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COVID in sewage nearly matches January peak By Anne Ternus-Bellamy
Vice Chancellor Kelly Ratliff addresses grand opening ceremony at The Green at West Village in July 2021.
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In 2013, as associate vice chancellor for Budget and Institutional Analysis, Ratliff helped implement a new budget model for UC Davis, a major undertaking which she, along with a small team, accomplished in less than a year and a half. The new model gave campus leaders more predictability and transparency in the annual
Levels of COVID-19 in Davis wastewater are nearly as high as they were during the peak of the January Omicron surge — the worst surge the city has seen during the pandemic — according to the county’s health officer. And while the COVID-19 case rate and test positivity rate are rising quickly, they have not reached the peaks seen in January. That, said Dr. Aimee Sisson, provides an indication of just how many cases of COVID-19 the county is missing in its data given the increasing popularity of home antigen tests, the results of which are not included in the county’s case rate and test positivity data. “We get a sense of just how many cases we might be missing,” she told the Yolo County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. That said, both the county case rate and the test positivity rate are rapidly rising. Last Friday’s case rate was 26.3 cases per 100,000 residents, representing a 57 percent increase from the week before, Sisson said. On Tuesday, the case rate had climbed
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Vice chancellor retires after 35 years By Caleb Hampton Enterprise staff writer Kelly Ratliff, UC Davis vice chancellor of Finance, Operations and Administration, retired May 13 after a 35-year career at the university. Through her work managing campus budgets and finances, Ratliff left a lasting impact on many aspects of UC Davis, including the Mondavi Center, Aggie Square and the Healthy Davis Together COVID-19 testing program. After graduating from high school in San Jose, Ratliff came to UC Davis as an undergraduate student in 1982. A
zoology major, Ratliff lived in the Tercero dorms and put herself through school by working at Bank of America. After graduating, she got a job on campus as a principal clerk for the California Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory System. Ratliff earned a master of business administration (MBA) from UC Davis’ Graduate School of Management. In 1996, she began working as a budget analyst in the campus Planning and Budget Office. “As a budget analyst and then budget director, Ratliff quickly became an expert in specific campus budget and financing issues, with impacts that helped
raise many of today’s major campus buildings,” a retrospective of Ratliff ’s career published by UC Davis stated. She helped with the financing plans to build the Mondavi Center, which broke ground in 2000, and her expertise was vital to the construction of the $95 million Genome and Biomedical Sciences Building, which opened in 2004 and has recently been home to the lab that processes the campus’ COVID-19 saliva tests. Ratliff was especially skilled at breaking down a complicated billion-dollar budget into an accessible explanation for her colleagues, her office said. “The
way we tell the story of the budget from a campus level, that’s something I really gave a personality to,” Ratliff said in the retrospective article. “I can explain it in a way that people understand it.”
Former Aggie water polo coach released on bail
Police seek 2 in pricey plant pilfering
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By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer Davis police are on the lookout for two late-night thieves who may also have green thumbs. They’re suspected of stealing a rare, pricey plant from The Growing Groves, a newly opened shop at 219 E St. in downtown Davis. “I think it was very targeted. They knew what that plant was valued at,” shop co-founder Larry Groves said of the Monstera Thai Constellation worth an estimated $2,000.
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Plant-shop owner Larry Groves believes thieves targeted this $2,000 Monstera Thai Constellation plant in Saturday’s break-in.
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Daniel Joseph Noble, former assistant coach for UC Davis men’s water polo, was released Monday from Sacramento County Jail after payment of his $100,000 bond. Federal agents arrested Noble at his Sycamore Lane home in Davis on Thursday in connection with an undercover child pornography investigation. On Friday, he was charged with knowing distribution of visual depiction of prepubescent minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct.
U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Deborah L. Barnes ordered several conditions of Noble’s release, including GPS location monitoring, restricted travel and a ban from using computers or other devices capable of accessing the internet. He will stay at his parents’ Southern California residence under home detention during the court process. “I can tell you, you have a lot to do to make sure you’re not sitting across the street for the next year, year-and-a-half
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There are rules you HAVE to follow S O ometimes you can’t tell a book by its cover, but never did I expect the State of California would put out a booklet that would strike fear in my heart. Because I like to be as informed as possible before voting in person on Election Day, I anxiously await the delivery of our state’s Official Voter Information Guide. Mine arrived the other day, addressed to “Registered Voters” instead of listing everyone in our household who has the right to vote come June 7. So far, so good. But as I flipped through the pages listing the dozen or so candidates for governor, plus information on how to “track” my ballot from start to finish, I came across a terrifying and totally unexpected page warning me against all sorts of ballot bad behavior. So thorough was the warning that it left me wondering if this guide was put together by California’s Attorney General, not the Secretary of State. “WARNING: CORRUPTING
“DO NOT provide any sort of compensation or bribery to, in any fashion or by any means induce or attempt to induce, a person to vote or refrain from voting.”
THE VOTING PROCESS IS PROHIBITED!” said the boldface warning across the top of Page 57. The all-caps definitely got my attention, but it was the exclamation point at the end that made me want to stay home on Election Day and hide under the bed. There were no fewer than 17 warnings listed, all beginning with the words “DO NOT” in the darkest ink available. The first warning was simply: “DO NOT commit or attempt to commit election fraud.” I think I learned that in Miss O’Brien’s third-grade class at West Davis Elementary.
verlooking the terrible construction and peculiar punctuation in that warning, I understand the prohibition on bribery, but apparently I can’t induce my teenage daughters into voting by offering to take them to In-N-Out afterward. I thought encouraging or inducing people to vote was a good thing. I stand corrected. “DO NOT attempt to ascertain how a voter voted their ballot.” How a voter voted their ballot? Or, in plain simple English, “How someone voted.” Still, I’m not sure why it’s illegal to ask your sweetheart or even your next door neighbor how they voted on Measure H. They don’t have to answer, for heaven’s sake. I mean, what happened to freedom of speech in the Golden State? Speaking of freedom of speech,
within the immediate vicinity of a person in line to cast their ballot “DO NOT wear any clothing (hats, shirts, signs, buttons, stickers) that include a candidate’s name, image, logo and/or support or oppose any candidate or ballot measure.” Can I wear a MAGA hat if Donald Trump is not on the ballot but has endorsed someone who is on the ballot? “DO NOT coerce or deceive an elder into voting for or against a candidate or measure contrary to their intent.” Talk about an ageist statement. Why not make it illegal to coerce or deceive anyone into for voting for or against a candidate or measure contrary to their intent? What does age have to do with it? “DO NOT attempt to vote or aid another to vote when not entitled to vote.”Who is not entitled to vote here, me or another?How about “DO NOT attempt to publish a Voter Guide without first hiring a proofreader?” — Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning @davisenterprise.net.
