feel more engaged with in-person CPR training. Though it is rare that a high school kid like myself will have to use CPR on another individual, it is still always a possibility. Being CPR certified is a critical skill that should be widely available to all as it
could help save the lives of others. Davis High should offer free CPR training and certification to all students. Though students are taught how to perform CPR to an extent in ninth grade, some students do not retain what they have learned even just a few years later. Though there are school clubs such as the DHS Red Cross Club that offer training, tips and techniques, CPR certification is not included. Offering training and certification can equip students with vital skills that could potentially be lifesaving. The president of the DHS Red Cross Club, Melissa Lee, believes that the school should offer CPR certification to students. “CPR training is a really important life-saving skill to have. It can help students save loved ones or even strangers who suffer sudden cardiac arrest,” Lee said. While the DHS Red
Cross Club hopes to not only equip its members with CPR training, it also serves as something greater. “We have a lot of people in our club who are interested in going into the medical field, specifically emergency medicine, and for many of them, learning how to do CPR really solidified their interest in that field,” she said. In addition to providing a vital skill, CPR training can help introduce and establish student interest in emergency medicine. In 2016, Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 1719 which requires CPR to Mattias RowenBale/hub graphic be taught in schools. However,
it does not require schools to certify their students in CPR. Offering students the opportunity to become CPR certified would be beneficial to the individual students themselves but would also be beneficial to the greater community as a whole. According to the American Heart Association, “only about 46% of people who experience an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest get the immediate help that they need before professional help arrives.” Offering training and certification to students could potentially help increase the percentage of help people who experience sudden cardiac arrest receive from bystanders. Lee says that offering CPR training and certification to students allows students to “save lives in any environment, (can) build awareness for cardiac illness screenings and (can help) reduce risky behavior since students learn about the causes of sudden cardiac arrest and how to avoid it.” DHS should offer CPR training and certification to students or at least offer training to current juniors and seniors as a refresher for the training they received freshman year. By doing so, students can be better equipped to save the life of an individual experiencing sudden cardiac arrest until more advanced medical personnel arrives on the scene.
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UCD baseball still in search of season’s first win By Mark DeVaughn Enterprise correspondent The UC Davis baseball roster features 12 freshmen among 30 players, many of them thrust into prominent roles. Few personify the group more than Mark Wolbert. The centerfielder singled and scored a run as UC Santa Barbara completed a three-game Big West Conference sweep with an 11-3 decision over the Aggies at Phil Swimley Field on Sunday. While a winless stretch to begin this season continued for UCD (0-12 overall, 0-6 BWC), Wolbert described the experience of his first college season in terms of pace. “Everything’s moving faster,” said Wolbert, asked to describe the biggest difference between high school and college baseball. “The pitchers are throwing
harder, players are faster. Everything’s faster. You just need to have that self-confidence, even if it’s not showing at the plate, or in the field. You need to have that confidence that you do belong here.” The term “hurry up and wait” applies to UC Davis baseball. After investigating allegations of hazing last July, the school suspended the program until November. When the program finally resumed, over 20 players and a head coach had departed. From Stanford’s assistant coaching ranks arrived new Aggie head coach Tommy Nicholson. So swift was his hiring at UCD, he commuted for several weeks to campus from San Jose before officially moving. The Aggies showed promise in flashes throughout the weekend
against UCSB (16-5, 5-1). The Gauchos led 5-0 in the opening game. UCD clawed back to make it a 5-3 game before falling by the same score. The second game of the series on Saturday saw UCSB take a 4-0 lead early. The Aggies scored three times to make it a one-run game in the fourth, but the visitors finished the contest with five unanswered runs, eventually winning 9-3. Trailing 1-0 in the fifth, freshman designated hitter Luke Piazza scored Wolbert on an RBI single. Kyler Arenado extended the inning with a two-out walk. That brought up senior second baseman J.D. Mico, who hit a swinging bunt up the third-base line. Sophomore rightfielder Jake
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UC Davis pitcher Bryan Green tosses a pitch during a recent home game. The Aggies lost a tough three-game set to UC Santa Barbara last weekend.
DHS topped by Sheldon Blue Devils’ offense goes cold By Rebecca Wasik Enterprise correspondent Allowing nine runs in the first two innings of a softball game is hard to come back from. This proved true for the Davis High softball team (4-9 overall, 0-1 league) in its first Delta League game of the season on Tuesday against Sheldon High (5-3, 1-0) of Sacramento. After losing to Rio Linda 12-2 on Friday, the Blue Devils were defeated by Sheldon, 12-1. The contest concluded after the fifth
inning due to the 10-run mercy rule. DHS head coach, Tyler Gibson saw positives in his team’s gameplay despite the loss. “Sheldon is a really good team,” said Gibson. “The timing was bad for us due to Spring Break and the fact that we didn’t get to practice yesterday due to lightning. I don’t like to make excuses, but overall, I was pleased with our defense and pitching. Offensively, we have a lot to work on still. Sheldon’s pitcher was really good. We haven’t seen that kind of
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Blue Devil Naomi Kalanetra takes a rip at the ball in Tuesday’s Delta League against the visiting Huskies.
