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UC Davis graduates, right, line up at UC Davis Health Stadium to pick up their diplomas Friday as the sun and the mercury kept climbing. Above, families of the graduates take a seat on the grass in the stadium.
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She left her seat in search of water and shade, began to feel dizzy and decided she had to leave. “It was disappointing,” said Mojica, who is also a firstgeneration college graduate. “I really wanted to do this for my family.” Meanwhile, in the stands, friends and family sat in direct sunlight. Outside food and drinks, including water not in a sealed, unopened bottle, were prohibited, and the lines in the stadium for water quickly lengthened. Before long, many people were hugging the walls, which offered a thin strip of shade.
It’s been 13 years since the city approved plans for 96 single-family homes at the Chiles Ranch property on East Eighth Street. But the large lot remains vacant except for fencing, weeds, rubbish and the occasional coyote sighting. Several factors delayed construction after the project was approved in 2009, according to Lydia DelisSchlosser, project manager for the developer, Fouts Homes. First there was the Great Recession that was already underway when the project was approved by the city in 2009. Then, as economic conditions were improving, Fouts acquired the land at Grande Village and the El Macero Villas and, for a number of reasons, Delis-Schlosser told the Davis Planning Commission on Wednesday, they decided to move forward with those two projects first. Both were completed and in 2019, the focus returned to Chiles Ranch. “And then, at that time, COVID came,” Delis-Schlosser noted. “And because of the extensive uncertainty about how the worldwide pandemic would affect the overall economy and, specifically, the housing market, we made the business decision to not break ground on Chiles Ranch in 2020. “Who would have predicted that
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Heat scrubs commencement UCD forced to cut ceremony short
into the stadium by 7:30 a.m., start the ceremony at 8 a.m. and end it before 10 a.m.
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But by the time graduates had taken their seats, it was after 9 a.m. and the temperature had climbed above 80 degrees. By 10:30 a.m., the ceremony still far from over, it surpassed 90 degrees. The graduates sat in unshaded rows on the synthetic turf football field.
Enterprise staff writer Tariq Azim, a political science major at UC Davis, arrived early to the 6 a.m. commencement check-in Friday at UC Davis Health Stadium. “I was really excited,” he said. Azim proudly donned a blue and gold stole indicating he was part of the first generation in his family to graduate from college. His parents and three siblings drove six hours from Southern California to attend the ceremony.
In past years, UC Davis held undergraduate commencements as seven separate indoor events. For the first time, the ceremonies were planned this year as three outdoor events, scheduled to take place Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The campus expected roughly 12,500 people at each event. On Friday, however, the ceremony did not go according to plan. With high temperatures forecast, UC Davis had announced a strict schedule. Organizers aimed to have graduates file
“The gowns and crowding made it ten times worse,” said Monica Mojica, a political science major who graduated Friday. “I had to get up because the heat was becoming unbearable.”
King High honors grads’ journeys
Yolo’s COVID case rate increases By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer
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Two more Yolo County residents have died of COVID-19, the state reported Friday, and four were hospitalized in the county’s hospitals as virus transmission remains high locally. The county’s case rate, which had dipped to 30.4 cases per 100,000 residents on Tuesday, increased to 34.6 on Friday. Fourteen counties have even higher case rates than Yolo, including neighboring
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By Aaron Geerts Enterprise staff writer Although the road may not have been the smoothest for these students, Marin Luther King High School’s graduating class of 2022 let their resiliency shine bright on stage Wednesday as they accepted their diplomas ... and showed the odds who’s boss. After the pledge of allegiance, principal Cristina Buss expressed the pride
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There’s only one way to settle this N S ot so long ago I noted in this space that I make the best BLT in the lower 48. I left out Alaska and Hawaii because the former substitutes Dungeness crab for bacon (a DLT) and the latter swaps bacon for Spam, resulting in an SLT that is clearly delicious, but in no way can truly be considered a bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich. Heaven forbid, some crazy Californians even try to slip a slice or two of avocado into a BLT or some chopped onion, but how can you possibly eat anything called a BLAT or a BLOT? The bottom line is that the more ingredients you add, the further you get from heaven. I remember being at a Dairy Queen in the great state of Maine several decades ago and they were pushing something called a “California Burger” alongside their Dilly Bars. When I inquired as to what made it a “California Burger,” the kind teenager behind the counter acted as if that was the silliest question he had ever heard.
pleasing to the eye has undue influence on the taste buds. Clearly that’s the phenomenon chefs recognize when they worry about “presentation.”
adly, I have to report, my friend John claims I am not the BLT King that I think I
“It’s our regular burger with a slice of tomato on top,” he said incredulously. I never made that mistake again. For my money, you can use just about any kind of bread you wish for the perfect BLT, but it must be toasted. You then slather Best Foods Mayonnaise on both pieces of bread, place whole strips of extra thick, extra crisp bacon as the bottom layer, followed by a thick tomato slice, with a handful of Iceberg lettuce to top it all off. It should be cut in half to be more manageable, and 98 percent of Americans agree that a diagonal cut tastes better than just chopping it in half. Probably that’s a visual thing where what’s
am. So incensed was John at my BLT bravado that he fired a guided missive my way to tell me I was way off base. “Your column leads me to the conclusion that you are and have been deprived of the essential ingredient of a truly memorable BLT, a homegrown, vine-ripened, warm from the summer sun, tomato,” John begins sternly. “First, your assertion that mayonnaise is the most important ingredient is not tenable.” Not just mayonnaise, John, but Best Foods. I’d rather eat my BLT dry than use any of the cheap mayo imposters. “Second, and more disheartening, is the boast that folks should come to your house to try the best BLT in the world.”
John, I realize visiting East Davis is dangerous, but we would never plan such an event after dark. Given that my “best BLT” boast was made in March, John noted that any sandwich I could make at that time of year would not include a “warm, freshly picked, fully ripened tomato.” On that score he is correct. “The type of bread, the degree of toastedness, the amount of mayo, the crispness of the bacon and even to some degree the type of lettuce used all can help create a great BLT, but without question, a pale, pink store-bought tomato will make it merely good, not great.” Agreed. “If I have an abundance of tomatoes this summer, I’ll donate to your tomato enlightenment.” Deal. And if I have an abundance of mayonnaise this summer, we’ll go mano-a-mano in the Great BLT Cook-Off. — Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.
Two Winters teenagers killed in ATV crash
UCD driver on leave after fatal collision
By Lauren Keene
The driver of a garbage truck involved last month in a collision that killed UC Davis undergraduate Trisha Yasay, 19, is on leave, UC Davis spokesperson Andy Fell told The Enterprise Thursday. Due to policies pertaining to personnel confidentiality, the campus did not disclose what type of leave the driver was on or whether they had been placed on leave or had chosen to take it. The driver is a UC Davis employee. At around 8 a.m. on May 25, the employee was driving a garbage truck on campus, near the intersection of Dairy Road and Hutchison Drive, when
Enterprise staff writer The Winters Joint Unified School District and Winters High School sponsored a candlelight vigil is planned Friday night in memory of two Winters teens who died in an allterrain vehicle collision on Thursday. Michael Bazan and Noah Lichwa, both 14, died at the scene of the crash, which also sent a 15-year-old boy to the hospital with minor injuries, according to the Solano California Highway Patrol.
CHP Officer David Harvey said officers responded at 4:17 p.m. to the collision scene at Margaret Lane, east of Holmes Lane, where the ATV left the roadway and struck a tree, ejecting the three riders. The CHP continues to investigate the cause of the crash, although “alcohol and/or drugs do not appear to be a factor,” Harvey said. In addition to the vigil, Winters High School also will offer counseling services to those grieving the teens’ losses.
Davis mail truck burgled By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer Davis police are investigating a mail-truck burglary in which dozens of pieces of mail were stolen. Lt. Ilya Bezuglov said Friday that the June 2 theft occurred at J Street and Yale Drive, where the mail carrier parked his truck around 11 a.m. and embarked on his route. When he returned about
15 minutes later, the carrier discovered the truck had been broken into and his personal items stolen, along with about 50 pieces of mail, Bezuglov said. No suspects were identified as of Friday. Anyone who might have witnessed suspicious activity, or who believes they might have fallen victim to identity theft as a result, can contact the Davis Police Department at 530-747-5400.
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the truck collided with Yasay, knocking her off her bicycle. Yasay was taken by ambulance to the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento. She succumbed to her injuries later the same day. An investigation into the collision is underway. The UC Davis Police Department, which has jurisdiction over the investigation, handed evidence over to the Davis Police Department’s Multidisciplinary Accident Investigation Team, which has more advanced technology for investigating road accidents than the campus police department. Surveillance cameras on buildings close to the intersection captured video footage of the
collision from multiple angles, UC Davis Police Chief Joseph Farrow told The Enterprise. That footage, along with footage captured soon after the collision on police body cameras and a camera mounted on a patrol vehicle, have been turned over to Davis police. The footage has not been released to the public. The investigation will involve reviewing video footage and witness statements, conducting lab tests, and creating a diagram of the collision. “It’s a complicated process,” Farrow said. He added that the investigators do not start with any assumptions. “You take all the emotion out of it and recreate it based on evidence,” he said.
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ight now, I am a person who is disappointed. The sources of my disappointment are COVID-related. The first involves vaccination. COVID vaccines are not like the ones we got for polio or small pox. They don’t banish disease. They decrease our chance of severe illness, but they don’t keep us from getting sick. Once we get sick, we fear long-COVID, so even though vaccines have made the disease gentler on the body, it remains hard on the psyche. A second medical marvel that disappoints me is home testing. By hot-footing it to several drug stores, I secured home tests as soon as they became available last Christmas. My family used them as recommended, testing ourselves before we gathered. When everyone came up “negative,” we trusted that we were disease-free. Luckily, we were healthy, but since then it has become clear that home tests don’t always work. If you’ve got symptoms, they can confirm your diagnosis, but if you lack symptoms and test negative, there is no guarantee that you are truly COVID-free. False negatives abound. My third disappointment is about a change in speech. At the beginning of the pandemic the
call for people to take precautions was phrased around protecting our most vulnerable: people with pre-existing conditions and the elderly. “Take care of your Grandma” was a phrase I often heard and identified with (the Grandma part). But no more. Health-challenged and older people remain at higher risk, but you don’t hear younger people being asked to change anything for them anymore. This makes me feel unimportant, a feeling I already struggle with as part of aging. ———— This may seem unrelated, but I’ve been thinking a lot about adults from my childhood, most of whom lived through the Great Depression. They were a frugal lot. The ’30s were long over, but my relatives avoided long-distance phone calls, always packed lunch instead of buying it, and saw the library as the only place to get a book.
