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Latest election results show Measure G pulling ahead Provenza, Deos headed toward runoff

BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer

Supporters of Measure G — the Davis schools parcel tax — had something to celebrate on Friday: with about 4,078 ballots still to be counted by the county

elections office, Measure G had inched above the two-thirds threshold required for passage.

The ballot measure would implement a $198 per year parcel tax to increase teacher salaries in the Davis school district.

Since the morning after the March 3 election, when support for Measure G stood at 65.06 percent, that percentage has inched up with the release of each batch of results and stood at 67.31 percent on Friday.

Among the ballots still to be counted are 2,745 provisional ballots, 796 conditional ballots,

33 vote-by-mail ballots and 504 ballots that are damaged, need to be remade or require further review. How many of those ballots are from the city of Davis or the Davis Joint Unified School District was not released.

The elections office said it expects to announce final results on April 8.

SEE RESULTS, PAGE A4

County at 16 cases of COVID-19

Shelly Bailes, right, and Ellen Pontac serve cake in 2014 to well-wishers at the County Administration Building in Woodland. In contrast to previous years, when same-sex couples would be denied at the County Clerk/ Recorder’s Office to apply for a marriage license, this waswas a celebration of marriage equality.

Pontac, a longtime community activist, died on March 15 at 78.

Testing capacity still limited

BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer

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Davis loses equality icon Activist and volunteer Ellen Pontac passes away

BY JEFF HUDSON Enterprise staff writer Ellen Pontac, a popular and prominent local activist and community volunteer, died on March 15, 2020.

Pontac — born in Hollywood on Dec. 12, 1941 — passed away at her Davis home with her wife, Shelly Bailes, and her two daughters (Kari and Stacey ) at her bedside.

Bailes recalled “Ellen’s beau-

tiful smile would light up a room. Ellen was an avid volunteer for Davis Community Meals, the Mondavi Center (as an usher), Compassion & Choices, active in protesting the Iraq war, marched with Code Pink for International Women’s Day, and fought for disability rights, along with many other causes ... Ellen’s bravery has been an inspiration to many.”

Ellen Pontac was also active

of that year, when California voters enacted Proposition 8, banning such marriages once again.

in the gay rights movement.

Following a court decision that cleared the way for two women (or two men) to marry, Pontac and Shelly Bailes were one of the first gay couples to marry in California in 2008.

The window was open briefly in June 2008 when the California Supreme Court ruled the state’s same-sex marriage ban was unconstitutional. That window stayed open until November

But Bailes and Pontac were first in line in Yolo County when that window opened, and those 2008 marriages remained legal even after Proposition 8 passed.

They were together 46 years.

Gavin Newsom invited the couple to speak at the state Democratic Convention in 2014, and they were featured in a Hillary Clinton campaign

SEE PONTAC, PAGE A4

BY JEFF HUDSON Enterprise staff writer The Davis school district’s teachers and staff are working on launching “distance learning,” with students working from home, starting when the present school closure ends on Monday, April 13, according to a message sent to families by Superintendent John Bowes on Friday.

“All of the Davis public schools remain closed in accordance with Gov. Newsom’s stay-at-home order, as California prepares for a possible surge of the COVID-19 virus in the coming weeks,” Bowes said.

While the district adjusts to what may be a new normal, it has been working hard to address inquiries from students, staff and parents about its next steps.

These include questions about supporting the most vulnerable students, providing

meals for children and how younger students might participate in online learning experiences. The district is also looking at procedures for grading and reports cards, course credits, transcripts and college applications, and end-of-year events like prom and graduation.

“In time, we will have answers to all of these questions and others” Bowes said.

“We thank you for your patience and understanding as we tackle the issues within our jurisdiction and adapt to and mitigate for those matters beyond our control.”

Distance learning Anticipating that schools may remain closed for a longer duration, the school district has shifted efforts from providing Phase 1 Learning@Home resources to the

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Yolo County reported five additional confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus on Friday, bringing the total of positive tests here to 16. One person has died.

The new cases are in two adults who acquired the virus through travel and three adults — one over age 65 with underlying health conditions — who acquired the virus in the community. All five are isolating at home.

The increase in confirmed cases comes amid what county health officials have said remains very limited testing.

“Testing capacity remains a huge challenge,” Dr. Ron Chapman, the county’s health officer, said last week.

“We’re running short of even the specialized swabs that you use to put

SEE COUNTY, PAGE A4

UCD student, faculty member test positive

BY CALEB HAMPTON Enterprise staff writer

development of “Phase 2,” a long-term distance-learning program.

The program has been in development for two weeks and can be launched, if necessary, on April 13.

“In the last week, our teachers, leaders, and instructional coaches have led this important transition,” Bowes said. “They have committed tremendous time and energy to organize course content and participated in DJUSD-designed professional development modules.”

Next week, educators will receive digital technology support through targeted professional development about the online platforms to build virtual courses, collaborate with colleagues and engage with students remotely.

A UC Davis faculty member and a student have tested positive for COVID-19, UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May announced Friday. They are the first two members of the UCD community the campus has announced to have the virus. Both acquired COVID-19 through travel and have since returned to the United States.

The UCD faculty member acquired symptoms on March 19 after returning from Europe. The individual has not been on campus since March 5 and is currently self-isolating at home. “For privacy reasons, we cannot release personally identifying information, but the faculty member has informed their departmental colleagues of the diagnosis and is currently self-isolating at home,” May stated.

The student also acquired the virus in Europe. The individual was

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School district moves to distance learning

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The latest batch of results changed nothing in either of the contested Yolo County Board of Supervisors races.

Woodland City Councilman Angel Barajas continues to lead Supervisor Duane Chamberlain in the 5th District, where Barajas

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Briefly Woodland police investigate pair of shootings

BY LAUREN KEENE Enterprise staff writer Shots rang out at least twice in Woodland this week, with several people being fired at during one of the incidents, police said.

The first occurred shortly before 10 p.m.

Tuesday near Everman Memorial Park at Cottage and Sixth streets, according to Sgt. Dallas Hyde.

“Officers arrived on scene to discover that an unknown subject had exited the passenger side of a vehicle that stopped in front of a residence in the 1000 block of Sixth Street and fired several shots,” Hyde said. “The shots were in the direction of three subjects, one female and two males.

Evidence of a shooting were located on scene, but only one of the victims remained on scene after the shooting.”

Two days later, at about 9 p.m. Thursday, officers responded to reports of shots fired at Fifth and North streets, arriving to find “evidence that a shooting occurred” including a bullet strike in a vehicle door 40 yards to the east, Hyde said. No injuries were reported.

Neither the suspects nor the motives for the crimes have been identified, Hyde said. Anyone with information about either incident is urged to contact the Woodland Police Department at 530666-2411.

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y family’s connection with UC Davis goes back to the fall of 1951 when my dad, at age 40, decided to resume his educational aspirations, which had been interrupted by his participation in World War II. Why he decided to move his family nearly 600 miles south from the bustling city of Portland to the tiny town of Davis and the agricultural campus of the University of California remains a mystery to this day.

In those days, “Toomey” was the name of the athletic director, not the football field. On Saturday nights in September and October and early November, a mascot named Ollie Mustang would rouse the home crowd when Chico State or Nevada or Humboldt State or the Cal Ramblers came to town.

My dad finished his studies in 1958, then just two years later my oldest sister entered UC Davis as a freshman. I followed four years later, graduating in 1968. Thirty years after, to the very day, my oldest daughter earned her UC Davis diploma.

And the tradition continued last fall when daughter No. 2 began

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her studies at UC Davis, unaware of the dramatic challenges that she and her fellow Aggies would face as the coronavirus hit the state of California full force.

As UC Davis parents, my wife, Shelley, and I, along with Aggie parents all across the country, on Friday received a long letter from Chancellor Gary May. After explaining that the campus community has “planned for everything we could think of,” the chancellor acknowledged with great humility, “We don’t have all the answers.”

In other words, being asked to pivot on a dime to radically change the educational model for 40,000 students will not come without a hiccup or two along the way. But the job will get done and the core educational goals will be

realized. And then some.

Noted the chancellor, “While this quarter will be like no other we have seen at UC Davis, it is also a sign of our resilience. We have suspended campus operations and yet we go on, we persevere, we continue our mission. We should take great pride — Aggie Pride — in that.”

Chancellor May is relatively new to UC Davis, but after reading that last sentence I knew why the regents had selected this man to lead the campus we all love.

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is letter, one part inspiration and one part practical, outlined the many steps the campus is taking to make this incredible upheaval as smooth as possible, always keeping the health and welfare of students and the campus community as the first priority.

As the campus moves to distance learning for the foreseeable future, the chancellor wants to be sure that every student has the resources necessary to make the switch. To that end, UCD has instituted a loaner laptop program and is working to guarantee that every student has excellent Wi-Fi.

“The Academic Senate recognizes the stresses that students and instructors are currently facing in their academic and personal lives,” the chancellor added, pointing out changes to pass/no pass grading and other options available to students.

Numerous campus resources are available to support the mental and physical well being of those who call UC Davis home, from counseling services to the Academic and Staff Assistance Program to workout and nutrition advice posted by Campus Recreation.

Noting the tremendous challenges that instituting these changes on such short order involves, Chancellor May promised, “All of us are determined to see that our students receive the education they deserve.”

He concluded with that twoword exclamation that warms the hearts of California Aggies everywhere.

“Go Ags!” Indeed.

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SCHOOL: Connections for all kids POSITIVE: Both cases From Page A1 The distance-learning program will provide : ■ Opportunities for virtual contact with classmates and teacher ■ Teacher “Office hours” ■ Directed instruction from teacher ■ Independent work activities to supplement teacher instruction ■ Designated time for English Learner and Special Education support “We continued to be interested in parent and community feedback,” Bowes said. “If you have ideas to share about Distance Learning in DJUSD, please email instservices@ djusd.net.”

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While not all courses for every grade level will be exclusively online, the district aims for all students to have internet access and

the tools necessary to participate.

The Technology Department has a check-out process for district-owned Chromebooks — intended for families in need, who do not have a connection to the internet or a device at home for their students.

Families who would like to request a Chromebook, should visit a check-out station Monday through Friday, between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., until April 3. Bring the child’s Student ID number (lunch number).

Chromebook check-out locations include Harper Junior High, Patwin Elementary and Montgomery Elementary.

“We are also working to provide a solution for homes without internet access,” Bowes said. Contact 530-757-5300, Ext. 117, for this support. For information and updated frequently asked questions, with information in

English and Spanish, visit the district’s Chromebook and Internet Access webpage.

Meal service The school district will continue to serve meals to children, 18 and under, through Spring Break and until school reopens. Meal packages include lunch for the current day and breakfast for the next morning.

