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City bans driveway car-washing

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer

for the 19 fourth-grade students who were murdered in the Texas mass shooting,” Kate Mellon-Anibaba, an artist and community organizer, said in a statement to The Enterprise.

items with symbolic value. “The backpacks are filled with books that our own children read and old newspaper to represent how mass shootings of children at schools in this country is

Davis residents should no longer be washing their cars in their driveways, now that the city has moved to the second level of its water shortage contingency plan.

The City Council voted unanimously last week to adopt Shortage Level 2 requirements following direction from the state, which is requiring all urban water suppliers to do so.

The city had previously adopted some Level 2 water use limits, including limiting sprinkler irrigation to three days per week.

Added to that now is a ban on vehicle washing except at a commercial car wash that recirculates water or by high pressure/low volume wash systems.

Car washing is not permitted in locations other than commercial car washes.

Councilman Will Arnold said Tuesday that even absent drought conditions, “washing your car in your driveway is a bad idea because of what goes into the storm water.

“I don’t want to be a shill for the companies that will wash your car, but they have the technology to recycle the water. I’m assuming you don’t on your driveway,” Arnold said. “So I

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On Saturday, a group of local mothers set up an installation at Central Park in Davis to raise awareness about gun violence in the wake of the May 24 mass shooting that killed nineteen children and two adults at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

Park display raises gun awareness

By Caleb Hampton Enterprise staff writer On Saturday, a group of local mothers set up an installation at Central Park in Davis to raise awareness about gun violence in the wake of the May 24 mass

shooting that killed 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

“The 19 black back packs with red smeared children’s handprints represent our mourning

West Nile virus detected in Davis bird

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer The Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District announced Tuesday that the first bird of the season has tested positive for West Nile virus — an American crow found in Davis on Friday.

“Finding the first positive bird is always significant because it provides an early warning sign for the disease,” said district manager Gary Goodman.

“It confirms that the virus is present, provides a good indication of where we may find positive mosquito samples and where human cases may develop later in the season,” he said.

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This is the first indication of the virus within the district’s service area, though other counties throughout the state have already started to register activity.

West Nile Virus is transmitted to humans and animals such as birds by the bite of an infected mosquito. The virus is now considered endemic in Yolo County.

About 80 percent of people bitten by an infected mosquito will develop no symptoms while about 20 percent will develop flulike symptoms including fever, headache, fatigue, nausea, vomiting and body aches.

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recover, but roughly 1 percent of individuals will develop severe illness affecting the central nervous system.

Symptoms may include high fever, seizures, muscle weakness, disorientation, vision loss, changes in mental status and paralysis. Recovery may take months. About one in 10 who develop severe illness will die, according to the district.

The best way to protect against contracting West Nile is protecting against mosquito bites and following the district’s recommendations can help. They include: n Drain standing water

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School board gets busy meeting agenda

By Aaron Geerts Enterprise staff writer Although summer is around the corner, the district is still busy with its next board meeting this Thursday, June 2.

With a lengthy agenda, the meeting is set to cover program updates, tax rate approvals and more.

The to-do list includes the approval of the universal prekindergarten Planning and Implementation Grant. Costs for the 202223 school year are approximately $290,000 and will be offset by revenue generated by student enrollment and attendance.

Coinciding with that approval is and update on the district’s special education program. With the help of WestEd, the program review will cover the district and community outreach, analysis of student achievement and perception data, an evaluation of professional development opportunities, education data and more.

Also on the docket is approval of resolution 71-22 for membership in the Government Financial Services Joint Powers

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It’s all about who can be more Yolo T HE NAME GAME ... I don't know about you, but I absolutely love following the race of Yolo County Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator, even though all the signs along Road 102 and in the various endorsements indicate that the only part of that title anyone cares about is "Sheriff."

Unfortunately, big Ed Prieto, who served this county well in that position for so many years, is not on the ballot.

What we have instead is a twoman race that features Tom vs.

Tommy. If you're wondering if that has ever happened before, it hasn't. Gavin Newsom has 25 opponents in his race to be governor for another four years, but not a single one of them is named "Gavin."

I'm doing my best to keep Tom and Tommy straight, but sometimes it's hard to tell one from the other. Maybe the good folks at Yolo County Election Central should have required both Sheriff candidates to use only their middle name when running for office.

So do you vote for Tom or Tommy? And why is a grown man known as Tommy unless he's playing shortstop in the major leagues,

where such names as Billy and Bobby and Sammy and Mickey are common.

I grew up in this town, which means every now and then, when I run into an old Little League coach or Catechism teacher or long-ago next-door neighbor, I may still get called "Bobby." But at some point after I learned to shave I dropped the "by" and became known simply as "Bob." So it's Tom or Tommy. The choice is yours.

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DON'T CARE WHO YOUR ANCESTORS WERE ... Our two candidates for Yolo County Sheriff seemed obsessed with the presumed importance of how long one's ancestors have lived in Yolo County. Why that's important is unclear, but apparently it is.

Tom's official ballot statement begins with the words "I am a fifth-generation Yolo County resident."

Tommy's "Message to Voters" sent in postcard form begins with the words "As a fourth-generation farmer of Yolo County."

I don't know who wins the "Generation Battle" here, but it appears Tom beats Tommy, 5-4.

But maybe it's the other way around. Truth be known, if you go back enough generations you're likely to find that your ancestors did something not so nice to someone else's ancestors.

But maybe I'm wrong. Maybe it actually is helpful that your great, great, great grandfather grew corn in Clarksburg. And maybe it is essential to your current job that your great, great, great grandmother taught fourth grade in a one-room schoolhouse in Esparto.

I'm imagining Tom or Tommy sitting in the sheriff 's high-back chair at headquarters in Woodland when a call comes in that requires immediate attention at a remote part of Yolo County. Is that when they call Great Great Great Grandpa Festus to ask what's the quickest route to Rumsey?

I mean, every single one of us

Alleged Davis burglars target occupied K Street apartments

By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer Davis police arrested two people on burglary-related charges following separate weekend incidents.

One suspect blamed his methamphetamine use for his decision to enter a residence in the 500 block of K Street at about 6 a.m. Saturday, capturing a neighbor’s attention as he went in through a rear sliding door, Lt. Ilya Bezuglov said.

The neighbor called police, and “he was still inside the apartment when

officers arrived,” rummaging through the kitchen, Bezuglov said. Two residents who were in their bedrooms had been unaware of his presence, he added.

Armando S. Cervantes, 44, ultimately was arrested on burglary charges.

A second man, 54-yearold Derrick Wadell Cooper, faces an attempted burglary count after he allegedly tried to enter an apartment in the 1200 block of Fifth Street late Sunday morning.

Two sisters were at home at the time and alerted their mother, who was out grocery shopping. The mother called police, who obtained video from a Ring camera that captured the suspect, later identified as Cooper.

Officers spotted Cooper in the area of Fifth and J streets, and “his explanation was he was trying to get inside the apartment to charge his cell phone,” Bezuglov said.

Both men were booked into the Yolo County Jail.

has ancestors who lived somewhere, all the way back to the Big Bang. If we didn't have ancestors, we wouldn't be here today.

I was born in Portland and moved here on my fifth birthday so Dad could finish a college education that was interrupted by World War II. (The family voted 4-2 to leave me in Portland, but Aunt Flo refused to take me in.)

So that makes me a first generation Yolo County resident and seemingly three or four generations removed from being qualified to run for Yolo County Sheriff.

Still, I do know the way to Dunnigan, which is not named after one of my ancestors. And I do know that when you cross the Sacramento River northbound out of Knights Landing you're no longer in Yolo County and should turn around and come home.

What I don't know is why the "Knights" in "Knights Landing" doesn't have an apostrophe.

But I'll bet Tom and Tommy know all about that missing apostrophe.

The first one to let me know about Knights Landing gets my vote.

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

One injured in Pole Line Road condo fire

By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer One person was hospitalized Monday following a condominium fire on Pole Line Road, the Davis Fire Department reported.

Battalion Chief Emily Lo said firefighters are investigating the cause of the 6:20 p.m. blaze, which began in the rear bedroom of the unit, part of a four-plex in the 2900 block of Pole Line Road.

“The fire was contained to that unit, and was under control in about 10 minutes,” Lo said. One person who was inside was transported to the UC Davis Medical Center for treatment of smoke inhalation.

Both the Davis and UC Davis fire departments responded to the incident, during which Woodland and West Sacramento firefighters provided station coverage in the city.

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Briefly County to begin processing votes The Yolo County Elections Office will begin processing and counting vote-by-mail ballots for the June 7 California Statewide Direct Primary Election at 9 a.m. on Friday. The totaling and posting of election results will begin after 8 p.m. on Tuesday.

“The processing and counting of vote-bymail ballots is open to the public and we welcome anyone who is interested in observing,” said Jesse Salinas, Yolo County assessor/clerkrecorder/registrar of voters.

"It is strongly recommended that all persons, regardless of vaccination status, continue indoor masking at events such as this," a press release from the county said.

Those interested in observing should email elections@yolocounty. org.

Food bank makes change The Yolo Food Bank board of directors announced Tuesday that Michael Bisch is no longer serving as executive director and is leaving the organization effective immediately.

Bisch has served in the role since 2018.

“Our board has decided that the organization needs to move in a different direction and that the first step in that process is to install a new executive director,” said YFB board member Kate Stille.

“We’re very appreciative of the work that Michael did over the past four years to help put the Food Bank on a positive path forward, and we wish him the best of luck.”

The board also announced that it is immediately starting a search for a new executive director.

“The Yolo Food Bank is on very solid footing and with the talent and skills of our dedicated employees, and the continued support of our donors and volunteers, we’re confident moving forward that we’ll build further on our success in serving the Yolo County community,” said Stille.

Madrigals preview U.K. tour The Davis High School Madrigal Singers, directed by Dr. Karen Gardias, will be traveling to the United Kingdom on June 13.

While abroad, the students will perform, work with world-class directors and musicians, and get to visit some amazing sights.

Come see a preview of their U.K. Tour repertoire at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 5, at the Episcopal Church of St. Martin, 640 Hawthorne Lane in Davis.

The performance will be free, while donations are greatly appreciated.

Donate to support the tour now at auctria. events/UKConcert.

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UCD hands out prizes in Big Bang business contest

By Marianne Skoczek Special to The Enterprise Two UC Davis graduate students earned the $20,000 first prize for the best innovation in the 22nd annual Big Bang! Business Competition on Thursday, May 26.

Davis-based Storx Technologies has developed a noninvasive device that accurately determines a baby’s well-being in the womb — and helps doctors decide whether the baby can be delivered naturally, avoiding an unnecessary cesarian section.

The innovation was developed in electrical and computer engineering professor Soheil Ghiasi’s UC Davis lab after Ghiasi’s wife experienced a C-section.

$90,000 in prizes The UC Davis Big Bang!, organized by the Mike and Renee Child Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, has been helping entrepreneurs start or grow business ventures for more than two decades through the competition, workshops, mentoring and networking opportunities. This year the Big Bang! was open to teams with a founder or team lead affiliated with a college or university in California. The prizes are funded by corporate, nonprofit and various other sponsors.

The annual awards ceremony — held in person on the UC Davis campus for the first time since 2019 — celebrated the contestants and announced the winners of $90,000 in prizes for innovations in food and agriculture, health, energy/sustainability and social enterprise.

Sixteen finalists — out of 44 qualifying teams in this year’s competition — pitched their ventures before five judges in a 10-hour marathon judging session. Judges considered the teams’ integrated strategy, steps toward implementation and market opportunity to determine prize winners.

The $10,000 People’s Choice Award winner was selected by online voting that was open to the public.

Health and safety during labor, delivery Storx Technologies Big Bang! team members Regina Hoang, an MBA student, and Kourosh Vali, a doctoral candidate in computer engineering, met in a fellowship program that helps students with a business idea move their innovation or research off campus and into the world.

Vali got involved in the medical device project as a graduate student researcher in Ghiasi’s electrical engineering and computer science lab, where he has worked since September 2018.

After Ghiasi’s wife underwent an emergency C-section, the professor was motivated to seek a solution that would help doctors and patients.

Currently, doctors assess a baby’s well-being during labor and delivery using electronic fetal heart rate monitoring, or EFM. When EFM shows the baby does not have adequate oxygen (fetal hypoxia), and may suffer disabilities or death as a result, doctors typically rush to perform a C-section.

Data published in the journal Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology has shown that 30% of babies delivered in U.S. hospitals are detected as potentially hypoxic; however, 60% of those detections are false alarms.

The professor’s lab developed a wearable, transabdominal fetal pulse oximeter to measure a fetus’s blood oxygen saturation levels, and in 2020 Ghiasi launched Storx Technologies to commercialize the technology. Grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health have supported the research.

“This breakthrough device will make labor and delivery safer for moms and babies,” said Vali. “It will let doctors know when the fetus’s blood oxygen saturation levels are low — a red flag that indicates the baby needs to come out right away or risk losing oxygen to the brain or organs. In these cases, the device can prevent disabilities such as

cerebral palsy and epilepsy.”

The Storx Technologies team will use the prize money to conduct additional market research and customer calls.

“We learn so much by talking to the doctors and nurses who will actually be using this device and hearing about their pain points and concerns so that we can improve it,” said Hoang.

Storx Technologies is continuing to improve the prototype and conducting additional animal and human clinical trials.

Beat Medical wins two awards Each year an estimated 33,000 people die in U.S. hospitals due to unplanned extubation — the unintended, uncontrolled removal of a patient’s life-sustaining breathing tube.

Beat Medical, co-founded by UC Davis biological science major Kalie Marland and David Zalazar, a Ph.D. candidate in biomedical engineering at UCLA, proposes a solution: a new breathing tube holder.

“Our innovation upgrades the industry standard,” Marland said, “with a curved bite guard to prevent the breathing tube from kinking and silicon cushions to prevent facial ulcers, it is uniquely exchangeable, preventing unplanned extubations.”

Beat Medical took home three prizes totaling $25,000 — the $10,000 Human Health and Industry Sector Award, the $10,000 People’s Choice Award and $5,000 in in-kind services at Davis-based startup incubator Inventopia.

The startup is currently drafting a provisional patent, says Marland, and will use the prize money to help them obtain a full patent.

“This will enable us to commercialize our product and get it into hospitals by 2023. We already have a mold and finished prototype, as well as interested hospitals and letters of intent from distributors.

“Our long-term goal is to expand

beyond California, specifically to other states and to Europe within the next five years.”

Other winners An additional $45,000 in Big Bang! prizes was awarded Thursday. Each winning team is listed with a link to the website or the video used in the competition. All ventures have a California founder or co-founder. n Chilk.co, of Los Angeles: A healthy, vegan, all-natural alternative to boba milk tea brands high in calories and refined sugars. Food + Agriculture Sector Award, $10,000. Co-founder and chief marketing officer: Jake Grodnitzky, undergraduate student majoring in international business at California State University, Long Beach. Cofounder and CEO Hongjiang “Leo” Liu, Ph.D. candidate in biochemistry, UCLA. n DairyFIT, of Davis: AI platform with customizable machinelearning algorithms to provide farmers insights into their herd to inform decisions. Animal Health + Industry Award, $10,000; in-kind services at agriculture, food and health accelerator AgStart, $5,000.