In other words, the Great Depression left permanent psychological effects. So did World War II, so does racism, so does gun violence. COVID does too, although it’s complicated. If you haven’t lost a loved one to the disease and don’t suffer from long COVID, you probably feel, as I do, that you don’t have much to complain about. And yet. I see people getting angry at each other more easily than before. I see people wanting to be alone. My own symptom is sadness. At what used to be my most buoyant time of day, the early morning, I’m blindsided, at least a couple of times a week, by tears that wait behind my eyelids as if pushing at a doggie door. Sometimes the tears show up even when I plan to kayak, my favorite activity. Reading (another favorite activity) recently led me to discover “Wish You Were Here” by Jodi Picoult, the first novel I’ve read that is set in COVID times. The protagonist explains my tears to me. “All of us are grieving something,” she says. “But while we are, we’re putting one foot in front of the other. We’re waking up to see another day. We’re pushing through uncertainty, even if we can’t see the
light at the end of the tunnel.” I know that if I get into my river clothes, clip on my life vest and tuck my head into my helmet, the tears will evaporate and I’ll have a good day. But the pressure behind my eyelids returns sometimes, especially when someone close to me asks how I’m feeling. ———— I think my sadness has something to do with my age. What was it like for people who turned my age, 75, in 1941, when the U.S. entered World War II? For some, their last years of life must have been fraught with death and grief. As COVID persists, with new surges arriving, will my demographic live out a similar scenario? I’m trying to follow advice on fending off disappointment and sadness. I spend time in nature. I exercise. I get together (zoom or in person) with friends. I do productive things like writing and volunteer work. I limit my reading about upsetting topics like war, racism, climate change, and the ebb of democracy. And yet as I type this sentence, my eyelids feel pressure again. Because I hurt in this way despite having no COVID trauma in my family, I know that other people are suffering far more, especially if they’ve lost someone.
I started this column writing about disappointment, but I see now that real struggle is with grief. ———— Here’s a news item that feels related. The Healthy Davis Together COVID testing program shuts down later this month. Waste-water monitoring will continue, but not the personal tests. I’m guessing that the reason is financial. I admire Healthy Davis Together immensely and am proud that it began here. It was all about cooperation, and I loved the mostly young, enthusiastic people who worked there. I’m still proud. But without the Healthy Davis testing program, I will feel less protected, less surrounded by people cheerfully working towards the same goals. Might their spirit emerge in some new way? I’ve got to hope so. Americans have survived situations when everyone was injured psychologically (I’m thinking of World War II). Recovery is not easy, but from our community, from its resilience, and again, its spirit, something good might come. — Marion Franck has lived in Davis for more than 40 years. Reach her at marionf2@gmail. com.
UCD team wins mule-packing championship By Emily C. Dooley Special to The Enterprise Imagine securing a cooler, two loaded duffle bags, a bed roll and a trash can onto two mules and leading them all by horse the length of a football field. How long do you think it would take? For world champions, it’s roughly 2½ minutes. Just ask UC Davis student Catharine Renner who, along with three other teammates,
were named the World Champion Interscholastic Packing Team at the Bishop Mule Days held in Northern California over Memorial Day weekend. The biggest challenge is keeping a load of equipment typically reserved for camping or backcountry work all in place on a moving mule. And doing it fast. “If it’s not tied on correctly or tight, then it’s all going to come off,” said Renner, a fourth-year nutrition science major.
The team missed competing the prior two years because of the pandemic but they practiced and found their strengths for a winning return to Mule Days. “We knew the strategies to be faster and more competitive,” Renner said.
Decades of tradition The community of Bishop has hosted Mule Days every Memorial Day for more than 50 years. It’s the go-to place to see world
champion animals in competition, plus hear some music, watch a parade and take in other events. “It’s the world show for donkeys and mules,” said Horse Barn Manager Kelli Davis, who led a team of 15 from UC Davis to the event. “The world show is the top of the top.” Agricultural and environmental education major Sarah Finch, veterinary medicine graduate student Wes Pezzini and recent animal science graduate Skylar Campbell rounded out the team
to beat competitors from six other colleges. Humans weren’t the only winners. UCD Actions Protégé, son of the famous donkey Action Jackson, was named World Champion Performance Donkey for competing in seven riding classes, including Western Pleasure and Dressage. He also won Reserve Champion (second place) Driving Donkey for competing in classes related to cart pulling and other tasks.
DCA hands out 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 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 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,
Name droppers check out http://groups. dcn.org/dca or davis. chinese.association@ gmail.com. ———— Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Sandra Matsumoto, 48, of Davis, to the California Water Commission. Matsumoto has been Director for the California Water Program at the Nature Conservancy since 2020, where she was associate director from 2015 to 2020 and Project Director from 2004 to 2015. She was Project Manager at the Los Angeles Community Design Center from 2003 to 2004 and a Project Analyst at Mintz Levin from 1997 to 1999. She is an advisor to the Public Policy Institute of California’s Water Policy Center, a board member of the Water Education Foundation and a board member of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy. Matsumoto earned an MBA in finance from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Matsumoto is a Democrat. ———— Corey Coates of Davis graduated from the University of New Hampshire
over the weekend of May 20-22, with an MBA degree. Students who received the honor Summa Cum Laude graduated with a GPA of 3.85-4.0: Students who received the honor of Magna Cum Laude graduated with a GPA of 3.65-3.84; and students who received the honor of Cum Laude graduated with a GPA of 3.50-3.64. ———— Giovanna Briano Rodriguez of Davis was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Briano Rodriguez was initiated at UC Davis. Briano Rodriguez is among approximately 25,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year. Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors are eligible for membership. Graduate students in the top 10 percent also qualify. — Do you know of someone who has won an award or accomplished something noteworthy? Email it to newsroom@ davisenterprise.net.
By Andy Jones Special to The Enterprise 1. Heroes of the Bible. King David lived about how many years before Christ: 100, 500, 1,000 or 2,000? 2. Great Brits. Born in London in 1791, who is called the father of the computer? 3. Dance. Starting with the letter P, what sort of shoes were conceived in response to the desire for dancers to appear weightless and sylph-like? 4. Southern Cities. What Louisiana city has more people than Lafayette but fewer than Baton Rouge? 5. Books and Authors. How did the fictional character Mark Watney most famously protect
himself from extreme temperatures? Answers: 1,000 years, Charles Babbage, pointe shoes, Shreveport, with a space helmet (“The Martian”).
— Dr. Andy Jones is the former quizmaster at de Vere’s Irish Pub and author of the book “Pub Quizzes: Trivia for Smart People.” His pub quiz is now seeking a new home. Meanwhile, Dr. Andy is also sharing his pub quizzes via Patreon. Find out more at www.yourquizmaster.com.
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CHILES: Clock ticking toward July expiration COVID: Genome Center From Page A1 the housing market would take off like it did in these unprecedented times,” she said. “In hindsight, we should have gone for it.” Now they’re ready. “At this time, we are fully committed to bringing Chiles Ranch to Davis in fall or winter of 2022,” Delis-Schlosser said. The problem? The development agreement originally negotiated between Fouts and the city is set to expire on July 7. Should that occur, the project would essentially be dead and everything would have to start from scratch again, according to Sherri Metzger, interim community development director for the city. That’s why DelisSchlosser was before the Planning Commission this week — to seek a two-year extension on the development agreement. She noted that Fouts is not seeking any modifications to the agreement other than the extension. But planning commissioners want modifications and voted unanimously on Wednesday to recommend that the City Council not approve an extension unless those changes are made.
Currently Chiles Ranch is approved for 96 singlefamily homes with 19 different floor plans. The market-rate price for those homes would range from $600,000 to $800,000, according to DelisSchlosser. The development agreement also allows for a maximum of 23 accessory dwelling units at the site and the affordable housing component calls for 12 3-bedroom affordable homes and in lieu fees of $600,000 ($75,000 each for eight affordable housing units to be built elsewhere). Among the changes sought by planning commissioners are lifting the maximum allowance of ADUs since state law now limits the city’s ability to deny ADU permits if they meet all requirements, and increasing the in lieu fees. Commissioners also want additional funding included in the development agreement for traffic calming on Eighth Street and a plan for trees at the site. “We need housing. It’s important to the community,” said Commissioner Georgina Valencia. “But we also want to make sure that we’re protecting the public interest and making sure
that we understand what the city is agreeing to here. “This is an important project… and I’d like to see it built,” she said. “But I do think we need to put it in the context of today.” For one thing, Valencia said, the in lieu fees required by the city back when Chiles Ranch was approved — $600,000 for a total of eight units — is too low now. “The price of housing has gone up dramatically,” Valencia said, and the price for affordable units at Chiles Ranch would likely be in the mid $500,000 range. In lieu fees of $75,000 each for eight affordable units is “something that really needs to be questioned and looked at,” Valencia said. “I think we’re really taking the short end of the stick on that one.” Commissioner Emily Shandy agreed, noting that “significant time has passed since this was negotiated and agreed to and … it’s not going to meet today’s needs.” Commissioner Michelle Weiss also agreed, saying, “I’d like to see it built. We need the housing. It’s been sitting there empty. Let’s get her going. But I, too, am very troubled by some of this stuff being a little old
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at this point and particularly … the dollar amounts just don’t seem quite right.” The commission ultimately voted 6-0 not to recommend extension of the development agreement unless changes are made, but it will be up to the City Council to make a final decision. The council is expected to consider the matter on June 28 and if council members choose not to extend the agreement, the entire development process for Chiles Ranch will have to start over, Metzger told planning commissioners — something that could take about a year at the least, she said. But Shandy said that asking for changes to the agreement between the city and Fouts is reasonable, because it included “an agreement on the developer’s behalf that they were going to construct this and fulfill all of these components within a timely fashion. Between now and when the City Council considers the matter on June 28, city staff will work with the developer to draw up a revised development agreement including a two-year extension and the modifications recommended by planning commissioners.