Meal service runs Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Montgomery Elementary, 1441 Danbury St.; Harper Junior High, 4000 E. Covell Blvd.; Davis Senior High, pick up in the parking lot off Oak Avenue, behind the All Student Center; and Patwin Elementary, 2222 Shasta Drive.

Identification is not required for meal pick up.

Updates will be posted on the school district’s COVID-19 website.

City extends deadline on Huynh Awards Special to The Enterprise The city of Davis announced on Thursday that the nomination deadline for the annual Thong Hy Huynh Awards submission has been extended to Friday, April 17.

The city of Davis Human Relations Commission is seeking nominations for this year's Thong Hy Huynh Memorial Awards.

The award was established to acknowledge the racially motivated stabbing death of high school student Thong Hy Huynh on the Davis Senior High School campus in 1983.

“The Thong Hy Huynh Award honors individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions in addressing or improving civil and human rights issues in the community,” Mayor Brett Lee said.

Nominations may be submitted in any of the following five categories: ■ Lifetime Achievement Awarded for significant civil rights efforts over a long period of time while improving the quality of life in Davis. The recipient

may be an individual or community organization.

■ Young Humanitarian Awarded to an individual or group in grades K-16 (elementary through undergraduate or equivalent) for significant efforts in improving the quality of life in Davis. Nominees have directly addressed the needs of specific groups.

■ Excellence in Community Involvement Generally awarded to a business or nonprofit organization, and occasionally a community individual that has a record of significant efforts improving the quality of life for Davis residents through the areas of health, human services,

housing, education or employment.

■ Civil Rights Advocacy Awarded to an individual, community organization or business for significant efforts in the community and achievement in speaking on behalf of and giving voice to the disadvantaged and disempowered.

■ Public Servant of the Year Awarded to a local public servant who has promoted positive human relations in our multicultural and diverse community.

Award nomination forms and more information are online at www. cityofdavis.org.

self-isolating at home From Page A1 studying abroad in Spain and tested positive after returning. “They had been studying abroad since summer last year, apart from a brief visit to campus in early January. The student is currently selfisolating at home,” May said.

Earlier this month, UCD and the UC Education Abroad Program suspended all study-abroad programs through summer. Roughly 1,300 UCD students study abroad each year across 30 different counties, according to the UCD Global Learning Hub. “Messages are being sent to students in all of these programs with further details, next steps to take, and how the Global Learning Hub within Global Affairs will support students during this transition,” the Global Learning Hub said in a statement.

Without additional information about the cases, which has not been released out of respect for the individuals’ privacy, it is unclear whether the student and faculty member returned to homes in Davis or elsewhere, and whether

they were tested in Yolo County and are included in the county’s list of cases.

Yolo County confirmed two cases on Friday, both of which acquired COVID-19 through travel, had no underlying issues and were isolating at home. The county described the individuals as an adult over 65 years old and a middleaged adult.

As of Saturday, there were a total of 16 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Yolo County, five of which were reported over the past 48 hours. Since early March, local public health officials have said there is evidence indicating the virus is widespread in Yolo County. The official count remains low due in part to the limited availability of testing.

“It is likely that more cases will be confirmed in our community,” May said.

“It is crucial to continue practicing social distancing, following the guidelines from Yolo County public health, the state and CDC to avoid private and public gatherings of any size outside of your family or living unit, and to limit our travel outside the house to essential needs.”

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Thank you, doctors.

All day, every day.

But especially today.

For the way you listen and then patiently explain, we thank you. For taking the time to advise, and having the heart to reassure, we thank you. For the commitment that never stops and the compassion that knows no bounds, we thank you.

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COUNTY: Dealing with incomplete data RESULTS: Counting From Page A1 in people’s noses to obtain samples,” Chapman told the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. “We’re running into shortages of the vials that we put the swabs in to send to labs.

“I’ve not met anyone who has been able to explain to me why we have such incredibly limited capacity to test in this country,” he added.

But given the limited capacity, Chapman said, “people should not, with mild illness, be demanding to have those tests. They’re simply not available.”

And testing through private companies brings an additional set of problems, he said.

“There are multiple different kinds of tests out there that are being created by private laboratories, private companies,” he said.

“Each one is different. Each one has different reliability levels.”

In fact, he said, 40 percent of some of those tests are resulting in false negatives.

“So that doesn’t provide any reassurance when you get the test done because it’s negative but there’s a 40-percent chance that you’re actually positive,” Chapman said.

“We’re having lots of challenges with this so we have restricted the testing to the sickest people in nursing homes and hospitals where there’s a risk of the infection spreading in those institutions. We prioritize healthcare workers and first responders for testing and folks who have underlying chronic health problems that are at risk,” said Chapman.

“But in general, most folks that are sick ... don’t

need to get tested.”

Additionally, Chapman said with all the commercial labs that are now running tests for private providers, he has no sense of how many tests are actually being done.

“They are not required to notify us when they order a test, only when it’s positive,” he told supervisors on Tuesday.

Delivery option Non-essential businesses in Yolo County, meanwhile, were thrown a bit of a lifeline on Friday when the county announced they may process online and phone orders for home delivery, even while their physical locations must remain closed to the public.

The decision came with the recognition that the longer people remain at home under the shelter-inplace order, the more “nonessential” items will start to become essential, according to a press release.

“As an added layer to help keep residents at home and support local businesses during this time, non-essential businesses will be allowed to make home deliveries,” the county announced.

“This is a very difficult time,” said Chapman. “People and businesses are making huge sacrifices to keep everyone healthy and safe (and) as the COVID-19 virus continues to spread it becomes even more important for people to stay home.

“To support people staying at home,” he said, “the county has decided to allow deliveries from local businesses.”

Yolo County residents still need to follow the shelter-in-place order that

“People and businesses are making huge sacrifices to keep everyone healthy.”

Dr. Ron Chapman County health officer went into effect March 19 and is scheduled to continue through April 7. That includes practicing social distancing as much as possible, including keeping children at home.

“The benefits to allowing local deliveries is threefold,” said Yolo County Board of Supervisors Chair Gary Sandy.

“One, it enables individuals to continue sheltering in place, thus maintaining their health and safety; secondly, it reduces the number of individuals who are out moving around the community potentially spreading the virus or exposing themselves to it; and, finally, it enables a sector of our struggling local economy to resume business activities which provide employment and services.

“We believe this is a prudent and practical decision.”

Special meeting The Board of Supervisors will receive an update on COVID-19’s impact on the county as well as the county’s response at a special meeting scheduled for Tuesday.

The meeting, beginning at 9 a.m., will once again be accessible by video and phone conference.

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isn’t over quite yet From Page A1 has 51.88 percent to the longtime incumbent’s 48.12 percent. The morning after the election, Barajas trailed Chamberlain but moved in front following the last batch of results.

The race in the 4th District, meanwhile, still appears headed for a runoff.

Supervisor Jim Provenza of Davis leads the three-way race with 49.07 percent of the vote but needs 50 percent plus one more vote in order to avoid a runoff in November. Linda Deos, whom he would face in a runoff, currently has 37.48 percent, followed by David Abramson with 13.44 percent.

The one race that has never been in doubt is Measure Q, the city of Davis sales tax renewal which required only a majority vote for passage.

The morning after the March 3 election, Measure Q was ahead with 80.27 percent of the vote and as of Friday, had 82.60 percent.

The ballot measure will renew the city’s 1-cent sales tax — last approved by voters in 2014 — to pay for police and firefighter salaries, the costs of parks and recreation programs and road and bike path maintenance.

Shelly Bailes and Ellen Pontac react after their June 2008 marriage in Woodland.

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Frances C. McPherson May 25, 1927 — March 20, 2020

A resident of Howell, Mich., for 50 years, Frances (Francie) C. McPherson died on March 20, 2020, in Ventura.

Though she lived in California for the last 20 of her 92 years, she always considered Howell home. Howell was where she raised her family, devoted herself to civic organizations, and cultivated her deepest friendships.

With her marriage to Edward G. McPherson at 23, she became a part of one of Howell’s pioneering families. Francie and Ed enjoyed 53 years together until Ed’s death in 2003.

Born May 25, 1927, in Detroit, Francie received her primary and secondary education in Highland Park before attending Denison University in Granville, Ohio. She left Denison after two years and graduated from the University of Michigan in 1949. She then taught school in Howell for several years before she and Ed started their family.

Her children include Greg McPherson of Davis, Mark McPherson of Seattle, Jean McPherson of Ventura and Douglas McPherson of Los Angeles.

Francie actively involved herself in the education of her children, serving as classroom parent, tutor, and leader of many field trips. She was a mother who never missed her children’s sporting events, concerts, or recitals. For years she served as a volunteer at Howell’s first and only hospital, the

All of the revenue raised — an estimated $9 million annually — stays in Davis and, according to the City Council, covers the majority of the city’s costs for public safety personnel as well as about two-thirds of the cost of maintaining the parks system and recreation program.

The Yolo County elections office plans to release final election results on April 8, which would be two weeks earlier than currently required. The deadline for county elections offices to certify their results was pushed back three weeks by the governor in response to the statewide “shelter-in-place” order.

That order left the Yolo County elections office — along with elections offices throughout the state — with fewer employees to complete the task of counting remaining ballots.

A reduced staff in the Woodland office nonetheless managed to count a lot of ballots in the last week.

All told, the office has tallied 61,281 ballots cast

by Yolo County voters in the March 3 presidential primary and has a little over 4,000 to go.

For full results, visit https://www.yoloelection s.org/election-returns.

McPherson Community Health Center, eventually serving on the Board of Trustees. She became a leader of Friends of the Carnegie Library and organized the annual book sale.

With her family she traveled the world, returning often to France, her favorite destination. Athletic and sporty for a woman of her generation, she enjoyed tennis, loved figure skating and cross-country skiing, and became a good enough golfer to win the women’s championship at Chemung Hills Country Club. She was never happier, though, than when she was in or on water, from swimming to sailing and canoeing. She did all three at Walloon Lake during a half century of annual summer visits to Camp Michigania, the University of Michigan Alumni Family Camp.

In 2000, Francie moved from Howell to University Retirement Community in Davis, where frequent visits from her 11 grandchildren gave her great joy. She will be remembered for her generous spirit, lust for life and loving soul. She served as an endlessly curious and loving mother and grandmother, anchoring the lives of her family. Her warmth and positivity won her many dear friends. Her enthusiastic and uncomplaining spirit lives on in those whose lives she touched.

A tree will be planted in her honor at the TREE Davis Memorial Grove in Davis, California, this spring.

PONTAC: Influence felt beyond Davis From Page A1 video in 2015. Pontac and Bailes started the Yolo County Gay Pride Day, and attended hundreds of protests and rallies across the country, including protests in Washington, D.C. Photos of Ellen Pontac and Shelly Bailes exchanging vows have appeared in a variety of textbooks, and photos of them

have also been in publications including Newsweek, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle and more.

