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Garamendi offers legislation to create testing workforce UNITE Act would put Peace Corps volunteers to work in the U.S.

BY CALEB HAMPTON Enterprise staff writer Rep. John Garamendi, D-Walnut Creek introduced legislation Tuesday to create a nationwide corps to carry out coronavirus testing and contact tracing.

The bill would mobilize Peace Corps, AmeriCorps and Federal

Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) volunteers to support public health workers.

GARAMENDI New legislation

“The coronavirus pandemic has put an unprecedented strain on our society, and our nation

requires a significant scaling of testing and contact tracing in order to flatten the curve and lift stay-at-home orders,” Garamendi said in a press release.

Using the existing AmeriCorps framework, The Undertaking National Initiatives to Tackle Epidemic (UNITE) Act would dramatically bolster recruitment and require that the corps “prioritize activities related to coronavirus testing and contact tracing.”

There are currently about

75,000 AmeriCorps volunteers in the United States. The UNITE Act mandates the recruitment of an additional 500,000 personnel.

It would also permanently raise the compensation floor for volunteers to 200 percent of the poverty level, roughly double the current minimum.

The bill would also authorize funding to hire and train 10,000 additional FEMA personnel to perform contact tracing, provide logistical support for procuring

medical equipment, and fulfill other public health related needs.

“The UNITE Act empowers America’s service organizations to perform testing and contact tracing across the country and deliver the aid and support our communities require during the pandemic,” Garamendi said.

The U.S. may need to hire and train as many as 300,000 “disease intervention specialists” to

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Chapman grilled on Stebbins case

Lonely downtown

Supervisors weigh in

BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer

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With Yolo County’s shelter-in-place order in full effect, downtown Davis is bereft of customers. So, The Davis Downtown Business Association aims to infuse $100,000 into downtown businesses through a stimulus program, co-sponsored by the city of Davis. For full story, see Page A2.

Criticism of BrightNight solar agreement continues

BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer Members of the Davis City Council continue to hear widespread criticism of their recent approval of a lease option agreement with a company that wants to build a commercial solar farm on city property.

The council approved the lease option agreement at the end of March, but dozens of city residents and members of city commissions are urging the council to rescind it.

Opponents of the plan have written letters to the editor and op-ed pieces in The Enterprise and continue to email the council and speak during public comment at council meetings.

Those opponents include a broad cross-section of the community, from former Mayor Joe Krovoza to councilappointed members of the city’s Finance and Budget, Utilities, Open Space and Habitat, and Natural Resources commissions; as well as local energy

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and wildlife experts.

Much of the criticism has focused on the process by which BrightNight obtained the lease option for 235 acres of land near the city’s wastewater treatment facility on County Road 28H.

Timeline BrightNight approached the city about leasing the land for a commercial solar farm and solar-energy testing facility last year, and during a closed session in February, the council authorized the city manager to move ahead with a preliminary agreement for the lease option.

The council subsequently voted 4-1 at the end of March in favor of the plan.

Under the terms of the agreement, the city would receive about $5,000 per year during the next five years while BrightNight secures entitlements for the solar facility and once the

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BY LAUREN KEENE Enterprise staff writer A Woodland auto theft suspect released from Yolo County Jail under California’s emergency zero-bail order found himself back in custody on multiple felony charges this week, including allegations that he stole two more cars, using one to lead police on a high-speed pursuit.

Jacob Dakota James’ alleged crimes prompted the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office to issue a news release Monday about the reoffense, announcing new charges of vehicle theft, looting, evading police, resisting arrest and violating a public health order.

James, 27, remained in custody on a $10,000 bail hold Wednesday, four days after Woodland police arrested him following the early-morning chase.

Court documents show James, who served jail time for vehicle theft last fall, was arrested for the same offense

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on April 9, as well as for possessing burglary tools. He was soon released under a California Judicial Council order that sets zero bail for misdemeanors and low-level felonies, the measure intended to reduce jail populations and curb the spread of COVID-19.

Several days later, James allegedly stole a Honda Civic in Woodland, an offense the DA’s Office has charged as both vehicle theft and looting — a grand theft committed during a state of emergency, a felony offense that doesn’t qualify for zero-bail release.

The same counts were filed in connection with Saturday’s incident, which Woodland police Sgt. Dallas Hyde said involved a Honda CR-V reported stolen the night before.

At about 12:20 a.m. Saturday, “an officer located the vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed and a vehicle pursuit ensued,” Hyde said. “Within a

There’s been some sharp criticism of county officials in the wake of an article published over the weekend detailing the experiences of the county’s first confirmed COVID-19 patient.

The account by Davis resident Marilyn Stebbins raised questions about the way the county handled her case, from how she was described in a press release announcing her positive test on March 6, to the contact tracing that was CHAPMAN conducted by county County health health officials in the officer days following.

Specifically, Stebbins noted the press release described her as an older woman with underlying health conditions when she was, in fact, a healthy, athletic 58-year-old distance runner. She said she was told by a county public health nurse the press release would be corrected but it was not until after her article was published.

Stebbins also questioned why a

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County reports two more COVID deaths

BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer Yolo County reported two more deaths and nine more confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the last 48 hours.

Since the pandemic began, 12 county residents have died of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, and 155 residents have

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Briefly W. Sac homicide victim identified A 17-year-old boy fatally shot in West Sacramento last Friday night has been identified as Christopher Gomez, according to the Yolo County Coroner's Office.

Gomez, a West Sacramento resident, suffered a fatal gunshot wound to his chest while outside a residents in the area of Todhunter Avenue and Somerset Drive, West Sacramento police Sgt. Eric Angle previously told The Davis Enterprise.

A stray bullet from that shooting also is believed to have injured a man inside his trailer on nearby Sacramento Avenue, Angle said.

Police had not publicly identified any suspects in the homicide as of Wednesday, though the investigation is continuing. Anyone with information is urged to contact the Yolo County Dispatch Center at 916372-3375.

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Makes you feel like a real-life hero W HO WAS THAT MASKED MAN? ... while the Lone Ranger has gone off to Cowboy Heaven, the folks running Yolo County will soon be requiring all of us to wear face masks in public from Capay to Clarksburg ... the only exception will be if you’re eating a Subway sandwich while jogging ...

BIRDIES RETURN TO YOLO COUNTY ... hopes are soaring among Yolo County golfers that they will once again be playing their favorite game as soon as this weekend ... courses throughout the county were closed last month due to shelter in place advisories concerning the coronavirus ...

Golfers assured county officials that they would keep their tee shots at least six feet from sand traps and completely out of water hazards ...

SPEAKING OF BALL GAMES ... UC Davis has announced that all Big Sky Conference football games this fall will be played using paintball rules instead of actually tackling the ballcarrier ...

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IGHTING WRONGS ... apparently, certain real estate folks in town are pronouncing “Oeste” Drive as “O-S-Tay,” which is nothing short of sacrilege and a slap at our town’s history ... Oeste, you see,

rhymes with “toasty” and is named for a prominent and kind Davis family ...

In fact, the entire neighborhood surrounding Oeste Drive is known as Oeste Manor ... newcomers to town insist it’s pronounced “O-STay” and rightly point out that “Oeste” is Spanish for “west.” ... however, the Oeste family was of German heritage ... the word “east” in German is “Osten.” ... as far as I’m concerned, the proper pronunciation of any name lies with the family that bears the name ...

In this case, the Oeste family insists that Oeste rhymes with toasty ... and while we’re on the subject, it’s “Pewtah” Creek, not “Pootah” Creek ...

SILVER LININGS ... I was reading a semi-dismal real estate report in a nearby newspaper that

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Yolo County sheriff’s detectives recovered these firearms taken during a rural Esparto burglary last week.

Two arrested for firearm theft

BY LAUREN KEENE Enterprise staff writer Two Woodland residents face burglary and weaponrelated charges after allegedly stealing multiple firearms in a rural Yolo County break-in.

The Yolo County Sheriff ’s Office reported in a Facebook post this week its deputies recovered two of the four stolen guns, which were taken during the April 15 burglary at a home in the 16000 block of County Road 85B near Esparto.

The victim reported the incident the following evening.

Less than 24 hours later, at about 1:45 p.m. April 17, sheriff ’s detectives encountered a vehicle outside the In & Out Market on College Street in Woodland.

“The vehicle was occupied with suspects believed to be connected to the burglary,” the Facebook post said. “Fortunately, the two rifles taken from the Esparto residence were located in the car. Property was also located linking the suspects with another burglary that occurred on the 700 block of East Street in Woodland on April 16.”

Detectives arrested Juan

Hernandez, 25; and Sabrina Ornelas, 31; on suspicion of burglary, conspiracy, possession of stolen property, possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, and for committing a felony while out on bail.

Ornelas also has a violation of probation charge.

The burglary investigation remains ongoing, and anyone with information is asked to contact the Yolo County Sheriff ’s Office at 530-668-5280 or 530666-8282. Anonymous tips can be reported at 530668-5248.

Burglary investigations yield 3 arrests

BY LAUREN KEENE Enterprise staff writer Davis police arrested three people in connection with two unrelated burglaries reported earlier this week.

The first arrest occurred late Tuesday morning after officers responded to a commercial building at 260 Cousteau Place in Mace Ranch, where a man was discovered sleeping in a utility room, Lt. Art Camacho said. Dustin McGuire, 32, reportedly had several lock-box and electronic keys allowing access to the suites on the property, as well as clothing items previously delivered to the building.

McGuire, a transient, was booked into the Yolo County Jail on burglary charges.

“Officers continue to investigate the relationship between this incident and other crimes that have occurred recently in the business complex,” Camacho said. “According to employees at the scene, an

unknown suspect had previously stolen several lock boxes and building keys from the complex,” and someone had tried prying open a nearby suite door early Monday morning.

In the second unrelated incident, officers were dispatched at about 5:15 a.m.

Wednesday to a report of a vehicle burglary on Drummond Avenue. Witnesses at the scene said a male subject broke out the window of an unoccupied vehicle, reached inside and stole a chainsaw from inside, then fled the scene in a gray sedan, Camacho said.

While responding to the incident, officers spotted the sedan on Lillard Drive and made contact with two occupants, later identified as 25-year-old Alainna

Parker, 25; and 26-year-old Vertrail Payne of Sacramento.

“Officers searched the vehicle and located several construction-type power tools, including the stolen chain saw,” Camacho said.

“Detectives are currently ascertaining if the located tools were stolen during other burglaries that occurred in and around the city of Davis.”

Both Parker and Payne were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy and possession of stolen property, while Payne faces an additional vehicle burglary charge.

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RIGHTS AND WRONGS ... after Monday’s debacle of a demonstration at the California State Capitol, the CHP is considering no longer issuing permits for any events on state property, which would be a mistake ...

After all, folks still have the right to peaceably assemble ... just because one group of yahoos can’t follow the rules doesn’t mean that everyone should suffer ...

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

City, DDBA launch stimulus program for downtown businesses

Online poetry readings go on Davis Poet Laureate James Lee Jobe continues his free poetry readings live online at facebook.com/james leejobe. The next one, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. tonight will feature the poems of Yang Jian, Han Shan, Miyazawa Kenji and Wang Wei, among others.

After each reading is over, a video is created and remains at that same web address.

Jobe also maintains a free blog for locals’ poems at yolocountypoems.blogspot.com.

Email jamesleejobe@ gmail.com — and bear in mind that this site is child-friendly.

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Downtown businesses will get a much-needed boost thanks to a new gifting stimulus program that launched Wednesday.

The Davis Downtown Business Association aims to infuse $100,000 into downtown Davis businesses through the program, which is cosponsored by the city of Davis.

Community members are encouraged to purchase gift certificates and gift cards for their favorite businesses and up to $50,000 in purchases will be matched through the program. The DDBA and the city are each providing $25,000 towards the effort.

“This campaign is designed to support businesses right now and in real time during the shelter in place,” said Brett Maresca, executive director of Davis Downtown.

“Downtown Davis businesses need you now more than ever.”

To participate in the program, visit the DDBA website portal at http:// www.davisdowntown. com/stimulus-program and choose the business or businesses you want to support by purchasing gift cards or gift certificates. Once a buyer makes a purchase through the website, the gift card or gift certificate will be sent to the buyer by the business.

