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City facing revenue shortfall thanks to COVID-19; budget cuts loom BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer Staff furloughs, pay cuts, a hiring freeze and less funding for capital improvement projects are likely on the table as the city of Davis prepares to deal with the budget implications of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The impact is likely to be similar to that of the Great Recession which resulted in a significantly smaller city workforce, one that remains well below 2008 levels. “Overall, we’re actually looking at a $22 million loss from COVID-19,” city consultant Bob Leland told the City Council on Tuesday. “That compares to a $20

million loss for the Great Recession.” Leland said the reduction in sales tax revenue flowing into the city’s General Fund is “immediate and major” given the closure of so many local stores during the shelter in place. Similarly, revenue from the transient occupancy tax paid by

local hotels has plummeted and will continue to remain low until UC Davis begins holding conferences and symposiums “with people showing up in person.” Development-related fees will likely be reduced as well if projects don’t move ahead, Leland said. “During the Great Recession, a

Enterprise correspondent How should teachers teach their students? This simple question has produced many answers throughout the millennia, but none of them may have been as unique as the approach of the “conscious teacher,” and no one may have given it as much thought as local retired teacher Deborah Poulos, whose new book, “The Conscious Teacher,” has just been released. Poulos, who grew up in San Diego with a chemistry professor on the Manhattan Project as her father, moved to Oak Ridge, Tenn. as a first-grader. “As an elementary student I struggled to learn to

read,” she said. “I entered that class as a stranger. In the reading group my first day, I was sitting on the floor in a row in front of ‘The Big Red Storybook’ up on an easel in front of us. We were like birds on a wire. I was near the end of the line, but eventually it was my turn. “I got off to a good start, stumbled, and then completely fell apart. The teacher went on to the last student on my left, and the group returned to our desks. I sat at my desk, book in hand, feeling exposed as stupid in front of all these potential friends. And the routine continued every day, like torture.” Poulos seldom volunteered to read in class after

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great number of projects were stalled for years,” he noted. “Whether that will turn out to be the case this time remains to be seen.” The loss of all that revenue will require corrective actions — including $5 million per year in

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Deborah Poulos shows off her new book, “The Conscious Teacher,” which emphasizes the importance of truly knowing each student. that — until she had an epiphany in the seventh grade. “The teacher had brought in a class set of Time magazines and said we were going to read it for understanding. He said we would go down the

columns of desks asking each student to read a paragraph or two, and then we would pause to discuss the meaning.” She was riveted to every word as her classmates

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Statistics released by the Davis Police Department this week show upticks in several crimes since the start of the coronavirus shelter-in-place order, including burglaries, robberies and auto thefts. During the roughly month-and-a-half between March 19 — when Yolo County and the state of California advised people to stay at home to help curb the COVID-19 spread — and May 5, Davis had 39 break-ins compared to 27 for the same period in 2019, while robberies and stolen-car reports more than doubled from three to seven and seven to 15, respectively. For the four-month period starting Jan. 1,

vehicle thefts were up a total of 37 percent, from 27 to 37, prompting the Police Department to issue a crime alert earlier this week. While citizens should stay aware and take precautions to reduce their chance of becoming a victim, Police Chief Darren Pytel noted that “overall, we’re not seeing huge changes in crime — it doesn’t take large numbers to see significant percentage increases.” “The primary message out there is that Davis has always been a magnet for property crime,” Pytel added. Even under shelter-in-place conditions, “it continues to be a problem.” Overall, property crimes decreased nearly 10 percent during the SIP order,

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Council backs Measure J/R renewal UCD disburses relief funds to students BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer Davis residents will likely be voting on their right to vote come November, after the City Council on Tuesday voiced support for the renewal of Measure J/R without any significant changes. The council will vote in June or early July to place renewal on the ballot. Formally known as the “Citizens’ Right to Vote on Future Use of Open Space and Agricultural Lands,”

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the ordinance was first approved by city voters in 2000 (as Measure J) and then renewed in 2010 (as Measure R). The ordinance will expire on Dec. 31, 2020, if it is not renewed by voters in November. The citizens’ initiative grew out of concern two decades ago about urban sprawl and development of agricultural land and open space on the city’s borders. The measure requires a vote of the people before land can be redesignated

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from agricultural or open space to any urban use. Five such votes have occurred since the ordinance was first enacted in 2000, with the first three failing. Those failures — of Covell Village in 2005; Wildhorse Ranch in 2009; and Nishi 1.0 in 2016 — prompted some in the community to suggest Measure J/R was doing more harm than good by essentially

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BY CALEB HAMPTON Enterprise staff writer After receiving $34 million in coronavirus relief funding through the federal government’s CARES Act, UC Davis began disbursing the money to students this week. Chancellor Gary S. May announced in April that half the funding — roughly $17 million — will go directly to students in need. The remaining $17 million in CARES Act funding will go towards operational costs, which have been impacted by COVID-19 and the transition to remote instruction. UC Davis is allocating the one-time relief checks to eligible undergraduate

students based on need, which is determined by their 2019-20 financial aid status. Pell Grant recipients are each receiving $1,000. Students who receive other types of grants are receiving $750. Students eligible for Subsidized Direct Loans but not grants are receiving $500. UC Davis graduate students are all receiving a one-time check worth $600 regardless of their financial aid status. Undocumented students and students with DACA are not eligible for federal relief funding provided by the CARES Act. Those students will receive equivalent

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Briefly Unitrans aims for changes The Unitrans bus system, serving UC Davis and the city of Davis, has proposed service changes for the 2020-21 academic year to improve reliability and reduce crowding. The changes could take effect with the start of the university’s Summer Session II, Monday, Aug. 3; however, the implementation date may be delayed due to COVID19-related impacts. A full summary of the proposed changes and schedules is available online at https:// unitrans.ucdavis.edu/ changes. Proposed reliability improvements: ■ All-door boarding — Unitrans would begin a one-year pilot program allowing customers with prepaid passes like the UC Davis undergraduate registration card to board through either the front or rear doors. Cash and 10-ride ticket transactions would continue to use the front doors. ■ Drop-off-only stops — Unitrans would allow only drop-offs at five outbound stops on the G and J lines on Alvarado Avenue and Sycamore Lane, and at two outbound stops on the V Line on Sage Street at West Village Square and on Hutchison Drive at Sage Street. Customers would board at the inbound bus stops. ■ Adjust morning departure schedules five minutes earlier — To ensure on-time arrivals before 9 a.m., Unitrans would shift all schedules five minutes earlier between 6:30 and 9 a.m.

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It’s game on for tennis enthusiasts “C T ity reopens sports courts,” said the frontpage headline over a story by The Enterprise’s Anne Ternus-Bellamy. “The city’s tennis, pickleball and basketball courts are open for public use, as are bike polo, skate park and bocce facilities,” the story begins. “Still closed: playground equipment, exercise equipment, pools and athletic fields.” Of course, if you have an old tire hanging from a sturdy branch of the large hackberry tree in your front yard or a pool in the backyard or a treadmill in the bedroom or so much grass that you can throw a football 50 yards, you can play any game you wish to your heart’s content. Just don’t invite the neighbors. “The city’s public sports courts have been closed since March under the countrywide shelter-inplace order, but based on current health orders, may now be used, the city announced.” Interestingly, the tennis complex adjoining the Intramural Field at UC Davis has been open throughout the pandemic, though rarely used. Golf, of course, while part of the

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original ban on most outdoor activities other than bird watching, has been okay with the county for several weeks now, based on the notion that social distancing is relatively easy on the golf course. Tennis, meanwhile, is a game where social distancing is also easy, especially if you play only singles. I mean, there are only two people competing on opposite sides of a net on a court that measures 78 feet from baseline to baseline. If you can’t social distance with those dimensions you may as well stay home and watch old movies. In this area, the game is almost always called “hardcourt” tennis, but in other areas, tennis is frequently played on clay and sometimes even on grass. Wimbledon, the acknowledged

BY LAUREN KEENE Enterprise staff writer Two people were jailed and a third remains at large in connection with a baseball-bat and pipe beating that occurred Tuesday in Davis, police announced Thursday evening. One of the suspects was previously involved in a fatal hit-and-run collision several years ago that killed a man out walking his dog in Woodland. According to Lt. Art Camacho, the male victim in Tuesday's incident had three guests inside his apartment in the 300block of K Street when an argument broke out at

about 6:30 a.m. It soon escalated to a threeagainst-one physical altercation, he said. "It is alleged that one of the attackers hit and kicked the victim multiple times to his face and body with an unknown object and the second hit the victim on the head and body with an aluminum baseball bat," Camacho said. "The third attacker reportedly hit the victim to the head and body with a steel pipe." As the victim was treated for his injuries at Sutter Davis Hospital, Davis police launched an investigation that led to a warrant being served Thursday at a Woodland residence.

creating a barrier to new housing. But in 2018, voters approved two projects under a Measure J/R vote, Nishi 2.0 and the West Davis Active Adult Community, proving, some said, a good project would succeed. City Council members echoed that argument Tuesday evening. “I’m encouraged by the fact that in 2018 we saw a demonstration that Davis voters were willing to support good projects that provided additional housing,” said Councilman Dan Carson. “Both won by substantial margins at a time folks thought the prevailing wisdom was that no project could ever pass and we proved that it was in fact possible.” Mayor Pro Tem Gloria Partida largely agreed, saying, “If I hadn’t seen the last two projects pass, I would be feeling much different about this particular measure, especially since it was 16 years without passing anything.” That said, Partida still has concerns about the ordinance. “I have some serious reservations,” she said. “I certainly am not a fan of sprawl … but I also think

we need to acknowledge some pretty negative impacts that we have created.” Those impacts, she said, include a housing shortage that has led to higher costs and prompted many young people to move elsewhere in the region and then commute into the city regularly. “I really don’t think that we can give ourselves a whole lot of credit for preserving ag land and decreasing the impacts on the environment when we’ve driven our people onto other ag land and caused them to commute into Davis,” Partida said. “When we say we’re trying to preserve our way of life and the environment through this measure, we must acknowledge what mostly we are preserving is the footprint of the city.” She also cited the need for more infill housing to compensate for a lack of development elsewhere. Councilman Lucas Frerichs echoed that, saying, “I do think residential infill development is typically the preferred option.” “I think there’s no question that the measure isn’t perfect, per se, yet I really believe it’s working,” Frerichs said of Measure J/R. “We’ve had four projects over the past 20 years, five

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There, officers arrested two suspects: Jose Alex Rodriguez, 27, KROGSTAD of Davis; Wanted and 28-yearold Norma Linda Gentry of Woodland. Police also are seeking a third suspect, Davis resident Dominique Krogstad, 23. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is urged to contact the Police Department at 530-7478048. Both Rodriguez and Gentry remained in Yolo

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he loosening of restrictions, however, does come with rules, some common sense and some head-scratchers. “All players must practice responsible social distancing by remaining at least six feet apart.” Fair enough, though it’s not much of a problem on such a large court unless your opponent gets sneaky and tries to win the point with a deftly placed drop shot. “Players must limit their play to only one-on-one play and should play only with those living in their own residence.” Now that one is just plain silly. In other words, if you live alone, you can’t play tennis, even if you promise to stay at least six feet from your opponent. But if you keep your distance, what difference does it make if it’s John McEnroe on the other side of the net or your greatgrandmother? After all, at the same time you’re limited to family members only on the tennis court, you can go to Walmart and shop with literally hundreds of complete strangers who you wouldn’t dream of sharing a residence with.

