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Just in time to kick off the start of Spring, Winters Collective is hosting a fashion show on Friday, March 25 at 5:30 p.m. on Main Street that will showcase the 2022 Spring and Summer styles for purchase from women’s clothing retailers Eyelet + Indigo, Home + Hanger and children’s boutique Twinkle + Moon.

The adults and children will be accessorized by Winters Collective jewelry vendors Mir Jewelry Designs and Ayca Designs. With Spring Break around the corner, Easter on the horizon, and graduations and weddings filling up summer break, Winters Collective is the perfect one-stop shop for all your women and children wardrobe needs.

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The event will begin promptly at 5:30 p.m. but arrive early to grab a free raffle ticket for a chance to win one of two $50 gift cards to Winters Collective. In addition, El Pueblo Taqueria will be pouring $5 Turkovich Family Wines on its patio and selling their irresistible churros. The two raffle winners will be announced directly after the show, so stick around to claim the prize.

Keeping it “Local and Social”

There will be a Step and Repeat Instagram photo backdrop up before, during and after the fashion show. Show your love for shopping and supporting local and take your pics in front of the backdrop. Post your photo with the hashtag #shopwinterscollective by Sunday, March 27 and tag @eyeletandindigo and @homeandhanger by Sunday, March 27 for a chance to win a free pair of sunglasses (a total of five pairs will be given away).

Event details

The event is happening on Friday March 25 at 5:30 p.m. in front of the Winters Collective, 41 Main St. in Winters.

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the first Sunday every May. And, a Life Magazine article that never ran about the destruction of the little town, photographed by Dorothea Lang and Pirkle Jones, will finally see the light of day on the museum walls of 13 Russell St. The town lives on in the memories of the diaspora who scattered and resettled in Winters and other Yolo, Napa, and Solano County towns. That memory will be celebrated in the exhibit “Remembering Monticello” beginning Friday, April 7 at the Winters Museum.

There will be a Grand Opening of this exhibit on April 7 at 7 p.m. at the museum (13 Russell St.) in Winters. Community members are invited to come see this exhibit any Thursday through Sunday from 1–5 p.m. after the opening.

Outgoing exhibit

The “The Lost Japanese Community of Winters” exhibit, which has received accolades from locals and visitors alike, is still available for one more week. That exhibit will close on Sunday, March 20. Come enjoy the current exhibit while you can, and plan to visit “Remembering Monticello” beginning April 7.

Museum information

The Winters Museum is regularly open to the public weekly from 1–5 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. Admission is free.

For regular updates, visit the Winters Museum website at www.wintersmuseum.org/home.

Community members can also follow the museum on its social media accounts on both Facebook and Twitter.

In the March 2 edition, the Express reported that Rep. Mike Thompson is Winters’ “new congressman.” Rep. John Garamendi is Winters’ current congressman. If re-elected, Thompson would then dbe the congressman for Winters’ new congressional district, which was recently redrawn to include Yolo County. We regret the error.

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Autos for Autism to host fundraiser

By Brad Williams

Special to the Express

Autos for Autism is hosting a fundraiser to raise money to support their scholarship.

April is Autism Awareness month and the Winters nonprofit Autos for Autism is hosting a fundraiser to raise money to support a scholarship for local graduates who are seeking to assist people with special needs.

On April 30, Autos for Autism is hosting a car show fundraiser from 12–6 p.m. at The 128 Hall & Kitchen. They are having a 50-50 raffle and are drawing the winner at 4 p.m. on April 30. A limited number of tickets are being sold by board members.

Tickets are $20 each and can be obtained by calling Tim Barnett at 530-220-2263 or Esmerelda Barnett at 530-220-4228; by sending an email to autoforautism. ca@gmail.com; or by attending the April 30 event. Participants need not be present to win. Checks must be made payable to: Autos for Autism.

Autos for Autism continues to honor young people in our community with a vision to help others with special needs and will use the proceeds to fund scholarships for the future education of Winters High School graduates who plan on working to support people with special needs.

Autos for Autism was started in 2016 with the focus toward community support to foster awareness and provide personal growth opportunities for individuals with special needs and their families, including local scholarships. In 2020, Autos for Autism became established as a nonprofit organization. Although Autism is growing more prevalent in our country, Autos for Autism seeks to provide awareness of and resources for families of all special needs children.

People with Autism are awesome and an asset to our community. They are diligent, hardworking and truthful. Yet, their differences can be a challenge to relate to. The organization is grateful to the parents, teachers, peers, coaches and volunteers who are able to look past the differences and enjoy our children.

