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UCD honored for ag, vet school COVID hits pause on doublemurder trial By Julia Ann Easley
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Once again, UC Davis’ leadership in the fields of veterinary science, and agriculture and forestry has been recognized — this time in the 2022 QS World University Rankings by Subject released April 6. Quacquarelli Symonds, considered one of the most influential international university rankings providers, ranked UC Davis first in the nation and second in the world in both subjects. Since veterinary science was added to the rankings in 2015, UC Davis has been first in the world five times and is No. 2 for a third time. The campus was No. 1 in agriculture and forestry in the first three years the subject was ranked and has held the No. 2 spot since 2016. UC Davis was ranked 43rd in the world and tied for 18th in the nation in the broad category of the life sciences and medicine. Demonstrating its strength across the disciplines, the campus was also ranked globally and nationally in each of the other broad categories: natural sciences, engineering and technology, arts and humanities, and social sciences and management. In addition to being topranked in veterinary science and agriculture and forestry, the university had top 50 world rankings in six other subjects
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Dairy cattle are part of the UC Davis family. The university, top-ranked in the world and nation for veterinary science and agriculture and forestry, has dairy teaching and research facilities on campus and in Tulare County, the and top 20 national rankings in eight. “I’m proud that UC Davis continues to be recognized for the world-class education it provides as well as for the impact of its research and service,” said Chancellor Gary S. May. The rankings consider reputation among academics; reputation among employers; the citations and impact of academic papers from a university; and, for the first time this year, the diversity of a university’s international research network. In all, the 2022 rankings
analyzed programs at 1,553 universities across the world. In addition to veterinary science, and agriculture and forestry, the top-50 world rankings are environmental sciences, 20th; biological sciences, 42nd; development studies, 44th; geophysics, 47th; geology, 49th; and economics and econometrics, tied for 50th. The top-20 national rankings are for environmental sciences, seventh; development studies, 10th; civil and structural engineering, tied for 11th; anatomy and physiology, tied for 15th;
geography, tied for 17th; history, tied for 18th; biological sciences, 19th; and geophysics, 20th. The School of Veterinary Medicine has more than 700 students pursuing the doctor of veterinary medicine and other professional and graduate degrees. The College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences has nearly 7,400 undergraduates in about 30 majors and 1,090 graduate students in about 20 graduate groups and programs. — UC Davis News
Council comments focus on DiSC lawsuit By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer The majority of public comment during Tuesday evening’s City Council meeting was focused on an item not even on the agenda: Councilman Dan Carson’s lawsuit over the No on Measure H ballot arguments. Passage of Measure H in June would pave the way for development of the Davis Innovation and Sustainability Campus in East Davis. Late last month, Carson, acting as an individual and not as a City Council member, filed a lawsuit claiming ballot arguments opposing Measure H were false and misleading. A Yolo Superior Court judge subsequently ordered two changes to those arguments, but left the bulk intact last week, leaving both Carson as well
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as the No on H team to claim victory. Still, there are deep divisions in the community over DiSC 2022, just as there were in 2020 when a larger version of the proposal was narrowly defeated at the polls. But now there are divisions over the lawsuit Carson filed, interpretations of the judge’s ruling, and, on Tuesday evening, the use of the council platform by Carson to defend his role, which prompted some pushback from both Mayor Gloria Partida and Vice Mayor Lucas Frerichs. Several people had called in to Tuesday’s meeting during general
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public comment to thank Carson for filing that lawsuit, including DiSC developer Dan Ramos and supporter Tim Keller. Keller thanked Carson “for sticking up for the truth … and really sticking his neck out to go the extra mile. It’s really important for our city.” He added that he continues to see what he called misinformation on online platforms such as NextDoor and suggested the city organize a “neutral public information session where voters can ask questions on these issues of the people who actually know, and we can separate fact from fiction.” Others sharing that perspective included Elaine Roberts Musser, who signed the Yes on
WOODLAND — Proceedings in a Yolo County double-murder trial ground to a halt Wednesday after an alternate juror tested positive for COVID, court officials said. Court Executive Officer Shawn Landry said the court implemented protocols in accordance with state and federal health guidelines, including offering rapid tests for other jurors to administer themselves. Yolo Superior Court Judge David Rosenberg adjourned the trial, which had been in the midst of its second week, until May 2. He is presiding over the case on a week-on, week-off format. The alternate juror was one of 18 panelists — 12 regular jurors and six alternates — hearing the case of Chandale Shannon Jr., 25; and Jesus Campos, 22; the two remaining defendants in the disappearances and presumed deaths of Yolo County teens Enrique Rios and Elijah Moore.
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Garamendi bill would have Army go electric By Caleb Hampton Enterprise staff writer On Tuesday, Rep. John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, introduced the “Military Vehicle Electrification Act” (H.R. 7379) in the U.S. House of Representatives alongside Reps. Jimmy Gomez, D-Los Angeles, and Debbie Dingell, D-Mich. The act is the first legislation introduced in Congress that would require the Department of Defense to purchase all-electric or zero-emission vehicles. It would apply to all future “non-tactical” vehicles purchased or leased for the Department of Defense. It would not apply to vehicles used in combat or warzones, such as Humvees. “We have a responsibility — as a
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Briefly UCD police ID suspects in carjacking, gun brandishing UC Davis police say two juveniles have been identified as possible suspects in a March carjacking on campus. The suspects, both Woodland residents, "have been arrested on other charges but have not yet been charged in the UC Davis case," police said in a news release issued Wednesday. A UCD student was sitting inside his car in the 1000-block of Extension Center Drive around 7 p.m. March 13 when an armed suspect banged on his window and threatened him with the firearm, police previously reported. That suspect drove away in the victim's car while a second suspect followed in a white sedan. Woodland police recovered the stolen Dodge Challenger the following day. Meanwhile, campus police also have identified a suspect in a weapon-brandishing that occurred on campus March 8 and have requested an arrest warrant from the Yolo County District Attorney's Office. Police said that person wielded the gun at another motorist who had honked at him. Both cases remain under investigation, and anyone with information is asked to contact the UCD Police Department at 530752-1727.
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It’s easy to pick a side in this fight “S crappy Eastern Oregon newspaper sues to uphold open records law, hold public officials accountable,” said a recent headline in The Oregonian out of Portland. I love it when I see the words “scrappy,” “newspaper” and “Oregon” in the same sentence. Even better when those words are used in a headline. Turns out the scrappy Oregon newspaper in question is the Malheur Enterprise, and yes, I feel a special kinship with any newspaper with “Enterprise” in its name. Truth be told, there aren’t many of us left standing. The historic Malheur Enterprise was founded in the Malheur County seat of Vale in 1909, just 12 years after The Davis Enterprise published its first issue. Now, Oregon may be considered a deep-blue state, but 28 of the state’s 36 counties, including Malheur, voted for Donald Trump in 2020. The residents of Malheur did so overwhelmingly, handing Trump 8,187 votes to just 3,260 for Joe Biden. Malheur is also one of seven Oregon counties that recently
voted to leave Oregon and join Idaho, even if that vote had no standing in law. As told by reporter Abbey McDonald, “The Malheur Enterprise has sued the Ontario School Board over its repeated refusal to release documents relating to the censures of school board Vice Chair Eric Evans and former member Derrick Draper.” Yep, the Second Amendment may be revered in Malheur County, but the First Amendment appears to be in a bit of trouble. “The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press is representing the Enterprise, which has a small staff but has had a large impact in the community.” Glad to hear about the impact. Every town, no matter how small,
needs a vibrant local newspaper. It’s interesting that the Malheur Enterprise, with a reported circulation around 1,200, does not capitalize the “the” in its title, but The Davis Enterprise does, just like The New York Times. When I was growing up in Davis and the paper came once a week in the mail, we didn’t capitalize the “the” either. I don’t know where the cutoff between “the” and “The” is, but apparently it has to do with how much circulation you have or maybe how frequently you publish. Or maybe it’s just an ego thing. “The public has a right to know details about misconduct allegations that led the Ontario School Board to censure several board members for violating its nondiscrimination policy,” according to Ellen Osoinach, an attorney representing the Reporters Committee.
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dded Osoinach, “The school board’s refusal to hand over the records requested by the Enterprise not only violates the state’s public records law, it also deprives the public of important information
about elected officials’ documented abuse of power.” Noted Enterprise editor Les Zaitz, “The school board put us in this position. We didn’t go looking for a legal fight here.” Amen, brother. Added Zaitz, “As the newspaper in Malheur County, we represent the citizens, we represent the taxpayers. To hold public officials accountable, that is particularly important and our work is to report on their conduct and their investigations as part of our watchdog duty.” Perfectly said. In fact, at this very moment I am announcing the formation of a new journalistic advocacy group called the National Association of Newspapers Named Enterprise (NANNE). I also plan to pick up the phone — I believe they recently obtained phone service in Malheur County — and order a lifetime subscription to the Malheur Enterprise. Hopefully they have home delivery. — Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.
