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U.S. halts Iran visa process

Olivia Choi, left, hands a gift bag of toiletry items and treats to Jindra Knotek on Dec. 26 at the Interfaith Rotating Winter Shelter at St. James Catholic Church.

She was among the children who gave out “goodie bags,” made by Angela Vega and her family and friends. Members of the Davis Korean community volunteered that evening, donating traditional Korean food, playing music and enjoying dinner with the guests.

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Finding a safe harbor Interfaith shelter provides a holiday home

BY HANNAH CHO Enterprise correspondent To the quiet tunes of “Silent Night,” a room full of chatter and the clinking of silverware, men and women file into the multipurpose room of St. James Catholic Church.

The Interfaith Rotating Winter Shelter, which offers a hot meal and a place to sleep to homeless people during the winter, jumps from congregation

site to congregation site in Davis for 15 weeks.

“We started in 2007, so this is our 13th year doing this, and it’s always nice to see guests repeatedly coming back after our instances of service,” said Mary Anne Kirsch, who was part of the task force that founded the rotating shelter.

Kirsch was inspired to create the shelter after seeing a man sleeping on the sidewalk outside the room of a

meeting she was in.

“I remember thinking to myself, ‘What does it mean to go to church and have prayers if you don’t help somebody like him?’ ” Kirsch said. “I think that this was the perfect way for me to express my faith through helping others.”

Since then, the Interfaith Rotating Winter Shelter has grown into a large nonprofit organization with more than 1,500 volunteers in its database.

There are now 10 host sites throughout Davis: St. James, First Baptist Church, Congregation Bet Haverim, Davis Christian Assembly of God, Unitarian Universalist Church, University Covenant Church, Davis United Methodist Church, Davis Lutheran Church and Davis Community Church, with the Episcopal Church of St. Martin as the intake center.

One of the volunteer groups in the St. James chapter of the

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ArtAbout back for 2020

BY KATY KARNS Special to The Enterprise All are invited to join us for the first ArtAbout of 2020. We plan to continue the fun this year, while bringing some new and innovative events to highlight our downtown.

This month, Crucial Vibes Unlimited is showcasing a comedy show in their back room for something unusual and fun. The entertainment doesn’t stop there; we invite everyone to enjoy our burgeoning local music scene throughout the month. Stop by the newly renovated Armadillo Music, Davis Wine bar or Parkside Bar & Lounge.

There will be unique art shown at a

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variety of businesses in the downtown. Be sure to check out Pence Gallery, the Artery and International House.

For more information, visit davis downtown.com. For a copy of the ArtAbout guide and map, visit Pence Gallery, 212 D St., or davisdowntown. com/2nd-friday-artabout.

■ The Artery, 207 G St., 7-9 p.m.: The Artery presents “New Works by Cathy and Gary Cederlind,” showcasing Cathy’s jewelry and mixed-media and Gary’s photography. Gary began his photography

The U.S. Embassy in Yerevan, Armenia announced Tuesday it has suspended services for U.S. visa applicants from Iran “due to recent events in the Middle East.” Because there is no U.S. embassy in Iran, many Iranians go through the Yerevan embassy to apply for U.S. visas. It is one of three embassies that issues visas to Iranians residing in Iran.

The freeze on Iranian visa appointments comes after the U.S. assassinated Iran’s top military general Qassem Soleimani in a drone strike in Baghdad on Friday. The killing of Soleimani, a prominent public figure,

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“Red Sky” and other artwork by Mark Bowles is showing at the Pence Gallery.

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WEST SACRAMENTO — Candles, balloons and heart-shaped mementos mark the spot where a 16-year-old girl lost her life Saturday night, fatally shot during what police say appears to have been a marijuana deal gone wrong.

Yolo County coroner’s officials on Tuesday identified the girl as Samantha J. Farris of Citrus Heights. She died at the scene of the shooting, a recreational trail separating River City High School and a residential neighborhood.

Residents reported hearing shots fired in the area shortly after 7:30 p.m. Saturday. By Sunday night, police had three 16-year-old suspects

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Briefly Class of 1970 sets 50th reunion The Davis High School Class of 1970 is planning two local events to commemorate its 50th reunion on March 20 and 21.

The weekend will kick off with a no-host gettogether for the five Davis High School classes of 1968 through 1972 from 6 to 8 p.m.

Friday, March 20, at Sudwerk Brewery & Restaurant at 2001 Second St. in Davis.

The Class of 1970 50th reunion and dinner to be held on the evening of Saturday, March 21, at Taber Ranch in Capay Valley, operated by the family of DHS graduate Martin Armstrong. The cost is $70 per person and will include a catered dinner, wine, beer and non-alcoholic beverages.

The deadline to RSVPs is March 1.

Checks payable to “Class of 1970 Reunion” can be mailed in care of Patty Wright Bennett, 1877 Alpenglow Lane, Lincoln, CA 95648.

The 50th reunion event at Taber Ranch is for classmates and guests only. A social hour will take place from 5:30 to 7 p.m. and the dinner and reunion will held from 7 to 10 p.m.

Visit the Facebook event page: Davis Senior High Class of 1970 for event updates and for a list of “unable to find” classmates. The Facebook event page also contains a link for an online Eventbrite payment option.

For information, contact Patty Wright Bennett at 415-892-4701 or email davishigh1970@ gmail.com.

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That’s right, it’s time to get real (ID) O K, it’s finally, officially 2020, which means that those of us who have been putting off visiting the DMV to get our Real ID will finally have to face the music or we won’t be able to fly to North Dakota to visit grandma come Thanksgiving.

Truth be told, we won’t be able to fly anywhere.

When I first heard of the requirement that I’d need a Real ID before Oct. 1 of 2020 to board a domestic flight, I figured it was so far off that I wasn’t going to worry about it.

But now, given the well documented history of long wait times at the DMV, it suddenly seems as if time is of the essence. Is it too late already to get an appointment before Oct. 1? Can I get a Real ID in November if I don’t plan to fly in October?

Whose idea was this, anyway?

According to the DMV, “The federal Real ID Act places new rules on which forms of identification may be used to board flights within the United States and enter secure facilities, such as military bases, federal courthouses and other federal facilities.”

I wonder what they’re going to

do with a federal criminal defendant who doesn’t have a Real ID but would like to attend his own trial.

“A California Real ID requires proof of identity, social security number if eligible, California residency and a trip to a DMV office,” the explanation goes on.

In the Frequently Asked Questions section, the DMV poses the question “Do minors need a Real ID card to board a domestic flight.”

“No,” comes the qualified answer that only creates confusion among parents of 16 or 17-yearolds who sometimes fly alone.

“The TSA does not require anyone under the age of 18 to provide identification when traveling with a companion within the U.S. However, the companion will

that you were issued at birth — babies have a habit of chewing things — you can bring a W-2 of a pay stub, which the DMV thinks is actually one word, as in “paystub.”

If your pay stub says “pay stub” instead of “paystub,” you may have a problem, depending on how long the line is at the DMV. Finally, you will need proof of California residency, but you’ll need to do this with two different documents from a list of 18 that are provided.

Apparently, it’s easy to fake one document but virtually impossible to fake two.

When you have all your documents together in one place, you then have to head to the DMV to find out which document you somehow failed to bring.

If your local DMV is overbooked or notoriously slow, you might consider a road trip to a lesspopulated area like, say, Tulelake.

The choice is yours, but do it soon. Otherwise, you’ll be grounded and grandma will be coming to your place on Thanksgiving.

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need acceptable identification, such as a Real ID, U.S. Passport, U.S. Passport Card, DHS Trusted Traveler Card, etc.”

But, but, but, what if the 17-year-old is traveling without a companion? That question remains unanswered despite the millions of dollars spent to put together and answer these pressing questions.

Also not answered is whether a minor is eligible for a Real ID, whether required or not.

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ccording to the DMV, this whole process is as easy as 1-2-3. But given that it’s the DMV making this claim, it might be best to add 4-5-6-7-8 and 9 to the degree of difficulty.

First, you will need an “Identity Document.” A U.S. passport will do. Or a birth certificate. Or a certificate of naturalization. Or documents reflecting Temporary Protected Status benefit eligibility.

Or a newspaper clipping showing a photo of you rounding third base after smacking a home run in a 1956 Davis Little League game.

You will also need proof that you have a Social Security number.

If you can’t find the actual card

Last year’s hottest housing fight just got resurrected

BY MATT LEVIN CalMatters For the third year in a row, California lawmakers will consider a controversial housing proposal that would force neighborhoods to allow taller, denser housing near public transportation and job centers.

San Francisco Democratic Sen. Scott Wiener — whose Senate Bill 50 has twice been beaten back, in different forms, by an assortment of constituencies focused on California’s housing crisis — on Monday announced revised legislation aimed at satisfying concerns over local control, among other issues, that blocked the bill last year.

Wiener has argued that the best way for California to address its crushing housing shortage is to permit the construction of more apartments near public transit.

Increasing the housing supply and density, he contends, will lower rents, reduce traffic and cut emissions from greenhouse gas.

That approach has been supported by a broad political coalition including developers, environmentalists and “Yes In My Backyard” urbanist organizations. But the Legislature and governor have been less persuaded. Wiener’s proposal was blocked last year and the year before by an alliance of suburban homeowners, local governments, and anti-displacement groups who contended the bill invited developers to kill neighborhood character and gentrify lower-income communities.

Chief among the concerns was the fear that local government might lose control over housing decisions, a prerogative cherished not only in city halls across the state but also by many lawmakers in Sacramento. Whether this third iteration of the bill will be the charm politically remains an open question, as does whether Wiener’s softened approach will actually make housing more affordable in California.

“More and more people understand that while SB 50 is not a silver bullet — there’s no such thing — this bill is a big part of addressing the housing crisis,” said Wiener.

Here are a few big things to know: The new plan would let cities craft their own housing plans — but wield a big stick against those that don’t comply.

Last year’s bill would have forced cities in counties with more than 600,000 people to allow 4- and 5-story apartment buildings near rail stations and ferry lines. No longer could cities restrict housing

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More density? Homes line Park Boulevard wall-to-wall in the Ivy Hill neighborhood of Oakland. around Bay Area BART lines and L.A. Metro lines to single family homes.

“Job-rich, high opportunity” communities with good schools and major employment centers would also be subject to higher density requirements, regardless of whether they were near good transit. Cities in “smaller” counties would get softer density requirements, a concession extracted by lawmakers representing Marin County and other anti-development enclaves.

Still, defenders of local control — who believe housing decisions should be left to locally-elected city councils and planning commissions — were displeased. Those included Sen. Anthony Portantino, Democrat from La Canada Flintridge, who used a secretive legislative prerogative to stall the legislation last May. The changes unveiled by Wiener today go softer on local governments. Cities will now get two years to develop an alternative housing plan, which they’ll be able to submit to the state housing department.

The plans will have to zone for the same amount of housing required by Wiener’s measure, and won’t be able to increase traffic or sprawl. If local governments don’t submit an acceptable alternative, the revised Wiener measure would kick in.

“We’ve heard from cities that ‘we want to have shorter buildings in one particular area, taller buildings in another,’ ” said Wiener. “ ‘And we want to zone for the amount of housing that SB 50 would require, but we want to tweak it to make it a bit shorter here, and taller there.’ ”

The League of California Cities — one of the bill’s fiercest critics and a powerful Capitol lobby — declined to comment on the amendments until they had time to analyze them further.

A spokesman for Sen. Portantino said the senator had not seen or been briefed on the amendments, but that he hopes, among other things, that they “give some nod to the importance local governments play” in local housing. The bill has to clear Portantino’s Appropriations Committee before the end of this month.

Untouched from last year’s bill is a provision that would let the vast majority of California homeowners convert an existing single family home to a duplex, triplex, or fourplex, regardless of where they live.

The proposal takes its cue from a growing national movement toward density as a solution to skyhigh housing prices. Oregon and Minneapolis passed similar measures last year, drawing national media attention and the scorn of anti-development activists.

While a bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2019 allowed granny flats to be built on most singlefamily-home lots in California, this new iteration of Wiener’s bill would go further. That doesn’t necessarily mean residential neighborhoods will become denser overnight, David Garcia, policy director for the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley, said.

That’s because the bill allows single family homes only to be converted to denser housing arrangements — you won’t be able

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to demolish a home and rebuild multi-family housing on it.

“It really won’t lead to the construction of new fourplexes,” said Garcia, who applauded the spirit of the bill. “It just doesn’t go as far as Oregon or Minneapolis.”

No one really knows how this will work in practice.

Not even developers.

California already requires cities to plan for enough housing to accommodate population growth and other development drivers. Wiener’s bill will become a second mandate if it becomes law.

That could mean significantly more work for the state’s Department of Housing and Community Development, which already is facing increased responsibility as the Newsom administration tries to spur more homebuilding.

“Directionally, I like where (Sen.) Wiener is going,” said Ben Metcalf, a former state housing department head who left the position last year.

“Practically, however, it does create a major workload problem. It looks an awful lot like a parallel and duplicative process.”

The Newsom administration recently tripled the state’s housing quota for Southern California cities.

How those efforts would

mesh with Wiener’s bill is unclear.

Dan Dunmoyer, president of the California Building Industry Association, the primary lobbying arm for developers in California, said that while he still supported the bill he was uncertain how the amendments would affect its stated goal: building more housing.

“Does this help production?” said Dunmoyer. “I don’t know yet. We need to study it more and work with (the senator).”

Wiener’s bill will still face an uphill climb. Where’s Newsom?

Wiener has assembled an impressive coalition of supporters, but to get the bill through the Legislature he’ll likely need the aid of Newsom, who has called for legislation making it easier to build housing, but has so far resisted explicitly backing Wiener’s bill.

When asked if Newsom now supported the bill in light of the new changes, a spokesman responded via email: “The Governor remains focused as a top priority on getting more housing built all across the state, for people at all income levels.”

— CalMatters.org is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.

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Briefly Last chance to see train display The special Davis holiday model train layout will be on display from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 11, for the last time this season at the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame, 303 Third St. in downtown Davis.

The layout features interactive components for children as well as examples and history of such well-known Davis sights as the 1913 train depot, the Varsity Theatre, a Unitrans bus, the Mondavi Center, the Hotdogger, Davis water towers and parks, the Farmer’s Market, the UC Davis airport and UC Davis along with passenger and freight trains.

Admission is $5 general, $3 for students and seniors, and free for children under 12.

For more information, email info@ usbhof.org.

Morning walks adjust for winter The morning walking group is changing some walks for winter.

On Saturdays, the group will meet at 8 a.m. at Common Grounds Coffee in South Davis at 2171 Cowell Blvd. at Pole Line Road. People also are welcome to just meet after the walk at Common Grounds for coffee, tea and socializing at 9:20 a.m.

On Tuesdays and Thursdays, the group meets at 7 a.m. at Peet’s Coffee & Tea in the Market Place at Covell Boulevard and Sycamore Lane. All are welcome to just meet after the walk at Peet’s at 8:20 a.m. for coffee, tea and socializing.

The distance for all walks is about 4 miles in an hour and 20 minutes. Light rain is OK. For more information, contact Richard Crescitelli at rcresci@ rocketmail.com or Marilú Carter at mccarter@ucdavis.edu.

