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After 50 years, I think I got the hang of this T omorrow, Jan. 27, of 2020, marks the 50th anniversary of my employment at this newspaper I call home. As a colleague termed it the other day, this is the conclusion “of the first 50 years.”

Yes, I hope there are 50 more, but you never know what the Good Lord has waiting just around the corner. I’ve never had a 5-year plan or a 10-year plan or, heaven forbid, a 50-year plan. If it works for me today, I’m happy. I’ll worry about tomorrow, tomorrow.

One of my favorite roadside signs is the one I’ve seen numerous times outside a small tavern near Brookings on the southern Oregon coast.

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“Free Beer Tomorrow,” it says. Tomorrow never comes, of course, because it’s always today. That’s the way it is in the newspaper business, too. You’re only as good as your last story or column or headline. The news of the day fades fast, to be replaced by something even more compelling. That’s why they call it “news.” There’s nothing worse than reading a day-old newspaper. You may think you’re “catching up,” but even as you read it, you’re falling further behind.

The other day a friend asked me about my memories of working for The Hub, the excellent newspaper put out by students at Davis High School, my alma mater. I never wrote for The Hub.

My mother used to tell people she remembers me writing for The California Aggie during my undergraduate days at UC Davis. I never wrote for The California Aggie. In fact, during my freshman year the powers that be at our great local university required

me to take a remedial, noncredit course called Subject A — better known as “Bonehead English” — before allowing me to enroll in Real English.

If you had told me then that I’d spend 50 years writing for a newspaper, I wouldn’t have believed you. Heck, if you’d told me I’d spend 50 minutes writing for a newspaper, I wouldn’t have believed you. But there I was at 5 a.m. on Jan. 27, 1970, sitting at a desk in

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Opposition to 5G highspeed internet service — and, specifically, the small cell antenna systems that must be deployed in large numbers to provide it — has been seen and heard around the country over the last two years as federal law has limited the ability of local government to regulate the service. 5G has been hailed by enthusiasts as a game changer, increasing the rate of data transfer by 100 times or more, but controversial to those who fear the significant increase in devices transmitting radio frequency signals in their neighborhoods. 5G will require a multitude of small cells to be mounted on utility poles along public thoroughfares. Opponents in Davis have been vocal as well, urging city planning commissioners and the City Council to take action to prevent the deployment of 5G locally because of the health risks they believe it poses. But city staff say the Federal Communications Commission has placed substantial new limitations on cities’ ability to regulate small wireless facilities and prohibits the city from regulating any wireless facilities based on radio frequency emissions or health impacts. Thus staff are recommending that the City Council on Tuesday amend the municipal code to bring the city’s wireless communications regulations into compliance with federal law and approve a resolution establishing permitting requirements and development standards for

The Downtown Plan Advisory Committee’s recommendation that the Trackside property be allowed to go up to four stories will stand after the committee on Thursday declined to rescind its previous vote. The decision made Thursday evening came after committee members who were accused of having a conflict of interest recused themselves and the motion to rescind the previous vote failed on a 4-to-5 vote with one abstention. Back in November, the

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The Davis Fire Department captured these images of a Wednesday morning collision involving a garbage truck and a vehicle at County Roads 20 and 101A. The driver of the vehicle sustained minor injuries in the crash, according to the California Highway Patrol, which is investigating the cause of the wreck.

Davis school district suing Juul UCD professor sheds light on coronavirus

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The Davis school district filed a lawsuit last week against Juul Labs, Inc. for the company’s role in cultivating and fostering an e-cigarette epidemic that disrupts the education and learning environment across the District. The suit was filed in the Yolo County Superior Court on Jan. 22 (Case No. CV2093). The Davis district’s lawsuit was filed on the same day as those filed by the Chico Unified School District and Campbell Union High School District. Numerous other California school districts — large and small — have filed similar lawsuits in recent months. The Davis district’s lawsuit follows those filed by the Los Angeles Unified School District, San Diego Unified

School District, Glendale Unified School District, Compton Unified School District, King City Union School District, Ceres Unified School District and Anaheim Elementary School District, all against Juul for the same negligence and nuisance claims. The lawsuit seeks injunction and abatement to stop the e-cigarette epidemic, which has severely impacted the District by interfering with normal school operations. The Davis district also seeks compensatory damages to provide relief from the district’s financial losses as a result of students being absent from school, coordinating outreach and education programs regarding the health risks of vaping, and enforcement actions such as staff to monitor the school’s property in an effort to

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BY CALEB HAMPTON Enterprise staff writer UC Davis professor of epidemiology Christine Kreuder Johnson answered questions about the coronavirus outbreak Friday on the San Francisco-based radio station KQED’s “Forum” program. The interview aired as the virus’s death toll continued to climb and health officials reported the outbreak was spreading further from its epicenter in central China. Kreuder Johnson currently works with USAID’s Emerging Pandemic Threats PREDICT project, directing animal and human surveillance activities to detect disease spillover, amplification and spread. At UC Davis, she trains graduate students in wildlife epidemiology and

disease ecology. As of Saturday, at least 56 people in China had died from an illness linked to coronavirus and more than 1,300 had fallen sick from it, according to Chinese officials. China announced Saturday it would begin enforcing greater travel restrictions, suspending inter-province buses and stopping the sale of international flight and hotel packages for Chinese citizens headed abroad starting Monday. The virus has spread to at least 11 other countries, with cases confirmed in Europe, Australia, Canada and the United States. Some health officials have traced the outbreak to a market in Wuhan, the capital of China’s

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Briefly Deos campaign hosts events The campaign for Linda Deos for Yolo County supervisor will host two events this week. There will be a postcard party from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 27, at 2919 Bellows Court. On Tuesday, Jan. 28, Elizabeth Lasensky will host a house party for Deos from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Deos is a longtime consumer protection attorney and small business owner. She currently serves on the Yolo County Cannabis Business Tax Citizens’ Advisory Committee, the Davis Utilities Commission and the Board of Directors for the Yolo Basin Foundation. For address and information, contact Lasensky at elasensky @gail.com or 530-8485436.

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cancer diagnosis can impose heavy economic burdens on many living with the disease. It’s tough enough for those with health insurance coverage, but what about those with little or no insurance? What happens when a survivor is unable to work due to the illness or side effects from medical treatment? Many newly diagnosed individuals and their families struggle to make ends meet. For the past four years, the local nonprofit Thriving Pink has provided individual financial grants through its Granting Pink Program to help local breast cancer survivors pay for everything from medical bills, to care providers and living expenses. Lynda Yancher was diagnosed with breast cancer last summer and faced financial challenges after she had to take a step back from working at her licensed daycare of 32

THRIVING PINK years in South Davis, Kids on Cowell Pre-School. “My weekly chemotherapy treatments and surgery resulted in rising out-ofpocket medical costs. It was a real financial challenge,� Lynda said. “Thriving Pink volunteers encouraged me and submitted the Granting Pink application on my behalf. When I recover, I hope to do the same to help others.� This year, Thriving Pink aims to provide 30 local breast cancer survivors in Davis and Yolo County with financial grants, totaling $45,000. Over $122,000 in total financial support will be provided after this fourth cycle of grants with 98 local women and their families receiving this direct financial support. The Granting Pink applications are due by Feb. 15 this year. “We hope you will join us to make a difference. If you know

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Linda Dunn, right, a Thriving Pink board member, presents a financial grant to local breast cancer survivor Elsa Feldman. someone who has been diagnosed with breast cancer, encourage them to fill out the straightforward application. You can also nominate a friend or loved one by sending in the application for them,� said Rose Cholewinski, Granting Pink Chair and Thriving Pink board member. A special thank you to many generous Pink Partners for making this all possible.

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Hear story of ceramicist David Ohannessian Special to The Enterprise The community is invited to hear the story of David Ohannessian, the renowned ceramicist who founded the art of Armenian pottery in Jerusalem, from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30, at the International House Davis Community Room, 10 College Park. Ohannessian’s work and that of his followers are celebrated throughout Jerusalem. Sato Moughalian, Ohannessian’s granddaughter,

weaves together family memoir, art history and biography in this lecture, based on her book “Feast of Ashes: The Life and Art of David Ohannessian.� The book was longlisted by the PEN America Literary Awards for the 2020 PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography. Copies will be available for sale. This free event is sponsored by UC Davis Human Rights and the art history and Jewish studies departments.

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The Yolo Careers in Education Forum is from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5, at the Yolo Solano Center for Teacher Credentialing, 4632 Second St., Suite 110, in Davis. Anyone interested in a job related to administration, teaching, secretarial work, maintenance and more is invited to meet with Yolo County school district staff and recruiters to learn more about job opportunities. For more information, visit the DJUSD Personnel website.

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SACRAMENTO — State Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, introduced legislation today that would help schools recover funding and instructional time lost by wildfire-related power shutoffs from PG&E and other utilities. “Educating our children is Priority 1, so communities stricken by PG&E’s poorly executed power outages shouldn’t be forced to endure losses to their school budgets,� Sen. Dodd said. “My bill will ensure school districts are made financially whole while providing a mechanism to offer makeup days for students who have missed value classroom time.� California public school

funding is based on average daily attendance, reported three times a year by school districts. Under current law, if schools are forced to close because of a public safety power shutoff, such as those across the North Bay last year, they could lose part of their expected allocation. Senate Bill 884 changes that, authorizing the state to backfill ADA money. In addition, it authorizes districts to receive funding for makeup days offered at the end of the regular school year if power shutoffs or other disasters force significant closures during the year. SB 884 is sponsored by the Sonoma County Office of Education and

coauthored by Sen. Mike McGuire, D-Healdsburg. “Over the past three years, the 40 school districts in Sonoma County have collectively lost over 300 days of student instruction due to two catastrophic fires, a flood, and multiple PG&E power shutoffs,� said Steve Herrington, superintendent of Sonoma County schools. “This proposed legislation provides school districts the option of recapturing some of this lost instruction.� Dodd represents California’s 3rd Senate District, which includes all or portions of Solano, Napa, Sonoma, Yolo, Sacramento and Contra Costa counties. Learn more at www.sen.ca.gov/dodd.

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small cell wireless facilities. According to city staff, the actions “will ensure to the greatest extent possible that wireless facilities are located, designed, installed, constructed, maintained and operated in a manner that meets the aesthetic and public health and safety requirements of the city.â€? But that’s not likely to be good enough for 5G opponents who believe the community’s health and safety is at risk. About a dozen people addressed the City Council during public comment at the last council meeting, including Davis resident Judy Gonzales, who urged the council to postpone the deployment of 5G in Davis. Said Gonzales: “There are already serious documented health issues with the current levels of wireless radiation. “We don’t know the percentage of people that are electrosensitive,â€? she said, “but even if it is small, these people are important ‌ It stands to reason that with dramatically increased amounts of electromagnetic radiation there will also be increases in the number of people becoming sick.â€? Others cited what they called the lack of studies on the safety of 5G. “Imagine for a moment a world where the pharmaceutical industry released new drugs after brief in vitro testing, where cars were tested by computers but released without being test driven, and where the test flight for a new airplane was its maiden voyage with 360 passengers and a crew of 20,â€? said Davis resident Meredith Herman. “These things don’t happen because the pharmaceutical industry, the car industry, the airline industry are required to test their products before they release them on to the public. That’s not happening with 5G. We will be part of a giant experiment.â€?

Local opponents of 5G have also cited a recent court ruling that they say gives the city the legal grounds to stop 5G providers from installing equipment in the public right of way without further review. In fact, they have sent a ceaseand-desist letter demanding the city stop enforcing its policy governing wireless facilities based on that court case, United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians v. Federal Communications Commission. The case struck down an FCC order that excused small cells from certain types of review, including federal environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act. According to city staff, the cease-and-desist letter “claimed that the decision in United Keetoowah prohibits the city from approving permit applications for small cell development until the FCC issues a revised order containing new rules for NEPA review. “However,� city staff said, “the United Keetoowah case is not applicable to the City of Davis for three reasons.� First, United Keetoowah was decided by the circuit court of appeals in Washington, D.C., and therefore does not apply in California, which is overseen by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Second, argued city staff, United Keetoowah affects small cell projects that are subject to federal environmental review under NEPA. “NEPA is a federal law that only applies to significant actions that are either taken by the federal government or funded with federal money; NEPA does not apply to city rights of way and, not being a federal agency, the city does not have the authority to require NEPA compliance from cellular providers.� Additionally, staff reported, the

Telecommunications Act of 1996 specifically prohibits the city from regulating wireless facilities on the basis of the environmental effects of radio frequency emissions, although the city can regulate other environmental impacts of facilities under CEQA such as aesthetic impacts and impacts to habitat. “Third,� staff reports, “United Keetoowah does not affect the separate FCC order that restricts the city’s ability to impose small cell regulations and delay small cell projects. The city’s small cell policy was developed to comply with this separate order, which remains in full force and effect after United Keetoowah.� That order is currently being challenged by a number of cities in the 9th Circuit, however, “and the city is watching that case with interest." The bottom line for the city, staff says, is federal rules require cities to allow small wireless facilities on city-owned infrastructure in the public right-ofway, such as on streetlights and other existing towers. Federal law also specifically pre-empts the city’s ability to regulate wireless facilities, including small cell facilities, “based on concerns regarding (radio frequency), including health concerns,� city staff reported. “All that the city can do is to require that such facilities meet the FCC requirements for (radio frequency) emissions,� according to city staff. Therefore, staff is recommending that the city’s policy for small wireless facilities include the following provisions: ■Applications should be required to include a radio frequency exposure compliance report that certifies that the proposed small wireless facility, as well as any collocated wireless facilities, will comply with applicable federal radio frequency exposure standards and exposure limits. That report would be

required to be prepared and certified by a radio frequency engineer acceptable to the city. â– No small wireless facility would be approved unless the city finds that the applicant has demonstrated that the proposed project will be in compliance with all applicable FCC regulations and guidelines for human exposure to radio frequency emissions. â– Any approved project would be subject to a standard condition of approval that requires all small wireless facilities to be maintained in compliance at all times with all federal, state and local statutes, regulations, orders or other rules applicable to human exposure to radio frequency emissions. â– All small wireless facilities would be required to be designed, constructed, operated and maintained in compliance with all generally applicable health and safety regulations, which includes without limitation all applicable regulations for human exposure to radio frequency emissions.

Recurring issue Tuesday’s meeting won’t be the first time the council has to consider residents’ health concerns over radio frequency radiation. Back in September 2018, the council faced opposition by some folks over the city’s new water meters which use radio frequency to transmit hourly water usage over a secure network. In response, the council allowed residents to opt out of the new meters and instead use meters that would be read manually. Those who chose the latter option would be billed an additional $37 per month to cover the city’s costs of sending out meter readers. Councilman Dan Carson voted against the opt out that evening, saying his review of scientific research led him to conclude it wasn’t necessary. His colleagues agreed that the

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high risks of virus transmission is because of the variety of animals kept in close proximity. In a market setting, people “bring together species that would not normally be together in nature,� Kreuder Johnson said, which further increases the risk of viruses jumping species. Within the market, there’s still a question of where exactly the coronavirus originated. “The actual source of the virus is not known,� Kreuder Johnson said. However, based on the genetic identity of the virus, she said we know it is related to similar coronaviruses that have circulated in bats and have been found in bats in China. “We suspect that bats are the original reservoir, but it’s quite likely that another animal became infected with the virus from bats

Hubei province. The first confirmed cases of the outbreak were among vendors and customers at a market that sold seafood, poultry and live animals for meat. The market was closed down and disinfected on Jan. 1. Kreuder Johnson explained on KQED why markets with live animals are a particularly high-risk environment for viral infections and diseases. “Any close contact with animals can result in transmission of a virus from animals to people,� Kreuder Johnson said, elaborating that viruses can be transmitted through animals’ respiratory tract secretions, urine and feces, and by consuming them. Another reason live animal markets pose especially

and then went on to transmit the virus to people in the market,� Kreuder Johnson KREUDER JOHNSON said. UCD professor While epidemiologists from UC Davis and elsewhere have long studied viral infections, Kreuder Johnson said the coronavirus outbreak warrants further studies to learn more about the virus and how to spreads. “This is a frontier where we need a lot of improved surveillance,� she said. In addition to looking at people with the virus, she said it is key to look at animals in the high-risk environments she described. “We know that most

emerging infectious diseases are going to come from wildlife. That’s what’s been happening over the last several decades,� Kreuder Johnson said With two confirmed cases of coronavirus in the United States — one in Washington State and one in Chicago — health officials said the risk to Americans is currently low, but officials are closely monitoring the situation. The World Health Organization held meetings on Jan. 22 and 23 to determine whether or not to declare a global health emergency. They decided it was still too early to do so. — Reach Caleb Hampton at champton@ davisenterprise.net. Follow him on Twitter at @calebmhampton.

