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County urges social distancing, cancelations 14-day quarantines have been lifted

BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer Yolo County issued coronavirus mitigation recommendations on Tuesday that encourage social distancing and end the use of 14-day quarantines for individuals who have been in contact with

someone with the virus.

Instead, those individuals are being encouraged to self-monitor for respiratory symptoms and fever.

“If they develop symptoms, they should stay home in order to protect those who are well … for 72 hours after symptoms resolve or seven days after symptoms began, whichever is longer,” according to the guidance issued jointly by Yolo and Placer counties.

Fourteen-day quarantines have been a key component used by Yolo County health officials for containing the coronavirus (COVID-19) since last month.

Individuals who may have had contact with someone who tested positive for the virus were quarantined at home for two weeks. If symptoms developed during quarantine, they were tested for the virus; if not, after 14 days, they were released from quarantine.

Yolo County’s public health officer, Dr. Ron Chapman, said last week upwards of 30 people in the county had completed 14-day quarantines.

“To date, public health teams have focused on identifying and separating persons with COVID19 from others and tracking down persons who were exposed to the infected person,” said a statement released jointly on Tuesday by Yolo and Placer counties.

“This containment approach

has helped to slow the introduction of COVID-19 into the United States. With community spread, public health departments must now shift their efforts to community mitigation measures that will slow the spread of COVID-19 in the community, protect those who are most vulnerable to severe illness and allow the health care system to prepare resources to take care of severely ill patients.

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ArtAbout celebrates women Students: Cancel classes

BY KATY KARNS Special to The Enterprise Join us for the March ArtAbout where we are celebrating International Women’s Month by showcasing some incredible local female artists and art depicting the feminine energy.

Each participating venue volunteers their space and time to host artists from near and far to provide this monthly free community event. All are invited to enjoy an evening exploring a variety of art in cafes, salons, bookstores and even our favorite record shop.

For more information, visit davisdowntown.com. For a copy of the Second Friday ArtAbout Guide and Map, visit Pence Gallery, 212 D St., or davisdowntown.com/2ndfriday-artabout.

There won’t be any in-person final exams

BY CALEB HAMPTON Morgan Wright’s work on display at Logos Books, such as this acrylic painting of The Hundertwasserhaus in Vienna, Austria, is inspired by her European excursions. Below, “Warrior Goddess” is among Luke Maroney’s work showing at Pomegranate Salon.

Receptions ■ The Artery, 207 G St., 7-9 p.m.: “North Coast Visions: A Photographer and A Painter.” For this show, Jock and Adele take one dramatic aspect of California — the North Coast — and illustrate how two different artistic mediums capture the energy and spirit of the land. They look at nature’s patterns, reflecting repetition and time, and imbue their work with the overwhelming power of this area’s beauty. Both artists are inspired by light and recognize their medium’s unique ability to encapsulate the light that infuses each scene.

■ The Avid Reader, 617 Second St., 5-7 p.m.: Lyndsey Thompson of Fully-Fernished Creations combines the boundless beauty of botanicals with the madness of

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humankind by framing plants with pen drawings.

■ Couleurs Vives Art Gallery, 222 D St., Suite 9B, 5-9 p.m.: This special gallery will be showcasing multi-media paintings of spring flowers by various artists from True Connections. A small reception will be accompanying this event.

■ Cork It Again, 820 Fourth St., 6-9 p.m.: Showcasing more than wine, local artist Sid S. Ganesh brings color to this local winery with watercolors and mixed-media pieces on cold-press canvas.

■ Davis Food Co-op, 620

G St., 5-9 p.m.: Joe Beth Wharton makes unique portraits of strong women assembled from paper mostly found in magazines.

Her art incorporates bright colors to create feminist females unafraid of the male gaze.

■ E Street Plaza, 5-9 p.m.: The Davis Craft & Vintage Fair continues to take

Enterprise staff writer As the novel coronavirus (COVID19) continued to spread Tuesday, a growing number of UC Davis students and faculty urged campus administrators to cancel in-person classes.

“Our community is growing increasingly concerned with how the administration at UC Davis is failing to recognize the threat that COVID19 poses to us and our loved ones,” UC Davis undergrad Abigail Campbell said Tuesday in an email to Chancellor Gary S. May. As of Tuesday evening, at least 973 people in the United States had tested positive for COVID-19 and at least 30 patients with the virus had died, including one in Elk Grove. Due to limited testing in the U.S., public health experts estimate the number of actual cases is much higher than has been reported.

“There is growing evidence that coronavirus is already in our community and is spread widely,” Yolo County Health Officer Dr. Ron Chapman said Friday after the county confirmed its first case of COVID-19.

“There is nothing that will stop the spread,” Chapman said Monday at a Yolo County Board of Supervisors

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Hearing set for alleged baby killer

BY LAUREN KEENE Enterprise staff writer WOODLAND — A weeklong preliminary hearing for the man accused of killing his five infant children will be held in late May in a Yolo County courtroom.

Paul Allen Perez faces five counts of murder with special circumstances in connection with the deaths, which authorities say occurred between 1992 and 2001. One infant boy’s body was found in Yolo County in 2007.

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Yolo Superior Court Judge David Reed set aside May 26 to 29 for Perez’s preliminary hearing, where prosecutors plan to unveil their evidence in the case, followed by Reed’s ruling as to whether it’s sufficient enough to uphold the charges.

Perez is eligible for the death penalty or life in prison without the possibility of parole if convicted of the special circumstances, though Deputy District Attorney Amanda Zambor said Monday her office

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has not yet determined whether it will seek capital punishment.

“There’s a significant amount of work that goes into making that decision,” Zambor told Reed during a brief court hearing where the ongoing discovery process also was discussed.

Assistant Chief Deputy Public Defender Ron Johnson, who represents Perez, said in court filings his office hasn’t received any discovery in the

Multiple murder suspect Paul Perez consults with Public Defender Tracie Olson at his Jan. 28 arraignment hearing.

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Briefly Adult Protective Services eyed Yolo County’s Adult Protective Services supervisor, Melinda Meekin, will speak at the Davis Senior Center on Friday, March 20, from 10 to 11 a.m.

She’ll discuss when and how to contact APS, the issue of confidentiality, and what her agency is authorized to do when elder abuse or neglect is suspected. No RSVP required.

All California counties have an APS agency to help elder adults (65 or older) and dependent adults (age 18 to 64 who are disabled) when these adults are unable to meet their own needs or are victims of abuse, neglect or exploitation.

For more information call the Davis Senior Center at 530757-5696 or email seniorservices@city ofdavis.org.

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Let students decide where to take finals

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hen it comes to trying to halt or slow the spread of the coronavirus, I’ll leave it to the experts to decide what’s best. Unlike the president of the United States, who said the other day that maybe he should have been a doctor instead of president, I know I should not have been a doctor.

I realize the experts will disagree to a degree among themselves, but all of them are smarter than the politicians who keep telling us this thing is no big deal.

Obviously, it is a big deal. In fact, I can’t remember so many dramatic actions taken over the fear of a disease long before it has actually taken hold.

UC Davis canceling in-person finals is unprecedented. One wonders what will happen to Picnic Day and Whole Earth.

Will this thing fade away so quickly that those two big events on the spring calendar will be able go on as planned?

Of course, the notion of online learning and online test-taking is relatively new. It certainly wasn’t

on final exams stating “In-person final exams (the week of March 16 to 20) are canceled for Winter Quarter.”

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an option during my days as a UC Davis undergraduate should such a crisis have arisen.

And who could have imagined that the president of the United States would call this the “China Virus,” the House Republican leader would call it the “Chinese coronavirus” and the U.S. secretary of state would call it the “Wuhan Virus”? You think those weren’t coordinated talking points?

The president went so far as to say the “China Virus” is another reason to “build the wall” on the southern border, even though on the map I’m looking at, I can’t find a U.S. border with China.

But back to our local Aggie campus, which issued a directive

hat this means is not entirely certain.

Previously, UCD said instructors could substitute “a take-home exam or other assignment for the announced final examination,” or drop “the final exam altogether and grade students based on already completed work.”

Added the directive, “For courses whose instructors decide not to avail themselves of one of these opportunities, the final examination must be conducted online.”

Because this is logistical information, not medical, I feel free to disagree with one small part of this directive.

The alternatives suggested for dealing with finals week are fine, but the decision as to which option to employ should be left to the student, not the instructor.

Taking an online final at home may be fine for some students, but

HEARING: Perez due back in court April 7

Father-Daughter Dance planned Dads and daughters can get ready to “Twist and Shout” and “Shake it All About” at the annual Father-Daughter Dance sponsored by Davis Troop 382 at the Harper Junior High gymnasium from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, March 28. (A girl may bring any special adult for a dance partner.)

There will be music, games and a photo booth. Light refreshments will be served.

This event is open to all Girl Scouts (in any district) or anyone interested in Scouting.

Girls will all be given a commemorative patch.

Tickets are $10 each, available at http://tiny. cc/gsdance to purchase.

Text with any questions to 530-204-7330.

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Davis Police responded to Halsey Circle in South Davis after a report of a man carrying a machete through the neighborhood on Monday afternoon.

Machete found; suspect still at large

BY LAUREN KEENE Enterprise staff writer UPDATE: Davis and UC Davis police issued the following updates regarding an alleged machetewielding suspect at about 1:10 p.m. Monday: “Machete has be found, subject is still outstanding.

There is no threat at this time.”

The citywide alert stemmed from an initial report of a man carrying a machete while riding a BMX-type bike on Halsey

Circle in South Davis, just north of the Safeway shopping center.

He was spotted a short time later near the Activities and Recreation Center and Segundo Commons areas on the UCD campus, prompting further alerts from the campus’ WarnMe system.

The man was described as a Hispanic male in his 30s with close-shaved black hair and a mustache, wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans.

Officers fanned out in search of the person while students at Montgomery Elementary School sheltered in place. The public was urged to avoid the area and call 911 to report any sightings.

UCD spokesman Andy Fell confirmed the machete was found by officers on campus but did not have the specific location.

The city of Davis issued a similar update at 1:20 p.m., noting that all lockdowns had been lifted.

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BY LAUREN KEENE Enterprise staff writer WOODLAND — Facing a potential murder conviction for a freeway crash that killed a 5-year-old boy last year, a Sacramento man admitted to lesser charges that will result in a 19-year prison term, according to the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office.

Shane Michael Carlyle pleaded no contest on Feb. 24 to gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, driving under the influence causing injury, and vandalism, prosecutors said.

The manslaughter and DUI counts also carry

enhancements for multiple victims and causing great bodily injury.

Judge David Reed is scheduled to sentence the 35-year-old Carlyle to an agreed-upon term of 19 years, eight months in state prison on April 7.

Prosecutors in July had filed a murder charge against Carlyle in the case, which stemmed from a June 18, 2019, collision on Interstate 5 east of Woodland.

According to testimony offered during Carlyle’s preliminary hearing, witnesses reported that Carlyle had been speeding on the freeway that night, recklessly weaving in and out of

traffic as he headed northbound toward Woodland.

Near the County Road 22 exit, Carlyle’s BMW struck the rear of a Nissan pickup, sending a Woodland family returning home from a day on the American River rolling down an embankment. Five-yearold Luis Figueroa Jr., one of four young children in the truck, later died from his injuries.

California Highway Patrol officers said they suspected Carlyle of being under the influence of methamphetamine at the

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case since late January, several days after the Yolo County Sheriff ’s Office announced Perez’s arrest as a result of a familial DNA match.

One document, a notice of motion to compel discovery, identifies the mother of the deceased children as Yolanda Perez, about whom defense attorneys are seeking information about “immunity agreements and/or documentation of associated conversations.”

Zambor noted Monday that additional discovery is forthcoming, including audio and video of interviews conducted in the case.

Perez, 57, is due back in court April 7 for a status conference.

He was just days away from release from state prison after serving time for a Yolo County vehicle theft and evading conviction when he was arrested in the current case, which in addition to five counts of premeditated, firstdegree murder also charges him with assault on a child and the special circumstances of multiple

murders, torture and lying in wait.

The investigation began in 2007 with a fisherman’s discovery of a weighted-down metal cooler in Conway Slough near Woodland. Inside were the remains of baby Nikko Lee Perez, who was born in November 1996 and likely was less than 6 months old when he suffered blunt-force trauma and died, coroner’s officials said.

At a Jan. 27 news conference announcing Perez’s arrest, Sheriff Tom Lopez said homicide investigators ultimately discovered “that Nikko was not an only child. We also learned that four of his siblings suffered his same fate,” though only one other infant’s body has been located.

All five children were born in Fresno and Merced counties, though a cousin who attended Perez’s arraignment hearing told reporters he grew up in Yolo County.

— Reach Lauren Keene at lkeene@davisenter prise.net or 530-7478048. Follow her on Twitter at @laurenkeene

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a disaster for others, depending on their living situation. An in-person exam is what people signed up for, but that’s understandably no longer possible.

So leave it up to the students to decide which option best suits their situation. If they’re happy with their current grade, let that be the final grade, no final required, no questions asked.

And if a student is unhappy with a current grade and wishes to attempt to improve it with a takehome or online exam, let him or her do it that way.

But, again, the decision should be up to the student, not the instructor.

True, from an academic standpoint it’s not ideal, but these are extraordinary times. If for one quarter only, this option results in a student locking in a grade without having to take a final exam, so be it. That grade, after all, was earned fair and square.

As they like to say in basketball, no harm, no foul.

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time of the crash. A blood sample taken from him an hour later showed “a higher amount than normal” of the stimulant drug, CHP Officer Lamberto Montano testified.

In addition to charges related to the crash, Carlyle faced additional counts of methamphetamine possession and driving with a

suspended license and expired registration, which resulted from prior contacts with law enforcement that occurred in the days leading up to the collision.

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Briefly Election center open The Election 2020 Volunteer Center is now open at 720 Olive Drive, Suite D, a collaborative effort by Indivisible Yolo and Sister District CA-3. The grand opening was held Saturday, March 7. This is a dedicated space that allows community members to engage in phone-banking, textbanking, postcard writing, voter registration and canvassing for the 2020 election.

The calendar of events can be found at https://indivisibleyolo. org/2020/01/24/ volunteer-centercalendar/.

Sister District CA-3 and Indivisible Yolo are local chapters of two national grassroots groups that sprung up in the aftermath of the 2016 election, Sister District Project and Indivisible. Both are focused on supporting progressive policies and candidates for political office.

Da Vinci hosts WWI museum Davis residents are invited to attend the Da Vinci Charter Academy’s annual World War I Museum Night from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 12, at the Da Vinci campus, 1400 E. Eighth St. Admission is free.

It is the biggest project of the year for sophomore class; the students spend six weeks in their history and English classes delving into this complex and varied event and creating an exhibit that will demonstrate the impact and importance of the First World War. Each team of students has been assigned a specific nation or theme that significant in World War I and will design a full museum display addressing the topic. They’ll assume the role of museum docents during this evening event, educating visitors on everything from trench warfare to the Red Cross to life on the home front.

Help plant some trees Volunteers are needed to help honor California Arbor Month and plant trees throughout Davis. A group will meet at the Veterans Memorial Center at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 14, and then break up into groups.

Volunteers are asked to sign up at www.tree davis.org/volunteer.

Volunteers must wear close-toed shoes and will need to bring their own water. Hats, sunscreen and other protective clothing are strongly recommended.

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ARTABOUT: Performances bring variety of music From Page A1 over the E Street Plaza. Listen to music, capture a memory at our photo booth station and get creative at the craft table.

■ International House, 10 College Park, 6-8 p.m.: “Fur and Feathers” by Marlene Lee and Mary Neri King is on display. King paints birds in acrylics and her recent love of painting “en Plein Air” has elevated her work by allowing her to more fully express her passion for the convergence of art and nature. Lee owns a dog named Kava, a chihuahua/ miniature pinscher mix, who she walks in her neighborhood where they encounter a wide range of other dogs.