Founder: Catie McVey, Ph.D. candidate in animal biology, UC Davis. n JusCheckIt, of Sacramento: Building the foundation for a new go-to place for legal questions, conversation and help so individuals understand the law and feel protected. Social Entrepreneurship Award, $10,000. Co-founder and CEO: Cameron Gallad, a 2021 UC Davis graduate in communications. n MatterCup of Davis: A deposit-based, circular-use cup sharing system that revolutionizes the takeaway/to-go industry by replacing the single-use cup with a reusable alternative. Energy and Sustainability Award, $10,000.

Co-founder: Chantal Deslauriers, undergraduate student majoring communication and art history at UC Davis.

Video with hospitalized babies helps new mothers cope

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participant said. And it helped introduce the baby to other family members and explain to them some of the complicated aspects of neonatal hospitalization.

Enterprise staff writer Being a new mother is never easy — and it can be especially difficult when your baby is hospitalized in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), which is the case for more than 10% of all babies born in the United States.

“In our interviews, we heard over and over again that videoconferencing improved the pumping experience and gave motivation to continue to provide breast milk for their hospitalized infant. Participants also felt that seeing their baby while pumping strengthened the bond between the family with their newborn,” said HoytAustin.

Researchers at UC Davis Health studied one of the unique challenges that mothers with newborns in the NICU face — feeding their baby — and identified a way to improve the experience.

According to the team’s findings, which were published this month in “Breastfeeding Medicine,” mothers who used videoconferencing technology to watch their baby in the NICU reported an improved experience while pumping or expressing milk.

“Breast milk feeding is an essential component of care for the hospitalized premature infant, but it can be challenging due to factors including low milk supply, the need to express milk instead of feeding directly from the breast, as well as the stress and anxiety for new parents who are physically separated from their premature infants in the hospital environment,” said study lead author Adrienne Hoyt-Austin, assistant professor in the division of clinical pediatrics at UC Davis Health.

For the study, UC Davis Health enrolled participants who used a

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According to a study by UC Davis Health, mothers who used videoconferencing technology to watch their baby in the NICU reported an improved experience while pumping or expressing milk. videoconferencing program called FamilyLink to watch their hospitalized babies while they were not at their bedside in the UC Davis NICU. The program allows families to watch their baby from home through a secure connection on their computer, tablet or phone.

The video feed is available 24 hours per day, seven days a week.

The research team interviewed participants who pumped breast milk while watching their hospitalized newborn on the video feed as well as participants who pumped without videoconferencing with their baby.

All of the participants had given birth to an infant who was less than 34 weeks gestational age and was admitted to the UC Davis NICU.

In one-on-one interviews, participants were asked 14 open-ended questions about their pumping experience.

Afterward, the researchers identified four common themes in the mothers’ responses.

The NICU video feed improved bonding and connection with the babies for the mothers as well as for other family members.

The presence of a video connection provided motivation for mothers to pump. One participant said that seeing their baby was a “visual reminder that this is what I’m doing this for.”

The video also reminded participants that they were separated from their babies. “I became just kind of guilty watching, feeling like I should be there instead of away,” one

“We hope that the use of videoconferencing for NICU parents will become a more widely available tool in NICUs that can help new parents in their breastfeeding journey.”

The study co-authors are Iesha Miller, Kara KuhnRiordon, Jennifer Rosenthal, Caroline Chantry, James Marcin, Kristin Hoffman and Laura Kair, all of UC Davis Health.

— Reach Caleb Hampton at champton@ davisenterprise.net. Follow him on Twitter at @ calebmhampton.

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Friends of May Fair award $11K in ag scholarships

By Kathy Keatley Garvey Special to The Enterprise The Friends of the Dixon May Fair have awarded $11,000 in college scholarships to five Solano County youths majoring in an agricultural-related field.

They represent the cities of Vacaville, Fairfield, Dixon and Rio Vista.

Carrie Hamel of Dixon, scholarship chair of the Friends of the Fair, announced the recipients at a recent ceremony at the newly named Friends Plaza by the Leber Stage, Dixon fairgrounds. Since 2000, the Friends have awarded a total of $233,250 to Solano County students majoring in an ag-related field in a California university or community college, she said.

Sam Esperson, a member of the Rio Vista High School Class of 2022, received the top award, the $3000 Ester Armstrong scholarship. He plans to major in agricultural systems management or agricultural engineering at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), San Luis Obispo.

The $2500 JoAnn Giannoni Scholarship went to Molly Feins, a 2021 graduate of Vacaville High School and a student at Cal Poly.

She plans to become an animal geneticist.

Clairese Wright, a member of the Rodriguez High School Class of 2022, Fairfield, received a $2000 scholarship. She will major in environmental engineering at UCLA. Natalie Victorine, a 2021 graduate of Dixon High School and a Cal Poly student majoring in agricultural business, received a $2000 scholarship.

In the two-year community college category, Jared Tanaka, a 2020 Dixon High School graduate and a student at Modesto Junior College, won the $1500 Jack Hopkins Scholarship. Tanaka plans to become an artificial insemination technician.

The Friends, an all-volunteer organization and the fundraising arm of the

Dixon May Fair, raise funds by selling beverages. They use the proceeds for building and grounds improvements, exhibitor awards (including belt buckles and trophies), and college scholarships.

Sam Esperson Esperson, the Rio Vista student body president, maintains a 4.2 grade point average. The son of a farmer and active in 4-H and FFA, he attributes the Rio Vista FFA with sparking his passion for pursuing a career in agriculture. “In FFA I learned about the global and technological importance of agriculture and its contribution to our well-being,” he wrote in his essay. “Although FFA was primarily the reason I wanted to become involved in agriculture, I also saw the impact of agriculture throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. I realized that most things I have in my life are related to agriculture in one way or another.

I want to help provide.” He cited the FFA moto, “Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live and Living to Serve.”

He attended the 2019 FFA National Convention and the FFA Student Leadership Conference. In athletics, he was named to the Academic All-League Team in three sports: baseball, cross-country and basketball.

Molly Feins Feins, who is finishing her first year at Cal Poly, is active in the Young Cattlemen’s Association and the Los Lecheros Dairy Club. “I also was able to join a dairy calving enterprise where I would go to the Cal Poly dairy once a week to do chores and process calves born that day,” she wrote in her essay. She plans to pursue a career in animal genetics and reproductive technology, “I want to manipulate the genes of production animals to create the highest quality products,” she wrote. “My involvement in FFA and

showing lambs has convinced me to pursue my desired career focusing on sheep production. The sheep industry is underdeveloped with genetic breeding.”

Clairese Wright Wright, active in the Solano County 4-H program for 13 years, has served as a Solano County 4-H All-Star Ambassador and president of the Suisun Valley 4-H Club, the largest club in the county with 75 members. In her essay, she cited the 4-H motto, “to make the best better.” Much of her 4-activities have focused on the impact of detrimental effects of pollution. For her emerald Star 4-H Award, she completed a project titled “Don’t Make Pollution Be the Solution.” Her project’s main point “was to explain the global problem and offer simple steps—reduce, reuse and recycle—we can all take on a local level to keep litter out of our waterways. On a higher level, I also wanted the students to see that no matter what their ae or how big the program, their actions count, and that they have the ability to make a difference in the future of our world.

Wright hopes to work for a company that develops technology to remove litter “from our planet’s waterways.”

that may produce mosquitoes. n Dawn and dusk are times to avoid being outdoors. n Dress appropriately by wearing long sleeves and pants when outside. n Defend yourself by using an effective insect repellent and making sure to follow label directions. n Door and window screens should be in good working condition. n District personnel are also available to address any mosquito problems. Call 1-800-429-1022 or visit www.FIGHT theBITE.net Members of the public are also encouraged to report dead birds by calling the California Department of Public

would take that out of your repertoire even when, hopefully soon, we’re out of this drought.”

According to city staff, restricting car washing this way will save 16 million gallons of water per year.

“That’s a lot,” said Mayor Gloria Partida.

The city’s actions come as the state has entered a third year of drought and Yolo County is in extreme drought.

Back in November, the city implemented watering schedules for both residential and commercial properties, with odd-numbered addresses allowed to water on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and evennumbered addresses on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.

Those restrictions do not apply to parks and large landscapes.

the Fair forms and include a personal essay and letters of support. They are to be mailed to the Friends of the Fair, P.O. Box 242, Dixon, Calif.

Applicants are scored on personal, civic and academic experience; academic standing; personal commitment and established goals; leadership potential; civic accomplishments; chosen field in the areas of agriculture, said Hamel. Most applicants have experience in 4-H, FFA or Grange, criteria desired but not mandated.

The scholarship committee, chaired by Hamel, also includes Tootie Huffman,

Authority. Essentially, California local education agencies (LEA’s) issue the largest share of total debt by California public agencies. Due to this, there’s an increasing need for specialized expertise to support LEA financing. The JPA’s purpose is to assist LEA’s with these financial matters, and if the DJUSD chooses to become a JPA member, the fee will be $5,000 yearly.

Next will come a series of tax rate public hearings followed by their approval and certifications. These include the 2022-23 community facilities district No. 1 tax rate, the community facilities No. 2 tax rate, the Measure G tax rate and the Measure H tax rate.

Further approvals include the DJUSD instructional calendar for the 2022-23 school year. The Calendar Committee is recommending leaving the start date as Aug 23 and changing spring break to March 27 – 31 to align with UCD as well as adding Juneteenth Federal Holiday on June 19.

The approvals don’t stop there either, as the board will also approve the recommendation of Alisha Woo as the district representative for the Yolo County Community Advisory Committee.

There will also be an approval of the Child Development Agency Annual

be restricted to two days per week; and n Property owners would be required to fix water leaks within 48 hours. If more time is needed, they must work with the city on a repair plan.

Despite calls for voluntary water use reduction, the city saw an increase in water use during the first four months of 2022 as compared to 2020, according to city staff.

Water use in April of this year was up 5.25 percent over April 2020, though down by 17.5 percent from April 2021.

For more information on city water restrictions and tips on reducing water use, visit SaveDavisWater.org.

— Reach Anne TernusBellamy at aternus@ davisenterprise.net.

Follow her on Twitter at @ ATernusBellamy.

Kathy Keatley Garvey and Linda Molina of Vacaville, and Marty Scrivens of Dixon. Huffman serves as treasurer of the all-volunteer Friends of the Fair, and Scrivens as secretary.

The Friends’ Plaza was dedicated May 5 in honor of legendary volunteer Donnie Huffman of Vacaville, founding president of the Friends; some 18 founding members; and seasonal volunteers. A photo of Huffman, who is battling terminal cancer, appears on the temporary banner. It will soon to be replaced with a bronze plaque.

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Tanaka, active in 4-H and FA, wrote that he “developed passions for the many aspects of the agriculture industry” as a result of his experiences,” which include developing and maintaining a cattle herd.

“I have now spent a decade and a half developing a purebred shorthorn herd from which I can raise calves for freezer beef to market locally, grow out heifers as replacements for other youth or ranches, and simply bask in the joy of having cows.” Tanaka aspires to manage at least 30 cows in his herd. He concluded this essay by

Health hotline at 877-WNV-BIRD (877-968-2473).

Some species of birds such as crows, jays and magpies are very susceptible to the virus, according to the district.

And although not all birds that are reported will be picked up and tested, the reports provide valuable information and assist with mosquito surveillance and control efforts that help protect public health, the district said.

In response to the detection of West Nile Virus activity in Davis, the district will increase its mosquito trapping and surveillance here to find sources where mosquitoes may be breeding.

— Reach Anne Ternus-Bellamy at aternus@davisenterprise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @ATernusBellamy.

Property owners are urged to prioritize trees, however, and tree watering is not limited under current restrictions to certain days of the week.

Depending on what happens with the drought, the state could mandate a move to Shortage Level 3 of the water shortage contingency plan.

If that happens, the following requirements would go into effect: n Decorative water features that use potable water must be drained and kept dry; n Unless using nonpotable water, the installation of new landscaping would be limited to drought-tolerant trees, shrubs and ground cover; n Installation of new turf or hydroseed would be prohibited; n Outdoor watering with sprinkler irrigation would

quoting the FFA creed “… exert an influence in my home and community which will stand solid for my part in that inspiring task.”

The annual deadline to apply for the Friends of the Fair scholarships is 5 p.m., March 1. Applicants must be a Solano County high school graduate with plans to major in agriculturalrelated field at a California college. More information on the scholarship application rules is available on the Friends of the Fair Facebook site at https://www. facebook.com/Friendsof theDixonMayFair. Applications must be on Friends of

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Sam Esperson of Rio Vista, shown here with a prize-winning lamb, won the top scholarships, the $3,000 Ester Armstrong Scholarship.

Report for the State Preschool Program.

Per contractual requirements with the California Department of Education, Child Development Division, this annual report is used to increase program quality for kids and families, measure developmental progress and identify program strengths and weaknesses.

As always, there will be a COVID health and safety update that may or may not include future vaccination clinic dates and locations.

The meeting will also include approval of Resolution 73-22 declaring the first Friday of June to be National Gun Violence Awareness Day. Finally, there will be an update on the Board of Education Trustees regarding the 2021-22 Board Listening tour. These listening tours began in the 2017-18 school year with the purpose being to hear directly from students about their daily school experience and use the information to bolster student initiatives.

With that, the meeting is set to take place on Thursday, June 2, at 6:30 p.m. at the Community Chambers at 23 Russell Boulevard. The meeting will be available to view on TV by switching to DJUSD Education Channel 17 and streaming online at djusd.davismedia. org.

— Reach Aaron Geerts at aaron. geerts@mcnaughton.media.

DISPLAY: ‘A uniquely American problem’ From Page A1 routine and cyclical first with outrage, second hopes and prayers and then little done as the news moves on,” MellonAnibaba said. “This is a uniquely American problem and we hope that people are moved to

action by the installation.”

The group of mothers that worked on the installation included MellonAnibaba, Sara Mitchell, Kelsey Ridley and Laura Harvey. One way to take action around the problem of gun violence, they said, is to get involved with the local chapter of

“Moms Demand Action,” a grassroots organization that advocates for policies and safety measures to protect the public from gun violence.

— Reach Caleb Hampton at champton@ davisenterprise.net. Follow him on Twitter at @ calebmhampton.

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Cal State raises issue with Cal Grant expansion

By Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters The campaign to expand free tuition to more low-income California students has been riding a wave of unanimous goodwill, despite its large costs. But the state’s — and nation’s — largest public university system has made public its concern that key trade-offs required for that expansion will be a financial burden for some middle-class students.

Backers of the effort say those concerns are misplaced. How and whether lawmakers choose to respond will affect the fate of tens of thousands of prospective college students in California for years to come.

Officials from the California State University Chancellor’s Office warned the Board of Trustees on Tuesday that while it projects a net increase of nearly 29,000 students overall who’ll receive the free-tuition grant, it would also see a decrease of roughly 39,000 future middleclass students — even as some 68,000 low-income students would be newly eligible for the grant. To be clear, if the Cal Grant expansion occurs as proposed, middle-class students currently receiving the award will continue to do so.