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combat the e-cigarette crisis. “The Davis school district is holding Juul accountable for marketing dangerous products to youth, which has, in turn, wasted resources intended for education,� said District Superintendent John Bowes. “Our students and community deserve better.� Since entering the market in 2015, Juul has dominated the e-cigarette industry and now controls over 70% of the market. Reports found that in 2018, 4.9 million middle and high school students used tobacco products, with 3.6 million of those students using e-cigarettes. From 2017 to 2018, youth e-cigarette users increased by 1.5 million. That growth

is largely based on Juul’s market strategy, which is to target school-age children to ensure the growth of their consumer base. The National Institute on Drug Abuse found that the 2018 spike in nicotine vaping was the largest for any substance recorded in 44 years. Juul’s aggressive, strategic marketing and product designs create an addiction crisis among youths and a widespread burden on school districts. The Davis school board voted last month to retain legal counsel in this matter. The Davis school district is represented by John P. Fiske and Torri Sherlin of Baron & Budd, P.C. and Brian Panish and Rahul Ravipudi of Panish, Shea, & Boyle, LLP, which is representing multiple California school districts.

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new meters were safe but were willing to create an opt out nonetheless. One of those who opposed the new water meters was Davis resident Ellen Cohen, who has spoken several times to the council in the last year about her concerns related to 5G. At the last council meeting, Cohen cited the D.C. circuit court ruling, which, she said, “has given cities a means to deny 5G towers and maintain local control on the grounds that there’s been no NEPA review for impacts on the human environment.� “For everyone’s sake, including your own, the time to act is now,� Cohen said. City staff have disagreed on that assessment, though, and now the matter will be in the council’s hands. Meanwhile, the Sacramento City Council turned to Professor Jerrold Bushberg, a clinical professor of radiology and radiation oncology at UC Davis, last year when concern arose in Sacramento over the deployment of 5G. Bushberg told that council his independent review had concluded that there was no danger from 5G towers in Sacramento, saying radio frequency radiation from the new 5G network would be well within what the FCC has determined is safe. The Davis City Council will take up the matter at its Tuesday meeting, which begins at 6 p.m. with a joint discussion between the council and Finance and Budget Commission focused on current commission activities and anticipated goals. The regular agenda is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. in the community chambers at 23 Russell Blvd. — Reach Anne TernusBellamy at aternus@davisenter prise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @ATernusBellamy.

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DUNNING: A half-century of living the journalism dream From Page A1 a cramped newspaper office, completely terrified as I stared at a poster on the wall that declared “A deadline is a writer’s best friend.” No, no, no, I thought, a deadline is a terrible thing, something that will control and eventually ruin my life. But, as I began to punch out my very first story on the large and clunky manual typewriter in front of me, I quickly realized that without a deadline, I’d never get to leave the office and go home, which is desperately where I wanted to be. In 1970, the entire operation of The Davis Enterprise was wedged into a small building directly across the street from our current location. The front office, circulation, advertising, composing, management, the pressroom and the entire newsroom were all present and accounted for. In the open newsroom, reporters’ desks were all pushed up against one another, with one writer’s mess spilling onto another’s workspace. There was a distinct smell from an odd mix of cigarettes and all-day coffee and ink from the pressroom that would bring spontaneous tears to my eyes if I experienced even a whiff of that aroma today. The noise in that building was overwhelmingly exciting. Ten manual typewriters all being pounded simultaneously at 60 miles an hour

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He had a lot more hair then, but the same dedication to the job, as sports editor Bob Dunning lines up an interview in The Enterprise office in the mid-1970s. by 10 dedicated reporters. People yelling back and forth over the clamor as the mighty press roared into action just feet from the newsroom. Combine all that with a passing freight train less than a block away and it’s amazing that any of us still have our hearing intact today. It was an unequaled thrill to stand at the back of the presses and snatch the day’s first newspaper, much like pulling a loaf of freshly

made bread from the oven. You were always warned by the able pressmen to not touch the equipment, lest a loose shirt tail would get caught up in the rapidly moving machinery and make your body and blood literally part of that day’s edition. “The press stops for no man,” they would say. Over the years, this job has exposed me to so many wonderful people and events and joys that I never

would have experienced otherwise. For some odd reason, people named “Bob” keep popping up in my life through this job, giving me unexpected experiences to write about. I got to hit baseballs off the great Hall of Famer Bob Feller, introduce the legendary Bob Hope as he appeared in Rec Hall, and trade groundstrokes with Wimbledon champion and world-class hustler Bobby Riggs. And I’ll always cherish one unforgettable night at the Vets Memorial where I stood arm-in-arm on stage with Roy Rogers and Dale Evans as they sang “Happy Trails to You.” Then there was the time, in 2008, when I was able to report from New York as Pope Benedict moved down a ramp into the barren pit that was Ground Zero to embrace and pray with family members who had lost loved ones on 9-11. It’s a scene I will never forget. I have loved to write about the many experiences life brings to all of us. Memories of mom and dad, of taking my oldest daughter off to college and of meeting the Red-Headed Girl of My Dreams in a steamy laundromat in Northern Idaho. I never wanted to be a journalist. But I have always been in love with newspapers from the day I was old enough to read. Last year as I was about to enter my 50th year, I

admitted that I always went to the sports section first. I especially liked the page with all the box scores in small type. So many numbers to pore over and wonder about. Did Wilt Chamberlain really score 100 points in a single game? Did Willie McCovey really get two triples and two singles off the great Robin Roberts in Willie’s first day in the majors? Did Harvey Haddix really pitch a perfect game for 12 full innings only to lose everything in the 13th? And who was this guy Paul Hornung, winning the Heisman Trophy on a team with a 2-8 record? I’d then turn to the weather page, again attracted by all those numbers neatly arranged into highs and lows and inches of rainfall. It’s where I learned to spell tough names like “Phoenix” and “Albuquerque” and “Juneau” and “Tallahassee” and my all-time favorite “Sault Ste. Marie.” I loved to follow the always-changing time of sunrise and sunset from one day to the next as we picked up nearly two minutes of daylight each day between Dec. 21 and June 21, then gave it all back by the time Dec. 21 came around again. I still love to do that. And no day would be complete without checking the high temperature in Death Valley and the low temperature in Duluth. On that late January day

in 1970 when I first walked into The Enterprise office, Richard Nixon was president; Spiro Agnew was vice president; Ronald Reagan was governor of California; Vigfus Asmundson was mayor of Davis; gas at Al Hatton’s Chevron station on the Fifth Street curve was 36 cents a gallon; a threebedroom, one-bath East Davis starter home cost considerably less than what a minimum-wage worker in 2020 makes annually; the Chiefs had just defeated the Vikings in Super Bowl IV; and Dave Rosenberg was a first-year law student at UCD. When I started here, I could only dream of one day having a family. I now have six kids and six grandkids, enough for my own football team, plus a punter. Looking back with great fondness, I have much to celebrate. I celebrate having had a job for the last 50 years. I celebrate the truly great and talented journalists I’ve been blessed to work with. I celebrate the many people, places and issues this job has exposed me to over all these years. And most of all, I celebrate getting to live in a town I love and raise my family here. To borrow a line from my favorite baseball movie, Field of Dreams, “Is this Heaven?” No. It’s Davis. — Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenter prise.net

TRACKSIDE: City attorney finds no conflict of interest in decision From Page A1 committee had voted 7-4 to recommend that the Trackside Center mixed-used development proposed for Third Street just east of the railroad tracks — as well as adjacent properties between the railroad tracks and the alley from Third Street to Fifth Street — be allowed to go up to four stories as part of the draft Downtown Davis Specific Plan. But that November vote drew controversy on several fronts, including claims of a conflict of interest among three committee members with a financial stake in the Trackside development. Additionally, Trackside developers are currently in litigation after residents of the Old East Davis Neighborhood Association sued over the City Council’s approval of the project in 2017. The plaintiffs contended the project is inconsistent with the city’s zoning, General Plan, existing specific plan and neighborhood design guidelines. The primary issue for neighbors: at four stories high, Trackside, they said, does not conform with city planning provisions governing transition areas between downtown and adjacent neighborhoods. Neighbors believe the building should be no more than three stories high.

A Yolo County judge agreed with those residents in May, ruling the mass and scale of Trackside “is not reasonable” and ordering the city to rescind its approval. The city is now appealing that ruling. Matters came to a head at the Downtown Plan Advisory Committee’s December meeting when members of the public as well as committee members themselves addressed the issue of a conflict of interest. At issue: Committee members Eric Roe and Meg Arnold are both investors (of 1 percent or less) in Trackside Center, LLC, and Randy Yackzan’s management group is the property manager. Back in November, all three voted in favor of recommending that Trackside be allowed to go up to four stories. Trackside developers had said throughout the course of the city’s original approval process that the project would not be financially feasible if it is required to go down to three stories. But while Trackside opponents, particularly Old East Davis residents, objected to the committee’s November vote, Davis City Attorney Inder Khalsa said afterward that there was no conflict of interest and no need for those committee members to have recused themselves from the vote.

Members of the advisory committee are not “public officials” under the state Political Reform Act, Khalsa said, because they have no decision-making authority. Rather, Khalsa said, “DPAC was formed explicitly for the purpose of representing and involving a diversity of interests among community stakeholders. “The Planning Commission and the City Council understand that … the DPAC members will reflect their personal insights and preferences, based on their experiences as members of the community, as well as their perspectives related to organized groups they represent.” Those committee members must still exercise “careful judgment and introspection in giving priority to the interests of fairness and objectivity,’” Khalsa wrote in a letter to the committee, and are expected to refrain from participating if they believe they have a conflict. However, she said, “there is no legal requirement for them to do so.” Nevertheless, after hearing criticism about the vote in December, Roe requested that the previous vote — for which he had made the motion — be rescinded and he be able to recuse himself from a subsequent vote.

Both Roe and Arnold apologized to their colleagues on the committee at that December meeting, with Arnold noting that she had disclosed her small investment in Trackside in her application to serve on the committee but regretted not making it clear again. Roe apologized as well, saying, “this is my first commission I’ve served on. I have a lot to learn.” They were defended by Davis City Councilman Dan Carson at the December meeting, with Carson arguing that if Roe and Arnold had a conflict of interest than so, too, did Larry Guenther, who represents Old East Davis on the committee and lives near the Trackside site. Gunther, who had voted in the minority in November, replied that he would be willing to sit out a subsequent vote and on Thursday evening also recused himself from the discussion. He was replaced by Old East Davis’ alternate representative who ultimately voted with three other members to rescind the previous vote. However, five committee members voted against rescinding the November vote, leaving it to stand as the official recommendation to the council. Yackzan was not present at Thursday’s meeting.

Committee member Chris Granger, meanwhile, suggested that both sides of the Trackside issue work with the city’s consultants to see if a solution agreeable to everyone could still be found. And even though Thursday’s meeting was the final DPAC gathering — after two years of meetings — Assistant City Manager Ash Feeney noted that the Downtown Davis Specific Plan is still early in the process. Ahead are CEQA reviews, more public comment periods and hearings by the city’s planning commission and the City Council. “It’s not the final plan tonight,” Feeney said. Ultimately that plan is intended to provide a framework for what downtown Davis will look like well into the future. Currently the plan envisions taller buildings in the core, more residential housing, accessibility through universal design, sustainability as a core attribute and thoughtful transitions to those neighborhoods bordering the downtown area. The plan also comes with a new form-based zoning code outlining what types of buildings can be built downtown, including their mass and scale, giving property owners more certainty about what they can and cannot do in the future.

OBITUARIES Sean Christopher Wiedeman Jan. 20, 1983 — Jan. 15, 2020

Sean Christopher Wiedeman passed away peacefully at his home on Jan 13. He was born in San Antonio, Texas. on Jan 20, 1983, at Lackland Air Force Base and lived abroad in Japan and England for eight years before moving to California with his parents. He graduated from Davis High School in 2001 and Sacramento State University with a degree in mathematics in 2012. For the past five years, he worked for United Parcel Service in West Sacramento, most recently as safety supervisor and front-line supervisor. Sean enjoyed traveling, hiking, movies, video games, snowboarding and spending quality time with his parents, family, friends and dog Mochi. He had the

unique gift of being able to brighten up everyone’s day with his sincerity, caring nature and wonderful sense of humor. Sean left the world way too early, but we relish the time he gave us. Sean is survived by his parents, Drs. Jean and James Wiedeman of Davis. A Celebration of Life Ceremony will be held from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb 22, at the Sequoia Room at the Cannery, 1601 Alhambra Blvd. in Sacramento. Those who wish to leave a personal message can sign the guest book at www. smith-funerals.com. Donations can be made in memory of Sean to the Sacramento SPCA at https://sspca.salsalabs.org/ tribute/index.html.

Gary Lynn Bearce March 8, 1953 — Dec. 5, 2019

Gary Bearce died on Dec. 5 due to injuries sustained from a fall. He is survived by his wife, Deborah Muth, and sister, Sue, and brother Ron Bearce (Leslie). Gary came to Davis from San Luis Obispo in the mid’70s to attend UC Davis, graduating in biochemistry. After graduation, he started his own business in painting and construction, having decided he liked building things more than biochemistry. He worked locally, completing two homes and incorporating solar energy in his work

(greenhouses). He raised five German Shepherd dogs, and also rescued several lost or abandoned animals over the years. He had a way that served to invite people of all types and persuasions to feel at ease in his presence. He had wide-ranging interests: nature, astronomy, story-telling and cooking, to name a few. The universe’s basic structure, given that God and science are both true, captivated him of late. He was a good man and will be missed.

The Enterprise publishes brief death notices free of charge. Paid obituaries in The Davis Enterprise allow for controlled content with the option for photos. Obituaries will be edited for style and grammar. Submissions may be made via www.davisenterprise. com/obit-form/. For further information about paid obituaries or free death notices, call 530-756-0800.