Ellen is survived by her three children: Kari Taggard, Stacey Okino, and Jeff Caplan, and grandchildren Josh, Kyle and Daniel. A celebration of life will be held at a later date.

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Frances Cook Lawyer May 5, 1953 — March 11, 2020

Francie Lawyer passed away on March 11 after a short battle with esophageal cancer at age 66. Her family and friends will miss her greatly.

Frances Ann Cook was born and raised in Marin County in Mill Valley. She had wonderful memories of her childhood with her parents, Bob and Lori Cook, and older sister, Linda. As a teenager, she decided to get rid of her heavy and hard-to-transport string bass and traded it for the comparably light and pocket-sized flute, starting a life-time relationship with an instrument in which she would excel. She graduated as the valedictorian of her Tamalpais High School class and set off to pursue her interests in science.

She attended UC Davis starting in 1971, majoring in genetics. Francie spent her junior year abroad at the University of Edinburgh. One of her Scotland colleagues, Duncan, had a roommate at Davis from his freshman and senior years, Artie Lawyer. Through this connection, Artie and Francie met, played flute and clarinet duets together, fell in love, and started a life-long partnership in 1975. Francie and Artie were married on May 29, 1976.

Francie and Artie spent their first four years at Yale in New Haven, Conn., where Artie was in graduate school. Francie worked in the laboratory of Frank Ruddle, where new techniques of molecular and cellular biology were being developed.

During these years, Francie also took flute lessons from Daniel Nyfenger and played in the Yale ensembles.

They returned to the Bay Area in 1979 for Artie’s postdoc and decided to focus their career opportunities around Francie’s sought-after skills in laboratory techniques. Francie joined Cetus Corporation working in the new and exciting area of genetic engineering. She worked on many projects at Cetus, which became Roche Molecular Systems. Ultimately, Francie was on the team that was key in the development of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) — used to amplify DNA and now widely used to identify small amounts of specific DNA for “fingerprinting.” Francie authored several publications and was an inventor in the patent for the DNA polymerase

molecule, the “Molecule of the Year” and “Patent of the Year” in 1989 and 1990, respectively.

Francie lived the ultimate work/ life balance — always centered around her family. Her son Lewis came into her life in 1983, followed four years later by her daughter Emily. After 10 years living in the Montclair hills of Oakland, Francie “retired” from her science career and moved with her family to Davis, where they have lived happily ever since.

Francie immediately started connecting with her new community, first with the “coffee group,” a group of women who, like Francie, had recently left professional careers to focus on their family and community.

Ultimately, Francie became active in many organizations, becoming president of the Davis Bridge Educational Foundation, the Friends of Mondavi and the Willowbank Club among other focuses.

Importantly, Francie was able to rekindle her love for the flute and piccolo once in Davis. She has been an active member of numerous flute ensembles including,

Flutes!, the Camellia City Flute Choir and FluteSong4, and has played in several regional orchestras, building a strong group of flute-friends that have enriched her life.

Her smile, her warmth, her humble brilliance, her wit, her calm stability, her fundamental belief in doing the right thing and the deep love that she had for her family will live on in our memories. She was an impressive gardener and cook.

Finally, as a mom and grandmother, Francie was the best. She was nurturing, patient, joyful, supportive, thorough, thoughtful and above all, loving.

Francie is survived by her husband Artie, her son Lewis and his wife Laurie and their daughter Telia Lawyer of Cambridge, England, her daughter Emily and her husband Andrew and their daughter Penelope Wainacht of Crockett, Calif., and her sister Linda Schmidt of Davis.

A celebration of Francie’s life will be postponed until later this summer due to the current challenges with traveling and congregating. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Cazadero Music Camp.

We will miss her forever.

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SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2020 A5

Davis builder invests in Green science Special to The Enterprise

Clockwise from left: Eisele Construction carpenters use the resource-efficient “advanced framing” method.

Local builder John Eisele may very well be a diamond in the rough. A through-and-through local, the owner of Eisele Construction Inc. has been building for the 21st Century for almost 30 years and has gone almost unnoticed.

Raised in Davis, Eisele has been building for the 21st century while amassing knowledge in the process.

He is an award-winning builder who has gone beyond green with his knowledge and accolades.

The “airtightdrywall approach” prevents leakage into the attic by caulking cracks between drywall and top plates.

A sheet metal termite shield is installed and sealed between the foundation and wood framing.

Word-of-mouth Eisele doesn’t use big marketing campaigns or even have a website yet. He relies on word-of-mouth and newspaper advertising. With a small office and staff, he is able to give his customers a more personable service.

“My customers can reach me anytime and see me nearly every day,” Eisele said. “Most all of my past customers still ask me what projects I’m working on or tell me what they’re up to. I cherish talking with them and welcome their feedback. It’s like having friends for life with every job,” he said.

This is how he has kept busy for the last 30 years.

Investing in “Green” Back in 2008-09 when the housing market was in turmoil, Eisele focused his energy on ways to improve his bottom line. He became involved in the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) — an Obama-era program through the Energy Department that trains contractors to weatherize homes that use excessive energy. Homeowners could then get financial help with upgrades through the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program by using a certified contractor.

That led Eisele into the “Home Performance” process that uses building science and the Whole-House Systems Approach to understand the importance of the relationships between, heating, cooling, ventilation, plumbing, electrical, thermal envelope, air barrier, moisture barrier, appliances and occupants.

When properly applied cohesively, safety, durability, air quality, comfort and energy savings come together. When done individually, they could either help, or put one’s health and home in danger.

In 2010 Eisele became certified as a Building Analyst and an Envelope Professional after completing Building Performance Institute courses and hands-on testing.

“From that point, everything I built was for the right reason and backed by science,” Eisele said.

Eisele also focused on green building that brought an exponential growth of his career. He joined Build It Green and became a Certified Green Building Professional, then a GreenPoint Rater for new homes. The following year he added Existing Single Family Homes and Home Performance to his credentials.

Continuing green he then became the 125th GreenCertified Professional

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through the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI).

As a member of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), he became a Certified Green Professional and then went on to become a National Green Verifier.

“I continue to build green every day and have never looked back,” Eisele said. “During my green building education, there was also some crossover.

Part of making a house and community more user-friendly, you need to be able to accommodate all those around you.”

In 2010, John became a NAHB Certified Aging-inPlace Specialist, and studied with NARI to be a Universal Design Certified Professional.”

Blower door testing determines a home’s air infiltration rate to detect air leaks that could then be mitigated. Recycling is important requirement that is often overlooked.

“I look at how we build today and think about how the customer will use it tomorrow,” Eisele said. “It’s important to consider

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remodeling as more people stay in their homes longer.”

Applying new concepts “Everything I do, I have to stop and think, ‘Is there a better way? Are we saving or wasting? What’s the payback?’ are just a few of the questions I ask myself,” Eisele said.

“Looking at customers’ projects, I am able to identify potential problems and solve some issues as well,” he said. “Having the knowledge of green building and aging-in-place has a huge impact of how I build. I am always looking out for ways to build sustainable, durable, lowmaintenance buildings for customers that won’t make them sick or cost too much.

“Every project is different, but that’s the beauty of having the ability to change the world one job at a time,” Eisele said.

“Given we are in unchartered territory with the ‘shelter in place’ requirements, now is a great time to contact your local builder. Depending on how long we are all quarantined, there may be a baby boom in nine months — you may need that new nursery, in-laws quarters or an ADU (accessory dwelling unit) for some unexpected family growth.”

— John Eisele can be reached at 530-756-6061 or Eisele-construct@ sbcglobal.net. A website will be launched this spring.

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How to clean when short of supplies Special to The Enterprise In light of concerns about COVID-19, various health organizations have issued specific instructions on how to maintain personal safety and cleanliness. These recommendations involve using common household products to sanitize homes, offices and public spaces.

As people take such precautions, many are stocking up on extra essentials — resulting in shortages.

Everything from hand sanitizers to paper towels may be hard to find on grocery store shelves, leaving some to wonder what they can do to remain safe without sanitizers?

The Environmental Protection Agency states that coronaviruses are some of the easiest types of viruses to kill because they have an envelope around them that enables them to merge with other cells and infect them. If that protective coating can be disrupted, the virus can’t do its job. For those having trouble finding well-known cleaning agents, these alternatives may suffice.

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Hydrogen peroxide As people clear isopropyl (rubbing alcohol) off the shelves, do not discount

hydrogen peroxide. The CDC says household hydrogen peroxide at 3-percent concentration can deactivate rhinovirus, the virus that causes the common cold, within six to eight minutes of contact.

Coronavirus is easier to destroy than rhinovirus, so hydrogen peroxide may be effective at combatting that virus as well.

Natural items can be used for general cleaning, but have not been

White vinegar, baking soda pastes and citrus oils and juices could fill the void of chemically based cleansers for other home tasks.

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Why is my house so dusty?

Special to The Enterprise Spring is a season of rebirth and renewal. As trees and flowers bloom anew, many people get renewed vigor to tackle projects in and around the house.

Spring cleaning projects can take on many forms, from garage overhauls to washing the interiors and exteriors of windows.

According to the 2019 American Cleaning Institute National Cleaning Survey conducted by Wakefield Research, 77 percent of households surveyed commit to spring clean projects every year.

Dust is a formidable foe during spring cleaning projects.

Dust is unsightly and dust mites can trigger allergic reactions. But many homeowners lament that, once they dust, dust returns in a flash. Dust may seem like a never-ending nuisance, but there are some ways to mitigate dust for more than just a few hours.

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Dry dusting can simply spread dust around. Use a wet cloth to catch dust and remove it.

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Invest in a better vacuum cleaner Vacuuming carpets can release and resuspend dust and allergens that were trapped in carpeting and throw rugs, advises the Queensland University of Technology. Traditional vacuums may toss that dust into the air rather than remove it. However, vacuums with HEPA (high efficiency particulate air) filters can catch particles at .3 microns in size or larger at an efficiency rating of 99.97 percent. Another solution is to switch to hard-surface flooring, which is less likely to trap dust.

According to Kadi Dulude, owner of the New York-based Wizard of Homes cleaning service, HVAC filters are supposed to trap particles that flow through the air and the heating and cooling system. Inadequate or dirty filters cannot do that job as thoroughly as new filters.

Check the filters in both window and whole-house AC or heating units and replace according to the recommended schedule.

Consider filters with a higher MERV rating, which can catch smaller particles, suggests Ragsdale Heating, Air &

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Use less cloth and linen The cleaning service Maid to Shine Cleaners suggests that textiles trap more dust, particularly synthetic fabrics. Replacing items around the house with leather or wooden furniture may alleviate some of the dust problem.

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In addition to these suggestions, getting a whole-house filtration system, increasing wet dusting and checking for leaky ducts that can be sucking dust from attics, basements or garages are some other ways to reduce dust in a home.