speed yet this year. The next two league pitchers we see are gonna be like that. We have to learn from these games and keep improving.” Sheldon’s offensive dominance began with the first batter of the game. SHS’ Reina Zermeno led off the game with a single off Davis starting pitcher, Erika Wenner. Jazzy Fines followed with a triple to bring in Zermeno. Next, Dakota Kennedy smacked a single to bring in Fines. Kennedy then stole second and third base. She scored on a failed pickoff attempt that sailed into the outfield. After a walk from Jaylee Ojo, her pinch runner, Alexia Castillo stole a base. When she tried to come home, she was thrown out in a great play by Davis’ catcher, Isabella Lester. Going into the bottom of the first frame, Sheldon led Davis 3-0. After the Blue Devils went three up, three down in the bottom of the first, the Huskies piled more runs onto their tally in the top of the second. After reaching first base on a fielder’s choice, Jaylee Marshall moved to second on a single from Zermeno. Fines followed with another single to bring home Marshall and move Zermeno to second base. As Fines stole second base, the pickoff-attempt throw sailed into the outfield, allowing Zermeno to score. Fines then moved to third on a passed ball. Kennedy then grounded out, bringing in Fines. With one out, Ojo
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Davis High infielder Carolena Morales lunges for the ball in Tuesday’s Blue Devil loss to Sheldon. smashed another single, followed by a walk from D’Auna Johnson. Next, Imani Black hit a single to move Ojo’s pinch runner, Castillo to third and Johnson to second. Black, Castillo and Johnson then all came home on a Sakora Harvell triple. Going into the bottom of the second inning, Sheldon held a 9-0 lead over Davis. While the Blue Devils once again went three up, three down in the bottom of the second frame, Sheldon’s offensive prowess did not stop in the third. Marshall began the third frame with a single. Zermeno’s pinch hitter, Alanah Torres followed with a double, moving Marshall to third base. Fines then flied out to centerfield to score Marshall and move Torres to third. Wenner was then replaced
with Ella Shorts in relief. Next, Kennedy reached second base on an error. This error scored Torres. Ojo then reached on another error but injured her ankle on the base. She was removed from the game and replaced by Castillo. Johnson hit a fly out to centerfield to bring home Sheldon’s final run of the game. Going into the bottom of the third inning, the Huskies led the Blue Devils 12-0. After Sheldon starting pitcher, Ojo left the game due to injury, Breanna Romero came in to pitch for the Huskies. After Wenner was struck out by Romero, Esha Kajley reached first base on an error. Anabelle Navarro then struck out as well. With two outs, Cloe Lamoureux smacked a single, moving Kajley to second.
Both Carolena Morales and Naomi Kalanetra then drew walks, walking in Kajley for a lone run. In the shortened game, Davis had three hits compared to Sheldon’s nine. Lamoureux, Wenner and Maia Romero each had one hit in the contest. Going into his team’s next league game, Gibson would like to see the offense spark. “We have to do better at the plate,” said Gibson. “We gotta work the count and put the ball in play. We’re facing a senior pitcher who is really good. We just have to have that fighter’s mentality — get in the box and fight, scrap for everything we can.” The Blue Devils are set to face St. Francis High of Sacramento at home on Thursday at 4 p.m. — Follow Rebecca Wasik on Twitter: @BeccaFromTheBay.