The problem for me is that the other five people who share our humble East Davis residence can beat me with regularity. I’d much rather play against someone my own speed. “All players should wash their hands or use hand sanitizer upon entrance, during the event and when leaving the facility.” If you can find hand sanitizer anywhere in town, please let me know. “Spectators are discouraged and limited to essential employees or household members.” Essential employees for a friendly tennis match between two family members? What, exactly, would these essential employees be doing, passing out ice water? For now I think I’ll stick to playing tennis in my dreams, where the crowds are large, the weather perfect and I’m always the one who wins. Best of all, in my dreams I’m allowed to embrace my opponent and shake his sweaty hand just before I hoist the championship trophy high above my head and slip the winner’s check into my back pocket. — Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

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different votes, and two have passed. Recent successes show that with the right project, approval is possible.” Councilman Will Arnold also favored putting the ordinance back on the ballot as is, saying, “it’s imperative that we put it back in front of the voters, as it has been for the last two decades, and then the voters get to decide if it still works for our community or whether they prefer something else. “And if there are groups of folks that believe that Measure J as it stands is not good for our community and it has led to bad outcomes… then I expect they will run a robust ‘No on whatever letter it is’ campaign and if it’s passed then we’ll move forward with it and if it fails then we’ll go back to the drawing board,” said Arnold. Mayor Brett Lee also said he supports renewing Measure J/R as is. City staff will return with the necessary ordinance and resolutions for renewal and extending the sunset date to the end of 2030. The Davis Planning Commission will likely review the ordinance on May 27 and the City Council will have until July 7 to place the renewal on the November ballot.

County Jail custody Thursday evening on charges of burglary, conspiracy and assault with a deadly weapon, their bail set at $50,000 each. Their court arraignments are set for 1:30 p.m. Monday, jail officials said. Gentry served probation and jail time for her role in a November 2015 hit-andrun fatality in Woodland in which Gentry's then-boyfriend struck and killed Woodland resident Richard Tafoya, 65, as he walked his dog on Mariposa Street. Prosecutors said Gentry, a passenger in Contreras' pickup at the time, conspired with her boyfriend,

Raymond Contreras, by telling Gentry's father Roberto Sanchez they had damaged the pickup by striking a tire. Sanchez, in turn, filed a false insurance claim saying he had been driving the truck when it hit a milk crate on the highway. Sanchez also was sentenced to probation and jail time, while Contreras received a four-year, eightmonth state prison term, according to prior reporting by The Davis Enterprise. — Reach Lauren Keene at lkeene@davisenter prise.net or 530-747-8048. Follow her on Twitter at @laurenkeene

Jobe moves poetry reading to new online site Special to The Enterprise Davis Poet Laureate James Lee Jobe continues his online weekly poetry readings, with the next set for 7:30 p.m. tonight. The web location is moving from Facebook to James-Lee-Jobe.blog spot.com to accommodate

people who do not use Facebook. This week’s reading will focus on poetry of spirit — poems that uplift or move us. This reading will be recorded, and the recording will be posted at 7:30 p.m. Friday.

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Thank you, nurses. You are our heroes. This Nurses Week, we cannot say “thank you” enough to the brave women and men on the front line. Each day they go to work and put the needs of others ﬁrst. Doing the job they were called to do in circumstances that no one could imagine. They never give up, no matter what. And once this is over, you’ll still ﬁnd nurses in the same place—being the heroes they have always been.

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REVENUE: City staff furloughs on table From Page A1 cuts — so the council can balance its budget. Among the options offered by Leland: ■ Reducing spending on capital improvement projects; ■ Freezing hiring in the short term and reducing positions through attrition in the long term; ■ Reducing General Fund contributions in the short term to the post-employee benefit account; ■ Imposing temporary pay reductions or deferring cost-ofliving adjustments; ■ Requiring unpaid leave (furloughs) for city staff “Some of these decisions are not going to be easy ones,” said City Manager Mike Webb, who added that some will also require going back to the bargaining table with employee groups. “It’s going to take a combination of multiple efforts to get where we need to go but I think it’s quite doable,” Webb said. Council members agreed. “I know it’s bad ... but I was pleased to see that we were in as strong a position as we were,” said Mayor Pro Tem Gloria Partida. “I was really worried about looking at these numbers but when I saw them I was hopeful, and I think this is something we can get through and it’s quite doable.” Councilman Will Arnold also expressed optimism.

“I’m very hopeful bordering on confident that our city will endure and be spared the worst of this,” Arnold said. That’s in part because of how the city, as well as the county, have handled the COVID crisis, he said. “That will put us on a better footing, including economically, when we are ready to move things forward.” “That said, I think it is incredibly prudent of us to be taking these steps even before the raw data of the impact have fully materialized,” said Arnold. “It’s very clear that we will certainly in the short term… be seeing some significant revenue losses and it’s imperative we take steps to address them proactively.” Arnold added that he is not eager to go back to employee bargaining units “but I understand that we are all in this together and if that means some (cost-ofliving adjustments) need to be discussed… we certainly need to broach the subject, at least, and have those discussions.” Councilman Dan Carson also weighed in, saying, “It’s pretty obvious from what we’ve seen we need to move forward in an assertive way.” Carson said a lot of the possibilities put forward by Leland “make a lot of sense to me, including going back and talking to our labor partners, looking at furloughs, all of those things.” Carson also noted that how quickly the local economy

recovers is largely dependent on UC Davis. “It’s not just the course of the disease that we’re at the mercy of,” he said. “We don’t know for sure whether the university will resume full-fledged classes on site in the fall, whether they continue the distance learning or it’s some mix of the above, with lots of students unwilling to come back to town right away and maybe be willing to skip a year. I have to imagine that has a significant impact on those sales tax receipts, on those restaurants and bars downtown.” “Absolutely,” said Leland, who added that in talking with sales tax consultants, “they’re seeing not only the immediate loss but the loss carrying over into next year… you don’t really have any alternative but to assume it’s a longer recovery period and start planning accordingly.” That planning is already underway at the staff level, with Webb telling the council the assumptions they are working on are based on a drawn-out recovery. “Should things turn out better than that and recover faster or stronger than that, terrific,” said Webb. “We’ve planned for the worst and hope for the best.” City staff will be returning to the council for a budget workshop where they will present a range of options for budget cuts. — Reach Anne TernusBellamy at aternus@davisen terprise.net.

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NUMBERS: Violent-crime stats show mixed results From Page A1 from 250 to 227, with larcenies — personal property theft — cases down by 22 percent. Pytel said that number could be a result of the department’s initial non-response to low-level theft calls as the COVID-19 crisis ramped up. Instead, theft victims were directed toward the agency’s online reporting system, and “my guess is some people never filled out an online report,” Pytel said. Meanwhile, violent-crime numbers show mixed results, with overall violence up by 16 percent for the year but down 9 percent during the shelter-inplace period compared to last year. Police investigated six rapes so far this year, the same as last year, with one occurring during SIP. Aggravated assaults, down 67 percent from six to two during SIP, are up nearly 31 percent during the year so far, at 17 since Jan. 1 compared to 13 during the same time last year. Domestic violence calls have increased as well — by 6.4 percent since March 19 and almost 18 percent since the start of the year. “That’s a troubling number, especially because of that type of call,” Pytel said. The incidents have involved fights among couples as well as family disputes.

Like many other jurisdictions across the country, Davis saw more domestic violence reports in the two weeks following the stayat-home orders, followed locally by a downswing police hoped would continue. “But that just changed this week,” Pytel said, with officers arresting at least three people on domestic violence charges over this past weekend, according to the department’s online police log. Some incidents generated a police response but resolved without an arrest. “The chatter out there is that people are spending too much time together and not getting along,” the stay-at-home orders exacerbating households already afflicted by abuse, said Pytel, who has regular conversations with police chiefs statewide. “It’s not just a local trend. It’s all over.” But while concerns arose regarding a possible increase in child-abuse incidents in the wake of school closures combined with stressful conditions for parents such as job losses and financial setbacks, “locally, we haven’t seen that trend at all,” Pytel said. If your car is stolen, contact the police immediately. Be ready to provide the year, make, model and color of the car; the license plate number and vehicle identification number. — Reach Lauren Keene at lkeene@davisenterprise.net.

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Jan. 7, 1931 — April 23, 2020

Husband, father and grandfather Eddie Kanji Kanenaga passed away on April 23, 2020, at the age of 89 from natural causes. Eddie’s parents, Tetsuo and Kazuko, were grape and strawberry farmers in Florin. During World War II, the Kanenaga Family was interned with other families of Japanese heritage in detention camps in Jerome, Ark., and Gila, Ariz. They returned to the family farm in 1945. Eddie graduated from Elk Grove Union High School in 1948. He then graduated from a pre-pharmacy program at Sacramento City College in 1950. Eddie worked at the California DMV until 1952 when he was drafted into the US Army and was trained as armored infantry at Camp Roberts, CA. Eddie was assigned to a US Army Engineers’ armored division in Kaiserslautern, Germany, during the Korean War. After his discharge, he graduated from Oregon State University as a pharmacist in 1957. Then Eddie practiced as a pharmacist for three years before graduating from UC Berkeley with a degree in economics in 1961. He worked for Kaiser Pharmacy Operations and El Camino Hospital in the Bay Area until 1972. From 1972 until 1974, Eddie received and completed a U.S. Public Health traineeship at the University of Washington in Seattle. In 1974, he graduated with a Masters Degree in Public Health Administration. Eddie then worked as a project manager for Golden Empire Health in Sacramento before starting in state service as a pharmaceutical consultant to the Medi-Cal drug program. In his government capacity, Eddie was able to save the state $37 million by limiting reimbursement to pharmacies that were dispensing generic instead of branded drugs to needy Medi-Cal outpatients. He also advocated for many years and was ultimately successful in having prenatal vitamins covered under the Medi-Cal benefits. In 2008, Eddie was recognized by the California State Board of Pharmacy for 50 years of licensed service. In the Bay Area, Eddie met Etsuko

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Akutagawa, a college librarian at UC Berkeley. In 1963, they were married at San Francisco Buddhist Church. After starting a family, Eddie and Ets moved to Fremont. They moved to Davis in 1975 and enjoyed the close community spirit here for 45 years. Always in the stands or audience for his kids during their DHS experience, Eddie avidly followed Davis High events and sports for many years. Go Blue Devils! After many years at Medi-Cal, Eddie retired in 1994 from full-time employment and enjoyed golfing at Davis Muni and in Sacramento with other high-handicappers. He served as the golf tournament director for the California DHS for 15 years and for the prestigious Kanenaga Invitational Golf Tournament for seven years. In retirement, Eddie dispensed wisdom, collected recipes, enjoyed learning about anthropology, took Elder Hostel trips with Ets to Peru, Japan, Jamaica, the East Coast and desert Southwest, and made several family trips to Hawaii. He could often be found enjoying a walk around the North Davis greenbelt. Eddie also served as president of the Florin Buddhist Church and volunteered annually at their teriyaki barbeque bazaar. He also enjoyed organizing the annual Anza Avenue Holiday Progressive Dinner for 18 years and numerous neighborhood 4th of July block parties. Eddie’s biggest thrill was spending time with his four grandchildren Thomas, Kaia, Marcus and Audrey. They always made him laugh and filled his heart with joy. Eddie is survived by Etsuko his loving wife of 57 years; brother Jerry and family; son Dean and wife Deanne; daughter Jennifer; son Darren and wife Carla; his four grandchildren; and his extended family throughout the West Coast. As a self-described planner, Eddie wrote most of this obituary years ago and left it for his family. An online funeral will be held for family with a memorial service scheduled when friends can safely gather.

