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Winters, Yolo County, California, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019

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New Winters Healthcare facility opening to public Dec. 19

By Rodney Orosco Staff Writer

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Karla Reyes and Ruben Valencia each received a $500 scholarship from the Mexican American Concilio of Yolo County

Concilio of Yolo County honors Winters community leaders, students

By Sydney Andrade Staff Writer The Mexican American Concilio of Yolo County has taken great interest in members of the Winters community. On Saturday, Oct. 26, they recognized Jesse Loren and the Winters Hispanic Advisory Committee for their dedication and selfless service in being advocates for the Hispanic community.

The Concilio also recognized Karla Reyes and Ruben Valencia, two Winters High School students, with scholarships.

Loren was recognized with the Pilar Andrade award for the heart and soul she has selflessly poured into championing and being somewhat of a liaison for the Hispanic community in Winters and surrounding cities. Loren is a member of the Win-

ters Hispanic Advisory Committee where the ultimate goal is to offer support to the Winters community and promote cultural diversity.

“It is really very rewarding” said Loren.

Loren humbly explained it was ultimately her work with the Hispanic Advisory Committee that allowed her to receive such an award and commend all of the work that the committee does to educate, celebrate and address the needs of the Hispanic community in Winters and surrounding cities.

Leticia Quirarte and Loren explained that The Winters Hispanic Advisory Committee started in 2007 and is made up of several volunteers, Crecencio Mejia, Alfonso Salas, Maricela

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After more than a year in construction, the new Winters Healthcare building is set to open to patients on Dec. 19. The old offices on Main Street will be closed on Dec.17 and 18.

The implied invitation of the space was clear: Feel the sun pour through the floor-to-ceiling windows surrounding you; see the room drift above and away and reveal the windows of a conference room.

Rest in the light.

“This space is inviting the sun,” said Faisal Aboud AlAwazzi, sweeping a gaze around the space. “It is the heart of the building,” Al-

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Construction of the new Winters Healthcare Foundation facility began in October 2018. They will open their doors to patients this month on Dec. 19.

Awazzi, a design team member with the building’s architects, Hibser Yamauchi Ar-

chitects, said.

What put the designer in a poetic mood was simply

Special to the Express Press Release Rominger Brothers Farms of Winters has been selected as the recipient of the 2019 California Leopold Conservation Award.

Sand County Foundation created the Leopold Conservation Award to inspire American landowners by recognizing exceptional farmers, ranchers and foresters. The prestigious award, named in honor of renowned conservationist Aldo Leopold, is given in 20 states.

The award is presented annually by

Sand County Foundation, Sustainable Conservation and the California Farm Bureau Federation.

Rominger Brothers Farms, Inc. of Yolo County received $10,000 and a crystal award at the California Farm Bureau Federation Annual Meeting in Monterey today.

The farm and rangeland owned and managed by Bruce and Rick Rominger represents a community they love, respect, share with others and protect in perpetuity. They grow diversified crops – including wine grapes,

processing tomatoes, rice and hay – in ways that protect the environment, using a full toolbox of stewardship practices and partnerships.

This includes planting miles of hedgerows to benefit important pollinators like bees, restoring over 5,000 feet of stream corridors to connect riparian areas and wetlands to aid a variety of species, and managing irrigation water on their rice fields to boost declining shorebird populations.

The Romingers have long been recognized leaders for

their adaptability and innovation while overcoming regulatory challenges that, together with their conservation goals, enhance their business.

Community service and outreach round out the leadership character of Rominger Brothers Farms.

“It’s an honor to even be considered for the Leopold Conservation Award, and an even greater honor to win it, especially considering all the accomplished past winners,” said Bruce Rominger. “We are

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Future subscriber: Michael Ulysses Johnson Michael Ulysses Johnson was born on Thursday, Dec. 5, to Emma and Benjamin Johnson. Michael was delivered at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, measured 20 3/4 inches in length and weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces. Michael is the first grandchild of his maternal grandparents, Bill Pfanner and Susan Hamilton, and the second grandchild of his paternal grandparents, Michael Johnson and Bonnie Etzold. He is also welcomed by his great-grandmothers, Marion Hamilton and Stella Sutter.

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Chamber announces Tractor Parade winners Too Many Lights To Count — Rominger Brothers Farms The Little Tractor That Could — Isaac Day Jolly Green Giant — Stumpy Trucking Merriest Elf Ride — Santa’s Sleigh by Stephanie Atherton and

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The Parade featured Winters Police cadets, bike patrol and Chief John P. Miller, pictured above. Volunteers included members from Travis AfB, Winters Friends of the Library and City Councilmember Jesse Loren, pictured at left with a PG&E employee who volunteered. Below, Judges’ Choice winner Chris Rose, towing a brass band.

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Lake Berryessa levels up by 11 inches this week

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The level of Lake Berryessa is up by 0.89 feet during the past week, with an increase in storage of 16,035 acre feet of water, according to Ken Emigh of the Solano Irrigation District.

Tuesday morning the lake level was 431.72 feet above sea level, with storage computed at 1,398,687 acre feet of water.

Evaporation on the lake averaged 16 acre feet of water per day.

The SID is diverting 40 second feet of water into the Putah South Canal, with 38 second feet flowing at the Diversion Dam.

In 1959 the Vasey Brother’s General Store celebrated 40 years in business at their Main Street location. Pictured, back row: Greg Vasey, Harry Sattazahn, Bert Coman and Jack Vasey.

Middle row: Pat Biasi, Mary Walters, Delores Reed, and Wion (first name unknown). Front: Rob Coman.

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Public Safety Report City of Winters Press Release

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Nov. 27: 1:10 a.m., medical aid, 800 block of Jackson Street. ~11:34 a.m., smoke investigation, 100 block of E. Grant Avenue. ~11:05 p.m., medical aid, 900 block of Apricot Avenue.

Nov. 29: 6:34 a.m., medical aid, 900 block of Suffolk Place. ~12:36 p.m., medical aid, 400 block of Dry Creek Lane. ~3:22 p.m., lift assist, 300 block of Creekside Way. ~11:24 p.m., medical aid, 400 block of Anderson Avenue.

Nov. 30: 12:41 a.m., medical aid, 400 block of Grant Avenue. ~8:37 a.m., mutual aid, Gaddini Road. ~10:43 a.m., medical aid, 100 block Almeria Place. ~10:47 a.m., medical aid, 1000 block of Washington Avenue. ~4:52 p.m., public assist, 200 block of Red Bud Lane. ~7:52 p.m., medical aid, 700 block of Matsumoto Lane.

Dec. 1: 12:35 a.m., medical aid, 100 block of E. Grant Avenue. ~2:44 p.m., vehicle accident, Highway 128.

Dec. 2: 9:44 p.m., medical aid, Westwood Court/Russell Street.

Dec. 3: 8:51 a.m., lift assist, 100 block of Third Street.

Dec. 4: 5:40 p.m., medical aid, 1000 block of Kennedy Drive.

Police Arrest Log

Nov. 22: Juvenile (Age 16), Charges: Unlicensed Driver, Failure to provide proof of insurance, Disposition: Released on a Notice to Appear.

Nov. 28: Juvenile (Age 15), Charges: Unlicensed Driver, Disposition: Released on a Notice to Appear.