From Page A1 Sacramento and Napa — both with case rates of 38 — and Solano with a case rate of 42. The Davis Joint Unified School District ended the school year with multiple cases — 98 active cases among students on Thursday and 26 among staff members — and was on pace to match the high number of cases during the month of May. During the first nine days of June, the district reported 126 students cases and 28 staff cases. Elsewhere, UCD continues to see high numbers of cases — a total of 438 so far during the month of June. Forty-two percent of on-campus isolation and quarantine housing was in use on Friday. The end of the school year comes as overall testing has declined throughout the county and as Healthy Davis Together prepares to end its free community testing at the end of the month. UC Davis will continue to monitor wastewater in Davis for the COVID-19 virus, however. ———— The UC Davis Genome
Center detected 77 cases of the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants during the week of May 29 to June 4, more than double the number of cases the week prior. Since May 8, the Genome Center — which checks all positive samples collected by Healthy Davis Together for variants — has found 128 cases of the BA.4/BA.5 subvariants, which are believed to be more infectious than the original Omicron variant. Of the 595 total COVID-19 cases processed by the Genome Center from May 29 to June 4, 13 percent were caused by the BA.4/BA.5 subvariants; 5 percent by the original BA.1 Omicron variant and the remaining 82 percent by BA.2. Overall, Healthy Davis Together has reported steadily increasing numbers of all variants locally, and the 595 total cases during the last week are the most since the week of Jan. 23-29. — Reach Anne TernusBellamy at aternus@ davisenterprise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @ATernusBellamy.
Obituaries Norman Dean Needles Feb. 25, 1940 — May 28, 2022
Norman Dean “Norm” Needles of Woodland went to enjoy a place at the table with Jesus Christ, family and friends on Saturday, May 28, 2022. Born Feb. 25, 1940, he was 82 years old. Norm grew up in San Bernardino, where he graduated from high school. He served in the U.S. Navy from April 1962 to July 1966, mostly on the USS Midway as an electronics technician with Attack Squadron 23. After the Navy he worked at General Dynamics. He lived in both San Bernardino and Colton. Norm loved the outdoors and enjoyed many hikes in the nearby mountains and the foothills near his home. He was also an avid cat lover and welcomed many into his Colton home.
He is survived by niece Becky (and Tony) Marigo; nephews Aaron (and Linda) Needles, Andy (and Lisa) Needles and Dan (and Allison) Needles, and their children; as well as NEEDLES Tom and Sue Gossard of Davis; and Deanna Needles and Ava Daniels of Olympia, Wash. He was preceded in death by his parents Al and Margaret and his brother Howard. His family in Davis was fortunate to spend the last four years closer to him as he moved to Woodland in 2017. We appreciated his unique perspective on the world and his sense of humor and he will be dearly missed by all who had the pleasure of knowing him. In lieu of flowers, gifts in his honor can be made to Paul’s Place of Davis.
Peter L. Hays 1938 — 2022
Peter L. Hays died in his sleep on March 26, 2022, while vacationing with his wife, Myrna. After enjoying a beautiful day at the beach, and dinner at their favorite restaurant, they kissed each other goodnight. The next morning, she could not wake him. The couple were together in love for over 60 years. Born in 1938 in Germany, Peter was brought to the United States as a baby by his parents fleeing Hitler; they settled in Buffalo, N.Y., eventually owning a grocery store. He honored them by becoming a shrewd grocery shopper, gathering coupons and choosing stores for the best deal. With degrees from Kenmore High School, University of Rochester, New York University and Ohio State University, he joined the UC Davis faculty in 1966 and was a 1978 Fulbright Lecturer at the University of Mainz in Germany. After retiring in 2004, he continued teaching at UCD, particularly first-year seminars, and taught in the community OLLI program. He wrote eight books: “The Limping Hero,” 1971; “Ernest Hemingway,” 1990; “A Concordance to Hemingway’s ‘In Our Time,’ ” 1990; “Teaching Hemingway’s ‘The Sun Also Rises,’ ” 2003; “Arthur
Miller’s Death of a Salesman,’ ” 2008; “The Critical Reception of Hemingway’s ‘The Sun Also Rises,’ ” 2011; “Fifty Years of Hemingway Criticism,” 2014; and “Simply Hemingway,” 2021 along with hundreds of articles. He co-edited “Reading ‘The Old Man and the Sea,’ ” 2018. He was active in literary societies: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Edith Wharton, Eugene O’Neill and Arthur Miller. He was a founding member of the Ernest Hemingway Foundation. He loved his family, teaching and mentoring students. He always found time for his wife, children and grandchildren. In 2018, his wife established the Peter Hays Prize, awarded annually for the best expository essay by a first-year seminar student, supporting his goal to teach students to read carefully and write well. He mentored many students; one of his recent seminar students published in the Hemingway Review and won a prize from the Hemingway Society. Others engaged in teaching, chairing departments, and leading literary societies. He believed strongly in undergraduate education and providing undergraduates with appropriate advising. A good citizen, he served on numerous
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Academic Senate committees, as English department chair, HAYS interim German department chair, founding member of the Davis Faculty Association, and co-creator of the comparative literature department. He received the UCD Faculty Fellowship in 1967, Danforth Foundation in 1976, Regents’ Humanities Grant in 1974, and the Dickson Emeritus Professor Award in 2011 and 2017. He is survived by his brother, Stephen Hays, wife Myrna Hays, daughter Melissa (Elijah-Grace and Wyatt), son Eric and daughter-in-law Rong (Max and Claire), and son Jeff. No memorial is planned. Donations may be made to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society or a charity of your choice. But the best way to celebrate his life is to do as he did: share your knowledge with anyone interested and perform acts of kindness without expecting recognition. This loving and caring man was, in the words of those who knew him, a mensch.
Lois Jean Dell
March 5, 1937 — June 4, 2022 Lois Jean Dell of Davis passed away on June 4, 2022, at the age of 85 following complications from a fall. Lois was born on a farm in northern Minnesota on March 5, 1937, in an era preceding electricity and running water. She was very proud of her lifelong work ethic that sprung from the hard work of her childhood. She and her husband, Larry Dell, arrived in Davis in 1984 from Kansas City. Upon retirement as an operations manager at UC Davis, Lois and Larry traveled the U.S. and became active and proud contributors to the Davis community. Lois was an expert and artistic quilter and belonged to the Flying Needles Quilt Guild, making hundreds of blankets for
Project Linus of Yolo County. She was a dedicated and steadfast volunteer at the assistance center STEAC in Davis. Lois is remembered for her kindness, generosity, and authenticity of spirit. DELL She is survived by her three children, David, Norman and Lori; stepchildren Marcee, Brennan and Gavin; grandchildren Taylor, Brian and Allyson; and, last but not least, her beloved dog Fritz. We are saddened by her passing and celebrate a life well-lived. A service to celebrate her life will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 18, at the Stonegate Country Club on Lake Boulevard in Davis. In lieu of flowers, please make a contribution at steac.org on behalf of Lois Dell.
Donn Robert Davis
Dec. 19, 1931 — May 29, 2022 Donn Robert Davis died on May 29, 2022, at the age of 90. The middle son of Charles Elvin Davis and Eleanor (née Symens) Davis, Donn was born in Corsica, S.D., on Dec. 19, 1931. The family moved to Davis, where Donn (known as “Skip” to family and friends) spent his childhood and graduated from Davis High School. He played football and ran track, earned an Eagle Scout rank, and spent many hours hunting on the duck ponds at the Peterson Ranch and fishing in the Trinity Alps. Donn studied at Michigan State for two years prior to joining the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. He served his country as a pilot and officer, with tours of duty on the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown, flying missions in the Pacific theater. He then finished his undergraduate studies at University of Colorado at Boulder, where he met and subsequently married his wife, Judith Hanser. They moved to Arizona and Donn received his master’s degree from the American Institute of Foreign Trade (aka Thunderbird School of Global Management) before returning to California. Donn launched his career
with Bank of America, working for the international division in San Francisco. His 26-year career at the bank enabled the Davis family to live in different countries, with postings throughout the U.S., Latin America and Asia. After retiring from banking in 1987, Donn fulfilled a lifetime passion for portfolio management by establishing an investment management firm. He loved talking about investments and would engage anyone and everyone on the virtues of Roth IRAs or the value approach of Benjamin Graham. During this period, Donn also worked as a consultant with various organizations until he finally retired in 1997. He and Judy took advantage of their newfound leisure time, exploring Puget Sound on their boat, “Salty,” hosting family and friends in Sequim Bay and enjoying their grandchildren. Donn will be remembered as a dependable, generous, and loving husband and father. He
enjoyed sharing with others the simple pleasures that moved DAVIS him: classical music, a beautiful redwood tree, or a perfectly cooked salmon meal. Donn is survived by his four children, Dirk (Emily Chang) Davis, Kelley Mackenzie, Jenny (John) Young, and Suzy (Bill) McGrath; grandchildren Alex, Sami, Sarah, Emmy, Mikey, Naomi and Alex; sisters-in-law Harriette Davis and Leah Davis; and 11 nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents; brothers Charles (“Chuck”) and Richard (“Dick”); in-laws Jana and Joe Smith; and, most recently, by his wife of 62 years, Judy.