Frederick H. Millford July 29, 1952 — Jan. 10, 2020

Frederick H. Millford was born in Long Beach and moved to Davis at an early age. He graduated from Davis High School in 1970 and CCAC with a bachelor’s degree in graphic design in 1985. He

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■ Join long-time docent and birding enthusiast Lois Richter at 10:30 a.m. for Birds in Davis: Out and About, a leisurely walk around the UC Davis Arboretum. Richter will tell you about each bird we see — covering most of the same information as the slideshow the previous day, but with real-life bird interactions. Meet in Visitor Lot 5, UC Davis campus: http://campusmap. ucdavis.edu/?l=34. The event is free; parking is free on weekends in Visitor Lot 5 (http://campusmap. ucdavis.edu/?l=34), at Old Davis Road and Arboretum Drive. Look for signs from the parking lot to the meeting location. For more information, call 530-752-4880 or visit https://arboretum. ucdavis.edu/events. ■ All children and their families are invited to watch a family-friendly movie (G or PG) and enjoy popcorn at 2 p.m. in the Stephens Branch Library, 315 E. 14th St. For movie title, call 530757-5596. ■ The Yolo County Master Gardeners present Year-Round Kitchen Gardening at 2 p.m. in the Small Conference Room of the Stephens Branch Library, 315 E. 14th St. This group explains how to grow and harvest your garden throughout the year. ■ The 31st Annual Harmony in Our Lives Concert, presented by the Davis School Arts Foundation, is at 2:30 p.m. in the Brunelle Performance Hall at Davis High School, 315 W. 14th St. This annual choral concert features performances from Davis school groups and will honor the 2020 Harmony in Our Lives Award winner — Julie Cuetara. Admission is free with a $5 donation suggested at the door. Proceeds will benefit DSAF art grants for Davis public schools. Seating will be limited on a first-comefirst-serve basis. ■ The community is invited to learn more about the proposed ethnic studies program for the Davis Joint Unified School District from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Davis Community Church Fellowship Hall, 312 C St. The speakers will include Melissa Moreno, professor of ethnic studies; Jann Murray-Garcia, pediatrician and Davis Enterprise columnist; and educator Sofía Cardenas. A panel discussion will be moderated by Emily Henderson of Acme Theatre Company.

■ The Yolo County retired teachers of Division 83 will hear from Jim Mahoney, the president of the California Retired Teachers, along with the group’s legislative advocate, David Walraith, at the meeting at 10:30 a.m. at the Yolo County Office of Education,1280 Santa Anita Court, Woodland. There also will be a special presentation by Kristen Ferries, the outreach coordinator for Yolo County CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates). Call Gil Walker for more information and directions at 530-6616449. ■ “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. ■ Travis Credit Union’s Financial Literacy Series presents Build a Basic Budget at 6 p.m. in the Stephens Branch Library, 315 E. 14th St. From developing a spending plan that works to setting goals and weighing insurance needs, this presentation covers the core concepts necessary to develop and maintain personal financial control. ■ 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. in the Social Hall at Congregation Bet Haverim, 1715 Anderson Road in Davis. 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 or www.bethaverim.org or call 530-758-0842 for information.

Tuesday ■ Local junior and senior high students are invited to SEE IT, BE IT, A Night Celebrating Women in STEM, formerly known as An Evening Celebrating Women in STEM, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Da Vinci Charter Academy multipurpose room, 1400 E. Eighth St. in Davis. An RSVP is requested but not required. Register the number of attending students only. Contact Leslie Rubin at LeslieFayRubin@gmail.com with any questions. ■ The Fly Fishers of Davis will hear from the club’s very own Dana Hooper at the meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Harper Junior High School, 4000 E. Covell Blvd. in Davis. Hooper will talk about destination fishing entirely focused on Italy, combining the great fishing Italy has to offer with the best Italian things such as food, wine, art, culture, tradition and history. The meetings are free and open to newcomers. For more information, call Lowell Ashbaugh at 530-797-6722, email info@flyfishersofdavis.org or visit http://www.flyfishers ofdavis.org.

Thursday ■ NAMI-Yolo, the local chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, will hold the next Davis meeting of the Connection support group from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Community Room at César Chávez Plaza, 1220 Olive Drive in Davis. The group meets every Thursday at the same time and place. 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. ■ The Tuleyome Lecture Series presents The Reality of Climate Change and What You Can Do at 6 p.m. in the Stephens Branch Library, 315 E. 14th St. Presented by Bob Lewis from the Climate Reality Project.

Friday ■ The Avid Reader will welcome author Charles Halsted and his second poetry book, “Extenuating Circumstances,” from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at 617 Second St. in downtown Davis. 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 and adjusting to aging. Call 530-758-4040 or visit avidreaderbooks.com.

he future of Cost Plus World Market is in limbo. On Thursday, a manager repeated what I’d heard before: the store would close as early as July, to accommodate the rebuild of University Mall. Meanwhile, the store in Elk Grove announced its closure, effective last week. With the company struggling, will it return after the remodel? It doesn’t look promising. When I reached out to the corporate office about plans for the Davis store, spokeswoman Jill Osaka said, “Unfortunately, I’m unable to confirm our Davis store plans at this time. As soon as I am able, I will share with you.” The store is at 871 Russell Blvd. The mall’s owner, Brixmor Property Group, plans to demolish the mall and replace it with a seven-story development of retail and apartments called University Commons. The only mall tenant that would not be affected is Trader Joe’s. University Mall also is home to Starbucks, Fluffy Donuts, and several other shops, eateries and service businesses. Two major tenants — Forever 21 and The Graduate restaurant and sports bar — recently closed for good. The developer hopes to retain as many of the tenants as possible, though some will likely have to close or move temporarily, even if it’s built in phases. The proposal is still making its way through the city planning process, with a Planning Commission meeting tentatively set for March. ———— Cajun Feast is open at 206 Third St. It describes its fare as Cajun and Asian fusion. One side of the menu features Chinese food, including noodle soups, stir-fried noodles, curry, vegetarian dishes and rice plates. The other side has Cajun food, including seafood combos, fried foods, skewers and sides. Patrons can choose the flavor and spiciness. There is a breakfast menu with soup, noodle, porridge, dim sum or sandwich options. Hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. ———— B&L Bike Shop moved next door on Jan. 3. It previously leased both 610 and 608 Third St. At one point, the auxiliary space at 608 was called B&L Too. Today, the larger space is up for lease, and the bike shop fills the smaller space, which offers sales, parts and repairs. “All the same great stuff and awesome service, we just condensed down to our smaller building,” a Jan. 10 Facebook post said. ———— Sun & Soil Juice Company is closing its Davis store on Friday. In a Jan. 23 Facebook post, it said, “It is with a heavy heart that we announce the closing of Sun & Soil Juice Co. in Davis on January 31.”

The post said its employees “have worked hard over the years to provide Davis with certified organic nutrient-dense juice and food.” It plans to continue local availability through a subscription home delivery service. Learn more at its website, http://www.sunandsoiljuice. com. It also has a retail store at 1912 P St. in Sacramento. “Thank you, Davis, for all of your pure organic love and support over the years, and we hope to see you in this next chapter.” ———— Water Pig, the long-coming Asian fusion restaurant in South Davis, sounds like it’s making progress. Owner Calvin Liu said he’s starting to hire kitchen staff. The restaurant fills the former Moshi Moshi space at 2120 Cowell Blvd., Suite 143. Liu plans seasonal dishes — an Asian farm-to-fork concept — with whimsical cooking techniques. ———— Crucial Vibes Unlimited is on the move. The store, which features reggae, Jamaican and Rasta clothing and accessories, has been in downtown Davis since 2014. Originally on F Street, it moved to E Street in late 2017 to accommodate a new, larger Starbucks. The clothing store filled the former Davis Sport Shop space at 204 E St. — also in the Brinley Building. It’s more than 1,000 square feet larger than the first space. Owner Larry Warren said the landlord, Browman Development Group, gave him a two-year break on rent because of the circumstances. That discount is up, and he can’t afford the increase. He said he was trying to negotiate sharing the space with another store but the landlord told him it wasn’t available. I left a message with Browman Development, but it wasn’t immediately returned. The Davis store will be open through Jan. 31. Warren hopes to have the new shop open at 521 Main St. in Woodland by mid-February. He plans to continue selling wares at Davis events. “I love Davis,” Warren said. “It’s always going to be a part of me.” ———— The cookie bakery Stirred, Not Shaken is still in the oven. It’s filling the space at 710 Main St. left when Cookie Connection closed in October. Woodland native Dan Ponticello,

who owns the company, originally planned to have it open by Christmas. “The timeline is still rough, but it looks like we can confidently say we will open sometime in February,” he said Thursday. “I would be happy to update you further once we have a firm date scheduled.” Cookie flavors include chocolate chip, gluten-free chocolate chip, white chocolate chip, oatmeal, snickerdoodle, vegan snickerdoodle, ginger molasses, double chocolate crackle and s’mores. Its Facebook page also mentioned bacon chocolate chip, German chocolate and red velvet. For more information, visit https://stirredcookies.com. ———— There are some musical chairs underway in the Woodland music scene. There were three music businesses under one roof at 527 Main St., but success of all three led one to move, and the other two to expand. Robb and Cheri Wallace own two of the businesses, and the building: RDM Entertainment & Audio Visual Rentals and Main Street Music Lesson Studios. On Jan. 1, the third business, Davids’ Broken Note, moved to 10 N. East St., Suite 203. It offers repair, retail, rentals and custom guitars. (The business began as a partnership between David Lardizabal and David Carrasco. Lardizabal is the sole owner today.) “We will continue our great relationship with David and will be working hand in hand to refer customers to him for any retail or repair needs,” Cheri Wallace said in an email. RDM Entertainment & Audio Visual Rentals offers DJs as well as sound systems, movie projectors, screens and lighting for events. Wallace said moving their part of businesses to the front of the store has “been a real positive thing. People are walking in, saying, ‘I didn’t know you did this.’ We’ve been doing this for 30 years.” Main Street Music Lesson Studios offers rental spaces for lessons. “We have grown our teacher roster for the music lessons, and we have moved the audio-visual equipment rentals back up into the storefront,” she said. We are currently looking for more music teachers to fill lesson spots.” RDM Audio Visual and Watermelon Music shared the building from 2010 to 2015, before Davids’ Broken Note came. Watermelon ran it as a complement to the Davis store. — Wendy Weitzel is a Davis writer and editor. Her column publishes on alternate Sundays. Check for frequent updates on her Comings & Goings Facebook and Instagram pages. If you know of a business coming or going in the area, contact her at wendyedit@gmail.com

Travis Credit Union hosts financial-aid forum Special to The Enterprise Travis Credit Union held the 14th annual Financial Education Forum on Jan. 17 at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill. The forum provided youths who have experienced financial barriers to postsecondary education with information on financial aid. TCU hosted the event in partnership with the Contra Costa County Office of Education, California Student Aid Commission and Diablo Valley College. This year, nearly 250 foster and homeless students from nine local high schools in Contra Costa County attended. During the forum, students learned of financial

aid opportunities from financial leaders and college financing experts. Seniors also completed a Cash for College workshop as part of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid Foster Youth Challenge. Last year, the California Student Aid Commission reported that only 53 percent of California’s public high school seniors completed a FAFSA or Dream Act application. TCU has hosted the Financial Education Forum annually since 2006 to increase student awareness of available state and federal aid. The event exemplifies TCU’s commitment to making authentic community impact and

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Support Measure Q in March The issue: Keep Davis’ quality of life going Davis voters have an $8.6 milliona-year decision to make on March 3: whether to support renewal of a 1-percent sales tax that is set to expire on Dec. 31. THE MEASURE would permanently lock in the sales-tax rate that voters approved in 2014, leaving it at 8.25 percent. This is a half-point lower than Sacramento, the same as West Sac and a quarter-point higher than Woodland. That $8.6 million the tax generates is about 16 percent of the general fund, which supports police, fire, parks, recreation and roads. Out of that 8.25 percent, the city’s 1-percent portion stays entirely in Davis. According to the city attorney’s impartial analysis of the measure, use of the revenue generated by Measure Q is subject to an annual review as part of the city’s budget process. Davis has invested in quality-oflife improvements in ways that few other cities do. We have parks, greenbelts, pools, a thriving Senior Center, athletic fields, dog parks and unique recreation opportunities for kids — think Rainbow Summer or “The Davis Children’s Nutcracker”; what other city offers programs like those? Renewing a tax isn’t an increase. By maintaining the sales tax at its current level, we can help maintain these unique Davis features at the level we’ve come to expect. Removing this funding would necessitate across-the-board cuts on virtually everything the city does. And it’s not just the extras. This money helps support our excellent police and fire departments, and our far-from-excellent roadways, which need all the help they can get. RISING PENSION costs loom over every budget decision this city (and every other city) has to make. In fact, one of the reasons we offered our support to the original tax increase in 2014 was to see if the City Council could begin to address the crushing problem of unfunded liabilities. In that time, the city negotiated contracts with employees that committed workers to pay up to 1 percent of salary if pension costs ended up being higher than what is projected by CalPERS and included in the city’s long-term fiscal model. The current City Council has been proactive in addressing the systemic shortfall affecting all California municipalities, and have shown themselves to be good stewards of the people’s finances. In addition, they have pursued development opportunities to build a more diversified revenue base; the sales tax is only one part of the puzzle. So, for the swings in the park, the cops on the beat and the roads that we drive on, we urge Davis voters to vote yes on Measure Q on March 3, and keep this critical source of funds going.

LETTERS Vote for Provenza On March 3, I am voting for Jim Provenza for Yolo County Supervisor, District 4. As a member of the sandwich generation — the population of middle-age adults who are caring for both elderly parents and their own children — I appreciate Provenza’s commitment to both children and seniors. From Yolo First 5 to the Yolo Healthy Aging Alliance, Provenza has backed up his commitment with years of dedicated leadership. With Provenza, Yolo County has a leader who will work to support and protect our most vulnerable populations. Please join me in re-electing Jim Provenza! Cindy Pickett Davis

Ethnic studies in Davis I remember my childhood in Davis fondly; learning to ride a bike on the green belt, swimming in Putah creek, and performing with Acme Theatre Company. But Davis is also the town where my Mexican immigrant dad was often confused for a janitor, where the school disciplinary systems did not give me a fair shake, and where I was first called “beaner” and “wetback.” As a child I did not understand why I was made to feel foreign in my own hometown. It was only in college, studying Chicano Studies, that I learned the origins anti-Mexican stereotypes. This is what ethnic studies did for me: it allowed me to put my own experiences into a broader context and to explore productive ways of addressing injustice. I only wish I’d gotten that earlier. That’s why I support DJUSD implementing an ethnic studies requirement. And while Davis’ race problem most dramatically affects the kids of color who grow up here, it is ultimately a setback for our whole town. All of us would be better served if our schools would give every child a better understanding of the history and challenges of race. Every child, regardless of their background, needs to be prepared for the diverse and global world we live in. In the majority-minority America coming into being, success will be impossible without empathy and understanding. Only by confronting the past honestly can future generations avoid making the same mistakes. Antonio De Loera-Brust Davis

Measure G As a first-year Davis teacher, I am strongly invested in the district I work for and the community I teach in. To me, a great school district means that the people I work for are willing to support me and provide towards my well-being. However, in Davis, teachers are paid significantly less than the nearby Sacramento school districts. When you really think about it, education is all about the overall well-being of the teachers so that they are able to build strong meaningful relationships with our students and motivate them to continue on their own educational path after high

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school. The Davis community is a strong supporting entity that draws teachers to apply for positions in this area, but the pay is the reason why teachers move on to better financial offers in areas like Sacramento. I’ve taught in three separate school districts prior to applying to Davis. Since officially joining DJUSD in 2019, my sense of pride and belonging has increased due to the strong community bond between educators, students, and their families. I have never felt so emotionally supported and appreciated by a community until I started teaching here. Our quality education system is one of the things that makes Davis stand out. I must say that it is heartbreaking to watch amazing teachers move on to other districts based on salary that DJUSD offers. Even for me, a teacher who lives in Sacramento and travels to Davis daily, it has become hard to afford my way of living, and even I have started to seek out better paid local opportunities. It is heartbreaking to watch the talented and caring teachers leave Davis district because they can’t support their families on the salary DJUSD provides. Not only is this stressful for educators, but also for our students who must say goodbye to the teachers they love, sometimes year after year, because of the low pay. If Davis doesn’t offer competitive salaries for our teachers, we’ll keep seeing the decline in our education system and a decline in our community. Please support Measure G. Julia Kropinova Da Vinci Charter Academy