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Help against the silent enemy

BY LLEWELLYN KING Special to The Enterprise

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othing will be the same again.

Those are words that challenge the heart and the imagination. The heart, because, as in a death or the loss of a job, some things will be very missed. The imagination, because it needs inspired speculation to know how the present crisis will reshape the way we live; how we are governed, how we educate, how we do business, and how we play.

Some losses are somewhat predictable.

Most of us may never sit in a movie theater again because there may be no movie theaters. They were already having a hard time with the competition from streaming services, now many may just not reopen.

Question: What will be done with those buildings? They are mostly part of shopping centers where many of the tenants for restaurants and specialty shops will also go out of business.

Here’s my answer: In that glorious time when we have licked COVID-19, many new entrepreneurs will get their start in those empty shells. A myriad of yet-unknown businesses will crop up, coming out of these times of ultra-difficulty. Failing shopping centers offer habitat to startups.

We are in a state of war, and in war — despite its horror — there is invention. As we try to defeat this pandemic, there will be inventions aplenty.

War has always spurred creativity, in art and in science, and in its aftermath, a time of optimism and opportunity. Catastrophe shakes up society and reorients it. There is a high price but a great reward.

Needs must, there will be a re-evaluation of values and the goods and services that are essential. High on that list will be electricity. Over and over again we will be asking ourselves if the electric grid is safe and if so, how safe?

As Morgan O’Brien, co-founder of Nextel and now CEO of Anterix, which offers utilities secure communications systems, told me, “The coronavirus pandemic is putting more stress on the infrastructure which keeps our society functioning. Critical infrastructure like the electric grid will be more stressed as it is the essential lifeline for Americans sheltering in place.”

A loss of all or part of the grid is an existential fear that has had experts worried since the first computer hackers had a go at it. Utility presidents have told me that it is grid security that keeps them awake at night. It should. CPS Energy, the utility in San Antonio, gets more than 2 million hits a day, I believe.

Late last year, the president’s National Infrastructure Advisory Council warned strongly of the dangers of cyberattack. It said the electric utility industry is good at tackling small, short-term outages but it is essentially unprepared for catastrophic outages lasting a long time.

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arlier this year James Woolsey, a former CIA director and an honorary co-chair of the Secure the Grid Coalition, wrote to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission demanding it order more physical security for transformers, pylons, etc.

Woolsey cited a lack of improved physical security since that became an issue with the sophisticated disabling of PG&E’s substation in Metcalf in 2013.

John Savage, professor emeritus of computer science at Brown University, who is writing a book on cybersecurity, raises a less-mentioned dimension of threat to the grid: the role of GPS. With the advent of global positioning satellites, he explained, the utility industry switched from using atomic clocks to using GPS timing as the basis for its nationwide synchronization.

Savage told me, “Dependence on GPS for timing is a security risk. If GPS timing signals are distorted or lost, serious damage may be done to the grid.

“GPS signals can be lost due to a local jamming, blackouts, produced by a solar flare or spoofing. A GPS anomaly alone or a cyberattack combined with one can cascade and bring down a large portion of the grid for an extended period of time.”

Much will change, but the need for reliable electricity will remain paramount.

— Llewellyn King is executive producer and host of “White House Chronicle” on PBS. His email is llewellynking1@gmail. com. He wrote this for InsideSources.com.

SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2020

Crisis reveals financial shortfalls

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he rapidly expanding COVID-19 pandemic threatens the lives and livelihoods of Californians, but it also lays bare some multi-billion-dollar shortcomings in state government finances that have been ignored for decades, despite many warnings.

The most obvious is the state budget’s unhealthy reliance on taxing the incomes of a relative handful of wealthy Californians. Income taxes generate about 70% of the state’s general-fund revenues and about half of those taxes are paid by the 1% of Californians atop the income scale.

Much of their income is generated by capital gains — profits on their investments — and as the Great Recession demonstrated a decade ago, those gains decline or even vanish in an economic downturn, resulting in sharp drops of state revenue.

With the stock market in freefall and the overall economy declining sharply, Gov. Gavin Newsom last week essentially set aside the expansive 2020-21 budget he had proposed in January and directed state agencies to hunker down, citing “a potentially severe drop in economic activity, with

corresponding negative effects on anticipated revenues for the upcoming 202021 fiscal year and beyond.”

Yes, California has about $20 billion in a “rainy day fund” to cushion the impact, but a major recession will quickly wash it away and the state will probably turn again to borrowing to remain afloat.

The second example of festering finances is the seemingly immense trust fund that pays out pensions to former state and local government employees. The California Public Employees Retirement System took a huge hit in the Great Recession, seeing its investments decline by about $100 billion just a few years after pension benefits had been fattened up.

Thanks to a decade-long economic boom, CalPERS’ investments recouped somewhat and hit a record

LETTERS Get the basics right Dan Walters’ March 22 column, “Dumbing down teachers’ tests” is absolutely correct. That test is about basic skills; it does not test teachers’ skills/knowledge of advanced calculus, biochemistry or analysis of literature.

It does not test the teachers’ ability to teach.

We have all had wonderful teachers who not only know the subject matter, but also have the teaching skills to pass the knowledge to students and challenge the students to reach for a higher level of knowledge in a subject.

We have all had teachers (in title only) who should not even be in a classroom attempting to teach a subject to students.

Eighth-graders should be able to pass the CBEST test.

There are many professions that require a very rigorous and lengthy examination to obtain a license or certificate to hold a position in that profession.

In addition, those professions require ongoing continuing educational courses to renew the license or certificate.

Claiming the CBEST discriminates against certain groups is saying that anyone who wants to be a teacher should be a teacher. This is the same as dumbing down the standards of the regular class work so all students pass.

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$404 billion in February.

Even so, however, ever-rising obligations meant it still had scarcely 70% of what it needed to meet those obligations.

As capital markets plummeted this month, CalPERS experienced a $64 billion decline from its high as of last Tuesday, thus widening the already large gap between its assets and its potential liabilities.

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inally, there’s the Unemployment Insurance Fund, which receives payroll taxes from employers and pays out benefits to workers who lose their jobs or see their hours cut back.

Two decades ago, thenGov. Gray Davis and the Legislature — the same folks who had boosted pension benefits — also increased unemployment insurance payments, but did not raise payroll taxes to pay for them.

That left the UIF with scant reserves that were quickly eaten up when the Great Recession struck a few years later.

The state borrowed $63.8 billion from the federal government to keep benefits flowing, then balked at repaying the loans and the

Ever since the CBEST was initiated, there have been complaints from teachers, and thankfully, probably only a minority of teachers. Great teachers should be appalled at the low standard of teaching that is being promulgated.

As a disclaimer — I am not a teacher, past or present. As a school board member and listening to all the complaints when the CBEST was initiated, I decided to take the test.

No, I did not take any of the many prep classes that were offered. I wanted an unprepared experience. I was very disappointed in that test.

Vernette Marsh Davis

A word of thanks I wanted to take a moment to express so much appreciation for the many health care workers who are continuing to work and care for our community members, as they are primarily on the front line of exposure due this COVID-19 pandemic.

This extends to the local veterinarians using great precautions to provide needed medical care to our pets, like at Midtown Animal Hospital meeting clients in their parking lot to take their pets into the facility to do the exams needed and provide the medical care needed.

They then carefully return the pets to the owner at the safest distance possible

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feds raised taxes on California employers to repay the loans. Nevertheless, the UIF continued to languish.

Last year, a federal report said it was in the weakest condition of any state fund and the state Employment Development Department, in a report last May, said, “the current financing structure leaves the UI Fund unable to self-correct and achieve a fund balance sufficient to withstand an economic downturn.”

We’re now in a big downturn and the state will probably have to borrow billions of dollars again to keep unemployment payments flowing.

The common denominator in all three examples is that officialdom ignored many warnings out of political expediency.

It’s too late to fix these selfinflicted financial wounds now. But maybe those we place in office will be more willing to deal with them if and when the current crisis has passed.

— CalMatters is a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s state Capitol works and why it matters.

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to the owners waiting in the parking lot in their vehicles. This is brilliant and commendable procedure and adaptation measure to protect community members and their own staff.

That said, I also wish to express great appreciation to the many folks who do construction or repairs still at work, and especially service people who also continue to work to serve and support us at our local essential businesses.

This includes businesses such as grocery stores, drug stores, hardware supply and nursery stores, restaurants providing takeout food, as well as any other food-producing businesses, all of whom so needed to continue providing the most essential needs of our community in this very difficult time while we shelter-in-place to try to “flatten the curve” to minimize the spread of COVID19.

So here is a “shout out” to commend and thank you all for putting so much on the line to help support the tens of thousands of Davis residents who so appreciate all of you!

On a final note to our Davis community members, please try take a second or two to thank these incredible people who are on the front line to help us when you next need to make a purchase, or need to use their services as well as to volunteers stepping up to help our community. They so deserve our thanks.

Eileen M. Samitz Davis

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SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2020 A9

Rather be a pen pal than a phone phriend?

M y mom and I have been pen pals since 1994.

I remember exactly how it started because that is the year that S finished his graduate degree at UC Davis and we moved to Richmond, Va., for his first academic job.

While my mom and I have always been close, it’s weird to me that I don’t recall if we had a vibrant phone-conversation life before we became avid writers.

What I know for sure is that when I moved across country from my mom, we started a daily writing routine that continues to this day.

First, some stats. I just checked my Gmail account and see that I have more than 7,000 emails with my mom, dating back to Dec. 31, 2004 (it was a “Happy New Year!” email). I don’t recall when I started this Gmail account, but I’m thinking it’s even older than 2004, and the older notes are gone. Before Gmail I had an @sbcglobal account for a number of years,

and an @aol account before that. Alas, all those emails are gone, too.

Side note: The five years between college graduation and moving to Virginia, I worked at IBM in Sacramento. The company had a primitive, precursor version of email/instant messaging called PROFS (Professional Office System) which allowed IBMers to send electronic notes to each other instantly. My stepmom in Hawaii, my future inlaws in the Bay Area, and my then-boyfriend/now husband all worked at IBM, so I had a network of people to send electronic notes to. It was an awesome glimpse at the future, and

because of this, I knew the joys of instant messaging.

Anyway, the humble beginnings of our pen-pal-ing started in 1994 when I lived in a threehour time difference from my mom. For reasons I don’t recall, we both had fax machines(!), so we started the practice of typing notes on our computers, printing them and faxing them to each other — instant messaging-ish.

Soon after, we both got AOL accounts and could email to our fingers’ content; and this continued through our move to Washington state and our move back to California. Even though Mom and I live just over an hour apart and obviously in the same time zone, we still email daily, often multiple times per day.