Businesses will receive the money for the gift

card or gift certificate plus a match — dollar for dollar — as stimulus money.

Thus purchasing a $50 gift card from your favorite downtown business means you’ll get the gift card and the business will receive $100.

“This new program infuses cash into businesses immediately and will help our downtown to survive during this unprecedented time,” said Davis City Councilman Lucas Frerichs. “Buying these gift cards that have a match is one of a variety of ways to support our downtown merchants, and I’m confident that our community will continue to step up in this time of need.”

Gift cards and gift certificates must be purchased directly through the DDBA website portal for the businesses to receive the matching donation. And businesses themselves must register to participate. They can do so at http://www. davisdowntown.com/ register-gsp.

All businesses within the Downtown Business Improvement District (DBID) are members of the DDBA and are eligible to participate in the Gifting Stimulus Program with a cap of $1,000 stimulus funds per business.

For more information, contact Maresca at info@ davisdowntown.com.

— Reach Anne TernusBellamy at aternus@ davisenterprise.net.

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Blowing up a no-breath balloon Area nonprofits

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BY SARA THOMPSON Special to the Enterprise

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his is another simple and very fun experiment anyone can do at home. You will need a small bottle with a narrow top, such as a plastic water or soda bottle, balloons, vinegar, baking soda, teaspoon and funnels recommended as well.

Take the cap off of the bottle and pour some vinegar into the bottle, use a funnel if needed. A few ounces is all you need, I usually pour enough to cover the bottom, but less than a finger width. Next, put 1-2 teaspoons of baking soda into the balloon, again a funnel will help with this. If you use the same funnel, make sure to wipe it clean between substances or a reaction may occur.

Carefully wrap the opening of the balloon around the opening of the bottle, being careful that no baking soda spills in. Make sure the balloon is wrapped completely around without any gaps or rips. Then pick up the top of the balloon and dump in the baking soda.

What happens? If the experiment is successful, the balloon should be inflating on its own, without your breath.

When vinegar and baking soda mix, they go through a couple of quick reactions. The first reaction is an acid-base reaction. The acidic hydrogen ions in the vinegar react with the basic sodium and bicarbonates in the baking soda and creates the new chemicals of carbonic acid

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Brighten up your day by learning how to blow up a balloon without using any breath.

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Almost immediately, the reaction changes to a decomposition reaction, where the chemicals then turn into water and carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide rises and fills the balloon, making it inflate.

This reaction also creates heat. If you touch the bottom of the bottle during the reaction, it will feel warmer than when you began. Try this experiment with different amounts of each substance to see how your inflated balloon differs.

Make sure to rinse the bottle and balloon out between experiments, or use new ones, so you can start each experiment fresh without any remaining chemicals.

To help slow the spread of

COVID-19, Explorit will be closed until public health restrictions have been lifted or eased. Our staff is working remotely and will be answering emails, please contact us at explorit@ explorit.org with any questions. We are not currently accepting recycled material donations.

———— Explorit’s coming events: ■ Summer Science Camp registration is still open and has spaces available! Weeklong camps from 8:45 a.m. to noon for kids entering grades K-6, with one evening camp for grades 6-10.

Prices are $125 for members and $150 for nonmembers. Registration available online at http:// www.explorit.org/programs/summer-camp/summer-and-vacation-classes.

■ Do you value science education for children in our community? Explorit Science Center has been

providing hands- on science opportunities in Davis for 38 years! Like many small businesses the closures have had a significant impact on our income. Now is a great time to consider a donation to help Explorit continue to educate and inspire the scientists of tomorrow: http:// www.explorit.org/support/ make-a-donation.

■ Become a member of Explorit! Membership grants you free visits to Explorit’s regular public hours, discounts on events, camps, and workshops, and gives you ASTC benefits. For more information, visit www.explorit. org/join/membershiplevels or call Explorit at 530-756-0191.

— Explorit Science Center is at 3141 Fifth St. For information, call 530-7560191 or visit http://www. explorit.org, or “like” the Facebook page at www. facebook.com/explorit.fb.

Sutter Care offers ongoing online bereavement group Enterprise staff Sutter Care at Home Hospice — Sacramento offers an ongoing general bereavement drop-in support group from 10 to 11:30 a.m. every Friday.

The group is being run on the WebEx format. The workshop is available to all community members regardless of whether their loved one received hospice care. There is no

charge to participate.

For more information and to enroll, call Sutter Hospice Sacramento Bereavement Services at 916388-6215.

VACAVILLE — Travis Credit Union has launched its $1 million philanthropic initiative, which was disbursed to local organizations working to provide COVID-19-related relief to nonprofits primarily focused on services in the areas of education, youths/ family, food banks and small-business support.

These nearly 100 nonprofits in the counties of Yolo, Napa, Solano, Contra Costa and Merced were notified via personal phone calls, including several from Barry Nelson, president and CEO of TCU. In determining the donation amount allocated for each agency, TCU considered the organization’s total size, scope of service, statement of immediate needs, as well as all facets of support being offered to local individuals and families impacted by COVID19.

The $1 million in donations represents TCU’s commitment to serve as a financial institution that truly cares about the community’s financial needs and well-being. In addition, TCU intends to match up to $4 million given to the TCU Foundation from other organizations, corporations and individuals.

The Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency was one of the local organizations selected to receive a donation from Travis Credit Union. Service Centers Branch Director Nolan Sullivan received

a notification call on Friday afternoon.

“Wow, what a call to great call to get on a Friday afternoon!” Sullivan said.

“We’ve just been working so hard around the clock.

It’s so amazing to have business partners like Travis Credit Union that help us do this work robustly, and make sure we’re supported while we’re supporting others.”

Recently, Yolo County launched its Emergency Operation Center to ensure that local individuals, such as seniors or the medically vulnerable, have regular access to food. By partnering with the food bank, the county has been delivering weekly boxes of food to approximately 5,000 people locally during the COVID-19 crisis.

In Yolo County, the following nonprofits received funds: 100 Club of Solano and Yolo Counties, Catholic Charities of YoloSolano, Davis Chamber of Commerce, Davis Community Meals and Housing, Empower Yolo, First 5 Yolo, Hopes Anchor Inc., Legal Services of Northern California, Meals on Wheels Yolo County, RISE Inc., United Service Organizations (USO) Northern California, Woodland Chamber of Commerce, Woodland Community College Foundation, Yolo County Children’s Alliance, Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency, Yolo County Office of Education, Yolo County YMCA, Yolo Crisis Nursery, Yolo Food Bank and Yolo Healthy Aging Alliance.

To watch a one-minute video of Yolo Food Bank being notified of the honor, visit https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=ZesJY9Rth8.

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COMMENTARY We’ll keep democracy going

BY JESSE SALINAS Special to The Enterprise

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ife has certainly changed for all of us. I am so grateful for all the volunteers and essential workers who are making sure we have food, health care and supplies.

During this global pandemic, we have seen an unprecedented united effort to identify needs, provide vital services, take care of the sick, and do our individual part to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

It was just over a month ago that we conducted the 2020 Presidential Primary Election as news of this highly contagious and deadly disease COVID-19 was continuing to spread around the world, including into the United States and California.

During the week before the election, Yolo County assessor/clerk-recorder/elections (ACE) staff took precautionary measures to protect our voters, poll workers and staff. We followed guidelines and recommendations set forth from the County Health Department and provided hand sanitizers and infographics to every polling place.

We had another successful Election Day and canvassing process despite numerous cancellations of poll workers and staffing issues due to the virus. We have since certified the election, ahead of the 21-day extension issued by Gov. Newsom.

We now turn our attention to the Nov. 3 election. It is abundantly clear that the world will not be the same after COVID-19 and one of those predicted changes is that poll workers and voters will not feel as safe as they once did at a polling place in November.

Although the Federal Government has provided the nation $400 million to conduct the November 2020 election, under these new health and safety standards, it is merely a down payment on democracy.

According to an estimate from the Brennan Center, the nation needs $1.5 to $2 billion to cover COVID-19-related costs in the upcoming election.

It is imperative that we keep the vote on schedule and keep democracy alive and well; however, we need to continue to put health and public safety first. My plan is to work with registrars across the state and our local leaders to conduct the upcoming election by mailing a Vote by Mail ballot to every voter.

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he Elections Office is exploring possible options for some type of in-person voting and assistance. What we will be able to offer will be dictated in consultation with our County Public Health Officer and public health and safety guidelines.

We will continue to do whatever is in our power to make sure that anyone who is eligible and wants to vote, can vote. Voters, you can also help! It is imperative that you keep your registration up to date.

Ensure that you are registered at your current address under your current name. If you move, be sure to re-register. You can easily do so online at http://www.registertovote.ca.gov.

Register to vote before the Oct. 19 deadline.

Sign up for Informed Delivery, a free service from the United States Postal Service.

With Informed Delivery, a photo of the mail you receive daily is emailed to you by USPS. Sign up at informeddelivery.usps.com. Also, please pay attention to the mail being delivered to your home, especially your ballot and other mail from the Elections Office.

In November, the Elections Office will also be offering BallotTrax, a service that tracks the status of your mail-in ballot and sends a series of alerts to each voter notifying you where your ballot is in the election process.

You can sign up to receive notifications via text, email, or voice alerts.

BallotTrax brings further transparency to the election process and we are excited to be piloting it within Yolo County in the upcoming election. Learn more at ballottrax.com.

Get information from trusted and verified sources, including our website, www.yoloelections.org, and our social media accounts: Facebook, YoloACE; Instagram, @YoloCoACE; and Twitter, @YoloCoACE. The weeks and months ahead will not be easy. These are challenging times that will take creativity, patience and cooperation. This is our new reality, but we will not let it deter our resolve to conduct the November election. Working with our voters, election partners and communities, I am certain we can continue to conduct the November election with integrity and accuracy.

I promise to do my part to keep democracy alive and if we all do our part, it will thrive!

— Jesse Salinas is the Yolo County assessor, clerk-recorder and registrar of voters.

FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2020

Secession a COVID side effect?

G ov. Gavin Newsom repeatedly calls California a “nation state,” employing a phrase not used by any other governor in memory.

President Trump mocks the federal system, first saying emergency responses are up to individual state governors, not the central government, and then saying the opposite, that he has “total authority.” He first suggests that medical suppliers ignore orders from states whose governors “don’t treat us right” and then claims he’s taking care of everyone.

These are new things in America. They could enlarge the existing, very small movement for a “Calexit,” secession from the union by California, progenitor of the world’s fifth-largest economy.

For sure, pandemics don’t happen often, but when they become devastatingly large, they can dramatically change the course of human history.

So it was when the Antonine Plague of 165 AD killed over 5 million persons and decimated the Roman army, leading to the first barbarian victories over that empire’s vaunted legions.

It happened again with the Bubonic Plague of 1347 to 1353, which many historians say delayed the Renaissance by a century as it killed off young artists and politicians whose work hinted at what actually came about 100 years later.

Smallpox killed off most

American Indians, making it far easier for white Europeans to spread across this continent.

No one can be sure today’s coronavirus pandemic will have similarly historic effects.

But so far, it has killed more than 35,000 Americans, the number growing from moment to moment.

Speculation abounds on how the pandemic might change this country. For example, the ApartmentList website, closely tracking national housing trends, predicts rents will fall and the long pattern of urbanization will pause.

There’s also a possibility coupling the virus and President Trump’s style of leadership as it rages might even alter America’s continental borders, static since the Civil War. The Yes, California! organization tried and failed to put a preliminary secession ballot initiative on the 2018 midterm election ballot. Had it gotten a vote, and won, it might have led to an actual vote on this state going its own way.

Now that movement’s

current prime organizer, Marcus Ruiz Evans of Fresno, reports that his and other blogs are seeing unusual numbers of pro-secession posts from individuals not linked to the movement.

Ruiz says often Trump gives his movement impetus, even though he tends to walk back many of his pronouncements within hours or days.

“Trump has already talked about cutting off travel to and from California,” Ruiz said.

