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First 5 Solano to build center in Fairfield Matt Miller

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FAIRFIELD — First 5 Solano will have a new center in Fairfield’s future after $2 million from California’s 2021-22 state budget was earmarked toward the project.

Assemblyman Jim Frazier, D-Fairfield, helped lead the push.

Megan Richards, deputy director of First 5 Solano, said they are “ecstatic”

with the opportunity that is ahead.

“This is the very first step in building a center in Fairfield,” Richards said in an interview.”Our center in Vallejo opened in February 2020. We’ll be modeling the center after what we did in Vallejo.

We want to create a community hub for families and young children.”

The First 5 Solano See Center, Page A12

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Hemp crop has disappeared from Solano, much of state

Hemp grows at a rural Dixon farm, Nov. 7, 2019.

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Kids play in an activity room during the grand opening of the First 5 Center in Vallejo, Feb. 13, 2020.

Fairfield council to discuss flag policy Tuesday Todd R. Hansen

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FAIRFIELD — Annexations and fee levies for a host of special districts fills the Tuesday agenda for the Fairfield City Council.

The council also will consider an outdoor flag display policy at City Hall.

“Historically, the city of Fairfield has displayed the United States flag

and the California state flag at the Fairfield Civic Center. The city’s existing administrative policy does not address the display of commemorative flags,” a staff report to the board states.

“Recently, council approved the display of the Gay Pride Flag at the Civic Center during the month of June and directed that See Council, Page A12

FAIRFIELD — The 2020 Solano County Crop and Livestock Report is expected to be presented when the Board of Supervisors returns to its meeting schedule on July 27.

While the industrial hemp crop did not represent a significant part of the $372.11 million 2019 report – an estimated $2.8 million in gross value based on incomplete data – it will be completely absent from this latest version, and quite likely the 2021 report as well.

There were no legal industrial hemp operations in Solano in 2020 because of a county-imposed moratorium that was in effect from Nov. 5, 2019, to Dec. 9, 2020.

While the supervisors approved a new ordinance that went into effect on Dec. 10, 2020, Ed King, the county agriculture commissioner, said no one has registered with the county.

He expected at least one fairly successful operation to return, a hemp grower that experienced none of the chaos other operations endured.

But King said Solano’s new

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Celebrating a uniquely jubilant July 4 . . . and more notes

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his is a unique We're certainly not in Independence Day. a perfect scenario in In the 245 years 2021. The social and since 1776, we have political divisions that rarely so appreciated the made 2020 so nervegeneral feeling of wracking are still there, freedom – not just being even if they're a little part of the world's under the surface. greatest nation, but Covid-19 is in retreat, being free from so much Brad Stanhope but not fully defeated. fear, isolation and Like I was sayin’ There are still plenty of anxiety that we things about which to be felt a year ago. anxious – gas prices, Oh, masks, too. We're social justice issues, whether generally free from masks. the Giants can keep Take a moment today to winning, etc. appreciate the difference from But July 4, 2021, is so much July 4, 2020. A year ago, we better than July 4, 2020. And were in our first reopening there's reason to think that the (although we were really just next six or nine or 12 months ensuring the spread of the will be better than the coronavirus, leading to further previous ones. shutdowns in the fall). We were Maybe I'm a Pollyanna, but in the middle of the most this is the most optimistic divisive presidential election of July 4 I've experienced in a long our lifetimes. We were trying to time. Maybe in my lifetime. navigate nationwide protests.

Sometimes it takes a terrible A year ago, it felt a little bit year – arguably the most like the world was anxiety-creating year of our coming apart. lives – to make us appre-

ciate normalcy.

On to the topics du jour . . . n n n Clarification: When I said "Maybe I'm a Pollyanna," I was being rhetorical.

I'm definitely a Pollyanna. n n n Last reference to 2020: Remember when we used to complain about a year being terrible because a lot of celebrities died?

Remember 2016, when Prince, David Bowie, Nancy Reagan, Garry Shandling, Merle Haggard, Muhammed Ali, Gene Wilder, Arnold Palmer, Alan Thicke, George Michael, Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds all died?

Remember how people consistently said that it was the worst year ever?

Now we have a different perspective.

I'm not glad that celebrities die, but 2020 changed that storyline, right? A famous

person dying doesn't make a year bad for those of us who don't know them personally.

More than a half-million of our countrymen dying does that. n n n High five: Best songs with "America" in title (apropos to my age, they're all from the same era): "We're an American Band,"

by Grand Funk Railroad.

Includes the timeless lyric, "We're coming to your town, we'll help you party down."

"America" by Simon and Garfunkel. Paul Simon's lyrics about a young hitchhiking couple provide a melancholy look at America in the late 1960s.

"Young Americans," by David Bowie. This was Bowie's first American hit. Even better?

Lyrics reference Barbie dolls, Richard Nixon and quote the Beatles' "A Day in the Life."

"Living in America," by

James Brown. The anthem from "Rocky IV" was Brown's last real hit song.

1."American Pie" by Don McLean. Arguably one of the 10 greatest songs of the past 80 years, even though it's overplayed on the radio. n n n Parting shot: For the first time in our marriage, Mrs. Brad has latched onto a sport without me.

The Tour de France is on TV for five hours a day, every day and she watches. Of course, I'm not home much of that, but it's kind of remarkable. She started watching bike racing last fall during the pandemic and now is interested in the three-week race across Western Europe.

Every day she tells me about athletes I don't know.

Now I know how she's felt for 36 years.

Reach Brad Stanhope at bradstanhope@outlook.com.

Vaccinations and reopening provide hope for these seniors Tribune Content Agency C O L U M B U S , Ohio — For Columbus area senior citizens, the Covid-19 pandemic was marked by change, resilience and adaptability.

As the number of in-person gatherings shrank to zero, seniors – like the rest of us – began living mostly virtual lives. But now that the statewide health orders have been lifted and vaccination rates slowly continue to increase throughout Ohio, seniors have begun moving back into their preCovid routines.

Annette Schorr said life on Zoom, a video conferencing platform that gained popularity during the pandemic, made for a lower-key life. While she was able to keep up with her loved ones through regular Zoom calls, the lack of in-person connections was palpable.

After more than a year of virtual dinner parties, cooking classes and even a virtual scavenger hunt, the 79-year-old said that finally gathering with others in person was liberating.

“Seeing people in flesh and blood was just so affirming,” Schorr said.

The Westerville resident added that gathering with friends and family in person has been much more personal and dynamic than their previous Zoom meetings.

“There’s an electricity and spontaneity of being in person,” Schorr said.

And while Schorr welcomed in-person connections with open arms, experts say it is normal for some to still feel hesitant about returning to their

pre-Covid lives.

Dr. Marian Schuda, medical director of the OhioHealth John J. Gerlach Center for Senior Health, said some seniors might need nudging to get back into their prepandemic habits.

“Don’t be afraid to gently coax grandma to come out to brunch with you,” Schuda said. “If she goes, she’ll probably have a good time.”

Before the pandemic, Schuda would tell seniors to have at least one thing every day to look forward to. She hasn’t changed her advice now that the world is reopening. This way, she said, days won’t blend together.

Schuda is encouraging seniors to use summer’s warm weather to its fullest potential. Gathering outdoors at a safe distance, she said, is a great way for seniors to acclimate to postpandemic activities.

Senior Center programming, which largely faltered over the past year, was another of Schuda’s pre-Covid tips for seniors looking for consistent engagement. Now, Schuda said senior centers are beginning to reopen, offering activities to those who have been feeling the void.

Schorr participates in a weekly discussion group at the Westerville Senior Center. She said that after the pandemic’s onset, the group moved to virtual sessions. Participation dropped from nearly 20 people to about five.

One of those five is Ron Kenreich, 79, of Westerville.

Kenreich, an audiophile, has missed both attending

and singing in live concerts because of Covid. Over the past year, Kenreich would visit his brother at his Pickerington farm. But besides those fraternal visits, he and his wife, Beth, also 79, kept in-person interaction to a minimum.

“It was different, but it wasn’t painfully different,” Kenreich said of his lockdown experience.

The couple, who have been married for 57 years, would spend time together, composing music and taking daily walks.

Kenreich said the discussion group has been a positive outlet for him over the past 15 months.

“They just kind of encourage you to look at life a different way,” he said of the discussion topics covered.

Lisa Clark, senior support program coordinator at Concord Counseling Services, runs the discussion group. She said technology proved to be a barrier for some of the group members, but that seniors are a resilient group.

While many of the group members are ready to return to in-person meetings, Clark stressed the importance of creating space for the differing level of transition for which people are comfortable.

“You have to meet people where they’re at,” Clark said.

She emphasized the need for compassion as society enters this next phase of the pandemic, and expressed hope for what seniors will be able to do going forward.

“There’s still a lot of life,” she said. “But that life

was kept in a box.”

As a means of stepping outside their Covid-induced box, on the summer solstice, Rob and Beth Kenreich ate dinner inside a restaurant – not on its patio – for the first time since before the pandemic.

“We’re just happy things are moving in the right direction,” she said.

For Roy Nichols, moving in the right direction means getting back to his many recreation and volunteer activities that were paused due to the pandemic.

Nichols, of Westerville, loves the arts. He cannot wait for live theater to pick back up. He also is excited for his creative

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writing class and history group to return to inperson meetings.

In early January, Nichols lost consciousness in his home, and was rushed to the emergency room. The 74-year-old was diagnosed with acute respiratory failure, pneumonia and Covid-19.

He almost died.

“Covid is something I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy,” he said.

The retired lawyer and self-described storyteller has since recovered, but he is still worried about the long-lasting impacts of the virus.

“Covid zapped my energy level,” Nichols said.

But his worries have not

stopped him from beginning to fill his pocket-sized planner with in-person activities. And after being vaccinated, Nichols said a lot of his anxiety surrounding the virus has subsided.

Schorr echoed Nichols’ sentiment, saying that she has been very fortunate during the pandemic and is excited about what is yet to come.

“Covid had its hard parts,” Schorr said. “But it also provided an arena. In a way, it made life real.”

She said the pandemic, and especially embracing her granddaughter for the first time in more than a year, provided a crucial reminder: “Don’t take this life for granted.”

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Straight Out of Lockdown Amy Maginnis-Honey

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FAIRFIELD — It was Straight Out of Lockdown for the approximate 140 seniors at Parkway Plaza on Friday afternoon.

It marked the first time, since the pandemic, residents were able to gather, without masks, in a group.

The smiles flowed as freely as ice-cold water.

Canopies were set up over tables in the courtyard, in view of a garden that grew during the pandemic, offering residents a chance to get outside in fresh air.

A variety of organizations sponsored the fun, including CalFresh, Innovative Health Solutions and the Napa-Solano Area Agency on Aging.

Health Innovative Solutions paired with Sustainable Solano to expand the garden. Innovative Health Solutions collaborates with public health organizations, businesses, health care professions, community members and advocates to improve the health and wellness of Bay Area residents.

The goal is to have gardens at other affordable senior complexes, said Norma Lisenko, of Innovative Health Solutions.

She was accompanied by a bevy of soft-bound books on topics such as healthy cooking, yoga and strength training that were free. There were also recipe cards.

“One of us can’t do it all,” she said. “We can

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Seniors eat a meal while sharing a table during the Straight Out of Lockdown Community Cookout at Parkway Plaza in Fairfield, Friday. when we partner together.”

Donna Soltis, an eight-year resident, was happy to see her neighbors, unmasked.

Her main reason for attending the celebration?

“The lockdown is over,” she said.

Martha Farr moved in a few months before the pandemic and only had a short time to meet her neighbors.

She was never lonely.

Her neighbors check in with her constantly.

“I get to see everyone,” she said.

Loretta Girka, the complex’s youngest resident, credited her caregiver Laura Davalos and her neighbors for keeping her sanity during the shutdown.

“We kept each other’s spirits up,” Davalos said.

“We are starting to get lively again,” Girka added.

Byron Kamelamela was happy to shed his mask.

In jest, he said some residents, including himself, should keep their masks on as to not reveal their looks.

“There’s some goodlooking people here who should take it off,” he said.

He did carry a mask in his pocket, just in case.

“Just to be here and see everyone,” was his main reason for attending.

Cody Mott got to show off his new motorized wheelchair, which includes Bluetooth technology, the ability to lift his foot and a back that reclines.

He underwent a liver and kidney transplant a decade ago. He got a new titanium knee six years ago.

His right leg was amputated in February.

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Jennalee Dawson, the resident service coordinator at Parkway Plaza, told the crowd it had been a difficult year for communities across the world.

“Over this past year, we as a community, have suffered losses of members of our community, who will forever be with us,” she said. “Yet, through this all we gained resilience and fostered the true meaning of community.”

She thanked various community agencies for their support and noted 95% of the residents are vaccinated thanks to Kaiser Permanente’s MyCareMyHome program.

“Let’s eat and have a good time and reconnect,” Dawson concluded.

And that’s what they did.

FAIRFIELD — U.S. Rep. John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, introduced the “Fair COLA For Seniors Act of 2021,” a bill that would require Social Security to use the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly to calculate a fairer cost of living adjustment for seniors.

H.R. 4315 would increase benefits and ensure that cost of living adjustments in Social Security reflect what Garamendi said, in a press release, “were the real rising costs for seniors and disabled Americans.”

From 1982 to 2011, the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly rose at an annual average rate of 3.1% compared with 2.9% for the methods that are currently used, according to the release.

Garamendi joined 23 cosponsors on the bill. All the sponsors are Democrats with the exception of Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania.

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Obituaries Elisa Puccetti Martin Williams June 3, 1930 — Feb. 21, 2021

Elisa Puccetti Martin Williams, 90, went to meet with her Lord and Savior on Feb. 21, 2021, while residing in Cave Springs, Arkansas. She was born on June 3, 1930, in West Boylston, Massachusetts, to Italian immigrants, Armando and Madeline Puccetti.

She attended Major Edwards High School where she enjoyed playing basketball and riding horses.

She joined the Women’s Army women’s army corps veteran Corps after graduation. It was then that she met her husband, Richard H. Martin. They were married for 26 years and had four children while living all around the world, eventually settling in Fairfield, California, where Richard passed in 1977.

She found love again and married John P. Williams in 1981. They were married for 33 years until his passing in 2014. In 2017, she moved to Arkansas to be closer to family.

Elisa expressed herself through her creativity. She enjoyed sewing, crocheting, painting and making dolls.

She loved to bake cakes and make her own jellies, specializing in a pepper jelly that was enjoyed by all.

Elisa was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and loyal friend who was loved by all who met her and will be missed by so many.

Elisa is survived by daughters, Shirley ‘Sam’ Kukich (Bob), Poquoson, Virginia, and Madeline Martin, Cave Springs, Arkansas; son, Richard A. Martin, Rogers, Arkansas; stepdaughter, Lisa Murphy, Fairfield, California; and her beloved dog and devoted companion, Peanut; she took great pride in all of her grandchildren, Jennifer (Stacey) Kelley, John Dunaway, Elisa (John) Cottingham, Laura (Matt) Melenas, Danielle (Rob) Kinney, Debbie (Joel) Arlow, Donna (Eric) Peebles, Brian Martin, Katie (Cliff) Sanders, Theresa (Chris) Keeler, Bryan Murphy, Lauren (Joey) Andrews, Lindsey (Jeff) Martin, Johanna (Chris Miller) and Jennifer (Scott) Nydam; 22 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her loving husbands; her brothers, Frank Ceredona, Louis Ceredona, Joseph Ceredona, Fernando Puccetti, Armando Puccetti; and her eldest son, John J. Martin (Lynn).

A memorial service will be held at noon Friday, July 9, 2021, at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 2700 Dover Ave., Fairfield, California. A committal service with military honors will follow at 3 p.m. at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, 5810 Midway Road, Dixon, California.

Glenn Cooke

Sept. 7, 1932 — June 26, 2021

It is with great sadness that our family is announcing the passing of our husband, father, grandfather and friend, Glenn Lewis Cooke. Glenn was born in 1932 to parents Charles Collins Cooke and Hallie Dee Milton in Hickory, North Carolina. He was one of seven children; his siblings were Dot, Charlie, Georgia, Phyllis, Richard, Vivian and Peggy.

Times were not easy for a large family in North Carolina in the ’40s, but Glenn had fond memories of playing with homemade sling shots he made from tree branches, fishing in the streams and climbing trees.

When he graduated high school, he went into the United States Navy, and then he entered the U.S. Air Force. While he was stationed in Athens, Greece, he met his future wife in a most serendipitous way . . . he had his friend stop the car, so he could meet the girl that caught his eye. He proposed to Lily Despina Kavarlingou on their second date, and they were soon married in Athens in March 1957.

They moved to South Carolina where their first daughter, Lynne, was born, and then soon after, they were stationed in Tacoma, Washington, where their second daughter, Valerie, was born. The family was stationed in Puerto Rico for a few years, where Glenn enjoyed scuba diving and fishing. They moved to Travis Air Force Base in California in 1966, and their youngest daughter, Roberta, was born soon after. While he was in Vietnam, he sent his wife and girls audio tapes of him, so we could hear his voice, and we would send him recordings too. We were so happy when he came home to us.

Glenn left the Air Force, started studying the Bible, and became one of Jehovah’s Witnesses in 1971. Along with his family and dear friends, he loved sharing Bible truths with others. This became an integral part of his life.

He started his own swimming pool maintenance company, which later became a family run business with two of his sons-in-law. He was often seen in our community with his big blue van with the Glenn’s Pool Service logo on the side.

He enjoyed spending time camping with his family and friends, or renting a cabin in Lake Tahoe with them.

So many precious family memories were made in those times.

When he retired, he enjoyed volunteering more of his time to his Bible education work and spending time fishing with his wife and friends. He became ‘Glenn, Glenn, the fisherman, if he can’t catch them, nobody can.’

He also went on cruises and to Greece to visit relatives, and enjoyed spending time with his wife’s family in Athens, Poros and Ikaria. He loved talking about his life, growing up in North Carolina and his travels.

When he was older, he enjoyed working in the garden, growing his own vegetables. He looked forward to the time, as promised in the Bible, when the earth will be transformed into a beautiful place once again, when ‘God will wipe out tears from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning, nor outcry, nor pain by anymore, the former things have passed away.’ — Revelation 21:4. He believed God’s promises wholeheartedly, and we look forward to seeing Glenn again in a beautiful world that our God has promised.

Glenn is survived by his wife of 64 years, Lily Despina Cooke; and his three daughters and their husbands, Lynne and Dennis Sani, Valerie and Jeffrey Mann and Roberta and Troy Schmidt; he leaves behind three grandchildren and their spouses, Rachel and Sy Neilson, Sarah and Stephen Chavez, and Jordan and Shemmae Sani; and a stepgrandson, Dino Sani; he leaves behind so many dear friends and spiritual brothers and sisters that loved him dearly.

A private Zoom memorial will take place in July.

Ronald Joseph Matusick

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Sept. 5, 1950 — June 11, 2021

Msgt. (retired) Ronald ‘Ron’ Joseph Matusick died June 11, 2021, as a result of a fatal motorcycle versus 18-wheeler truck accident near Clearlake, California. He was born Sept. 5, 1950, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

Ron is survived by his wife and best friend, Theresa Matusick, who traveled extensively with him during the past 43 years.

Ron and Theresa met while they air force were active-duty jet propulsion veteran mechanics at Travis Air Force Base and settled in Vacaville in 1984.

In addition to his love for Harley-Davidsons and road travel, Ron was an avid gardener, fisherman, curator of people, collector of Americana and a walking encyclopedia of American history. His love of his country and California was only equaled by love of his family, friends, his dogs and home.

Ron is also survived by his son, Matthew ‘Matt’ Paul Matusick, who embraced his father’s many passions and shared his many loves. Theresa and Matt as prayerful, faithful Catholics believe that God didn’t take Ron from us, he received him into heaven with open arms.

As devotees to the Blessed Mother Mary, Ron was escorted to heaven as the Blessed Mother promised.

We all belong to God and Ron was on loan to be Theresa’s husband, Matt’s father, a brother and a friend. Be grateful for the time we had. As much as we loved Ron, God loves him even more.

His friend, Larry, who was with Ron on his last day wrote a tribute to Ron describing Ron’s last hours on earth, which is excerpted here: ‘About an hour before Ron’s passing, we pulled over to shed a layer and ‘BS’, as we would often do. Among other things, we talked about our next ride, possibly back to Montana, or wherever the road led us. We talked about what a beautiful day it was, and he said it felt great to be out getting some wind again, and he was so looking forward to camping in the Redwoods, which was one of his favorite places anywhere. We also talked about how lucky we were to have strong women who always supported us in this beautifully dangerous lifestyle we chose so long ago. Ron was brimming with hope and enthusiasm, which was never uncommon with him during all those thousands of miles we rode together. Ron spent his final moments during this beautiful day looking out across a scenic lake, feeling the cool breeze coming off the lake as it always did. He felt good about where he was in his life, his relationship with his son and his wife, and being on the best motorcycle he had ever owned. I know this because we had just finished discussing these things. Never have I heard of a man who went from hopeful, happy and satisfied to eternal peace in the blink of an eye. It was a beautiful end to a well-lived life, one that we all could only hope for. I’m sure if Ron was forced to choose, this would be his choice. He experienced no fear, no pain, and no suffering.’