Per Donn’s wishes, there will be no service. His remains will be interred with those of his wife, at a gathering of immediate family. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Our Lady of Guadalupe School at https://www.guadalupeschool.org/giving/.
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Bones Craft Kitchen launching on D Street B ones Craft Kitchen is the name of the new restaurant filling the former D Street Steakhouse spot at 113 D St. Owner Chris Jarosz planned to open it as soon as Saturday, June 11. It will launch with limited menu of appetizers, sandwiches, burgers, small plates, a full bar, and plenty of beer on tap. Jarosz owns Broderick Roadhouse, which just reopened in West Sacramento and closed in Midtown Sacramento. The brand has a restaurant in Walnut Creek as well. In February, he opened Anonimo Pizza in Sacramento. Jarosz said he didn’t want Davis to have another Broderick, full of fried food and heavy burgers. COVID changed his outlook on food. He used to eat red meat daily, but slowly transitioned to a pescatarian diet during the pandemic. “That lifestyle really changed my perspective, and made me find that life balance,” he said. “This is mental health food, not just health food.” He encourages his staff to eat healthier, offers a gym membership, and plans things like “walk meetings” instead of sit-down ones. Though burgers and tacos will be a staple of Bones Craft Kitchen, healthier and vegetarian versions share the stage. There’ll be tacos filled with mushrooms or grilled octopus. Burger variations may include lamb or duck along with the best beef — and it will be charbroiled, instead of fried on a flattop. He recommends a mushroom cheesesteak sandwich or grilled salmon. A bison meat sloppy joe may even find its way onto the menu. “We’re going to try some stuff,” he said, “and be really casual about how we open the doors.” Entrees and brunch will come in the weeks ahead. He’s letting the staff get creative with international influences, and letting the community vote with its orders. Salads are a weakness in the Broderick lineup, Jarosz said. But they will be a star at Bones. Seasonal, local ingredients are highlighted whenever possible, though some produce like tomatoes will require importing in the off-season. And there will be an eye on the planet. “That’s what’s cool about Davis. Davis already has that mind-set.” Jarosz said he and his girlfriend may end up moving here.
“I’ve always really loved Davis. It’s a safe, walkable, tight community, more than the Sacramento side.” He called it a more “cultural community,” that’s open to new flavors. The lead chef, who goes by Hascher, moved from Oregon, and is making his home in Davis. “We hope the community engages us,” Jarosz said, noting that 90 percent of his business is relationship-based. In West Sacramento, he led an effort to feed 75,000 people who suffered hardships during the pandemic. “We just need to find a way to get embedded here.” While I was at the D Street site on Thursday, Dos Coyotes owner Bobby Coyote stopped by to visit his longtime friend. Both Coyote and Jarosz have served as president of the California Restaurant Association, which is how they met. Jarosz is counting on his mentor to foster more Davis connections. Coyote is excited. “It’s going to be a great new addition to the Davis food scene.” Daily hours will be 11 a.m. to about 10 p.m. to start, then transition to an 11 p.m. closing time. When brunch starts, it will open at 10 a.m. on the weekends. Eventually, “the bar will be open as late as the community wants,” and neighbors allow, Jarosz said. ———— Paste Thai opened Tuesday in the former Chicken Hawkers space at 417 Mace Blvd., Suite I. Owner Douang Chay, a Davis resident, was a chef at Thai Canteen for seven years. She is excited to own her own restaurant. The new restaurant offers some of the chicken and rice dishes that were Chicken Hawkers’ specialties. However, instead of focusing on takeout, the Paste Thai menu is larger, offering finer dining and more traditional Thai food. Chicken Hawkers specialized khao mun gai, a popular Thai street food of boiled chicken served with rice and sauce. Its Davis restaurant opened in November 2020 and closed in March. The Vacaville eatery remains open. Paste Thai’s menu includes stir-fried entrees, noodle dishes like pad Thai and drunken noo-
Bones Craft Kitchen owner Chris Jarosz and operations manager Juan Rammzini hold up a sign for the new restaurant at 113 D St. Wendy Weitzel/ Courtesy photo
dles, as well as curries, soups, salads, appetizers and desserts. It’s in a soft-opening phase, with a grand opening coming in a couple of weeks. Daily hours are 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for lunch, and 4:30 to 9 p.m. for dinner. ———— Escrow was set to close on Friday on Upper Crust Baking’s purchase of the former Lester Farms Bakery in Winters. The Winters bakery, at 606 Railroad Ave., closed in January after more than 30 years. Owners Stan and Sheri Lester retired. Lorin Kalisky, whose parents Trudy and Mo founded the Davis bakery in 1986, said nothing will change in Davis. “We want to be able to provide the Winters community with the same products and service that we’ve been doing in Davis.” Upper Crust leases its 2,500-square-foot space at 634 G St. The bakery store opened in February 2019. Before that, it operated out of a production facility, and sold its products
mostly through farmers markets. Lorin Kalisky owns the business with wife, Edith Gillet, a Paris native. She works outside of the business, but serves as its toughest quality assurance officer. “She has a high bar that we have to meet for French pastry and French baking.” Steve Boschken, the Coldwell Banker Select Real Estate agent who represented Upper Crust in the sale, said he’s happy to see the site continue as a bakery, and go into experienced hands. “I am confident that Lorin and Edith will make the Lesters and the Winters community proud.” Kalisky hopes to have the Winters Upper Crust open by late July or early August. It’s about 2,000 square feet, with a larger store and café than Davis, but a smaller bakery. Kalisky said the Winters ovens “aren’t really bread ovens,” so there will be some shuttling of baked goods between the stores. Winters residents are clamoring for Upper Crust to sell doughnuts, because that was a
Lester Farms specialty. “I don’t know if we will,” Kalisky said. “That’s not really our thing.” The larger market and café space will allow them to sell more boutique farm items. Winters is a growing tourist destination, and the bakery is just off Highway 128. “We’re hoping to draw people into Winters and introduce them to the bounty that Yolo County offers,” Kalisky said. ———— I keep track of Davis businesses on my Google spreadsheet, which includes more than 325 Davis businesses affected by COVID-19. It’s at https://bit.ly/ DavisBusinesses. Email me (address below) to suggest updates. — Wendy Weitzel is a Davis writer and editor. Her column runs on Sundays. Check for frequent updates on her Comings & Goings Facebook and Instagram pages. If you know of a business coming or going in the area, contact her at wendyedit@gmail. com.
Tandem foundation donates $40K to Davis schools By Aaron Geerts Enterprise staff writer While many businesses boast about how much they care about education, the Tandem Foundation has a tradition of putting their money where their mouth is. In fact, this Davis business recently donated $40,000 to Davis public schools much like it’s done for the past 21 years. Tandem was started by John Whitcombe, Bill Roe and Paul Makley, who died six years ago. In his honor and in steadfast dedication to the Davis schools, the Tandem Foundation continues donate fiscal support which it did at a reception on May 25. Roe and Whitcombe, however, could not attend because they were on vacation. Whitcombe did leave a letter — read by Sandy Whitcombe — that introduced the next generation of the families: Sandy, Eric Roe and Michelle Buzbee. John’s letter also men-
tioned how they all graduated from Davis High in the ’80s and ’90s before admitting his own graduation date of 1958. “The Whitcombe, Roe and Makley families are proud to have watched our progeny learn and grow,” John then spoke about the generations of Blue Devils through Sandy’s voice. “Interestingly, many of their children, our grandchildren, are also attending Davis schools with at least two of them as seniors this year and are ready to move to another level. Our shared friendships with Davis schools truly goes back for generations. Thank you Sandy, Eric and Michelle for helping share this moment of Tandem’s appreciation.” The reception held at the Tandem office was serenated by beautiful music played by one of the grant money beneficiaries, the DHS Orchestra Program String Quartet. Other grant recipients
include Da Vinci Charter Academy, Harper Junior High, Holmes Junior High, Birch Lane Elementary, Cesar Chavez Elementary, North Davis Elementary, Patwin Elementary and Davis School for Independent Study. The $40,000 donated by Tandem went ,to various projects, initiatives and programs within each of these schools, bolstering them and the opportunities for students. “Tandem Properties is proud to continue the Tandem Foundation this year. We feel it’s important that companies in Davis support the wonderful school district that Davis has. We’re so lucky to have the hard-working and talented school board members, administrators and teachers that have been
through so much with our students, over the past two years, especially,” said Eric Roe. “We’re grateful for all their hard work and hope to be able to help support their programs and support their mission of educating all of our students. Thank you to DJUSD, it’s our honor to do business in this town where they work so hard to educate our students.” Multiple school board members and administrators also attended the reception including the Associate Superintendent of Instructional Services, Rody Boonchouy. “We’re grateful for our partnership with the Tandem Foundation,” said Boonchouy. “Their generous grants provide our students with more opportunities and resources, and
we appreciate their support and commitment to helping our students.” School Board President, Tom Adams, also sang his praises for the Tandem Foundation’s support. With said support, he ended his speech with the statement, “We’re the best school district in this state!” With continued support from Tandem Properties in combination with the stellar staff that comprises the district, Davis’ students will continue to receive ample opportunities to thrive. — Reach Aaron Geerts at aaron.geerts@ mcnaughton.media.
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People attending the 2022 UC Davis commencement ceremonies at UC Davis Health Stadium on Friday line up to get water in the extreme heat.