So I “interviewed” my mom via email to ask her why she thought we did this. Here are my questions, and her answers.

Me: Briefly, why do you like having a written back-and-forth with me?

Mom: So I can keep up with

details of your life and tell you about mine. It’s a unique connection that I treasure. Plus, I type fast and can blab my brains out without too much effort.

Me: Who do you have a penpal relationship with besides me? How often do you write that other person?

Mom: Nobody. Everyone else texts using brief, shortcut words.

The art of remote conversation is dying and I’d like to see it live.

Me: Do you like talking on the phone?

Mom: No, but I do almost every day because one of my best friends prefers calling (she’s not a fast typer).

Me: How often do you reread notes from me?

Mom: Always before I write to you so I am sure I’ve covered all issues we’ve talked about in last note. Details are important to me. (Note: I asked this question because I reread her notes at least once during the day. I have a better time absorbing the information and remembering it. I also

reread texts from my kids, husband and close friends, usually a few hours after they’ve sent them.)

Me: What do you want to make sure is said about a column talking about being pen-pals with me?

Mom: That it just works for both of us. I think we’re very much alike in our enjoyment of the daily “check-ins” as that keeps us both in touch with each other’s lives. That’s very special to me.

Me, too.

I realize it’s awful for a person who hates writing to be forced to do it, so I’m indulgent of my closest people’s preference for phone calls over writing. But I’m thrilled that one of my kids has developed into a great (texting) pen-pal.

— Tanya Perez lives in Davis with her family. Her column is published every other Sunday.

Reach her at pereztanyah@ gmail.com. Follow her on Twitter at @californiatanya.

Let’s embrace our resilience Healthy eating in the Special to The Enterprise

M

any of us have persevered through a diagnosis of cancer and other seemingly impossible challenges. We understand the importance of resilience.

We have learned through experience how to adapt, overcome and even thrive in the most difficult of circumstances.

Now, as we figure out this “new normal,” we know that we can dig deep based on how far we’ve come to persevere through difficulty.

“You can never ask too many questions or be too proactive when you fight any disease,” said former Davis Mayor Ruth Asmundson. “I learned that rather quickly when I was rediagnosed with breast cancer early last year.

“Although my doctor recommended a lumpectomy, I decided to have a mastectomy instead.

Since my sister passed away from an aggressive form of breast cancer many years ago, I knew this would be a better option for me, and my doctor eventually agreed.

During the procedure, the medical team also removed two other previously undetected cancer tumors.

“I also scheduled myself to be tested for the genetic

THRIVING PINK marker because I wanted to plan ahead to provide the best information available to my four daughters.

It was not easy waiting for the results, but I was ready to hear whatever it was ... I am very grateful for the good news that I am not a genetic carrier of this disease.

“With Davis as my home for over 51 years, I am very fortunate to have four lovely daughters nearby as part of my wonderful family I look out from by balcony and see the smiling faces of my children and grandchildren below,” Asmundson said.

“They bring me groceries and so much joy when we get together — even from a distance. I exercise every day, reaching over 20,000 steps in one day at times! We are all managing to make the best of these unprecedented times, while trying to minimize risk of exposure. For those with underlying health issues and low immune systems, this is especially important.

“I so appreciate the local nonprofit Thriving Pink and many other organizations which are serving our community.

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Former Davis Mayor Ruth Asmundson says, “You can never ask too many questions or be too proactive when you fight any disease.”

This Pink Team of volunteers is wonderful! More than ever, I really want to thank them for being there.”

In the face of uncertainty, there is power and strength in our community. We are moving forward and finding ways to persevere through difficulty.

Thriving Pink wishes to thank the many community partners and individuals for their generous donations to its Granting Pink Program which made it possible to provide 41 local breast cancer survivors with individual financial grants totaling $50,200 this year.

These funds have been critical to help many diagnosed women with the increasing costs of medical services, healthcare, and basic essentials, such as food and rent.

Thriving Pink is committed to serving and supporting local breast cancer survivors in Davis and Yolo County. The updated Thriving Pink calendar provides several virtual programs every month, including support groups and educational workshops which are provided at no cost and open to all.

These also include Pink Connection gatherings facilitated by Pam Cordano MFT focusing on how to navigate social distancing/isolation, Stitches of Love workshops to make fabric face masks for local cancer survivors, and Health & Community Updates with Bubbly Bajwa, M.D., a Thriving Pink board member who is available to answer questions and concerns related to COVID-19.

Visit www.thrivingpink. org or the Facebook/Instagram pages to RSVP for an upcoming workshop or for opportunities to give to support Thriving Pink.

— Submitted by Ruth Asmundson, former Davis mayor, and the Thriving Pink Board of Directors.

POEM OF THE MONTH I wrote the poem below for the Davis celebration of Martin Luther King Day. I am sharing it now as I think the theme fits the crisis we all now face. This is a time for helping those in need, for standing together — even we are all 6 feet apart.

We must not surrender to despair and darkness, we must keep hope alive among us. This is our community, and we must care for each other.

As a community, as a city, as a people united, we will come out the other side and go on.

Come Into The Light Dr King said that darkness Cannot drive out darkness.

Only light can do that.

And hate cannot drive out hate.

Only love can do that.

I will not embrace the darkness.

I will not hate. I refuse.

I choose to welcome the immigrants.

From Syria.

From Guatemala.

From Mexico and Somalia.

I welcome them to America.

I do not care how they pray Or the color of their skin.

I welcome them. Here.

I will not embrace the darkness.

I will not hate. I refuse.

I stand against detention camps and cages.

Against seizing their children.

I would open the cells and the gates, And I would smash the cages.

I would open this land to them.

This city.

I will not embrace the darkness.

I will not hate. I refuse.

I encourage my city, my state, my country To help the homeless, To help the sick.

I would open the hospitals and the schools And build shelters.

I would have our hearts be open, too.

I will not embrace the darkness.

I will not hate. I refuse.

The government must not tell women What to do with their own bodies, Or have prisons that exist to make a profit, Disproportionately jailing people of color.

I will not embrace the darkness.

I will not hate. I refuse.

I will stand against spoiling our planet With fracking, with new oil wells, More pipelines, more coal mines, Or clear cutting the forests.

Valuing the dollar over the life of the earth.

I will not embrace the darkness.

I will not hate. I refuse.

I stand against the patriarchy, The culture of rape, The profit system, greed over need, White privilege.

These things are the darkness.

Dr King said that darkness Cannot drive out darkness.

Only light can do that.

And hate cannot drive out hate.

Only love can do that.

Come into the light, Embrace your brother, embrace your sister, No matter where they were born, No matter how they pray, No matter how they love.

Come into the light, Stand up for peace, For closing the hundreds of military bases That hold the world at gunpoint, Bring home the troops And get them the help they will need.

Come into the light, House the homeless, feed the hungry.

Come into the light, Work for need, not greed.

Open your heart, Come into the light.

Dr King said that darkness Cannot drive out darkness.

Only light can do that.

And hate cannot drive out hate.

Only love can do that.

— James Lee Jobe Poet Laureate, City of Davis

age of the coronavirus

BY MELODY STEEPLES, MPH, RD Special to The Enterprise

When the novel coronavirus first hit American shores, people were understandably worried. Even before government advice, many people began to take steps to avoid unnecessary exposure. This led a lot of people into panic buying, and store shelves began to empty.

Now there are reports of people eating only canned and shelf stable foods (like stuff in boxes), and avoiding the fresh stuff — like vegetables and fruits — out of fear of contracting COVID-19. But should we indeed be worried about getting this illness from food?

The CDC reports that this virus is spread person to person through respiratory droplets acquired through close contact with an infected person. It might be possible that people can touch a contaminated surface (e.g. counter or other object) and then touch their own mouth or nose and acquire the infection that way (this is not yet confirmed).

Hence the advice to frequently wash hands for at least 20 seconds, and avoid touching your own mouth and face.

Both the USDA and CDC note on their coronavirus pages that they are not aware of any COVID-19 transmissions through food or food packaging. They advise good hygiene practices: ■ wash your hands frequently ■ wash food preparation surfaces frequently

BY ANDY JONES Speical to The Enterprise 1. Pop Culture — Music.

What are the six words in the title of the Beatles’ first #1 hit in the U.S.?

2. Unusual Words.

What four-syllable O-adjective means “Intended to attract notice and impress others”?

3. Indiana. Starting with the letter P, what university is the largest employer, by far, in the city of Lafayette, Ind.?

4. Actors and Actresses.

Only one actor or actress who has won two acting

■ maintain safe practices for handling and cooking raw meats ■ refrigerate uneaten perishable foods.

They do not advise against eating fresh foods.

The CDC notes that “because of poor survivability on surfaces, there is likely very low risk of spread from food products or packaging” that are shipped at various temperatures.

So what should you be eating, and how should you prepare your food?

Well, the current advice for healthy eating still stands. Half your plate should continue to be vegetables; a quarter should be protein (try using plant protein like beans, lentils, or soy foods a few times a week); a quarter can be starch — potatoes or winter squash, whole grains, pasta, or bread; and a serving of fresh fruit for dessert.

There is no reason to fear COVID-19 infection from uncooked vegetables and fruits, so continue to take the same precautions you typically do when you enjoy your salads, smoothies, and fresh fruits. 1) Wash skins of vegetables and fruits before peeling and cutting, and 2) rinse and dry vegetables and fruits you’ll eat whole. If you prefer your vegetables cooked, no problem — just keep eating them.

And better still, enjoy your well balanced meals with others with whom you’re sheltering in place.

— Melody Steeples, MPH, RD is an outpatient dietitian with Dignity Health’s Woodland Clinic.

Oscars has appeared in one or more Harry Potter films. Name this person.

5. Science. Most multicellular organisms are diploid, meaning that they have two sets of what?

Answers: “I Want To Hold Your Hand,” ostentatious, Purdue, Maggie Smith, chromosomes.

— Dr. Andy Jones is the quizmaster at de Vere’s Irish Pub. He is the author of the new book “Pub Quizzes: Trivia for Smart People,” now available at The Avid Reader. Find out more at www.yourquiz master.com.

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SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2020

We can think big by shopping small H

ow can you help the local economy while sheltering in place? Support small, local businesses and their products.

Tuesday was the “Great American Takeout,” where people were urged to support local restaurants. Truth is, one day is good for raising awareness but it’s going to take many more. Try sticking to your normal routine.

If you get lunch regularly at Zia’s Deli or Zumapoke, order it to go and bring it home. If you are a local brewery fan like me, pick up beer to go (directly from the source for the biggest impact).

Heck, with relaxed new rules, you can even get takeout alcoholic beverages at many places — if it’s purchased with food.

Paesano’s, for example, sells pitchers of sangria. Tip as if you were eating there and getting amazing service.

Some have voiced concern about handling and packaging.