Defendants in DiSC lawsuit seek to get attorney fees back By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer Six Davis residents named in Davis City Councilman Dan Carson’s lawsuit over Measure H ballot arguments are now seeking more than $71,000 in attorney fees from Carson and developers of the Davis Innovation and Sustainability Campus. Carson’s lawsuit, filed in late March, sought changes to the ballot argument opposing DiSC 2022, which is on the June 7 ballot as Measure H. Named as real parties in interest were six individuals who signed the ballot arguments opposing DiSC: Alan Pryor, Michael Corbett, Stephen Wheeler, Darell Dickey, Juliette Beck and Roberta Millstein. Carson contended five statements in their ballot argument were false or misleading. A Yolo Superior Court judge last week ordered two changes — deleting one word and changing one number. Judge Daniel Maguire declined to order any other changes, saying there was not clear and convincing evidence the statements were false and that some could be construed as opinion. The statements largely focused on what DiSC
opponents argue will be the negative impacts of the development on traffic and greenhouse gas emissions and which Carson and DiSC supporters dispute. In the wake of Maguire’s ruling last week, both Carson and the Yes on Measure H team as well as the No on Measure H team claimed victory. Then, on Thursday afternoon, Pryor and and his fellow real parties in interest filed a motion with the court seeking reimbursement for the legal costs they incurred due to Carson’s suit, saying, “the court outright rejected three of (Carson’s) challenges and adopted real parties’ suggestions for the two modest edits it ordered.” “Real parties prevailed in an action enforcing important public rights to the benefit of all citizens of Davis,” their court filing states. “Real parties therefore respectfully request that this court award real parties reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs in the amount of $71,488.85.” That dollar amount includes 70.7 attorney hours on the merits ($44,390), along with 30.9 hours on the fee motion ($16,942) plus $9,000 in estimated time for reply to the fee motion and
$1,155 in costs. In seeking attorney fees, Pryor said, “the financial burden of going to court for a grassroots campaign like No on H cannot be understated. “The retainer deposit alone wiped out the group’s bank account. Yet the defendants had no other choice if they wanted to exercise their speech rights and communicate their opinions about Measure H to the voters.” According to Thursday’s court filing, the No on H team had just two days to find legal representation before the first court hearing on Carson’s lawsuit. “Real parties began frantically seeking law firms, contacting local attorneys, searching for local counsel with expertise in election law litigation and gradually expanding the search further afield. “After receiving more than six rejections from firms located in Davis, Sacramento and the Bay Area, only one firm, Los Angelesbased Strumwasser & Woocher, was willing to take the case and offered a discounted rate that real parties could afford. Strumwasser & Woocher was able to offer this reduced rate contingent on its ability to seek a fully
Man arrested for catalytic converter theft — again By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer History repeated itself Tuesday when Davis police arrested a man on stolenproperty charges — just like they’d done a few weeks earlier. According to Lt. Mike
Munoz, an officer was patrolling the Arlington Farms apartment complex on Portage Bay West when he spotted a “known suspect” who did not live there. A search of his vehicle led to the discovery of heroin, a catalytic converter and
“tools commonly used to steal catalytic converters,” Munoz said. Part of a vehicle’s exhaust system, catalytic converters contain precious metals and are frequent theft targets in Davis, where more than 300 were reported stolen over the past year.
compensatory award of fees… if it was able to successfully defend the challenged statements.” On Thursday, Pryor said, “I regret that these actions are necessary but it was the developer and Carson who initiated this lawsuit without any warning to the defendants. Since the vast majority of their claims were rejected by the court, we feel the developer and Carson should bear the great expense we incurred in defending against this meritless lawsuit.” According to the motion seeking attorney fees, case law holds that “a party need not prevail on every claim to be entitled to an award of attorney fees.” “Here, the overwhelming result of the litigation was to reject petitioner’s efforts at censorship and vindicate real parties’ rights to present, and the public’s right to receive, information and argument concerning Measure H… In defending the action, they achieved a victory that was substantial and which qualifies real parties as prevailing parties…” Carson, who filed the lawsuit as an individual
and honorary chair of the Yes on Measure H campaign, had no comment Thursday evening, saying he’d not yet spoken with his attorney about the matter. During Tuesday’s Davis City Council meeting, Carson said the Yes on H campaign decided to fund a lawsuit “under a longstanding state political reform law that allows us to correct these misstatements so that voters would not be making their decisions based on incorrect information. “In this case,” he said, “that state law requires a registered voter of Davis file the petition, and so I agreed to be named petitioner as I already had the role of being the honorary chair of the Yes on H campaign.” But Beverly Grossman Palmer of Strumwasser & Woocher, who represents the real parties in interest, said Thursday, “in my experience, it is highly unusual for a sitting public official to sue their own citizens over ballot arguments. “None of the attorneys in my firm can recall a similar situation in any of our collective years of practicing election law.”
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TRIAL: Accomplice takes the stand From Page A1 Earlier in the week, they received testimony from the case’s star witness — Jonathan “Jay” Froste, 25, who admitted to his role in Moore’s killing and his knowledge of Rios’ as part of a plea deal in which he agreed to testify for the prosecution. Tuesday marked Froste’s third time taking the witness stand — the first was at a preliminary hearing in the case, the second at the 2018 trial of his brother David Froste, who was convicted of both murders and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Prosecutors say David Froste orchestrated the homicides after Moore, 17, robbed him of three ounces of marijuana worth $300 in the fall of 2016. With Shannon and Campos watching, he fatally shot Moore’s friend Rios, 16, when he refused to tell Froste his whereabouts. The four defendants — frequent marijuana users who called themselves “The Squad” — allegedly abducted and bludgeoned Moore to death several weeks later after encountering him near downtown Woodland. Facing a state prison sentence of 15 years to life under his plea deal, Jay Froste said he sought the agreement “because it was the right thing to do.” He recalled being at his girlfriend’s house in Woodland on the night of Oct. 17, 2016, when David Froste called him in a rage. “David told me that he had just gotten robbed at gunpoint,” the in-custody Jay Froste, flanked by a court bailiff and his attorney, Ava Landers, said under questioning by Deputy District Attorney David Wilson. David Froste identified the robber as Moore, and “he said wanted blood.” According to Jay Froste, his brother retrieved a Glock pistol from his Knights Landing home and drove to Jay Froste’s girlfriend’s house. Campos and Shannon, who witnessed the robbery, also were in the car. It was Shannon who suggested tracking down Moore through his friend
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Enrique Rios, left, and Elijah Moore, as they were pictured in missing-person fliers following their 2016 disappearances. Rios, Jay Froste said. David Froste invited his brother to join them, but “I said I wanted no part of it.” At their home the next day, David Froste described Rios’ demise, telling Jay Froste that he, Campos and Shannon invited Rios to a party, but instead took him to a desolate Knights Landing-area beach. As Rios’ mother and grandmother quietly wept in the courtroom, Jay Froste recalled his brother’s story — how he shot his gun into the air to force Rios out of the car, then fired at the teen when he refused to call or text Moore. “ ‘You’re going to die for what Elijah did,’ David Froste said he told Rios, who suffered gunshots to his torso and head. Later, David Froste borrowed a neighbor’s truck to bury Rios’ body in rural location that authorities have yet to find. Shannon repeated the story to Jay Froste later that day, and “he was in shock from what had happened,” Froste testified. But neither of them discussed calling the police. Froste said Shannon had Rios’ cell phone, using it to send decoy texts to Rios’ mother and a friend that indicated he wanted to run away.
‘Your prayers couldn’t save you’ Meanwhile, David Froste still wanted vengeance on Moore, more so after a friend alerted the Froste brothers that Moore had plans to rob Jay. Payback came on the afternoon Nov. 4, 2016,
when David Froste, Jay Froste and Campos spotted Moore walking into a Main Street barber shop. “That’s him,” Campos said from the back seat of Jay Froste’s car, which was parked nearby. David Froste exited the vehicle and confronted Moore, who looked “very shocked and scared,” Jay Froste testified. Moore apologized for the robbery, and David Froste told him he’d be driven out of town and forced to walk home as punishment. He took Moore’s boots, money and cell phone and ordered him into the car trunk. Jay Froste said he tried to stop his brother, but “David was a very intimidating person, so I did what he told me to do. He was the leader, pretty much.” From there, the trio picked up Shannon, who had David Froste’s gun, and Jay Froste followed his brother’s directions as they traveled toward a rural area outside Knights Landing. There, David Froste ordered Moore out of the trunk and zip-tied his hands behind his back. They walked as a group toward a grove of trees, then down a slope. David then bound Moore’s ankles as he laid on his stomach. “David told Elijah to pray,” then took Campos to retrieve “supplies” while Shannon and Jay Froste held Moore at gunpoint, the witness said. Moore asked to call his mother, but David Froste had confiscated all of their cell phones. As day turned to night, David Froste and Campos returned with garbage bags, bleach, gasoline and
digging tools. “I’m sorry your prayers couldn’t save you,” David Froste told Moore. “Now you’re going to be buried next to Enrique.” With that, David Froste struck Moore in the head with a baseball bat-sized tree branch, handing it off to the other three to take their turns. They each struck him once or twice before David Froste dropped a large log on his head and shot him, Jay Froste recalled. At any point, “was there any objection from Mr. Shannon or Mr. Campos?” Wilson asked. “None,” Jay Froste replied. They burned and buried Moore’s body, then disposed of the tools and their bloodied clothing on the way back to Knights Landing. Afterward, they had dinner at Denny’s in Woodland, where David Froste ordered the others to “keep our mouths shut,” Jay Froste said. But Campos failed to follow directions, and his bragging among friends ultimately led detectives to target the foursome, prosecutors have said. They were arrested in June 2018, nearly two years after the killings. Jay Froste said he tried to help searchers find the teens’ bodies, but “I couldn’t pinpoint where they were.” Froste’s cross-examination by Campos’ and Shannon’s defense attorneys focused largely on the influence of David Froste. In his opening statement, Campos’ lawyer David Nelson said his client, just 16 at the time, feared the older man who had a history of violence. “It would be fair to say of the crew, he was the leader, is that right?” Nelson asked Jay Froste. “Yes,” Froste replied. “And you followed his orders,” Nelson said. “Yes,” Froste said again. “And what if you didn’t follow his orders?” “I don’t know,” Froste said. “I’ve never not done what he’s told me to do.” — Reach Lauren Keene at lkeene@davisenterprise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @laurenkeene
DISC: Dispute takes over scheduled business From Page A1 Measure H ballot argument, and Ramos, who said, “we are proud to have taken the required steps to help ensure that information provided to Davis voters about Measure H is truthful. “The judge ruled some information submitted by the opponents is clearly false and misleading and ordered it to be corrected,” Ramos said. But others — including two individuals named as real parties in interest in the lawsuit — objected to both Carson’s role and what they saw as the true purpose of his lawsuit. “This wasn’t really about changing the language in the ballot statement,” said Alan Pryor, who was named as a real party in interest and signed the rebuttal to the Yes on Measure H ballot argument. “This lawsuit was a political dirty trick, pure and simple. Is attempting to subvert free speech and financially intimidate participation in an election the new normal for Davis politics now?” Roberta Millstein, who signed the No on Measure H ballot argument and also was named in Carson’s lawsuit, echoed Pryor, saying, “what (Carson) was really intending was to put the No on DiSC campaign in a political and financial chokehold. “No matter the outcome,
Council member Carson … alleged we were lying in our ballot statement and forced us to spend every last penny we had. In so doing, he would put the campaign in debt,” she said. “Is this the new normal for Davis politics? Where any opposition to developers’ proposals are now going to be forced to defend themselves from harassing and punitive lawsuits? “Make no mistake about it, had Councilman Carson been successful in his lawsuit, he would have suppressed the ballot constitutional right to free speech in this election,” Millstein said. “But thankfully the judge saw through these empty claims.” That said, “this intimidation will absolutely have a chilling impact on free speech and local organizing in the future,” she said. Generally council members do not respond to public comment on items not on the agenda, though they sometimes request clarification or further information from staff. Likewise, political campaigning is generally not done during council meetings. But on Tuesday, Carson did weigh in on the comments from Pryor and Millstein. “I do feel a need to respond,” he said. “We live in a troubling world now of alternative facts that are spread and endlessly recycled on social
media until folks end up believing things that just plain aren’t true. And, unfortunately, this national trend has affected our local political world here in Davis,” said Carson. “When those of us who are working on the Yes on Measure H campaign committee — and my role is as an unpaid volunteer with dozens of other folks pursuing this effort — reviewed the No on H ballot argument that had been submitted for inclusion in the Davis voter information guide, frankly we were astonished to see one false and misleading statement after another. That’s when the campaign decided to fund a lawsuit under a longstanding state political reform law that allows us to correct these misstatements so that voters would not be making their decisions based on incorrect information. “In this case,” said Carson, “that state law requires a registered voter of Davis file the petition, and so I agreed to be named petitioner as I already had the role of being the honorary chair of the Yes on H campaign.” Continuing to speak from the council dais (albeit a remote one), Carson said, “we applaud the ruling from Yolo County Judge Daniel Maguire which found that some of the ballot arguments submitted by opponents of Measure H were false and
misleading.” Carson continued to quote from Maguire’s ruling until Partida interrupted, saying, “I appreciate that you do want to defend yourself and I absolutely support you in the campaign for Measure H. “But also it’s a little unusual I think,” the mayor said. Carson asked for more time to quote the ruling, however, and Partida acquiesced.