HEAT: Seven transported to local hospitals From Page A1 “My mom texted me and said it’s very hot in the stands,” Azim said. Soon after, his mother developed a bad headache and what she described as heat exhaustion and headed for her car, where she watched the rest of the ceremony on a livestream. From their seats, graduates and guests saw paramedics dash back and forth and heard ambulance sirens blaring outside. Midway through the ceremony, a truckload of wheelchairs was delivered to the stadium. At 10:56 a.m., UC Davis’ official Twitter account posted an announcement encouraging graduates who had already crossed the stage to leave the stadium with their guests. “To grads/families on the field RIGHT NOW – it is extremely hot. If you have crossed the stage, you DO NOT need to stay to the end. Feel free to leave
and head to Hutchison Field where there is COLD water and air conditioning at the UCenter. We’re working on a stadium announcement,” the campus tweeted. Around 11:45 a.m., with many graduates still waiting to cross the stage, UC Davis ended the ceremony. “Considering the heat conditions that we’re all well aware of, unfortunately we believe it’s in the best interest of those graduates on the field to please vacate the field,” a campus official said through the stadium’s sound system. “We believe that we’ve reached dangerous conditions.” About an hour later, UC Davis published a news release explaining that the campus’ fire department had urged organizers to shut down the event “based on health and public safety concerns due to heat.” During the ceremony, 36 people required medical aid, most of them
for heat-related illness, and 7 were transported to hospitals in the area, according to campus officials. “We deeply regret that some students did not get a chance to walk across the stage,” UC Davis said in its news release. “Chancellor Gary S. May and Provost Mary Croughan invite any of those students who did not get to walk to return with their families for a separate ceremony this Sunday. We appreciate your understanding and know this has been frustrating.” On Friday afternoon, students and families applauded the decision to cut the ceremony short and expressed anger and disappointment at the campus’ lack of preparation. UC Davis announced the switch to an outdoor event in 2019 before the pandemic delayed its implementation. The campus had been planning Friday’s commencement
for nearly three years. “They put so many people at risk,” Azim said. Like many graduates, he spent hours at the stadium but was never called to cross the stage. At 8 p.m., UC Davis announced adjustments to the ceremony planned for Saturday. Instead of a full program, graduates will check in and immediately take their seats by 8 a.m. without a processional. Rep. Jackie Speier, D-San Mateo, will deliver a speech, student awards will be given out and May and Croughan will confer degrees. Graduates will not have their names called or walk across the stage. The ceremony will end by 9 a.m. A make-up ceremony will be held at a future date for graduates who did not get an opportunity to walk. — Reach Caleb Hampton at champton@ davisenterprise.net. Follow him on Twitter at @calebmhampton.
about her favorite part of the entire graduation process which were the exit interviews with the graduating seniors. “I love doing these exit interviews, because I ask the students what’s next for them, what worked well for them at King and what we can do better to support future students. Without fail, the answer to ‘what worked well?’ involves a list of staff members who made a difference to each student,” said Buss. “My favorite part of this question and hearing the answers is that throughout the year, every single staff member from administrative assistant to veteran teacher has been listed as the one thing or one person that worked well at King for at least one graduate. Our staff has diverse strengths and these align well with the various needs, interests and passions of our students.” Attending the graduation ceremony were a number of DJUSD administrators and board trustees including board President Tom Adams, who praised the King students’ accomplishment. “You are here because of your willingness to seek and act on finishing your education. You worked hard but also had people to support you along the way. Teachers and principal Buss were always there to help you, your friends cared for you and your family believed in you,” said Adams. “When you look back, you see that whenever you’ve been successful, it’s because of three things in your life: family, teachers and friends. And let me say to you, that’s the recipe for success that you want to take away from today.
“You will have a lot of knowledge in your head, but really, the major lesson is to believe in yourself and surround yourself with people who believe in you. In the future, always balance your sharp analysis with offers of kindness and compassion. I can say this at the end and wish you a good future, but more importantly I can say confidently that you are our hope for a better future. Congratulations class of 2022.” After thunderous applause, various scholarships were awarded to distinguished students before the distribution of diplomas. However, King High has a special tradition in its graduation ceremony. Different teachers came up and gave a short speech about each student they call up. The fun part is the students didn’t know which teacher would be speaking about them. It’s something principal Buss referred to as “the staff fighting over the students.” “These young people have big ideas and a big task ahead of them as they enter the next phase of their lives. Their path has not been an easy one, and it doesn’t look like it’ll be easy going forward. I do not envy them embarking on their next chapters in a time of so much uncertainty. I am hopeful, though, because they are hopeful,” said Buss. “Despite everything that has been thrown their way, they are hopeful, they show up, they do the work and collaborate with each other, school staff and the community. They pursue their passions and expand their knowledge.” The graduation came to an end with shouts, cheers and applause and the King High class of 2022 took their next step toward their future.
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ET THERE BE LIGHT ... With UC Davis baseball about to make a dramatic rebound next spring — trust me on this — it’s about time that Swimley Field at Dobbins Stadium be bathed in artificial light after the spring sun sets behind the Putah Hills. Yes, I’m talking about night baseball, something that’s as much a part of Americana as hot dogs, cotton candy and peanuts roasted in the shell. UC Davis has always had lights at its football stadium, first at Toomey Field and now at UC Davis Health Stadium, allowing the Aggies to play most of their games at night. The campus also has welllighted intramural fields, tennis courts and basketball courts. Even the Davis Little League has lighted baseball fields, for heaven’s sake. Most NCAA Division I baseball programs have lights on their home field. In the Big West Conference, to which the Aggies belong, league play consists of a three-game series against the same opponent, with single games on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, all at the same site. It has become traditional in Division I college baseball to play Friday games at night and sometimes Saturday games as well. Sunday games generally start at noon or 1 p.m. to allow the opposition to return home the same day. Attendance at Friday night games is off-the-charts higher than it would be for Friday afternoon games. It’s time for Aggie baseball to step into the light. EVEN MORE BASEBALL PROPOSALS ... The Big West Conference needs to join the vast majority of its Division I brethren and sponsor a season-ending tournament to determine the league’s representative in the 64-team playoff field that leads to the College World Series in Omaha. Such tournaments are standard in college basketball and becoming so in college baseball. The Pac-12 just added a conference tournament this season. Although many such tournaments feature a doubleelimination format, I think it’s only fair for the regularseason champion to sit out the early rounds, while the remaining top eight teams compete in a single-elimination tournament. The winner of that would then meet the regular-season champion in a best-of-three series. The whole thing could be played at a permanent site or at the home field of the regular-season champion. It would keep interest up late in the season when teams that are out of contention for the regular-season championship compete to earn a spot in the tournament.
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Davis High goalie Maddie Walker deflects a shot in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I girls water polo championship game against Granite Bay at the Roseville Aquatic Center on Nov. 13, 2021. Walker and the top-seeded Blue Devils defeated the Grizzlies 20-3.
Walker takes home this year’s award By Mike Bush
Enterprise sports editor Maddie Walker savored every moment last week that led to Davis High’s Class of 2022 graduation at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium on Friday night. In her four years playing in the Blue Devils’ girls water polo and swimming teams, Walker tasted league and Sac-Joaquin Section championships, and deep runs in the California Interscholastic Federation playoffs. Now Walker can add another accomplishment to her high school athletic career — Davis High School Athlete of the Year. The award is given to two Blue Devil senior student-athletes, both seniors and a girl and boy. Walker won the award for the girls and Andrew Baum won for the boys. “I was super excited because I had heard about the nominations,” Walker said. “So, I was thinking, ‘did I really get selected for this award?’ I was excited about it. I guess it was surreal; it took a little bit to process more later.” Walker talked about the many Blue Devil girls water polo players who have gone through the program before she stepped on campus in the summer of 2018 as a freshman. “I’m representing, not just myself, but also the aquatic athletes,” Walker said. “There’s been a lot of great young women that I have been teammates with that I think are also very deserving of the award. I just didn’t I would receive it.” Walker has a different feeling that she is now a DHS graduate. “It’s just kind of surreal because of saying goodbye to 90 percent of the people that I’ve grown up with the past 12 years,” Walker said. “It’s not the same as other summers ‘have a great summer, see you next year,’ it’s kind of ‘have a great summer, good luck with the rest of your life.’” Walker said that feeling sunk in Thursday in her last class of the day. “We are all kind of diverging on different paths now,” Walker said.
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Davis High’ Maddie Walker holds her Athlete of the Year award for senior girls next to DHS Athletic Director Jeff Lorenson on June 1. Walker is headed to UC Santa Barbara on a scholarship, and will be playing in the Gaucho women’s water polo program.
UCD snags more titles, All-American awards Enterprise staff The 2021-22 spring sport season ended in familiar fashion for UC Davis student-athletes — more all-America nods, more all-conference awards and more championships. In total, the Aggies earned 40 Big West Conference awards in the spring, two Big West Player of the Year awards, a conference team title and three all-America honors.
Baseball New head coach Tommy Nicholson and his staff showed that the Aggies have the foundation to be competitive in the Big West for years to come. Playing with a smaller roster
than most in the conference, the Aggies frequently came back late in games, scoring over 40 percent of their runs in the seventh inning or later. UCD went on a seven-game stretch from March 29 to April 12, averaging nearly 11 runs per game, a span that included the team’s first wins of the season in back-to-back fashion and an extra innings win over Pacific. Freshman Mark Wolbert became the first Aggie since Tanner Murray in 2018 to be named the Big West Freshman Field Player of the Year and the first Aggie since Murray in 2019 to be named to the All-Big West First Team. Wolbert also garnered the first all-America recognition of his career on June 8 when he was named a
Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American.
Beach volleyball In Year 4 of the program, the Aggies continued to trend in a positive direction, accomplishing several milestones on the sand. UCD nearly posted its first winning season in its young history, finishing with a program-best 14 victories en route to a 14-16 record. The Aggies entered the Big West Championship as the No. 4 seed. Bowing out in previous championships without a victory in postseason play, the Aggies earned two wins to reach the final day of competition for the first time in program history. UCD had three pairs earn Big
West All-Conference accolades. Colleen McGuire and Chelsea Maeglin were named to the second team, while Ashlee Goycoochea and Rose Holscher and the pair of Tabitha Mitchell and Lily Justine captured honorable mention honors.
Women’s golf The women’s golf team capped off its 2021-22 season with a sixth place showing at the Big West Conference Championships. Newcomer Abby Leighton paced the Aggies all season long as she was named to the All-Big West first team. n To read the rest of the list, visit www.davisenterprise.com, click on the Sports tab and look for the story.
