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Homeless services top city, county agendas BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer
aggravating the already fraught relationship between the Golden State and President Donald Trump — though the federal plans date to the Obama administration. Experts caution that even with nearly 2 million acres now open to drilling leases, there’s no certainty that energy companies will show any interest. Overall, oil production in California has fallen by about 60% since the mid-1980s. “The Trump administration has moved federal agencies’ policies toward aggressive expansion of fossil fuel development on public lands,” California Natural
Both the city of Davis and Yolo County are expected to take steps towards dealing with homelessness in Davis on Tuesday by approving funding for a daytime respite center pilot project in Davis. Additionally, the City Council and Yolo County Board of Supervisors will be asked to allocate funds to purchase a duplex on H Street in Davis to be used as an interim shelter and office space when the Davis Community Meals and Housing shelter next door undergoes demolition and reconstruction of the proposed Paul’s Place. Longterm, the duplex at the corner of 11th and H streets would continue to be used for permanent family, transitional or supportive housing. The Board of Supervisors, which meets Tuesday morning, will be asked to approve $385,000 in Health and Humans Services funding to cover the cost of two positions — a case manager and a homeless services team member — who would staff the respite center pilot project planned for the public corporation yard on Fifth Street. The board will also consider contributing $375,000 of the $658,000
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Pumps bring up crude at an oil field along Highway 101 in Central California. CALMATTERS PHOTO
Feds, state face off over oil drilling BY JULIE CART CalMatters
Two announcements with implications for California’s oil industry whizzed past each other in recent weeks, revealing starkly conflicting visions for energy development. After a five-year hiatus on auctions for oil-drilling rights on federal land, Washington finalized a plan to allow them on more than 700,000 acres in 11 Central California counties. A more significant proposal to include parcels on
more than 1 million acres in the Bakersfield area is due in the next few months. Meanwhile, California’s oil and gas regulator announced a range of measures including a moratorium on certain types of well injections, more oversight of hydraulic fracturing — fracking — and an independent audit of the state’s process for granting drilling permits. After a flurry of activity at the beginning of the year, the state has not approved any fracking permits since June.
The policy divergence underscores the difference between state and federal views on the future of fossil fuels in California: The state is moving to ramp down oil production while Washington is expediting it. State officials are taking a closer look at the environmental and health threats — especially land, air and water contamination — posed by energy extraction, while Washington appears to have concluded that existing federal regulations sufficiently protect its sensitive landscapes as well as public health. It is unclear how this schism will play out, beyond
Davis native works to recover listed species BY MEGHAN SNOW Special to The Enterprise
Growing up between Davis and Winters, Samantha Lantz raised goats and horses. She also collected monarch caterpillars every year and raised them until they became butterflies. “I think my interest in animals sparked my interest in biology,” she said. It was an interest that turned into a career. Today, Lantz is a biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Sacramento Field
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Office. She works in the Recovery Division reviewing the latest science available on threatened and endangered species and drafting reports that include strategies for helping their wild populations recover. The Service wasn’t Lantz’s first stop in conservation. Her undergraduate work at Willamette University in Oregon led her to pursue a master’s at Florida Atlantic University where she studied habitat restoration in the Everglades. She then pursued
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her Ph.D. in bird behavior at Tulane. Her research for her Ph.D. led her to Australia where she studied fairywrens, a tiny bird that’s common throughout the country. Male fairywrens are very colorful during breeding season and transition into duller plumage during non-breeding season. Lantz captured male fairywrens, and by measuring color levels in their feathers throughout the year, learned that males renew and even enhance the color in their feathers
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throughout the breeding season to attract a mate. Her research is among the first to document this process, known as adventitious molt, in fairywrens and its impact in mate selection. Throughout her studies, she gained experience in several wildlife biology research methods, including radio tracking, hormone sampling and genetics. “Ten years ago, I was taking tiny blood samples to look at genetics in
Sam Lantz holds a male fairywren that is molting from brown plumage into the red and black breeding plumage. This fairywren was documented at Lake Samsonvale near Brisbane, Australia.
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The Davis Fire Department is investigating the cause of a fire that damaged two West Davis apartments Thursday night, temporarily displacing the residents. Fire officials reported on social media that crews arrived at The Willows apartments, 1959 Lake Blvd., to find smoke coming from the affected building. The blaze was extinguished quickly after being traced to a bathroom. “Finding the fire when it was small and quickly calling 911 enabled us to respond rapidly and limit the damage to just two of the six apartments in the building,” the social media post said. “The occupants of the apartment where the fire occurred were displaced for the night and no injuries were reported.” Crews from the UC Davis, Woodland and West Sacramento fire departments assisted at the scene and provided station coverage during the incident.
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The grift goes on and on and on ... I figured once the decision was made to go to district elections for Davis City Council seats, there would be a brief uproar and then folks would go back to their busy lives and find something else to worry about. I was wrong. I think what really got under peoples’ skin was The Davis Enterprise headline that said “City wraps up transition to districts,” followed by the sub-head “Rexroad now targets Chico.” In other words, for our out-oftown friend Matt Rexroad, this was more than just a jab at Davis from a jealous Woodlandite. No, this is a crusade, one that could make Mr. Rexroad a very wealthy man as he goes from one unsuspecting city to the next playing the race card. Today Davis, tomorrow Chico, next week Tulelake. The lowhanging fruit has ripened on the tree and Mr. Rexroad is there to pluck it. According to Anne TernusBellamy’s Enterprise story, “The city is required by law to pay up to $30,000 in attorney fees to the law firm of Matt Rexroad, the
former Woodland City Council member and Yolo County supervisor who threatened the city with legal action in July.” And don’t you just imagine that Rudy Giuliani and his buddies Lev and Igor are lurking somewhere in the background? The formula is simple. Fire off an angry letter accusing your targeted city of unspeakable discrimination, threaten a costly lawsuit, then point out that no other city in California has prevailed against this sort of action. If it worked on the Davis City Council, it’s likely to work just about anywhere. Makes me want to hang a shingle and figure out a plan to extort frightened municipalities into writing me a fat check. I mean, the kids do need
shoes for the winter. Right now I am looking at a story from the Santa Rosa Press Democrat detailing the decision by the city of Rohnert Park to go to district elections. The details are identical to the threats that Davis just went through, though a different law firm — from Santa Monica — beat Mr. Rexroad to the punch.
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ccording to Rohnert Park City Manager Darrin Jenkins, as quoted in the Press Democrat, “The city disagrees with the claim that the current system uniquely disadvantages minority communities in council elections.” So far, so good. “However,” Jenkins added, “no city or school district has successfully defended at-large elections under the act. Rather than spend taxpayer monies fighting the lawsuit with an uncertain outcome, the city is changing to district elections.” The threatening letter claimed Rohnert Park’s system is “hostile” to Latinos, when in fact Armando Flores was elected to the council
four times between 1974 and 2006 and served as the town’s mayor on five separate occasions. So much for hostility. Sounds much like the claim that Asians and Latinos in Davis are underrepresented when the top vote-getters in the two most recent City Council elections were an Asian-American and a LatinaAmerican, one of which is the current mayor and one who will be the next mayor. Wouldn’t it be nice if just once the elected officials of a California city threatened with such an unfounded lawsuit buckled up their boots and decided to do battle with this nonsense? Davis has always prided itself as the World Leader in Just About Everything and yet even our five very intelligent councilmembers immediately bowed down to Matt Rexroad’s unreasonable demands based on claims of racism that every single councilmember knew were untrue. This was hardly a profile in courage we can all be proud of. — Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.
Robbery leads to eight arrests Grand opening set for BY LAUREN KEENE Enterprise staff writer A series of armed robberies that have plagued Davis since September continued Friday night with a downtown holdup, with police arresting eight suspects shortly after the crime. Deputy Police Chief Paul Doroshov said the robbery occurred at about 10:20 p.m. as the three victims were walking in the 500 block of E Street. They were approached by multiple suspects who “produced what appeared to be handguns and demanded the victims’ property.” As the suspects fled on foot, the victims flagged down a nearby police car and reported the robbery, Doro-
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Davis police officers took four air guns that were made to look like semi-auto firearms from the alleged robbers. shov said. Another nearby police vehicle responded to the area and stopped a white sport-utility vehicle leaving the scene. “Inside the car, officers located property taken from the victims, along with four air guns that were made to look like semi-automatic
handguns,” Doroshov said. Officers arrested eight suspects on suspicion of robbery and conspiracy, including 18-year-old Vanessa Montenegro Wease of Woodland, who was lodged at the Yolo County Jail. The others were minors who were booked into Yolo County Juvenile Hall. Friday’s robbery was the latest in a series of at least nine to strike the city in recent weeks, all of which have involved armed suspects and three of which resulted in attempted or completed carjackings. The Davis Police Department has deployed additional police units and other investigative resources to focus specifically on this crime trend.
W. Sac man guilty of child abuse, again Enterprise staff A West Sacramento man faces 21 years in state prison after admitting to child molestation charges last week, Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced. Robert Gomez, 51, pleaded no contest to lewd and lascivious conduct with a child under the age of 13 in connection with the June 2019 crime, according to a news release. As part of the plea, Gomez also admitted to having previously been convicted of the same offense in August 1995, involving a different victim. Prosecutors said the latest incident occurred on June 7 while Gomez was at home with his wife and the victim, who was playing video games in Gomez’s room when she fell asleep on his bed.
“While the victim slept, the defendant unzipped her pants and touched her private area under her underpants,” the news release said. “The victim immediately told the defendant to stop and ran to the bathroom crying. She asked the defendant to take her home. The victim immediately reported this incident to her mother, who called the police.” Gomez is scheduled to be
sentenced by Yolo Superior Court Judge David Rosenberg on Jan. 10. District Attorney Jeff Reisig commended the victim in this case for her courage in coming forward. “The courage of both victims, past and current, and their willingness to relive their horrific experiences, made this outcome possible,” he said in the news release.
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WOODLAND — The Yolo County Board of Supervisors will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17, to commemorate the grand opening of the Probation Department’s new headquarters at the Historic Yolo County Courthouse, 725 Court St. in Woodland. About 66 Probation Department employees are expected to move into the building in January 2020 from the following programs: Juvenile & Adult Probation units, Juvenile & Adult Court units, Pre-Trial Services, and Finance & Administration. The building will provide much-needed professional facilities for the Probation Department to operate which include: meeting spaces for safe and effective case management of probationers; adequate conference
rooms for meetings and training; and a field officer training/exercise room. “With the Public Defender’s office next door and the District Attorney office across the street, the court and local law enforcement in an adjacent neighborhood, and the sheriff and our colleagues in the Health and Human Services Agency within a few miles of our site, we are now geographically connected, just as we have been connected in our commitment to reforming and enhancing community corrections,” said Yolo County Chief Probation Officer Dan Fruchtenicht. The historic courthouse was built in 1917. It served as the Superior Court of California’s Yolo County Courthouse until 2015. Tours will be conducted directly following the ribbon cutting until 10:30 a.m.
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lisworks Bikes is joining forces with Ken’s BikeSki-Board. It’s vacating Oak Tree Plaza to take over the bike shop at Ken’s. Open since July 2010, Blisworks was at 1340 E. Covell Blvd., Suite 107. It started moving to Ken’s on Dec. 8, and its last day of business was Saturday. Ken’s is at 650 G St. “After 10 wonderful years of serving the community, we are making a move to serve you better and provide more opportunities and services to help make your bike world even better,” owner Sheldon Blissett said in a Dec. 5 Facebook post. Blissett worked for Ken Bradford, owner of Ken’s, for several years before opening Blisworks. The two maintained a working relationship and friendship, Blissett said. “As the new co-owner of Ken’s Bike-Ski-Board, we will be better able to meet the ever-changing challenges of running a bike shop,” Blissett wrote. “Our merging of the two shops will give us the ability to provide the Davis bike community with the best service, products, knowledge and experience, all in one location, under one roof.” Bradford opened Ken’s Bike & Ski in 1988, when he took over both The Ski Racquet (open since 1974) and Bike Sturgeons (1980). In 2011, he changed the name to Ken’s Bike-Ski-Board. According to its Facebook page, the shop is the area’s only
full-service ski and snowboard shop, and Enterprise readers have named it Yolo County’s Best Bike Shop every year since 2007. ———— Alzada Knickerbocker confirmed Thursday that she’s in negotiations with a possible buyer for The Avid Reader. The independent bookstore, at 617 Second St., went up for sale in July. The lease for the store, which opened in the Brinley Building in 1987, expires at the end of January. It’s been in Davis for 32 years. The listing, for $1.13 million, included The Avid Reader Active, a toy and game store at 605 Second St. The listing price did not include the fixtures. Knickerbocker said there was not more to announce other than this: “We’re in current negotiations with an interested party. Ideally, it would remain locally owned and operated.” She confirmed that the prospective buyer is local but did not clarify if the negotiations included both stores. ———— The Yolo County Visitors’ Bureau, Visit Yolo, is moving out of its Mansion Square spot at 132 E St., Suite 200. The transition
begins in January. By the end of that month, its new address will be 114 E St. It’s a Tudor-style house next to Mansion Square. Executive Director Terry Selk made the announcement at a Dec. 5 meeting of the Davis Downtown Marketing Committee. Selk said the location will have more pedestrian traffic and be easier to find. The Mansion Square spot is on the second floor, above Zen Toro Japanese Bistro. The new space is “a more palatable environment to do what we should be doing,” he told the committee. “It’s an exciting way to start off the new year.” It signed a one-year lease for the new site. Davis Dermatology plans to expand into the Visit Yolo space. ———— Also in Mansion Square, Cobalt Salon & Gallery, 132 E St., Suite 350, is closing soon. Starting in mid-January, owner and stylist David Martin can be found at a semi-private space inside Salon Blonde, at 227 E St., Suite 10. His new business name is Hair by David. ———— Super Eyebrow is open at 1520 E. Covell Blvd., Suite 2. It specializes in hair removal around eyebrows, lips, neck, forehead, chin, cheeks and sideburns, using threading techniques. It also offers henna tattoos. ———— The 120-suite Residence Inn by Marriott hotel is scheduled to open Jan. 30 at 4647 Fermi Place.