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ELECTRIC: Wouldn’t apply to combat vehicles From Page A1 nation and within our military — to make thoughtful purchases that address the climate crisis,” Garamendi, who serves as chairman of the Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, said Tuesday in a press release. The U.S. military is the largest institutional consumer of petroleum in the world, emitting more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than many industrialized nations, including Portugal and Denmark. It isn’t clear how much of the military’s carbon footprint comes from tactical versus non-tactical vehicles, partly because of lax emissions reporting requirements imposed on the military. In November, the Biden administration published its Federal Sustainability Plan, which indicated that more than half of the federal government’s greenhouse gas emissions come from the Department of Defense. The U.S. military currently has more than 174,000 non-tactical vehicles across its five service branches, according to the General Services Administration. The military’s federal vehicle fleet is second only to the Postal Service, which has more than 225,000 vehicles.
“Transitioning the military’s enormous fleet of passenger cars, light-duty trucks, and vans with internal combustion engines to Americanmade electric and zeroemission vehicles is a common-sense way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions,” Garamendi said. “The United States Postal Service and other federal agencies must also transition towards an electric vehicle fleet, and I plan to see the military do the same for non-tactical vehicles.” If enacted, the Military Fleet Electrification Act would go into effect in Oct. 1, requiring that all non-tactical Department of Defense vehicles purchased from that point onward be electric or zero-emission vehicles. The act also applies the “strongest possible” requirements that the Department of Defense buy or lease Americanmade vehicles that do not have components, such as batteries, that are sourced from Russia or China. “I plan to make this critical legislation a top priority in this year’s National Defense Authorization Act,” Garamendi said. — Reach Caleb Hampton at champton@ davisenterprise.net. Follow him on Twitter at @calebmhampton.
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Commentary California children need bold action on mental health By Karen Larsen Special to CalMatters
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f you want to understand the seriousness of the crisis facing California’s kids, just ask the team running Fresno County’s “All 4 Youth” mental health program. When students returned to school last fall, mental health referrals doubled. The list of concerns was long: suicidal thoughts, disciplinary challenges, depression, anxiety. Across California, masks are now coming off, but the effects of unprecedented isolation, life disruption and the loss of loved ones linger. Our kids are crying out for help. Do we hear them? Mental Health America ranks California 33rd for children’s mental health. Many factors contribute to this failing ranking, but near the top of the list is a critical shortage of mental health professionals for California’s kids. Right now, there are just over 1,000 child and adolescent psychiatrists in a state with more than 8 million youths. California’s underserved populations and rural areas are suffering the most, with severely limited access to help in places like the Central Valley and rural Northern California. There are no hospital psychiatric beds for children in 42 of California’s 58 counties and zero beds north of Sacramento. Back in Fresno County, a 2020 report found only one psychiatrist for just over 10,000 people. That’s why innovative approaches are critical. A partnership between the Fresno County Office of Education and the county behavioral health department, “All 4 Youth” provides school-based services for people up to 22 years old. Utilizing state Mental Health Student Services Act dollars, matched by school district investments, the program provides prevention and early intervention services for youths in their communities and schools throughout the county. The effort includes mental health assessments and therapy from licensed clinicians for parents and kids. Right now only a handful of California school districts and counties partner to leverage available funds for mental health services. At this critical time, leaving money on the table that could help get more resources for kids is a mistake.
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n Stanislaus County, educators have embraced technology to address student mental health needs. Called “The Lifeguard Initiative,” the voluntary program gives students an opportunity to identify core values and create growth goals. Students check in daily using a website or phone app to gauge their well-being. Feeling great? Tap the happy emoji. Less than great? Sad emoji. The data helps teachers get a better sense of how students feel on any given day. It also provides students with instant supportive help if needed. This approach gets students thinking and communicating about their mental health. Identifying personal core values helps them navigate their emotions better when faced with stressful situations. Identifying mental illness early is critical to preventing worsening symptoms throughout life. Seventy-five percent of mental health challenges begin before age 25. We should celebrate these schools rising to the challenge, but the state’s shortage of behavioral health workers must be addressed. Today, 31 counties with a high need for mental health services report a shortage. This year, the Steinberg Institute is sponsoring legislation — Senate Bill 964, introduced by Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco — taking on the workforce shortage with innovative ideas and a holistic approach. There is reason to be hopeful. Awareness of the mental health crisis is translating into action in Sacramento. Last year, lawmakers approved Gov. Gavin Newsom’s $4.4 billion Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative, bringing unprecedented resources to the challenge. In addition, the Mental Health Student Services Act provides $40 million one-time funding and $10 million ongoing funding for partnerships between county behavioral health departments and schools. We stand on the precipice of the greatest opportunity in our lifetimes to address our children’s mental health. If we can leverage the private and public, federal, state and local money available, we can serve every student in need. The funding is there. We now need the courage to act boldly. Our kids are counting on us. — Karen Larsen is the CEO of the Steinberg Institute, a Sacramento nonprofit.
Out of touch and out of ideas I f there’s one skill California’s vastly outnumbered and out-thought Republican Party has perfected, it’s the art of whistling past the graveyard. They’re at it again now as the state heads into what promises to be the most interesting midterm election here in quite a while, with new district lines on every governmental level from Congress and the Legislature to county boards and city councils. Here’s what the party’s chair, Jessica Millan Patterson, told its fall 2021 convention, staged two weeks after GOP hopes of recalling Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom were dashed by a 2-1 margin last September. “We are full-steam-ahead on the 2022 elections,” she said. That would ordinarily be the comment of the head of a party with some chance to make headway in those elections. But the state GOP is not such a party. Anyone who needed proof of this could look at the recall election results from what used to be the most solidly red county in America, Orange County. Yes, Orange County provided a substantial share of the 1.5 million-odd voter signatures that put the recall onto a statewide special election ballot. But at crunch time, the county went 52-48 percent to
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ut part of the Republican problem is also ideological. Replacement candidates on the ballot against Newsom were a motley crew representative of a party lacking fresh ideas, one that mostly says “no” to almost every new idea or social trend. On the whole, the band of wanna-be replacements opposed abortion in almost all cases, wanted less of a social net protecting citizens and legal residents who become destitute or homeless through no fault of their own and supported measures like the 2017 tax cut sponsored and signed by ex-President Donald Trump that predominantly favors corporations and the ultra-rich over the middle class.
Those folks were epitomized by their leading vote-getter, the longtime right-wing talk show host Larry Elder. Not only did he promise to eliminate masking and vaccination requirements against COVID the day he took office, but he plugged reversing many of the state’s measures against climate change just when fires intensified by climate change blazed across the state. Some of that might fly in Texas, but this is California, and once voters figured out what Elder wanted, the recall’s fate was sealed. Yet, the California Republican Party insists on trying to push the same old ideas that have lost it so much ground over the last 25 years. It’s time party officials realized nothing much will change for them until and unless they find candidates willing and able to at least moderate these traditional stances. There are no signs yet that this will happen, which is why Republicans just now are again whistling past their own graveyard. — Email Thomas Elias at tdelias@aol.com. His book, “The Burzynski Breakthrough: The Most Promising Cancer Treatment and the Government’s Campaign to Squelch It,” is now available in a soft cover fourth edition. For more Elias columns, visit www.californiafocus.net
Yolo County DA race Full disclosure: I have worked for Jeff Reisig for 14 years. I have seen his innovative approaches to some of society’s most difficult problems, including drug addiction and mental illness in the criminal justice system. Jeff is the first in the country to implement a race blind charging program. Yolo County has quite literally the most innovative DA in the country. District attorneys around California and the nation look to him for leadership. I have seen comments both ways about some of the challenger’s donations. In court, and in politics, we learn when we ask questions. I encourage Yolo County voters to ask “Why is Sanjay Dev trying to change the DA?” My concern is that he wants a new DA because Reisig is defending Dev’s brother’s long rape sentence in current habeas litigation. Not the attorney general, the district attorney. Much post-conviction habeas litigation in California is now handled by the district attorneys. If Dev gets a new DA, he may feel that a DA to whom he gave money would drop the fight and let his rapist brother out of prison. This is an important question to ask before you go to the ballot box. Proud to serve Yolo County and work for Jeff Reisig Garrett Hamilton Supervising Deputy District Attorney, Sex Crimes Team
Time for Reisig to go Cynthia Rodriguez and Jeff Reisig are both aware of the power and responsibility of the Yolo District Attorney position. In a recent debate (98 minutes — Yolo Taxpayer Associations website), Reisig harped on about the epic failure of progressive approaches to law enforcement; except those that have become his approaches. He attempts to paint Rodriguez as an unqualified outsider. Rodriguez has lived in Yolo since 1988 and has 40 years of solid prosecutorial, defense and incarceration law experience. Rodriguez will use the same law-enforcement professionals and the same resources Reisig is using to run an effective DA office. She plans to deliver safety without overcharging and long sentences, when they are proven not to deter crime or serve justice for victims. Yolo DA overcharging has increased our court costs to match Alameda County’s, with six times the population. Reisig disrespects his fellow law-enforcement candidate. He chooses to engage in
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keep Newsom, a governor who has had mixed results: He’s got California at one of the lowest COVID-19 case rates in the nation, but has done little about the many billions of dollars defrauded from the state’s unemployment department during the early months of the pandemic. He inspired laws requiring proof of vaccination for entry to many indoor spaces and events, but sometimes flouted the very anti-contagion rules he promulgated with executive orders. And so on. Given all this, it was remarkable that Orange County, once the GOP bastion to beat them all, still opted to keep Newsom. There was a time, and not so long ago (about 30 years) when one of the seminal political realities of California politics was this: A Republican could win statewide office if he or she could carry the OC by 250,000 or more votes. Since then, the county has become essentially purple, with either party capable of winning congressional races
and others there. The several Orange County congressional seats that have swung back and forth between the parties lately are usually decided by margins of less than 5,000 votes, some by fewer than that. Part of Orange County’s change has been demographic. Since the 1990s, a plethora of high tech firms established footholds there, bringing younger, college-educated workers who — national polls show — are more likely to vote Democratic than Republican. At the same time, Democratleaning Latinos poured into areas around Santa Ana, the county seat.