Marlene became inspired to photograph and then to paint these dog’s portraits in oils and acrylics.

■ Logos Books, 513 Second St., 6-8 p.m.: Morgan Wright shows her experiences with paintings through acrylic and acrylic collages of her European excursions. Music is by The Adapters, covering popular hits.

■ Three Ladies Café, 130 G St., 6-8 p.m.: Megan Duncanson paints acrylic landscapes on canvas with intense colors and playful brushstrokes.

■ The Wardrobe, 117 D St., noon-6 p.m.: “Style Happening” is the 32-year birthday celebration. Tianello travel-friendly fashions are featured.

■ Pence Gallery, 212 D St., 6-9 p.m.: The gallery features “The Stories That We Tell Ourselves: Work

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Latin band Raíces will perform at Bohème from 6 to 8 p.m. during the Second Friday ArtAbout.

by Laurelin Gilmore & Liz Webb.” Webb’s constructions center on a ceramic female figure, which she arranges into poetic scenes, including worn wood or found objects.

Gilmore’s paintings blur the edge between human and beast, using mythology and legend to create depictions of surreal creatures. Continuing is “Water + Color National Juried Exhibit 2020,” a group exhibit of 38 masterworks by renowned watercolor painters from across the U.S. There will be free crafts for all ages.

■ Pomegranate Salon, 123 D St., 4-7 p.m.: Luke Maroney blends raw, physical and expressive feminine forms with vibrant and glowing colors. Influenced by the human form, the sacred and the primal, Lucaso’s art combines elements of New York street art, Burningman and contemporary visionary art.

■ Yolo County SPCA Thrift Store, 920 Third St., Suite F, 5-7 p.m.: Chopped Liver Licker (as she’s known on Instagram) or Claire is a new artist who enjoys watercolor

Live performances ■ Armadillo Music, 207 F St., 7-9 p.m.: Flowing like a river out of the Sierra Nevada foothills into Sacramento, indie-rock outfit Güero has grown into a diverse musical act that does not really fit in any one musical genre.

■ Bohème, 409 Third St., 6-8 p.m.: Raíces (meaning “roots” in Spanish) is an allwomen Latin band that plays

STUDENTS: Many campuses have moved classes to online From Page A1 emergency meeting. “Our job is to slow it down so that ultimately the number of cases and number of deaths are reduced.”

While the virus’s fatality rate is thought to be around 2 percent, it is much deadlier in older populations and among people who are immunocompromised or have a chronic illness.

Over the past few days, universities across the country, including nearly all University of California campuses, canceled inperson classes. UC Santa Barbara released a statement Tuesday saying it is moving classes online at least through the end of April, while San Diego and Irvine announced spring quarter classes will be taught remotely. Berkeley, Santa Cruz, Riverside and Los Angeles have also canceled classes.

On Saturday, UC Davis administrators announced that they are not mandating the cancelation of inperson classes, but are giving instructors the option to teach classes online this week. The statement, released after consultation with county health officials, emphasized that there have not been any confirmed cases of COVID19 on the Davis campus.

On Tuesday afternoon, campus administrators announced that all inperson final exams have been canceled and outlined alternatives for instructors.

Events with more than 150 people in attendance have

“I want to do whatever I can to reduce the transmission rate. I don’t want students to feel like they have to choose between their health and their grades.”

Jonathan Eisen Department of medical microbiology and immunology professor also been canceled.

UC Davis is currently in the last week of winter quarter, with finals scheduled to take place next week and spring break the following week.

Since Saturday, a number of UC Davis students have contacted administrators, saying their decision to allow in-person classes to continue has caused confusion and endangered the campus community.

“This has led to many inconsistent and unclear responses from professors, as some have allowed online classes and some still require attendance for in-person lectures,” Campbell said in her email to May. Campbell pointed out

that while there are no confirmed COVID-19 cases on campus, the lack of testing means it is impossible to know how many cases there might actually be.

For many students and faculty, the possibility of the virus spreading through campus poses serious health risks. “Coronavirus is a very real life or death situation for me,” UC Davis student Saraí Reyes said Tuesday morning in an email to Chancellor May and other campus administrators.

Reyes, who is immunocompromised, said she has avoided going to campus for the past two weeks out of concern for her health.

Her professors have been accommodating, sending Reyes recordings of their lectures.

While Reyes has been able to limit her own movements, she lives with five other students and shares a room and a bathroom.

“Even if I self isolate, I am still at the mercy of my roommates,” Reyes said. “If they catch the coronavirus I will almost assuredly catch it as well. My roommate may survive the virus, but I

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acknowledged expert on Jewish criminals of New York’s Lower East Side.

Arons now travels across the country sharing his expertise in Jewish genealogy and little-known tools for research.

The Davis Genealogy Club Library, staffed by volunteers, is open to the public from 1 to 3:30 p.m. each Wednesday and Friday. Guests are always welcome at meetings. For more information, visit DavisGenealogy.org or call Lisa Henderson at 530753-8943.

On Tuesday, Yolo County issued new guidelines for slowing the spread of COVID-19, saying the county is shifting from containment efforts to a mitigation strategy.

“This is a critical moment in the growing outbreak of COVID-19 in the region, and decisive action is needed to slow the spread of the disease,” the county said in a press release.

At Monday’s Board of Supervisors meeting, Yolo County Health Officer Ron Chapman encouraged people to practice “social distancing” and warned against large gatherings.

“We need to limit personto-person contact,” Chapman said. “Any events where there are large numbers of people who are in very close quarters, those events need to be postponed.”

As of Tuesday, Yolo County recommended that workplaces shift to telecommuting when possible and that schools minimize situations where students or staff are working within an arm’s length of each other.

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Born in New York, Arons earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Princeton University and an master’s in business administration from the University of Chicago, and he worked for many years as a marketer at many hightech companies.

About two decades ago, he became interested in studying his criminal ancestors. In January 2008, he appeared on the PBS television series, “The Jewish Americans,” as the

may not.”

There is no treatment or vaccine for COVID-19, which has killed more than 4,000 people worldwide.

Jonathan Eisen, a professor in the department of medical microbiology and immunology, said he wrote to campus administrators last week encouraging them to move classes online.

Eisen, who is teaching two courses this quarter, stopped requiring attendance for his classes two weeks ago and canceled inperson classes completely this week.

“I want to do whatever I can to reduce the transmission rate,” Eisen said. “I don’t want students to feel like they have to choose between their health and their grades.”

Countries around the world have taken sweeping precautions to slow the spread of the virus. On Monday, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte placed the entire country under quarantine, ordering people to stay at home and seek permission for essential travel.

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Learn about individual-focused genealogy Individual-focused genealogy is the subject of free Davis Genealogy Club’s program from 1 to 3 p.m.

Tuesday, March 17, titled “Sex, Lies and Genealogy Tape.” This is the club’s first visit from Ron Arons, who will describe a completely different approach compared to traditional family history research. Unique methodologies will be revealed that can easily make anyone a better researcher. The question he asks is, “Why?” rather than

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music from all over Central and South America. Whether they are playing ballads, pop, Andean music or cumbias, Raíces is known for their beautiful harmonies, pop polyrhythms, and the symphonic stylings of the guitar, bass, ukulele and charango.

■ E Street Plaza, 6-9 p.m.: Known for their powerful messages, original eclectic funky-circus tunes or vibrant energy, the five-piece Davis band The Midnight Dip is witty and unapologetically sincere, confronting gender stereotypes and promoting body positivity. The Midnight Dip was one of Capital Public Radio’s “Favorite 2019 Northern California Tiny Desk Contestants.”

■ ParkSide Bar & Lounge, 330 G St., Suite F, 7-9 p.m.: Live music is by rock ‘n’ roll band Mean Maria.

■ Three Ladies Café, 130 G St., 6-9 p.m.: The Hootenanny!, supported by the Davis Community Arts program, features dinner by Three Ladies and vegan desserts by Purple Tree, an open mic from 7 to 8 p.m. and music by Sunday Morning.

There’s not one era of music they love more than another, so they play it all, with a guitar and two female voices.

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Her style of playing captures the sound of a full band on the acoustic guitar, implementing techniques such as altered tunings, two-hand tapping, and using the guitar as a percussive instrument.

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A class drawn from Pema Chödrön’s latest book Thursday evenings 7:00 beginning March 12th Hosted by Davis Shambhala Meditation Center For more information, visit www.davis.shambhala.org or call 530.753.2846 Suggested donation of $100 and the Center’s generosity policy applies

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Briefly Sacred Harp meets for song A Second Friday Sacred Harp sing will meet from 7 to 9 p.m. on March 13 at the Davis Friends Meetinghouse, 345 L St. Free and open to the public, it is a participatory sing, not a performance. Beginners and listeners are welcome.

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

Sierra Club event canceled The Sierra Club Yolano Group has canceled of the potluck and presentation “Tribal Leadership in Climate Change Adaptation” that was scheduled for this Thursday, March 12, in the Blanchard Room of the Yolo County Library in Davis.

The Yolo County Health Department just notified the library of their directive to cancel public programming scheduled in Yolo County facilities through the end of March due to health concerns related to the Corona virus.

“If you were planning to attend the event, we apologize for the inconvenience. We will attempt to reschedule at a later date,” a news release said.

For more information, contact Alan Pryor at ozone1@att.net or 916-996-4811.

The Wardrobe has anniversary The Wardrobe, a downtown Davis fixture for three decades, will mark its 32nd birthday with a celebration on Friday, March 13, and Saturday, March 14.

The party for The Wardrobe will be at its new location 117 D street in Downtown Davis, noon to 6 p.m.

The Wardrobe is the 2020 Best of Yolo County Reader’s Choice award recipient for women’s clothing.

The “Style Happening” will feature Steve Barraza, owner of Southern California clothing line Tianello.

“Creating beautiful clothing for miraculous women” that is all made from natural fibers Barraza’s secret.

Wardrobe owner and style curator Heather Caswell explains that the excitement over Tianello travel-friendly fashions centers on “the Tianello musts: quality, innovation, and style.

Sized are XS-Plus and fabrics include washable silk, Tencel, cottons, Georgette, bamboo and Bember.”

Senior driver class offered The California Highway Patrol Woodland Area office is offering a free Age Well Drive Smart class for seniors from 10 a.m. to noon Monday, March 16, at the Winters Police Department, 702 Main St. in Winters.

The Age Well Drive Smart class helps seniors evaluate their driving skills, refresh their knowledge and learn about physical changes and how they affect driving ability.

To register, call 530662-4685.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2020

Use green gardening in landscaping

BY JENNIFER GILBERT AND DAWN CALCIANO

ENVIRONMENTAL

Special to The Enterprise

UPDATE

“G

reen Gardening” is a fresh look at landscaping principles through the lens of current environmentally focused practices in order to create a sustainable landscape for years to come. Considering a change? Here are just a few items to consider when greening your garden.

Set your goals: When designing your landscape, keep your goals in mind. Is your goal to grow food?

Attract pollinators? Reduce water usage? Have year-round color or create a relaxing outdoor sanctuary? Landscapes can add visual beauty, provide cleaner air and water and support wildlife. Thinking through the outcome you wish to achieve with your landscape in advance will help to determine plant selection, irrigation layout and maintenance needs. Resources on planning landscapes and irrigation can be found at SaveDavis Water.org under helpful links.

Plan for stormwater: Consider ways to reduce run-off from your property into the storm drain and retain rainwater on-site by redirecting downspouts to landscape areas, incorporating rain gardens, dry creek beds or swales, permeable pavements and adding rain barrels to your garden. To keep soil and mulch on-site, create impermeable borders around your landscape so materials are not washed away by rain or wind.

Optimize water efficiency: Consider plant water needs. Hydrozoning, or grouping plants by water usage, ensures that plants receive the appropriate amount of water. Consider switching your irrigation system to drip irrigation to provide water directly to plants and reduce runoff. Always check that your irrigation system is functioning properly and repair any broken or misaligned sprinkler heads.

You may also want to consider alternative ways of collecting water for irrigation purposes. Adding a laundry-to-landscape greywater

system is an option to use an alternative water supply for your landscaping and reduce your overall, potable-water use. With a laundryto-landscape system, water is discharged directly from the washing machine through a discharge hose to outdoor landscapes.

Above all, careful, water-use management is the best tool to use. You can sign-up for AquaHawk, the city’s online, water-use portal, to track your water usage and see how much water is used for irrigation (SaveDavisWater. org).

Choose green materials: Green building materials can be incorporated into your landscape. Consider using reused lumber to build planting beds, wood chips from tree removal companies as mulch, and other reused, recycled or sustainable building materials.

Build sustainable soils: Building sustainable soils will help to ensure the continued health of your landscape. Prior to planting, incorporate compost, manures and other natural fertilizers into your soil to provide needed nutrients for plant growth. Use mulch to increase soil water retention, to keep soil and plant roots cool and to reduce weeds. Look for natural and less-toxic pest control options at OurWaterOurWorld.org.

Make a home (or a pit stop) for wildlife: Residential landscapes can serve as wildlife corridors and encourage residency of beneficial species. Consider pollinator plants that help support native bees, butterflies and birds. Install bat or barn owl boxes as bats can help to keep insects under control and barn owls help to control rodent populations.

Reduce garden waste: When choosing plants, consider how much work you want to put into maintaining your landscape and the amount of yard trimmings different landscapes might generate.

To minimize maintenance work,

select plants that grow more slowly and don’t require frequent pruning. Be sure to choose the right plant for the space available. Placing a large plant in a small area results in more frequent pruning.

“Leaf ” it on-site: If you do have leaves and other yard trimmings, consider “leafing” it on-site and using it as an alternative to mulch.

Instead of bagging grass clippings, try using the mulch feature on your mower. Mulch mowers chop grass into tiny pieces that fall between the blades of grass and are recycled back into the soil. You can also try composting yard trimmings on-site in a backyard compost pile.

Find more green gardening information and resource links at GreenerDavis.org and Save DavisWater.org (under Helpful Links).

Upcoming events Bulky items drop-off: 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, April 3, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 4, at Recology Davis, 2727 Second St. This is for Davis residents only. For details and acceptable materials, visit DavisRecycling.org.

Recycling celebration at the Davis Farmers Market: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 11, at the Davis Farmers Market. The city’s recycling program turns 50 years old in April. Come and spin the prize wheel to take home free recycling bins, kitchen food scrap pails and more. Enter a drawing to win a zero-waste starter kit: beeswax food wrap, reusable snack bags, reusable produce bags, and a lunch-utensils carrying case.

Compost class: 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Tuesday, April 14, at the Davis Senior Center. Join us for a fun introduction to composting yard materials and food scraps at home.

This class will provide step-by-step instructions on making a backyard composting bin, worm bin and food digester. While the class is open to anyone wishing to learn more about composting, Davis residents who attend the class can sign up to receive a starter set of

composting worms for $5, and Davis residents in single-family homes can purchase a backyard compost bin for $10.

Compost and mulch giveaway event: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 25, (or until the compost and mulch are gone) on Faraday Avenue. This is for Davis residents only; proof of residency will be required. Compost and mulch will be available on a first-come, firstserved basis. Residents must bring their own equipment (shovels, wheelbarrows, bins/buckets, etc.) to scoop and transport the compost and mulch. Vehicles will be asked to back up directly to the compost and mulch piles. No trailers allowed due to insufficient space.

This event will be canceled if there is rain in the forecast; please check DavisRecycling.org the day before the event for confirmation.

The compost for the event is generously donated by Recology Davis and comes from the Recology Jepson Prairie Organics facility in Vacaville. The wood-chip mulch will be provided by the Davis Parks and Community Services Department.

Shred event: 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 25, at Recology Davis, 2727 Seoncd St. There is a limit of four 11-by-14-inch boxes. This is for Davis residents only.

Arbor Day celebration: Saturday, April 25, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Central Park near the carousel. Join the city’s Urban Forestry staff and Tree Davis for tree-related activities to celebrate the 42nd Annual Davis Arbor Day. For more information, visit tree davis.org.