According to the California Department of Public Health, “The (Centers for Disease Control), (Food and Drug Administration) and CDPH are not aware of any reports … that suggest COVID-19 can be transmitted by food or food packaging.” If you are still worried, handle the packaging with a paper towel or wipe it down, re-plate it at home, and reheat the food.

Below is a list of Davis restaurants that — to the best of my knowledge — were open for takeout or delivery as of

Thursday. Like last week, it’s not a complete list, and changes daily. Call ahead or check online first, as hours are limited. Some offer delivery.

Ali Baba, Black Bear Diner, Blaze Pizza, Burgers & Brew, BurgerIM, Café Bernardo, Chay Corner, Chickpeas Kitchen, Chipotle, Common Grounds, Davis Creamery, Davis Sushi Buffet, Dickey’s Barbecue Pit, Ding How, Dos Coyotes, Dunloe Brewing, El Macero Country Club, Farmer’s Kitchen, Fluffy Donuts, Four Seasons Chinese, Good Friends Hawaiian Poke and Ramen, Halal Guys, Hometown Chinese Kitchen, The Hotdogger, Huku Japanese Bistro, Ike’s Sandwiches, iTea, Jack’s Urban Eats, Jusco Japanese Restaurant, Kathmandu Kitchen, KetMoRee, Kontidorei, Lamppost Pizza, Lazi Cow, Let Them Eat Cake, MandRo Teahouse, Manna Korean BBQ, Mikuni, Mishka’s, The Mustard Seed, Noodle City, Open Rice Kitchen.

Paesano’s, Panera Bread, Pannier cloud kitchen, Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Pho King, Pink Dozen, Posh Bagel, Preethi Indian

Cuisine, Raja’s Tandoor, Ramen Hook, Red 88 Noodle Bar, Sophia’s Thai Kitchen, select Starbucks that offer drive-thrus or are inside grocery stores, Steve’s Pizza, Symposium Restaurant, Sudwerk Brewing Co. (food too), Super Owl Brewing, Sweet and Shavery, Taqueria Davis, Taqueria El Burrito, Taqueria Guadalajara (Covell only), Tasty Kitchen Chinese Cuisine, Teabo Café, Temple Coffee, Thai Canteen, Thai Nakorn, Third & U Cafe, Three Ladies Cafe, Three Mile Brewing, Upper Crust Baking, Village Bakery, Well Season, Wingstop, Wok of Flame, Woodstock’s Pizza, Yakitori Yuchan, Yeti Restaurant, Zia’s Delicatessen, Zim Cuisine and Zumapoke and Lush Ice. Monica Dui of Good Friends Hawaiian Poke and Ramen said Friday they are trying to stay open as long as possible but it’s been challenging. “A lot of local people are supporting us, which is nice.” She said her mother reminds her that as long as the people you love are healthy, that’s all that matters.

Local farms offering pickup or delivery: Cloverleaf Farm, Farm Fresh to You (Capay Organic), Fiddler’s Green Farm, Fiery Ginger Farms, Full Belly Farm, Good Humus Farms, Leapfrog Farms, Rainbow Orchards, Skyelark Ranch, and Terra Firma Farms.

Most grocery stores are open, including Kim’s Mart Asian

grocery. Cost Plus World Market is closed. Davis Farmers Market continues with essentials from 8-1 on Saturdays and 3-6 on Wednesdays (Picnic in the Park is postponed until at least May 13).

Several stores are offering temporary senior-only hours for shoppers 65+ or with those health conditions. They include Davis Food Co-op, 10 a.m. to noon daily; Nugget Markets, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 to 8 a.m. for the East Covell store and 7 to 8 a.m. for the Mace Boulevard store; Safeway, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Covell East Boulevard and 7 to 9 a.m. on Cowell Boulevard; Dollar General, 8-9 a.m. daily; and Target, 8-9 a.m.

Wednesdays. College Cab offers free grocery delivery to those 65 and older. To limit crowds, it’s best to send just one member of the household to shop at a time.

I can’t begin to list all of the changes in retail and service businesses, but here are a few that caught my interest: Davis Cards & Games lets you order board games, puzzles and more for shipping; Davis Shoe Shop is working limited hours, offering free pickup and delivery to seniors 65 and older; Vault Board Shop takes online orders for same-day delivery; Watermelon Music is helping customers choose instruments virtually, so they can use their free time to learn a new skill. Hardware, home-supply stores and

nurseries remain open.

Akasha Yoga, Barefoot Yoga, Davis Swim & Fitness, FIT House, Kaya Yoga, Yolo Barre and many others are posting classes online. Power10 is rents out its rowing machines to clients.

The Yolo County Central Landfill closed to self-haul loads as of Friday.

The local app Dapit App https://www.DapItApp.com also provides gift cards, even to businesses temporarily shuttered. On GoFundMe, several small Davis businesses have fundraisers set up on their behalf. The Davis Chamber of Commerce is keeping a Google doc that’s posted on the Facebook Group: Davis Chamber – Local Business & Community Support – COVID19 Response that’s serving as the most comprehensive list, though it needs some editing.

If you own a local business, please post regularly on social media, especially Facebook.

That’s one of the best ways for me and others to see and share your information. Also, email me at the address below to suggest updates.

— Wendy Weitzel is a Davis writer and editor. Her column typically publishes on alternate Sundays. Check for frequent updates on her Comings & Goings Facebook and Instagram pages. If you know of a business coming or going in the area, contact her at wendyedit@gmail. com

Woodland eye doctor honored MBI sanitizer OK’d for viruses Special to The Enterprise Dr. Lisa Heuer, owner of Valley Vista Eye Care in Woodland, received recognition for her continued commitment to professional development at a recent meeting of CleinHEUER man Performance Net- Optometrist recognized work, a wisdom-sharing group of peer optometrists from across North America.

Heuer — celebrating five years in the Network — demonstrates a dedication to creating a healthy work environment, as well as maintaining a high level of patient care and satisfaction.

Heuer completed an undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering from Northwestern University in 1995. After a 10-year career in the medical device industry, she decided to pursue a career change and a doctorate of optometry degree at the UC Berkeley School of Optometry. Her training at UC Berkeley

included clinical externships at the Sacramento State health center where she cared for students and staff on the campus.

Heuer also studied ocular disease while caring for veterans at the VA Eye Clinics in Reno and Fresno prior to graduating from UC Berkeley in 2009. She is trained to diagnose and manage most ocular conditions including glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration and dry eye.

“Dr. Heuer has made true contributions to our network of optometrists through her commitment to excellent patient care,” said Alan H. Cleinman, president of Cleinman Performance Partners in Oneonta, N.Y. “We are honored to be associated with a professional of such high caliber and look forward to continuing our positive and beneficial relationship.”

For more information on Cleinman Performance Network, visit www. cleinman.com.

Special to The Enterprise Marrone Bio Innovations Inc., a Davis-based provider of environmentally responsible pest management and plant-health products, announced today that its Jet-Oxide 15% postharvest sanitizer and industrial disinfectant product is now allowed by the U.S. EPA for use against human coronaviruses to sanitize industrial food and agricultural hard surfaces.

The allowed use was based on a study conducted by the EPA with Human Coronavirus Strain 229E (one of the viruses associated with human colds) on the effectiveness of spreading of diseases on hard surfaces.

The study, conducted at a

sanctioned EPA laboratory, met all requirements for 40CFR 160 — yielding a 99.99% reduction of the strain. The study was conducted using a dosage of approximately 1300 ppm (0.130%) of the active ingredient with a contact time of 60 seconds at an ambient temperature of 22 degrees Celsius.

Scientific studies have suggested that coronaviruses, a group of related viruses that cause respiratory diseases in humans, are spread most often by respiratory droplets in a cough or sneeze. Depending on the strain of coronavirus, this virus can survive up to several days on hard surfaces such as glass, metal or plastic. This may pose a threat

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Valley Clean Energy offers COVID-19 update Special to The Enterprise As Yolo County residents join others throughout California in sheltering in place, Valley Clean Energy is working to assure that customers receive a safe, reliable electricity supply throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Electricity has truly become the lifeblood of our lives as we self-isolate in our homes,” said Don Saylor, a Yolo County supervisor who chairs the VCE board of directors. “The cleaner electricity we buy for you will remain unchanged during this time.

“We want to assure our customers that the Valley Clean Energy team is

working to ensure that lights will stay on; computers, phones and data centers will be powered; food and medicine will be refrigerated; and homes and water will be heated.”

PG&E, which delivers electricity to VCE’s customers, has temporarily suspended power shutoffs for nonpayment during these uncertain times. Customers who are affected by the coronavirus and its ripple effects can also take advantage of flexible payment plans.

VCE has also taken steps to protect its employees, closing its administrative office in downtown Davis to customers and visitors until further notice and shifting

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But the local public power provider wants to do more than simply the basics, added Mitch Sears, interim general manager.

“VCE was created to support our customers and communities, and that mission is even more important as we all work together to find the best path through these challenges,” Sears said.

Sears invites VCE customers to: ■ Reach out to the call center at 855-699-8232 between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.

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“We are all in this together,” Saylor said, reminding customers to stay informed by subscribing to VCE’s newsletter, joining VCE’s email list at www.valleycleanenergy.org or following the utility on social media at www. facebook.com/ValleyClean Energy.

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Move forward and don’t look back Dear Annie: I am going through a situation with my daughter, who is 26 years old and suffers from manic depression.

I had my daughter at a young age and raised her as a single mom. To avoid issues with my ex-husband and his family, I moved to Florida.

When my daughter went to school, I worked full time during the day and attended an online university in the evening. During the weekend, I had another part-time job. I did all I could to provide a roof over our heads, food and a car. And as a reward for her grades, I would take her and her friends to an amusement park.

I dated, but I was always told that my daughter’s severe behavior issue was the reason the relationships would not continue.

My daughter was aware of this and thought it was funny. By the time she was 16, I insisted that she needed help, and she began to see a psychiatrist, who found several issues with her.

I began to constantly receive calls from her school; she was being suspended or expelled. Due to all these issues, my employers fired me from work, as I always needed to go to her school for meetings because of the problems she was causing.

I was able to find another job, but her school kept calling, and then it was involving the resource officers. At the same time, I began to have financial problems.

Sometimes we did not have money to pay for the electricity bills or food.

All the stress that I was going through caused me to have two major strokes at age 31. I lost my speech and use of the right side of my body. I also lost vision in my left eye.

While I was recovering, my daughter did assist me. Her behavior completely changed. She began to be responsible. I was able to find a new job, and she was considerate of my condition.

My daughter and I moved to a different county, as her school district had expelled her. The new school was across the street from our new home, and I thought that with the move she would be happier.

At first, all was good. She was happy to attend school with some child actors. They even encouraged her to do theater, and she was successful. Unfortunately, I couldn’t attend, as my employer would not give me the time.