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fear-mongering diatribe. He posted on Facebook that Rodriguez donors were “convicted sex offenders and child rapists seeking a soft-on-crime District Attorney.” His inflammatory and insulting accusation was addressed in a previous Enterprise letter rightly questioning Reisig’s judgement as a leader in this county. We do not want a shock jock as the county’s top prosecutor. Reisig, and other lock ’em up DAs, have been grandstanding on tragic rare ultraviolent cases to keep voters away from the “R” word, reform. Reisig and the California Association of District Attorneys, of which he is president, aggressively oppose evidence-based laws passed by Californians, and Yolo residents, to reduce sentencing (prop 47, Yolo approved 61%) and increase chances of parole (prop 57, Yolo approved 68%); using your DA office and budget to do it. For 16 years Reisig has used his power too often to intimidate questions about overzealous and sometimes tragic use of publicly sanctioned DA office authority. It’s time to turn this job over to Cynthia Rodriguez. Rodriguez is proposing measured improvement not radical reform. Rodriguez is a veteran who has experience bringing criminals to justice, upholding victims, and keeping prosecutorial government authority in check. Scott Steward Davis
Finding balance If we are too aggressive in the Russia vs. Ukraine conflict it could lead to a nuclear war. If we are not aggressive enough it could also lead to nuclear war. So America and other NATO countries are using policies that were repeatedly used during the Cold War and did not lead to a nuclear exchange.
Speak out President The Hon. Joe Biden, The White House, Washington, D.C., 20500; 202-456-1111 (comments), 202-456-1414 (switchboard); email: http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact
U.S. Senate Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 331 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20510; 202-224-3841; email: http://feinstein. senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-me Sen. Alex Padilla, B03 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20510;
We are sending weapons but not troops. In the Korean and Vietnam wars, we sent weapons and troops, the Russians largely limited themselves to sending weapons. In Afghanistan it was the reverse, we armed the Mujaheddin but did not send troops. The Europeans are increasing their military expenditures, and the USA and other countries are imposing sanctions on Russia. This also happened in the Cold War. We are being fairly tough because we are afraid that Russia will attack other countries if we do little or nothing. We are also afraid that China will be encouraged to attack Taiwan and other countries if we do too little. America extends its nuclear umbrella to many countries and pays a disproportionate amount for the conventional weapons that defend both America and our alliance partners. We do this not so much because they can not defend themselves. They could build their own nuclear weapons. We do not want them to do that so we provide much of their defense. Furthermore, Ukraine is one of three countries that gave up their nuclear weapons. The other two are Kazakhstan and the white government of South Africa just before the end of Apartheid. Russia and the West promised Ukraine that they would not be threatened or invaded if they gave up their nukes. We have not kept that promise, but we do not want to completely abandon Ukraine given our promises, and because we will want to convince other countries to give up their nuclear weapons in the future. Pundits and politicians will argue we should be doing more or less but there is a certain historical logic to the balanced policy we have chosen. Richard Bruce Davis
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Briefly Bingo benefits Phoenix Coalition The Davis Odd Fellows host Second Sunday Bingo on April 10, at the Odd Fellows Hall, 415 Second St. in Downtown Davis. The general public is invited. All players must be over 18. Doors open at noon, with Bingo games starting at 1 p.m. Fifteen games are played with cash prizes for the winners of every game, including $250 for the winner of the final Blackout Bingo game. Every second Sunday Bingo has a beneficiary of proceeds and the beneficiary for April 10 is The Davis Phoenix Coalition. The Davis Odd Fellows Lodge has hosted Bingo, officially sanctioned by the Davis City Council, for the past 10 years, providing cash prices to players and tens of thousands of dollars to our community beneficiaries. Players can purchase a pack of Bingo cards for $12 or a double pack for $20. Pull tabs are also available to purchase. The Bingo Committee operates a snack bar for the convenience of the players with a great variety of items.
Travelaires add trips, open office The Davis Travelaires, a local nonprofit organization that offers excursions in Northern California and beyond, has added two “stay” trips to their schedule of outings. “Stay” trips, close-to-home variations of the organization’s day trips, will explore hidden gems in and around Davis. The following trips are available for online or mail-in registration: n High Tea at Tudor Rose Tea Room, Santa Rosa (Thursday, April 21) n “Stay” Trip: UC Davis Bee Haven (Wednesday, May 4) n “Stay Trip: Great Bear Vineyards, Davis (Wednesday, June 1) n China Camp State Park & Sausalito (Wednesday, June 15) All travelers must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19. The Travelaires Office reopened in the Davis Senior Center on Tuesday, April 5. Regular hours will be Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. For details and trip registration information, visit https://davistravelaires. org or email Davis Travelaires@gmail.com.
Project Linus meets April 13 Join Project Linus to make blankets for children who are seriously ill, traumatized or otherwise in needfrom 1:30 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, at the Senior Center, 646 A St. All are welcome to attend the meeting and help sew Linus labels on handmade blankets that will be given to Yolo County organizations that serve children in need. Members may take home donated fabrics and yarn each month to complete a blanket. Finished blankets can be brought to the next monthly gathering or at the Joann Fabric store in Woodland. For general information, drop-off location questions, or fabric and yarn donations, contact Diane McGee at dmmyolo@gmail.com.
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Discover DNA, and Rosalind Franklin By Sara Thompson Special to the Enterprise
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NA carries all the genetic information within all living things, making it one of the building blocks of life. DNA is made up of two polynucleotide strands that wind around each other in a double helix structure. The outer part of the strands are made up of sugars and phosphate groups, and the inner parts are comprised of nucleobases. Several people contributed to the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA, but at the center of it all was Rosalind Franklin. Franklin was born in London in July of 1920. She was a bright child and excelled in all of her science, math, and language classes, often winning annual awards at school. In 1938, she enrolled at Newnham College, an allwoman branch of Cambridge. She studied chemistry and in 1941, she was awarded the women’s equivalent of a bachelor’s degree. She would continue working at Newnham as a research assistant in the
Explorit Science Center physical chemistry lab. Here she studied the porosity of coal and its relationship to density. Her research helped to determine the fuel potential of coal and she helped in the development of gas masks during World War II. Her research and contributions led to several published papers and a Ph.D. thesis, which she was awarded in 1945. After Franklin received her Ph.D. she took a job in Paris doing X-ray diffraction. She was able to use the method to further research coal and how the atoms rearrange themselves when changing phases. Her proficiency in X-ray diffraction helped get her a research fellowship back in London at King’s College. She was put to work using X-ray diffraction of DNA. Along with her assistant, Raymond Gosling, they fine-tuned the diffraction techniques and using a microcamera to take images of the DNA. One of these photographs clearly showed a double
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A retouched photo of Rosalind Franklin with a microscope in 1955. helical structure, and she also determined that the outer layers were phosphate groups. Not wanting to publish her data too early, she continued her research on DNA to gather more evidence. Unbeknownst to Franklin and Gosling, one of their colleagues shared her
data with members of another lab working on a similar project. Using their data and Franklin’s X-ray diffraction images, James Watson and Francis Crick were able to construct a DNA model, showing the double-helix structure Franklin has discovered and described a year prior.
Their initial publishing did not mention Franklin, but they have since acknowledged her contributions to their success. The double helix structure of DNA would likely have been discovered at a later time, but because of Franklin’s expertise and diligence, she was able to discover it in 1952. Rosalind Franklin was sadly diagnosed with cancer in 1956. She continued to research and contribute to science as she underwent treatment, but succumbed to her ailment in April 1958. She is remembered for her contributions to the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA as well as her early work on coal porosity. ———— Exploit’s coming events: n Limited spaces available for our Summer Science Camps for those entering grades 3-6. All camps run from 9 a.m to noon Monday to Friday and will have both indoor and outdoor components. Price is $175 Members/ $200 Non-Members. Register for summer camp at https://www.explorit.org/ camps.
Obituaries Letha Magee
Jan. 5, 1925 — March 9, 2022 Our mom was born Letha Fry on Jan. 5, 1925, in Wenatchee, Wash. Her parents were a very young Pearl Vivian and Harold Glen Fry, as they were only 17 and 19 years old. Letha had a younger brother Glen Harold Fry who preceded her in death. Letha passed away with her daughter Leaha at home in Santa Margarita on March 9, 2022. Letha had what we would consider an exciting childhood. Times were difficult in the 1920s and ’30s and she was raised by her Grandma Mollie and Grandpa Kelly. Our Mom spoke about her adventures with her Grandma Mollie Byrd her entire life where she went hunting, fishing, horseback riding – things most girls didn’t get to experience. When Letha grew up, she worked at the copper mine in Holden, Wash., where her mom Pearl and stepfather Henry lived. Letha was proud to pay her own college tuition by working summers at the mine; she was earning $9 an hour in 1947, far exceeding the minimum wage. Our Mom never quit speaking about her life in Holden, “At Home in Holden,” as it was truly the time of her life. She described Holden as the most beautiful place you could ever imagine. Our mom proudly graduated from Seattle University with a double major in chemistry and philosophy, and she obtained her Department of Energy Q-clearance and work on high-level national security projects at Hanford Nuclear Power Plant at a very important time in our country. We’ve always been proud of her accomplishments and career, especially as a woman at that time in the world. Our mom met our dad, Lt. John C. Magee Jr., in Portland in the 1950s. They both shared a love for fancy convertible cars — we have photos of them both with their cars all shined up! They fell in love and after three trips to Reno, and on
Dec. 28, 1957, they were married. Three — Thankfully dad didn’t give up! Letha blessed MAGEE John with a handsome son, born Clark Beldon Magee and then surprised him eight years later with a beautiful daughter, born Leaha Karen Magee. Letha and John loved the outdoors together, gold panning, rock hounding, hunting, camping, fishing and archery. Letha was preceded in death by her husband John in 1979. She will be reunited with him in Davis. Letha always continued to learn and obtained her real estate license and her cosmetology license later in life. She was interested in politics and worked the polling booths many years. She always said, “You can accomplish anything if you set your mind to it,” and she proved this! Letha loved her children and grandchildren Shelby and Jack with great passion. Letha left a whole bunch of beautiful memories that will be cherished forever and her family is so proud of her, “oddles.” Our mom will be missed beyond words can say, but we know she has been welcomed into the loving arms of our Lord. Letha will be laid to rest at noon Saturday, May 14, in the Davis Cemetery and Arboretum with lunch following. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Holden Village in Letha’s memory at: www.Holden Village.org/donate or by mail: Holden Village, HC 0 Box 2, Chelan, WA 98816.