Stella Gloria Dinger, age 87, passed away on April 8, 2020 from complication of lung cancer at her home in Davis. She was born in Mt. Kisco, N.Y., to Julia and Joseph Raiti, the youngest of three children. At the age of 1, the family moved to Detroit Michigan where her father secured a metalworker position at the Ford Motor Plant in Dearborn. Stella joined the Air Force, where she met then married William Eugene Dinger on Aug. 8, 1958. Bill had been a widower with a 7-year-old son, Steven Ray; Craig Alan was born the following year. Bill’s military career resulted in a three-year tour in England. They were divorced after 23 years but remained friends and were both present at special family celebrations. In 1974, Stella followed her brother Joseph and sister Anita to Southern California. She found a position with

Northrop Aircraft Division in Hawthorne. She retired with almost 20 years of service in 1995. Stella stayed active in retirement volunteering for Yolo County Historical Museum, Hattie Weber Museum, Meals on Wheels and Kiwanis. She volunteered with the Yolo County Historical Museum for more than 20 years. She was an avid gardener with many home grown fruits and vegetables. She loved to share the harvest with family, friends and neighbors. Stella is survived by her brother Joseph (Sandy); sons Craig (Perla) and Steven (Sue); granddaughters Ashley (Ray), Tanji (Michael), Rachel and Julia; and great-grandchildren Danial, Mackenzie and Mila. There will not be a memorial service as the family will scatter her ashes later.

Bernice Helen Younglove Jan. 24, 1923 — April 28, 2020

Bernice Helen Younglove, 97, passed away peacefully on April 28, 2020. She was born in Sacramento on Jan. 24, 1923, to John and Rose (Babayco) Androvich. She attended school in Sacramento, graduating from C.K. McClatchy High School in June 1940. In her youth, she won several Sac City School District roller skating speed contests. Bernice was employed by the State Selective Service System for 5 years during World War II. She married Carl Younglove, the love of her life, on June 1, 1941, and celebrated 55 years of marriage before his death in July, 1996. She was active in the Sacramento Women’s Bowling Association for many years, and later in the El Macero Women’s Golf Association. She was an avid gardener and spent many happy hours in her yard. Bernice worked for 16 years as an accounting clerk for the City of

Davis before retiring in 1986. Then she began to travel, and especially enjoyed visiting her father’s birthplace in Montenegro and her husband’s relatives in Sweden. Bernice was preceded in death by her father, mother and brothers, George, Louis, Jack and Albert Androvich. She will be missed by her children, Gary (Diane) of Sacramento, Dennis (Peggy) of El Macero and Carol (Pat Hull) of Hayward; granddaughters Lisa Younglove (Claudio Osses) of Seattle, Laura Marcoux (Mike) of Roseville and Katie Zylstra (Nick) of Sacramento; and great-grandchildren Gabriela and Tiago Osses, Marie and Clara Marcoux, and Koop, Grace and Mae Zylstra. Private services will be held at Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon. Donations in her name may be sent to Yolo Hospice or the Yolo Food Bank.

Robert Sewall Goodell Aug. 31, 1931 — April 23, 2020

Robert Sewall Goodell, 88, died peacefully at home of natural causes on April 23, 2020, with his daughters at his side. Bob was born in Davenport, Iowa, on Aug. 31, 1931, to Grace Elizabeth (née Behrensmeyer) and Harvey Leeper Goodell. The oldest of three brothers, he grew up in Dayton, Ohio, spending summers and holidays with family in Quincy, Ill. He graduated from Fairview-White High School in 1949, where he lettered in football, basketball and track. As a senior, he earned the highest score in the state of Ohio in social studies. From 1949 to 1953, Bob attended Northwestern University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. A middle-distance runner on the Northwestern track team, he put himself through college on an ROTC scholarship and by working as the house manager for his fraternity, Lambda Chi Alpha. On his 21st birthday, he met the love of his life, Sallie Lou Smith, on a blind date in New York arranged by their aunts. It was

love at first sight and they were married the following year. They enjoyed a 63-year marriage before Sallie passed away in 2017. Following graduation from Northwestern, Bob served three years in the U.S. Navy as a gunnery officer on destroyers in the Pacific Fleet. An officer on the USS Floyd B. Parks when it collided with another ship, Bob was credited with helping to pull some of his crewmates out of the water following that collision. After the Navy, Bob received an MBA from Harvard University. After a brief stint in Ohio, Bob and Sallie moved in 1960 to the San Fernando Valley where Bob took a job with Litton Industries before beginning a long and successful career at Teledyne Inc. as a group executive, including 20 years as president of Teledyne Inet in Torrance. Bob and Sallie raised their four children in Canoga Park and Woodland Hills. Both were active in the Haynes Street School

PTA. Bob was a dedicated YMCA volunteer and a Gray-Y and Indian Guide leader. He also served as the business manager for the local little league. Bob always made time to attend his children’s sporting events, dance recitals, motor-cross races, and band competitions. Throughout his life Bob was an avid reader, favoring mysteries and historical nonfiction. He instilled his love of books and intellectual curiosity in all of his children. He loved to play golf and was a dedicated sports fan; he particularly enjoyed following college football – his favorite teams to cheer on were the Ohio State Buckeyes and USC Trojans. During his retirement, Bob spent several years participating in the Sage program at Cal State Northridge studying topics from Russian literature to history to political science. He also loved getting together with several of his retired work colleagues to play bridge at a standing game at the

Woodland Hills Country Club. Bob and Sallie moved to Davis shortly before Sallie’s death in 2017. Bob enjoyed living at Carlton Senior Living of Davis and being closer to family. Bob was preceded in death by his parents, Grace and Harvey; brother Harvey Charles Goodell; son Robert Charles Goodell; and his beloved wife, Sallie. Bob is survived by daughters Ann ter Haar (Wiete) and Mary Hayakawa (Greg); son David Goodell (Silvia); daughter-in-law Suzanne Barker Goodell; and grandchildren Carolyn Goodell, William Goodell, Mia ter Haar (Dillon), Elise ter Haar (Dan), Julia Sachdev (Shiv), Charlotte ter Haar (Emil), Robbie Goodell, Russell Goodell, Devon Hayakawa, James Hayakawa and Jordan Hayakawa. He was also blessed to have met his five great-grandchildren. A memorial service to celebrate Bob’s rich and full life will be postponed until a time we can gather together. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made in Bob’s name to the West Valley YMCA at ymcala.org or another charity of your choice.

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LEARNING: Experience informs book’s thesis RELIEF: Eligiblity set From Page A1 read, understanding each word more and more, and as her turn came closer, she found her paragraph and memorized it over and over. When her name was called, she took a deep breath and read it steadily and calmly. Completing the paragraph, she felt a sense of accomplishment wash over her. Poulos would later attend Montgomery High School in Santa Rosa. She excelled in academics, graduating with the eighth-highest GPA in a class of about 600.

Individuality Poulos went to UC Davis for her English degree, graduating in 1967, and obtained her teaching credential the next year. “I wanted to teach because I thought I had something to offer, and because it was compatible with my family life,” she explained. After moving away, she returned to Davis in 1973 with her husband and her 1-year-old son, Matt. She took a job as a substitute teacher, but identified one key deficiency in her training. “It is important to meet each child at his/her level in order to get them to become self-motivated,” she said. “The ideas I put into practice were not taught in my teacher training.” This realization led Poulos to create her primary strategy: getting to know each student early on. “Before the first day of school, I read the cumulative record folders for every child. I memorized names

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and photos so I could welcome each student by name as they entered the class.” Throughout the school year, Poulos was relaxed, easygoing, friendly, calm and supportive of each student, even while continually placing high expectations. The strategy was crucial to improving student performance in her classes. “All I can say is that empirical evidence showed each student advanced significantly, not only in achievement, but in selfconfidence and self-image.” Poulos continued with her same strategy throughout her 27 years teaching first- through sixth-graders at West Davis, Valley Oak and Patwin elementary schools, as well as Kyle Elementary in Fairfield and Spring Creek Elementary in Santa Rosa. Eight of the years at Valley Oak were spent teaching gifted fourth-graders to perform Shakespeare plays and write comprehensive essays and research papers. They were the most fondly remembered years for Poulos when she was writing “The Conscious Teacher.”

A new focus In 1999, Poulos was diagnosed with primary lateral sclerosis, a neuromuscular degenerative disease that affected her ability to walk and type. She was forced to retire at the age of 55 in 2000. On the plane ride home from the New York City hospital where she was diagnosed, she told her husband, “I am not going to let this ruin our lives. I am going to focus on what I can

do and not worry about what I can’t do.” “And that is what I have done,” she said. She began writing her autobiography, even as she was diagnosed in 2006 with the more severe amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. When she read the draft to her memoir group, the other members were captivated with her life in education, and urged her to write a book on teaching. “When I started writing this book in 2014, time was of the essence. It took me a year to write the book, then four more years to add, rewrite and edit.” The publication process took a further two years. Poulos has now returned to writing her autobiography. “I’ve thought about writing a book about living with ALS, but for now that is on the back burner. The tentative title would be ‘Living While Dying.’”

Conscious parent While her new, 206-page book, which she describes as “part memoir and part ‘how-to’” with a detailed table of contents and appendices, is substantial reading material for educators. Poulos calls “The Conscious Teacher” “especially important for parents,” given many of their children are currently stuck at home. “They are an even bigger audience than teachers. Parents are the most powerful people in their children’s lives.” Poulos herself has a tight grasp of the subject, having raised two children, both with graduate degrees: her son Matt, now an attorney based in Los Angeles, and

daughter Kelly, a high school administrator, using the same shrewdly attentive strategies from teaching. Poulos points to the subtitle of the book: “What all teachers and engaged parents need to know to be more effective,” and to the fact that almost every chapter has notes directed to parents. Some examples are well-known, including making parents set high standards for model behavior and explaining how a child can select a reading level-appropriate book. Others, however, are less common. According to Poulos, parents must: ■ Keep their voices calm without rewarding bad behavior with attention; inattention, in her words, is “the only way to extinguish bad behavior.” ■ Write a behavior contract with their children, then have them sign the behavior contract and hold them accountable. ■ Make kids who need a “time out” read a book. Most importantly, though, Poulos returned to the heart of her primary strategy and what it means to be “conscious”: the importance of truly knowing each student. The book, she said, is centered on a shared goal for teachers and parents: “how to individualize and differentiate to meet each child at her level in order to nurture self-motivation, putting her in charge of her learning and treating each child with dignity and respect no matter what.” Perhaps the question of how teachers should teach their students has finally been answered.