The information wasn’t necessarily new. Supporters of expanding the Cal Grant, the state’s chief financial aid tool that waives tuition or gives cash aid to roughly 500,000 Californians, have been transparent that some students would lose eligibility even as more would gain. But, while it has no formal position on expanding Cal Grant, Cal State’s packaging of the information was an inversion of the dominant narrative so far that Cal Grant expansion is a net win for students.

At issue is Assembly Bill 1746, a bill championed by key lawmakers and a constellation of student advocacy groups. The bill passed the Assembly on Thursday unanimously and is endorsed by the California community college system, whose students would be the major beneficiaries of the bill.

If passed and funded, another 150,000 students would get the Cal Grant, a ​ result of the bill doing away with age and timeout-of-high school restrictions for university students and grade requirements for community

Students walk near Meiklejohn Hall at California State University East Bay on Feb. 25, 2020.

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college students.

But that 150,000 figure is a net gain. Because the bill would lower the income eligibility ceiling, tens of thousands of middle-class students would suddenly be left without the Cal Grant – including the 39,000 Cal State undergraduates. For a family of four, the income ceiling would drop from around $116,000 a year to $73,000, university officials said.

Prominent drivers of the Cal Grant expansion effort argue university systems will have more than enough money from their own financial aid dollars to cover any funding gaps for middle-class students. That’s because by adding more students to the state financial aid program, that frees internal financial aid money for a system like Cal State to cover students who would have previously been eligible for Cal Grants.

Sensitivities are high.

Some backers of the Cal Grant expansion viewed this week’s presentation to the Board of Trustees — the governance body of the Cal State system — as unbalanced.

The presentation focused too much on who’d lose out under Cal Grant without acknowledging the benefit to lower-income students currently ineligible for the Cal Grant, said Audrey Dow, senior vice president of Campaign for College Opportunity, an advocacy nonprofit in California.

Cal Grant expansion within the

bill requires more than $300 million annually in state support. It’s a large sum that needs to be negotiated as part of the state budget

by June 15 between lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom. Adding to the intrigue, Newsom vetoed a similar expansion of the Cal Grant last year despite unanimous support from the Legislature.

Will Cal State’s concerns with the bill have a negative impact on those budget negotiations? “No,” wrote Assemblyman Jose Medina, a Democrat from Riverside and co-author of the bill.

“Our hope is that the (public higher education system) segments will recognize the immense benefit that debt-free college will provide their students and their institutions,” Medina added in a written statement.

Architects of the bill say another financial aid expansion — Middle Class Scholarship 2.0 — will eventually cover that eligibility gap. But that wouldn’t be true until the state commits enough money to fully fund that program, which won’t happen this year. The state this year plans to put a $632 million down payment of the scholarship. Fully funding it — and thereby covering the eligibility gap left by the proposed changes to the Cal Grant — would cost the state an additional $2 billion annually.

“The CSU believes that any modernization of the Cal Grant

program should do no harm,” said Eric Bakke, interim assistant vice chancellor for advocacy and state relations at Cal State, during the Trustees meeting Tuesday.

Another author of the Cal Grant expansion bill, Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, a Democrat from Sacramento, said in a statement that “Cal Grant reform and expanding the Middle Class Scholarship is the correct pathway to debt-free college in California.” He added that lawmakers will “make both work in tandem, and the very few students who’ll end up not being eligible for the Cal Grant will be supplemented through the Middle Class Scholarship.”

Backers of the Cal Grant expansion say the Cal State system isn’t telling the whole story.

The Cal State also operates a $700 million financial aid grant — called the State University Grant — that Cal Grant expansion advocates say could be used to cover the expenses for the middle-class students left out of the bill.

“I don’t think that it was a full representation of what the bill can do,” said Isaac Alferos, the outgoing head of the Cal State Student Association, which represents university students and is a key supporter of the Cal Grant expansion bill.

Under the Cal Grant expansion plan, Cal State students would receive $83 million more annu-

ally than they collectively do now at full implementation, according to data provided by the California Student Aid Commission. That’s even after accounting for the fact that the plan would get rid of a roughly $1,650 non-tuition award to cover portions of living expenses that goes to almost 114,000 Cal Grant recipients at Cal State today.

CalMatters asked the Cal State Chancellor’s Office for a breakdown of how the university’s $700 million grant would fare if the Cal Grant expansion passes, but the system didn’t provide one. Instead it offered a statement from Noelia Gonzalez, the system’s interim director of financial aid. Cal State “does not oppose Assembly Bill 1746,” she wrote, and that “we will certainly revisit our policies” if Cal Grant expansion has an impact on the university grant.

At least one Cal State Trustee homed in on the missing state university grant data. “I would have loved to see more numbers from the presentation that proposes a (State University Grant) plan along with the Cal Grant plan if passed,” said outgoing student Trustee Krystal Raynes in an interview. If there is more pressure on the university grant, the Cal State system could ask the state for more funding, she added.

I-House celebration marks AAPI Month Special to The Enterprise To celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, the Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs association held a special event to honor Davis AAPI leaders and UC Davis Asian student groups on Saturday, May 14, at the International House in Davis.

The fundraising event, Leadership Award & Asian Heritage Celebration, was put on by the APAPA Davis Chapter and APAPA at UC Davis. The celebration featured past Davis elected officials, business leaders, educators, students, and community members and

raised funds that will be used to further APAPA's internship programs that provide opportunities for students to work with local and state elected officials and gain invaluable leadership skills.

Special remarks were made by former AAPI Mayors of the City of Davis, Ruth Asmundson and Brett Lee, as well as APAPA Davis Board Members Sharon Guo, Wei Zhang, Christina Vo, Andrew Kim, Alan Wei and Aaron Wedra.

UC Davis student group awardees, recognized for their outstanding contributions, included the UC Davis Bayanihan Clinic, the UC Davis Hmong Student

Union, and the UC Davis Vietnamese Student Association.

Davis Leadership Awards were given to Kevin Wan, Davis Downtown Business Association Vice President and owner of Sophia's Thai Kitchen; Emily Lo, Davis Fire Department Battalion Chief; and the entire team at Newstar Chinese School.

Attendees also enjoyed two dance performances by iDance Sisters and Red Maple Cultural Connection.

The APAPA Davis and APAPA at UC Davis board members give thanks to all of their sponsors, special guests, and celebration

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Participants gather at International House to mark AAPI Month. attendees for supporting the next generation of AAPI leaders and helping

to advance AAPI communities through leadership and civic engagement.

Obituary Ruthmarie Hamel

Oct. 28, 1929 — May 28, 2022 Ruthmarie Hamel, 92 years of age, passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 28, 2022, at Crystal Terrace in Klamath Falls, Ore. Ruthmarie was born Oct. 28, 1929, in Superior, Wis., to her parents Irene and Otto Mulligan. She was the second of four girls to be born into the family.

After the family moved to Klamath Falls, Ore., she graduated from KU High School and went to work in the Public Housing Department for the Air Force. She later transferred to work at the Beal Air Force Base Public Housing Department near Marysville, and it was here that she met her husband Ray while square dancing.

Ruthmarie married Ray Hamel on May 23, 1959, in Dixon, and together they had three children. Ruthmarie became a lifetime member of the Tremont Mite Society before they moved to Dairy, Ore., in 1977. They laid their roots down deep on the family farm where Ruth did the books and took care of the family. She enjoyed gardening, going for walks, attending church, and volunteering at the Bonanza Elementary Smart Reading program. Her specialties were her rolls, pies, and Christmas cookie plates.

Ruthmarie leaves behind to cherish her memory, her younger sister Nancy Kucera; children Carrie,

David (Cindy) and Howard (Kim); eight grandchildren; eight greatHAMEL grandchildren; and many other loved ones and friends. Her husband preceded her in death on May 6, 2022, just a few weeks shy of their 63rd wedding anniversary. The both of them together will be dearly missed and we will always carry their memories in our hearts.

A graveside service for both Ruthmarie and Ray Hamel will begin at 11 a.m.

Friday, June 3, at the Dixon Cemetery, 800 S. First St. in Dixon.

Obituary policy The Enterprise publishes brief death notices free of charge. These include name, age, city of residence, occupation, date of death and funeral/memorial information. Paid-for obituaries allow for controlled content with the option for photos. Obituaries will be edited for style and grammar. Submissions may be made via www.davisenterprise.com/obit-form/. For information, call 530-756-0800.

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f we loved our children, we would outlaw civilian possession of semiautomatic rifles, as almost all civilized countries have done. Instead we elect people bought and paid for by the gun lobby.

May 24, 2022, Robb Elementary School, Uvalde, Texas: Nevaeh Bravo, age 10; Jacklyn Jaylen Cazares, 9; Makenna Lee Elrod, 10; Jose Flores, 10; Eliana Garcia, 9; Amerie Jo Garza, 10; Xavier Javier Lopez, 10; Jayce Carmelo Luevanos, 10; Tess Marie Mata, 10; Maranda Mathis, 11; Alithia Ramirez, 10; Annabell Guadalupe Rodriguez, 10; Maite Yuleana Rodriguez, 10; Alexandria Aniyah Rubio, 10; Layla Salazar, 11; Jailah Nicole Silguero, 11; Eliahana Cruz Torres, 10; Rogelio Torres, 10; Irma Garcia, 48; and Eva Mireles, 44.

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) has taken donations totaling $13,647,676 from the NRA. If we loved our children, we would require buyers of ammunition and firearms to be licensed, as Australia and other civilized countries have done. Instead we elect people bought and paid for by the gun fabricators.

November 30, 2021, Oxford High School, Oxford Township, Michigan: Madisyn Baldwin, 17; Tate Myre, 16; Hana St. Juliana, 14; and Justin Shilling, 17.

Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) has taken donations totaling $6,987,380 from the NRA. If we loved our children, we would require gun-owners to be mentally fit, as Japan and other

civilized countries have done.

Instead we elect people bought and paid for by unregulated militiamen and other domestic terrorists.

May 18, 2018, Santa Fe High School, Santa Fe, Texas: Jared Conard Black, 17; Shana Fisher, 16; Christian Riley Garcia, 15; Aaron Kyle McLeod, 15; Angelique Ramirez, 15; Sabika Sheikh, 17; Christopher Stone, 17; Kimberly Vaughan, 14; Glenda Ann Perkins, 64; and Cynthia Tisdale, 63.

Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) has taken donations totaling $4,555,722 from the NRA. If we loved our children, we would not allow people charged with domestic violence to possess firearms, as France and many other civilized countries have done. Instead we elect people bought and paid for by the gun dealers.

February 14, 2018, Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland, Florida: Alyssa Alhadeff, 14; Martin Duque, 14; Nicholas Dworet, 17; Jaime Guttenberg, 14; Luke Hoyer, 15; Cara Loughran, 14; Gina Montalto, 14; Joaquin Oliver, 17; Alaina Petty, 14; Meadow Pollack, 18;

Helena Ramsay, 17; Alex Schachter, 14; Carmen Schentrup, 16; Peter Wang, 15; Scott Beigel, 35; and Chris Hixon, 49.

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) has taken donations totaling $4,429,333 from the NRA. If we loved our children, we would not allow civilians to own magazines that hold 10 or more rounds of ammunition, as Canada and most other civilized countries have done. Instead we elect people bought and paid for by the gun promoters.

October 1, 2015, Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, Oregon: Lucero Alcaraz, 19; Treven Taylor Anspach, 20; Rebecka Ann Carnes, 18; Lucas Eibel, 18; Jason Dale Johnson, 33; Kim Saltmarsh Dietz, 59; sLawrence Levine, 67; and Sarena Dawn Moore, 43.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) has taken donations totaling $3,303,355 from the NRA. If we loved our children, we would require gun-owners to show they are sane, as Italy and other civilized countries have done. Instead we elect people bought and paid for by the ammunition makers.

October 24, 2014, Pilchuck High School, Marysville, Washington: Shaylee Chuckulnaskit, 14; Andrew Fryberg, 15; Zoë Galasso, 14; and Gia Soriano, 14.

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) has taken donations totaling $3,129,723 from the NRA. If we loved our children, we would not allow people under age 21 to buy or own firearms, as

Israel and other civilized countries have done. Instead we elect people bought and paid for by the ammunition sellers.

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ecember 14, 2012, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Newtown, Connecticut: Charlotte Bacon, 6; Daniel Barden, 7; Olivia Engel, 6; Josephine Gay, 7; Dylan Hockley, 6; Madeleine Hsu, 6; Catherine Hubbard, 6; Chase Kowalski, 7; Jesse Lewis, 6; Ana MárquezGreene, 6; James Mattioli, 6; Grace McDonnell, 7; Emilie Parker, 6; Jack Pinto, 6; Noah Pozner, 6; Caroline Previdi, 6; Jessica Rekos, 6; Avielle Richman, 6; Benjamin Wheeler, 6; Allison Wyatt, 6; Rachel D’Avino, 29; Dawn Hochsprung, 47; Nancy Lanza, 52; Anne Marie Murphy, 52; Lauren Rousseau, 30; Mary Sherlach, 56; and Victoria Leigh Soto, 27.

Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) has taken donations totaling $3,063,327 from the NRA. If we loved our children, we would require all gun-owners to pass a gun-safety course showing they know how to safely use, maintain and store firearms, as New Zealand and other civilized countries have done. Instead we elect people bought and paid for by the gun extremists.

February 14, 2008, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois: Catalina Garcia, 20; Julianna Gehant, 32; Ryanne Mace, 19; Daniel Parmenter, 20; and Gayle Dubowski, 20.

Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) has

taken donations totaling $2,897,582 from the NRA. If we loved our children, we would not allow those who take donations from gun-makers and gun-sellers to write and vote on the laws regulating firearms, as Iceland and Sweden and other civilized countries have done.

Instead we elect people bought and paid for by the gun crazies.

April 16, 2007, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, Virginia: Ross Alameddine, 20; Brian Bluhm, 25; Ryan Clark, 22; Austin Cloyd, 18; Daniel Perez Cueva, 21; Matthew Gwaltney, 24; Caitlin Hammaren, 19; Jeremy Herbstritt, 27; Rachael Hill, 18; Emily Hilscher, 19; Jarrett Lane, 22; Matthew La Porte, 20; Henry J. Lee, 20; Partahi Lumbantoruan, 34; Lauren McCain, 20; Daniel O’Neil, 22; Juan Ramon Ortiz, 26; Erin Peterson, 18; Michael Pohle Jr., 23; Julia Pryde, 23; Mary Read, 19; Reema Samaha, 18; Waleed Shaalan, 32; Leslie Sherman, 20; Maxine Turner, 22; Nicole White, 20; Jamie Bishop, 35; Jocelyne Couture-Nowak, 49; Kevin Granata, 45; Liviu Librescu, 76; and G.V. Loganathan, 53.

The NRA, which is mostly funded by the gun and ammunition industry, has donated $100 million to Republicans and the Republican Party.

We don’t love our children.