Holy Mass will be held at noon Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, at St. Joseph Church, 1791 Marshall Road, Vacaville. Interment with full military honors will be held at 2:30 p.m. at the Sacramento National Cemetery, Dixon, California. Reception will follow at VFW, 549 Merchant St., Vacaville. A ‘Ride of Honor’ will head the funeral procession. For exact times see Theresa Matusick’s Facebook page and email, Tmatusick@aol.com.

To all their many friends Theresa adds this blessing: Blessed be God! There’s only one Ron and there’s only one you! Life’s not a dress rehearsal, live it. He was my heart, my joy, he could always make me laugh. Please keep the prayers coming, we need them. The power of prayer is a gift from God.

Sept. 24, 1949 — June 10, 2021

Josie Lunn, 71, passed away peacefully in Antioch, California, on June 10, 2021. Josie was born Giuseppina Messina in Porto Empedocle, Sicily, Italy, on Sept. 24, 1949.

Josie immigrated to the United States, crossing the Atlantic by ship, arriving in New York in 1956 with her mother and siblings to join her father who had arrived two years earlier.

She grew up in San Francisco, California, and attended George Washington High School.

Josie was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Family meant the world to Josie and she would do anything for them. She was a team mom for sports teams and class mom at school. Even with her grandchildren, she could be found sewing, cooking or making crafts well in to the night for a fundraiser or event.

Josie will be remembered for her loving, caring nature and selflessness. Josie’s passions outside of her family included music, gardening, cooking, camping and road trips.

Josie was an irresistible force and will be missed every day.

Josie is survived by her husband of more than 46 years, Allen Lunn of Rio Vista, California; children, Wendy Fairbrother, Christine Griffin, Timothy Silcox and Salvatore Silcox; grandchildren, Anthony Keenan, Michaela Sory, Maria Fairbrother, Kyle-Christopher Kelley, Thomas Asedo, Katelyn Maytum, Rosalia-Maria Griffin, Daniel Griffin, Joseph Griffin, Devin Silcox, Austin Silcox, Antonia Silcox, Liam Silcox and Caden Silcox; three great-grandchildren; sisters, Rosalie Ward and Grace Donner.

Josie was preceded in death by her parents, Salvatore and Maria Messina; and brother, Joseph Messina.

Viewing will be held at 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 7, 2021, at Bryan-Braker Funeral Home, 1850 W. Texas St., Fairfield. A celebration will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 10, 2021, at Hilton Garden Inn, 2200 Gateway Court, Fairfield, California.

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April 26, 1943 — June 14, 2021

The Rev. David Nathan Cavanagh transitioned to the Church Triumphant on June 14, 2021. At the time of his death, he was an associate priest at Grace Episcopal Church, Fairfield, California.

Born April 26, 1943, he was reared in Colfax, Washington, and graduated from Washington State University in 1966. After graduation, he served briefly in the Air Force.

Having received a call to full-time ministry, he enrolled in and graduated from the Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta with a Master of Divinity degree in 1971.

He returned to the West Coast serving as interim pastor at Newark United Methodist Church, assistant pastor at Community United Methodist Church, Fairfield and assisair force tant pastor at First United Methodist veteran Church, Sacramento. Crossing over to the Episcopal Church, he studied at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Berkeley, and was ordained Transitional Deacon and Priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Northern California by Bishop Clarence Rupert Haden Jr. He served as counselor at Trinity Cathedral Sacramento, completed Clinic Pastoral Education at Napa State Hospital and began a career as a Chaplain for the Veterans Administration serving at the VA hospitals in Martinez and San Francisco.

After retirement from the VA, he served as interim rector at the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany, Vacaville, priest-in-charge at St. Andrews, Antelope, interim rector at St. John’s, Marysville, interim rector and associate priest at Grace Episcopal Church, Fairfield.

He is survived by his sister, Janice Poppe (Richard); and nieces, Amanda and Clari Poppe of Sacramento.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Nathan and Marjorie Cavanagh; and his dearly beloved wife, Catherine.

His family and friends are indebted to the loving and patient care of David for the last three years by Phyllis Wiley, recent care by Nikhat Malik and Comfort Ajayi and the nurses and staff of VITAS Hospice.

The Memorial Service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, July 9, 2021, at Grace Episcopal Church, 1405 Kentucky St., Fairfield, California. Private interment will be in Washougal, Washington.

In lieu of flowers, gifts can be given to the Music Fund of Grace Episcopal Church, Fairfield.

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Obituary Dr. Richard Marie Valeriote Aug. 5, 1929 — June 13, 2021

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our extraordinary father and our hero, Dr. Richard Marie Valeriote. Dad died Sunday, June 13, 2021, at 91 years of age, of heart failure. Known as Richie growing up, then as Dick as an adult, Dad overcame enormous obstacles to accomplish more than he ever dreamed was possible.

Dad was born in August of 1929, the 15th of 16 children in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. His parents, first generation Italian immigrants, fell on hard times during the Great Depression. He remembered his mother telling him, after paying for two older brothers’ education, ‘There’s nothing left for you. You’ll have to make your own way in the world.’ And he did. He gained admission to McGill University, and persuaded 46 acquaintances and strangers to loan him money for undergraduate and medical degrees at McGill.

At McGill he met the love of his life, Polly Pillet. A year after meeting, they married, and began the family that would eventually comprise five children. Tuberculosis soon separated them, and dad spent a year being treated for TB in a sanitarium. Polly waited for him, and when he recovered, he went back to McGill and finished medical school.

They moved their family first to Flint, Michigan, for Dad to complete his internship. Then, fleeing the cold, they moved to Fairfield, California. Dad embarked on a long and successful career as a family physician, becoming a skilled diagnostician. Before the days of specialized OB/GYNs, he delivered hundreds of babies.

Up until recently, when he was out and about in Fairfield, people would greet him and say, ‘You delivered me!’

A serendipitous event occurred when one patient paid him for his medical services with a parcel of land.

That initiated Dad’s second, simultaneous career in real estate development. He eventually brought all three of his sons into the development business. Ever the Renaissance man, he loved learning new things. He subsequently added a third career to his resume when he formed the Bank of Fairfield. He remained Chairman of the Board of that bank for years until it was acquired

by Bank of the West.

Dad diligently paid back the college loans he had taken from friends and acquaintances. Finally, six years after med school, he paid off the last one. He also repaid the generosity of those benefactors by emulating it. He made large contributions to McGill University and Santa Clara University, and was on the Board of Regents at Santa Clara.

Despite working hard at three jobs, Dad was home every night for family dinner with Polly and his five children. He doted on Mom, who he always said was “the prettiest woman in the room.” He drove thousands of miles in the family station wagon and various RVs, exploring much of the U.S. and Canada, and creating wonderful childhood memories for his kids.

Dad wrote a memoir called ‘Alice Street,’ which was published by his alma mater, McGill University. When the local Barnes and Noble threw a book-signing party for him, people were lined up out the door to have their copies of ‘Alice Street’ signed, and to express their appreciation for his kind medical care. It was the sort of tribute that usually occurs only when a person has died.

We are grateful he was able to enjoy it during his lifetime, with his wife and family present.

Even with all the hardships of growing up hungry and poor and the year suffering with tuberculosis, the greatest tragedy Dad had to face was at the end: watching his wife Polly suffer and die with Parkinson’s disease. Going on without her took all his strength, compounded as it was by the Covid-19 lockdown. Alone and isolated after 69 years of marriage, he depended on the love of his children and kind caregivers to assuage his loneliness. Dad’s faith in God helped him through this final challenge.

Dick Valeriote is survived by his children, Catherine Valeriote (Richard Anderson), Susan Valeriote (Ken Goldman), Rick Valeriote (Melissa), Chris Valeriote (Julie) and Pat Valeriote; brother, Pacifico Valeriote; sister, Anna Bordignon; grandchildren, Mattie Goldman Magdovitz (Joe), Mike and Nick Goldman, Ariel and Lauren Kozicki, Talia and Elena Valeriote, Matthew, Jonathon (Kiana), Dominic, and Christina Valeriote; and greatgranddaughter, Maya Paulette Magdovitz.

Dad’s funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 7, 2021, at Holy Spirit Church, 1070 N. Texas St, Fairfield, California. A lunch reception will follow at Paradise Valley Golf Course, 3950 Paradise Valley Drive, Fairfield, California. All who knew him are welcome.

Arrangements are under the care of Bryan-Braker Funeral Home, 707-425-4697. You may sign the guestbook at www.bryanbraker.com.

Benefits From Page A3 benefits to reflect their lifestyles,” Garamendi said in the release. “Using a COLA that actually reflects how retirees spend their money – especially in health care – is a nobrainer that will increase benefits and make Social Security work better for the people it serves.”

Nancy Altman, president of Social Security Work s, applauded Garamendi for championing the act.

“One of the most valuable features of Social Security is its inflation protection,” Altman said in the release. “However, the current method of calculating inflation undermeasures the cost of living of seniors and people with disabilities who are disproportionately burdened by rising costs of prescription drugs and other essential medical care. By more accurately accounting for the costs faced by Social Security beneficiaries, this legislation better prevents the erosion over time of Social Security’s modest but vital earned benefits.”

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FAIRFIELD — The quality of drinking water in Fairfield continues to exceed strict state and federal mandates.

The city released its 2020 Water Quality Report on Tuesday through the Consumer Confidence Report.

Standards are set by the California Division of Drinking Water and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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“This annual report provides the opportunity for transparency of our treatment processes and testing results,” said Michael J. Hether, Public Works utilities director, by email. “We strive to provide safe and highquality drinking water and continue to achieve this.

The 2020 CCR reflects our efforts to maintain high-quality standards

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The public can view the report in English, Spanish or Tagalog on Fairfield’s website by visiting fairfield. ca.gov/2020waterreport.

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First responder fee before Suisun council Tuesday Amy Maginnis-Honey

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SUISUN CITY — A proposal that comes with compassionate billing practices received the support of the City Council and some community members this past week.

The Suisun City Fire Department is proposing a $310.92 first responder fee to help recover some costs.

The subject was broached at the June 22 council meeting and met with questions and little support.

The item was continued to June 29 as it was related to other proposals such as creating a fire marshal post and setting fire department inspection fees.

Fire Chief Justin Vincent showed a comparison of Suisun City fees versus others cities in the county.

A study showed fire prevention fees could bring in more than $300,000 annually.

Vincent said a conservative estimate is about $203,000, adding that the influx of new con- vincent struction could bring in the full amount the first year.

Currently, the general fund subsidizes the fees, Vincent said.

In the three years Vincent has served as chief, there have been no inspections of gas stations in the city because of lack of manpower.

The proposal establishes what is a high-risk, medium-risk and low-risk business and how often they need a fire department inspection. High-risk businesses, such as gas stations, will be inspected

twice a year under the proposal.

Medium-r isk occupancies, including municipal buildings, would be checked annually. Lowrisk occupancies, such as barber a nd b e aut y shops, would be checked every other year.

Looking back over his time running the department, Vincent said there had been a fair amount of commercial fires, with a few of the businesses having two fires.

About 80% may have been preventable with a fire inspection, he said.

“The revenue loss for the city is massive,” he said of losing businesses to fire.

Council members had some questions regarding the first responder

Volunteers needed for H.O.P.E. fair Daily Republic Staff

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FAIRFIELD — Volunteers are needed for the H.O.P.E. Community Resource Fair from 8 a.m. to noon Wednesday at Allan Witt Park.

The Homeless Outreach Par tnership Engagement event is for families at risk of or experiencing homelessness. Resources, referrals and assistance will be available.

Food, youth activities and Covid-19 vaccinations will be available at this event. Volunteers are needed to assist with some activities.

Volunteer orientation is on-site at

7 a.m. Personal protective equipment and liability waivers will be provided.

To register as a volunteer, visit bit.ly/ F a i r f i e l d Vo l u n t e e r.

For more information, cont act M a r ya n n Dawkins-Padigela at 372-1611 or mdawkins@ fairfield.ca.gov.

Among the assistance being provided is mental health screening, CalFresh, housing referrals, Medi-Cal, DMV vouchers, substance use screening, ID waiver/reduced fee, VA assistance, food, emergency rental assistance, family-children services, limited bicycle giveaway and registration, and EBT card replacement.

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Firefighters respond to a fire in an apartment unit at 1395 Worley Road in Suisun City, Oct. 8, 2019. fee. Vincent pointed out the person’s insurance company will be billed and the department will accept what is paid.

“Insurance companies are prepared to pay first responder fees,” he said. “Insurance companies are the only ones who benefit (when a fee is

not charged).”

The proposals are on the consent calendar at Tuesday’s meeting, which gets underway at 6:30 p.m. at 701 Civic Center Blvd.

The complete agenda, as well as proposals, can be found under City Council agendas at www.suisun.com.

Nyhoff resigns as city manager Todd R. Hansen

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VALLEJO — Vallejo is looking for a new city manager.

Greg Nyhoff has resigned from the position after more than three years as the city’s top administrator, Vallejo announced in a statement released Thursday night.

Anne Cardwell, who has been the assistant city manager, will take over as acting city manager until further notice, the city said.

“I am grateful for the opportunity to have served the Vallejo City Council and community. In my time here, we have accomplished much, and I wish the best in the continued progress and success in the commu-

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There was no specific reason given for his departure, and Mayor Robert McConnell could not be reached for comment. nyhoff “The pandemic and economic shutdown created a challenging time for this community and our whole country. I have the greatest amount of respect and appreciation for the leadership team and every employee who continued to provide the community with essential and important services,” Nyhoff said as part of his statement. “It has been my

honor to serve with the best group of Directors that I have ever served with in my nearly 30 years of service to communities.”

The city statement highlighted efforts to make the Police Department more transparent and the redevelopment of Mare Island as successes during his tenure.

Nyhoff also had his share of controversies, including ongoing issues surrounding the Police Department, as well as a shake-up of administrative staff and firings See Nyhoff, Page A8

what it contains and how it compares to those state and federal standards.

“The city of Fairfield’s drinking water meets state and federal regulatory parameters,” Hether added. “The city has access to high-quality surface water sources and utilizes state-of-theart treatment processes.”

According to the city in its press release, drinking water may expect to contain at least small amounts of contaminants.

The presence of those contaminants does not necessarily indicate that the water poses a health risk.

The city does warn in its report that, if present, elevated lead levels can cause serious health problems, especially for pregnant women and young children.

Some people may just be more vulnerable to contaminants than the general population, specifically those with compromised immune systems, with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have undergone organ transplants, people with HIV/ AIDS or other immune system disorders, some elderly and infants, the city reported.

These people should seek advice from their health care providers about drinking tap water.

U.S. EPA/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines on appropriate means to lessen the risk of infection by cryptosporidium and other microbial contaminants are available from the Safe Drinking Water hotline, 800-426-4791.

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FAIRFIELD — Now that Sept. 14 has been set for the Gov. Gavin Newsom recall election, the Solano County elections office can start making preparations in earnest.

“Having the date set for the election puts many things in motion for our office, including preparing to mail voting materials to more than newsom 264,000 registered voters in Solano County,” Tim Flanagan, Solano County registrar of voters, said in a statement released by the county administration on Friday. “Our goal is to provide voting opportunities that are familiar to all voters and similar to past elections.”

The cost to the county could be as much as $2.9 million toward the $215 million estimated cost statewide.

All Solano County registered voters will be mailed a ballot starting Aug. 9, the elections office stated.

“Voters will have opportunities to return their ballot either by mail, at 16 drop-off locations throughout the county or in-person on election day at approximately 100 polling places,” the county statement said.

The ballot has two parts, the first of which asks voters “yes” or “no” whether to remove the governor.

“In the second part, the voter would have an

opportunity to select a replacement candidate. It is important to note that votes for a successor candidate would only be counted if more than 50% of voters casting ballots in the recall election vote to recall the governor,” the county flanagan statement said.

Anyone wishing to have their names submitted as a replacement candidate can now pick up forms at the elections office located in Suite 2600, on the second floor of the government center, 675 Texas St., in Fairfield. The forms include a signature-in-lieu of filing fees document.

Additionally, nomination documents will be available starting Friday.

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For more information, call 784-6675 or send an email to Elections@ SolanoCounty.com, or visit www.SolanoCounty. com/Elections.

Asset forfeiture accounting needs clarity Todd R. Hansen thansen@dailyrepublic.net

FAIRFIELD — Fairfield needs to improve its accounting for criminal asset seizures.

“The city of Fairfield’s annual asset seizures reconciliation procedures do not include verification to a control balance to confirm that the general ledger balance is accurate,” according to the 2020-21 Solano County civil grand jury, which followed up on a similar report by the 2016-17 grand jury.

“This lack of verification results in the inability to ensure that asset values have been protected and preserved,” the report stated.

The grand jury recommends, “Upon completion of the annual audit of outstanding balances in the Asset Seizures Holding Account, the city effectively coordinate with the Solano County District Attorney’s Office to track balances for cases currently being adjudicated to ensure that balances match.”

The city had not filed its responses to the report as of Friday.

Asset forfeiture is the taking of a person’s property believed to have been obtained through criminal activity. California laws allow for most types of property, including houses, boats, cars and cash, to be seized.

“Before assets can legally be forfeited, a defendant typically must be convicted of a crime related to the property and the government must comply with certain procedural rules. California Health and Safety Code . . . describes procedures for administrative forfeiture of assets not exceeding $25,000 in value,” the grand jury report states. is A conviction required if there is a claim to the property, but is not required if no claims are made.

The grand jury a lso found t hat 2019-20 annual audit reflects a single unresolved, cumulative debit balance of $5,452.73 as of June 30,

2004. New debit balances totaling $2,802.80 are outstanding as of June 30, 2020, resulting in an overall $8,255.53 debit total.

“This potentially indicates either an overpayment from, or mis-postings to, the Asset Seizures Holding Account.,” the report states.

The recommendation is for the matter to be “researched and resolved or charged off as a loss.”

In general, the grand jury wants the city to work more closely with the District Attorney’s Office to correct reporting issues and to make sure those problems do not continue to happen moving forward.

to see increase in positive testing Todd R. Hansen

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FAIRFIELD — No one appears to be getting overly ill, but Solano County continues to report higher coronavirus case numbers since the state reopened.

There were 71 new cases reported since Wednesday’s update, a two-day average of 35.5 cases to take Friday’s countywide total past 34,000 to 34,044.

With the increased numbers comes an increase in active cases, from 183 to 218, and the seven-day positivity testing rate has jumped to 7.2%.

However, the number of individuals hospitalized with the Covid disease remains low, just nine in Friday’s update,

Nyhoff From Page A6 that were not addressed publicly. Those troubles have continued including a reported complaint filed recently against Nyhoff, who has been away from City Hall

the county reported.

Additionally, the total number of Covid-related deaths remains at 244.

Vacaville added 22 cases to take its total to 8,963, while the 21 new cases in Vallejo brought the city to 10,037 cases, and Fairfield is at 9,225 cases with its 18 reports over the two days, the county reported.

Suisun City (2,339) added five cases; Dixon (1,950) added three; and Benicia (1,030) and Rio Vista (397) each added one. There were no new cases reported in the unincorporated area of the county (103).

The percentage of Solano residents who have had at least one vaccination shot held at 67%, while those fully vaccinated is still at 55%, the county reported.

for about a month for what was reported as medical reasons.

Nyhoff will be paid his full remainder of his contract, the city statement said, but those terms were not spelled out, and no one at City Hall on Friday picked up calls seeking comment.

One news report put the amount at $577,536.

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alifornia’s new budget makes it clear that Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature’s dominant Democrats are favoring a cadre of local district attorneys who favor leniency and rehabilitation for lawbreakers in their political duel with traditional, punishment-oriented prosecutors.

The battle is being fought on several fronts, most prominently in a looming clash between newly appointed Attorney General Rob Bonta, an outspoken advocate of what’s called “criminal justice reform,” and Anne Marie Schubert, the high-profile district attorney of Sacramento.

Newsom has long been a reform advocate, but swept away any doubt about where he stands by imposing a moratorium on executing murderers and Dan Walters naming Bonta, a former state assemblyman, to succeed Xavier Becerra after he joined the Biden administration.

The elections of George Gascón and Chesa Boudin as district attorneys of Los Angeles and San Francisco are also flashpoints in the ideological duel. Both flatly promised to go easier on those accused of crimes and made good on their promises by issuing new prosecutorial and sentencing policies that drew fire.

In announcing her challenge to Bonta, Schubert described Gascón and Boudin as “rogue prosecutors” and tied Bonta to them.

Recall campaigns have been mounted against both Gascón and Boudin and heated 2022 races for district attorney are looming in at least two other populous counties, Alameda and Orange.

Alameda District Attorney Nancy O’Malley’s retirement is fueling one of the clashes, featuring one of her deputies, Jimmie Wilson, and civil rights attorney Pamela Price, who tried to unseat O’Malley in 2018.

Meanwhile in Orange County, Peter Hardin, a Democrat and former prosecutor, is challenging District Attorney Todd Spitzer, a former Republican legislator.

So what role does the new state budget play in the criminal justice war?

One of the many budget “trailer bills” drafted by the Newsom administration and legislative leaders reads like a playbook from the national criminal justice reform movement that has sought to elect like-minded prosecutors.