PLANT: Store opened in early April ‘Ghost gun’ lands From Page A1 According to a Davis police report, the still-unidentified thieves smashed a window at the shop — located above the former de Vere’s Irish Pub site — at about 4:30 a.m. Saturday right where the notfor-sale plant sat on display. Groves, who opened the store with his partner, Ricky Barosa, in early April, said they learned about the crime when their landlord called them later that morning. Groves said Barosa had gifted him the plant to celebrate the shop’s opening. Security video from the incident shows two suspects on scene — one balding and wearing jeans and a white T-shirt, the other in jeans and a blue hooded sweatshirt and is recorded running away while clutching the purloined plant. Davis police Lt. Ilya Bezuglov said the incident has been classified as a commercial burglary, which is a felony. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Davis Police Department at 530-747-5400.
Although disheartened by the theft, Groves and Barosa say the community support they’ve received since then has bolstered their spirits. “It’s been awesome, people reaching out and telling us they still want us to be here,” Groves said. “We’re lucky to be a part of what a great community this is.” He added: “At the end of the day, we’re glad no one was hurt. Plants are replaceable, but people are not.” Groves said plans are underway to heighten security for the shop, which he and Barosa launched with the goal of making plant ownership accessible to all. Its plants and other products are obtained from local vendors and nurseries. “(We want to) create an environment where avid plant enthusiasts and new plant parents can feel comfortable, confident and supported,” Groves told Wendy Weitzel’s Comings & Goings column back in March. — Reach Lauren Keene at lkeene@ davisenterprise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @laurenkeene
Sacramento man in jail By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer Woodland police arrested a Sacramento man allegedly driving through town with a so-called “ghost gun.” In a Facebook post, the Woodland Police Department reported that an officer was patrolling the area of County Road 102 and Hays Lane at about 3 a.m. Monday when he spotted a suspicions vehicle occupied by 55-year old Kevin Johnson. “Upon making contact with Johnson, the officer
saw there was a handgun tucked underneath Johnson’s leg,” the post said. “The handgun was determined to be a ‘ghost’ gun without a serial number. A further search of the vehicle yielded additional parts and tools to manufacture these untraced firearms.” Police booked Johnson into the Yolo County Jail on multiple firearm charges including unlawful possession of a firearm and possession of high capacity magazine, as well as a probation violation.
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ay is the start of fruit season! We’ve been getting by on rhubarb and the last bit of the frozen fruit since February, so it’s a welcome relief to get good strawberries and cherries, and the promise of stone fruit and figs any day now. We subscribe to the Cloverleaf Farm CSA, which means gigantic boxes of nectarines, apricots, peaches and plums will fill our counter, bellies, and freezer in the next three months. It’s seriously the best deal in town, and they have just a few spots left in the CSA for this year at https:// thecloverleaffarm.com. We’re happy to eat fruit out of hand, made into fruit salad, and sliced over all the usual sweet suspects (mmmm, waffles.) We also love savory fruit applications. Peaches get halved and grilled, then filled with blue cheese or mascarpone to make a great dinner side. Cherries are roughly chopped and tossed in the pork chop pan to make a fantastic sauce with butter and a bit of balsamic vinegar. For socializing or just a luxury dinner, we love a grazing board: three cheeses (hard, soft, creamy), toasted nuts, all the fruit, a bit of ham or the
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like, a good bread. After we eat our fill, I love to start storing up fruit for the winter. Last year I froze all my fruit loose with minimal preparation. Everything was pitted, then cherries were frozen whole, apricots halved and peaches and nectarines sliced before spreading in a single layer on a silicone sheet to freeze hard. Once frozen, I popped everything into labelled & dated re-sealable vacuum bags, sucked the air out, and logged it on the freezer inventory. (I love the tiny Kobson rechargeable vacuum sealer. In the year we’ve been using the resealable bags we’ve only had to toss one – they’re remarkable durable!) Since I end up cooking down more than half the fruit to add to yogurt, I’m going to go ahead and batch process much of it this year. Fruit puree takes up substantially less room in the freezer, and cooking batches means a lot less energy used and dishes washes. I cook sliced fruit whole with a bit of water and no sugar, run it through the food mill, and pour it warm into vacuum bags. Press most of the air out as you seal the bag, then freeze flat. Once frozen, remove any remaining air and you’re set. I do freeze some peaches cut into bite-sized pieces for cobbler. I make a batch of cobbler mix and keep it in the refrigerator for quick desserts. — Email Julie at jacross@dcn.
Makes 8 servings. Ingredients: ½ cup ground walnuts (just whizz ‘em in the food processor) 1½ cups all purpose flour 2 cups brown sugar 1 teaspoon salt Putting it together: Mix all ingredients together and store, tightly sealed, for up to 6 months. Since nut oil can go rancid quickly, it’s a good idea to store in the fridge if your house is warm. Use a baking dish that is at least 2 cups per serving — so if you’re making a 4-person cobbler, you’ll need an 8 cup dish.
Frozen Fruit Cobbler For each serving: 1 tablespoon butter ½ cup cobbler mix ¼ cup milk ½ teaspoon baking powder 5 ounces of frozen fruit (about ½ cup of berries or bite-sized fruit) Putting it together: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt butter in your cobbler dish. Mix together cobbler mix, milk and baking powder. Spoon into dish on top of melted butter. Scatter frozen fruit over top. Bake 45 minutes, until fruit has sunk to bottom and top is nicely browned. Cloverleaf gives us the most luscious figs several times over the season. They’re great as a salad, cooked in a bit of bacon fat until they caramelize then tossed with greens and the bacon. We also love this tart, which is a perfect dinner with a green salad.
A grazing board is great way to take advantage of the local bounty. Julie Cross/ Courtesy photo
Fig & Goat Cheese Tart Ingredients: 1 egg 8 figs 1 sheet puff pastry 4 oz goat cheese ½ teaspoon salt 2-3 sprigs fresh thyme 2 tablespoons finely grated gruyere (optional: crispy bacon or prosciutto) Putting it together: Separate your egg. Add a teaspoon of water to the white and beat it until uniform. Wash figs and cut in half. If they’re extra large, quarter them. Thaw one sheet of puff pastry. Roll it out gently on a piece of parchment just to smooth out the creases. Cut a half-inch strip off each side. Use the egg white to glue the strips around the edges, creating a double layered rim. Save remaining egg white. Use a fork to prick the bottom of the tart case all over. (This is called “docking” and helps your tart base stay flat and even. The filling will not leak out the holes.) Lift the tart case, parchment and all, on to a cookie sheet. Preheat oven to 400. Mix goat cheese and egg yolk. Add salt & thyme leaves. Spread on tart base.
Sprinkle gruyere over goat cheese. Arrange figs on top, cut side down. Brush exposed crust with reserved egg white. Bake 16 minutes until crust is puffed and golden. If using bacon or prosciutto, add for last two minutes of baking. Let stand 10 minutes before serving. You can eat these without fruit, but I don’t know why you would. Yeasted Waffles Makes five double waffles. Ingredients: ½ cup warm water 1 tablespoon yeast (not instant) ½ cup melted butter 2 cups buttermilk ½ teaspoon salt 2 tablespoon sugar 3 cups all-purpose flour 2 eggs ½ teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon vanilla Putting it together: Place warm water and yeast in a large bowl and let stand until it starts to foam. Add butter, buttermilk, salt, sugar, and flour. Stir well. Cover the bowl and let stand 8 – 10 hours on the counter. (Warn your household so they don’t “help” by putting the bowl in the fridge.) When you’re ready to cook, stir in eggs, baking soda, and vanilla. Make according to instructions for your waffle iron.