— Rich Rifkin is a Davis resident; his column is published every other week. Reach him at Lxartist@yahoo.com.

Letters Davis needs Frerichs Lucas Frerichs gets things done!

Lucas has demonstrated himself to be a passionate and pragmatic advocate and policy innovator for our community, our State and the environment.

As the director of the environmental group Californian’s Against Waste, I came to know Lucas 14 years ago when he was working in the Capitol for one of our state’s environmental heroes, Assemblyman Wes Chesbro. Lucas served as Chesbro’s lead advisor on resource conservation, pollution prevention and recycling issues.

Lucas’ reputation among legislators, staff and environmental leaders is unanimous: Lucas is smart and effective; hardworking and tenacious; practical and creative, focused more on getting things done than who gets the credit.

For more than a decade, Lucas has done double-duty, serving our community on a spectrum of public agencies and nonprofit organizations, doing the less glamorous spadework to make our community and region better and more livable for everyone.

It’s no great revelation that Davis is full of smart, wellintended advocates with progressive ideals. It’s more a rarity when one of those progressives dedicates themselves to the day-to-day, often-times thankless tasks of Community-building and Governance. Lucas Frerichs is one of those rare individuals.

As an environmental leader, I’m grateful for Lucas’ successful efforts on waste reduction and recycling, clean energy and expansion of public transit and bike lanes. As a Davis resident, I’m equally grateful for his efforts to ensure potholes are fixed, neighborhood nuisances are addressed, and I’m finally able to drink water straight from the tap!

In these challenging, politically charged times, our community is fortunate that someone with Lucas’ experience, political skill and progressivism is prepared to serve our community on—and bring the Davis vision to — the

Yolo County Board of Supervisors.

Lucas has my gratitude for his service and my support.

Mark Murray Davis

Yes on Measure H I am a parent of a child in the Davis public school system, a city of Davis Social Services Commissioner, and former president and CEO of a local startup, and I want to explain why my previous No is now a strong Yes on Measure H. My support for Measure H is centered on addressing the shortages in incubator space, housing, and affordable housing in Davis.

As a resident of South Davis, I originally voted no because of potential congestion. However, the applicant returned with a revised proposal and I wholeheartedly believe that they will address potential traffic impacts; they want as smooth and streamlined a development and construction process as we do.

I love this community and believe in our potential to make a

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meaningful impact locally and nationally. There is groundbreaking research occurring at UC Davis. What is missing? The bridge, incubator space. Incubators specialize in growing new and early-stage businesses. I have previously engaged in a lengthy search for incubator space in Davis. Local companies who innovate at and through UC Davis should not have to travel to other communities outside of Davis and our region to develop their products and businesses.

DiSC will create a local campus environment where companies can build on the innovations coming out of UC Davis. It will provide jobs for scientists and engineers, and for skilled workers necessary to manufacture products and deliver them to market.

Yes on Measure H is a chance to supply jobs for many sectors of our community, and to provide more opportunities for people to advance themselves and their families without having to leave Davis.

My support for Measure H is grounded in the belief that DiSC

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will provide more opportunities for individuals and families to live and work locally, to rent or buy a home, and create a better future for themselves and their families. As a community, I believe that it is our duty to provide opportunity and support the overall well-being of all Davis individuals and families.

Please join me in supporting Yes on Measure H. Rachael Fulp-Cooke Davis

Re-elect Lopez I write today to express my enthusiastic support for Tom Lopez’ re-election as Yolo County Sheriff.

During my tenure as judge, I had the pleasure to work with Sheriff Lopez on many different occasions and I have also come to know him personally. He is a man of impeccable ethics and possesses the right temperament for the role of sheriff. Tom Lopez is a good listener, fair, and exceedingly knowledgeable.

A sheriff cannot be an individ-

ual who simply decides on a whim that they want the role. This is an important position in our county and one that requires experience and skill. Tom Lopez has spent his entire professional career preparing to be our sheriff and he excelled in every rank as he did so.

There is no substitute for the hands-on experience that Tom brings to the Sheriff ’s Office every day.

Tom Lopez has demonstrated effective leadership and has earned the trust of the community.

Tom has successfully added needed positions to the Sheriff ’s Office during tumultuous times.

This was no small feat and was only accomplished because Tom Lopez took control of his agency prepared to do the job on day one.

Tom shares the values of the citizens of Yolo County and he has served us well. He is a man of character and someone I am proud to call my friend. I ask you to please join me in voting for Tom Lopez for Yolo County Sheriff.

Thomas E. Warriner Judge of The Superior Court (Ret.)

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Legals@DavisEnterprise.net Dear Annie: I have been with my fiance for 15 years.

She has two children from a previous relationship.

When I came into their lives, her son was 6 and her daughter had just turned 7.

I almost immediately became a father figure to her children, as their father stopped all communication with them after the divorce.

I absolutely loved spending time with them, but I was 23 and had never been a father before. I made many, many mistakes and also developed a dependency on opiates that made me not such a good person

at times.

Eventually, the children’s father came back into his son’s life but said he wanted nothing to do with my wife’s daughter as he wasn’t her real father. I was thrilled to be her father. I often thought of walking her down the aisle, being a grandpa to her children should she have any, etc.

As she got older, our relationship became strained.

She developed new personality traits, and I struggled with addiction and didn’t make her feel good about herself most of the time. I thought I was doing the right thing back then.

Eventually, I got sober, and she moved out and became a mother to an amazing little boy. Part of my recovery process is making amends to people I have hurt. I love her more

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than I can put into words, and her son is absolutely crazy about me and calls me “Grandpa.” I have told her many times how sorry I am, how wrong I was and how proud I am of her for what she has done with her life. I want more than anything to have a relationship with her and be a grandpa to that little boy. She has put up quite a wall, though.

Is there anything I can do, or do I need to just make peace with having to let her go? Please help.

— Torn Apart in Illinois Dear Torn Apart: Your stepdaughter probably expects that you’ll let her down again or abandon her entirely, like her biological father did many years ago.

The proof is in the pudding. Instead of telling her

again how sorry you are for your mistakes, let your apology shine through your actions. Plant your feet and hang tough. Show her that you’ve changed and you aren’t going anywhere this time.

It might take time for her to come around, but be patient. One of the most important things we can do as parents is show up for our kids. When her wall eventually crumbles, she will realize that standing on the other side is the goodhearted and loving father she’s always had.

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2022 A9

Swing into spring with a special dessert Special to The Enterprise It’s tough to top the joy of a spring morning spent celebrating with family, enjoying a delicious brunch or snacking on sweet treats. With warmer weather and bright sunshine comes plenty of opportunities to enjoy favorite recipes.

Celebrating the season with eggs can bring loved ones together in the kitchen and beyond, from crafting classic desserts to serving up new delights. Plus, the versatility of eggs allows for nearly countless creations.

Boiled, scrambled, poached, baked and any other way you like them, eggs can be your kitchen superhero. As a natural source of vitamins and minerals, they’re a delicious protein powerhouse with just 70 calories per large egg.

Make the celebration truly memorable with the power of eggs in a sweet dessert like these Meringue Nests with Vanilla Bean Whipped Cream and Strawberries, a perfect option for topping off a brunch feast or an afternoon meal.

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Meringue Nests with Vanilla Bean Whipped Cream and Strawberries Recipe courtesy of the American Egg Board and Sam Adler (@frostingandfettucine) Prep time: 15 minutes Total time: 6 hours Servings: 6 Meringue Nests: 1¼ cups granulated sugar 6 large eggs 1 teaspoon cream of tartar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 teaspoons cornstarch Garnish: 1 cup heavy whipping cream 1 teaspoon granulated sugar ½ teaspoon vanilla extract (or 1 vanilla bean, scraped) ½ pint fresh strawberries, sliced To make meringue nests: Preheat oven to 200 degrees.

On parchment paper-lined baking sheet, spread sugar evenly and bake 5-7 minutes to slightly heat. Remove sugar from oven then increase oven temperature to 225 degrees.

Carefully separate egg whites from yolks completely. In bowl of hand or stand mixer fitted with whip attachment, whisk egg whites on medium-low speed

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Meringue Nests with Vanilla Bean Whipped Cream and Strawberries. until foamy about 1 minute.

Slowly add sugar 2-3 tablespoons at a time and mix on medium speed 2 minutes between each addition. Sugar needs completely mixed into egg whites to ensure success.

Continue mixing on medium until mixed through and meringue does not feel gritty.

Add cream of tartar, vanilla

extract and cornstarch. Increase to high speed and beat until stiff peaks form.

On two parchment paper-lined baking sheets, pipe or spread meringue with spoon into six 4-inch circular “nests.”

Bake 1 hour, 15 minutes then turn off oven and let meringues cool without opening oven for at least 4 hours or overnight. The

USDA recommends egg dishes be cooked to 160 degrees.

To make garnish: When ready to serve, in clean mixing bowl fitted with whip attachment, whip heavy whipping cream on medium speed. Slowly add sugar and vanilla. Continue mixing on high speed 2-3 minutes until stiff peaks form.

Fog eater plus wine drinker; an inspired pairing

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hanks to COVID-induced restlessness, we’d been itching for some out-ofDavis time, so we reverted to the relatively easy and familiar solution — Mendocino Village, where river meets ocean, where headlands and surf wax dramatic, where one can so easily forget that all is wrong with the world.

It’s not quite the get-away of yore, since we’re still not comfortable inside a restaurant, for example. But food and drink possibilities are abundant if the weather’s fine — lots of café gardens and balconies, and porches.

On this trip, though, the weather wasn’t fine, but we still managed to find a new favorite place — Fog Eater Café, a tiny bar/restaurant tucked away on a side street with a menu of natural wine and light vegetarian fare — and a pleasant, sheltered patio.

We ordered the Happy Hour red wine special; unlike most HH specials, this one was definitely, well, special. We sipped it slowly, enjoying its bright strawberry and apple freshness and enjoying as well the complementary boiled peanuts (a new experience for me — quite good) and the calm and charming outdoor space. If the skies hadn’t opened up and soaked our little paradise, we would have ordered second glasses of our treat.

If you’re worried that I’m going to go on and on about a wine that you have to drive to Mendo to taste, rest easy. The Davis Co-op just got it in — it’s the Broc Cellars Amore Blendo,

a food-friendly (even to boiled peanuts) blend of sangiovese, montepulciano, sauvignon blanc, dolcetto and trebbiano.

The grapes are from various organic vineyards in Mendocino County and, like all Broc wines, this blend is made with minimal intervention. I’ve written about Broc numerous times but I can’t stop because, well, I’m beginning to think that Chris Brockway can’t make a bad wine. And I love the winery space on Fifth Street in Berkeley: “We are a ‘low wattage’ winery in the sense that we have very little modern equipment. Grapes are pitchforked whole-cluster into the fermenters, fermentation is allowed to happen spontaneously, all wines are basket pressed, with little/no sulphur used in our wines until bottling.

True asphalt winemaking, in an urban winery.” Visit if you can; if not, do check out the Broc selection at the Co-op. The Amore Blendo is $25, the “Love” series somewhat less expensive. New releases arrive frequently.

The four hour drive home two days later whetted our appetites for another delicious dinner.

Anticipating this need, I had in the fridge a red sauce with wild

mushrooms and smoked trout, so all I had to do was boil the linguine and choose a bottle.

We don’t drink much merlot, having been discouraged decades ago by the fruit bombs with fake oak that dominated the market and that were ridiculed roundly in “Sideways,” a film that purportedly dampened the merlot market considerably. But Hobo’s Kenny Likitprakong has a new merlot release with a colorful new Camp label (designed by Jesse LeDoux) signifying the recent organic certification of various vineyards that Kenny uses. And I love Kenny’s wines, so how could I resist when I found it on the Co-op shelves?

This bottle I can attest has very little in common with the derided “Sidways” wines. Kenny: “Though still a recent release, we are down to the last 54 bottles of the Camp Merlot. I guess the Sideways phenomena is finally over.” And that’s a good thing.

This lovely wine has plenty of fruit, yes, but it’s dry and lively with just a wisp of oak and clocks in at 12.9% alcohol—definitely not a fruit bomb. It’s actually a merlot blend — 88% merlot from the Morrison Vineyard in Sonoma Valley and 12% cabernet from Lolonis Vineyard in Redwood Valley.

It worked perfectly with the strong flavors of smoked trout and tomato and does seem to me a wine that will partner well with any number of dishes, including vegetables and meats from your summer grill ($18).

That Saturday, I bought an enormous bunch of organic

spinach that I sauteed with fresh shallots and garlic scapes (all from Farmers Market). Even thoroughly cooked there was a lot of it, which got added to breakfast omelets and grain bowls during the week. Its final appearance was as the generous topper on a Friday night pizza.

Okay, spinach pizza, sort of mundane — what, I thought, can I jazz it up with?

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any years ago, sitting at an outdoor table of a little wine bar in La Jolla, we ordered glasses of a J. Brix wine and loved it. I hadn’t had a J. Brix release since, so I was excited when Co-op wine buyer, Sterling, pointed out the 2021 J. Brix Counoise (Coucou) on the Co-op shelves. Counoise?

Why not? And it turned out to be an inspired choice for that pizza.

J. Brix, the project of a husband-wife team, Jody Brix Towe and Emily Towe, is based in San Diego, not far from that wine bar. They contract with a few, carefully chosen, organically farmed vineyards and make the wine in their garage. These particular grapes come from an obscure San Diego county vineyard, Rancho Guejito, counoise being a blending grape in Southern Rhone wines. Just 350 cases were made of this vibrant, bursting-with-cherry wine with a tiny hint of oak (3½ months in barrels). Unfiltered, almost translucent, it looks as beautiful as it tastes. Coucou is a casual French greeting, and it seems appropriate for this light-but-zesty,

earthy wine. It needs a little chill, especially if you’re drinking it on a warm June day. (By the way, Broc Cellars has a Koukou, same casual idea, and also a terrific wine, also available at the Co-op.)

At $25 Coucou’s a bit of a splurge but worth it for its sheer fun and conviviality in these unfun and un-convivial days.

Although our Mendo excursion involved only three nights away from Davis, its sea-induced joy seemed to infuse the entire week—as a good getaway should.

How lucky to be close to such inspiring coast. Lucky, too, to have similarly inspiring food and wine right in our own backyard—if only we could have brought back the rain to water it.

Follow-up: I finally got to taste the wine-infused ice cream that The Good Scoop made in collaboration with Amy at the Pip — Cardamom Grenache and Chocolate Hazelnut Mourvedre.

Both are delicious — subtle, nottoo-sweet, smooth, surprising, and refreshing. Take an afternoon ice cream break and try them for yourself. While you’re there, pick up a bottle of the lovely, sophisticated, flavorful Italian white called Grillo-iole.

It’s not a grillo but a rebolla gialla and perfect for summer meals. Unless your “meal” consists of two scoops of ice cream.

— Susana Leonardi is a Davis resident; reach her at vinosusana @gmail.com. Comment on this column at www.davisenter prise.com.