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Democrat like me needs to say something many Democrats won’t like to hear: The role of district attorneys in our criminal-justice system is to prosecute people who commit crimes. Tuesday’s overwhelming vote to recall District Attorney Chesa Boudin in deep-blue San Francisco should serve as a wake-up call for every Democrat who cares about the credibility of the party on the issue of public safety. I live in Los Angeles, so I haven’t followed in detail all the grievances that led to the voters yanking Boudin from the office to which he was elected less than three years ago. From afar, however, it looks like some of these factors played into his recall: ■ There’s a reason we call DAs “prosecutors.” Under California law, the role of the district attorney is defined as “the public prosecutor” (emphasis added), whose position is to “initiate and conduct on behalf of the people all prosecutions for public offenses” (emphasis also added). That’s their primary job — to prosecute people who commit crimes. It’s not to act like public defenders; we already have those. They defend those who break the law and can‘t afford a lawyer, and their work is a necessary and important part of our system of justice. Nor is it to be a social welfare agency, providing relief or excuses for criminals. ■ The law doesn’t specify that DAs are stewards of the entire criminal-justice system, nor does it charge them with attempting to reform the parts they don’t like. Can they also be involved in efforts to improve the system? Are there needed reforms and changes that should be made? Of course. We know from our long history that the criminal-justice system is far from perfect. But if public perception of a DA is that he or she has elevated criminal-justice reform over their primary duty as a prosecutor, they can and usually will run into serious trouble, as Boudin did. ■ Voters aren’t experts on the criminaljustice system, but they do understand fundamentally that they elect DAs first and foremost to put the bad guys behind bars. DAs can and should carry out their jobs with a certain amount of humanity and compassion, of course, taking into account special or unusual circumstances. But those who try to have it both ways end up running into trouble. It’s like former San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris dubbing herself a “progressive prosecutor” in her presidential run. I believe that even many Democratic voters found that appellation to be an oxymoron, like a “kinder, gentler bill collector” or “compassionate auto repo man.” A prosecutor prosecutes, pure and simple. We have numerous other examples in California of Democratic DAs whose reputations as their county’s top prosecutor were damaged by the way they handled criminal cases. Take, for example, here in Los Angeles County, Ira Reiner in the Rodney King case and McMartin preschool scandal, or Gil Garcetti in the O.J. Simpson trial. Harris and her refusal as district attorney to charge the death penalty against a copkiller in San Francisco would have been a liability even among many Democrats nationally had she been the Democratic nominee for president in 2020. And in heavily Democratic Los Angeles County, District Attorney George Gascon, the former San Francisco DA and another selfdescribed “reformer,” is now also facing the serious threat of a recall. If district attorneys don’t aggressively and competently carry out their role as the chief public prosecutor, there is no one else who can do it. Although attorneys general regularly call themselves the state’s “top cop,” they rarely prosecute individual street crimes. That’s the job, again, of the district attorney in every county. So, memo to district attorneys, especially Democrats: First and foremost, do your day job. If you have time left over, you can dabble in criminal-justice reform or other secondary lines of endeavor. — Garry South is a Democratic strategist who has been the top adviser to four campaigns for governor of California and two for lieutenant governor. He also has advised three presidential campaigns.
ast week’s primary election told us that there will be very little drama in November’s general election vis-à-vis California’s statewide offices. With one potential exception, Democrats will continue to hold all of them. Instead, voters will be pounded with pitches for and against a clutch of high-dollar ballot measures. Gov. Gavin Newsom. Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, Secretary of State Shirley Weber, Treasurer Fiona Ma, Attorney General Rob Bonta, schools Supt. Tony Thurmond and U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla will face only token re-election opposition in the November election. Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is not a shoo-in, because he might be facing fellow Democrat Marc Levine in the November election. However, three Republicans have a chance to finish second in the top-two primary balloting and if Lara has a GOP foe, he’s a strong favorite thanks to a lopsided voter registration advantage. The one real question mark is the state controller’s position, which is open because the Democratic incumbent, Betty Yee, is being forced out by term limits. Republican Lanhee Chen, a
Letters Silence equals violence My name is Kyla Steen and I am a ninth-grader at Da Vinci JHS. I am writing to you because of the recent gun violence at various locations across the U.S. We really need to raise awareness about this issue and try to prevent it in as many ways as possible. Recently a nationwide school walkout took place to protest these shootings. This is just one example of how you can make a difference. I have a challenge for all the readers this month. Try to find ways you can help raise awareness to this problem and do what you can to strike out against school shootings. Silence equals violence. We are stronger together. Please do your part to make this a better country. Kyla Steen Davis
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a veneer which has never been equally applied, as anyone living in a food desert will attest. Now that not one of us can honestly ignore the gun violence that riddles our population, what will we do? The natural reaction to each mass shooting is a panoply of emotions, but if we don’t act, then we are complicit, and the violence will rule on. The argument goes that no one piece of legislation can solve the violence. The argument goes that this is a mental health crisis. The argument goes that this is a matter of the heart. All of this is backed by dozens of academic studies. The narrative that is false is that we cannot do anything, that we are powerless. We are not without power. We can demand a waiting period before any gun purchase is made. We can limit the amount of ammunition anyone can purchase. We can demand background checks. We can initiate gun buyback programs, which has happened successfully in New Zealand and Australia, the latter receiving 650,000 guns. In our schools, rather than arming teachers, we can work even harder to watch for signs of alienation and depression. Additionally, we can contribute financially to those organizations which work toward commonsense gun legislation. Perhaps most important, we can stop
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plastic packaging and impose new staffing requirements on dialysis clinics. Previous union-backed dialysis measures have failed. A measure to raise the state’s minimum wage to $18 per hour, sponsored by wealthy Los Angeles investor Joe Sanberg, might make the ballot, but only it if it meets the signature requirements by the June 30 deadline. Finally, a referendum would overturn a state ban on flavored tobacco products — the latest example of corporate interests turning to the ballot to escape new regulations imposed by the Legislature. The initiative and referendum processes were brought to California more than a century ago as a way for voters to assert their will over a Legislature then dominated by corporate interests. However, they have largely evolved — or devolved — into ways for corporate and other special interests to have their way, as this year’s crop of ballot measures proves anew. — CalMatters is a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s state Capitol works and why it matters. For more stories by Dan Walters, go to Commentary.
listening to those who would have us believe that the “issue” is too complex, who remind us of the black market, multiple purchasing sites and all the other “cannot solve everything” arguments. We do not need to search for a panacea. We need to take every action we can to save lives. It is our right and our responsibility to demand Congressional action. Kary Joseph Shender Davis
Maintaining trees When the City Council reduced debris pick up, eliminating it for long stretches, with no reduction in fees, I wish the Council had legislated against the strong seasonal north winds we get every spring that bend trees and break-off big branches. Thank you to all the Davisites who maintain trees on their properties for their cooling effects and enjoyment of us all. I’m sorry the Council made your efforts less convenient and more expensive. I suggest we go back to debris pile pick-up at least once a month, throughout the year, to encourage people to plant, retain, and maintain shade and fruit tress for the enjoyment of us all. Clay Brandow Davis
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ust when it didn’t seem things couldn’t get worse — gasoline at $5 to $8 a gallon, supply shortages in everything from baby formula to new cars — comes the devastating news that many of us will endure electricity blackouts this summer. The alarm was sounded by the nonprofit North American Electric Reliability Corp. and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The North American electric grid is the largest machine on earth and the most complex, incorporating everything from the wonky pole you see at the roadside with a bird’s nest of wires to some of the most sophisticated engineering ever devised. It runs in real-time, even more so than the air traffic control system: All the airplanes in the sky don’t have to land at the same time, but electricity must be there at the flick of every switch. Except it may not always be there this summer. Rod Kuckro, a respected energy journalist, says it depends on Mother Nature, but the prognosis isn’t good. Speaking on “White House Chronicle,” the weekly news and public affairs program on PBS that I host and produce, Kuckro said, “There is a confluence of factors that could affect energy supply across the majority of the (lower) 48 states. These are continued reduced hydroelectric production in the West, and the continued drought in the Southwest.” The biggest threat to power supply, according to the NERC and the FERC, is in the vast central region, reaching from Manitoba in Canada down to the Gulf of Mexico. It is served by the regional transmission organization, the Midcontinent Independent System Operator. These operational entities are nonprofit companies that organize and distribute their regions’ bulk power for utilities. In California, it is the California Independent System Operator; in the Mid-Atlantic, it is PJM; and in the Northeast, it is the New England System Independent Operator. They generate no power, but they control power flows and could initiate brownouts and blackouts. With record storm activity and high temperatures predicted this summer, blackouts are likely to be deadly. The old, the young and the sick are all vulnerable. If the electric supply fails, with it goes everything from air conditioning to refrigeration to lights and even the ability to pump gas or access money from ATMs. The United States, along with other modern nations, runs on electricity and when that falls short, it is catastrophic. It is chaos writ large, especially if the failure lasts more than a few hours. On the same episode of “White House Chronicle,” Daniel Brooks, vice president of integrated grid and energy systems at the Electric Power Research Institute, also referred to a “confluence of factors” contributing to the impending electricity crisis. Brooks said, “We’re going through a significant change in terms of the energy mix and resources, and the way those resources behave under certain weather conditions.”
