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Winters, Yolo County, California, Wednesday, June 10, 2020

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Impact of growth initiative to be studied before council acts on ballot date

By Rodney Orosco Staff Writer

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Flames from the Quail Fire ignited up a hillside as they raced toward Lunita Ranch on Saturday, June 6.

Crews contain Quail Fire to 75 percent after high winds fuel fire over weekend

By Crystal Apilado Editor-in-Chief As of Tuesday afternoon, the Quail Fire remained 75 percent contained as fire crews worked to hold the size of the blaze at 1,837 acres, according to an incident update from the Cal FIRE Sonoma-Lake-Napa unit.

Evacuation orders for residents and road closures were lifted as of Monday. While three structures had been destroyed in the fire over the weekend, no additional damage was done to other structures in the area.

Cal FIRE reported that 200 fire personnel remain assigned to the incident.

The vegetation fire originally sparked around 3:33 p.m. on Saturday, June 6. The cause of how it started remains under inves-

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A fire crew focuses on working to extinguish hotspots in the area on Saturday morning to try and gain an upper-hand on the fast moving Quail Fire before the winds returned. tigation.

Numerous fire crews from across the state fought to contain the Quail Fire burning southwest of Winters that ignited in size from 500 to 1,200 acres in about an hour on Saturday evening with a 5 percent con-

tainment. By Sunday morning it had grown to 1,400 acres with 10 percent containment.

Cal FIRE reported that cooperating agencies included Vacaville City FD, Vacaville FPD, Montezuma FPD, Vallejo, Suisun City FD, Suisun FPD,

Council directs staff to update budget, keep pool and community center open

By Rodney Orosco Staff Writer The city will have a balanced budget for next year. To achieve this, several beloved city institutions will be closed.

The 2020-2021 $5.4

million budget presented by city Director of Financial Management Shelly Gunby at Winters City Council’s June 2 budget workshop included closing the community center, and the city the pool, and cutting

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funding to the library, which would result in a severe curtailing of library hours.

The proposed budget included cuts to city police and fire department budgets.

There are no planned layoffs, however, several retiring staff members will not be replaced, Gunby said.

The proposed budget, which will be a yearly budget rather than the customary two-year budget, included $250,000 for litigation costs. The litigation set-aside led council member Pierre Neu to question why that money was needed.

“I talked to the city manager and he said litigation could happen,” Neu said, “I trust him. And there

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More than a hundred people filled, and spilled out, of the Winters Fire Department engine bay June 2 as the Winters City Council moved its regular meeting into the cavernous space to accommodate the crowd expected to speak about the urban growth boundary initiative on the council agenda.

With chairs placed six-feet apart and masks offered at the door, city staff worked to satisfy the needs of the moment.

What staff perhaps could not address was the frustration and confusion a majority of the speakers felt at the city’s decision to hold the initiative vote on March 8, 2022, the date of the next municipal election. That frustration?

With the necessary signatures acquired amid lockdown, the initiative organizers, a group calling itself “Keep Winters Winters” (KWW) assumed the ratified initiative would go to voters some 500 days earlier for the next general election, Nov. 3, 2020.

During his report to the council, city attorney Ethan Walsh presented three options to the council: adopt the initiative without alteration; direct staff to prepare a report to determine the impact the initiative

By Crystal Apilado Editor-in-Chief The Yolo COVID-19 Relief Fund, a partnership between Yolo County, the Cities of Woodland, Winters, West Sacramento, and Davis, and the Yolo Community Foundation, has raised nearly $400,000 since its inception in April 2020.

The Foundation announced this week that, of that, $290,000 was awarded to Yolo County nonprofits in a first round of grants, with additional grants expected to be awarded soon.

Winters Healthcare Foundation, Winters Farm to School, RISE Inc. and the Putah Creek Council were included in the list of recipients, in

addition to a number of county-wide organizations who also serve Winters.

Jessica Hubbard, the Foundation’s Executive Director, said many Yolo nonprofits lost revenue to support their missions in one fell swoop when the shelter-inplace order came down from both the state and the Yolo County public health officer. The majority of spring and even supper fundraising events, programs and classes were cancelled. Social distancing guidelines also brought challenges in how to support the communities they serve.

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passing would have on the city; or place the measure on the March 8, 2022 ballot as the law stipulates.

Following Walsh’s report, the leadership of KWW, including their attorney, was allowed to address the council.

KWW steering committee member Peter Hunter explained why he thinks the garage was packed: “A lot of the citizens in this town have lost faith that the city listens to them,” and added “They have lost faith in the city government.”

He said they want to take back control of how the city grows.

KWW social media director, William Lagattuta -- an unpaid Express columnist -- said City Council action have led to public mistrust.

“Our city attorney has found a clever way to of making us wait until 2022 (to vote on the initiative),” he said.

He urged the council to not wait until 2022 and to make the choice to have the vote in November.

Of the 35 members of the public who addressed the council after the KWW steering committee, 31 expressed the same desire.

The council moving the election to 2022 was like a “sucker punch,” Pam Scheeline told the council.

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2. Nonprofit Sustainability grants (up to $10,000), which support organizations who have been negatively impacted by the crisis.

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Yolo waste operations resumes certain programs Yolo County Press Release Effective Saturday, June 20, the Esparto Convenience Center transfer station, located at 27075 County Road 19A in Esparto, will resume normal operating hours on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 9:30 a.m.– 3:30 p.m. The transfer station is open to all customers and no cash or EBT will be accepted at this time, only credit card and check payments.

Effective June 12, the Paint Shed program at the Yolo County Household Hazardous Waste Facility will resume regular operating hours on Fridays and Saturdays from 7:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. The Paint Shed program allows the public to pick up free, good usable paint, cleaning products, pool chemicals, and other items to promote reuse. To maintain social distancing, staff will be onsite to ensure that only one customer is

GRANTS Continued from Page 1 ~Mutual Housing California ($10,000) ~RISE, Incorporated ($30,000) ~Short Term Emergency Aid Committee ($10,000) ~Suicide Prevention of Yolo County ($10,000) ~Winters Farm to School ($10,000) ~Winters Healthcare Foundation ($30,000) ~Woodland’s Dinner on Main ($20,000) ~Yolo County Children’s Alliance ($30,000) ~Yolo Food Bank ($30,000) ~Yolo Interfaith Immigration Network ($20,000)

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GROWTH Continued from Page 1 tion that we were working toward something that would be on a November ballot,” Emarie VanGalio said. “It’s disheartening to think that…you are going to rip the carpet out from underneath us.”

However, Michael Olivas told the council if the initiative is adopted, it would be a huge setback “They want to blow up the general plan,” Olivas said. “We spent millions of dollars (to adopt the general plan).”

All that work would be out the window if the initiative, and its curtailing of city growth into the city’s sphere of influence is passed, he said.

After the public speakers, at the three hour and 45 minute mark of the meeting, the City Council got to tell the “other side of the story,” as Mayor Wade Cowan explained.

This phase of the meeting allowed the council to ask questions of the KWW steering committee members.

Council member Jesse Loren set the tone— She told the KWW

allowed in the Paint Shed at a time. Wait times may vary and limits apply on the quantity of material that may be signed out per household.

Per current Yolo County Health Orders, all customers and the public will be required to wear a facial covering. These measures are being implemented with the public’s health in mind as well as for the health and safety of County solid waste workers.

Since it is not essential for residents to be picking up trash on the roadside, the Household Hazardous Waste Facility’s Good Neighbor Program is on hold. Any illegal dumping should be reported to the Roads Division by filling out a Road Maintenance Request Form at: https://www.yolocounty.org/community-services/planning-public-works/public-works-division/ road-maintenance-request/road-mainte-

accepted on a rolling basis, and will continue to assess as they continue to learn about nonprofit’s needs based on information in the submitted applications.

Nonprofit organizations can apply for a grant from the Relief Fund on the Foundations website at https://www.yolocf. org/grants/yolo-covid19-nonprofit-relieffund/.

The Relief Fund is part of the Yolo COVID-19 Relief Initiative. In addition to the Relief Fund, the Initiative also includes technical assistance for local nonprofits and a donor engagement campaign, encouraging donors to support Yolo organizations directly. For more information, and to learn how you can support the Yolo nonprofit community, visit https://www. yolocf.org/news/yolo-covid-19-nonprofit-relief-initiative/.

members that the General Plan “defines the legal underpinnings of land use decisions…it is a vision of how a community will grow and it lays out infrastructure to support and sustain the community.”

She then peppered KWW with questions: “Do you think families in Winters deserve to know this initiative might lead to lay offs and reduce services to kids?”

“Did you tell people before signing this that reducing the population of town will impact the health of the school district and will burden current families with the debt of the four school bonds?”

“Did you tell people that by freezing or reducing the general plan population that it would impact their debt?”

“Did the people who signed your petition know it would most likely cost them more money to live here?”

The KWW answer to these questions, as stated by Lagattuta, was the initiative was not a change to the general plan, but rather allowing people to vote on how the city grows.