“Then he threatened to cut off parts of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut with a strictly enforced quarantine letting nothing and nobody move in or out of that area for two weeks.”

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e backed off the TriState quarantine after Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said it would be “a declaration of war” on his state.

Gavin Newsom hasn’t used words as strong as those, but took this state on a path starkly different than any Trump previously recommended.

And when Trump suggested that businesses, churches and individuals return to normal life by April 12, Easter Sunday, one normally conservative California columnist suggested California should instantly declare independence if Trump did that. Trump backed off that idea, too.

For sure, Trump’s inconsistent, ego-driven leadership style in this crisis promoted a rift between states and the federal government, one that secessionist Ruiz may try to exploit.

“Everyone in the Calexit movement would agree that the only way to guarantee the ‘proper’ government reaction to this crisis would be for California to have full control over its resources and borders,” he said. “We think Californians know that already, but just won’t say it publicly.

We think the governor is already aware that his people think that way. He just won’t say it blatantly.”

In fact, when asked about Calexit during an interview while he was a candidate in 2018, Newsom adamantly opposed secession.

But, says Ruiz, “we’ve seen the pickup in people talking about secession (on social media) and then thousands of other Californians ‘liking’ their posts.”

Plainly, it may be years before the full after-effects of the coronavirus are known.

One of those just might be a California future vastly different from its past and present.

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LETTERS Measure G The certification of the Measure G victory on April 8 is a welcomed reminder of Davis voters’ commitment to our community. At the end of the day, our support for students and educators in Davis was reaffirmed. We now have funding to ensure fair pay for our educators and the staff that support them.

Hundreds of volunteers came together to support the Yes on Measure G campaign and the victory is a testament to the effort each volunteer put in to speak to their neighbors, write a letter, put up a lawn sign, table at the Farmers Market and many other actions big and small.

Our volunteers worked hard to provide voters with credible information on the issue and earn their support. It was great to see a coalition of educators, parents and community leaders come together to support our local schools and our students.

We believe dedicated local funding for our schools will be crucially important in these uncertain economic times. The Yes on Measure G campaign team offers our sincere thanks to the hardworking volunteers, parents, teachers, community leaders and Davis voters for supporting the measure.

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Campaign fairness I have continued to watch most of the Coronavirus Daily Briefings provided by President Trump. I keep hoping for some relevant information and improvement in the sessions.

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To quote Superintendent Bowes’s announcement: “Pass/No Pass (PNP) will have no effect on a student’s GPA. Moreover, given the broad variability of home conditions for many of our students, a pass/no pass grading system is the most equitable option for our students. Moving to this system will benefit our staff and students without negative consequences for students with college aspirations.”

To the contrary, a PNP system will severely disadvantage high school students applying to college in the next two years.

PNP destroys academic efforts of the third quarter, causing tremendous anxiety.

PNP handcuffs students’ ability to improve third-quarter grades, thereby increasing their overall GPA. Precollege DHS students must compete with students across California who can increase their GPAs this semester.

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The CSU system announced that it was suspending the ACT/SAT requirement for next fall and will emphasize GPA in admissions.

The PNP announcement has lowered motivation to learn.

For college athletes, PNP has huge GPA implications. In PNP situations, the NCAA assigns the lowest passing grade, a D. DJUSD is responsible for not harming students. They must simultaneously uphold the core values of equity in learning and academic achievement. The PNP shift is only equitable in that it harms all students equally and fails to uphold the core value of academic achievement.

Education has never been one size fits all. DJUSD kids deserve the same opportunity as students across California. They deserve the same equity that the UC and CSU systems have adopted.

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CASE: Supervisor demands answers on procedures From Page A1 local nail salon she visited for a manicure while she was symptomatic — but before she was diagnosed — was not contacted by the county during its contact tracing.

She said her husband was the only person contacted by the county’s public health department and questioned whether healthcare workers in Davis who she exposed ever were.

During Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting, Supervisor Jim Provenza of Davis directed those same questions to the county’s health officer, Dr. Ron Chapman.

“I think we all appreciated (Stebbins’) article and her pointing out the good and the bad of her experiences,” said Provenza. “I wanted to follow up on a couple of those things though.

“Could you describe in a little bit more detail the tracing and notification that went on and maybe what we’ve learned from it?”

Provenza asked Chapman.

Chapman replied that “at that time, there was very little understanding of the virus itself. There was very little understanding of how infectious it was, and just lots of unknowns at that point.

“We launched our standard contact investigation at the time. That entailed working very closely with the California Department of Public Health and using guidance from them and the Centers for Disease Control,” Chapman said.

Public health officials, he said, contacted Stebbins’s workplace (the UC San Francisco School of Pharmacy); the county where her brother-in-law, who she had been in contact with, lived; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which investigates air travel exposure (because she had traveled by air while symptomatic); and the

healthcare facilities Stebbins had visited. “(W)e went over all the possible contacts that were exposed and this is what we do during contact investigations,” Chapman said.

“At the time, the California Department of Public Health, and the guidance that was out there at the time, did not feel that additional contacts met the exposure criteria, including the nail salon.”

information since. Thank you.”

“That’s what I was trying to clarify,” said Provenza, “because there are individuals in the community who don’t know that and I think that the press release was not as clear as it could be. I think our credibility going forward, to ask people to do whatever we’re asking them to do, whether it’s stay at home, shelter in place, whatever it is we’re asking them to do, depends on credibility.”

Rules and regulations Provenza then asked if there were any rules or regulations that prohibited contacting the nail salon, to which Chapman replied, “No, there’s no limitations to contact anybody.”

“So I’m a little confused,” Provenza said, “because I know that was on March 6, around that date, and at that time we were being told that the virus could be transmitted by people without symptoms. And we were also being told not to shake hands. And yet someone getting a manicure is sitting there for 15 or 20 minutes breathing a person’s air and by the nature of the procedure they’re touching their hands, so I’m wondering why we wouldn’t just go ahead and notify this individual or this salon.”

Chapman’s reply: “I appreciate your question. Thank you.”

“So that is my question,” said Provenza. “Can you answer it?”

Replied Chapman, “We were going with the technical system and guidance that we had at the time, Supervisor. There probably were many hundreds of other people that were exposed and there’s a fine line that you draw during a contact investigation. You make decisions and that was the decision made at the time based upon the guidance at that time.”

“I understand that,” said

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Provenza. “And I guess I’m suggesting in my role as a board member — we are responsible for public oversight — that sometimes maybe your own judgement might be more important than following the technical guidance that comes from other areas, and erring on the side of protecting public health and safety. That’s, I think, something to keep in mind.

“I trust you and your judgement and I think sometimes we get too wrapped up in the guidance from other entities.”

Chapman replied that he appreciated that feedback and said, “with my over 30 years of experience and judgement and many, many outbreaks, I can tell you that this is absolutely unprecedented. We’ve had no prior experience like this … probably going back to the Spanish Flu, so judgement calls are extremely important at this time. I appreciate your confidence.”

Provenza then turned to the press release which the county issued on March 6, announcing the first positive COVID-19 case in the county, as well as the press conference held that same day.

TESTING: Peace Corps out of work From Page A1 perform coronavirus contact tracing, according to Tom Frieden, the New York City health commissioner and former director of the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC).

Politico reported this week that the U.S. had fewer than 2,000 contact tracers nationwide before the pandemic.

On Wednesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced plans to train up to 10,000 contact tracers. The ability to track and trace the virus is one of six indicators outlined by the state government that will determine California’s readiness to modify stayat-home orders.

In selecting volunteers for the UNITE Act testing a tracing corps, first consideration would be given to unemployed veterans, others unemployed due to the coronavirus pandemic, and

COVID: Virus hits Woodland From Page A1 tested positive. A total of 1,577 residents have been tested thus far, according to the county’s online dashboard.

With 79 confirmed cases, the Woodland has more than half of the county’s total. Woodland is home to the Stollwood Convalescent Hospital at St. John’s Retirement Village, which has experienced a COVID19 outbreak which at last count included 31 residents and 33 staff members. Six residents have died.

Davis now has 17 confirmed cases, while West Sacramento has 48 and the combined Winters/unincorporated areas have 11.

Meanwhile, the county continues to make progress in providing shelter for homeless individuals during the shelter in place. As of Thursday, the county had placed 262 homeless residents in motels, including 66 in Davis.

“I understand how capable America’s service organizations are.”

Rep. John Garamendi D-Walnut Grove AmeriCorps volunteers and Peace Corps volunteers whose service involuntarily ended.

In March, the Peace Corps abruptly suspended all operations due to the coronavirus pandemic.

More than 7,000 volunteers stationed in 60 countries around the world were told to evacuate and return to the United States.

“I understand how capable America’s service organizations are to expand our nation’s testing and contact tracing to meet the needs of

our country’s pandemic response,” said Garamendi, a former Peace Corps volunteer who serves as cochair of the Congressional Peace Corps Caucus.

The bill was also introduced in the Senate

by Sens. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. In addition to channeling volunteers into a coronavirus response workforce, the bill guarantees certain protections for service personnel. Health benefits for Peace Corps volunteers would be extended for six months and all volunteers wishing to continue their prior service projects once operations resume around the world would be reenrolled and able to “expeditiously return” abroad.

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“I attended the press conference and there was a discussion about an elderly individual with underlying health conditions,” Provenza began.

Chapman interrupted, saying, “Just to correct you, she was not called an elderly person, we would never use that terminology.”

Said Provenza, “Older person, I’m sorry … older person with underlying conditions … Did we know at that time that wasn’t accurate?”

“Can you restate your question?” asked Chapman. “I’m not sure which part wasn’t accurate? That she was 58 years old? Her age?”

“Well,” said Provenza, “older person with underlying health conditions sounds to most people like somebody sitting in a nursing home. This was an athletic, fit individual who was 58 years old, not over 60, not over 65, and I’m just wondering when she asked for that to be corrected, was it not corrected by mistake or was it deemed not important to correct it?”

Replied Chapman, “I believe it was an oversight at the time and that we’ve corrected that

He added that he has “great confidence” in Chapman and that the community’s safety has been improved because of his efforts and those of his team, “but please do understand that the board has an oversight responsibility and we have to ask these questions.”

“Thank you,” Chapman replied.

Supervisor Gary Sandy of Woodland echoed Provenza’s confidence in Chapman.

“I think the extent to which this experiment in public health in Yolo County has succeeded, it has succeeded because we have relied principally and heavily on the input of trained medical professionals who have been outstanding in their service to our community. And I deeply appreciate that.”

“There are neighboring counties,” said Sandy, “where the policies have been left largely in the hands of politicians and I don’t think they’ve performed as well as we have.

“And we’ve learned together,” said Sandy. “We’ve learned often painful lessons. Where wrongs have been committed, we’ve stepped forward and apologized.

But we need to have an eye to the future now, all of us, and moving ahead, and that’s direction we’re going to go.”

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PG&E is requesting a total of approximately $21 million for this initiative to be collected in rates beginning in 2022.

BACKGROUND Every year the CAISO does an assessment to ensure reliability of the electric system. The 2017–2018 assessment of the PG&E Greater Bay Area identified areas in north Oakland that will require transmission improvements. In response, PG&E is proposing an innovative portfolio of projects to ensure reliability in this area, including energy storage projects.

The CAISO’s evaluation found PG&E’s proposal to be the most cost-effective way of improving electric reliability in the north Oakland area.

HOW WILL THE APPLICATION AFFECT ELECTRIC RATES? Most customers receive bundled electric service from PG&E, meaning they receive electric generation, transmission and distribution services. Based on rates currently in effect, the bill for a typical residential customer using 500 kWh per month would increase from $122.74 to $123.39, or 0.5%.

Direct Access and Community Choice Aggregation are unbundled electric service customers who only receive electric transmission and distribution services from PG&E. On average, these customers would see an increase of 0.001%.

Departing Load customers do not receive electric generation, transmission or distribution services from PG&E. However, these customers are required to pay certain charges by law or CPUC decision. These customers will not be impacted by this application.

Actual impacts will vary depending on usage.

CPUC PROCESS This application will be assigned to an Administrative Law Judge who will determine how to receive evidence and other related information necessary for the CPUC to establish a record upon which to base its decision.