One provision of Senate Bill 145 (and its identical counterpart, Assembly Bill 145) would vastly expand a current law that requires Bonta’s Department of Justice to review records of those arrested or convicted of crimes in 2021 and subsequent years and identify those eligible, because they weren’t prosecuted or went through diversion programs, to have their records expunged. Instead, the new bill extends such relief to those arrested or convicted as far back as 1973.

Another section creates a new program to make it easier for district attorneys such as Gascón and Boudin, in conjunction with their local public defenders, to seek “resentencing” of those they believe punished too harshly.

Still another would eliminate the long-standing practice of notifying judges who impose life sentences for major felonies, such as murder, when the affected inmates seek parole. The bill would also erase the authority of the sentencing judges to comment on the parole applications.

A second measure, Senate Bill 157 (and AB 157), takes a political shot at the California District Attorneys Association (CDAA), which represents punishment-minded prosecutors such as Schubert and has been publicly critical of Gascón’s policies. Gascón, Boudin and several other district attorneys have created Prosecutors Alliance of California.

SB 157 would eliminate grants to the CDAA for a program to support prosecution of high technology crimes and shift the funds to Bonta’s Department of Justice. It also would specifically bar the CDAA from receiving new contracts.

No explanation is offered for the money shift, but there’s little doubt that it’s punishment for backing the disfavored side of the criminal justice culture war.

CALmatters is a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s state Capitol works and why it matters.

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Critical of DR’s front-page ad policy I am disheartened and disappointed to recently see an advertisement placed above the fold and directly under the masthead on the front page of the DR. Evidently, the need for revenue is today’s driver of many decisions. The policies in place during my 40-plus years at the DR limited front page advertising to a few small ads at the bottom of the page.

Regrettably, those policies seem to be in free-fall.

Ken Kuraica Fairfield

Farewell to mother Love Elegy to Frances Gaynor Carey (1925-2021) from the Gaynor Gang’s oldest daughter, who would like to thank our mother.

She was “My Captain! Oh Captain!” in our lives. Just as Covid-19 rounded the corner – we lose you. We reached the end of this stormy year and lose you. It is never a good time to goodbye. We said goodbye to father at 50 and mother at 95.

Frances Gaynor Carey was the most admirable matriarch for the Gaynor family. She was a blessing – “bless your little heart. . .” she was our Irish Blessing.

Thank you to those who came to Holy Spirt Mass and Rosary as well as the luncheon at the Marriott in Fairfield, June 16, 2021. We celebrated her 95 years and 7 months of life as a shining example of humor, dedication, religious devotion, honesty and love.

Our mother loved, nurtured and cared for seven children. Holy Spirit Catholic Church was more than a building – the Sisters of the Holy Faith nurtured us before and after my father’s death in 1971. The priests and nuns at Holy Spirit cared for us, nurtured us, hosted scholarships for us and cradled us as we grew and developed into young men and women.

For being the best mother – loving us no matter what and caring with each birthday card, phone call, Sunday drive, Mickey Grove Park, Lodi Zoo trip, potato salad, Christmas pageants and Dad’s fudge, Divinity fudge, pecan rolls, crepe paper party hats and giving us the riches of love.

In honor of my mother who was also an auxiliary member of The Sisters of the Holy Faith, I ask donations be sent to the Sisters of the Holy Faith Retirement Fund, attn: Sister Dolores Maguire, 121-G Seminary Drive, Apt. G, Mill Valley, CA 94941.

Catherine Frances Gaynor Strother Fort Mohave, Arizona (formerly of Fairfield)

You decide With the absolute destruction of America happening right before

our eyes, it is amazing that the “progressives” never mention it unless they lay the blame on the last administration.

Bless their hearts. They just can’t bring themselves to acknowledge what a mess they are making of things.

That is OK. We understand. When you have nothing to stand on, you punch and punch.

Conspiracies, you say? Hum. How about Russia? How about Ukraine?

You know, the one where Hunter Biden (son of the now president) sat on the board of Burisma, the largest Ukrainian natural gas company, and made millions for himself and funneled it through to his dad. Nothing there, I’m sure, although it has all been proven except in the CNN’s of the world.

Oh, and just let me ponder this a minute. Threatened, you say? I believe the judges, Supreme Court jurists, the Republican elected officials and journalists that don’t tow the line, find it necessary to move their families out of danger. Not to mention that the TV personalities who aren’t woke enough are canceled (not CNN).

So who is responsible for this current mess? Well, let’s take a look.

Who believes in no borders, no controlled immigration, no voting integrity, abortion and yes, even infanticide, a get-along America where we are so disrespected they walk all over us; recently happened in Alaska where they made mincemeat of us and then again at the G7.

How about our pipeline shutdown on day one of this administration making us dependent again on other countries for our gas? And yet, Vladimir Putin was given a glad hand by our president to furnish gas to Germany via a pipeline. Does that sound like Russia, Russia, Russia?

Who wants strong borders, a strong military, a growing economy, voter integrity, a recognition that all life (born or unborn) regardless of color will be protected? Who wants a strong America where we don’t care if they don’t like us but respect us because we are strong? Who wants to outlaw the groups that burned up the

nation last summer?

You decide.

Joann Wager-Smith Fairfield

Service fees a burden It’s no secret that Suisun City is in need of revenue and is expanding service fees by increasing existing or creating new fees. Recently under consideration were Fire Department fees for prevention inspections and for first response medical emergency calls. The purpose of these fees is to recover costs for Fire Department personnel, supplies and vehicle maintenance.

Suisun’s economy is mainly based on professional services and restaurants. According to the city’s Master Fee Schedule, a restaurant inspection fee is assessed by the square footage of the occupied space.

The restaurants that are trying to survive financially from the pandemic lockdown are locally owned and operated small businesses. For the city to impose higher and new service fees on our local restaurants creates the risk that some of those establishments may be forced to close; a tragedy considering their struggle to endure the past year. For example, according to the owner of the local restaurant Ironwood, her employees were not laid off last year even though the customer counts were very low, resulting in a tenuous financial condition.

Any service fee may seem small compared to taxes, but to a business, it is yet another expense. How many small businesses have applied for and received the pandemic-directed federal grants and are still in perilous closure conditions?

As residents of Suisun City, we should care about and patronize the small businesses and restaurants in our city. They provide the services, products and conveniences that we use and enjoy. They also give us the small-town environment that is unique to Suisun City.

Barbara Pisching Suisun City

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it “empowers individuals he best place to see how far critical race theory from traditionally underrephas spread and conresented groups in biomedical taminated our instiresearch such as Blacks, the tutions is the National disabled, women and the poor.

Institutes of Health.

The evidence, such as it is, The task of that formerly for structural racism is that respected agency of our govBlack applicants are “present ernment is to “support a in far fewer numbers commultidisciplinary neurosciwith their numbers in Bud Stevenson pared ence initiative to expand our the U.S. population.” Accordunderstanding of the brain . . . includ- ing to Collins, that disparity is ing treatments for Alzheimer’s, “irrefutable evidence of discriminaParkinson’s, autism and depression.” tion,” notwithstanding the fact that Heather Mac Donald, in an essay grant reviewers have no knowledge of in The Wall Street Journal, accuses an applicant’s race. the National Institutes of Health of But using simple population stapandering to the far left with a “new tistics as proof of institutional racism requirement for participating in the “ignores racial disparities in acabrain initiative.” demic skills, achievement and study Neurologists, molecular biolopractices that the NIH didn’t cause gists and nanophysicists seeking and couldn’t possibly do anything NIH funding must now submit a plan to remedy.” showing how they will “enhance Mac Donald quotes a study by diverse perspectives throughout the liberal Brookings Institution their research.” Funding, if any, will that showed that Black high school be determined by the applicant’s students spend a little more than a diversity score. quarter of the time on homework than According to the NIH’s director, Asian students do and half the time Francis X. Collins, the new diversity of white students. The average score requirement is an effort to atone for on the math SAT for Black students in the “stain” of structural racism. This 2020 was 454 on the 800-point scale new diversity demand is apparently compared with 547 for whites and being made because the more than 632 for Asians.

60 “diversity and inclusion” direcI mention this enormous discreptives have proved ineffective. ancy because President Joe Biden Each “plan for enhancing diverse blames the achievement gap on “sysperspectives” must demonstrate that temic racism.” Just 20% of Black

test-takers met the math benchmark.

With scores that low, it is unlikely that more than a very few Black students will be able to graduate with a STEM degree. STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and math.

Consider that 35% of Asian SAT-takers score in the 700 to 800 range compared to 9% of whites.

So what does Collins plan to do about the enormous difference when it comes to making awards? Simple.

He introduces a new category within “medical science” for grants to be made for projects “aimed at reducing health disparities” among the races.

Quoting Mac Donald again: “Science isn’t a social justice endeavor.”

The underrepresented groups are not victims of discrimination. Science has one purpose: to advance knowledge about the fundamental workings of nature. Any agenda that imposes extraneous criteria will reduce the quality of the talent pool and divert attention away from the generation of new knowledge.

The demand that scientific endeavors be judged by race and gender rather than the quality of the accomplishment does not bode well for our future.

Bud Stevenson, a retired stockbroker, lives in Fairfield. Reach him at Bsteven254@aol.com.

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50 Murray Bass Plan to live

Friends, family play a key role in my life

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or most of my life, I have been separated from my sister’s family. Sis Mary had one son whose marriage to Vicki produced a number of children.

An exception of being separated by distance has been the family of Mary’s great-grandson, Wesley Seeley. Wesley is in the Air Force and was recently assigned to Beale Air Force Base near Wheatland.

We have visited many times in the past two years. I have enjoyed being with Wesley’s wife, Gina, and kids, Will, Wesley and Wyatt.

The Air Force has reassigned Wesley to a base in Great Britain. The family is to report there on Aug. 30.

For an old guy like me, it’s the end of an era. I have grown to love them all dearly.

Last week, the family drove here to visit me once more. We enjoyed lunch at Heritage Park in Suisun.

I had forgotten that young people have so much stored energy. I watched Wes and Wyatt on the play exercise equipment for more than an hour. Gina and I had a good long conversation while the kids played.

At the end of lunch, this old man was worn out. I had them drop me off at the Terrace. They decided to visit Jelly Belly before going home. They loved it.

Wes and Gina are going to Beale to close the residence, then I think the family, including Grandma Vicki, will be enjoying a brief reunion in Solvang. They have promised me they will stay in touch with FaceTime after arriving in Great Britain, but I understand a new assignment can be very time-consuming, so I expect fewer calls at longer intervals.

I have long ago accepted the fact that members of the family have lives of their own.

And I accept the fact that time passes. I am most grateful for the opportunities I have had to be with sister Mary’s family.

They are gone, but I will not be lonely. I have many friendships. I have several groups of friends.

For example, the Solano County Deplorables. We See Bass, Page A11

Retired lieutenant colonel enjoys quiet of Rolling Hills Todd R. Hansen thansen@dailyrepublic.net

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us Almquist took up photography when he joined the U.S. Air Force – that after serving in the Army Air Corps.

“They had a dark room (at Goodfellow Air Force Base) and one of they guys there got me into it,” said Almquist, 95, of Fairfield.

“And plus, my neighbor wanted to sell me a Rolleiflex. It was a famous twin lens camera.”

The focus of his early work was his family as they traveled across the United States and abroad as part of his 26-year military career. time, he Over began shooting landscapes and natural wonders – a subject matter he still enjoys, particularly in the open space area of Rolling Hills Neighborhood Park.

“It gives me a workout.

It’s got good trails and scenery. It’s just nice to get out there,” Almquist said.

But Almquist has simplified the hobby.

“I had given away all my cameras, my film cameras, so now I rely on my iPhone Pro Max,” he said, adding he is amazed with the quality of photos he gets.

The park also provides a sense of quiet and peace for Almquist, who had little of that during his time in the military, serving during three wars.

But another “hobby” he picked up along the way was meditation, which he said he has practiced off and on for decades, and does more regularly now. Almquist

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Gus Almquist stands in a Rolling Hills hiking area in Fairfield. said he believes the practice has given him some insight into the after-life.

“I’m not a very religious man, and . . . believed when you died you die, no after-life,” Almquist said.

But an experience he had during meditation

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It was during one of his meditation sessions that

three lights appeared. He has no doubts that they were a kind of energy

from his parents and his brother, Len, who died in World War II. His brother had joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. On Dec. 15, 1942, he flew off on a mission out of England and never returned.

While it was his brother who gave Almquist his first plane ride, it was Charles Lindbergh who inspired him to fly.

Born in Michigan, Almquist spent his early years on the family farm, where they raised dairy cows and grew potatoes.

He attended a one-room schoolhouse with his brother and sister.

“My dad was an iron ore miner. He worked in the mines and bought the farm and thought he had a great future, but then the Depression hit,” Almquist said.

By then, like much of the world, Lindbergh had captured his imagination.

In 1938, the family moved to Brooklyn, New York, to live with his aunt, Hulda Erickson.

“We got there on a Friday night, and on Saturday, my brother took me up in my first airplane ride,” he recalls.

Eventually the family moved to Rockville, Illinois, where Almquist graduated from high school when he was 16.

“I got this job as a draftsman, and I took my first flying lesson,” he said.

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Back pain is not always caused by back problems

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ow back pain is a common health complaint among adults, and the risk of lower back pain increases as you get older.

With lower back pain, it’s common for patients and their doctors to investigate the usual suspects: the muscles and discs of the spine.

But sometimes, the culprit is actually rooted somewhere else.

In 15 to 30% of patients with chronic low back pain, the cause isn’t the spine at all.

Instead, it’s a problem with the sacroiliac (SI) joints. These joints link the iliac bones (hips) to the sacrum, or the lowest part of the spine above the tailbone.

The SI joint is an important but often under-appreciated and unknown cause of low back pain. I call it the great masquerader because it cna look like a hip problem or back problem.

The SI joints are important because they are essentially shock absorbers for impacts from the lower extremities to your spine, for example, when running or lifting heavy objects.

These joints don’t move as much as other joints in the body, but they move just enough to help diffuse some of the forces and decrease the risk of injury to the spine.

If injured, however, an SI joint may have more motion than normal which can cause it to become a very painful problem.

Symptoms can range from aching to sharp or radiating pain in the back, hips or buttocks.

It can radiate down the leg, mimicking sciatica or nerve pain, and

Cornelis Elmes Fit after 50 patients can feel the pain whether sitting or standing or even laying down.

They often have trouble just getting comfortable and will fidget and move around a lot.

There are several treatment options to address SI joint pain, starting with physical therapy and exercises, especially those that help to strengthen the body’s core muscles. Wearing a sacroiliac belt, or a device designed to limit movement of the joint, can help provide support for the area as well. For some patients, steroid injections in the area can provide relief for a short time.

When that’s not effective, surgical interventional in the form of SI joint fusion is an option. The procedure involves a small incision along the side of the buttock through which small triangle-shaped titanium implants are inserted across the sacroiliac joint. The implants, which are porous, encourage bone ingrowth, which essentially fuses the joint so that it can no longer move, thus relieving the cause of the pain.

The procedure has proven effective in more than 90% of patients and because it is a minimally invasive procedure, recovery is faster. Fusing the SI joint does not limit a patient’s flexibility. The SI joint is not supposed to move much anyway.

Dr. Cornelis Elmes is an orthopedic specialist at NorthBay Healthcare.

Bass: Friends From Page A10 meet each Wednesday morning for breakfast. There’s about a dozen of us.

Then there’s Tax Watchers.

I have a group of close friends at the Terrace, and we have breakfast or lunch together when we can. And on occasion we get together for parties.

Life has been kind to me – I am grateful for that. I still have to stay busy to provide columns for the newspaper.

More important, I have to keep trying to implement my projects to save folks without electricity in Africa.

Quiet From Page A10 to follow his brother into the service – in his case, the Army Air Corp – but he had to wait a year, and on Dec. 13, 1943, just two years after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Almquist was off to Basic Training and then onto a career path filled with unexpected experiences.

“I’ve had an interesting life,” Almquist said.

In October 1948, he had joined the newly created U.S. Air Force, and would serve three years as a flight instructor in the North American T-6.

“I really enjoyed training kids in the T-6, which was a handful of an aircraft by the way,” he said.

By 1953, he was flying over Korea, often reconnaissance missions gathering intelligence on enemy positions. It was

Sometimes it’s hard to stay focused but stay focused I will. I do want to thank those folks who have been willing to accept my hardheaded attitude.

I am one lucky fellow, with so many friends.

Many from years ago.

Thank you, Lord, for favoring me with such great family and friends.

I can’t tell you what a joy it is been to hear 3-year-old Wesley call out, “Hey Uncle” to this 93-year-old man.

It’s one of life’s joys.

Reach Murray Bass at 427-0744 or mzb60@ comcast.net. during his last mission that he encountered enemy planes.

“I started to zig-zag, and they were right on me,” said Almquist, who considers himself extremely lucky to have survived the day.

Almquist also piloted the B-47 during some of the most tense years of the Cold War. “And the only purpose of that was to deliver a nuclear bomb to Russia,” Almquist said.

So every day he waited with other B-47 pilots for what he thought was an inevitable order, and World War III. “I had Leningrad as a target, which is St. Petersburg, again,” he said.

His background as a civil engineer would land him in defense intelligence working with the early generations of computers.

One day he was called into the DIA office and

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Elaine Snyder, of Mars, and Cindy Magdinec, of Valencia, talk and laugh as they stain pieces of wood during the Bunks Across America event where local chapters of the charity Sleep in Heavenly Peace spend

the day making beds for children in need at Hosanna Industries in Gibsonia, June 12. Snyder and her husband Ed Snyder started this chapter of the national nonprofit.

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d and Elaine Snyder were looking for a new project.

The retired couple, who live in Mars, Butler County, Pennsylvania, were looking for other activities after tackling two house flips. It was then their daughter-in-law mentioned they should consider getting involved with a charity with which she had been volunteering.

Now the Snyders don’t decorate and remodel houses – they build beds.

They got involved with Sleep in Heavenly Peace, a nonprofit charity with around 250 chapters throughout the country that build wooden twin beds from scratch to give to children who don’t have them.

The organization, founded in Twin Falls, Idaho, did not have a chapter in Western Pennsylvania, although a few dotted the eastern side of the state, according to Snyder. So they started one of their own, along with friend David Nock, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in February.

The couple went to training at the Idaho headquarters of Sleep in Heavenly Peace in October 2020 and subsequently rented warehouse space at faith-based construction nonprofit Hosanna Industries in New Sewickley, Beaver County. They also purchased four tables for sanding pine picked out for the beds, woodworking jigs, drill machines and more equipment. Each headboard is hand branded with a hot iron: “SHP.” Snyder explained the old-fashioned but effective technique of using troughs filled with a solution of vinegar and steel wool to stain the wood, which involves weeks of stirring before soaking the individual pieces for just 20 seconds. The Snyders also purchase twin mattresses for the beds as well as sheets, pillows, blankets and comforters. In

a typical “build day,” they and volunteers will construct 10 to 15 beds, and they’ve given away more than 30 since March.

“Everything’s new,” Elaine Snyder said. “If their parents can’t afford a bed, that’s an incident that happened to them. That’s not their fault. They deserve to have a bed the same as everyone else. We really deck them out.”

The chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace will deliver within a 40-minute drive of either the Snyders’ home in Mars or the New Sewickley warehouse to Butler, Beaver and Allegheny counties and assemble the beds, which are sometimes bunked. During a recent weekend, they delivered beds in Butler, Beaver Falls, Ambridge and Avalon.

Snyder said 2 to 3% of U.S. children do not have a bed to sleep in, and children and youth services departments will not place a child in a home, even with a relative, without a bed for them. Nearly all of the deliveries so far, she noted, have been to families headed by single mothers, and the beds are for ages 3 to 17.

She recalled a delivery to a family near Pittsburgh’s North Side in late March. The mother said, “I know I can’t ask. I don’t have a bed, either.” So Snyder found another bed on Facebook Marketplace, and the seller, hearing whom it was for, gave it to the Snyders for free. The free bed, however, turned out to be a kid’s bed as well, so the little girl received the other bed and the mother was given the SHP bed.

“It all came out in the wash,” Snyder said. “But the mom, when we went to bring the bed in for her, she said, ‘My room’s downstairs.’ And her room was in the basement by the furnace. They had to shim the one leg because it was on cement floors, so the bed was teetering. She was thrilled to have a bed.”

Another delivery involved grandparents who had taken in three

grandchildren who had “nothing in their rooms at all.” The children were excited to receive their own beds.

In addition to helping with production and delivery, Snyder also seeks out families who need beds for their children. Several teachers have applied on behalf of students and walk parents through the process. She has also been in touch with crisis centers, women and children’s groups, and homeless shelters.

On a build day, the Snyders need at least 15 volunteers to fill out the production line, and interested parties can contact Snyder via email at elaine.snyder@shpbeds.org.

“It does take about 15 people to help, sanding, building, cutting,” she said. “If you’re afraid to do anything, you can sand. If you say ‘I don’t know how to do anything,’ there is still a job for you.”

All the chapters of Sleep in Heavenly Peace came together June 12 for the third annual Bunks Across America event, where each built beds on the same day in a show of solidarity, upholding the organization’s slogan, “No kid sleeps on the floor in our town.”