At one point Cowan interrupted Loren’s

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Funcionarios del condado exhortan a personas de alto riesgo a cumplir con la orden de salud estatal de Quedarse en Casa Por Anne Ternus-Bellamy Traducido por Carol Alfonso La orden de refugio del Condado Yolo se levantó a fines de Mayo, dejando a los residentes del condado a cumplir con la orden de salud del estado “Quedarse en casa,” con el requisito adicional de usar máscaras faciales cuando están en público.

Entonces, ¿Qué significa eso ahora y para los próximos meses de verano?

La orden del estado continúa evolucionando a medida que se reanudan nuevas actividades, que incluyen, más recientemente, servicios religiosos, cenas en restaurantes y cortes de cabello.

Pero el resultado final sigue siendo en gran medida el mismo, según el director de salud pública del Condado Yolo, Brian Vaughn: “Si bien no tenemos la orden de refugio vigente, queremos advertir a las personas que continúen en casa tanto como sea posible cuando no se dedican a compras u otros negocios o actividades esenciales .”

En particular, se insta a las personas con alto riesgo de COVID-19 a que continúen quedándose en casa y solo salgan por necesidades es-

cas. Esa población de alto riesgo incluye a los mayores de 65 años, así como a personas de cualquier edad con afecciones de salud subyacentes que incluyen enfermedad pulmonar crónica, enfermedad cardíaca, obesidad severa, diabetes, enfermedad renal crónica y deficiencias inmunes.

Pero, ¿Qué significa para todos los demás, especialmente durante los próximos meses, cuando muchos esperaban disfrutar de conciertos al aire libre, piscinas públicas, bodas, reuniones familiares y viajes de verano?

Todavía hay una serie de actividades cerradas para todos, incluidos los bares, clubes nocturnos y lugares de entretenimiento, y es probable que estén entre los últimos en reabrir.

Pero tan pronto como este mes, los niños pueden obtener luz verde para reanudar algunos deportes juveniles y las piscinas comunitarias, como las ubicadas en complejos de apartamentos, pronto podrán reabrir con el distanciamiento físico requerido, según el administrador del condado Patrick Blacklock.

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enciales y citas médiquestions and forcefully pointed out that the initiative did change the general plan.

“We need to settle one complete mistruth right here and now… your initiative changes the general plan,” Cowan said while pointing to a map of the city’s general plan.

“It makes (the spheres of influence) into open space.”

It changes the city’s future infrastructure, housing and traffic, Cowan said.

Not at all, Lagattuta said.

With the initiative in place, the map can look exactly as the general plan is currently drawn, as long as the people get to vote on that growth, Lagattuta pointed out.

Loren’s line of questioning ended when KWW attorney Robert Perlmutter suggested the questions may be violating the law.

“You can’t spend city resources to bash the initiative,” Perlmutter said. It is against the law, he added.

The questions being asked are only pointing out things that are negative about the initiative, he said.

“If the questions you are asking were draft-

ed by city staff on staff time…I think, frankly, that is unconstitutional,” Perlmutter said.

When asked in an email asking if she had help writing her questions, Loren did not answer.

At the advice of Perlmutter, the KWW members stopped answering Loren’s questions.

At the advice of the city attorney, a recess was called.

After their return, the board and leaders of KWW reached a compromise.

The council voted, unanimously, to have an outside consultant conduct an impact study on the effects of the initiative on the city. The report must be done within 30 days.

According to City Manager John W, Donlevy, Jr. the report will cost in the $75,000 range.

And, an ad hoc committee of Cowan and council member Pierre Neu would meet with the KWW leadership and their attorney and try to develop a growth plan that would not require an initiative and yet still meet the desire of the KWW petition signers.

no ha dado indicaciones sobre cuándo reabrirán los parques acuáticos y las piscinas públicas.

En cuanto a otras actividades tradicionales de verano, los límites siguen vigentes por ahora, incluso en reuniones y viajes.

Según la orden estatal de salud, las reuniones de cualquier tamaño que reúnen a personas de múltiples hogares en un espacio compartido, interior o exterior, siguen prohibidas.

Ahora se han hecho excepciones para los servicios religiosos (incluidos los funerales), ceremonias culturales y protestas políticas, aunque con restricciones de tamaño, requisitos de distanciamiento físico y, en el Condado Yolo, una orden que requiere cubrirse la cara.

Pero fuera de esas excepciones, una reunión de incluso 10 personas o menos que no son del mismo hogar está prohibida por orden estatal.

Eso incluiría celebraciones de bodas, según el Consejal del Condado Yolo, Phil Pogledich, quien le dijo a la Junta de Supervisores el pasado Martes que “todavía están, desafortunadamente, entre los tipos de reuniones que no están permitidas.”

El supervisor Jim Provenza de Davis sugirió que puede haber una buena

razón para esas restricciones: “Entiendo que muchos de nuestros nuevos casos (de COVID-19) surgen de reuniones familiares más grandes.”

Vaughn estuvo de acuerdo y dijo que más de la mitad de los casos confirmados en el condado en las últimas dos semanas han involucrado contactos familiares, como la mezcla de familias de diferentes hogares.

“Eso no es sorprendente”, dijo el supervisor Oscar Villegas de West Sacramento.

“La gente tiende a bajar la guardia alededor de la familia.”

Vaughn dijo: “Por mucho que usted pueda evitar reunirse con otras personas fuera de su unidad familiar, particularmente cuando no puede distanciarse socialmente, mejor seremos en evitar la propagación de COVID.” Por lo tanto, las bodas, las reuniones y otras reuniones familiares todavía están fuera de la mesa por ahora. En cuanto a los viajes de verano, tampoco ha cambiado mucho allí.

La orden de salud de California dice que los residentes no deben viajar distancias significativas y deben permanecer cerca de su hogar.

Además, “se deben evitar los viajes no esenciales para vacaciones o placer.”

Aviso de elección de miembros a Junta de Gobierno del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Winters Por Crystal Apilado Traducido por Carol Alfonso En la reunión del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Winters (WJUSD) el pasado 21 de Mayo se anunció un aviso sobre los detalles de las fechas de presentación de los candidatos y requisitos de la Junta Escolar.

La Junta de Síndicos aprobó por unanimidad la Resolución de la Junta No. 1122-20 - “Aviso de elección de miembros a la Junta de Gobierno” en correlación con las próximas elecciones de Noviembre del 2020.

En la boleta electoral para las elecciones del 3 de Noviembre, los votantes seleccionarán candidatos para llenar las vacantes para los términos especificados para las siguientes Áreas de Fideicomisarios: ~ Área del Fideico-

misario No. 1 (cronograma del período 2020-2024). ~ Área del Fideicomisario No. 3 (cronograma del período 2020-2022). ~ Área del Fideicomisario No. 5 (cronograma del período 2020-2024).

Las fechas de presentación para los candidatos son del 13 de Julio al 7 de Agosto. Se requiere que cada candidato se presente en persona en la Oficina de Elecciones del Condado ubicada dentro del área límite de los fideicomisarios. Las personas interesadas deben tener 18 años de edad y vivir dentro de la zona especificada para los postulantes interesados en los asientos del Área de Fideicomisarios.

Para más información comuníquese con la Oficina del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Winters (WJUSD) al 530-795-6100.

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Obituaries James “Jim” B. Schlabes November 21, 1954 – April 20, 2020 Jim passed away peacefully asleep in his shop on Monday, April 20, 2020, at the age of 65. The son of Walter “Whitey” and Patricia Chiles Schlabes, he was born in Woodland, raised in Davis and was a fifth generation Davisite.

He graduated from Davis High School and attended college in Oregon.

He loved the outdoors and was an avid outdoorsman. In his younger days he loved to hunt, fish, scuba dive and camp. A man with many interests he drove truck, learned the farming business working with his father and worked for John Deere as a tractor mechanic.

He went on to have a successful career as a California Peace Officer and retired after

25 years. Jim was well respected by his fellow co-workers.

He had a talent for woodworking and welding. He enjoyed perfecting his craft making decorative pieces, shop tables and cabinets, furniture and a multitude of other projects.

He retired to Ohio and lived out his dream of living on his own land, driving tractors and working in his shop.

He is survived by his wife Coleen and his daughter Jasmine.

Anita Marie (Martin) Warmack Anita Marie (Martin) Warmack, 64, passed on June 2, 2020 at home, in the loving presence of her family.

Anita was born in Winters on October 21, 1955 to Joe and Anna Martin.

She attended Pierce High School in Arbuckle and went on to earn her bachelor’s degree in Speech Pathology and Audiology at Sacramento State University.

She began teaching at the Parent Participation Preschool Program at the Sacramento City Unified School District in 1988. “Miss Anita” served as friend, advocate and cheerleader for her families for the next 32 years. Her magical, joyful, and loving spirit attracted both young and old to her ever growing circle.

Anita and her husband Mark spent time in the mountains with their family and enjoyed hosting holidays and other special occasions. Their home continues to be a warm and steady sanctuary for their children and grandchildren.