Evidentiary hearings may be held where parties present their testimony and may be subject to crossexamination by other parties. These hearings are open to the public, but only those who are formal parties in the case can participate.

After considering all proposals and evidence presented during the hearings, the assigned Judge will issue a proposed decision which may adopt PG&E’s proposal, modify it or deny it. Any of the five CPUC Commissioners may sponsor an alternate decision. The proposed decision, and any alternate decisions, will be discussed and voted on at a scheduled CPUC Voting Meeting that is open to the public.

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Pets of the week Special to The Enterprise Lots of animals are waiting for “forever homes” at the Yolo County Animal Shelter, 2640 E. Gibson Road in Woodland.

Among them is Miss Kitty (A177917), a 12-yearold spayed female calico cat enjoying her days in a foster home while waiting for a family to adopt her.

Also looking for a good home is Cheyenne, a young, 1-year-old female Siberian husky looking for a home with an active family. She is loving and playful and needs a family willing to continue her training.

All shelter animals are up-to-date on vaccinations, microchipped, and

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The shelter is closed to the public for nonemergencies but staff is available to assist at 530668-5287 during new temporary hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. from Monday to Friday, and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays.

For information, visit www.petfinder.com/ member/us/ca/woodland/ yolo-county-animalservices-ca283/.

At Rotts of Friends Animal Rescue, you’ll find Beans, a handsome 2- to 3-year-old neutered male Great Pyrenees.

He is very friendly, obedience-trained and housebroken. Beans is a playful goofball and will bring a smile to your face every time you look at him.

Scarlett is an 8-monthold spayed female white shepherd pup. She is very friendly, housebroken and has had some obedience training. She would love to entertain your kids or be a single person’s new best friend.

The next Rotts of Friends’ adoption event is from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, April 25, at 34505 County Road 29 in Woodland.

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Miss Kitty Come by 10 a.m., as it takes at least an hour to meet and adopt a dog; everyone who will be living with the dog should come out to meet it.

Bring proof of home ownership, such as a mortgage statement or property tax bill. If you rent, please bring proof that you are allowed to have a dog in your home.

In response to the novel coronavirus shelter-inplace order from the Yolo County Public Health Officer, Yolobus has reduced services starting April 20 until further notice.

Since the COVID-19 containment efforts began, Yolobus has closely monitored its ridership data to carefully balance essential transportation services, social distancing goals and using its resources wisely. Yolobus will continue to make necessary service and operations adjustments, until this situation passes.

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■ Route 43: Eastbound morning trips at 6:08 a.m. and 7:07 a.m. remain. Canceled are 6:57 a.m., 7:27 a.m. and 7:37 a.m. trips.

Westbound evening trips at 4:13 p.m., 4:33 p.m. and 4:43 p.m. remain. Canceled are 4:03 p.m. and 5:03 p.m. trips.

■ Routes 43R, 44, and 232 are canceled.

■ Route 230: Eastbound morning trips at 5:59 a.m. and 6:59 a.m. remain and 6:49 a.m. is canceled. Westbound trips at 4:32 p.m. and 5:02 p.m. trips remain and 4:42 p.m. is canceled.

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Get ready for ‘Radio Tuesdays’ Bike City Theatre Company starts monthly radio plays next week Special to The Enterprise

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ike City Theatre Company is launching “Radio Tuesdays,” a series of original radio plays, with each one being uploaded at 6 p.m. on the last Tuesday of every month.

The series debuts with “Crab Apple Tuesday” by Kevin Carlyle Gish on Tuesday, April 28.

The audio files are free to access and will be available on SoundCloud under “Radio Tuesdays” as well as on the company’s website: bikecitytheatre.org.

While Zoom meetings proliferate and larger theater companies are livestreaming performances, BCTC is dipping its toes into the rich tradition of radio drama.

Each installment will be an original piece made for listening (as opposed to recorded readings of live plays), and the material will span all genres.

“The first installment is a surreal comedy that follows one young man through an utterly harrowing search for employment.

‘Crab Apple Tuesday’ delights in the absurd, and is a disturbingly hilarious antidote to monotony in an increasingly strange world,” said company member Cyprus Van Inwegen.

Playwright Gish, also a BCTC member, described it this way: “The filthy stench of Liverpool. Peter the Aardvark. A naive young lad has the freakiest morning of his life as he tries to find work washing windows. Fair warning: This will not be a pleasant experience for anyone involved.”

Sarah Marsh Krauter, the BCTC literary manager and dramaturg, says that the art of radio drama is far from dead — it just has ebbs and flows.

“In fact, the longestrunning soap opera in the world is the British radio drama ‘The Archers,’ which aired in 1950 (and is still running today),” she noted.

Radio theater’s heyday was in the early 20th century.

“Televisions were a

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Cody Craven, a voice actor in “Crab Apple Tuesday,” records lines while video-conferencing with the rest of the crew. The radio show will kick off “Radio Tuesdays,” a new series of original radio plays produced by Bike City Theatre Company. luxury item well into the 1950s for many Americans, so radio was the predominant mode of mass communication,” she said.

“In fact, ‘soap opera’ is actually a term from this time period when soap manufacturers sponsored programs. The range of programming seen on television and streaming

platforms today is equal to what filled the airwaves during the golden age of radio.”

Some modern examples of radio narrative drama include “A Prairie Home Companion,” featuring Garrison Keillor, and the BBC 4 radio sitcom “Cabin Pressure,” featuring wellknown actor Benedict

Cumberbatch.

“Today, British radio drama remains quite popular,” Marsh Krauter noted. “Arguably the masters of the art form, the BBC Radio 4 homepage has a fascinating selection of contemporary material.

“In these times, alternatives to live entertainment become painfully relevant.”

“Like other theater companies, BCTC has had to undergo a test of resiliency as live theater is shuttered across the county” Van Inwegen said. Postponed events for BCTC include March’s Salon Reading, Clare Barron’s 2018 play “Dance Nation” and April’s entry, an evening of short plays by Gish titled “I Am Lizard.”

Radio Tuesdays are a continuation of the ethos of the Salon Reading Series — bringing new and independent works of theater to the public, free of charge.

The new series is a way to continue use of BCTC’s grant from the city of Davis community arts fund while live theater is put on hold — “during a time when people stuck in their homes can take unprecedented solace in art, community and the voices of others,” Van Inwegen said.

For more information and updates, follow Bike City Theatre Company on Facebook, Instagram @ bikecitytheatre, and sign up for the mailing list at bikecitytheatre.org.

Plays aired on “Radio Tuesdays” may contain adult material.

Great storytelling fuels sumptuous animated fantasy

BY DERRICK BANG Enterprise film critic The spirit of Studio Ghibli lives on in writer/director Makoto Shinkai’s “Your Name,” a mindbending romantic fantasy steeped in the Japanese culture, tradition and mysticism that are hallmarks of Hayao Miyazaki’s best films.

On top of which, the lush hand-drawn animation, at times approaching photo-realism, is so gorgeous that it almost hurts the eyes. Indeed, at times the visuals virtually overpower the narrative: ordinarily an ill-advised distraction, but in this case merely a welcome excuse to watch the film again.

Shinkai’s story is so carefully composed, so deviously cunning, that almost any plot description is guaranteed to spoil the viewer’s sense of elated discovery, as each fresh twist is revealed.

If your curiosity is sufficiently piqued, best to stop reading here, until after seeing the film (which is available via Amazon Prime and other streaming services).

High school-age Mitsuha (voiced by Mone Kamishiraishi) lives in the rural community of Itomori, in Japan’s mountainous Hida region. She and her younger sister, Yotsuha (Kanon Tani), are being raised by their grandmother, Hitoha (Etsuko Ichihara); the elderly woman has schooled them in venerable Japanese traditions such as kumihimo (thread weaving) and

‘Your Name’ Starring (voices): Mone Kamishiraishi, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Ryo Narita, Aoi Yüki, Masami Nagasawa, Etsuko Ichihara and Kanon Tani Rating: PG, for dramatic intensity kuchikamizake (sake fermentation), the latter taking place during a lavishly costumed kabuki ritual.

Both practices have symbolic significance that factor into what will follow.

Mitsuha, bored and restless, yearns for a more exciting life anywhere else: a desire she confides to best friends Tessie (Ryo Narita), a construction worker; and Sayaka (Aoi Yüki), a nervous girl too shy to acknowledge her crush on Tessie.

Elsewhere…

High school-age Taki (Ryunosuke Kamiki), living amid the hustle and bustle of Tokyo, works part-time in an Italian restaurant while studying to become an architect; he’s also a gifted pencil artist.

He has a crush on restaurant co-worker Miki (Masami Nagasawa), a slightly older university student, who is amused by his somewhat clumsy attention.

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Mitsuha, center, can’t begin to explain to her friends — Tessie and Sayaka — why she isn’t quite herself at the moment.

To the consternation and confusion of their respective friends and family, Mitsuha and Taki haven’t been themselves of late; each has acted disoriented, out of place, out of touch.

The penny may drop faster for cinema buffs who recognize echoes of a sub-genre that stretches back to 1941’s “Here Comes Mr. Jordan” and 1964’s “Goodbye Charlie,” but it takes a while for Mitsuha and Taki to figure out what has happened — although they cannot begin to comprehend why or how it happened.

At first, these events are written off as bad dreams (a suspicion that we share because it’s difficult to know where the story is going).

But we get visual hints, most notably the frequent, low-angle images of sliding doors opening and closing, separating an inside from an outside (which prompted memories of 1998’s “Sliding Doors,” in its way a distant cousin to this scenario). The symbolism goes deeper: a tomato visibly sliced in two, a brilliant sunset with a lens flare that bisects the cinematic frame.

We begin to sense that Mitsuha

and Taki are two halves of a separated whole: somehow incomplete without each other.

Shinkai has a lot of fun with the resulting gender dynamics, starting with the respective dismay (and delight?) of anatomical surprises.

There’s also the essential need to maintain appearances because nobody else would understand or believe the reality of these unreal circumstances.

The “trading” back and forth seems random, prompted by

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Gumshoe movies: The game is afoot!

It’s nice to know some crimes can be solved successfully

BY DERRICK BANG Enterprise film critic Constant Companion and I were mystery fans long before the eponymous PBS umbrella series debuted in 1980 and became Thursday evening must-see TV. Given how seldom crimes are resolved acceptably in real life, it’s immensely gratifying when a fictional detective cleverly wraps up a case, and bad’uns get their just desserts.

The film industry has enjoyed a profitable relationship with detectives from the very beginning; one of the first “dramatic” films — 1900’s “Sherlock Holmes Baffled,” running a scant 30 seconds — finds the famed consulting detective attempting to catch a thief who can appear and disappear at will (thanks to primitive special effects).

Nobody needs to be reminded about classics such as the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce Holmes series, or the William Powell/Myrna Loy “Thin Man” series, or oneoffs such as “The Maltese Falcon,” “Chinatown” and “L.A. Confidential.” But as we continue to shelter in place while awaiting a satisfying resolution to the current challenge, you may derive vicarious satisfaction from the efforts of some additional sleuths.

All are well-established characters from mystery fiction, and all of these films are available via Amazon Prime and (in most cases) several other streaming services.

Alistair Sim is best remembered as the pluperfect Ebenezer Scrooge, in 1951’s “A Christmas Carol.”

He also makes a terrific Inspector Cockrill in the 1946 adaptation of Christianna Brand’s ingenious detective novel, “Green for Danger.” The setting is a rural World War II-era British hospital, where a patient has died on the operating table. When the head nurse is killed after insisting that the patient’s death was no accident, the rumpled and persnickety Cockrill arrives on the scene.

Sim excels in the role, which feels like an ancestor of Peter Falk’s Lt. Columbo.

Cockrill also has a mordant sense of humor, commenting at one point that, “My presence lay over the hospital like a pall … I found it all tremendously enjoyable.”

“Green for Danger” is all but forgotten these days, which is a shame; it’s a corker of a mystery.