Supervisors need diversity Please join me in voting for Linda Deos to represent District 4 on the Yolo County Board of Supervisors. We can use her lawyerly skills and her demonstrated commitment to children’s issues, social justice and healthcare. For nearly a decade, we have been represented by five male supervisors. It’s time for diversity on our board and Linda is the energetic, informed person to start that happening and restore some balance. Because Linda cares about children, she will question and review new policies supervisors created in 2016. Yolo County out-of-home placements for foster children increased by 68% from 2015 to 2019 while those rates elsewhere in California have declined. Since 2008, Yolo’s rate of out of home placements is higher than two-thirds of California Counties and our neighboring counties. This happened after actions the Board took in 2016 in response to tragic home deaths, but perhaps they have gone too far with their actions. Only 40% of Yolo Count foster care placements are within Yolo County. When there is severe and significant adversity, removal from the home is justified but removal too soon or without significant adversity can, in fact, cause more trauma for the child and result in more adverse impacts than keeping the child with their family. Early adversity has been shown to affect a child’s brain development and can result in significantly increased health impacts later in life. I also respect Linda’s stand on creating compassionate justice, emphasizing rehabilitation, education as opposed to locking

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people up for long periods and then releasing them with no support. She has acquired the skills as an attorney specializing in consumer protection law, bankruptcy, student loans and debt collection defense and understands the real pressures of so many underserved people with the fewest resources. Please support positive, diverse change for our county supervisors. Jean Jackman Davis

Redwood Park Redwood Park and César Chávez Elementary School are adjacent and located off Anderson Road. The park is used by the community. Many locals have or have had children attending the school. The DJUSD proposes to construct the school’s new multipurpose room on the southern edge of the school property that borders the park, with the back of the building facing and adjacent to the park playground — the playground that hosts the memorial to Sabrina Gonsalves and John Riggins. This placement would adversely and permanently change this park. We welcome the addition of the much-needed new MPR. But we take issue with its location and orientation. Our concern is that the proposed MPR’s southern placement will reduce recreative use of the park, threatening its community connection. Specifically: ■ The proposed building has a 24-foot tall back wall, behind which will be located the trash area. This will border the park play structure and will run over 100 feet along the southern edge of the school’s blacktop. ■ The park and school grounds are a contiguous, open community space. Parents convene and socialize before and after school while their children play. The school grounds and playing fields are used by sport teams, camps, local families after school hours as well as on weekends. The proposed placement of the MPR would cleave these two spaces and both discourage and interfere with use. ■ The building’s wall between the park and the school would create a not-highly visible space behind the MPR for nefarious activity. ■ We suggest that the final MPR location and new staff parking areas be identified after the city has decided on the reconfiguration of Anderson Road. ■ School bond money is meant to be spent for the public good — destroying a community shared space does not improve the public good. In this case Redwood Park is getting the short end of the stick if the MPR is constructed at the southern location. Other locations/orientations of the building have not been satisfactorily vetted. Joseph Biello, Carla Campbell, Sandy and Jeff Granett, Rick Holmes, and Susan Linz Davis

Yes on Measure G A town’s quality of life directly correlates with how well its children are supported. As a senior citizen who has lived here for more than 20 years, I enthusiastically endorse Measure G. Ray Frank Davis

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Ethnic studies — time to listen to the children ... BY JANN L. MURRAY-GARCÍA Special to The Enterprise

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ccording to Enterprise reporter Anne TernusBellamy, I missed a city of Davis Martin Luther King Day Celebration for the ages. TernusBellamy writes that Patwin Elementary School’s sixth-grader Priya McKinney’s speech “brought down the house with an impassioned plea to adults to listen to the children and address their concerns about racial injustice.” The 12-year-old instructed us: “Kids are tired of sitting and watching when there’s a problem they want to stop … Kids have so much to say. We might not have the same power that grown-ups do, but we have thoughts, opinions, words and leadership. (And) we care about what’s happening with racial hatred in America.” Wow. The lyrics of “Listen to the Children,” by Steven Steckler, Michael Harris and Kelly Amis come to mind: Listen to the children We will tell you all you need to know We are waiting, waiting for you To teach us what we need to know These words are seemingly contradictory, but if we listen more closely, children like Priya, with their unique, visionary and actionoriented expertise, are pleading with adults to teach them about the historical, cultural and political elements of racial inequality and hatred in the U.S. Children know in their hearts this cannot be the best America can do. I have witnessed this phenomenon before. After having part of a team that trained dozens of Davis High School students, diverse by race, ethnicity, religion and academic achievement, to conduct research on the experience of race and difference in Davis schools, I helped create the community-school partnership that created the course these students demanded of Davis Joint Unified School Board members. DHS teacher Kevin Williams and I were warned, if 29 students did not sign up for the class, Race and Social Justice in U.S. History, DJUSD could not fund a teacher. Reflecting Priya’s words, 108 mostly white students signed up, necessitating Mr. Williams teaching three sections of the A-G class he had created. That was a powerful lesson for Davis adults. Students are not afraid of

tackling race relations. They were so eager for RSJ, this educational experience, first offered in 2007, that there were fewer Advanced Placement U.S. History class sections, as students chose RSJ. I remember a student in the class poignantly saying, “Young people in my generation need to know this stuff.” He recognized the Sisyphean knot of intergenerational racial inequality they are inheriting from our generation, despite our best efforts. DHS students have continued to vote with their feet. Now there are consistently eight or nine sections of RSJ every year, taught by four DHS teachers: Mr. Williams, Ms. O’Brien, Ms. Butler and Ms. Hucalak. (DaVinci High School has its own innovative, problem-based learning approaches to U.S. History.) But isn’t RSJ enough? I don’t think so. First, RSJ is one of several student options to fulfill the U.S. History graduation requirement. Currently, I believe only half of DHS students choose the RSJ option. Second, ethnic studies can be taught as an English, social studies, art, science, etc. class, and is interdisciplinary in nature. It has a more direct focus on deconstructing how the insidious social constructions, historical scripts and intersections of race, gender, class and other differences in our nation’s past and present make it inevitable that racial inequality will continue to reproduce itself indefinitely. Unless we equip our children differently. Third, the current dominant European American approach to teaching all subjects is biased by the invisible dominance of whiteness. Like a fish who is unable to describe the water its swimming in or doesn’t even know it’s there, it can be challenging to see the ways some groups are misrepresented or missing in the ways students are being taught to think critically, analyze and solve problems. Like our current curricula, ethnic studies also has an ideological bias in teaching students to think critically about power, oppression and

racial stratification, their historical manifestations today, what we think we know and why, and the pervasive implicit biases we all passively internalize. If I were white, publicly liberal, and sincerely concerned about equality, I might still worry that my white child may feel uncomfortable in an ethnic studies class. (Please read: “Six Reasons I Want My White Child To Take Ethnic Studies”). I think about the pain I had to process with my black/Mexican children, in part so that white students and teachers would remain comfortable. I agree with teacher Jose Lara, “White privilege is your history being part of the core curriculum and mine being taught as an elective.”

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peaking further to these fears, Claudia Rankine, a Yale professor and author of the bestselling and award-winning book, “Citizen,” writes, “Racism is not what white people do to black people — racism is what a system has done to all of us.” It’s not about blaming one group or another. It’s about the socioemotional health of all our children. Some time in the mid-2020s, California will require Ethnic Studies as a graduation requirement. Like the example of RSJ, DJUSD leaders and community members are trying to be ahead of that, in part so it is a thoughtful, inclusive process. Local communities can determine how the State Model Curriculum will be applied in their school districts. DJUSD has posted information about Ethnic Studies on its website. They state, “Learning experiences in Ethnic Studies can foster self love, empowerment, community, solidarity, and hope in a way that is responsive to ALL of OUR students.” Yes, and a decade of research demonstrates the impact and rigor of ethnic studies on students: increased attendance, test scores, student engagement, graduation rates, grade point averages, credits earned, as well as increased selfefficacy and empowerment. With RSJ, test scores of Davis students for U.S. History increased for all students, the increase highest in white students. — Jann Murray-García, M.D., M.P.H., is a Davis parent and pediatrician. She shares this column with Jonathan London. Reach her at jmurgar@comcast.net.

POEM OF THE MONTH Happiness There’s just no accounting for happiness, or the way it turns up like a prodigal who comes back to the dust at your feet having squandered a fortune far away. And how can you not forgive? You make a feast in honor of what was lost, and take from its place the finest garment, which you saved for an occasion you could not imagine, and you weep night and day to know that you were not abandoned, that happiness saved its most extreme form for you alone. No, happiness is the uncle you never knew about, who flies a single-engine plane onto the grassy landing strip, hitchhikes into town, and inquires at every door until he finds you asleep mid-afternoon as you so often are during the unmerciful hours of your despair. It comes to the monk in his cell. It comes to the woman sweeping the street with a birch broom, to the child whose mother has passed out from drink.

It comes to the lover, to the dog chewing a sock, to the pusher, to the basket-maker, and to the clerk stacking cans of carrots in the night. It even comes to the boulder in the perpetual shade of pine barrens, to rain falling on the open sea, to the wineglass, weary of holding wine. — Jane Kenyon (1947-1995) From “The Breath of Parted Lips: Voices From the Robert Frost Place.” CavanKerry Press. ———— Happiness is often elusive. Happiness is more subtle than joy, and for many of us, less easy to define or express than unhappiness. You’ll notice from the dates by her name that the poet died rather young. Kenyon was married to the poet Donald Hall, who was nearly 20 years older than she was. It was a happy marriage, then Hall had a hard bout with colon and liver cancer. His chances of survival were one in three. While this was going on, Kenyon developed leukemia and died. Hall survived another 23 years. Jane Kenyon published four volumes of poetry during her lifetime and translated a collection of the poems of Russian poet Anna Akhmatova. Kenyon was New Hampshire’s poet laureate when she died on April 22, 1995. — James Lee Jobe Davis Poet Laureate

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Why this community needs Measure G BY ALAN FERNANDES AND JOE DINUNZIO Special to The Enterprise

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he Davis Joint Unified School District board has been asked a number of questions by residents regarding its needs and plans for funds from Measure G, a parcel tax measure that is on the March 3 ballot. As a subcommittee of the DJUSD Board, we have spent the last year carefully studying the issue of employee compensation and provide this background information to aid the community in reaching an informed judgment about Measure G. The bottom line is that our research shows that Davis teachers make less than teachers in comparable districts. With a significant number of our educators retiring, we must be prepared to recruit new teachers in the coming years. DJUSD put Measure G on the ballot because we believe it will help us address a critical need for our students, our teachers and our community. Central to our work was the preparation of a detailed analysis of the DJUSD budget and priorities, as well as that of other comparable school districts in our region. We developed and reviewed this work during a series of public meetings last year. Among our key findings were that DJUSD pays teachers and staff 3 to 7 percent less than comparable districts, with new teachers having the largest gap. We determined that closing this compensation gap would cost $3 million per year. Furthermore, we learned that as many as one-quarter of our teachers and onethird of our staff are likely to retire in the next three to seven years, bringing into sharp focus the importance of addressing this issue now. To better understand the underlying cause of the gap, we examined our revenue and spending as well as those of the comparable school districts in our region, to understand where there may be opportunities and challenges. Our key findings included: ■ DJUSD receives significantly less funding per student from California than most comparable districts, driven by the structure of the state funding formula; ■ Local funding through Measure H is invested in programs important to our community: for example DJUSD spends significantly more than comparable districts on paraeducators to provide an inclusive model of special education; DJUSD offers more programs through seventh period and other curriculum options to give our students choice; and DJUSD provides more librarians, counselors and other staff to provide support services to our students; ■ Our administrative spending is consistent with comparable districts, with more than two-thirds of

that spending dedicated to instruction and pupil services that is focused on students in the classroom; and ■ DJUSD spends less overall on non-employee / non-programmatic costs than comparable districts, driven by lower operating and facilities costs. During our discussions, we identified two possible paths forward to address the compensation gap: ■ Increase Revenue. School districts in California have limited ways to raise funding. State money is fixed by the Local Control Funding Formula, and the only local tool available is a parcel tax. To raise the $3 million needed requires a $198 annual tax on realestate parcels in Davis. ■ Reduce Costs. Because 85 percent of DJUSD spending is on personnel, and personnel and programs are tightly linked, budget reductions require program cuts. Taking $3 million out of the current programs will require substantial changes to our course catalog and offerings, what support services we provide, and how many students we have in our classes. Over the course of numerous meetings, we discussed with our fellow board members and community participants the benefits of each path. We were guided in our deliberations by both our commitment to fiduciary responsibility for our taxpayers and our commitment to providing the best possible educational opportunities for our students. In the end it was clear to us that there was no appetite within our community or our board for reductions in our educational programs. Any potential cuts were viewed as having highly undesirable changes in our ability to deliver on our vision as a District. It was also clear to us that our commitment to address the compensation gap to attract and retain teachers remains steadfast, particularly in the face of a worsening statewide teacher shortage. Therefore, we proposed, and the DJUSD Board unanimously voted in favor of, placing the Measure G resolution for a $198 parcel tax on the March 3 ballot. The detailed language for Measure G is available at the Yolo County Elections website at bit.ly/DJUSD_ MeasureG. To attract and retain strong teachers, DJUSD believes we need to be able to offer them competitive compensation at or above the regional average. We believe that Measure G represents a well-reasoned and measured approach to do this. All the information and data we have provided here is available in a report on the DJUSD website at: bit. ly/DJUSD_Analysis. We encourage voters to review the material for themselves as additional background. — Joe DiNunzio, DJUSD Board Vice President; Alan Fernandes, DJUSD Board Trustee

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One more pilgrimage to the Golden Arches Long after my “Y children were gone ou’ve got to go to McDonalds,” my husband says. “You just

have to.” “But I don’t eat that food anymore. I haven’t been there in years.” “Go anyway,” he says. So that’s why I drove last week to the recently remodeled McDonald’s in South Davis. On the ride, I thought about my past with McDonald’s, a past that includes fellow Enterprise columnist, Bob Dunning. I began regularly patronizing McDonald’s in the ’90s when my kids were in grade school and my husband often worked out of town. Once a month, sometimes more, you’d find me there. It was much easier than eating at home, where my son refused many items, and the evening loomed long and hard to fill until bedtime. If we went to McDonald’s, there would be the fun of choosing your Happy Meal in a busy, active environment with mushroom-shaped kid seats in a side room decorated with fake trees. Once in a while we even traveled out-of-town to a McDonald’s with a “Play Place” that featured colorful crawl spaces and huge tubs of plastic balls. Instead of gobbling food in five minutes, we filled the evening. Play Places are dwindling now, probably because kids would just as soon stay in their seats and play on their parent’s smartphone.