She said donations of pillows and bedclothes, particularly blankets, are also a way folks can help Sleep in Heavenly Peace.

The charity organization started in 2012 when Idaho resident Luke Mickelson made a bed for a neighbor boy for Christmas. Out of the leftover wood, Mickelson built a second bed and put it on Facebook.

Soon he had multiple requests from folks in need of a bed and others eager to help him build more.

SHP was born.

As the organization grew but bypassed Western Pennsylvania, the opportunity presented itself to the Snyders.

“My husband and I, I guess we’re gutsier that we thought we were,” Snyder said.

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A photograph taken by Gus Almquist in the Rolling Hills area. was shown photographs of the buildup of missiles in Cuba, and was “asked” to head up the command center.

“I begged off on that, but they said ‘no,’ and was told I would be supported by a CIA man. So that was an interesting night,” Almquist said.

“We had bugs all over the world, in bedrooms of kings,” he said.

When that deployment ended, he was sent to Hawaii where he gathered information and provided electronic support for missions in Vietnam.

“I retired in 1969, and that was the end of my flying career,” Almquist said. “If I would have stayed in another year, I would have retired a full colonel.”

One of his more mem-

orable days was on Nov. 22, 1963.

He was flying that day, and returned to Andrews Air Force Base only to be instructed to take an unusual landing route.

When he was on the ground, he noticed a lot of people standing around.

Almquist asked someone what was going on and was told they were waiting for the president.

“And that’s how I learned about the assassination,” Almquist said.

His civilian life also had many turns, but he eventually landed in the Public Works Department for Contra Costa County.

He and his wife Dorothy, who was better known as Dottie, were married for 66 years.

They met while he was stationed in San Antonio, Texas, and after being assigned to another base in north Texas, he would fly his T-6 south to continue their courtship. had four They daughters.

He spent Father’s Day at a reunion of the Almquist generations in Monterey.

Editor’s Note: Almquist also will be featured in the Daily Republic’s annual Veterans Day special publication, a story focusing more on his military career.

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Crime logs Fairfield thursday, July 1 12:48 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 900 block of JOHNSON STREET 5:54 a.m. — Battery, 1000 block of WEBSTER STREET 6:45 a.m. — Battery, 500 block of CEMENT HILL ROAD 7:22 a.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 1200 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD 8:22 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 100 block of SERRANO DRIVE 8:23 a.m. — Vandalism, 1600 block of WEST TEXAS STREET 8:34 a.m. — Commercial burglary, 600 block of JEFFERSON STREET 10:51 a.m. — Reckless driver, CLAY BANK ROAD 11:15 a.m. — Reckless driver, NORTH TEXAS STREET 11:16 a.m. — Fight with a weapon, 1500 block of WEST TEXAS STREET 12:47 p.m. — Forgery, 3300 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 12:54 p.m. — Vandalism, 2100 block of UNION AVENUE 12:59 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, TRAVIS BOULEVARD 1:08 p.m. — Grand theft, 1000

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block of BROADWAY STREET 3:05 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, OLIVER ROAD 4:13 p.m. — Hit-and-run with injury, 1900 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 4:18 p.m. — Forgery, 3000 block of AUTO MALL COURT 5:09 p.m. — Forgery, 100 block of ALARCON COURT 6:16 p.m. — Indecent exposure, 5000 block of BUSINESS CENTER DRIVE 6:54 p.m. — Reckless driver, WESTBOUND INTERSTATE 80 7:22 p.m. — Reckless driver, UTAH STREET 7:26 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 200 block of RED TOP ROAD 7:50 p.m. — Reckless driver, UTAH STREET 11:53 p.m. — Trespassing, 300 block of PITTMAN ROAD

Suisun City thursday, July 1 6:07 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 700 block of SUISUN STREET 9:06 a.m. — Fraud, 700 block of CIVIC CENTER BOULEVARD 4:31 p.m. — Burglary, SUNSET AVENUE/RAILROAD AVENUE

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Car lands in ditch in rural Fairfield California Highway Patrol officers investigate the scene of a one-vehicle crash on Mankas Corner Road near Abernathy Road in Fairfield, Friday. A Ford Focus veered off the road into a ditch around 11:45 a.m. The driver was found unconscious and taken to a nearby hospital.

Center From Page One Children and Families Commission established was by an ordinance passed by the county Board of Supervisors in 1999. Its mission has been to foster and sustain effec- frazier tive programs and partnerships to promote, support and improve the lives of young children.

The Vallejo center was built for $1.7 million and covers 7,000 square feet.

It includes three classrooms and an open play area. Much of that money was gathered through fundraising.

“The fact that this got through the state budget process is a terrific launch to make it happen more quickly,” Richards said.

With the Covid-19 pandemic, the Vallejo center had to be closed a month into its opening until just recently. But First 5 Solano was able to offer programs through Zoom and take-home learning and projects.

The site selection for Fairfield will begin soon.

The target is to reach neighborhoods of most need. Vallejo’s center, located at 3375 Sonoma Blvd, is in an area determined to have the most need.

“This critical support for First 5 Solano will support programs targeted at the areas of

highest priority need and will ensure that these critical community investments can continue to meet the needs of children and families in life-changing, cost-effective and sustainable ways,” Frazier said in a press release.

First 5 Solano provides programs in early childhood mental health, parenting, prekindergarten academies, early care and education, family strengthening, grants, and collaboration and linkages.

“We are so appreciative of the efforts of Assemblymember Frazier in securing the resources to establish a First 5 Center in Fairfield,” said Jennifer Barton, who serves as chairwoman of the First 5 Solano Commission, in a press release. “This neighborhood-based hub will ensure more young children in Solano County have the opportunity for the best start in school and in life.”

County Supervisor Erin Hannigan serves as a First 5 Solano commissioner and said in the release, “Children are our most important asset. The First 5 Center is the perfect place to surround families with all the resources they need to help their young children grow and thrive.”

Richards said there are no immediate plans for centers in other county communities, but a mobile center could be a possibility in the future.

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victims said it wasn’t necessary, paving the way for the demolition.

But the formation of Elsa – which was briefly a hurricane – elevated the stakes as the prospects of finding survivors in the adjacent rubble pile continued dimming.

The mayor on Saturday announced a state of emergency in MiamiDade, as did the governor for counties that could be affected by the storm.

“The fear was that the hurricane may take the building down for us – and take it down in the wrong direction, on top of the pile where we have victims,” Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett said.

As of 5 p.m. Saturday, Elsa’s projected track remained west of MiamiDade County, passing over Cuba, Key West and into the Gulf of Mexico.

But officials warned that the county would experience stormy weather, and a slight shift in the track remains possible.

“As early as Monday afternoon, we can start to see more frequent rain bands and gusty winds and that will continue through Tuesday,” said Miami National Weather Service expert Robert Molleda.

The mayor made the decision after officials spoke to another demolition company Saturday.

That demolition company was identified as CDI Controlled Demolition Inc., of Phoenix, Maryland. It is being subcontracted through BG Group, the Delray Beach demolition company hired by the Florida Department of Emergency Management to bring down the remaining portion of the building.

Miami-Dade Fire Chief of Operations Ray Jadallah told family members, in private briefings Saturday, that crews need up to 14 hours

to prepare the building for demolition. They plan to drill holes into the columns of the first and second floors and plant explosives there.

Ideally, the building will collapse in place, with perhaps some debris falling onto Collins Avenue, he said.

He said the demolition will begin on the lower floors, causing the rest of the structure to collapse into a pile in place with some spill over onto Collins. Search and rescue will resume about 15 minutes to one hour once the demolition is completed, he said.

Jadallah said rescue workers will be able to access new areas that have not been searched on the west side of the pile and in the underground garage.

To distinguish the mountain of rubble that workers have been searching from the new pile that will result after the controlled demolition, Jadallah said, workers are placing a 6-inchthick neoprene blanket over the existing mound of debris that once held 55 units of the Champlain Towers South.

Whatever debris from the demolition falls onto the existing pile can be removed using

heavy equipment that will be ready to go once the demolition is complete, he said.

The remaining hours before the demolition also means frantic work for experts from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, which is leading an investigation into what caused the collapse. The National Science Foundation has also joined the team, Mayor Levine Cava said Saturday, and investigators are taking photos, videos and measurements of the remaining condo tower to help them pinpoint what led to the collapse.

“There is 3D imaging with drones to capture as much details about the structure while it is still standing,” she said.

Dump trucks are also hauling away “evidentiary” debris for later examination by researchers, she said.

The move to demolish the building has left survivors and their families with mixed emotions.

Thunderstorms have destabilized the two-story pile of crushed concrete and steel, while and shifting cracks debris have threatened to topple the remaining portion of the tower that remains upright.

describing the legislation.

“This bill would state that a dietary supplement, food, beverage, cosmetic, From Page One or pet food is not adulterated by the inclusion Council, said there are of industrial hemp or still some large industrial cannabinoids, extracts, hemp farms operating in or derivatives from Southern California. industrial hemp if those “A lot of the farmers substances meet specified pivoted to smokable requirements, and would hemp – rolled hemp,” prohibit restrictions on Bernacchi said. the sale of dietary The council is supplements, pushing legislafood, bevertion, authored by ages, cosmetics, Assemblywoman or pet food that Cecilia Aguiarinclude industrial Curry, D-Winters, hemp or cannabithat would allow noids, extracts, or CBD to be infused derivatives from in food, beverindustrial hemp ages, cosmetics aguiar-curry based solely on and pet food, a bill that the inclusion of those he said has been received substances,” the docupretty well. ment states.

“This bill would However, the Govrequire a manufacturer ernor’s Office opposes of dietary supplements any provision that allows and food that includes smokable hemp, and the industrial hemp to be industry is looking to add able to demonstrate language to the bill that that all parts of the would allow for it. plant used come from a “The current bill state or country that would ban smokable has an established and hemp,” said Bernacchi, approved industrial hemp adding that proponents program, as defined, that of the legislation are inspects or regulates working with the adminhemp under a food safety istration to ease the program or equivalent prohibition. criteria to ensure safety “We are very hopeful,” for human or animal con- Bernacchi said. “We have sumption and that the not received many no industrial hemp cultiva- votes. It’s pretty widely tor or grower is in good supported on both sides of standing and compli- the aisle.” ance with the governing The bill would reopen laws of the state or the primary CBD country of origin,” markets for the farmers.

“This is the next according to a document

domino that has to fall,” Bernacchi said.

It is not likely many in Solano are complaining about the crop’s absence, least of all the Sheriff’s Office. The potential value of the crop aside, it also generated its own crime surge that residents near the 2019 operations described as the “wild wild west.”

The county experienced a wave of criminal activity during the first hemp growing season, including shootings, highspeed law enforcement chases and other crimes that taxed the Sheriff’s Office and alarmed neighboring residents.

All of that led to the moratorium on cultivation and processing.

Bernacchi said the criminal activity experienced in Solano was not common throughout the state.

He said the bigger issue were operators who were trying to use the hemp operation as cover for illegal marijuana production.

Bernacchi said the state has submitted its proposed hemp regulations to federal authorities for approval. The regulations must conform with those created with the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill, which legalized hemp farming beyond fiber production.

The new county ordinance sets a growing zone, as well as layers of security, setback and

other regulations.

The growing area is defined as 1 mile east of Highway 113; 3 miles north of Highway 12; the eastern county border; with Midway Road as the northern boundary.

There is a 100-foot setback requirement from the parcel edge, as well as a 2,500-foot setback from any offsite residence.

Every grower must have an administrative permit, which includes having a security plan approved by the Sheriff’s Office.

Other key requirements include hemp crops that do not meet THC level requirements must be destroyed; the number of testing samples increases with the number of acres; and bilingual hemp and no trespassing signage must be posted at the sites.

THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, is the main psychoactive compound in cannabis that produces the high sensation.

The growers are responsible for all public costs, including on-site inspections.

Additionally, anyone transporting the crops must have in their possession a certificate that shows the hemp meets the THC limit of threetenths of 1%.

A violation of the ordinance would be considered a misdemeanor.

Council

basis,” the report adds.

“In contrast, under the government speech doctrine, the city may advance its own speech without requiring viewpoint neutrality when the government itself is the speaker. The proposed policy is structured to ensure that any commemorative flags flown on city flagpoles would be considered government speech.”

The council is sched-

uled to meet at 6 p.m. in the council chamber at City Hall, 1000 Webster St., in Fairfield.

Changes to the solid waste collection service to meet state standards also will be before the council.

Additionally, the council is scheduled to sit as the Paradise Valley Maintenance and Monitoring District board to consider a new levy assessment.

From Page One “We will begin search and rescue on any sections that are safe to access as soon as we are cleared,” MiamiDade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said during a Saturday evening press briefing.

The frantic work added another level of drama to the unprecedented search-and-rescue effort more than a week after the Champlain Towers South building collapsed in the middle of the night, killing at least 24 people and leaving over 120 still missing.

Since the June 24 collapse, rescue crews from across the nation and world have been struggling to find survivors and bodies in the concrete and metal remains of the 12-story building.

For the past week, the rescue efforts have been complicated by stormy weather and unstable conditions at the site – including shifting rubble, the threat of falling debris and fear that the remaining standing portion of the tower could topple, putting crews at risk.

Levine Cava on Friday signed an order for the demolition of the building.

On Friday, the mayor said the demolition probably wouldn’t happen until late July, as staffers iron out plans to topple the building safely. “We’d prefer it fall in a controlled manner. But we may not have that opportunity,” Levine Cava said.

“I understand getting it done in that period of time would be unprecedentedly fast.”

The county also went to court late Friday to try to get the condo board’s receiver to sign off on the demolition. A judge overseeing lawsuits filed by

Hemp

From Page One staff prepare a flag policy that addresses the display of commemorative flags approved by the council in the future,” the report states.

“The display of commemorative flags at city facilities may raise First Amendment free

speech issues, depending on whether the flag is treated as government speech or private speech on public property. If the city allowed third-party requests to display commemorative flags on city flagpoles, the flagpoles may be deemed “limited public forums” under the First Amendment and the city could not pick and choose which commemorative flags to fly, except on a content-neutral

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Rescue teams use jack hammers to chip through debris and rubble as they continue to look for survivors at the partially collapsed Champlain Towers South Condo building in Surfside, Florida, Saturday.

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Starbound brings home awards from Junior Theater Festival Texas Daily Republic Staff

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SUISUN CITY — Students from Starbound Theatre in Suisun City won a Freddie G Excellence in Music award, and Lauren Brown received a Freddie G Outstanding Performance by an Individual award at the 2021 Junior Theater Festival Texas.

During its adjudication, Starbound Theatre students presented selections from Disney’s “Frozen JR.” for music director and vocal coach Tali Allen, who is artistic director of Muny

Kids and Teens, Derek Bowley, iTheatrics Master Teacher, and Kelby McIntyre-Martinez, longtime JTF and Broadway JR. choreographer.

“This whirlwind journey through the story of ‘Frozen’ captured the fun and the heart of the show,” Bowley wrote.

“The actors sang with emotion, connecting to the lyrics and conveying the full meaning of each moment through the music. The lead performers commanded the stage in their individual moments, fully supported by the tal-

ented ensemble.”

Added Allen, “These students’ presentation featured a great use of space with really creative staging! Anna gave an outstanding vocal performance!”

Starbound Theatre students Olivia Kildow and Richard Lasslo were distinguished as Junior Theater Festival AllStars honoring particularly dynamic student performers.

This year marked the first JTF Texas. The event, held June 25-27, brought together 2,228 musical theater enthusi-

asts to participate in the event; 50 of these groups were in person, and an additional seven groups participated online. iTheatrics and the Junior Theater Group produce the Junior Theater Festivals.

Michael James Scott (Disney’s Aladdin on Broadway) performed the festival’s headlining concert.

Nearly 15,000 people worldwide attended a Junior Theater Festival or Junior Theater Celebration in 2020.

Starbound Theatre is an award-winning youth theater

program and one of the largest youth theater programs in Solano and Napa counties. The program integrates the pillars of positive youth development in its interaction with students to help them achieve their best and thrive.

You can view a clip of the group’s performance at www. dropbox.com/s/dwy9f1ui5ljioko/ Starbound%20Theatre_JTF% 20TX_Highlight%20Reel.mp4? dl=0.

For more information on Starbound, visit www.starbound theatre.com.

Dove Award winner performs at Journey Downtown Daily Republic Staff

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FAIRFIELD — Nichole Nordeman was waiting tables in Los Angeles when she reluctantly entered a songwriting competition sponsored by the Gospel Music Association.

That launched her career as a musician and singer-songwriter, winning nine Dove Awards, a Grammy nomination and six No. 1 singles. music “Being in this industry so long, my first Nichole Nordeman album came 7 p.m. Friday out in 1998, (it) all feels so Journey Downtown, far away,” she 308 Main St., said. “Life is Vacaville so wonderful journeycoffeeco.com and normal.” https://nichole Nordeman nordemanmusic.com p er for m s Friday at Journey Downtown in Vacaville.

Nordeman has called Tulsa home for the past decade. She leads worship at the First United Methodist Church there.

For many months, she played before a camera as services were streamed during the pandemic. She was just hired prior to the Covid-19 pandemic.

In-person worship has resumed. “(I have) eyes to connect with and other voices to sing with,” she said.

The church recently hosted a griefand-loss service for those affected by the pandemic.

“So many people didn’t feel creative (during the coronavirus),” she said, adding she counts herself among them.

“They were in constant fear and anxiety.”

She homeschooled her two teens, son Charlie, who will soon turn 18, and daughter Pepper, 13.

“Having big kids is so much fun,” she said. “It’s so cool to have a relationship with them.”

Nordeman was planning a career in psychology when she entered the songwriting contest.

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Meredith Axelrod and Craig Ventresco are the featured performers Thursday in Winters.

Winters music series continues Thursday with

Axelrod & Ventresco Daily Republic Staff

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WINTERS — The Winters Friends of the Library summer concert series continues with a free outdoor concert

by Meredith Axelrod and Craig Ventresco from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the Rotary Park Gazebo, on Main Street at Railroad Avenue, in front of the Community Center.

Axelrod is a multi-instrumentalist with a passion for early jazz and pre-1930s American pop music. She has performed with Dan Hicks, Maria Muldaur, David Grisman, the Cheap

Suit Serenaders, R. Crumb, and the Jim Kweskin Jug Band.

She performed with Ventresco online every night from their San Francisco kitchen during the pandemic. Their videos are available at facebook.com/meredithaxelrod.

The performance is part of the Winters Friends of the Library 23rd season of Summer Concerts at the Gazebo.

The series will continue with Geoffrey Miller and his band playing country, western swing, honky-tonk and rockabilly on July 15; Los Tres de

Winters playing Norteño-style music on July 22; and The Easy Winners, playing classic rags, waltzes, cakewalks, tangos and marches on July 29.

Everyone is invited to pack a picnic, bring a blanket or lawn chairs or sit on the grass, sip a cool drink and enjoy live music.

The Friends of the Library have refreshments and used books for sale.

Proceeds support the Winters Library.

For more information, contact Keith Cary at kcary@dcn.org or 530795-3173, or visit wfol.org.

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Friday at Journey Downtown, 308 Main St., in Vacaville.

BENICIA — Beth Winfield is the featured artist for July at the Benicia Plein Air Gallery.

Her exhibit, “Call of the West,” has several painting journeys into the Ameri-

can Southwest.

Most recently, she traveled to the “Valley of the Gods” in Southern Utah, spending her days capturing rocks and fleeting light, painting out of the back of her car. Strong rain and winds kept her from working outside.

She then traveled into the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico and surrounding areas finding additional interesting subjects.

Driving into this vast Western landscape is Windfield’s favorite things.

Winfield paints a variety of subjects from landscapes

and figurative to still-life objects, with landscapes being her primary focus.

The gallery is open from noon to 6 p.m.

Friday through Sunday at 307 First St. For more information visit www. beniciapleinair.com.

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Ideas end at the premise in ‘The Forever Purge’ Adam Graham

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he “Purge” movies are better in concept than they are in execution. They are built on an intriguing if lug headed premise – what if, for one night only, all crime was legal? – but their depth ends there.

They’re like a paranoid conspiracy theorist who just when you think they’re onto something loses train of their thought.

“The Forever Purge,” the fifth “Purge,” talks a big game, employing all sorts of charged political words and theories but doesn’t do anything interesting with them, using them as kindling for a lame action thriller that never plants its flag in the ground. If “The Purge” movies were ever going to catch fire, it would have happened by now.

Josh Lucas stars as Dylan Tucker, a rancher in Texas who is not participating in the annual Purge. (In “Purge” movies, there are two types of characters: those who do and don’t Purge.) He locks down with his family (including his pregnant wife, Emma Kate, played by Cassidy Freeman) while the sirens go off and the Purge commences. All is set to return to normal the following morning, except the Purgers decide to keep on Purging. Dude, what happens if the Purge never ends?

As America rages, Mexico and Canada decide to open their borders to those attempting to flee the violence.

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If Mexico were to open its border to Americans, who’s the “Dreamer” now?

(Canada, tossed in as an aside, is only mentioned peripherally in background news reports.)