Climate change talk scheduled The Davis Friends Meeting will host a talk

by Professor Ben Houlton, Director of the John Muir Institute of the Environment at UC Davis at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 23, at 345 L St. Houlton will talk on “The Science of Climate Change and What We Can Do.” He compares what needs to be done with climate change as being as complicated, if not more so, than the push in the 1960s to land a man on the moon. One of his first initiatives as director of the John Muir Institute, OneClimate, is an interdisciplinary project to bring campus centers and institutes together to focus on the science of climate change, the mitigation of greenhouse gases, and plant and animal adaptation.

State awards Prop. 1 funds for Sterling units

BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer More than $9 million in funds from Proposition 1 — the Veterans and Affordable Housing Act approved by voters in 2018 — are headed to Davis for the affordable housing units planned at the Sterling student-housing development currently under construction on Fifth Street.

Those 38 affordable apartment units will provide housing for youth transitioning out of the foster care system as well as working families with incomes ranging from 30 to 40 percent of the area median.

Upon completion, Mutual Housing at 5th Street will provide 71 beds in 38 affordable apartments on land adjacent to the Sterling market-rate student housing complex just east of the post office.

Mutual Housing California announced the funding award on Tuesday, one of two grants received by the affordable housing developer under Proposition 1.

In addition to the $9.4 million

for the affordable housing project in Davis, Mutual Housing California also received $11.3 million for the Lavender Courtyard affordable community in midtown Sacramento.

The awards were among the first to be released by the state since passage of Prop. 1 two years ago, according to a press release.

“We are proud and honored to be given these opportunities created

by California voters to increase the supply of affordable housing as we work with the state and our local governments to address California’s critical shortage of housing that working families and even currently homeless people can afford to call home,” Holly Wunder Stiles, Mutual Housing’s director of housing development, said in the press release Tuesday.

All told, Proposition 1 authorized $4 billion in bond funding for a variety of housing programs, including $1.5 billion for the Multifamily Housing Program to fund affordable housing construction and preservation for people with low to extremely low incomes.

Passage of Prop. 1 came a year after the Davis City Council unanimously approved the Sterling student-housing development and its 38-unit affordable component.

As part of the development agreement for the site, the developer committed $2 million and the land itself for the affordable housing units.

Additionally, the city of Davis awarded $414,000 in federal HOME funds for the affordable housing at the site and San Francisco Federal Home Loan Bank awarded $375,000 from its affordable housing program.

According to Mutual Housing California, additional approvals for $11.4 million in state and federal tax credits are still needed to attract the private investment that will allow the development to be completed.

“Mutual Housing will apply for the tax credits on Jan. 17,” according to Tuesday’s press release.

“If the applications are approved, construction could begin this year.”

Upon completion, Mutual Housing at 5th Street — at 2050 Fifth

St. — will consist of 38 apartments, 17 of which will be set aside for youth who are transitioning out of the foster-care system yet still offered transitional support through the Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency, according to Mutual Housing California.

The other 21 apartments will house working families with incomes ranging from 30 to 40 percent of the area median.

Meanwhile, already under construction at the site are the 160 market-rate apartments for students. Those apartments will provide 570 single-occupancy bedrooms upon completion.

The Davis City Council unanimously approved the housing in April 2017 and demolition began soon after of what was formerly the 6-acre EMQ FamiliesFirst site.

Since then, construction work has progressed steadily at the location.

— Reach Anne Ternus-Bellamy at aternus@davisenterprise.net.

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Halsted to present poetry book, Distillery operator ‘Extenuating Circumstances’ to visit Kiwanis Club

Special to The Enterprise

The Avid Reader will welcome author Charles Halsted and his second poetry book, “Extenuating Circumstances,” from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31, at the store, 617 Second St. in downtown Davis. It is free and open to the public.

“Extenuating Circumstances” shares Halsted’s life in the form of poetry.

The subjects include recollections of “bombs in the night” during World War II, becoming and being a doctor, surviving “underground demons” in an earthquake, landing a steelhead trout at dawn, adjusting to aging and more.

Lauren Hilger, poetry editor of No Tokens, says about Halsted and his work of poetry that he “writes poems of awe — ‘Extenuating Circumstances’ delivers a frank and powerful gift.”

Halsted is a retired doctor, professor and

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completed it at the UC Davis School of Medicine (1974-2016).

As he approached retirement, he began taking poetry classes. Halsted’s poems have appeared in more than 30 journals. His first poetry chapbook, “Breaking Eighty,” was published in 2018. It will also be available for purchase at this event.

Call 530-758-4040 or visit avidreaderbooks.com for more information.

Charles Halsted will present his second poetry book, “Extenuating Circumstances,” at The Avid Reader on Friday, Jan. 31. researcher. He received his bachelor’s degree from Stanford and his M.D. from the University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry.

He began his career in medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (1970-73) and

Kids’ song-and-dance workshop set Special to The Enterprise The Davis High School Jazz Choir will feature the popular music of Disney in its song-and-dance workshop, from 9 to 11:30 a.m.

Monday, Jan. 20, in the rooms of the Richard Brunelle Performance Hall at Davis High School, 315 W. 14th St. The highly spirited members of the Jazz Choir will lead elementary students through a series of warm-up games and exercises, followed by music and dance instruction. No prior musical or dance experience is required and instruction will be gauged appropriately for each grade level. The workshop is designed to offer a fun morning activity on a day when schools are closed for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and an early exposure to choral singing and choreographed dance.

Organizers hope it might spark an interest in future choir participation or

inspire a general interest in music, theater and dance.

The DHS Jazz Choir is an auditioned choir, composed of students in grades 10 to 12. The group performs as an accompanied and a cappella vocal ensemble and as a choreographed show choir.

This workshop is both an outreach effort to help raise awareness of choral music opportunities at the Davis junior and senior high schools and a fundraiser, helping support the choir’s activities throughout the year, including a planned trip to New York in February, where the choir will work with vocal and dance professionals from Broadway, the Metropolitan Opera, the Manhattan School of Music and leading dance studios in the city.

Eat crab, pasta for charities The Kiwanis Club of Davis’ 40th annual allyou-can-eat Crab and Pasta Feed is planned for Friday, Feb. 7, at the Veterans Memorial Center, 203 E. 14th St. in Davis.

The social hour starts at 6 p.m. and dinner is served at 7 p.m.

Tickets are $50, available by calling George Barden at 530-7561331. Proceeds benefit Kiwanis charities.

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Special to The Enterprise Jeff Boone will be the guest speaker at the Kiwanis Club of Davis weekly luncheon meeting, set for noon to 1:15 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 16, at Symposium Restaurant, 1620 E. Eighth St. in Davis.

Boone is the president of newly opened Patio29 Spirits Company in Winters and CEO of California Statewide Certified Development Company, a Davis company that has been in business since 1987 providing small business financing throughout California, Nevada and Arizona. He had a previous career in insurance, banking, healthcare, information technology and general business consulting.

He will talk about the opening of Patio29 Spirits Company, a craft distillery, in August and the trials and obstacles encountered in starting a small business in “No Dreaming Allowed: The

Space is limited, so those interested are advised to register early. The cost is $30 per student on or before Jan. 13. Discounts are available for sibling registration. Late registrations and walk-in registrations will be accepted on a space-available basis.

Registration and additional information are available through www. jazzchoir.net.

Anita and Jeff Boone, along with their two sons, operate Patio29 Spirits Company.

Jeff Boone will speak at the Kiwanis Club luncheon on Thursday, Jan. 16.

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A review of the best eats of 2019 A

s 2019 came to an end, I spent some time counting my blessings and reflecting on some of my favorite experiences of the year. It’s always interesting how my favorite memories are almost always connected to food. Not necessarily great food; and sometimes, those memories are actually associated with terrible food. But in my best memories, there is almost always food.

2019 was full of great experiences and, lucky for me, almost all of the food associated with those memories was fabulous. It was a great food year. As I remembered and tried to rank my favorite food experiences of the past year, I surprised myself at the meals that I remembered as being the best: ■The HB & MJ Burger at Block 15 in Corvallis, Oregon was one of the most unique meals I had in 2019. The perfectly prepared medium-rare burger was topped with housemade hazelnut butter, Oregon marionberry jam and thick, salty bacon. It was sweet, savory and extremely messy (imagine a four-year old’s face after they’ve devoured a PB&J that was way too wide for their mouth).

Unfortunately for the folks of Corvallis, Block 15 discontinued the HB & MJ Burger last month due to a shortage of adventurous burger eaters, but that doesn’t mean you can’t try making it at home. You’ll be glad you did because it is a fabulous combination of crispy and creamy, and sweet and savory. It was delicious. But it wasn’t the best meal I had in 2019. ■On a particularly cold and foggy Friday evening last February, my family and I walked to our favorite neighborhood taqueria where I ordered the Chile Verde with carnitas. The Davis Taqueria, on the corner of Fifth and L, is one of my favorite places to eat.

I’m not sure what warmed my heart more that night, the spicy green chili (which is only available on Fridays and Saturdays) or the way the owner called me “darlin’� as she took our order and recommended a beer to go with my stew. I love Davis Taqueria because the owners are always glad to see us, they always call us “honey� and “darlin’,� the atmosphere is warm and

welcoming and, on that dreary February night, the Chile Verde was delicious. But it wasn’t the best meal I had in 2019. ■Twenty-some years ago, when I told my Wyoming family members that Californians put fish in their tacos, they stared at me in disbelief and shook their heads in disgust. I was reminded of that moment last July when I had the good culinary sense to order the El Coronado at Handline Coastal California.

Just 85 miles west of Davis, in Sebastopol, Handline, proudly housed in a former Fosters Freeze, provides the epitome of California vacation food. It wasn’t easy to choose from the burgers, oysters and tostadas, but I made the right choice when I ordered the corn tacos with beer-battered fried rockfish, cabbage, chipotle aioli and avocado.

It was a perfect summer meal and one that even my Wyoming relatives might enjoy. But it wasn’t the best meal I had in 2019. ■One of the great things about being married is that you get to share lots of things. Kisses under the mistletoe, anniversaries, your children’s college tuition ‌ and bucket lists. This past year, I got to share an experience that has been on Bob’s bucket list for many years.

While visiting San Diego, we made a reservation for two at Rei do Gado, a Brazilian steakhouse.

Forever, it seemed, Bob, the King of Buffets, had wanted to experience a churrascaria. We skipped breakfast and lunch that day and, late in the afternoon, with empty stomachs, walked from our hotel to the Gaslamp Quarter.

For the next three hours, we indulged in all-you-can-eat meat, shaved off long skewers at our table by what seemed to be our own personal waiters. There was hanger steak and tri-tip, beef tenderloin and top sirloin with garlic. There was skirt steak, ribeye and bacon wrapped

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A homemade HB & MJ Burger brings that unique sweet-and-savory experience. filet and top (and bottom) sirloin.

When you wanted a second helping or to try something new, you simply raised a little flag on your table and a server would appear to fulfill your request.

Just say the word and pork loin, leg of lamb, linguica, lamb chops and chicken thighs would be delivered within seconds. And between and among each of these deliveries of grilled meat, there was a massive seafood/ salad bar overflowing with Alaskan King Crab legs, smoked salmon, jumbo crab cocktail and red-ripe tomatoes on top of thick slices of mozzarella.

It was an experience that should be added to every meatlovers bucket list. But it wasn’t the best meal I had in 2019. ■Kitty-corner from Powell’s Books in a building that is coincidentally and literally shaped like a slice of pizza, you will find Portland’s best Italian pies by the slice. Sizzle Pie is a tiny little pizza parlor with a humongous personality.

Known for their vegan-friendly

fare as well as their traditional meat pizzas, it’s a restaurant that everyone in our family loves.

And it’s not just the pizza that we love. With names like 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon (Canadian bacon and pineapple) and Good Luck in Jail (Vodka sauce, smoked mozzarella, bacon and onions), you can’t help but laugh. On our last trip to Portland in November, I ordered a simple slice of Ace of Spades (pepperoni). The crust was thin and crispy and the pepperoni was plentiful. But it wasn’t the best meal I had in 2019. ■373 miles north of Davis on I-5, there is a truck stop where you can fill up with gas, use the bathroom and get a cup of coffee in the middle of the night. Seven Feathers Truck and Travel Center has been a regular stop of ours for years, providing a place to change a diaper or buy a bag of chips and a soda 24 hours a day.

With the usual array of semitrucks idling in the parking lot and lines of mini vans waiting to fill up their tanks, it has never

stood out in my mind as anything more than a pit stop on a long trip.

On a recent trip north, we pulled into that truck stop well past midnight. While we had a room reservation at the hotel across the freeway, we hadn’t had dinner. We were tired and starving and we were expecting nothing more than a couple of cans of Dinty Moore chili to take to our room to heat up in the microwave.

I’m not sure I can express to you our surprise and delight as we dragged our hungry selves out of our van and into the gas station. The tired truck stop that had always looked like every other truck stop had been transformed. It had doubled in size and the shelves of canned meat and Pop Tarts had been replaced with fresh produce and fancy cheeses. There was a deli and a hot food station and a coffee bar where you could get a latte.

I’m certain I heard angels singing as my entire family, revived by the clean bright lights and this food oasis, sprinted in all directions. You’d have thought we’d never seen food before. Bob told them, “Get whatever you want for dinner!

Money is no object!� And they did.

As we gathered back at the checkout counter 45 minutes later, I watched as each family member’s dinner was rung up and placed in separate brown paper bags to take to our hotel room. There was hot meatball soup, Thai noodle salad, barbecued chicken wings, Caesar salad, kombucha and lemonade and chocolate milk.

Thirty minutes later, we were checked into our hotel. Bob had his newspapers out and was devouring his chicken wings.

Our kids were happily checking their text messages and reviewing photos they’d taken that day.

And I was settled in my hotel bed, propped up against big fluffy pillows, eating two tubs of the most perfect Mediterranean orzo with Greek olives and feta and sipping a glass of sauvignon blanc.

And it was the best meal I had in 2019. — Shelley Dunning is a Davis resident and a mom of four.

Reach her at dunningsm@ gmail.com.

Let’s look ahead to what’s new in 2020 O

ver the Christmas break I realized that the email address at the end of this column, for reasons that I would not understand and don’t much care about, has gone dark. It does not work any more. For how long that has been the case I do not know.

I always reply to notes from those who do me the honor of reading this column — so — if you have ever written to me and received no reply that wretched glitch is the reason, and I apologize.

Please use the new address: lewiswales@me. com.

That’s one new and easy thing for 2020. The rest is not quite so easy.

I have been in touch with young cousins of mine during the last few weeks and they have all expressed the idea that 2020 will likely be a momentous year. Those in Australia are concerned about their scorched land and the possible truly dire consequences of additional climate change and their nation’s reliance on coal.

British cousins are anxious about Brexit and the economy in which they make their livelihood and

wonder if the Irish will renew their civil war. And they ask me about impeachment, re-elections and going to war with Iran.

These are turbulent times and few can be entirely sanguine about 2020.

As a beer consumer however, I am not much worried about the brewing industry and the continued availability of a plentiful supply of splendid beers of all kinds addressing the flavor preferences of most drinkers. Part of the reason for this is that I have always considered the brewing industry to be bulletproof and (as a consumer at least) see no reason to change my mind.

Were I a brewery owner, or otherwise actively engaged in the industry, I might have a slightly different view, because the industry with which I grew up, in which I earned my

living for many years and learned to love, has, in fact, changed greatly. It has become much more diverse and the explosion in the number of breweries and products surely means that many are less stable than they need to be.