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relief checks — also based on need — funded by UC Davis’ institutional emergency grants. Federal eligibility requirements for CARES Act funding state that students must be U.S. citizens or eligible noncitizens, have a valid Social Security Number, be registered with the Selective Services (males only), not be in default on a federal student loan or owe money on a federal student grant, and be currently enrolled as a student. Most college students were excluded from receiving the $1,200 stimulus checks that many Americans received

Multiple students confirmed that they received direct deposits from UC Davis this week. All payments are expected to be made by May 15. “If you are ineligible for a CARES Act disbursement, and your family was significantly affected by issues associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, we may be able to help you with emergency aid from other institutional resources,” an online Frequently Asked Questions page states. — Reach Caleb Hampton at champton@ davisenterprise.net. Follow him on Twitter at @calebmhampton.

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Nov. 25, 1950 — April 27, 2020

Peter Charles Richards passed away at the age of 69 in Sacramento on Monday April 27, 2020. Pete was born on Nov. 25, 1950, in Los Angeles to Harold Swenson and Elise Morrison. He grew up in Sacramento with his two brothers, Michael and Dean Richards along with his mother Elise Richards and his father Robert Richards. He was interested in history and geography from an early age when he started collecting bottle caps and old coins. He graduated from Sacramento State College with a degree in Geography and his interest in collecting and geography were then combined when he opened his stamp, coin, and collectibles shop in Davis, California. He owned and operated Davis Gold and Silver Exchange for more than 25 years. In his younger days, he enjoyed concerts, playing the guitar, skiing and gold prospecting in the Sierras. Later in his life he liked to travel and especially loved exploring his native California historical towns, and the streams that inspired the Gold Rush. Modern-day prospectors would frequently bring in their gold to his shop and they always received a fair price for their gold and hard work. He had a passion for collecting local tokens, postcards and the history behind them throughout his career. Pete met Lachi Morse one summer day when she walked into his shop to buy stamps for her stamp album. They began dating, then married in 1992, and made their home in Woodland. They had many great road trips together to look at ghost towns, and to explore National Parks and botanical gardens.

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They especially looked forward to trips to Hawaii where Pete enjoyed snorkeling with the marine life. They made a great team and he will be irreplaceable. Pete retired in 2013, after receiving a diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). He then attended local writing classes and went on to write numerous short stories. He also had a sharp wit and could tell a great story. He contributed numerous photographs to a historical book on the city of Woodland and was featured in a KVIE documentary on ALS, “Beyond the Ice Bucket Challenge.” Pete was preceded in death by his father Robert, mother Elise, and cousins Jenny and Bryan. He is survived by his wife Lachi, brothers Michael and Dean, sister-in-law Monica, sister Diane, nephew Travis, niece Chelsea, mother-in-law Lue, brother-in-law Aaron and cousin Jan from the United Kingdom; and other cousins, nieces, and nephews. The memorial service will be held at a later time, once the COVID-19 shelter-inplace orders have been lifted. Arrangements are being handled by the Woodland Funeral Chapel, (530) 666-4200. A special thank you for all the prayers and help from family, friends and neighbors, all the wonderful caregivers who brought comfort and laughter to Pete’s days, the ALS association who were always there for us, and the many doctors, nurses, therapists and specialists from the ALS Multidisciplinary Clinic who guided us through the disease and helped Pete live his best life. Donations may be given to the ALS Association of Sacramento, 916-979-9265.

Patricia Jean Hill, a 50-year-plus resident of Davis died on May 5, 2020, after living a life infused with love, anchored by family, and contributing much joy to homes throughout the country with her art. Pat was born in Pittsburg, Pa., on March 3, 1935, to Carl and Sue Yeager, and was the oldest of three children, joined later by Carol and Michael. Living outside of Pittsburg in rural Butler County, Pat attended schools in Saxonburg Borough, graduating from high school in 1953. Pat was interested and participated in school musicals and art. After graduation, Pat decided to attend nursing school, and she completed her nursing program and became an R.N. through the Allegheny County Hospital program. Pat’s spirit brought her West, where she started work at Washington Township Hospital in Fremont as a delivery room nurse. A co-worker, Cora Hill, was certain that Pat needed to meet her son, Eugene Hill, a law student and Korean War veteran. That matchmaking resulted in a 1959 wedding and marriage lasting over 60 years and producing five children: Susan (1960-2010); Scott; Ken, Kevin and Derek. Pat, Gene and growing family moved to Sacramento, where Gene began a long career with the Attorney General’s Office, and Pat became a full-time mom. The family moved to Davis in 1968. As her kids grew, Pat’s longstanding interest in the arts was rekindled, and, as she often reminded her kids, art was an essential escape from the frenetic daily energy required

to support a large family. She became active in the Davis Comic Opera Company and appeared in many productions. She also began taking art classes, first at the Davis Art Center, where she discovered her love of working with clay. She continued learning about clay with Bill and Erika Jackson. Pat’s work was functional and creative. She used stoneware with incision, inlay and glaze to create what were often abstracted landscapes captured in plates and platters, mugs and bowls. Home studio time was filled with public radio and music and the family awaited each kiln firing, eager to see the results of Pat’s magic. Her creations are daily and eternal reminders of their maker. Many residents of Davis will recall the Davis Arts Center holiday shows in which Pat participated before joining with colleagues Bernice Weiss and Anne Testa to open the Davis Clayworks on L street in 1988. The Clayworks carried their work along with that of many colleagues they met as members of the Association of California Clay and Glass Artists. After retiring the Clayworks, Pat joined the Artery and remained a member there for nearly 20 years, while enjoying regional travel and her five grandchildren. Pat’s family and friends were so fortunate to learn from and bear witness to a life lived with gentle force, determination and goodwill. Family will gather for interment at Davis Cemetery where Pat will be buried alongside her daughter Susan.

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Verne Edward Mendel April 28, 1923 — April 27, 2020

Verne Edward Mendel slipped this earth after a long and interesting life, much of it in his beloved town of Davis. He was the firstborn of William (Claude) and Alvina Mendel (Stief ), homesteaders in the near treeless, windswept, high plateau of north-central Montana, a land of sagebrush and short prairie grasses, the recent home of bison and plains Indians. Verne’s parents found raising a family on 160 acres with no water and poor soils was hard business, so they moved to and helped found the tiny village of Winifred (pop 150), where he and four of his five siblings grew up. The family raised chickens and ran a small dairy to augment Dad’s meager salary as a grain elevator operator. With no running water or power, there were chores aplenty, in addition to going to school. At 13, Verne began his working life, a life of which he was deeply proud. He was skilled at working teams of horses, but also learned early to drive tracked vehicles, so he always had work in his farming community. During those early years, Verne experienced extraordinary calamities, both natural

and man-made. In addition to the typical vagaries of northern Montana weather, he witnessed repeated plagues of locusts that consumed anything green, including crops and family gardens. He saw dust storms that blotted the sun and endured the further privations caused by the Great Depression. Verne didn’t have much, but he had a community and a loving and resourceful family, so he had what he needed. He was happy. Verne graduated high school (with nine others) and started college near the onset of WWII. With his dad, he briefly helped build ships in Vancouver, then enlisted at 20. With his love of and experience with horses, he wanted to join the cavalry, but it had been recently disbanded, so he joined the infantry. He served in Alaska, drove tanks, and contracted an infection that cost him permanent loss of hearing in one ear. While in the Army, he married Beatrice (Helen) Dolan. After the war he worked various jobs in Wyoming where he built his own log house. There they had two kids and lost a third. He aspired to be a

veterinarian, so he enrolled at the University of Idaho. After completing two degrees, and having another kid, Verne was accepted into veterinary school, but chose instead to pursue a Ph.D. at UC Davis. These were lean times, but he got his degree and immediately took a faculty job back on the prairie at the University of Alberta, Edmonton. Later, he rejoined the UC system and worked at a field research station just miles from the Mexican border before returning to Davis. There he spent the next 25 years as an educator, researcher and administrator. While in Davis, Verne remarried, first to Velda Mortimer (Haynes), mother of two, but soon lost her to cancer. Later, he married Katinka (Tink) Nickerson (Gallin), mother of three, and a well-known member of the UCD community. After a rewarding time together, he lost her in 2009. For the past two decades, Verne lived happily at the University Retirement Community in Davis where he found an extended family providing the essentials in abundance

— love, support and community. Verne loved his community. He volunteered at the California Agricultural Museum. He spent years documenting the life stories and careers of UCD faculty. He was an early advocate and developer of Yolo Hospice and a volunteer and ardent supporter of the Mondavi Center. Despite some tough times and devastating losses, Verne enjoyed his life. He read voraciously and widely. He loved to design and build most anything — houses, yards, research apparatus and irrigation systems. He loved learning, gardening, music, travel and dancing. Most of all, he liked to talk to his many friends and family about almost anything: The man could talk! Verne enjoyed a life well-lived, and he touched many. He will be sorely missed. He is survived by four siblings, three children, five step-children, and slew of grand- and step-grandchildren. A service at University Retirement Community awaits lifting of COVID-19 restrictions. In lieu of flowers, please donate to Yolo Hospice.

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Regain hope and strength while caregiving Special to The Enterprise Caregivers are unpaid individuals, typically a spouse, child, neighbor or friend, who assist with activities of daily living and medical tasks. These informal caregivers often fill in gaps between medical professionals or paid aides to meet the needs of incapacitated individuals. The National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP indicate that approximately 43.5 million caregivers have provided unpaid care to an adult or child in the last 12 months. Roughly 15.7 million adult family caregivers in the United States care for someone who has Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia, states the Alzheimer’s Association. Although both men and women serve as caregivers, females are the largest segment of unpaid caregivers, handling some of the most difficult tasks, such as bathing and dressing. Many caregivers selflessly give back by providing assistance to a friend or family member, and view this type of service as a form of charitable giving. Others see it as simply being a good friend or family member. Although it can be rewarding to care for another person, caregiving also can be a stressful job that takes both a physical and emotional toll on caregivers.