———— About two or three years into my McDonald’s routine, I won Bob Dunning’s replace-thecolumnist contest and discovered that my prize was not only publication of my essay but also an invitation from Bob to celebrate with nine other winners at a classy restaurant. On a weekday evening, McDonald’s staff stepped out from behind the counter like real waiters, distributed menus, took our orders and served. My kids and I had a blast. Little did I know that I was also taking the first step towards writing my own column, an effort that became a huge part of my life. Long after my children were gone and Dunning no longer rewarded prize-winners with Big Macs, I continued to dine at McDonald’s, alone, enjoying my meal behind a newspaper. Sometimes I drove to Dixon McDonald’s so that no one would see me and challenge my food choice. Several years ago, however, I started liking my own lunches better than McDonald’s and

and Dunning no longer rewarded prize-winners with Big Macs, I continued to dine at McDonald’s, alone, enjoying my meal behind a newspaper.

stopped going. That’s how my husband knew that I hadn’t experienced the recent makeover. ———— Pulling into the parking lot, the first thing I noticed was that a significant number of spaces have been eliminated to accommodate two lanes of drive-up service. Is this how Americans prefer to eat? The remaining parking includes three slots labeled for “clean air vehicles” and three for electric charging. I hope that’s how Americans prefer to drive, but I wonder. Significant though these changes may be, the most dramatic differences between McDonald’s of my memory and McDonald’s today are located inside. I came at lunch time, but it was quiet. An elderly patron

was trying to order at the counter, which has shrunken like a melting snowman, but the employee assigned to that spot kept leaving to check the kitchen, now hidden behind a wall. Younger patrons headed for one of four ticket-window-sized touch screens where you click to order, no humans needed. I figured I could do that, too, but I was soon tripped up by bad programming. Why on Earth do you need to click “Add to your order” to get to your final total? Do McDonald’s kiosks nationwide blunder like this? After overhearing instructions to another patron, I managed to get food. Then I sat at a boring beige table surrounded by drab walls. This McDonald’s used to have Davis scenes and a Davis bicycle symbol that made it feel friendly and local, but there’s nothing like that now. You can’t see the kitchen anymore, either, and there are no eager or bored Davis teens (both were common) taking your order at the front of several busy lines. Has family orientation collapsed in favor of efficiency and uniformity? These days I feel guilty about having exposed my kids to salty meat, oily fries and too much ketchup repeatedly when they were young, but we did have fun during what I now think of as the golden age of the Golden Arches. McDonald’s used to represent an oasis to me, a

pleasant evening with my children, not to mention the high point of meeting Bob Dunning and starting my lucrative career. By “lucrative” I mean I receive a lot of emails. ———— My husband was right: it was worth my time to see the new McDonald’s, but in this gloomy impeachment season, it didn’t improve my mood. I wonder if McDonald’s new nationwide renovation is perfectly attuned to our bland, repetitive, screenaddicted world, or if they’ve missed the mark and will fade away. Before leaving the store, I stand and listen, noticing unremarkable music and little human speech. One slack-eyed patron is clearly on drugs. No children are present. I walk back to the self-order kiosk to investigate whether you can still buy a Happy Meal. Yes, you can, and thanks to the wonders of modern technology, you can also designate whether the Happy Meal will include a brand-name toy, a generic toy, a toddler toy or none at all. None at all? — Marion Franck has lived in Davis for more than 40 years. Reach her at marionf2@gmail. com.

Crab feed fundraiser returns in March YOLO CRISIS NURSERY

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t is crab season in California and that means the Annual “Krustaceans for Kids” Crab Feed benefitting the Yolo Crisis Nursery is just around the corner! The fun, food, and yes, fundraising is set to begin on Saturday, March 7, at 5:30 p.m. at the Woodland Senior and Community Center. Krustaceans for Kids is an extraordinary crab feed! Volunteer servers will keep your table wellstocked with buckets of delicious, crab, pasta with red sauce, Caesar salad, and delicious bread. It is all-you-can-eat, so come hungry. Beer, wine, and soft drinks will also be available throughout the event at conveniently located no-host bars. “We’ve had a sell-out crowd for the past few years. Over 500 people attended last year’s Krustaceans for Kids,” said Yolo Crisis Nursery board president JoEllen Welsch. “A successful crab feed again this year will really help keep the nursery financially healthy so that we can continue to serve Yolo County’s at-risk children and their families.” The Friends of the Yolo Crisis Nursery has successfully produced this event

since 2013, and we are working hard to make sure this year’s crab feed is the best yet. The fun doesn’t end with sumptuous allyou-can-eat food, as the ever-popular giant Raffle and the Live and Silent Auctions will return again with a great line-up of items including a tasty array of homemade desserts. We are thrilled to have Sutter Health returning as our Premier Sponsor. This type of dedicated support from our community is critical in helping us achieve our vision that every child in Yolo County grows up in a safe, loving, and stable home. Last year’s event sold out well in advance, so don’t delay. Get your tickets today. Individual tickets

are only $50, and several levels of sponsorship are still available starting at $1,000. They can be purchased now at www. yolocrisisnursery.org. All Krustaceans for Kids Crab Feed proceeds goes to the Yolo Crisis Nursery. The Nursery is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, for children and families in turmoil. Our services are free of charge, and we do not turn away any children. The Nursery’s emergency respite care program is funded by the generosity of our community. Every child and family the Yolo Crisis Nursery serves is different, but each one is in crisis with little or no support system and all in need of aid. The Nursery keeps

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young, vulnerable children safe and helps the parents resolve their immediate crises. The Nursery continues to work with and follow families for one year to ensure that they successfully transition out of crisis, the children remain safe, and the family stays whole, such as the case of Sara and her son, Alex. Sara, a young, pregnant, single, working mom, was on the brink of losing her job because she did not have childcare for her toddler son, Alex. Both of them had suffered abuse. At 4 years of age, Alex had behavioral challenges as a result of the abuse and had been removed from multiple childcare centers. Sara was proud to be newly on her own with Alex and with a new baby on the way. The thought of losing her job, home and ability to care for her young family was overwhelming and devastating to Sara. Thanks to help from the Yolo Crisis Nursery, Sara was able to keep both her job and home, while

helping Alex with behavior modification therapy. We may call it a nursery, but it is oh, so much more. Please join us on March 7 for all-you-can-eat crab and fun to help our most vulnerable, at-risk Yolo County children, like Alex, avert disaster. Interested in joining the Friends of The Yolo Crisis Nursery?

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each of the last two campaigns. This year, the DHS shredders sit in Davis Senior High athletics are a trea- historically tal- third place in league sure trove — local talent excelling from ented ski team Page B2 football to badminton. Uncommon ability seems to be flashes across all Blue Devil sports. maintaining its high skill level with a numBut one of the locals’ most accomplished ber of quality skiers. programs engages in competition about “We have a freshman Lukas Voss, who is 100 miles away from campus. new to us this year but has stepped up to It’s the DHS ski team which calls the the No. 1 boys spot kind of right away. He’s mountains home. been a really fun surprise,” McMullen said. And despite being considered “flatlandThe Devils have a toboggan-full of expeers,” this Blue Crew has dominated the rience at the top as well, with long-serving Sierra Nevada prep slopes for the past senior Rhys Mahoney cutting a quick decade. A lion’s share of that swatch through the powder. success — which includes “Rhys has been doing really California state championwell. (He’s) also very competiships — has been due to fortive,” reports McMullen. “As mer head coach Bob Brewer. far as the girls go, it’s a stiff However, this season battle between three excellent Brewer has taken a step back skiers for the top spot. and a new leader has taken the “There are three really fast reins, er, poles ... girls, all seniors: Lily Byrne, Mike McMullen, who began Kaili Morgan and Helen Farhis Davis High coaching rar.” career as Brewer’s right hand a McMullen says the trio loves Mike McMullen few years ago, has ascended to competing with not only the the lead role. As a lifetime Blue Devil boys & weekly competitors but each skier, McMullen hopes to use girls ski coach other. The coach says watchhis experience in helping ing the battle for ladder posiguide his charges to new tion between them is “a lot of heights — or at least attain old ones. fun.” “I started off as a ski racer when I was 5 The tremendous performances from skior 6 years old ... in Pennsylvania (and ers across all categories has led to a wealth raced) through high school.” recalled of wins for the Davis squad. McMullen. “I raced in college and then “We are in a fortunate position so far this took a little hiatus from racing until four year. We’ve won — pretty convincingly — years ago when I started back up coaching all of the first three races,” McMullen with the high school. recounts. “So I think goal-wise, we’ve set it “It’s all about experience. Racing is such up for the team to really run the tables and an individual sport and it feels like there is win every race going forward for the rest of a ton of pressure on you. Trying to convey the season.” that experience to the kids and getting Observers will tell you, these dominant them to calm down and have fun with it ... DHS performances point to yet another Well, it’s really a lot of fun for me.” outstanding postseason for the Blue Devils. As league members compete through “There are going to be a number of our slalom and grand slalom events, Davis has racers that qualify for the state championfinished as high as No. 2 in the state in ships,” says McMullen, pointing to the

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Above, Blue Devil senior Rhys Mahoney makes quick work of a course this season. Left, Blue Devil Padyn DenDuck works around a gate at a recent meet. HARRY LEFRAK/ COURTESY PHOTOS

California-Nevada Interscholastic Ski & Snowboard Federation meet March 1 to 3 at Northstar. And even beyond that, Davis also will have a new goal to shoot for after the California gathering — the Western regional championship. McMullen says Devil racers that finish “very competitively in the state” could advance to the inaugural competition the week after States.

“That would be really exciting for the kids and for the coaches if we could get a couple of kids qualified for the regional championship,” adds McMullen. Although long-time head coach Brewer has stepped aside, his impact still is felt on this championship-caliber roster. “(Bob’s) had a huge impact on the team,” reminds McMullen. “He’s been doing this

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SAN LUIS OBISPO — In basketball, defense will usually win you games. Early on Saturday afternoon, it looked like the visiting UC Davis women were going to smoke lowly Cal Poly, after opening an early 13-4 advantage against the last-place Mustangs. Then, the Aggies faded into a funk and missed 14 of their next 16 shots and committed six turnovers during a 14-minute span that saw UCD trail at intermission, 24-18. Ultimately, it was four consecutive final-period points by junior guard Mackenzie Trpcic that put Davis back ahead, 34-33, with 5:46 remaining as the Aggies escaped the Mott Athletic Center with a 42-36 Big West Conference victory. Coaches will tell you a win is a win when you’re on the road, but this one wasn’t pretty. Davis shot 30.2 percent (16 of 53) and was outrebounded, 38-33. If it hadn’t been for a 9-0 run late in the game, the Aggies wouldn’t be standing at 9-9 overall and 4-1 in league. But when you’re able to hold your opponent to single-digit scoring in three of their four quarters, you don’t need a lot of firepower. Trpcic, the transfer from the University of Albany, scored 8 of her team-high 10 points in the second half. Davis big gun Katie Toole chimed in with 8 — marking only the second time this season the Utah State transfer has been under double digits.

HONOLULU — Hawaiians know about mana, magical powers. And it was Zigmars Raimo’s offensive rebound that led to an Eddie Stansberry 3-pointer with 3 seconds left to give the Rainbow Warriors a 76-75 victory over visiting UC Davis at Stan Sheriff Arena on Saturday night. “They played their tails off, they competed their tails off,” said Aggie coach Jim Les. “We weren’t perfect, but (this team) is going to win a lot of games if they bring that (effort) day-in and day-out. I thought they deserved to win. It took a heckuva shot ... give them credit. When they absolutely had to have it, they made the shot.” With UC Davis guard Stephan Gonzalez displaying an early hot hand (hitting seven 3-pointers), the Aggies looked like they might stave off a late comeback attempt by the Rainbow Warriors. But playing in The Islands is a madhouse. Home crowds make it difficult on visitors, and Saturday was no exception. Hawaii battled back and managed to erase the Aggie advantage: 73-72 with 1:52 left. Enter Ezra Manjon, again. On a night the freshman sensation scored 22, his two free throws put UCD out front by one from where slick down-the-stretch defense and a subsequent charity toss by Joe Mooney had the Aggies up, 75-73, and only 15 seconds to show till double zeroes. Gonzalez’s 21 points were the difference in UCD’s come-from-behind run but in the end Davis fell to 8-13 and 2-3 in conference. Hawaii improved to 13-6 and 4-1. Davis, which shot 49.1 percent on the night but was outrebounded, 35-23, now entertains UC Irvine (12-9, 4-1) Thursday at 7 p.m. at The Pavilion.

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Calendar TODAY Davis High No events scheduled. UC Davis TENNIS: Aggie women Portland, Ore., 10 a.m. WATER POLO: Aggie women vs. Fresno at Cal Invite, Berkeley, 9:45 a.m., Aggie women vs. San Jose State at Cal Invite, Berkeley, 2:15 p.m. MONDAY Davis High SKIING & SNOWBOARDING: League meet — Skiing at TBA, Snowboarding at Alpine Meadows. UC Davis GOLF: Aggie men at Southwestern Invitational, Westlake Village, all day. TUESDAY Davis High BASKETBALL: Devil girls at St. Francis, 7 p.m. SOCCER: Devil girls vs. Franklin at Playfields Park, 4 p.m. UC Davis GOLF: Aggie men at Southwestern Invitational, Westlake Village, all day. WEDNESDAY Davis High BASKETBALL: Devil boys vs. Jesuit, 7 p.m. UC Davis BASKETBALL: Aggie women vs. CSUN, 6 p.m. Listen: KDVS 90.3 FM. THURSDAY Davis High No events scheduled. UC Davis BASKETBALL: Aggie men vs. UC Irvine, 7 p.m. Listen: KTKZ 1380 AM. Watch: BigWest.TV. FRIDAY Davis High BASKETBALL: Devil boys vs Cosumnes Oaks, 7 p.m.; Devil girls vs Cosumnes Oaks, 6 p.m. SOCCER: Devil boys at Franklin, 3 p.m. UC Davis EQUESTRIAN: Aggies vs Auburn, 10 a.m. GYMNASTICS: Aggies at San Jose State, 7 p.m. TRACK & FIELD: Aggies at UW Invitational, Seattle, all day. SATURDAY Davis High No events scheduled. UC Davis BASKETBALL: Aggie women vs. UC Santa Barbara, 2:30 p.m. Listen: KDVS 90.3 FM. Watch: BigWest.TV; Aggie men vs. Cal Poly, 5 p.m. Listen: KTKZ 1380 AM. Watch: BigWest.TV. SWIMMING: Aggie women at Pacific, noon. TENNIS: Aggie women at UC Riverside, 11 a.m. TRACK & FIELD: Aggies at UW Invitational, Seattle, all day. WATER POLO: Aggie women vs. Indiana at Stanford Invite, 1:30 p.m., vs. Stanford at Stanford Invite, 6:30 p.m. SUNDAY, Feb. 2 Davis High No events scheduled. UC Davis TENNIS: Aggie women at Long Beach State, 11 a.m. WATER POLO: Aggie women vs. Michigan at Stanford Invite, 1 p.m. MONDAY, Feb. 3 Davis High BASKETBALL: Devil girls vs. Elk Grove, 7 p.m. Devil boys at Elk Grove, 7 p.m. SKIING/SNOWBOARDING: Devil skiers at Alpine Meadows; snowboarders at Northstar. UC Davis No events scheduled. TUESDAY, Feb. 4 Davis High No events scheduled. UC Davis No events scheduled. WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5 Davis High BASKETBALL: Devil boys at Sheldon, 7 p.m. Devil girls vs. Sheldon, 7 p.m. SOCCER: Devil girls at Pleasant Grove, 3 p.m. Devil boys vs. Pleasant Grove, 3:30 p.m. UC Davis No events scheduled. THURSDAY, Feb. 6 Davis High No events scheduled. UC Davis BASKETBALL: Aggie men at UC Irvine, 7 p.m. Listen 1140 KHTK. Watch: ESPN3. Aggie women at Cal State Fullerton, 7 p.m. Listen: KDVS 90.3 FM. Watch: BigWest.TV GOLF: Aggie men at Amer Ari Invitational, Waikoloa, Hawaii, all day. SOFTBALL: Aggies, NorCal Kickoff, vs. Saint Mary’s, 11:30 a.m., vs. Cal Baptist, 2 p.m. TENNIS: Aggie women vs. Saint Mary’s, 1:30 p.m. FRIDAY, Feb. 7 Davis High BASKETBALL: Devil boys vs. Franklin, 7 p.m. Devil girls at Franklin 7 p.m. SOCCER: Devil boys at Jesuit, 3 p.m. Devil girls vs. St. Francis, 5 p.m. UC Davis EQUESTRIAN: Aggies vs. Fresno State, Utah at Fresno State, TBA. GOLF: Aggie men at Amer Ari Invitational, Waikoloa, Hawaii, all day. GYMNASTICS: Aggies vs. San Jose State, 7 p.m. SOFTBALL: Aggies, NorCal Kickoff, vs. Boise State, 2 p.m.