Her hobbies included sewing, gardening, cooking, and enjoying concerts and musicals with friends and family. Anita’s generous and creative spirit made for many recipients of costumes, matching family pj’s, aprons, and the like.

She is survived by her husband of 30 years, Mark Warmack, her children, Daniel (Catrina) Vazquez, Joseph (Jescalyn)

Vazquez, Marisa Vazquez, Keith Warmack, Justin (Anna) Warmack, Julie (Warmack) Ammerman, her 13 grandchildren, and her siblings, Frank (Janet) Martin, John (Marta) Martin, Alaina (Mel) Stahlman, and Lisa (Jeff) Wilbur.

Mark and the family will be forever grateful to Dr. John Kailath, who helped carry her if she stumbled.

A private Mass will be held Thursday morning, June 11.

Anyone is welcome to attend the following: Visitation from 5 to 7 pm, with Recitation of the Rosary at 7 pm on Wednesday, June 10 at the McNary- Moore Chapel in Colusa.

Graveside services will be at 11:15 on Thursday, June 11 at the Arbuckle Cemetery in Arbuckle, Ca. A reception to follow at the Arbuckle Golf Course, 5918 Hillgate Rd, Arbuckle.

Please, in lieu of flowers, donations can be sent to: Angelman Syndrome Foundation, 75 Executive Dr., Ste. 327, Aurora, IL 60504 Funeral services are under the direction of McNary-Moore Funeral Services, Colusa.

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Winters schools will receive $7,500 in federal funds for vocational education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, according to Max Rafferty, State Superintendent of Public Instruction.

A group of 44 foreign students will visit Winters next Thursday morning as a part of the annual Bus Stop program, under auspices of the American Field Service student exchange program.

An inventory and appraisal, valuing the estate of O. W. O’Banion at $139,518.40, has been filed in the Yolo County superior court in Woodland by Carl Holmes, executor of the estate.

Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Soto, of Winters, are the parents of a daughter, born June 19, 1970 in the Davis Community Hospital.

The Waggoner School opened its doors to 110 summer school students on Monday, June 22.

The tenth birthday anniversary of Philip Coman was observed with a family dinner Saturday night at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Coman.

In a property transaction recorded last week in Woodland, Stanley M. Davis and Associates sold lot 8, Mermod Manor Unit 5, to Richard Garcia Rojo and Annette L. Rojó.

Transfer taxes paid indicated the sale at around $22,500.

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YEARS AGO June 23 1955

Jack Mermod resigned his position as athletic coach at Winters High School and has accepted an appointment as head track coach and physical education instructor at the San Lorenzo High School.

By a majority of more than 20 to 1, voters of the Solano Irrigation District Tuesday favored the signing of a contract with the Solano Flood Control and Water Conservation District to purchase Monticello Dam water.

Canneries are paying $100 a ton for apricots, with a 10 percent tolerance. H. J. Heinz, Richmond Chase, Stokely Van Camp, Bercut Richards and Hunt Foods were the major canneries buying fruit.

Mr. and Mrs. James Felix are the parents of a daughter, born in the Woodland Clinic June 21, 1955.

Captain and Mrs. Edwin Neel and children Kathy and Edwin Jr., were visitors last weekend at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Martin. The captain has recently returned from a tour of duty in Greenland.

Mr. and Mrs. Chris Rojo, who recently moved into their new home in Mermod Manor, were given a surprise housewarming on Tuesday evening

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The end of an era: These cabins on Baker Street, owned by Keith and Shirley Cross of Davis (Road 95), were bulldozed in 1985 to make room for more modern housing accommodations. The cabins were part of an auto court operating in the 1930s.

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YEARS AGO June 21, 1940

Rev. C. H. Sprague has been appointed as the Methodist minister. He will arrive today with his wife and child to take up residence in the parsonage on First Street.

The Yolo County Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved the formation of a cemetery district here. L. H.. Wilson, W. I. Baker, L. L. Stith, A. S. Bird and J. Murray Goodyear presented the petition to the board.

Charles Graf Jr. and Ted Mermod will participate in Boys State, sponsored by the American Legion. It will be held in Sacramento June 22-29.

Wayne Ireland, Shell Oil employee who was last week transferred to the Tahoe area, was a business visitor in town Tuesday, One of the T. D. Parker cabins on the creek bank was destroyed by fire about 7 p.m.

Sunday.

Mr. and MRs. George Chapman have taken up residence in the Mrs. Alice Rice Third Street cottage recently vacated by Miss Sarah Trenchard.

Oscar Holmes and Joe Dwight Griffin, Stanford students are at their homes for the summer vacation.

Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Baker went to Berkeley Sunday to meet the new grandson, born June 14, to Mr. and Mrs. Shirley Baker.

YEARS AGO June 23, 1905

The Home Alliance is authority for the following list of graduates from the grammar schools at the close of the last term: Winters - John Brady, Knox Caldwell, Shady Campbell, Archie Cooper, Charles Elliot, Hazel Fletcher, Lila Sims, Myrtle Stark, Ora Woods, Fred Wyatt and Ray McFall; Apricot - Mildred Clegg and Ethel Hockett: Union – Eddie Graf and Charles Graf.

Those who have borrowed lug boxes of Joe Griffin are requested to return them at the end of the season. He says he is in no hurry - just wants to know where his boxes are in time to have them ready to lend again the next season.

When the gentle breezes waft across your fervid brow these hot days, it is a pleasure to recline in an easy chair and to be fanned while being shaved. That’s the way it is done at Dunnagan’s barber shop. There is never any stale air while the electric fan is running.

Saturday evening the Winters Cornet Band will give a shirt-waist social on their platform east of the railroad. Previous to the hop a short concert will be given near the post office.

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“It’s time to step up and support local.� —Jack Vickrey FIRE Continued from Page 1 of Winters held a donation drive on Monday night and announced on its Facebook page that it collected $2,200 in cash and gift cards from members of the community, along with two personalized boxes of goods.

A Fire Relief Fund account has been set up at First Northern Bank for the Kristensen family, who lost their home in the fire.

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City attorney Ethan Walsh provided those specifics later in the meeting: “Shelly put this in the budget to address potential litigation related to the initiative.�

Walsh added that there has yet been no lawsuit, or threat of the lawsuit, associated with the Urban Growth Boundary Initiative.

The workshop ended with Mayor Wade Cowan suggesting

Donations of any size can make a donation to it at any First Northern Bank through the account name: Kristensen’s Fire Relief Fund.

A Meal Train effort was also set up for the Kristensen family online at https://mealtrain.com/rw49z2.

They are currently staying in the Dixon area. As of Tuesday afternoon $1,330 was raised in donations on their Meal Train campaign page.

the money meant for the litigation fund be used to keep open the community center and pool, and fund the library. “Kind of a roll of the dice here, but I think these things are really important to the comcom munity,� Cowan said.

CouncilmemCouncilmem bers will vote on the budget at the next meeting on Tuesday, June 16 at 6:30 p.m. The meeting agenda and Zoom details are expected to be available online at http:// www.cityofwinters. org/city-council-meetings_/.

Lake water levels down 7 inches The level of Lake Berryessa was down by 0.61 feet last week, with a decrease in storage of 10,902 acre feet of water, according to Ken Emigh of the Solano Irrigation District. Tuesday morning the lake level was 429.02 feet above sea level, with

storage computed at 1,350,223 acre feet of water.

Evaporation on the lake averaged 267 acre feet of water a day. The SID is diverting 549 second feet of water into the Putah South Canal, with 53 second feet flowing at the Diversion Dam.

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May 30: 12:01 p.m., medical aid, 300 block of Abbey Street.

May 31: 11:27 a.m., medical aid, 600 block of Snapdragon Court. ~2:32 p.m., carbon monoxide alarm, 30 block of E. Main Street. ~5 p.m., lift assist, 300 block of Russell Street. ~7:58 p.m., public assistance, Railroad Avenue/Wolfskill Street.

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June 3: 1:09 p.m., medical aid, 1000 block of Hoover Street. ~5:35 p.m., medical aid, 700 block of Main Street.

June 4: 6:44 p.m., medical aid, 100 block of Orchard Lane. ~8:50 p.m., medical aid, 1000 block of Adams Lane.

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May 31: Trevor Adam Junghans (Age 33), Charges: Driving with a suspended driver’s license, Disposition: Released on Notice to Appear.

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News5 Winters Express, Wednesday, June 10, 2020 — A5

Library accepting book returns

By Crystal Apilado Editor-in-Chief The Winters Community Library and most other Yolo County Library branches are now offering book return services. However, all Yolo County libraries remain closed to the public.

Book drops resumed on Monday, June 8.

Book drops will be open from 9 am to 6 pm, Monday through Friday.

Library patrons who checked out materials previous to the coronovirus pandemic were asked to hold on to the items for the time being. The library has extend-

ed due dates of those items through July 15.

Most library materials can be returned through the book drops including WiFi hotspots.

However, Discovery kits, Early Learning kits, and Read Around Yolo book club bags should not be returned until the library building reopens. No late fees will accrue for these library items.