Dec. 1: Danial F. Landherr (Age 56), Charges: Drive under the influence of alcohol; Resist/Obstruct/Delay a Peace Officer, Disposition: Transported to Yolo County Jail.

Dec. 2: Kenneth Wayne Zimmerman (Age 52), Charges: Tampering with a vehicle; Battery on a Paramedic; Resist/ Obstruct/Delay a Peace Officer, Disposition: Transported to Yolo County Jail.

Case Log

Nov. 25-28: 7 a.m.9 p.m., 800 block of Railroad Avenue, Burglary.

Nov. 29: 6:23 a.m., 700 block of Dutton Street, Commercial Audible Alarm. ~ 11:25 p.m., 400 block of Anderson Avenue, Medical Aid. Nov. 30: 7:30 a.m., 200 block of Mermod Road, Fraudulent Use of Access Card.

Dec. 2: 4:52 a.m., 100 block of Colby Lane, Missing Person/Returned.

YEARS AGO

The Pacific Telephone Company will begin putting telephone cables underground in Winters next year, according to Jack Harmonson, district manager of the company.

The Winters School Board voted unanimously Monday night to extend the contract of School Superintendent James Bernardy to June 30, 1974. No salary was set and will be taken up at a later date when other salaries are set.

More than 100 people attended the annual football banquet, held Wednesday in Cody’s Town Hall. Named as outstanding players on the varsity and junior varsity teams were David Carrion, Doug Martin and Jesse Martinez. Carrion and Martin were varsity players and Martinez a junior varsity.

Thirteen girls of Junior GSA troop 229 were invested in ceremonies Saturday evening, December 20. The girls were Pam Mills, Julie Rounsville, Vicki Harvey, Judith Collart, Karen Dodge, Becky Collart, Teresa Hall, Debra Rojo, Gina Timperly, Melody Gray, Koreen Koster, Linda Pace and Rosa Barbosa.

Mr. and Mrs. Byron Snow of Los Vegas, arrived Tuesday to visit here with their son and his family, the Phil Snows, until Sunday, December 28.

Mr. and Mrs Richard Rominger entertained at a holiday dinner party Monday night, their guests being Dr. and Mrs. Richard Larkey, Jeff and Diane and Professor and Mrs. L.D. Leach, all of Davis.

December 23, 1954

The earthquake last Thursday morning, which centered in Nevada, caused a large crack in the front of Vasey Bros. store building, and stopped a number of clocks in this area.

Mr. and Mrs. William Duncan are the parents of a daughter, Dana Lynn, born at the Sutter Maternity Hospital in Sacramento December 16, 1954.

Mr. and Mrs. Abe Anderson and family left this week to spend Christmas in El Centro, with relatives.

In the Christmas decoration contest, Glenn Kidder placed first in outdoor decoration, while James Rollins was second and Clif Perkins third. Best indoor decoration visible from the street, Dick Chiles, first; Manuel Tortosa, second, and A. E. Parker, third Saturday arrivals at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Campos Ramos were their son, Richard and his wife.

Richard is stationed at San Diego and will return to his base there on Sunday morning.

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Yarberry and daughter Carol, of Salinas, arrived on Monday to spend a two weeks holiday with Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Neel.

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hansen, Dale and Norman Hansen, Pearl Martin and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Lewis will join Christmas eve festivities in Davis at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O.S. Hansen Personnel of the Bureau of Reclamation, their children and guests enjoyed the annual Christmas party Monday evening when some 100 persons gathered in Masonic Hall.

George Duke acted as Santa Claus.

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The LaFollette committee hearing in San Francisco Friday and Saturday was to smear the California farmer.

The United States Senate is guilty of furnishing an official setting whereby the rabble is sicked on respectability!

Prompt response of local firemen extinguished a blaze of unknown origin Sunday at 1 p.m. on the A. S. Bird ranch. A shed was damaged.

Misses Marjorie Jean Herron, Mae Holmes and Ruth Thompson are planning to enter San Jose State Teacher’s College next semester.

Eugene Ireland, Margaret Hemenway, U. C. students, and Phillip Ritchie, of the College of the Pacific have arrived home for the holidays.

The Christmas party sponsored by the local theatre, American Legion and the Bee, was a happy event for the school children here, according to R. E. Degener, manager and host.

He said approximately 600 children were in attendance.

Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Adams of Stockton and Mr. and Mrs. L.A. Sackett will be holiday dinner guests Sunday with their son and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Adams.

Mr. and Mrs. C.A. Elliott and children Vernon and James will be weekend holiday guests with Mrs. J.R. Johnston.

December 23, 1904

J. Jeans went to the city Wednesday. His two daughters Veda and Lucelia accompanied him, expecting to spend Christmas with their sisters.

Fritz Herold drove to Davisville Wednesday evening in his surry with Walter Matthews and wife, who went to Sacramento.

Miss Sallie Culton returned Monday from San Jose where she has been with relatives Mrs. Oscar Guthrie has returned from an extended trip in Eastern States, during which time she visited the fair at St. Louis.

She also spent some time with relatives in Missouri and had a decidedly interesting trip.

Miss Helen Sackett, who has been attending State University, is home for the holidays. Mabel Sackett will come up tomorrow Miss Bernice McNeal, who is also attending university, came home Wednesday night.

Uri McKee, an employee in the U.S. Mint at San Francisco, is visiting this week at the home of E. B. Rhodes.

Rube Clark of Monticello was down yesterday to meet his son who was returning home by the evening train from Colusa county.

Landmark Lodge F. & A.M. has elected J. G. Fredericks, master; John Kennedy, senior warden: Wm. Grey, junior warden F.M. Strickland, secretary: Chris Gose, treasurer.

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Gift basket fundraiser benefits Winters Museum

By Teresa Pisani Special to the Express Christmas is upon us and it’s time for gift giving. The Winters Museum has put together special gift baskets to help you with the people on your list. All gift baskets include Winters made products. There is wine, walnuts, almonds, dried fruit, Winters post cards, Winters author’s books about the history of Winters, Winters Museum tote bags and more.

The Museum thanks their sponsors who donated items for the baskets: Mariani Nut Company, Lester Farms,

Berryessa Gap Vineyards, Turkovich Family Wines, Gloria Lopez, Anytime Fitness, Capay Canyon Ranch and Sierra Orchards.

This is one of the fundraisers the Winters Museum does and all proceeds go to fund the many displays that are featured throughout the year. Currently, the display is of Winters veterans.

The gift baskets are available at the Winters Museum (13 Russell St.) Thursday through Sunday from 1-5 p.m. Their price ranges between $35-$45, and are available until they are sold out.

FACILITY Continued from Page 1 (WHF) new building.

Beyond the impressive lobby, the two-story, 15,900 square foot building is a testament to the power of community dedication.

“This building is about passion,” said WHF Executive Director Chris Kelsch.

“It is about the desire to make something good and beautiful in our community.” It is also about expanding comprehensive healthcare services to all individuals, regardless of their ability to pay.

While the beauty of the new $9.5 million building remains in the eye-of-the beholder, the passion to serve the medical needs of the Winters community is in

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the DNA of Winters Healthcare.

Founded in 2000 in an abandoned shop on Main Street, the nascent health care organization quite literally rested on the shoulders of its founding doctor, William Davis.

Davis, fed up with “corporate healthcare,” decided to set out his shingle in Winters.