In fact some experts predict 2020 will see a record number of brewery closures and, in the decade to come, a slowing of new openings and a leveling of production volume of craft beers.

Frankly I see that as a sign of stability and maturity. It is not a threat for the serious operator, the well financed, soundly based, heads-up and thoughtful owner. For them I see continued success. Not all are so well endowed or so well advised.

Another reason I am not much worried about the brewing industry and our continued supply of great beer is the opinion of experts looking ahead.

While a few of these opinions are the result of too much education of the wrong kind at expensive colleges and hence more or less incomprehensible,

most others have views that span from the far right (conservative) to far left (wacky) of the advisory spectrum. There is a future option to please everyone.

Some see the rather odd way the craft industry has developed over the last decade (as the number of breweries has grown fivefold to over 7,500) continuing. They see a splintered and chaotic marketplace with a plethora of new products. These include those they describe as innovative, some not really beers at all, and beers that are high in alcohol and sour, which I generally call “extreme beers� and for which I see a limited market.

Others eschew such products, urging caution with such an approach; they foresee many mergers and acquisition and a changing and, in some ways, a shrinking and more rational marketplace that must be navigated with savvy. For example, some suggest there will be a retreat from distant sales with much more concentration on tap-room sales and sales close to the site of production. This makes sense to me, as such an approach has been a

tradition of the industry for a very long time.

But there is no doubt that the new decade of maturity and, I hope, stability in the craft industry, will be different from the go-go decade that just closed. As consumers we have nothing to fear though the background against which our favorite beers are made and marketed may very well evolve.

I think that evolution will be in favorable directions that are rational and consumer-oriented and driven by quality concerns.

Whistleblowers have been in the news recently.

It turns out that the alcohol industry is not immune to such folk. A new agreement between the TTB (Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Bureau) and the IRS concerns the treatment and reward of whistleblowers who enable the TTB to collect the full value of taxes due.

Beer is subject to federal taxes based on volume of beer made payable by the manufacturer. For most craft brewers that is $3.50

per barrel on the first 60,000 barrels and $16 on the rest, up to 2 million barrels. These rates apply to all but one craft brewer.

As there is no American who likes to pay taxes, I assume brewers, along with others subject to federal taxes, complain regularly about this situation and do all they can to pay only their just and proper share. I am certain that all brewers, without fail, report production numbers that are accurate and properly pay taxes. However, some other players in the alcohol business must be slightly larcenous because, through whistleblowers, the TTB has collected $1.44 billion they might otherwise have missed.

Welcome to this new year and new decade. We live in interesting times.

Let us do our best to navigate them with wisdom, patience and generosity. — Reach Michael Lewis at lewiswales@me.com.

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Today ■“Everyday Improv: Finding the Laughter in Life,” an Applied Improvisation Workshop, runs from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at The Melon Ball at Watermelon Music, 1070 Lake Blvd. Suite 1.

Registration is appreciated but not required by texting 530-304-4393 or email Liz@ImprovForLiving.org. The cost is a $10 sliding-scale donation at the door.

■ The first Davis Flower Arrangers meeting of the new year will begin at 7 p.m. at International House-Davis, 10 College Park, with a brief business meeting prior to the evening’s program. Visitor passes for this program are available at the door for $10 or $40 for the year’s membership which runs through May 2020. Katsuko Theilke will present for the first time in Davis. For information, contact president Molly Hillis at m3hillis@ gmail.com.

Thursday ■ The Active Older Wisdom Circle meets in the Stephens Branch Library, 315 E. 14th St., at 10:15 a.m. Watch a YouTube clip and discuss the conscious aging movement and how you can be a part of it.

■ 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. NAMI Connection is a free, 90-minute support group run by people who live with mental illness for other people who live with mental illness. The group is led by NAMI-trained peer facilitators.

■ Keep in Touch (KIT) meets in the Stephens Branch Library’s Small Conference Room, 315 E. 14th St., at 4 p.m. Enjoy a calming space for teens and young adults needing inspiration, social support or a place to chat. Relaxing activities will be available.

Meets on the second Thursday of each month.

Ages 13-19.

■ Join the Stephens Branch Library for a preview of “The Cost of Darkness,” a powerful documentary

by Sandy Holman and the Culture C.O.-O.P., at 6 p.m. at 315 E. 14th St.

Friday ■ Folk musicians are

invited to play together informally during a noon acoustic jam session on the Wyatt Deck of the UC Davis Arboretum, on Arboretum Drive next to the redwood grove. Pull out your fiddles, guitars, mandolins, penny whistles, pipes, flutes, squeezeboxes (you name it) and join your fellow musicians for a little bluegrass, old-time, blues, Celtic, klezmer, and world music over the lunch hour.

All skill levels welcome. Listeners welcome! The event is free; parking is available for $9 in Visitor Lot 5, at Old Davis Road and Arboretum Drive. For information, call 530-752-4880 or visit https://arboretum.ucdavis. edu/events.

■ The monthly Second Friday Sacred Harp sing will be from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Davis Friends Meetinghouse, 345 L St. Free and open to the public, this is a participatory sing, not a performance. Beginners and listeners are welcome.

Not affiliated with any religious organization. Sacred Harp singing is a tradition of sacred choral music — usually sung a capella and in three or four parts — that originated in New England and was later perpetuated and carried on in the American South.

Saturday ■ A free rose-pruning seminar sponsored by the Woodland Library Rose Club is from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., beginning in the Leake Room in the Woodland Public Library, 250 First St. in Woodland, with additional demonstrations in the library gardens to follow. Refreshments will be served. Local experts will demonstrate the key pruning techniques that

produce stronger plants and healthier blooms.

Participants are encouraged to bring their own pruning tools for this hands-on experience and dress warmly.

For more information, visit www.cityofwoodland.org/ wlrc or find the event on the club’s Facebook page.

■ The Yolo County Master Gardeners will offer chance to see fruit tree pruning firsthand at Polestar Farm, 25491 County Road 21A in Esparto.

Friends of the Esparto Library and UCCE Yolo County Master Gardeners will sponsor this event from 10:30 a.m. to Noon. Master Gardeners Steve Radosevich and Karina Knight will demonstrate how to prune fruit trees, and provide tips on how to encourage fruiting and improve the health of trees. You will also learn about common fruit tree pests and how to control them. In the event of rain, the workshop will be held at the Esparto Library.

■ Find out about Amazing Animals at 2 p.m. in the Stephens Branch Library, 315 E. 14th St. Meet Explorit Science Center’s insects and reptiles, investigate the way animals survive and thrive, see how adaptations help animals hide in plain sight, and how young animals change as they grow.

Monday, Jan. 13 ■ The Thriving Pink

speaker series will begin at 7 p.m. at University Covenant Church, 315 Mace Blvd. Dr. Davis “Sandy” Borowsky will present “The Role of the Pathologist in Breast Cancer.” Borowsky is professor in the Center for Comparative Medicine, department of pathology and laboratory medicine, at the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center He will answer the question “how does the doctor you never see participate in breast cancer treatment and diagnosis?” Call 304-2746 for more detailed information.

■ The Yolo Prostate Cancer Support Group meets at 7 p.m. at the Woodland Community and Senior Center, 2001 East St. Men, as well as their spouses and family members, meet with prostate cancer survivors to learn about treatment options, and their experiences with recovery and side effects. The support group, established in 2006, is composed of volunteers; attendance and informative handout materials, as available, are free of charge.

Guest speaker Jan Taylor of Comfort Keepers in-home care service in Woodland will participate in a roundtable discussion about the importance of having a health care advocate. For information, visit yolo prostate.net or call Gil Walker at 530-661-6449.

Tuesday ■ The Peripheral Neu-

ropathy support group offers an informal roundtable discussion from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at the Davis Senior Center, 646 A St. in Davis. Newcomers are most welcome at this relaxed time to share. For further information, contact Mary Sprifke at 530-756-5102.

■ Ethan Wellerstein will speak about his recent participation in the J Street U Summer trip to Israel, “Let Our People Know,” from 7 to 9 p.m. in the North Classroom at Congregation Bet Haverim, 1715 Anderson Road in Davis. The trip was structured to provide a nuanced understanding of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This program is free and open to the public, and is sponsored by Israel Peace Alternatives, and co-sponsored by J Street Davis and J Street UCDavis.

Find information at https:// jstreet.org/let-our-peopleknow, www.bethaverim.org or 530-758-0842.

■ The Photography Club of Davis will hold its monthly meeting at 7:10 p.m. in the Blanchard Room of the Stephens Branch Library, 315 E. 14th St. Meetings are free and open to the public. Photographer and guide Josh Miller will talk about his experiences photographing wildlife in Alaska and Costa Rica. He will discuss the artistic as well as technical aspects involved in making unique and special images from an adventure.

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Briefly Photo club plans meeting The Photography Club of Davis will hold its monthly meeting at 7:10 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14, in the Blanchard Room of the Stephens Branch Library, 315 E. 14th St. Meetings are free and open to the public.

Photographer and guide Josh Miller will talk about his experiences photographing wildlife in Alaska and Costa Rica.

He will discuss the artistic as well as technical aspects involved in making unique and special images from an adventure.

His talk will offer something new to photographers of all levels.

Learn to care for fruit trees The Yolo County Health & Human Services Agency is hosting a free hands-on fruittree-care class from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, at the Hanna & Herbert Bauer Memorial Community Garden, 137 N. Cottonwood St. in Woodland, behind the Bauer Building.

This interactive class will be taught by Bonnie Berman, a UC Master Gardener of Yolo County. Berman has a wealth of knowledge about fruit-tree pruning, common fruit-tree pests and how to control them, as well as tips on how to improve the lifespan of fruit trees.

Winter is the optimal time to care for fruit trees to help them stay healthy and productive.

Preregistration is required by Jan. 24.

Contact David Linebarger at 530-6668429 or david. linebarger@yolocounty. org.

Participants are encouraged to dress for cold weather and wear shoes that can get dirty. In the event of steady rain, the class will be postponed or canceled.

Participants can learn about garden activities and classes at www.yolocounty.org/ garden.

Combatants for Peace visit Davis Two former combatants, one Palestinian and one Israeli, will share their personal stories of transformation from violence to cooperation for peace from 7 to 9 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 29, in the Social Hall at Congregation Bet Haverim, 1715 Anderson Road in Davis.

For more than a decade, Combatants For Peace has offered model for humanistic values of freedom, democracy, security and dignity for all.

Excerpts from the award-winning film, “Disturbing The Peace,” will be screened.

This event is free and open to the public, and is sponsored by Israel Peace Alternatives, and co-sponsored by Rabbi Greg Wolfe, J Street Davis, and J Street UCDavis.

Donations will be gratefully accepted to support American Friends of Combatants for Peace.

See AFCFP.org, www. bethaverim.org or 530758-0842 for information.

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ARTABOUT: Live music gets downtown jumping From Page A1 adventures in 1962, and utilizes infrared techniques and compositing in his work. Many of his compositions portray landscape and architectural features that capture a sense of wonderment. Color and texture are the focus of Cathy’s art. She sees jewelry as not only body adornments but also miniature compositions providing self-expression to the wearer. Cathy’s mixed-media work depicts entities in an offbeat, eccentric manner. Nature and man-made objects trigger her imagination as she incorporates found objects and other unusual items.

■ Couleurs Vives Art Gallery, 222 D St., Suite 9B, 5-9 p.m.: Enjoy an art exhibit celebrating everything birds.

Light refreshments and snacks are available.

■ Crucial Vibes Unlimited, 204 E St., 5-8:30 p.m.: KT Boyd aims for unique, stimulating and provocative pieces of art that present surrealism as a door to reflection. Most projects are mixed-media and incorporate upcycled materials, like discarded bottle caps or old magazines. Acrylic pours focus on color selection and the cultivation of natural topographical lines.

■ Davis Arts Center, 1919 F St., 6-8 p.m.: “First Impressions,” work by members of the California Society of Printmakers, features a wide range of printmaking techniques, from traditional processes to more experimental methods.

■ International House, 10 College Park, 6-8 p.m.: “Drawing While Black” by Maurice Moore is based on dynamic presentation practice.

His performance of “Drawing While Black” aka “Black Boy Joy” and the two-dimensional drawings he creates explore how Black queer people have implemented and created a means of survival through African and African American diasporic aesthetics. He says Black performance serves as a mode

of active radical resistance drawing upon multiple traditions and technologies. Refreshments and snacks will be available at the reception.

■ Logos Books, 513 Second St., 6-8 p.m.: Cathy Speck, a local artist and musician, will be showcasing her “Come See Gulls! Gulls! And More!” for what she calls Phonetos, which is enhanced photography. The artist reception will include free refreshments and music by Duval Speck.

■ Pence Gallery, 212 D St., 6-9 p.m.: The Pence is hosting three shows to enjoy. “Mark Bowles: Passages in Color” features his paintings using luminous color and abstract shapes to define a place. Opening is “Animal Dreams: Jason Miller & Marcia Smith.” These ceramic sculptors have playful work showing a love of surreal situations, animal characters and humor. “Objects Speaking Volumes: Sculpture by Lynn Dau” features Dau’s work repurposing everyday objects, hinting at a story that is humorous and provocative.

■ Three Ladies Café, 130 G St., 5-9 p.m.: Sarah Hedriana is a self-taught local quilter. She quilts with a modern twist, using primarily solid color cotton and linen fabric, all influenced by the rural landscape of this beautiful country we live in.

Visitors can enjoy the Three Ladies Café favorite pop up sweet shop, and check out the Hootenannies open mic hosted by Purple Tree.

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Live performances ■ Armadillo Music, 207 F St., 8-9 p.m.: Recent renovations have given a whole new feel to this beloved record store. Have you checked it out? Their intimate stage brings artists from all over to jam in the window. Come see who is the feature of the night.

■ Crucial Vibes Unlimited, 204 E St., 7:30-9 p.m.: For the new year, the ArtAbout brings you “Comedy In

Maurice Moore’s “Hands Up Don’t Shoot!” is part of the artist’s show of drawings and performance art at International House Davis.

Unusual Places.” Come check out this comedy show hosted by Benton Harshaw, a talented local comedian.

He brings out the best of the comedy scene for us in this fun intimate space.

■ ParkSide Bar & Lounge, 330 G St., Suite F, 7-9 p.m.: A great music space in downtown Davis, Parkside

presents a Friday night jam session with local band Jazz Nuances sure to warm you up.

■ Davis Wine, 611 Second St., 7-10 p.m.: Muddy Waders plays music spanning a range of genres. Their groove and dynamics are built on their long musical friendships.

SHELTER: Organizer hoping to expand scope of mission From Page A1 shelter is the Korean community. On Dec. 26, volunteers donated traditional Korean food, assisted Kirsch with logistics and enjoyed their dinner with the homeless guests.

“It’s great to spend time with them because I always meet someone who has an interesting story,” said Soo Yong Chang, one of the liaisons between the shelter and the Korean community.

From Dec. 1 to March 14, various volunteer groups within Davis will rotate in contributing to the shelter. Many of them, some of which are Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and

Crew 66, offer to participate in the service by making the dinners.

“The Interfaith Rotating Winter Shelter has a lot of moving parts,” Kirsch said.

“It’s difficult figuring out the logistics, but I love doing this and plan on continuing to.”

With the new respite center being built in Davis, Kirsch is excited to expand her organization and collaborate with the city of Davis in creating the best environment for shelter during the cold weather.