I believe that because of this, she began to act out. I will take her to school, and she will turn around and go back home and go to bed. What can I do to ease this constant battle and stress?

— Distraught Mother Dear Distraught Mother: First and foremost, I am sorry for your medical problems and glad that your daughter was

able to help you recover faster. While you have faced some formidable challenges and curveballs, dwelling on the past and thinking that things are out of your hands does not do you any good. To live a more joyous and happy life, take responsibility for it. You are your daughter’s biggest role model. If you want her to go to therapy, I suggest you start treatment yourself and then either bring her with you or encourage her to find her own therapist.

Misbehaviors aside, your daughter sounds like a very special young lady who was there for you when you most needed her, and I have no doubt that has a lot to do with your being her mother.

——— Dear Annie: I read your recent column about the discovery of audiobooks to ease the tedium of a long commute, and I wanted to write to you and ask you to make your readers aware that their public library can provide downloadable audiobooks free of charge.

Ask your local library which provider it uses, and how to log in. All you need is a valid library card and your own device. For folks who prefer physical audiobooks on CDs, their library can supply those, too.

— Librarian Dear Librarian: Thank you for this reminder. Supporting your local library is always a good idea.

——— Dear Annie: My wife and I have a 20-yearold son, “Joe,” who has “failure to launch” syndrome. He coasted through high school, smoked pot, played video games and did the minimum to get by. After graduation, we agreed he could work part time and go to college, while living at home, although I would have preferred he work full time or join the service.

He took no classes over the summer and continued his part-time job delivering pizza for less than minimum wage and tips. Most days, he started work at 4:00 in the afternoon, and he got into the habit of coming home at 10:00 p.m., playing video games and/ or partying with friends until 4 in the morning, and then sleeping or staying in bed until thirty minutes before work. If he was not scheduled for work, he would end up in the basement playing video games.

He successfully completed one college course in January. He started his second class in September and withdrew by October. He figured out college “was not for him.” We told

him he had to get a full-time job. The latenight partying and video games continued until December when we insisted he stop smoking pot and apply for jobs. Surprisingly, he ditched his friends, quit pot and became a different person who was more outgoing and would talk with us.

Unfortunately, this didn’t last more than four weeks. He never actually applied for any jobs and started partying with his friends again. At the end of January, my wife and I had had enough. I told Joe he had to have a full-time job by the end of March, or he had to move out.

Fast-forward to today: My wife doesn’t want to kick Joe out because he told her he has no place to go.

At 20, I want Joe to grow up. I tell my wife that we have enabled his lifestyle for long enough and Joe needs an ultimatum to learn.

Since this is one of a few things my wife and I disagree on, we both agree we would follow your advice. By the way, Joe has refused individual counseling, and I know he wouldn’t show up if he had a scheduled appointment.

— Failure-to-Launch Father Dear Failure-to-Launch Father: Tough love is tough to give, but that’s what’s needed here. The best thing you can do as Joe’s parents is to stop enabling his self-destructive behavior. Stick with your deadline for his moving out. It’s the right thing to do, though it might feel wrong.

Consider attending therapy and Nar-Anon or Al-Anon to learn how to detach from Joe’s situation. To quote Melody Beattie: “Detaching does not mean we don’t care. It means we learn to love, care, and be involved without going crazy.” Beattie’s book “Codependent No More” might be helpful during this time, as well.

——— Dear Annie: I have licked my knife after meals all my life. Whenever my friend “Jill” and I are at a restaurant together, she tells me how gross it is and looks away. Doesn’t everyone do this?

— On the Edge Dear Edge: Appearances aside, this just sounds dangerous. Even a butter knife could do some damage to your tongue. Why not scrape the food off your knife with your fork instead?

It’s safer and more sightly.

——— Dear Annie: I am an alcoholic, in recovery for five months now. Recently, I asked my parents to help me because I have limited desire to do anything. I do not know why. I know that I should have more motivation. This blew up into a heated argument (AGAIN), and I now despise my parents. I have put them through a lot, I am the first to admit it, but when is it enough already? I never wanted to be this way, but I don’t feel that I need to be reminded of my shortcomings every day.

Maybe it would be easier if I just died.

They have other sons to make them proud.

— Misunderstood Son Dear Misunderstood: You are enough — full stop. Keep reaching out to your

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SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2020 A11 parents seeking approval and you’ll come up empty-hearted. Take some space from them, especially as you’re still in the early stages of recovery. If you’ve been struggling with this disease for years, it may take a while before your family is able to trust you again. That doesn’t mean they don’t love you.

It’s phenomenal that you have five months of sobriety under your belt. That is a huge achievement. Consider incorporating therapy into your recovery. (There are even some counselors who specialize in sobriety.) Keep taking it one day at a time, and trust that the rest will fall into place as it should.

If you think you may harm yourself, I implore you to call 911 or the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800273-8255.

Dear Annie: This is in response to “Kathy with a K,” who wrote to you about not being able to find anyone quite her type to date.

You told her it was one thing to have a type and another to have tunnel vision.

When I was in graduate school and too busy to be looking for a relationship, I met a guy one day, talked with him for a while, and thought, “He’s OK, I guess, but he’s definitely not my type.”

This year we will celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary, and he is the love of my life. We share many interests, but each of us also enjoys activities in which the other is not involved. Is he perfect? No. But neither am I, and it takes a lot of tolerance and forgiveness and laughter from each of us to maintain a healthy marriage.

By the way, he is younger than I — something I never considered a possibility for my “ideal” mate. I am glad I didn’t let preconceived ideas rob me of a wonderful husband.

— Grateful Georgia Girl Dear Grateful: Happy anniversary!

Here’s to going against type and winning.

——— Dear Annie: I have only one quarrel with the writer about National Heart Month.

The general public — including medical doctors — is woefully uneducated about the benefits plant-based foods can have on heart health and general well-being. As Dr. Kim Williams, former president of the American College of Cardiology, points out, “There are two kinds of cardiologists: vegans, and ones who haven’t read the data.” I highly recommend your readers watch “Forks Over Knives” (featuring Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn) and James Cameron’s “The Game Changers” to get the real scoop on a healthy lifestyle.

— Heart-Healthy 30-Plus Years Dear Heart Healthy: Both documentaries present very strong cases for plant-based diets’ positive impacts on health, especially heart health.

• E-mail your public notice to legals@davisenterprise.net • Be sure to include your name and phone number

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

Filed: February 21, 2020 FBN Number: F20200190 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) OAK TREE ANIMAL REHABILITATION 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California.

Business is located in Yolo County.

1340 Covell Blvd. Suite 101 Davis, CA 95616 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip Acorn Veterinary Clinic 1340 E. Covell Blvd. Suite 101 Davis, CA 95616 4. Business Classification: Corporation 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: February 12, 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): Waka Blair 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29 762

Filed: February 11, 2020 FBN Number: F20200144 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) F SOLUTION DRYWALL 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California.

Business is located in Yolo County.

2212 East 8th Street Davis, CA 95618 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip Fredy Rolando Avila Soto 2212 East 8th Street Davis, CA 95618 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 10, 2020 “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.”

(A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

6. Signature of Registrant(s): Fredy Rolando Avila Soto 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29 763

Filed: March 13, 2020 FBN Number: F20200268 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) KWIK AUTO GLASS 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California.

Business is located in Yolo County.

5100 Chiles Road, Suite 203 Davis, CA 95618 Alternate mailing address: 2124 Roanoke Ave. Sacramento, CA 95838 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip Khampane Sipaseuth 2124 Roanoke Ave. Sacramento, CA 95838 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: N/A “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): Khampane Sipseuth, owner 3/15, 3/22, 3/29, 4/5 772

Filed: February 25, 2020 FBN Number: F20200196 Old FBN Number: 2015-117 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) Parkside at Sycamore 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California.

Business is located in Yolo County.

2119 West Capital Avenue West Sacramento, CA 95798 Alternate mailing address: 3200 Douglas Blvd., Suite 200 Roseville, CA 95661 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip USA Parkside, Inc. 3200 Douglas Blvd., Suite 200 Roseville, CA 95661 And: Riverside Charitable Corporation 14131 Yorba Street, Suite 200 Tustin, CA 92780 4. Business Classification: Limited Partnership 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: June 24, 2010 “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.)

IMMEDIATE OPENINGS Cable Installers No experience necessary.

WE WILL TRAIN. Must have clean DL. Call 707-317-3467 to apply

Employment

Legals Submission email legals@davisenterprise.net View Legals at https://www.capublicnotice.com

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

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

Please submit your resume to whayes@archgs.com

Free matching couch and chair.

Text 530-979-0493 Have you lost a pet? Do you want to help shelter animals get back home?

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

Free & For Sale

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Music with Manny offers private piano, mandolin or guitar lessons for students of all ages, both in-home and in-studio. A Berklee College of Music graduate, Manny Kaminer is a talented musician with more than 10 years experience instructing students. $30 half hour, $60 per hour. First lesson/consultation is free.

Email musicwmanny@gmail.com or call/text 831-261-3978 to book.

Videos of past students available at facebook.com/musicwithmanny.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed: January 24, 2020 FBN Number: F20200088 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) POSTMARKS 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California.

Business is located in Yolo County.

417 Mace Blvd. #J Davis, CA 95618 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip Rachael Brumfield 7453 Tiara Way, Apt. D Citrus Heights, CA 95610 4. Business Classification: Trust 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: January 23, 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): Rachael Brumfield Trustee For Store CBO 3/22, 3/29, 4/5, 4/12 785

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1,700 sqft. building built in 1941 & located at 335 Russell Blvd., Davis is FREE to anyone interested in moving it to another location at their own expense. Please contact Maureen at 530-758-4000 Mon-Fri 9am-4pm

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Baby Blues

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SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2020

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Weather Davis’ 5-day forecast Today

Showers

High: 61°

Tonight

Partly cloudy

Low: 44°

Davis statistics Friday’s temperature High/Low ........ 65°/41° Normal ............ 68°/44° Record high .. 82°(2015) Record low ... 34°(1991)

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Monday

Mostly sunny

65° 44°

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Sunny

Sunny 77° 49°

79° 50°

73° 49°

Air quality index Yesterday: 50 38 Precipitation Friday .................. 0.00” Season to date .. 10.43” 500 0 50 100 150 200 300 Last season ....... 28.83” Normal to date .. 17.36” 0-50 is good.

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101-150 is unhealthy for sensitive groups.

151-200 is unhealthy.

201-300 is very unhealthy.

301-500 is hazardous.

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sports THE DAVIS ENTERPRISE — SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2020

Are kids (parents) ignoring warnings?

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ore than 99 percent of the time, seeing people playing sports outside brings joy to my heart.

There are few things better than having a kick-around with your friends or shooting hoops or just throwing a football around on the greenbelt.