Michael Richardson
April 1945 — January 2022
Michael Richardson passed away in the ICU, his wife, Jane and three children in person, another son and his sister, on FaceTime at his bedside. His death caught us all unprepared. Michael appreciated learning. He studied topics so he could ask questions and understand what those who enjoyed talking to him were discussing, always willing to go over any issues or thoughts. With a group of educators that shared his ideals on the importance of education, he was teaching students about physics and astronomy at Sacramento City College. He loved to be challenged and to challenge others with ideas and thoughts of what was the most moral and just pathway. He had been an accomplished athlete in tennis, basketball, football and baseball, always pushing himself to do his best. As
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We all miss him greatly. He appreciated even small gestures, listening to what we learned, never complaining when he couldn't physically join in with us. He encouraged others to do what is right. His optimism that things would work out, and trust that most people would make the right choice if given the chance, was inspiring. He spent his life trying to make the world a better place. A celebration of Michael's life will be held at Sac City College, on the quad at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 23.
Leon Garoyan 1925—2022
Leon Garoyan, 96, died peacefully at home on March 26, 2022, from cerebral vascular disease. He is survived by his wife, Nina Hendrickx; son Leon Garoian III (Pia Kreutzer); grandson Benjamin Garoian; daughter Elizabeth Garoian;, many nieces and nephews; and Nina’s children Peggy Henson, Tami Gonzales, Julie Hendrickx, Sandy Taysi and Thomas Hendrickx, their spouses and grandchildren. Lee Garoyan’s life is a classic immigrant success story. He grew up in a poor, but educated, family of immigrants on a 20-acre farm in Fowler near Fresno. Lee was a man of many parts and he loved his family and his friends, good wine, classic automobiles, German shepherds and economics. Lee’s parents always emphasized education and he attended Fresno State and then Cal Poly graduating with a degree in horticulture. After six years as a horticultural farm advisor in
he got older, his old athletic injuries and arthritis slowed him down physically, however he continued to share his knowledge and love for sports, as he looked for other outlets, getting to know more about himself and his inner well being.
Oregon, he developed an increasing interest in economics and enrolled for a master’s degree in agricultural economics at the University of Wisconsin. Two years later he was invited back to Wisconsin for a Ph.D. and graduated in 1960. In 1961, his dissertation was published as a book titled, “Changes in Market Structure of Grocery Retailing.” This was the first of several professional and personal books Lee wrote throughout his life, the most recent being published last year. Based on his research, Lee became a sought-after teacher and extension economist, first in Oregon and then at UC Davis. At the start of his career, he served in the Kennedy Administration as a staff economist, and later his service to his country took the form of voluntary consulting for the CIA on the food production and marketing systems in Eastern Europe and Russia before Perestroika. Throughout his professional career, he worked
with many farmer cooperatives, in the U.S., Chile and many parts of GAROYAN Eastern Europe. This work culminated in his role as the founding director of the Statewide Center for Cooperatives at UC Davis. One of his all-engrossing hobbies was the restoration and preservation of classic cars. He owned many beautiful cars in his lifetime, and won several major awards with his Pierce Arrows and Rolls Royces. He was appointed as an official judge for both these makes. Lee will be greatly missed by his family and friends who can take some solace in that he had a long, full and well-lived life. A memorial Mass will begin at 2 p.m. Monday, April 11, at St. James Catholic Church. In lieu of flowers, please donate to your favorite charity.
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Pets of the week Special to The Enterprise Lots of animals are waiting for “forever homes” at the Yolo County Animal Shelter, 2640 E. Gibson Road in Woodland. Among them is Athena (A191851), a female pit bull who is about 8 years old with a stunning brindle coat. She has dreamy, soulful eyes and is always ready for a game of fetch.
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Athena is learning basic training skills and is friendly with everyone she meets. Also hoping for a good home is Ice (A193430), a 1-year-old white German shepherd/husky mix. Ice is very energetic, very playful and looking for a home with a secure fenced yard or an exercise partner to jog with daily. Ice thinks he is a lap dog and likes to cuddle like a puppy. Ice needs to be supervised outside to prevent escaping.
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For information on adopting, contact adopt ycas@gmail.com. All shelter animals are up-to-date on vaccinations, microchipped, and spayed or neutered. Staff is available to assist via phone during business hours at 530-6685287. Shelter hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. To meet any adoptable YCAS animals, visit friendsof ycas.org. To volunteer, sign up at tinyurl.com/yolo volunteerapp. Follow on at @ycas. shelter and Instagram at @yoloanimalshelter. At Rotts of Friends Animal Rescue, you’ll find Gemma, a young, smallersized spayed female Rottweiler/shepherd mix. She just completed her 6 weeks obedience training classes so she knows her
Gemma commands and is leash trained. Gemma is a really sweet girl who loves to play and have fun. She would be great in an active family. Nicki is a 10-month- to 1-year-old spayed female purebred Rottweiler. She is a friendly, silly, rambunctious girl. She had no obedience training in her previous home but she comes with free training classes. No small children and Rottie experience is
Nicki recommended. The next Rotts of Friends’ adoption event is from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, April 9, at 34505 County Road 29 in Woodland. Come by 10 a.m., as it takes at least an hour to meet and adopt a dog; everyone who will be living with the dog should come out to meet it. Bring proof of homeownership, such as a mortgage statement or property
tax bill. If you rent, please bring proof that you are allowed to have a dog in your home, such as a pet clause in your lease or a note from your landlord. All dogs adopted from Rotts of Friends are healthy, microchipped, upto-date on their vaccines and come with free lifetime obedience-training classes. For more information, visit facebook.com/ rottsoffriends.
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Garden tour returns to excite the senses By Natalie Nelson Special to The Enterprise
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ne of my family’s favorite Davis events is attending the Pence Gallery Garden Tour in May. After a twoyear break, I am so glad that this event is returning on Sunday, May 1, from noon to 5 p.m. I always enjoy visiting with friends and family during the event, and it’s so inspiring to see the creativity of our region’s gardeners. Tour participants can take a self-guided tour through five gorgeous private gardens — all in Davis. This year’s Tour features several homes with extremely large gardens located on the outskirts of town, as well as several gardens spread throughout Davis. Additionally, Yolo County Master Gardeners will help answer questions about plant selection and other issues at each of the gardens. Tour highlights include gardens featuring a greenhouse and several ponds, a
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Kim Eichorn/Lyon Real Estate, Chris Corbett Design, Maren Heise & Anne Lincoln/Lyon Real Estate, Andy Gagnon Landscapes Inc., Redwood Barn, John Lescroart & Lisa Sawyer, Dick and Marilyn McCapes, Kathy & Henry Thornhill, Recology Davis, KW Construction, David & Anne Hawke, Loyola Landscaping, Roger & Claudia Salquist, Christine Bruhn, Diane Lardelli, Cynthia Gerber, and Barbara Smithson.
mid-century design home, and copious fruit trees and a charming gazebo. Onsite, watch plein air painters Leslie DuPratt, Rhonda Egan, Karen Fess-Uecker, Kaye Gamper, Chris Kidd, Mary Kobashigawa, and Marlene Lee create beautiful landscapes right before your eyes. From noon to 3 p.m., Natalie Mackenzie will be spinning wool at one of the gardens as well. Lucky for attendees, we have the perfect exhibit up at the Pence, titled “Seasonal Gestures.” This exhibit is by Davis-based artist Gayle BonDurant and is up from May 1 to 29. I’m giving a short tour of the exhibit from 4 to 4:20 p.m. if you’d like to stop by to see her watercolor and mixed media paintings. Tour attendees may also pick up a snack bag with special discounts and treats (limited to the first 100 people) at the gallery. This year we aren’t holding the silent auction
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This lovely watercolor by Linda Erfle titled “Summer Solstice” is our cover image for Garden Tour this year. or refreshments at the Gallery, but we hope to bring them back next year. Tickets are available now for $25 members/ $30 non-members ($35 day of event) and will be
sold through Redwood Barn, Newsbeat, and the Pence Gallery (also online at www.pencegallery.org). The Tour provides essential operating funds for our nonprofit organization,
and will go on rain or shine, so come join us! This event is sponsored by Tandem Properties, Bill & Nancy Roe, MAK Design + Build, PlantRight, Bonnie & Kit Lam,
In addition to gearing up for Garden Tour this month, the Pence has a new display of collages by Napa artist Sue Bradford titled, “Shelter in Place.” These small-scale pieces are constructed of layered book covers, tickets, photos, and small found objects. Together, they represent a year of her time spent reflecting on the pandemic, the fires, and the trials of isolation during 2020.