Autos for Autism recognizes the growing number of people with autism in our city and in our nation. Learn more about autism and existing resources for parenting a child with autism, visit our website at autosforautism.org or follow the organization on Facebook. When I turned 40, someone gave me a book titled “Old is 15 years older than you are.” At the time I thought it was funny, but looking at all of the older folks around me, it isn’t so funny anymore. With the way medicine keeps advancing, I’m not sure that I consider 86 old anymore. Not in my circle of friends, anyway.

Winters keeps losing those that made Winters, Winters. Last week we lost Jack Graf and T.R. Martin, both made a lasting impression on Winters. I’ll miss Jack’s smile and T.R.’s comments about life. If Winters were a boat, we just lost our motor and rudder. They will be missed.

Working in the museum is a constant reminder that we are forever changing. Sometimes the exhibits make me think that living in the past was easier and people lead a simpler life back in the day. Then I remember that I like air conditioning, hot water and refrigerators.

The current museum exhibit — The Lost Japanese Community of Winters — will be ending at the end of this week. It has been one of the most successful exhibits as far as attendance and fundraising. It also reminded me of how a community can be both ugly and inspiring, all at the same moment in time.

The City of Monticello is next on the agenda, with plenty of photos and artifacts being readied for display. The first object that was dropped off was a stuffed bear. He doesn’t appear to be that old when he died and some people don’t like the idea that someone shot a bear and put him on display. We decided to let the people decide on whether we should keep the bear, or not, and the over-

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whelming vote was to keep him. You will be able to vote on the bear until the end of the Monticello exhibit.

The Monticello Valley was flooded by Lake Berryessa in the early 1950s, so the bear is older than I am. I was going to mention that he is in better shape, but he is stuffed.

There are still people around that lived in and around the town of Monticello. There is an effort to film and interview them, but to say time is of the essence isn’t an exaggeration. Bringing the life and times of Monticello to the museum might help with the process.

When my father was getting up in years we tried to film and record him, without much success, and then, it was too late. With modern technology we should all try a little harder to save our history for future generations.

Gloria Lopez did a great job of writing a book about the Spaniards who came to Winters. Probably the best thing she did was record everyone she could find and put it on a CD, and now onto a digital file. You can watch the interviews at the museum, or buy her book and CD and watch them from home. She wrote the book in 2007, and if you watch the video you will be surprised at how many of her subjects have passed away.

Enjoy life and have a good week.

There are still people around that lived in and around the town of Monticello. There is an effort to film and interview them, but to say time is of the essence isn’t an exaggeration.

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Years AgoDispatches from the Express archives.

March 21, 1902

The Masonic Hall Association is having a new wire fence put around the cemetery, including the new tract recently opened on the west side of the road.

W.A. Cannedy has a force of men at work in the canyon and expects to have the road recently damaged by high water, in first class repair.

The starting of the pumps at the water works has been seriously delayed by sand. The engine and connections were properly installed last week and worked like a charm, but so much sand was raised by the pumps that they had to be lifted out.

Mr. Anderson declined to serve again as marshal because the salary was too low, and for the same reason H. V. Walsh would not take the clerkship again.

B.F. Wyatt, brother of J.N.B. Wyatt, arrived from Missouri last Friday.

March 16, 1917

There was quite a heavy white frost in Winters district Sunday morning, the thermometer registering as low as 32 degrees.

George Yamamoto and bride arrived Wednesday evening from Japan.

Ten dollars a month in advance, five-room house with automobile shed for rent.

The high school auditorium was fairly well filled on Monday night when the Farm Bureau Community Club met.

Mrs. R. L. Stiltz is visiting in San Francisco.

Today California has a new governor — William D. Stephens of Los Angeles.

Dr. Anderson has annexed a new Overland (auto) to his belongings.

Mrs. G. M. Chapman was hostess to the Women’s Christian Temperance Union Thursday, with 33 ladies in attendance.

The continued cold weather, which has also been rather wet, seems to be retarding the growth of the apricots.

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March 21, 1952

The possibility of invoking a curfew to keep juveniles off the streets at late hours was discussed at the meeting of the Winters City Council Tuesday evening.

Senators William F. Knowland and Richard Nixon last week introduced a bill designed to designate the Solano County (Monticello Dam) project as part of the Central Valleys project.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Barker are planning to leave April 14 for a visit to England. Natives of that country, this will be their first visit in 30 years.

Phil Snow, mainstay of the Winters Merchants baseball team’s pitching staff the past three years, has been called to active duty with the Navy. Mike Sivak, a newcomer to Winters, will start on the hill against Dunnigan Sunday. Don Frisbee, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Frisbee, completed his work at Stanford University Tuesday, and has been called to duty with the Air Corps Reserve. A survey conducted by the Winters Jaycees showed that 267 residents favor home delivery mail, with 58 opposed. Herbert “Skipper” Connor, Tony Cortez and Dale Swink, who were inducted into the Army earlier this month, have been sent to Camp Polk, Louisiana, for basic training. Belatedly reported was the birth on January 11, 1967, of Richard McKinley Harris, born at the Inter community Hospital, Fairfield, to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Harris. The new arrival has a sister, Dawn Renee, who will be two in May. The fiftieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Storz, was observed last Sunday at a family dinner party given in the home of their daughter and son-in-law.