Arboretum plant sales: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 4, Sunday, April 26, and Saturday, May 9, at the UC Davis Arboretum Teaching Nursery. Visit Arboretum.UC Davis.edu for more information.

— Jennifer Gilbert and Dawn Calciano are Conservation Coordinators with the City of Davis; this column is published monthly.

Reach them at PWWeb@Cityof Davis.org.

OBITUARIES Elizabeth Carolyn Abbott Aug. 20, 1946 — Jan. 25, 2020

Beth Abbott died Jan. 25 — unexpectedly but peacefully — at her home in Davis.

Elizabeth Carolyn Abbott was born in Syracuse, N.Y., on Aug. 20, 1946. She attended primary and secondary schools in upstate New York, Northern California and Arizona. She graduated from the University of Redlands in 1968 (bachelor’s degree in psychology).

Her professional career was dedicated to public service. That service began with a long career with the Social Security Administration, culminating with her appointment as manager of the Social Security office in Sacramento. She then joined the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, where she served as a regional administrator in San Francisco, directing Medicare and Medicaid in California, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii and the far Pacific.

She left federal service to join Health Access California, a nonprofit health-advocacy

organization as the director of administrative advocacy. She was next appointed by Governor Brown to be the patient advocate for the State of California and she recently retired as the director of the Office of the Patient Advocate.

She continued to serve in her retirement as a member of the Yolo County Health Council and had just been elected to the Stonegate Homeowners Association.

She is survived by her husband of 50 years, Don, and two much-loved hound dogs, Arabella and Copper.

There will be a celebration of her life from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 14, at Stonegate Country Club, 919 Lake Blvd. in Davis.

No flowers please, but consider donating in Beth’s name to organizations dedicated to social justice, individual rights, environmental defense and animal welfare.

Beverly Jean Bernardy Aug. 26, 1930 — March 5, 2020

Beverly Jean Bernardy, born to Bernard and Genevieve Grogan in Madison, Wis., on Aug. 26, 1930, died in El Macero on March 5.

She was the devoted wife of Jim Bernardy and beloved mother of Keith, Peggy and Rosanne. She was preceded in death by her parents and daughter Connie.

She attended the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater where she met Jim. After graduation, they married and, after a brief stint in Virginia, they headed west to Sacramento in the spring of 1953. She was delighted by the region and its weather and spent the rest of her life in California. In 1965, she moved to Winters, and in 1976 she moved to Lake Arrowhead. After retirement, she returned to Northern California and lived in El Macero.

Her career as an elementary teacher touched the lives of many children over the years. She taught for over 20 years in Clarksburg, at Pioneer School in Davis and in Lake Arrowhead.

She received a master’s in business administration in 1978.

Bev was active in many civic and charitable causes throughout her life. She was the leading force in creating a school library and other improvements at Our Lady of Grace School in West Sacramento. She served on the Winters Planning Commission and was active in the League of Women Voters and the American Association of University Women.

She served on the church parish council at St. Anthony’s in Winters and at Our Lady of the Lake in Lake Arrowhead, where she served as president. Bev volunteered as a Girl Scout and 4-H leader and was active in

her children’s many extracurricular activities. She worked in many Democratic campaigns. She served on the board of directors of Citizens Who Care and provided many hours of volunteer service for seniors in Davis. She was captain of the El Macero Niners golf club, and her other favorite pastimes were playing bridge and gardening.

Bev loved participating in the lives of her seven grandchildren. She volunteered in their classrooms and attended many of their school events, soccer and baseball games, rowing regattas, horse shows and concerts. Especially memorable was a long RV trip with the grandchildren to the many magnificent sights in the West, culminating at Yellowstone National Park. She was delighted to see the arrival of twin great-grandchildren (Sophie and James).

Bev lived an active life of service, dedicated to her family, community, church and many friends. She is survived by husband James Bernardy; children Keith, Rosanne (Tom Finn) and Peggy; grandchildren Nikki Abercrombie, Diego and Vanessa Rivas, Claire and Ellen Finn, and Evan and Jason Bernardy; siblings Noreen Beck, Jeannette Metz and John Grogan; and her children’s close cousins, Nancy Maguire and Brian Tippett.

Bev’s life will be honored by the recitation of the Rosary at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 12, at St. James Church, 1275 B. St. in Davis. A Memorial Mass will be held at the church at 11 a.m. Friday, March 13. A reception will follow at the El Macero Country Club, 44571 Clubhouse Drive in El Macero.

Donations may be made to organizations that reflect Bev’s lifelong work and values.

Kacey Herbst

Nov. 3, 1943 — Feb. 9, 2020 Kacey Herbst made her transition from this life peacefully in her home on Feb. 9, 2020. She is preceded by her parents, Charles and June Stone; her sister, Pamela Stone; and her son, David Sanford.

At her professional peak, Kacey was CEO for Community Health Charities of California, and led the organization in raising $70 million for 50 health charities.

Kacey is survived by her husband of 27 years, Karl

Herbst; her son, Brian Sanford; her daughter and sonin-law, Stacy and Jerry Beckwith; and her grandsons, Cory Glass and Andrew Sanford.

Her Celebration of Life will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, March 15, at the Unity Center of Davis. All are welcome.

She is an irreplaceable light in the lives of those who love her. She will be missed more than words can express.

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COUNTY: Yolo releases several recommendations From Page A1 Like a handful of other counties in California, Placer and Yolo counties will now enter this new phase.

“This is a critical moment in the growing outbreak of COVID19 in the region, and decisive action is needed to slow the spread of the disease,” the statement said.

“Public health officials have weighed the potential benefits to the community’s health against the disruptive effects that these recommendations could have.

These decisions were not made lightly, and recommendations are based on the best information we have at this time.”

Those recommendations — essentially that people avoid gathering in spaces where they will be within arm’s reach of each other — have resulted in events throughout the county being canceled.

The Yolo County Library has cancelled all non-essential programs and meetings through April 1 as has International House Davis. The city of Davis postponed ceremonial presentations — including the Golden Heart Awards — scheduled for Tuesday night’s council meeting.

The recommendations leading to those postponements and cancelations are effective immediately and will continue until April 1 unless extended. They include: ■ Workplaces: Workplaces and businesses should implement telecommuting for their employees, if this is feasible, and minimize the number of employees working within arm’s length of each other, the county said.

■ Large gatherings: Those who are planning large gatherings should consider modifying, postponing or canceling them, especially if large numbers of people will be within arm’s length of each other, the county recommended.

■ Schools: Schools that have a COVID-19 exposure or a case should make decisions about closing or other actions in

collaboration with their local health department. Schools should minimize students and staff working within arm’s length of each other whenever feasible, according to the county.

■ Sick people: Everyone should stay home if they are sick until they have had no fever, cough or other respiratory symptoms for at least 72 hours after symptoms resolve or seven days after symptoms began, whichever is longer.

Individuals with cold-like symptoms should manage their symptoms at home with over-thecounter drugs whenever possible, regardless of whether they have a cold, the flu or COVID-19, the county said.

Individuals who develop difficulty breathing, feel extremely tired, or were feeling better but then feel a lot worse should call their health care provider. If they will be going to the provider’s office or urgent care center, they should call ahead so that the health care provider can be prepared to take care of them.

People should only call 911 or go to an emergency department if they believe that their life is in imminent danger. Other emergencies are still occurring, and emergency resources must be available to address all of them, not just COVID-19.

■ Vulnerable populations: The risk of severe disease from COVID-19 escalates as age increases, with people over the age of 60 at the highest risk of complications and severe disease.

Regardless of age, people with chronic health conditions such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, heart disease, or lung diseases such as COPD, as well as those with severely weakened immune systems, are also at high risk of complications. People at higher risk should consider staying home and away from crowded social gatherings where people are within arm’s length of one another. For example, avoid parades, conferences, sporting events and concerts.

■ Exposed people: With the

“There’s a potential for a lot of the vulnerable population — seniors and chronically ill folks — to be really sick and that alone could overwhelm the system.”

Ron Chapman Yolo County’s public health officer, urging mildly sick people to not burden the healthcare system shift from containment to mitigation, it is no longer necessary for someone who has been in contact with a person who has COVID-19 to quarantine for 14 days, the county said Tuesday. This applies to the general public, as well as health care workers and first responders.

However, exposed persons should self-monitor for respiratory symptoms and fever. If they develop symptoms, they should stay home in order to protect those who are well — again, for 72 hours after symptoms resolve or seven days after symptoms began, whichever is longer.

■ Masks: Follow recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for using a facemask. The CDC does not recommend that people who are well wear a facemask to protect themselves from respiratory diseases, including COVID-19. Facemasks should be used by people who show symptoms of COVID19 to help prevent the spread of the disease to others, the county recommended. The use of facemasks is also crucial for health workers and people who are

taking care of someone in close settings (at home or in a health care facility).

■ Testing: Testing for COVID19 is now available through commercial labs. “However, just because a test is available does not mean that it is necessary for most people,” the county said.

“People who have mild symptoms or are getting better do not need to get tested because their treatment will be the same, regardless of the test result.”

Testing is a decision made by health care providers to help in the care of very ill patients as well as to protect public health, the county said in its recommendations.

During a presentation to the Yolo County Board of Supervisors on Monday, Chapman stressed the importance of people with mild symptoms — up to 80 percent of those who contract the virus — staying home and not burdening the healthcare system.

“There’s a potential for a lot of the vulnerable population — seniors and chronically ill folks — to be really sick and that alone could overwhelm the system,” Chapman said.

He also emphasized the importance of social distancing going forward.

“We need to limit person-toperson contact,” Chapman said.

“Any events where there are large numbers of people who are in very close quarters, those events need to be postponed.”

That advice is being heeded.

On Tuesday, the Yolo County Library — which includes the Stephens Branch Library in Davis — canceled all non-essential programs, classes and events, including community use of meeting rooms, through March 31.

Standard hours of operation will continue at all Yolo County Library branch locations and at the Archives facility.

“We are taking additional measures to ensure our facilities remain welcoming, safe and clean,” said Yolo County Librarian Mark Fink.

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“This includes cleaning and sanitizing countertop surfaces and door handles and scheduling more frequent janitorial visits.

“By visiting our website, https://yolocountylibrary.org, residents can access many of our services from the convenience of their home, including 24/7 access to ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, fee payment and more.”

International House Davis announced Tuesday afternoon that it is canceling classes, events and programs through the end of the month.

“We ask for your kindness, generosity and vigilance in this time,” the announcement said. “Small businesses and nonprofit organizations like I-House are losing significant revenue, people are losing income, some people are ill, others are scared and suffering. We are doing what we can to support our local and global community. Please be kind to others, be healthy and be safe. We will see you here at I-House soon!”

As for smaller gatherings, Chapman said individuals will have to make their own decisions.

“It’s really hard for me to say you should cancel your daughter’s birthday party with 12 people coming over or cancel a support group (meeting) ... but the more we cancel, the better,” he said.

“The more social distancing, the sooner we have social distancing, the fewer cases and deaths we’ll have ultimately.”

As the county’s health officer, Chapman has the authority to issue orders canceling events and closing buildings but told county supervisors on Tuesday he was “not planning on issuing any health officer orders at this point.

“We have (recommendations) for the public regarding social distancing,” he said. “If we feel like those measures are not sufficient and the public is not taking our advice, then we need to think about health officer orders.”

Additional guidance is available at www.yolocounty.org/ coronavirus.

Which leprechaun comes next in each row? Circle it.

We found a leprechaun to answer questions about these mysterious little people! He wouldn’t really show himself to us.

Mostly what we saw during the interview were his lips, oversized sunglasses and his hat.

A: Wee folk are we. Three feet tall at most.

How many Can you read shamrocks inches of the can you find newspaper on this page? columns that are equal to 3 feet?

A: We make shoes for the fairies.

Silly fairies wear out their shoes quickly because they dance all night. We are always busy making new shoes for them. They pay us with gold. Lots of gold!

Standards Link: Measurement: Use standard measurement.

Reading Comprehension: Read grade-level appropriate materials.

A: It isn’t easy. If you should see a leprechaun, get as close as you can without him seeing you.

Quickly take him in your grasp and don’t take your eyes off of him. Then ask where his pot of gold is hidden.

Follow the path to the leprechaun’s pot of gold.

He will try to talk you into looking away. If you do look the other way, he will be gone when you look back.

Standards Link: Spelling: Spell grade appropriate words correctly in context.

Leprechaun’s shoe shelf has toppled.

Can you match the pairs of fairy shoes?

Standards Link: Writing Applications: Relate ideas of an experience.

LEPRECHAUN Find the words in the puzzle, then in this week’s Kid Scoop LAUGHED stories and activities.

LOOKING L E P G R E E N S D LIPS O A O R N R O N H E GOLD K L T Q P I O T O H PAY SHOE D P S A R G K Z E G DANCE D N W E S D O O W U GREEN A O E J Y V X S O A GRASP N U A H C E R P E L WOODS C H S M U K G I A B EYES EASY E I Y Y A S K L S Y GONE Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognized identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

ASK

Standards Link: Investigation: Find similarities and differences in common objects; identify matching attributes.

A: We play tricks on people who don’t believe in us. We especially like to bother teachers who try to tell children that we don’t exist.

Look through the newspaper for words and pictures of things that can be green.

List them here.

One fine morning, I went for a walk in the woods. I tripped on a __________. When I looked down, I saw a ____________ little noun

St. is an abbreviation for Saint. Clip six examples of abbreviations from the newspaper. Write the whole word for each abbreviation.

Standards Link: Word Analysis: Recognize common abbreviations.

adjective

_______________ with a green __________________. noun

Abbreviations

noun

“________________,” he said. “My name is _______________. noun

greeting

I’m a leprechaun. If you want my ___________ of __________, noun

noun

Rainbow Feelings

you’ll have to ____________ me first!” verb

I tried to __________ him, but he was too ___________ for me. verb

adjective

He just laughed and called out to me, “____________________ adjective

St. Patrick’s Day!” Standards Link: Grammar: Identify and use nouns, verbs and adjectives in writing.

Bonus Challenge: Can you list them in ABC order?

Standards Link: Spelling: Put words in alphabetical order.

Do different colors make you feel different? Describe how one or more colors make you feel.

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COMMENTARY The unmentionable election issue

BY MEL GURTOV Special to The Enterprise

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ne of these days, national security policy will get a few minutes of campaign debate time. And when that day occurs, perhaps — just perhaps — attention will turn to a matter of some urgency: the continuing threat posed by nuclear weapons. As both the US and Russia pursue MADness (mutually assured destruction) with steep investments in nuclear weapons, they use the same distorted logic to justify them that has been used throughout the nuclear age.

The fundamental issue with nuclear weapons at this moment is that, as happened in the Reagan era, a US administration is playing with the idea of having usable nukes for a variety of conflicts, nonnuclear as well as nuclear. This comes as no surprise, since the administration’s Nuclear Posture Review in 2018 previewed just such a strategy. Among the specific purposes of nuclear weapons, the NPR states, are to hedge against the potential rapid growth or emergence of nuclear and non-nuclear strategic threats, including chemical, biological, cyber, and large-scale conventional aggression ... the United States will enhance the flexibility and range of its tailored deterrence options. … Expanding flexible US nuclear options now, to include low-yield options, is important for the preservation of credible deterrence against regional aggression.

Accordingly, Trump’s defense department announced last month that a new, “low-yield” nuclear warhead for submarines will be deployed, supposedly in order to make deterrence of a nuclear attack more credible.

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t is not as though the U.S. ability to deter attack has been weakened. Its current stock of nuclear weapons and delivery vehicles remains more than adequate to deter any adversary. The total US nuclear weapon inventory is about 5,800 warheads, of which about 1,750 are deployed—about 900 on submarines, which are invulnerable, and 400 on land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles. The remaining 2,000 or so warheads are stored at more than 20 sites in the US and Europe. As for launchers, under Trump new generations of strategic bombers, ballistic missile submarines, and missiles are in research or production. Overkill, in short, has acquired a new life.