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You won’t find me in danger’s way I want to preface this by stating that this column is going to be dumb. In other words, some of you might think it’s the same as all of the rest of my columns, but at least this time I’m admitting it. Sometimes I go to a place where all I do for five hours straight is watch YouTube videos — one leads to another, and eventually you look at the clock on your phone and half a day has passed. For me, the recommended videos always involve geography, education and sports. One of the most recent videos I was fortunate (?) enough to watch was titled “Phil Being Phil for Nine Minutes.” Of course, this referred to legendary golfer Phil Mickelson, a true wildcard who is wild off the tee and unafraid to try any shot available to him. Often he fails, but when he succeeds, it is spectacular. But what I couldn’t stop thinking about when watching this video, full of shots from well outside of the fairway, was the gallery. Phil, like every other golfer, is given like a 10-foot-wide opening from which to shoot.

Yes, he’s a professional — but what if he messes up? When I fly internationally, I often think about the opportunity cost of missing a flight. “Opportunity cost” is defined by my basic Google search as: “the loss of potential gain from other alternatives when one alternative is chosen.” For me, losing the opportunity to be on time for my flight and then therefore having to pay a large sum of money to get on another flight is huge. This is why I show up three hours early for every international flight I take and why some people in my family think I’m an idiot. However, I’ve never missed an international flight. Where am I going with this, you’re now wondering? Well, I think that lining up in one of those galleries is like leaving for

your international flight just one hour before departure. Sure, you might have a better experience in the airport, but what if something outside of your control goes wrong? Yes, you could be one of those people who gets the best view of Phil’s shot, but again, what if he misses? I have a friend — and let’s call him “Dan,” simply because his name is Dan. He went to last year’s U.S. Open at Pebble Beach hoping to be hit by an errant drive from Phil because Phil allegedly hands out $100 bills and memorabilia to anyone in the crowd struck by a ball.

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nd Phil is notoriously inaccurate on his first shots. When any golfer hits a ball in the deep rough that requires the crowd to move, everyone is always willing to stay as close as possible because that professional athlete, who has just missed his last shot, will now get to fire that second shot almost directly at them. I don’t get it. These guys hit the ball 150 miles an hour on tiny club faces.

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One more time ... What if they miss? I’m obviously not a professional golfer, but the slightest change in my swing can make a ball move 50 yards one way or another. What if you got hit in the head by one of those? As a precaution, why not stand behind someone else at least. I can promise you that Mickelson’s second golf shot will either be good or bad and you can watch it on replay somewhere, no matter how it turns out. Just, why — please why? — are people lining up to be in the front row on these recovery shots? I’ll never understand, but then again, I’ve broken 90 just once in my life ... so maybe that’s fine. If I ever attend a PGA event, you’ll be able to find me in the hospitality tent, eating amazing food and not putting my life in danger. — Evan Ream’s column publishes Sundays. Reach him at eream@davisenterprise.net or follow him on Twitter @EvanReam.

DOWNHILL: New coach, similar ski results

Youthful squad sits in 3rd place BY TRACY DEWIT Special to The Enterprise

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Despite having 12 first-year racers on its team, the Davis High snowboard squad sits in third place in conference. “I am happy with the way the team is coming together,” reports Blue Devil coach Bill Williams. “We have a number of athletes who have never raced before and are making amazing progress. The returning athletes are competing (well) with some of the top racers in the state.” As examples, senior Tommy Ryan came in third in the slalom and fifth in the giant slalom during the season’s first two competitions. Charlotte King, also a senior, was the fastest Blue Devil girls in the slalom with a 12thplace finish, and Isabella Yan was the top finisher for Davis in the grand slalom. In the inaugural slalom race, in addition to Ryan’s accomplishments, Nico Dwyer captured second place with Liam

for 20 years now. He’s got such an incredible amount of experience that both I and the rest of the coaches can draw on — but also for the kids. At this point, there isn’t a lot that he hasn’t seen, so it’s great that he’s continuing to work with us, continuing to coach the kids.” Before these Blue Devils head off to fry bigger fish or join in the chalet for hot chocolate and a warm hearth, there are more gates to be navigated and personal-best times to be eclipsed. On Monday, Davis will be at Sugar Bowl, then head to Alpine Meadows on Feb. 3. Come Feb. 10, the Devils race at Boreal. McMullen hopes his squad can build on the fast start of 2020. If so, it for Davis High it could all be downhill from here. — Reach correspondent Will Wyman at wymanw26@ gmail.com.

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Georgia Postema was the second fastest Blue Devil in the slalom. Kinney third for Davis. Blue Devil Nicholas Sokolov was fourth, followed by Mason Garcia, the fifth-fastest Devil. Georgia Postema followed King and Yan in third with Emily Sutcliffe next. Kooper Kijana raced open class in his first slalom race and placed at the top. Two weeks later at Boreal, Kijanka raced in varsity and captured second overall, a half-second in front of Ryan. With the wind howling at Boreal on Tuesday, DHS won the day, thanks to Dexter Clifton’s season-best race, placing third for Davis and sixth overall,

while Tyler Steenbergen missed top 10 by less than a 10th of a second placing fourth for DHS and 11th overall. Andres Serrano placed 60th overall, but in the second slalom race he made dynamic moves to finish 25th overall The girls top three finishers were King (13th), Postema (19th) and Yan. The first giant slalom race on Jan. 13 saw Ryan as the top Davis racer and fifth overall. Dwyer was 14th overall with Steenbergen 18th. DHS caps its slalom regular season Monday at Alpine Meadows.

Blue Crew nets win Girls soccer sits atop league standings BY EVAN REAM Enterprise staff writer ELK GROVE — Thanks to a 3-0 victory over the not-so-thundering Herd on Friday, the Davis High girls soccer team now has taken a commanding lead in the Delta League while in search of its sixth consecutive circuit title. Midfielder Sydney Moore and striker Summer Baron each scored in the first half to give the Blue Devils (7-0-3, 6-0-1 in conference) a 2-0 advantage heading into intermission before winger Annabelle Lasson put the nail in the coffin in the second half. “We played hard, we played OK,” said head coach Sara Stone. “Elk Grove played a 4-5-1 (configuration), so they played very defensive-minded. There were a lot of people we had to beat, but we played confidently and all of our goals were really good goals.” With the Thundering Herd packing it

in, the floodgates were opened on a set piece, with Moore grabbing that first goal off of a corner kick. Shortly thereafter, Baron doubled the locals’ advantage by hitting the back of the net for the seventh time on the season. “It was just a real kind of a pack-it-in type of game, so we had to make adjustments in that situation, but the goals were good and our defenders did well,” Stone said. Next up, Davis faces second-place Franklin (12-1-1, 4-1-1) at 4 p.m. on Tuesday. The game is tentatively scheduled for Playfields Park, but the resurfacing of Halden Field at Brown Stadium is almost complete, so there’s a slim chance of a venue change. The Devils have a 6-point league lead on the ’Cats, already having beaten them, 3-1. “That was one of those games where we outplayed them, but we basically scored on every shot we took,” Stone said. “So we’ll continue to shoot. And we’re familiar with their goalkeeper, but them being in second place, they’re going to have a bit more fight. But I feel good about it. “Now that we’ve played everybody, we kind of have an idea of what to expect.”

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Next game: Friday vs. Franklin, 3 p.m. ■ Game is slated to be played at Playfields Park. It may switch to Brown Stadium if turf installation is finished.

DHS boys on a win streak BY EVAN REAM Enterprise staff writer After a few close calls, the Davis High boys soccer team is now firmly in the Sac-Joaquin Section playoff picture thanks to two straight wins. Previous to Wednesday’s victory over Cosumnes Oaks, the Devils had gone on a four-game winless streak. But after that win — and another Friday at Playfields Park against Elk Grove — DHS now sits in third place in the Delta League with an 8-3-2 overall record and 3-2-2 league mark. “I think the boys are finally getting a little more confidence,” said DHS head coach Alex

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WOMEN: Aggies prepared to take on Matadors From Page B1 Sage Stobbart and Sophia Song (her second game back from a broken hand) each tallied 6. It wasn’t highlight style, but it was enough to get a W. Afterward, UCD head coach Jennifer Gross praised her defense for holding down the fort — especially as it looked more and

more like the lowly Mustangs of Cal Poly were going to force the visiting Aggies to buy their baskets elsewhere. Kayla Konrad and Cierra Hall continued their scrappy play and effective rebounding. Konrad pulled down eight caroms and Hall, the team’s leading board-grabber, had six. Sierra Campisano was a one-woman headache for UCD, scoring a game-best 15

points and collecting a contest-high 11 rebounds. San Diego native Campisano, a 6-foot-3 post who transferred from Oregon, played all 40 minutes. Despite her efforts, Cal Poly fell to 4-12 and 1-4 BWC play. Now it gets serious for the league’s two frontrunners as first-place is at stake when CSUN (9-10, 4-1) comes to The Pavilion on Wednesday. Game time is 6 p.m.

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Devil cagers have it their way Massey’s 16 paces boys in league action

Devils 97, Eagles 54 Next game:

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BY OWEN YANCHER Enterprise staff writer ELK GROVE — Get ready Jesuit. These Blue Devils may have just gotten their mojo back. Following an 0-3 start to Delta League play, the Davis High boys basketball team seems to have found its footing once again as it heads into Wednesday’s home tussle with the Marauders. Starting off the season with 11 straight wins, all signs pointed toward total Delta domination by the Devils during the month of December. But disaster struck in San Ramon as the locals’ leading scorer and rebounder, Theo Seng, went down with an ankle injury that looks like it will keep him out at least another two weeks. Ever since, the Blue Crew has been in a state of readjustment as Devil head coach Dan Gonzalez continues tweaking lineups and testing personnel at new spots. Bumps and bruises have been the storyline early on in conference play, but the road seems to be smoothing out now as DHS has won two straight league encounters. On the road Friday at Pleasant Grove, Keaton Massey’s 16-point night helped Davis swamp the Eagles, 97-54. The Friday prior, the locals took down Franklin, 87-84. “It’s our communication and the way we rebound,” Devil point guard Bryce Barker says. “Every rebound we get lets us kick it out for another shot and (against PG) we were getting every rebound.” The victory over the Eagles, which bumped DHS to 13-3 overall and 2-3 in conference, was the Devils’ highest-scoring affair

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Blue Devil Cody Taylor (5) is on his way to scoring 2 of his 12 points as Davis High overpowered the visiting Eagles. since week No. 1. when Davis chalked up a mind-numbing 117 points in a 70-point bushwhacking of Oakland’s Castlemont High (along the way winning the Salinas Classic title). Those sizable scoring lines have been absent recently, however, as DHS has averaged 68 points over its last six games. “We’ve been working on ball movement and trying to set more screens,” Gonzalez told The Enterprise. “That way we can have some more motion on offense ... and I saw a lot more of that (Friday).” Now in his 21st season at the helm, Gonzalez says things are finally translating from practices to games. His unit was valuing the ball better than any other

game this season on Friday — only coughing up the rock five times for a new season low in turnovers. “It was a classic System game that wore out another team,” the longtime Davis High mathematics instructor said. “Early on (PG) still had their legs, but by the second half you could tell they didn’t.” Cody Taylor scored 12 points in the blowout, while Collin Yee netted all 11 of his credits at the freethrow line. The Devils were 17 for 21 (85 percent) on its freebie attempts — another season-best statistic. Barker said the all-around solid night started with Massey’s adrenaline pump, as the senior big man knocked down three

shots from 3-point land before halftime to key an 18-0 scoring run. DHS was ahead, 55-35, at the break. “When someone can do that, it changes everything,” Barker added. “It hypes the bench up and it makes players want to do exactly what they’re doing. And Keaton was that (guy) tonight — showing us what type of mindset we need to have every game.” Coming off a 10-point performance that had earned him allAdidas Classic honors this past weekend, Barker tallied 8 in the win, while Mikey Finerty scored a season-high 7 points. Ryan Hakl also chimed in with 7. Jackson Isidor and Joey Asta added 6 apiece, while CJ Fabionar had 5 and Joey Voss tossed in 4.

The Marauders enter Wednesday’s ballgame 15-5 overall and 3-1 in the Delta. Big Red’s lone conference loss this far has been to Franklin, 70-59. The Wildcats topped Cosumnes Oaks, 63-58, on Friday to improve to 3-3. The same Cosumnes Oaks squad had upset MaxPreps Sacramento-area No. 1 team Sheldon, 74-70, earlier in the week. The defeat snapped the Huskies’ longstanding league winning streak that had dated back to the 2014-15 season. No Delta team remains undefeated. Chasing Sheldon are Jesuit, Elk Grove (3-2), Cosumnes (3-2) and Franklin, each a single game ahead of the re-emerging Blue Devils. Only PG (0-5) seems to be out of the playoff hunt. “Every team in this league has to be ready every single night,” Gonzalez added. “And that includes us. You can’t even look past PG, despite their record. “Even coming in tonight, I thought they might give us a game.” But the Eagles didn’t, and now it’s the Marauders who have been put on notice. Notes: Junior guard Isaac Pantaja led the Eagles with 17 points Friday. ... In junior varsity action, DHS beat The Grove, 65-47. Rockwell Lybbert led was the Devils’ leading scorer in the effort, chalking up 12 points, while Tavi Maes and Clark Chen netted 8 each. — Reach Owen Yancher at oyancher@davisenterprise.net. Follow him via Twitter at @530athletics.

DHS girls unwrap big win

Grapplers hold own in Rumble

Buzbee celebrates with career-high 13

Turner, Bordios earn places on podium

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Enterprise staff writer Maddie Buzbee celebrated her birthday with a career-high 13 points in Davis High girls basketball’s 58-15 dismantling of Pleasant Grove on Friday night at The Cage. A balanced attack saw 10 Blue Devils tally buckets and pushed the locals to 12-8 overall and 2-3 in the Delta League. The Eagles, who have limped to an 0-5 start to league, faced a lockdown DHS defense that allowed just 4 first-half points and no more than 6 in any quarter. “Our defense is definitely what got us Next game: started,” said DHS Wednesday vs. head coach Heather St. Francis, 7 p.m. Highshoe. “They were able to force Pleasant Grove to turn the ball over, and we were able to execute.” Mara Bledsoe’s offensive board and put-back on the first possession forecast a difficult night for the visitors: Davis would jump out to a 14-0 lead. Skylar Schouten hauled down 10 rebounds and Caitlin McMillan and Bledsoe each grabbed seven as the locals won the battle on the boards, 51-21. Nika Edson collected five on the glass and scored 3 for DHS. Miscues also doomed PG, as Davis forced 30 turnovers by the bottomfeeding Eagles. The win wrapped up a 3-0 week for the Blue Crew, which nows travels to St. Francis on Tuesday for a 7 p.m. bout. “This week I saw a lot of growth in terms of recognizing what we need to work on … and getting better at it,” Highshoe told The Enterprise. The coach highlighted Davis’ execution on offense, where the Devils knocked down five 3-pointers, including three from Buzbee. “She shot the ball really well (Friday),” Highshoe said of her junior guard. “Honestly, just commending all our guards because at the beginning of the season I could barely get any of them to shoot.

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Davis High junior Nika Edson (21) scores 2 of her 3 points with a soft hook shot Friday. “Lately, we’ve been knocking down some threes from the outside so that’s been exciting to see.” Emme Eisenman, who finished with 9 points, also hit one from downtown, as did Courtney Rutherford (7 points). “We were a little more patient in recognizing certain reads,” Highshoe added. “We knew coming into next week that we were going to need to be able to capitalize on opportunities like that.” Those shots will be critical against a Troubadours team coming off a 50-37 win over Sheldon on Friday. Davis lost to the Huskies by a point in the teams’ first matchup.