Davis Chinese Association hands out annual scholarships Enterprise staff The Davis Chinese Association is proud to announce its 2022 scholarship recipients. Since 2005, the Davis Chinese Association has awarded over $70,000 in meritbased scholarships to graduating seniors from Davis Senior High School.

The recipients submitted their application including an essay about growing up as a Chinese American in the United States.

This year’s recipients are: May Wang — Davis Chinese Association Scholarship, Andrew Wong – Ronald F. Soohoo Memorial Scholarship, Jason Guo — Shang Fa Yang Memorial Scholarship, Claire (Xiao Jing) Liu Hays – Ying Yung Tsao and Annie Tsao Van Memorial Scholarsihp, and Jason Ma – Leslie and Gregory Chin Memorial

Name droppers Scholarship.

The Davis Chinese Association was formed in 1965 and continues to welcome everyone with an interest in sharing Chinese culture.

In 2004, the Davis Chinese Association raised more than $20,000 for a Scholarship Endowment Fund and began awarding scholarships annually since 2005. For more information on the Davis Chinese Association, check out http://groups.dcn.org/ dca or davis.chinese.association@gmail.com.

———— On Saturday, May 14, Ahmed Alhejaili of Davis, who majored in chemistry and business, earned a bachelor’s degree at Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s 153rd Commencement. Nearly 1,200

undergraduate degrees were awarded during the university’s 153rd commencement ceremony.

This undergraduate ceremony marked the first time the entire class and their family and friends were able to gather together for an in-person ceremony since 2019.

In her final commencement exercises before stepping down to become the Director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, President Laurie Leshin presided over both celebrations, along with Board of Trustees chairman William Fitzgerald ‘83. In her remarks, Leshin celebrated the Class of 2022 and all they have accomplished during their time at WPI, including how they weathered the challenges of the pandemic. “While it would be unfair to describe the second half of your time at

WPI as anything short of extraordinarily challenging, as always, I am so heartened by how this community came together to meet every moment,” she said.

The keynote address was given by Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, who was awarded an honorary degree. She praised the members of the Class of 2022 for navigating the uncertainties of the pandemic and implored them to continue embracing the many shades of gray they first encountered due to COVID-19, and are likely to continue to face in their professional lives.

WPI, based in Worcester, Mass., a global leader

in project-based learning, is a distinctive, top-tier technological university founded in 1865 on the principle that students learn most effectively by applying the theory learned in the classroom to

the practice of solving realworld problems.

— Do you know of someone who has won an award or accomplished something noteworthy? Email it to newsroom@davisenter prise.net.

The Green Page

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2022

Charlie Brown and the climate football T he New York Times published an editorial on May 21, “Climate Inaction Is Costing Us.” The piece basically argues that if the current congress fails to enact something resembling President Biden’s Build Back Better climate proposals it is possible, even probable, that another opportunity for legislative action will not arise until years from now.

Possibly not until 2030, in effect delaying the starting point for action until what is today the goal for all actions to be fully in place and vigorously reducing emissions. The assumption is that there may not be the political will again until that time.

The results being numerous and negative.

The editorial cites research from Princeton University estimating that failure now would add about 5.5 billion tons of carbon to the atmosphere, will cost two million jobs, and result in the loss of $1.5 trillion in investments in renewable energy, carboncapture, nuclear power, and development of hydrogen as an alternate fuel.

The list goes on. The Princeton researchers estimate nearly 25,000 addition deaths due to air pollution, but the article indicates an estimate from the University of Wisconsin that enactment now could save 50,000 lives and $600 billion in health care costs. Harvard researchers estimate inaction now could result in 350,000 deaths. A Duke University scientist testified to congress that, as reported by the article, “the public health costs of air pollution are so high that a total decarbonization of the American energy sector would entirely pay for itself through the public health benefits alone.”

And, since we don’t live on this planet alone, the article asserts that, “We would impose climate damages of at least $500 billion on the rest of the

world,” through floods, hurricanes, droughts, and other extreme weatherrelated events.

Finally, the editorial makes the obvious point that should the current congress fail, “the idea of American leadership on climate would become even more of a joke.”

Pretty strong stuff, right? But not much different than what we have heard before. As the years pass, the warnings get more and more dire, but the negative consequences of inaction have been spelled out in excruciating detail for decades.

So what to do?

My friend Wendell sent me a blog post from Julia Steinberger, an ecological economist at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland whose research focuses on “living well within planetary limits.”

She recalls being invited by the first Geneva climate strikers in 2019 to visit as many high schools as possible on the morning of their first strike. She remembers how the students were excited, and felt empowered, and confident they were going to get things started to really take care of the climate crisis. Now, three year later, she was invited to speak to students at her old high school.

Sounds like fun. It wasn’t. The students listened but seemed bored and restless. At the end of her talk during the Q&A the students challenged her. “Why are you talking to us? You should be talking to the politicians and business leaders. We have no power to make big changes.” And, importantly, “Why do you talk to us about optimism?” The students were frustrated.

The world made promises

Get your tickets now for the Summer Feast Special to The Enterprise Celebrating Yolo County’s rich agricultural heritage, tickets are on sale for the 11th Winters Farm to School Summer Feast, to be held from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 25.

Catered by the Buckhorn Steak and Roadhouse, the feast will return to the historic Wolfskill Ranch in Winters.

Attendance will be kept to 200 guests. Tickets have sold out each year, so buy early at www.winters farmtoschool.com or ACE

Hardware on Main Street in Winters. Tickets are $150 per person and must be purchased in advance.

Winters Farm to School uses the funds raised at the feast to buy fresh, local fruits, nuts and produce for our children’s school meal programs. Money raised at the feast also keep the student garden at Waggoner Elementary School green and growing.

For information about the Summer Feast or Winters Farm to School, call 530-795-6109.

but never kept them, made lofty goals but never moved the needle to get to them.

“Their mood was one of deep, cold, frustration, and betrayal. Pessimism, even despair, perhaps, but at least disdain.”

That afternoon, shaken by her experience, she talked about it with the students in a class she teaches at the university.

This discussion led her to several conclusions. One, the students know the bad news. They are tired of the parade of warnings, one after another not followed

by action, even as the warnings get more and more scary (See the Times editorial above).

Her takeaway was summarized by the students as, “inaction is now perceived as a deliberate, inevitable choice. The grown-ups and their grown-ups (by this they mean government and business leaders) know they are hurting and harming the youth and they are still doing it.”

The students pointed out to her that, “We’ve seen that COVID and Russia’s war on Ukraine can really cause changes overnight — but for climate, which is supposed to be a real crisis too, nothing is done.”

I in no way mean to trivialize how young persons might feel after hearing for their whole lives that the climate crisis is existential and will be arriving in full force in their lifetimes unless real measures are taken not just promised.

And It may be a stretch as an analogy, but it works for me to explain how I feel after the excitement of each new barrage of resolutions and promises descends into the disappointment and disgust that follows, the reality of, once again, inaction. it’s similar to Lucy always holding the football for Charlie Brown to run up to and kick a field goal.

Notwithstanding her history of yanking it away at the last minute, leaving Charlie Brown flat on his back, every time Lucy talks him into trying again, saying this time will be different, but it’s not.

The author’s overall message to young people?

Learn how to obtain both political and economic power, to become the decision-makers.

— John Mott-Smith is a resident of Davis. This column appears to first and third Wednesday of each month in the Davis Enterprise. Please send comments to johnmottsmith@ comcast.net.

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Davis High readies for graduation Enterprise staff The Davis High School senior class of 2021 will head off into the sunset this month, their high school experience capped off with in-person graduation ceremonies.

The annual graduation ceremony caps 13 years of hard work and effort the students have undertaken. Davis High School staff has worked toward making sure the ceremony reflects these accomplishments. Working in

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Davis High senior Emily Chapman celebrates after receiver her diploma on 2021. Chapman was the co-recipient of this year’s Gordon True Service Cup — the highest honor bestowed on DHS students.

collaboration with students, teachers, parents and members of the community, the graduation staff is proud to host an event that will celebrate the spirit of Davis Senior High School.

Continuing the legacy begun by the Class of 2011, the Class of 2022 is proud to host their graduation ceremony on campus at Halden field at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium at 7 p.m. Friday, June 10. There will be mandatory graduation practice at 8:30 a.m. that same morning. All students must attend graduation practice in order to participate in the graduation ceremony.

Each graduate will receive four tickets to the ceremony. Additional tickets may be purchased for $10. All tickets will be distributed after the mandatory graduation rehearsal the morning of June 10. Additional tickets are available online through the BlueDevilOnlinestore until June 1. After graduate’s ticket purchases have been filled, any remaining seats on sale to the community. Additional tickets may be purchased at the finance office. Any remaining seats and standing room-only tickets will be sold at the door starting at 4:30 p.m. on the day of the event.

All seating is general admission. Gates will open at 6 p.m. for the event. It is important to arrive as a group since all seats including the bleachers are filled from front to back by the ushers. Saving seats is not permitted. Guests will be asked to yield handicap seating to those who need it.

No balloons, umbrellas or

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Davis High graduates toss their hats in the air to celebrate their long, strange journey through the school system in June. other large items that may obstruct the view of people around you are allowed in the stadium.

No decorated mortar boards will be allowed into the graduation ceremony. All caps, gowns and tassels are property of DJUSD and may not be modified in any way prior to the event.

Students without proper attire and an intact cap, gown and tassel will not be allowed to participate in the ceremony. However,

individualized stoles, chords, leis and sashes are welcome.

Parking will be available at the Veterans Memorial parking lot and the St. James parking lot.

Organizers encourage families to carpool, ride their bikes or walk to the event. Oak Street will be closed off to through traffic. The North gym/Stadium lot will be handicap-parking only (must present a DMV-issued handicap placard or DHS-issued parking pass).

A DVD of the 2022 DHS graduation will be available for purchase through Davis Media for $25 if you order by June 30. (price goes up to $35 after June 30). Go to Davis Media Access to order a DVD. The event will end with a recessional that will lead students out to the stadium towards the North gym. Please plan in advance a meeting location outside the stadium to meet you graduate after the ceremony.

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Awards, scholarships honor the 95th graduating class Local community scholarships Aaron Aronson Memorial Scholarship: Caroline Johnson Armstrong Family Education Scholarship: Mariana Lopez Ayush Shrestha Automotive Technology Award: Shayden Heath Barbara Hubbard Memorial Scholarship: Eva Sedillo Barbara Neu Memorial Scholarship: Zane Pickus Beeghly-Merritt Memorial Scholarships: Jacob Bertrand, Lucas Ferns, Mariana OrtegaNunez Bob Dunning Journalism Scholarship: Genevieve Olavarri Bobby Jones “For the Love of the Game” Scholarship: Genevieve Olavarri California School Employees Association (CSEA) Scholarship: Dean Fulks, Marina Greenwood David Murphy Scholarship: Semmer Ali, Mana Hariri Davis Blue Devil Athletic Boosters Scholarships: Mara Bledsoe, Melissa Lee Davis Chamber of Commerce Scholarships: Mara Bledsoe, Silke Pion Davis Chinese Association: Jason Guo, Claire Hays, Jason Ma, May Wang, Andrew Wong Davis Musical Theatre Company Theatre Arts Award: Marina Greenwood Davis Odd Fellows Lodge #169 Academic Scholarship: Mara Bledsoe Davis Senior High School PTA Graduating Senior Awards: Justin Arizaga Ramirez, Mara Bledsoe, Nathan Fanous, Morgan Hendrix-Chupa, Caroline Johnson, Jenna Kieffer, Isabelle Messner, Ryan Pfeifer, Audrey

Portello, Rachel Prudhomme, Rachel Wong, Eddy Zhu Davis Sunrise Rotary Club Scholarship: Guadalupe MoraLopez Davis Teachers Association Scholarship: Caroline Johnson Dewey Halden Team Player Awards: Pauline Anasco, Dean Fulks George R. Fleming Memorial Scholarship: Silke Pion Heather Carr West Memorial Scholarship: Melissa Lee India Association of Davis Scholarship: Siddharth Chilamkur Jacob Cole Schneider Memorial Scholarships: Jacob Bertrand, Mara Bledsoe, Alexa Folb, Marina Greenwood, Claire Hays, Caroline Johnson, Jenna Kieffer, Odoardo Lopez, Gavin Lynch, Sophia Palomares, Maria Santelices, Max Scheiber, Angela Voss John Barovetto Memorial Award: Adam Perry Katie Sallee Memorial Scholarship: Tate Cutler Kiwanis Club of Davis Scholarship: Alicia Joo Lily Nisen Memorial Scholarships: Eva Sedillo, Tony Segal, Eli Ziser Novozymes, Inc. Scholarshi: Claire Hays Officer Natalie Corona Memorial Scholarships: John Haertle, Sophia LaPerle, Guadalupe Mora-Lopez, Eliana Oppenheim Paul Makley Memorial Scholarship: Eva Sedillo, Rachel Wong Petersen Family Scholarship: Grace Dwyer R. L. “Dick” and Marilyn Mansfield Scholarship: Audrey Portello Soroptimists Dream It Be It Scholarship: Guadalupe MoraLopez Soroptimists of Greater Davis

Scholarship: Semmer Ali, Greta Farnum, Guadalupe Mora-Lopez Teo Villanueva Memorial Scholarship: Sophia Arellano Calderon Trè Moynihan Memorial Scholarship: Ryan Pfeifer

Recognition for scholarships and awards received from colleges, universities and organizations Zachary Agnew: Santa Clara University Dean’s Scholarship Semmer Ali: Case Western University Scholarship, Sutter Davis Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship Pauline Anasco: The Master’s University Distinguished Academic Scholarship, The Master’s University Global Scholarship, The Master’s University Grant, The Nadine Tilley Scholarship Haylee Aquino: University of San Francisco Global Award Scholarship, University of San Francisco Presidential Scholarship Joseph Aquino: U.S. Naval Academy Preparatory School Appointment Zach Ayers: United States Air Force Academy Andrew Baum: Lewis and Clark College President’s Scholarship Alec Bevan: Sonoma State University Provost Scholarship Ariel Bukowski: Loyola Marymount University Achievement Award, Loyola Marymount University Early Action Award Paige Carlock: UC Santa Barbara Scholarship Emily Castles : New York University College of Arts and Sci-

ence Presidential Honors Scholarship Rebecca Chang: National Merit Scholarship Program Finalist Siddharth Chilamkur: National Merit Scholarship Program Finalist Rocco Del Toro: CongressBundestag Youth Exchange Vocational Scholarship Program Sarah Faller: Lake Forest College Reid Music Scholarship Lake Forest College Presidential Scholarship Nathan Fanous: Society of American Military Engineers Scholarship, University of Notre Dame Provost’s Scholarship, University of Notre Dame University Scholarship Hanna Futrell: Willamette University Director’s Scholarship Jason Guo: National Merit Scholarship Program Finalist Marina Greenwood: Wheaton College Presidential Scholarship Wheaton College Trustees Scholar Award Mana Hariri: UCLA Bruin Success Scholarship Dua Hassan: Burger King Scholarship Claire Hays: National Merit Scholarship Program Finalist Andrew Ho: University of Oregon Summit Scholarship Caroline Johnson: College Board Opportunity Scholarship, UC Berkeley Undergraduate Scholarship Jenna Kieffer: Army Engineer Memorial Award Scholarship from the Army Engineer Spouses’ Club Ellen Kim: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Lesley Small Scholarship, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Presidential Scholarship Melissa Lee: College Board National Rural and Small Town

Recognition Program Scholar, Gold Level: Presidential Volunteer Service Award, Platinum Level: U.S. Figure Skating Graduating Seniors Award Beatrix Lidl: Georgia Tech College of Sciences Dean’s Scholarship Odoardo Lopez: Society of American Military Engineers Scholarship Santiago Mackenzie: National Merit Scholarship Program Finalist, New York University Scholarship Maddux Madayag: Banatao Filipino American Education Fund Scholarship Hunter Massey: Sonoma State University School of Business and Economics Dean’s Scholarship Isabelle Messner: USC Merit Scholarship, USC School of Dramatic Arts Braverman Family Scholarship Emily Miller: University of Oregon Summit Scholarship Clark Honors College Apurva Mishra: National Merit Scholarship Program Finalist Jihan Moon: DePaul University Presidential Scholarship Akira Motani: UC Berkeley Undergraduate Scholarship Matthew Njoku: Woodland Healthcare Foundation Thomas Adney Butler Memorial Scholarship Nicholas Ormsby: UC San Diego Regents Scholarship, UC San Diego School of Engineering Jacobs Scholarship Sophia Palomares: Society of American Military Engineers Scholarship Luciana Perdomo: Questbridge Scholarship at Bowdoin College

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Davis Chinese Association awards scholarships Special to The Enterprise The Davis Chinese Association is proud to announce its 2022 scholarship recipients.