“I’d love to provide volunteers for the respite center,” Kirsch said. “It’s wonderful that Davis is taking action to help those in need.”

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Hannah Cho, left, and Sue Neaverth play background music during dinner on Dec. 26 at the Interfaith Rotating Winter Shelter at St. James Catholic Church.

OBITUARIES Janine Ellen Chandler July. 1, 1954 — Dec. 31, 2019

Jan Chandler 65 of Davis, died at North Bay Hospital in Fairfield, after battling a gallbladder infection that led to multiple organ failure. She was surrounded by family when she passed.

Jan was the daughter of Carl and Eve Chandler, longtime residents of Davis. She left behind sisters Terry and Lynn;

daughter Carrie; son Cody; two grandchildren; and domestic partner Mike Thibeau. Jan will be buried in McArthur beside her mother and father. Jan’s soul is forever with the Lord in Heaven.

A memorial service for Jan will begin at 11 a.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 14, at Pole Line Baptist Church, 770 Pole Line Road in Davis.

Helen Villanueva

April. 13, 1936 — Jan. 2, 2020 Helen Villanueva (Castañon) aka Mama V. was born in 1936 and passed away peacefully on January 2nd. At the age of 5, her family moved to Davis from Colusa, CA. She graduated from Davis High School in 1954. She retired from the UCD Financial Aid Office in 1991.

She married Gilbert Villanueva at the age of 19 in Reno. They were married 48 years before he preceded her in death in October 2003. Gilbert and Helen enjoyed spending time with their children and taking trips to Lake Tahoe and Reno. She enjoyed cooking for all her children and their friends.

She was especially well known for her homemade tortillas, tamales and chicken mole.

Helen was preceded in death by her parents Tereso and Dionicia; and sisters Victoria, Benita and Marguerita. She is survived by her siblings Teresa, Dolores, David, John and Carlos; children Inez, Gilbert Jr., Rita, James, Ted and Daniel; 15 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.

A vigil service will begin at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 8, at Smith Funeral Home, 116 D St. in Davis. A funeral Mass will begin at 10 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 9 at St. James Catholic Church, 1275 B St. in Davis, followed by a reception.

Helen desired receipt of monetary donations in lieu of flowers to the Teo Villanueva Memorial Scholarship Fund, Elena Fewell Howard, PO Box 587, Davis, CA, 95617.

Edith Hsiao

Nov. 20, 1933 — Nov. 11, 2019 Edith Hsiao, a residence of Davis since 1963, was a force of nature. Her energy, intelligence, grace and caring left an impression on everyone she met over her nearly 86 years.

A homemaker and wonderful cook, she inadvertently developed a global reputation; her gracious hosting of visitors and students from many countries extended her renown to six continents, and was an important factor contributing to the academic career of her husband Ted Hsiao. Her open and curious nature meant she could talk to anyone, and her extensive linguistic repertoire (German, English, French, Spanish, Italian, rudimentary Chinese and a smattering of Hindi and Latin) certainly helped.

An adventurous spirit, she and Ted loved traveling, visiting friends, former students and new places throughout the world.

Edith’s sons, Terence Hsiao and Gregor Hsiao, were happily dragged along in her wake, anticipating adventure yet secure in the knowledge that she’d be able to talk through or deal with any situation that came up.

She loved her four grandchildren, Melina, Leilani, Karsten and Meilani deeply and took justified pride in them. Edith was a gracious and constant friend. German through and through, she kept a gemütliches house, taught both of her sons the language and regularly saw her family and childhood friends in Germany where her two sisters, five nephews, and one niece live.

She passed away from cancer at home on Nov. 11, surrounded by her family and blessed with friends who came to see her at the end. A remembrance gathering for family and friends will be held in the afternoon of Jan. 25 in Davis.

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IRAN: Students unsure of what will come next From Page A1 prompted threats of retaliation from Iran and widespread fear of an all-out war.

The embassy’s announcement came prior to reports of Iranian missiles fired at two U.S. military bases in Iraq early Wednesday morning. President Trump vowed Saturday to respond “disproportionally” to any reprisals by bombing Iranian cultural sites.

Following the killing of Soleimani, the U.S. began to restrict the travel of some Iranians as well as Americans of Iranian descent. Over the weekend, U.S. Customs and Border Protection held more than 100 Iranian-born U.S. residents — many of them U.S. citizens or green card holders — at the U.S.Canada border for up to 10 hours.

On Monday, the U.S. denied a visa to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, preventing him from attending an upcoming United Nations Security Council meeting in New York on Thursday.

The Trump administration’s travel ban bars most Iranians from traveling to the United States. Iranians seeking visas to study in the U.S. are exempt from the ban, while other Iranians may apply for a waiver to gain exemption. Both categories of applicants interview for their visas at U.S. embassies. According to the U.S. Department of State, roughly 1,100 visas — about 37 per day — were issued to Iranians in November 2019, the most recent month of reporting.

“The U.S. Embassy in Yerevan has temporarily suspended some visa services,” the embassy announced on its website Tuesday.

While the announcement does not single out Iranian nationals, it links to a PDF with the file name and URL, “Iranianappointment-cancellations.”

Before being posted online, the announcement was emailed to visa applicants from an email address devoted to handling services for Iranians.

The Enterprise received documents from five Iranian nationals — four students and one immigrant visa applicant — showing their appointments were cancelled. Their visa interview dates indicate appointments at least through Jan. 17 have been suspended.

The cancellation of visa appointments raised concerns for Iranian applicants, many of whom may have waited more than a year for their interview appointments. For waiver applicants, the embassy interview is one of the last steps in the process. “To get to the point where you have an interview isn’t easy,” said immigration attorney Curtis Morrison, adding that some applicants may already have traveled from Iran to Armenia for their appointments. “The people showing up for these interviews have gone through so much.”

Because of the travel ban, Morrison said, some visa applicants have waited over three years to be reunited with their families in the U.S. “I really fear for people who are having their final interviews cancelled,” he said. “This adds another layer of uncertainty for them.”

The announcement from

the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan indicated the embassy will reschedule the appointments of immigrant visa applicants while nonimmigrant visa applicants would be responsible for booking new appointments when services resume.

Given the political circumstances, Morrison said he believes nothing is certain. He received dozens of worried messages from Iranian visa applicants following the embassy’s announcement Tuesday.

“People with appointments at other embassies are scared their appointments will be cancelled next,” he said. “I want to stress how traumatizing this is for the visa applicants and their families.”

As of Tuesday evening, the U.S. embassies in Ankara and Abu Dhabi, which typically serve Iranians, were operating as usual. The U.S. Department of State was not immediately available for comment.

While applicants for student visas interview at U.S. embassies at the start of their visa process, rather than at the end, students are also worried. Unlike nationals of other countries, Iranians who apply for U.S. student visas go through an extensive background check called “administrative processing” that can take six months or longer. Unanticipated delays, students said, increase the likelihood they will miss their first term of classes.

“It’s a very bad situation,” said one student admitted to study in the U.S. whose visa appointment was cancelled.

“When I received the embassy’s email today I felt enormous stress.” The student requested her name not be published.

The disruption of visa services complicates what students and lawyers said has become an increasingly unpredictable process.

Despite traveling with valid visas, roughly 20 Iranian students were barred from boarding flights to the U.S. to start graduate programs in September, mainly at University of California campuses.

“I do not know what to do” Nima Abdollahpour, who was barred from traveling to start a Ph.D. program at UC Davis, told The Enterprise in September. “I had a lot of dreams about my academic future.”

In a September statement addressing the visa cancellations, the UC Office of the President said, “UC has a deep commitment to providing a world-class education to all of our international students. Once they are enrolled at UC, we do everything possible to assist with their safe and timely arrival on campus.”

In December, the UC graduate student workers union, UAW 2865, petitioned the university to display greater support for its Iranian students. “The university should step forward and say something, just say that they see these issues,” said Mahya, a UC Davis student who serves on the union’s international committee and requested her last name not be published.

“Being silent has a similar effect as agreeing with something.”

— Reach Caleb Hampton at champton@davisenter prise.net. Follow him on Twitter at @calebm hampton.

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Chanting “Fund Schools Not War” and waving colorful handmade signs, 30 locals showed up at a rally to demonstrate against military action with Iran at Fifth and B streets on Saturday, in the wake of President Trump ordering the assassination of one of Iran’s top generals. The protesters were a combination of the Friends Meeting’s peace vigil group and the new Yolo Grassroots Collective. The Friends have been meeting at this corner regularly since December 2001, when they protested the start of the second Iraqi war. The Yolo Grassroots Collective, organized by Tahnee Sweeney, invites interested people to join them at 11 a.m.

Saturday, Jan. 11, at the Farmers Market to share hot cocoa and make future plans. They will meet at the benches west of the children’s carousel. For information, email YoloGrassRootsCollective@gmail.com.

TEEN: Three suspects in custody From Page A1 in custody — a female from Elk Grove and two males from West Sacramento and Sacramento, West Sacramento police Sgt. Eric Angle said Monday.

All three were booked into Yolo County Juvenile Hall, the boys on suspicion of homicide, robbery and conspiracy; the girl facing a charge of being an accessory to a felony.

“We believe the shooting occurred during a marijuana-related transaction,” police said in a Facebook post regarding the arrests. “A firearm believed to be used in the homicide has been recovered.”

The investigation remains ongoing. Anyone with information is urged to contact the Yolo County Dispatch Center at 916-372-3375.

A man who identified himself as Farris’ grandfather told local media that Samantha had been running away from the scene when she was shot several times in the back.

“This is senseless. This is the senseless slaughter of a beautiful girl,” Mark Bentley told KCRA 3.

“This is not what Sam was about.

What is happening to the youth of America?”

Bentley told the news station that Samantha had accompanied an older friend to the trail, believing that they were going on “an errand.”

But the alleged drug transaction went south when the money came up short.

“So, Samantha and another girl ran after the boys and said ‘Hey, you shorted us,’ ” Bentley said in the interview. “One pulled a gun. The two girls saw the gun and ran. And my granddaughter got three bullets

An impromptu memorial sprang up at the scene of a West Sacramento shooting where a 16-yearo-old girl lost her life.

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in her back.”

Court proceedings are pending for the three arrested teens, whom police are not identifying because they are minors. Although the West Sacramento boy’s name initially was made public before he turned himself in to authorities Sunday night, The Enterprise is not naming him due to his age.

West Sacramento Mayor Christopher Cabaldon released a statement Sunday praising the swift arrests made in the case.

“I am very proud of the officers & team members at the West Sacramento Police Department, who worked nonstop through the night

on an investigation & manhunt sprawling beyond our borders to bring the killers to justice,” Cabaldon posted on Twitter.

Officials at River City High School issued their own statement Sunday saying while neither the victim nor the suspects are affiliated with West Sacramento’s Washington Unified School District, it would make support staff available to students returning to campus Monday from the holiday break.

— Reach Lauren Keene at lkeene@davisenterprise.net or 530747-8048. Follow her on Twitter at @laurenkeene

Library hosts ‘The Cost of Darkness’ documentary Special to The Enterprise All are invited to a free screening and discussion of a few sections of the documentary “The Cost of Darkness” from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9, in the Blanchard Room of the Stephens Branch Library, 315 E. 14th St. in Davis.

This powerful documentary explores the continuing challenges of inequity, oppression and injustice that darkskinned people face in their daily lives. Produced

by Sandy Holman and the

Culture C.O.-O.P., this eight-section documentary is a youth-driven collaboration of more than 50 UC Davis students and international equity leaders that will help provide an understanding of the discriminatory practices that occur and how the public can intervene to create better systems that benefit all.

“If we are serious about changing and addressing inequities, injustice, inequality and supremacy ideology, we must examine issues through a historical,

systems and holistic lens to change our interventions accordingly,” said Producer and Culture C.O.-O.P. Director Sandy Holman. “Otherwise we will continue to spin in the status quo.”

No reservation is required and the program is free to attend. This

program is sponsored by the Friends of the Davis Public Library.

For information about the event, contact Scott Love at 530-757-5595 or scott.love@yolocounty.org.

For more information about the documentary, contact Holman at 530902-4534.

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BY JENNIFER GILBERT Special to The Enterprise

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he transition to a new year can often be a good time to evaluate existing habits and to look to adopt new ones. If you’re still trying to think of some good new year’s goals or resolutions to be better to the planet and to “green” your 2020, here are some ways to reduce energy use, conserve water, reduce waste and more.

Control pests with the least toxic control methods. Pesticides and many chemically based commercial fertilizers often do more harm than good. Most rodenticides can injure or kill nontarget wildlife and pets. Find tips on less-toxic control methods at GreenerDavis.org (click on the button for Integrated Pest Management).

Monitor your water use. Visit SaveDavisWater.org to sign-up for the city’s online customer water-use portal, AquaHawk, to monitor your daily and hourly water usage, set usage alerts and more.

Plant a tree. Trees boost the community’s wellbeing for generations to come. Spend a Saturday morning volunteering with Tree Davis (TreeDavis.org/volunteer).

Drink tap water. Davis tap water meets and exceeds all state

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Food scraps and food-soiled paper (such as paper towels, used facial tissues, paper plates or paper take-out food packaging) can be placed in your brown-lidded organics cart.

After collection, organic waste is taken to a commercial compost facility and turned into highquality compost.

Plant native. When removing turf from your yard or adding plants to your landscape, consider planting native plant species. Native plants provide habitat for native insects and wildlife, require less water, and, once established, can be lowmaintenance. Visit Arboretum.

UCDavis.edu for more information.

Keep wildlife wild — do not feed them. While feeding wildlife might sound like a good thing, it often leads to human vs. wildlife conflict and the resulting need for corrective management. Feeding wild animals can also contribute to wildlife health issues.

Use less and reuse more. Avoid creating waste. When shopping, buy in bulk to avoid excess packaging. When purchasing gifts, consider giving someone the “gift of an experience” (a restaurant gift certificate, theater tickets, etc.). Use reusable bags or containers for lunches and reusable

and federal drinking-water standards. Avoid plastic waste and drink from the tap instead of buying bottled water.

Choose LED bulbs. The next time you need to replace a bulb, choose an LED bulb. LEDs do not contain any toxic chemicals and, compared to other types of lighting, they save more energy, last longer and offer comparable or better light quality.

Prevent litter. Keep waste bin lids closed so wind can’t blow waste out. Secure waste in vehicles and never balance waste on top of an overflowing trash can.

Consider bypassing your water softener. Now that the city uses Sacramento River water, our tap water is much softer. Try bypassing or reducing the use of your water softener to avoid flushing unneeded salts into the city sewer system and waterways.

Dial back your irrigation. In the winter, the shorter days and cooler temperatures mean that landscape areas need less water.

Remember to water with the weather: turn off your irrigation when it rains and keep it off for 48 hours after a rain event.

Compost your organic waste.

drink containers.

Bike, walk, carpool or use public transit. Transportation is a leading contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. Making a greener choice in your daily transportation can have a significantly positive effect on your carbon footprint. For information on transportation options in and around Davis, visit Getting AroundDavis.org.

Don’t flush it. Are you using flushable wipes? Although they are labeled “flushable,” they are one of the leading causes of sewer backups. Sewer back-ups in your home can be an expensive problem and backups on our streets can harm the environment.