The all-suite hotel is designed for stays of five nights or more. Each studio or one-bedroom suite has a fully equipped kitchen with a coffeemaker, microwave oven and residential-sized appliances, a news release said. There’s also a work desk, ergonomic chair, high-speed Internet access and free hot breakfast. “We are pleased to introduce Residence Inn to the Davis area,” said Diane Mayer, vice president and global brand manager of Residence Inn at Marriott International. “When on the road for an extended period, our guests need space to spread out, maintain their life’s pace and restore their energy to keep a healthy balance and routine while traveling. This new hotel offers a seamless blend of modern style and functionality that allows them to settle in and thrive.” Jackson Hospitality owns the property, which is managed by Brighton Management. Fifty percent of the hotel’s power is provided by solar panels. It also provides charging stations for electric cars. There’s a pool, spa, patio, fitness center, basketball court and 541 square feet meeting of space. It offers a grocery delivery service, onsite food and beverage market, dry cleaning services and a laundry room. Guests are encouraged to gather in three nights a week for a social at the bar for drinks and appetizers. The bar will be open to the public from 5 to 7 p.m. nightly, with a small menu of light bites.
———— A San Francisco-based cookiedelivery company is opening its first public bakery as early as this month. Stirred, Not Shaken is filling the space left when Cookie Connection closed in October. It’s at 710 Main St. in Woodland. Woodland native Dan Ponticello owns the company. “We don’t yet have a firm opening date for the Woodland shop, but we hope to be open the weekend before Christmas. In the meantime,” he said, “we are currently offering (free, next day) fresh cookie deliveries daily from our San Francisco location to Woodland, Davis and Sacramento.” Cookie flavors include chocolate chip, gluten-free chocolate chip, white chocolate chip, oatmeal, snickerdoodle, vegan snickerdoodle, ginger molasses, double chocolate crackle and s’mores. Its Facebook page also mentioned bacon chocolate chip, German chocolate and red velvet. A Dec. 6 Sactown Magazine story said Stirred will sell milks, teas and espresso drinks. He told the magazine that he’s a big James Bond fan, which explains the name. For more information, visit https://stirredcookies.com. — Wendy Weitzel is a Davis writer and editor. Her column publishes on alternate Sundays. Check for frequent updates on her Comings & Goings Facebook and Instagram pages. If you know of a business coming or going in the area, contact her at wendyedit@ gmail.com.
Rominger Brothers earn conservation award Special to The Enterprise
MONTEREY — Rominger Brothers Farms of Winters has been selected as the recipient of the 2019 California Leopold Conservation Award. Sand County Foundation created the Leopold Conservation Award to inspire American landowners by recognizing exceptional farmers, ranchers and foresters. The prestigious award, named in honor of renowned conservationist Aldo Leopold, is given in 20 states. The award is presented annually by Sand County Foundation, Sustainable Conservation and the California Farm Bureau Federation. Rominger Brothers Farms Inc. of Yolo County received $10,000 and a crystal award at the California Farm Bureau Federation Annual Meeting in Monterey on Tuesday. The farm and rangeland
owned and managed by Bruce and Rick Rominger represents a community they love, respect, share with others and protect in perpetuity. They grow diversified crops — including wine grapes, processing tomatoes, rice and hay — in ways that protect the environment, using a full toolbox of stewardship practices and partnerships. This includes planting miles of hedgerows to benefit important pollinators like bees, restoring over 5,000 feet of stream corridors to connect riparian areas and wetlands to aid a variety of species, and managing irrigation water on their rice fields to boost declining shorebird populations. The Romingers have long been recognized leaders for their adaptability and innovation while overcoming regulatory challenges that, together with their conservation goals,
enhance their business. Community service and outreach round out the leadership character of Rominger Brothers Farms. “It’s an honor to even be considered for the Leopold Conservation Award, and an even greater honor to win it, especially considering all the accomplished past winners,” said Bruce Rominger. “We are humbled to be part of that list of distinguished recipients. We love what we’re doing and believe what we’re doing improves our part of California in meaningful ways for the future. To have the Leopold Conservation Award associated with our farm is a tremendous privilege.” “California’s environment and communities are facing some big challenges — with the effects of climate change in particular on full display with yet another round of megafires across the state
this year,” said Ashley Boren, Executive Director of Sustainable Conservation, which has co-sponsored the award since its launch in California in 2006. “The Rominger brothers have spent three decades evolving their farm into a model of sustainability and climate resiliency. Their extraordinary list of accomplishments includes pioneering the use of waterwise drip irrigation, planting miles of hedgerows to benefit important pollinators, and restoring and reconnecting streams and wetland habitats — all of which helps their farm and the multitude of species that call it home endure in a changing climate.” “We are honored to join Sand County Foundation and Sustainable Conservation to recognize the
extraordinary efforts of California farmers and ranchers who go above and beyond in managing and enhancing our natural resources,” said Jamie Johansson, California Farm Bureau Federation President. “The Leopold Conservation Award recognizes innovative and replicable strategies that our farmers or ranchers utilize to manage their land and natural resources.” The Leopold Conservation Award is made possible thanks to generous contributions from Farm Credit, The Harvey L. & Maud S. Sorenson Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, McDonald’s and California Leopold Conservation Award alumni. For more information on the award, visit www.leopold conservationaward.org.
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■ The Davis Manor Winter Bazaar is from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. indoors at 716 N St. Resident vendors will showcase a variety of artwork, hand-crafted items and homemade edible treats, including handmade pottery, prints, botanical drawings, edible wreaths, fair trade woolens from India and African textiles. The popular Waffle Café will return. A crew will cook gourmet waffles to order and a toppings bar is available. Musical performances by residents and special guests will bring additional cheer. ■ The Davis Vintage & Craft Fair sets up from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. under the Farmers Market awning in Central Park. Santa will be there, too. ■ The University Farm Circle’s Holiday Home Tour is from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., featuring a range of neighborhoods, eras and architecture, including the UC Davis chancellor’s house. Tickets may be purchased in advance at The Avid Reader and Design House in Davis or The Nest and Avila Winters in Woodland for $30 or the day of the event at Stonegate Country Club for $35. For more information, email info@ufcdavis.org or see the website at www. ufcdavis.org. ■ The “December Girl Powered Event,” sponsored by the high school robotics team Citrus Circuits, is planned from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Stephens Branch Library’s Blanchard Room, 315 E. 14th St. in Davis. Girls in second through sixth grade will partake in multiple STEMrelated activities lead by Citrus Circuits students, and see a demonstration of one of Citrus Circuits’ robots. Admission is free.
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■ The Stephens Branch Library presents its Aguas
Frescas Series at 7 p.m. at 315 E. 14th St. Enjoy an evening of Aguas Frescas (Spanish for cool waters) while creating a makerproject. December’s project is light-up greeting cards. All materials provided.
Wednesday ■ The Stephens Branch Library hosts Introducing Art Therapy for You and Your Child at 11 a.m. at 315 E. 14th St. in Davis. Children ages 0-5 and their caregivers are invited to enhance their bond by creating art in this handson workshop led by Yolo County Children’s Alliance. ■ Watermelon Music and Merry Improv Co. will offer “Everyday Improv: Finding the Laughter in Life” an applied improvisation workshop from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Watermelon Music Melon Ball Theater, 1070 Lake Blvd., Suite 1. This workshop’s focus is “Mental Agility.” Registration is appreciated, but not required, by texting Liz at 530-304-4393 or emailing Liz@ImprovForLiving.org. The fee is a $10 sliding-scale donation at the door. ■ The Yolo Citizens’ Climate Lobby chapter meeting will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Stephens Branch Library’s Small Conference Room, 315 E. 14th St. in Davis. The group’s focus is on bipartisan federal legislation to address the global warming issue. For information, see www. yoloccl.org.
Thursday ■ NAMI-Yolo, the local chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, will hold the next Davis meeting of the Connection support group from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Community Room at César Chávez Plaza, 1220 Olive Drive in Davis. The group meets every Thursday at the same time and place.
A Fairfield man who turns 62 Thursday will celebrate an even bigger accomplishment today. John Poe will complete an 9,000-mile bicycle adventure that started July 4 at Tuktoyaktuk, above the Arctic Circle on the shores of the Arctic Ocean, and ends across the Panama Canal in Panama City. Poe is one of 12 participants who will complete the entire North American Epic, which navigates through nine countries and across mountains and forests, through canyons and deserts, and into Mexico and Central American nations. “Most of our participants are amateurs, about 99 percent ... who are just trying to accomplish something big,” Shanny Hill, marketing manager for TDA Global Cycling, based in Toronto, said in a phone interview. Tuktoyaktuk is an Inuvialuit hamlet located in Canada’s Northwest Territories, one of six Inuvialuit communities in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, but the only one on the Arctic Ocean that is connected to the rest of Canada by road. It was formerly known as Port Brabant, and renamed in 1950 — the first to revert to the indigenous name. “Starting on the shores of the Arctic Ocean, the riders ... will head across the expansive tundra, with a chance to spot moose, caribou, grizzly bears, peregrine falcons and golden eagles. They will ferry across the mighty MacKenzie, one of the world’s longest rivers, pedal across the Arctic Circle and visit the historic Gold Rush town of Dawson City. “This section ends in
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John Poe of Fairfield stops off in Wyoming during a 9,000-mile trip from the Arctic Ocean to Panama City. Whitehorse alongside the Yukon River where thousands of fortune-hunters trekked and sailed north during the 1890s,” according to the TDA Global Cycling website. “The second section of this epic ride follows close to 1,400 kilometers (870 miles) of the Alaska Highway, which was constructed during World War II for the purpose of connecting the contiguous U.S. to Alaska.” They crossed the Icefields Parkway past Mount Edith Cavell, the Columbia Icefields and serene Lake Louise, then pedaled into the United States en route to the capital of Montana, Helena. Among the points of interest from Helena includes Wade Lake in West Yellowstone, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and by September, the cyclists reached the Arches and Canyonland national parks in Utah. “The tour is scheduled so that riders spend their welldeserved rest days near amazing national parks where they can wander
among the fins, spires, pinnacles, arches, and balanced rocks that make the area so unique,” the tour company website states. Other notable stops before crossing into Mexico were Devils Canyon Monument Valley, Monument Valley, the Navajo National Monument, Moenave Dinosaur Tracks and Grand Canyon Flagstaff — then on to Yuma, Ariz. “The cyclists’ time in the USA is almost over by the time they reach Yuma ... and suddenly it will be time for another border crossing. Welcome to Mexico and welcome to the beach! Margaritas, sun and some beach camping will make a fine change for weary riders. “A couple (of ) weeks down the Baja California peninsula ends in the bustling city of La Paz,” the tour information states. “From there, riders will take a ferry across to Mazatlan to begin the last section of the tour, Conquistadores. Five days of riding following the coastline of the Pacific Ocean
will leave plenty of time for the cyclists to enjoy seafood, Coronas and tequila in the touristy town of Puerto Vallarta.”
From Mexico, the riders head to El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and then a visit to the colonial architecture of Granada. Costa Rica will be a resting spot before “turning up into the Talamanca Mountain Range to Volcan Baru, the highest peak in Panama,” the company website said.
“Finally, the cyclists will spin toward, and then across, the amazing Panama Canal before pulling into cosmopolitan Panama City and the end of this unbelievable two-wheeled journey, at the end of our 14,515-kilometer (9,019.2mile) journey.” — Todd R. Hansen is Reporter-Editor for the Daily Republic. He covers Solano County, Transportation, the Environment and General Assignment. Reach him at 427-6932 or thansen@dailyrepublic. net.
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SPECIES: Interest in animals ultimately led to a career in biology From Page A1
birds,” Lantz recalled. “The amount of information you can get today from the same type of sample has grown exponentially. It’s amazing how far the field has come.”
Lantz ’s interest in animal genetics carried over into her work at the service, and she’s optimistic about the progress being made on several listed species.