Coronavirus still looms over us all W
e spent a few days in Mendocino recently enjoying the cool and overcast weather. That prevented me from seeing the lunar eclipse but returned a great reward in the spectacular display of rhododendrons at the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens and at the annual competition, show and sale of the Noyo Chapter of the America Rhododendron Society. I even bought a small rhodo to try here. I also took the opportunity to visit a former student who is head brewer at the North Coast Brewing Company in Fort Bragg, where he makes, among many others, a beer that is one of my favorites: Scrimshaw. Much to my surprise, I learned that he is leaving his present long-term employment to make good on an ambition, that many brewers harbor: To open his own place. From the photograph you might detect why the new brewpub/taproom business will be called the Tall Man Brewery. I look forward to enjoying some of his beers in the future. I am sure we shall soon return to Mendocino this part of the spectacular state in which we live is uniquely attractive to us. I was impressed with the widespread COVID precautions in that area. Though only a few places insisted on masks before entry, all businesses
advised masking and pointed out that their staff would all be masked. I was pleased about that because many places in the Sacramento region seem to have put COVID precautions aside in favor of wholly voluntary action. The assumption seems to be that the threat of COVID is over and we must get back to normal ASAP. I understand that urge towards normalcy and easily fall prey to it myself. But it seems to me it ain’t really over. If I may anthropomorphize the pandemic, I think she/he is merely taking a breather and waiting for the right conditions to return. We are quite busy creating those conditions. As a nation we are at the moment lamenting 1,000,000 total deaths from COVID alone, as if that is the final reckoning, the ultimate price. However, we are still losing some 300 souls per day, or about 100,000 a year, to this persistent presence. The national data now shows over 100,000 new cases per day and rising, and some 3,300 daily hospital admissions, also
rising. These data go in the wrong direction for all the barriers to fall. Of course, the plague does not fall equitably on all Americans, but is distributed by zipcode, among other things. I suppose the continuing action mostly resides there too. I saw an article in the New York Times that reviewed the history of the last two years or so, that explored how we got to 1,000,000 deaths. The subtext was that nobody knew, at the start, what could happen. I think that is a cop-out. Anybody with a professional level of exposure to biology could imagine what could happen, and those with public health expertise and responsibility must have known exactly what the possible consequences could be. There was no lack of information or knowledge about how pandemics work; there was a reluctance to admit one could happen. In May of 2020 I used the dynamics of a brewer’s fermentation to illustrate exponential growth and how that must ultimately come to an end. COVID, in a pandemic, can spread exponentially and ends naturally when there is herd immunity; that is to say there are not enough susceptible people remaining for the virus to infect and so spread. I
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Your columnist with former student Patrick Broderick at the Fort Bragg brewery of The North Coast Brewing Company. likened herd immunity to the exhaustion of fermentable sugar that ends a brewer’s fermentation.
I also did some simple calculations using values for R0 above 1.0 and relatively low levels of viral transmission and mortality. I came up with 5 million deaths. I also did not have the courage to write that and ended that May 2020 column in this way: “A rather simple calculation, assuming a low rate of infection and mortality, suggests that … deaths in this country could easily grow to 1,000,000 or more human souls.” The Times piece remarks that we suffered many more deaths than comparable First World nations. That is true. However, our population did not respond to the pandemic in a First World manner. There was a lot of voodoo about. Given too much religion and too little trust in science and voices with large megaphones that
downplayed the dangers for popularity, profits and politics, any nationally coordinated response was impossible. If not for the extraordinary achievement of the vaccines and the many millions of people who took the jab, we could have lost many more souls. Given our weak national response we might even celebrate only one million deaths. In fact, we have likely achieved herd immunity against the original virus. We now face variants of that original that may yet find ways to defeat our immunity however that was achieved. That variant will most likely arise in the non-immune population in Louisiana or in London or in Lesotho, or who knows where? We who are especially vulnerable should be especially careful. — Reach Michael Lewis at waleslewis792@gmail. com.
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Anti-democratic census shapes primary A s voters head for the polls or ballot dropoff boxes in the June 7 California primary election, those with even moderate memories may recall the moves by ex-President Donald Trump that are shaping the vote. It’s not merely that Californians will be voting in one less Congressional primary than previously, but that fewer will likely vote this year here and in other states than in the last several similar elections. That was Trump’s wish, enabled with enthusiasm by his secretary of Commerce, billionaire businessman Wilbur Ross, who did all he could while supervising the 2020 Census to reduce the vote and make it whiter. That’s what Trump has actually meant all along by his vaunted slogan “Make America Great Again.” For one thing, demographic scholars are just now arriving at the conclusion that the 2020 Census, conducted under the Trump aegis, was the least accurate in many decades.
The aim all along was to undercount minorities, especially Latinos and Blacks, in order to give more clout to white voters who are more likely to vote for Republicans like Trump and Ross. It was also meant to allocate fewer government dollars than before to states where those minorities tend to concentrate, thus causing their populations to decline for years to come. The strategy appears largely to have succeeded, despite the fact that courts threw out its most egregious tactic — a question on citizenship status designed to intimidate immigrants who are legally eligible to vote. For, as Robert Shapiro, senior fellow at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.,
concluded in a recent report, “Large-scale errors in the Census cost New York, Texas, Florida, Arizona, California and New Jersey one (congressional) seat each, and resulted in an extra representative for Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Montana, Wisconsin and Indiana.” Population increases in the states which lost seats, all places that attract huge numbers of new immigrants, were downplayed by a variety of methods, increasing emphasis on numerical gains in whiter states. This was accomplished, according to Shapiro and other scholars, by hobbling the Census – with help from COVID-19. The pandemic provided cover for the Trump-Ross tactic of underfunding the Census in states where they wanted counts lowered, allowing them to send out fewer Census takers for shorter periods than usual. This was a ploy to depress minority participation, and it worked, Shapiro and others concluded. The methods included persistent funding
shortfalls in areas where large numbers did not fill out and return Census forms on their own, but would have been counted if Census takers called on them. Underfunding led to understaffing and a truncated schedule at least a month shorter than usual, with the pandemic used as cover.