Place fruit and vegetable labels in the trash. Wastewater treatment facilities are not equipped to deal with sticky, small pieces of plastic, like the plastic labels on fruits and vegetables, when rinsed down the drain. The labels can clog filters and end up in our waterways.

Scrape it. Wipe or scrape off your excess food wastes and oils from your dishes and cookware.

Never wash fats, oils and grease (FOG) down the sink — they can clog sewer pipes, leading to messy and expensive backups.

For disposal options and tips, check out DavisRecycling.org.

Check your car. Check your car for leaks or drips of any type.

Rain will wash dripped oil and other auto fluids off of driveways and streets and carry them to storm drains, where they flow directly out to local waterways.

Repair leaky vehicles as soon as possible. Clean up any spills by using cat litter, cloth rags and citrus-based degreaser. Be sure to sweep up any cat litter and dispose of all cleaning materials with hazardous waste.

Dispose of hazardous waste properly. Certain items are too toxic or dangerous to place in the trash as they can lead to serious pollution issues or cause injury to sanitation workers. Yolo County residents can bring batteries, fluorescent bulbs, paint, medications, propane cylinders and other hazardous wastes to the Household Hazardous Waste Facility at the Yolo County Landfill every Friday and Saturday from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. for free and safe disposal.

You can stay up-to-date with sustainability efforts in Davis by following us at @GreenerDavis on Facebook and Instagram.

— Jennifer Gilbert is a City of Davis Conservation Coordinator; this column is published monthly. Reach her at JGilbert@CityofDavis.org

Audubon group gets technical Special to The Enterprise

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Stacey Parker, GATEways horticulturist with the UCD Arboretum and Public Garden, trains a new group of volunteers on proper perennial plant maintenance. New gardening volunteers receive in-depth training related to maintaining environmentally appropriate landscapes.

Arboretum recruits volunteers

BY SIENNA MATA Special to The Enterprise The UC Davis Arboretum and Pubic Garden is looking for volunteers!

This could be your chance to not only work with nature, give back to the community and connect with new people, but also receive expert instruction and an opportunity to be involved hands-on projects that improve the local and regional environment.

“Our volunteers are vital to this place and our organization,” said Kathleen Socolofsky, assistant vice chancellor and director of the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden.

At the beginning of every year the UCD Arboretum and Public Garden accepts a cohort of new volunteers, many of whom participate in weeks of education depending on which position they fulfill. As an example, over six weeks, gardening volunteers learn about many topics including garden safety, tool use, plant and weed identification, and perennial and ornamental grass maintenance. Not every position though requires an indepth training or a weekly commitment.

This year UCD is recruiting new gardening, land stewardship and plant sale volunteers. The gardening and land stewardship positions are weekly commitments, while the plant sale volunteers’ commitment is only during seasonal plant sales held approximately seven times a year.

Gardening volunteers maintain and beautify the arboretum collections, each with their own focus, that meet weekly for three hours Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday mornings. This

Saturday or Sunday mornings.

“You have probably walked in the Arboretum or Putah Creek Riparian Reserve, showing it off to out-of-town guests, but you may not know that those paths you walk and those plants you enjoy are taken care of by talented teams of trained community volunteers,” said Ann Daniel, president of the Friends of the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden.

“We now have over 250 volunteers each week working side-by-side with staff to care for the gardens and collections, grow regionally appropriate plants for the public, maintain our scientific plant records and more.”

Applications are due by Jan. 17. Those interested should visit arboretum. ucdavis.edu.

position involves weeding, shoveling, planting, pruning, and lifting up to thirty pounds and is perfect for those who already have basic love for plants and want to learn more.

Land-stewardship volunteers assist with maintaining the naturalized lands at UCD’s Putah Creek Riparian Reserve. Volunteers meet every Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday morning. This position is perfect for those that enjoy light construction and working with a variety of power tools to repair trails, care for native plants and control weeds.

Plant sale volunteers provide customer service, check out assistance and more at Friends of UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden big plant sale fundraisers, approximately four in spring and three in fall, on

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A green heron sits near North Pond in Davis.

Yolo Audubon Society’s January program will feature Kirk Swenson, a longtime birder, software engineer and member of the society’s Checklist Committee. He will be speaking about eBird, the world’s largest biodiversityrelated citizen science project, with more than 100 million bird sightings contributed each year by eBirders around the world.

Kirk will deliver a primer on using eBird to facilitate and record bird-watching outings, maintain personal lists of birding locations and species seen, and contribute to citizen science.

The meeting is open to all and will begin at 7:30 p.m.

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“It’s a massive accomplishment for our local community. For the club, it’s a milestone we’ve wanted to hit.”

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK EMME EISENMAN

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f grit was personified, it would go by the name Emme Eisenman.

The scrappy junior guard came up big again for Blue Devil girls hoops in Friday’s 49-48 overtime win over visiting Pleasant Valley, finishing with 15 points, seven rebounds, four assists and three steals.

She also hit the go-ahead bucket in overtime before teammate Surina Beal iced the game, as Davis High won its seventh straight in its final preseason match.

For her clutch shooting and all-around play, Eisenman is this week’s Greiner Heating & Air/Davis Enterprise prep Athlete of the Week.

The do-it-all guard has averaged a teamhigh 9.2 points a game this season, while pouring in seven double-digit scoring outings.

Eisenman also adds 1.6 assists and 3.8 rebounds an outing, and her 2.5 steals lead the Devils, who have ravaged opposing offenses this year with a vicious press.

“It’s nice knowing that I’m a key component, it helps me to be motivated,” says the 5-7 junior. “I’m always trying to push myself to be better and help my teammates out.”

Eisenman put up 2.9 points a night last season, starring as a key sixthman presence off the bench, while pulling down four boards plus one assist and one steal a night.

This season, she has broken out as a scoring threat as well.

“I definitely think this year I’ve been trying to be more aggressive,” Eisenman says.

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way from the court, Eisenman enjoys playing guitar and snowboarding. Her father, Russ Eisenman, works in marketing for AirBnB, while her mother, Lexi Whittney, is a speech therapist for young children.

After high school, she is interested in pursuing environmental science and engineering.

For now, Eisenman and her surprising Devils have their eyes set on the Delta trophy.

“League this year is pretty competitive,” Eisenman admits. “If we stay positive and just do what we’ve been doing in this preseason, we have a pretty good chance of winning this year.”

DHS opened league play on Tuesday night against reigning champ Cosumnes Oaks (3-11). Next up is a road game at Elk Grove (3-12) on Friday at 7 p.m.

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FC Davis gets Open Cup bid

BY OWEN YANCHER Enterprise sports writer For the first time, Davis will be represented in the nation’s oldest and most prestigious soccer tournament.

Announced by FC Davis on Monday afternoon, the local club has received a bid from U.S. Soccer to play in

the 2020 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in March.

Winners of the Golden Gate Conference last fall, the Golden Lions ended their second season of existence at 8-1-2, finishing ranked among the top 10 teams in the National Premier Soccer

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Blue Devils’ tag team Brooks and Turner tough on opponents

BY WILL WYMAN Enterprise correspondent Athletics have for years featured special multidimensional personalities who could dominate in multiple disciplines. Think Bo Jackson (football/baseball), Bob Hayes (track/football) and diamond and gridiron star Deion Sanders.

Now, Davis High has two student-athletes who sports fans know fit the dual-sports description in Zach Brooks and Aaron Turner.

Coming off a stunning 10-2 Blue Devil football season in which linebacker Brooks and running back Turner played big-time roles, the two juniors are in the throes of an impressive start to a very promising wrestling season. Both are top-tier competitors in their weight classes and are tearing

Davis High wrestler Zach Brooks girds in anticipation during recent practice. He and teammate Aaron Turner have become a formidable duo for the Devils.

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through the competition.

Brooks is a bonafide juggernaut — a powerful and robust grappler. He is quick to overpower and pin opponents. This contributes to his impressive record, which has seen but three losses this winter. His achievement garnered high praise from wrestling coach John Rosendale:

“Two of those losses are to story. Flashback a couple of the No. 1-ranked wrestler in months to that championship the state. The third loss was football run. against the No. 2 wrestler in Turner (5-10, 150) uses the California. Zach has already blistering pace he possesses to beaten two kids ranked burst through gaps and seams higher than him in the state. for long open-field gains.

“He has a good shot to Brooks (6-0, 230) relied on place high at the State Cham- pure power and stunning agilpionships at the end of Febru- ity to shed blocks and make ary,” continued Rosendale. stops on the defensive end.

Turner, on To wit, Turner the other hand, gained 918 yards relies on blindrushing while ing speed to scoring 14 inundate his touchdowns. opponents.

Meanwhile, Brooks led the “Aaron is the region in tackles fastest-moving with 123. human being I have ever It’s a demandcoached,” ing call, two believes Rosensports. So it’s not dale. “He is surprising that Zach Brooks always moving Brooks is always and constantly Versitile Davis athlete preparing, no attacking from matter which every position.” team he’s on.

“As far as wrestling season However, his speed is not goes, I don’t really have a prehis only weapon. Turner’s season because I transition strength is not something to straight from football to underestimate. wrestling.” disclosed Brooks.

“Often it is very hard to lift “Football season helps keep an opponent off the mat durme strong and in shape, ing a wrestling match,” which makes the transition to Rosendale told The Enterwrestling smoother.” prise. “Due to his speed and strength, Aaron has lifted Turner mirrored that sentialmost every single opponent ment: “Football helped me off the mat this season.” come into practice season in shape. The football team Knowing Brooks and Turner are absolute standouts on the mat only tells half the SEE TAG TEAM, BACK PAGE

“I’ve really enjoyed the bond that playing multiple sports together has made.”

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Junior grappler Aaron Turner lifts his Mira Loma opponent high in the air during victory in Davis High’s first home meet of the year. Turner has been part of a very successful friendship and DHS wrestling pair.

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t last count there were 130 universities competing in the NCAA’s Football Bowl Subdivision and 126 competing in the Football Championship Subdivision.

Those long and cumbersome names replaced the much simpler and easier to remember Division I-A (FBS) and Division I-AA (FCS).

Despite the names, both divisions do have a true “championship” playoff, though the FBS playoff features just four teams while the FCS playoff has a 24-team field.

Both of those divisions have now reached the championship round, with North Dakota State meeting James Madison this Saturday for the FCS title and LSU meeting Clemson this

coming Monday for the FBS crown.

If you want to know ahead of time which teams are going to win these games, read on. If not, you’ll have to watch them for yourself.

Interestingly, as convoluted and controversial as the playoff system can be — especially at the FBS level — it appears the respective selection committees did

their jobs well this time around.

LSU and Clemson are the only two undefeated teams remaining in the FBS and both are clearly the best teams at the top level of college football.

No. 1 FCS member North Dakota State, meanwhile, is 15-0 this year and seemingly hasn’t lost a football game since before the Louisiana Purchase.

No. 2 James Madison is hot on NDSU’s tail with its 14-1 mark.

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oth schools had to win three playoff games to get to Saturday’s championship game in Frisco. That is no easy feat. Lose once along the way and you’ll have to buy a ticket to get into the championship game.

Although the Bison have

won seven of the last eight FCS championships, folks in Fargo are trying to sell this year’s version of NDSU football as a Cinderella outfit, given that this was supposed to be a “rebuilding” year under first-year head coach Matt Entz.

The Bison started the year with an untested freshman quarterback named Trey Lance out of the great state of Minnesota. Lance has started all 15 games and put up some incredible numbers.

He’s completed 67.1 percent of his 277 passes for 2,714 yards and 28 touchdowns. But here’s the most incredible statistic of all: He has yet to throw an interception in any of those

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Calendar

TODAY Davis High BASKETBALL — Devil boys at Cosumnes River, 7 p.m. Devil boys vs.

Franklin, 4 p.m. Playfields Park.

SOCCER — Devil girls at Franklin, 3 p.m.

UC Davis No events scheduled.

THURSDAY Davis High No events scheduled.

UC Davis BASKETBALL — Aggie women at UC Riverside, 7 p.m. Listen: KDVS 90.3 FM. Watch: BigWest.TV. Aggie men vs UC Riverside, 7 p.m. Listen: KHTK 1140 AM. Watch: BigWest.TV. FRIDAY Davis High BASKETBALL — Devil girls at Elk Grove, 7 p.m.

SOCCER — Devil boys at Pleasant Grove, 3 p.m.

WRESTLING — Devil boys at Tim Brown Invite, Devil girls at Wrestler Classic, Napa.

UC Davis TENNIS — Aggie men at Stanford, 3 p.m.

SATURDAY Davis High WRESTLING — Devil boys at Tim Brown Invitational, Devil girls at Wrestler Classic, Napa.

UC Davis BASKETBALL — Aggie women vs.

Hawaii, 2 p.m. Listen: KDVS 90.3 FM. Watch: BigWest.TV. SUNDAY Davis High No events scheduled.

UC Davis GYMNASTICS: Aggies vs Cal, Stanford, San Jose State and Sacramento State, 2 p.m.

MONDAY Davis High SKIING & SNOWBOARDING: Devils vs. league, Alpine Meadows.

UC Davis No events scheduled.

DUNNING: College title tilts on tap From Page B1 15 games. I don’t know about you, but I’ve never heard of such an accomplishment.

And, just for good measure, Lance has rushed for 934 yards and another 13 touchdowns with a 6.7-yards per carry average.

He and the Bison did, however, struggle mightily with UC Davis in September before saving a 27-16 win with two late interceptions when it appeared the Aggies were about to take control. The Bison had only one game closer than that during their perfect regular season.

Shockingly to some, James Madison has been installed as a 2-point favorite in Saturday’s game, but when you look at how thoroughly the Dukes have dominated the opposition, the point spread is understandable.

Losing only 20-13 in the season opener at West Virginia of the Big 12, James Madison has put up wins like 63-12, 54-16 and 55-21 before opening the playoffs with a 66-21 rout of a supposedly decent Monmouth team.

As mentioned above, North Dakota State has won seven of the last eight championships. The one they didn’t win came in 2016 when James Madison claimed the crown, including a semifinal win over the Bison in Fargo.

A number of players on both teams still remember that game.

Bet against the Bison at your own risk.

North Dakota State 24, James Madison 21.

Between Saturday’s FCS showdown and Monday night’s FBS battle of the unbeatens, you’ll have Sunday off to beg God’s forgiveness for your obsession with college football.

Clemson has become the gold standard of college football, even though 90 percent of the fans in this country still couldn’t tell you in which state Clemson is located.

LSU appears to be one of those once-in-a-generation teams that starts rolling downhill as the season progresses, burying everyone in its path. Witness the 63-28 dismantling of Oklahoma in the semifinal round.

LSU quarterback Joe Burrow, the AllAmerican boy next door from smalltown Ohio, has endeared himself to the entire state of Louisiana by jokingly changing his last name to “Burreaux.”

The Tigers win this one. Easily.

OK, that’s cheating. As any college football fan knows, both teams bear the “Tigers” nickname.

So let’s amend that to say, “The Tigers who play in Death Valley win this one.”

OK, I cheated again. Both teams call their home stadium “Death Valley.”

This game will be played in Louisiana, but not in either Death Valley.

LSU Tigers 45, Clemson Tigers 28.

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

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DHS girls win 8th in a row Devils upend reigning champs

BY LEV FARRIS GOLDENBERG Enterprise staff writer League opener: check.

Knock off the reigning Delta League champions: check.

Maintain an eight-game win streak: checkity-check.