“With genetic information specific to the species, you can get a better sense for where there are bottlenecks in populations and where there are opportunities to bring in more genetic
diversity,” she said. Genetic diversity is important to have in species populations as it enables species to adapt to changing environmental conditions. For example, genetic information collected and analyzed by the United States Geological Survey on endangered blunt-nosed leopard lizards found in the Central Valley shows historical connectivity in populations have been fragmented over the years by roads and development. This gives biologists like Lantz ideas on how partners can work together to protect or restore land to improve the
genetic diversity of the species. Habitat acquisition and restoration efforts that restore connectivity between populations and improve recovery of the species are underway in the San Joaquin Valley by the Bureau of Land Management and other partners. “The work the service does with partners on recovery actions gives me hope for the future of these species,” she said. Her work at the service brought her back to her childhood love for butterflies. This year, Lantz completed updates to the recovery plans for the mission
blue butterfly and San Bruno elfin. Both are species unique to the Bay Area and can only be found on or near San Bruno Mountain. In her position, Lantz finds the latest science papers on species and creates wellinformed guidance documents that include the best science available. While most of her work is done at her desk in the Sacramento office, she still gets out into the field when possible. “Coming from being a field biologist, getting out into the field is an incredibly important part of learning about species, their needs
and their habitat.” Earlier this year, Lantz assisted with translocating endangered Mission blue butterflies from San Bruno Mountain to Milagra Ridge in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The Mission blue butterfly population at Milagra Ridge experienced sharp declines in recent years partly due to a fungus that kills one of the lupine species that the butterfly uses as a host plant. Adults lay eggs on the lupine, which then serves as the sole source of food for the caterpillars. During the visit, Lantz saw eggs on some lupine, which is a
positive sign for the translocation project. She was joined by biologists from the National Park Service, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy and San Mateo County Parks. These partners manage and protect the habitat occupied by the Mission blue butterfly and are successfully contributing to its recovery. Although her background is mostly working with birds, she did say, “I definitely have a soft spot for butterflies.” — Meghan Snow is a public affairs officer for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
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purchase price for the H Street duplex. Meanwhile, on Tuesday evening, the City Council will decide whether to spend $316,197 to cover the cost of one-time start up expenses and six months of operation for the respite center and $283,000 — plus $10,000 for escrow-related costs — to cover the balance of the purchase price. That duplex sits adjacent to 1111 H St., where Davis Community and Housing has long provided shelter and services to the city’s unhoused population. However, with 75 to 100 people passing through the too-small, aging building every day — leaving lines of people waiting for the one shower and two washers and dryers — and the 12 shelter beds usually occupied, an alternative has been put forward in the form of Paul’s Place, which would replace the aging shelter with a first-of-itskind “vertical tiny-home village” that would also provide day services, health and human services resources, transitional housing and permanent supportive housing to people living homeless in Davis. The $5 million project, funded by large grants from Sutter Health
and Partnership Health as well as many private individuals, must still be approved by the City Council but assuming it will be, the county had planned to rent portables to temporarily provide shelter and office space during construction. When the adjacent duplex came on the market, however, the county changed course. Under an agreement between the city and county, the city would purchase and own the property with combined city/county funds and record a covenant that restricts use of the property to homeless services, affordable housing and similar programs for a period of no less than 30 years. Meanwhile, the pilot project respite center would be up and running well before construction of Paul’s Place gets underway. The center would be located in the public corporation yard located along Fifth Street in Davis but entrance to and exit from the shelter would be on L Street across from the Davis Korean Church. Operating daily from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., the center would provide individual case management, connections to services and permanent housing plans for those willing, as well as food, laundry facilities, pet kennels, restrooms, showers,
storage and lounge areas for the city’s homeless population. The center would be staffed by at least two managers on site during all hours of operation, in addition to city staff (including Davis police services specialists) and volunteers from the Interfaith Rotating Winter Shelter who are expected to assist with daily operations. The city will provide daily transportation from the daytime respite center to IRWS overnight shelters when the respite center closes each evening at 4 p.m. City staff, including both Mayor Brett Lee and Police Chief Darren Pytel, have strongly advocated for a daytime respite center such as the one the council will vote on Tuesday. Both have made clear the plan is a pilot project and will be closely scrutinized throughout its operation to determine whether it should be continued, possibly in other locations in the city. In addition to taking action on homeless services, the City Council on Tuesday also will consider proposals for honoring fallen Davis Police Officer Natalie Corona. Earlier this fall, the city conducted a survey of the community to gauge support for three possible memorial ideas: Renaming Central Park in Corona’s honor;
placing a monument of Corona in Central Park; or restoring and dedicating the Central Park children’s water splash pad in Corona’s honor. Of the 1,093 responses received, 41 percent favored the splash pad renovation and renaming; 34 percent favored a monument in the park; and 25 percent favored renaming the park. According to city staff, “While the undertaking of a splash pad replacement project is a substantial effort, it is a concept that appears to resonate strongly with the community.” The project could be undertaken “in a tasteful way that honors the life, values and attributes that Officer Corona embodied,” said city staff, including by creating an “Interactive Remembrance Water Feature” that incorporates design elements that are associated with Corona, including her favorite flower — the sunflower. The splash pad at the southern end of Central Park has been out of operation for several years due to aging equipment and compliance issues with state code, according to city staff. “Due to the need to remove and replace much of the concrete work and underground pumps, the cost
to renovate the existing splash pad may be very similar to the costs to create an entirely new feature elsewhere in the park, such as at the north end of Central Park adjacent to the children’s play area and carousel,” staff reported. If the council so directs, city staff will develop specific costs estimates and create conceptual plans to aid in next steps and decisionmaking. Funding sources could include park development impact fees as well as grants and community fundraising. “Local leaders have indicated an interest in spearheading an effort to seek community monetary and in-kind construction and/or design service contributions,” city staff report. Tuesday’s City Council meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. in the community chambers at 23 Russell Blvd. The Yolo County Board of Supervisors, meanwhile, will begin its meeting Tuesday morning with a dedication of the Yolo County Historic Courthouse at 9 a.m. before gathering in the board chambers at 625 Court St. in Woodland for the regular agenda. — Reach Anne Ternus-Bellamy at aternus@davisenterprise. net. Follow her on Twitter at @ATernusBellamy.
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Troubles with holiday greeting cards
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ver the years, I’ve mailed holiday greeting cards when I felt like it and skipped cards when I did not. Some years I mailed to only to a few people; other years I wrote to “everyone.” I keep a log of cards sent and received on my computer, so I can tell you that in 1986 — when I had two photogenic toddlers — I began mailing more regularly, sometimes to as many as 35 recipients, all living out of town. Most of these people sent cards to me, and each year, after dutifully marking “received” in my log, I set their cards up on a side table for family and guests to see. Recently, however, several things have happened to change my traditions, and a new one this year is troubling. ———— The first big change was the advent (ahem) of e-cards. An email greeting card, especially if you don’t futz around adding lots of photos, is easier to send than a conventional card — and
much cheaper. But when I received my first email cards in 2001 I reacted as if someone were asking me to imagine my main course at a restaurant rather than actually giving it to me. I would have no card to hold in my hand? I felt cheated until I sent e-cards myself in 2004 and discovered how much time and money they save. Something made me back off, however, because my log tells me that I didn’t send another e-card until five years later, in 2009. By 2015, I’d stopped sending them entirely, except to people who lived overseas or for whom I had no mailing address. Why did I stop?
Because I’m old and set in my ways? Because I don’t want to be obvious about trying to save time and money? Or is it that real cards look prettier? The answer is “all the above.” ———— The second change in recent years is the ease with which you can create professional-looking greeting cards using family photos. Many platforms, including Apple, Shutterfly and Snapfish, help customers create unique photocards that will display your family’s cutest, silliest, or most touching photographs framed by holiday symbols like ivy, Hanukkah candles or reindeer. Such cards are much more expensive than boxed greetings from the drug store, but you can save money by buying singlepage cardstock rather than folded cards, and most people do. I was an early adopter of this new technology (Shutterfly tells me I started in 2006) until other people started sending me
photocards and I discovered a problem. They don’t stand up. No longer could I display the cards we received on the table where I liked to place them. I propped them up against the wall, but the slightest bit of moving air made them all fall down. I’m still happy to receive such cards, but they’re hard to share. ———— The third change is more difficult to explain and more troubling. This year my card-sending feels crunched. Christmas is closer to Thanksgiving than usual and I’m busy preparing for a visit from my kids and grandkids. I’d like to lighten my load, and I was thinking I might skip card-sending entirely. But a couple of days ago, I snapped upright in my chair when I realized that this is something I simply cannot do. I had been musing about people who no longer send me holiday cards and wondering what is going on with them. In some
cases, we’ve drifted apart. But that’s not the only explanation for someone going silent, especially now that most of my friends are retirement age — or older. I worry about their health status, or anything else that might have slowed them down. Similarly, if I send no card, not even an e-card, friends might think that my husband and I are ill, demented or deceased. Ten years ago, when I wrote an earlier column about holiday cards, this worry never occurred to me. I wrote something light-hearted, mostly about keeping my log. But now, knowing how it feels to get news of illness or death, I’m looking at this holiday task with new caution. I want to spare every single person on my list even one moment of unnecessary concern. Like it or not, I must send cards. It’s haunting to think that, someday, I won’t. — Marion Franck has lived in Davis for more than 40 years. Reach her at marionf2@gmail. com.
Doulas have sacred work of caring for dying BY CRAIG DRESANG Special to The Enterprise
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here are fewer than 80 certified death doulas in California and just a few in the Sacramento Valley. One of them, Myra Bennett, recently chose Yolo Hospice as her preferred community partner in the sacred work of caring for people who are dying. Her track record as an end-of-life guide (death doula) is impressive. She has personally supported hundreds of patients during the dying process. “Nearly every person I’ve cared for has experienced a peaceful death,” she says. “The biggest fear for people who are dying is related to discomfort and suffering,” Bennett explains. “Hospice excels in managing pain and suffering. My role is to be present and to help guide and support the patient through the dying process. I make sure they are not alone.” Bennett was 48 when her husband Edgar died of cancer in 2001. At the time, she was working as a nurse in Sacramento and had extensive and diverse experience ranging from oncology and family medicine to gynecology and obstetrics. She even spent six years as a correctional nurse for the State of California. “However,” she says, “accompanying my husband on his journey
YOLO HOSPICE & CWC was my first lesson in what the end of life looked like.” In the years that followed Edgar’s death, Bennett suffered a tragic string of losses including her second life partner and fiancé, Warren. And then, just five months after Warren died, Bennett’s would-be sisterin-law, Bobbi, was diagnosed with end-stage cancer. When Bennett received the news about Bobbi, she packed her suitcase and drove to Los Angeles to be Bobbi’s primary caregiver until her death. Unlike many people, Bobbi prepared for her own death. She made her wishes known, made a few important decisions while she still could, and created a will and trust. “From her dying bed she gave away most of her personal belongings,” according to Bennett. “She would carefully consider each piece of clothing or jewelry and decide whom she felt would benefit the most from it or enjoy its use,” she explains. “I noticed that doing this gave her much joy. In fact, I was fascinated to watch her go through those last days and weeks.” Bennett witnessed, in a powerful way, that even in the midst of dying there are opportunities for
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Death doula Myra Bennett holds a copy of her recently published book, “Dying Made Easy(er).” Bennett works with Yolo Hospice as a certified end-of-life guide. precious and meaningful moments of happiness. She explains, “There was joy. There was laughter. We sang songs and held hands around her bed, and there were many expressions of love.” This culmination of experiences led Bennett to redirect her nursing career toward hospice. Then, after a several-year stint honing her skills in endof-life care, Bennett attained her certification
as an end-of-life guide and subsequently founded Compassionate Crossings, the only death doula agency of its kind in the Sacramento area. Bennett brings a different level of comfort, availability and assistance to patients and families. She says, “I’m present with the family whenever they need me and for as long as they need me ... even if it is in the middle of the night. We don’t take holidays or
weekends off. I bring support without constraints. I am the arm around someone’s shoulder. And, I help the family normalize the dying experience.” According to Bennett, dying is often perceived as something bad that is happening to someone. People often think that God or some other force is taking their loved one away. “But dying is as right as rain,” she says. “My presence allows the family to relax and not feel like something tragic is going to happen at any moment.” Among the death doula community there is an understanding that knowledge is comfort. “When someone understands the process of dying and when they can have their questions answered and their concerns addressed, there is comfort,” according to Bennett. Describing a memorable experience with a woman who she was caring for, Bennett says, “I’ll never forget Mary Smith (name has been changed). She had a music box on top of her dresser that was a gift from her husband for their 50th wedding anniversary. While she was transitioning, her family and I were sitting with her, and the music box started to play independent of anyone touching it. We all looked at each other in awe.” The woman died shortly thereafter.