value for pie-in-the-sky promises by developers. How about an updated, enforceable city plan that shows imagination, vision, and awareness of intangible issues like breathing space and beauty and sensible traffic flow along with other proven community goals and needs? All these considerations help give a town character, appeal, vitality and true sustainability. While waiting for such a plan to take shape, please vote no on Measure H. Landon Scarlett El Macero
tinue to spread development out further; or (c) to build more densely, provide public transit, and allow traffic congestion to encourage its use. Not building more housing and workspace is unfair to those that need them (and have no say over Measure H). Spreading development out will definitely increase car trips and greenhouse gasses. Building more densely will reduce both. Davis is arguably the most transit-rich community in our region and is therefore an excellent place for the housing and workspace that DISC is planning (many will even be able to walk to work). If not here, then where? Is it just for a privileged community like ours to cite the inconvenience of a congested intersection as justification to push the localized impacts somewhere else? We can’t push the greenhouse gasses somewhere else and should all do our part to reduce them. Committee members are John Castelfranco, Alex Achimore, Jim Cramer, Helen Roland, Kary Schender, Susan Padgett, Marge Matoba, Carol Jewell, and John Uhte. Alex Achimore Davis United Methodist Church Committee on Affordable Housing & Homelessness
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s a result, California’s official population increase between 2010 and 2020 was understated by enough to cost the state one seat in Congress and one electoral college vote in each of the next two presidential elections. The Georgetown study found that at the same time Blacks and Hispanics were undercounted, whites and Asian-Americans were often double-counted as Census takers were more comfortable in more affluent areas, visiting a higher than usual percentage of homes where occupants had already sent in their forms. Compared with 2010, the Georgetown team wrote, undercounts of Blacks jumped from 2.03 percent to 3.3 percent
and for Hispanics from 1.54 percent to 4.99 percent. In short, about one in 20 Latinos was not counted, more than three times the 2020 margin of error. This all skews congressional representation now and for the next 10 years to come, before a new Census sets new district lines for the 2030s. At the same time, overcounts of nonHispanic whites and Asians went up. The political effects of all this are not completely one-sided, as some Republican-leaning states like Texas and Florida also saw their counts distorted. But uncomfortable as the reality may be for many Californians, living in a state where Trump’s approval ratings have rarely topped 40 percent, they are voting in a system largely shaped by him and his billionaire appointee, Ross. — 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 softcover fourth edition.
Letters Beck for supervisor Juliette Beck is the Supervisor Yolo County needs. She has applied the principles of justice and environmental stewardship for 30 years. She was instrumental in the leadership that led to the adoption of Yolo County’s Declaration of Climate Crises and the formation of the Yolo County Climate Action Commission. Juliette will place fresh eyes on Yolo County’s near $600 million budget. Most of the County budget goes to public safety, social services and health. These are areas where Juliette has decades of local and global experience. Juliette will also insist on the standing policy (yet to be enforced by our Supervisors) of adding carbon footprint accounting to each County Department budget. Juliette has already demonstrated her ability to lead, with county staff, and plan programs toward greater public benefit by lowering the cost of public/private projects using public banking as leverage so that we don’t wait for equitable housing projects or the conversion of our transportation infrastructure to fossil fuel free alternatives. Considering the similarities between the current Board of Supervisors, Juliette’s perspective is sorely missing and very much needed. We already have a host of establishment insiders on the board. What District 2 needs is someone who will represent the rural, suburban and agricultural needs of Winters and west Davis without deference to higher office or Party agenda: motivations that can hand over extraction and development contracts that do not represent Yolo County’s best interests. Juliette will work with agriculture and multinational companies to bring about sustainable practices at pace set by you and me and not a shareholder calendar. She will succeed because a thriving healthy environment is more productive for everyone, the Tribal Nations, UCD, residents and businesses. And businesses will want to work with Juliette because she brings multi-racial and needs based advocacy experience, experience that brings grants and wins infrastructure and social service funding. Juliette can best serve Yolo County’s District 2 region. She is the woman we need to positively empower Yolo County’s potential as a resilient and thriving home
for all of us. Scott Steward Davis
Vote no on DiSC History indicates that proposals like Measure H are “Ponzi schemes” fueled by a community government’s need for cash to pay current bills as well as remedy budget shortfalls. In the case of Davis, which is without a current City Plan, developers by default are attempting to make its land planning decisions for it. Naturally, these developers promote whatever maximizes the monetary return on their investment. Regarding your vote on Measure H on June 6, in addition to the financial concern noted above, consider the loss of farmland; ruination of the distinctive openspace buffer currently defining Davis to the east; and the increased traffic (estimated at 12,000 new cars/typical weekday) on Mace Boulevard, aka: “The Mace Mess”. Consider also that if this Measure passes, it’s probable that the developer will soon be angling to double the project size, back to what Davis voters rejected in November 2020 in Measure B. There must be better ways for a city to support itself rather than to repeatedly face giving up so much
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Supporting DiSC The Davis United Methodist Church’s Committee on Affordable Housing and Homelessness has considered the DISC project and we are supporting it. California needs to build both additional workspace and housing, the latter desperately, to become the just society we all envision. The question is where and in what form. Opponents of the project claim it will increase traffic congestion at the Mace interchange and increase greenhouse gasses. The former is true; the latter is not. In reality, the only way to prevent additional traffic congestion is to (a) build nothing more anywhere; (b) con-
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Yes on Measure H My wife and I are proud Davis residents of nearly 30 years. As with all who are privileged to call Davis home, there is so much we love about this community. However, I am keenly aware that Davis is not immune to the challenges confronting many other cities, particularly the housing crisis. As someone who dedicated my 43-year career to building and advocating for affordable housing, I see the lack of opportunity for working people and young families to live in Davis as a major problem requiring urgent attention. That is one of the primary reasons I’m voting yes on Measure H, which would provide 460 desperately needed new homes, including more than 18% of units being deed-restricted affordable housing, resulting in an economically integrated neighborhood. True that yes on Measure H won’t solve our large and growing local housing problem, but it’s a strong step in the right direction, and I urge my fellow Davis voters to vote yes. Vote yes on Measure H for a more inclusive Davis with increased housing opportunities for people and families at all income levels. Greg Sparks Davis
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RETIRES: Ratliff arrived on campus in 1982 From Page A1 budget process. “It was a pretty fundamental change in approach, which created a framework for how revenues would flow as we grow,” Ratliff said. “It didn’t move a ton of dollars around, but the new model changed our budgeting framework and the underpinnings have pretty much stayed in place since we made those changes.” Ratliff was appointed to lead UC Davis’ finance, operations and administration division in 2016. She told The Enterprise this week that one of the achievements she is most proud of is the establishment of the FAO leadership team. “This is an amazing group of professionals doing terrific work in support of UC Davis,” she said in an email. “I’m so proud to have built this team and I’m excited to see how they continue to move UC Davis forward.” Ratliff added that she also took pride in the role
she played in the construction of more student housing, improved relationships between campus leaders and City and County leadership, and in having helped the university navigate significant obstacles. “I’m proud of how we managed challenges in recent years from the wildfires and the pandemic,” she said. “Difficult beyond belief, but a real opportunity for folks to pull together (quickly) and provide leadership and solutions.” Regarding her plans for retirement, Ratliff told The Enterprise that some of it is undefined, but she definitely plans to travel and to continue attending UC Davis events and Aggie games. “I feel so lucky to have built my career at a place like UC Davis, with so many amazing people,” she said last year after announcing her plan to retire. “Who gets to do this, start as a principal clerk and end as vice chancellor? It’s pretty awesome.”