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Mondavi hosting immersive art with ceramics, video, poetry Special to The Enterprise The Mondavi Center will host an “immersive installation” from mid-April into early May. It’s an experience that (in this case) will suggest to visitors that they are going on a sort of journey, and along the way they will encounter several different styles of artistic expression that together focus on several central concepts, which visitors are invited to consider in various ways as they move through the installation. This kind of installation art seeks to engulf visitors in a fabricated environment where the complete gallery or venue space is significantly altered to impart a special (and hopefully memorable) experience for each visitor. In “Ritual Encounters” the Mondavi Center’s Vanderhoef Studio Theatre has been reconfigured as a kind of temple that celebrates the secular/sacred environment of Mount Tamalpais, which dominates the landscape in Marin County, and is one of the higher peaks in the Bay Area. Visitors to this installation
are invited to circle in a ritual walk past ceramic monuments and biomorphic sculptures that are ringed by dirt mandalas that are themselves edged with hems (hymns) of words. Through immersion in video, sculpture, poetry, and the clockwise movement of their own bodies through the exhibition, viewers can experience (or recall) their own link to the non-human world, and to reevaluate the ground they stand upon, both physically and ethically. Ritual Encounters is a collaboration between the multidisciplinary artists Ashwini Bhat (who was born in India) and Forrest Gander (from Barstow, in California’s Mojave Desert). Bhat’s background is in literature and classical Indian dance, but she now works at the intersection of sculpture, ceramics, installation and performance. Gander likewise has a broad background: as a student, he earned a bachelor’s degree in geology and a master’s in creative writing, and he is now a writer
(of both poetry and prose) and translator of poets from Spain, Latin America and Japan. His recent work includes the Pulitzer Prize-winning book of poetry “Be With,” published in 2018. Visitors can visit the Mondavi Center and experience Ritual Encounters from Friday, April 15, to May 6 in the Mondavi Center’s Vanderhoef Studio Theatre. The installation will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Saturdays. There is no charge for admission, and no ticket is needed.
Theatre on April 28 at 7:30 p.m. This is also a free event. This event is associated with the UC Davis SHAPE course Problem Solving:
How to Respond to the World in a Time of Crisis, co-taught by professors Katie Peterson and Meera Heller. UCD’s SHAPE program (Science, Humanities and Arts: Process and Engagement) is an Andrew W. Mellon Foundationfunded project in which UC Davis students encounter the humanities, arts, and sciences integrated to express and examine the power each holds as a means of responding to our world.
The installation opens on April 15 with a celebratory event from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Bhat and Gander will be on hand to speak and share poetry. This event will be free to attend. The artists Courtesy photo will also make a second appearance at the Artists Ashwini Bhat and Forrest Gander present “Ritual Encounters” at the Mondavi Vanderhoef Studio Center. Catch them in person on April 15 and 28.
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Briefly Natsoulas show aids Amnesty “Artists for Amnesty” is the earliest benefit exhibition in the history of Amnesty International. Founded over three decades ago by John Natsoulas, it was the first to give artists the opportunity to support the organization through their artwork. Now, hoping to amplify artists’ demands for peace and understanding in troubling times, the John Natsoulas Gallery will host a new “Artists for Amnesty” exhibition and benefit in collaboration with international activists and artists. Reviving a tradition, the artist community can once again foster a dialogue with the world through their art while helping to raise funds for refugees, asylum seekers, political prisoners, those enduring torture, and other victims of human rights abuses. This is a rare opportunity to see fine works from around the world, while contributing to efforts towards peace and common understanding between all humanity. This exhibition will feature artists from 10 different countries. On May 7, the gallery will sponsor a benefit party and opening reception. It will feature multiple live bands, refreshments, and an exhibition representing global artistic perspectives. The exhibition will be open from May 4 to June 4. All proceeds will benefit those who face great injustice in Ukraine and around the world.
DHS Jazz Choir hosts Cabaret Come enjoy live dance and song performed by the Davis Senior High School Jazz Choir, under the musical direction of Karen Gardias, with choreography by Jeff Teague. This is a public event, and all are invited. Buy tickets now for performances at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 23 (doors open at 6:30 p.m. for appetizers and desserts, plus hand-crafted nonalcoholic mocktails), and Sun., April 24 at 3 p.m. (doors open at 2:30 p.m. for dessert and mocktails). Tickets include food and drinks and can be purchased at https:// event.auctria.com/ c05657cb-3828-493 d-a33a-b2f44b086173/ Cabaret will be held at Emerson Junior High School Indoor Commons, 2121 Calaveras Ave. in Davis. Parking is free.
CommuniCare hosts exhibit On April 8, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., the Davis Community Gallery at CommuniCare Health Center Davis Community Clinic will host an artist’s reception for Davis resident Cheryl Newbern at 2051 John Jones Road as part of the Second Friday ArtAbout. Free parking is available. Newbern has been serving CommuniCare patients as a registered nurse for more than 25 years at the birthing center. The show, “Integration,” reflects her passion to create and her love of maternal child nursing. Paintings are for sale and range from $65 to $750. Due to the show being inside the Davis Community Clinic, masking is required.
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‘Ambulance’: This thriller is dead on arrival By Derrick Bang Enterprise film critic
‘Ambulance’
This may be the most annoying movie ever made. Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, It’s certainly one of Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Eiza the worst. González, Garret Dillahunt, Director Michael Keir O’Donnell, Jackson White, Bay has cornered the market on high-octane Olivia Stambouliah, Cedric junk — witness his Sanders, A Martinez ever-more pathetic Rating: R, for intense string of noisy, soulless violence, bloody images and “Transformer” epics, not to mention 2019’s relentless profanity similarly wretched “6 Available via: Movie theaters Underground” — but this one plumbs hitherto untapped depths surgery required to fix his of awfulness. wife’s unspecified medical Chris Fedak’s bone- condition. (Of course it’s stupid, so-called script hasn’t unspecified; otherwise, a shred of credibility, and his Fedak would have had to do dialogue is as limp as a actual research.) dead banana. The oneWill therefore — unwisely dimensional acting ranges — seeks a loan from his from ludicrously stoic — motor-mouthed career notably Garret Dillahunt’s criminal brother, Danny somnambulant, I’ve(Gyllenhaal). Instead, Will wandered-in-from-anothermovie portrayal of LAPD gets roped into joining a tactical SIS Capt. Monroe motley, heavy caliber-toting — to over-the-top, foaming- crew on a “perfectly planned” at-the-mouth derangement heist to steal $32 million (Jake Gyllenhaal, take a bow from a nearby bank. Elsewhere, we meet for a performance so bad, you’re guaranteed a Razzzie plucky ambulance EMT Cam Thompson (Eiza Award). Cinematographer Roberto González), who can “keep De Angelis relies heavily on anybody alive for 20 minswooping, swooshing, utes, but can’t keep a partbarrel-roll, upside-down, ner.” She trades flirty, skyscraper-hugging drone tone-deaf banter with newly shots guaranteed to send assigned colleague Scott unprepared viewers into (Colin Woodell). Elsewhere, we meet patrol motion-sickness shock: all assembled and cut at hyper- officer Mark (Cedric Sandspeed by a team of editors ers), who encourages his — Doug Brandt, Pietro Sca- rookie partner Zach (Jacklia and Calvin Wimmer — son White) to try for a date who obviously laced their with a cute teller at — wouldn’t you just know it — morning coffee with meth. Not even 10 minutes into the same bank Danny’s crew this barrage of wretched is about to hit. excess, I was fighting vertigo The heist goes predictably and nausea. awry, resulting in a bulletThe “story,” such as it is. vomiting gun battle with Decorated military vet- Monroe’s troops, who — in a eran Will Sharp (Yahya controversial SWAT tactic Abdul-Mateen II), at wit’s discredited years before this end trying to navigate insur- film was made — knew this ance restrictions, can’t get would go down, and thereclearance for the expensive fore have shadowed the
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With his get-rich-quick bank heist gone south, deranged psychopath Danny Sharp (Jake Gyllenhaal, left) screams at the pursuing police vehicles to “Stay back!”, while his adopted brother Will (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) tries to keep their speeding ambulance on the road. bank, waiting for the bad guys to exit (the obvious peril faced by employees and customers be damned). Naturally, because this is a dumb-bunny movie, the bad guys’ military-grade weapons fire can’t hit the broad side of a barn, let alone any of the approaching cops. When the dust settles, only Danny and Will remain on the run; poor Officer Zach, gut-shot, is a hostage; that prompts a call to Cam and Scott’s ambulance; Danny and Will commandeer the vehicle, and toss Scott onto the tarmac; Cam remains, so she can try to keep Zach alive … while roaring down L.A. roads and freeways, with dozens (scores? hundreds?) of police vehicles and a handful of helicopters close behind. We’re only 40 minutes into this mess, and I’m thinking … where can we possibly go from here? Stupid question. The 1973 American television season included a laughably dumb series called “Chase,” which starred Mitchell Ryan as the head of an “unorthodox” team of LAPD cops piloting anything with an engine. The title credits sequence featured Ryan and his
grim-faced colleagues thundering toward the camera via motorcycle, hot rod, police car and helicopter, because, well, apparently that was the height of TV excitement in 1973. Lame as that sequence was, it lasted only a brief 40 seconds. Imagine it prolonged for an hour-and-a-half. I ain’t kidding. The rest of this film is dominated by just that: an endless stream of vehicles chasing the ambulance from one end of Los Angeles to the other, and then back again, punctuated every couple of minutes by the destruction of another blackand-white when Will’s demolition derby-style driving forces it over a cliff, or against the side of a building, or crashing into those yellow, water-filled freeway hazard containers. Over and over and over and over again, with the infantile glee of 5-year-olds smashing their Hot Wheels cars into bricks. All while Gyllenhaal’s deranged Danny screams that Cam “better keep that cop alive,” and Will moans that he shouldn’t even be here (ya think?), and Monroe spouts inane, gravity-laced one-liners such
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“The Ophelias: Badass Voices,” plays for free April 13, 14 and 15 and 16 at 8 p.m. at the Wyatt Pavilion Theatre.
Special to The Enterprise Local TV producer and filmmaker Chris Hennessy, and 12-year-old daughter Hannah walked the red carpet at the recent 2022 ACM Western Region Conference and WAVE Cable TV Awards Ceremony, where an episode from Hennessy’s “Yolo YoYo’s” cable television show (The season 2 finale) won Best Narrative Episode 2022. Fifty-five cable TV stations are included in the western region. “Accepting the award with Hannah at my side was the thrill of a lifetime,” Hennessy said. “I developed the show to spend time with her. I envisioned Hannah, her friends and I out in the community, improv-acting, meeting neat folks and performing in front of the cam-
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Chris Hennesey, left, and daughter Hannah accept their 2022 WAVE Award for their TV show, “Yolo YoYo’s” on April 1 in San Jose. era. I knew it would be a confidence building and life-enriching experience.” The event took place Friday, April 1, at the Holiday Inn San Jose – Silicon Valley. The award winning “The Stage; Following our Wildest Dreams!” features the Yolo YoYo’s girls (ages 7-12) and their mission; Bring live entertainment back to the lonely stage, which hadn’t been performed upon for a very long time.