Dream ending in the works for Duke’s Coach K
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ike Krzyzewski and the Duke Blue Devils played Saturday night in the West Region finals of the NCAA Tournament. Coach K is retiring whenever this season ends. His is a 42-year career at Duke that is unparalleled in modern-day college basketball. Krzyzewski coached five years before going to Duke in 1980. He is the winningest coach in history, male or female. His Duke teams won five national championships, most recently 2015, been to 12 Final Fours, won 15 ACC championships and has won 100 games in men’s NCAA tournament play. Krzyzewski also coached the U.S. men’s national team in three Olympic Games in 2008, 2012 and 2016, and was an assistant on two others. A tip of the cap to a coach who won the right way. n The NCAA owns the National Invitation Tournament, a 32-team affair for teams not
good enough to make “The Big Dance.” The NIT often plays to sparse crowds at campus sites and generally elicits a collective yawn from the hoops community. So, why not expand the men’s and women’s tournaments to 96 teams? Let everyone in. It would extend the postseason somewhat, but additional TV revenue would be forthcoming. It would also heighten interest in the regular season at all levels of the sport. It’s not likely to happen anytime soon, but it is something that should be considered for the future. n The Lords of Baseball, i.e., the owners, have decreed that all Major League Baseball teams may carry 28 players until May 1. The roster limit then reverts to 26. Better idea: set rosters at 27 players. With the designated hitter now in both leagues, the extra player would help, not hurt, the
product. n Correction: John Lescroart’s Avid Reader signing party is Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., not Tuesday as reported in this space last week. “The Missing Piece” is the Davis resident’s 30th novel. n It is hard to fathom why Kansas is so good in basketball and so wretched in football. n Baseball rules update: Doubleheaders will be nine-inning games. Fans are still stuck with the “phantom” runner at second base at the beginning of extra innings, but for this year only. In addition, if a pitcher such as Shohei Otanhi is pitching and
hitting as a DH, he may continue in the latter role even if he is removed for a relief pitcher. This time next year, get ready for pitch clocks (already used in minor league games) and the elimination of shifts. n The Masters begins on Thursday, April 7, and Phil Mickelson won’t be in the field. Seems he is persona non grata among fellow PGA Tour pros, sponsors, the Tour hierarchy and quite a few endorsers over his recent comments about the proposed World Golf Tour events in Saudi Arabia. It is reliably estimated Mickelson has made $100 million in Tour purses alone and an additional $800 million in off-thecourse income over his career. n Two names to know if you are a fan of counterterrorism novels: Jack Carr and Brad Taylor. n Sign of our times: If you want to watch Thursday Night
Football this fall, you’ll need to purchase an Amazon Prime Video subscription. Prices vary. n The San Jose Sharks erred badly on Joe Pavelski. Three years ago, San Jose offered Pavelski a two-year contract when he was looking for a three-year deal. Dallas Stars offered the third year. Pavelski just signed a $5.5 million, oneyear contract extension. Now 37, he leads the Stars in assists and points and has 22 goals as well. Pavelski played 13 years in San Jose. In his 16 National Hockey League seasons, Pavelski-led teams have made the playoffs 14 times. The Stars are in the hunt for a postseason berth this year as well. — The longtime radio and television color man on UC Davis football broadcasts, Doug Kelly is director of communications for Battlefields2Ballfields and managing general partner of Kelly & Associates. Contact him at DKelly1416@aol.com.
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UC Davis beach volleyball players Chelsea Maeglin (24) and Colleen McGuire (17) celebrate a point during a recent home match. Leroy Yau, UC Davis Athletics/ Courtesy photo
UCD softball tops The Beach in extras Special to The Enterprise LONG BEACH — UC Davis softball pitcher Kenedi Brown threw more than 200 pitches and went the distance in a 13-inning affair against Long Beach State in a Big West Conference game. That seemed to have paid off for the sophomore, as the Aggies downed Long Beach State, 6-3 in 13 innings, on Sunday. Brown scattered eight hits and allowed two earned runs, while striking out nine. Aggie Sarah Starks hit two home runs in the series provided the heroics in extra innings with a triple to right field that plated Sommer Kisling. Starks and Sarah Nakahara scored on errors to give Brown the cushion she needed to secure the victory for UCD (13-16 overall, 2-4 BWC).
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team finished up its trip to Southern California as they took on No.12 Cal Poly, CSUN and Sacramento State at Rosie’s Dog Beach. The Aggies won two matches — 4-1 over CSUN and 5-0 over the Hornets — and fell 5-0 to the Mustangs.
HARRINGTON, Del. — UC Davis earned three Most Outstanding Players in Friday’s Eastern College Athletic Conference Championship semifinal against Southern Methodist University, but SMU won 10-9 at the Delaware State Fairgrounds on Friday.
The Aggies fell in all five sets against the Mustangs. The tightest match was the No. 4 spot between Kylie Miller and Tabitha Mitchell of UCD against Cal Poly’s Piper Naess and Sam Strah, as they defeated Miller and Mitchell 21-13, 25-23.
Sophia Calamari earned reining MOP and won for the second straight day. Carly Sweeney was named flat MOP for a 166-151 win. Sierra Gundersen was the fences MOP with the highest win differential of the event, a 157-136 victory.
Mason Bennett and Mason Heard scored three goals each for the Davis High boys lacrosse team in Friday’s 10-2 win over Christian Brothers in Sacramento. Dominic FreedlandWolford had two goals, while Blue Devil teammates Brian Fackert and Adam Perry had one each. Freeland had two assists. Davis goalie Sawyer Schoen had two saves. On Wednesday, Davis (6-4 overall, 4-0 Delta) plays at Jesuit (4-1, 3-0). Game time is 3:30 p.m.