Dylan, who has racist tendencies of his own (he pointedly explains his feelings that all races should just stick to their own), is forced to learn the error of his ideologies as the tables are turned on him. Meanwhile some key words and phrases are tossed out – “bad hombres,” a guy who calls his significant other “Mother” – as stand-ins for actual political commentary. “The Purge” movies still want you to believe they stand for something, but they’re just cheap window dressing on conventional genre tales, this one a race to the border. Anyone else feeling Purged out?

Gilroy Garlic Festival announces details of 2021 event Daily Republic Staff

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GILROY — The Gilroy Garlic Festival returns July 23-25 and July 30 through Aug. 1.

There will be a variety of events (socially distanced, virtual and more) that showcase the food from Gourmet Alley at a series of drive-thru events at Gilroy Presbyterian Church, a Farm-to-Table dinner at Fortino’s Winery and a golf tournament at Gilroy Golf Course.

“We have all been con-

fronted with so many changes due to Covid19. There is a great community desire to see the festival come back,” said Tom Cline, president of the Gilroy Garlic Festival Association, in a press release.

“Together, we can work to reimagine a Gilroy Garlic Festival that will promote and honor everything that makes Gilroy truly the Garlic Capital of the World.”

For more information, visit https://gilroygarlic festivalassociation.com.

Sunset Cinema film series kicks off Friday Daily Republic Staff

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NAPA — Cinema Napa Valley and the Napa Valley Film Festival, in conjunction with Cameo Cinema, presents the outdoor Sunset Cinema film series.

The evening of film, food and wine under the stars kicks off Friday with

Dove From Page B1 “I was reluctant to become a Christian songwriter,” she said. “It was a different track than I wanted.”

She was always attached to music. Her heartfelt lyrics may have a root in psychology, she said.

Nordeman is inter-

Pixar’s “Soul.”

An Apple Original Film “CODA” will be screened on Aug. 6.

The screenings, which start at dusk, will take place on the lawn of the Charles Krug Winery, 2800 Main St., in St. Helena.

Purchase tickets at www.eventbrite.com. ested in people doing what they do.

“I’m an observer in life and interested in people,” she said.

She recently launched a one-on-one online songwriting coaching program called Song School.

The experience is very rewarding and inspirational, she said.

“A song takes you on a journey,” she said.

A verse and chorus may be done, then Nordeman may decide she

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Potential adopters meet with a dog on the nonfiction series “The Dog House: UK.”

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ored dogs tend to destroy furniture or shoes or pretty much anything they can get their paws on.

Most of humanity may be burned out by the daily grind, but dogs actually like to work, and the docuseries “Dogs with Extraordinary Jobs” offers a look at the varied ways they contribute to human lives beyond companionship.

In the show, which premiered Wednesday on the Smithsonian Channel, these are brief portraits at best. The format is almost numbingly straightforward in its news magazine approach, but give me a show that has “dog” in the title and I’ll probably watch it. Each episode is narrated by British dog trainer Victoria Stilwell (best known in the U.S. as host of the Animal Planet series “It’s Me or the Dog”), and the dogs featured here all have that pleasantly expectant “You rang?” air about them. Of course they’re here to help. They want to help.

They’re happy to help.

A Great Dane named George belongs to a 13-year-old girl named Bella, who was born with Morquio syndrome. The condition limits her mobility, and this is where George’s size – specifically his height – comes into play: They walk side by side, him stabilizing her, which allows Bella to get around without the use of crutches or a wheelchair.

They met at a service dog training center, where she was volunteering. “I’m an animal person, so I liked all of the dogs – but none of them liked me.” She’s philosophical about it. “It’s ’cause of my voice. It’s high-pitched. So to them, it’s like really high-pitched.”

When she would enter the kennel, the dogs would run outside and leave. But George stayed. And for the past three years, they’ve been inseparable.

In South Africa, herons and other birds like to congregate in the fields abutting airport runways, and border collies Troy and Buzz are used to chase them off – picture a dog galloping and barking its head off – in an effort to prevent dangerous collisions with the engines of planes landing or taking off. In England, a chocolate Lab named Fernie is the classroom dog

“The Dog House” is gentle, easy viewing, even if some of the potential adopters are occasionally too needy, or disappointed when a dog fails to greet them with unbridled joy. Shelter dogs are allowed to be tentative or unsure at first; it doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with them, and the staff do their best to get that message across. As a group, the employees are incredibly thoughtful when it comes to finding the right match for both human and canine. They watch the meet-and-greets with a careful eye, cringing when there’s no spark and cheering when the chemistry is obvious. The environment at the rescue is less chaotic and stressful than what you typically see in the United States (which may or may not be a construct for the cameras), but you can tell a lot of thought has been put into the experience itself: The outdoor pen where the introductions take place has fake turf and a shrubbery enclosure that makes the space feel — Bella, 13 cozy and quiet and private.

The show captures the they know what that word looks essence of each dog’s personality, like – it’s exactly the same. He has but it also has an observant, occalearned to associate a shape of a sionally wry way with telling its word with a meaning.” human stories, as well. When asked Gracie the Bark Ranger has her what she wants in a dog, a recently own Instagram account, and her widowed grandmother replies: “I primary role is wildlife ranger at don’t want a small one; I don’t want Glacier National Park in Montana. a big one. I don’t want a puppy; She’s the personal dog of natural I don’t want a very elderly dog. I resources program manager Mark can’t really see the fun in having a Biel, and her job more or less condog that chases balls all the time. I sists of staring intently at goats or don’t want one with issues, or any other wildlife that have strayed medical issues either.” OK! “Basitoo close to the parking lot or other cally she wants a perfect little dog,” areas where humans are around. deadpans one of the shelter workers.

“She looks cute and fuzzy to us,” Another staffer watches a says Biel, “but to the sheep or the mother and son instantly bond goats, she looks like a wolflike with a Westie named Norman and thing with big teeth that wants to says, “OK, job done.” But most eat it . . . (They) see that and they meetings are more complicated. A move pretty easily. And then what sweet Saluki who only needs a little we’ve found is that they tend to stay time and patience to work through out of the area we just moved them her nervous fear is rejected (the from for a longer period of time.” injustice of it!), whereas a salt-andThere’s no such thing as too pepper terrier does the rejecting much dog content, and I’m surherself, howling to be retrieved prised we haven’t seen streaming by her handler. No one is going to platforms getting in on this action be universally liked, be they dog beyond the occasional show, a or human. It’s OK. That’s part of couple of which are returning next life. There’s a good deal of tenderweek. The second season of the ness in the way “The Dog House” Netflix docuseries “Dogs” prehandles disappointment. mieres Wednesday (the streamer “My job is matchmaker, I has asked critics to not write about suppose,” an employee says. “The it until closer to the premiere) and right dog for the right home, and “The Dog House: UK,” a reality the right home for the right dog.” show that takes place at a dog And once that happens, that pet can become the glue that holds a rescue in the English countryside, family together. premieres July 8 on HBO Max. for elementary school students, and there’s a quietly fascinating moment when the teacher demonstrates that Fernie can actually read certain words. (I appreciate that the show calls this what it is: a dog trick.) The teacher holds up a piece of paper with the word “sit” on it. Fernie sits. Another with the word “down,” and Fernie goes down. “Roll over,” same thing.

How does this even work? “Fernie can recognize the shapes of words,” the teacher explains. “So in the same way that children become more accomplished readers – they don’t have to sound out every letter, they can just look at a word and

‘I’m an animal person, so I liked all of the dogs – but none of them liked me. It’s ’cause of my voice.

It’s high-pitched. So to them, it’s like really high-pitched.’

doesn’t like the verse.

“It’s labor-intensive, editing and re-editing a song. You have to follow where the song goes,” she said.

Nordeman is concerned that songwriting is losing a lot of poets, prophets and seekers.

“In my genre, in my career, the industry is different,” she said, noting worship tunes seem to be preferred.

She encourages songwriters to find their own

niche and not fit into someone else’s mold.

Nordeman teamed up with Michael Gungor to produce her first-ever independent full-length release, “Fragile,” this past Christmas.

Her contract with EMI was up.

“We parted in a wonderful way,” she said.

She experienced a newfound sense of freedom.

“I can do whatever I want without a publisher,” she said.

They focused on the holiday’s sacred songs.

Even with her many awards, Nordeman said her involvement in “Music Inspired by The Story” is her proudest creative accomplishment.

Nineteen songs were commissioned to tell the first-person story of iconic men and women for the Bible.

She used Scripturebased “experience” from authors/pastors Max Lucado and Randy Frazee

as a guide.

The songs were then pitched to some of her personal heroes, including Amy Grant.

“I’m a fangirl,” she said of Grant.

She splits her time these days on the road, performing for various gatherings, churches and fundraisers as well as the occasional house show, named The Living Room Tour.

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Antetokounmpo-less Bucks win two games, series Chris Vivlamore

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ATLANTA — The Hawks’ remarkable run through the playoffs came to an end with a 118-107 loss to the Bucks in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals on Saturday night. The Hawks trailed by as many as 22 points, but trimmed their deficit with six points with three and a half minutes remaining.

Alas, another comeback

for the ages was not to be.

The Bucks won the series 4-2 and advance to the NBA Finals.

Here’s a look at the game.

Middleton to the rescue Khris Middleton (32 points) did in the Hawks with another huge third quarter. He scored 23 points in the period, including a personal 16-2 run. He entered

the third with five points and five turnovers. The Bucks held a four-point lead, 47-43, at the half and led by 19 points, 91-72, after the third quarter.

Remember it was Middleton who scored 20 points, to the Hawks’ 17, in the third quarter of Game 3.

The Bucks outscored the Hawks 44-29 in the third.

No lead The Hawks went eight quarters without a lead over the last two games

of the series. They last led at the end of Game 4. The Bucks led wire-to-wire in games 5 and 6 – a total of 96 minutes. Giannis Antetokounmpo, the twotime NBA MVP, missed both games.

ing 6 of 7 from 3-point range, in 29 minutes. The six 3-pointers are the most by a Hawks player off the bench in a postseason game in franchise history.

Reddish comes up big

Through five games of the series, the Bucks held a 338-240 advantage over the Hawks in points in the paint. The Bucks outscored the Hawks down low in four of the six games. The one game the Hawks held the advantage

Cam Reddish, still on a minutes restriction, had a huge game for the Hawks – on the offensive end of the floor. He finished with 21 points on 7-of-12 shooting, includ-

Points in the paint

was by a mere two points.

Game 6 was even. Here’s a look at the margins for the Bucks.

Game 1: Bucks 70-54, +16 Game 2: Bucks 62-30, +32 Game 3: Bucks 56-34, +22 Game 4: Hawks 46, Bucks 44, -2 Game 5: Bucks 66, Hawks 36, +30 Game 6: Bucks 40, Hawks 40, Even See Series, Page B14

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UCLA forward Ed O’Bannon celebrates by cutting part of the net following an NCAA Tournament win against

Connecticut, March 26, 1995, in Oakland. O’Bannon helped lead the effort for changes in collegiate athletics.

How California started the NIL revolution and helped NCAA athletes get paid today

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LOS ANGELES — In the days leading up to the 2015 “Big Game,” a Cal alum invited a Stanford grad to lead a discussion on college sports that would go far beyond their football rivalry.

Nancy Skinner did not know that Andy Schwarz’s agreeing to speak at this Oakland Rotary Club luncheon would spark a national insurrection against the NCAA, but she did know that Schwarz, an economist specializing in antitrust issues, was on her side.

“I am clear that college athletes should be compensated,” Skinner wrote to Schwarz.

Schwarz took the stage in downtown Oakland, but before he could fully thrust into his argument that the NCAA was just a cartel of schools collectively setting the price of athlete labor as the cost of an education, members of the Cal marching band appeared in the auditorium and blared Golden Bear battle hymns. The good-natured interruption did not get the “Stanford guy” Schwarz off message.

Skinner, a former

Berkeley city councilwoman, was considering a run for the state Senate in 2016 and felt a familiar outrage against injustice stirring.

“If I get elected, what can I do to change things?” Skinner asked Schwarz afterward. “Is this something that states have the ability to do?”

Almost four years later, on a September night in 2019, the nation watched as Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Skinner’s historic bill granting California college athletes the right to profit from their name, image and likeness (NIL) starting in 2023 on

LeBron James’ HBO show “The Shop.”

Newsom and James were joined in the Los Angeles barbershop studio by Compton native and former UCLA basketball star Ed O’Bannon, whose successful antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA in 2014 laid the groundwork for NIL legislation; former UCLA gymnast Katelyn Ohashi, whose viral floor routine brought her celebrity that NCAA rules prohibited her from monetizing as a senior in Westwood; and other dignitaries See NIL, Page B4

Roger Federer continues Wimbledon march with win over Cameron Norrie Tribune Content Agency LONDON — Cameron Norrie found his path at a Grand Slam blocked by a tennis giant once again as he fell in the third round of Wimbledon to Roger Federer.

The British No. 2 was playing in the last 32 for the third consecutive Slam, but after losing to Rafael Nadal at both the Australian and French Opens, this time it was Federer who defeated him 6-4, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4.

Federer looked to be cruising through to the fourth round at two sets ahead only for Norrie to break to love to clinch the third. That was as good as it got, though, with the sixth seed wrapping up victory in two hours, 34 minutes.

There can be no disgrace, of course, in losing to the only man who has lifted the trophy eight

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Roger Federer of Switzerland plays a forehand during his third-round match against Cameron Norrie of Great Britain during Wimbledon at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Saturday, in London. times here and, barring a few loose moments, Federer looked as sharp as he has so far this tournament.

The 25-year-old Norrie is a supreme athlete but lacks big weapons and often beats players by grinding them down, actively trying to make

matches as physical as possible.

Federer, on the other hand, looks to race through matches as quickly as he can, and his speed of play has a suffocating effect on opponents.

That was certainly the case for Norrie when he

was broken in the seventh game of the first set, with the crowd split down the middle in terms of who to support.

Norrie had two chances to break in the second game of the second set but they were gone in the blink of an eye, and Federer forged ahead moments later.

Tim Henman, back in 2001, is the only British player to have beaten Federer in Wimbledon – Murray beat him on Centre Court in the Olympic final in 2012 – and there appeared very little chance of Norrie becoming the second until the end of the third set.

After missing a chance to break Norrie and lead 6-5, Federer wobbled, spraying a succession of errors and dropping serve to love.

Norrie whipped up See Federer, Page B4

FAIRFIELD — Eli Blurton went 3-for-3, Alex Carver drove in two runs and Drew Carrington fired a 3-hitter to lift the Fairfield Expos American Legion baseball team to a 5-3 win over Garciappa Baseball Group at Swede Johnson Field in Eugene, Oregon, Friday.

The Expos, 35-12 overall and 6-7 on their 16-day, five-state road trip, took the early lead in the top of the first inning when Grant Kerr was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to force in Reilly Ramirez.

Carver got his first RBI when he singled in Cy Dempsay in the second inning to make it 2-0.

After GAC took a 3-2 lead with two runs in the bottom of the fourth inning and one in the fifth, the Expos took the lead for good by pushing across three runs in the sixth.

Dempsay singled in Blurton for the first run, Dempsay stole home on

the front end of a double steal for the second and Carver doubled in Ramirez for the third.

Carrington, meanwhile, retired the first nine batters he faced including striking out the side in the third. After giving up two unearned runs in the fourth inning and an earned run in the fifth, he set down eight of GAC’s final nine batters, finishing with seven strikeouts and two walks.

Eugene Challengers 9, Fairfield Expos 2: At Eugene later on Friday, Ramirez went 2-for-4 and Gavin Arpaia 2-for-2, but the Expos managed just one other hit, a double by Dempsay.

The Expos trailed 7-0 before Ramirez singled in Dempsay with two outs in the top of the fifth inning.

Their other run came in the seventh when Arpaia led off with a double and Ramirez later singled him in.

Dayton Hicks went the distance in taking the loss, scattering 11 hits while allowing four earned runs with three strikeouts and no walks over six innings.

Northwest Diamond Sports 14, Fairfield Expos 13: At Eugene on Thursday, the Expos jumped to an 8-0 lead after the first two innings, but couldn’t catch up as the Tualatin, Oregon-based NWDS

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Giants update timelines for Longoria, Belt Tribune Content Agency

Belt are both progressing toward a return.

PHOENIX — When Belt, who received Gabe Kapler met with three opinions on an reporters in front of the injured right knee, did visitor’s dugout at Chase not need surgery as Field on Saturday, he the Giants received an started to give an update encouraging prognosis on Evan Longoria’s status that indicates he could when the third baseman also be back in the emerged on the field. lineup late in July. After Longoria, who has Belt injured his knee been out for nearly a running from third to month with a left shoulhome on June 23 against der injury, played catch the Angels, the Giants had on the field with bench initial concerns that he coach Kai Correa and may be out for months, but is targeting a return to Kapler reported Saturday action as soon as the third the veteran left-handed week of July.

Kapler indicated it’s hitter is feeling minimal possible the soreness discomfort in his knee.

La Stella was initially Longoria is feeling as a targeting a return to play result of a rough collision during this weekend’s with shortstop Brandon Crawford on June 6 will series against the Diamondlinger for the next several backs, but during a rehab weeks, but the Giants assignment with Triple-A remain hopeful he can Sacramento, he fractured provide a boost to the his thumb and had to club’s lineup prior to the pause baseball activities.

The Giants’ highest-protrade deadline.

With Longoria on the file free agent acquisition of mend, two other injured the offseason landed on the Giants infielders are also 60-day injured list in May working their way back as with a hamstring strain, second baseman Tommy but the thumb is now the La Stella and first only reason La Stella hasn’t baseman Brandon been activated.

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B4 Sunday, July 4, 2021 — DAILY REPUBLIC

How the Lightning won a Stanley Cup, then got even better

CALENDAR Sunday’s TV sports Baseball MLB •L.A. Dodgers at Washington, MLB, 8 a.m.

•San Diego at Philadelphia, TBS, 10 a.m.

•Boston at Oakland, NBCSCA, 1 p.m.

•Baltimore at L.A. Angels, MLB, 1 p.m.

•San Francisco at Arizona, NBCSBA •N.Y. Mets at N.Y. Yankees, ESPN, 4 p.m.

Basketball WNBA •Atlanta at Las Vegas, NBATV, 3 p.m.

•Seattle at Los Angeles, NBATV, 6 p.m.

Competitive Eating •Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs Eating Contest, ESPN, 9 a.m.

Golf •European Tour, Dubai Duty Free, Irish Open, final round, GOLF, 5 a.m.

•PGA Tour, Rocket Mortgage Classic, final round, GOLF, 10 a.m.

•PGA Tour Champions, Dick’s Sporting Goods Open, final round, GOLF, noon •PGA Tour, Rocket Mortgage Classic, final round, Chs. 5, 13, noon •LPGA Tour, Volunteers of America Classic, final round, GOLF, 2 p.m.

Horse racing •America’s Day at the Races, FS1, 10 a.m.

•Breeder’s Cup Challenge Series, NBCSN, 2 p.m.

Lacrosse •2021 World Series of Youth Lacrosse, 14-U Championship, ESPNU, 9 a.m.

•PLL, Whipsnakes vs. Archers, NBCSN, 9:30 a.m.

•2021 World Series of Youth Lacrosse, 13-U Championship, ESPN2, 2 p.m.

Motorsports •IndyCar, Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio, Ch. 3, 9 a.m.

•NASCAR, Cup Series, Jockey Made in America 250, Ch. 3, 11:30 a.m.

Rugby •MLR, Toronto Arrows vs. Old Glory DC, FS1, 3 p.m.

•MLR, L.A. Giltinis vs. NOLA Gold, FS1, 7 p.m.

Tennis •Wimbledon, round of 16, ESPN2, 3 a.m. (Monday) •Wimbledon, round of 16, ESPN, 5 a.m. (Monday) Track •American Track League, ESPN, noon

Scoreboard BASEBALL American League East Division W L 52 32 47 36 43 38 41 40 27 55 Central Division Chicago White Sox 49 33 Cleveland 42 38 Detroit 37 46 Kansas City 35 47 Minnesota 33 48 West Division Houston 51 33 OAKLAND 49 36 Seattle 44 39 L.A. Angels 40 41 Texas 32 50

Boston Tampa Bay Toronto N.Y. Yankees Baltimore

Pct GB .619 — .566 4½ .531 7½ .506 9½ .329 24 .600 — .525 6 .446 12½ .427 14 .407 15½ .607 — .576 2½ .530 6½ .494 9½ .390 18

National League

N.Y. Mets Washington Atlanta Philadelphia Miami

East Division W L 42 36 40 40 40 42 39 41 35 46

Pct GB .538 — .500 3 .488 4 .488 4 .430 8½

Central Division Milwaukee 51 33 .607 — Cincinnati 42 40 .512 8 Chicago Cubs 42 41 .506 8½ St. Louis 41 42 .494 9½ Pittsburgh 29 53 .354 21 West Division SAN FRANCISCO 51 30 .630 — L.A. Dodgers 51 31 .622 ½ San Diego 49 36 .576 4 Colorado 35 48 .422 17 Arizona 23 61 .274 29½ Friday’s Games SAN FRANCISCO 11, Arizona 4 Boston 3, OAKLAND 2, 10 innings Philadelphia 4, San Diego 3, 10 innings L.A. Dodgers 10, Washington 5 Milwaukee 7, Pittsburgh 2 Toronto 11, Tampa Bay 1 Cincinnati 2, Chicago Cubs 1 Houston 6, Cleveland 3 Chicago White Sox 8, Detroit 2 Atlanta 1, Miami 0 St. Louis 9, Colorado 3, 10 innings Kansas City 7, Minnesota 4 L.A. Angels 8, Baltimore 7 Seattle 5, Texas 4, 10 innings N.Y. Mets at N.Y. Yankees, ppd.