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f power supply is stressed this summer, change in the generating mix will get a lot of political attention. At heart is the switch from fossil fuel generation to renewables. If there are power outages, a political storm will ensue. The Biden administration will be accused of speeding the switch to renewables, although the utilities don’t say that. The weather is deteriorating, and the grid is stretched in dealing with new realities as well as coping with old bugaboos, like the extreme difficulty in building transmission lines. Better transmission would relieve a lot of grid stress. Peter Londa, president of Tantalus Systems, which helps its 260 utility customers digitize and cope with the new realities, explained some of the difficulties facing the utilities not only in the shifting sources of generation but also in the new shape of the electric demand. For example, he said, electric vehicles, particularly the much-awaited Ford F-150 Lightning pickup, could be an asset to homeowners and utilities. During a blackout, their EVs could be used to power their homes for days. They could be a source of storage if thousands of owners signed up with their utilities in a storage program. The fact is that utilities are facing three major shifts: in the generation to wind and solar, in customer demand, and especially in weather. Mother Nature is on a rampage and we all must adjust to that. — Llewellyn King is executive producer and host of “White House Chronicle” on PBS. He wrote this for InsideSources.com.
magine what it would be like to question your sexuality or even your gender at the same time you were navigating the foster care system. Imagine how lonely and isolating that would feel. You may have seen the sidewalks in downtown Davis turn from white to rainbow, signifying the arrival of June, which is national Pride month. I’d like to take this opportunity to shine light on LGBTQ+ youths in foster care. According to childwelfare.gov, LGBTQ+ youths are overrepresented in foster care. Research by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Youth and Families has found that some of this overrepresentation is due to rejection by their families and other caregivers. We also find this to be true through our own experience ... which increases the feelings of isolation and rejection that a foster child feels even further. In all of our CASA Volunteer trainings, we incorporate issues that LGBTQ+ individuals face. Some of these issues include how to help children who are being bullied for their
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According to childwelfare.gov, LGBTQ+ youths are overrepresented in foster care, and some of this overrepresentation is due to rejection by their families.
Yolo CASA sexuality or gender, or even worse, how to respond if you think your foster youth is being targeted for or has been the victim of a hate crime. This is all a lot for a youth to bear ... and the presence of an advocate is essential. We hope that we are coming closer and closer to a day where LGBTQ+ youths do not face as much adversity — whether or not they are in foster care. And in the meantime, we are
grateful to our advocates and those youths who are courageous enough to move the needle toward inclusion and equality. One of the most powerful things we can do to help LGBTQ+ children in foster care is to ensure that the diversity of our volunteer base matches the diversity of the youths we serve. If you are a member of the LGBTQ+ community or have experience as a parent, friend or relative of someone in the LGBTQ+ community and are interested in becoming a CASA
volunteer, this could be the summer that you make a difference in the life of a foster child. Our Summer Training starts on July 5, and applications close on June 20. You can find more information at yolocasa. org. Thank you for your continued support. EVERY child and young adult deserves someone by their side as they wade through life’s complexities. — Tracy Fauver, LCSW, is the Executive Director of Yolo County CASA.
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hey were at places that seemed safe — but few spaces in America are guaranteed safe anymore.” This is CNN, doing its best to stay atop America’s mass shootings and keep the survivors (by which I mean us) informed. Yeah, 13 gun massacres this past weekend, at strip malls, nightclubs, graduation parties — with 16 people dying, many more injured — and the total number of such shootings so far in 2022 is 246. “The country is on pace to match or surpass last year’s total, which is the worst on record ...” The national “debate” about this seems, well ... trivial. Should the sale of assault rifles be banned, at least for teenagers? Should we have background checks? I’m not opposed to such laws; they would probably help ease the problem. And I writhe in agony and disbelief every time I hear news that, following the latest headlinegrabbing mass shooting, gun sales skyrocket. But the time is now to begin expanding the context of the American “gun debate.” We’re at war with the world — which includes ourselves. And waging war, preparing for war, begins with a fervid, unwavering belief in “the enemy.” It may be the most simplistic belief on the planet: The enemy is out to get us and we have to kill him. Indeed, we must kill him. It’s our duty. This is the belief that sustains our ever-expanding defense budget — the latest being pushed by President Biden
is $813 billion — and it’s the belief every lost soul with a gun brings with him to the shopping mall, the classroom, the church ... or wherever. If we want to curtail mass shootings on the home front, we have to address, collectively, the national assumption that conflict and disagreement are the same thing as war, and that waging war — killing people — fixes all problems. We have to salute, as a people, something other than glorified murder. Fifteen years ago, in the wake of the horrific mass shooting at Virginia Tech, in which 32 people were killed (I’ve written more than 50 columns about mass shootings over the years), I quoted Lauren Abramson, director of Restorative Response Baltimore: “We live in a culture where people are very much disconnected from each other. I think that’s incredibly dangerous. The more connected we are, the safer we’ll be.” What if such awareness were geopolitical? Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is the latest indication that this is not the case. It has provoked an increasingly militaristic response from the West, which has sent billions of dollars’ worth of weaponry to Ukraine and has pressured Volodymyr Zelenskyy not to negotiate with Putin. As Chris Nineham writes, “The war has global implications and the risks of a frightening military clash between nuclear armed great powers are higher than at any time for half a century.
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“To understand this situation and to be able to challenge it, we have to see beyond the West’s simplistic story that this is a war between the western values of freedom and democracy and Russian despotism.” If we cannot, if we refuse, to see beyond this simplistic story, yes, it allows us to continue believing it. But that belief — that the wars we wage are good — keeps us blind and stupid, unable to transcend the country’s growing pandemic of violence. Disconnecting ourselves from “the enemy” may put the enemy in a cage, but it puts us in a cage as well, and the cages grow smaller and smaller. It’s me vs. you! “The U.S. has slaughtered millions of the globe’s inhabitants, including women and children, in Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Somalia, Iraq, Syria and Libya, as well as in numerous proxy wars, the latest in Ukraine,” Chris Hedges writes, noting that this is our national mythology: “the divine right to kill others to purge the earth of evil.”
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number will begin to wane, and it is not bureaucratic. People want to feel a sense of power, and for a huge swath of the population, guns are what give them the feeling of power, even if guns also create disconnection and magnify a sense of fear. What Abramson told me about, in 2007, was a program called Restorative Justice, which her organization facilitated. I had never heard of it before. Some years later I started becoming deeply involved in Restorative Justice and have written about it a great deal. Basically, it’s a way to talk — and listen — to one another ... deeply listen, without snark or judgment, as people speak their truth. They sit together in a peace circle, in a state of what I have called vibrant equality, and often find a sense of commonality where there had been only disconnect and conflict. I’m not saying this is a quick fix to the American problem of violence, but rather, that Restorative Justice and similar programs, which create connection, not division, need to be part of the context in which we look at ourselves and our burgeoning mass murders. The violence we’re loosing on the world, and on ourselves, has deep roots. We have to acknowledge this, and begin digging deeper into our souls. When we wage war, the collateral damage always comes home. — Robert Koehler (koehlercw@gmail.com), syndicated by PeaceVoice, is an award-winning Chicago journalist and editor. He is the author of “Courage Grows Strong at the Wound.”
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Visit from sulky sister Dear Annie: My sister and I are in our sixties. We are less than a year apart in age but have never really been close emotionally. We had a rough childhood, in which it was all about survival. Once we were adults, we both moved away and only saw each other a few times a year. I married my current husband over 20 years ago. He is the kind of person you either love or dislike. My sister dislikes him. About 10 years ago, I moved about 2,000 miles from where my sister, “Jan,” lives to take a job that I really enjoyed. Shortly after I moved, Jan informed me that her daughter was getting married. I love my niece very much, but having recently moved and started a new job, I decided not to go to the wedding and told my sister this. She has never forgiven me and brings it up every time I see her. What’s more, she blames it on my husband and makes all kinds of rude comments toward him. Now coming to the point. I have been diagnosed with cancer. I may not have many years left, and Jan wants to visit me. I love her, but at this point, I am protecting myself from negativity and drama. Our last visit really ended badly, and I know I can’t deal with that now. Jan says “she’s at a point in her life where she says what she wants no matter who likes it.” Please help me. I don’t know how to tell my sister that I don’t want to see her, but I can’t deal with her nasty comments and living in the past. — Living for Today Dear Living: My heart goes out to you, and I commend you for your thoughtfulness in this trying time. Things like terminal illnesses have a way of putting life in perspective. I am guessing that when Jan heard the news of your diagnosis, she forgot all about your absence at the wedding and her dislike of your husband. Your shared past must dwarf these petty disagreements. There are times when it’s appropriate to distance yourself from certain family members, especially when you’re protecting your mental or physical health. But is there not a piece of you that wants to reconcile with your sister? Allow Jan to visit on the condition that she leaves her negativity at home, 2,000 miles away.
Nieces and nephews ignore our gifts Dear Annie: I am in a bit of a crush of emotions, and I am writing about a common topic that appears in your column. It is the first time I have ever written to anyone for advice, but I do want an opinion.
Legals@DavisEnterprise.net My husband and I have done well for ourselves by reasonable means. We have no children, and I am a bit younger and successful in my career. My husband, who is retired now, made a steady income. It was lower than it might have been, but he enjoyed his work. My job was higher-paying but more stressful, so we have had the perfect match for a happy household. We saved and managed to pay off our mortgage in 10 years; we also paid off our cars in a few years and were able to buy new ones. We have not had to worry about credit card debt. Without children, and his side being extremely well off, we have been very generous to my five nieces and nephews, and one nephew from my brother’s second marriage, making a total of six. We also have written our will so that they will inherit everything evenly. Every Christmas and each birthday, they receive a substantial check. They also received a special gift to celebrate coming of age — each different — but all to mark the moments when they were starting a new part of life. We flew to their high school and college graduations, and we generously acknowledged them. As I said, we have done well. We are not wealthy but simply comfortable, and we love them. My husband has always supported every one of these indulgences. In the past three years, we have received no acknowledgement of our gifts on my brother’s side unless we ask my brother if the kids got the “gift.” This includes a college graduation gift and some special gifts during the hard days of COVID-19. We may then receive a text. And even then, maybe not. I am at such a crossroads. Do we stop? Do we just send a card? Or do we send a donation, adopt a family at Christmas, perhaps, in their name next year? I want to be bigger than this and cannot believe how much this has broken my heart. My one sister’s boy has also stopped sending a text to thank us this year, too, and we were so close, and his silence was so completely unexpected. These are children whom we have loved and been close to, taken on trips, and been there for when we could, although we have always lived miles apart. And please understand these “children” range in age from 20-26, so it has become an acquired sense of entitlement. It was not always this way. — An Aunt and Uncle Kicked to the Curb Dear Kicked to the Curb: Why don’t you just tell your nieces and nephews how you feel? My guess is that they are completely clueless about it, and this has everything to do with their being in their early 20s, trying to figure out jobs, relationships and overall living situations. I doubt if they are consciously kicking you to the curb. They are probably so wrapped up in their own lives that they have completely forgotten. They just need a reminder. However, if, after the
reminder that you love thank-you notes or appreciation, they still fail to thank you, then stop sending them gifts, at least for a while. And explore the possibility of donating to charities in your will.