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To remain as healthy as possible, caregivers should take steps to recognize symptoms of caregiver stress and avoid burnout. Caregiver stress is a very real side effect. It is important for caregivers to recognize that offering medical care and support can leave them vulnerable to a wide range of consequences. These can include anxiety, depression, fatigue and even increased exposure to illness. It can be particularly sad to witness a loved one’s health gradually deteriorate. The Office on Women’s Health says that anyone is susceptible to caregiver stress, but more women caregivers say they have stress and other health

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Meet the prehistoric parents BY SARA THOMPSON Special to the Enterprise

ere dinosaurs really thoughtless, vicious creatures, or did they have a softer side? Recent fossil finds suggest some dinosaurs cared for their eggs and nests, and even some evidence of continued parental care. Some of the best examples of dinosaur parenting are maiasaura, oviraptor and oryctodromeus, and they all had different methods of caring for their young. Maiasaura was first described in 1978, with the famous â&#x20AC;&#x153;Egg Moutainâ&#x20AC;? discovery happening the following year. The discovery was huge in the scientific community because it was one of the first evidence of dinosaur nest sites and parenting in the world. At the site, there were dozens of nests, each with 30-40 eggs. Because maiasaura was so big, it likely didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sit on its nest, but instead covered it with vegetation to keep it warm, much like modern crocodiles and alligators. But how does this suggest parental care and not just a buried nest? In many of the nests, that had hatchlings, the eggshells were not just cracked from hatching, but also broken up from trampling, which suggests the hatchlings stayed in the nest for a while. If hatchlings stayed in the nest for an extended period, they would need food brought to them and protection. Another big discovery at â&#x20AC;&#x153;Egg Mountainâ&#x20AC;? was of the different ages of the dinosaurs. Some 200 individuals have been identified at the site, ranging from the hatchlings in the nest to adult, and varying sizes and ages in between. The range in ages suggests that maiasaura stayed with and were cared for by adults in

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EXPLORIT SCIENCE CENTER family units or a full herd. When oviraptor was first discovered in 1923, it was found on top of a pile of eggs. The eggs were similar in size and shape to those associated with protoceratops, so it was thought that oviraptor stole and ate eggs. Further study has shown that the eggs from the original discovery likely belonged to oviraptor and it was an individual sitting on its nest. With more evidence of theropod dinosaurs having feathers, brooding behavior wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be too much of a stretch. Oviraptor wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t huge, about as tall as a turkey, and about 6 feet long. It likely weighed less than 100 pounds, so sitting on a nest to incubate them would not have crushed the eggs, and its feather covering would have filled in any gaps around the nest. A more recently discovered dinosaur, oryctodromeus was first found and described in 2007. What makes this dinosaur

so unique is that it is the first known dinosaur to have lived in burrows. The first three that were discovered were one adult, just about 7 feet long, and two smaller individuals that were about 50 to 60% of the adultâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s size. The two smaller individuals also had less skeletally mature bones than the adult, indicating they were juveniles and not just smaller adults. The size of the juveniles suggests extended parental care, and the burrow would be an excellent place to keep them safe from predators while they grew. Dinosaurs may not have been the mindless eating machines science fiction has made them out to be. Many more species than just the ones mentioned here have shown nest care and juveniles alongside adults. Paleontologists continue to study dinosaur eggs and nests, looking at porosity and how dinosaurs grew after hatching to help us look at these extinct creatures and maybe understand them a little bit more. Thank you to everyone who donated during Big

Day of Giving! All of your contributions will help us through this difficult time while weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re closed to the public. If you would still like to contribute, please visit our donation page at http://www.explorit.org/ support/make-a-donation. All donations will help with care for our live animals and help with paying our utilities during our closure. Thank you all for your continued support. We hope we can open up soon. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Exploritâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coming events: â&#x2013; We are monitoring the situation surrounding COVID-19 and recommendations for health and safety. We are still taking Summer Science Camp registrations, and have several spaces still available. Modifications to space and class size may occur to ensure the health and safety of campers. Any changes to camp information will be sent out to current registrants and posted on our website before the end of May. Register online at http:// www.explorit.org/programs/ summer-camp/summerand-vacation-classes.

Yolo Diaper Bank hosts virtual Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day diaper drive Special to The Enterprise Yolo Diaper Bank will host a virtual diaper drive to celebrate Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day and help low-income families cope with diaper shortages during COVID19. Community members can make a donation to honor a mom in their life or to help a mom they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even know. Visit www.yolodiaperbank.org now through May 31 and make a donation on the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Virtual Diaper Driveâ&#x20AC;? page. If designed, donors can complete the section for honorary

gifts, and Yolo Diaper Bank will send a note to let someone know a gift was made in his or her honor. All funds collected will be used to purchase diapers and wipes for families in Yolo County. Diapers are distributed through the agency partners, which include CommuniCare Health Centers, Empower Yolo and the Woodland Personal Care Pantry. Every day, one in three families struggles to afford enough diapers for their babies. Now, COVID-19 has increased the need for diapers in our community. When diapers become

unaffordable or unavailable, essential workers may not be able to take children to daycare. The added stress of having a fussy baby in a wet diaper can contribute to household instability, abuse and neglect. In 2019, Yolo Diaper Bank distributed 36,000 diapers to families in need. By the end of May, Yolo Diaper Bank will have distributed over 37,000 diapers during 2020 alone. Visit www.yolodiaperbank.org, e-mail info@yolodiaperbank.org, or call 530-723-6083 for more information.

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Piper Also looking for a good home is Jack (A180205), an 11-month-old Jack Russell male who is curious and independent, and enjoys discovering new things on walks with his foster-mom. Jack is a love bug, mostly potty trained and looking for an active family. All shelter animals are up-to-date on vaccinations, microchipped, and spayed or neutered. The shelter is closed to the public for non-emergencies but staff is available to assist at 530-668-5287 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-countyanimal-services-ca283/.

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A brunch menu fit for a queen Special to The Enterprise Many Mother’s Day celebrations call for fabulous food, specifically dishes fit for brunch. A wide variety of recipes may fit the festivities, but a combination of comforting bites with sweet and savory flavors is perfect for appeasing all appetites. This menu of morning recipes includes Chive and Orange Blossom Honey Waffles and Spicy Garlic Honey Chicken as a filling option to base the meal around with Breakfast Casserole as a more traditional dish. Find more brunch recipes at Culinary.net. — Family Features

A Sweet Morning Eat Add flavor to your brunch with the sweet taste of honey as part of a remade rendition of a breakfast favorite: chicken and waffles. This recipe for Chive and Orange Blossom Honey Waffles and Spicy Garlic Chicken combines sweet with savory to shine

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Recipe courtesy of Marcia Stanley, MS, RDN, on behalf of Milk Means More Prep time: 25 minutes Cook time: 45 minutes Servings: 6

Chive and Orange Blossom Honey Waffles and Spicy Garlic Honey Chicken Recipe courtesy of chef Jenny Dorsey on behalf of the National Honey Board Servings: 4 Ingredients

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The classic Breakfast Casserole, above, and Chive and Orange Blossom Honey Waffles and Spicy Garlic Honey Chicken, below. 2 teaspoons paprika ½ teaspoon ancho chile powder vegetable oil, as needed

Chicken: 8 boneless, skinless chicken thighs 2 cups buttermilk 2 tablespoons kosher salt, divided ¾ teaspoon ground black pepper, divided ¼ teaspoon rosemary, chopped 2 tablespoons orange blossom honey 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon onion powder

Waffles: 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons orange blossom honey 1 teaspoon orange zest 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 ¼ cups whole milk 2 large eggs ¼ cup fresh chives, chopped ¾ cup sharp cheddar cheese, shredded honey

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Putting it together: To make chicken: Rinse chicken thighs and pat dry with paper towels; place in large bowl. In separate bowl, combine buttermilk, 1 tablespoon salt, ¼ teaspoon black pepper, rosemary and honey. Pour buttermilk mixture over chicken; cover and let marinate 8 hours or overnight. In separate mixing bowl, combine flour, remaining salt, remaining pepper, cayenne, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika and ancho chile powder; stir. Remove each piece of chicken from buttermilk, shake to remove

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Art show honors cultural leaders Enterprise staff

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omunidad: Honoring community and cultural leaders during COVID-19,” a collection of portraits by local artist Stephanie Thayer, is on display via the International House Davis website (internationalhousedavis. org). Thayer was inspired to do this project when quarantine started due to COVID-19, in part to keep busy, but ultimately to honor community members of Davis and Sacramento who give back through activism, volunteering, art, music and dance, as well as to uplift the community in these uncertain times. Thayer hopes that her series inspires others to feel connected despite their physical distance and remember that everyone is still a “comunidad.” In this series, she used colored pencils for the faces of the community members and acrylic paint for the backgrounds. The following are examples of her portrait subjects. ■ Dzokerayi (Nathalie) Mu was born in Zimbabwe and moved to Davis in 2010. She is an activist and the director of

TESE Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit serving high school students in Zimbabwe. ■ Saara Burga is the CEO of the Brazilian Center of Sacramento. Its mission includes introducing participants to Brazilian and Latin American culture in a fun-loving environment

Tapua Gwarada is among the portrait subjects in Stephanie Thayer’s art show, available now on the website of International House Davis. Other subjects in the show include Dzokerayi Mu, above left, and Daniel Smith, above right. COURTESY PHOTO

utilizing the performing arts, culture, food, socializing and entertainment; advocating for and empowering youth; and providing a forum for people to exchange ideas to enhance the community. ■ Daniel Smith, a.k.a. Dan the Man, is a board member of the nonprofit organization Bigger Than Us youth arts program in Sacramento. ■ Tapua Gwarada, known for her constant smile, volunteers at Logos Books and has also volunteered at North Davis Elementary School. ■ Charlie Julian Hilliard was the founder and head of the King High Gender and Sexuality Alliance Club, received the Golden Heart Award from the city of Davis and the first-ever Mikey Partida Realizing Resilience Award from the Davis Phoenix Coalition, and volunteers with Davis Food Not Bombs. ■ Stephen Moon and Grace K. Moon were both born in Korea, and came to Hawaii in 1983 to study and later start a family. They now run an organization

called, “Mosaics” at the Davis Community Church (where he is a pastor), which offers various language, music, spiritual and cultural classes free to the public. ■ Gloria Partida is a mom, grandmother, retired scientist, a small business owner, founder of a nonprofit focused on inclusion and a deeply committed community advocate. Now a Davis City Council member, she is set to become mayor later this year. ■ Denise LaRani Castillo started SynRG, a cultural arts and wellness center in Davis in 2008, where she taught world dance and fitness over a period of eight years. Most of her volunteer work has centered around children and teens, offering world arts (dance) in afterschool programs, and science outreach. She now runs programs in Guatemala that

support low-income artisans. ■ Darren Virassammy is a TEDx Speaker and co-founder and chief operating officer of 34 Strong, an organization comprised of a team that believes everyone deserves a great place to work and that any workplace can be great. ■ Cristina Marie Pires works in-home with people with spinal- cord injuries and dialysis. She will be moving to the hospital setting soon. Christina has also volunteered for the Davis Phoenix Coalition and has been actively involved in an antibullying movement. More detailed biographies can be found about each of the people featured on the I-House website. I-House plans to host a live exhibit of this show when the shelter-in-place orders have been lifted.