Ross Macdonald’s Lew Archer bridged the transition from early, toughtalking private detectives — Dashiell Hammett’s Sam Spade and Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe as the most famous examples — to the more thoughtful, often angst-ridden investigators who followed in the 1960s and onward. Very few of Macdonald’s 18 Archer novels and nine short stories have been adapted to film or television, despite the crowdpleasing success of the first effort: 1966’s “Harper,” adapted from Macdonald’s first Archer novel, 1949’s “The Moving Target.”

William Goldman’s witty script is sublimely interpreted by star Paul Newman, whose snarky performance gives the world-weary private investigator just the right blend of mildly bitter self-loathing, shrewd intelligence and foolish persistence.

The case begins when Harper is hired by wealthy, paraplegic and tarttongued Elaine Sampson (Lauren Bacall) to find her wayward husband Ralph, an alcoholic womanizer prone to acts of fiscal imprudence. The Sampson household includes Elaine’s spoiled and flirty stepdaughter, Miranda (Pamela Tiffin), and her cheerful boyfriend, Allan (Robert Wagner).

Harper gets roughed up quite a bit, trying to determine how many of these and other folks are hiding nasty secrets; he uncovers a few sidebar larcenies en route to solving the initial case and identifying a most unexpected kidnapper/ killer.

Speaking of Marlowe, Raymond Chandler wrote seven novels starring that iconic gumshoe; all but one

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When Marlowe (James Garner, right) stubbornly refuses a bribe offered by the initially oh-so-courteous Winslow Wong (Bruce Lee), the latter allows his temper to show — with destructive results.

— 1958’s “Playback” — have been made into films at least once. 1969’s eponymous “Marlowe” is adapted from the author’s fifth series novel, 1949’s “The Little Sister”; screenwriter Stirling Silliphant did a masterful job of retaining the book’s plot, attitude and mordant one-liners — all delivered superbly by star James Garner — while bringing the action into the swinging ’60s.

Marlowe is hired by whiny Kansas country girl Orfamay Quest (Sharon Farrell) to find her brother Orrin, who has gone missing somewhere in Los Angeles. The young man’s last known address was a seedy hotel, where Marlowe chats with a shady manager and an oddly shifty tenant; shortly thereafter, both are murdered with an ice pick.

Subsequent events lead Marlowe to popular TV actress Mavis Wald (Gayle Hunnicutt), who is chaperoned closely by her best friend, exotic dancer Dolores Gonzáles (Rita Moreno). Marlowe knows he’s getting close after being offered a bribe by the deceptively polite Winslow Wong (Bruce Lee).

The latter is quite a bonus in an already engaging thriller; Winslow’s destruction of Marlowe’s office is classic.

Walter Mosely’s Ezekiel “Easy” Porterhouse Rawlins, featured in 13 books thus far, made his debut in 1990’s “Devil in a Blue

Although Ross Macdonald’s series detective is named Lew Archer, the name was changed for star Paul Newman, who — at the time — superstitiously believed that H-titled films were good for his career. (“The Hustler,” “Hud” and “Hombre” had preceded “Harper.”)

Dress.” Although Mosely’s novels are firmly in the hard-boiled private detective genre, they’re also impeccably researched historical fiction, with a focus on post-WWII race relations — and injustice — in Southern California.

Easy is a war veteran living in Watts, seeking regular employment in

Even though Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins (Denzel Washington, left) and his lethal friend Raymond “Mouse” Alexander (Don Cheadle, right) find a witness to verify certain events, their missing-persons case continues to mushroom into something far more serious.

order to keep financing the apple of his eye: his very own mortgaged house, complete with a porch where he loves to sit and bask in the satisfaction of owning property.

Director/scripter Carl Franklin’s sumptuous 1995 adaptation of “Devil in a Blue Dress” finds star Denzel Washington projecting just the right blend of wariness, righteous indignation and eventually — as things get nasty — carefully controlled fury. He stays alive, more than once, thanks to the assistance of longtime best friend Raymond “Mouse” Alexander, played to uncontrolled, psychopathic perfection by Don Cheadle.

“Look,” Mouse protests, when Easy objects to one of his buddy’s homicidal errors, “if you ain’t want him killed, why’d you leave him with me?”

The case begins simply enough when Easy is hired to find a woman named Daphne Monet (Jennifer Beals), who has gone into hiding; as the bodies stack

up, the “simple” case soon involves the Los Angeles mayoral race, blackmail and some particularly heinous behavior by one of the candidates.

Critics and the general public weren’t kind to director Phil Joanou’s 1996 adaptation of James Lee Burke’s “Heaven’s Prisoners,” second in the author’s ongoing series of crime thrillers featuring former New Orleans cop-turnedinvestigator Dave Robicheaux. The film’s failure is bewildering; scripters Harley Peyton and Scott Frank faithfully honored the book, both in terms of narrative and — far more important — tone.

Alec Baldwin also is perfectly cast as Robicheaux, and the supporting roles are equally strong.

As the film begins, Robicheaux and his beloved wife Annie (Kelly Lynch) are living quietly in the Louisiana swamplands, renting boats and fishing equipment to locals and tourists.

A smuggler’s plane crashes into the water, directly in front of them; Robicheaux dives after the sinking wreck and manages to save a little Salvadoran girl.

They adopt the child, naming her Alafair; unfortunately, the incident stirs dangerous waters.

The sudden arrival of a DEA agent raises questions, leading Robicheaux to former childhood friend Bubba Rocque (Eric Roberts), now the area’s top drug kingpin. Although Bubba seems unworried, Robicheaux’s interest clearly irritates somebody; as always is the case in a Burke story, things turn very nasty.

I always suspected that Baldwin hoped this film would be popular enough to prompt an ongoing series, but such was not to be. Even so, “Heaven’s Prisoners” has gained considerable respect with the passage of time and now is recognized as a sterling adaptation of Burke’s novel.

— Read more of Derrick Bang’s film criticism at http://derrickbang.blog spot.com. Comment on this review at www. davisenterprise.com.

Capital Stage’s 2020-21 season kicks off with ‘Predictor’ Special to The Enterprise Capital Stage’s 16th season will be the fifth season at the helm of producing artistic director Michael Stevenson. Cancellations of last season’s “Admissions” and “Pass Over” due to the coronavirus pandemic will not discourage Stevenson’s determination to bring these cutting-edge pieces to the public. They will both be included in the upcoming season, set to begin Aug. 26.

Subscriptions are available now by contacting the box office at 916-995-5464 or online at capstage.org.

Single tickets will go on sale on Aug. 1. Current

subscribers who renew before June 15 will receive seating priority.

“Predictor,” by Jennifer Blackmer, makes its National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere from Aug. 26 to Sept.

27. Based on true events, “Predictor” is the real-life story of Margaret Crane who, in 1967, defied all odds and expectations by becoming the inventor of the first home pregnancy test.

An imaginative, stubborn, recovering-Catholic graphic artist with a proclivity for seeing things differently, Margaret contemplates the decision to

sell her patent to Organon Pharmaceuticals. Weighing the pros and cons of her choice takes her on a fantastic trip of both head and heart through an unconventional life, exploring her creative process and confronting the sexism and social mores of a bygone age that seem, sadly, all too current.

Will Meg’s invention fall into the wrong hands and disappear, or will she make the ultimate sacrifice to change the shape of women’s lives forever?

“Admissions,” by Joshua Harmon, the 2018 Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards winner for

Outstanding Play, runs from Oct. 14 to Nov. 15.

Sherri Rosen-Mason is head of the admissions department at a New

England prep school, fighting to diversify the student body. Alongside her husband, the school’s headmaster, they’ve largely

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‘Always Be My Maybe’: No doubts here!

Sharp script is the spice in this tasty rom-com

‘Always Be My Maybe’ Starring: Ali Wong, Randall Park, James Saito, Michelle Buteau, Vivian Bang, Keanu Reeves, Susan Park, Daniel Dae Kim, Karan Soni and Casey Wilson Rating: PG-13, for sexual content, drug use and occasional profanity

BY DERRICK BANG Enterprise film critic Much the way the Hallmark Channel has become (in)famous for its insufferably sweet Christmas movies, Netflix has been unleashing a steady supply of original romantic comedies.

Many fall into the so-so category; some are positively dire. (I strongly caution against “Love Wedding Repeat,” which debuted a few weeks ago.)

“Always Be My Maybe,” on the other hand, is a cut above.

The premise and execution may be familiar, but the snarky script and sharp acting — with solid, character-rich performances even by minor players — makes this a thoroughly scrumptious experience.

It’s a dream project by co-writers Ali Wong and Randall Park, both accomplished actors and comedians, who wanted to produce their own version of “When Harry Met Sally.”

With solid assistance from co-scripter Michael Golamco and director Nahnatchka Khan — a noteworthy feature film debut — Wong and Park succeeded.

Aside from the engaging core story, their film is laden with nonstop asides, retorts and one-liners — all delivered with impeccable comic timing — and droll bits of visual business, some so subtle that you’ll have to watch a second time, just to catch them all (a not-at-all painful experience). This may be a modest endeavor, but it’s quite entertaining.

It’s also a hilarious — and dead-on accurate — send-up of pretentious

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When Marcus (Emerson Min) and Sasha (Miya Cech) treat themselves to a night on the town, of course they have to participate in a cute photo booth session. foodies and the vacuous celebrity culture.

But that comes later. We meet Sasha and Marcus — initially played engagingly

by Miya Cech and Emerson Min — as 12-year-old neighbors in a friendly San Francisco neighborhood.

She’s a latchkey sole child of parents forever busy elsewhere: essentially an orphan.

She, therefore, spends considerable time next door with the traditional family that Marcus is lucky enough to possess; he and parents Harry (James Saito) and Judy (Susan Park) dote on each other, and Sasha becomes a grateful surrogate daughter.

Khan and her scripters breeze through the next few years in montage, hitting all the usual “young love” cute points. Clearly, they’re meant for each other, although each is too nervous — shy, uncertain, whatever — to acknowledge or act upon the bond.

Until, at the verge of adulthood — now played

by Wong and Park — they do.

As often is the case with childhood best friends, sex ruins everything.

Flash-forward to the present day. Sasha has

become a world-famous celebrity chef engaged to equally famous restaurateur Brandon Choi (Daniel Dae Kim); they have just opened a posh Los Angeles establishment dubbed “Knives + Mercy,” with a menu catering to “nondenominational modern Vietnamese fusion.” Their clothes, apartment and attitude are ludicrously ostentatious and pompous; production designer Richard Toyon and costume designer Leesa Evans obviously had a lot of fun with the exaggeration.

(That said, Sasha’s endlessly affected glasses — each pair worse than the last — don’t do a thing for her. I couldn’t tell if that was deliberate.)

Marcus, at the other end of the success spectrum, still lives at home and partners with his father in a heating and A/C installation and service business.

Marcus exercises his artistic side as lead singer and songwriter in a band dubbed Hello Peril, alongside friends Tony (Karan Soni), Quasar (Lyrics Born) and Ginger (Charlyne Yi).

They’re popular in the neighborhood, but Marcus has long resisted Tony’s strong suggestion that they

try for larger venues.

In a word, Marcus is stuck. (We know why, even if he doesn’t.)

Sasha returns to San Francisco to oversee the construction and opening of yet another chi-chi restaurant. Naturally, in the tradition of so many romcoms, Marcus and his father wind up installing the heating and A/C in the lavish home she has just rented.

Just as naturally, after their 16-year separation, the reunion is prickly (at best).

We know where this is heading. Eventually. But to borrow some of the Zen philosophy that this film frequently mocks, the journey is far more meaningful than the destination. And this particular journey is delightful.

Wong nails the haughty, control-freak, limelightloving aristocrat that Sasha has become, while at the same time allowing faint glimpses of the far kinder and gentler adolescent who once delighted in helping Marcus’ mother prepare a meal. Everything else about this adult Sasha is dismissive, condescending and just plain rude. (Yes, she checks her phone all the

time.) One cannot imagine spending 15 minutes with her.

Park’s Marcus is laidback and quietly contemptuous of poseurs and affectations; to him, a meal should be about enjoying food and having one’s appetite satisfied, not ogling mostly empty plates with portions that wouldn’t satisfy a sparrow. Park’s slow takes, double takes and sidelong glances are impeccably timed, and Marcus has plenty of excuses to use them, given how frequently Sasha says and does stuff that he simply cannot fathom.