“I don’t know where all this is going to lead,” Davis said in a 2001 Time Magazine interview. “But I’m tired of doing the wrong things as a doctor. I want to do the right things for a while and just hope it works out.”

It almost didn’t work out—reality is not sentimental.

However, the community rallied around their doctor who believed in serving the community first and payment—eventually.

Members of the community formed the Winters Healthcare Foundation in order to sustain the sincere care he provided.

The community succeeded.

After more than a decade of growth, and subsequent changes, the community still believes in, and supports the WHF mission.

The proof is in the numbers: First Northern Bank, Rotary Club of Winters, Yolo Federal Credit Union, and various local families donated $500,000 for the new building.

A $265,000 investment from the Yolo County Board of Supervisor helped WHF buy the land from the city of Winters—at cost.

The city also added more than $2 million in infrastructure improvements to the existing roadway, including a roundabout and drainage

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Don Saylor, Yolo County Board of Supervisors $985,000 of its reserves.

“We are really investing in the future,” Kelsch said. “This facility will meet the area’s medical needs as our community clearly continues to grow.”

Kelsch does not complain about what he has now. Though, serving 3,000 patients and housing more than 40 staff in the two, quaint Main Street offices does make it “very hard to operate efficiently,” he said.

“We have been spaced-constrained,” WHF Director of Operations Stacy McCall said. “This new building will help us ramp up our care and growth,” she said.

Growth includes increasing the number of dental chairs from three to eight, creating 12 new exam rooms, adding lab space and increasing space for everyone.

Space for the entire operation— from behavioral health to prenatal, dental and primary care to administration—was part of the design.

“There are separate elements for each operation,” said McCall, “it is an all-inclusive design.”

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improvement to the area.

The majority of the building’s funding came from a $6.75 million United States Department of Agricultural Rural Development Facility loan.

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That means there is a wing for dental patients, a wing for medical patients, room for behavioral health, there is even a separate lobby space for children.

Upstairs houses administration, a spacious conference room, and a break room with a million dollar view of Winters.

Construction for the building began in October 2018. And despite a few setbacks—a season of torrential rains, and the need to re-build the entire foundation—the building received its occupancy paperwork in November of this year.

“We had the weather delay us and the foundation thing, which we did not have to pay to re-do,” Kelsch said, “And through it all the construction company RCP Construction was great, adding extra crews in order to catch up.”

Kelsch smiled, dwelling on the past was not going to help his community.

He just said, ‘Let’s move on’ and kept on building.”

Kelsch’s optimism and determination helped others draw a clear conclusion about where the “new” WHF was headed.

“This is a true example of what makes Winters, Winters,” said Yolo County Board of Supervisor Don Saylor. “A place that is about community.”

“It is first class and of the quality Winters deserves,” said Winters City Manager John W. Donlevy, Jr. “This new facility is an important statement that when it comes to healthcare, we are second to none.”

“Winters Healthcare Foundation is a vital resource for the Winters community,” said Davis CommuniCare Chief Executive Officer Dr. Melissa Marshall. “They are rooted in the community and well-regarded in terms of the quality of care they provide.”

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Holiday Craft Fair benefits WHS football and cheer programs

By Crystal Apilado Editor-in-Chief A Holiday Craft Fair is being held on Saturday, Dec. 14 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Winters High School Gymnasium.

In its third year, the event helps to feature over 25 small local businesses from around Yolo and Solano counties. This includes local nonprofits, like Soroptimist International of Winters who will be present to help raise funds for the scholarships they award.

“With all the online shopping and big businesses out there I think it is important to help out the smaller businesses and independent sales people, especially around the holidays,” said Kelly Lowrie, one of the event organiz-

ers.

Lowrie said the Winters community will have a chance to get some holiday shopping done, and an opportunity to buy special and unique gifts.

In addition to shopping, Santa Claus is making an appearance for a photo opportunity. Plus, proceeds from a raffle benefit the WHS football program and proceeds from a decorated tree auction will benefit the WHS cheer program.

Cheer coach Sterling Davis said the proceed from the tree auction help the squad to purchase conditioning equipment, spirit signs and flags to promote crows participation and other necessities as needed.

Sonoma, Lake, Napa, Solano, Yolo, Colusa Counties burn permit suspension lifted Cal Fire Press Release Effective Monday, Dec. 9, 2019 at 8 a.m. the burn permit suspension in Sonoma, Lake, Napa, Solano, Yolo and Colusa counties will be lifted. Cal Fire Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit Chief Shana Jones is formally cancelling the burn permit suspension and advises that those possessing current and valid agriculture and residential burn permits can now resume burning on permissible burn days.

Inspections may be required for burns other than agriculture burns. Cooler temperatures, higher humidity and the chance of winter weather have helped to begin to diminish the threat of wildfire. Property own-

ers and residents are asked to use caution while conducting debris or agriculture burns, follow all guidelines provided, and maintain control of the fire at all times. Individuals can be held civilly and/or criminally liable for allowing a fire to escape their control and/or burn onto neighboring property.

Residents wishing to burn must verify it is a permissive burn day prior to burning.

Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District you may call 530-757-3660 Pile Burning Requirements •Only dry, natural vegetative material such as leaves, pine needles and tree trimmings may be burned.

•The burning of

trash, painted wood or other debris is not allowed.

•Do not burn on windy days.

• Piles should be no larger than four feet in diameter and in height. You can add to pile as it burns down.

•Clear a 10-foot diameter down to bare soil around your piles.

•Have a shovel and a water source nearby.

•An adult is required to be in attendance of the fire at all times.

Safe residential pile burning of forest residue by landowners is a crucial tool in reducing fire hazards.

For more information on burning, visit the Cal Fire website at http://www.fire. ca.gov/.

WTC holds auditions for 10-Minute Play Festival

By Jim Hewlett Special to the Express The Winters Theatre Company will hold auditions for its inaugural 10-minute play festival, on Wednesday, Dec. 18 and Thursday, Dec. 19 at 7:30 p.m., at the Winters Community Center located at 201 Railroad Ave. in Winters. The inaugural festival will feature eight original works, many written by local playwrights.

Multiple roles are available for adults ages 18 and over, and interested individuals can audition for as many 10-minute plays as they would like. The available roles and show descriptions are listed on the Winters Theatre Company website at http://www. winterstheatre.org/auditions/.

The directors for each of the plays will be present each audition date. Interested individuals only need to attend one audition date. Auditions will

consist of cold readings from the scripts.

Rehearsal times and locations will be coordinated by the individual directors, with Tech Week taking place from Monday, Jan. 20 through Thursday, Jan. 24 at the Winters Community Center at 7:30 p.m.

Performances will take place at the Winters Community Center the weekend of Friday, Jan. 24 through Sunday, Jan. 26, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 5 p.m.

Questions about the productions individuals should contact the director of the specific script listed on the website at http://www.winterstheatre.org/ auditions/.

General questions about the Winters Theatre Company Play Festival can be emailed to festival organizers Jim Hewlett at jimhewlett@yahoo.com and Ana Kormos at amkormos@gmail. com.

WSF January meeting update

By Marlene Bell Special to the Express The work of supporting a community can be a monumental task, but many efforts working toward the same goal can always make for lighter work.

The Winters Senior Foundation January program will focus on how WSF can enhance the lives of seniors in Winters while learning from others who share the work of charitable giving.

Two well-known organizations will be the feature of their January meeting.