The history of planning for nuclear weapons tells us that the introduction of a new weapon is inherently destabilizing; it makes actual use more rather than less likely, because it introduces greater uncertainty than before about the other side’s intentions. Nuclear war due to a miscalculation, accidental use, or false alarm becomes an increased possibility, and deterrence becomes more a matter of guesswork than ever.

The idea that a Russian leader, for example, would believe the United States would not respond if it initiated use of a “lowyield” nuclear weapon rather than some blockbuster is absurd. As a group of former officials, including Secretary of State George Shultz and Secretary of Defense William Perry, wrote in the Wall Street Journal in 2019: “We write to respectfully request that Congress reject the Trump administration's request for new, more usable, ‘low-yield’ nuclear warheads for Trident [submarine] missiles. There is no need for such weapons and building them would make the United States less safe. These so-called ‘low-yield’ weapons are a gateway to nuclear catastrophe and should not be pursued.”

Presidential candidates should also be drawing attention to the costs of modernizing the nuclear arsenal. As three experienced analysts point out, the defense department’s “projected expenditures on nuclear weapons for the period 2025–34 are at a level that was exceeded only twice during the Cold War,” meaning over $400 billion (Physics Today, April 2018). The major corporations that produce the weapons benefit from enormous investments.

In a word, nuclear weapons are big business, and so long as “deterrence” dominates discussion, companies that invest in them will always thrive.

— Mel Gurtov, syndicated by PeaceVoice, is professor emeritus of political science at Portland State University and blogs at In the Human Interest.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2020

Bad choices led to death in Winters

J

ust before 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 24, Joshua Douglas Muller, 30, killed his wife, Sarah, 39.

That night, Mr. Muller chose to get drunk in Winters. According to authorities, he chose to drive home toward Esparto in his GMC Yukon Denali with a bloodalcohol content of 0.14 — 75 percent above the legal limit of 0.08. He chose to endanger everyone in sight of his 5,500-pound SUV. It was a series of injudicious decisions that led to this tragic outcome, where Muller drove his massive machine into a large tree on the east side of Railroad Ave. north of Neimann Street.

Sarah Muller’s death was no accident. According to charges filed by the Yolo County District Attorney, it was murder.

Mr. Muller elected that night to threaten every pedestrian, cyclist and driver near him. When he got drunk and decided to drive, Muller didn’t give a damn about anyone.

Exactly where Joshua Muller allegedly committed this crime is a place I know very well. Hundreds of times I’ve ridden my bicycle on that roadway, heading north out of Winters. Tens of thousands of times others have done the same thing.

It’s beyond sad that Muller’s actions ended his wife’s life. But it’s simply good luck that no one else was maimed or killed that night due to Muller’s injudicious behavior.

On a national scale, Sarah’s death is just another statistic.

Roughly 11,000 Americans are killed by drunk drivers every year.

The fact that the DA has charged Mr. Muller with “murder and driving under

the influence causing injury or death” and not simply vehicular manslaughter is due to the fact that Muller has a prior record. At the time he killed Sarah, Joshua was on probation for driving drunk in Colusa County.

When Muller went to court for his previous DUI, the judge warned him of the dangers of impaired driving and advised that if he drove drunk again and killed someone, he would be subject to murder charges. Therefore, when Muller killed his wife on Feb. 24, his alleged actions implied malice.

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ecause Muller’s Yukon Denali had no ignition interlock breathalyzer — a device that disallows a car to start if the driver’s blood-alcohol level is 0.08 or higher — it’s likely the Colusa County case was his first conviction and no one was injured.

California law mandates that repeat DUI offenders and first-timers whose violations result in injury install an ignition interlock device for a period ranging from 12 to 48 months.

The tragedy on Railroad Ave. makes me think our state law is inadequate. If Joshua Muller had been required to install an ignition interlock in his vehicle after his first DUI, his wife would most likely be alive today.

He would have blown over 0.08 and his car would not

have started.

The Esparto couple could have slept a few hours, sobered up and safely driven home.

Logically, Mr. Muller should have learned the lesson after his first offense. He was required to pay a fine — around $1,000 — plus court fees up to $2,600. He may have done some jail time. It’s also likely his auto insurance rate was increased.

But drunk drivers are not always logical. They don’t make smart decisions. Many are alcoholics — according to the National Institute of Health, 6.2 percent of American adults have alcohol-use disorder. Others are narcissistically irresponsible.

For that reason, we need to take the decision away from drunk drivers. At the very least, California law should require ignition interlocks on the vehicles of everyone convicted of a DUI. According to Mothers Against Drunk Driving, 32 states plus the District of Columbia require an ignition interlock upon the first offense. Most states mandate that offenders prove their sobriety before the ignition interlock is removed.

MADD would have our country go one step further.

That lobby is pushing Congress to mandate ignition interlock breathalyzers for all new cars sold in the United States. The devices would be standard safety technology, like seat belts and airbags.

According to The Drive, “The new device would use similar but newer technology that supposedly can detect precise readings of bloodalcohol levels instantaneously. So far, pilot programs have launched in the states of Virginia and Maryland.”

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eyond the added cost of installing these devices in every new car, the argument against doing so is that we would be treating all drivers as if they were guilty until they proved their innocence.

The notion of innocent until proven guilty is deeply embedded in our law and culture. It goes back to the Talmud: “Every man is innocent until proved guilty.”

Other ancient cultures had similar standards.

Moreover, it’s overkill.

More than 90 percent of drivers — myself included — never drive impaired. Yet all people would have to blow into breathalyzers every time they wanted to start their cars.

Imagine running a series of errands where you drive to a half-dozen locations. Six times you would need to prove that you were not drunk on that one roundtrip, just to go from place to place.

I’m sure the MADD mandate would cut down on drunk-driving deaths. However, I don’t think the cost is worth it.

We could probably get almost as much benefit by incentivizing all states to mandate ignition interlock breathalyzers be permanently installed in the cars — used and new — of all convicted DUI offenders, including first-timers.

If Joshua Muller had to prove his sobriety before starting his Yukon Denali, Sarah Muller would be alive and well today. Instead she is gone forever, mourned by all who loved her.

— Rich Rifkin is a Davis resident; his column is published every other week.

Reach him at Lxartist@ yahoo.com.

LETTERS Hurtful graffiti I am disgusted and angry by the writing on the wall of the AT&T building (the corner of Second and C streets). The writing is “kill cops.” I served on the Community Advisory Board to the police department. I know how much those cops put their life on the line to protect members of the community. The vast majority of police officers are great community servants and should be appreciated for their service by all of us. They do not deserve this hateful writing on the wall.

Not long ago a young, fullof-life Officer Corona was killed not far from this writing. So, whoever wrote these words on the AT&T building should meet with the family of the Officer Corona and members of the Davis Police Department. The perpetrator does not represent the wonderful people of Davis. I do hope the investigation will reveal the perpetrator.

Violence or inciting violence against others should be stopped by all of us.

Hamza El-Nakhal Davis

Music for Natalie a success!

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Like last year, we welcomed Natalie’s parents Merced and Lupe Corona as well as other family members and friends of Natalie. The Corona’s were joined at dinner by Arbuckle Natalie Corona Scholarship winner 2019 — Ivette Quezada and her Mom. The Davis Firefighter’s graciously donated the tri-tip and barbequed it for our event.

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Fracking and Sanders In Feb. 23’s column, Llewellyn King challenges a number of stances by Bernie Sanders. Among them is fracking, whose problems concerning global warming King says will be solved by “technology.”

Yet King fails to even mention the massive amounts of fresh water needed and spent to crack subterranean rocks to release gas and oil. Where does that water come from? And from whom? Fracking turns it into wastewater, unusable “downstream.” And where does it go then? King’s “technology will solve it” so far has not even tried to restore this wastewater to a potable or usable condition. So much for King’s uninformed view of fracking.

I’m not even a supporter of Sanders.

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Snack shack has the flavor of summer Editor’s note: This column originally ran on April 12, 2017.

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hile the rest of the country was falling in love to Glenn Miller’s “Moonlight Serenade” and simultaneously worrying about the future as World War II crept ever closer, Carl Stotz was busy clearing weeds from a vacant lot and experimenting with field dimensions in Williamsport, Pa. His brainchild, a wholesome baseball program for the boys of Williamsport that would teach them sportsmanship, fair play and teamwork, was formed with just three teams: Lycoming Dairy, Lundy Lumber and Jumbo Pretzel.

The first Little League game took place on June 6, 1939.

Lundy Lumber defeated Lycoming Dairy, 23-8, to win the first of millions of Little League games across our country and throughout the world. Today, there are more than 2.4 million players and numerous leagues in every state and 80-plus countries. Carl Stotz’s dream has grown into the largest youth sports organization in the world.

If there is a more enduring symbol of America than Little League baseball, it would have to be Little League food. Specifically, the hot dogs, pretzels and sno-cones of the iconic snack shack.

Every spring for the past five years, two days each week, we hand the dinner reins, along with $5 per kid, to the Davis Little League snack shack.

They never disappoint. For less than $5 each, my kids can get a piece of cheese pizza or a hot dog, a Cutie and a sno-cone.

If it’s cold, I can get a cup of hot tea, and when the sun is beating down and it’s 95 degrees, $3 is nothing for a refreshing lemonade slushy.

A few years ago, during our family travels, we had the opportunity to attend two different Little League games within two weeks. And although the towns where these games were played

were less than 200 miles apart, they may as well have been on different planets.

We happened upon the first game as we traveled through the mountainous terrain of Plumas County on a cold, stormy day. We’d been driving too long and in unfamiliar territory. The kids were restless and needed to be free of their seatbelts. Everybody was starving.

There wasn’t a restaurant or grocery store in sight, but as we rounded a curve on a mountain road, we spotted a Little League game.

We all knew, where there’s a Little League game, there’s a snack shack. And where there’s a snack shack, there’s lunch. Sure enough, as we parked our van in a forest of pine trees and scrambled out the doors into the rain, we were hit with the most wonderful aroma.

You know that sweet, smoky smell that floats across your backyard fence when your neighbor is grilling hamburgers and you’re not? It was that smell and it was coming from a small charcoal grill parked under an umbrella behind the humble snack shack.

We ordered six hamburgers, six bags of Fritos, four hot apple ciders and two cups of coffee. For the next hour, we sat on the soggy wooden bleachers, eating the most delicious food in the world and cheering for the home team, which, incidentally, was not identified by anything more than red shirts. Not matching shirts. Not team jerseys. There were no names on their backs and they weren’t even wearing matching baseball caps. Just an array of red T-shirts to identify

No game deserved to be postponed more than this one. But there was no rainout declared on this very rainy day. Nobody was worried about the condition of the field because the field was not much more than a clearing in the woods. A muddy clearing with bases and a home plate and an outfield.

Everybody was wet, everybody was muddy and everybody was having fun. It was Little League like we’d never seen it. As we sat there cheering for a bunch of kids we didn’t know and filling our bellies with baseball food, it felt like Little League at its best.

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wo weeks later, we found ourselves at Smith Field, the home of the Half Moon Bay Little League. It was an unusually clear day for this little town overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The young boys and girls of summer were decked out in crisp, white uniforms, the fields were perfectly manicured and the Smith Field snack shack was open and serving, in addition to hot dogs and popcorn, Caesar salads, Boca Burgers, bagels with Nutella and big bowls of clam chowder.

It could not have been a more different experience than the mountain Little League game in the rain two weeks earlier.

Except that it was equally delicious. Equally wonderful.

Equally fun. Equally Little League.

Last week, I had the pleasure of talking with Kevin Fountain, director of media relations for Little League International. He told me that concessions fund most of the operating budgets of the leagues they represent. He couldn’t give me specific information about the concession stands across the country because those concessions are operated independently by each league’s volunteers. And that is what makes them so special.

Because every Little League is

The menu can change from town to town, but it always tastes like Little League.

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run by parent volunteers, they are able to put their own imprint on the menu. Every Little League concession stand uniquely represents the culture, economy and cuisine of the town it serves.

Snack shacks throughout the country serve everything from po’ boys to clam chowder to Caesar salads to pulled pork sandwiches. And yet you will never find a snack shack that doesn’t sell the best hot dogs on earth.

Or popcorn or pretzels or nachos or bubble gum.

When I asked Little League International’s high-ranking Mr. Fountain what he last ordered at a Little League game he told me, “nachos and mozzarella sticks.”

Baseball season is in full swing and Davis is lucky enough to have an amazing Little League with competitive teams, beautiful fields and our own unique snack shack, manned by high school students of Davis. Find a game (www.davislittleleague. siplay.com). Then come on down to the end of H Street, buy a hot dog and some popcorn and cheer for your team.

— Shelley Dunning is a Davis resident and a mom of four.

Reach her at dunningsm@ yahoo.com

Hot dogs, like at the ballpark (Prepared and eaten at home without an actual baseball game in play, there is no guarantee that these hot dogs will taste like a delicious ballpark dog. In fact, they probably won’t. But you can try.)

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Remove hot dogs from water, place on broiler pan and put on top rack under broiler.

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Immediately place hot dogs in buns and wrap individually in foil or return all to the original plastic bun bag and tie to seal.

Buns will be steamed and hot dogs will be ready to eat in about 2 minutes (with relish, onions and mustard, of course).

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f you are addicted, as I am, to detective fiction, I can recommend the fun if frivolous series by M.L.Longworth set in Provence. Each book features not only a choice murder or two but choice food and, especially, choice wine.

In “A Noel Killing,” for example, the detecting couple, Bonnet and Verlaque, sit down to a simple dinner of lentils and potatoes (cooked in wine, of course) and, too exhausted to traipse down to their cellar, pull a grand cru Burgundy — from one of their favorite vintners — out of the fridge.

“We’ll have to suffer through it,” Marine Bonnet says.

There will be no grand cru to grace even our most celebratory dinner, much less the chickpea stew I’m making tonight.

In fact, far from spending hundreds on a world-class wine, I continue my ongoing — and usually fruitless — effort to find something under $10 a bottle.

This pursuit requires a better detective than I, but it has yielded some patterns: Europe and Latin America are usually the best sources; decent whites are more common than decent reds; and “lesser” varieties dominate, though pinot grigio and sauvignon blanc often appear.

I’m pretty good now at detecting “drinkable,” though interesting or exciting (as I assume that grand cru was — but what do I know?) most of these wines are not. I keep hoping. I recently

picked up a $9 grüner veltlinger, for example, that (as grüners often are) was food-friendly and fine if utterly uninspiring. Life is short, friends, and Trump’s still the president.

As I was sipping, I remembered the surprise of tasting, maybe two years ago, the Biokult grüner veltlinger for the first time. It was interesting, even a tad exciting. It was aromatic, clean, lively and bracing. And for $13, a significant upgrade from the bottle at hand.

After all, I assured myself, I couldn’t touch that Burgundy, interesting though it be, for five times that. So, a bargain. I promptly went out and bought a bottle of the 2019 Biokult. The $15 range pattern isn’t much different from the $10 — this wine’s white, it’s from Austria, and it’s not a wildly popular variety. At least not here.

In Austria, home to the whole Biokult series, grüner’s the most widely planted grape in the country. Some is used to make sparkling wine (and Biokult makes a good one); some, usually grown in very steep terrain, is more “serious” than the Biokult and capable of aging for

many years.

These wines have won international competitions over world class chardonnays.

Most, though, are more everyday wines that offer refreshment, pleasure, and even interest for a small price. Like this one with its notes of citrus, pear and just detectable hints of spring vegetables and herbs.

The wine’s terrifically foodfriendly; it starts with a hint of sweet but finishes refreshingly dry. Perfect for that Moroccanspiced chick pea stew.

Angela and Werner Michlits make the wine and own the vineyards and the winery, named Meinklang. Their upper tier line bears that label, and the one Meinklang I’ve tried was quite wonderful, unfortunately not available in Davis.