Saturday’s Games OAKLAND 7, Boston 6, 12 innings SAN FRANCISCO at Arizona, (n) N.Y. Mets 8, N.Y. Yankees 3 Tampa Bay 6, Toronto 3 Philadelphia 4, San Diego 2 Milwaukee 11, Pittsburgh 2 Cincinnati 3, Chicago Cubs 2 Kansas City 6, Minnesota 3 Detroit 11, Chicago White Sox 5 Miami 3, Atlanta 2 Houston 3, Cleveland 2 L.A. Dodgers at Washington, (n) St. Louis at Colorado, (n) Baltimore at L.A. Angels, (n) Texas at Seattle, (n) Sunday’s Games Boston at OAKLAND, 1:07 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO at Arizona, 6:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Washington, 8:05 a.m.

San Diego at Philadelphia, 10:05 a.m.

Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 10:05 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Toronto, 10:07 a.m.

Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 10:10 a.m.

Houston at Cleveland, 10:10 a.m.

Chicago White Sox at Detroit, 10:10 a.m.

Miami at Atlanta, 10:20 p.m.

Minnesota at Kansas City, 11:10 a.m.

St. Louis at Colorado, 11:10 a.m.

Baltimore at L.A. Angels, 1:07 p.m.

Texas at Seattle, 1:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at N.Y. Yankees, first game, 11:05 a.m.

N.Y. Mets at N.Y. Yankees, second game, 4:08 p.m.

Monday’s Games St. Louis at SAN FRANCISCO, 3:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Miami, 3:40 p.m.

Atlanta at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m.

Cleveland at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 4:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m.

Detroit at Texas, 5:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs, 5:05 p.m.

Cincinnati at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m.

Boston at L.A. Angels, 6:38 p.m.

Washington at San Diego, 7:10 p.m.

HOCKEY NHL Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals Friday’s Game Tampa Bay 6, Montreal 3, Tampa Bay leads 3-0 Monday’s Game Tampa Bay at Montreal, 5 p.m.

Wednesday’s Game Montreal at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m., if necessary Friday, July 9 Tampa Bay at Montreal, 5 p.m., if necessary Sunday, July 11 Montreal at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m., if necessary

BASKETBALL NBA Playoffs Conference Finals Wednesday, June 30 Phoenix 130, L.A. Clippers 103, Phoenix wins 4-2 Saturday’s Game Milwaukee 118, Atlanta 107, Milwaukee wins 4-2 Finals Tuesday’s Game Milwaukee at Phoenix, 6 p.m.

Thursday’s Game Milwaukee at Phoenix, 6 p.m.

Sunday, July 11 Phoenix at Milwaukee, 5 p.m.

Wednesday, July 14 Phoenix at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.

Saturday, July 17 Milwaukee at Phoenix, 6 p.m., if necessary Tuesday, July 20 Phoenix at Milwaukee, TBD, if necessary Thursday, July 22 Milwaukee at Phoenix, TBD, if necessary

Federer: Gets win From Page B3 the crowd as he sensed an opportunity, and he broke straight back when Federer moved 3-2 ahead, but another break for Federer at 4-4 proved decisive.

Federer, who is through to the fourth round at Wimbledon for the 18th time and will next take on Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego,

said: “I’m super relieved.

It was a tough battle with Cam. A little extra round but he deserved that third set.

“I thought he played excellent today and for me I felt I was really able to keep a very high level of play. He got the good break at the end of the third that cost me the set but overall I can be very happy with how I played.”

John Romano TAMPA BAY TIMES

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ne of the more interesting moments from Game 3 had nothing to do with any action on the ice.

It was during the second intermission when Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman was being interviewed by NBC’s Kathryn Tappen.

Hedman and Jan Rutta had already scored, and

ANALYSIS Erik Cernak had set up another goal, so she asked if this was the deepest defensive unit he had been a part of.

Typically, these in-game interviews are not terribly nuanced and players go on auto-pilot because they’re in a hurry to get back into the locker room. But Hedman did not. When given a simple opening to

praise his teammates, he instead recalled Kevin Shattenkirk, Zach Bogosian and Braydon Coburn, all of whom were on last year’s team but no longer wear Lightning colors.

It was a sweet gesture.

Also, kind of fascinating.

Is there a difference between the 2020 and 2021 Lightning?

We tend to think of this journey as one giant step forward. The

Lightning got thumped

by Columbus in the first round in 2019, decided they needed to grow up and play a more teamfirst style of hockey, acquired a few tougher players and became Stanley Cup champions in 2020.

Score, rinse, repeat in 2021.

But is it really that clear-cut? Should there See Lightning, Page B14

NIL: Major changes for NCAA, athletes From Page B3 like Glendale native and former University of Connecticut basketball star Diana Taurasi.

“I don’t want to say this is checkmate,” Newsom said, “but this is a major problem for the NCAA.” That night, two famous and powerful men – a governor and a basketball-playing king – were having a conversation about college athletes’ rights in a moment made for Hollywood.

But Newsom and James were only in the position to posture in front of the cameras because of the decades-long work of lesser-known Californians like Skinner, Schwarz and former UCLA football player turned athletes advocate Ramogi Huma, each of whom refused to stomach NCAA hypocrisy and studied how to best move the chess pieces across the board.

“Everything happened in California,” O’Bannon said. “From L.A. to the Bay, there was a number of people.

I don’t think we would be here if it wasn’t for California.”

The “here” that O’Bannon referenced came Thursday, when at least a dozen states that followed California into the ring with the NCAA had their NIL laws take effect – and when the NCAA “(suspended) amateurism rules” related to NIL as an interim solution to an issue it has been avoiding for more than a decade.

College athletes, young men and women of all colors, will be compensated for their fame for the first time. But this happening now, in the summer of 2021 – or ever – was not written in the stars.

In 2016, after Skinner won her election, one of her aides called Schwarz to hear more about the possibility of a bill. The aide heard Schwarz out for a bit but could not hide her skepticism on paying college athletes: Don’t they get enough already?

Apparently, even here, it still wasn’t the right time.

‘Why doesn’t someone stop this?’

The Californians who turned this place into the incubator for the college athlete rights movement all had to experience their own eureka moments regarding the NCAA system.

Skinner’s indoctrination came as an undergraduate at Cal listening to the lectures of famed sociologist Harry Edwards, who had helped organize the “Black Power” salutes

by American athletes John Carlos and Tommie Smith on the medal stand at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Olympics.

Skinner took in Cal football games from outside the stadium on Tightwad Hill because she didn’t have enough

money for tickets, but deep down she was a UCLA men’s basketball fan during the Bruins’ glory run.

“My favorite player was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,” Skinner said, “ and I had it imprinted in my young mind that Black athletes were generating the money in college sports and they were denied that income. I looked at it from a civil rights point of view.”

As the president of the L.A.-based National College Players Association, Huma has become a royal pain to the NCAA, but at his core he will always be the UCLA freshman linebacker who in 1995 saw teammate Donnie Edwards punished by the NCAA because an agent left $150 in groceries outside his door.

“My earliest experiences as a UCLA athlete were watching an athlete be unjustly punished and stand up and speak out against the NCAA,” Huma said.

A few years after he graduated, Huma founded the Collegiate Athletes Coalition, which would evolve into today’s NCPA. While it was hard to gain traction early on, he vowed to The Los Angeles Times in 2002, “We’re not a here-today, gone-tomorrow group.”

Around 2003, Huma’s and Schwarz’s paths would cross, forming a friendship that would traverse the landscape of college sports reform, from advising on the O’Bannon case to supporting Skinner’s Senate Bill 206 as citizen co-sponsors.

“For me, as a former athlete, I didn’t know if what the NCAA was talking about was true,” Huma said. “But when you have an economist break down the reality of the situation and show there’s a path forward, that gives you a lot of confidence.”

For a decade after getting his Stanford degree in 1989, Schwarz, despite his background in advanced economics, simply enjoyed being a fan of the Cardinal.

But his “cognitive dissonance” was lifted when colleague Daniel Rascher asked him in 1999 to help him write a paper about the antitrust implications of amateurism.

“I had never thought about college sports with an economics hat on,” Schwarz said. “By the time we were done with this paper, I was like, ‘Why doesn’t someone stop this?’ “ As of 2007, Sonny Vaccaro was ready to try. If anyone understood how the sausage was made in college athletics it was Vaccaro, then an L.A.-based shoe company marketing executive known for signing Michael Jordan at Nike and Kobe Bryant at Adidas.

Vaccaro had become fixated on NIL and began looking for the right former athlete to be the face of a lawsuit. He called O’Bannon, whom

he had known as a prep standout in Southern California, and tried to sell him on suing the NCAA over NIL rights.

“I’ve also had that idea,” O’Bannon told Vaccaro.

O’Bannon’s pro career fizzled quickly due to injuries after leading UCLA to the 1995 national championship, but he never became bitter about his lot working as a car salesman in Las Vegas. One day, a friend’s son mentioned that O’Bannon was featured in the “NCAA College Basketball” video game. O’Bannon checked, and it was true.

The ’95 Bruins were among the video game’s “classic” teams, there was No. 31, shooting lefthanded, just as he did.

O’Bannon vs. NCAA, filed in 2009, did not go to trial until 2014.

But for three weeks in the U.S. District Court in Oakland, the NCAA’s practices were laid bare to the public.

Due to an appeal won by the NCAA, the injunction allowed schools to increase athlete compensation but only up to the full cost of attendance.

“In a sense, we won, but the remedy was wholly inadequate,” Huma said.

“The 9th Circuit [Court of Appeals] had a chance to do the right thing on NIL and failed to do so. Which is why there was a need for SB 206.”

Skinner had been closely watching the O’Bannon case, which was only natural given her lifelong love of UCLA men’s basketball. She viewed the trial as a tipping point for college athlete pay in the court of public opinion – a key to the potential of passing any future legislation.

‘At first it was very controversial’ Two years of Skinner’s term went without her introducing an NIL bill.

But in 2019, with the help of Sen. Steven Bradford (D-Gardena), she broke through the skepticism within her own team and pushed SB 206 forward.

“At first, it was very controversial,” Skinner said. “We had every college in California opposing us.”

NCAA president Mark Emmert was leading the charge against California, threatening that its schools would be ineligible to compete for national championships. That fear had long kept state legislatures at bay, as no politician wanted to be blamed for constituents’ beloved schools falling behind their rivals.

Even as it became clear that she had the support of her fellow legislators, Skinner worried that the governor’s office could be swayed by the pressure from university presidents.

“I didn’t know if it would pass,” Huma said, “but I knew other states would follow very quickly if it did because this has to do with

recruiting advantages.

Unfortunately, things like health and safety don’t domino. But when it comes to recruiting, this is America, and other states will have to keep up.”

As soon as SB 206 was introduced, Skinner’s office began hearing from legislators around the country, looking for guidance. As of Thursday, 24 states have passed NIL laws, with at least a dozen going into effect July 1.

“Sen. Skinner led the rebirth of O’Bannon because she advocated for the same principles,” Vaccaro said. “I don’t think history should forget this. Other states got courage because it was California that was first.”

Said Skinner, “In California, we like to get big things done. I always looked to what can we introduce that will really make a profound difference in improving people’s lives, and I think the restoration of an athlete’s name, image and likeness right is going to be a huge improvement.”

The Supreme Court’s favorable ruling for college athletes in NCAA vs. Alston, which upheld an injunction from the 9th Circuit in Oakland that stated schools could no longer limit compensation related to education and asserted that NCAA amateurism does not deserve antitrust protections, only added to the glee of July 1.

But the work is never done for California’s band of athlete advocates.

Huma is continuing to lobby Congress to make sure any federal bill relating to college sports includes broad reforms, not just blanket national guidelines to govern NIL use. Schwarz is a co-founder of the Professional College League (PCL) that should emerge as a direct competitor to NCAA men’s basketball in the coming year, offering salaries to players to go along with full-ride college scholarships.

“I won’t be satisfied until we get enforcement of health and safety standards and give college athletes a real portion of what they generate,” Huma said. “As hard as we fought for NIL, there are more important issues.”

Said Schwarz, “College athletes deserve the same rights as coaches. Until that’s true, they’re not full participants in our economy and therefore aren’t full citizens.”

A few days after the Alston ruling, Huma called Schwarz. They allowed themselves a brief acknowledgement of what had been accomplished.

“It was nice of him to recognize and make me recognize, OK, there is personal satisfaction,” Schwarz said. “Seeing how we catalyzed in some way a whole industry changing . . . that’s pretty cool.”

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Dear Annie: Your response to “Wrongfully Accused,” the man in the long-distance relationship with a woman who

wrongly accuses him of infidelity, misses another possibility.

She may have a paranoid delusional disorder known as Othello syndrome. Those diagnosed with it are unable to distinguish between reality and their delusions that a spouse or partner is being unfaithful. My wife of 35 years is continually tormented by these thoughts, and it causes great stress in our marriage. But I would never leave her. — Faithful Husband Dear Faithful Husband: Until receiving your letter, I had never heard of Othello syndrome, which is “a psychotic disorder characterized by a delusion of infidelity or jealousy,” as noted in the Journal of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences in 2012.

Although it’s a rare condition, it’s a possibility worth considering, for sure. Thank you for writing.

Dear Annie: I believe you missed the tongue-in-cheek nature of the letter written by “Simply Smitten.” Clearly, the letter is written in the voice of the dog. There were several clues, not the very least of which is when the letter writer stated, “I guess Laura is turned off by my puppy love.” If you hadn’t figured that out already, reread the letter with this in mind. — A Dog Lover Dear Dog Lover: Oh, dear.

I think you’re right – and in that case, I’d like to take back my advice that he should seek therapy. Thanks for the reminder not to take everything so seriously.

Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com.

for your health

by Holiday Mathis

Today’s birthday A renewal unfolds this solar return. You’ll untie your self-worth from your productivity and take long breaks doing whatever you want. These will, oddly enough, turn out to be your most “productive” stints, showing results of increased vitality and happiness, not to mention decision-making to reflect your priorities and values. Aries and Cancer adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 7, 13, 33, 2 and 11.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Jealousy is among the most effective teachers, as there’s always valuable information to be gleaned from our reaction to others doing enviable things. Jealousy reveals what we really want.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You don’t always have to know what to say. It’s better to admit when you’re lost in the conversation -- to laugh and check in with your feelings. Perhaps speaking them can get the dialogue back on track.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The position you hold will be challenged. This doesn’t have to be a call to arms; rather, it’s a signal to tune into your environment to understand the desires of those around you so you can stay several steps ahead of the game.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Appreciation is often expressed to the people who get most of the credit anyway. This is lazy diplomacy: tending to the powerful to stay in their good graces. You’ll engage in the nobility of acknowledging the work of the less powerful.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The difference between work that depletes you and work that builds you up is . . . no difference. Ask any bodybuilder who keeps lifting until the muscle fails: It’s not a style befitting every workout, but it works.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Achievement is overrated. It’s a prize but not the top prize. Too much emphasis on achievement makes bad things happen. For a joyful outcome, set your mind on learning instead, and then stay open and flexible.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Maybe it’s the meaningful compliments, or how a person seems to pick up what you’re throwing down even when no one else does, but you’re now getting a sense of your destinies becoming intertwined.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You are a receiver for the beauty of the world today, and your attention is the bridge over which the good out there can cross into the good inside you and vice versa.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Don’t know why you had to do it? Don’t worry too much about it. Your impulses are filled with genius, though it may take a while for the deeper reasoning to become clear.

Eventually, a grand logic will emerge.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

Reading the star pictures as the ancient Greeks did is but one way to do it. Your creative vision is so exceptional now, perhaps you should go rogue and connect the brilliant dots (and your dazzling future) to suit your whims.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You worry that socializing will steal time from your work. Actually, it will give your work a kick in the pants. You’ll find yourself going about things differently as friends inspire, inform and challenge you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Communication is risk. If the conversation gets out of control and turns heated and messy, then, well, that happened. Maybe emotional intensity isn’t optimal, but it’s better than not communicating.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: The oldest daughter of Barack and Michelle Obama was born on the most patriotic day of the year. Malia Obama is an independent Cancer. Her natal Venus and Mars are in sociable Gemini, suggesting great powers of communication. Uranus and Neptune are nestled into Aquarius, the station of humanitarianism and social ideas. She has the chart of a leader.

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The month of June is now observed as a time of celebration for the LGBTQIA+ community around the world.

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ummer is not the only long-awaited event that has arrived.

The month of June is now observed as a time of celebration for the LGBTQIA+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex and Ally) community around the world, made possible by the efforts of Black and Brown, Queer and Trans activists such as Marsha P. Johnson at the 1969 Stonewall Riots. It is paramount to not only celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community year-round, but we must also commit to the health and address health disparities within the community.

HIV is a virus that compromises and attacks the immune system, leaving the body vulnerable to infection. When left untreated, HIV can lead to AIDS, which may further deteriorate one’s health without proper care. HIV is a major public health crisis disproportionately impacting the LGBTQIA+ community.

Four in 10 transgender women in seven major U.S cities have HIV. Within that statistic, two-thirds of Black Trans women and more than one-third of Latine Trans women surveyed to have HIV. The epidemic disproportionately affects segments of the LGBTQIA+ community, in which Trans women have higher exposure

to and prevalence of living with HIV than gay, bisexual men. Discrimination and transphobia have perpetuated the rates of HIV in the community; lack of access to quality health care, education, housing and employment are determinants that inform the health and survival of people living with HIV. Now more than ever, it is critical to show up for the LGBTQIA+ community as there is a battle on two fronts: one, against the HIV epidemic, and two, the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in higher rates of unemployment and houselessness, and notably impacted people’s access to health care and medication, which are a few of determinants of one’s health and survival. PrEP or preexposure prophylaxis is a type of medication commonly used to protect against HIV. PrEP reduces the risk of contracting HIV about 99% and is effective when made accessible.

Currently, PrEP use remains low with only 32% of Trans women in total across seven different cities (Atlanta, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York City, Seattle and San Francisco) are on PrEP. This is a very low number given the large Trans community in each city. Across these cities, racial disparities in HIV rates are stark in which 62% of Black Trans women have HIV and 35% of Latine Trans women have HIV, compared to 17% of

white Trans women. These rates are no coincidence. Many of these folks do not have access to health care, housing and/or employment, which significantly impacts their overall health.

In order to address the HIV epidemic impacting the LGBTQIA+ community, we must view transphobia and discrimination as a public health issue in order to improve the health of the community. In order to lower the number of new HIV cases, there must be commitment to preventive efforts in areas with high rates of HIV, public health education about the threat of HIV and protective measures against it and increasing access to resources that prevent HIV infection such as medication.

The LGBTQIA+ community has come a long way since the Stonewall Riots in New York City thanks to the efforts made by queer activists in their struggle for liberation. However, the fight remains the same. The LGBTQIA+ community is still fighting for their rights, visibility and their survival against HIV and all odds.

With efforts that commit to the health and improvement of LGBTQIA+ health and the dismantling of violent structures and systems of oppression, we can win the fight against HIV. Oliver Ignacio is an intern at the Community Clinic Consortium, which is a partner of Solano Coalition for Better Health.

B6 Sunday, July 4, 2021 — DAILY REPUBLIC

Top Cop motivates Security Forces Heide Couch

60th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs

Spotlight on Travis SrA Lance Holley 60 MXS/CSS Hometown: Tuscaloosa, Alabama Duty title: 2A6X2 Aerospace Ground Equipment Journeyman Time in service: 5 years, 2 months Family: None Goals: Finish master’s degree in human resources and make Staff Sgt. Hobbies: Working out and a lot of fishing Greatest achievement: Completing human resources bachelor’s degree

In brief

Air Force senior leaders share Fourth of July message Airmen and guardians,

Independence Day is a time of celebration and a chance to reflect on the founding ideals that make America great – life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. As members of our nation’s military, we are dedicated to protecting these principles and furthering the fundamental premise of the Declaration of Independence – that all are created equal.

This weekend is also an opportunity to reaffirm our commitment to the Constitution. With this landmark document, the Founders created “a more perfect Union.” They understood that America is as much a concept as a physical nation, and that freedom and democracy would expand over time.

We are proud that the Air Force and Space Force have protected the American way of life and helped broaden our freedoms.

As we observe our Nation’s 245th birthday, thank you for defending our values at home and around the globe. The sacrifices that you and your families make every day ensure the freedom of millions and serve as a guiding light to the world.

Holidays are for celebration too! Whether serving at home or overseas, take time to enjoy the fireworks, barbecues, or spending time with friends and family – you have earned it.

John P. Roth Acting Secretary of the Air Force

DAF releases tech. sgt./21E6 promotion cycle statistics JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas — Department of the Air Force officials have selected 9,422 staff sergeants for promotion to technical sergeant out of 34,973 eligible for a selection rate of 26.94% in the 21E6 promotion cycle, which includes supplemental promotion opportunities.

The average overall score for those selected was 350.22. Selectees’ average time in grade was 4.09 years and time in service was 9.12 years.