Lake Berryessa is down 0.24 inches, or 3,800 acre feet, this week, according to Ken Emigh of the Solano Irrigation District. Tuesday morning the lake level was 409.68 feet

Lake levels above sea level, with storage computed at 1,024,518 acft. Daily evaporation averaged 99 acre feet. The SID is diverting 254 second feet of water into the Putah South Canal, with 47 second feet flowing at the Dam.

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John Richard “Jack” Graf passed away on March 9 in the comfort of his home, surrounded by his family.

Born in Woodland on April 30, 1930 to Charles and Hazel Graf. He graduated from Winters High School in 1948, where he was an active student, three-sport letterman. Jack attended Santa Clara University majoring in Political Science. After graduating from Santa Clara University, he became a commissioned 1st Lieutenant with the United States Marine Corps (USMC). Before leaving for service, Jack married his high school sweetheart, and love of his life, Marjorie Potter. Once he returned from service, he moved to Sacramento where he attended Sacramento State University to obtain his teaching credential, and later earned his master’s degree in Education at the University of Pacific.

Jack was a coach at heart, and served others with great integrity, humanity, and dignity. In his professional life, he was devoted to education and the students, teachers and staff he served. He spent 39 years in public education: starting as a coach at Yuba City High, Vice Principal at Courtland High, Vice Principal at El Dorado High, Principal at Vanden High, Principal at El Dorado High, Principal at Winters High, Superintendent of Winters schools, and culminating his career being elected for two-terms as the Yolo County Superintendent of Schools.

As a father, he was a loving force. A force of structure and stories, with a great knack for nicknames and a wonderful sense of humor. He loved his family and delighted in nothing more than traveling life with Marge, Youth Day celebrations, large family gatherings and attending various school and sporting events of his grandchildren.

He loved the Winters’ community and is well regarded for his civic contributions, and friendly disposition. For decades he delighted in working with others to bring about positive change for Winters. Jack served on the Planning Commission, Bond propositions for schools, St. Anthony’s building committee, and was a 30-year member of Rotary. Additionally, Jack was an active member of the Yolo County Marine Corps Detachment League, Yolo County Democratic Club and was a Yolo County Surrogate representative for Foster youth.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Charles and Hazel Graf, siblings, Charles ‘Charlie’ Graf, Bobby Graf, and his son Peter Graf. He is survived by his wife of 69 years, Marge Graf, and his children and their spouses: Patty Anderson (Craig), Peggy Graf, Kathy Brian (Bob), Jody Graf, (Fran Gibson), John Graf (Wendi). His 12 grandchildren and their spouses, 13 great grandchildren, as well as numerous nephews, nieces, and cousins.

A vigil will be held on Sunday, March 20 at 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Winters. A Celebration of Life Mass will take place on Monday, March 21 at 10 a.m. also at St. Anthony’s. The Celebration of Life Mass will be followed by interment at Winters Cemetery and a reception at St. Anthony’s Parish Hall. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the Yolo Hospice, Toys For Tots, or a charity of your choice.

Gwendolyn Darlene Linley

Gwendolyn Darlene Linley passed away on February 17, at the age of 79. Born on September 3, 1942 in Sacramento to Wyatt Linley and Lillie Mae Berry. Darlene grew up in Sacramento. After divorcing, Lillie married Carl Branscum and returned to Winters. Darlene frequently visited her parents and grandparents, George and Jewel Berry in Winters. With the strong family ties in Winters, Darlene moved with her son, Michael Ransdell to town in 1975.

Darlene was a long time employee of the Winters School District, working as a librarian at Winters High School and Waggoner Elementary School. This was an appropriate job for her as she was an avid reader.

She is survived by her son, Michael Ransdell, brother Butch Branscum and wife Katherine all of Winters. Aunt Thelma Berry Hust from Southern California, cousins Diana Hust Borzi of Downey, and Robert Hust from Arizona, and nephew Paul Fallgreen from Sacramento. She is also survived by nieces Dawn Edwards from Southern California and Sunshine Eddy from Oregon.

Darlene was preceded in death by her adopted son Justin Linley, parents Wyatt Linley and Lillie and Carl Branscum, brother Wyatt E. Linley, sister Wyetta Johnson, brother Steve Branscum and grandparents George and Jewel Berry and Luther and Estelle Linley.

Graveside services will be held on Friday, March 18 at the Winters Cemetery at 11 am. All friends and family are invited to attend.