The Meinklang vineyards are directly on the Hungarian border in a parcel of land that includes a huge national park with abundant flora and fauna.

And they are, as “biokult” suggests, entirely organic/ biodynamic.

The wine is made with minimal intervention wild yeasts, and great care, as the Michlits believe is only fitting for their top quality grapes.

The Biokult red zweigelt-pinot noir blend has become my house red — its pinot grapes no doubt more humbly bottled than those of that grand cru but clean, vibrant and delicious nonetheless.

The Co-op carries this and other Biokult wines, including

The wine did well, though I must say it seemed more complex and lively after I’d finished my last bite of pasta.

And that’s part of the beauty of these clean, organic wines — they change with every sip and bite.

You know you’re getting something that’s alive and evolving. the rosé sparkler. All are impressive and definitely worth trying.

I picked up another Austrian grüner there, too, also organic, a dollar less. This one’s made by Stefan Pratsch, an innovative young winemaker whose family has been farming for eight generations. Stefan’s parents began the move away from conventional agriculture, and Stefan is passionate about continuing that move and about making complex wines.

He seems to have succeeded — and the wines are widely recognized for their expression of the Niederosterreich terroir (Lower

Austria — in the northeast corner of the country).

Like the Biokult, the Pratsch grüner is lemony and herby, perhaps a tad lighter and dryer. I’d have to drink several more bottles (poor me) to say definitively which I prefer. Do try them both and let me know which you like better.

They’re both eminently suited to dinners based on the greens and other vegetables now available at the Farmers Market. I served the Pratsch, for example, with a rapini-sauced pasta, which was a challenge given the intense sharpness of this particular bunch of rapini.

The wine did well, though I must say it seemed more complex and lively after I’d finished my last bite of pasta.

And that’s part of the beauty of these clean, organic wines — they change with every sip and bite. You know you’re getting something that’s alive and evolving.

I’m still hoping, I admit, that someone will toss a really good grand cru my way, but a $20 bottle of Meinklang Blauburgunder (pinot noir) would excite me almost as much. Who knows? — in a blind tasting Bonnet and Verlaque might like it with their lentils and potatoes even more than the grand cru.

— Susana Leonardi is a Davis resident; reach her at vinosusana @gmail.com. Comment on this column at www.davisenterprise. com.

Students from Davis named to their universities’ dean’s lists Enterprise staff Samantha Goss of Davis was named to Kennesaw State University’s dean’s list for the fall 2019 semester. Students named to the Dean’s List were enrolled in at least nine credit hours of

NAME DROPPERS courses and earned a grade point average of at least a 3.5.

Goss was among the more than 6,300 Kennesaw State students who

earned this honor.

Kennesaw State University offers more than 150 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees to its approximately 38,000 students.

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Davis residents Margaret Ji and Zoe M. Senter have recently been named to the dean’s list at Boston University for the fall semester.

Each school and college at Boston University has its own criterion for the dean’s

list, but students generally must attain a 3.5 grade point average (on a 4.0 scale), or be in the top 30 percent of their class, as well as a full course load as a full time student.

Founded in 1839, Boston

University is an internationally recognized institution of higher education and research.

Consisting of 16 schools and colleges, BU offers students more than 250 programs of study.

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Today ■ “Everyday Improv” is a weekly drop-in improv comedy workshop for funloving people who want to build mental agility, unleash creativity, and have tons of stress-relieving fun. The group plays games and practices the art of improv for use in everyday life. It 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 530304-4393 or emailing Liz@ ImprovForLiving.org. The cost is a $10 sliding-scale donation at the door.

■ The Yolo Citizens’ Climate Lobby chapter meeting will be held at the Friends’ Meetinghouse, 345 L St. in Davis from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The focus is on bipartisan federal legislation to address the global warming issue. Visit www. yoloccl.org.

Thursday ■ The Yolo Knitters Guild has resumed its regular meeting schedule for spring 2020. The group meets every second and fourth Thursday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Davis Lutheran Church, Eighth and B streets. For more information or to be added to the guild’s contact list, email Willa Pettygrove at bmngrove@sbcglobal.net.

■ 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 Davis Shambhala Meditation Center, 133 D St., Ste. H, in Davis, is offering a class on Pema Chodron’s latest book, “Welcoming the Unwelcome: Wholehearted Living in a Brokenhearted World” beginning at 7 p.m. Pre-register at davis. shambhala.org. There is a suggested donation of $100. For more information, call Patti Larson at 530-757-2861 or Bill Fell at 530-753-2846.

Saturday ■A Community Canopy Arbor Day Tree Planting is planned from 9 a.m. to noon. Volunteers should meet at 9 a.m. at the Veterans Memorial Center, 203 E. 14th St. in Davis.

Volunteers must have transportation between different planting sites or be willing to carpool with a team leader or fellow volunteer.

Volunteers are asked to sign up at www.treedavis. org/volunteer.

■ Docents will lead a guided tour of the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 14. To join the tour, meet the tour leaders a few minutes before 9 a.m. in Parking Lot A, the first parking lot, of the Wildlife Area.

No registration is needed.

More information about the tour and directions to

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■ Local Davis Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts are hosting a food drive to benefit the Short Term Emergency Aid Committee’s food closet. Any resident who receives a flyer can help STEAC by leaving a food donation out by the curb by 9 a.m. Residents who don’t receive flyers can still participate by bringing donations to the drop off site at 642 Hawthorn Lane between 9:30 a.m. and noon.

■ Bill Pieper and Anne Da Vigo, two area fiction writers with unique takes on California, will be featured guests at a free reading and book signing at 6 p.m. at the home of Scott Evans, 327 12th St. in Davis. Pieper’s collection of linked stories, “Borders and Boundaries,” is set in the high desert of northeastern California and western Nevada. Da Vigo’s thriller, “Bakersfield Boys Club,” unfolds in the isolated San Joaquin Valley of the 1970s. The public is welcome. Refreshments will be served.

■ The community is invited to honor an ancient Persian tradition celebrating the Spring Equinox at Nowruz 2020 from 6 to 9:30 p.m. The evening will include a performance by the Nariman Percussion Ensemble, kids’ activities and cultural presentations.

Persian appetizers, sweets and drinks will be served.

Admission is $20 for I-House members, $25 for nonmembers, $10 for students and free for children under 10. Register at http://bit.ly/Nowruz2020.

■ West African drum master Mamadou Traore is back for his next Community Drum Circle at The Melon Ball, 1970 Lake Blvd. in Davis, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday, March 14. The evening is in honor of Larry Merson, Traore’s mentor and friend.

Proceeds will go to charities that Merson and his wife Teri support. Admission is $15 in advance at Watermelon Music or online at http://www.watermelon music.com or $20 at the door. Children get in free.

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Transfers to get a break ATHLETE OF THE WEEK COLLIN YEE

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t’s rare that an athlete excels at two sports at the high-school level, especially at Davis High where the enrollment is large and the competition is crowded and intense for every roster spot.

What’s even more rare is for an athlete to excel at two sports during the same season, but that’s just what DHS senior Collin Yee is accomplishing.

Last Wednesday, Yee posted a team and dual-match low 39 at the tough El Macero Country Club in a Blue Devil golf win. Then he went on to help his Davis volleyball squad to a 25-12, 25-23, 25-22 victory over Freedom just two days later.

In the latter triumph, Yee, one of the team’s two setters, posted 10 assists, three kills, five blocks and three aces.

For his accomplishments, Yee has been named the Greiner Heating & Air and Davis Enterprise Athlete of the Week.

A four-year varsity golfer and former player in the DHS basketball program, Yee has been — alongside his sister, Alyssa — playing beach volleyball most of his life.

But it wasn’t until this year that he decided to pick up the indoor game as well.

“Over the past three years, the problem has been that men’s golf and volleyball are the same season, so it was almost impossible for me to do both with rigorous school work in addition,” Yee said. “However, I didn’t want to have any regrets about not playing volleyball in high school, and, since it was senior year, I decided to do both.”

So far, so good for Yee — the golf squad has won both of its dual matches and finished third in its only tournament, while the volleyballers sit at 2-1 just ahead of Delta League play.

“A normal day consists of going to the golf course right after school for a couple of hours then going straight to volleyball for another couple of hours right after,” Yee said.

“This allows me to finish my school work and study at night. So as you can see, days can be pretty busy.”

Yee has opportunities to pursue either sport at the next level but plans to focus on academics. A career in medicine is in mind.

The son of Vincent (the president of NEXGEN Asset Management Software) and Heidi, a retired commercial interior designer, Yee is part of a strong sporting family.

Sister, Alyssa, is a two-time Delta League golfer of the year.

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f I were ever to leave the Greatest Newspaper in America where I work and take a job with The New York Times (clearly the SecondGreatest Newspaper in America), the NCAA would require me to sit out for a full year.

OK, I made that up. The National Collegiate Athletic Association has no jurisdiction over journalists, even those of us who cover NCAA events.

But, if I were a big-time college quarterback who wished to transfer to another school to complete my education and play a little football, I might well have to sit out a year.

However, if the head

football coach suddenly leaves for another school, he doesn’t have to sit out for even one day. If the athletic director who sits on an NCAA committee that came up with this punitive rule decides to leave for a better job, he doesn’t have to sit out either.

This, under some misguided “Father Knows Best” notion that the NCAA is thinking only of the welfare of a group it loves to call “studentathletes,” even if the organization is more concerned with the “athlete” part of that overworked phrase.

The NCAA transfer rule means that a player can’t play football or basketball for a year at his new school, not

them, think again.

Coaches go into their living rooms and woo mom and dad along with the 18-year-old they have their sights set on.

Coaches attend their highschool games to see if they have what it takes at the next level. that he can’t attend class right away.

Coaches recruit athletes and give them the hard sell about what a great institution they’ll be attending, then think nothing of leaving those same athletes at a moment’s notice.

If you don’t think athletes pick their colleges and universities on who will be coaching

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niversity chancellors rarely go into a prospective student’s living room or observe the student taking a 12th-grade math exam to see if they can make the grade academically at the next level.

There are, of course, exceptions, UC Davis being one

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BWC tourney sans fans Byes give UCD women more time to heal

Is third time a charm for Aggie men?

BY BRUCE GALLAUDET

BY BRUCE GALLAUDET

Enterprise sports editor

Enterprise sports editor

When conference officials made the decision on Tuesday not to allow fan attendance in this week’s Big West men’s and women’s basketball tournaments at Long Beach State and Honda Center, it was a call that was made from a standpoint of extreme environmental health caution.

Nonetheless, UC Davis women’s coach Jennifer Gross felt bad on behalf of players’ families and the fans in general.

“We are really disappointed that our fans will not be able to attend,” the coach told The Enterprise. “But we also understand that the decision was made with concern for public safety. I feel bad for our players’ families and our amazing boosters, who have had this trip planned all year.

“It will be strange playing without their energy in the Honda Center, but I know our team will be ready to go on Friday.”

UC Davis won the Big West women’s basketball regularseason title for the fourth consecutive season and saw Gross named Coach of the Year for the fourth straight time.

But when conference officials announced all-league honors there was nary a UCD player gracing the first-team roll call.

Gross, in her ninth-year as headmaster for the women, made sense of it all ...

“Really proud of what our team was able to accomplish this year, having lost a number of really great players to graduation last year and to come back and find a way to put ourselves in a position

eye on how his beloved Aggie men are doing each year since he left.

The Enterprise thought the timing was right to ask Lemar about that venture into March Madness, when the Aggies beat North Carolina Central before falling to No. 3 Kansas.

Here’s Lemar’s look back ...

Q. The week before the Big West Tournament, you had played at UC Irvine for the regular-season championship and been destroyed, 79-49 — their home crowd saying some unbecoming

Two games, two UC Davis losses, a 3-point differential with Hawaii.

Can the third time be the charm for the fifth-seed Aggies as they open their Big West Tournament fortunes against the No. 4 Rainbow Warriors on Thursday at 8:30 p.m. at the Honda Center?

And does UCD head coach Jim Les try to erase those 76-75 and 67-65 setbacks from his team’s psyche or use them as motivation?

Les says neither. He hopes his crew learns from those late-game collapses. Les, and other conference coaches, will tell you if the urgency of the BWC playoffs isn’t enough of a motivator, a team is beyond salvation.

“I think the motivation — for all the teams, all the players, all the coaches — going into this weekend is at a high level,” Les told The Enterprise. “I’d be worried if I was thinking about motivational tools for our guys heading into this week ... (it’s) more (about) preparation, making sure they’re ready. It’s more a focus than a motivational component now.”

Davis (8-8, 14-18) goes into the tournament with a puncher’s chance. Hawaii (8-8, 17-13) had to come from 9 and 13 points down with less than 5 minutes remaining in each of the regular-season games against the Aggies. Playing stronger down the stretch

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Former Aggie Brynton Lemar (0) was a key player for the UCD men’s team in its first NCAA Tournament run that ended against No. 1 Kansas in the first round in Tulsa, Okla., in 2017.

Time to dance

UCD grad recalls NCAA tourney

BY BRUCE GALLAUDET Enterprise sports editor Former UC Davis swingman Brynton Lemar was a key ingredient in the Aggies’ 2017 march into their first NCAA Division I Big Dance.

Lemar scored 20 points in that season’s Big West title game against UC Irvine — a 50-47 victory that avenged a 30-point loss to the Anteaters a week before.

Since, San Diego native Lemar has spent three seasons playing in Europe (currently for MKS Start Lublin). He writes an occasional column for The Davis Enterprise and keeps a keen

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2020

CHARM: Manjon is Freshman of the Year

UC Davis women’s basketball head coach Jennifer Gross calls out plays in a recent contest. Aggie Evanne Turner (15) runs up court.

Gross earned her fourth straight Big West Coach of the Year honor as her team heads to Anaheim to defend its BWC tournament title.

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BYES: Hall named BWC Best Defensive Player From Page B1

especially, with us being on the road (last) week,” Gross explained. “That takes its toll to win the Big West again,” Gross explained a little bit. For some teams having to play during a conference call on Monday. “Just (Saturday), then turn right back around really proud of our group.” and having to play … on Tuesday. It’s quick.

She said her individual honor was a nod “For us, it’s a great position to be in. Our to the effectiveness of her staff and the players put themselves in that position to team’s ability to grow and excel. have those double byes; get to rest a little Given their 12-4 BWC mark (17-12), the bit early in the week; focus on us for the Aggies sit as the Big West Tournament’s first day or two (of the week); and once we No. 1 seed and get a double bye and won’t figure out who we’re playing, have a day of play until Friday at noon. The opponent is prep for that game, too. At this point of the yet to be determined — but after No. 5 season being able to rest up and be fresh Long Beach State lost to eighth-seed Cal for the tournament is really important.”

Poly (59-48) and No. 6 Cal State Fullerton In stirring fashion, coming from behind topped seventh-seed CSUN, 67-52, on by 17 to beat Hawaii, UC Davis won the Tuesday, the event’s future is starting to 2019 tournament and advanced to meet firm up.

Stanford in the NCAA first As for Davis’ Big West round before bowing out. honors (announced Mon“We understand what it day), junior swingman takes to win in this league Cierra Hall was named and we know if you don’t Best Defensive Player. She bring your best, someone also joined Aggie leadingcan beat you,” the coach scorer Katie Toole on the continued. “Going into this second-team all-BWC rosweek, we’re very aware of ter. Guard Evanne Turner that.” was given a spot on the allGross believes the tourFreshman crew. nament is wide open: Player of the Year was “It’s really up for grabs.

Cal State Fullerton guard We saw (Saturday) that if Raina Perez, who paced all you’re not at your best, anyoffensive members by hitbody can win.” ting for 18.3 ppg. First Notes: On Wednesday, team was filled out by Cal UC Irvine (the three seed) Poly’s Sierra Campisano, awaits Cal Poly at 6 p.m.

Ila Lane (UC Santa Barwith No. 4 Hawaii getting bara), Julissa Tago of CS Fullerton (8:30 p.m..