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UCD’s stages present new works Special to The Enterprise The UC Davis department of theater and dance will present two newly developed works in April. Playwright and director Janey Pintar explores the intriguing character of Ophelia from William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” in her MFA project, “The Ophelias: Badass Voices.” Once a woman misused by Hamlet in the classic tragedy, who is Ophelia today? What would Shakespeare’s Ophelia do if she was given another chance at life? “The Ophelias: Badass Voices,” a play with movement, explores fictional and nonfictional Ophelias who succeed in opposing life’s challenges, and uplifts the
PENCE: Art asks lots of questions From Page B1 My favorite is “Giving + Receiving,” a piece that merges a handwritten note from the 19th century about giving a gift to a teacher, with a drawing of a key and a scientific drawing spotted with red. That same fireengine-red color was used repeatedly in 2020 to show us not just the dreaded coronavirus, but also its rapid spread across the U.S. in countless infographics. The artist includes a small photo of a smiling woman who is surrounded by stitched red lines. Perhaps she is the teacher, or a relative of the artist, but it reminds me that a good artwork will ask more questions than it answers. Other continuing exhibits at the Pence for the month of April include Marsha
as “It’s almost rush hour” and “This is how I operate.” I’d call this a tawdry, violent cartoon … but that’d be an insult to cartoons. Knowing that $40 million was spent on this testosterone-spewing fiasco is beyond sad; it’s deplorable. And it’s shameful that such lowest-commondenominator gun and crash porn has been manufactured with the specific goal of making money overseas. How proud must Bay and Universal Pictures be, exporting swill that further enhances our international stature as uncivilized, killcrazy morons? For reasons that remain inexplicable, Bay and Fedak based this turkey on a similarly dreadful 2005 Danish bomb that at least had the decency to get off the stage after a fast-paced 80 minutes. Naturally, Bay assumed that this earlier film’s sole flaw was its brevity, hence this bloated 136-minute remake. That, in a nutshell, reveals Michael Bay’s sensibilities. — Read more of Derrick Bang’s film criticism at http://derrickbang.blogspot. com. Comment on this review at www.davisenter prise.com.
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Napa artist Sue Bradford made “Giving + Receiving” in 2020 as part of her “Shelter in Place” series. Schindler’s fantastic installation, “Life Whispers, Listen Carefully.” Schindler has installed a “forest” of figures that merge trees with the female body, as well as numerous animals such as badgers, foxes, and a very hungry bear coming out of a wall.
Not to be confined to just making ceramic sculpture, Marsha includes her largeformat scroll paintings, a flock of flying birds out of wire, and a wire and ceramic wall installation representing the mycelium network underground that connects all the living creatures. This exhibit continues through May 15, and Marsha will be at our 2nd Friday ArtAbout evening at the Pence on April 8, from 6 to 9 p.m.. Stop by to see our Jeff Downing ceramic exhibit “Tinderbox: Water in the West,” or our “On the Edge: California College of the Arts” group exhibit, up through May 15 as well. — Natalie Nelson is the executive director and curator of the Pence Gallery; her column is published monthly.
courageous, determined, intelligent and badass voices in our world. Content warning: contains adult language. Performances are April 13 and 14 at 7 p.m. and April 15 and 16 at 8 p.m. at the Wyatt Pavilion Theatre. The production is free and open to all. Later in April, the department will present “Alone/Together,” a series of devised short solo performances about the movement from isolation to beingwith-others (and back again) during the Covid-19 pandemic. The show will be performed in the Wright Hall Arena Theatre on April 28 to 30. Performances are free and begin at 8 p.m. Visit arts.ucdavis.edu/theatre-and-dance.
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Girls badminton win twice in three days Enterprise staff The Davis High girls badminton team has cranked out two wins in three days. The Blue Devils' latest win came on Thursday, as they defeated previously undefeated Armijo 10-5 in a Monticello Empire League game. "Huge win for us," said Davis head coach Mark Murnane. The victory puts Davis (6-3) tied for second behind Rodriguez of Fairfield (6-3). Armijo goes to 8-1. In the singles matches, Davis won five of the eight matches. Those Blue Devil winners were Melissa Lee, Rowan Baar, Cameron St. Andre, Chiara Wu and Yanjun Liu. The Blue Devils' next five wins were in the doubles. Lee teamed up with Wu, as they were the No. 1 doubles team, to win. Barr-Helena Wei joined Davis teammates in Angela Li-Alexia Asuncion, Emmillie Lossin-Ling Pu and Jennifer Lee-Liu in winning their matches. On Tuesday, the Blue Devils posted a 15-0 road win over Wood. In the singles matches, Melissa Lee joined Wei, Dua Hassan, Angela Li, Baar, Kelly Su, St.
Andre and Chu in being winners in straight sets. Moving to the doubles matches, Melissa LeeJennifer Lee, along with Davis teammates Hassan-Wei, Veronica Uy-Annie Zhu, Li-Asuncion, May Wang-Tsel Annurad and Su-Sarah Park were winners. St. Andre and Emi Cech won their match by forfeit.
DHS boys volleyball The Davis High boys volleyball team went the distance in Wednesday's Delta League home match against Elk Grove. The end result was the Blue Devils winning in five sets; the final scores were 17-25, 25-21, 23-25, 25-22, 15-12. Mick Dunning had 24 assists and four digs for the Blue Devils. Owen Buzbee had 16 kills and Ethan Wells followed with 13 kills. Marcus Mike Bush/Enterprise file photo Blewett followed with nine kills and Connor Davis High boys volleyball player Liam Langley (18) sets up the ball for Mick Beck seven. Dunning (8) in a March 9 home match against Cosumnes Oaks. The Blue Devils To read more of Local roundup, visit www. play at the Wolfpack on Monday at 6 p.m. davisenterprise.com and click on the Sports tab.
SWEEP: Portello a triple-winner COMPLETE: Ochoa had 2B From Page B6 50.90 seconds and 100 backstroke at 54.26. Blue Devil individual winners were Cutler in two events; the 100 butterfly at 50.90 seconds and 100 backstroke at 54.26. Ross was also a double winner for Davis; he won the 50 freestyle at 21.21 and the 100 breaststroke at 59.63. Other Blue Devil winners were Sippola in
the 200 freestyle at 1:45.22, Pfeifer in the 100 freestyle at 49.60 and Blake Fuchslin in the 500 freestyle at 4:56.50.
Girls The Blue Devil girls beat the Wildcats, 129-31. “Everyone had strong finishes (Wednesday),” said Davis head coach John Varley. Audrey Portello was a triple-winner for the Blue Devils. The senior won the
200 IM, 500 freestyle and the 100 breaststroke. Other Davis winners were Makena Leacox in the 200 freestyle, Charlotte Rosendale in the 50 freestyle, Sarah Bennetts in the 100 butterfly and Isabelle Meraz in the 100 backstroke. — Contact Mike Bush at mike@davisenterprise. net. Follow on Twitter: @MBDavis-
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From Page B6 innings pitched. The outlier came when the Eagles collected a triple and infield single in the fourth to score their lone run. Rockwell walked again to start a rally in the sixth with Davis leading narrowly, 2-1. Stoltz followed with a base on balls of his own before Brooks Ochoa lined a double to center field, giving Davis an
insurance run. “It started (with Koen), and then we had a few timely hits and were able to capitalize a couple times with some runners on base, and played a pretty complete game,” Guevin told The Enterprise. While Davis’ two wins have them firmly in the Delta league playoff chase, Guevin added that their primary goal is taking each game
pitch by pitch. “Coming into this series what we wanted to do was win the next pitch,” the coach said. “It’s more about the process than the results … if we just focus on getting better each day, the results are going to follow.” — Contact Lev Farris Goldenberg at levfg2000@gmail.com. Follow him on Twitter at @levgoldenberg.
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Blue Devil swimming teams sweep Wildcats By Mike Bush Enterprise sports editor Davis High boys swimming head coach Tracy Stapleton had good reasons to smile on Wednesday. One, Davis hosted Franklin in the Delta League finale at Arroyo Community Pool. Thus, the final home meet for many Blue Devil senior boys. Then the Blue Devils proceeded to soundly silence the Wildcats, posting a 133-26 victory. The win gives Davis a 5-1 record in league, sitting in second place behind undefeated Jesuit (6-0). Davis can still claim a share of the league title at the Delta League trials and finals at American River College next Wednesday and Thursday. The trials will be held Wednesday and finals Thursday. “We will need to win the league meet to be league champion,” Stapleton said. “Teams earn one point for each dual meet win plus two points for each team they defeat at league championships. Right now, Jesuit has 6 points, we have
5. If we win league meet and Jesuit gets second, we earn 12 points and Jesuit earns 10. We would then win league 17-16. However, if we do not win league meet, then Jesuit will be league champion.” Going back to Wednesday's home meet, Stapleton was pleased with the performance of his squad. “I thought overall that we raced well,” Stapleton said. “We continue to work on improving the technical aspects of our racing.” Davis' relay teams highlight the wins. The 200-medley relay team Tate Cutler, Justice Baoerjin, Brock Sippola and Harry Ross took first place with a time of 1 minutes, 38.01 seconds. The 400-freestyle relay squad of Cutler, Ross, Ryan Pfeifer and Sippola won, clocked at 3:20.37. The 200-freestyle relay members of Pfeifer, Harris, Lucas Cardenas and Michael Wang also won at 1:34.13. Blue Devil individual winners were Cutler in two events; the 100 butterfly at
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avis Aquatic Masters acquitted itself very well at the Pacific Masters shortcourse swim meet in Morgan Hill from April 1 to 3. DAM placed fourth among 60 clubs. Davis also was represented by a master's swimmer from Get Fit Davis, Henry R. Marsden IV. The club’s No. 1 swimmer was Amy Rieger, who also set national records in the 200- and the 400-yard individual medley. No. 2 was Ginger Leacox; tied for No. 3 were Kathy Gill, Helene Nehrebecki and Brad Winsor. Andrew McPherson, team coach for the event, was next, following by Dave Woodruff. Your reporter was edged out by one point. Other swimmers were Matt Roper, Stephanie Kinder, Michelle Goldberg, Jennifer Phalen, Jane Russell, Kim Elsbach, Stu Kahn, Greg Stoner, Steve Grimes, Sally Guthrie and Robert Norris. I was not the oldest swimmer at the meet, but I was the slowest. I lagged so far behind in my races that crowds materialized at the end of my laps, wildly cheering me as if something was at stake. Dave Woodruff, who teaches statistics and optimization in the business school at UC Davis, gave me a ride to the meet. His efforts to optimize me for anything failed. But it was amazing to see how optimization works. We would go into a store for something to eat. Woodruff would take it all in and tell me where everything I wanted was and how best to optimize my shopping. To read the rest of Mark Braly’s column, visit www. davisenterprise.com and click on the Sports tab.