Since 2005, the Davis Chinese Association has awarded more than $70,000 in merit-based scholarships to graduating seniors from Davis Senior High School. The recipients submitted their application including an essay about growing up as a Chinese American in the United States.

This year's recipients are: May Wang — Davis Chinese Association Scholarship, Andrew Wong — Ronald F. Soohoo Memorial Scholarship, Jason Guo — Shang Fa Yang Memorial

Scholarship, Claire (Xiao Jing) Liu Hays — Ying Yung Tsao and Annie Tsao Van Memorial Scholarsihp, Jason Ma — Leslie and Gregory Chin Memorial Scholarship.

The Davis Chinese Association was formed in 1965 and continues to welcome everyone with an interest in sharing Chinese culture. In 2004, the Davis Chinese Association raised more than $20,000 for a Scholarship Endowment Fund and began awarding scholarships annually since 2005. For more information on the Davis Chinese Association, visit http://groups. dcn.org/dca or davis. chinese.association@ gmail.com.

AWARDS: DSHS awards, scholarships and honors abound From Page B2 Gwen Pinnow: University of Hawaii at Manoa Merit Scholarship Silke Pion: Syracuse University Chancellor’s Scholarship Davis Robinson: University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music Scholarship, University of the Pacific President’s Scholarship Ethan Tan: Yolo County Supervisors and Professional Employees Association Scholarship Ronan Tangaan: UC Merced Chancellor’s Scholars Award for Academic Performance Frances Thayer: Saint Olaf College Emerging Musician Scholarship, Saint Olaf College Presidential Scholarship Miguel Tien Ramirez: Society of American Military Engineers Scholarship Jackie Wallis: Clark University Richard P. Traina Scholarship Ashley Weston: Chico State College of Agriculture Ag Alumni Recruitment Scholarship Lilian Wierzbicki: Stevens Institute of Technology Edwin A. Stevens Scholarship, Stevens Institute of Technology Martha Bayard Stevens Scholarship, Stevens Institute of Technology Presidential Scholarship Sophia Wold: University of Portland Pacific Student Success Award: University of Portland President’s Scholarship Andrew Wong: Kaiser Serotonin Surge Thrive Scholarship UC San Diego Regents Scholarship Rachel Wong: CSU Sacramento Hornet Achievement Scholarship Joshua Xu: National Merit Scholarship Program Scholarship Helen Zhao: P.E.O. Scholarship

Recognition by faculty for outstanding student participation in departments, clubs and activities Art Department AP Art History: Erika Dahlgren, Sofia Dahlgren, Sophia Palomares Ceramics: Lugian Abu Aboud, Mia Barisone, Alessandra Cabanillas-Ledesma, Hanna Futrell, Marina Greenwood, Trista Hill, Dylan Kennedy, Tavi Maes, Michael Papagni, Sophia Rokop, Amena Sahmoud, Olivia Tomasello Drawing and Painting: Isabella Arellano Calderon, Emma Catacutan, Ella Helge, Lauren Lindsey Auto Tech Student of the Year: Ibrahim Amir Black Student Union Club: Bryce Barker, Julian Johnson

Career Technical Education (CTE) Department Agricultural Mechanics: Ibrahim Amir

Agrisciences: Raul Galaviz Animal Sciences: Tegan Choate, Ashley Weston FFA Blue and Gold Award: Christopher Mochizuki, Ashley Weston FFA Outstanding Entrepreneurship Award: Tegan Choate FFA Outstanding Paid Work Placement Award: Tegan Choate FFA Outstanding Program of Activities Engagement Award: Tegan Choate FFA Outstanding Unpaid Work Placement Award: Natasha Hazel Health Science and Medical Technology: Semmer Ali, Joby Antony, Kylie Oosthuizen, Rachel Prudhomme, Lizet Puente Palomares, Alaa Seleman, Veronica Uy, Brooke Valenzuela, Alyssa Waterson, Sarah Yeung Chinese Class: Eryn Bonner, Mariana Lopez, Kelly Su, Ethan Tan, Emma Yu, Helen Zhao Chinese Club: Zhiyao Cheng, Kelly Su

English Department Achievement in Senior English Class: Schae Avalos, Rachel Ballowe, Pratheeka Budamagunta, Antonia Carvajal, Bryanna Chavez Puente, Siddharth Chilamkur, Erika Dahlgren, Sofia Dahlgren, Carleigh Greenway, Tobias Kim, Zhuqing Liu, Ian Lovitt, Donya Pirouzi, Asher Rose, Amy Schroeder, Shaan Sylvain, Emma Yu Overall Excellence in English: Claire Agatep, Elie Bukowski, Jason Guo, Claire Hays, Alexandra Herrera, Beatrix Lidl, Santiago Mackenzie, Genevieve Olavarri, Veronica Uy, Noa Vinokurov, Joshua Xu Environmental Club: Lewis Herring-Tillman, Drew Liu, Jackie Wallis Environmental Science Class: Kiana Bagheban-Rezvan, Hanna Futrell, Jason Guo, Maya Keenan, Jessica Westworth French Department: Mana Hariri Friendship Day Circle of Honor: Angela Voss — President (two years), Jonathan Vochatzer — Vice-President (two years), Sarah Chinn, Bryan Cruz, Carolena Morales, Michael Perez, Collette Quaas, Grace Scheuring, Elise Wyman, Adrian Zaragoza Japanese Anime Club: Derick Martin Uriarte Japanese Club: Ronan Tangaan Japanese Program: Zhiyao Cheng, Davin Javier, Devon Morris Key Club: Kiana BaghebanRezvan, Alicia Joo, Jason Ma, Amina Malik, Sarah Park, May Wang Latinos Unidos Club: Ana Menjivar, Dayana Vazquez

Math Department Overall Excellence in AP Calculus AB: Andrew Ho, Luca Maes, William Siemens Overall Excellence in AP Cal-

culus BC: George Berdovskiy, Alec Boyadjiev Boyd, Sofia Dahlgren, Nathan Fanous, Teo Honda-Scully, Alicia Joo, Jeesoo Jung, Itai Kalman, Beatrix Lidl, Jason Ma, Santiago Mackenzie, Akira Motani, Genevieve Olavarri, Nicholas Ormsby, Sophia Palomares, Michael Papagni, Madison Walker, Ludi Wang, Jessica Westworth, Andrew Wong, Evan Yu Overall Excellence in AP Statistics: Claire Agatep, Pratheeka Budamagunta, Greta Farnum, Alexandra Fomina, Jason Guo, Claire Hays, Andrew Ho, Alvin Lee, Beatrix Lidl, Silke Pion, Asher Rose, Tiffany Tran, Veronica Uy Overall Excellence in Calculus: Dylan Raven, Yooseon Shin, George Zhou Overall Excellence in Precalculus: Jackson Anglin-Hill, Mana Hariri, Hunter Massey, Zeinab Musa, Zane Pickus

Orchestra Program Baroque Ensemble: Andy Brosnan, Ha-Khanh Pham, Frances Thayer, Kate Unger, Helena Young Chamber Orchestra: Zeinab Musa Symphony Orchestra: Kaoruko Hayashi, Sarah Park, Adrian Pu Physical Education Department: Andrew Ho, Jackie Wallis Site Council Student Representative: Caroline Johnson Social Studies Department: Claire Agetap, Kyler Andolina, Zachary Anderson, Emily Bennett, George Berdovskiy, Sofia Buduchina, Emma Catacutan, Siddharth Chilamkur, Erika Dahlgren, Sofia Dahlgren, Alexandra Fomina, Alex Gomez, Alaina Hagen, Mana Hariri, Kaoruko Hayashi, Teo HondaScully, Adam Hutchings, Julian Johnson, Alicia Joo, Jeesoo Jung, Tobias Kim, Alvin Lee, Megan Lovell, Jason Ma, Santiago Mackenzie, Luca Maes, Hunter Massey, Michael McLennan, Grace Mun, Zeinab Musa, Matthew Njoku, Daria Okhremtchuk-Mokhova, Michael Papagni, Sarah Park, Zane Pickus, Gwen Pinnow, Silke Pion, Audrey Portello, Juan Ramirez, William Siemens, Anabelle Sweeney, Lindsay Taylor, Frances Thayer, Yoksary Villarreal, Noa Vinokurov, Helena Wei, Tyler Whitcomb, Eddy Zhu, Eli Ziser Spanish Department: Cooper Ferguson Special Education Inclusion Program: Ethan Amen, Brad Nicholas, Rela Paparaju, Nathan Visaya, Josaun Williams Speech and Debate: Jason Guo, Alicia Joo, Evan Lee, Jason Ma, Emelia Mysliwiec, Frances Thayer, Joshua Xu Theater Department Excellence in Theater Achievement Award: Isabella Arellano Calderon, Sophia Arellano Calderon, Marina Greenwood, Lexicon Hedrick, Morgan HendrixChupa, Paige Jenness, Isabel

Lewis, Jackie Wallis Kathy Peters Leadership Award: Jackie Wallis Theater Board Members: Isabella Arellano Calderon, Sophia Arellano Calderon, Elie Bukowski, Carol Deng, Greta Farnum, Hanna Futrell, Hailey Gregg-Ridgeway, Lexicon Hedrick, Morgan Hendrix-Chupa, Paige Jenness, Isabel Lewis, Aaron Nguyen, Lele Santelices, Paige Telles, Helena Wei Tony Fields Memorial Scholarship for Artistic Integrity: Marina Greenwood

Davis Senior High School awards, scholarships and honors California Scholarship Federation (CSF) Members: Tyler Adkins, Pauline Anasco, Kiana Bagheban, George Berdovskiy, Rebecca Blum, Sofia Budachina, Pratheeka Budamangunta, Sofia Buduchina, Elie Bukoswki, Emily Castles, Rebecca Chang, Siddharth Chilamkur, Erika Dahlgren, Sofia Dahlgren, Caroline Dowling, Sarah Faller, Nathan Fanous, Alexa Folb, Mana Hariri, Claire Hays, Mikaela Hinton, Teo Honda-Scully, Nithmi Jayasundara, Caroline Johnson, Alicia Joo, Jeesoo Jung, Elika Kiani, Tobey Kim, Yoojin Kim, Sophia La Perle, Melissa Lee, Aviva Lewis, Liam Liu, Megan Lovell, Gavin Lynch, Jason Ma, Luca Maes, Kaia Michaelis, Angelina Mikerina, Emily Miller, Apurva Mishra, Akira Motani, Grace Mun, Matthew Njoku, Nicholas Ormsby, Sophia Palomares, Sarah Park, Ha-Khanh Pham, Silke Pion, Audrey Portello, Aarav Prasad, Adrian Pu, Colette Quaas, Dylan Raven, Tara Reddy, Ryan Sahar, Tony Segal, Yooseon Shin, Paige Telles, Kate Unger, May Wang, Jessica Westworth, Linnea Williams, Andrew Wong, William Xu, Adrian Zaragoza, Joshua Zhao, Annie Zhu California State Seal of Civic Engagement: Zachary Agnew, Semmer Ali, Pauline Anasco, Mayalyn Belk, Brian Borhany, William Brosnan, Elie Bukowski, Pratheeka Budamagunta, Sofia Buduchina, Gianna Cacciatore, Paige Carlock, Spencer Carr, Bailee Casey, Emily Castles, Rebecca Chang, Kyle Chen, Siddharth Chilamkur, Sarah Chinn, Sofia Dahlgren, Erika Dahlgren, Elise Drown, Sarah Faller, Alexandra Fomina, Isabel Garcia, Marina Greenwood, Dua Hassan, Mehrsa Hassanzadeh, Claire Hays, Bridgette Her, Trista Hill, Zachary Hoblit, Hannah Hong, Soumaya Ibnouzahir, Jackson Isidor, Nithmi Jayasundara, Jeesoo Jung, Elika Kiani, Jenna Kieffer, Tobias Kim, Ellen Kim, Garrett Kishaba, Grace Kishiyama, Shea Kordana, Sophia La Perle, Melissa Lee, Alvin Lee, Angela Li, Lauren Lindsey, Zhuqing Liu, Liam Liu, Odoardo

Lopez, Luca Maes, Isabelle Messner, Apurva Mishra, Carolena Morales, Akira Motani, Zeinab Musa, Matthew Njoku, Nicholas Ormsby, Sophia Palomares, Michael Papagni, Zane Pickus, Gwen Pinnow, Silke Pion, Donya Pirouzi, Charles Pollock, Audrey Portello, Colette Quaas, Tara Reddy, Benjamin Reyes De Diego, Lily Rigor, Janessa Rodriguez, Veronica Roe, Sophia Rokop, Asher Rose, Ryan Sahar, Maria Santelices, Grace Scheuring, Jacqueline Schmidt, Griffin Starr, Adam Takaoglu, Ronan Tangaan, Paige Telles, Veronica Uy, Serena Wang, May Wang, Ashley Weston, Rachel Wong, Elise Wyman, Sarah Yeung, Shuzheng Zhang

State Seal of Biliteracy American Sign Language: Ellen Kim, Alvin Lee Arabic: Semmer Ali Chinese Language: Rebecca Chang, Andrew Chen, Zhiyao Cheng, Jason Guo, Gavin Huang, Zhuqing Liu, Mariana Lopez, Kelly Su, Amiana Van Dyke, May Wang, HaoYun Xu, Qingxi Zhu Farsi: Mana Hariri, Elika Kiani French Language: Semmer Ali, Nicolas Brandwajn, Emily Cisneros, Sarah Faller, Mana Hariri, Kaoruko Hayashi, Santiago Mackenzie, Isabelle Messner, Sofia Morales Fermin, Dillon Rockwell, Jessica Westworth Hindi: Apurva Mishra Italian Language: Christian Merola, Tony Segal Japanese Language: Mari Anderson, Kaoruko Hayashi, Byron C McKee-Ota, Devon R Morris, Akira Motani, Justin Rager, Liam Salvado, Jackie Wallis Korean Language: Hannah Hong, Alvin Lee Russian Language: Alexandra Fomina Spanish Language: Tyler Adkins, Zachary Anderson, Kiana Bagheban-Rezvan, Elspeth Bair, Mia Barisone, Andrew Baum, Connor Beck, Mayalyn Belk, George Berdovskiy, Zane Bertero, Mara Bledsoe, Rebecca Blum, Alessandra Cabanillas-Ledesma, David Candelario, Spencer Carr, Antonia Carvajal, Rebecca Chang, Megan Chiladakis, Siddharth Chilamkur, Emily Cisneros, Ethen Cubberly, Erika Dahlgren, Sofia Dahlgren, Sanne Dequine, Kathleen Doherty, Kathleen Dolan, Elise Drown, Julian Dunn, Mya Estrada, Nathan Fanous, Cooper Ferguson, Christian Fierros Zamora, Makena Fix, Thomas Flin, Helen Fluetsch, Emily Foreman, Raul Galaviz, Sofia Garibay, Alex Gomez, Alannah Griesemer, Jason Guo, Dua Hassan, Claire Hays, Natasha Hazel, Alexandra Herrera, Zachary Hoblit, Teo Honda-Scully, Hannah Hong, Leo Hymus, Camila Landolino, Nithmi Jayasundara, Caroline Johnson, Shira Kalish, Dylan Kennedy, Elika Kiani, Grace Kishiyama, Shea Kordana, Sophia LaPerle, Ysabelle Lebrilla.