The library is working to create a curbside pickup service.

Details will be announced soon.

The cancellation of all library programs, events, classes, and

community meeting room use has been extended through Sept.

30. All library volunteer opportunities have been suspended until the library branches reopen.

The library is also not accepting book or material donations until further notice.

Get regular updates about virtual programs and Yolo County Library happenings online at https://www. facebook.com/yolocountylibrary.org.

Call questions in to 530-666-8005 from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. on Monday-Friday or go online and visit https:// yolocountylibrary.

Putah Creek Council hires new executive director Putah Creek Council Press Release Putah Creek Council’s Board of Directors is excited to announce that it recently hired Kenny Liner as the organization’s new Executive Director, starting June 2020.

“We are very excited to be bringing in such a dynamic new leader for the organization. He has been sharing useful ideas for improvement and supporting staff even before we offered him the job,” says Stephen McCord, Chair of the Board.

After 10 years of touring throughout the US and overseas as a professional musician, Liner returned to his hometown of Baltimore, MD to found and lead Be-

lieve in Music, a music education nonprofit organization. The curriculum he created stemmed from his unique ideas about necessary reform in music education, putting an emphasis on self-expression and highlighting the importance of the voices of Baltimore’s youth.

Growing up in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, Kenny has always been connected to nature and feels a strong sense of service in protecting our natural resources. After his first trip to Putah Creek, he fell in love with the region.

“I am grateful to have the opportunity to join the Winters community, contribute to the important mission of Putah Creek Council, and

work with staff to update and expand the Council’s environmental education and stewardship programs in Yolo and Solano counties,” Liner said.

Interim Executive Director Carrie Shaw is re-retiring after five months of leadership through this transition. Look forward to future social gatherings to appreciate Carrie and welcome Kenny.

Putah Creek Council is dedicated to the protection and enhancement of Putah Creek and its tributaries through advocacy, education and community-based stewardship. To learn more, visit www. putahcreekcouncil. org or www.facebook. com/putahcreekcouncil/.

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Shakespeare workshop goes virtual

By Mary Lou Linvill Special to the Express Teens, almost teens, used to be teens and families are invited to create a crowd sourced, virtual performance of Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors with Winters Shakespeare Workshop 2020. Interested individuals and families may sign up at the Winters Friends of the Library website, wfol.org.

Creators, actors, musicians, techies can find out more at an informational Zoom meeting on Wednesday, June 10 at 6:30 p.m., information at wfol.org.

For nearly 20 years, Winters Shakespeare Workshop has offered a 5-week intensive performing camp for teens culminating free outdoor public performances of a play

by Shakespeare with live music and dance.

This year, due to the virus, and restrictions on public gath-

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On June 14, there will be a weekly challenge project as well as regular training/ rehearsal for workshop participants.

For example, in Week 1, participants will be challenged to create a stop action

animation, or video clip, or zoom narrative of the back story that led to central problem in The Comedy of Errors. They can use mime, masks, puppets, or a song to narrate the story.

For Week 2, participants will choose a twin, and pairs of twins will make film clips demonstrating their ‘twin-ness’- is it the clothes? The way they walk? The mustache?

Weekly videos will be shared on the WFoL website.

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Class of 2020 graduates gathered at the gazebo in Rotary Park for a special photo opp.

By Crystal Apilado Thursdays Eat Well Yolo Food Distribution, first and third Thursdays, 10-11 a.m., RISE, Inc., 200 Baker Street Yolo County Housing Authority Food Distribution, third Thursdays, 11 a.m.-Noon, 62 Shams Way (must meet income requirements) Winters JUSD School Board Meetings, first/third Thursdays, 6 p.m., Virtual meeting, check www.wintersjusd.org

Editor-in-Chief The Class of 2020 had quite an unique and memorable graduation this year. Both Wolfskill Career Readiness Academy and Winters High School staff sent seniors off in a social-distance friendly manner with a drive thru diploma pick up, complete with photo opportunity. They also both created a virtual graduation

presentation released to families and the community in early June. Class of 2020 parents also worked nonstop to help celebrate the senior Class of 2020. Outside of the Grad Nite fundraising efforts a group of parents helped to organize an Adopt a Winters Class of 2020 Senior effort where community members could adopt Winters seniors and create a gift basket for them.

Wolfskill Career Readiness Academy graduate Kyle Peppers receives his diploma from Lead Teacher Matt Moran.

Mondays Eat Well Yolo Food Distribution, Mondays, 4 p.m.-as supplies last, 111 E. Grant Ave. Tuesdays City Council Meetings, first/third Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m.

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Andy Pignataro, State Farm (707) 452-9599 andy@pignataro.com While we are not scheduling any in person meetings, we are serving customers and doing business by phone, email or fax.

Anytime Fitness

(530) 795-2580 clothcarousel.com info@clothcarousel.com Open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm We are offering Online Ordering and Curbside pickup. Plus $5.00 shipping.

Fabric, Yarn & Books 25% OFF

Eagle Drug (530) 795-4123 eagledrugpharmacy.com

Green Fields Real Estate (707) 761-3343 Open Every Day We are here to serve you! By appointment only. We are showing properties that are unoccupied.

Green River Taproom Open Mon-Sat 11am-7pm Call ahead for Takeout Orders.

Fresh baked chicken pot pies daily!

(530) 574-7270 Open Mon-Fri 7am-3:30pm Free Estimates. 10% off on any job.

Hoobys

NAPA Auto Parts

(530) 794-6118 Open Tue & Thu 4-6pm, Sat-Sun 11:30am-2pm Hoobys Brewing Helping you Help Us! We are offering $10 - 64oz and $7 - 32oz growler fills (growler glass available for purchase or bring your own), as well as $15 bottles of wine, gift cards and 20% off all apparel.Follow us on our social media for any updates! @ hoobysbrewing

HRB & Associates, Inc

Inn at Park Winters (530) 669-3692

(530) 795-3201 info@berryessaco.com

(530) 795-3450

(530) 795-2833

We are offering orders to go only from our menu. If you prefer to cook at home, our meats and produce are available. Curbside service is available.

Give us a call. Our Everyday Special includes 5 tacos for $9.00 (asada, carnitas, chicken). Thank you for your support!

Open Mon-Sat 8am-6pm, Sun 8am-3pm Take-out as well as Delivery when available. Call ahead to order or come by and we will bring your order to you in your car. Thank you to our loyal customers for staying with us during these harsh times. We appreciate your keeping our business open.

(530) 795-1278 Open Sun-Thu 4pm-11 pm, Fri-Sat 4pm-12am Masks required as per Yolo County.

We allow a limited amount of customers in the store at one time.

Buckhorn BBQ Truck Open Every Day 11am-6pm Come see us in the Winters Store parking lot.

Buckhorn Steakhouse (530) 795-4503 www,buckhornsteakhouse.com Open Wed-Sun 4pm-8pm Take out dinner. Pre-order prime rib dinner. Call ahead. Our menu is available on our website.

Ficelle (530) 795-9593 Open Mon, Thu, Fri & Sat Limited Hours Take Out only. 8am-4pm pre-order by phone or text: (530) 979-1902. After 4pm call the restaurant: (530) 795-9593.

Also check out Facebook or Instagram for Daily menu and changes.

(530) 758-2500 richnitzcpa.com Open Mon-Fri 8am-5pm We take extra precautions to protect our customers.

Open Mon-Sat 8am-5pm, Sun 9am-5 pm Open our usual hours. Call ahead for curbside pick up.

Kountry Kitchen

Berryessa Sporting Goods

Nitzkowski Tax and Accounting Services

Open Mon-Fri 9am-4pm Customers can call with any special needs.

El Pueblo & Meat Market Taqueria

Open Mon-Fri 8am-5pm We are here to support our borrowers and our community.

(530) 795-4100 Open Mon-Fri 8am-6pm, Sat 8am-5pm, Sun 8:30am-3:30pm Please note we will be closed every other Sunday

Pacific Ace Hardware

Berryessa Gap Vineyards

farmcreditwest.com (530) 666-3333

Monticello Tree Service Inc

(530) 795-1283 hrbai.com

We Miss You!! Check out our Facebook page for daily virtual workouts.

Farm Credit West

Office: (530) 795-2222 Dr. Mazza: (530) 902-0487 info@mazzadentalcare.com Dental Emergencies by appointment only.

Open Mon-Fri 9am-6pm, Sat 9am-5pm We are offering Home Deliveries. Our store is open. Call ahead for pickup.

The walk up window is open Wednesday-Sunday. Curbside pickup is available at our winery by appointment.

Email: orders@berryessagap.com for pick up and complimentry Winters local delivery with a 6 bottle purchase.

20% OFF a case and 30% OFF for club members. 15% of all sales go to to the Winters Healthcare Foundation until April 30. Shipping is $1.00 CA, WA, OR or NV. All other states $5.00

Mazza Dental Care

(530) 441-2337 greenrivertaproom.net

Closed now We hope everyone is staying safe and peaceful during this time. We look forward to seeing everyone soon.