We cannot shake our weekend intruder Dear Annie: Please say something about the inadequacy of texting for true communication. My sister is addicted to texting and will no longer use email or the telephone to communicate. All warmth, tone of voice and laughter are lost. Often I can’t type a response to her first text without her sending me a second text, which makes for a confusing, nonlinear conversation. Miscommunication and hurt feelings run rampant. I think texting is fine for short, informational sentences, but not for true communication. Several of us were recently involved in a back-and-forth exchange where one correspondent accidentally typed in the wrong tense of a verb. A huge misunderstanding followed, with hurt feelings and anger. It took a dozen subsequent texts to straighten it out. Had we been speaking, it would have been resolved in seconds! I urge adults to talk to each other rather than text if they have something meaningful to say. Texting limits true communication and connection. — Anti-Texting Dear Anti-Texting: Thank you for this reminder. It’s true that texting is no substitute for face-to-face (or at least voice-to-voice) communication. I’m printing your letter in the hopes that it inspires some readers to pick up the phone and call their loved ones. ——— Dear Annie: My husband and I have a vacation cabin two hours from our hometown. We go there almost every weekend year-round. There are four bedrooms, one for each of our grown kids to stay in when they visit. My husband’s divorced best friend constantly just shows up on the weekends without notice. Sometimes my husband and I would like to have a quiet, relaxing weekend alone. My husband understands how uncomfortable it makes me feel, but he doesn’t want to hurt his friend’s feelings. I feel like
my hospitality is completely over with this constant weekend guest. How would you handle this? — Couple’s Crowded Cabin Dear Crowded Cabin: My hospitality and patience would be waning, too. What should be a relaxing oasis space for you and your family seems to have turned into this man’s timeshare. No length of friendship with someone makes it OK to be their rude houseguest. Ask your husband to lay down some firmer boundaries with his friend. While you two are more than happy to host his friend at the cabin from time to time, perhaps his visits should be limited to a dinner or one overnight max for the weekend — and not every weekend. This compromise allows time for your husband to visit with his friend and enjoy time alone with you and the kids. And, of course, any visits the best friend plans on making should always be proposed to you and your husband in advance.
said yes. It has now become very apparent that she is planning on spending the entire four months with me at my expense. I have invited other girlfriends at different intervals to visit for three to five days and look forward to hosting them and having a fun getaway. I just found out that she has been inviting her children and grandchildren to visit her, too, but not her husband. I am feeling very taken advantage of and becoming resentful of her assuming the depth of my generosity. I am concerned about this destroying our friendship if I try to discuss it with her or by just giving in. Either way, I lose. What should I do, Annie? — The Lost Friend Dear Lost Friend: Firstly, I am so sorry for the loss of your husband. I can only imagine how difficult that must have been after a decades-long marriage. I am glad you had the love and support of your children and the friend you
How to get BFF to stop walking all over me Dear Annie: Two years ago, I lost my husband to terminal cancer after 30 years of marriage. I kept him at home during his final days with the help of hospice and our three children. Throughout this terrible time of my life, my BFF (best friend forever) was supportive, loving and available to listen to my fears and range of emotions. Being a widow herself, she understood exactly what I was going through. After my husband passed, she spent two weeks with me at my home. She was like an angel, there for me in my time of need. During this time, I foolishly told her about the large insurance policy that my husband left to me. We have become even closer and spend time together going out to eat and shop on a weekly basis. In order to thank her, last fall, I invited her on a four-day trip to San Francisco, paying for her airline tickets and lodging. She went even though it meant leaving her second husband and family alone. I have recently decided to rent a beachfront house in Texas for four months this winter. When I told her that I would love for her to visit, she immediately became very excited and
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mentioned to move through your grief. Your best friend went above and beyond after your husband’s passing, and I imagine she knows just how much you appreciated it since she experienced a spouse’s loss herself. But friendship isn’t a scorecard. Her overwhelming kindness two years ago does not entitle her to be a part of everything you have and do now. Since your husband’s death, you’ve done plenty to thank her for her support. Now it’s time to draw a line in the sand. Your BFF may not fully realize she’s taking advantage of you, so it’ll be your responsibility to communicate to her what is and isn’t OK and to stick to it. You have to honor yourself. Let her know when it works for you for her to visit the Texas beach house this winter. Emphasize that this hiatus is meant for more than just the two of you but also for you and your children, you and your other girlfriends and most importantly, you and yourself. Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com.
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Player transactions just an I-80 drive away
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ick Vitale turned 83 on Thursday. The longtime ESPN/ ABC college basketball commentator is as well-known in the sport as the coaches and the players. n Not a day seems to go by that the San Francisco Giants do not make a player transaction or two. Having your TripleA club in the Sacramento River Cats within easy driving distance offers considerable flexibility for the parent club. It’s roughly 80 miles from this area to Oracle Park. One thing about all the constant player movement: it keeps the team seamstress and clubhouse workers busy. n Since baseball umpires at any level stand on the field for at least two and a half hours or more, why not let them wear
shorts when the summer temperatures exceed 95 degrees? n The Los Angeles Angels let a good man go the other day when they fired manager Joe Maddon. True, the team had lost 12 straight. The reason the Angels have underperformed is because the team’s best players haven’t played like, well, the team’s best players. It is also easier to fire one manager instead of 25 players. Maddon will be in some
team’s dugout come 2023. n It has never been a secret that Phil Mickelson had/has no use for how the PGA Tour is run. So, his decision to join the new LIV group is no surprise. Neither is the fact the guaranteed money Mickelson signed up for will more than offset the reported $40 million he lost gambling. n Given the vagaries of the hundreds of thousands of dollars that certain college athletes can legally receive in name, image and likeness money, it is not inconceivable that USC’s starting quarterback this fall will make more than the school’s newly hired, full-time baseball coach. n Two families own three of Denver’s four professional sports teams. The Denver
Broncos were just sold to a group headed by Rob Walton, heir to the Walmart fortune. The sale price was an NFL record $4.65 billion. Stan Kroneke, in addition to the Los Angeles Rams, also owns the NHL’s Colorado Avalanche and the NBA’s Denver Nuggets. The Rams won Super Bowl LVI in February, and the Avalanche are soon to skate in the Stanley Cup Final. n The Colorado Rockies weren’t the first Colorado Rockies. That distinction belongs to the current New Jersey Devils hockey club. The Devils started out in 1974-75 as the late and not-so-great Kansas City Scouts. After two seasons, the Scouts moved to Denver and became the original Rockies.
That team was bought by a New Jersey-based trucking magnate who moved the franchise to the Jersey Meadowlands and became the Devils. n “Summer’s here and the time is right for dancin’ in the streets.” So says 80-year-old Martha Reeves, who is best-known as the Martha of Martha and the Vandellas, one of Motown’s first super groups, along with the Temptations, Four Tops, Supremes and others. — The longtime radio and television color man on UC Davis football broadcasts, Doug Kelly is director of communications for Battlefields2Ball fields and managing general partner of Kelly & Associates. Contact him at DKelly1416@ aol.com.
WALKER: Former Blue Devil is UCSB bound LIGHT: Dobbins Stadium is beautiful From Page B1
This spring, Walker was one of many keys to the engine that is the DHS girls swimming team, which capped off its season by taking second place in the CIF Swimming and Diving Championships in May. Davis also won the section’s Division I title at Tokay High of Lodi prior to competing at the CIF championships. Walker was one of four girls on the 200-freestyle relay team with Sarah Bennets, Iz Meraz and Makena Leacox, winning with a time of 1 minute, 34.07 seconds. At the CIF championships, the quartet broke their own record at 1:32.73 for
second place. Walker felt that the team’s camaraderie could be felt among her Blue Devil teammates at the section championships. “I was glad I was able to help my team out,” Walker said. “I think I went above my expectations.” The last time that the Blue Devils won the section’s D-I title was Walker’s freshman year in May 2019. Then the pandemic hit shortly after the spring season started in 2020, which led to all high school spring sports contests in the section and California canceled. The 2021 spring season had a shorten season but no postseason.
Walker was the goalie on last fall’s Davis High girls water polo team that posted a 30-4 record. The Blue Devils won the Delta League and section’s D-I championships. Davis also advanced to the CIF NorCal Girls D-I Water Polo Championship game. In 33 games last fall, Walker had 32 steals and 13 assists and 281 saves. One game that stands out in Walker’s mind is the CIF NorCal semifinal game against Soquel. Davis won the game by a 9-8 score in four overtime periods to advance to the NorCal title game. Later this summer, Walker will move to Southern California. That is where she will
be attending UC Santa Barbara on a scholarship. Walker will major in mathematics and physics. She’ll be a part of the Gaucho women’s water polo program. What will Walker be doing in her life in 2027? She plans to be a college graduate. That’s certainly one goal. What happens in the pool can be determined by her. “Hopefully, I can continue playing water polo,” said Walker, “but it’s kind of hard to know exactly where I see myself athletically. But I need to prove myself in college before we get there.” — Contact Mike Bush at mike@davisenterprise. net.
From Page B1 TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLPARK ... My final suggestion — for now — is to have one completely free game early in the nonconference season to introduce fans and Davis youngsters to the great product that UC Davis baseball is
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about to become. Dobbins Stadium is too beautiful of a facility to have so many empty seats. Add free popcorn and dollar hot dogs and watch the place fill up. Put on a good show and they’ll all be back. — Contact Bob Dunning at bdunning@ davisenterprise.net.
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