These kinds of experiences help feed Bennett’s passion for her work. “There are no accidents or coincidences,” she says. “There is meaning behind everything that happens.” One of the most important things that a doula does is to actively engage the one who is dying in the entire process. They give them a voice that is often denied to them. Doulas ask a lot of who, what, how, and where questions. Who do you want at your bedside as you are dying? What music would you like to hear? What type of bed would you like to be in, hospital or your own? Where would you like the bed? Although doulas ask a lot of questions, the most important part of their work is to listen to what the dying person wants and needs. Yolo Hospice is the first organization to work with Bennett and Compassionate Crossings in a formal way. There is no charge for Yolo Hospice families and patients who need this extra layer of support. Bennett says, “All along I have had my sights on Yolo Hospice. The positive death movement is being advanced and supported in a remarkable way by the work and outreach this organization is doing in Northern California.” — Craig Dresang is the CEO of Yolo Hospice & CWC
The center gets ready for some winter science fun BY SARA THOMPSON Special to the Enterprise
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hanksgiving is behind us and winter holidays loom. Schools will be out for Winter Break in a few short weeks and guests will be arriving for visits. Explorit has several science fun events planned for the whole family to enjoy. Kicking it off will be our “Sound & the Solstice” on Monday, Dec. 23 from 1 to 4 p.m. Guests will get an up-close look at a variety of musical instruments and learn about how they make sound and how the musician can change that sound. In our main building guests can explore our Light & Sound exhibit as well as animal encounters, and solstice themed activities and crafts. In our Challenge Center we will also have special “make an instrument” craft instruction and materials so anyone can take music home with them. Admission for this event will be $6 for Members/$8 for Non-Members, free for ages 2 and under. Next up will be extended public hours on Saturday, Dec. 28,
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. This event will be a Girl Scout Women in STEM even, which will have interactive STEM activities geared towards elementary school students. Kids will be able to experiment with density, magnets, catapults, and more. Each activity will include a brief description recognizing an important pioneering female scientist in that field. This event is a Girl Scout Gold Award project by Isha Thoreson. Some of our youngest scientists are not able to stay up until midnight for New Year’s, instead bring them to our “Noon Year Celebrations of the World” on Tuesday, Dec. 31, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Guests will learn about
how other countries and cultures celebrate New Year’s, some at different times of the year. We will have a countdown and “Happy Noon Year!” shout out at noon, but activities and main
exhibit will continue until 1 p.m. Admission for this event will be $6 for Members/$8 for NonMembers, free for ages 2 and under. Lastly, we will be offering a “Snowy Science” workshop for grades K-6. Students will learn about the science of cold weather, snow and ice. How does salt affect ice? What happens to air when it gets cold? The workshop will be Friday, Jan. 3, from 9 a.m. to noon, and will include make-and-take crafts. Call 530-756-0191 to register; the fee is $50 for Members/$60 for NonMembers. We hope to see you at our upcoming winter events. Bring all your family and friends, do some science experiments, have a lot of fun, all while supporting science education in your community. Explorit’s coming events: ■ Looking for a great gift for
EXPLORIT SCIENCE CENTER family and friends? Explorit memberships are usable for an entire year, and card holders also receive discounted or free entry to hundreds of other museums across the country with the ASTC Passport Program. For more information or to purchase visit www.explorit.org/join/ membership-levels or call Explorit at 530-756-0191. Purchase soon as membership prices increase Jan. 1. ■ Explorit’s Nature Bowl team is still enrolling for the school year. This is an after-school science team from students grades 3-6. Call 530-756-0191 to register. The $25 fee covers weekly meetings and a T-shirt. — Isha Thoreson contributed to this column. Explorit Science Center is at 3141 Fifth St. For information, call 530-756-0191 or visit http://www.explorit.org, or “like” the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/explorit.fb.
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DRILLING: Environmental groups deride federal plans
Briefly Homelessness discussion set
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The Davis Social Services Commission will host a free talk and discussion on evidencebased best practices to prevent and reduce homelessness at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 16, in the Community Chambers of Davis City Hall, 23 Russell Blvd. Our featured speaker is Rohit Naimpally, the leader of J-PAL North America’s work on homelessness and housing stability. J-PAL, the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, is a global research center working to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence. J-PAL’s cofounders, Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, were recently awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics. Rohit will talk about J-PAL’s recent evidence review of effective strategies to prevent and mitigate homelessness. He will also outline cutting-edge policy experiments ready for implementation in cities and counties. The talk will be followed by a discussion on how such experiments could help address the challenges faced by Davis and Yolo County.
Sutter offers grief group
Sutter Care at Home Hospice Sacramento is offering an eight-week Spouse/Partner Loss Group in Davis on Fridays from Jan. 10 to Feb. 28. Topics covered include acknowledging and understanding grief, expressing feelings, adjusting to role changes, developing supportive relationships, coping with stress, and navigating the holidays, anniversaries and other special dates. For more information and to preenroll, call Sutter Hospice Sacramento Bereavement Services at 916-388-6215.
Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot said in an email. “The Newsom administration disagrees with this direction … The governor has been clear that we need to reduce our reliance on oil and gas.” Indeed, in a plainly worded statement last month, Gov. Gavin Newsom said the state was taking its steps “as we phase out our dependence on fossil fuels and focus on clean-energy sources.” He stopped short of a fracking ban, which he said he supported during his campaign. Environmental groups have lobbied to outlaw fracking, but many applauded the state’s moves. They derided the federal plans, which could allow drilling at the edges of such treasured landscapes as the Carrizo Plain National Monument in San Luis Obispo County and near Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks in the Central Valley. A few of the potentially affected parcels overlap the Pacific Crest Trail, a popular hiking route
that traces California’s spine. Kassie Siegel is director of the Climate Law Institute of the Center for Biological Diversity, an environmental group whose 2013 lawsuit halted federal leasing of land for oil and gas exploration in parts of California. She said the state’s slowdown is necessary to achieve its greenhouse-gas-reduction goals and eventually run the state without fossil fuels. “It’s really good news for California and is globally significant,” she said. “This is the first governor of a major oil-producing state to launch the phase-out of fossil-fuel extraction. This is really a watershed for California.” The lawsuit was settled in 2017, forcing federal agencies to review the environmental effects of fracking. With that done, the plans were revived, with the same footprint. California is the nation’s sixth-largest oil producer, but because of geology and regulation it operates differently from many other energy-producing states.
For example, fracking takes place in nearly two dozen states and gets a lot of attention, but the process is used on only about 1 in 5 oil wells in California. The controversial practice has been blamed for fouling water and air in communities around the country. On the other hand, the process of injecting steam, water and other chemicals into wells at high pressure is common, particularly given the heaviness and viscosity of California crude oil. Steam softens the crude, and the pressure pushes it to well bores to be extracted. These highpressure injections have been put on hold while the state studies the hazards that accompany them. Ideally, federal and state land-use plans would be harmonized for consistency and efficiency. But that is rarely achievable in California’s checkerboard of land ownership, a complex blend of federal, tribal, state, local and private property. The federal government controls nearly 46% of the land in California, though its
mineral rights extend far beyond that under a longstanding land-use doctrine. In the Bakersfield area alone, the feds control about 1.2 million acres of mineral rights. In total, the U.S. government holds about half the mineral rights in California, including rights to oil, gas and mined minerals. But few of those resources are being explored, officials said. Federal lands produce less than 10% of California’s oil. The federal Bureau of Land Management is required to offer leases quarterly if there is an expression of interest from the energy industry. Leases are awarded to the highest bidders and are good for 10 years. But officials said they don’t expect a rush of new leasing; companies prefer to rework wells that already exist and there has been little interest expressed in undeveloped areas. “I would not anticipate that we would see a large uptick on new … leases,” said John Hodge, associate field manager for the bureau’s Bakersfield office, adding that most of the recent permitting on federal
land has been in areas already leased and in production for decades or more. Companies have been congregating in established fields in Kern County, he said, because “they’ve got the infrastructure in place and the oil is there.” In fact, the federal leasing plan for its Central California properties anticipates at most a few dozen applications over the next 20 years. There are no immediate industry expressions of interest in the area, Hodge said, and the agency has no current plan to offer a lease sale there. Oil is a commodity, and energy companies make decisions based on the price of a barrel of oil, said Rock Zierman, CEO of the California Independent Petroleum Association. “There’s some interest,” he said. “But in our business, you are going to invest your dollars where you can get the best return.” — CalMatters.org is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.
OBITUARIES James (Whitey) Elmer Moore April. 10, 1927 — Dec. 7, 2019
James (Whitey) Elmer Moore a longtime Davis resident, passed away on Dec. 7 at 92 years old after suffering from a stroke on the golf course with his golf partners, which is where he wanted to be. James (Whitey) was born on April 10, 1927, to Guy and Georgia Moore in San Jose. His loving wife of 72 years, Betty Lorraine Moore, survives him, as do his sons Lowell (Joanne) and Gary (Angela), grandchildren Adam, Nicole and James (Allison), great-grandchildren Nathaniel and Wyatt, and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his brothers Robert and Stanley. Whitey was a World War II veteran, in the Merchant Marines and honorably discharged from the U.S. Coast Guard. Whitey and Betty were successful
business owners with the long-standing Davis Shoe Shop for 40 years. Whitey was instrumental in helping form the volunteer Davis Fire Department, with 32 years of service as the assistant chief. Whitey was active his entire life in the Davis community through youth sports and many civic contributions. He was a lifelong member of the Elks Lodge. After retirement from the Davis Shoe Shop, Whitey and Betty cruised and traveled the world, including trailering all around North America. Whitey was an avid golfer, homebuilder and talented craftsman. His family and friends will dearly miss him. A celebration of his memory will take place in March.
Matthew Thomas Martin Jan. 18, 2000 — Nov. 19, 2019
Matthew Martin, 19 years young, passed away Nov. 19. He was born in January 2000 at Sutter Davis Hospital, the son of Chris and Rhonda Martin, making him a fourth-generation Davisite. He graduated from Davis High School in 2018, where he played water polo and participated in the robotics club Citrus Circuits 1678. He was attending classes at Sacramento City College. Matthew joined Scouts at a young age, first with Cub Scout Pack 75 and then with Troop 111, ultimately earning the top honor of Eagle Scout in 2017. His Eagle Scout project was refinishing a planter area in front of Harper Junior High for the community to enjoy. Matthew earned the “High Adventure Grand Slam” by going to all four Boy Scout High Adventure Camps: the West Virginia Bechtel Summit Reserve for white-water rafting, Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico for a 70-mile backpacking trip, the Bisset Manitoba Canada Northern Tier Camp for a 100-mile canoe trip, and the Florida Sea Base for a snorkeling and sailing adventure. Matthew loved the outdoor adventures, leadership, community service and camaraderie that Scouting offered.
During high school, Matthew started working part-time sweeping floors at SunPower, and over four years, had moved up to supporting data collections for the ongoing R&D solar power work. He loved all things high tech, especially Apple products. Matthew (aka as “Bubs” and “Jelly Bean” by family) was a sweet boy, polite, thoughtful, funny and highly intelligent. He was a typical teenager, who loved video games, motorcycles, drones and his family dog Onyx, cat Strike, and his pet fish. Matthew will not be forgotten as the family will always cherish the 19 years of memories they have collected. Matthew is survived by parents Chris and Rhonda (Menasco) Martin and sister Diana Martin, along with grandparents John and Maryalice Martin and Ron and Sandra Mensasco, all of Davis. He leaves behind many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. A Celebration of Life will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 28, at First Baptist Church, 38141 Russell Blvd. in Davis. Remembrances may be made to Boy Scout Troop 111 to help fund boys attending high-adventure camps (Davis Troop 111, c/o Davis Community Church, 412 C St., Davis, CA 95616).
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Shuso Kumata 1928 — Sept. 28, 2019
On Sept. 28, 2019, Dr. Shuso “Shoes” Kumata passed peacefully into the arms of his Savior, Jesus Christ following a brief illness. He was 91. Shoes was born in Seattle, Washington in 1928. In 1942, he and his family were sent to the relocation center in Minidoka, Idaho. Despite the upheaval, he enjoyed his early high school years in “camp,” participating in sports and doing seasonal farm work. For the rest of his life he freely shared fond memories and humorous and engaging stories of his experiences. He cherished the many deep and enduring friendships he made during that time and enjoyed attending reunions and pilgrimages. At the end of World War II, Shoes moved with his family to Illinois where he graduated from Rock Island High School. He then enlisted in the U.S. Army and served as an interpreter with the Occupational Forces in Japan. Utilizing his GI bill, he attended the Chicago College of Optometry. Following graduation, he married Edna Ishimoto and the couple moved to California. In 1959, Shoes opened his optometric practice in Corte Madera, California where he enjoyed caring for his patients until his retirement in 1996. He and Edna moved to Rancho Palos Verdes where they enjoyed the company of family, friends and neighbors. They spent their
time making their yard beautiful, contributing to local casinos, taking cruises to locations around the world and spoiling their three grandsons. In 2015, health issues prompted Shoes’ return to Northern California to be closer to family. He chose to live in a senior community where he could enjoy the company of his peers and maintain his independence. He continued to support the local casinos and binge-watched “Judge Judy,” “How It Works” and YouTube cooking tutorials. Shoes’ generous, thoughtful and engaging demeanor will be remembered by those who knew him. He possessed an incredible memory and was able to recall detailed life events, including specific locations, dates, names and more. He loved to share corny jokes and humorous life stories. His grandsons were his pride and joy. Shoes is survived by his son, Dennis (Leslie); grandsons Drew (Alyssa), Chris (Nicki) and Danny; and sister Kikue. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of over 50 years, Edna; his brother and sister in-law Hideya and Lillian; and his parents Hachiro and Masao. He did not wish to have a service. Following a family celebration of his life, Shoes’ ashes were scattered off the coast of Southern California.