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BAIL: Coach’s contract was due to expire in July From Page A1 while your case is pending,” Barnes said Friday, referring to the Sacramento County Jail. Noble, 26, is expected to enter a plea to the allegations after his preliminary hearing scheduled for 2 p.m. June 10, his attorney, Erin Radekin, said Friday. The child-pornography charge carries a punishment ranging from five to 20 years in prison and $35,000 in fines, according to the federal complaint. UCD officials announced Noble’s arrest in a Friday morning press release, noting the university had “immediately” placed him on administrative leave and ordered him to stay away from the campus. By 3 p.m. Friday, UCD updated its press release, saying that it had terminated Noble’s employment. According to a staff directory writeup about Noble published by UCD Athletics, the San Clemente
native moved to Davis in 2017 to help with the Davis Water Polo Club, coaching 12-and-under boys’ and girls’ teams. In 2019, UCD hired Noble to work with its men’s and women’s water polo teams. His contract with the university was set to expire June 30. This spring, a federal agent in Florida conducted an undercover investigation into chat groups on Kik, a mobile messaging application. While monitoring a particular group, the agent observed a user — later traced to Noble — post at least seven videos depicting prepubescent and pubescent girls and boys performing sex acts on themselves, on each other and on adult men. According to an affidavit filed in support of a criminal complaint and arrest warrant, the agent believed the minors depicted in the videos were real people. One of the videos, which showed an adult male raping a prepubescent girl wearing a mask, was part of a series familiar to the FBI. “The child victim in that series
was sexually abused outside the state of California, and her abuse was video recorded,” the affidavit stated. On Thursday, Noble was arrested on probable cause that he distributed child pornography. He is not accused of creating the content. According to the affidavit, after being read his Miranda rights, Noble willingly spoke to federal agents and admitted to posting sexually explicit videos and receiving gratification from them. He denied “committing hands-on offenses against minors,” the affidavit stated. UCD leaders learned about the investigation into Noble and his imminent arrest last week, according to the school’s press release. The campus is cooperating with the FBI. “These allegations are highly disturbing and antithetical to the values of UC Davis,” Chancellor Gary S. May said. “We will cooperate fully with the FBI investigation. As always, the safety of our students and the broader community remain my highest concern.”
COVID: Case rate, positivity show an increase across the board From Page A1 further to 30.5. “This is the highest case rate we’ve seen since midFebruary, when we were on the downslope of the massive original Omicron
wave,” Sisson told county supervisors. The test positivity rate, meanwhile, increased by 36 percent in the last week. The high community transmission is evident in data from UC Davis,
Healthy Davis Together and the Davis Joint Unified School District, where cases continue to rise. UCD has reported 933 campus cases in the last 30 days, including 268 in the last week, and 34 percent of
on-campus isolation and quarantine housing is now in use. Data from Healthy Davis Together, meanwhile, shows a surge underway, both in cases and test positivity.
Obituaries Marilyn Jane Bottini 1934 — 2021
This May 15 was the oneyear anniversary of the passing of longtime Davis resident Marilyn J. Bottini. She was 87. Marilyn was born and raised in Petaluma, the youngest of Harry and Ellen (Nell) Green’s three children. She graduated from Petaluma High School in 1951. She married Albert Bottini, also of Petaluma, in 1953. They lived in San Francisco in 1953-1954 while she completed her nursing degree at Mt. Zion Hospital and Albert completed his undergraduate studies at UC Berkeley. She began her nursing career in La Cañada while Albert was a graduate student at Caltech in Pasadena. After three years in Pasadena and a year in Basel, Switzerland, Albert and Marilyn settled in Davis in 1958 when Albert accepted a position in the Chemistry department at UC Davis. Marilyn worked in nursing in a number of capacities until 1982. She left nursing to give her more time to pursue her many other interests, especially travel and gardening. She trekked in
Nepal, she went on safari in Kenya and Tanzania, she traveled to Antarctica, BOTTINI and she went to the Galapagos Islands twice. There were trips to Hong Kong, Singapore and Portugal, and Marilyn and Albert enjoyed several extended stays in London. Marilyn flew as a private pilot, having obtained her pilot’s license in 1976. She is survived by her three sons and daughtersin-law, David and Phyllis of Port Townsend, Wash., Philip and Rita of Santa Clara, and John and Tanya of Framingham, Mass.; grandchildren Dorothy, William, Michael (Brooke), Ellen (Salvador), Thomas, Joseph, Katherine and Stephen; and greatgrandchild Madelyn. She is also survived by her sistersin-law, Joan Green of Livermore, Janice Green of Longmont, Colo., and Gay Carlson of Petaluma. She was predeceased by her husband of 48 years, Albert, in 2002, and by her brothers Harry and LeRoy Green.
Barbara Jane Slemmons Feb. 21, 1929 — May 17, 2022
A long-time resident of Davis, Barbara Jane Slemmons, 93, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Born on Feb. 21, 1929 in Oconomowoc, Wis., to parents Wilbert Sherwood Slemmons and Sarahbelle Arnott Slemmons, Barbara enjoyed a charmed childhood in a home full of music, singing, reading and laughter, which sparked her many artistic talents in voice, theater and art. After graduating from Ocono-mowoc High School in 1947 she first attended college at Rockford College, then transferred to University of Wisconsin at Madison where she developed her acting and directing skills, obtaining her degree in theater in 1951. Always a talented singer, she continued to develop her voice by following various singing coaches in Washington and California, most notably at USC where she performed opera duets with fellow student Marilyn Horne. She also performed in various community theaters while working in
advertising sales at the Santa Clara Journal and before attending Stanford University where she obtained a master’s degree in English in 1962. Her 30-year teaching career at Sacramento City Unified School District began soon afterward at Pioneer High School in Woodland and later at Sacramento High School teaching Drama, English and Art. After a sabbatical at the London School of Drama she returned to Sac High to build a thriving, dynamic theater department, directing and producing notable plays one after another. On school breaks she reveled in taking her students on tour to New York and Ashland Shakespeare Festival to see the shows. Among many triumphs, Barb treasured lasting friendships with her students over the years. During summers off from teaching she traveled extensively around the world including Europe, Asia and South America including a solo crosscountry sketching trip around the United States
Robert Ronald