Join WSF on Jan. 15 at the Police and Fire Training room, 700

Main St., from 2-4 pm.

Refreshments will be served.

Elizabeth Ehnat, former vice president of the WSF and current president of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, St. Anthony-Winters Conference since 2015, will share valuable information about their work within the Winters community.

The Society’s nearly 100,000 trained volunteers in the United States provided 12.5 million hours of volunteer service in 2018, helping more than 5.4 million people through visits to homes, prisons and hospitals.

Barbara Cody is a founding member of Soroptimist – Winters. Soroptimist is a global volunteer organization that provides women and girls with access to the education and training they need to achieve economic empowerment.

She will talk about Soroptimist’s international program in Kenya.

It matters not the subject of charitable giving, what matters is that we get the work done. Learning from distinguished members of our charitable, giving community in Winters will strengthen the work that we all do.

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For The Record In an article headlined “Residents call for city to resolve flooding issues neighboring Olive Grove subdivision,” appearing on this page in the Dec. 4 edition, the author incorrectly referred to public discussion of bankruptcy for the applicant, Chris Williams. Discussion during the meeting referred to the possibility that the developer would walk away from the project, which would go into foreclosure, not bankruptcy. No discussion of bankruptcy occurred at the meeting, and use of the term was in error. The Express regrets the error.

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Seeking input on the future of cannabis cultivation in Yolo County, county staff conducted a presentation on the future of cannabis cultivation on Wednesday, Dec. 4. at the Winters Community Library.

Nine people filed into the Margaret Parsons room to hear staff review the Draft Environmental Impact Review (DEIR). The DEIR is part of the Cannabis Land Use Ordinance (CLUO).

The CLUO will set the future of cannabis policy in unincorporated Yolo County, and a required part of the CLUO is the creation of a DEIR. The DEIR analyzes adoption and implementation of the CLUO. The DEIR evaluates potential cannabis cultivation impacts to: aesthetics, air quality and odor, biological resources, noise, hydrology, and other issues.

Wednesday’s meet-

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“We are very grateful that we get so much support and such a wonderful response from community members, business owners and the city,” said Quirarte.

The support that the Winters Hispanic Advisory Committee receives allows them to help organize fundraisers, such as the Carnitas Festival de la Comunidad and the Dia de los Muertos celebration to help provide assistance to the community.

The funding from these events go towards language classes, legal assistance programs, finance classes, Putah Creek sponsorships for WHS students, tuition assistance for the Munchkin Sum-

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ing was the penultimate of nine meetings county staff has held throughout Yolo County. The meetings began on Nov. 13 in Guinda, and ended Dec. 10 in Woodland.

The attendees at Wednesday’s meeting were polite and not convinced cannabis cultivation was in the best interest of residents.

“Growers will not be good stewards of the land,” said county resident Linda Peterson.

“They just care about the money.”

Woodland resident and Guinda property owner David Gray put the group’s feeling succinctly: “No one wants to live next to a pot farm.”

While the public meetings may have ended, county staff will accept written comment on the DEIR until 4 p.m. on Dec. 23.

The purpose of the meeting and subsequent public comment is “to provide the Board of Supervisors with the flexibility to create the

program they want,” said Susan Strachan, county Cannabis Policy and Enforcement Manager.

Flexibility stems from the Supervisors’ ability to create a final EIR from elements listed in the five alternatives generated by the staff in the DEIR. The DEIR alternatives are: 1. Cultivation (Ancillary Nurseries & Processing only) with existing limits.

• Freeze cultivation sites to the existing 78.

• Establish 75-foot buffers from occupied residences.

• Establish 1,000 foot buffer from other identified special uses.

2. All licenses types issued, with moderate limits.

• 80 cultivation sites • 52 non-cultivation sites • 1,000-foot buffers 3. All license types with high limits • 160 sites • 75-foot buffers 4.

Mixed-light/Indoor license types only, no hoop houses

• 80 cultivation sites • 52 non-cultivation sites • No buffers 5. All license types within agricultural zones only • 80 cultivation sites • 52 non-cultivation sites • 1,000 foot buffers Non-cultivation sites include cannabis processing, distribution and retail operations.

The unincorporated towns in Yolo County included: Capay, Guinda, Rumsey, Clarksburg, Dunnigan, Esparto, Knights Landing, Madison, Monument Hills, Yolo and Zamora.

The final Environmental Impact Report will be released in early March 2020.

Printed copies, or electronic copies, of the CLUO and DEIR are available at all Yolo County libraries.

The DEIR is also available at the Yolo County Community Services web site: https://www.yolocounty.org/community-services/cannabis-3398.

mer Camp Program and so much more.

The legal assistance program that the Winters Hispanic Advisory Committee coordinates gives community members access to lawyers with both the rural legal assistance foundation and UC Davis immigration lawyers to help them with documentation, appointments and paperwork necessary to obtain citizenship.

Loren, Gutierrez and Quirarte explained that this is probably one of the most well attended programs that they offer to the members of the community and it has been successful in helping as many as seven residents obtain citizenship this year.

The Winters Hispanic Advisory Committee has also helped advocate for more affordable housing and has worked to bring awareness to local businesses and school systems that having bilingual people at the front desk is very helpful to many members within the community.

These accomplishments are just some of the ways the Winters Hispanic Advisory Committee have been advocates and

the voice for the Hispanic community in Winters. Loren and the committee were recognized because it is evident that the work they are doing has enhanced the Hispanic community and brought awareness to cultural diversity and acceptance, which is the primary mission of the Concilio.

For over 30 years, the Concilio has also thoughtfully selected two high school students, a male and female, from every school in Yolo County to receive a $500 scholarship.

These students are selected based on their Hispanic heritage, grades and contributions to their school and community. This year both Reyes and Valencia were hand selected by school officials to be recipients of this prestigious scholarship.

Reyes and Valencia are both WHS seniors and are some of the highest ranking Latino students in terms of grade point average and have both been model students and athletes.

Reyes currently holds a 4.1 GPA, is taking several AP classes and has played on the WHS soccer team for all four years. She has

applied and hopes to be accepted into the architectural program at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo.

“Karla Reyes is an amazing young woman. She comes from very humble means and is a quiet, reflective young woman. She is so much smarter than anyone knows because she doesn’t boast. I expect her to be at the top of her class. On the soccer field she works hard and leads by example. She is respected by her coaches and teammates” wrote WHS soccer coach Kim Olivas.

Valencia is also an outstanding student with a 4.0 grade average and has been a three-sport athlete all four years. He is a member of the swim, basketball and baseball team. Ruben intends to study Business at either UC Davis or Berkeley.

“Ruben Valencia is deserving of this scholarship because of his GPA, strong but silent character.

While he doesn’t say much he sets a good example by showing up and doing what he is supposed to do on the court, in the pool and in the classroom” said, WHS counselor, Marcella Heredia.

While both Reyes and Valencia were not expecting to receive this scholarship they are both very grateful to have been selected.

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WPD, WHS respond to report of alleged weapon in library parking lot

By Crystal Apilado Editor-in-Chief Winters Police Department released a statement on their social media platforms that there are no safety concerns to the public following a call that involved two juveniles who were in a verbal confrontation at 1:17 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 9 in the Winters Community Library parking lot.

According to an email sent to the Express from WPD, a juvenile allegedly brandished a weapon to another juvenile following a ver-

bal confrontation in the library parking lot.