Timothy Thut Tyson March. 6, 1943 — Nov. 29, 2019
Timothy T. Tyson, 76, died at home in El Macero on Nov. 29, following a brief period of illness. Timothy will be remembered as a steady and loving husband, an instructive and kind father and grandfather, and a collegial ethical and passionate patent lawyer. He will be deeply missed. Timothy was born in Charleston, Ill., on March 6, 1943, to Dr. Hiram Frederick Thut and Elizabeth Howell Thut. Dr. Thut was a professor of botany at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. After graduating from Vanderbilt University and Columbia Business School, Timothy moved to Los Angeles to work as a stockbroker for Dean Witter. He attended Southwestern School of Law at night and became a member of the patent bar, the California State Bar and the Illinois State Bar. He practiced intellectual property law with Don Finkelstein at Finkelstein & Thut before joining the firm of Freilich, Hornbaker & Rosen. He later practiced law with longtime colleague Lawrence S. Cohen. Over the course of his career, Timothy obtained more than 300 patents and 500 trademarks on behalf of his clients. He held himself to the highest ethical standards as an attorney and treated clients, colleagues and litigation opponents with courtesy and respect. Timothy met his wife Rosalind at a legal seminar on European Intellectual Property Rights in Los Angeles and their first date was for a concert by The Village People at the Greek Theater. When their first child was born, Timothy changed his universally mispronounced Swiss-German last name and substituted his middle name “Tyson.” The couple moved from Los Angeles to El
Macero in 2016 to be near their grandchildren in Sacramento. Timothy had a keen interest in family history and genealogy both for his wife’s side of the family (Dutch, Irish and Norwegian ancestors) and with respect to his own Swiss Mennonite and English forbears. He guided his own family members on trips to Switzerland, England, Norway and the Netherlands to visit newly found relatives as well as the towns and farms left behind by those who emigrated to the United States. Timothy and his wife loved to travel and began taking their two children on various trips in Europe, Scandinavia and Russia when they were ages 5 and 9. When they became “empty nesters,” Tim and Roz expanded their travel itineraries to Japan, China, Egypt, the Holy Land, Southeast Asia and India. When not working on a legal project, Timothy took great joy in nature; he was up early in the morning working in the garden, moving dirt, chopping trees and carrying out landscaping projects. He enjoyed taking things apart to see how they worked (such as his beloved 1974 Mercedes 450 SL) and playing with his grandchildren and their wooden train set. Timothy is survived by Rosalind, his wife of 39 years, his son Timothy McDonald Tyson, his daughter Stephanie Tyson Spich (Stefan), grandchildren Alana, Erica and Sylvan Spich, and also by his sister EAnn Thut Hamilton of Dallas and his brother Frederick Howell Thut of Orange Park, Fla. Timothy is also survived by numerous cousins, nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, at Fremont Presbyterian Church in Sacramento, to be followed by a reception. Burial will be at Davis Cemetery.
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A perfect weekend for Devils Girls find rhythm, win two in a row
Another tourney title for boys crew
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Coming off four straight losses in which they averaged 40 points a game, the Blue Devil girls basketball team was looking for a spark in the final two days of the FolsomVista Classic. Instead of a spark, Davis High got an explosion on Friday as Skylar Schouten detonated for a career-high 25 points and 12 rebounds — plus the game-winning 3-pointer — as DHS got past Bishop Manogue, 65-63. The fireworks carried over to Saturday when the suddenly soaring Devils handled McFarland, 45-37. The win puts the locals at a not-so-bad 3-5 on the young season. “We talked about what we needed to focus on, what we needed to execute and we came out ... and they did just that,” said head coach Heather Highshoe after watching her team force 26 turnovers against the Cougars on Saturday. In beating McFarland (2-3), it was Emme Eisenman who lit the candle, leading all scorers with 16 points while making 6 of 8 from the charity stripe. “She plays very aggressively, so when she’s able to put the ball on the floor and get to the hole, she’s pretty effective,” Highshoe said of her junior guard. Davis reached the free-throw line with abandon on Saturday. Despite getting 29 tries against a physical Cougar crew, the Blue Devils converted only 13 times. Clearly, this rout could have seen an even bigger margin for DHS. Nonetheless, it was another brick in a modest two-game win streak. Schouten added 6 points, while Surina Beal, Caitlin McMillan and Maddie Buzbee each canned 5. On Friday, Skylar Schouten’s doubledouble fueled the Blue Devils as they topped the Miners of Reno, who stood at 4-2. With 30 seconds left and Davis trailing by a bucket, Schouten drilled a go-ahead 3-pointer. The junior forward — who played the entire game — had scored 17 total points in Davis’ first six games of the
ANTELOPE — Punked. Pulverized. Pounded. It doesn’t matter what you call it; Antelope High was on the receiving end of it Saturday night. Spanked in front of their home crowd by the Davis High boys basketball team in the championship game of their own Titan Holiday Classic, the hosts had no answer to the Blue Devils’ light-speed, high-intensity approach locals call “The System.” The result: an 89-58 battering by the Big Blue Machine that pushed Davis’ overall record to 5-0 on the season, while Antelope slipped to 7-2. Next game: Utilizing all 17 available members of Thursday vs. Dixon, Les Curry tourney, his squad throughout the early going this 8:30 p.m. season, which now features two tournament title victories in as many weeks, Devil coach Dan Gonzalez says his unit’s been able to sap opponents’ energy. “We’ve been wearing teams down,” Gonzalez said. “We’re fresher because I play so many kids. And tonight, especially because this was the third game of the tournament, it seemed like we wore (Antelope’s) guys down a lot quicker.” After doing away with a much-touted Oak Ridge team, 66-47, on Friday, the Blue Crew came out guns ablaze in this one. Davis scored 8 points in the opening 70 seconds and Antelope had a deer-in-theheadlights look as Blue Devils Theo Seng and Jackson Isidor drained 3-point field goals. Next, Collin Yee made the Titans pay at the charity stripe after being fouled on a try of his own from downtown. Devil guard Isaiah Conlan, who netted a career-high 12 points Saturday, said the fast start was a welcome surprise.
Devils 89, Titans 58
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The DHS boys and girls basketball teams rolled over the competition at their respective tourneys. Left, Emme Eisenman (4) scored 16 as the girls won two in a row. Right, Joey Asta was named MVP Saturday after the Blue Devils won their second consecutive tournament title.
Devils 45, Cougars 37
season (a 1.8 average). Schouten’s allaround performance earned her all-tourNext game: nament honors. Wednesday vs. “Skylar’s been tryWhitney, 7 p.m. ing to develop her outside shot a little more and (Friday) she was on,” understated a delighted Highshoe. On, coach? More like on fire. It was Schouten’s 10 first-period points that kept DHS close. Bishop Manogue had survived the 5-10 junior's fast start and still led, 20-19. Heading into intermission, the Devils trailed by 3, before cutting that margin to 51-50 heading into the final stanza.
Six Devils scored 5 or more points in the offensive breakout. Eisenman canned 9, Mara Bledsoe and Beal each added 6, and Courtney Rutherford and Buzbee contributed 5 points apiece. “I am extremely proud of the way they bounced back after Thursday’s game (a 50-33 loss to the host Eagles),” Highshoe said, “To come out of that tournament with two wins was a great feeling.” Notes: Finishing the tourney with a 2-1 record, the Devils now return home to host Whitney at 7 p.m. on Wednesday before taking a weeklong holiday break. After that, it's business as usual in the Dixon Ram Jam when Davis High gets Pioneer (8-2) on Dec. 26. Tipoff is at 12:30 p.m.
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No holds barred in inaugural meet DHS grapplers’ future is bright
Blue Devils 2nd; Rocklin victorious
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Last year was a landmark season for the Davis High wrestling program. Not only did the Blue Devils send more wrestlers to the postseason than at any time in recent history, but the locals sent their first-ever athlete to nationals — junior Adrienna Turner earning a trip to North Dakota. But if head coach Johnny Rosendale is to be believed, this year could turn out even better ... almost every key grappler is back, and as evidenced by early returns, there are some surprise packages on this Davis roster. In addition to Turner, the girls team features sisters Emma and Kelsey Bordios. On the boys side, Adrienna’s uncle — junior Aaron Turner — looks to lead a side that features additional tough customers in Zach Brooks, Ethan Rosendale and Noor Mashiana. “They’ve all been wrestling since middle school and they’re all hungry,” says Rosendale. “I think they’re ready to go out there and wrestle in tournaments.” One of those tournaments — the inaugural Davis High Boys Invitational — saw
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we’re working to keep growing and keep building.” With so many of its standouts underclassmen, it’s no wonder Rosendale’s ambitious program is growing in stature.
The Blue Devil wrestling team hosted its inaugural Duals Invitational Tournament on Saturday in the North Gym on campus at Davis High. A stiff field of Pioneer, Rio Americano, Rocklin, Armijo and Pleasant Grove provided a good test for the Davis squad which finished the day with a 4-1 record and second-place finish. It was the seasoned grapplers from Rocklin who walked away with a 5-0 mark. Head coach John Rosendale and his Davis crew attributed the outstanding display to the hard work and effort that goes into every practice. “It’s not about your win-and-loss record, it’s about effort,” asserted Rosendale. “I think this sport, more than a lot of sports, rewards effort. If you work hard Monday through Friday, then the weekend is going to take care of itself; your win-loss record is gonna take care of itself.” Standout wrestler Noor Mashiana shares the sentiment. “It’s just a product of the practice we’ve
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Davis’ Zach Brooks, right, takes down Mira Loma’s Kaleb Sommons in a meet on Wednesday. Brooks and Mashiana (four pins) go undefeated. “The program is growing.,” Rosendale told The Enterprise. “We have more kids on the team this year than we’ve ever had. Our goal was to get 40 kids in the room this year, and we’re just under that, but
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he speculation and guesswork is almost over. Next Wednesday, in a high-energy event at El Macero Country Club, UC Davis head football coach Dan Hawkins will unveil his latest recruiting class. In chasing a meaningful diploma and opposing running backs, young men who come to toil on the Aggie gridiron have done the university proud for more than 100 years. Winning far more often than not and regularly excelling in the real world upon graduation, the studentathletes who head to UC Davis are a special lot, even before their arrival on campus. Upon their exit, local graduates leave with a powerful education, an appreciation for a new family (met on the playing field and in the classroom) and a renewed sense of pride. Around these parts, we call it Aggie Pride. So who do Hawkins and his staff hope to find when they’re putting together their cast of 100 players? “For us it’s about the right fit, so you’re trying to look at the overall picture of the values of a family and their kid,” says Hawkins, who just finished his third season at the Davis helm. “What are they about and what do they feel is important ... and are they after the type of education that we have? And are they into, and qualify for, that kind of academic rigor?” Hitting the books is of at least equal value to hitting that opponent on Saturday. Jerry Brady, outside linebackers coach and assistant director of operations and recruiting, was on the phone in his car in Burbank this week when I chatted with him about what he is looking for on his Southern California recruiting swing: “Especially with our academics, we have to find the right guys or they won’t make it,” says the former Los Angeles Valley assistant who was one of the first in Aggie camp to tout three-year Aggie QB standout Jake Maier. “There’s a quality balance of athletics and academics, and we have to find the guys who fit what we’re about.”
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im Plough, the associate head coach who was an Aggie QB (2006-08), says UC Davis is looking for those “just-right guys 24-7, year-round.” Every coach is on the same page, as evidenced by Brady’s comments: “We do as much homework as possible. We get to know (players’) families, know their coaches. If they have a trainer, we should probably know (that person), too.” So as far as character and intelligence go? Check. And coach, if they can spin the ball, that’s a bonus, right? “It’s not a bonus anymore,” counters Hawkins. “It’s all part of it at UC Davis. You’ve got the kid who says, ‘I’m mostly concerned about getting a great education.’ Well, there’s a lot of places you can go for that. “We want the kid that wants a great education and wants to play great football and is into our kind of culture.” And what is that culture? “There are places you can go and play better football,” continues Hawkins, once a thunderous Aggie fullback himself. “There are places you can go and get our type of education, but we want the kid that wants this balance of excellence, where it all matters.” Take Maier, for example, the threeyear starter who just Saturday earned his degree in communications. Maier led UC Davis to a 10-3 record in 2018 while sharing a Big Sky championship and earning an All-American nod and Walter Payton Watch List honors along the way. As he reworked the Long Beach City College passing record books as a freshman, word got out, and several four-year schools were tugging at the guy’s jersey. “When I met with the coaches here, originally, my family and I could tell UC Davis was different,” Maier told me recently, adding that
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BY KIM ORENDOR Enterprise staff writer With a sideline full of new faces, preseason games were times for the Davis High girls soccer team and head coach Sara Stone to work out the kinks. Following a 2-1 nonleague victory over Montgomery in Santa Rosa on Friday night, it appears the 1-0-2 Blue Devils are starting to find a groove. “We had a great game Friday,” said Stone, entering her ninth year at the helm. “We are adjusting to (playing on) turf. … We kept the ball inbounds a lot and were able to get a rhythm.” DHS jumped out to a 1-0 lead as junior Summer Baron
won a one-on-one situation to slip by a Montgomery defender and put the ball in the back of the net. The Vikings knotted the score midway through the first half. Near the end of the opening half, Lily Byrne controlled a long-ball pass that changed the point of attack and allowed the senior to score the eventual game-winning goal. “It was a pretty good match up,” Stone said. “Both teams had opportunities to go to goal. They have a lot of energy.” DHS sophomore Harper Burnham goalie zapped some of the energy. Burnham — who was in goal because returning senior goalies Mckenna Lutzker and Alex Hanna were injured — had “a really good save,” according to Stone. The Blue Devils now turn their attention to Delta League play. DHS plays host to Elk
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Grove on Tuesday seniors are going to at 3 p.m. Due to the lead in different new turf being laid ways,” Stone said. at Brown Stadium, Shouldering DHS will play Next game: Tuesday some of the leaderhome matches at vs. Elk Grove, at ship also will be Playfields Park, 3 p.m. juniors Amanda Playfields Park. “I feel good Berry, Franchesca about (our preBolivar, Georgia season play),” Stone said. “We Postema, Jillian Geist, Lyah had three very different Fitzpatrick, Megan Looney and matches. We learned something Baron. different with each one.” Bringing young legs and The top challengers in league enthusiasm are freshmen play are St. Francis, Franklin Annette Ramirez, Lauren and Pleasant Grove. Lemmo, Mia Williams, Olivia “St. Francis is always tough Johnson and Reese Quick. because of the rivalry,” Stone “We have a little bit of a said. “They’re the three; but I learning curve,” Stone said. could also be surprised (by a “We’ve been constantly moving team.)” around to different fields (for DHS is led by seniors Hanna, practice). It’s created quite a Annabelle Lossin, Grace Carl- challenge, but it’s also forced son, Lutzker, Sydney Moore players to get interact and know each other faster.” and Byrne. — Reach Kim Orendor at “The seniors have played at a very high level, and all of our kim.orendor@gmail.com.