— Air Force News Services

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE — Brig. Gen. Roy Collins, director of Security Forces and deputy chief of staff for Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection, and Chief Master Sgt. Brian Lewis, Security Forces career field manager, visited Travis Air Force Base, June 23-26, to observe firsthand how the members of the base’s Security Forces perform their mission.

Collins provides policy and oversight for protecting Air Force resources from terrorism, criminal acts, sabotage and acts of war and ensures Security Forces are trained, equipped and ready to support contingency and exercise plans.

The tour highlighted demonstrations from the Phoenix Raven crucible training program, combat arms and maintenance training, Emergency Responder Urban Training Site exercises and a display of the first automated drone-based monitoring and perimeter security system on a U.S. Air Force installation.

“Every time we go to one of our bases and get to talk to our defenders and see your mission, we always find something each of those units is doing differently to get our defenders ready for the fight they may one day end up in,” Collins said after a demonstration by the base’s Phoenix Ravens. “This is one of the better events being achieved that I’ve seen.

When you start talking about hard and realistic training, this nails all of that.”

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U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Roy Collins, director of Security Forces and deputy chief of staff for Logistics, Engineering Collins also used the tour to field questions and listen to the personal experiences and concerns of several airmen.

“The benefits of these visits are that we get to see you doing your job every single day,” Collins said to a group of defenders during the visit.

“Every mission is truly different – every face is unique and you all have your own story.”

Collins engaged with defenders from the 60th Security Forces Squadron, 821st Contingency Response Squadron, 921st Contingency Response Squadron and the 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron via a Security Forces all-call, looking at upgrades to Travis AFB defenders’ ballistic protection armor

and recognizing several individual airmen for outstanding performance.

“Never forget one of your biggest responsibilities: you have an obligation to defend the installation – that’s why you’re here,” Lewis said, speaking at a pre-shift official formation guard mount. “There’s no other set of airmen that do exactly what you do on a daily basis.

For Collins and Lewis, the mission exceeds or fails on how their defenders choose to respond to any given situation. At the end of the tour that one thing was made abundantly evident to Collins.

“I can you look at your team and ask: are you ready? Clearly, you are ready for this?”

and Force Protection, meets with Security Forces Airmen during his first visit to Travis Air Force Base, June 24.

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Airman 1st Class Seth James, left, and Senior Airman Jared Hawley, both Phoenix Raven team members with the 60th SFS, search for threats during a crucible training demonstration at Travis Air Force Base, June 24.

AMC first sergeant visits Team Travis Airman 1st Class Alexander Merchak 60th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE — Chief Master Sgt. Kiera J. Daniels, command first sergeant of Air Mobility Command, visited Travis Air Force Base, June 23-26, to meet with the base’s First Sergeant’s Council and gain a better understanding of the base’s ability to develop the U.S. Air Force through its airmen.

Daniels’ visit to the base came on the heels of its First Sergeant’s Council being named AMC’s First Sergeant’s Council of the year.

While here, Daniels had the opportunity to meet with approximately 35 first sergeants from multiple units across the base learning firsthand how Travis AFB accelerates change for rapid global mobility.

Master Sgt. Welch elaborated on the importance of first sergeants and the role they play in helping airmen accelerate change.

“Our number one responsibility is to take care of airmen,” said Welch, 60th Security Forces first sergeant. “A part of that responsibility is our duty to provide the commander with a mission-ready and adequately-trained force to execute the mission.”

It was in this way that Daniels’ visit, which doubled as a meeting of the minds among AMC first sergeants, helped to bolster their own capabilities.

“The main purpose of this visit is to help first sergeants develop,” Daniels said. “My job is to be our first sergeants’ first sergeant – this is the part of the job that I love.”

One part of the trip saw Daniels interacting with airmen at the 60th Maintenance Squadron aerospace ground equipment shop, where Daniels felt at home.

“I was an AGE Airman here back in the day. I know how hard you all work,” Daniels said. “I have no doubt that you will be able to accomplish your mission, and I hope you feel emboldened to lean on your first sergeants if ever need be.

We’re here for you.”

The following day, Daniels toured the 621st Contingency Response Wing, where she was presented with a security forces drone virtual reality demonstration and mission briefs from multiple agencies within the CRW. For every individual mission set there is an individual airmen, and it’s the job of first sergeants to learn not only their airmen, but the missions they perform and what stress they may be under, said Daniels.

Among that stress and a paramount concern of the Department of Defense is suicide prevention – a topic Daniels addressed with the first sergeants explaining how AMC is revamping the tools in our current toolkit.

“More important than checking boxes, it’s important for us to cultivate a

Airman 1st Class Alexander Merchak/U.S. Air Force

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Kiera Daniels, Air Mobility Command first sergeant, speaks to students at Airmen Leadership School at Travis Air Force Base, June 24.

Daniels discussed the importance of the supervisory role to future sergeants in the Air Force. culture in which first sergeants and airmen alike have the tools at their disposal to be effective wingmen,” said Daniels.

At the end of the visit, Welch expressed optimism for the future as well as for closer cooperation among members of the council.

“This tour offered the opportunity for first sergeants to lead in a different aspect,” he said. “Through our interpersonal skills, operational focus and educ at ion a l ly- d r iven mindsets, we were able to illustrate why we were the first sergeant council Airman 1st Class Alexander Merchak/U.S. Air Force of the year. Having the U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Kiera Daniels, Air Mobility members of the council interacting during the visit Command first sergeant, experiences a security forces was also incredibly sig- drone virtual reality demonstration at Travis Air Force nificant for our growth Base, June 24. The 60th SFS utilizes drone VR as part of their training for their unmanned aerial systems. moving forward.”

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New Covid Delta variant: what you need to know Janet A. Aker

MHS Communications

A new and increasingly dangerous variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is rapidly sweeping across the globe. This new variant appears to spread faster, cause more severe disease and is more likely to result in hospitalization.

Also, younger people appear to be more susceptible to the new strain, known as the Delta variant, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

But the good news is that the existing vaccines now available to everyone over the age of 12 have proven to be highly effective in preventing the Delta variant as well as other versions of Covid-19.

“We know that vaccines work,” said Dr. Margaret

Ryan, medical director of the Defense Health Agency’s Immunization Healthcare Division.

Currently, there are three vaccines authorized for use by the Food and Drug Administration for Covid-19: The Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines require two doses, and J&J/Janssen is a onedose vaccine.

The Delta variant is spreading quickly and will likely soon become the dominant strain within the United States.

It’s a wake-up call for those people who think that they don’t need to get a vaccine because they’ve successfully avoided the Covid-19 disease so far.

It may be very difficult to escape the new Delta variant in the coming months without getting the shot, doctors say.

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Navy Hospitalman Marissa Salomon administers a vaccine to a service member at Naval Hospital Jacksonville’s offsite location for Covid-19 vaccines.

The Delta variant currently accounts for 20.6 percent of sequenced cases in the U.S., and that number is expected to multiply, especially in regions and among populations with low Covid-19 vaccination rates.

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SARS-CoV-2 allows the virus to replicate, or copy itself, up to one billion times. Every time the virus copies itself, there is a chance for a new variant to appear. We prevent variants from appearing by preventing human infections. We prevent human infections by vaccination,” she said.

Because of the Delta variant, “Everyone in the U.S. who is at least 12 years old should be fully vaccinated with a Covid-19 vaccine as soon as possible,” Ryan said.

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Welcome strangers as acts of radical hospitality Timothy J. Ledbetter

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You’ve seen such signs on paper, carved in wood, and flashing in neon.

What a warm, inviting word, usually ending in an exclamation point rather than a period. When spoken, the body gesture is usually arms extended forward, palms up, the facial expression a smile. The eyes seem kind as they focus on those being greeted.

Turning your chair toward the one knocking on your office door then arising to shake their hand. Standing on your porch as guests arrive for dinner.

Standing before an audience or congregation as they are seated and turning their attention toward the speaker. (We have to believe these social examples will happen again the more we practice the anti-viral triad of mask, wash and distance!)

I’ll leave it to you to do the etymology or word study (Hint: It’s really interesting!).

Briefly, to welcome is to extend hospitality and invite one

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Every major religious tradition endorses, urges or even commands the practice of welcoming. In my own tradition, the Holy Bible certainly speaks frequently of welcoming and being welcomed. Not just family, friends and neighbors, but strangers are to be welcomed as acts of radical hospitality.

Sometimes it may seem foolish or may even be danger-

in as a “desired guest.” Reach out, bring in. Body language and spoken word meshed seamlessly conveys the fact that someone is glad you are there. You are wanted, you matter, your presence makes a difference.

I mean, even if “faked” in the moment, it generally feels good to be welcomed. I don’t know if anyone has measured the autoimmune processes when someone is welcomed, but I’ll bet some feel-good chemicals are

ous to welcome or be hospitable because to do so creates vulnerability. When someone new enters the scene or situation, it can’t help but change things.

When that change, that addition, is welcomed then it is hoped or assumed to be for the good.

But change always involves some amount of risk. No wonder cautions or even prohibitions against welcoming are erected – they are called walls – and their gates allow for controlled wel-

coming, so to speak. Such physical and nonphysical walls and gates imply or state “not welcome”: Keep out, go away, don’t come back. You . . . in, but not you.

The old saying “good walls make good neighbors” may build a false sense of security and privilege. I’m not sure walls contribute to the common good, the “commonwealth,” of being humane, hospitable, welcoming people and communities and nations such that all God’s children – including us – are welcome.

A wall of fear is like cold water on a warming welcoming campfire. Fear is the thorny weed growing where soft green grass is parched and downtrodden. Fear sucks the oxygen out of souls and ideas and relationships.

But to welcome and be welcomed – “your presence is desired” – that goes a long way to establishing or restoring what is good and true and beautiful about God’s gift of life for one and all.

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Cow masks?

Cargill tries methane-absorbing wearable device Tribune Content Agency Many humans adjusted to wearing masks last year for the greater good.

Why not cows?

Cargill Inc. is partnering with Zelp Ltd., a U.K.-based startup, to distribute devices that are put over a dairy cow’s nose to absorb methane released by their burps and exhales.

M i n neton k a - ba s ed Cargill, with a sizable animal nutrition business in Europe, is working with dairy farmers there to gauge and shore up interest in using Zelp’s cow-mask technology.

It’s the latest in a series of experimental pilots, programs and technologies being explored by the mammoth agribusiness as it seeks to reduce the environmental toll of livestock within its supply chain.

“It’s obviously reducing methane – that’s the primary piece – but it also improves animal welfare because we are able to capture, analyze and process data about the animals and their behavior and eating habits,” said Heather Tansey, sustainability director for Cargill’s protein and animal nutrition businesses.

The wearable device is fitted on a harness and hangs over the cow’s nostrils like a window awning. The accessory captures and converts methane, of which 90 to 95% is released through a cow’s mouth through

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Holstein dairy cows feed on silage in a large free-stall farm barn in Devon, England.

Agribusiness giant Cargill is experimenting with masks to reduce the environmental toll of livestock within its supply chain. belches or exhalations, into carbon dioxide.

Zelp notes that while CO2 is also a greenhouse gas, methane is a far more potent contributor to warming the planet.

Early trials suggest its devices effectively capture more than half the methane emissions created by the dairy cows.

As one of the world’s largest purveyors of agricultural goods, Cargill is under constant pressure to clean up its supply chain in everything from palm oil to soy.

Its beef production, concentrated largely in North America, is arguably under the greatest consistent pressure because of the greenhouse gas emissions of ruminants.

Recent events have ratcheted up the scrutiny in new ways. The Covid-19 pandemic exposed vulnerabilities

of a concentrated meat industry, with four major processors, including Cargill, controlling roughly 80% of the U.S. beef market.

The recent ransomware attack on competitor JBS USA again highlighted the influence the dominant meat companies have on the nation’s supply of conventional proteins.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations estimates that 14.5% of greenhouse gas emissions caused by human activity are due to the feeding, raising and processing of livestock.

Last year Cargill rolled out its Beef Up program aimed at cutting its U.S. beef emissions by 30%.

Its efforts so far have largely been focused on partnering with conservation nonprofits and major U.S. retailers and restaurants, including

McDonald’s and Target, to expand soil healthimprovement techniques, commonly called regenerative agriculture, that use specialized grazing practices to capture carbon in fields and pastures.

The cow-mask product is still in a trial period and, with Cargill’s network of dairy farmers in Europe, could scale more quickly.

“If it is successful in capturing and converting methane to CO2, and you can scale it up and put it on a lot of farms . . . then, yes, [meaningfully cutting emissions] is definitely a possibility,” said Brad Heins, a dairy production professor and researcher at the University of Minnesota.

Cargill said it doesn’t plan to bring the mask technology to the U.S. for use on beef cattle. But Heins said he believes such a device could

easily be applied to a feedlot setting.

Perhaps the most important factor in the success of the apparatus will be the cost, Heins said.

“It has to beat a certain price point. There has to be some economic advantage to the farmer.

Obviously economics drive a lot of their decisions,” Heins said.

The company said it hasn’t determined the cost of the device yet, and much of it depends on incentives given European dairy farmers that, according to a Cargill spokesman, are “rapidly evolving and will certainly have changed by the time we will go to market.”

Zelp says the cows quickly adjust to the wearable device, which also collects data that can detect early signs of disease or when the cows are most fertile.

The distributor partnership builds on Cargill’s existing sales portfolio, which includes feed additives that claim to lower production methane within the animal’s gut.

Tansey said the company sees a clear sales pitch for this device.

“We think there are some really interesting insights we are going to be able to gain with producers around sustainability,” Tansey said.

“There are a lot of downstream customers that are interested in reducing the impact of the milk they are buying.”

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DIXON — Highway 80 Dispensary is open for business. storefront is The located off Interstate 80 next to Cattlemens Steakhouse restaurant, at 240 Dorset Court.

“Whether consumers are seeking high-potency flower, muscle relaxing, non-psychedelic balms, or everything in-between, this retailer will carry over 1,000 diverse cannabis products,” according to a statement released by the company about its opening.

The shop is open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week.

The owner is Davisville Business Enterprises which also Inc., operates F Street Dispensary in Davis.

For more information, send an email to info@ highway.com or call 4705535. The shop’s website is https://highway80.com/.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS MAGGIE'S THE ORIGINAL

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LOCATED AT: 700 Benicia Road, Vallejo CA 94591 Solano Mailing Address: 913 Independence Drive, Alameda CA 94501 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): Lum Enterpisrs LLC CA California THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a Limited Liability Company The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Betty W. Lum Owner / General Manager IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION June 7, 2026.

THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: JUN 8, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021001247 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00047431 Published: June 13, 20, 27, July 4, 2021

LOCATED AT: 1185 Admiral Callaghan Lane, Vallejo, CA 94591 Solano Mailing Address: 1185 Admiral Callaghan Lane, Vallejo, CA 94591 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): Akshar Hospitality LLC CA THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a Limited Liability Company The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 06/08/2021.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Sunil Khatri IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION June 7, 2026.

THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: JUN 8, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021001257 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00047465 Published: June 13, 20, 27, July 4, 2021

LOCATED AT: 651 E Travis Blvd Apt 90, Fairfield CA 94533 Solano Mailing Address: 651 E Travis Blvd Apt 90, Fairfield CA 94533 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): Cashington LLC CA THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a Limited Liability Company The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Chanelle Washington IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION June 7, 2026.

THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: JUN 08, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021001258 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00047682 Published: June 27, July 4, 11, 18, 2021

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: CURTIS ALLEN VIG Case Number: FPR050618 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Curtis Allen Vig A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Peggy Knutson in the Superior Court of California, County of: Solano The Petition for Probate requests that: Peggy Knutson be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: DATE: JULY 16, 2021 TIME: 8:30 a.m.; DEPT.: 4; Rm. 305 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SOLANO 600 Union Avenue Fairfield, CA 94533 Probate - Dept 4 Zoom Conference Meeting ID: 865 1884 6112 PW: 950146 If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1)four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for petitioner: Kathleen Siemont (SBN: 225601) Law Offices of Kathleen Siemont 701 Southampton Road, Suite #211 Benicia, CA 94510 (415) 235-3682 DR# 00047604 Published: June 27, 30, July 4, 2021 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: SUSAN A. GRANNIS Case Number: P050892 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Susan A. Grannis Susan Ann Grannis and Susan Grannis A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Gordon Matthews in the Superior Court of California, County of: Solano The Petition for Probate requests that: Gordon Matthews be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests the decedent's will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: DATE: AUG 3, 2021 TIME: 1:30 p.m.; DEPT.: 4 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SOLANO Hall of Justice 600 Union Avenue FAIRFIELD, CA 94533 If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

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You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: M. Kendall Hillman (SBN: 125135) Hillman, Lucas & Canning, P.C. 2420 Martin Road, Suite 300 Fairfield, CA 94534 (707) 427-7377 DR# 00047843 Published: June 30, July 4, 7, 2021

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Notice of Self Storage Sale Please take notice Central Self Storage East Travis 837 E Travis Blvd Fairfield CA 94533 intends to hold an auction of the goods stored in a self-service storage unit by the following persons. The sale will occur as an online auction via www.storagetreasures.com on 7/21/2021 at 12:00 PM. Unless stated otherwise the description of the contents are household goods and furnishings: Richard Petty Arlene Thrower Anne Stevens Reina N. Cervantes Sue Lamb David Yepiz Jason Alvey All property is being stored at the above self-storage facility. This sale may be withdrawn at any time without notice. Certain terms and conditions apply. See manager for details.

7/4, 7/11/21 CNS-3485092# THE DAILY REPUBLIC DR# 00047600 Published: July 4, 11, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS BRENDA MOSSA EVENTS LOCATED AT: 3250 Congressional Circle, Fairfield CA 94534 Solano Mailing Address: 3250 Congressional Circle, Fairfield CA 94534 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Brenda Mossa 3250 Congressional Circle, Fairfield, 94534 2) Frank Mossa 3250 Congressional Circle, Fairfield, 94534 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: A Married Couple The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 07/23/2017.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Lacon McLeod IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION June 15, 2026.

THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: JUN 16, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021001315 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00047568 Published: June 20, 27, July 4, 11, 2021

Notice of Public AUCTION as defined by the California Self Storage Facilities Act, Business and Professions Code sections 21700 - 21716. Location of auctioned items: Four Seasons Self Storage 1600 Petersen Rd, Suisun City CA 94585. Date of sale: 7/16/2021. Time of sale: 9:45 am.

Auction will be conducted at Four Seasons Self Storage at 1600 Petersen Rd. Suisun City CA 94585. Auctioneer; Award Auction: Joe Ward #MS237-0479, Jeff Vercelli #MS153-13-71. Phone: 408-891-6108. Agent for Owner Diede Property Management. Property being sold will publish 6-27-2021 & 7-04-2021.

Units being sold: Trinidad O. ChabotAvila(G154), Aarika C. Jackson(F41), Anthwan Hendricks(G70), Pearl Vazquez-Zavaleta(C37), David Eardley(G25), Francine Robinson(G184), Katie E. Wade(F96), Mary M. Wade(D02), Wendy C. Scally(G101), Vanessa Abila(F85).

Items being sold: Tools, Toolbox, Drafting Table, Shelving, Fishing Rod and Reels, Holiday items, Yard tools, Household Appliances, Musical Instruments, Electric Mini Bike, Furniture, Misc. Household items, Misc. Boxes and Plastic Tubs.

DR# 00047702 Published: June 27, July 4, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS A GREAT PLACE 4 KIDS CHILDCARE LOCATED AT: 401 Bald Pata Dr Suisun City 94585 Solano Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1118 Suisun City 94585 Solano (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) Brenda Hardaaway P.O. Box 1118 Suisun City 94585 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business n am e o r n a m e s l i s t e d a b o v e o n 05/28/2021.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Aleyda Sandoval IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION May 27, 2026.

THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: MAY 28, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021001187 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00047437 Published: June 13, 20, 27, July 4, 2021

NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT SOLANO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, will receive bids for the furnishing of all labor, materials, coordination, transportation, and services necessary for the completion of the: Health and Social Services (H&ESS) Public Reception Update Employment and Eligibility Services (E&ES) Lobbies At 275 Beck Ave. (1st Floor), Fairfield, CA 94533; and 365 Tuolumne St. (2nd Floor), Vallejo, CA 94590 I. Project consists of improvements to existing lobby counters for Employment and Eligibility Services (E&ES) at 2 locations: 275 Beck Avenue (1st floor) in Fairfield and 365 Tuolumne Street (2nd floor) in Vallejo. Includes new architectural woodwork; new glazing for counters; limited drywall framing and drywall work; minor patch and repairs to walls and acoustic ceiling areas; limited painting of walls; new door and door hardware; replacement of floor finishes; modifications to power, low voltage systems, data, and security badge system; and very limited work with fire sprinkler.

II. Each bid must be in accordance with the bid documents, construction drawings and specifications. Bidders may view copies of the Drawings and Specifications from the Solano County website and any of the following plan rooms, where documents are on file on or about June 28, 2021.