The message, sent

by WPD Community Services Officer Gail Jimenez, said no weapon was seen by witnesses and no weapon was located at the scene.

The email also confirmed the other juvenile who allegedly brandished the weapon during the confrontation was identified and was cooperative with WPD with the investigation. No weapon was located after WPD conducted a search of the juvenile’s person, vehicle

and residence.

Winters Joint Unified School District Superintendent Todd Cutler told the Express that the call he and Winters High School John Barsotti initially received was regarding a fight in the parking lot.

Cutler said that once there, they received information from the involved student that a gun was allegedly brandished and the person had already left the area in a vehicle.

Cutler said they take all reports of this nature seriously, and when this kind of information came in

the local law enforcement was immediately called to assist with the situation.

According to Cutler, when they received the information there was not a gun reported to be on campus and WPD officers left to search for the vehicle and the other juvenile described. “If we felt that there was an immediate threat we would have locked down,�

Cutler said.

WPD is asking anyone with information regarding this case to contact them at 530795-4561, and to reference case 19-751.

December guided tour of the Yolo Bypass Wildlife area Yolo Basin Foundation Press Release Experience winter in the wetlands by getting outside this December. Join a wetland tour with Yolo Basin Foundation and you are likely to see hundreds of waterfowl as well as multiple species of birds of prey. Winter is a special time of year when the chorus of birds is almost overwhelming and the skies are abundant with beautiful avian patterns.

December’s tour of the Yolo Bypass Wild-

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We love what we’re doing and believe what we’re doing improves our part of California in meaningful ways for the future. To have the Leopold Conservation Award associated with our farm is a tremendous privilege.� “California’s environment and communities are facing some big challenges – with the effects of climate change in particular on full display with yet another round of megafires across the state this year,� said Ashley Boren, Executive Director of Sustainable Conservation, which has co-sponsored the award since its launch in California in 2006. “The Rominger brothers have spent three decades evolving their farm into a model of sustainability and climate resiliency. Their extraordinary list of accomplishments includes pioneering the use of water-wise drip irrigation, planting miles of hedgerows to benefit important pollinators, and restoring and reconnecting streams and wetland habitats – all of which

life Area will be led by enthusiastic and knowledgeable volunteer docents who have a wealth of information ready for your inquisitive soul. Don’t pass up the chance to enjoy the wonders of the winter landscape in our local, inspiring wetland habitats.

This month’s opportunity to attend a guided tour of the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area will be held on Saturday, Dec. 14 from 9 a.m. to noon. The group will explore the auto-tour loop among seasonal

and permanent wetland areas. You can meet the tour leaders a few minutes before 9 a.m. in Parking Lot A, the first parking lot, of the Wildlife Area.

This is a driving tour on gravel roads with several stops and optional, short walks.

Participants should bring water bottles (there is no potable water) and binoculars, if desired. The tour is family friendly, and docents will have spotting scopes and bird guides to enhance wildlife

viewing and identification. More information about Yolo Basin Foundation’s monthly wetland tours as well as directions to the starting location are available on Yolo Basin Foundation’s website at www.yolobasin. org.

Yolo Basin Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding public appreciation and stewardship of wetlands and wildlife in the Yolo Basin through education and innovative partnerships.

helps their farm and the multitude of species that call it home endure in a changing climate.� “We are honored to join Sand County Foundation and Sustainable Conservation to recognize the extraordinary efforts of California farmers

dairy whose philosophy for every management decision is: take care of the people, take care of the animals and take care of the environment on and around the farm.

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is this year’s other finalist. Rose Marie and Ward Burroughs along with their family are co-owners of five diversified, sustainable farms that produce organic almonds, beef, chicken and eggs, dairy, olives, hay and more. Exceeding organic standards, the family continually refines and enhances their systems to reduce water use and improve soil fertility.

This system prioritizes biodiversity, and seeks to replenish groundwater aquifers, as well as enhance watershed and ecosystem health, while supporting their growing and diverse family enterprises.

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WHS soccer teams kicks off season with strong start

By Jeffrey Rawlinson Staff Writer The Winters High School soccer teams both have Championship titles to defend this season, and the athletes goal is to stop the other teams from scoring.

The boys soccer team started the season with new coach Fernando Cervantes.

Under his guidance the boys soccer team will attempt to defend their 2018-2019 League Championship title. Winters started the season off with two wins competing in two non-conference matches last week. They traveled to Redding Christian High School on Tues-

day and hosted Los Molinos High School on Thursday.

Against Redding Christian the Warriors took control of the field, only letting one goal to be scored. The first goal was made Finn Roegers, assisted by Kevin Reyes.

Grayson Roberts had a huge season opener making two hat tricks, a personal best. The final score Winters 10, Redding Christian 1.

Taking on Los Molinos the boys soccer team dominated the field, not allowing any shots scored. The first goal was made by Kevin Reyes, assisted

by Roberts. Allan Rodriguez made a goal without an assist—the only athlete to do so

during this game. The final score Winters 6, Los Molinos 0.

The girls soccer team returned to the field, only down four players from last year’s team (all graduating seniors). This season they will defend not only their league championship title, but also their unscored upon record in league.

The Warriors battled against Dixon High School with a strong beginning. The first three goals were made by Elina Perez—her first hat trick of the season. Molly Moore put another in the net. In the second, Dixon came back strong, securing five goals to win the match.

Middle school wrestling team, small but mighty The Winters Middle School wrestling team competed in a dual meet against Douglas Middle School on Dec. 4. With only four athletes competing they had three wins out of four matches, and two wins out of three exhibition matches. Isaac Lopez (pictured right) is a seventh grader at St. James School, but a Winters resident. At the Douglas dual meet he pinned both of his opponents.

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Soccer athlete Grayson Roberts battles for the ball in a soccer game against Los Molinos on Thursday, Dec. 5.

Winters put in a strong showing, but eventually fell by a score of 5-4 in favor of Dixon.

They traveled to Oroville last weekend to play in the Feather River Soccer Tournament where they

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faced mostly Division 1 and 2 teams. They came in third place out of 16 teams, their best finish since 2015.

Their only loss was to Corning who placed No. 2 in Div. 2 last season.

The Winters High School girls junior varsity basketball team tipped off a busy week of ball last Tuesday against Esparto.

The Warriors came up short in a 30-28 loss.

The junior varsity squad would have just enough time to catch their breath before they competed in the Colusa Tournament on Thursday, Dec. 5.

The first opponent on the bracket was a tough Durham team that bested the Warriors 31-8. Undeterred by the loss, Sierra Berry responded the next day putting up 12 points against Woodland Christian. However, it wouldn’t be enough as Woodland Christian gutted out a 25-22 victory.

“Teams pressed us full court in the tournament,” said head coach Tom Crisp. “Although we hadn’t had much time to practice our press offense, we did pretty well once we got set up.”

The Warriors would wrap up their tournament with a 44-20 loss to Sutter, and with Berry being selected for the junior varsity all-tournament team.

Girls varsity basketball

The girls varsity team also went through their scheduled gauntlet of games last week, beginning with a home game against Esparto. Although the Spartans would dish out a 52-28 loss to the Warriors, the squad would have to rally and ready themselves for the Colusa Tournament two days later. Lacing up against the Warriors in the first game was a skilled Durham

team that took a 52-11 victory. The next day, however, Mikayla Passantino and Gianna Carrion would mount a comeback against Woodland Christian, but would come up short in a 48-33 loss.