St. Francis (11-9, 4-1) is led by senior guard Mia Fleming Mullins, whose 16.3point average is tops in the Delta. “This week is huge for us,” Highshoe said. “To finish (the first half ) of league 3-3, that’s a goal for us. “We’re going into their place, but it is a big rivalry game and I know the girls are probably already pumped up for it.” Notes: Schouten finished with 7 points for Davis, Bledsoe added 6, Surina Beal chipped in 5 and McMillan had 4. ... Senior guard Reya Lee led the Eagles with 9 points. ... PG’s 15 points was the lowestscoring total for a Davis opponent and the Eagles’ lowest-scoring performance this season.

Ahead of Tuesday’s final dual meet of the season — where the Davis High wrestling team will meet Pleasant Grove and Cosumnes Oaks at Sheldon High — both the boys and girls wrestling teams placed several of their athletes at the Pitman Rumble over the weekend. Coming back after a short absence, Adrienna Turner again flashed her brilliance for the girls, finishing 3-0 to take first place. Joining her with a podium finish was Emma Bordios, who put up a pair of pins to place third with a 3-1 record. “The kids are continuing to get better every day, on the girl’s side Adrienna and Emma wrestled really well,” said head coach Johnny Rosendale. “We have a wide-spread level of wrestlers with all experiences, so we’ll see how they do Tuesday.” And come Tuesday, the Devils will be hoping to improve on their 2-2 record so far in the season — if DHS wins both of its matches it will have a chance to finish in third place in the Delta League. Unable to move up into one of the top two spots, Davis will not advance to the Sac-Joaquin Section meet as a team. However, Blue Devils will be able to qualify for the individual tournament. “We’ve got a really good chance to wrestle very well against both Pleasant Grove and Cosumnes Oaks,” Rosendale said. “I think we match up against both teams really well. We will need our underclassmen to step up and win a couple of matches, but our kids are wrestling better every weekend.” Those wrestlers who will be contesting these matches also had a solid weekend, with sophomore Tristan Wollrich going 3-1 to finish as the consolation champion of the tournament, while juniors Noor Mashiana and Aaron Turner each placed fourth by compiling 2-2 records. “I think all of our kids are getting aggressive, but the nice thing about having so many upperclassmen who’ve been wrestling for a while is that we have a ton of leaders on the team,” Rosendale said. “All these kids are able to help our younger wrestlers in such a short period of time.”

B4 THE DAVIS ENTERPRISE

Public Notices X PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE INVITING BIDS WWTP Storage Building CIP No. 8324

Each Bid shall be accompanied by cash, a certified or cashier’s check, or Bid Bond secured from a surety company satisfactory to the City Council, the amount of which shall not be less than ten percent (10%) of the submitted Total Bid Price, made payable to City of Davis as bid security. The bid security shall be provided as a guarantee that within five (5) working days after the City provides the successful bidder the Notice of Award, the successful Bidder will enter into a contract and provide the necessary bonds and certificates of insurance. The bid security will be declared forfeited if the successful Bidder fails to comply within said time. No interest will be paid on funds deposited with City. The Bid Bond submitted shall be provided by a surety duly authorized by the Insurance Commissioner to transact surety business in the State of California.

1. Notice NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Davis (“City”) invites and will receive sealed Bids up to but not later than February 11, 2020 at 2:00 PM, at the City Clerk’s office of the City Manager, located at 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, CA 95616, for the furnishing to City of all labor, equipment, materials, tools, services, transportation, permits, utilities, and all other items necessary for the WWTP Storage Building, CIP 8324 (the “Project”). At said time, Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at the City Office. Bids received after said time shall be returned unopened. Bids shall be 7. Performance Bond and Labor and valid for a period of 90 calendar days after Material Bond The successful Bidder will be required the Bid opening date. to furnish a Faithful Performance Bond 2. Requesting Plans and Specifications and a Labor and Material Payment Bond Plans and specifications (not including each in an amount equal to one hundred standard specifications and other percent (100%) of the Contract Price. documents included by reference), and Each bond shall be in the forms set forth proposal forms, may be obtained by herein, shall be secured from a surety logging on to www.blueprintexpress. company that meets all State of California com/davis or by calling BPXpress. The bonding requirements, as defined in cost is $40 per set (plus shipping and California Code of Civil Procedure Section handling) and is non-refundable. Any 995.120, and that is a California admitted bidder that Reprographics at (916) 760- surety insurer. 7281 fails to purchase a complete set of plans, specifications and proposal Pursuant to Section 22300 of the Public forms from BPXpress Reprographics Contract Code of the State of California, the prior to the bid opening date and time successful Bidder may substitute certain OR is not included on the BPXpress plan securities for funds withheld by City to holder list shall have their bid deemed ensure its performance under the contract. non-responsive. In other words, the bidder must purchase the plan set from 8. Labor Code Requirements BPXpress Reprographics AND be on the Pursuant to Labor Code Section 1773, BPXpress plan holder list to be deemed City has obtained the prevailing rate responsive. The only exception shall of per diem wages and the prevailing be in the event a bidder’s name is not wage rate for holiday and overtime included on the plan holders list but the work applicable in Yolo County from the bidder can produce proof of purchase Director of the Department of Industrial of the plans, specifications and proposal Relations for each craft, classification, or forms from BPXpress Reprographics with type of worker needed to execute this a purchase date that occurred prior to the contract. A copy of these prevailing wage close of bidding. Any bid produced from rates may be obtained via the internet at: plans, specifications and proposal forms www.dir.ca.gov/dlsr/ obtained from sources other than those purchased from BPXpress by bidder shall In addition, a copy of the prevailing be deemed non-responsive. Only bidders rate of per diem wages is available at on the plan holders list shall receive the City’s Public Works Department and shall be made available to interested addenda notifications. parties upon request. The successful It is the responsibility of each prospective bidder shall post a copy of the prevailing bidder to pay the fee and download and wage rates at each job site. It shall be print all Bid Documents for review and to mandatory upon the Bidder to whom verify the completeness of Bid Documents the Contract is awarded, and upon any before submitting a bid. Any Addenda subcontractors, to comply with all Labor will be posted on www.blueprintexpress. Code provisions, which include but com/davis. It is the responsibility of each are not limited to the payment of not prospective bidder to check the BPXpress less than the said specified prevailing Reprographics website listed above on wage rates to all workers employed by a daily basis through the close of bids them in the execution of the Contract, for any applicable addenda or updates. employment of apprentices, hours of The City does not assume any liability labor and debarment of contractors and or responsibility based on any defective subcontractors. or incomplete copying, excerpting, scanning, faxing, downloading or printing Pursuant to Labor Code sections of the Bid Documents. Information on 1725.5 and 1771.1, all contractors and BPXpress Reprographics may change subcontractors that wish to bid on, be without notice to prospective bidders. listed in a bid proposal, or enter into a The Contract Documents shall supersede contract to perform public work must any information posted or transmitted by be registered with the Department of Industrial Relations. No Bid will be BPXpress Reprographics. accepted nor any contract entered into Bids must be submitted on the City’s without proof of the contractor’s and Bid Forms. To the extent required subcontractors’ current registration by section 20103.7 of the Public with the Department of Industrial Contract Code, upon request from a Relations to perform public work. If contractor plan room service, the City awarded a contract, the Bidder and its shall provide an electronic copy of the subcontractors, of any tier, shall maintain Contract Documents at no charge to the active registration with the Department of Industrial Relations for the duration contractor plan room. Contract documents will not be available of the Project. Notwithstanding the for inspection or purchase from the City foregoing, the contractor registration requirements mandated by Labor Code by potential Bidders. Sections 1725.5 and 1771.1 shall not apply to work performed on a public 3. Description Of The Work WWTP Storage Building, CIP 8324: The works project that is exempt pursuant to project includes a new 40 ft by 80 ft by the small project exemption specified in 30 foot high prefabricated steel storage Labor Code Sections 1725.5 and 1771.1. buiding that will include a 5-ton bridget crane system, fire sprinkler sytem, and This Project is subject to compliance electrical as detailed in the technical monitoring and enforcement by the specifications and shown on the Department of Industrial Relations. In bidding on this Project, it shall be the drawings. Bidder’s sole responsibility to evaluate All work shall be performed in accordance and include the cost of complying with with the Contract Documents and all all labor compliance requirements under this contract and applicable law in its Bid. applicable laws and regulations. 9. Retention Pursuant to Public Contract Code section 7201, the City has made a determination that the project described herein is 5. Contractor’s License Classification substantially complex, and therefore a retention of 5% will be withheld from and Subcontractors Unless otherwise provided in the payment until after the work is complete. Instructions for Bidders, each Bidder shall be a licensed contractor pursuant 10. Substitution Requests to sections 7000 et seq. of the Business Substitution requests shall be made and Professions Code in the following within 35 calendar days after the award classification(s) throughout the time it of the Contract. Pursuant to Public submits its Bid and for the duration of Contract Code Section 3400(b), the City may make findings designating that the contract: certain additional materials, methods or Class A General Engineering services by specific brand or trade name Contractor, Class B General Building other than those listed in the Standard Contractor, C-8 Concrete Contractor, Specifications be used for the Project. C10 Electrical Contractor, C12 Such findings, if any, as well as the Earthwork and Paving Contractor, materials, methods or services and their C16 Fire Protection Contractor, C34 specific brand or trade names that must Pipeline Contractor, C36 Plumbing be used for the Project may be found in Contractor, C39 Roofing Contractor, the Special Conditions. C43 Sheet Metal Contractor, C50 Reinforcing Steel Contractor, and C51 11. Award City shall award the contract for the Project Structral Steel Contractor to the lowest responsive, responsible Subcontractor Substitution requests shall Bidder as determined by the City from the be made within 35 calendar days after BASE BID ALONE. City reserves the right the award of the contract. Pursuant to to reject any or all bids or to waive any Public Contract Code Section 3400(b), the irregularities or informalities in any bids or City may make findings designating that in the bidding process. certain additional materials, methods or services by specific brand or trade name 12. Notice to Proceed other than those listed in the Standard This Project, if awarded, will be awarded Specifications be used for the Project. for a winter start date. Such findings, if any, as well as the materials, methods or services and their 13. Further Information/Questions specific brand or trade names that must For further information, contact Terry be used for the Project may be found in Jue, at tjue@cityofdavis.org. Questions will only be considered and answered via the Special Conditions. email. Questions will not be considered or answered 48 working hours prior to 6. Bid Security 4. Engineer Engineer’s Estimate: $390,000 Project Engineer: James D. Carson

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the bid opening. 14. Pre-Bid Conference A MANDATORY Pre-Bid Conference is scheduled for Thursday, January 30, 2020 at 10:00 AM to review the Project’s existing conditions at the Davis Wastewater Treatment Plant at 45400 County Road 28H, Davis. Representatives of the City and consulting engineers, if any, will be present. Questions asked by Bidders at the Pre-Bid Conference not specifically addressed within the Contract Documents shall be answered in writing, and shall be sent to all Bidders. Bids will not be accepted from any bidder who did not attend the mandatory PreBid Conference. ————————————————— Deliver Bids To: CITY OFFICES - CITY CLERK’S OFFICE 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, CA 95616-3896 (Building is located on the corner of Russell Boulevard & B Street) *Note* If you choose to mail your Bid Proposal via any of the overnight/ express services, the outside envelope MUST be clearly marked as follows: SEALED BID FOR: WWTP Storage Building, CIP No. 8324 DELIVER IMMEDIATELY TO CITY CLERK’S OFFICE Bid Due Date And Time: February 11, 2020 2:00 PM ————————————————— END OF NOTICE INVITING BIDS 1/26, 2/2 686 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed: January 10, 2020 FBN Number: F20200038 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) Observant Books 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California. Business is located in Yolo County. 1360 Hoover Place Woodland, CA 95776 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip Clifton Thomas Moberg 1360 Hoover Place 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: January 10, 2020 “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): Clifton Thomas Moberg, Owner 1/19, 1/26, 2/2, 2/9 687 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF LLOYD F. ANDERSON aka LLOYD FRANKLIN ANDERSON CASE NO. PB20-8 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: LLOYD F. ANDERSON aka LLOYD FRANKLIN ANDERSON A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: PETER F. ANDERSON in the Superior Court of California, County of: Yolo THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that: PETER F. ANDERSON be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held on February 10, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. in Department 10 located at 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Signed: MICHAEL R. PETERSON ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER 508 SECOND STREET, SUITE 210 DAVIS, CA 95616 530-758-1750 1/22, 1/26, 1/29 688

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF CAROL ANN DRENKOW GRAY CASE NO. PB-20-13 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: CAROL ANN DRENKOW GRAY A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: KEITH DRENKOW in the Superior Court of California, County of: Yolo THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that: KEITH DRENKOW be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held on FEBRUARY 10, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. in Department 9 located at 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Signed: RODNEY J. BEEDE ATTORNEY FOR PETIONER 177A LINCOLDN AVE. WOODLAND, CA 95695 530-666-7737 1/19, 1/22, 1/26 690 PUBLIC NOTICE

The Personal Property stored with the undersigned by: Unit# 261 SHARON WELCH: children’s toys, fishing rods, 2+ totes, clothing, mattress/box

spring,

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trimmers. BOND# 7900468597 01/26, 02/02

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PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION In accordance with the provisions of State law, there being due and unpaid charges for which the undersigned is entitled to satisfy an owner and/or manager’s lien of the goods hereinafter described and stored at the Life Storage location listed below. Life Storage #635 3280 Jefferson Blvd. West Sacramento, CA 95691 (916)492-2056 And, due notice having been given, to the owner of said property and all parties known to claim an interest therein, and the time specified in such notice for payment of such having expired, the goods will be sold to the highest bidder or otherwise disposed of at a public auction to be held online at www. StorageTreasures.com, which will end on February 20, 2020 at 10 a.m. Keiannia Russell Hsld gds/Furn, TV/Stereo Equip Tracie Turrubiartes Hsld gds/Furn Christopher S Smith Hsld gds/Furn, Lndscpng/Cnstrctn equip Eduard Serikov Hsld gds/Furn, TV/Stereo Equip Izac L Basped Hsld gds/Furn Krystal Reichert Hsld gds/Furn Jil Hiatt Clothes shoes kitchen ware, Hsld gds/ Furn, TV/Stereo Equip Khristine Mccurdy Hsld gds/Furn, TV/Stereo Equip Susannah Johnson

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A RESOLUTION ADOPTING CERTAIN FINDINGS AND APPROVING AN ENERGY SERVICES CONTRACT FOR ENERGYRELATED IMPROVEMENTS TO COUNTY FACILITIES WITH TRANE U.S., INC. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 4172.10 et seq. of the Government Code of the State of California, that a public hearing will be held by the County of Yolo, California (the “County”), on Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at 9:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter can be heard, at the Chambers of the Board of Supervisors of the County located in Room 206 at the County Administration Building, 625 Court Street, Woodland, California for the purposes of presenting certain findings, taking public comment, and approving a Resolution adopting the findings and authorizing an Energy Services Contract with Trane U.S., Inc. The findings presented for adoption to the Yolo County Board of Supervisors shall require that the cost to the County to implement the energy related improvements covered by the Energy Services Contract will be less than the anticipated marginal cost to the County of thermal, electrical, or other energy that would have been consumed by the County if it had not purchased the improvements. Those wishing to comment on the foregoing matters may either appear in person at the public hearing or submit written comments prior to the public hearing. Written comments should be sent to the Clerk of the Board, County of Yolo, 625 Court Street, Room 206, Woodland, California 95695 or via email to clerkoftheboard@yolocounty.org.