Local gymnasts vault to top of podium Special to The Enterprise The Davis Diamonds boys’ gymnastics team traveled to Petaluma to compete in its seasonopening competition. Davis’ Level 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 teams were first in team competition, while Level 6 was third. Here’s a look at individual results ... In Level 4 Division I middleage, Quan Ngo placed first on pommel horse and vault, second on high bar and all-around and third on rings and parallel bars. Connor Hicklin was first on floor and rings, second on pommel horse and third on the vault. In the older-age division, Peyton Ferrucci placed first on pommel horse and second on floor, vault and all-around. Keillor Dorsey was third on floor, pommel horse and rings. Aidan Visaya placed second
on the high bar. Connor Hahn was second on the vault. In Division II younger-age, Colson Martin was second on the pommel horse and third on rings, high bar and all-around. Colton Rodgers won the vault and was third on parallel bars. In Level 5 Division I middlage, Kenton Crabtree was first on floor, pommel horse, parallel bars and all-around; second on the vault; and third on the rings. Sebastian Ehrlich was first on the rings, vault and high bar, and third in the all-around. Zephyr Pitesky placed first on the floor, second on the rings and third on the parallel bars. Rylan Shin-Lee won floor. In the older-age division, Chase McCormick paced first on rings, parallel bars and high bar, and third on pommel horse.
In the Division II all-age group, Joey Santini was first on the floor, pommel horse, rings, high bar and all-around, and second on the parallel bars. Connor Reed placed second on the pommel horse and third in the all-around. In Level 6 Division I youngerage, Ashton Arosteguy was first on the vault and third on the pommel horse, rings and allaround. In the middle-age group, Elliot Mann was first on floor, second on parallel bars and allaround, and third on the rings. J.P. Mariani was second on the vault. In the older-age division, Xavier Elias placed first on the pommel horse and third on the floor, rings and all-around. Oliver Thacker was second on the high bar.
Brenden Lucy finished first on the vault. In the Level 7 all-age division, Cedric Parker placed first on the floor, rings, high bar and allaround, and second on pommel horse, vault and parallel bars. In the Level 8 all-age division, Ishmael Osorio finished first on the floor, second on the high bar and all-around, and third on rings and parallel bars. In the Level 9 all-age division, Alex Miyamoto was first on the floor, pommel horse, rings, vault, parallel bars and allaround, and third on the high bar. In the Level 10 all-age division, Josh Faith placed third on vault, parallel bars and high bar. Keenan Berrong finished first on the high bar. Kyle Moeller was third on the rings.
TITLE: Blue Crew looks to win its Curry Tournament From Page B1 “Were we expecting to go up so quick like that? No,” the 6-foot junior explained. “But we knew we could do it. Every practice we come at each other hard and that’s what makes us better.” In what’s becoming a regular occurrence, Seng again dominated the Devil highlight reel. His 22 points, which featured dunks, step backs and driving layups led all scorers and was more than Antelope recorded in any single quarter of the ballgame. Since his arrival from planet Krypton, the 6-foot-8 senior post is averaging just short of 18 points per game and nearly
double-digit rebounds heading into Davis’ Les Curry Invitational this upcoming week. “Having him’s been such a treat,” Gonzalez said. “He gives us that something extra we’ve needed in the past.” Seng unleashed 6 unanswered points during a stretch of the second quarter that helped Davis take a 54-29 into the half. He piled on 11 more after intermission. Joey Voss tallied 10 points in the win for DHS, while Ryan Hakl scored 7. Joey Asta’s 6-point, eight-rebound outing helped him earn all-Holiday Classic honors along with Seng, as well as his first tournament MVP accolade. “The bench was hype, the people on the
floor were hype ... we were all going at it,” Conlan added. “If we keep this up at Les Curry next week ... we got this.” Translation: Now might be a good time to clear the calendar for Thursday, Friday and Saturday night. Undefeated DHS opens its Curry play against Solano County foe Dixon (5-4) Thursday at 8:30 p.m. Notes: Hakl led the Devils with 10 points in Friday’s win over Oak Ridge. Voss added 8 in that victory, while Yee and Seng each chipped in 7. Through five contests, Davis is averaging 92 points per game, while allowing under 50. — Reach Owen Yancher at oyancher@ davisenterprise.net.
MEET: Brooks, Mashiana go undefeated on the day From Page B1 been putting in. The coaches have been pushing us and it paid off.” Mashiana, who is a junior, was undefeated, administering four pins and picking up a forfeit. “The standout for me today was Noor ... he wrestled really, really well.” divulged Rosendale. Junior wrestler Zach Brooks provided some extra flash and excitement to the day as well. “A highlight for me, personally, was Zach Brooks wrestling the heavyweight from Rocklin and picking him up in the air
and slamming him. It was pretty big.” continued the Davis coach. Brooks also was undefeated on the day, winning his three matches and garnering two forfeits. “Everyone came out today, they competed and they gave it their all out there, and that’s what matters each day — that you come out and give it your best.” mused Brooks. “Sometimes you try super-hard and you can’t quite get it, but it gives you an opportunity to learn if you do your best in the match.” Formidable wrestlers and team captains Aaron Turner
and Ethan Rosendale were both exceptional as well, despite difficult matches against Rio Americano. “Aaron Turner had a really tough match against his opponent from Rio Americano,” coach Rosendale said. “The kid made it to states last year and Aaron only lost by two points. Ethan Rosendale also lost a tough match against Rio Americano, and the kid made it deep into masters last year.” Despite the strong performance, the emphasis of the team is on improvement and growth. “A lot of kids that were getting pinned in the first round
last week are wrestling all the way through, and even winning their matches this week.” noted team captain Ethan Rosendale. The head coach added to the idea of growth with reference to expansion. “We’re trying to build something here. We’ve got 50 kids on our middle-school team; we’ve got 50 kids on our first ever elementary school team. And that shows with the success our kids are having.” finished Rosendale. Davis High will look to carry this success into league matches, which begin in January.
FUTURE: Blue Devils look to continue winning ways From Page B1 “We take the focus off just getting the wins and put it on just getting better so it takes the pressure off,” adds the coach. “(That way) now they’re just free to go out there and wrestle. “How do we incorporate a team atmosphere into that? That was really the focus of last season: how can we be a group of individual athletes who are also a team? I think that the athletes on the team last year did a really good job being a team. We went from seventh place in the Delta League two years ago to third place last year.” Continues Rosendale ... “I asked the guys what they wanted this year, and they said they wanted to win. Right now we’re short a couple of weight classes, but with the quality that we have, we’re going to be able to get out there and
compete for a league championship.” And that level of ambition has already yielded positive results, for example, DHS participation in the Doc Peterson Classic in Orland earlier in the month. Overall, the girls placed second, with Adrienna Turner going 5-0 with five pins to win the Girls Outstanding Wrestler of the Tournament award, while Kelsey Bordios turned in a 3-2 record for a third-place finish. “Discipline on our team is becoming a habit,” Turner said. “Our team has been working hard day in and day out. We have team and individual goals we all want to reach. Those goals will not materialize without strict discipline for ourselves and each other.” Meanwhile, the boys ended up in ninth place in that same tournament after James Davis and Brooks each led the way with 4-1 records that gave them each a podium
finish at third place. Elsewhere, Ethan Horowitz, Ethan Rosendale and Tristan Wollrich each posted 3-2 marks, while Aaron Turner finished 3-1. Then last week, hosting Woodland and Mira Loma, the boys vanquished both high schools with MLHS not scoring a point. The girls were close but lost both their matches. “I feel like we’ve improved a lot as a team,” Wollrich said. “Our work ethic has gotten much better, everybody in the room is pushing themselves to be the best they can be. In the past, we’ve been practicing and going through the motions, but this year our team is hungry for success.” — Reach Evan Ream at eream@ davisenterprise.net or follow him on Twitter at @EvanReam.
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THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held on January 9, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. in Department 10 located at 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice
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Britain’s exit could rejuvenate European Union BY LLEWELLYN KING Special to The Enterprise
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here are those who believe when Britain finally shakes off its European bondage it will prosper as never before. This prosperity will be so compelling that the remaining 27 countries that comprise the European Union will follow suit in pursuit of riches. The end of European integration. This is a view easier to find in Washington than it is in Paris or in London. There is a sense here in Paris of Europe Rising, not Europe Disintegrating. Britain will still, despite the contrived case against membership, look to sell to and buy from Europe. After all, the EU will still be there: a huge market just a little over 20 miles across the English Channel. Europe is beset with sluggish growth. The euro — the currency used by 19 of Europe’s nations — has been a mixed blessing, unable to serve hurting states by devaluing to increase exports. Yet it is the symbol of Europe, particularly to a new generation that has known nothing else and looks more to a united Europe than, perhaps, their parents. These are problems but not insuperable. From what I heard here at the annual congress of the Association of European Journalists, Europeans feel that they really need each other, not least because they are constantly under a sophisticated and relentless attack of fake news and disinformation from Russia. Russia is a huge problem in Europe with fake information and even fake events, like the planting of disrupters pretending to be reporters or staged events suggesting a fascist penetration that does not exist. Daily, Russia endangers the truth in Europe. The AEJ is, to my mind, as good a place as any to take the temperature of Europe. It is made up of working journalists, not stars or polemicists, but day-to-day reporters from across Europe, from Bulgaria to Spain and from Finland to Ireland. Collectively, they provide unique insight on the mood of Europe. Rather than Britain’s departure (which nobody in Europe wants), here at the AEJ congress, Brexit is regarded as the kind of misfortune that brings people together and leads on to triumph. Rather than Europe’s tragedy, here it is seen as Britain’s tragedy. And rather than Brexit being a precursor to the breakup of the EU, here it is seen as a precursor to the breakup of the United Kingdom. Otmar Lahodynsky, president of the AEJ, says that England has discovered nationalism, as have Scotland and Wales — suggesting the inevitable breakup of the United Kingdom as it has been constituted since the Act of Union in 1707. For Europe, the continuing problem is immigration.
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s long as there are rich and poor nations, those in poverty will try to live in those with prosperity and migrate illegally. Not only has this been one of the drivers of Brexit, but it is also a massive problem for Europe, both the internal movement of people from countries like Poland to France, Holland and Germany, and from countries outside, especially Africa, where people board unseaworthy vessels and risk drowning trying to reach Europe. Add climate change to worries about Russia and immigration. Europeans, much more than Americans, are palpably stricken about climate change and concomitant sea level rise. This adds to immigration pressure and free-floating anxiety about the future — an anxiety that is unifying, particularly for the young. In London, once my home and now a bitterly divided place, there is agreement that new trade deals will not be written at the speed of a French train. People point out ruefully that it took Britain seven years to conclude a trade deal with Canada — and Britain and Canada l-o-v-e each other as mother and daughter. Who wants a deal with, say, the Czech Republic, with such passion? Not a tempting future. — Llewellyn King is executive producer and host of “White House Chronicle” on PBS. His email is llewellynking1@gmail. com. He wrote this for InsideSources.com.
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oe Mathews, another guy who makes his living by scribbling about California, penned a very perceptive article recently about the state’s proclivity for not following through on policy pronouncements. “California is stuck in the gray zone,” Mathews wrote, referring to “a military term for the space between peace and war… “In California today,” he continued, “I think the phrase explains the perilous condition of our communities as the state pursues major changes in how we regulate drugs, respond to homelessness and sentence criminals. “California voters have righteously demanded major transitions that move people out of the darkness of illegal drug sales, sleeping on the street and lives stalled by criminal records — and into the light of legal cannabis businesses, permanent housing and second chances for ex-cons. “But as California governments struggle to complete these transitions, too many people get caught in the gray zone between illegal and legal.” Mathews concludes, “We can’t just declare grand new
transitions in social policy at the ballot box. We must spend the money and enforce the laws necessary to complete what we promised. Otherwise, our half-finished plans are only disrupting the lives of less fortunate Californians. The biggest gray zone in California now is the space between our good intentions — and our realities.” The “gray zone” he describes is demonstrated in another recent article, this one by Jocelyn Wiener in CalMatters. She points out that while a California law enacted 20 years ago requires that mental health services be given parity by insurers and providers with physical health, and was reinforced by a federal law a decade later, “the state has struggled to ensure those laws work‚ which helps explain why parity feels like an empty promise to so many Californians. More than half
LETTERS Support for respite center We strongly support the city’s proposed pilot project to establish a respite/homeless shelter in Davis. We feel the city has made a good effort to find the best location, and we support their conclusions. The current plan for a day shelter would not only bring people out of the cold and into a site with lockers, toilets and showers, but would be a way to connect people to basic services, hopefully leading to permanent housing. We are in a housing and homelessness crisis, with the most recent point-in-time count in Davis finding 190 people without shelter. The reality is that they have few places to go other than the parks or the streets. Those living without shelter are part of our town. How we respond to their needs defines who we are as a community. Randy and Susan Padgett Davis
Jim Provenza This past Giving Tuesday I exceeded a fundraising goal, on my Facebook page, for the Yolo Crisis Nursery. The nursery has long been a favorite cause of mine for its unique service to the vulnerable in our community who have
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believe that most people with mental health conditions can’t get the services they need, according to a poll conducted last year by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the California Health Care Foundation.” Although Gov. Gavin Newsom promised “stricter enforcement of mental health parity laws” during his campaign, his administration is going slow on the issue, Wiener reports.