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We say goodbye, but remain forever linked * Editor’s note: This column was published originally in September 1994.

For years, they warned me this day would come. And I always said “I hope so.”

What they were talking about is the feelings a parent goes through as one child, and then another, grows old enough to go away and begin life as a young adult.

And when the youngest goes, it’s like the end of the process. It causes much joy, much pain, much excitement, much sadness, much reflection and intense anticipation.

For it isn’t an ending so much as it is a beginning. For certain, when a child goes away, the

physical, day-to-day relationship with a parent changes. But the emotional relationship remains much the same. Or maybe it even grows to newer and more wonderful levels.

Yes, my turn — my transition, really — came several weeks ago when I drove my daughter, my youngest, to school at the University of Arizona.

So far away when you’re driv-

ing a car jammed with the odd collections of a 17-yearold’s life.

A stereo. Clothes. Shoes.

Favorite posters. Photos of friends and family. Several stuffed animals, some nearly as old as she is.

And her hopes and dreams were also packed in that crowded car, for this was something she had imagined since she was a little girl. Not necessarily this school, maybe, but going off to college one day.

Someplace. Sometime. It’s a good dream and you’re lucky if you get to live it.

Still, as we laughed and sang and stopped at nearly every roadside attraction that offered a chance to eat or to play, it was

like every other vacation we had taken since she was just a baby.

Traveling. She had always loved to travel. Packing up the car and taking off on the spur of the moment.

Going for a ride up the valley late on a summer night. Driving to a nearby town just for an ice cream. Going away for a weekend. Or a week. Or longer. She loved it. We both did.

Only this was one vacation where she wouldn’t be making the return trip home with me.

Fortunately — very fortunately — when you arrive on campus with a freshman in the front seat, there are many, many distractions to keep you occupied. But you know that no matter how much you push it to the back of

your mind, just around the corner the moment is coming when you will say goodbye to each other in a way you have never said goodbye before.

And, no matter how many times you have thought about it, no matter how many times you have prepared yourself for what you will say and how you will deal with how you feel, it smacks you in the face when it actually happens.

We sat for a long while in the warm Arizona night on a cement barrier surrounding a tree outside her dorm room. Talking only with our hearts. Wishing we could freeze the moment forever and never move again.

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LINKED: For this is what you dream of for your children From Page B5 Yes, there were tears, but you can’t cry if you don’t love.

Since then, I have been asked many times by people who know me well about just how hard and how sad that moment must have been.

And I tell them yes, it was hard. But no, it wasn’t sad. It wasn’t sad at all.

For this is what you dream of for your children. This is a part of your fondest hopes.

You want them to grow up. To go off on their own. To be independent. To find their way. And yet, to let you know, in no uncertain terms, how much they love you. And for you to be able to show them in return how very

much you love them.

A parent can experience no greater joy than to watch his children spread their wings and fly.

I will always be her father and she will always be my daughter.

No amount of time or distance, and no combination of circumstances and events, can change that simple, wonderful fact.

But the practical aspects of our relationship will change in significant and, yes, wonderful ways.

For instance, never before have I received a long, heartfelt letter from her explaining what is going on in her life, a life that is now 900 miles away from mine.

Before, she could always just come into the kitchen and tell me.

A parent can experience no greater joy than to watch his children spread their wings and fly.

Never before have I received a phone call from her just to chat.

Just to see what I was doing. Just to see what was going on.

Never before have I been invited to something called “Parents Weekend,” where I’ll be allowed and perhaps even encouraged to act like the proud father I am and root for a football

team I wouldn’t have dreamed of rooting for just six months ago.

Then one day late last week came a copy of her first freshman English essay.

And I realized the last 17 years have been as wonderful for her as they have been for me. That we’ve been thinking the same thoughts all this time.

The essay was titled simply “My Dad” and it began, “Ever since the day I was born my Dad and I have been very close.”

And then she remembered all those early days when I was lucky enough to take her along to my job as a sports writer.

“When I was a baby, my Dad used to take me to football and basketball games in my baby basket. Actually, I went to many

places in that basket with my Dad. Basically, everywhere my Dad went, I went, too.

“I finally outgrew that baby basket, but I never outgrew my Dad. My bonds with my Dad go so far back and so deep they can never be broken.

“Now I am in college, hundreds of miles away from my Dad, yet he is still my best friend.

It broke my heart to say goodbye, but I know we are always in each other’s thoughts. He will always be my best friend.”

Sad? No. I’m the luckiest guy on the face of the Earth.

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

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Lack of AAPI representation in education and beyond

By Grace Kishiyama & Genna Olavarri HUB Editors in Chief

Each year, Davis High juniors enrolled in the Race and Social Justice in U.S. History course create a research project to investigate an issue facing students. This year, one group of students looked at the diversity of teachers to explore the impact that diverse educational leadership has on students.

“We found that there, quite frankly, is only a minimal amount of diversity among Davis educators, specifically on the basis of race and sexuality,” said Olivia Sagayaradj, one of the juniors working on the project.

“Most of our surveyed students told us that they had no teachers of color.”

In their project, the students noticed the glaring discrepancy between the percentage of Asian-American and PacificIslander (AAPI) students and teachers.

Despite making up 21.7% of the student population, just 3.9% of DHS teachers identify as AAPI. “I’ve never had an Asian-American teacher, and most of my teachers have been white … After researching this topic, I found that the lack of teacher diversity seems to have unintentionally caused a bias in the education we’re receiving at school,” Sagayaradj said.

Counselor Ann Murao is one of the few Asian-American staff members at DHS. “It's always peculiar for me as a nonwhite person to look around and I tend to kind of be aware in any context that I'm in of the demographics, the ethnic makeup, and so that's no different in my work setting,” Murao said. “I wish it were different and yet I’ve been aware my whole life it's been this way.”

Murao grew up in a suburb of Chicago without a significant Asian population and saw little Asian representation in educational leadership.

“I knew at least that there could be Asians in education leadership because both my parents were in education,” Murao said.

Like Murao, senior and ASB vice president Caroline Johnson has rarely had

Asian teachers or other educational leaders to look up to.

“Growing up, it was really just my mom who was the only Asian representative that I had,” Johnson said. “If I were to have had teachers that were Asian, maybe growing up I would’ve understood a little bit more about my culture.”

Murao believes diverse educational leadership is invaluable for all students.

“I think we know that it's important not just for other Asian-Americans to see Asian-Americans in leadership roles, but for all students, all people to be aware of the strengths and leadership and capabilities and talents of people from all groups,” Murao said.

Social studies teacher Christopher Lee is also one of the few Asian-American staff members at DHS. He agrees with Murao that staff diversity is beneficial.

“When certain groups are not represented as English, science or social studies teachers, that lack of representation can unfortunately reinforce negative stereotypes. A more culturally diverse staff allows for more identities in these roles to be seen as normal and accepted,” Lee said.

Furthermore, he believes that students from underrepresented groups should see themselves reflected in their teachers.

“Students from underrepresented groups need to see themselves and their identities reflected in their immediate surroundings to feel more connected and included,” Lee said.

The lack of Asian-American representation extends beyond the Davis Joint Unified School District.

“There haven't been very many women, especially Japanese-American women, who have been able to achieve a higher office,” said Mariko Yamada, former assemblywoman for California’s 4th Assembly district and a former member of the Yolo County Board of Supervisors.

This lack of AAPI representation in elected positions is a result of a few things working in tandem to create obstacles for Asian Americans interested in running.

One such obstacle are the stereotypical careers Asian parents typically want their

A message from the HUB

By Shira Kalish HUB Staff I am Shira Kalish, co-Print Editor-in-Chief of the HUB. This page marks the end of our second consecutive school year publishing a weekly page in the Davis Enterprise. In collaboration with the Enterprise, we also host The News Cycle, our weekly podcast.

We would like to thank the Enterprise for everything they do for us. Through our partnership with the Enterprise, we have expanded our audience from the students, teachers and parents of Davis Senior High School to the broader Davis community. In giving us this platform to share our reporting, they give us a voice in the community, and with it, the power to make change. It allows us to work with and learn from professional journalists, an educational experience unlike any other.

“It has been such a great opportunity and privilege for us to gain real work experience working with the Davis Enterprise,” co-Print Editor-in-Chief Grace Kishiyama said.

“Even though I don’t work on print, it is always special when one of my articles is printed in the Enterprise. My mom is always excited to see it,” Multimedia Editor-in-Chief Jihan Moon said.

“I’ve seen how the community support and visibility we’ve gained through our Enterprise page has helped grow our program over the last two years. It’s been a wonderful addition and I’m excited to see what our future HUBsters do with the opportunity,” Website Editor-in-Chief Genna Olavarri said.

Spending these last two years managing, designing, and writing for this page has given us invaluable skills that we will carry with us throughout our lives, and we are beyond grateful to the Enterprise for providing us with this opportunity. As this school year comes to a close, next year’s HUB team looks forward to continuing this wonderful collaboration.

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“There haven’t been very many women, especially Japanese American women, who have been able to achieve a higher office.”

“It’s always peculiar for me as a nonwhite person to look around and ... be aware in any context that I’m in one of the demographics.”

Mariko Yamada

Ann Murao

children to pursue.

“There are, I think, some built in maybe cultural imperatives that our parents and grandparents expected of us. So you can imagine when I decided to be a social worker instead of whatever else I could have chosen (that) maybe it wasn't something that was celebrated as much within the family,” Yamada said.

Furthermore, typical cultural values and beliefs may also work may also deter AAPI community members from running for office.

“In Japan, there is a saying that the nail that sticks up gets hammered down … but culturally, perhaps, that has worked along

with the discrimination against us in tandem to kind of keep us from being more outspoken or standing up for things or getting involved in a more visible way,” Yamada said.

Yamada says that AAPI representation has improved over the years. However, there is still work to be done.

“I hope that some of the work that my generation and maybe groups that are a little bit older have already done will sort of help make the next steps in the journey a little smoother … and yet we can look around and see that there are certainly still deficiencies, many deficiencies,” she said.

Students want more gender-neutral bathrooms

By Mattias RowenBale HUB Staff For transgender and gender non-conforming students, access to gender neutral bathrooms is vital in ensuring they feel comfortable on school campuses.

Many of these students at Davis High feel that this need is not being met. “(My friends and I) often complain to one another about the lack of gender neutral bathrooms ... I think right now this issue requires attention and acknowledgment,” junior Mika Izu said.

“Many of my friends are queer and feel uncomfortable using gendered bathrooms, which I think is a pretty common experience,” sophomore June Watterson said.

This sentiment is shared by many students at DHS, with 70.8% of transgender and gender non-conforming students surveyed for a Race and Social Justice (RSJ) research project this year responding that they would “benefit from more gender neutral bathrooms on campus.”

There is currently only one publicly accessible genderneutral restroom available to students, located in the P-wing.

While there are also two others technically on campus, the gender-neutral bathroom in the All Student Center has been closed most of the year due to COVID-19 precautions, and the one in the nurse’s office requires

entering through the office to use. All other bathrooms marked “All Gender” on campus are locked and only available to teachers.

This means that lines are often long to access the P-wing bathroom, and many students aren’t able to use the bathroom they feel most comfortable with. “(Gender-neutral bathrooms) are the bathrooms I am most comfortable going into, but they are typically occupied,” Izu said. “As a result, sometimes I turn to the gendered bathrooms on campus, despite the discomfort I experience walking into a bathroom for a gender I don’t identify with.”

Izu recalls “being stared at (and) questioned” while washing their hands in

gendered bathrooms on campus, and says that having more gender neutral bathrooms would minimize those kinds of awkward and uncomfortable situations.

Watterson echoes the discomfort of gendered bathrooms, saying “it’s always very anxiety-inducing and uncomfortable,” and that overall she does not feel comfortable in the gendered bathrooms.

When asked about their experiences with the gender neutral bathroom, a student who responded to the RSJ survey anonymously said, “It’s the only bathroom that I feel safe using.”

Students who responded to the RSJ survey also anonymously shared that, “Some days I just feel uncomfortable going into the gendered

bathrooms,” and “I feel that if I went into the women’s bathroom, I would get strange looks, and the same applies to the men’s room.”

Others also noted that the gender neutral bathrooms “feel inaccessible” and “(are) too far from all my classes.”

The first student accessible gender neutral bathroom, in the P-wing, opened on campus in 2015 after years of advocacy from students.

However it is not in a very central location, and some students aren’t even aware that it exists.

“Considering that I and most of my friends don’t know where the gender-neutral bathroom is, I think that Davis High really needs to increase the number of gender-neutral bathrooms and make them more widely known,” Watterson said.

According to David Burke, who is in charge of the school district’s facilities, DHS will be “adding single occupancy restrooms, which will be signed ‘All Gender,’ as part of the current CTE construction, the new STEM building and the Aquatic Center.”

Beyond the new constructions, Burke was unable to say whether or not DHS has plans to address student requests for more gender neutral bathrooms in central and accessible locations on campus.

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State Champion

Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG

Davis High’s Zachary Ayers crosses the finish line in the boys 3200-meters race Saturday at the CIF State Track and Field Championships at Veterans Memorial Stadium on the Buchanan High campus in Clovis. Ayers, a senior, won the state title, shattering his own record by almost five seconds set at the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Track and Field Championships at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium on May 21.