And yet — this is important — Marcus is just as judgmental, and wrong, and occasionally rude, in his blunt assessments of Sasha’s behavior.

(Right: They’re still perfect for each other. But even further from recognizing as much.)

The supporting cast is solid, starting with Michelle Buteau’s very pregnant Veronica, Sasha’s best friend and capable personal assistant. Despite this subordinate working relationship, Veronica isn’t afraid to call Sasha out when necessary, which Buteau does with sassy aplomb.

Vivian Bang is a stitch as Marcus’ girlfriend Jenny, an Asian American whose litany of affectations includes dreadlocks. Her

notion of culinary skill is chunks of Vienna sausage atop packaged noodles, smothered in conflicting sauces: a meal she insists on sharing with Sasha.

But the prize goes to Keanu Reeves, drop-dead hilarious as himself, in a send-up that nails, exploits, amplifies and shreds his on- and off-camera selves.

He’s introduced during a $1,600 dinner with Sasha, Marcus and Jenny, at a minimalist, seriously absurd restaurant populated by unbearably trendy types wearing “thousanddollar T-shirts that look like they were stolen off the homeless.”

This sequence should — I dearly hope — be the first nail in the can’t-happensoon-enough coffin of such haute couture nonsense.

On a more serious note, Saito’s Harry is warm, perceptive and patient: absolutely the father we all wish for. His telling moment comes during a candid, carpe diem chat with Marcus; Saito nails it with a refreshing absence of flash.

In tiny sidebar roles, Casey Wilson is fun as the interior decorator who hopes to handle Sasha’s new San Francisco establishment; Karen Holness is nicely understated as a Diana Ross impersonator who catches Harry’s eye.

Editor Lee Haxall’s scene-shifting cross-wipes are a nice touch, and Tim Suhrstedt’s cinematography makes portions of San Francisco even more quaint and colorful than they already are.

This film’s nicest touch — clearly a careful attention to detail by Khan, Wong, Park and Golamco — is that these characters always feel next-door real, even when their behavior turns farcical, and their one-liners are too perfectly scripted. In short, we care about them.

And that’s the most important ingredient of a successful rom-com.

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Making its Sacramento premiere, “Hold These Truths,” by Jeanne Sakata, kicks off 2021 from Jan. 20 to Feb. 21.

During World War II, Gordon Hirabayashi, a student at University of Washington in Seattle, fights the U.S. government’s orders to forcibly remove and mass incarcerate all people of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast.

As he struggles to reconcile his country’s betrayal with his passionate belief in the U.S. Constitution, Gordon begins a 50-year journey toward a greater understanding of America’s triumphs

— and a confrontation with its failures.

“The Lifespan of a Fact,” by Jeremy Karekan, David Murell and Gordon Farrell, makes its Sacramento premiere from March 10 to April 11.

Based on the true story of reporter John D’Agata’s essay “What Happens There,” the story follows Fingal, who has a small job: to fact-check articles for one of the best magazines in the country. His boss has given him a big assignment: to apply his skill to a groundbreaking piece by legendary author D’Agata. But now Fingal has a huge problem: D’Agata made up a lot of his article.

What starts professional quickly becomes profane — a brilliant comedy grappling with a

seminal issue of our time.

“Pass Over,” by Antoinette Nwandu, a 2018 New York Times Critics Pick, makes its Sacramento premiere from April 28 to May 30, 2021.

Moses and Kitch stand around on the corner passing the time and hoping that maybe today will be different. As they dream of their promised land, a stranger wanders into their space with his own agenda and derails their plans.

Emotional and lyrical, “Pass Over” crafts everyday profanities into poetic and humorous riffs, exposing the unquestionable human spirit of young men stuck in a cycle just looking for a way out.

“Cry it Out,” by Molly Smith Metzler, makes its Sacramento

premiere from June 16 to July 18, 2021.

Four months ago, Jessie was a corporate lawyer with a glamorous Manhattan life. Today, she is in dirty yoga pants, covered in breast milk and trying to comfort a screaming newborn.

When she spies a fellow new mom and neighbor, Lina, at the local Stop & Shop, she vaults over the cantaloupe to introduce herself. The two moms agree to meet for coffee during naptime and a fast friendship is born.

But their intimacy is punctured when a stranger who lives in the mansion up on the cliff appears in the yard, asking if they would include his wife in their coffee klatch.

A comedy with dark edges, “Cry it Out” takes an honest look at the

absurdities of being home with a baby, the power of female friendship, the dilemma of going back to work and the effect class has on parenthood in America.

Besides the regular season, Capital Stage also will present a special holiday production, “The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley,” by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon, from Dec. 2 to 27.

It’s Christmas at Pemberley again! This new companion piece to Gunderson and Melcon’s holiday hit “Miss Bennet,” “The Wickhams” takes us downstairs where servants are bustling with the arrival of holiday guests. In the warmth of the Darcy kitchen, family secrets are revealed and loyalties are tested. This holiday tale is full of mirth, wit and the power of giving back to others.

NAME: Only complaint about this film is the music, which just doesn’t fit From Page A7 sleep and kataware-doki (twilight, regarded by Mitsuha’s literature teacher as “the magic hour”). Mitsuha and Taki eventually become more adept at “passing,” and their respective influence helps both become better versions of themselves. They also begin to communicate by leaving scrawled notes on each other’s hands and arms, and — eventually — lengthy messages on their respective phones.

Mitsuha “pushes” Taki into a date with Miki; we wonder if, in turn, he’ll somehow help Mitsuha reconnect with her coldly aloof and long-estranged father, Toshiki (Masaki Terasoma), who has abandoned his family’s rich, centuries-old traditions for an uncompromising career

in local politics.

But such low-level machinations cannot obscure what must be the primary objective: that Mitsuha and Taki somehow find each other. Or are they doomed to remain connected only mentally, never physically?

And just when you think Shinkai’s story is moving in a specific direction, he pulls the rug out — hard — and leaves us gasping. After which, without pause, we zoom into a third act fueled by increasingly frantic, tick-tock suspense.

None of this would resonate were we not emotionally invested — wholeheartedly — in these characters.

Credit the precise balance of expressive animation and perfectly nuanced voice talent: a blend that generates more authentic human sentiment and

passion than routinely gets called up by many liveaction actors.

(Which is why you absolutely, positively must watch this film with subtitles, in order to appreciate the sensitivity that Shinkai encouraged from his cast.

The dubbed English version doesn’t come close.)

Kamishiraishi’s Mitsuha is every inch an impatient young woman at the crossroads of adulthood, yearning both for answers and fresh questions; we hear the angst and sense of wonder in every syllable.

Kamishiraishi also gives her a mischievous side, particularly as Mitsuha attempts to thrust Taki into Miki’s arms.

Kamiki, in turn, initially shades Taki with the masculine bluster and bravado that often conceals insecurity. His character shifts

noticeably in the second act, when Kamiki injects a note of quiet determination, as Taki makes a fateful decision.

It’s also fun to watch — and hear — how Kamishiraishi and Kamiki re-cast their performances during the swapping sequences: Taki’s mannerisms bursting from Mitsuha’s mouth and vice versa.

Narita and Yüki supply gentle comic relief, as the forever bickering Tessie and Sayaka, and Tani is a hoot as Yotsuha, who can’t figure out why her older sister gets so weird at times.

Considerable credit also goes to animation director Masashi Ando and character designer Masayoshi Tanaka; there simply aren’t words to describe the totality of their efforts here.

My sole complaint: the title song and three interior

songs by Yojiro Noda and his Japanese rock band Radwimps. All four tunes are much too aggressive for this thoughtful fantasy; the fourth song’s placement, in particular, rips us right out of the story.

That aside, this film is a game-changer, much the way “Spirited Away” was back in 2001. Upon release in 2016, “Your Life” quickly became the highestgrossing animé film and

Japanese film of all time.

Although shown that year in a few American film festivals, it was granted only spotty U.S. release in 2017 and remains largely unknown in this country.

Time to correct that.

— Read more of Derrick Bang’s film criticism at http://derrickbang. blogspot.com. Comment on this review at www. davisenterprise.com.

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week ago, while sheltering in place caused plenty of people to lose their marbles, I found mine.

Yep. I was looking for something else in our shed and found a small packet of marbles.

I remember my mom saving these because she thought they were pretty. In this little bag, only six spheres survived. I know two were called cat’s eyes and one was a boulder puree (a big sucker). There was a nifty multicolored marble that looked like the solar system and another that was almost see-through. I think we used to call it a pee wee.

The other was solid red.

Suddenly, I was 9 years old again.

Thinking back to the driveway games we’d have, Bill, Steven, Lance, Willie and I would to knock each other’s best glass cobbles (ooh, I remembered another kind) out of the circle.

We played for keeps ... in essence for all the marbles. I know it sounds less than entertaining these days, but we’d kneel in keen competition on the concrete for what seemed like hours ... or until my dad came home from work and his 1953 Buick would replace our tournament site.

Marbles were always important to me. So were baseball cards. If I still had my gazillon marbles (I was a good shooter, the proof being two full coffee cans of formerly other people’s treasure), who knows the value of the bounty? Some of the marbles in Sanka containers surely would have been worth something today.

I

know my baseball cards (I had a complete set of every MLB team about 10 times over from 1955 to 1962) would have put my three grandchildren through college. But Winchester Elizabeth Castle Gallaudet made sure that was not to be when she adios-ed both collections when I moved away from home at age 19. But that’s another story ...

Anyway, with my six old marbles in hand, I thought I’d go out to my current driveway and take “batting practice.” See if I could still knock ‘em out of the circle.

No such luck. First, our driveway slants enough to keep the marbles rolling. Second, I can’t bend down on one knee without screaming. Third, I dropped the red marble and it split in half.

What’s an Aggie fan without an aggie marble to use?

Being from New Jersey, there are a handful of “sports” at which I inherently excel: pinball, snooker, pitching pennies and marbles. While I never entered the National Marbles Tournament (held each year since 1922 in Wildwood, N.J.), I am supremely confident that today I could beat the event’s first winner, Bud McQuade. A huge advantage is that if the Baltimore native is still alive he’d be 106 years old. If he’s not, it would be a walkover.

Looking further into how I’d get involved today, I discovered red flags everywhere ...

■ Apparently, marbles have evolved and I’d have to invest in some new equipment.

■ The circle is 12 feet in diameter. When I would knock Willie’s marbles into the rose bushes, our circle was about 3-feet wide.

■ I’ve aged out.

■ Good hotels in seaside Wildwood can be expensive during the summer. This year, the

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receive mentoring on culture (football coach Steve Smyte), leadEnterprise sports editor ership (Jeff Thorpe of the Flippin Billed as “digital coaching,” Group) and how to balance sports Davis High coaches and guest and academics, in addition to the contributors are providing aforementioned installments. The weekly online mentoring for segment on nutrition will be hanstudent-athletes. The topics dled by Guevin associate Carina range from being a good team- Bender-Abrams. mate to mental preparedness The series, originally destined and nutrition. for fitness activities, morphed COURTESY PHOTO The free half-hour presenta- into its current form after those tions began last week in response Yancher-Lorenson chats.

Blue Devil baseball coach Ethan Guevin addressed the student-athlete’s to the effects of the COVID-19 “I was seeing a lot of other need to “Maintain a Process-Oriented Approach.” quarantine. The “lessons” are schools, mostly universities … drawing Blue Devil audiences “That’s always powerful.” chance to reflect on what are we doing things with their studentbeyond the creators’ most enthuAs for being a good teammate, really doing with our programs, athletes,” remembers Yancher, siastic expectations. More than Elliott had this to say: outside the X’s and the O’s,” Gonwho also is a sports writer/ 200 students saw the initial “Sometimes being a teammate zalez says. “What is our overall photographer for The Enterprise. offering in its first 48 hours of is really easy.

For example, when philosophy? To hear from other “We’re obviously not a university at being posted online. you happen to be best buddies coaches is going to give us a Davis High, but we still have a lot of Available on the Davis High chance to look at things in a difwith someone on your team, the (online) capabilities that they website (dshs.djusd.net/ ferent way — what’s working for that’s when it’s easy. have at these other schools.” athletics), the eight-part series, “The real chal- other coaches and what’s made At the time, presenters say, has been eyelenge is when you them the way they are.”