March 14, 1926 — May 14, 2022 Robert Ronald passed away, surrounded by family, on May 14, 2022, at the University Retirement Center in Davis, where he lived with his wife Trish Ronald. He was born Robert Rosenthal on March 14, 1926 in Berlin. He, his parents and two sisters fled Germany in 1933 and lived freely in Paris until September 1939 when France declared war on Germany. The French Government then placed his father, Kurt, and most other foreign men, in a series of French internment camps and barred Robert and his sisters from attending school. On June 12, 1940 Robert, his sisters and mother caught the last train out of Paris before it fell to the Germans. They spent the next 15 months in Cassis-Sur-Mer, in the South of France. With the help of a relative in New York, and HIAS (the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, which today helps all people fleeing persecution), Robert’s mother obtained visas and in August 1941 the entire family, including Kurt, sailed to Cuba. Robert spent the rest of the war in Havana, going to school, working various jobs and finally cutting diamonds to help support his family. On Aug. 14, 1946, Robert and his family left Havana for New York. Two years later he traveled to California and spent the 4th of July in Lake Tahoe. He loved both Tahoe and San Francisco so decided to stay. He worked in various sales jobs and then managed a flag manufacturing business. In 1952 he started his own with her dog Arnott. She combined her acting and singing SLEMMONS talents by performing musical theater regularly at The Music Circus in Sacramento and various community theater companies in Davis performing Gilbert & Sullivan, Rogers & Hammerstein, etc. Her family cherishes her performances as Mother Superior in Sound of Music, singing “Climb Every Mountain”, the Matchmaker in Fiddler on the Roof and so many character parts in other shows. She later also enjoyed performing classical choral works with the Davis Chorale. Throughout her life and especially in Davis, Barbara also developed her talent in sketching, painting in watercolor and acrylics and printmaking, taking classes at UC Davis — and even a month-long class in Florence — traveling with friends and classmates to paint and sketch “en plein
flag business, and was also proud to have founded The Job Forum to help young people find work. The Job Forum is celebrating its 70th anniversary RONALD this year. Robert was drafted into the US Army in 1954 where he worked as a clerk and attended the college level courses offered to soldiers. Through his language skills and general resourcefulness he eventually got himself posted to the San Francisco Presidio and moved back into his boarding house on Jackson Street. He was honorably discharged in January 1956. That same month he enrolled at San Francisco State University where he met the love of his life, Patricia Fobes. In 1957, Robert graduated from San Francisco State (fulfilling a lifelong goal of obtaining a college degree), began a successful insurance career (he excelled at sales because he always put his client’s interests first), and married Trish (“the single best thing I ever did in life”). The newlyweds purchased their house on Parrott Drive in San Mateo where they raised three children and lived happily for 63 years. Robert and Trish also built a cabin in South Lake Tahoe in 1959 where they enjoyed hosting family and friends over the next six decades. They moved to Davis in December 2021. Robert cherished his family and his many close friends in San Francisco, San Mateo, Lake Tahoe, Cuba and
air”, enjoying art shows and events at The Davis Art Center. After her retirement from Sac High in 1992 Barbara continued to paint, sing, travel and attend the Berkeley Rep, San Francisco Symphony and concerts at the Davis Mondavi Center and to enjoy swimming, restaurants and movies with her dear friends. Her preferred activity in later years was to sit at home in her favorite chair enjoying the splendor of her colorful garden with a newspaper, good book or glass of wine or mug of coffee in hand and always with a good friend. A lifelong Democrat, she was proud to serve for several years on the board of the Davis Democratic Club as Director of Publicity and as VicePresident. Preceded in death are her beloved parents, her brother Arthur John Slemmons and wife Margaret, her sister Marian Jean Docter and husband Jack, nephews John Christian Docter, Jeffrey Benson Slemmons and Mark Wilbert Slemmons. She is survived by her
with his colleagues in the insurance industry. He read extensively, especially historical nonfiction and political memoirs. He loved opera, Trish’s cooking, fine food and especially dessert. He enjoyed nothing more than sitting down to a meal with friends and new acquaintances and listening to their life stories. In his memoir Last Train to Freedom, Robert documented his own story of escape from the Nazis and life in America. Robert was as generous as he was punctual, never stinting of opinion and always picking up the check. Robert’s extraordinary life experience, intellect, humor, wisdom and interest in others had an immediate and lasting impact on all who were fortunate enough to know him. Robert is survived by his wife Trish, and three children, Peter (Jane Miller), Pam (Raoul Adamchak), and Rick (Anne Harper), his niece Vivian Grosswald Curran and his seven grandchildren: Erin and Eli Ronald, Cliff and Audrey Adamchak, and Jackson, Cooper and Elly Ronald. Robert was so very proud of all of his grandchildren, and also admonished them often not to take their privileges for granted. We take comfort in the knowledge that Robert lived a full life, and that his philosophy and spirit will continue to inspire us. A celebration of life will be held at 10:30 AM on June 23 at the Menlo Country Club at 2300 Woodside Road in Woodside. In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests donations be made to HIAS (Hias.org), the League to Save Lake Tahoe (KeepTahoeBlue. org) or a charity of your choice.
nephews Jim Docter and wife Eunice of Estes Park, Colo., Tom Docter of Wisconsin, Bob Docter and wife Karen of Denver, Paul Slemmons and wife Ngan of Sonora; niece Sarah Slemmons and husband William Margolin of Bellaire, Texas; grandniece Lillia Slemmons of Alameda; and numerous grand and great-grand nieces and nephews. The family will be eternally grateful for the care and tenderness toward Barbara during her last days by Kim Simmons and Ketzia Menkhus. Barbara’s life was a tour
de force of artistic talent combined with a ready wit and inquiring, active mind. She will be remembered and sorely missed by her many students, the community, family and friends. Plans for a memorial service are pending. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in her memory to be made to the Berkeley Repertory Theater, the San Francisco Symphony, Davis Comic Opera Company, the Davis Chorale, the Davis Democratic Club or a Democratic candidate of your choice.
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Juniors showcase findings at RSJ Symposium By Luis Carvajal HUB Staff Student-led research groups congregated in Davis High’s South Gym on May 17 to share and discuss their year-long research projects to attentive peers, staff, and community members alike. Every student who selected Race and Social Justice (RSJ) as their junior history course has spent the last six months collaborating in groups to identify and subsequently address issues faced by students at Davis High and the school district alike. Each project’s focal point was a student made survey, whose data and findings served as the majority of the group’s qualitative and quantitative data. Large posters covered in graphs, charts, history and findings were displayed, accompanied by presentations from the researchers. These presentations would include a solution, one which the group found an adequate first step to remediating some of the target group’s issues.
COVID-19’s effect on students at Davis High The research study: 240 students were surveyed on district support for students in the transition from distance learning to in-person school. The results: 65.5% of students reported that they felt their focus level to be at a one through a three, on a five-point scale, with five being the best. Just 6.8% reported being at a five. 40.5% of students reported that their grades had worsened compared to last year. Students reported falling behind in certain classes, 57.9% in math, 28.9% in science and 14.9% in history. 32.2% of students reported that they or their peers would not know where to turn if in need of mental health services. 72.5% of students reported the school’s helpfulness upon returning to campus to be at a 1 through a three, on the same five point scale. Just 5.1% reported it being at a five. The researchers: Mia Chadwick, Ciena Barrera, Declan Fee, Rigo Guerra, Adriana Robb, Anthony Simmons and Chloe Vu.