(530) 795-4444

We are currently closed but are looking forward to being open soon and having a great summer! Please check our website for current information.

La Bodega (530) 795-3127 labodgegakc.com Open Every Day 6am-8pm Curbside service. Limited to one person at a time in store.

Lester Farms Bakery (530) 795-1474

(530) 795-3368

Patio 29 Spirits Company (530) 902-0020 Call ahead for Curbside Service. We also offer special delivery of spirits. In response to Covid-19, we are making, selling and donating hand sanitizer. We offer direct shipment of bottles until the end of April. All bottled spirits are limited to 3 bottles per person per day.

21 years of age and older. Free 4 oz. sanitizer with purchase of spirit.

Pearce Heating & Air Conditioning (530) 795-4300 Open Mon-Fri 8am-5pm We are following all CDC Guidelines including washing hands social distancing to keep our customers safe.

“We are here for the community.”

Pizza Factory (530) 212-5101 Open Every Day 2pm-9pm Call ahead for Curbside, Pick Up or Deliveries. Check our Pizza Factory Rewards app.

Powell Counter Tops

First Northern Bank

Open Mon–Fri 5:30am–2pm, Sat-Sun 6am–2pm We offer online ordering for home essentials like eggs, butter, sugar and flower. We are also offering fabulous cookie kits to take home. Call ahead for pick up. Sandwiches and pastries!

(530) 795-4501

Lorenzo’s Town & Country Market

Open Mon-Fri 9am-3pm, By phone until 5pm Online Banking, Mobile Banking, TeleBank, ATM and Night Depository are operational 24/7. Only 3 customers are allowed in the branch at any one time.

(530) 795-3214

(530) 795-9963 www.preservewinters

Open Every Day 7am-9pm, Seniors 7am-9am Please observe social distancing. Be aware of limits on items throughout the store.

Deli case open meats are available.

Open Fri-Sun Order and pay from our website.

Curbside pick up. The menu will be a small sampling of our menu items as well as a family meal option.

(530) 795-3251 FREE ESTIMATES! Showers and Baths are our specialty. Thank you to our customers and friends in Winters.

We are here for you.

DEANNA SHIMBOFF 7 E. Main Street • Winters (707) 249-1044 deanna.shimboff@CaliberHomeLoans.com Putah Creek Café (530) 795-2682 www.putahcreekcafe.com Open Every Day 8am-11am (Breakfast) & 11am-2pm (Lunch) Take out breakfast and lunch, plus take home meal kits.

Realty World-Camelot Winters, Inc. Cheryl: 530-400-1702 Sandy: 530-681-8939 Angie Bermudez: 530-312-0903 We are open for business! We are helping people buy and sell property and we have rentals available to show.

While we are not in the office full time we are available from 9-5 by phone.

Rohwer Insurance (707) 678-9216 blee@rohwerinsurance.com Open Mon-Fri 7:30am-3pm Phone consultation only. Business as usual.

We are here to answer any questions or concerns you may have during this difficult time. We are here for you.

Round Table Pizza (530) 795-1500 Open Mon-Thu 11am-8pm, Fri-Sat 11am-9:30pm, Sun 11am-9pm Call ahead for Take Out, Curbside Service and Delivery.

Smiles of Winters Ana Maria Antoniu, D.M.D. (617) 447-3582 idosmilebig@yahoo.com smilesofwinters.com

Steady Eddy Coffe Shop (530) 795-3588 Open Mon-Fri 6am-3pm, Sat-Sun 7am-3pm Order online for curbside pick up - https://www.steady-eddys.com/ curbside-to-go. Shop AMPM self isolation coffee and wine packs https://www.steady-eddys.com/ turkovich-steady-eddys

Subway Sandwich (530) 795-9900 Open Every Day 9am-9pm Check out our app. Order through our app or by phone for Take Out. Call ahead for curbside service.

Turkovich Family Wines 30471 Buckeye Rd. • Winters (530) 795-3842 Open Daily Curbside Pick up is available Wed & Sat at the winery. Shipping Specials: 1-11 bottles - $10 or Full Case ships FREE. Hand delivery to local cities 3 days a week.

Valley Floors (530) 795-1713 We are here for you!

Call ahead for any flooring needs.

Winters Collective (530) 383-4578 Sales through social media, FaceTime, shopping appointments and live shopping sales via social media.

Curbside pickup & local delivery is available. Follow us @winterscollective on Instagram and Facebook.

Winters Historical Museum

Open for Emergencies only For people who have lost their dental insurance we will be offering our own dental insurance that will have a premium of less than $1 a day.

Enjoy visiting the History Museum online! We have added LOTS of NEW content and videos for you to enjoy.

We thank you for your support!

Sonin Law

Yolo Federal Credit Union

(530) 662-2226 We are Open and serving customers at this time by appointment only.

“Thoughts are with all those sheltering in their homes. We are here for estate planning when you need us”

www.wintersmuseum.org

(530) 669-6365 Open Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 10am-2pm Customers are asked to enter with masks on and observe social distancing.

There is a 5 person in the branch at one time limit.

Preserve

We are here to support our businesses, non-profits and our community.

If you do not see your information here, please contact sue@winterschamber.com.

Features2 B2 — Winters Express, Wednesday, June 10, 2020

for lease

12 - 14 Designated Parking Spots!

Main Street Downtown Winters, CA

Loading Dock with Alley Access

5200 Square Feet Interior with Warehouse and Showroom Area

This is your chance to position your business on Main St. in Downtown Winters. This unit was recently occupied by a catering company but would make an excellent restaurant, brewery, wine tasting or let your imagination decide.

This amount of square footage with Main St. frontage is a rare commodity in Winters.

Act NOW! This amazing opportunity will not last long.

Video upon request

For more information contact the Winters Chamber of Commerce 530-795-2329 or sue@winterschamber.com

Crystal Apilado/Winters Express

Grill sliders this summer Saturday, June 20 marks the first day of summer, but the kick off of grilled dinners doesn’t have to wait until then. This grilled sliders recipe makes an easy weeknight (or weekend) meal and can be customized to suit your taste preferences.

By Crystal Apilado

TAKE OUT SERVICE IS AVAILABLE If you wish, dine on our patio, we have spaced tables/chairs six feet apart for your safety.

See our Menu on our website www.buckhornsteakhouse.com ORDER ONLINE

Editor-in-Chief

Directions

Ingredients

If you’re cooking over charcoal get your ~1 ½ lbs. Angus flame going first. That ground beef way the coals are hot and glowing--perfect ~½ lb ground for grilling. sausage In a large bowl mix ~2 tsp. Worcester- the angus ground beef shire sauce and ground sausage. ~1 tsp. Soy sauce ~1 tsp. Ketchup ~1 tsp. Garlic powder

Add in the Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, ketchup and garlic powder.

You can choose to melt cheese on the patties at this point.

Put the slider patties on a platter to rest.

Slice the dinner rolls in half and toast them over indirect heat for a few minutes.

TIP: The meat continues to cook after it’s been taken off the heat. Take the patties off the grill before it reaches your preferred doneness. Also, avoid the temptation to press down on the patty on the grill. This will keep your slider patties juicy and not dry.

*Add in one tablespoon of seasoning ~*1 Tb seasoning of for extra flavor. Exchoice (optional) amples include: Italian seasoning, Cajun sea~ salt and pepper soning or any other burger seasoning of ~ 1 package dinner choice. rolls Assemble your slidWhen well mixed, ers with your favorite shape the meat into fixings.

2 ounce slider patties.

Season with salt and Pair your sliders with a cabernet saupepper. vignon or a zinfandel.

Grill for two min- An oaked chardonnay utes. Flip and grill an is another good option additional two to four if you prefer a white minutes depending on wine. preference of a mediIf beer is your prefum to well done slider erence try a lager or patty. amber ale.

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Features3 Winters Express, Wednesday, June 10, 2020 — B3 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILED IN YOLO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE Jesse Salinas, olo County Clerk Recorder

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

FILED IN YOLO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE Jesse Salinas, olo County Clerk Recorder

F20200 2 05 18 2020 dho, Deputy

Business is l ed in S en C un Fi i i us Business N e: RISA I AS Ph si l Add ess: 635 G Street Davis, CA 95616 ilin Add ess: P. . ox 4400 Davis, CA 95617 N es Re is n s O ne s : John tt 635 G Street Davis CA 95616 Business Cl ssi i i n: Individual S in e Business: A s John tt O i i l Ti le: A C i n N e: A I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original document on file in this office. This certification is true as long as there are no alterations to the document, A D as long as the document is sealed with a red seal.

Jesse Salinas, County Clerk Recorder, dho, Deputy Clerk State of California, County of olo Published June , 10, 1 , 2 , 2020

F20200 0 05 05 2020 quam, Deputy

Business is l ed in Y l C un Fi i i us Business N e: CH S TAQ ERIA Ph si l Add ess: 208 Railroad Avenue Winters CA 95694 ilin Add ess: A N es Re is n s O ne s : 1) Jesus Salazar 300 Coleman Drive Dixon CA 95620 2) Martha Elena Salazar 300 Coleman Drive CA 95620 Business Cl ssi i i n: A Married Couple S in e Business: 08 03 2003 s Jesus Salazar O i i l Ti le: wner C i n N e: A I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original document on file in this office. This certification is true as long as there are no alterations to the document, A D as long as the document is sealed with a red seal.