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hese gaps between policy declarations and action are not isolated and reflect an even broader syndrome — what might be called “half-a-loafism.” We voters and those we place in office say we’re going to do something bold and sweeping, but then make only a token effort, often just some words on paper, that falls well short of the supposed goal. Perhaps the most obvious recent example is what everyone insists is the state’s No. 1 education priority — closing the yawning “achievement gap” that separates white and Asian-American students from Latino and black youngsters in K-12 schools. Earlier in the decade, thenGov. Jerry Brown and the
nowhere else to turn. Jim Provenza was a key figure in the successful effort to save the nursery from closure in 2014, when its original sponsor abandoned Yolo County. He continues to this day as a liaison between the county and the nursery. I am proud to support Jim Provenza’s campaign for reelection March 3. Saving the Crisis Nursery is only one of many great outcomes of Jim’s tireless work as supervisor over the past 12 years. I strongly urge you to support him next March in his ongoing efforts to protect and improve the lives of all of Yolo County’s residents. Sandi Kniep Davis
Homeless respite center Several weeks ago, one of us (Julia) wrote a letter in support of placing the homeless respite center under the Dave Pelz overpass. Since then, the not-in-mybackyard bunch has caused the city to move the proposed respite center to Fifth Street. While the previous location was in easy bicycling distance of our East Davis home, this is in walking distance, in the neighborhood where we raised our children. We remain strongly in support of the respite center, wherever it ends up, but as neighbors to this site, we particularly want to extend a welcome.
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To those who voice concerns about safety, we would respond that homeless Davisites were spending time in the same city parks where our children played and met their friends throughout all the years when they were growing up. No respite center existed during those years, so people who lacked housing had no choice but to hang out in parks, rain or shine. This was not a problem for our family, but rather a problem for our homeless neighbors. Personally, however, we would feel better knowing that everyone in this city had the option of a roof over their head, day or night, good weather or bad, as well as access to showers and laundry, and other necessities of life. Julia and Peter Menard-Warwick Davis
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Governor Gov. Gavin Newsom, State Capitol, Suite 1173, Sacramento, CA 95814; 916-4452841; email: visit https://govapps.gov. ca.gov/gov40mail/
Legislature overhauled school finance to provide billions of new dollars, eliminate restrictions on how money is spent and provide additional funds for improving educations of those falling behind. However, Brown refused to monitor how the Local Control Funding Formula, as it was dubbed, was being implemented. Tens of billions of dollars have been spent on LCFF but outside studies have shown that much of the money has been diverted to other purposes and the achievement gap is fundamentally unchanged. We should also not forget the bullet train to nowhere, a project to carry water around the Sacramento-San Joaquin that has been kicking around for more than a half-century, and half-baked state computer projects too numerous to mention. The gaps between intent and reality breed cynicism and corrode public confidence. — CalMatters is a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s state Capitol works and why it matters. For more stories by Dan Walters, go to calmatters.org/ commentary
California Senate Sen. Bill Dodd, State Capitol, Room 5063, Sacramento, CA 95814; 916-651-4003; fax: 916-651-4903; email: visit sd03.senate.ca. gov. District office: 555 Mason St., Suite 275, Vacaville, CA 95688; 707-454-3808; fax: 707-454-3811.
California Assembly Assemblywoman Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, State Capitol, P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0004; 916-319-2004; fax: 916319-2104; email: visit www.asm.ca.gov/ aguiar-curry. District office: 600 A St., Suite D, Davis, CA 95616; 530-757-1034
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Electric vehicle fees won’t fix funding gap COMMENTARY
BY AUSTIN BROWN AND DAN SPERLING Special to CalMatters
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hy are we allowing our roads, bridges and other transportation assets to crumble? One out of every 5 miles of highway pavement is in poor condition, and 188 million cars travel across a structurally deficient bridge each day. There is a $1.1 trillion gap between the amount that government has committed to investing in transportation infrastructure and the amount needed to bring our infrastructure up to par. Many blame electric vehicles. They argue that because electric vehicles do not use gasoline, they are not paying gas taxes, which are the principal source of funding for transportation infrastructure. The proposed solution is imposing new electric vehicle fees, something 21 states have done, including California, where the fee will go into effect in 2020. The hope is that the fees will somehow compensate for electric vehicle owners not paying taxes at the pump. And now the federal government is considering following suit. But the root of America’s transportation funding issues long predates and runs much deeper than electric vehicles.
Multiple developments have contributed to our nation’s transportation funding deficit, including: ■ Stagnant taxation. The federal fuel tax and most state fuel taxes do not rise with inflation. (California is an exception.) Maintenance costs do rise. The result is steady erosion of our capacity to fund infrastructure improvements with fuel-tax revenue. Inflation has decreased the purchasing power of the federal fuel tax by more than 30% since 2000 and by more than 64% since 1993, the last time the federal tax was raised. ■ A focus on expansion over maintenance. Federal funding formulas tend to prioritize building and widening roads over taking care of roads we already have. The total lane miles of public roads has increased by 6% over the past two decades even as road quality has deteriorated. ■ Improved vehicle efficiency. Thanks largely to fuel-economy standards, vehicles are getting more efficient. The average onroad fuel economy for all vehicles has grown from 20 to 22.8 miles per gallon, or about 14%, since 2000. Less gas used means less tax paid. Each of these factors contributes far more to our nation’s
transportation funding deficit than electric vehicles, which currently account for only about 0.5% of vehicles in the United States. Over the past two decades, by contrast, we have added 6% more lane miles to maintain, built a national vehicle fleet that is 14% more efficient, and — most importantly — seen the purchasing power of fuel-tax revenue drop by more than 30%. It doesn’t take a deep analysis to appreciate the difference in scale. Electric vehicles are not responsible for more than a miniscule fraction of the funding gap at the federal level. And at the state level, electric vehicles pay other taxes such as sales and registration fees that actually offset lost fuel-tax revenue, especially given high electric vehicle average purchase prices so far. Studies in Minnesota and California found that electric vehicles actually generate at least as much revenue (on a per-vehicle basis) for states as gas-powered vehicles do. So how do we pay for our transportation system? The first step in closing the transportation-funding gap is to index the federal gas tax to inflation. This is as close as it gets to a “no-brainer” in the policy world. We cannot hope to keep up with natural increases in cost if the primary mechanism we use to generate revenue is artificially
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uch an update to the federal gas tax is hardly unprecedented: many state gas taxes are already inflationindexed. The federal government should also consider indexing the federal gas tax to total fuel demand as well. This additional provision would ensure that gastax revenues remain constant even as vehicle efficiency increases, thereby addressing another long-term challenge to funding. In the longer term, as more drivers shift to electric vehicles, revenue from EVs will become increasingly important for transportation funding. The correct approach then will be to shift toward usage-based charges rather than flat annual fees for drivers. Policymakers could place a small tax on each mile traveled by a vehicle. Usage-based charges would distribute the cost burden for transportation infrastructure more fairly than flat fees by placing a greater share of the burden on those who account for a greater share of infrastructure use. Such charges also would help decrease congestion and emissions by creating a direct financial incentive for people to drive less. Indeed, a report from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation found
that “road user charges are the most viable and sustainable long-term ‘user pay’ option for the federal government.” Imposing new fees on electric vehicles now could disrupt the momentum that is slowly building in the market for more efficient, sustainable vehicles. UC Davis researchers found that imposing EV fees in California could reduce their sales by 10–24%. This is especially concerning given the expiration of tax credits for several manufacturers and the uncertain future of federal incentives in general. The result would be a small increase in transportation funding obtained at the expense of the substantial long-term benefits that electric vehicles deliver for individuals and for society. The upshot is that imposing new fees won’t solve our transportation problems. It will only make them worse. — Austin Brown is executive director of the Policy Institute for Energy, Environment, and the Economy, dokbrown@ucdavis. edu. Dan Sperling is director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Davis, dsperling@ ucdavis.edu. They wrote this commentary for CalMatters, a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s Capitol works and why it matters.
Beyond light bulbs, 21 ways to stop climate crisis BY RIVERA SUN Special to The Enterprise
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ere’s the good news: The debate is over; 75% of US citizens believe climate change is human-caused; more than half say we have to do something and fast. Here’s even better news: A new report shows that more than 200 cities and counties, and 12 states have committed to or already achieved 100 percent clean electricity. This means that one out of every three Americans (about 111 million Americans and 34 percent of the population) lives in a community or state that has committed to or has already achieved 100 percent clean electricity. Seventy cities are already powered by 100 percent wind and solar power. The not-so-great news is that many of the commitments are too little, too late. The best news? The story doesn’t end there. We can all pitch in to help save humanity and the planet. And I don’t mean just by planting trees or changing light bulbs. Climate action movements are exploding in numbers, actions, and impact. Groups like Youth Climate Strikes, Extinction Rebellion, #ShutDownDC, the Sunrise Movement and more are changing the game. Join in if you haven’t already. As Extinction Rebellion reminds us: there’s room for everybody in an effort this enormous. We all make change in different ways, and we’re all needed to make all the changes we need. Resistance is not futile. As the editor of Nonviolence News, I collect stories of climate action and climate wins. In the past month
COMMENTARY alone, the millions of people worldwide rising up in nonviolent action have propelled a number of major victories. The University of British Columbia divested $300 million in funds from fossil fuels. The world’s largest public bank ditched fossil fuels and said it would no longer invest in oil and coal. California cracked down on oil and gas fracking permits halting new drilling wells as the state prepares for a renewable energy transition. New Zealand passed a law to put the climate crisis at the front and center of all its policy considerations (the first such legislation in the world). The second-largest ferry operator on the planet is switching from diesel to batteries in preparation for a renewable transition. Reaffirming their anti-pipeline stance, Portland, Oregon city officials told Zenith Energy that they would not reverse their decision, and instead would continue to block new pipelines. Meanwhile, in Portland, Maine, the city council joined the ever-growing list endorsing the youths’ climate emergency resolution. Italy made climate change science mandatory in school. And that’s just for starters. Is it any wonder Collins Dictionary made “climate strike” the Word of the Year? Beyond planting trees and changing lightbulbs, here’s a list of things you can do about the climate crisis: 1. Join Greta Thunberg, Fridays for the Future, and the global Student Climate Strikes on Fridays. 2. Not a student? Join Jane Fonda’s #FireDrill Fridays (civil disobedience
is the latest workout fad; everybody looks good saving the planet). 3. Take to the field, like the students who disrupted the Harvard-Yale football game to demand fossil fuel divestment. You can’t play football on a dead planet, after all. 4. Stage an “oil spill” like the 40 members of Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard (FFDH) and Extinction Rebellion. They staged an oil spill in Harvard’s Science Center Plaza to call attention to the university’s complicity in the climate crisis. 5. Get in the way with citywide street blockades like #ShutDownDC. People from an alliance of groups blockaded the banks and investment firms in the nation’s capital to protest the financing of fossil fuels, and the ways the banking industry drives the climate migration crisis while profiting from the devastation. 6. Rally the artists and paint giant murals to remind people to take action, like a skyscrapersized Greta Thunberg mural in San Francisco. 7. No walls handy? Print out a scowling Greta and put it in the office to remind people not to use single-use plastic. 8. Crash Congress (or your city/county officials’ meetings) demanding climate legislation, climate emergency resolutions, and more. That’s what a group of climate justice activists did last week, protesting legislative inaction and demanding justice for people living on the front lines of the crisis. 9. Occupy the offices: Sitins and occupations of public officials offices are one way to take the protest to the politicians. Campaigners occupied US Senator Pelosi’s office and launched
their global hunger strike just before Thanksgiving weekend. In Oregon, 21 people were arrested while occupying the governor’s office to get her to oppose a fracked gas export terminal at Jordan Cove. 10. Organize a coal train blockade like climate activists in Ayers, Massachusetts. They made a series of multiwave coal train blockades, one group of protesters taking up the blockade as the first group was arrested. Or rally thousands like the Germans did when they gathered between 1,000-4,000 green activists, made their way past police lines and blocked trains at three important coal mines in eastern Germany. 11. Shut down your local fossil fuel power plant. (We’ve all got one.) New Yorkers did this dramatically a few weeks ago, scaling a smokestack and blockading the gates. In New Hampshire, 67 climate activists were arrested outside their coal power plant, calling for it to be shut down. 12. Of course, another option is to literally take back your power like the small German town that took ownership of their grid and went 100 percent renewable. 13. Like Spiderman? You could add some drama to a protest like the two kids (ages 8 and 11) who rappelled down from a bridge with climbing gear and a protest banner during COP25 in Madrid. 14. Ground the private jets. Extinction Rebellion members went for the gold: they blockaded a private jet terminal used by wealthy elites in Geneva. 15. Sail a Sinking House down the river like Extinction Rebellion did along the Thames to show solidarity
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with all those who have lost their homes to rising seas. 16. Clean it up. Use mops, brooms, and scrub brushes for a “clean up your act” protest like the one Extinction Rebellion used at Barclay’s Bank branches. 17. Blockade pipeline supply shipments like Washington activists did to stall the expansion of the Trans Mountain Pipeline. 18. Catch the eye with a Red Brigade Funeral Procession like the one during the Black Friday protests in Vancouver. 19. Tiny House Blockades: Build a tiny house in the path of the pipelines, like Indigenous women are doing to thwart the Trans Mountain Pipeline in Canada. 20. Make a racket with a pots-and-pans protest. Cacerolazos — pots and pans banging protests — erupted in 12 Latin American
BY ANDY JONES Special to The Enterprise 1. Really hard question about 11-letter twosyllable B-words. There used to be many of these in Atlanta, Boston, New York or San Francisco, but now there are almost none. What are they? 2. “The Sound of Music.” How many Van Trapp children appear in the film The Sound of Music? 3. Science. Faulting, tilting, folding and warping result from lateral and vertical movement of what? 4. Great Americans. What prominent living
countries last week. The media focused on government corruption and economic justice as the cause, but in many nations, including Chile and Bolivia, climate and environmental justice are included in the protesters demands. Remember: all these stories came from the Nonviolence News articles I’ve collected in just the past 30 days! These stories should give you hope, courage, and ideas for taking action. There’s so much to be done, and so much we can do! Joan Baez said that “action is the antidote to despair”. Don’t despair. Organize. — Rivera Sun, syndicated by PeaceVoice, has written numerous books, including “The Dandelion Insurrection.” She is the editor of Nonviolence News and a nationwide trainer in strategy for nonviolent campaigns.