And really, it’s the best way to exercise — working out is boring and even the biggest gym rats in the world can never convince me that they actually like it.

But this week, as I went to partake in my boring exercise by running around the Holmes Junior High School track, I just had to shake my head.

Four of the six courts that I used to play 12-on-12 basketball on at lunch were occupied by kids playing full-contact games.

People were playing catch near both of the baseball backstops.

There was another small group enjoying a game of touch football.

Are we collectively not watching the news?

Maybe this is why our country

just became No. 1 at something else: total cases of COVID-19.

Listen: The past two weeks, I wrote about the importance of having an optimistic attitude during this trying time, and I still believe that is the correct path to take.

But then I see kids outside spreading their sweaty hands over each other, read about neverending spring-break parties and watch videos of traffic congestion caused by folks traveling to the beach en masse ...

Whenever someone attempts to tell me that “America is the greatest country in the world,” I simply point to a situation like this.

We have tons of data on COVID-19. We know the dangers of this virus. We are constantly reminded by media in every medium what the risks are. We know to socially distance ourselves.

And yet, we just don’t. And I don’t know why.

Maybe it’s restlessness — I’ve been bummed by missing out on

my weekly soccer games. This is why I was at Holmes in the first place, to attempt boring exercise.

This is why my friend Andrew and I work out every night 6 feet away from each other, outside if possible.

This is why I haven’t accepted my other friend’s invitation to go hiking.

Though live sports are inactive, we have plenty of options at home.

Kids, go play your video games.

No, seriously. I hate the fact that kids don’t play outside anymore (like we used to when we were young). But, if there’s any time to get lost in whatever the latest

popular video game is, now is that time.

Need a sports fix? Several networks are replaying classic games from past years and MLS streams old matches every night at 5 p.m. on YouTube and Facebook.

Not a sports fan? Go watch Netflix’s “Tiger King.” You’ll be glued to your TV for the better part of seven hours, I promise. There’s a whole world out there we know nothing about.

J

ust whatever you do, stop playing sports together and, parents, immediately stop letting your kids play sports in packs (for now).

Another thing that crossed my mind during my short run was the whole hypocrisy of the situation — public parks are open, but public golf courses aren’t.

Last week, I wrote about how all three Davis-area golf courses have closed, but only one by choice. When the closure was announced, the Davis Police Department showed up to make

sure everyone exited the links.

Well, then why aren’t the police kicking people who participate in contact sports off of public parks?

Surely playing 2-on-2 basketball is far more dangerous than hitting a ball by yourself while standing more than 20 feet away from someone else in an area that has been rigged with hand sanitizers.

Furthermore, if the golf courses were open, at least people would be contributing to the local economy rather than just driving to Sacramento to play.

Obviously, things are difficult right now and not everyone is always going to make the correct decision all of the time.

I’m sure these kids just want to play and blow off some steam and enjoy their days. I get it.

But can’t we just wait a few weeks first? Please?

— Evan Ream’s column publishes Sundays. Reach him at eream@davisenterprise.net or follow him on Twitter @EvanReam.

Popular coach takes over DHS JV football Hasson played at UCD, led DJBDs to title

Paul Hasson, a former UC Davis standout and Junior Blue Devil coach, stepped in to take over the reins of the Davis High junior varsity football team.

■ Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series on Davis High football.

Today focuses is on new junior varsity coach Paul Hasson. On Wednesday, The Enterprise covers all things related to the Blue Devil gridiron with head coach Steve Smyte.

BY BRUCE GALLAUDET Enterprise sports editor Paul Hasson, one of the driving forces in the resurrection of local youth football, has taken the reins of the Davis High junior varsity team.

Hasson — a former UC Davis fullback with almost a decade of service to the Davis Junior Blue Devils — succeeds longtime mentor Mike Satre.

“Paul is going to mean a lot to this program,” DHS head coach Steve Smyte told The Enterprise.

“You couldn’t have asked for a better guy to come in. The No. 1 priority for a junior-varsity head football coach, as far as I’m concerned, is being a guy who you would want your sons to play for. Paul is that kind of man.”

Smyte says there are plenty of guys who know a lot about football, but they’re not all necessarily men who already have a rapport with the kids and parents in the Blue Devil family.

“Paul has the best interests of those kids at heart,” Smyte continued. “Paul, like Mike Satre before him, is a great person. He is an ethical guy who puts the personal needs of the student-athletes above

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all else. That was a great thing about Mike Satre.

“The primary motivator for Paul, too, is to help kids do the best job possible while helping those players become good people.”

Satre took over the Devil junior varsity program in 2010 and provided a framework that allowed for seamless transition from DJBD through the varsity ranks.

“We can’t thank Mike enough for what he’s done,” points out Smyte, whose Devils went 10-2 last year, including a first-round playoff victory. “If there’s a guy who is truly Mr. Blue Devil, it’s Mike Satre.”

Knowing that Satre was in lockstep with Smyte’s goals in characterbuilding, attention to the classroom and consistency of on-field teachings, “that’s why it was so important for us to find somebody who shared our values,” Smyte says.

Hasson, who captained the UCD football squad in 1992, is thrilled about his new position. He says knowing most of the kids in the program is a huge advantage and he is eagerly anticipating the arrival

of many of his 2019 Independent Sports Alliance of California championship U-14 team members in the JV ranks.

Hasson believes the assimilation from local youth ranks to junior varsity will be a snap. His little Devils already use plays and football language installed by Smyte at the high school level.

“The success of our midget team last year is thanks to selectively pulling out the little nuggets of information (from Smyte) that our younger players could absorb — then executing them well,” Hasson says.

“That ISAC title will be one of the highlights of these boys’ careers. They’ll never forget it.”

Hasson has been a volunteer basketball and baseball coach in addition to his first love, football.

Smyte credits him and former Junior Blue Devils president Wendi Counta with bringing back a solid youth program after dwindling numbers forced a discontinuance of DJBD in 2018.

The flag football program that Hasson built seems to be providing

a new spotlight on the local gridiron. In its third year, the league ballooned to 18 teams with more than 200 players. But the advent of the coronavirus pandemic threw a delay-of-game flag on the entire football program.

Once COVID-19 hit, Hasson and Junior Blue Devils President Nina Nero postponed the flag start from March 16 to April 6. Now, with the shelter-in-place edicts and the cloud hanging over the completion of the Davis school year, it’s doubtful that any flag football will be played.

A disappointed Hasson admits “we’re running out of weekends.”

He knows, too, that Blue Devil spring football is just around the corner (May 1) and worries that that, too, could be impacted.

But his main concern — like Smyte’s right now — is the health and safety of his players.

“We stay in contact with our members, trying to keep them as informed as we can,” says Smyte, adding that he’s been impressed with how Hasson has always

echoed the varsity lead when it comes to safety.

Hasson talked about how he and the DJBD coaches continue to amend techniques, equipment and practice to ensure safety first.

“I think we’ve always had a good safety culture in Junior Blue Devils, so that was never an issue for us,” Hasson explains. But Hasson, whose Aggie roots run deep, said he learned a lot about new-wave tackling from another former UCD fullback ...

“I give a lot of credit to (Aggie head football coach) Dan Hawkins for a different approach,” Hasson says. Ironically, the rugby-style technique is called “Hawk Tackling” — named after the Seattle Seahawks’ NFL-altering style of tackling in more upright manner — avoiding leading with a defender’s head.

“I still call it Hawk tackling, only in honor of coach Hawkins,” Hasson says with a laugh.

Further, Hasson helped steer the other DJBD coaches into an abbreviated practice routine that reduced the amount of physical contact to just a couple of days a week.

“Been doing that for a couple of seasons … a lot of it came from Dan, and he had a lot to do with how we structure practices, how long we have the kids out there,” Hasson says. “You realize these are student-athletes and understand that they have other things they want to do. We tried to take the stressors out of their lives, but keep the fun in football.”

Smyte says he’s sad to lose Satre in his ranks, but is delighted the timing was right for Hasson to step up.

From 6-year-old Junior Blue Devils straight through Davis High and into the Aggie program, local football continues to be one big happy and growing family.

It’s time to book your next sports adventure Staff reads I t’s not an exaggeration to say that 90 percent of what I read is fiction.

Hand me a tome set in Europe during World War II, and I’ll devour it in days.

But what about that 10percent reserve of nonfiction?

Well, it’s home to biographies and memoirs of men and women I admire, and the bulk of the selections are dedicated to sports.

The majority of writings show my L.A. Dodgers bias, but there are a few hidden gems that caught even me by surprise.

If you’re staring at your bookshelf and looking for a possible new read, consider the following …

■ “Seabiscuit, an American Legend” by Laura Hillenbrand (also the author of “Unbroken”) is a brilliant read for horse racing and non-thoroughbred fans alike.

Hillenbrand is able to paint

brilliant pictures in our minds because of the extensive research that goes into her writing.

The story is 399 pages, followed by 57 pages of chapter notes, index and the career charts of Seabiscuit.

Unlike some nonfiction that feels like you’re plodding through someone’s life, this book carries you at breakneck speed — just like riding a horse.

As an added bonus, if you’ve ever lived in Southern California, she brings the past alive in neighborhoods you drive through or around each day.

■ “The Boys in the Boat” by Daniel James Brown is one of those books I passed by numerous times in the bookstore. But one day I said, “The heck with it,” bought it, brought it home and,

again, couldn’t put it down.

This work follows the United States men’s crew journey for a gold medal at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.

Being slightly familiar with crew having covered the UC Davis team back in the day, the sport and language were not totally foreign to me.

The 370 pages cover not only the individual triumphs and struggles in the boat, but also the cutthroat world of

boat design. And that’s just in America.

It culminates in the classic David vs. Goliath with the University of Washington rowers battling Adolph Hiltler’s German crew.

■ “The Catcher was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg” by Nicholas Dawidoff was a surprise find.

Mainly because I found it at a museum, (technically, the Skirball Cultural Center just off The 405 north of the Getty Center in Los Angeles).

In 2006, I visited the Skirball to see its exhibit of “Chasing Dreams: Baseball and Becoming American.” It examined how early immigrants to the U.S. encouraged their children to learn to play baseball to fit it with their adopted country.

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On display were the familiar names and stories of Hank Greenberg, Fernando Valenzuela and Roberto Clemente. Then there was the exhibit on Moe Berg — described as an OK baseball player and maybe better spy.

How could I not get the book when I saw it in the gift shop?

It also has the bonus for me of touching on WWII: win-win.

This 352-page ride had plenty of twists and turns, supported by 10 pages of notes on the sources, then more notes and an index.

It was a strong read that held me from start to finish.

— Kim Orendor is the associate sports editor/writer for The Davis Enterprise. Reach her at kim. orendor@gmail.com and follow her on Twitter at @KOrendor.