Hawaii, Perez, Jannon Otto Jennifer Gross First- and second-round from UC Riverside and UC UCD women’s coach games are conducted at the Irvine’s Lauren Saiki. Lane Walter Pyramid on camwas named Freshman of pus at Long Beach State. ... Not to get the Year. ahead of ourselves, but Santa Clara Amy Atwell of Hawaii was Best Sixth County officials also announced on MonPlayer, and Titan Carolyn Gill earned the day a ban of gatherings of more than Best Hustle Award.

1,000 people for the rest of the month in Gross went on to talk about the tourna- response to the coronavirus outbreak. ... ment, her team’s loss at Long Beach State Stanford is expected to be a No. 2 seed in on Saturday and where her team’s psyche the NCAA Tournament. If UC Davis wins sits. the Big West, it could be sent to Palo Alto “It’s nice to have a little rest time while for the second straight year — again witheverybody else fights it out,” the coach said out a crowd of fans. ... Davis women’s Big of the two rounds off, adding that her team West radio will be handled by Greg Wong “will sleep in their own beds” for the first on KDVS 90.3 FM. ESPN3 and BigWest. few days this week before heading to TV handles the video.

Southern California on Thursday.

— Reach Bruce Gallaudet at bgallaudet “The double bye? Oh, it’s huge, 41@gmail.com or call 530-320-4456.

“For us, it’s a great position to be in. ... At this point of the season being able to rest up and be fresh for the tournament is really important.”

will be an apparent UCD key come Thursday.

“This team, for our staff, has been a joy to coach,” reports Les, just finishing his ninth year at the Aggie helm. “They come in everyday with a great attitude, work ethic. The integrity of our practices has been really good throughout the year, which has allowed these guys to get better.

“I credit their willingness to get knocked down throughout the season and continue to come back and work hard and still maintain confidence.”

On Monday, the Aggies got a little love from Big West pundits as guard Ezra Manjon was named Freshman of the Year and second-team all-Conference. Stefan Gonzalez, the NCAA’s most efficient 3-point shooter (47.7 percent), earned honorable mention status.

Brentwood native Manjon averaged 12.1 ppg and dished out 130 assists. Gonzalez averaged 10.5 points a game — his best work coming late in Big West play.

First team all-Conference included CSUN’s two-time Player of the Year Lamine Diane, the 6-7 redshirt sophomore from Senegal. He averaged 25.6 ppg and 10.2 rebounds.

Aggie-killer Eddie Stansberry of Hawaii, UC Irvine’s Evan Leonard, Max Heidegger (UC Santa Barbara) and Terrell Gomez (CSUN) — all guards — joined UCI forward Collin Welp as first-teamers.

Russell Turner, whose Anteaters went 13-3 to win the Big West, guided his team to 21-11 overall to capture his fourth league Coach of the Year honors.

Brandon Kamga (Cal State Fullerton) was Newcomer of the Year with Joshua Morgan (Long Beach State) named Best Defensive Player. Welp earned the Sixth

Man Award and co-Best Hustle went to Irvine’s Tommy Rutherford and Hawaii’s Zigmars Raimo.

Asked about Manjon and what kind of challenge he provides opponents, Rainbow Warrior coach Eran Ganot was candid: “He causes a lot (of problems). I don’t think it’s easy or fun (to play against him) … I don’t think it’s enjoyable. I have a lot of respect for Ezra. You can see the growth in his game from nonconference to conference. He’s a competitor, he’s dynamic, he’s a good shooter.”

So, with those two close, late-game losses to Hawaii in the rearview mirror, Les looked ahead.

“Each game is a learning tool that we can use to prepare our team for what they should expect and what we think might happen,” explains the Aggie mentor.

Notes: In addition to Davis-Hawaii, Day 1 in Anaheim on Thursday features No. 7 Cal State Fullerton versus No. 2 CSUN at noon, UC Riverside meets UC Santa Barbara in a No. 6 vs. No. 3 at 2:30 p.m. and top-dog UC Irvine versus No. 8 Long Beach at 6 p.m. ... “We’re all chasing to win the tournament,” says The Beach coach Dan Monson. “Somebody’s going to have to beat Irvine for that to happen … we’re going to have to do that if we want to win the tournament. First day, second day, third day, it doesn’t really matter. We get the first crack at it and that’s how we have to look at it.” ... Aggie game radio play-by-play will be handled by Scott Marsh on KHTK 1140 AM. BigWest.TV and ESPN3 also will carry the game. ... If UC Davis wins Thursday, it will play either at 6:30 p.m. or 9 p.m. on Friday. The championship game is slated for 8:30 p.m. on Saturday.

— Reach Bruce Gallaudet at bgallaudet 41@gmail.com or call 530-320-4456

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UC Davis men’s basketball head coach Jim Les directs his squad during the regular season.

The Aggies open postseason play Thursday against Hawaii at 8:30 p.m. in Anaheim.

DANCE: 2017 UCD men’s team overcame the odds From Page B1 things about the Aggies along the way. What was your — and the team’s — mindset coming into the Big West Tournament?

Lemar — “Our mindset was to get back to playing Aggie basketball. We knew we were the best team in the conference. After a frustrating loss, we had something to prove. Especially, since we a had veteran group, we did not want to leave anything on the table. We wanted to go out with a bang.”

Q. You had played a tough overtime game versus Fullerton the night before the championship game. Knowing Irvine was cruising again, what do you remember coach Jim Les telling your team going into the title game?

Lemar — “That Fullerton game was so fun. Shout out Chima Moneke for saving our season and getting that last-minute put-back.

“The night before the title game, I remember Coach Les telling us that we’ve earned the right to be there. We remembered how it felt to get our butts kicked at their place. We wanted to just go out there and compete like we never did before. All season we had been battling. We were not going to let another championship game slip through our hands.”

Q. Your game-high 20 points and all-around play were the catalyst in an amazing 33-point turnaround in seven days. How was that possible? Aggie fans will remember reserves like Arell Hennings, Mikey Henn, Siler Schneider and Michael Onyebalu being asked to hold down the fort in two memorable 4-minute stints on the court. What else do you recall during the game?

Lemar — “It was all a team effort. As being one of the leaders of the team, I knew I had to bring my A game. We had a complete team. Everyone from starters to the bench gave us some energy and a spark. We were trying not to slow our pace down. I was really proud of how everyone was very locked in from the jump.

“The way we lost to Irvine the week before left a sour taste in each one of our mouths. When that final buzzer went off, nothing was more sweeter than celebrating in front of Irvine’s crowd.

Pure Bliss.”

Q. At the March Madness selection watch party you discovered you were in a First Four play-in game ... Against North Carolina Central, you and Chima were top guns in the first-ever NCAA D-I Aggie victory. Recall that experience?

Lemar — Of course, I remember our watch party. We were

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Brynton Lemar (0) goes up against two UC Santa Barbara players in the first round of the 2016 Big West Conference Tournament. The then junior scored 16 points in the Aggies’ 87-61 loss. The following year, UCD won the tournament to advance to the Big Dance. sitting at The Grad in our UC Davis-collared shirts. Anxiously waiting and excited to see our school name appear on TV. It was a whirlwind because I think the next day we had to get ready to fly out to Dayton, Ohio. I remember

when we landed it was insanely cold. But we were all warm and excited to just be there. We felt like celebrities in our own charter plane. I can’t really put into words how it felt to make it to the NCAA tournament. There’s really not a feeling like it.”

Q. Finally, in Tulsa — it was No. 3 Kansas and a taste of life at the top. Talk briefly about that game (the schools were tied at 21-21 and you were getting beat up wherever you went).

Lemar — “I remember like it was yesterday. Seeing legendary coach Bill Self on the opposing side felt like a nostalgic dream.

You always dream of playing at that stage and to finally be there is indescribable. We competed, but obviously the refs couldn’t let us beat Kansas (LOL).

“Being on that floor with the bright lights felt even more inviting to me. I love the rush of that.

I even remember my mom sitting next to famous actor Rob Lowe.

Can you believe he was rooting for the Ags? The environment and energy in that building was like no other. I will never forget a moment like that.”

Q. Was that the definitive statement in which you and your teammates had solidified the UCD culture of hard work, never quit?

Lemar — “I think the definite statement my teammates and I

established was family. We were a family on and off the court.

“Adversity is part of life. We just have to find ways to deal with that adversity together. If we have each other backs there’s nothing we cannot go through. The culture at Davis has always been to work hard, but I think what separated us was our commitment everyday to be great. From the coaching staff to the players, we were committed everyday.”

Q. How did that experience change your life?

Lemar — That experience changed my life. Helped me to be at the level I’m at now. The memories I have from that year will always be in my head. At the end of the day, all we have is our memories and I’m chasing to have more moments like that again.”

Q. Finally, any words of wisdom for the 2020 Aggies?

Lemar — “If I can give one piece of advice, remembering when I was back in their position, it would be to don’t forget to have fun.

“Playing professional basketball isn’t the same as college. I miss playing with my brothers, people who I grew close with.

Enjoy it. Smile, embrace every emotion. Enjoy the process because at the end of the day you are blessed to be playing college basketball.”

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Elmwood Drive? More like Lacrosse Lane R ight now, Davis is still small enough that you can take a midday stroll through downtown and overhear coffeeshop gossip about your friends, neighbors and, occasionally, even yourself.

Monday morning I’d just finished a conversation on campus with UC Davis women’s lacrosse coach Suzanne Isidor about her Aggies’ come-from-behind 15-14 victory over Georgetown on Sunday — a win spearheaded by a freshman who just happens to be a Davis High graduate.

In true Davis fashion, I was biking back to The Enterprise office when not 5 minutes after leaving the Cowell Building that houses intercollegiate athletics, I heard a woman on Third Street talking quite loudly over her speaker phone, telling someone all about how big an impact that very freshman, Alex Agnew, had on the Aggies’ weekend win.

That’s just the beauty of living in a small town.

But what a Sunday it was for Agnew, who netted a career-high four goals in the win over the Hoyas — leading all scorers. In the last three weeks, the Aggies have beaten Cal, Oregon and Georgetown heading into this evening’s 6 p.m. clash with George Mason at UC Davis Health Stadium.

In her third year at the UCD helm, Isidor, who headed up the Davis Lacrosse Association from 2012 to 17, says players finally know her system

inside and out.

“The mentality has slowly shifted,” Isidor explains. “We’ve gone from just looking to making some big plays, to trying to hang in games with these types of teams. And this year, we’re out to win.”

But it’s been another Aggie besides Agnew — coincidentally one that also hails from Davis and happens to have grown up less than 15 doors down from the talented first-year player on Elmwood Drive — that’s making an even bigger difference early on this season.

Senior Anna Belenis, a 2016 DHS graduate, has been a menace on the defensive end. Her 34 ground balls collected last season were a team-high as were her trio of scoop-ups and pair of caused-turnovers Sunday against Georgetown.

The local ties don’t stop there though.

“I was actually the one that forced a lacrosse stick into Alex’s hand in sixth grade,” Isidor admits. The Annapolis native even coached Agnew the

following year, then up through the start of her high-school career.

“And from her freshman to senior year, she got better and better,” Isidor says. “She was actually being recruited to UC Davis before I got here. But I got to seal the deal.”

The former Penn State lax mentor also had a hand in Belenis’ matriculation to Aggieland: “The first time I saw her play was on the basketball court as a point guard.

And I remember thinking, ‘Wow, that’s an athlete.’ Then later on I saw her on the lacrosse field. One day, I was at a city league basketball game with my kids that she was working at and I asked her what her plans were for the next year. She told me she was looking at some Division III schools for basketball, and I was shaking my head the entire time.

“I told her she needed to play lacrosse,” Isidor recalls. “So I called Tee (Ladouceur), who was coaching UCD then and told her she had to take a look at Anna. And she ended up recruiting her.”

Little did Isidor know at the time it would be her, years later, reaping the benefits of that phone call.

So is there something in that Elmwood groundwater helping grow Division I lacrosse products?

“I think it’s a combination of some great families and great coaching,” Isidor says. “Their high school coach Jenn Morris lives on that street as well.”

Morris is a former All-American at Ithaca College (N.Y.) and one-time head coach at George Washington.

Morris’ daughter, Devon, now a sophomore for her mom’s Blue Devil lacrosse squad, has been impressive on the turf as well. She leads DHS with 11 goals through the Blue Crew’s first five matches. And there’s a younger Agnew — Tori — rumored to have some serious talent. Tori is making her way up the DLA pipeline.

“I love the Elmwood kids,” Isidor says.

Sounds like this street might need to be renamed Lacrosse Lane.

Notes: Another local laxer, freshman goalie Ashley Laing, was sensational for the Aggies on Sunday. The Oak Ridge High grad recorded 10 saves en route to Conference Defensive Player of the Week honors on Monday. Isidor’s roster also features two Granite Bay natives in freshman defender Miriam Lebastchi and junior attacker Kaley Stunz. ...

Across the country in Gainesville, Fla., on Sunday, another former DHS laxer, Nicole Pugh, netted three of High Point University’s 10 goals in the Panthers’ 17-10 loss to Florida. The junior midfielder has scored in all five of HPU’s contests this season, sports a sizzling .588 shooting percentage and currently sits second on the team in overall scoring with 10 net-benders.

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

BELENIS Defensive force for UCD

AGNEW Scored 4 goals against Hoyas

ISIDOR UCD lacrosse head coach

When is a mile not a mile when swimming?

D avis Aquatics Masters closed its one-hour postal swim at the end of Febru-

ary.

I swam slightly more than a mile (1,765 yards) at Civic Center’s 25-yard pool. The last time I tried to swim a mile in an hour at Lake Berryessa I was way short and got banned for two years for refusing to get out of the water when ordered to.

I ask DAM head coach Stu Kahn if this meant I could now swim a mile in the lake. No. This is why, he told me, “There are no walls to push off of. Pushing off walls every lap in a pool gives the body a moment to rest and a chance to accelerate against a solid object.

“Also, waves and wind play a bigger role in slowing swimmers during open-water swims, as does the water temperature

where, if too cold, saps strength and energy.

“According to Rob Copeland at United States Masters Swimming, elite swimmers are between 2 to 4 percent slower and average swimmers can be as much as 20 to 30 percent slower.”

DAM’s annual Lake Berryessa Swim is one of the longest running open-water swim events in America. Stu Kahn will again be the director. Begun in 1982 as a friendly lake swim, this event attracts nearly 600 swimmers each year to the shores of Lake Berryessa. This year’s 38th annual event will be held on June 6. Registration for the 1- and 2-mile races is now open online.

Almost-respectable finish: East Bay Masters again won the UC Davis men’s Water Polo Club tournament last month. Davis

Masters placed eighth out of 12 teams with its single victory over the UC Santa Barbara B team.

Shout out to Greg Mayeur, who doubled as our coach and goalie.

The Davis men’s club was second. As always, the club did a great job of organizing and running the event.

Again, I was allowed to wear fins by referees who looked the other way. An East Bay player shook my hand in the water and said he hoped he was still playing water polo at my age. I get that a lot.

Ultimate experience: I visited but did not play in another tournament recently.

The Stanford Ultimate Frisbee invitational was played in the middle of nowhere (Stevinson, west of Merced) with teams from as far away as Tufts (Boston) and British Columbia (Vancouver).

My grandson, Max Arquilevich, played for the University of Oregon. I knew this amazingly fast team sport was not for me when I wandered onto the playing field and was escorted off by one of the players. Oregon placed second in the tournament. Go, Ducks!

New DAM records: Eight swimmers competed last month at the Splash & Dash Pentathlon in Albany and two came away with club records. Eva Chung (22) set standards in the

50 back (28.65), 50 breast (32.68) and 100 medley (1:01.89) and Greg Menna (42) bettered his own record in the 50 fly with a 24.49.