The Blue Devil girls hoopsters took care of some New Year’s resolutions with Tuesday night’s 53-41 road victory over Cosumnes Oaks (3-12 overall, 0-1 league).

Junior forward Skylar Schouten led the charge for Davis (9-5, 1-0) with 17 points, 14 rebounds and some clutch fourth-quarter free throws.

Surina Beal — who finished with 12 points — put the game away with a late 3-pointer. After icing Davis’ 1-point overtime win over Pleasant Valley on Friday, timely shots are becoming a habit for the senior guard (possible nickname alert: “The Ice-moBeal”).

“Skylar had some big shots for us,” said head coach Heather Highshoe. “And Surina had a big

three for us as well. When it came down to closing out the game, we did what we needed to do.”

New Year’s resolutions are all about building good habits, and the Blue Crew have the right idea.

The Devils — who have struggled valuing the ball — committed just two turnovers before intermission, while forcing 15 first-half Wolfpack miscues. (Davis won the overall turnover battle, 29-14.)

Taking care of the rock helped DHS build an 19-5 first quarter advantage as Beal and Greiner Heating and Air Athlete of the Week Emme Eiseman (10 points) both hits treys.

Davis cooled down in the second, but held a 26-12 halftime lead with the help of another long-range missile from Lily Hessl.

CO gave the Devils a taste of their own medicine in the third, drilling three 3-pointers and cutting the lead to six. Emily Ko, Staysha Henry and Mel Mar each hit treys and led the Wolfpack with 8 points apiece.

But Davis held on in the fourth, as Schouten — who pulled down seven offensive boards — was big on the glass,

Blue Devil Skylar Schouten (11) gets a shot off over Sophie Railsback of Whitney earlier in the season.

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hitting 4 of 5 from the line during crunch time.

“We met a lot of our goals in the first half,” said head coach Heather Highshoe. “Overall, I thought our game was pretty inconsistent in terms of execution and valuing the ball.”

Riding an eight-game win streak, and still room for improvement?

“Each game we’re getting better and better, so yeah, that is exciting to see,” Highshoe added.

Caitlin McMillan chipped in 6 points, and Mara Bledsoe and Kate Nelson contributed 2 each.

“We were a mismatch for Cosumnes, so Skylar and Caitlin and Mara did a good job of getting some steals inside,” Highshoe said. “We were able to capitalize on that and get some easy shots in the beginning.”

The Blue Devils travel to Elk Grove (4-13, 1-0) on Friday for a 7 p.m. bout. The Herd trounced Pleasant Grove, 67-33, in each team’s Delta opener on Tuesday.

UCD squads open conference Enterprise staff Aggie basketball fans are going to know a little more about the status of the UC Davis men’s and women’s teams when both kick off their Big West Conference campaigns on Thursday.

Coach Jim Les has his gentlemen playing their best ball of the young season, ending nonconference at 6-10. It will be the hot hands of local guards Stefan

Gonzalez and Joe Mooney greeting UC Riverside (10-6) at The Pavilion at 7 p.m. The Aggies come in on the heels of a 101-41 rebuke of visiting Holy Names (Oakland) on Friday.

Meanwhile, at the same moment, its the three-time defending league champions of mentor Jennifer Gross at the Highlanders (4-10). The 5-8 Davis women will have been off

since dismantling William Jessup, 96-32, on New Year’s Day. UCD is paced by senior swingman and leading scorer Katie O’Toole (15.7 ppg), first-off-thebench Nina Bessolo (10.5), energy-filled guard Mackenzie Trpcic (7.5-point average with 66 assists) and rebound guardian Cierra Hall, whose 32 points in a win over Boston College is a personal and team season high.

The women will then return home Saturday for a 2 p.m. matinee with 6-7 Hawaii, then host Long Beach State on Jan. 16. The men get the weekend off before going to Long Beach State (Jan. 16) and CSUN on Jan. 18.

Fans should mark their calendars for Alumni Day — a Feb. 1 doubleheader in which UCD women take on UCSB (2:30 p.m.) and the men get Cal Poly (5 p.m.).

Somebody better guard me soon W hen playing water polo, I have for years thought that the cry, “Don’t slough off of Mark!” meant don’t leave me unguarded.

I assumed it was a respectful nod to the idea that I should be guarded, even though it is not necessary.

No. It means players are leaving me unguarded so they can doubleteam someone else.

The companion cry I hear is: “Be a threat!”

When sloughed off, what I need to become is a “threat.” I need to advance toward the goal as if the sloughing was a big mistake.

Speaking of our group, Davis Water Polo Club was selected by USA Water Polo as Central Zone for Masters Club of the Year.

Jamey Wright was recognized as Coach of the Year and Kandace Waldthaler was named Female Athlete of the Year for the zone.

The winter masters session continues today at 8 p.m. at Schaal Aquatics Center. Practices will be only on Wednesdays, through Feb. 26.

2019 Brute Squad results: The 11th annual Ross Yancher Brute Squad and the inaugural Brute Squad Lite events are in the books, reports DAM head coach Stu Kahn.

The two events featured 196 swimmers and two event records were set.

Eight DAM swimmers took first place in their regular brutal brute squad. They are Jenny Mohn (time 30.43), Helene Nehrebecki (31.22), Satori Iwamoto (30.28), Kevin Waterson (33.22), Nelson Loskamp (33.54) and Dave Woodruff (34.27).

The regular Brute Squad is so demanding that we need to recognize everyone who finished it, never mind what place.

How demanding is it? The event consists of 2,250 yards in

a combination of 200 fly, 400 IM and 1,650 freestyle.

The women finishers are Edith Hannigan, Marie Krug, Jennie Lane, Kandace Holgerson, Tovah Skiles, Stacey Brezing, Stephanie Denison, Elva Diaz, Emma Garforth, Laura Smoot, Jane Russell, Jennifer Phalen, Julie Langston, Linda Casillas. Deanna Johnson, Scarlet Huber, Marnelle Gleason, Katy Lantz and Kathy Gill,

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inishing on the men’s side were Arthur Koehl, Ryan Waddington, Mathieu Spriet, Joseph Biello, Daniel Sperka, Kristopher Kordana, Christian Scheuring, Gregory Stoner, Robert, Lantz and William Wheeler. (I’m very proud of Dr. Kordana, my doctor at Kaiser.)

DAM only has one record holder for the regular brute squad: Marc Blumberg, 25:29, in 2017.

DAM swimmers dominated the inaugural lite brute, supplying two-thirds of the total entrants (54 of 84) and claiming 70 percent of the event winners (17 of 24).

The winning women are Vivian Crow (10.58), Jenny Mohn (10.39), Aryn Yancher (12.16), Marie Krug (12.11), Nellie Sperka (13.19), Ginger Leacox (10.35), Cecily Sprouse (14.03), Gayle Bondurant (17.12) and Susan Munn (19.44).

The winning men are Arthur Koehl (11.28), Satori Iwamoto (9.47), Frank Guan (12.50), Kevin Waterson (11.05), Gregg Recanzone (14.06), Dave Woodruff (11.36), Stuart Kahn (12.06) and Curt Miller (14.40). Thomas Mcnicholas from Las Vegas masters beat me 25:10 vs. 28.34.

A Gathering of Brutes: The Yancher family will host the third annual Brew (Brute) Squad Celebration on Sunday, Jan. 26, at Super Owl Brewery, 1260 Lake Blvd., Ste. 121, from noon to 1:30 p.m. All Brute finishers, lite or regular, are welcome. Brutes will receive a swim cap and a participation certificate. The beer is provided.

— Mark Braly’s column is published on the second Wednesday of each month in The Enterprise. Reach him at markbraly@sbcglobal.net.

Softball clinic set for Sunday Enterprise staff A free youth softball clinic will be conducted by the Davis Youth Softball Association Sunday at 3 p.m. at Softball Field B in Davis’ Community Park.

The clinic is open to girls of all skill levels — and organizers say no experience is necessary.

For more information about the clinic and registration for the 2020 DYSA softball season, visit davisyouthsoftball.org.

DHS football news A mandatory informational meeting will be conducted for parents and guardians whose kids plan to play football at Davis High next season, announced Blue Devil head coach Steve Smyte.

The Thursday, Jan. 16, gathering will be at 6:30 p.m. in the DHS library.

“At least one guardian or parent of a prospective varsity

LOCAL SPORTS BRIEFS or JV player is expected to attend,” Smyte told The Enterprise. “Everyone will learn the academic-, behavioral- and football-related expectations of the program, receive an offseason and in-season schedule and have a chance to meet other parents who make up the Blue Devil football family.”

Smyte says he hopes to answer any questions and “welcome (everyone) to Devil Nation.”

Smyte also announced the start of Davis’ 2020 Champions Strength and Conditioning off-season sessions.

The coach says breakfast, prepared by DHS Football Backers, is served after the Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday workouts (which begin at 6:40 a.m.).

“Anyone interested in playing varsity football for the reigning

Delta League champions is strongly encouraged to attend these sessions,” Smyte points out.

Lots of Davis golf It was a busy holiday season for the men’s club at Davis Golf Course.

In best-2-of-4-ball net tournament, it was the foursome of Domingo Rodriguez, Jorge Rivera, Juan Ruiz and Bob Davidson which captured the first flight with a 108.

Bill and Matt Miller joined Don Pappa and Ted Villanueva to finish next at 109.

In second-flight play, Javier Rocha, Tommy Jones, Andy Zinkle and Rick Caster carded a 107 to outdistance the 112 turned in by Jerry Hallee, Walt Haynie, Jon Adams and Larry Peterson.

Earlier, in the Cross Country Scramble, Villanueva and Pappa’s adjusted 42.9 earned first-flight honors. Following

the duo were Rocha and Diaz (46.8), Dick Hale and Ed Johnson (47.7) and Brian Bello and Peter Fuqua (48.3) with Scott Callahan and Al Tejeda tying Randy Conner and Jeff Mathews at 48.7.

Second-flight champs were Mark and Todd Hornbuckle, in at 46.3. Next were Scott Panzich and Todd Chase (48.9) with Jim Ogando and Brad Lowe posting at 48. Fifth place went to Caster and Tom Jones, who tied with Haynie and Ken Miller at 50.5.

Youth hoops The California Youth Basketball League is currently registering kids for its spring season (March 21 to June 6) in South Sacramento. The league is open to kids aged 4 through 18.

Individual team registration can be made a cybhoops.com.

For more information, call 916391-3900.

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Try these exercises to have fun and exercise the owl way!

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Like a ghost, the snowy owl glides through the air in soundless flight. This owl is different from most owls because it hunts during the day and at night.

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The snowy owl is one of the largest owls, with a height of about 27 inches (69 cm) and a wingspan of up to 60 inches (152 cm).

Wingspan is the measurement from wing tip to wing tip, when the wings are fully stretched.

Many animals can blend into their environment.

This is called camouflage. There are few trees on the tundra, so the snowy owl’s white plumage blends with the snowy world of the northern arctic.

In the spring, when the snowy owl makes a nest, the snow has started to melt and the brown earth shows through patches of white snow. The female snowy owl’s soft white feathers are streaked with brown so she cannot be seen as she nests on the ground.

Fly like an owl.

Stretch your arms wide apart and swoop around outdoors.

Perch like an owl.

Here are three other animals that blend into their habitats, or homes.

Can you unscramble their names?

How many of the things in this chart could fit into a snowy owl’s wingspan?

Measure 60 inches (152 cm) on the floor. Now lie down with your arms outstretched along the line. Measure your outstretched arms. How do you compare?

Standards Link: Measurement; students compare the length of objects by using direct comparison of standard units.

Standards Link: Life Science: Animals have external features that help them thrive in the different environments they inhabit.

Squat down like you are sitting on a tree branch watching for mice on the ground. Fold your arms into wings with your thumbs in your armpits.

How long can you stay in this position?

Hop like an owl.

Baby owls are called owlets. Can you help the mother owl find her way home to her owlets?

All owls have excellent sight so that they can spot creatures like mice that run fast along the ground. Owls’ eyes are not the same as human eyes. We move our eyes in their sockets to see from side to side. The owl must turn his head to see in different directions. Owls also have a third eyelid, which protects the eye. It is a milky white eyelid that comes up from the bottom of the eye. Its purpose is to clean and refresh the owl’s eyes. This third eyelid is called a nictitating membrane.

Start in the perch position.

Then hop to the right, hop to the left, hop forward, hop backward.

The snowy owl has round, yellow eyes. Can you find the pairs of eyes that match?

Standards Link: Life Science: Adaptations in physical structures improve an animalʼs chance for survival.

Standard Links: Visual Discrimination; students compare and sort common objects.

The snowy owls need to eat a huge amount each day – enough to equal their own body weight. They don’t chew their food – they just swallow their prey whole, including fur, claws, teeth and bones. Then they spit out a pellet of all the parts they can’t digest.

What silly things can you find on this owlʼs dinner plate?

Standards Link: Life Science: Animals need food for survival and have physical structures to help them survive.

Look through the newspaper and count the number of eyes that you find.

How many are human eyes?

How many are the eyes of other animals?

Standards Link: Number Sense; count and name a number of objects.

Find the words in the puzzle. Then look for each word in this week’s Kid Scoop stories and activities.

Twist and turn.

While sitting in the perched position, turn your head as far to the right as you can. Then turn your head as far left as possible.

Standards Link: Physical Education: Understand the health benefits of physical activity and exercise.

This week’s word:

TUNDRA

The noun tundra means a treeless plain of arctic regions.

You can’t grow food on the frozen tundra regions of the world.

Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognized identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

Try to use the word tundra in a sentence today when talking with your friends and family members.

Create Camouflage Choose a picture in the newspaper. Cut out a circle of white paper that fits over one-third of the picture. Color the white circle to match the picture underneath. This is camouflage.

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple multiple-step directions.

Write a paragraph reporting on your favorite bird. Include at least three facts about this bird.

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Where political action is (and isn’t) in 2020 Californians’ Democratic leanings, plus I their antipathy to President Donald Trump, t’s a presidential election year, so what can California voters anticipate between now and Nov. 3?

For one thing, not much presidential politicking, even though we’ve advanced our presidential primary from June to March in hopes of making California more than an ATM machine to finance campaigns in other states.

Yes, we’ve seen a little personal campaigning by Democratic hopefuls and latecomer Michael Bloomberg is spending some of his multi-billion-dollar wealth on television commercials in hopes of making a splash.

However, the Democrats’ very complex system of allocating convention delegates blocks anyone from making a big killing and while former Vice President Joe Biden is favored to top the field, the more decisive primary action most likely will occur elsewhere.

After March, California will once again revert to a backwater in presidential politics. Californians’ Democratic leanings, plus their antipathy to President Donald Trump, guarantee the

guarantee the state’s 55 electoral votes will go to the Democratic candidate.

state’s 55 electoral votes will go to the Democratic candidate, no matter who he or she is.

California’s anti-Trump attitude will likely be a greater impact on our congressional delegation. Two years ago, Republicans lost half of their 14 congressional districts and it doesn’t appear that they can recover substantially this year.

The big action in this year’s elections will be found in three key contests in Los Angeles County, which has a quarter of the state’s population, and in an array of high-octane statewide ballot measures.

George Gascón quit as San Francisco’s district attorney, returned to his hometown of Los Angeles and is now trying to

unseat LA County District Attorney Jackie Lacey. Gascón’s campaign reflects nationwide efforts by self-proclaimed criminal law reformers, led by billionaire George Soros, to unseat what they regard as punitive prosecutors.