Jesse Salinas, County Clerk Recorder, quam, Deputy Clerk State of California, County of olo Published June , 10, 1 , 2 , 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILED IN YOLO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE Jesse Salinas, olo County Clerk Recorder F20200 05 01 2020 dho, Deputy

Business is l ed in S en C un Fi i i us Business N e: RC HASE TI E C STR CTI Ph si l Add ess: 35270 County Road 31 Davis CA 95616 ilin Add ess: A N es Re is n s O ne s : Matthew Haseltine 35270 County Rd 31 Davis CA 95616 Business Cl ssi i i n: Individual S in e Business: May 31 2012 s Matthew Haseltine O i i l Ti le: A C i n N e: A I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original document on file in this office. This certification is true as long as there are no alterations to the document, A D as long as the document is sealed with a red seal.

Jesse Salinas, County Clerk Recorder, dho, Deputy Clerk State of California, County of olo Published

FILED IN YOLO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE Jesse Salinas, olo County Clerk Recorder F20200 0 05 11 2020 quam, Deputy

Business is l ed in Y l C un Fi i i us Business N e: HAMMER TRA SP RT Ph si l Add ess: 201 East Street Woodland, CA 95776 ilin Add ess: A N es Re is n s O ne s : Grow West Trucking C 201 East Street Woodland CA 95776 Business Cl ssi i i n: imited iability Company S in e Business: 5 1 2020 s Ernie Roncoroni O i i l Ti le: President Chief Executive fficer C i n N e: Grow West Trucking C I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original document on file in this office. This certification is true as long as there are no alterations to the document, A D as long as the document is sealed with a red seal.

Jesse Salinas, County Clerk Recorder, quam, Deputy Clerk State of California, County of olo Published

20, 2 , June , 10, 2020

20, 2 , June , 10, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILED IN YOLO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE Jesse Salinas, olo County Clerk Recorder F20200 05 08 2020 dho, Deputy

Business is l ed in S en C un Fi i i us Business N e: EW S STEMS I STR ME TS Ph si l Add ess: 1333 Arlington lvd Apt 13 Davis CA 95616 ilin Add ess: A N es Re is n s O ne s : Evan Conrad uswell 1333 Arlington lvd 13 Davis CA 95616 Business Cl ssi i i n: Individual S in e Business: A s Evan Conrad uswell O i i l Ti le: A C i n N e: A I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original document on file in this office. This certification is true as long as there are no alterations to the document, A D as long as the document is sealed with a red seal.

Jesse Salinas, County Clerk Recorder, dho, Deputy Clerk State of California, County of olo Published

FILED IN YOLO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE Jesse Salinas, olo County Clerk Recorder F20200 05 11 2020 quam, Deputy

Business is l ed in Y l C un Fi i i us Business N e: H WARD R R W ASS CIATES I C, HR ASS CIATES I C Ph si l Add ess: 207 1st Street Winters CA 95694 ilin Add ess: A N es Re is n s O ne s : Howard R rown Associates Inc. 207 1st Street Winters CA 95694 Business Cl ssi i i n: Corporation S in e Business: 01 01 2019 s Rachel Woods O i i l Ti le: President CE C i n N e: Howard R rown Associates Inc. I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original document on file in this office. This certification is true as long as there are no alterations to the document, A D as long as the document is sealed with a red seal.

Jesse Salinas, County Clerk Recorder, quam, Deputy Clerk State of California, County of olo Published

20, 2 , June , 10, 2020

20, 2 , June , 10, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME PUBLIC NOTICE Re l

i n nn un es 0 d en ei d 20 Cen l V lle P e n s d e en n s

S en , C li The ureau of Reclamation announced today ongoing congressionally mandated contract conversions pursuant to the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the ation Act (WII Act). Today’s release announces an additional 60-day public comment period for 20 irrigation contracts. o substantive changes were made from the original public comment period this additional comment period is provided to ensure parties without access to the internet are provided notice of these proposed contract conversions. The contracts include: ne trict

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utte Division Contract: Stony Creek Water Dis-

Two Eastside Division Contracts: Stockton East Water District and Central San Joaquin Water Conservation District Two Trinity Division Contracts: ella ista Water District and Clear Creek Community Services District Fifteen Sacramento River Division Contracts: 4-M Water District, Colusa County Water District (2), Corning Water District, Dunnigan Water District, Glenn alley Water District, Glide Water District, anawha Water District, Proberta Water District, Davis Water District, Cortina Water District, a Grande Water District (2), Holthouse Water District, and rland-Artois Water District Section 4011 of the WII Act directs Reclamation to convert water service contracts to repayment contracts upon a contractor’s request and authorizes prepayment of outstanding C P construction costs. nder Section 4011, full repayment is due within three years of the contract conversion. oth the prepayment and accelerated repayment of the contracts will result in the federal government being repaid well in advance of the original repayment deadline. These dollars will be placed in an account to fund much-needed storage projects. Increasing storage capacity will allow Reclamation’s projects to capture additional water in wet years to help meet the water needs for project purposes in dry years.

Written comments on these contracts must be received by close of business on August 9, 2020. Comments on Eastside Division contracts should be sent to Georgiana Gregory, Central California Area ffice, ureau of Reclamation, 7794 Folsom Dam Road, Folsom, California 95630 or emailed to ggregory@usbr.gov.

Comments on the remaining contracts should be sent to Jacob erens, orthern California Area ffice, ureau of Reclamation, 1140 W. Wood Street, Willows, California 95988 faxed to 530-934-7679 or emailed to jberens@usbr.gov.

A draft form of the proposed conversion contract and exhibits will be available for download at https: www.usbr.gov mp wiin-act . For additional information or assistance, contact Gregory at 916-537-7051 or erens at 530-892-6203 (TT 800-877-8339).

Published: June 10, 2020

FILED IN YOLO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE Jesse Salinas, olo County Clerk Recorder F20200 0 05 05 2020 lramirez, Deputy

Business is l ed in Y l C un Fi i i us Business N e: TAC S MARISC S E ARC Ph si l Add ess: 16435 Co Rd 99 Woodland CA 95695 ilin Add ess: 1968 Miller Ct Woodland CA 95776 N es Re is n s O ne s : 1) Maria G opez 1968 Miller Ct Woodland CA 95776 2) Alfredo opez 1968 Miller Ct Woodland CA 95776 Business Cl ssi i i n: A Married Couple S in e Business: 05 22 2020 s Maria G opez O i i l Ti le: A C i n N e: A I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original document on file in this office. This certification is true as long as there are no alterations to the document, A D as long as the document is sealed with a red seal.

Jesse Salinas, County Clerk Recorder, lramirez, Deputy Clerk State of California, County of olo Published June 10, 1 , 2 , Jul 1, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

FILED IN YOLO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE Jesse Salinas, olo County Clerk Recorder F20200 05 01 2020 dho, Deputy

Business is l ed in S en C un Fi i i us Business N e: M STER MACHI E CREATI E Ph si l Add ess: 408 W. El Dorado Drive Woodland, CA 95695 ilin Add ess: P. . ox 463 Woodland, CA 95776 N es Re is n s O ne s : Mystery Machine Creative 408 W. El Dorado Dr. Woodland CA 95695 Business Cl ssi i i n: Corporation S in e Business: A s Ronald McClarin O i i l Ti le: CE C i n N e: Mystery Machine Creative I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original document on file in this office. This certification is true as long as there are no alterations to the document, A D as long as the document is sealed with a red seal.

Jesse Salinas, County Clerk Recorder, dho, Deputy Clerk State of California, County of olo Published

2 , June , 10, 1 , 2020

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Winters will conduct a Public Hearing by the Planning Commission on Tuesday, June 23, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. at the City Council Chambers located on the first floor of City Hall at 318 First Street, Winters, California to consider Design Review 2020-03, an application to remodel the exterior of the existing Tomat’s Restaurant located at 1123 Grant Avenue. The project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Section 15301 (Existing Facilities) of the CEQA Guidelines. The Planning Commission will take final action on the project unless appealed to City Council.

The purpose of the public hearing will be to provide citizens an opportunity to make their comments on the project known.

If you are unable to attend the public hearing, you may direct written comments to the City of Winters, Community Development Department, 318 First Street, Winters, CA 95694 or to john.donlevy@cityofwinters.org. In addition, the staff report will be available on the City’s website on June 18, 2020 In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you are a disabled person and you need a disability-related modification or accommodation to participate in these hearings, please contact City Clerk Tracy Jensen at (530) 795-4910, ext. 102. Please make your request as early as possible and at least one-full business day before the start of the hearing.

The City does not transcribe its hearings. If you wish to obtain a verbatim record of the proceedings, you must arrange for attendance by a court reporter or for some other means of recordation. Such arrangements will be at your sole expense.