American was born in December 1916 with the name Issur Danielovitch? 5. State Capitals. What state capital has eight letters and four syllables? Answers: Blacksmiths, seven, the Earth’s crust, Kirk Douglas, Honolulu. — Dr. Andy Jones is the quizmaster at 7 p.m. Mondays at de Vere’s Irish Pub, 217 E St. in downtown Davis. He is the author of the new book “Pub Quizzes: Trivia for Smart People,” now available at The Avid Reader. Find out more at www.yourquiz master.com.
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B8 THE DAVIS ENTERPRISE
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2019
Is this heaven? No, it’s Doetinchem
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OETINCHEM, Netherlands — The people of this 60,000-strong somewhat rural community live in heaven, and they don’t even know it. (Sound familiar?) It was Friday night in the middle of nowhere and the town was absolutely dead. My other company and I parked our two oversized buses straight in the middle of the city’s central area and had a quiet dinner at a Turkish place, just five blocks from the stadium... Five blocks from where all the action was. On our march to the stadium, a middle-aged woman engaged us. She couldn’t believe we had actually come all this way to watch her city’s team play. “De Graafschap’s football is worse than that,” she told us, pointing to the gutter. Sure, currently stuck in the second division, the club, whose name roughly translates to
“the country” has constantly struggled to maintain relevance on the field. But that’s never stopped its supporters from turning out in droves come these Friday nights. You see, there’s nothing to do in town except support De Graafschap. And the stadium isn’t just a stadium, it’s the actual city center — and I don’t mean this figuratively. Once you walk inside the gates, there are restaurants, bars, shops and other venues that city patrons hang out in before the game. So much so that 10 minutes before the game starts, the 12,000-seat stadium is barely 10 percent full. Then 5 minutes later a wave of blue hits the bottleneck that is the door from the bar to the stadium, which for some reason is a sliding door that isn’t automatic but actually just operated by a woman who opens and closes it for you. On this Friday night, eventually
a crowd in excess of 10,000 packs the stands for their second-division Dutch soccer (the last 9,000 fans coming in just as kickoff starts). The building is old and modern amenities are lacking, but the city is old and lacks amenities as well, so maybe that’s why the fans are so loud and the atmosphere truly special. Everyone seems to know each other, sharing cigarettes and stories while commenting on the game. A huge supporters section covers about one-fourth of the building.
Visitors Telstar, a club in danger of being relegated to the third division, scored first against the run of play and held a 1-0 lead at the break. Normally, I like to beeline to the bathroom at halftime to avoid lines, but the exodus of people was so large that I was forced behind a wall of blue shirts. Only because the bathroom is outside and not in the bar, everyone bypassed it for drinks and I didn’t have to wait for the loo.
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ive minutes before the second-half kickoff everyone flooded back outside, again creating a true home-field advantage. The Superboeren (Super Farmers) equalized in spectacular fashion roughly 20 minutes into the second half and pressed for a winner only for Telstar to score in stoppage time to take a 2-1 lead. Fans began heading for the
doors, only not the exits, but the entrances to the bars and clubs they’d already visited that night. All of a sudden, in the 94th minute, a goal-line scramble ensued and towering De Graafshap striker Ralf Seuntjens headed home to put the game at a deadlock and cause everyone to rush back towards the stands in a panicked mess. Sadly, there would be no winner, prompting again the whole town to head back indoors where live music began playing as individuals from all generations began to mingle. We may have been the only people actually leaving at that point. Or at least the only people who don’t call this footballing heaven home. — Reach Evan Ream at eream@davisenterprise.net or follow him on Twitter at @EvanReam. His column runs each Sunday in your Davis Enterprise.
Aggie men fall short Enterprise staff
Toreros 58, Aggies 54
rebounds, 9 points, two assists and three steals. Back-to-back 3-point baskets by Joey Calcaterra and Hartfield Finn Sullivan and Braun Hartfield paced the hosts with 11 points apiece. fueled a second-half 8-0 run that Next game: Monday Sullivan added 10. gave San Diego a lead it would never vs. Loyola Marymount, Davis clawed to the closing relinquish as the Toreros held off 7 p.m. moments ... Pepper’s 3-pointer with visiting UC Davis, 58-54, on Satur16 seconds remaining brought the day night. Aggies within 57-54, but San Diego held sway. A The Aggies, up by 4 at intermission, were nursing a 6-point lead before USD managed to stick Calcaterra free throw with 6 seconds to go its nose in front at 41-40 with just over 7 minutes cemented the final score. Neither team hammered it from the floor, but to go. Davis’ Stefan Gonzalez took the advantage back when his trey found a home, making it USD (6-7) did outshoot UCD percentage-wise, 40.7 to 31. It also out-boarded its guests, 36-29. 43-41, at 7:28. Notes: The Aggies return home on Monday for But that Torero burst put the Aggies (4-8) in a hole out of which they couldn’t climb, try as they another nonconference tilt with Loyola Marymount (5-5) at 7 p.m. ... Koehler had 9 points might late in the contest. It was guard Joe Mooney who again paced and five rebounds (three on the offensive glass). UCD with 11 points, but uncharacteristically, the ... UCD freshman sensation Ezra Manjon was left-handed senior struggled from long distance, 1-for-15 shooting. ... UCD hit 14 of 18 free throws. going 0 for 7 beyond the arc. Center Matt Neufeld ... The Aggies committed only two first-half turnadded 10 points and freshman Elijah Pepper overs. The miscue final count was USD 13, Davis turned in another solid performance — 10 11.
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Aggie Ezra Manjon is one of the top mid-major guards in the nation. He leads the Big West in assists per game (4.55) and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.63).
Manjon plays beyond years UCD freshman is setting the bar high for other Big West rookies BY ERIC BANKSTON
makes foes pay dearly. The slash-and-dash ballhandler has Special to The Enterprise hit 76.5 of his charity losses — the As UC Davis enters the final ninth-best clip in the conference. weeks of the nonconference seaBy shooting 44.3 overall, he’s the son, men’s basketball fans have Big West’s 10th most accurate noticed a few things about these player. new-look Aggies ... And Les says what makes Man■ It’s a roster that skews young jon such a dangerous player is his — there are seven freshmen and court vision, aggressiveness and three sophomores ability to set up scor— and is improving opportunities for ing each game. his teammates. ■ These Aggies, No Big West according to head freshman averages coach Jim Les, more assists per should benefit game (4.55) or posfrom a challenging sesses a better assistnonconference to-turnover ratio schedule once Big (2.63) than Manjon. West play arrives. Recently, in a win A pair of Pac-12 over Northern IlliJim Les teams, three West Manjon was on UC Davis men’s coach nois, Coast Conference the floor for 31 minchallenges and a utes — without a trip to New Mexico all fit nicely single turnover. under the term: character buildOnly four freshmen in the ing. nation have more assists this sea■ Meanwhile, freshman Ezra son than Manjon’s 50. With two of Manjon is quickly earning a wellthose individuals competing for deserved reputation as one of the Pac-12 teams and the other pair most talented point guards playing for Atlantic 10 programs, around. combined with his No. 44 assistEntering this week’s schedule, to-turnover ratio and No. 47 total Manjon leads all Big West Conassists rankings among all Diviference freshmen (and ranks 12th sion I players in the country, Aggie among all BWC players) with his basketball fans can accurately say 11.9 points per game average. Of that the best freshman mid-major his first 11 games played in a UCD point guard in the nation calls UC uniform, he scored double figures Davis his home. seven times, led by his careerAfter Saturday’s 58-54 loss at high 21-point performance at Cal San Diego, Aggies fans will get on Nov. 26. another chance to watch No. 5 in “Ezra is unique, explosive and action when Loyola Marymount wants to get better every night,” visits The Pavilion for a 7 p.m. points out Les following ManMonday tipoff. jon’s breakout performance at — Eric Bankston is the UC Cal. “He is a joy to coach, and he Davis assistant athletics director wants to be coached.” in charge of communications and public relations. Reach him When the Brentwood native at elbankston@ucdavis.edu. gets to the free-throw line, he
“Ezra is unique, explosive and wants to get better every night.”
UCD battles Minnesota Special to The Enterprise After finishing their last final, the UC Davis women’s basketball team is off to the Land of 10,000 Lakes to take face Minnesota today for an 11 a.m. (PT) contest at Williams Arena in Minneapolis. This marks the first-ever meeting between the Aggies (4-5 overall) and the Golden Gophers and the program’s first-ever trip to the state of Minnesota. UC Davis faced two North Star State squads at The Pavilion, defeating Minnesota State-Mankato in 1998 and falling to St. Cloud State in 1989. Minnesota (8-1 overall, 5-1 at home) has won eight straight following its 83-50 victory over George Washington on Tuesday after a season-opening loss to Missouri State. UCD junior Cierra Hall picked up weekly honors from College Sports Madness as the top player in the Big West last week, after averaging 20.0 points per game, 8.0 boards per game and shooting 62 percent from the floor in wins over Boston University and Northern Arizona. Senior Nina Bessolo finished with a game-high 15 points to
UCD ROUNDUP lead three Aggies in double figures in UCD’s 71-61 win at Northern Arizona.
Soccer trio honored Three men’s soccer studentathletes earned all-Far West Region honors from the United Soccer Coaches when the organization announced this year’s honor roll on Monday. Earning all-region distinction were senior goalkeeper Wallis Lapsley, junior defender/midfielder Nabi Kibunguchy and senior forward Adam Mickelson. Lapsley and Kibunguchy were named to the second team, Mickelson earned a spot on the third team. This is the first time as a Division I program that three Aggies earned all-region awards, and the first occasion since 1999 this accomplishment took place. All three Aggies played vital roles in a historic season for UC Davis, one that saw it earn the program’s third Big West regular season title and
first-ever Big West Conference Tournament championship.
Leyson top coach UC Davis men’s water polo coach Daniel Leyson has been named the Western Water Polo Association Co-Coach of 2019, according to a vote of his peers. Leyson shares the honor with California Baptist’s Kevin Rosa. Leyson led UCD to its third NCAA postseason in its last four seasons, losing last week to Pepperdine, 15-12, in the first round. It is the third such honor for Leyson after being named in back-to-back seasons in 2016 and 2017. It marks the sixth time that WWPA Coach of the Year resides in Davis after Tom Elson won the award in 1996, then Steve Doten captured the award in 2007 and 2010. The award comes on the heels of all-conference selections with Aggie sophomore Nir Gross being named to the first team, senior applied Yurii Hanley and junior Jonah Addington earning second-team honors and senior Holden Tamblyn nabbing an honorable mention.
GALLAUDET: Unique character From Page B2 when he eventually visited campus, he was sold. “I always got the straight story. No promises, but (coaches said) if I worked hard enough, I could earn the starting job. “I always felt supported, appreciated. If I were to do it all over, I’d be an Aggie again.” Maier leaves town as the school’s all-time passing-yardage leader, with a chance to play professional football. From a big-picture perspective, he says his education provided him with a foundation to head into coaching or teaching. Hawkins weighed in on which comes first at UC Davis during the recruiting pitch — then during a player’s stay — education or athletics ... “I refute the notion when people say it’s school-first here,” Hawk says with a chuckle. While the coach admits there is no right answer to a question like “Who’s more important? Your kid or your spouse?,” he says the marriage of education and athletics at UC
Davis is second to none. “You can’t do seven things great, but you can do a few things great, and we want the kid and the family that say, ‘I want to (be at) a great school, I want to experience great football and be around great people in a great culture,” Hawkins says. “If they want that, they’re our kind of guy.” Next Wednesday: Bruce Gallaudet will explore further with Dan Hawkins, Jerry Brady, Tim Plough and Cody Hawkins what goes into bringing football players to UC Davis. That Wednesday National Signing Day celebration of the new class of incoming Aggies (at El Macero CC sstarting at 5:30 p.m.) is free to the public and has some room available. To RSVP for the unveil featuring Dan Hawkins, visit events.r20. constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a 07egpltuot4c91fb96&oseq=&c=&ch= — Reach Bruce Gallaudet by calling 530-3204456 or email him at bgallaudet41@gmail.now. Gallaudet also will soon be featured on Facebook (coming Jan. 1).