The second big Los Angeles contest is for a rare opening on the county’s five-member Board of Supervisors.

Term limits are forcing Mark Ridley-Thomas to give up what has traditionally been an African American seat on the powerful board, even though his district is only about 25% black. Three prominent black politicians, Los Angles City Council President Herb Wesson, former Councilwoman Jan Perry and state Sen. Holly Mitchell are engaged in a three-way battle that is becoming nastier by the moment.

Thirdly, the gigantic Los Angeles Unified School District is the scene of the latest battle between unions and charter school advocates for control of its board. It’s a critical contest for the latter because last year, at the behest of unions, the Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom gave local school boards more power over charter school applications.

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s many as a dozen measures could appear on the November ballot with at least seven heavyweights that would: ■ Block a new law that prohibits cash bail in criminal cases, sponsored by bail agents; ■ Partially overturn Assembly Bill 5, which aims to make more workers into payroll employees rather than independent contractors, sponsored by Uber and

LETTERS Sutter fined again After a lengthy investigation, Sutter Health as again been fined by the state. The investigation found cost inflation (70% higher than hospitals in Southern California), double-billing and kickbacks for doctor referrals. This resulted in a fine of $575 million.

I have been served well by my Sutter doctors, but the staff does not set policy. However, they do have some knowledge of administrative practices. Individually, doctors may be limited, but collectively, they can have some influence.

What happens to the $575 million fine? does it go to the state treasury, or might it be returned to overcharged patients?

Marv Tripp Davis

firefighters, especially Bobby, for sharing your hearts with us. You do great work for us!

Debbie Nichols Poulos Davis

Sharing their hearts I must confess that I sometimes let my Enterprises stack up. But I’m so glad I read the Dec. 29 edition right away. Three articles particularly moved me.

First, Jann Murray-Garcia’s moving letter to teacher, Señora Dopico, touched me deeply. Murray-Garcia bravely revealed her own private struggles with depression to add a voice to urge us to share our stories with others … to not be afraid to speak up and express ourselves. I can’t thank you enough for what you wrote!

Next was the article about Firefighter’s Local 3494 Crab Feed fundraiser for Thriving Pink. I know the firefighters well, especially Bobby Weist … a greater guy you couldn’t find. I’ve needed the firefighters many times to lift me off my bathroom floor and onto the toilet or my wheelchair.

(I have ALS and can’t stand to transfer. I have helpers who occasionally aren’t able to get me from chair to toilet successfully.)

Bobby, Emily, Matt, Justin, Skylar, Mike, Dom, Melissa, LeAn, Sam and others come right away and treat me so carefully. It could be embarrassing, but we’ve all gotten used to it and can laugh together. I can’t praise these men and women enough for what they do and how they do it.

Then there is Marion Frank. She’s the mother of one of my former students. It’s been over 30 years, but I think his name is Daniel. I can tell from her article that she’ll understand about not remembering.. I belong to two book groups that meet monthly. I enjoy the books, but by the time we meet I have trouble remembering the details. She writes so well. Many of her readers, especially those of us older folks, can read it and share a smile.

Thanks Jann, Marion, and 3494

Yes on Measure G I have lived in Davis for 58-plus years; I have attended Davis schools from elementary to high school. My child and grandchild have also had the privilege of a superior education at DJUSD. As a senior and a grandparent, I want to do what I can to make sure Davis schools remain topnotch.

I am going to vote yes on Measure G on March 3 because I want all children to have excellent teachers to greet them at the classroom each day. How can we attract and keep excellent teachers if we pay less than all the surrounding towns?

Calling all seniors. Calling all grandparents. Please support our grandchildren and vote yes for Measure G! In support, Sande Royval Davis

No war with Iran Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., has asked the question: Why did the Trump administration make the decision to kill Gen. Qassem Soleimani now when other administrations of both parties had decided that would escalate risks, not decrease them? I ask, could the answer be that Trump wants to turn American’s attention away from his impending impeachment trial?

The Trump administration has yet to clearly set forth the evidence that it claims justifies this act, which has been, according to an article in the Sacramento Bee, on Trump’s agenda since last summer.

On the Thursday afternoon of the killing, Defense Secretary Esper was quoted in

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the Sacramento Bee as saying that the United States’ military would strike “if there were signs” that paramilitary groups were planning more attacks on American bases and personnel “in the region.”

What signs suddenly showed up? In which regions? In addition, what kinds of plots, once discovered, could not have been resolved through actions outside of an assassination that would have protected our troops from the types of threats of attacks alleged by Trump’s supporters?

Killing a person in charge of the plans does not change the plans; a new person can be, and has been, appointed to take Soleimani’s place.

I hope Americans are not ready for a war with Iran that will, no doubt, result in the loss of thousands of lives, and could replicate wars that have extended over many years such as those in Iraq and Afghanistan. Entering a war with Iran will not protect our troops from more attacks.

Let us organize to end the wars in the Middle East, and continue to insist that there be witnesses and documents as part of a fair impeachment trial of President Trump.

Judy Reynolds Davis

The count is in On behalf of the children of Yolo County, Project Linus of Yolo County blanketeers want to thank the community that has supported us over the past 11 years in donating over 15,700 handmade blankets to children.

The final blanket count is in for 2019: Our chapter collected and distributed over 1,900 handmade blankets to Yolo CASA, Yolo Crisis Nursery, Empower Yolo, CommuniCare Health Center-Davis, Davis Joint Unified School District, Yolo County He ad Start Program, Family Hui-Davis, Yolo County Children’s Alliance, Fourth & Hope, STEAC, Yolo County Health

Speak out President Hon. Donald J. Trump, The White House, Washington, D.C., 20500; 202-456-1111 (comments), 202-456-1414 (switchboard); email: http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact

U.S. Senate Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 331 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20510; 202-224-3841; email: http://feinstein. senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-me Sen. Kamala Harris, 112 Hart Senate

& Human Services Agency-Nurse Home Visiting Program, Woodland United Way, the Davis Public Safety Trauma and Grief Support program, Progress Ranch, Woodland Police Department and Woodland Fire Department.

Our blanketeers also sent 38 blankets to the Project Linus Coordinator in the Saugus area for distribution to the students at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, in response to the school shooting on Nov. 14. A big thank you to Scott Yoder, the Pak Mail store on East Covell Blvd. for his generous donation of boxes, packing the 38 blankets and discounted shipping of the blankets to Saugus.

Our chapter continues to be grateful for donations of fabric, yarn, miscellaneous sewing supplies and monetary donations. Thank you for your generous donations, which will keep our blanketeers busy making blankets for quite a while.

Thanks also to the following groups for their monetary contributions to our chapter: Soroptimist International of Greater Davis and the Intel Volunteer Grant Program. And a thank you to Nugget Markets, for their monetary donation through the SCRIP program.

Along with a big thank you to the volunteers of Project Linus, thanks also to the following groups for their donation of blankets: Flying Needles Quilting Guild, the Davis 1st Ward Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Woodland Christian High School, Atria Covell Gardens, Mrs. Ferguson’s 2nd year Confirmation Class at St. James School, Sunset Buttes Lions Club, Sewing Servants at the First Baptist Church and The National Charity League of Davis In addition, thanks to all of you who helped make this possible, including Maria Lucchesi, community services supervisor at the Davis Senior Center, which provides a room for our monthly gathering; Sebastian Oñate, editor at The Davis Enterprise, for all of the wonderful publicity for our chapter; and the Joann Store in Woodland, which received over 200 handmade blankets donated from the community for our chapter.

For anyone who is interested in making a blanket for Project Linus and becoming a blanketeer, attending one of the gatherings in Davis, receiving our monthly newsletter or making a charitable donation of fabric, yarn or money, please contact me via email at dmmyolo@gmail.com.

Diane McGee Chapter Coordinator, Project Linus of Yolo County

Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20510; 202-224-3553; email: visit https://www. harris.senate.gov/content/contact/senator

House of Representatives Rep. John Garamendi (3rd District), 2368 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20515; 202-225-1880.

District office: 412 G St., Davis, CA 95616; 530-753-5301; email: visit https://garamendi.house.gov/contact-me

Governor Gov. Gavin Newsom, State Capitol, Suite 1173, Sacramento, CA 95814; 916-4452841; email: visit https://govapps.gov. ca.gov/gov40mail/

other ride and delivery services; ■ Remove some of Proposition 13’s property tax limits from commercial property and thus raise their taxes, backed by unions; ■ Give local governments the power to regulate housing rents; ■ Mostly repeal a 1975 law that limits pain and suffering damages in medical malpractice cases; ■ Authorize sports betting, but only at casinos owned by Indian tribes; and ■ Modify Proposition 57, a 2016 ballot measure championed by former Gov. Jerry Brown that softened punishment for some crimes.

The Gascón-Lacey duel and the bail and sentencing ballot measures make criminal justice a significant subtheme of this year’s California elections.

— 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.

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Babysitter blasts on social media Dear Annie: I consider myself to be a self-aware social media poster. However, there is a family member on Facebook who posts her childcare needs at least once a week. She posts the day and time she needs and has said the names of the children who need a sitter. She has three children.

Her circumstance is difficult as she is going through a divorce. I am not particularly close with her, but not in a bad way.

I, too, have been a single mother and know how difficult it can be to find cheap, reliable childcare. Annie, should I bring up my concerns with her?

— Worried for the Kids Dear Worried for the Kids: She is a family member, and you are both single mothers.

Yes, by all means bring up your concerns with her. Kids come first, and if you think that what she is doing is unsafe for them, then say something sooner rather than later.

Maybe even offer to help take care of her kids when she is in a pinch so that she is not so desperate to post it on social media.

Perhaps you could offer her some of the ways you found a sitter without announcing it to everyone on social media.

——— Dear Annie: I was fortunate to have found a wonderful quiet condo in a very expensive tourist town. Although I’m renting, I have done repairs and spent money on my new “home,” as I was planning to make this my last move. I’m 70.

Everything was great, including the semi-retired neighbors and the office and maintenance staff. It felt like a community.

Then the elderly next-door neighbor moved and a young working lady moved in. The problem is that she is obese. Her footsteps can be heard and felt in my unit.

She wakes between 4 and 5 a.m.

Because of the floor plan, our bedrooms and bathrooms are adjoining, and I am woken up when she gets up. I’ve left felt pads for her bathroom cabinets hoping that may be a hint, but it seems to have made it worse.

How do I tactfully tell her that I hear everything, including her bathroom use (even the vomiting... bulimia?) It’s not like a noisy neighbor with loud music.

I don’t want to move again, but I’m very stressed about this.

— Hearing Too Much Dear Hearing Too Much: It is understandable that you are stressed out about this.

Hearing someone going to the bathroom, no matter how much they weigh, is disgusting.

And that’s not something your new neighbor can help. It sounds like it could be a building issue and that the building is not properly soundproofed. For the time being, invest in some good earplugs along with a sound machine. After that, speak with management and tell them what is going on. Here’s hoping they will have a solution. If not, it might be time to pack up and move.

——— Dear Annie: It seems an easy fix for those teens who neglect dental care. Just tell them that no potential girlfriend or boyfriend will want to talk with them, much less share a smooch or two, if their mouths stink.

After the anticipated eye-rolling and harrumphing, we taught our boys table manners by telling them that someday they’ll have dinner at a girl’s home with her family, and knowing where to put their napkin, how to chew with their mouths closed and which fork to use will impress her parents, most likely garnering them a return invitation.

They just needed the right motivation.

— Mom Who’s Been There Dear Mom Who’s Been There: Teaching children good manners is always a good thing. You sound like a great mother.

——— Dear Annie: I have worked in the same office for 18 years. For many years, there were five of us in our division: three women and two men. One of the men left for a different job a year ago, and he was replaced by a woman, “Carla,” who is very difficult to work with. In fact, I’m convinced that she is

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a liar and a troublemaker.

The only man left in our division, “Fred,” is quiet and shy but fundamentally a very kind man. He has never married, and I don’t ever remember him going on a date.

He lives with his mother, goes to church and does not seem to have a lot of other activities. I’m not sure if he has any friends.

Carla claimed that Fred asked her on a date, which I found difficult to believe. She then claimed that Fred committed sexual assault on her, which I found impossible to believe. She reported her claims to human resources, and they investigated. Poor Fred. I thought he was going to have a heart attack!

It turns out that the most aggressive they found him to be was to agree to give Carla a ride home after work one day when her car was in the shop. He said he dropped her off and went home to have dinner with his mother, and his mother backed up his story.

Carla made up all kinds of scary stuff, and anyone who knows Fred knows those things didn’t happen. Human resources concluded that they had no proof of any wrongdoing, so they would let the matter go. They encouraged Carla to file a police report if she wanted the matter investigated more thoroughly. She declined to do so.

I am determined to get rid of Carla. I used to love my job, but now I dread going to work because I have to interact with her every day.

I can only imagine how Fred feels. The two other women in our division agree with Fred and me and don’t want anything to do with Carla. Do you have any advice for us?

— Dreading Carla Dear Dreading Carla: My advice is for the four of you to visit the human resources manager of your company. You can ask that Carla be fired, or, at a minimum, moved to another department. Explain how awkward your work has become because of this drama queen. It really is true that one rotten apple can spoil the whole barrel. Sexual assault allegations are not to be taken lightly, and it seems like your human resources department did their due diligence.

——— Dear Annie: This is in response to the letter to you about intermittent fasting. A nutritionist on NPR described how it works. It takes your liver about 12 hours to process the food you eat in a day, and then it starts processing stored fat. So if you go 12 hours

between meals, you don’t store fat (assuming you don’t eat TOO much). And if you go longer without eating, you burn stored fat.

I’ve been doing this for years, and didn’t know there was a name for it, and it’s helped keep my weight steady without having to give up the foods I like. You would do your readers a service by looking into this and perhaps recommending it.

— Burning Fat Dear Burning Fat: Congratulations on your success. Keep up the good work. I am amazed at how many readers have sent in letters telling of their positive results with intermittent fasting.

——— Dear Annie: I’ve had a HUGE sweet tooth all my life. I have also always been very active, and I eat healthy foods. However, I’m nervous that this is not enough to balance my intake of sugary goodies.

Now that I’m older, I realize that I can’t keep eating so many sweets. Diabetes is common in my family, and my grandfather passed away from it when he was 46. Other members of my family have early stages of diabetes, and I am nervous that I will have it when I’m older, too, even though I eat healthy and exercise.

What are the best alternatives to eating sweets? You rock!

— Sweet Tooth Dear Sweet Tooth: I’m sorry about your grandfather. You are very wise to begin to think of ways to curb your sweet tooth. Too much sugar not only can lead to diabetes but a whole host of other health problems.

The good news is that you are not alone.

Craving sweets is an evolutionary behavior that kept our ancestors safe from eating poisonous plants. Some healthier alternatives to sugar are maple syrup, dark chocolate, honey and fruit. After eating these natural alternatives, my guess is that if you tried to go back to processed sugar, you would think it tasted too sweet.

While you’re weaning yourself off of sugary treats, consider trying sugar-free candies. They can help satisfy your use for sweets without all the sugar. Best of luck, and congratulations on putting your health first. We only get one body; taking care of it is one of the most important things we can do.

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Commercial Glazing Contractor seeks experienced glaziers for Journeyman, Foreman & Superintendant positions.