DHS hadn’t opening for those involved. don’t get along Gonzalez believes there is somewith a person and thing for everybody in this series.

DHS basketball coach Dan jumped on disyou’re on a team Gonzalez, who will discuss how to tance learning “It’s a way for athletes to benwith them. That’s be a successful student-athlete, quite yet. efit, for coaches to benefit … even “As a coach, it where you have to and school track-and-field coach parents are going to get somekind of hurt me learn skills like Spencer Elliott say the video series thing out of this. I think it’s empathy … have a has offered teens an opportunity to see other great.” conscious underto learn from folks with whom schools connectSo, do these seminars have standing of trust. they don’t normally engage. Addi- ing with their legs beyond the coronavirus? student-athletes “Even if you’re tionally, coaches are finding it useand we hadn’t not best buddies “I sure hope so,” Lorenson ful hearing philosophies from Yancher with someone, if offers. “Based on the feedback I their colleagues. Everybody seems yet,” remembers. you’re empathetic have received, it is obvious that to be benefitting. and you listen — student-athletes and their famiNot wanting to “I was brainstorming how we and you’re a trust- lies are really happy with the could continue to provide digital see his Blue Devworthy teammate product so far. coaching to our student-athletes ils “left out to — you can become and the idea of important topics dry,” within a “Too often, during a normal effective and pow- season, we forget about the simple related to success in athletics couple of days erful teammates, topics that really lead our teams to and came to mind,” DHS Athletic Yancher even if you’re not success. During this time we’ve Director Jeff Lorenson told The Lorenson knew best friends.” what they wanted Enterprise. been given a chance to reflect perFor two sonally, professionally, athletically “After a conversation with from the series. decades, Gonza- and as student-athletes. (swim coach) Owen Yancher, we Elliott talked lez has been at also thought it would be really about the pro“I believe the topics being disthe helm of the great to allow our students the gram ... cussed are topics that will help Blue Devil basopportunity to see how other “It’s great. The students now and far beyond ketball program.

Blue Devil coaches coached their coaches have had their athletic careers.”

He says his teams.” great things to Notes: English teacher Elliott “Being a SuccessThe series was launched ear- say … it’s nice to chimed in on how new-wave ful Studentlier this month with Yancher’s hear different Athlete” talk will classroom digital education is “Building an Athletic Philoso- voices sometime,” broach many progressing: “The high school porphy.” That was followed with says the veteran Spencer Elliott tion of it where I’m creating the topics.

DHS baseball coach Ethan cinderman.

“I curriculum for my students is DHS track coach “Being that I’m Guevin weighing in on “Main- like the idea that a math teacher, it going fine. I’d say the hardest part taining a Process-Oriented our track-andbugs me that some of the kids is (working) with my elementaryApproach.” field athletes who tune into it aren’t aware of some of the key school-age kids (Eleanor, 10, and In coming weeks, student- will get to hear other coaches things that are needed to bal- Lincoln, 7) who I’m trying to help athletes in Devil Nation will share these universal messages. ance” high-school sports and the with their stuff.” ... Gonzalez says being an online educator and classroom, he says.

Among Gonzalez’s touch- sports-series contributor has brought him fully into a new techpoints will be: nological world: “The other day, I ■ Organization. told (Davis High Principal) Tom ■ Prioritizing.

■ Understanding maximum McHale that I feel like a new effort, on and off the court: teacher. I’m learning as I go. Lis“School versus sports. They have tening to other folks. I’m on a to understand that that’s not a (fast track) in learning a lot of things in education that I wasn’t competition.” aware of, in terms of the technol■ How to avoid distractions. ogy.” ... In addition to viewing on ■ Community service.

■ “Sportsmanship as a way of the DHS website, Yancher posts the offerings on Twitter and Facelife.” book.

■ “Ultimately give some COURTESY PHOTO (strategies) on how to balance it — Reach Bruce Gallaudet at Blue Devil swim coach Owen Yancher is one of the Davis High skippers all.” bgallaudet41@gmail.com or call “This has given coaches a 530-320-4456. contributing to an online mentoring program for all student-athletes.

“It’s great. The coaches have had great things to say … it’s nice to hear different voices sometime. I like the idea that our track-and-field athletes who tune into it will get to hear other coaches share these universal messages.

That’s always powerful.”

UCD gets Estonian hoop star Pehka adds international knowledge to Ags

BY BRUCE GALLAUDET Enterprise sports editor Turnabout is fair trade.

Former UC Davis basketball players T. J. Shorts (Latvia), Siler Schneider (Romania), Chima Moneke (France) and Brynton Lemar (Poland) were all toiling across The Pond before the pandemic hit.

And this quartet represents only recent local exports.

Considering all the Aggies that coach Jim Les has supplied Europe, it’s about time The Continent did something about the deficit.

Announced this week by Les, Ran Pehka, a 6-foot-3 guard from Tallinn, Estonia, is the newest member of UCD men’s program after signing a National Letter of Intent.

Pehka will join the Aggies with a wealth of international experience after playing for three of Estonia’s national youth teams.

Most recently a starting guard for TLU Kalev, Pehka played the

Latvian-Estonian Basketball League — the same circuit that featured Big West Player of the Year Shorts.

Pehka is the third member of his family to play basketball at an elite level: His father, Rauno, is a former FIBA Eurobasket professional; his brother, Ron, lives in Illinois and competes for Trinity International University’s men’s basketball team.

“Ran is a talented and skilled guard with a high basketball IQ that is a perfect fit for our team,” said Les. “He has played against elite competition in Europe and will able to transition to college basketball seamlessly.

“He is an excellent student, a terrific young man and we can’t wait for him to join our program.”

Pehka is equally as excited: “I chose UC Davis, because it is a perfect fit for me. I have no doubt that the following years will be an experience of a lifetime.

“I am really grateful that the coaches recruited me, I am thrilled about becoming an Aggie and playing for UC Davis.”

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Estonian Ran Pehka signed a National Letter of Intent to attend UC Davis and play basketball.

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ground lease is executed and the facility built, the city would earn up to $80,000 annually, according to city staff.

But the process which led to the lease option agreement bypassed city commission review and resulted in a solesource contract rather than one selected following a request for proposals.

Those were two of the main concerns expressed by Councilman Lucas Frerichs when he voted against the agreement in March.

Mayor Pro Tem Gloria Partida also expressed reservations that night that commission review was bypassed, but she ultimately voted in favor of the agreement, joining Mayor Brett Lee and Councilmen Will Arnold and Dan Carson.

Pleas that the council reconsider have focused on Partida, as Frerichs cannot request reconsideration, he said earlier this month, because he was not part of the majority vote.

But on Tuesday evening, Partida announced that she was satisfied with the agreement.

“I met with the city attorney and our staff around the BrightNight agreement to clarify some of the questions that I had,” she said near the start of Tuesday's meeting.

“I feel that the team negotiated a very favorable agreement for the city with enough maneuverability to address any future considerations,” Partida said.

“I know that there are a lot of people who are upset about the process that this took and ... there are some of us here that also had those concerns, but I think that I am satisfied with the meeting that I had.”

That’s not likely to quell the opposition to the agreement.

Nor is concern over a solesource agreement — or lack of commission review, for that matter — the only concerns raised in recent weeks.

A number of Davis residents have expressed concern about the impact on birds who have been using that area in recent years — namely, the ponds previously used to clean and purify the city’s wastewater but which no longer do thanks to upgrades to the wastewater treatment facility.

“Although the idea of solar farms is good in terms of clean energy, there is a horrible price to pay for the rest of the environment,” Gayna Lamb-Bang wrote in a letter to the editor.

“In particular, birds are badly affected; at the right angle the solar arrays shimmer like water in the desert attracting a variety of birds.

“The birds arrive at the solar fields, crash into the mirrors and get burned alive by the heat, or circle around the arrays until they are exhausted and fall into the mirrors,” she wrote.

“The decision you made, during a closed session in February 2020, needs to be revisited immediately. You need to have environmental studies done before going forward.”

Others believe the city could have gotten a much better deal by issuing an RFP. And a letter to the council signed by Johannes Troost, Matt Williams, Lorenzo Kristov and Richard McCann expressed a number of concerns, including the lease rental rate being undervalued; risk to the city from a 49-year lease; and a lack of due diligence before entering into an agreement with BrightNight.

City response In response to all the criticism, the city posted a press release and online FAQ related to the contract on its website last week, arguing, among other things, that the agreement is not final and that environmental review will take place.

Tired of being tired Dear Annie: My live-in girlfriend and I, both 58 years old, have a dilemma.

Several times a month, we watch her 7-year-old granddaughter for a night or two, usually on weekends. The child arrives in the evening, stays up until 3 or 4 a.m. and sleeps until early afternoon. I have made fun plans, only to be told that we have to cancel because the child is sleeping.

I never know when to make plans.

My girlfriend is tired and haggard by the time the child goes home, and this causes friction in our relationship. I feel boundaries need to be set. I have suggested that we set bedtime rules. I am told that this child has no structure at home and Grandma will not or cannot set rules.

I am very frustrated. We are planning on taking the child on a quick trip to my mother’s in Florida, but I fear it will be ruined by the child’s sleep schedule. What should I do? — Sleep Deprived Dear Sleep Deprived: Children crave structure and boundaries. It helps them feel safe and secure. Your instinct is completely correct. When she stays at Grandma’s house, it is Grandma’s rules, and those rules should be that a 7-year-old goes to bed at a decent hour. Staying awake until 3 or 4 a.m. is not healthy for anyone, let alone a child who is growing and developing. My guess is that your girlfriend ran this type of household with her daughter, and now she is just repeating the cycle and not wanting to step in.

If you really want to help this child, continue to speak with your girlfriend about the importance of structure and rules.

If your girlfriend continues to ignore you, then no Florida.

——— Dear Annie: I just read the letter from “Old Curmudgeon” and would like to add to your reply. You are right to encourage him to attend his wife’s nephew’s second wedding. Family shows up for family, especially for weddings and funerals. But please allow me to use your space to make a plea to future brides and grooms, and the parents who pay, to consider the financial impact of your decisions on the bank accounts (and anxiety levels) of your guests.

My husband and I are blessed to have seven beautiful

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“The city entered into a lease option agreement with BrightNight, which gives the city and BrightNight the option to enter into a ground lease if certain specific conditions are met during the option period,” the city stated. “This lease option agreement is not a ground lease and is not the document that will govern the relationship, rights and obligations of the city and BrightNight during any potential ground lease entered into in the future.” “(A) ground lease with BrightNight would be negotiated and brought back to the council for consideration after BrightNight has secured all of its necessary and applicable entitlements from Yolo County and any other applicable agencies, including compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act,” the press release stated.

The press release also echoes what Lee, Arnold and Carson said in voting for the agreement, namely that “this community project has multiple benefits including long-term lease revenue, increased renewable supply moving the city closer to carbon neutrality, clean and locally produced energy enhancing operational resiliency of the local power grid, and energy R&D and educational opportunities.”

Additionally, the press release said, the council will work with city staff and BrightNight to explore ways to directly power city buildings and facilities with clean, low-cost solar power.

“We are excited to be taking this important step toward our clean energy future,” said Mayor Lee. Read the full release — and the city’s FAQ — at https:// www.cityofdavis.org/Home/ Components/News/ News/5986/2985? backlist=%2f.

— Reach Anne TernusBellamy at aternus@davisen terprise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @ATernusBellamy.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on everyone in Yolo County. Some are able to shelter in place, work from home, and continue to receive a paycheck. Others are providing services to others — sometimes at personal risk. Still others have been laid off from their jobs and are having trouble paying for rent, food and utilities.

“If your income has suffered in the past months, we’re urging you to check on your eligibility for a utility rate discount during these trying times,” says Valley Clean Energy board chair Don Saylor, a Yolo County supervisor.