Unfortunately for the Warriors, the loss would come with a litany of injuries.

“Injuries are killing us,” said head coach Matt Cooley. “Xiomara and Annie out with knees, Mikayla a bruised thigh, and Autumn a fractured foot.”

The injuries forced the battered varsity team to forfeit their last game.

Boys JV basketball

The boys junior varsity basketball team started last Tuesday with a 39-22 win over Esparto. Time to relish the victory was short as they traveled north to compete in the annual Pierce Tournament the next day. The Warriors took care of business 62-44 against Williams in a first round victory.

The rest of the tournament would prove more challenging as the team would lose to Colusa 59-32, and then to Pierce 68-32.

“We had a hard time scoring against pressure defense,” said head coach Jon Davis.

“We turned the ball over which led to easy layups for the other teams.”

Boys varsity basketball

Last week the WHS varsity boys basketball team hosted a generational rival, Esparto, in a pre-season exhibition. The Warriors would take command and not let go as senior Ethan Berg put up a shooting clinic with 27 points.

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Goals: Grayson Roberts 6, Kevin Reyes 2, Finn Roeger 1, Jose Julian Solorio 1 Assists: Eduardo Reyes 3, Oscar Sanchez 1, Jancarlo Torres 1, Roberts 1, Javier Bermudez 1, Jacob Baker 1, Gurierrez 1, Roeger 1 vs. Los Molinos

Goals: Reyes 1, Allan Rodriguez 1, Sanchez 1, Ricardo Del Toro 1, Luis Diaz 1, Roberts 1 Assists: Sanchez 2, Roeger 1, Reyes1, Roberts 1, Bermudez 1

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hosted a block party with a combined 13 deflections. When the dust settled, the varsity boys team walked out of the gym with an 84-59 victory over the Spartans.

Docketed for a backto-back, the varsity boys would travel to Buckingham Charter High School the next day to take on the Knights. David Reyes turned on the grill and served up seven three-pointers in a 28 point performance, while Alberg took care of business on defensive end with nine deflections.

“I’m pleased with the unselfish play we have exhibited so far,” praised head coach Jason Davis. “Hopefully we can build on that and continue to improve day by day.”

Girls Wrestling

The girls wrestling team traveled to Casa Robles High School for the Casa Robles Invite. Valeria Ceja was the only athlete the team sent this year. Ceja wrestled in the 150 weight class taking first, going 3-0. Ceja competed against three different schools, West Campus, Del Oro and Nevada Union. She won all three—pinning her opponents. The third match was a pin in a reverse cradle.

“The matches went really well, I felt more confident out on the mat,” Ceja said.

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Above and top right, examples of different career paths highlighted at the Winters High School Career Faire.

As nice as it would be to skip down a smoothly paved career path with plenty of directions, in reality, it’s more like a broken road you end up hitchhiking. For the students of Winters High School, however, that is not the case as Nov. 21 marked the WHS Career Faire.

From architects and chefs to nurses and law-enforcement, liaisons from a variety of industries took to the classrooms to better educate students on what each career path has in store – no matter how bumpy it may be.

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Monday, December 16 Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 11091, 7 p.m., Winters Community Library Tuesday, December 17 Library Event: Needle Arts, 4-5 p.m., Winters Community Library City Council Meeting, 6:30 p.m., City Hall, Council Chambers Wednesday, December 18 WTC 10-Minute Play Festival Auditions, 7:30 p.m., Winters Community Center

Ongoing Caregivers Support Group, Wednesdays, 10 a.m., call 530-309-5149 to attend Family Story Time, Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m., Winters Community Library (ages 0-5) Literary Trails, Wednesday, 2 p.m., Winters Community Library Friends of Winters FFA, second Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Yolo Federal Credit Union Community Room Winters Lions Club Meeting, second and fourth Wednesday, 7 p.m., Chuy’s Taqueria Bar Bingo, Wednesdays, 7 p.m., Green River Brewing & Taproom Winters Rotary Club meeting, Thursdays, Noon, The Buckhorn Winters Senior Foundation Game Days, Thursdays, 1 p.m., St. Anthony’s Parish Hall Winters Museum, Thursday thru Sunday, 2-6 p.m., 13 Russell St. Open Stitch, Thursdays, 5-8 p.m., Cloth Carousel, 14 Main St. Fiesta De Colores, Thursdays, 6-7 p.m., Winters Community Library English Conversation Group, Thursdays, 6 p.m., Winters Community Library Bilingual Story Time, Thursdays, 6:30 p.m., Winters Community Library Live music with Sam Hawk, Sundays, 2-4 p.m., Berryessa Gap Downtown Tasting Room Senior Citizens Club crafts day, Mondays, Noon, Community Center.

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to do yet,” said student Gracie Barnett after an architect session, “This can really help spark an interest.”

Counselor Jeff Simms also saw the career faire as an exercise in proactivity.

“You get out of it what you put into it,” he commented after the faire. “If you want to know more about a career field, just keep asking questions.”

Although many students are undecided on what they want to do for a living, the career faire revealed what the future might have in store. So the next time you walk by WHS, be sure to put on some shades because the future is looking bright.

I turned my phone off for a month while my permanent tenant and I traveled to Southeast Asia, and didn’t really miss it. When I turned it back on this week, there were only a few calls that I had to return. I was expecting more, but I was watching my email when there was Wifi in the hotels.

It will take a couple of days for my body to adjust to this time zone. Southeast Asia is 15 hours ahead of California.

I figured out how to know what time it was in Winters by subtracting three hours and changing the a.m. to p.m. I listened to Sunday’s 49er game, on the Internet, Monday at 2 a.m. That was the game they lost in the last second. Should have kept sleeping, but I was still adjusting to their time zone.

The Express shows up as an email, so I tried to keep up with what was happen-

ing in town. I don’t think I missed much, besides the housing issues and General Plan amendments, but that will be an ongoing debate for years. I missed one funeral, Jim McCoy’s, but made it back in time for the Tractor Parade.

Adjusting to being semi-retired is going pretty well. I thought of that as I was watching the tractors go by and didn’t feel the need to take pictures or worry about covering the event. I skipped the tree lighting for the first time in 40 years and walked home like everyone else. It was a nice feeling.

One thing that traveling teaches you is that it is always good to be home, and thank God I was born in the United States. People are people and even when you see families cooking with wood on a dirt floor, they seem happy with their lives.

People that work to survive don’t worry about who’s running the government or what foreign leaders are up to. They worry about how to get their children to school, stock pile enough rice, corn and vegetables to last until the next harvest, and make sure their home shrines to their ancestors are kept neat and tidy.

When we complain about taxes, argue over housing costs, or availability, the lack of leadership in our government, or other mundane issues, we have first world problems. A lot of the world has third world problems that I don’t think many of us could deal with.

My wife and I talk about how fortunate we are that we can afford to travel, and that we both enjoy exploring other cultures. I didn’t get a passport until I was 55, so I have a lot of catching up to do. There are more places to see than I probably have time or health, but once a year, hopefully you will be reading another travel column.

Just a reminder, this Friday is a Friday the 13th, and the party starts at 5 p.m.

Enjoy life and have a good week.

The great cover-up

Excuse me if I’m a little tired this week.