County website: http://www.solanocounty.com/depts/genserv/cpm/notices.asp SACRAMENTO REGIONAL BUILDERS EXCHANGE www.srbx.org Phone (916) 442-8991

MARIN BUILDERS ASSOCIATION www.marinbuilders.com Phone: (415) 462-1220

BAY AREA BUILDERS EXCHANGE www.bayareabx.com Phone (925) 685-8630

PLACER COUNTY CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION& BUILDERS EXCHANGE www.pccamembers.com Phone (916) 771-7229

Contractor is responsible for downloading and printing the documents at bidder’s expense either in house or at a reprographics business of their choice.

BPXPRESS Reprographics (707) 745-3593 4740 E. 2nd St., #29 Benicia, CA 94510

ARC-Pacheco (925) 682-6930 5753 Pacheco Blvd Pacheco, CA 94553

III. Sealed bids will be accepted until 2:00PM, local time, August 03, 2021, at the Solano County General Services Department, Capital Projects Management Division, 675 Texas Street, Suite 2500, Fairfield, California 94533. Proposals received after 2:00PM will not be considered responsive and will be returned to bidder unopened. Telephone and fax bids will not be accepted.

AUCTION NOTICE: AS DEFINED BY: The California Self Storage Facilities Act, Chapter 10 Commencing with Section 21700, Division 8 of the California Business And Professions Code, AIRPORT ROAD SELF STORAGE – 1604 Airport Rd, Rio Vista, CA 94571 will conduct an Auction on July 16th 2021 at 10:45 AM. AUCTIONEER: A Ward Auction Jeff Vercelli #MS324-27-45 Joe Ward #MS23704-79….Agent for Owner: Diede Property Management. Units being sold: Stephanie Cabral, John Ragusa, Jeffery Reimche, Robert A Smith, Chirelle and Lori Hynes.

Items being sold: Furniture, tools, Vacuum, wheel chair, and misc. tubs and boxes. This ad will publish 7-4-2021 & 711-2021. In accordance with the California Self Service Storage Act, should bids fall short agents predetermined fair market value on a given Storage unit, agent shall have the right to halt the sale of said storage unit.

DR# 00047959 Published: July 4, 11, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS SHANTEKA PRODUCTIONS, SHANTEKA SERVICES LOCATED AT: 1960 Grande Circle, 41, Fairfield CA 94533 Solano Mailing Address: 1960 Grande Circle, 41, Fairfield CA 94533 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) Shanteka Pugh 1960 Grande Circle, 41 Fairfield, 94533 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Shanteka Tyessia Pugh IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION June 10, 2026.

THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: JUN 11, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021001280 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00047466 Published: June 13, 20, 27, July 4, 2021

VI. Contractor must possess a current B Contractor’s License from the State of California and the required classification(s) of Contractor’s License at the time the Bid is submitted (per Business and Professions Code §7028.15).

VII. Solano County forms are provided in the specifications and shall be used for all proposals. Bidders shall read and review the bid documents carefully and shall familiarize themselves thoroughly with all requirements.

X. Bids shall not expire for a period of 90 calendar days from the bid date.

XI. Wage rates and restrictions on working days and times shall meet all requirements of the Labor Code of the State of California for public contracts. The bidder may contact the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations, phone number (415) 703-4774, to obtain a schedule of the general prevailing wages applicable to the location and work to be done. The contractor and the contractor's subcontractor are responsible for compliance with the requirements of Section 1777.5 and 1777.6 of the Labor Code of the State of California regarding employment of apprentices.

XII. All Contractors and subcontractors must be registered with the California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) at the time of bid of this project pursuant to Cal. Labor Code Section 1725.5.

The County will make a bid selection based on lowest, responsible bidder of the Lump Sum Base Bid and who meets the minimum qualifications. If only one bid is received, the County reserves the right to negotiate with the responding contractor. If no bids are received, the County reserves the right to identify interested contractor(s) and negotiate directly without re-bidding. County further reserves the right to reject all bids and cancel the solicitation at their sole discretion.

DR# 00047658 Published: June 27, July 4, 2021

LOCATED AT: 1505 N. 1st Street Dixon, CA 95620 Mailing Address: 9045 Adams Ave Huntington Beach, CA 92646 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): Lifestyle Dixon, LLC CA THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a Limited Liability Company The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Matthew Fales, CEO IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION May 31, 2026.

THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: JUN 01, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021001194 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00047430 Published: June 13, 20, 27, July 4, 2021

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on June 22, 2021 the City Council of the City of Suisun City adopted Ordinance 783: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CITY OF SUISUN CITY, CALIFORNIA, ADDING CHAPTER 12.03 OF THE SUISUN CITY MUNICIPAL CODE ESTABLISHING A 5-YEAR STREET CUT MORATORIUM IN THE CITY OF SUISUN CITY The City Council of the City of Suisun City adopted Ordinance 783 adding Chapter 12.03 of the Suisun City Municipal Code establishing a 5-year street cut moratorium in the City of Suisun City. The City of Suisun City owns and maintains a roadway network of approximately 76 miles. Given that a paved street is a unique public resource held in trust for the benefit of the public, the City desires to maintain the ride-ability and appearance of new street surfaces, prolong pavement integrity, and minimize pavement degradation.

One way to achieve this goal is to enact a 5-year street cut moratorium which will minimize roadway excavations, and encourage contractors and utility companies and franchisees to effectively plan and review potential conflicts with new streets as well as with recently reconstructed or resurfaced streets. The City will endeavor to coordinate its Capital Improvement Programs with utility companies and franchisees with facilities in, on, under or above the public right-of-way. Under the street cut moratorium guidelines, utility companies and franchises, will be required to plan well enough in advance to determine alternate methods of making necessary repairs to avoid excavating in newly resurfaced streets. No excavation will be allowed in streets under a moratorium.

However, this prohibition will not apply in the event of a new development or an emergency that endangers life or property, in which event the permittee shall notify the City and apply for an encroachment permit for “emergency work.” Moreover, the City may grant a waiver under the following circumstances: a) Interruption of essential utility service, b) Work that is mandated by city, state, or federal law, c) Service for buildings where no other reasonable means of providing service exists, and d) Situations in which no alternative course of action exists, as determined by the Engineer in writing setting forth the facts giving rise to the conclusion that no alternative exists.

Notice is hereby given that copies of the above-numbered ordinance is available for public review by all interested parties at the office of the City Clerk of Suisun City, 701 Civic Center Blvd., Suisun City, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday - Thursday; and that said Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting on June 1, 2021 and passed and adopted at a regular meeting on June 22, 2021 by the following roll call vote: Ayes: Noes: Absent:

Councilmembers: Councilmembers: Councilmembers:

Day / Hernandez / Hudson / Williams / Mayor Wilson None None

Donna Pock, Deputy City Clerk Dated: June 28, 2021 DR# 00047979 Published: July 4, 2021

NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT/ FINDING OF NO PRACTICABLE ALTERNATIVE FOR THE PROPOSED RECONSTRUCTION OF RUNWAY 21R/03L AT TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA Interested parties are hereby notified that the United States Air Force, Travis Air Force Base, California has completed a Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) that resulted in a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Reconstruction of Runway 21R/03L. The EA documents the proposed action components for the project- demolition of the existing runway, construction of a temporary batch plant, re-orientation of taxiways, extension of the northern overrun, re-paving, marking, and re-grading excess areas to turf.

The Proposed Action would include the loss of 4.5 acres of wetlands. The Draft EA and FONSI/FONPA, dated May 2021, are available for review at the following locations: Fairfield Civic Center Library 1150 Kentucky Street Fairfield, California 94533

VIII. A bid bond or certified check in the amount of 10% of the bid is required.

IX. Within five (5) calendar days after issuance of the Notice to Proceed, the successful bidder shall be required to furnish a Labor and Materials Payment Bond and Performance Bond in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract amount.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS DIXON ACE HARDWARE, DIXON ACE HARDWARE AND LUMBER

CITY OF SUISUN CITY SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE 783

IV. Two mandatory pre-bid conferences will be held on the following dates and following addresses: a. Conference 1 – July 7, 2021 at 9:00 am: 275 Beck Avenue, Fairfield, CA 94533, Conference Room 1 b. Conference 2 – July 8, 2021 at 9:00 am: 365 Tuolumne Street, Vallejo, CA 94590 Conference Room 315 Bidders must attend both pre-bid conferences and sign the pre-bid roster to be eligible to bid this project.

V. All inquiries regarding the project shall be directed to Solano County using the form provided in the project specifications. Contact person is Donny Mandrell, Project Coordinator, 707-784-3463 (phone), dmandrell@solanocounty.com (e-mail). Only requests for information received in writing or fax or email by close of business on July 14, 2021 will be responded to.

Classifieds: 427-6936

Suisun City Library 601 Pintail Drive Suisun City, California 94585

Vacaville Public Library Cultural Center Mitchel Memorial Library 1020 Ulatis Drive 510 Travis Boulevard Vacaville, California 95688 Travis AFB, California 94535 The Draft EA and FONSI can also be obtained at: http://www.travis.af.mil/Environmental/Compliance and https://ceqanet.opr.ca.gov Written comments and inquiries on the Draft EA and FONSI should be directed to: Mr. Seth Merdler 60th Civil Engineer Squadron 411 Airman Drive, Building 570 Travis AFB, CA 94535 Emailed comments can be accepted at spk-pao@usace.army.mil ATTN: Travis AFB. The public review and comment period for this EA is 30 days from the publication date of this Notice of Availability. If you have questions, please contact Mr. Merdler at (707) 4247516.

DR# 00047989 Published: July 4, 2021

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Local: 10-run inning too much for Expos Lightning: Sweep?

From Page B3 took the lead for good with a 10-run top of the sixth.

Blake Bozzini singled in two runs and Aaron Strong doubled in two more as the Expos took advantage of three NWDS errors to score six runs in the bottom of the first. Bozzini, who went 3-for-3 with two doubles and four RBIs, drove in two more runs with a single in the second.

Northwest Diamond Sports cut the eight-run deficit in half with two runs in both the third and fourth innings. The Expos got most of it back with three in the fifth and Ramirez singled in two runs and Aidan Robles singled in another.

It all fell apart in the sixth as NWDS sent 16 batters to the plate, 10 of the first 11 reaching base, taking advantage of four hit batters and one error while banging out seven hits.

The Expos got within 14-13 with a pair of sacrifice flies by Arpaia and Carrington, stranding the potential tying run on second base.

Ryan Kariolich went 3-for-4 with a double, while Ramirez went 2-for-5.

The Expos were scheduled to play Bellevue, Washington, on Saturday and conclude play in Eugene in the championship round on Sunday. They then finish their road trip against Doc Stewarts in Roseburg, Oregon, on Monday before returning home later that day.

Bocce

Fairfield Bocce Federation SUMMER LEAGUE STANDINGS As of July 1 Tuesday AM League W L Pts Bocce Friends 19 8 298 Do It Again 16 14 319 Capitani 10 17 233

Weather 5-Day Forecast

FOR FAIRFIELD-SUISUN CITY

Today Sunny

84

0

No Mercy 9 15 222 Tuesday PM League W L Pts Casino Royal 22 8 317 Untouchables 20 10 319 Bells and Beaus 17 13 298 Plan B 16 14 295 New-Bee’s 15 15 262 Slow Rollers 0 30 104 Wednesday AM League W L Pts Roll’em 16 14 297 Court Jesters 13 14 248 Oh Sugar 12 12 224 Sons of Italy 10 11 194 Thursday AM League W L Pts Bocce Crusers 20 10 306 Red Devils 19 11 316 Mama’s & Papa’s 16 14 278 Real McCoy’s 5 25 185 Tuesday AM Weekly Results Capitani 2, Bocce Friends 1 No Mercy 2, Do It Again 1 Tuesday PM Weekly Results Untouchables 2, Plan B 1 Bells and Beaus 3, Slow Rollers

Casino Royal 2, New-Bee’s 1 Wednesday AM Weekly Results Sons of Italy 2, Oh Sugar 1 Court Jesters 2, Roll’em 1 Thursday AM Weekly Results Red Devils 2, Bocce Crusers 1 Mama’s &Papa’s 3, Real McCoy’s 0

Golf

Paradise Valley Women’s Golf Club BEST NINE Flight 1 1, Linda Grace, 33.5.

2, Chris Moore, 34.

3, P.J.Lowrey, 35.5.

4, Nia Magno, 36.

Flight 2 1, Vicky Flandi, 33.5.

2, Trish Boldt, 34.

3, Regina Cortez, 35.

4, Myrna DeMartino, 37.

Good Moderate

High

Very High Extreme

Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency

Tonight Clear, then mostly clear and windy

56

Monday Sunny

87|56

Rancho Solano Women’s Golf Club

SWEEPS Flight 1 10-13 handicaps 1, Rene Romiski, 27.

2, Marlene Brown, 29.

3, Kitty Lockwood, 33*.

4, Genny Lopez, 33* 5, Judi Moses, 33*.

Flight 2 14-17 handicaps 1, Sandy Latchford, 30.

2, Judy Horan, 31.

3, Chris Robertson, 32.

4, Sue Watkins, 33.

Flight 3 18-20 handicaps 1, Pat Moffett, 28.

2, Linda Perry, 31*.

3, Kim Weaver, 31*.

4, Marge Tye, 33.

Flight 4 22-25 handicaps 1, Mona Begell, 24.

2, Diana Choate, 26.

3, Carmen Haynes, 27.

4, Rosemarie Chonzena, 35. *Ties broken with handicap holes

Rio Vista Women’s Golf Club ACE OF THE MONTH AND LOW PUTTS Ace of the month: Catherine Warr, net 70.

Almanac

Sun and Moon

Niners

LOW PUTTS Low Gross: Lesley Stewart and Rebecca Martinez, 81.

Flight 1 1, Lesley Stewart.

2, Gayle Allustiarte.

3, Connie Rothermel.

Flight 2 1, Pat Mitchell.

2, Mary Johnsen.

3, Kathy Tomko.

Chip-Ins: Lesley Stewart, No. 14.

Birdies: Lesley Stewart, Nos. 11, 14; Rebecca Martinez, Nos. 3, 7.

Closest to pin No. 8: Rebecca Martinez, 24-8.

Closest to pin No. 15: Gayle Allustiarte, 5-11.

Statistics for Travis Air Force Base for yesterday through 5 p.m.

Temperature High/Low.............................88°/55° Average high .......................... 88.8° Average low............................ 57.3° A year ago............................ NA/NA Barometric pressure............29.83 Humidity...................................33%

Air Quality Index 61 Precipitation 0-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-300 Last 24 hours................................0″ Good Moderate Unhealthy Unhealthy Very sensitive unhealthy Month-to-date.............................0″ Normal July rainfall ............... 0.04″ Source: Bay Area Air Quality Management District Season-to-date...................... 7.74″ Normal seasonal rainfall....24.81″ UV Index This date last year...................... NA 10 Source: NWS and NOAA <2 3-5 6-7 8-10 11+

Flight 1 1, Marsha Berry, 33 putts.

2 (tie), KarenAnn Evans, Nancy Weaver and Anna Bogucki, 35 putts.

Flight 2 1, Joan Rexford, 32 putts.

2, Donna Nunes, 36 putts.

3 (tie), Loretta Ortenblad and Diane Scholz, 37 putts.

Flight 3 1 (tie), Jan Benner and Catherine Warr, 32 putts.

3 (tie), Paula Davis and Alma Renko, 34 putts.

Flight 4 1, Pat Kistler, 32 putts.

2, Linda VanNieuwburg, 33 putts.

3 (tie), Darl McCarthy and Joanne Smith, 34 putts.

Chip ins: Sharon David, No. 13; Denise Sargent-Natour, No. 16; Catherine Warr, Nos. 10 and 14.

Closest to pin No. 10: KarenAnn Evans, 9-3.

Broke 100: Thea Rock, 97; Denise Sargent-Natour, 98.

Flight 3 1, Loretta Ortenblad, 31.5.

2, Joan Dominquez, 33.5.

3, Katie Nguyen, 33.5.

4, Kathryn Houk, 34.

Flight 4 1, Margie Miller, 30.5.

2, Henri Newland, 32.5.

3, Debbie Dahl, 33.5.

4, Beryl Bridges 34.5.

Closest to pin No. 8: Myrna DeMartino, 10-10; Chris Moore, 14-2.

Closest to pin No. 11: Christine Williamson, 0-7; Elaine Hahn 2-4.

Birdies: P.J. Lowrey, No. 14; Trish Boldt, No. 14; Nia Magno, No. 3.

Chip-ins: Nia Magno, No. 3; Katie Nguyen, No. 18.

Regional forecast

Davis 91|56 Dixon Santa Rosa 89|57 76|52 Vacaville Napa 88|60 78|53 Fairfield/Suisun City 84|56 Vallejo Benicia 61|54 Rio Vista 76|58 84|58 Concord 82|57 Richmond 68|55 Walnut Creek 80|57 Oakland 70|57 San Francisco 68|56

Shown is today’s weather.

Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

Sunrise..............................5:50 a.m.

Sunset...............................8:34 p.m.

Moonrise..........................2:13 a.m.

Moonset...........................4:04 p.m.

San New First Qtr. Full Last Qtr. Pablo Today

July 9 July 17 July 23 July 31 Monday

Source: U.S. Naval Observatory

San Mateo 73|56 Palo Alto 78|57

San Jose 81|56

Tides High

(feet) Low

(feet)

10:29 a.m.

9:36 p.m.

11:36 a.m.

10:10 p.m.

3.80 5.86 4.02 5.98

0.83 2.17 0.43 2.52

4:02 a.m.

3:08 p.m.

4:47 a.m.

3:57 p.m.

National forecast

Suisun High (feet) Low Today 12:08 p.m. 3.61 6:45 a.m.

11:40 p.m. 5.49 5:33 p.m.

Monday 1:10 p.m. 3.79 7:40 a.m.

None - 6:16 p.m.

(feet)

0.53 1.44 0.26 1.83

From Page B4 be a distinction between the group that won the Stanley Cup in the bubble last fall, and the team that is one victory from closing out Montreal this summer?

In terms of personnel, the difference really is minimal. Of the 20 players the Lightning have used this postseason, 17 were part of last year’s run. The only additions are Ross Colton, Mathieu Joseph and defenseman David Savard. Shattenkirk, Bogosian, Coburn, Cedric Paquette and Carter Verhaeghe are the significant departures.

Yet, there is a different feel. The 2020 team was on a crusade. Those players were hellbent on proving they were not some fancy-pants collection of scorers. They needed to put the ghosts of past failures behind them, and validate all the work they had done to reach that point.

This time around, the players seem more at ease. There is a difference between a team that believes it is good, and a team that understands why it is good.

Last year, the Lightning believed. This year, they understand.

Coach Jon Cooper described it as the difference between the first day and last day of school. The Lightning were excited by the possibilities in 2020, and now realize the salary cap will inevitably change their makeup and vibe when 2021 ends.

“This year, it’s primarily the same guys.

If there are new guys in there, they were in the organization so they kind of knew what we were all about,” Cooper said. “It’s that inner drive, that maturity level they have.

To understand when you start throwing legacy around – a lot of these words that describe teams – you sit there and say, ‘They were a pretty damn good team.’

“But you really only get that moniker if you win Cups. I know we’ve won one. And nobody can take that away from us, but the determination on this group to get another one is amazing to watch.”

So how do the two Cup runs compare?

On the surface, they seem fairly similar. The Lightning went 16-6 last postseason and were stretched to six games twice. Tampa Bay is 15-6 this postseason, has gone six games once and seven games once.

But if you look a little deeper, the Lightning are actually a better team. They were fortunate last season to win a ton of close games, in particular going 6-2 in overtime. This year, they’ve only played three overtime games and have lost all three.

That means they are a ridiculous 15-3 in regulation against some of the best teams in the NHL. They are scoring a little more than last year (3.4 goals per game compared to 3.2) and giving up a little less (2.0 compared to 2.2).

The power play has been much better and the overall shooting percentage is up. They have fewer turnovers handling the puck, and have made fewer trips to the penalty box. In every way a team can be smarter, the Lightning are.

Maybe that’s because Steven Stamkos has been in the lineup every night compared to his memorable cameo in 2020.

Maybe it’s because Cernak, 24, and Mikhail Sergachev, 23, have grown as defensemen.

Maybe it’s just the realization that what they did last season could be replicated if they were not derailed by ego or selfishness.

“It’s easy to throw out, ‘Well they’re winners and they work hard,’ and all that stuff.

But let’s be honest, we changed the makeup of our team,” Cooper said.

“We did that, we got a little grittier. Then the ‘skill’ guys changed their games as well to a winning formula, a winning way to play.

“And when they started getting rewarded for it, they didn’t cheat and say, ‘OK, we’ve done that. That’s fine. Let’s go back to the way it was.’

No. the individual accolades got pushed to the side. I know it’s a cliché, but it’s true.”

Forecast for Sunday, July 4, 2021

Series: Over in 6

Tuesday Sunny

86|55

From Page B3

Fast breaks

Wednesday

The Hawks won four games at State Farm Arena this postseason, one home victory shy of tying the franchise record for most home wins in

Sunny

87|56

a single playoff appearance. The 2014-15 and 1987-88 Hawks won five apiece while the 1962-63 and 1963-64 St. Louis Hawks also earned five wins. . . . The Bucks clinched their first trip to the NBA Finals since 1974.

They will meet the Phoenix Suns.

Game 1 is Tuesday in Phoenix.

Thurday Sunny

89|57

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