If you wish to challenge the action taken on this matter in court, the challenge may be limited to raising only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Planning Commission prior to the public hearing.

Availability of Documents: Copies of the Staff Report will be available on the City’s website www.cityofwinters.org For more information regarding this project, please contact John Donlevy, City Manager at (530) 794-6710.

Published: June 10, 2020

Features4 B4 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Winters Express, Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Letters City leaders working to keep Winters the town we love

Mayor, Council members and citizens of Winters: I know weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all here because we care about Winters.

We love the sense of community. We love our neighbors looking out for each other.

We love the generosity shown whenever there is a need and everyone comes together to pitch in. We love the people of Winters. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the people that make Winters Winters.

When I first saw the video produced by the Keep Winters Winters proponents I was impressed. We love the things they highlighted about Winters.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why we choose to live here. But then the video talks about becoming like Vacaville, and doubling our population. It shows a conceptual plan that has not been formally submitted, as if it is an imminent development, an absolute reality. This is misleading. And the video makes false statements about our current city leaders, that they support this massive development.

I know this to be false.

What started all this misinformation? Was it the series of articles in the Winters Express by Matthew Keys? These articles had a negative slant, and were filled with deceptive statements and misrepresentations of our city manager and council members. They resulted in stirring up fear, and fueled a lack of trust in our city leaders.

I know the city tried to address the misinformation. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s similar to having a debate on social media. Trying to correct all the half-truths and distortions is impossible. The misinformation has spread like wildfire. It is sad how easily people believe the dirt, repeat the dirt, escalate and malign others without knowing the facts.

Based on what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen and heard from the KWW proponents, they have taken the Express articles and false information to be truth. They seem to be using tactics of fear-mongering and inciting mistrust. I

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once commented on a KWW post to point out some misleading and incorrect items but my input was rebuffed. KWW posts and opinion pieces by KWW leaders continue to malign the city manager and blame him for everything. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s as if they had to create a bad guy to rally support of this initiative.

I am here to say to everyone: The city council members and city manager are not the bad guys. Our city leaders are in their positions because they care about Winters. No matter what has been implied or insinuated or gossiped about or point blank stated in the media, and even here tonight, our city manager and council members are people of integrity. You may not like their personalities, but they have demonstrated their dedication to this city consistently, over many years of community involvement.

They give countless hours of their time and energy for the betterment of Winters.

Our current mayor and our city manager have volunteered in practically every event and activity in the city-- not for their own benefit but because they love Winters. They step up time and time again, doing whatever needs to be done; when everyone else has enjoyed themselves and walked away after an event, they do the menial work that others may avoid, like picking up garbage and washing dishes.As noted at the last meeting on the budget, our city manager has continued to decline financial benefits that he is entitled to in order to help our city. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve also heard he has repeatedly declined raises and only received COLAs. Even this weekend, John Donlevy was going from business to business on his day off to pass out masks.

He is doing his very best to help Wintersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; businesses to survive and our community to thrive!

City leadership is, at times, a thankless job, obviously. There is no limelight, no glory.

There are no personal gains, no personal financial inducements, other than the betterment of Winters. Our city council members work hard and deal with numerous complex issues. If they do not support the KWW initiative it does not mean they are in favor of north annexation--No matter how many times youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been told otherwise. It means they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t support the initiative as it is written because they think it would be detrimental to our city. They are doing their best to keep Winters the town we love.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m asking, urging all of Winters: Judge our city leaders by their actions, by their continual commitment to

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the betterment of Winters, not by all the lies and allegations.

I urge the KWW proponents: Find out the facts. Meet with city leaders. Listen to their concerns about this initiative. Work towards a compromise. If you want an urban growth boundary, set it at the General Plan limits.

And to everyone: Please.

Stop the personal attacks, hate-filled rants and threats of retribution.

Stop belittling and berating those that have a different opinion.

This is just not called for. This is not the Winters we love. There will always be differences of opinions. But we are neighbors; we are friends. Regardless of our position on this issue, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s try to be civil. Regardless of the outcome, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remember to be kind to our neighbors.

MONA BIASI

Why I think an initiative is a bad idea

I am a homeowner on the very north end of Winters. My family settled here in Winters in 1917 to farm.

They migrated from Spain. I have lived in Winters since 1986 and a homeowner since 2002. I chose to raise my kids in this special town. I not only live in Winters, for many years I worked in town as well. I love our town!

I want to say that I trust that each of our city elected officials and our city manager truly has what is best for Winters at heart.

We are a strong, well connected community. We live here because we love the way it is. The charm, small town feel, agriculture, food scene, wineries, breweries and sense of community. Winters is special!

Initially I was intrigued and wanted to support the Keep Winters Winters group. I watched the extremely well made video. I saw many of my fellow neighbors in this video. Why not support the story behind it?

This is where I have a problem. Why create an initiative that will cost our already struggling city a huge amount of money over rumors? Rumors of a developer who bought land on the north end of town, planted beautiful orchards and grapevines that now is going to put in a housing development. An application to change our general plan still to this date has never been submitted. Rumors We can all work together to find a better solution.

We as citizens have procedures that we can utilize to get to where we want. Here are a few examples.

We elect our council. First, vote for who you think is best. Run for office if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t agree with what they are doing on our behalf. If a council member starts making moves that we as a city are not comfortable with, we can overturn

them.

We could create an Ag Preserve. We should protect our precious ag land.

Napa County famously created an Ag Preserve in 1966. An Ag Preserve would make the development of housing outside of city limits impossible. The money being spent on this initiative could be spent on creating something that would help not only us today, but our kids and grandkids for many generations to come.

An organization like the Yolo County Farm Bureau could create a Candidate PAC. If you feel strongly about a certain issue, fund the PAC. The PAC could stand up for preserving the land as ag use only. The PAC could be a candidate focused PAC designed to elect candidates in Yolo County who we believe are friendly to sustainable agriculture and oppose those candidates who lack the credentials to defend agricultureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interests. The PAC could recruit candidates, candidate training, fundraising assistance, financial contributions, polling, digital advertising, television advertising, radio advertising, mass mailing, mass email, phone banking, billboards, yard signs, canvassing, among many other activities.

The money invested into a PAC would live on after the issue at hand. It would not go away once the issue is resolved.

Our city and local businesses need our positive support right now. We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to create unnecessary hardship or burden on anyone. Please, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all come together to find a solution that serves our community for years to come. In my opinion, the money invested in an initiative would be money wasted. The initiative would allow us to vote on a new development. After that, what? If we want to protect our agriculture in Winters, move towards an Ag Preserve.

CORRIN ARMSTRONG

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The Neil family, from Lunita Ranch on Olive School Lane, would like to give a huge, heartfelt thank you to all of our family and dear friends as well as the men of Cal FIRE and Vacaville Fire for helping us save our houses.

We never even got the chance to put out a call for help and you all showed up. Thank you Popa Joe Ogando for the call to give us a heads up that the fire was on our ranch. That gave us enough time to get animals and important stuff to safety.

Will Spinetti, Chuck Pearce, Neil and Sean Bonafacio showed up with water trucks, tractors and just got after it laying down fire breaks. Not only for us but all the neigh-

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Guest Column: Cooler heads and open discussion needed

By Richard Casavecchia Special to the Express On June 2 Keep Winters Winters (KWW) presented their certified ballot initiative to our City Council. According to their email updates, 814 registered voters signed the petition to place the initiative on the ballot. The job of the City Council is to represent the voters. If any voter backed initiative qualifies for the ballot with total signatures greater than or equal to 50 percent plus one of historical voter turnout, the council SHOULD approve the initiative outright as a matter of duty to the will of the people. Individual council members may disagree with or have concerns about the initiative but their job is not to second guess the electorate. The initiative successfully qualified for the ballot with well over the required number of signatures; However, it did not receive the necessary 1,380 signatures (votes) that I expect will be needed in November. I do not believe a clear mandate exists to adopt the initiative outright, so the Council should place it on the November ballot. COVID-19 may have prevented KWW from collecting more signatures, but they have to play with the cards they have.

The leaders of KWW gave impassioned speeches but did not go much beyond what they have previously said about their initiative. Bill Lagattutaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rhetoric was, perhaps, too heavy to lay the groundwork for calm discussions of the issue later in the night. In talking with my fellow residents and listening to KWW it is clear that the public trust in the City has been eroded around the topic of growth, resulting in this movement. The position of some City Council members and the City Manager (as I understand it) is that an urban growth boundary at the city limits such as the one proposed by KWW would be detrimental to necessary future growth of our City and a financial and logistical hardship to adapt our current general plan around. Their fears seem to be that requiring approval of developments outside city limits would discourage developers from considering Winters; changing the general plan would cost a lot with a negative impact on what is already built, and concern about our ability to attract beneficial future growth projects.

The City Manager has previously put the initiative in terms of a business question: If you had two (presumably equally desirable) cities under consideration for a new business/development/investment where all approval requirements are the same, except in one city you must submit your project for voter approval, which city would you select?