It’s because I’ve been out sowing my wild oats.

If you are impressed or shocked by that statement, given my age and marital status, you are forgiven.

Let me explain.

I’ve been out in my field sowing not only wild oats, but vetch, bell beans and a little bit of crimson clover.

In other words, I’ve put in my first cover crop.

As I’ve explained before, all of this farming business is brand new to me. I’ve been learning by trial

and error (like most farmers), and from listening and watching friends.

When I first told them about my desire to plant an olive orchard, I kept hearing about the need to plant a cover crop.

Initially, I had no idea what that meant. Now, I know that a cover crop is a kind of sacrifice to the future.

A farmer puts in seeds for a crop of plants rich in nitrogen, grows them over the winter, then mows them down in the spring, plows them into the earth, thus enriching the soil for the

money crops to follow.

They call this terminating the crop, which sounds kind of gruesome. But in point of fact, these noble plants give their lives, enriching the soil with their natural nitrogen, which can be a replacement for fertilizers and other chemicals.

The earth responds by becoming more healthy and vibrant.

The farmer responds by being happy.

And so, a couple of weeks ago, my friend Lee and I drove up to Woodland to purchase our cover crop seeds from TS&L. I bought eight 50 pound bags, Lee bought six.

On his farm, Lee used a seed drilling device hitched to the back of his tractor, to plant his cover crop mixture. This imple-

ment places each seed about one half inch below the soil.

I decided to do things the old fashioned way. One morning last week, at first light, I walked the rows of my future orchard, bucket in hand, scattering the seeds before me in a fairly random pattern. It’s been done this way since the dawn of man.

In the middle of this process, I stopped and chuckled to myself.

I had given up my career in television ten years ago, yet here I was broadcasting again.

Broadcasting is the technical term for spreading seeds.

Later, I hitched a rake on the back of my tractor, stirred up the soil, and congratulated myself on my sense of timing.

The next day it rained, and the tiny

See TALE, Page 6

Features2WineFood B2 — Winters Express, Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Local Flavor: Tomats’ prime rib

By Matt Stone Staff Writer The prime rib from Tomat’s California Cuisine restaurant is one of the town’s most fanciful of meals.

An inch-thick cut of select beef, cooked to the patron’s preference, comes in either an 8-10 ounce or 13-14 ounce portion, which can be the perfect dinning fare for the ultimate connoisseur.

Fresh

baked bread and a house salad begin the meal—the loaves of bread arriving daily, and the salad a mix of red-leaf, cabbage and iceberg lettuce (normally with the addition of romaine) is topped with sliced cucumbers, julienne-cut carrots, tomatoes, and accompanied by artichoke hearts, double-baked croutons, with a dollop of potato salad along the

side. The prime rib is served with a carrot and zucchini combo along with a baked potato, both perfect for soaking up the meat’s own au jus. A sweet and creamy horseradish provided for those who wish, is a perfect accompaniment to Chef Tony De La O’s secret dry-rub. All-inall, Tomats’ prime rib is yet another example of why Winters is rising as a food destination.

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For healthier eating, grill more in the new year StatePoint Special to the Express Planning to follow a trendy diet like keto in 2020 or simply want to eat right? There’s good news -- grilling can be a great option for you to kickstart eating healthier in the new year. Indeed, the American Heart Association recommends it.

“Grilling is a yearround way of life, bringing together family and friends,” says Jeff Thiessen, president of Pit Boss Grills.

“Luckily, those watching their diets can still get healthy foods with the fun and flavor of a backyard barbecue.”

Use these tips to make healthier meals prepared on the grill: • Let your spices do the heavy lifting.

• Eat fresher: Round out recipes by including fresh vegetables.

• Be versatile: A healthy diet is a versatile diet. Look for a grill offering multiple cooking options, including baking, roasting and smoking.

For a delicious spin on a favorite barbecue classic, try this Healthy Hawaiian Pulled Pork, right from the Pit Boss playbook.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups aloe leaf juice • 1 teaspoon coriander, ground • 2 teaspoons cracked pepper • 1 teaspoon cumin • Dash of salt • 4-6 garlic cloves • 1 3-inch ginger, fresh • 1-2 limes • 4 cups no sodium added chicken bone broth • 1/4 cup olive oil • 4 teaspoons paprika • 6-8 pounds pork shoulder/butt • 1/2 sweet onion • 2 packets Truvia • 2 tablespoons Truvia Nectar

Directions:

• Set grill to “smoke.”

Once the pot catches, turn the grill up to 300 degrees F. Make sure your flame broiler is closed, you’ll want to use indirect heat.

• Add spices to a bowl. Set aside.

• Grate ginger into a separate “wet ingredients” bowl. Mince garlic cloves and dice onions into the same bowl. Juice limes and add chicken bone broth, aloe leaf juice, Truvia and Truvia Nectar. Mix and set bowl aside.

• Add the oil to your Pit Boss Cast Iron Roasting Pan and coat the bottom and sides.

Place pork inside.

• Coat pork with dry rub.

• Pour wet ingredients around the pork.

Cover with lid and set on the grill.

• Check every couple hours, basting if needed. When internal temperature reaches 195 degrees F (after 6-8 hours), it should easily start to pull apart. Don’t pull apart the whole shoulder yet.

• Remove roasting pan from grill and set aside for 1 hour. Remove lid to help speed cooling.

• Once cooled, shred pork into a separate bowl, removing fat.

If adding marinade for additional flavor, skim fat off the top and discard.

• Pair with fresh grilled veggies, delicious fruit or make tacos or salads, and voila!

Features3Puzzles Winters Express, Wednesday, December 11, 2019 — B3 instruments. During a year Al will build a couple of guitars himself.

The ethereal music of Walnut Park Gramps Says

When you are walking through Walnut Park you might hear strange music coming from the direction of an old timer sitting on a bench. Oddly there is no musical instrument in sight and if you approach him the music will stop. He is friendly enough and will chatter freely in the Spanish tongue. If you gain his confidence he will reveal his secret. He will show you a plant leaf, and with that simple instrument properly folded between his lips, he is able to produce ethereal music.

There is another man in town that makes much more complex musical instruments and he can play them and teach you to play them as well. His name is Al and he is the proprietor of Arc Guitar.

Al’s shop is not like other music stores you may have visited.

There are no racks upon racks of instruments on display for retail sale. What you find are tables with templates for guitars, various hand tools and

electric driven tools, clamps, wood cut in various shapes and partially completed instruments. On some visits you may see several men moving about the shop with tools or wood in hand. At other times you will see a guitar or ukulele student learning his chords.

For a fee and using the equipment in the shop, Al will teach you how to make your own hand crafted guitar.

As an example, Everett just completed a classical guitar which he sent off to someone else. He is now making a steel string guitar for himself. Everett says it takes 300-400 hours to complete a guitar. He speaks fondly of some of the exotic and rare woods that he has acquired for his instruments. When you examine the perfection of the finished product you get a sense of the painstaking skill that is required to cut, mold and fit the wood of a high quality instrument.

Al lives in Winters.

He states that he was ‘discovered’ by John

Sophie Says Pickeral, who lives nearby. John persuaded him to start a shop of his own in a building that he owns. Al tore out the plaster board on the north wall to expose the original brick, put in new flooring and completed other reno-

vations that, �were a lot of work.�

Al has been working with guitars for about 20 years and has been in business at this location for 12 years. He is now teaching his 89th student. He also repairs and renovates

Al’s got it figured out.