Here are a few hopeful projects from the Pence BY NATALIE NELSON Special to The Enterprise

’m fighting the urge to write anything positive that has happened due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet I’m wondering how many people who are reading this article have done something today that they never would have attempted in ordinary times? Yesterday, I cut my kid’s hair. Thank goodness that she has curly hair, as it really doesn’t need to be that straight. That may seem pretty ordinary to some of you, but to me, it was a little strange. There are signs in our household that our life is slower, and we are caring for our home in a different way. Our shed is organized and our garden looks great. No doubt you have read stories of human beings treating each other now with amazing acts of kindness. My colleague at work has left art supplies, such as clay, over the fence for her neighbor’s children, and offered to fire their clay figures for them. These children have gifted

PENCE GALLERY her things that they’ve made, and she comes up with another project, and the story continues. At the Pence Gallery, life and art continue, albeit virtually. We have our Johnny Cash photography exhibit up through May 24, and we have a slideshow and a video tour of the show that I’ve done on YouTube. This project was funded by the city of Davis Arts & Cultural Affairs program, as well as many individual donors. In addition, we have created 10 other videos on our Pence Gallery YouTube channel. Katharine Schultz is our education program associate, and she has a great video on early photography and how to do sun prints at home. I’ve made a video on how to build sculptures with wire, and our gallery assistant Caitlin Schwarz has made two videos on how to sew easy craft projects that are great for children and youths. These are our small way

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This untitled painting is by Fiona Herner, Natalie Nelson’s daughter. Nelson says her children are spending a lot of time painting during the shelter-in-place order. of trying to reach out to the community with engaging tours and projects for people to do during these challenging times. My children are painting everything in sight at our house, and it’s been so nice to see them happy and engaged. I truly believe that saying, “Busy hands are happy hands.” So pick up that paintbrush, or hammer, or whatever you’d like to make. There are so many online

resources (ours included), that it’s hard to know where to begin! Of course, start local by calling The Paint Chip and asking them for supplies. I’ve heard that they will put together supplies for customers and I’ve gotten many fun art supplies from them. For my kids, I start with house paint and old scrap lumber. It doesn’t need to be fancy! I think my favorite thing to

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In this image, Johnny Cash and June Carter are in the Folsom Prison yard in the early morning. The Pence Gallery’s Johnny Cash photography exhibit will be up through May 24, with a slideshow and a video tour on YouTube.

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Forgotten debuts: Did they show promise? Plenty of A-list talent began under modest circumstances BY DERRICK BANG Enterprise film critic Some actors make stunning film debuts in major splashy roles: Orson Welles in 1941’s “Citizen Kane,” Julie Andrews in 1964’s “Mary Poppins,” Meryl Streep in 1977’s “Juli,” and Edward Norton in 1996’s “Primal Fear,” among others. Horror films account for numerous lesser debuts that give no indication of the stellar careers to follow: They include Tom Hanks in 1980’s “He Knows You’re Alone,” George Clooney in 1983’s “Grizzly II: The Concert” (which never even got theatrical release), Leonardo DiCaprio in 1991’s “Critters 3” and Jennifer Aniston in 1993’s “Leprechaun.” (Needless to say, I’d never encourage folks to watch any of those.) It’s far more fun to seek out modest debuts that are amusing in hindsight, taking place in films that are at least reasonably entertaining … if not respectable classics. Robert Duvall definitely is the winner in the latter category, popping up as Boo Radley in the final scenes of 1962’s “To Kill a Mockingbird.” The following are a giggle, as well. All are available via Amazon Prime and numerous other streaming services unless otherwise noted. Clint Eastwood struggled during the early years of his career, trapped in a contract with Universal Studios, and confined to bit parts in forgettable dramas

and westerns; his big break finally came in 1958, when he was cast as Rowdy Yates in the television series “Rawhide.” But two of his early film roles are a hoot, notwithstanding their modesty (and the fact that he remained uncredited in both). His actual bigscreen debut came in 1955’s “Revenge of the Creature,” where he briefly pops up as a clueless lab technician who can’t find a white mouse … until it turns up in his pocket. That same year, he turned up during the climax of “Tarantula,” although you probably wouldn’t know it if the audio were dialed out. He’s the fighter pilot who blasts the giant arachnid to smithereens, and most of his face is completely obscured by flight gear. But he has a couple of lines, and the voice — and his eyes — are unmistakable. 1966’s “Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round” is an oddity among heist films, in that we’re never sure whether to root for the scheme to succeed ... or hope that it’ll fail. Star James Coburn’s character charms, bluffs and cons his way through a series of preliminary scams, in order to raise the funds needed to pull off the audacious master plan, which involves emptying the vault of a bank located at the Los Angeles International Airport. Early on, moving across the country as convenience demands, Coburn’s character slides into relationships with women who can help him, or who own valuables that can be stolen and fenced for working capital. (No, he’s not a very nice fellow.) While adopting the guise of Bob Ellis, and awaiting an important message, the

Was Harrison Ford ever this young? He pops up as a hotel bellboy, midway through “Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round.” Don’t blink, or you’ll miss him!

note is delivered by a hotel bellhop played by an uncredited Harrison Ford. Richard Dreyfuss made about a dozen one-off TV appearances before jumping to the big screen, but he was discouraged by his early roles; he returned to television work and stayed there until being “discovered” by George Lucas, in 1973’s “American Graffiti.” Ah, but it’s a hoot to track him down in those earlier bit parts. 1967’s “Valley of the Dolls” is one of those sobad-it’s-fun disasters: an “inside look” at the pernicious side of show business, and how it affects three young women (over)played by Patty Duke, Barbara Parkins and Sharon Tate. (Judy Garland, originally in the cast, was fired during production.) If you can stand slogging through the entire outrageous two hours, you’ll spot Dreyfuss making his bigscreen debut as an assistant stage manager who knocks on the dressing room door of Duke’s character (Neely) and finds her drunk inside. Nobody needs to be reminded about the classic status of that year’s “The Graduate” (Hulu, Vudu and CBS All Access), although the telling early line — “Plastics!” — has taken on a rather chilling tone in our era of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Toward the end of the film, Dustin Hoffman’s Benjamin and Katharine Ross’ Elaine are holed up in a rooming house; Benjamin is confronted by Norman Fell’s Mr. McCleery. Dreyfuss pops into view behind Fell, offering to call the police. “I used to make money by betting people about my having been in the best and worst films of 1967,” Dreyfuss crowed, years later. “No one would ever come up with the answer, so I’d make 20 bucks!” 1978’s “Animal House” is a cornucopia of rising young talent, with key roles played by Tom Hulce, John Belushi, Peter Riegert and Stephen Furst. But the one who’s the most fun to watch — making his big-screen debut, at the youthful age of 20 — is Kevin Bacon, in the sizeable role of condescending ROTC cadet Chip Diller. Among other great moments, he gets a great closing line, during the chaos of this anti-establishment comedy’s climax.

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Once young Mathilda (Natalie Portman) realizes that her unlikely benefactor (Jean Reno) is a killer for hire, she demands that he share his tradecraft, so that she can avenge the brutal slayings of her entire family.

Who in the world thought that Clint Eastwood, right, would look or sound credible, as an assistant scientist? He can’t even keep track of a white mouse in “Revenge of the Creature.” When it comes to teenin-peril horror flicks, 1984’s original “A Nightmare on Elm Street” definitely is a cut above. (Sorry. Couldn’t resist.) Writer/director Wes Craven superbly caught the era’s teen zeitgeist with this little shocker, and who hasn’t wakened from a nightmare that felt bloodcurdlingly real? Long before Heather Langenkamp’s plucky Nancy Thompson figures out how to face Robert Englund’s Fred Krueger in his own territory, several of her friends come to creatively grisly ends. The third victim is none other than Johnny Depp, whose big-screen debut is a reasonably solid part until his character learns — the hard way — the folly of falling asleep while wearing headphones. 1988’s thoroughly delightful “Mystic Pizza” is best remembered as the film that brought Julia Roberts to critical and public attention (although it wasn’t her big-screen debut; that came a year earlier, with an uncredited role in the positively dreadful sex comedy, “Firehouse”). The current

A-lister making his film debut is Matt Damon, who pops up early on as Steamer, the younger brother of Charles (Adam Storke), the hunky guy to whom Roberts’ Daisy becomes attracted. Her introduction to Charles’ wealthy and snobbish family takes place during a cringe-worthy dinner that wholly overwhelms poor Daisy. Damon’s first movie line comes when Steamer, suspicious of the food on his plate, tries to pass his “green stuff ” to his mother. All the preceding notwithstanding, my favorite remains Natalie Portman’s debut. Luc Besson is one of France’s busiest filmmakers — heck, he’s probably one of the world’s busiest filmmakers — having directed and/or written well over 100 projects since 1981. (In fairness, some were short subjects.) He’s best known for action thrillers, which are all over the quality scale. Lesser entries include “Kamikaze” and “Lucy”; classics include “La Femme Nikita,” “The Fifth Element” and Jason Statham’s

“Transporter” series. And 1994’s “Léon: The Professional.” The story is a thriller classic: Jean Reno stars as the title character, a New York City-based professional hitman who becomes the unlikely protector of 12-year-old Mathilda (Portman), who has witnessed corrupt DEA agents kill her entire family. (Portman was that very age while this film was being shot.) Mathilda demands that Léon teach her his trade so that she can avenge her family’s death. The DEA agents quickly realize that she is a witness, and the hunt is on. Needless to say, what follows is vicious and incredibly suspenseful: a true edge-ofthe-seat experience. Plan this one for a time when you won’t be interrupted; you don’t want to mess with Besson’s carefully constructed momentum. — Read more of Derrick Bang’s film criticism at http://derrickbang. blogspot.com. Comment on this review at www. davisenterprise.com.

‘Extraction’: This movie’s like getting a tooth pulled Nonstop intense action and nasty violence quickly grow tedious BY DERRICK BANG Enterprise film critic It’s always easy to identify a stunt coordinator/ second unit director granted the opportunity to ascend to the big-dog throne. The resulting film is little but relentless — and redundant — action, with fleeting pauses for microscopic dollops of character development and something vaguely approaching actual acting. The scripts can be written on a postage stamp. Such is the case with the Netflix original, “Extraction,” which — if nothing else — certainly gave star Chris Hemsworth a lot of exercise … and very little else. Absolutely none of his twinkly charm is on display here; he plays his role as if it were a punishment. Director Sam Hargrave and editors Ruthie Aslan and Peter B. Ellis keep things moving at a furious clip; even so, there’s only so many ways to shoot and stab people.