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Davis High attacker Tory Agnew looks to pass the ball in Wednesday’s Delta League game against Roseville at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium.
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Davis girls too strong for Roseville By Mark DeVaughn Enterprise correspondent Davis High girls lacrosse gave a lesson in variety Wednesday night: Like snowflakes, a onesided win is deceptively unique. The Blue Devils thumped Roseville by a 16-1 margin at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium with a purpose. Semmer Ali made her second start of the season as goalie. With Davis (8-0 in the Delta League, 12-2 overall) playing four games in five days, head coach Jennifer Morris rested first-string keeper Summer Cardenas. Ali responded with three saves, none more impressive than a first-half Tiger penalty shot attempt. Nearly nine minutes had elapsed. Davis held a 6-0 lead. Ali held her ground, watched the flight of the ball, and preserved the advantage. “I kind of tripped myself, but it’s fine,” Ali said of the play. “Sometimes I don’t focus on the ball, and it goes right past me. Today I was focusing on the ball, not on the (shooter’s lacrosse)
stick.” Sophomore Tory Agnew led the Blue Devils with three goals. She also provided two assists. Senior Collette Quaas and juniors Devin Hawkes and Gabby Laugero scored two goals apiece. In all, 11 Davis players found the back of the net. The home team led 7-0 before Roseville scored its only goal. When Davis added a goal to its 10-1 halftime lead, the officials instigated a running clock. The effort proved timely for a team preparing for the season’s defining games. The Blue Devils hosted St. Francis on Thursday. Then on Friday, the Blue Devils face Oak Ridge, another traditional power. Both games will go a long way in determining playoff position. “It’s reassuring to see our team growing and progressing at this point of the season,” Morris said. “As coaches, we can’t be out there with them. They have to apply the lessons we teach. “I see a team that doesn’t need to be told what to do. They’re improvising. They’re making
plays on their own.” The one-sided victory allowed the Blue Devils to forgo their usual lineup late. The final minutes saw Davis defenders and attackers trade positions. When junior defender Ella Heringer's goal made the score 14-1, her sideline erupted with the night’s biggest cheers. Roseville totaled four shots on goal. Quaas added an assist and five shots on goal to the Davis cause. Due to a previously scheduled visit to Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, the senior captain will miss both the St. Francis and Oak Ridge games. Before leaving town, she praised her club’s fill-in starter. “Semmer brings this sense of joy,” Quaas said. “I trust her in goal, because I know she looks forward to it a lot. It makes the whole team — and not just me — super excited. She proves herself every time she gets a chance. It’s always a good time to have Semmer in goal.” — Follow Mark DeVaughn on Twitter: @OrangeMarkD.
ELK GROVE — Koen Carston was practically untouchable on Thursday. The junior hurler twirled a two-hit complete game and struck out six to lead the Davis High baseball team in a 3-1 road win over Pleasant Grove. Davis (5-3 in the Delta League, 5-9 overall) looked for the series sweep against the Eagles (5-11, 3-8) on Saturday at DHS’ diamond. “Koen was out standing on the mound and our defense was great behind him,” said Davis head coach Ethan Guevin. “It was our best game pitched this year … he really put us in a position to win the game.” Carston modeled efficiency on Thursday, throwing 50 of his 72 pitches for strikes and walking none. It was the secondstraight complete game for Davis, after Brian Chin tossed seven onerun innings while striking out eight in Tuesday’s 2-1 win over Pleasant Grove. Catcher Carter Stoltz was behind the dish for both complete games. On Thursday, DHS collected just five hits of its own, but made the most of its opportunities. In the third, Grafton Shorts reached on a hitby-pitch and came around to score on backto-back singles by Will Ackerman and Gizaw Baker. Guevin stressed the little stuff that came up big in a low-scoring affair. Take left fielder Dylan Rockwell, who battled for two walks, stole a base and scored twice. In the fourth, Stoltz doubled and pinch-hitter James Davis lofted a sacrifice fly to center field to drive Rockwell home. Carston was so dominant that he went 1-2-3 in six of his seven innings pitched. The outlier came when the Eagles collected a triple and infield single in the fourth to score their lone
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Creating a home office REAL ESTATE 101
More and more people are resetting a room in their home in order to provide dedicated office space. Location matters If the move to remote work has taught us anything, it’s that your home office is a huge part of your everyday life. So don’t cheat yourself out of needed space. Rework your guest room, rather than wedging a small desk into some windowless closet. Also consider ambient noise and foot traffic in your area. If you need peace and quiet to work well, or if clients will be stopping by, that should factor into your plans, too.
Form vs. function
Tame those wires
Focus on your workflow when arranging the furniture so everything you need is at hand, but don’t let the home office become the new version of your boring old cubicle. Make selections that complement the rest of your decor, and add pieces like a loveseat to make it feel more like home. Forgo the traditional office beige for a paint color that motivates you.
Even with nearly universal Wi-Fi, cords remain a fact of (work) life. Consider investing in a management system, which can be as simple as an everyday twist tie. Higher-end versions offer a more elegant look and feel, which can be particularly important if you have set up shop in a shared area or walkthrough space.
Get a great chair Ergonomically correct chairs are a great investment, considering the amount of time you’ll spend parked there. Look for options that have adjustable heights, armrests and backrest, as well as a 360-degree swivel base and built-in lumbar support. Position it so you can view something other than a wall or door. Natural light is a great mood enhancer, and we’re often inspired by the outdoors. If you don’t have access to a window, consider hanging an inspirational framed picture or painting.
Organize vertically, too Most home offices put space at a premium, meaning there’s only so much area to be found on horizontal surfaces like a desk. Don’t forget to that you can file and store things vertically, as well. Floating shelves and vertical file folders are smart options, and everything will remain within reach and out of the way. —HomeWise
44258 Lakeview Drive, El Macero 3 Bedrooms • 2.5 Bathrooms • 2,324 Square Feet + Office & Sun/Activity Room & Swimming Pool Located on the golf course, this home has been meticulously maintained in mostly original condition. A great opportunity to purchase a moderately sized, single level home in the desirable setting of El Macero! Separate living and family rooms; office/ den off of family room with views of the yard/golf course; sun room/sewing room/activity room off of master bedroom with views of the yard and golf course; bonus bathroom off of garage; slate roof on main house; large, covered patio; deep swimming pool; gardening area; and ample additional yard for playing or home expansion or both!
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Staging your home REAL ESTATE 101
Staging your home might be nothing more than placing a new floral arrangement in the foyer, or baking a batch of fresh cookies. But that might make all the difference in a competitive real estate market. If you’re having trouble selling, or are just worried that it’s not set up to show off its best assets, consider making a few smart changes. Here’s how they can up your listing’s profile.
Accessorizing
Get outdoors
Staging your home might involve a huge makeover. More often, however, it comes down to the little things like creating pops of color or coordinating around a style. Create baskets of appropriate accessories for key rooms, including spices and jellies in the kitchen or spa oils and fragrances in the bath. Wrap your towels in attractive ribbons. Toss a small attractive blanket across a monochromatic piece of furniture. In the end, these tiny touches complete the look.
Many forget that the outdoors are a key part of selling your home. After all, it’s the first thing a prospective buyer sees. Clear away any dirty, disused or rusty items, including lawn-care equipment, grills and lawn chairs. A larger yard makeover might be too costly or time consumingl, so focus on the areas around the doors, porches and balcony. Add a birdhouse or hanging planter, completing the look with wind chimes or fresh-cut floral arrangements from your garden.
Making space An inviting sense of comfort might be achieved with nothing more than scented candles, a few books or a well-placed new plant. But in other cases you may need to remove something rather than add to your home’s decor. Clear away kitchen gadgets or bathroom products to show off your countertop’s unique pattern. Store other bits of everyday clutter too, from towels drying on the shower door to the boots you kicked off yesterday. Everything will feel more spacious.
Hiring a pro If you don’t have a knack for decor, consider hiring someone. A home-staging professional will arrive with knowledge of both the real estate market in your area, and the latest style trends. They can help turn any ordinary listing into something extraordinary, showing off your home’s best attributes — and de-emphasizing the rest. Home stagers can be a wise investment before you take photographs for your real estate ad, and even more so if the home has been for sale longer than expected. —HomeWise
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Keeping your home safe REAL ESTATE 101
We’re taught to be take a series of precautions when we’re out and about, often overlooking the every-day dangers lurking around our kitchens and bathrooms. Here’s how to keep safe at home.
Fires
Poisoning
Be sure to have operational smoke alarms in every room of your home, and test them regularly. Most people do not have a fire plan in place, with safety protocols and an agreed upon meeting place. To reduce your risk a house fires, clear away clutter, in particular flammable matter like newspapers, magazines and old boxes. Have a professional regularly inspect your electrical systems. Call an electrician if you find loose or frayed wires.
Many common household items carry with them the risk of poisoning, in particular for young children and pets. Cleaning supplies, medications and fuel for lawn equipment are among the chief dangers. Keep them out of reach or locked away so they won’t be accidentally ingested. Carbon monoxide poisoning is particularly dangerous, because it’s difficult to smell. Install a detector to keep your family safe. Remember to keep up with regular maintenance on any tool or appliance that might leak fuel or fumes.
Drowning Pools should be properly secured, and closely monitored. The same goes for bath time for younger children. This water-related hazard is often overlooked. Around 90 children drown inside their home every year, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Two-thirds of those deaths happened in the bathtub.
Choking Make sure you cut your good into small enough bites that you don’t risk choking. This is especially important if you’re feeding younger children. Remember to pair a drink with your meals, since that’s an important aid in chewing. Small objects can also cause choking in kids and animals.
Falls Secure rugs and carpeting, and remove clutter and tripping hazards like power cords. The CDC reports about 36 million falls among older adults annually, with more than 32,000 deaths. About 3 million elderly U.S. citizens require emergency-room treatment for fall injuries each year. But unintentional injuries — including falls, but also drug overdoses, car crashes, and drowning — are actually the leading cause of death for Americans between the ages of 1 and 44 years old. —HomeWise
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