California utilities provides rate discounts to income-qualifying customers. In Yolo County, these programs include the California Alternate Rate for Energy Program (CARE), which provides a discount of 20 percent or more for electricity and natural gas, and the Family Electric Rate Assistance Program (FERA), which provides an 18 percent discount for electricity. Valley Clean Energy and PG&E offer the same special rates.

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James fled on foot but was soon apprehended and taken to jail, while a passenger in the car was cited on drug charges and released, Hyde said. James is scheduled to be arraigned at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday via videoconference in Yolo Superior Court.

Yolo County Public Defender Tracie Olson, whose office previously represented James, noted that the emergency bail order relies on the arresting offense to set bail. A more ideal system, she

Past stuck in future Dear Annie: Why am I in a quandary? Because I have been married most of my adult life, and I feel almost nothing for my partner of 33 years, and I’m sure we are both just going through the motions of the relationship. Don’t misunderstand; I care deeply for this person. I just feel unfulfilled, and I can’t explain it.

I guess it’s complacency on both our parts. She says she loves me, but she had an affair a couple of years ago with her old boyfriend, and even with counseling, I can’t seem to put it in the past. Any suggestions? Believe me, I haven’t been a saint in our marriage, but I haven’t cheated.

— In a Quandary Dear In a Quandary: Your quandary is within you, and you have the choice of whether or not to truly forgive your wife. It sounds like you are — understandably — still feeling upset

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said, would be the use of validated assessments to evaluate individual risk before release — as called for in a bail reform measure appearing on the November election ballot.

As for the current bail order, “while it’s not a perfect system, it’s the lesser of two evils, with the primary evil being keeping scores of poor people in jail just because they’re too poor to pay money to get out,” Olson said Tuesday. “I think it’s telling that no one talks about the rich person who posts bond and then reoffends. That certainly happens, too.”

— Reach Lauren Keene at lkeene@davisenterprise.net or 530-747-8048. Follow her on Twitter at @laurenkeene.

and hurt about her affair. Consider going back into counseling and working through your relationship. As far as feeling unfulfilled by her, fulfillment does not come from another person. It comes from within yourself. Healthy relationships flourish when two fulfilled people come together and accompany each other on this beautiful journey of life.

——— Dear Annie: My fiance and I have been together for three years, and we have two children together. In addition, each one of us has a child from another partner.

His child is a girl who lives with her mother in another state.

We went on vacation in November to visit her as a family — our two children plus my child from a different relationship.

Everything went great, and now there is a vacation planned for next month with his family to go visit his daughter again.

However, the mother of his child is saying I am not allowed to come because she doesn’t want me around her daughter. This is because we had a confrontational conversation.

His ex has always tried to come between us, and I feel that this is her way of accomplishing that because she knows I will be very upset over it. I feel that it’s not a fair situation. At the same time, if I were to go, I would not be happy about having to be away from two of my children (my child and one of ours).

He wants to leave the 3-month-old with me while everyone else is in another state for a week. I have never been away from my children for more than two days, and we have never been in different states.

Am I wrong for feeling that it’s not fair that he will be on vacation while the baby and I are left behind? Am I wrong for feeling that I shouldn’t be away from my children, and she shouldn’t have control over this situation? — Left Out Dear Left Out: I’m never going to tell you that you are wrong for feeling what you feel. Your husband has a relationship with his daughter that is separate from you, and you have to accept that. Instead of looking at this situation as if you are being left out, why not look at it as an opportunity to spend quality time with your two children alone?

Maybe this is a good time for you to bring them with you on a vacation with a friend, or with your parents. Or to just enjoy your children’s company. There is something to be said about quality alone time, and that is exactly what your husband is giving you by going on a trip with his daughter.

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children between the ages of 22 and 35. All but one are married, and there have been no destination weddings or no bachelor/bachelorette party trips. All six weddings have been beautiful (perfect, actually!), and I can say with confidence that guests and members of the wedding parties have not suffered financial strain.

Meanwhile, however, my children have traveled to various islands and faraway places, such as Mexico, Las Vegas, Spain and Ireland, for weddings and parties of their many friends and cousins. And, yes, my husband and I have made a few of these trips.

The amount my family has spent on wedding travel and accommodations over the years is astronomical. And for what? Must you have a wedding in Spain or Ireland?

And can we please say, “Enough!” regarding three-day bachelor/bachelorette party trips? It’s a party, not a “vacation.”

Oh, my. Now I sound like the curmudgeon. I’m not grumpy — just realistic about money, knowing most 20- to 30-year-olds do not have $1,000-plus to plop down every time a friend gets married.

— So Over Over-the-Top Weddings Dear So Over Over-the-Top Weddings: Thank you for your letter, which, based on the mail, offers a perspective many readers share.

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on file in the office of the City Clerk.

All property owners having any objections to the proposed removal of weeds, rubbish, refuse and dirt are PUBLIC HEARING hereby notified to attend a meeting of NOTICE TO DESTROY WEEDS AND the City Council of the City of Davis to REMOVE RUBBISH, REFUSE AND DIRT be held the evening of May 19th, 2020 when said objections will be heard and Notice is hereby given that on the 21st given due consideration. Please call 757day of April 2020 the City Council of the 5602, between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on City of Davis passed Resolution No. 044 weekdays, for the expected time of this Series 2020 declaring that dangerous weeds were growing upon or in front public hearing. of certain properties and that rubbish, refuse and dirt were upon or in front Dated this 21st day of April 2020 of these properties in the City of Davis, and more particularly described in the Michael Webb Resolution, and that they constitute a City Manager 811 public nuisance which must be abated 4/24 by the removal of said weeds, rubbish, LIEN SALE refuse and dirt. Otherwise if said weeds are not removed by June 1, 2020 they will be removed and the nuisance abated by YEAR UNK VESSEL HIN R168328 the City and the cost of removal assessed CA CF# NONE WITH YEAR 1973 NRCAL upon the land from in or in front of CARRIER VEH ID# 3F8134WW which the weeds, rubbish, refuse and dirt CA LIC# KJ5819 are removed and will constitute a lien LIEN SALE 05-13-20 10:00 AM upon such land until paid. Reference is 1449 SACRAMENTO AVE hereby made to the Resolution for further WEST SACRAMENTO, CA 95605 particulars. A copy of said Resolution is 4/24 813

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FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2020

Broncos release former Aggies

GALLAUDET: Career switch on hold

Wadman cut on Draft Day

From Page A10 tournament will be held June 22-25, or will it?

A note on the event’s home page snapped me out of my childhood ...

“The National Marbles Tournament Board of Directors is currently monitoring the everchanging dynamic of the COVID19 pandemic. At this time, no decision has been made about (conducting) this year’s tournament.”

The organizers say their No. 1 concern is “the health and safety of shooters, their families and the countless volunteers that make the tournament a huge success every year.”

Grrrr.

So I turned my attention to the British and World Championship of marbles at The Greyhound Inn and Pub in Tinsley Green in West Sussex, England. Two problems there, too, it was slated for Good Friday — and it wasn’t conducted this year for the first time since it was inaugurated in 1932. Thanks again, coronavirus.

Well, back into the sack went my now five surviving marbles, safely tucked away on the top shelf of the shed.

The hope here is that the next time I go looking for them, I haven’t lost my other marbles.

— Reach Bruce Gallaudet at bgallaudet41@gmail.com or call 530-320-4456.

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Former UC Davis punter Colby Wadman was released after three seasons by the Denver Brocos on Thursday just hours before the NFL Draft. Wadman averaged 44.4 yards per kick last season, forcing Broncos opponents to start drives inside the 20-yard line on 20 separate occasions.

black during the 2018 preseason.

“I loved it here in Denver,” Wadman said in a phone interview with Denver’s Channel 9 News

BY OWEN YANCHER Thursday. “I wanted to play Enterprise staff writer here as long as I could. It’s Keelan Doss is now the probably what everybody lone UC Davis football thinks. They ... wanted to alum rostered by an NFL go in a different direction.” team.

The former Aggie averJust hours before the aged 44.4 yards per boot league’s virtual 2020 draft last season, pinning Bronkicked off on Thursday, the cos opponents inside the Denver Broncos 20-yard line on 20 announced the separate occasions. release of thirdDenver closed out year punter Colby its 2019 campaign Wadman, a 2016 7-9 overall, finishAggie graduate ing second in the recruited by Bob AFC West, behind Biggs that played the eventual Super in Davis during the Bowl Champion tenure of head SCANGARELLO Kansas City Chiefs.

Joins Eagles coach Ron Gould.

Earlier this Brought to the month, the Broncos also cut Mile High City to replace ties with their offensive NFL veteran Marquette coordinator, Rich ScanKing in 2018, Wadman had garello, following his first signed a 3-year, $1.7 mil- season in that role. Scanlion contract with the garello had served as a UCD Broncos last season. graduate assistant in 1998 He’ll leave the organiza- and later as co-offensive tion having earned just coordinator/wideouts coach under $1 million in two (2008) before making his seasons and likely draw leap to the NFL. Following training-camp invites from stops in Oakland, San Franadditional NFL teams. cisco and Atlanta prior to Wadman has a history Denver, he’s now joined with Jon Gruden and the Doug Pederson’s PhiladelOakland Raiders after phia Eagles staff as an offenplaying for the silver and sive assistant.

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How to find your inspiration Special to The Enterprise Inspiration is the stimulation to do something and can drive people to do incredible things. It doesn't matter who you are, what your job is or which hobbies you enjoy - inspiration is at the core of personal and professional growth.

John Paxton, senior designer at Kia, finds his inspiration in looking to the future.

"My inspiration has consistently been fueled by a desire to anticipate what's next," says Paxton. "Similar to entertainment such as music and film, there's a human desire to explore and find newness in sights, sounds and experiences."

He goes on to explain that it's part of human nature to always want to expand and grow, to reach farther and explore beyond what has already been accomplished.

This desire has driven innovation throughout history.

"A desire to continue to develop newness in the projects and designs I'm tasked with tackling is what drives me," Paxton says. "I thoroughly enjoy the challenge of seeing the unseen, and finding solutions that consumers can eventually connect with... starting with a blank canvas."

In his design work, he keeps a keen eye on what people want now while anticipating the future.

Why? Because the Kia cars he is designing today may not be in the hands of drivers for several years, like the Kia Soul, Forte and Cadenza models.

"A challenge I face is anticipating what people are going to look for in a design not only today, but years from now when the production vehicle is actually available to them, it's like having a crystal ball for designers.

The most rewarding aspect is when you are able to see the predicted work out in a well-received product on the road," he says.

Paxton uses the new Kia Soul as an example. His design work on the Soul

focused on a youthful demographic heavily inspired by social media, music and fashion. Using these ideas as inspiration, he worked with his team to create something that didn't fit the standard vehicle mold. "This was about loudness, boldness, confidence, in a very youthful voice. Nothing was reserved or timid," he says.

Inspiration can be collaborative or personal, and sometimes both. It can help you reach an individual goal - such as fundraising, home improvement or health and wellness - or it can, like Paxton, drive innovation in your professional life in a way that can significantly impact others.

If you want to discover your inspiration, consider these simple activities:

wall and create a collage of things that inspire, centering on your goal. These can be pictures, colors, words whatever strikes a positive chord. This becomes an abstract representation of what drives you and what you want to achieve.

Go for a drive Few things beat the feeling of the open road, so go for a drive to a local park to take a hike or simply meander and see where destiny takes you. As you drive, open your mind to the sounds and sights around

you. You might see a particularly inspiring mural in the city or a calm field in rural areas. If feeling stuck, turn on some music and drive on.

Explore online Try visiting websites that provide inspiring content.

For example, the Give It Everything Collective from Kia at www.kia.com is a digital space where people can share their stories of what it means to give everything. In reading about other peoples' goals and driving factors, you may find inspiration for reaching your goals.

Do something new Sign up for that class.

Make a fresh fashion choice.

Check out that indie film.

Strike up a conversation with a stranger. Doing something new can put you outside your comfort zone, and that builds confidence.

In expanding your world you may find the inspiration

you're looking for while discovering more about who you are personally.

Inspiration can come in many forms. It fuels innovation and ingenuity, whether it's something massive on the world stage or a modest personal goal. Take time to discover what drives you.

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