These concerns are not without merit, and the City Manager poses a fair question. The business case as laid out is a no brainer if all other things are equal; however, Winters does not share the same combination of economic, geographic, and business qualities that our neighboring cities have. So the question as posed does not accurately represent the choice future developers will consider but should still be pondered.

Councilmember Loren was the first from the City to speak and had a list of questions she fired off seemingly not caring about the answers (all of which were a restating of the initiative and saying it does not do what the question presupposes). It was very reminiscent of a congressional hearing in which the representatives are only trying to make political points or embarrass the witness. Loren seemed unable to pivot off script to engage in probative discussion. Since no one had laid the groundwork for the relevance of her questions (some of which go to valid concerns) they did not seem germane. When questioned on the relevance, Loren made a comment about moving along and resumed her script. The questioning gave the impression she had made up her mind and was more interested in trying to make KWW look thoughtless than gaining an understanding of their idea and opinion. Mayor Cowan interrupted the back and forth as it began to break down and attempted to focus the discussion.

Cowan had concerns about the initiative rezoning land as green space outside city limits that is currently zoned to compliment zoning within city limits. He got loud and shouted at KWW as they argued past each other until the attorneys stepped in.

That type of behavior by elected officials is never acceptable. Cowanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tone and volume were condescending and inappropriate. Lorenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s questioning was akin to scolding with the intent to make KWW and their initiative look haphazard and poorly thought out. Neither did anything to improve the degraded image of the City, restore trust, nor lay out the risks the City sees. When Councilmember Neu spoke, it was the first time I have heard the City take responsibility for how things transpired regarding the north area last year and he urged dialog between KWW and the City. In the end, Cowan and Loren both composed and explained themselves and the council agreed to order a third party impact study of the initiative and work with

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Masked bandit in our house We had a masked bandit come into our house last week, twice. Our dog, Annie, heard the first intrusion, but Sherri and I mostly slept through the noise. In the morning, a Tupperware container holding dog food was spilled over the floor in our pantry, just off the garage. Annie had scared the intruder away and had her fill of dog food and went back to her bed.

We have a dog door from the pantry to the garage, and from the garage to the outside world. I suspected a raccoon, but who knows. It might have been the wind or the washing machine rattling the cupboard.

The next night I closed off the kitchen door and set a have a heart trap in the garage. I used dog food for bait. I also set up a game camera that will take a picture if something moves in front of it.

Early in the morning, 1:56 a.m. Annie went barking down

the hallway, but quickly came running back into the bedroom. I, of course, was sleeping through the whole thing. Sherri woke me up and told that something was in the house. I turned on the lights, walked barefooted into the kitchen and saw dog food scattered over the floor.

I opened the garage door, reached in and turned on the light just in time to see a large raccoon going through the outside dog door.

I grabbed the game camera, swept up the dog food and plugged it into a computer. I was expecting to see multiple pictures of the raccoon coming into the house, but the only picture was after I had turned on the garage light.

It was a pretty good picture of the raccoon just putting his head through the dog door. It wasn’t just my imagination; the animal was big. About two or three times the size of Annie. Some-

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LETTERS Continued from Page 3 bors as well. With out you guys and the fire crews we would of lost several homes.

To our son Brock and his close buddies, once again you all showed up and did a great job of supporting us. It was a sleepless night for all of us but we did it. The fire team at our house made a comment, “We usually don’t like when home owners stay to help but your

one once told me that there are no mirrors in a dog’s world. They don’t know if they are big or small, but Annie earned her keep for the week.

I wanted a better picture, so the next night, I set the trap but left a light on in the garage. I didn’t hear anything that night and Annie didn’t bark, either. I check the trap in the morning, empty. I checked the camera, nothing there either.

Sherri and others told me that raccoons don’t like light, so I’ve been leaving the trap in the garage, lights off.

Still nothing to report, but I’ve been wondering what happens if I catch the raccoon, and I’ve also been wondering if my trap is big enough to hold a full grown raccoon?

Having something exciting happening at home has taken my mind off the COVID-19. I’m still working on the current jigsaw puzzle on our dining room table, but I’ll keep you posted about home invaders when I have something to write about. Maybe Taylor will post the picture next to this column, if he has room?

Watch out for masked strangers and have a safe week.

folks are amazing.”

Doug Kidwell you stayed on my roof for six hours to battle the embers landing on my roof. Because of you my house still stands.

Doug I loved you before the fire and now I’m forever indebted to you.

As I write this thank you note I have tears running down my cheeks and I wonder what did we do to deserve to be a part of such an awesome caring loving community.

Jason from Green

River cooked and served 200 meals to the fireman and evacuees as a show of our support and how grateful we are.

Thank you Jason.

If you are out of your house and you need a meal please go to Green River and eat. We love our family friends and community more than ever.

With much love for you all, BIG JOHN (Neil), TEACHER KAREN and FAMILY

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ent their opposition to the Initiative’s Urban Growth Boundary.

The audience, however, was well past that.

They had examined the issues during the past nine months. They had read and signed a carefully crafted Initiative petition. They had paid for the legal cost of preparing the ballot. They had followed the rules.

Citizens were there not to have a debate over the Sphere of Influence or the City Limit line. Citizens were there to ensure that the Initiative process would not be compromised.

During the course of the past nine month, that Initiative process has been the subject of debate.

Opponents often claim that direct democracy demands a high level of knowledge of issues that are sometimes complex.

This argument could easily be made, however, of all forms of democracy. One should always strive to be informed.

If Initiatives are used too often, they can lead to confusion in the voting booth, especially when there are competing ballot measures. Sometimes voting “yes” is a vote against a particular issue. California is notorious for this.

If overused, Initiatives can undermine the authority of those we elected to represent us, not a good idea.

In the case of the KWW Initiative, none of these fears apply.

Citizens who favor the KWW Initiative favor it for its simplicity: developing outside city limits requires a vote of the people.

As for overuse of the Initiative process in Winters, the last time citizens placed a measure on the ballot was 30 years ago. I’d say that’s pretty infrequent. (By the way, it failed.)

All of these thoughts ran through my head as I sat through the six hour Council meeting.

(Equally impressive was how few people gave up and left.)

I thought of how difficult it would have been to conduct such a meeting in a bigger city, where nobody knows one another, and the elected officials are rarely in direct contact with their constituents.

Here in Winters, our Council is very much available to us.

That was evident to me the last time I attended a function in the very same Firehouse.

It was last year’s annual shrimp boil to benefit Station 26.

As we all waited patiently for the steaming platters of shrimp to arrive, I looked across the table at then Mayor Bill Biasi.

As hungry as he must have been, he was busy with a concerned citizen.

The man had the Mayor’s ear, and was pleading with him to address a concern.

I couldn’t quite hear over the din, but he seemed to be describing a fence thrown up illegally on his property line. He had brought photos.

Mayor Biasi, ever calm and smiling, listened and appeared to assure the man he would look into it. Only when the shrimp finally arrived did their unscheduled meeting come to a merciful end.

Last Tuesday, the people of Winters had their leaders’ ears. All in the room were fully engaged. This was community participation at its best.

So, here’s to democracy. Like peeling and eating shrimp, it can be messy.

But it’s vital to our way of life.

town. Bob Polkinghorn, chair of KWW wants the same. The solution that best serves the public is for a roundtable discussion between the City and KWW, with the initiative listed on the ballot this November.

Both groups need an opportunity to calmly present their views, the risks they see of passing or rejecting the initiative, discuss the implications for the general

plan, and take questions from residents.

The City being forthcoming and calm would also help repair some public trust. The role of the City here is not to take the counter position, but to lay out the risks as they see them.

The people then must decide if they agree or disagree with the risks, and if they want to accept them and pass the initiative into law.

Taking the initiative People of Winters, you should be extremely proud of yourselves.

Tuesday night, you came out in droves to appeal to the City Council not to delay placing the Keep Winters Winters lawfully accredited Initiative on the November 3rd Ballot.

At least a hundred people gathered in the equipment bay of the Fire Station, with more spilling out onto the driveway.

Eighty or so citizens called in on Zoom.

And dozens had written emails and letters to be read at the meeting.

If ever there were a show of democracy in action, this was it.

One by one they stepped up to the podium to address their elected leaders.

Farmers, downtown business-people, young mothers.

Lifelong residents and newcomers. City dwellers and those living in the countryside.

It’s never easy to speak up in public, but they did, by the dozens, politely and without reservation. The comments were heartfelt and to the point.

All, except four, urged the Council not to make them wait for an election nearly two years from now because of a technicality in the law.

The Council listened patiently.

Owing to their narrow interpretation of the Brown Act, they had felt unable to address the issue of North Area planning until this night.

Thus, Tuesday was the first time they believed they could tell the “other side of the story,” meaning they wished to fully pres-

COOLER Continued from Page 3 KWW on the process going forward.

The dynamic around the initiative cannot maintain the current path. Both camps need to remember that each wants what is best for the City. Mayor Cowan told me earlier this year that no one at the City wants Winters to change from a small

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