Elsbach is an All-Star: Kim Elsbach (56) was recognized this month as one of the top 20 (10 men and 10 women) Long Distance All-Stars in USMS. She won seven national championships in 2019 (three open water and four postals) on her way to earning 91 points. That put her first in the 55- to 59-year old division, earned her All-Star recognition and established her as the second-highest scorer of all 20 award winners. Congratulations, Kim! — Mark Braly’s column is published on the second Wednesday of each month in The Enterprise. Reach him at markbraly@ sbcglobal.net.

DUNNING: Still Blue Devils net win over Fairfield DHS ROUNDUP a few bugs Enterprise staff

From Page B1 that quickly comes to mind. But the actions of many other athletic programs are nothing short of shameful.

The interesting thing about the transfer rule is that it’s not uniformly enforced. Some athletes, citing one hardship or another that usually involves their grandmother, are granted waivers from the rule. Others are denied waivers, sometimes through some spiteful action from the soon-to-be-former institution of higher learning.

There’s a ton of schools who feel the NCAA has done them wrong when it comes to transfer waivers. There are other schools that are seemingly treated with kid gloves.

None of it makes any sense to the average fan. Or athlete.

And it clearly has absolutely nothing to do with the best interests of the student-athlete involved, educationally or athletically.

Well, according to a report on ESPN that is also trending throughout every major sports publication in this country, “The NCAA Division I transfer waiver working group is considering a concept that would allow athletes in all sports to transfer once without sitting out a year of competition.”

Glory hallelujah. What took you so long?

“If adopted by the Division I council, the new waiver criteria would allow athletes in all sports to compete immediately if they are in good academic standing, not facing suspension at their original school, and receive a release to transfer.”

I’m not sure I agree with the “good academic standing” requirement. Perhaps the student is struggling academically because its program is more rigorous than his capabilities. A transfer may be the only way for him to stay in school.

I especially don’t like the requirement that you must receive a release from your original school. This, unfortunately, allows a spiteful coach to punish an athlete wishing to transfer. That requirement should be dropped like a football rolling out of bounds.

It’s time, finally, for the NCAA to put the interests of student-athletes above the interests of the institutions that make up the NCAA. We’ll see if this proposal passes.

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@ davisenterprise.net.

The Davis High girls badminton opened its season with a dominating 14-1 win against host Fairfield on Tuesday.

“It was a great day for badminton,” Blue Devil coach Ty Brown said. “We were paced by seniors Mei McConnell, Lia Elms and Maya Alexander, to name a few.”

DHS swept the seven doubles matches, and took 7 of 8 singles. Senior Emma Chang won at No. 1 singles, topping Angelica Riggins 21-7, 21-9.

McConnell defeated Thao Chan 21-2, 21-5 at No. 2.

Also collecting singles wins were Melissa Lee, Elms, Junyue Lin, Chiara Wu and Kimberly Liu. McConnell teamed with Alexander at No. 1 doubles and rolled Riggins and Sofia Pineda, 21-6, 21-13. The No. 2

tandem of Ellie Domby and Sarah Park won 21-11, 21-14.

Also recording wins as doubles partners were Wu and May Wang, Elms and Lee, Liu and Jane Lin, Dra Hassan and Helena Wei and Anna Zhou and Kako Hayashi.

“We have a big week next week as we face the top-tier teams in conference,” Brown said. “We have a three-game stretch (with Armijo, Vacaville and Rodriguez) that will tell us a lot more about this year’s team.”

Boys lacrosse The Davis High boys lacrosse team suffered a disappointing loss at Amador Valley, 10-5.

This was the Blue Devils first loss of

the season, dropping their record to 3-1 overall. However, the Blue Devils remain undefeated in league play, 1-0.

The loss is a step back in the eyes of head coach Nick Juri. Defender Taylor Vaughn and goalkeeper Mason Johnstone impressed in a mainly underwhelming performance.

Davis will try to get its season back on track on Friday, March 13, at 7:30 when the Devils host Granite Bay for their second league game of the year.

Postponements This weeks Davis High Delta League games effected by the district-wide shutdown of the Elk Grove Unified School District include boys golf and boys volleyball against Cosumnes Oaks, swimming against Franklin and boys tennis against Cosumnes Oaks and Franklin.

Aggie gymnasts to host Cal on Friday Special to The Enterprise After more than a month on the road, the UC Davis gymnastics squad returns to the familiar confines of The Pavilion, where it will host No. 9 California in a Friday dual at 7 p.m. The meet also serves as Senior Night for the team’s lone 2020 graduate, Sarah Liddle.

Aggie junior Cammi Johnson captured Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Gymnast of the Week, the conference office announced Tuesday afternoon.

Johnson tied school and conference records with a first-place 9.925 on balance beam during Saturday’s dual meet at Sacramento State.

She also tied for the meet win on uneven bars with a careerhigh 9.800, finishing second to teammate Logan Clagg in the meet’s all-around race

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with a 39.150 total.

Freshman goalkeeper Ashley Laing collected a careerhigh 10 saves against Georgetown, but none more important than stopping the final scoring attempt with 11 seconds remaining to seal the Aggies’15-14 victory over the Hoyas on Sunday afternoon at UC Davis Health Stadium.

Aggie Mar Alvear scored the game-winning goal with 3:57 remaining in regulation to break a 14-14.

The Aggies continue their three-game homestand on Wednesday, March 11, at 6 p.m., against George Mason.

Softball Sophomore second baseman Sommer Kisling and senior shortstop Isabella Leon went 3 for 4 with two runs scored to lead UC Davis to an 8-3 victory over Pacific in nonconference women’s softball action at La Rue Field on Tuesday.

Leon connected for her seventh homer of the year, and catcher Riley Siegel drove in a team-high three runs as the Aggies improved to 16-12 on the year. The Tigers fell to 15-10 overall.

UCD leadoff hitter Alyse Rojas was 2 for 4. Freshmen Taylor Fitzgerald and Kenedi Brown combined for the win in the circle for the Aggies.

Men’s golf CHULA VISTA — UC Davis junior Thomas Hutchison fired a final round 68 and the Aggies put

together their finest round of the tournament, finishing 17th at the Lamkin Grips San Diego Classic hosted by the University of San Diego at the San Diego Country Club in Chula Vista.

Hutchison jumped 18 spots in on the final day of competition into a tie for 24th at 1-over for the event.

Baseball MORAGA — Three Saint Mary’s pitchers combined to throw a shutout on Tuesday as the Gaels blanked UC Davis in baseball action, 2-0.

Freshman Nate Freeman (0-2) started and took the loss on the mound for UC Davis (9-7). The righthander went four innings, giving up one run on one hit, allowing one walk and striking out two.

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Thanks, but no thanks Dear Annie: I always enjoy sharing my baked goods with my neighbors. Some will return the favor by making items for me, but I never expect them to reciprocate.

I’m writing to you because someone is giving me presents that I really don’t want. I am always thankful, but I do not like any of the items. I do not like to lie, and I would rather have just a thanks instead of thankyou gifts that I do not like at all!

Normally, I would just donate the items to a church, but I am too afraid that this friend will be looking for me to use the items. And, of course, I do not want to hurt her feelings. What is your suggestion?

— You Shouldn’t Have ——— Dear You Shouldn’t Have: “The true purpose of a gift is to be received,” writes minimalist expert Marie Kondo in her bestselling “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up,”

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Employment

Agriculture Company in Sutter County seeking Controller/Senior Accountant to oversee day to day accounting activities for the company.

Will also manage the operating budget to delivery financial processes and IT systems needed to support the company’s growth.

Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree in accounting/ business.

5 yrs experience.

Candidates should submit cover letter and resume to agarcia@ sacvalleynut.com

Collections System Worker, Public Works Utilities & Operations, FFD: 3/9/2020 Salary: $4.018 $4884 Monthly; City of Davis, 23 Russell Blvd., Davis, CA 95616.

FFD: 3/9/2020.

See job bulletin at www.cityofdavis. org for min. req. or call (530) 757-5644, TDD (530) 757-5666; City emp. appl. req. EOE.

Employment

Employment

WATERTENDER Irrigation watertender to operate extensive water delivery and drainage systems. Specific tasks include: operation of pumping plants, take water orders, schedule and make water deliveries, monitor water use, maintain records of water use. Training, education, experience in agriculture, knowledge of farm practice and mechanical skills desirable. California driver’s license required. Weekend work required. For application call (707) 678-5412, 9:00am - 11:30am, Monday through Friday.

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Employment

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

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

Please submit your resume to whayes@archgs.com

and I couldn’t agree more. When someone gives you an unwanted gift, receive it gratefully; recognize the warm-hearted intention behind it; and write them a thank-you note.

Then donate it (or return it, if they’ve included a gift receipt) without guilt. If you want to head off future unwanted gifts from this friend, simply tell her: “I appreciate your thoughtfulness, but you really do not need to get me anything. Your friendship is enough.”

If she’s been spending money on the items she’s giving you, and if she seems deter-

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Do you want to help shelter animals get back home?

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

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mined to continue doing so, you might politely tell her that you have more than enough material things but that you’d love to see more donations to a charity you support.

——— Dear Annie: This is in response to the lady who complained about how people hold their cutlery. Your response was very true. I have rheumatoid arthritis, and as my hands have gotten worse, holding things is a real challenge. I used to peel potatoes in a few minutes; it now takes much longer. I park in a handicapped spot. Some days, I can move fairly easily; other days, it is a challenge to get out of my car. I have other friends with osteoarthritis, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease who have similar problems.

I learned long ago not to judge by appearance. Thank you for explaining that things aren’t always what they seem.

— Mary W. Dear Mary W.: I’m sorry that you’re struggling with rheumatoid arthritis. I’m

happy to print your letter to again amplify the message that others’ suffering and limitations are not always readily apparent.

——— Dear Annie: Your advice to “Left Behind” would be poor advice in some states. As a Washington state lawyer, I can tell you that Washington has what is called a “committed intimate relationship,” in which unmarried partners may have community property like rights in each other’s property. Also some states have common-law marriage.

“Left Behind” should consult a lawyer with a family law practice in her state to find out if she has any rights.

— Regular Reader in Vancouver, WA Dear Regular Reader: I’m embarrassed to say that I failed to get the complete picture when researching my answer. I’m printing your note to correct the record for “Left Behind” and anyone else in her shoes.

Contacting a lawyer is the best bet. Thanks for writing and setting me straight.

Public Notices u • E-mail your public notice to legals@davisenterprise.net • Be sure to include your name and phone number Serial Number 091967S9095, Label/ Insignia Number A441613, and stored on property within the El Rancho Mobile Park, at 2000 W. Capitol Avenue, West Filed: FEBRUARY 13, 2020 Sacramento, County of Yolo, California FBN Number: F20200152 95691 (specifically the space designated 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) as Space #54 within the park), will be CHASQUI LEARNING 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of sold by auction at the mobilehome Principal Place of Business in California. park at 2000 W. Capitol Avenue, West Sacramento, County of Yolo, California Business is located in Yolo County.

95691 (specifically the space designated 3633 CUBRE TERRACE as Space #54 within the park), on DAVIS, CA 95618 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), March 19, 2020, at 11:00 a.m. , and such succeeding sales days as may be Residence Address, State, and Zip necessary, and the proceeds of the sales GREGORY FRANCIS will be applied to the satisfaction of the 3633 Cubre Terrace lien, including the reasonable charges of Davis, CA 95618 notice, advertisement, and sale.

4. Business Classification: Individual 5. Beginning Date of Business: The This sale is conducted on a cash or certified Registrant(s) commenced to transact fund basis only (cash, cashier’s check or business under the fictitious business travelers’ checks only). Personal checks name or names listed above on: and/or business checks are not acceptable.

Payment is due and payable immediately February 12, 2020 “I declare that all information in this following the sale. No exceptions. The statement is true and correct.” (A registrant mobilehome and/or contents are sold as who declares as true information which he is, where is, with no guarantees. or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

This sale is conducted under the 6. Signature of Registrant(s): authority of California Civil Code 798.56a Gregory Francis 2/19, 2/26, 3/4, 3/11 732 and Commercial Code 7210.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed: February 6, 2020 FBN Number: F20200128 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) Massage in Davis 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California.

Business is located in Yolo County.

1809 Picasso Ave. Davis, CA 95616 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip Kellie Gale 26 Simmons Way Apt. 4 Davis, CA 95616 4. Business Classification: Individual 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: February 1, 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): Kellie Gale 2/19, 2/26, 3/4, 3/11 733

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a mobilehome, registered to HARRY J. GRIFFIN aka HARRY GRIFFIN, Interested Parties JACK GRIFFIN, JONI GRIFFIN and described a 1970 CHAMPION mobilehome, Decal Number LBA1243,

AVAILABILITY OF DOCUMENTS: Certified copies of the complete text of the above ordinance may be read in the City Clerk’s Office, 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, California and/or a copy may be obtained from the office at a nominal charge.

Staff reports and any companion documents will be available for review at the City Clerk’s Office or online at http:// Unless a written waiver is received from cityofdavis.org/city-hall/city-council/citypark management the mobilehome and council-meetings/agendas. Staff reports contents must be removed from the park for public hearings are generally available location within 10 days.

5 days prior to the hearing date.

DATED: February 26, 2020 Carla H. Robertson Attorney at Law 610 Fulton Avenue, Suite 100 Sacramento, CA 95825 (916) 443-9000 3/4, 3/11

PUBLIC COMMENTS: All interested parties are invited to attend the public hearing to provide oral comments or send written comments to the City Clerk’s Office or via email to clerkweb@cityofdavis.org no later than the close of the public hearing.

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NOTICE OF LIEN SALE

Notice is hereby given pursuant to California Business and Professional Codes #21700-21716, Section 2328 of the UCC of the Penal Code, Section 535 the undersigned, Storquest Express Self Storage of Woodland, will sell at public sale by competitive bidding the personal property of: Name: Roy Quirarte, Thanh Le, Judi Reeves, Mark Peterson. Property to be sold: household goods, furniture, appliances, clothes, toys, tools, boxes & contents. Auctioneer Company: www. storagetreasures.com The Sale will end at 10:00 AM, March 19, 2020. Goods must be paid in CASH at site and removed at completion of sale. Sale is subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between owner and obligated party.

PUBLIC NOTICE Storquest Express Woodland 1610 Tide Ct. Woodland, CA 95776 NOTICE OF AUCTION SALE (530) 338-3531 752 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a 3/4, 3/11 mobilehome, registered to DAVID JAMES WRIGHT aka DAVID WRIGHT and PUBLIC NOTICE described a 1965 IMPERIAL mobilehome, NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Decal Number AAL5609, Serial Number OF PERSONAL PROPERTY XXS2453/XXUS2453, Label/Insignia Number 161178, and stored on property Pursuant to the California Self-Service within the El Rancho Mobile Park, at 2000 Storage Facility Act, (B&P Code 217000 W. Capitol Avenue, West Sacramento, et. seq.), the undersigned intends to sell County of Yolo, California 95691 at public sale by competitive bidding, (specifically the space designated as Space on the 18th day of March, 2020, at #83 within the park), will be sold by auction 1:00 PM at the Harrison Self Storage Too at the mobilehome park at 2000 W. Capitol facility located at 200 Madson Place, in Avenue, West Sacramento, County of Yolo, the City of Davis, County of Yolo, State California 95691 (specifically the space of California, personal property including designated as Space #83 within the park), but not limited to furniture, clothing, on March 19, 2020, at 11:30 a.m. , and tools and/or other household items such succeeding sales days as may be stored by the following person: necessary, and the proceeds of the sales Customer Name: John Breglia will be applied to the satisfaction of the Unit #: A75 lien, including the reasonable charges of Contents: Misc. crates, boxes, tools, notice, advertisement, and sale. furniture.