Work ranges from Multi-story office buildings to retail storefronts. Each journeyman candidate should have experience in the following; • Commercial Storefront • Curtain Walls • Aluminum Entrances and Hardware • Reading and interpreting blueprints All applicants should have their own trade specific hand tools, valid clean CDL and drive to succeed. We are a growing company with room for growth in knowledge and compensation for the right candidate. We offer full benefits.

Please submit your resume to whayes@archgs.com

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Village Homes, Davis California Full Time Landscape Team Position Recruiting to fill a full time Landscape Team position. The position is 40 hours a week with wages being based upon experience.

A qualified applicant should have the ability to perform essential duties of the position, the candidate should also have the following personal characteristics: Positive Attitude, Respect, a Strong Work Ethic and be Community minded.

Essential Duties: • Ability to work independently and with other team members on routine landscape maintenance as well as specific landscape projects such as irrigation installation and repair • Promote a clean and safe work environment; keeping tools and materials in order • Communication and interpersonal skills Requirements: • This position is physically demanding requiring the following abilities: walking, lifting, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling.

• Must be able to operate machinery associated with Landscaping • Frequently required to lift and/or move items which could weight up to 50 pounds and up to 100 pounds with assistance • This position entails working outdoors in adverse conditions We plan to interview qualified candidates on February 8, 2020 with employment to begin soon thereafter.

Cover letter and resume should be submitted to: Todd Lembke at vha.landscape@gmail.com or to: Village Homeowners Association 2655 Portage Bay East #2 Davis, CA 95616

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Employment Country Club Manager Community Health & Athletic Facility Salary: $3,333.33 $4,583.33 Monthly; Stonegate Country Club, 919 Lake Blvd., Davis, CA 95616. FFD: 1/5/2020. See job announcement at www.stonegatecc. com for min. req. or call (530) 7567653, Resume’ can be sent to clubmanager@stonegatecc.com, appl. req. EOE.

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Free & For Sale Have you lost a pet?

Do you want to help shelter animals get back home?

Please join the Yolo County Lost and Found Pets Group on Facebook at facebook. com/groups/yolopets

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Help Wanted Aleon Inc. is currently looking for a part-time Office Manager/Accountant for our sales office. Candidate must be well organized, detail oriented, have basic accounting experience and be familiar with bank and financial statements. Experience with Quickbooks Desktop Enterprise, Microsoft Office and Excel is required. Please email your resume to info@aleoncase.com

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Duck club caretaker (Butte Sink) Live Oak CA Caretaker for 15 member privately owned 1700 acre duck club. Must have knowledge of wetland marsh management, experience running backhoe and some heavy equipment as well as some knowledge of water management. Must be a self starter who can work well with members.

Good salary and benefits. Many extras.

MUST LIVE ON SITE. Resume required.

Compensation: annual salary, medical insurance, two weeks paid vacation.

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Rent is all inclusive: City Services, PG&E, maintenance of the facilities, and care of grounds. In addition, it includes the use of two difference conference rooms, photocopy machine as well as a stamp machine.

Call Amy Harris for a tour at (415) 806-3821!

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Large custom designed home in Wildhorse. Two pianos and pool.

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Notice is hereby given pursuant to California Business and Professional Codes #21700-21716, Section 2328 of the UCC of the Penal Code, Section 535 the undersigned, Storquest Express Self Storage of Woodland, will sell at public sale by competitive bidding the personal property of: Name: Jesse Angstead, Brian Papin, Ronald Snook, Chris Hernandez, Chad Estes. Property to be sold: household goods, furniture, appliances, clothes, toys, tools, boxes & contents. Auctioneer Company: www. storagetreasures.com The Sale will end at 10:00 AM, January 16, 2020. Goods must be paid in CASH at site and removed at completion of sale. Sale is subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between owner and obligated party.

Storquest Express Woodland 1610 Tide Ct. Woodland, CA 95776 (530) 338-3531 1/1, 1/8 664 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed: December 2, 2019 FBN Number: 2019-1000 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) OM-MANTRA 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California.

Business is located in Yolo County.

1800 Shellhammer Dr. Woodland, CA 95776 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip Anand R. Neupane 1800 Shellhammer Dr. Woodland, CA 95776 4. Business Classification: Individual 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: December 16, 2014 “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

6. Signature of Registrant(s): Anand R. Neupane 12/25, 1/1, 1/8, 1/15 667 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed: December 20, 2019 FBN Number: F20190168 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) Vaziri Bookkeeping Advisors 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California.

Business is located in Yolo County.

1051 Berryessa Lane Davis, CA 95616 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip Elizabeth Vaziri 1051 Berryessa Lane Davis, CA 95616 4. Business Classification: Individual 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: January 1, 2019 “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

6. Signature of Registrant(s): Elizabeth Vaziri, Owner 12/25, 1/1, 1/8, 1/15 668

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed: December 17, 2019 FBN Number: 2019-1050 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) SWEETPEAS HOUSECLEANING FROM THE HEART 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California.

Business is located in Yolo County.

361 West Woodland Ave. Woodland, CA 95695 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip Diane Goodman 361 West Woodland Ave. Woodland, CA 95695 4. Business Classification: Individual 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: June 1, 2002 “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

6. Signature of Registrant(s): Diane Goodman 1/1, 1/8, 1/15, 1/22 674 PUBLIC NOTICE Sacramento State is preparing more students than ever to be contributors to their local and regional communities and beyond. Some undergraduate degree programs continue to receive more applications from qualified applicants than there are available spaces. Seven programs are currently impacted: BS in Biological Sciences; BS in Business Administration; BS in Criminal Justice; BFA in Graphic Design; BS in Health Science; BS in Nursing; and BA in Psychology. Other programs have considered impaction to ensure quality.

Sacramento State is always working to address the issue through structural changes as well as additional admission requirements. The University believes there is the capacity to move BS in Biological Sciences and certain concentrations for the BS in Business Administration off impaction; consider moving the BS Health Sciences off impaction upon approval of adjacent degrees; and open a study to determine if impaction would be helpful for the BS in Social Work. To ensure that ideas and concerns are aired, the University is hosting a series of three public hearings.

Questions and comments will be considered at each of those hearings.

PUBLIC HEARINGS Date: Jan. 16, 2020 Time: 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Location: Sacramento State – Downtown, Room 104 304 S Street Sacramento, CA 95811 Date: Jan. 17, 2020 Time: 9:00-11:00 am Location: Sacramento City Unified School District, Serna Center, Michigan/ Minnesota Room 5735 47th Avenue Sacramento, CA 95824 Date: Jan. 17, 2020 Time: 1:00-2:30 p.m.

Location: Sacramento State, University Union, Oak Room 6000 J Street Sacramento, CA 95819 1/8 676

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B8 THE DAVIS ENTERPRISE

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2020

New year, new faces, same Devils Despite young roster, girls put up veteran results

the net, and there wasn’t a shabby goal among the four. They were all legitimate, nice goals and I think that gave the team confidence.”

Though DHS started three of its six freshmen, it was the veteran leaders who contributed to the first goal, which came in just the second minute.

Junior left back Megan Looney, scorer of the winning goal in last year’s Sac-Joaquin Section title game, made an attacking run forward, drawing several Eagles defenders with her before she released the ball to find unmarked classmate Franny Bolivar near the top-right side of the box.

Bolivar, the creative fulcrum of the team, took a single touch into space and then hit a rocket in the lower-lefthand corner of the goal from 20 yards out for the only goal the hosts would need on the night.

The game then hit a lull for the next 20 minutes before one of those freshmen, midfielder Reese Quick, was taken down in a similar spot to where Bolivar hit the back of the net.

Junior Summer Baron stepped up to the free kick and smashed it into the back of the net for the second goal of the game, before senior Sydney Moore outdid both of the previous long-range strikes by scoring from nearly 35 yards to give Davis a 3-0 lead heading into the break.

Freshmen starter Olivia Johnson then joined the scoring outburst shortly after halftime, hitting a deflected ball off of the

BY EVAN REAM Enterprise staff writer After graduating 12 players from perhaps the best-ever class of athletes to lace up their cleats for a Davis High girls soccer team, many could have been forgiven for wondering if the Devils even had a chance of replicating the unprecedented amount of success they’ve enjoyed for the past four seasons.

But if Tuesday’s 4-0 victory over Pleasant Grove is a harbinger of things to come, DHS is in good, though inexperienced, hands.

It took just 90 seconds for Davis to take the lead for good at Playfields Park against the Eagles, who came into the match with a 9-1-2 record.

And that lead wasn’t relinquished for the entire 80 minutes as the Devils banged in two more goals before halftime to put the match out of reach early.

“In all of our games, we’ve had a lot of opportunities on goal, in some we capitalized on them and in others we didn’t,” said head coach Sara Stone. “Scoring goals is probably the hardest thing to do in the game, and, today, we were just able to find the back of

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Blue Devil Summer Baron (3) dribbles around Pleasant Valley’s Skye Walsh in Tuesday’s match. underside of the crossbar to finish the scoring for the match.

Despite needing key contributions from all of the underclassmen forced into starting roles, the result kept the Devils unbeaten on the year as they head into today’s match at Franklin with a 3-0-2 record and 2-0 mark in Delta League play.

“I wouldn’t say our team is inexperienced, just inexperienced connecting with each other because in the past we’ve had so many players who have been on one dominant club team together, where this year we have six

freshmen, so we have players from four different teams, so it’s more about just getting the players familiar with each other,” Stone said.

“Reese and (defender Mia Williams), they’re both freshmen and starting and doing really well,” she added. “They’ve adapted quickly. It’s just a different dynamic because when you have 12 people leave in any sport, you can look at it as a rebuilding year, but I don’t want the rebuilding to sound as a negative, it’s just rebuilding because we have so many new players.”

TAG TEAM: Duo helps lead emerging mat program From Page B1

years between wrestling and football.

I’ve really enjoyed the bond that playing multiple sports together has made.”

Turner totally agrees: “Zach is someone who is a born leader and a great teammate. He is someone a lot of BROOKS people look up to.”

A tough competitor Despite how much they could go into raptures about each other, there is still room for some constructive criticism.

“Zach and I let each other know things we can work on. For example, Zach usually tells me I’m small and I need to ‘get big and hit the weights.’ ”

regularly lifted throughout the week.”

However, Turner recognizes the difference in the preparatory measures for both sports.

“Wrestling is one of the hardest sports out there. Wrestling conditioning requires me to have a lot of stamina because of the nonstop action, unlike football, where plays last around 10 seconds.”

Brooks and Turner made the shift together as the sun set on football and rose on wrestling. The partnership has developed into something of a symbiotic relationship.

“We push each other throughout our different sports.” noted Brooks.

“Aaron’s always been a lot of fun to be around — and he’s a talented athlete.

We’ve spent a lot of time together over the

With the football season behind, the focus is now laserfixed on a successful wrestling campaign.

There is one thing weighing heavy on the mind of the two Blue Devils, those looming State Championships.

“In terms of TURNER Surprising strength goals, I definitely want to build off last year and make States again ... and make it to the podium. I’m gonna give it my best shot, and we’ll see what happens.” offered Brooks.

Turner feels the same way, and hopes to wrestle with a winning mentality to reach his goals.

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Aggie women start fast Enterprise staff UC Davis senior Cammi Johnson collected wins on the vault and uneven bars while junior co-captain Kelley Hebert posted her fourth career beam score of 9.9 or better to propel the Aggies to a 191.825-191.175 collegiate gymnastics dual meet victory over Sacramento State at the Nest on Sunday.

Johnson earned the first Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Specialist of the Week award of the season, the conference office announced Tuesday afternoon. This is the first career MPSF weekly honor for the Los Gatos native.

On Sunday, Johnson and teammate Gabby Landess were part of a three-way tie for first place with a 9.775 on bars. Johnson won the vault outright with a 9.700 effort in the second rotation.

Hebert led the Aggies with a 9.775 on floor exercise in the third rotation, then popped her 9.900 to anchor the beam lineup in the fourth. Johnson added a 9.750 beam to round out a strong three-event performance for the day.

Additional local highlights included sophomores Cortney Cunningham and Shannon Sklow. Cunningham scored a 9.725 on bars, then turned in a 9.525 on

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vault and 9.575 on floor.

Sklow made her bars debut with a 9.600, then posted a 9.625 on floor.

Landess was the lone Aggie all-arounder for the meet. She shared the meet title on bars with the 9.775, then went 9.600 on vault and 9.725 on floor before suffering a fall on beam.

Landess finished with a 38.150, behind Sac State’s Jordyn Brent, who won the floor (9.825) and all-around (38.725).

Hebert’s 9.900 is her fourth such score on beam in her career. Hebert also has hit the 9.9 threshold eight times on floor, including five straight her sophomore year.

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“This year, I plan to go into every match with the mindset that I will win. I know that if I stick to my strengths, I can make it to State.”

Both wrestlers possess an impressive combination of talent and drive.

The dual-sport varsity athletes inspire success in each other and within themselves.

Whether it be on the green turf of Ron and Mary Brown Stadium, or on mats inside gyms across California, Brooks and Turner are likely to dominate their competition.

With wrestling postseason on the horizon, the future is bright for these two formidable Davis athletes.

— Reach Enterprise correspondent Will Wyman at wymanw26@gmail.com. Follow him on Twitter at @Wyman_why.

League. The young franchise now will have a chance to take the field against squads from both the United Soccer League and Major League Soccer, should Davis advance past the opening round.

The thought of a team from Davis being within a stone’s throw of not just playing against — but potentially hosting teams like the Sacramento Republic or the San Jose Earthquakes — is no longer a fairytale idea.

“When we started this project for Davis in 2018, if you would have said we could potentially host the Earthquakes in our home town in two years time, you would have received some funny looks,” team owner Adam Lewin says. ““It’s a massive accomplishment for our local community.

“For the club, it’s a milestone we’ve wanted to hit, but I don’t think we expected to hit it this soon. It’s a testament to the continued growth of our organization and the support of our growing fan base.”

Although not yet official, the Lions’ first match is shaping up to be a battle with historic San Francisco side Olympic Club — a team that sports a lineup dotted with former MLS stars. First round matchups will be made public on Jan. 22.

A first-round victory would see the locals paired with a USL squad — likely

Sacramento Republic, as the Open pairs teams based on geographic location in opening rounds.

In the third round, MLS teams enter, which could pit the Davis Lions against the MLS powerhouse from San Jose.

“It’s a rare opportunity,” Lewin says. “One that doesn’t come around often in our league.

“It adds a different dynamic to what we’re doing — a new intensity since we know what the possibilities are.”

FC Davis’ first game will take place March 24 or 25, while second-round outings are slated for April 7 to 9. Third-round games are set for April 21 to 23.

All games will be available on ESPN-plus.

“Anyone who watches League Cup games knows there’s upsets all the time,” Lewin says.

“And we’re hoping to do some.”

Notes: To learn more about FC Davis’ mission, history, purchase team gear or tickets visit futbolclubdavis.com. Lions head coach Mark Torguson is set to hold open tryouts for the squad Feb. 1-2. The Golden Lions 2020 season schedule is set to be released later this month. Have questions about the club or want to tryout? Email info@footballclubdavis.com. ... FC Davis plays its home games at Playfields Park.

— Reach Owen Yancher at oyancher@ davisenterprise.net. Follow him via Twitter at @530athletics.