Brandel — who also singled — scored. The ensuing UCSB throwing error to first scored Piazza and gave the Aggies their first lead (3-1) of the series. But it didn’t last the top of the next inning. With two runners aboard and two out, freshman lefty Bryan Green (0-4) left a 1-0 breaking ball over the plate to Kyle Johnson. The Gauchos’ slugger turned the pitch into a three-run home run and a 4-3 UCD deficit. Nicholson grew up in Anaheim and played college baseball at the University of Texas. He later became an assistant at Sacramento State. “I know the (first win) is going to come. I’m sure our guys are probably sick
of hearing it,” Nicholson said. “But if we give up and feel sorry for ourselves, nothing good is going to happen. We’re not going to be any better in the long run.” Green allowed just an unearned run on three hits through five innings. In 6 2/3 innings total, he allowed three earned runs on three hits with three strikeouts. In the seventh with the bases loaded and two aboard, Green gave way to Nate Lemos. He ended the threat with a flyout. “Even though the numbers don’t show it, I think we grew a lot as a team this weekend,” said Wolbert, who went 1 for 3 and made a spectacular diving catch in center. — Follow Mark DeVaughn on Twitter: @OrangeMarkD.
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Sacramento perch back in the bypass ponds Special to The Enterprise Last summer the California Department of Fish and Wildlife transplanted native Sacramento perch to the demonstration ponds at the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area Headquarters. They backed up the truck and the perch found their new home in the pond. The demonstration ponds are on not connected to other waterways so nonnative fish cannot find their in. Sacramento perch is a California native fish that was once common and abundant throughout the Central Valley, but now struggles to survive in its native habitat. One of the main reasons for its decline has been the introduction of nonnative species to the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and Central Valley. While remarkably resilient in various temperature and water quality conditions, this species competes poorly with other fish, especially sunfishes. One of the most unique populations of Sacramento perch was rescued from the drying Jewel Lake in 2014 and now live in the demonstration wetlands ponds at the YBWA Headquarters. This presentation, by Claire Ingel and Max Fish, highlights their journey to the ponds and CDFW’s management efforts along the way. Ingel is the statewide coordinator and Fish is a senior scientist for the
Native Fishes Conservation and Management Program in CDFW’s Fisheries Branch, which focuses on the restoration and recovery of all California native fish species. She has been a part of the CDFW Sacramento-perch management team for almost three years. Her experience includes habitat conservation, aquatic education, drought response, and direct management of native fish populations. Fish has been a part of the CDFW Sacramento Perch management team for eight years. His experience includes management, monitoring, risk assessment and translocations of Sacramento Perch throughout California. Flyway Nights is a monthly speaker series highlighting environmental issues, natural history of Northern California, and current research topics in conservation. Yolo Basin Foundation hosts Flyway Nights the first Thursday of the month from November to April through virtual presentations. The presentation will be via Zoom; registration is required to receive the Zoom link to the presentation. A $10 donation to support the Foundation’s wetland education programs is suggested. For the complete schedule and to register, visit www.yolobasin.org/flywaynights or call Yolo Basin Foundation at 530-757-3780.
Genetically modified lettuce could protect astronauts’ bones on Mars trip By Andy Fell Special to The Enterprise Astronauts might one day grow and eat genetically modified plants to ward off disease associated with long spaceflights. Researchers at the UC Davis College of Engineering have developed a genetically modified lettuce to produce a drug to protect against bone density loss in microgravity. Our bones are constantly balanced between growth and resorption, allowing bones to respond to injury or changes in exercise. Spending time in microgravity disrupts this balance, tipping bones towards resorption, so astronauts lose bone mass. This can be treated with a drug called parathyroid hormone, or PTH, but it requires regular injections. Kevin Yates, a graduate student working with Professor Karen McDonald and Adjunct Professor Somen Nandi at the UC Davis Department of Chemical Engineering, developed a transgenic lettuce that expresses a fusion protein combining PTH with part of a human antibody protein. The fusion protein is designed to be stable in the bloodstream and to allow astronauts to potentially purify the drug from plant extracts, Nandi said. The team is evaluating the plants for how much of the drug they can produce,
which leaves contain the most product and the best time to harvest the leaves. The work will be presented March 22 at the spring meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Diego. Growing plants in space has multiple benefits, Nandi said. A mission to Mars might take several years to complete. Experience from the International Space Station shows that being able to grow some food in addition to prepackaged meals is a big morale booster for astronauts, he said. Long spaceflights also require supplies of medicines, such as PTH. But conventional medicines would expire on the way, so astronauts need ways to replenish supplies. By carrying medicines in the form of transgenic plant seeds, astronauts can both save weight and potentially have a new source of fresh drugs, Nandi said. Ideally, the drug would be in an orally available form, so that astronauts could dose themselves with PTH by eating lettuce leaves. But if that turns out not to work, they should still be able to extract and purify the drug from the plants. The project is funded by NASA through the Center for Utilization of Biological Engineering in Space, led by UC Berkeley. — UC Davis News
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