He doesn’t have to commute to the Bay Area or anywhere else, which probably adds 10 years to his life. He can set his own hours and he

gets to enjoy music and do something that gives him pleasure and the satisfaction of accomplishment. Now, if he could take an afternoon nap like I do, I would say he would be in the Garden of Eden.

The only guy who’s got one up on Al is the man on the park bench with the leaf.

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Features6Legals B6 — Winters Express, Wednesday, December 11, 2019

TALE Continued from Page 1 seeds slipped quietly beneath the surface, hiding from the wind and the wild turkeys, preparing to sprout.

I was recovering from my first day at work in the field, when an invitation arrived.

A technical workshop on cover crops was being held. I signed up right away.

This past Thursday, at River Garden Farms outside Knight’s Landing, a group of about 40 gathered at the edge of a muddy rice field, which had just been sown with its cover crop. I was utterly envious to learn that their seeds had been broadcast from a small airplane.

As the seminar began, a team of agricultural professionals took turns describing all the benefits of cover cropping, and believe me, no detail was left out. Carbon-Nitrogen Ratio, seed inoculation, and how to calculate above ground biomass were among the topics.

I was in a little over my head, judging from my fellow audience members. Some big local names were there: Rick Rominger, of the legendary Winters farm family, Fritz Durst, pioneering rice grower from Woodland, and Rex Dufour, a renowned expert on sustainability.

Rex is the regional director of—I love this name—The National Center for Appropriate Technology.

Farmers enjoy sharing their experiences with one another, and conversations in the lunch line and between presentations were the highlight-who’s been planting what, what’s working, how much things cost.

The low point, I hate to say, was a 40 minute talk by a university researcher who used no fewer than 50 charts and graphs to illustrate, in excruciating detail, her advanced theories on weed management.

I zoned out after the first five minutes, and can only remember two words she said: Duck Salad.

Turns out Duck Salad is a waterborne invasive plant that threatens the local rice crop. Good to know.

Once home in Winters, I scraped the thick mud from the bottom of my boots and wandered out onto my newly covered field, desperate to find some green sprouts. But alas, I must wait.

And that’s another new concept for me, one I’m only now learning. It seems that working the land requires not only knowledge and hard labor, but a huge dose of patience.

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To: All Persons Claiming to be the Father YOU ARE HEREBY CITED AND REQUIRED TO APPEAR at a hearing in Yolo County Juvenile Court, located at 1000 Main Street, Woodland, California 95695, on February 6, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. in Department 6. At the hearing, the Court will decide whether to permanently terminate your parental rights over the abovenamed minor child born to Tempest Anderson on May 7, 2019.

If you wish to be represented by an attorney and are unable to afford one, the Court will appoint an attorney to represent you.

DATED 12/10/2019

SAMUEL T. MCADAM Judge of the Juvenile Court

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ILED OLO S PERIOR CO RT Novem er 19 V. Navarro Superior Court of California Count of Yolo 1 Main Street Woodland CA 9 9 Main Courthouse Petition of Mona Finucane for change of name ORDER TO S OW CA SE OR C ANGE O NAME Case Num er PT19- 4 To all interested persons Petitioner Mona Finucane filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows Present name Mona Finucane to Proposed name Mona Erei at.

THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear efore this court at the hearing indicated elow to show cause if an wh the petition for change of name should not e granted. An person o ecting to the name changes descri ed a ove must file a written o ection that includes the reasons for the o ection at least two court da s efore the matter is scheduled to e heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause wh the petition should not e granted. If no written o ection is timel filed the court ma grant the petition without a hearing.

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ILED OLO S PERIOR CO RT Octo er 19 Deput Superior Court of California Count of Yolo 1 Main Street Woodland CA 9 9 Main Courthouse Petition of Maria Del Carmen Juan Camacho and Loren o Mera Jimene for change of name ORDER TO S OW CA SE OR C ANGE O NAME To all interested persons Petitioner Maria Del Carmen Juan Camacho and Loren o Mera Jimene filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows Present name Daniel Mera Juan to Proposed name Daniel Mera-Juan THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear efore this court at the hearing indicated elow to show cause if an wh the petition for change of name should not e granted. An person o ecting to the name changes descri ed a ove must file a written o ection that includes the reasons for the o ection at least two court da s efore the matter is scheduled to e heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause wh the petition should not e granted. If no written o ection is timel filed the court ma grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE O Date Decem er 19 at 9 The address of the court is 1 9 9

EARING a.m. Dept.

Main Street Woodland CA

A cop of this Order to Show Cause shall e pu lished at least once each wee for four successive wee s prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation printed in this count Winters E press.

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Date Octo er 19 Peter M. Williams Judge of the Superior Court De e ber

Features7RealEstate Winters Express, Wednesday, December 11, 2019 — B7

It’s best to have written agreement, even with family members

By Tim Jones All Things Real Estate Q: In February, our four children put their savings together for a down payment on a house. My husband and I obtained the financing (the kids are all new grads or college students and wouldn’t have qualified for a loan), and the house closed with title being in our names as joint tenants. When we were dealing with the Realtor, and also our escrow agent, we explained we wanted to put the kids on title after the youngest turned 18, which has happened. They said we could just “quit claim” them on, no problem. The plan is to sell the house in a couple of years and divide the profits proportionately based on the percentage each person in-

vested. One son lives in the house with five roommates.

There is a $1,000 per month negative, which the kids have been able to cover with the initial investment so far. We remain available to contribute money if they need it. We also pay our son’s share of the rent since he’s a college student. We have all of this in writing.

Tax-wise, we expect that each person will have to report gain once the house sells based on their gain minus investment. Since my husband and I are the only ones on the note, we’re taking the tax deductions for interest. It seemed simple once. Now it seems more complicated. Are we doing everything right?

A: It sounds like you have a good plan, which should work nicely as long as everyone

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continues to agree on what the plan is. The problem we often see is that someone out of the group has a different recollection about who will manage the property, when the property will be sold, and who gets how much money.

In other words, you need to make sure your written agreement is comprehensive enough to be able to refresh everyone’s memory and, if it doesn’t, to be able to prove to a judge what the deal was.

No parent wants to believe they’d ever be involved in litigation with one of their children, or that their children would sue each other, but it’s shocking how much it happens.

Parents and siblings en-

ter into these complicated ument they agreed upon financial arrangements, years earlier. That normalbelieving everybody will ly puts an end to any argualways get along and, if ments before they really there are any problems, get started. the family can work it out.

When you finance a propAs a result, having a writ- erty under your name, and ten, multiple-page signed then transfer ownership agreement suggests some- interests to someone else, one doesn’t trust a mem- even your children, you ber of the family, so no one are violating the terms wants to recommend the of the note you have with idea. your lender. If the lender Based upon my experi- discovers the transfer, they ence, I feel strongly that a can call the entire mortcomprehensive agreement gage immediately due and does a lot more to prevent payable. problems than to trigger Finally, I would also urge them. you to run this by your CPA That way, no matter how to examine any possible bad anyone’s memory gets, tax issues. everyone can WINTERS INDEPENDENT MORTGAGE BROKER refer Why shop 5 or 10 different banks or mortgage lenders to the when we will do it for you? We shop ALL institutions doc-

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