Two Blue Devils earn medals in running, high jump Enterprise staff CLOVIS — Zach Ayers set out a goal that he was strongly confident during this high school track and field season.

The Davis High boys long distance runner, a senior, accomplished his feet at the California Interscholastic Federation Track and Field Championships at Veterans Memorial Stadium on the Buchanan High campus on Saturday night.

Ayers won the 3200-meters race with a remarkable time of 8 minutes and 56.93 seconds. He shaved off 4.78 seconds off his time at the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Championship at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium of 9:04.82 on May 21.

“I was ecstatic,” said Ayers of his time in the 2-mile race. “I’ve been struggling to get below the 9 minutes all season. I managed to do it last season (in a 2-mile split) but this was my first time getting it done this season. I wanted it so bad this season to get well under nine.”

Ayers talked about coming down the final stretch of his race at the state meet and seeing the clock.

“Just coming down that stretch and seeing that time was amazing,” Ayers said.

Ayers’ game plan for the race was

pretty simple.

“Just settle in, find a good spot in the pack and ride the train,” Ayers said. “Just sit and wait and make sure that I’m still (in the race), like the people I thought would be up in the front.”

The last 800 meters of the race was critical for Ayers.

“Most people wait until the last lap to kick,” said Ayers, “but I always try to go with 800 to go... I felt great with 400 to go.”

Davis head coach Spencer Elliott added, “Zach’s race was intelligent, patient, and composed when it needed to be. When much of the field got a little too aggressive, particularly in the opening four laps, Zach patiently ran his splits.

With about two laps left, he made his move with confidence. It was beautiful to watch.

“Zach is a state champion because he is well-trained, talented and intelligent. It took all three.”

During the 2-mile race, Ayers noted that there was a lot of pushing amongst runners, gunning for better position.

“It was a pretty physical race,” Ayers said. “A lot of pushing going, trying to

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Aggies blanked in finale

By Mark DeVaughn Enterprise correspondent The biggest cheers at Dobbins Stadium greeted an opposing player from a team who completed a three-game sweep.

The UC Davis baseball appreciated the moment, knowing it had already exceeded expectations.

The Aggies finished their season watching Long Beach State post a 3-0 win. UCD was held without an extra base hit.

Vacaville High alum Devereaux Henderson recorded a nine-out save.

The sophomore drew enthusiastic applause from his cheering section behind the visiting dugout.

But just getting to this stage seemed like a victory. Between July and December 2021, UCD suspended the baseball program while investigating

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UC Davis pitcher Carson Seeman throws a pitch in Saturday’s Big West Conference game against Long Beach State at Dobbins Stadium.

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Blue Devil Ray Oldham, shown here clearing the bar at the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Track and Field Championships at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium on May 21, was in a three-way tie for the same event at the state meet last weekend.

Cool temps for swimming

T

he UC Davis Men’s Water Polo club hosted a tournament at Schaal Aquatic Center May 14-15. I was allowed to play for Davis Masters on a limited basis. In the last game, I actually made a goal.

What happened was this: I was poised to shoot and didn’t notice that two UC Santa Barbara players sneaked up behind me and stole the ball.

They were loudly booed by my teammates until they gave up the ball. I then made a dubious goal, which was greeted by a deafening roar. I think even the opposing team joined the cheer. I waved to my admirers.

A few days later, I got an email from teammate Kenneth Surdyk that he had tested positive for COVID19. He thought he got it at the tournament. The next day, me, too.

As I write this, I am still sidelined.

n The Lake Berryessa Open Water Swim comes back Saturday after two years off due to COVID. Hundreds of swimmers are expected, filling the coffers of Davis Aquatics Masters.

Water temperature is expected to be approximately 70 degrees Fahrenheit on race day, with air temperatures in the low 70s.

The path to glory is rocky, cautions race director Kim Elsbach. DAM will put down indoor/outdoor carpeting, but they advise flip flops or other outdoor shoes that you can leave at the start and put on at the finish. The water entry and finish lines will

be next to each other.

I put up $100 to sponsor the 2-mile race for 85- to 89-year-old men. I’ll be very curious to know if anyone enters.

I may be over COVID by then, but I haven’t been swimming.

So, I fear I can’t even make it to the pick-up boat. Next year. n The annual treat for DAM endurance swimmers is coming up.

Coached practices are Monday, June 13 through Aug. 5, which will include 50-yard-long course workouts at Schaal Aquatic Center at 6 a.m., 6:05 p.m. and 7:05 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

I will wear fins for this.

— Mark Braly’s Masters Swimming column is published the first Wednesday of each month. Contact him at markbraly@sbcglobal. net.

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Aggies’ track and field season ends at preliminaries Enterprise staff FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The UC Davis track and field team capped off the season at the NCAA West Prelims.

Matthew Okonkwo, along with Marlene Gutierrez, Marin Chamberlin and Brooke Starn represented the Aggies.

Okonkwo was the first Aggie to toe the line and did so in impressive fashion, breaking a 15-year-old school record in the 200-meters. Just at the legal wind limit of +2.0, Okonkwo clocked at 21.07 seconds to finish 33rd overall.

Also on the track, Starn clocked 35 minutes, 25.30 seconds in the 10,000 meters to place 39th.

Local roundup In the field, Gutierrez unleashed the hammer 197 feet, 5 inches to finish 22nd place. Chamberlin cleared 12-6 in the pole vault to place 34th.

UCD softball IRVINE — The UC Davis softball team earned five All-Big West honors, the conference office announced recently with the unveiling of this spring's all-conference teams.

Sophomore pitcher Kenedi Brown was named to the first team, while fellow sophomore Anna Dethlefson nabbed second-team honors at the

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UC Davis pitcher Kenedi Brown high fives teammates during a recent game. The Big West Conference recently named Brown a first-team all-conference selection, on of five Aggie softballers honored. catcher position. Delaney Diaz was named honorable mention and Reese Mattley also earned honorable mention accolades and was named to the allfreshmen team.

For Brown, it marks her second straight season being named to the first team. The righthander finished the season 13-18 and sported a 1.73 ERA.

Brown held opposing batters to a .194 clip and struck out 224 in 190 innings pitched.

Brown, an Elk Grove native, added 19 complete games and three shutouts, including a no-hitter. In conference play, Brown was 7-10 with a 1.78 ERA. She held the conference to a .189 batting average and struck out 129 in 114 1/3 innings.

Dethlefson was a catalyst for the Aggies all season long in the lineup. The versatile Dethlefson led the Ags with a .328 batting average, 57 hits, 42 runs, six home runs, 19 stolen bases and nine doubles.

She broke the Division I single-season school record with 86 total bases

and sported a team-best .494 slugging percentage.

In Big West play, Dethlefson hit an impressive .348 and showcased a .543 slugging percentage while also adding 22 runs, 32 hits, seven doubles, three home runs, 13 RBI and eight stolen bases.

Diaz put together her finest season in an Aggie uniform, batting .272 with four home runs and 25 RBI. Diaz added four doubles and 37 hits. In conference action, Diaz batted .279 with two home runs and 11 RBI. Mattley closed out her freshman campaign in impressive fashion, finishing the season second on the team with a .304 average.

MEDALS: ‘It feels amazing’

AGGIES: Ceremony honors seniors

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stay in Lane 1 as much as I could.”

Ayers had a chance to race against a future teammate, both of whom will be on the Air Force Academy’s track and field and cross-country teams next school year. Big Bear’s Max Sannes, who finished in the top 10 at seventh place at 9:01.97.

How does it feel to be the top runner in high school boys’ 3200-meters?

“It feels amazing,” Ayers said.

Ayers was one of two Blue Devils who came back to Yolo County with medals.

Ray Oldham, also a senior, finished in a three-way tie for second place in the high jump at 6 feet, 5 inches. Leon Gillis from Steele Canyon out of the San Diego Section and Chukwunonso Udeh from De La Salle of Concord in the North Coast Section, joined Oldham in the tie.

“Ray’s clean opening height

clearance turned out to be really important,” said Elliott, who saw Oldham leap to 6-04 in the preliminaries. “For whatever reason, many of the high jumpers seemed to struggle.

The competition became more about beating opponents, rather than hitting personal best marks.

“We are extremely proud of Ray and his second-place finish. After all the work he has put in, he deserves to be recognized.”

There were two more Blue Devils who competed at the championships.

Andrew Baum, a senior who will be part of Davis High’s Class of 2022 graduating receiving their diplomas on Friday, June 10, took 14th place in the discus with a toss of 160 feet, 4 inches.

Ryan Mitchell, a junior, took 15th place in the boys 1600-meters race at 4:14.76.

“I’m very proud of all four State Meet competitors,” Elliott said.

allegations of player misconduct. More than 20 players transferred.

This year’s schedule featured 41 games — 14 fewer than the average number of games UCD’s Big West conference foes played.

Under first-year coach Tommy Nicholson, UCD (5-25 in the Big West Conference, 6-35) avoided last place in the 10-team Big West. The Aggies finished a game ahead of UC Riverside (4-26, 8-45).

A pregame ceremony on Saturday honored the four seniors, three of whom were in the starting lineup: infielders Kyler Arenado and J.D. Mico, right-fielder Raul Sandoval played the

duration of the game.

Pitcher Nate Lemos was unavailable.

Arenado’s sixth appearance on the mound was his best. He retired the side in order in the ninth inning.

Afterward, he reflected on his college career — and predicted the future of the program where he spent five years.

“I played over 100 games here, with three different coaching staffs. I’m going to miss Davis. This coaching staff is going to take this program to the next level.

I’m excited to see where they go in the future. Every year, our goal is to win the Big West. But in these coming years, I really think that’s going to come to fruition.”

The Aggies featured 12

freshmen on their roster.

Center fielder Mark Wolbert emerged as a potential star this season. He entered the game hitting a team-best .345, before going 2-for-3 with a walk. He was among the conference leaders in slugging percentage (.493), while committing only one error all season.

Designated hitter Nathan Peng (2-for-3) was the only other Aggie who collected a hit against Long Beach on Saturday. The Dirtbags’ Juaron Watts-Brown worked six innings to earn the win.

He struck out 12 Aggies total. All the punchouts occurred in the first five innings.

— Follow Mark DeVaughn on Twitter: @OrangMarkD.

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Volunteer opportunities for grads Metro Special to The Enterprise During the months between graduating high school and beginning college, or between getting a university degree and entering the workforce, graduates may want to explore the personal growth that comes from volunteerism.

Volunteering provides various benefits. Some of these rewards include networking with an entirely different group of people. Volunteering also can help a person realize greater happiness by doing selfless acts for others, while they also can help one to realize a new passion. In the future, volunteering with an organization also may help with a student’s job search.

There are many arenas where young people can focus their volunteer efforts. Here are some ideas.

Animal shelter Animal shelters rely on volunteers to help with their operations. They can be a good fit for anyone with a passion for animals and animal rights activism.

Public service sectors AmeriCorp and Peace Corps have scores of opportunities for volunteers.

AmeriCorp focuses on domestic issues, while the PeaceCorp is a branch of the U.S. government that engages volunteers in international service work. Community involvement, agriculture, homelessness,

Metro Special to The Enterprise Over the last two years, people from all walks of life have reevaluated their priorities in the face of a global pandemic. That reevaluation has led some students to take a break from school.

While taking a break can be the right choice for some students, certain variables should be considered before pressing pause on education. Here’s a deeper look into taking a break from school.

A chance to mentally recover Metro/Stock photo

There are many arenas where young people can focus their volunteer efforts. health care, and combatting hunger are top priorities for these organizations.

English as a second language Volunteers can spend time abroad teaching English to students. Others may want to volunteer domestically by helping non-English-speaking individuals improve their language skills.

Community government A person may choose to sit on the board of a school, a neighborhood housing association, or even explore volunteerism with a township municipal office. This will provide valuable

hands-on experience and may help one lend a voice to issues that affect his or her living situation.

Religious groups Churches, synagogues and mosques may have volunteer opportunities focused on community outreach or programs affiliated with local nonprofits.

Conservation groups Volunteers can work on conservation projects across the country. From wildlife management to trail restoration to invasive species eradication, there are a wide variety of conservation-based volunteering opportunities.

Travel gifts for recent graduates Metro Special to The Enterprise As COVID-19-inspired travel restrictions are loosened across the globe, many newly minted graduates are eager to travel the world. Graduates planning such excursions — whether large or small — will need essentials to help them make the most of their travels.

Wireless headphones/earbuds Travelers can enjoy crisp, perfect sound while on the go without the need for wires. Wireless devices can be used on planes, buses and other forms of transportation to listen to music, movies, television shows, or podcasts.

Lightweight daypack Space is a hot commodity while traveling. Many airlines also charge fees for exceeding luggage weight limits or having extra baggage. A lightweight backpack that collapses is easily packed and also can be

What to know about taking a year off school

used for day trips, hikes and sightseeing expeditions.

Instant film camera How often do people take pictures only for them to remain on a phone or locked in “cloud” limbo?

Graduates can have fun with instant-film cameras that produce prints on the fly. They can double as postcards to send home to family eager for news.

Options are available from both Polaroid and Fuji.

Scrapbooking supplies While grads are printing instant photos, they can begin planning memory books that catalogue their post-graduation adventures. Put together a selection of scrapbooking essentials, including colored papers, stickers, photo holders, and stencils, as a great scrapbooking starter.

Tags and holders Graduates can travel in style with matching luggage tag and passport

holder sets. Have them monogrammed for an even more personal touch.

Scratch off map Every traveler needs a way to document where he or she has been. Gift a scratch-off map of North America or the entire world. Grads can scratch off the top layer of the map to reveal a colorful under layer to highlight places they have been.

Personalized weekender Not every trip a graduate takes has to be lengthy. An overnight stay or a trip of only a few days doesn’t require a lot of luggage. A classic weekender bag monogrammed with the graduate’s name will ensure he or she travels in style.

Travel jewelry case It’s easy to misplace jewelry while on the go. A handy zippered pouch can keep earrings, necklaces and rings in one spot so they’re easily packed away when needed.

Graduates planning on travel after graduation will appreciate travel-related gifts.

Many students try to press through courses even when they are unwell or trying to recover from a significant condition. This can put students at a disadvantage that could adversely affect their academic performance, which may have an effect on their graduation prospects and future success.

A renewed vigor for academics Some students may begin courses without a solid plan for the future. In such instances, students could be paying tuition for courses they’re not interested in.

A break can offer students an opportunity to reassess the direction they’re going in and come back to school with a fresh approach for the future.

Student loan grace period College students who have federal student loans in the United States are entitled to one six-month grace period during which payments will not be required, according to Forbes Advisor. After a student drops below part-time status, the grace period begins.

Someone who takes a semester off from school may trigger that grace period clock. When the student returns to school and then graduates, or if he or she chooses to leave again, repayment of the loan will begin immediately, as a second six-month grace period is not permitted.

Internships Some students take a break from school because an internship opens up outside of the time parameters set by some schools. Internships tend to occur in junior or senior years of college and could earn students college credit.