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Mental health acommodations at Davis High
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The research study: 140 students were surveyed on the DHS’s handling of usage of these resources and their effectiveness. The results: 60.7% of students reported that they had never used any mental health resources on campus. Of the 39.3% who had, 79.3% of students reported the effectiveness of the resources to be at a one through a three, on a five point scale, with five being the most effective. Just 20.7% reported the resources at either a four or a five in terms of effectiveness. 49.3% of students reported that their grades had been impacted by mental health. 85% of students reported their comfort level discussing mental health with teachers at a one through a three on the same five point scale, with five being the most comfortable. 77.1% of students reported their perception of teachers accounting for mental health in teaching to be at a one through a three on the same five point scale, with five being most considerateand accomodating of mental illness. The researchers: Hailey Pistochini, Gavin Rashid, Emmelie Lossin, Austin Tyrvanen, Punya Uppal and Sophia Young.
The research study: 280 students were surveyed on LGBTQ+ representation displayed within their class curriculums and resources, 128 LGBTQ+ students were surveyed on school safety and acceptance in relation to their gender and sexuality, and 41 genderqueer and nonconforming students were surveyed on gender-neutral bathrooms on campus. The results: 15.7% of the general population reported a lack of LGBTQ+ representation in all their classes, with this percentage reporting no mention of LGBTQ+ issues or people in any of their classes. 85.7% of these students were unaware of any resources open to the community within the district. The LGBTQ+ community felt more accepted by fellow students than by teachers. 61.7% of the community reported feeling unsafe on campus, to varying degrees, on the basis of their gender identity or sexuality. 24.2% of the LGBTQ+ community reported being verbally harassed on campus on the basis of their sexuality or gender identity. 70.1% of surveyed genderqueer and nonconforming students reported that they would benefit from more gender-neutral bathrooms, as the current ones feel inadequate. The researchers: Kayla Flin, Kelsey Huntington, Alex Lee, Mattias RowenBale, Sawyer Spann and Zoe Yonelinas.
Differences in academic pressure by race
Teacher diversity and effects on curriculum
student mental illness, particularly the resources offered at the school, their
The research study: 191 Davis High students were surveyed about school
The research study: 200 Davis High students were surveyed about how
stress levels and the factors, such as culture, parents, peers, teachers, etc., that
diverse their teachers were this year in regards to gender, race and sexuality/
contributes to their stress to see if students from different racial backgrounds
gender identity to see if teacher diversity affected inclusivity in school curricu-
showed different patterns. The results: Students’ academic pressure didn’t widely vary based on race. East Asians and Latinos had average stress levels of 6.4/10. White students averaged to 6/10 and black students averaged to 5.4/10. However, different races reported feeling stress due to different factors. One similarity among their causes of stress was that each racial group found that their selves were the most common cause of stress. Differences included that teachers were significantly more of a stressor for Latino and black students. Also, peers were a more common stressor for East Asian and white students. The researchers: Jake Abenojar, Owen Fernandes, Emma Haines, Stella Maze, Riley McCormick, Yasmin Moule, and Mariss Vazquez.
lum. The results: Students reported that their teachers were overwhelmingly white men. Only 14 students reported that they had a teacher who is openly a member of the LGBTQ+ community at school. 33.5% of students felt that minority groups were excluded from school curriculum. 23.1% of students felt underrepresented by school curriculum due to their identity. The researchers compared their data to data provided by Davis Joint Unified School District. Students who reported that they felt that minority groups were excluded from curriculum commented on how they felt that most prevalent in history, English and Health classes. The researchers: Max Beatty, Astrea Blue Coat, Nora Glick, Tayra Hill, Heather Li and Olivia Sagayaradj.
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Davis High’s Ray Oldham clears the bar in the high jump at the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Track and Field Championship at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium on Saturday. Oldham, a senior, won the event. To view more photos from the Masters, visit www.davisenterprise.com and click on the Sports tab.
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Davis High’s Zachary Ayers holds a comfortable lead in the boys 3200 meters race at the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Track and Field Championship at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium on Saturday. Ayers, also a senior, won at 9:04.82. To view more photos from the Masters, visit www.davisenterprise.com and click on the Sports tab.
Lots of Blue for Davis High track team By Mark DeVaughn Enterprise correspondent In film class at Davis High, Ray Oldham learned his show business skills are behind-the-scenes. “I really enjoy the technical aspect of filmmaking. I let others write the dialogue,” Oldham explained. At Saturday’s Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Track and Field Championship at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium, the Blue Devil earned success on his biggest stage yet. The aspiring producer captured first place in the high jump, earning a spot at the 102nd California Interscholastic Federation Track and Field Championships at Veterans Memorial Stadium on the Buchanan High campus in Clovis. The top three in each event advances to the state meet. Oldham also helped the Davis boys claim the Masters’ title with 47 points. Enochs of Modesto was second at 41 points, Edison of Stockton third at 37, Yuba City fourth at 30 and Rocklin fifth at 29. Zach Ayers was another champion for the Davis boys, capturing a first-place medal in the 3200 meters.
Teammate Ryan Mitchell finished second in the 1600 for head coach Spencer Elliott’s crew. Oldham cleared the bar at 6 feet, 7.5 inches. The effort was his personal best in a Davis uniform — and 3.5 inches better than the second-place score. The senior hopes to continue competing at the junior college level in the fall. “My goal today was to at least get 6 (feet)-6(inches) or above,” Oldham said. “It feels good. For me it’s all about making my personal marks higher. It feels awesome. It’s a big deal, because we haven’t had a playoff meet since my freshman year.” The atmosphere of the stadium felt far removed from pandemic restrictions. At the first Master’s meet since 2019, fans filled the grandstand and cheered per usual. They also watched athletes experience emotions related to two years of uncertainty. Davis senior Andrew Baum qualified for state in the boys discus throw on Friday. The senior’s effort — a third-place showing of 147 feet, 1 inch — occurred months after he tore a knee ligament
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Blue Devil sophomore Nellee Bitners looks focused as she gets ready to unleash the discus at the section’s Masters Track and Field Championship. She took sixth place in the event.
UCD football grabs preseason honors Enterprise staff The UC Davis football team was named to the 2022 FCS Top-25, Hero Sports announced. The Aggies check in at No. 25 in the poll, as the highly anticipated season approaches. Last fall, UCD posted an 8-4 record last season that included a 5-3 mark in the Big Sky Conference. The Aggies also earned an FCS first round playoff game. UCD opens its home schedule at UC Davis Health Stadium against San Diego on Saturday, Sept. 17. The game against the Toreros will mark Welcome Back Week and Orientation. UC Davis took down San Diego 53-7 in Southern California on
Sept. 11, 2021. On Saturday, Sept. 24, the Ags have a rematch against Weber State, which UCD downed, 17-14, when the Wildcats were ranked No. 14 in the country. The festivities will include Band Day, a grand opening celebration of the new Edwards Family Athletics Center and Faculty/Staff Day. On Saturday, Oct. 15, Northern Arizona will mark homecoming on the UC Davis campus as the celebration will include Hall of Fame and Parent and Family Weekend. The Aggies chopped down the Lumberjacks in Flagstaff, Ariz., last season, 40-24. Then UCD caps off October at home against rival Cal Poly in the Battle
of the Golden Horseshoe on Oct. 29.