One gets the impression our protagonist is on a crusade to single-handedly decimate the population of Bangladesh. As this endlessly violent saga proceeds, he appears to be succeeding. During a brief prologue, we meet Ovi (Rudhraksh Jaiswal), the young son of jailed arch-criminal Mahajan (Pankaj Tripathi); the boy lives a privileged but lonely existence, his every move monitored by guntoting protectors. Due to Ovi’s own carelessness, he’s kidnapped by thugs belonging to rival drug lord Amir Asif (Priyanshu Painyuli), and squirreled away in a heavily guarded apartment complex in Dhaka. Mahajan, understandably ticked off, orders his lieutenant Saju (Randeep Hooda) to rescue the boy … which is, of course, utterly impossible. Asif ’s legion of well-armed goons aside, the drug lord also has the local police and military in his pocket. So, who ya gonna call? That would be Tyler Rake (Hemsworth), a black-market mercenary whose utter fearlessness results mostly from a death wish. This is, you see, a Man Haunted By Something. Hargrave and

‘Extraction’ Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Rudhraksh Jaiswal, Randeep Hooda, Golshifteh Farahani, Priyanshu Painyuli, David Harbour and Suraj Rikame Rating: R, for profanity, brief drug use and relentless strong, bloody violence

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Determined to keep young Ovi (Rudhraksh Jaiswal) alive, Tyler Rake (Chris Hemsworth) must figure out how to evade an entire city’s worth of bent cops and soldiers under the command of a ruthless drug lord. scripter Joe Russo tease us with occasional memory flashes, as this saga proceeds; Hemsworth’s taciturn features reveal very little. Actually, they reveal absolutely nothing, and the same can be said of most characters in this video game disguised as a movie. Scant dialog is traded back and forth; emotional depth is conveyed (actually, it usually isn’t) by lingering takes on grim, silent expressions. We’re just

supposed to understand, donchaknow. Saju gets in touch with arms dealer Nik (Golshifteh Farahani), who in turn offers the assignment to Tyler; he naturally accepts. Nik keeps favoring Tyler with long, thoughtful stares; the two of them apparently Have History. (Of what sort, we never learn.) Nik turns out to be quite the badass herself, and Farahani is more adept than most at granting this

woman a personality. It’s a shame we don’t get to spend more time with her. Finding and retrieving Ovi turns out to be the easy part; hanging onto him, and getting him to safety, proves far more difficult. Geography comes into play; Dhaka is essentially an island surrounded by four rivers. Only four bridges lead out of the city, all of which are quickly blockaded by Amir and his pet soldiers. To give credit where due,

Hargrave’s first act is crackerjack suspenseful, as Tyler and an initially wary Ovi first escape the apartment complex, laden with all manner of bad guys; and then hijack a car and roar pell-mell through Dhaka’s narrow city streets, bustling with civilians, while trying to evade multiple pursuing vehicles. Much of the latter sequence plays like a single lengthy tracking shot that slides around, behind and even inside Tyler and Ovi’s rapidly deteriorating car; the visceral impact is quite cool. There’s a definite sense that Hargrave and his stunt coordinators — Daniel Stevens and Thayr

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Gentle teen rom-com is a complete joy BY DERRICK BANG

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Half of Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

Enterprise film critic Writer/director Alice Wuâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Half of Itâ&#x20AC;? is a charming, high school-oriented riff on Edmond Rostandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ageless â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cyrano de Bergerac.â&#x20AC;? The Netflix originalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sharp script is matched by a talented young cast, with the bonus of a setting thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s far more picturesque and romantic than most: Squahamish, a small rural town in tree-laden Washington state. (That said, filming actually took place in and around numerous small communities in upstate New York.) Ellie (Leah Lewis, a familiar presence on TVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nancy Drewâ&#x20AC;?) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; shy, lonely and ferociously smart â&#x20AC;&#x201D; supplements the family income by â&#x20AC;&#x153;ghostingâ&#x20AC;? homework papers for classmates. They gratefully pay top dollar but otherwise ignore her. Money is tight because Ellieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father (Collin Chou) has been in a depressed funk since the unexpected death of his wife. They immigrated from China to take advantage of Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s greater opportunities; he became the Squahamish train-station master. But now he rarely ventures out of the house; Ellie even handles the station signals every day, when trains pass. She cares attentively for her father, and they bond while watching old movies; conversation, minimal to begin with, always ceases during his favorite â&#x20AC;&#x153;good parts.â&#x20AC;? Ellie cherishes a childhood photo, taken alongside her mother. One random day, while bicycling home from school, Ellie is stopped by Paul (Daniel Diemer), a jock who towers above all the other students. (Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 6-foot-5!) Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sweet on Aster (Alexxis Lemire), one of the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cutest girls, but worries that his clumsily written â&#x20AC;&#x153;introductory letterâ&#x20AC;? wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t send the proper message; knowing of Ellieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s writing skill, he hopes she can give it a better spin. Right away, props to Paul for writing an actual physical letter, rather than sending a text. As

Starring: Leah Lewis, Daniel Diemer, Alexxis Lemire, Collin Chou, Wolfgang Novogratz and Becky Ann Baker Rating: PG-13, and needlessly, for fleeting profanity

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Ellie (Leah Lewis) canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe the embarrassingly clumsy prose that Paul (Daniel Diemer) expects will impress a girl that he has worshipped from afar. weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll soon see â&#x20AC;&#x201D; despite his hulking appearance and tongue-tied, aw-shucks manner â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Paul has more emotional intelligence and maturity than anybody else in this story. Diemer is absolutely perfect in the role, exuding just the right blend of kindness, compassion and salt-of-the-earth integrity. Ellie initially (wisely!) wants nothing to do with this situation, but, well, a utility bill is overdue at home. Matters are complicated further by the fact that everybody knows Aster â&#x20AC;&#x153;belongsâ&#x20AC;? to Trig (Wolfgang Novogratz), the most popular, talented â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and conceited â&#x20AC;&#x201D; member of the senior class. No matter. Thanks to her talent for assuming the literary identities of others, Ellie has become a sharply observant scholar of human nature. This first letter has the desired result; Paul, ecstatic, insists the charade continue. The best way to do that, of course, is to clandestinely follow and watch Aster, to pick up on her likes and dislikes. Two problems emerge.

Actual physical interaction becomes necessary, and poor Paul simply isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t as eloquent in person; his efforts at ad-libbed conversation do little but puzzle Aster. It becomes worse when Paul, getting overconfident, becomes more impatient about wanting to â&#x20AC;&#x153;write his own scripts.â&#x20AC;? Even worse â&#x20AC;&#x201D; because this is so alien to Ellieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sense of herself â&#x20AC;&#x201D; all this time spent on surveillance has kindled her own interest in Aster. As a result, Ellie begins to shape Paul into a more perfect version of herself. Unlike most of their other classmates, Paul is genuinely grateful for Ellieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s efforts; their own friendship blossoms, and we learn more about them, as they become more candid with each other. Wuâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dialog is crucial here, and she doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss a note; Lewis and Diemer also handle the dynamic with touching sensitivity. Lewisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; handling of Ellie is particularly sweet; watching her wary doubt slowly erode â&#x20AC;&#x201D; could a guy like Paul really become a

confidant? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is a marvelous display of acting subtlety. Lemire does equally well with a role that isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t as one-dimensional as it seems. At first blush, Aster is just the â&#x20AC;&#x153;pretty girlâ&#x20AC;? who appreciates such sincere attention from somebody other than Trig, who thinks only of himself. But pay attention to the gradual shift in Asterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gaze, as she registers the growing bond between Ellie and Paul, and considers its implications. The film is laden with gentle, heartfelt exchanges between various pairs of these key players, always sounding authentic and true to their characters. Wuâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s directorial touch is gentle and shrewdly measured; no tempers are lost during the course of this saga, which also is bereft of anything approaching violence or deliberate cruelty. This is a story of quiet, intimate moments; lighter touches â&#x20AC;&#x201D; bits of humor â&#x20AC;&#x201D; arise because theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re organic (and because we all do silly, eye-rolling things at times). Chou is heartbreaking as Ellieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

father, his gaze often focused on some invisible horizon only he can see. He radiates fragility, as if unexpected contact might shatter him into a hundred pieces. Novogratz is hilariously, unapologetically larger than life as the vain and arrogant Trig: every inch the total jerk we all endured in high school. Becky Ann Baker is a droll presence as high school teacher Mrs. Geselschap, who â&#x20AC;&#x201D; fully aware of circumstances, and noting Ellieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s distraction by other matters â&#x20AC;&#x201D; worries that half her class will flunk out, if Ellie doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t resume writing their papers. The tech credits are solid; cinematographer Greta Zozula has a flair for catching the colors and atmosphere of this small-town setting. She also frames and softfocuses a hot springs visit in a manner that suggests a touch of magic realism (wholly appropriate to whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s taking place during this sequence). Anton Sankoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quietly melodic score is punctuated by Americanastyle songs old and new, from Sharon van Etten, Gordon Lightfoot and the Ruen Brothers. Wu knows precisely how to use them; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s refreshing when inserted songs complement on-screen events, rather than interrupting them. Wu, an MIT and Stanford computer science grad who abandoned a Microsoft career to write and direct her first film â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 2004â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Saving Faceâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; waited 16 years before making this one, her second. I wish she worked more frequently, but if it takes that long to craft a gem as tenderly precious as â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Half of It,â&#x20AC;? I guess we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t complain.

EXTRACTION: Flash-forward ruins second and third actsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; suspense From Page B2 Harris â&#x20AC;&#x201D; are attempting to emulate John Wooâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s classic crime thrillers, and Iko Uwaisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; phenomenal martial arts masterpieces (â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Raid,â&#x20AC;? etc.). Unfortunately, Hargrave and Russo lack that level of creativity and plot complexity. After Tyler and Ovi get their initial bit of breathing space, the rest of the film becomes a tedious exercise in more of the same: running, shooting, stabbing, slashing, punching and head-butting. Given that this film runs a full two hours, that gets old very quickly. Hargrave also makes a rookie mistake. His film opens with a dire flashforward that is a) completely unnecessary; and b) gives too much away, thus robbing the second and

third acts of their decreasing levels of suspense. Matters do pause long enough for Hemsworth and Jaiswal to share a quiet (and welcome!) scene with a bit of emotional gravitas. The latter makes Ovi a plucky kid, whose initial wariness slowly yields to genuine trust in this dour stranger. He also delivers the storyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crucial moral, and â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to Jaiswalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s credit â&#x20AC;&#x201D; he gives it the proper dramatic heft: â&#x20AC;&#x153;You drown not by falling into the river, but by staying submerged in it.â&#x20AC;? (OK, fine; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more meaningful in context.) Painyuli makes an excellent villain, resplendent in costume designer Bojana Nikitovicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s luxuriously tailored suits, which are a deliberate contrast to the squalid trappings of most Dhaka residents. The story

PENCE: Making art starts with â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;noodlingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; From Page B1 see is when they adapt something, like a metal rod from a file cabinet, for something totally different. In my younger daughterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s case, it became an earring holder on her wall. Making art often starts small, with what one of my friendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s calls â&#x20AC;&#x153;noodling.â&#x20AC;? I asked him recently about creativity and how to encourage it, and he wisely deadpanned, â&#x20AC;&#x153;just noodle with things.â&#x20AC;? I think what he means is that sometimes you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to start with a big idea, or a great complicated project, just start putting things together and see what takes shape. As Picasso stated once on inspiration, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Inspiration

does exist, but it must find you working.â&#x20AC;? One of my children loves to create dot patterns with the back end of a skewer, and most of her work looks like itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inspired by Australian Aboriginal art. She doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really care when I try to explain that to her, but she is really pleased with her little canvases and keeps making more. So during this crazy time in Davis, if you have some extra time at home, get creative. Bake a cake, paint a shelf or try noodling. You might be surprised by what you discover. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Natalie Nelson is the executive director and curator of the Pence Gallery; her column is published monthly.

wastes no time in making us hate Amir, when â&#x20AC;&#x201D; very early on â&#x20AC;&#x201D; he orders an underling to toss a street urchin to his death, from a tall roof. Hoodaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Saju gets a bit of genuine character depth; his motives seem foggy, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re never entirely sure whose side heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on. Suraj Rikame makes a strong impression as Farhad, a young tough determined to curry favor with Amir. David Harbour, immediately recognized from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stranger Things,â&#x20AC;? adds a

vibrant note as Gaspar, a fellow mercenary who pops up at an opportune moment. Harbour is the only actor who rises above his thin material; the jovial Gaspar is a breath of fresh air, in these otherwise stern proceedings. Cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel certainly was kept busy; filming took place in Australian, Thailand and Bangladesh, with Dhaka re-created in Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bengali community of Kolkata. If nothing else, we marvel that a movie even

could be made in such a colorfully boisterous and unbelievably crowded environment. Sigel also favors overhead aerial shots â&#x20AC;&#x201D; no doubt at Hargraveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s insistence â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and this, too, gets overworked. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Extractionâ&#x20AC;? is based on the 2014 graphic novel â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ciudad,â&#x20AC;? written by Russo, Anthony Russo and Ande Parks, and illustrated by Fernando LeĂłn GonzĂĄlez and Eric Skillman; the action has been shifted from South America to

India and Bangladesh. The storyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drama undoubtedly worked better in this format, where a reader is able (and expected) to fill in emotional resonance between panels. Under Hargraveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s direction, however, this bigscreen adaptation quickly becomes a slog. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Read more of Derrick Bangâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s film criticism at http://derrickbang. blogspot.com. Comment on this review at www. davisenterprise.com.