Hsld gds/Furn, Tools/Applnces Julie Bruce Hsld gds/Furn Mary E Wade Hsld gds/Furn 1/26, 2/2

700 LIEN SALE

2/5/2020 10:00 AM 708 GALVESTON ST SACRAMENTO CA 95691 CA CF# 6579RA HIN HPSA2616J103 YEAR 2003 HONDA VESSEL LIEN SALE 2/5/2020 10:00 AM 708 GALVESTON ST SACRAMENTO CA 95691 CA CF# 6578RA HIN HPSA2621J103 YEAR 2003 HONDA VESSEL 1/26

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed: January 17, 2020 FBN Number: F20200065 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) TURN OF PHRASE TRANSCRIPTIONS 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California. Business is located in Yolo County. 3236 MAGPIE STREET DAVIS, CA 95616 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s),

Dated: January 26, 2020 Lupita Ramirez, Deputy Clerk Yolo County Board of Supervisors 1/26

Residence Address, State, and Zip MARTHA JO HANNA 695 3236 MAGPIE STREET DAVIS, CA 95616-7507

STORAGE LIEN SALE

4. Business Classification:

INDIVIDUAL There will be a lien sale at 2nd Street Storage, 2525 2nd Street, in the City of Davis, County 5. Beginning Date of Business: The of Yolo, State of California 95618. Registrant(s) commenced to transact THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH AT 1:30 PM (PST). This enforcement is authorized by Division 8, Chapter 10 of the California Business & Professions Code (21700 et seq. California Self-Service Facility Act). Items from sale must be paid in full, with cash only at the time of purchase. All purchased items are sold “as is” and must be removed at the time of sale with unit swept clean. Sale is subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between owner and obligated party. Certain terms and conditions apply.

business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: OCTOBER 16, 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): MARTHA JO HANNA 1/26, 2/2, 2/9, 2/16

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Employment

Public Notices

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

Employment IMMEDIATE OPENINGS Cable Installers No experience necessary. WE WILL TRAIN. Must have clean DL. Call 707-317-3467 to apply

Management Analyst I/II – City Manager’s Office Salary: $5,719.93 $7,647.95 Monthly; City of Davis, 23 Russell Blvd., Davis, CA 95616. FFD: 2/14/2020. See job bulletin at www.cityofdavis.o rg for min. req. or call (530) 7575644, TDD (530) 757-5666; City emp. appl. req. EOE.

Firewood for Sale $275/cord. $150/half cord. Oak, walnut and some eucalyptus. 707-338-7428 Like New Herman Miller BLACK AERON CHAIR Size BFULLY LOADED, unused Christmas Present, Assembled $450.00 (530) 979-1588 Like New Herman Miller BLACK AERON CHAIR Size BFULLY LOADED, unused Christmas Present, Assembled $450.00 (530) 979-1588 Thule Vertex 2Bike Hitch Rack Like new. Only used 2 times. (Bought at Ken's Bike for $259.) For sale for $150 530-277-0067

learn, and to spend fun time as a couple, I suggest that they take cooking lessons together. She said they are now living in a larger city, so there are likely to be several options available. Not only will he — and she — learn good cooking and eating options, but they will also have a great time. — Love to Cook Dear Love to Cook: Cooking classes are a great idea! They could be a fun and healthy activity for the couple to do together. Thank you.

Assistant Chief Building Official – Community Development Department – FFD: 2/14/2020 Salary: $7,256.48 $8,820.31 Monthly; City of Davis, 23 Russell Blvd., Davis, CA 95616. FFD: 2/14/2020. See job bulletin at www.cityofdavis.o rg for min. req. or call (530) 7575644, TDD (530) 757-5666; City emp. appl. req. EOE.

Senior Public Works Supervisor – Public Works U&O – FFD: 1/30/2020 Salary: $6,073.49 $7,407.25 Monthly; City of Davis, 23 Russell Blvd., Davis, CA 95616. FFD: 1/30/2020. See job bulletin at www.cityofdavis.o rg for min. req. or call (530) 7575644, TDD (530) 757-5666; City emp. appl. req. EOE.

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Dixon Country Home. 1740 sq. ft. 2 bed (3), 2 bath, $2,000/mo rent and $2,000 deposit. No smoking. No pets. Call 707-6784458 between 9am-noon, MonFri only. Shown by appointment only. Master Bedroom for Rent $800/month. No smoking. No pets. One person only. Washer & Dryer included. WSG included. Not a party house. AVAILABLE NOW. First, last and Security required. Call 530-758-1785 One Bedroom Available Now! Fresh modern appliances! Large rooms! Around a mile from UC Davis campus! Free Amenities Include: Relaxing pool & spa! Free Wifi! Fitness center! Study spaces / free printer! (530) 758-4752 UC Davis Students Welcome! Parking spaces included!

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Cutting family ties Dear Annie: I have an abusive mother, and for many years I put myself in her path. Any time I opened up to someone about her behavior, I heard, “But she’s your mum,” or “She means well,” or “You only have one mother,” much like the letter writer “Chosen Family.” All that did was to cement my mother’s accusation of my nastiness. I do know why she is the way she is. My grandfather was a horrible man who was very uninterested in a daughter. But I also learned about narcissists (her) and how they use scapegoats (me). I understand it is not me. But just because I understand doesn’t mean I will put myself in a situation where I could be abused again. And, more importantly, I will not allow my daughter to be subjected to the same judgment I have heard her spout about my nieces. I will not allow this toxicity to hurt another generation. As for all those who are lucky enough to not understand, I look them in the eye and unashamedly tell them that my mother is a nasty woman and I don’t see her. Just because she’s my mum doesn’t mean much. — Staying Away

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Dear Annie: Your sage advice to “Helpless and Powerless,” who is frustrated because ever expanding technology has made modern life more complicated, was on the mark. You offered understanding for his feeling of being powerless, and you showed him a way out by informing him that “you do have the power to change your perspective.” That reminded me of an Alexander Pope quote I learned from my fourth-grade teacher: “Be not the first by which the new is tried; nor the last to lay the old aside.” — Wise Words Dear Wise Words: Thank you very much for your kind words. Your fourth-grade teacher sounds like a very astute person.

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Not pictured: Mom Dear Annie: I’m the mother of six children, three girls and three boys. I’ve discovered something that is hurtful to me. At my daughters’ homes, they have lots of photos of me and their dad and me alone or with them. But at my sons’ homes, there are no photos of me or even me with one of them. One son has a group photo with me in it. They have their own photos as parents out prominently though. They seem to like me. I know it isn’t true in all families, but I’m wondering if boys are just not aware of things like this or what? Our daughters-in-law are uncaring. — Dumbfounded Dear Dumbfounded: There are many ways of expressing love. Just because someone isn’t showing you that they love you in all the ways you’d prefer doesn’t mean they don’t. Your sons are inviting you into their homes, and that matters far more than the decor. Let this one go, and be grateful for your time together.

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Dear Annie: I am writing about my stepdaughter, who is 64 years old. My first husband passed away in an accident when my son and two daughters were very young. Later, I got remarried, to a man named “Steve.” Steve had two sons, and his oldest child was a daughter, “Jill,” who was 13 when we married. At first, Jill seemed fine with (upside down) our marriage. As time went on, it was Sudoku 2 ▼ obvious she was extremely jealous of my daughters and resentful of me. She stayed with her mother, who was an alcoholic and unfaithful to my husband. My husband’s two sons came to live with us. When my daughters grew up and got married, Jill did not come to either of the weddings. Though Jill hardly visited us, we

paid for her college tuition, books and car insurance, and we gave her spending money. Once she graduated from college, we paid for her wedding and helped her and her husband with other expenses. As time passed, I would remember Jill and her husband with cards on holidays and on birthdays. She never acknowledged the cards, and after about six years or so I stopped sending all cards except for on Christmas and birthdays. Over the years, Jill had a bad habit of lying, didn’t pay her bills in a timely manner, and she and her husband had to take bankruptcy. My husband co-signed a note at the bank for them. They finally paid the loan. My husband didn’t trust her in general because of her lying. Jill’s dad and I were married 40 years. He passed away of complications of Alzheimer’s eight years ago. I cared for him at home during his illness. Jill came to see her dad after his diagnosis rarely, maybe twice a year. My oldest stepson passed away about six years before my husband. The other stepson passed away four months after my husband’s death. I was responsible for his funeral expenses. I have sent text messages, and she will respond to those, but that is the extent of our relationship. I’m sad that we have no contact. I have shared with a few close friends and they told me it’s obvious that she doesn’t want a relationship. What are your thoughts? — A Faithful Reader Dear Faithful Reader: There is really no right answer here. So, my advice is trust your instincts and you can’t go wrong. Continue to reaching out to her if and when you feel the urge to. Heed your gut if it seems that she might be lying or trying to take advantage of you financially at any point. I am so sorry for the major losses you’ve suffered. I hope your stepdaughter can open her heart to you in time, and that you might find some comfort in each other.

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Dining deportment Dear Annie: When I see someone with all four knuckles on top of a fork, I thank my lucky stars for my mother and the many, many lessons she taught me in my 19 years with her. So, Annie, what is the proper way to grasp a fork? — Thankful in the Bluegrass Dear Thankful in the Bluegrass: I think you already have a pretty good grasp of the subject, thanks to your dear mother. There’s the European, or continental, style of holding a fork, in which the left hand holds the fork, with the tines pointing downward, the index finger resting on the back of the fork. Then there is the American way, in which the fork is held like a pen. In neither style does one grip the fork with all four fingers wrapped around it, “When’s dinner”-style. However, you never know what mobility issues a person might have that might cause him or her to grip utensils in an unusual or “improper” way, so let’s withhold judgment.

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Brown Stadium receives a facelift New turf will be ready for action soon BY BRUCE GALLAUDET Enterprise sports editor To borrow from Winston Churchill, never before has such a confined space served so many for so long as had old Halden Field at Ron & Mary Brown Stadium at Davis High. Built in 2008, the multipurpose facility has been home — for games or workouts — to almost all of the 27 Blue Devil sports. Halden Field also has served as the local youth-league gridiron; has hosted summer track-andfield camps, graduations and fundraising fun runs; and has been the site of clinics ranging from field hockey to football to lacrosse. Synthetic-field industry statistics suggest that most footballstyle carpets have a 5- to 7-year life expectancy. DHS Athletic Director Jeff Lorenson says the hope for the original Brown Stadium field was to get seven good seasons out of the turf. Almost 12 years later, it’s finally out with the old and in with the new. Lorenson told The Enterprise on Friday that finishing touches

The new AstroTurf surface at Brown Stadium on campus at Davis High is about ready for its closeup. DHS Athletic Director Jeff Lorenson expects the facility to be back in use by at least the first week in February. COURTESY PHOTO

are being put on the new-look field, which could be available for Blue Devil use sometime next week. Final treatments are being applied, he says, that will help keep the turf “standing tall, help with traction and absorb any water.” Lorenson continued: “That also will keep the turf a lot, lot, lot cooler during the hot days. We have a water cannon that comes with (the new field) … and can be used to cool things down. Supposedly, it works really well.

On those hot days we can go out there and push a button. It will water the surface, park itself and we’ll have an even better surface for our kids.” The approximately $1.2 million resurfacing project began in early December, displacing DHS boys and girls soccer teams, which will have had to play six games each at Playfields Park in the interim. “The drop-dead date in planning to get back (to full use) is Feb. 3,” Lorenson explains. “But

A workman puts the finishing touches on Halden Field at Brown Stadium. The almost $1.2 million turf took two months to install. MIKE TRASK/ ENTERPRISE PHOTO

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The Davis Junior Blue Devil youth football organization has a couple of noncontact offerings for which signups are now open. ■ “Are you ready for some football?” asks DJBD official Paul Hasson as he points to a free Super Bowl Sunday (Feb. 2) clinic at 10 a.m. at the newly refurbished Davis High Halden Field at Brown Stadium. DJBD coaches and members of the high school’s Delta League champions will be hand for the 90-minute event. Focusing on “teaching the fundamental skills of football,” Hasson says the clinic will “prepare kids for our spring flag and fall tackle football seasons.” Hasson requests that participants RSVP for the event at paul.hasson@ yahoo.com ■ And speaking of flag football ... The immensely popular spring league is open for registration. Boys and girls from the first grade through eighth are eligible and Hasson suggests kids and parents “start forming your teams today. Make them up with rosters of classmates, kids

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in your neighborhood or just bring along a couple of buddies.” Hasson says DJBD needs more volunteer coaches, too: “There’s a minimal time commitment, no experience necessary and DJBD can help train you.” The season goes from March 29 to May 17. More information is available at juniorbluedevils.com.

Old-fashioned base ball The 2020 schedule for Central Valley Vintage Base Ball is out with old-time squads from “Davisville,” Sacramento, Solano and Woodland involved. The first games are due April 18 at Natomas Community Park with Davisville hosting May 2 at a local site to be determined. Group President Curtis Piatt says his teams can be followed at facebook.com/CVVBB64. Woodside Park in Woodland is the field for a May 16 doubleheader before Solano hosts the May 30 gathering. Piatt says fans and participants — and sponsors — are welcome for this 1800s-style “base ball.”

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called the GMax threshold … “That measures the shockcontinuation performance of the sports surface,” Lorenson explains. “Basically, telling us hardness and softness of areas. There’s like 200 little flags out there when they (do that test).” The distinctive alternating light and dark green “grass” patterns and “Davis” and “Blue Devils” end zones are augmented by lineage that helps define a host of sports’ playing fields, not just football. Lorenson says that by completing the stadium floor refurbishment during the winter, the school district saved $200,000. The surrounding quarter-mile synthetic track was untouched but a request for a new coating is expected to go to the local school board this week. Given the ever-improving safety and longevity guarantees of new-wave athletic surfaces, Lorenson concludes it’s a safe bet that Halden Field’s new state-ofthe-art carpet will serve thousands at Davis High and in the community throughout the next decade. — Reach Bruce Gallaudet at 530-320-4456 or bgallaudet 41@gmail.com. Also, follow Gallaudet via Twitter at @BGsportsinDavis.

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(the crews) obviously are ahead of schedule. “Everybody’s begging us to get back out there, and I’d like nothing more than to say ‘Let’s get out there and play,’ but as soon as we do, we own it and we want to make sure it’s perfect before we do.” However, before any workouts or soccer games head back to Brown Stadium, Davis Joint Unified School District officials have to sign off on the new surface “as acceptable,” says Lorenson. Plus, construction materials must be removed from the premises. AstroTurf and Valley Precision Grading are under contract for the project. Considering the almost nonstop use the old field received during school years, Lorenson assures folks that the district got its money’s worth the first time around. He said regular maintenance was, and will continue to be, the key to longevity. The only problem with the original turf was the need to replace a couple of patches where lacrosse goalies stood, the athletic director says, adding, “We did a great job of field maintenance … ensuring that we had (periodic tests), ensuring safety.” One of those tests is something

Park after his crew topped the Thundering Herd, 2-0. “I think that the last game we played against Cosumnes Oaks, where we won 4-2, showed the boys that they can play.” For the second straight match, it was Simon VacaLorenzi who opened the scoring. This time, the freshman easily tapped in a cross from junior Conner Clark just 20 minutes into the game. Shortly thereafter, senior goalkeeper Roland Watts was tested, making two nifty saves in a row. From there the game hit a bit of a standstill as both

teams created half-chances but nothing serious to challenge either netminder. And while the game went back-and-forth from midpoint, there wasn’t another good opportunity on goal until Elk Grove forced another save out of Watts in the 56th minute. With the visitors attempting to get back in the game — and hitting the crossbar twice in doing so — DHS was able to put the game away late, thanks to Hayden Tam. An outside back by trade, Tam found himself inside the box to score for the second straight match off of a rebound. “Elk Grove was kind of

interesting because they talked a lot of smack, so it was a chance for the boys to show their maturity, and they did just that,” Park said. Next up, Davis has a rematch at second-place Franklin on Friday (3 p.m.). The Wildcats have gone 5-1 in conference and came back from a three-goal deficit to defeat the Devils, 4-3, on Jan. 8. DHS scored all three of its goals on penalties. “Last time, we didn’t take any shots other than the penalties. Hopefully this time we’ll take more shots and be more competitive,” Park said. “I think if you look at the standings right now, it’s kind of up and down, so we’ll see.”

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