Also featured will be Gunrock’s Gallop, which is an annual 5k in support of the ASUCD Pantry. Other game attractions include a Halloween Bash, Ag Day and the Cheer/Dance teams via Aggiette Clinic for kids 13 and younger. The home slate comes to an end on Saturday, Nov. 5 against Idaho State. The Aggies will recognize their seniors, host a salute to those that served in the armed forces and then showcase the Doxie Derby, where the Picnic Day tradition comes to halftime with the local dachshund race at halftime.
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UC Davis football fans cheer on the Aggies in the Causeway Classic game against Sacramento State at UC Davis Health Stadium on Nov. 20, 2021. The visiting Hornets won 27-7.
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High school still haunts me Dear Annie: I am a 76-year-old woman who is still not over her teenage friendship troubles. I should preface this entry by stating that I am by no means stuck in the past. This instance simply comes to mind whenever I face shortcomings in life. I’ll now set the scene: It was early September of 1962. I had just turned 17, and I was a senior in an allgirls Catholic high school. I was a particularly gifted student with mostly As and the occasional B-plus in history or arithmetic. My parents had a strong sense of pride in my work and thus had very high standards for my test scores. My literature class proved to be much harder than I had expected, and at the very first test of the year, I flunked. I mean, I totally bombed it. I didn’t want my parents to be upset with me, so I lied to them and said that I had gotten an A-minus. My best friend at the time, “Lisa,” who was also in this particular class, had gotten a very high score and, to put it nicely, she was not quiet about it. Later on that same week, my parents invited Lisa over for supper. As expected, she was boasting about her score. My parents had mentioned that I had also done well, to which Lisa answered, “What are you talking about? She practically bombed that test.” My parents found out the truth, and I was grounded until the end of the year. Not only that, I had lost trust in Lisa, although it was not her fault. I did not blame her. About three months later was the big winter formal, where my school and the brother school down the road would gather for the dance. I, of course, was still grounded, but by a crazy turn of events, my angel of a mother decided to let me go. I hadn’t told anybody I was going — not even Lisa. When I got to the dance, I was horrified. It was a blast up until I overheard Lisa telling my classmates that I was a liar and a troublemaker. I did not speak to Lisa again after that. I graduated high school and became a secretary at the front desk of a local office and moved on with life, but every time I experienced hardship, this instance would replay in my mind. I feel that I am being held back by teenage drama. I feel that I have long moved past Lisa, but the feeling of betrayal I feel will never leave. — Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire! Dear Pants on Fire: Despite what you say, it seems to me that a part of you is stuck in the past and continuing to harbor resentment toward Lisa. Sixty years, countless life experiences and surely many friendships later, this incident and Lisa’s betrayal still hold power over you today. Instead of replaying it in your mind or trying to work through it on your own, seek professional counseling. The help of an experienced therapist could be just what you need to finally free yourself from this recurring nightmare and make peace with your past. You connect this instance to your “shortcomings,” but do remember, a teenage fib to your parents and a failed test hardly define the person you grew up to become. Annie Lane to dearannie@creators.com.
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BLUE: ‘It’s been a long, crazy road to this point’ From Page B2 while playing football. “I cried (Friday) after it was over,” he admitted. “It’s been a long, crazy road to this point. Between the lockdowns and the injuries, I’ve sacrificed and put a lot of work into everything. It’s all worth it.” In the girls discus, one Blue Devil arrived with state meet aspirations. Nellee Bitners finished sixth overall, with a mark of 125 feet, 1 inch. The sophomore admitted that nerves got the best of her. “Honestly, I’d rather compete on someone else’s track,” said Bitners, who earned a first-place medal a week prior at the section Division I meet at Oak Ridge High. “To have so many of your friends and teammates around on a big stage, it’s a bit nerve-wracking.” Bitners’ personal best is 134 feet, which would have earned fourth place at Masters. But between her and
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Davis High boys golfer Ryan Green and his teammates finished tied for fourth place at the CIF State Championships on Monday.
Blue Devil golfers tied for 4th place at tournament Enterprise staff
EL CERRITO — The Davis High boys golf team competed at the California Interscholastic Federation Boys Golf Championships at Berkeley Country Club on Monday. The Blue Devils, as a team, finished tied for fourth place at 380 with fellow Sac-Joaquin Section team in Granite Bay. De La Salle of Concord won the team title at 357. Ryan Firpo finished with a score of 68. That qualified him to compete at the CIF State Championships, which will be held at the San Gabriel Country Club in San Gabriel.
UC Davis baseball SAN LUIS OBISPO — Jonah Henrickson homered and the UC Davis baseball team had the tying run in the on-deck circle in the ninth inning of Sunday's Big West Conference game against Cal Poly, which came out with a 6-3 win on Sunday. The game marked the final road game of the season for UCD, which will finish the season at home against Long Beach State at Dobbins Stadium Thursday through Saturday. Game time for Thursday and Friday's games are 2:30 p.m., while Saturday's game is scheduled at 1 p.m. UCD (6-32 in the Big West, 5-22) was held hitless until Kyler Arenado's two-out single in the fifth. Raul Sandoval led off the seventh with a walk ahead of Henrickson's home run, a blast over the wall in left center that made it 6-2 with no outs in the inning. Henrickson was the catalyst again in the ninth, hitting a one-out double down the line in right and advancing on a passed ball. Omar Plascencia walked to put two on and Henrickson came home on a sac fly by Nathan Peng to make it 6-3. The Aggies weren't able to extend the rally though. Henrickson went 2-3 and was responsible for all of the Aggies' runs. It was his first multi-hit game since April 26. Carson Seeman and Daniel Carrion each threw two scoreless innings, with Seeman starting and allowing just an unearned run and no hits. This Saturday's game will be senior day for Arenado, J.D. Mico, Sandoval and Nate Lemos. In Saturday's game at San Luis Obispo, Leehey was one of four Aggie batters with two hits at the plate. But Cal Poly produced a 7-0 win. Leehey raised his hitting streak to six games, going 2-4 while James Williams III, Mark Wolbert and Sandoval had a hit each. Friday's opener had Cal Poly post an 11-0 win. Mico opened the game with a leadoff double and Wolbert walked to start the night. But the Aggies weren't able to cash in. Mico and Williams went 2-3 each.
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classmate Sophie Ramirez, who finished 14th with a toss of 101-7, the future is promising for the Blue Devil girls. Ayers was scheduled to compete in the 1600 and 3200 — but skipped the former. A reward followed the sacrifice. From the start of the gun to the finish line, Ayers led the entire race to win at 9 minutes, 4.82 seconds. St. Mary’s of Stockton’s Daniel Winter was second at 9:09.79. In the 1600, DHS’ Ryan Mitchell found a purpose from the opposition. The junior led after the first lap, then fell behind Jesuit’s Brandon Moreno. Mithell finished in second place with a personal-best time of 4:13.02. “I ran with the people I know. I just chilled there, and it was all good,” Mitchell said. — Follow Mark DeVaughn on Twitter: @OrangeMarkD.