Customer Name: John Breglia This sale is conducted on a cash or certified Unit #: A166 fund basis only (cash, cashier’s check or Contents: Misc. boxes, audio equipment. travelers’ checks only). Personal checks and/or business checks are not acceptable. Purchases must be paid for with cash or Payment is due and payable immediately cashier’s check at the time of purchase. following the sale. No exceptions. The All purchased items are sold “as is” and mobilehome and/or contents are sold as must be removed at the time of sale with unit swept clean. Sale subject to prior is, where is, with no guarantees. cancellation in the event of settlement This sale is conducted under the between owner and obligated party. authority of California Civil Code 798.56a Dated this 4th and 11th of March, 2020

by Harrison Self Storage Too, 200 Madson and Commercial Code 7210.

Place, Davis, CA 95618, 530-757-3649.

Unless a written waiver is received from Bond Number: 1030908 park management the mobilehome and Viewing is only allowed between the office contents must be removed from the park hours of 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday, and not on weekends. location within 10 days.

3/4, 3/11 754 DATED: February 26, 2020 Carla H. Robertson PUBLIC NOTICE Attorney at Law 610 Fulton Avenue, Suite 100 Sacramento, CA 95825 (916) 443-9000 CITY OF DAVIS NOTICE OF 3/4, 3/11 749 PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE OF AUCTION SALE

DESCRIPTION: As part of its tobacco regulations, the City previously adopted the County of Yolo’s tobacco retail licensing ordinance, which requires tobacco retailers to obtain a local permit to sell tobacco products or tobacco paraphernalia, and allows for the suspension or revocation of the permit for a violation of any tobacco control law. In 2016, the County amended its tobacco retailer permit regulations to prohibit licensed tobacco retailers from selling, offering for sale, or exchanging flavored tobacco. In furtherance of its substantial interest in regulating the sale and use of tobacco products, the City is proposing to adopt and incorporate by reference the County’s 2016 amendments to the County Ordinance to clarify that licensed tobacco retailers cannot sell, offer for sale, or exchange flavored tobacco within the City limits.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Davis City Council will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, March 24, 2020, at a meeting beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Chambers located at 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, to consider an ordinance adopting Yolo County’s code regarding Tobacco Retail Permits as amended for local necessity.

The City does not transcribe its proceedings.

Persons who wish to obtain a verbatim record should arrange for attendance by a court reporter or for some other acceptable means of recordation. Such arrangements will be at the sole expense of the person requesting the recordation.

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

3/11, 3/18

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: PT20-361 1. Jason Kyle Bethel filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Jason Kyle Bethel to Jason Kyle Tracy 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition should not be granted.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: May 11, 2020 Time: 9 a.m.

Dept: 9 Room: N/A The address of the court is 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695 3. a) A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The Davis Enterprise 315 G Street, Davis, CA 95616 Date: February 27, 2020 Stephen L. Mock Judge of the Superior Court March 11, 18, 25, April 1 767 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: PT20-361 1. Jason Kyle Bethel filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Jason Kyle Bethel to Jason Kyle Tracy 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition should not be granted.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: May 11, 2020 Time: 9 a.m.

Dept: 9 Room: N/A The address of the court is 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695 3. a) A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The Davis Enterprise 315 G Street, Davis, CA 95616 Date: February 27, 2020 Stephen L. Mock Judge of the Superior Court March 11, 18, 25, April 1 767

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Baby Blues

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Dilbert

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By Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott

Pearls Before Swine

By Stephan Pastis

Zits

New York Times Crossword Puzzle ACROSS

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31 Philosopher with a “razor” 34 ET from the planet Melmac 35 Bank with M.L.B. naming rights, for short 36 Things clinked on New Year’s Eve 40 Fey of “30 Rock” 41 Drop from the roster 42 Alternatives to taxis 43 Prefix with freak or friendly 44 Undergarment with hooks 45 Harley, e.g., informally 47 Interviewing aids 51 St. Kitts’s island partner 52 Jerry’s partner in ice cream 53 Org. with codenamed programs

1 Smidgens 6 Friend, to François 9 Sniper’s aid 14 Olympics symbol 15 Symbol for an audio device 16 Big name in pest control 17 Crams (in) 19 Center of U.S. lobstering 20 Luxury purse monogram 21 Long March leader in China 22 Abandons a commitment, in slang 23 Some romantic entanglements 28 ___ of one’s existence 29 Letters after Chuck Schumer’s name

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14 Left 15 Get major hang time, in snowboarding lingo 17 College in Claremont, Calif.

18 Al who famously drove a white Ford Bronco 19 Brief hookup 21 Fair-hiring inits.

22 No longer in bondage 24 One of the musicians on the 11th day of Christmas 28 Showtime alternative 31 Law partner?

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6 Make fizzy, in a way 7 Home that may have a butler 8 Returns org.

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18 Gathering clouds, to some 22 Canada’s oldest national park 24 Michelle who wrote “Becoming” 25 Improvise, in jazz 52 Some garage sale goods … or what the answers at 15-, 19-, 33-, 41and 62-Across have done?

59 Archrivals of the Blue Devils 61 Refrigerator, oldstyle 62 Verses-vs.-verses competitor 63 Gay who wrote “Frank Sinatra Has a Cold” 64 Healthful leaf vegetable 65 “Straight Outta Compton” group 66 Totally embarrassed DOWN 1 Tow job, maybe 2 Impulse transmitter 3 Performer without a speaking part 4 Loads 5 They’re not just skeptics 6 “Curiosity killed the cat,” e.g.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2020

Getting a little wild in the garden

BY DON SHOR

lilacs (Ceanothus), even common landscape shrubs such as Viburnum tinus. As a bonus, each of these has flowers that attract beneficial insects as well as hummingbirds in some cases.

You also need to be willing to tolerate their slight predation on your fruit, though the blackberries and mulberries the birds prefer are generally so abundant that’s not an issue. A fresh water source is helpful. A nearby drip line can be modified to fill a bird bath or small, shallow pond.

Sprinklers are very popular with many types of birds and also attract dragonflies.

Enterprise staff writer

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nce again, I see a tuft of a tail disappear around the corner of a shrubbery, so swiftly and gracefully that even my sharp-eyed cattle dog doesn’t notice it.

I always check which way the tail is, up or down. I am told that a coyote runs with its tail down, while a fox runs with its tail straight out. Foxes are fine. If it’s a coyote, the dog needs to stay closer.

Foxes have been living on my property for a couple of decades now, enriching the night sounds with their strange yelps and doing these funny vanishing acts when we walk nearby.

Their dens are amazingly well hidden, but invariably are somewhere deep inside an overgrown thicket of prickly plants. Right now, it’s a hedge of grevilleas and callistemon, but in the past they’ve inhabited a mélange of berry canes and suckering wild roses, or a pile of prunings from the thorny trifoliate orange that I intended to move months prior. Our interactions, mostly at dusk or dawn, are very casual, fleeting and mutually respectful.

It’s an open question whether these are the native Sacramento Valley red fox, or the introduced red foxes, escaped from 19th century fur farms, that predominate in other parts of the Valley.

It seems our property is right on the borderline where those populations meet. They might even be hybrids. All I know is, if they’re eating voles and pocket gophers and ground squirrels, they’re fine with me.

The way to get red foxes on your property, if you happen to live out in the country, is to have some thickets. Those are also great habitat for ground birds such as our native quail. And for skunks and opossums. On the plus side, skunks eat snails.

It’s surprisingly easy to create a thicket. I’ve done it several times by accident, usually involving roses and berries, but also bamboo, junipers, compact xylosma, prickly pear, and fruit tree rootstock suckers. Apparently, the spinier, pricklier and denser, the better. Good rule of thumb: if you wouldn’t want to crawl in there, the foxes will be happy.

I am not proposing that you plant thickets in your back yard, just allow a little more wildness in the interest of better ecology. Planting or allowing wild areas encourages natural pest management. You provide habitat, nesting sites, food and water sources, and protective cover to promote higher-order members of the food chain.

On a rural property, it can be a hedgerow. In your yard, it can just be a corner where you let things grow naturally, perhaps with a water feature, and make some strategic plant choices for beneficial insects and wildlife.

You can: ■ Encourage native, overwintering, reproducing populations of ladybugs (convergent ladybird beetle), which eat aphids.

■ Increase populations of leatherwing beetles, which eat aphids.

■ Encourage native, grounddwelling bees for pollination, and help conserve the species.

DON SHOR/COURTESY PHOTOS

Grevilleas are Australian native shrubs with great drought tolerance, very well adapted to our climate. Some, such as Pink Pearl, shown here, get quite large and have prickly needle-like leaves. Below, stingless male digger bees are clustered on the bloom of a Verbena.

■ Provide habitat for songbirds, some of which feed on garden pests.

■ Provide food sources and habitat for the gregarious birds, the scrub jays and mockingbirds, which eat larger insects as part of their diets.

■ Provide resting and larval habitat for dragonflies, which eat whiteflies.

It’s pretty simple. Birds like a safe place where they can rest, hidden. They like berries and insects to eat, preferably near dense shrubbery. Ladybird beetles benefit from winter moisture on grasses. Ground dwelling bees need open soil, without mulch. Dragonflies like water for their larvae, and the adults like sticks to sit on.

How it works The leaf-footed bug is an increasing pest in our area.

Twenty years ago, I’d see a couple of samples in the summer, whereas now they are brought to me every week from spring through fall. They are in the category of large bugs known as stinkbugs. Squash one and you’ll understand the name.

Stinkbugs mostly have broad host ranges (i.e., they attack a lot of kinds

of plants).

The leaffooted bug has a powerful proboscis that it pokes into soft fruit such as tomatoes and peaches, as well as soft green almonds and even pomegranates.

Pomegranate trees are one of the places you’re likeliest to find them. They are a congregating insect, meaning that they gather in groups, especially as the weather cools.

Most of the damage to soft fruit, occurring when the tomatoes and peaches are nearly ripe, is barely noticeable. You may see a slight blemish at the point of the poke. If there are large numbers of them

attacking green fruit, the fruit can be unsightly or fail to develop.

With pomegranates, they like to suck the juices out of a few of the little red arils inside, and sometimes introduce spoilage organisms into the fruit such that you find the pomegranate rotten inside when you cut it open. Usually the yield of good fruit far exceeds the number of damaged ones.

In a garden with lots of birds, you rarely have a significant problem with these pests. Mockingbirds and scrub jays eat bugs in the summer, in their mixed diets of small fruits and seeds and insects. So, if you have a lot of leaf-footed bugs, try to encourage these larger birds. My small mulberry trees draw the birds to the garden, and then I watch as they move from the mulberries to the nearby tomato vines, ducking in and out as they search for bugs.

What birds want The key is to provide food sources, such as the

mulberries, for the birds, along with some shrubs that are dense enough to provide them with cover.

Examples of shrubs that produce berries eaten by birds are mahonias and barberries, native and ornamental currants (Ribes), native wild

Mulching with leaves The website of Pacific Horticulture magazine has an outstanding resource for gardeners wishing to encourage native and beneficial insects. They provide insight as to how to encourage the leatherwing beetles, which are voracious aphid eaters: “Encouraging a resident population of soldier beetles is easy in gardens. Choose suitable flowers to bloom over a long season. Any habitat garden must include a water source; soldier beetles are particularly known to frequent moist habitats. It is important to the life cycle of soldier beetles (and many other beneficial organisms) that they have undisturbed, mulched soil in which to pupate, so include permanent perennial plantings in gardens.

A fragile and important community thrives at the interface between soil and organic matter.

In permanent plantings, avoid raking and add organic material to the surface of the beds as needed to keep the soil in good fertility.”

I have always lived with very large shade trees, and we just rake up the leaves in fall and spread them around perennials and shrubs nearby to decompose through the rainy season. This provides for an abundance of leatherwing beetles and eliminates aphids.

The larvae live one to three years, so having some

undisturbed areas where leaves and compost are breaking down steadily and continuously is crucial to their lifecycle. This requires some water.

In xeric landscapes with underground drip irrigation, provide some areas watered by aboveground microsprinklers for sufficient moisture.

Or not to mulch ...

Much has been made of the problems faced by European honeybees. But less attention has been paid to our native pollinator species, including bees that live in the ground.

While I advocate for

mulching to improve the soil, shade roots, and retain soil moisture, some of these grounddwelling native bee species require open soil areas. Leaving part of your landscape unmulched can be vital to retaining their habitat.

California natives Having some California native plants in your landscape can encourage specialized pollinators. Many can be touchy about our heavy soil and high summer temperatures. The following California native plant choices are adaptable, can be left unattended, have reasonable drought tolerance, and host insects and birds.

Yankee Point wild lilac (Ceanothus griseus horizontalis ‘Yankee Point’). One of the most adaptable of the California wild lilacs. Most flounder in our dense soils and hot climate, but this one has proven successful in a wide range of habitats. Spreads several feet, spring blooms attract bees of all kinds, and the small fruit attracts songbirds.

Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia). Native to the oak woodlands of California, the flowers attract pollinators and beneficials and the berries attract larger birds.

One of the most adaptable of our native shrubs.

Matilija poppy (Romneya coulteri). Southern California native that thrives here. The big fried-egg flowers float atop a vigorous plant which spreads by rhizomes. Scads of pollen, easily accessible, attracts bees of all types.

Elderberry (Sambucus mexicana). A great big plant with tropical-looking leaves. Lush when watered, but tolerates drought. Flowers attract beneficials, berries are eaten by all kinds of wildlife and people.

Catalina perfume (Ribes viburnifolium). A native low spreader for shade. The tiny flowers attract hummingbirds.

Pretty much indestructible.

Sages (Salvia clevelandii, S. sonomensis, and hybrids). The sages draw large bees and hummingbirds. Our native species mostly bloom in spring, while the southwestern species bloom in summer and fall. I often find all stages of ladybird beetles on my native sages. The California natives need room to spread.

Very tolerant of drought and heat.

Willows are great for beneficial insects, as they provide pollen on blooms that come very early. But most of the native species are too big and breakable for a typical yard. Non-native types are more attractive and manageable garden plants. Salix caprea, a large shrub commonly called pussy willow, is used in flower arrangements for the interesting fuzzy buds. It grows quite easily.

Willows can take poor, wet soils, as well as some drought once established.

— Don Shor and his family have owned the Redwood Barn Nursery since 1981. He can be reached at redbarn@omsoft.com.

Archived articles are available on The Enterprise website, and they are always available (all the way back to 1999) on its business website, www.redwoodbarn.com.

Tour the Yolo Bypass flood system Special to The Enterprise The Sacramento River, between Davis and Sacramento, historically experienced major floods, turning the Sacramento Valley into an inland sea of floodwaters.

The city of Sacramento, as well as many other cities and farms in the Sacramento Valley, are now protected from this flooding by the Yolo Bypass and other parts of an extensive flood control system.

Join Marc Hoshovsky to explore several key sites in the Yolo Basin to learn how this flood control system works. The group will carpool to the Fremont Weir, located at the floodwater entrance of the Yolo Bypass, and the Sacramento Weir, the last diversion of the Sacramento River upstream of Sacramento.

Along the way, participants will learn about the history of flooding in the area, how local people either adapted or fought back against the flow, and how the present-day flood control system was developed.

Central Valley Floodway Conservation Plan, a key component of the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan. He has degrees in ecology and geology, and has a passion for local history and nature photography.

Participants will enjoy lunch at the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Headquarters in Davis.

After lunch, the group will visit the floodway along lower Putah Creek and areas south where the Yolo Bypass waters flow uncontrolled on the west side.

This workshop begins at the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area Headquarters office.

It is one of Yolo Basin Foundation’s Explorer Series events, and all proceeds support the Foundation’s wetlands and wildlife education for people of all ages.

Hoshovsky is a retired naturalist who worked as a conservation planner for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Department of Water Resources for more than 30 years. He led the development of DWR’s

The cost is $100 per person and the workshop is limited to 20 participants.

To register and see the full list of scheduled events, visit yolobasin.org/ explorer. To register by phone, please call Yolo Basin Foundation at 530757-3780.

MARC HOSHOVSKY/COURTESY PHOTO

Local naturalist Marc Hoshovsky will lead a Yolo Bypass flood system tour on Saturday, May 9.

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