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he expectation this year was that the 2020 Census would cost California one or two of its 53 congressional seats. Then came decisions by Republican-controlled states like Texas and Florida — believed to be America’s fastest-growing states — not to invest in making sure their residents were thoroughly counted. After that, came the coronavirus pandemic. That led to current plans for pushing back the Census deadline four months, with final results likely to be reported by April 2021, rather than in mid-December of this year. This could be important to California for several reasons. One is that the extra time would give much more opportunity for Hispanic and other immigrantoriented groups to convince their constituencies it’s to their benefit to participate. Pre-pandemic, those outfits saw their outreach and staffs built up by the $187 million California invested in getting as complete a count as possible. If California’s count is complete and those in Texas, Florida,

Idaho, Arizona and other fastergrowing, Republican-leaning states are not, it’s conceivable California might keep all its current seats, despite the justcompleted 20-teens being the state’s slowest-growth decade of the last century-and-a-half. From the moment COVID-19 became a huge factor in California life, it was clear that door-todoor efforts so often used by the Census to ensure the fullest possible count would be hindered, if not eliminated. That operation was to start in early April. But most Californians by then were sheltering in place and maintaining social distancing. In some other states, Florida and Texas among them, such restrictions were not yet in force everywhere. In counties

that did impose such tactics, they often did not last as long as here. That could have meant a very incomplete count here and in other states taking the strictest approaches to the pandemic, like New York, Washington and Michigan. Having a complete count here is vital not merely because of congressional representation. The Census figures will also be used for the next 10 years to allocate federal grants for everything from public schools to sewer and road construction, forest management and welfare subsidies. Opponents of illegal immigration often suggest it’s wrong to count the undocumented who live and work here, even though they pay taxes of many kinds. These are the same folks who often claim illegal immigration saddles other Californians with huge expenses for health care and education, among other items. That’s contradictory thinking. For counting every human living here — as the Constitution demands — means federal education money, federal grants to

hospitals, emergency rooms, disaster relief and Medicaid will come to California in higher amounts than if illegals are not counted. This lessens the burden on California taxpayers, whose state has long gotten back far less than a buck for every dollar they pay into the federal treasury. Anyone who wants more fairness in federal spending should realize counting everyone is the best way to assure that, with little political wrangling in the process.

n spite of the Census Bureau making it easier than ever to get counted (via first-time use of telephone and online reporting by households), barely 45 percent of Californians had been counted by mid-April, possibly hindered by coronavirus preoccupation and confusion. But the new easy-response methods make good sense in today’s situation. Providing the very basic, general information the Census seeks (Example: How many persons lived in your household as of April 1?) via the new methods, rather than filling

out a paper form or answering the door for a Census taker, is the safest alternative, least likely to lead to viral contagion. But now, everyone across the county will almost certainly have an extra four months to respond. In California, that gives the Latino advocacy groups being paid to promote the count a lot of extra time to convince the undocumented they have nothing to fear by getting counted. That’s a far easier task since the Trump administration lost its bid to include a citizenship question on the basic form. The upshot is that extra time stands a good chance of translating into proper representation and funding for California, a good thing in this era of a president more hostile to this state than any of his predecessors. — Email Thomas Elias at tdelias@aol.com. His book, “The Burzynski Breakthrough, The Most Promising Cancer Treatment and the Government’s Campaign to Squelch It” is now available in a soft cover fourth edition. For more Elias columns, visit www.californiafocus.net

LETTERS Mandatory masks This may be an unpopular letter. However, I believe that the mandatory mask policy implemented by Yolo County is misguided and perhaps even dangerous. A recent meta-analysis of data on the efficacy of cloth masks determined that they have very little value, because they only block the very largest droplets. Smaller droplets (from most coughs, talking and breathing) are still dispersed. Since the mask trend (and eventual mandate), social distancing has gone in the toilet. Most people wearing masks do not care if they are within six feet of another person. Further, there are many, many more people in the streets and the stores now. People are not washing their masks after they are used. They are taking them on and off their faces and leaving them in cars and purses. Those very masks may become contaminated. Constantly adjusting masks involves touching your face. One thing that has also been noticeably absent are reminders to wash your hands. At the beginning of this pandemic, this was the mantra. Now it is “wear a mask.” The recommendation for homemade masks happened because people were hoarding medical ones and there was a shortage. This led to a hoarding of elastic. It is time to take an evidence-based approach to this pandemic. This may or may not happen in Washington, but we can certainly do that here. Masks are uncomfortable, hot, cause anxiety for many people and are not accessible to everyone. Temperatures will soon be in the 90s. Are we really going to be expected to wear these all summer? When social distancing is not observed, it prolongs this pandemic and puts all of us (especially front line and essential workers) at increased risk. People, stay home. Wash your hands. Masks may be fun to use as a fashion statement but they do not give you protection and they don’t appreciably protect the public from you. Staying away from one another is the only thing that will do that. Tori Bovard Davis

DHS staff appreciation Traditionally, the first week of May is teacher appreciation week and PTA typically takes the time to prepare some fun or yummy treats for staff. Unfortunately, this year we are unable to do so. Instead we would like to publicly share a heartfelt thank you to the teachers and staff at Davis Senior High School who had to learn how to do their jobs in a different medium and an entirely new way in a very short span of time. Dear DHS teachers and staff, Thank you for continuing to support our children’s education, intellectual, social and emotional. We recognize the commitment Davis High employees make every

day to ensure the safety and well-being of our children but most especially during this time of unforeseen challenges to both learning and living. You have taken the extra steps to provide breakfast and lunch for families in need, you have taken the time to follow up with all of your students and confirm that they are able to learn remotely and engage in school. You are busy with your own families but continue to put our children’s needs on your to-do list. We appreciate you and we miss you! Joy Klineberg and the DHS PTA Executive Board

insurance companies’ profits soar. Visit Wikipedia and see a map of the world with countries that have universal free healthcare. They are numerous. We can come up with the money, just as we have done to fund the coronavirus crisis. We need everyone to help change the way we do business in this country. Write a letter, join a Healthcare for All group, call your representatives. We live in a participatory democracy only if we participate. Jean Jackman Davis

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Will freedom and personal liberty be the same after COVID-19? Never. What is needed to erode civil liberty, freedom, constitutional rights and increase government power? Three things: Fear, fanned by government leaders and the media, a bogeyman to blame, and government leadership to impose rules touted to save. I saw it during my first nine years growing up in Nazi Germany: depression, inflation, unemployment; the bogeyman was the rich Jews. After 9/11, it was Muslim jihadists (TSA, airport delays, CCTV cameras spying on our daily life) and, today, the bogeyman is COVID-19, with Washington and state governors fanning our fears, then under the guise to save us, making draconian decisions limiting civil and constitutional rights not based on real public health facts or common sense, but designed to increase their own personal power. People of America, beware … Horst Weinberg, M.D. Davis

With the pandemic, I hope it is apparent to everyone that it is in our common interests to have a healthy community. To be healthy, we need to ensure that our bus drivers, garbage haulers, fast food workers, housecleaners, nursery school teachers, homeless people, doctors, politicians — are all healthy. The only way to ensure everyone in our community is healthy is to have universal health care. Single payer has worked so well in many countries and they spend far less on healthcare than we do. And, they are healthier in those countries and live longer. People, through no fault of their own, are losing their jobs due to the pandemic, and at the same time those who have it, lose their health insurance. It makes no sense to tie health insurance with jobs at a time when people are forced to change careers as many jobs become obsolete. Our insurance companies don’t work to keep everyone healthy. They make their money on our sickness. We get less care and pharmaceutical companies’ and

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

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Cancel BrightNight deal Dear Council members, Please cancel the BrightNite deal. Here are the many reasons: ■ City leadership has seriously lost its way. ■ Council is playing the “Trump” card: misleading information, cover-ups, abuse of the rules, governing through legal maneuvers and misdirection. ■ Part of leadership is admitting when a mistake has been made. ■ This looks a lot like the MRAP and broadband decisions. ■ We’re tired of secret, backroom deals and non-competitive bids. ■ The city’s responses do not answer or even address our questions, and that is insulting to the citizens ■ Remember when you (council members) ran for office and promised to listen to our concerns. Now that you are elected, why have you broken your promise? ■ You say this is a great deal for the city, but you have not provided evidence that is the case. ■ Alternatives and risks and liabilities for the city were ignored. ■ City went to the negotiations without subject-matter expertise and ignored the relevant expertise of our city commissions that could have avoided the numerous mistakes during negotiations. ■ We need a culture of collaboration and transparency. Since when did the city put so much faith in privatization without public oversight? ■ Bad process does not make good environmental policy. Dr. Pieter Stroeve Davis

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McGinnis rides out whirlwind Da Vinci student preps for college and UK softball BY BRUCE GALLAUDET Enterprise sports editor For Da Vinci Academy studentathlete Cameron McGinnis, the past year has been a whirlwind of softball and decisions as they relate to her next-level future on and off the diamond. After a successful 2019 season in which the infielder hit .307 for the Blue Devils, a coaching change, her acceptance to Santa Clara and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity with the British softball U-22 national team put McGinnis at a crossroads. She knew that success in her remaining AP classes would mean an academic scholarship at Santa Clara. She also knew that summer ball with All-American Mizuno (Sacramento) would dovetail onto a Davis High softball season. Being part of the British team would also add to her responsibilities. When Lyn Christopulos stepped

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Davis High’s Cameron McGinnis makes the play during 2019 Sac-Joaquin Section playoff action versus Tracy. Despite the COVID-19 interruption, it’s been a busy spring for the DaVinci student. McGinnis is headed to Santa Clara for next-level schooling — after being named to the British Softball U-22 team. down as Devil coach after last season (as did McGinnis’ favorite assistant, Felicia Baldwin), the Da Vinci senior decided to forgo her final prep season and focus on the

classroom. Although the locals could have used her bat and leadership, the coronavirus outbreak cut the DHS season to six games anyway.

Now, sheltered in place with the rest of the community, McGinnis has had plenty of time to focus on the future. “I met the Santa Clara coach

(former UC Davis assistant Gina Carbonatto) at a tournament in Los Angeles last summer,” McGinnis told The Enterprise. “She was positive, happy and upbeat. I then visited Santa Clara in August. I loved the campus and the (focus) of the staff.” The Broncos and McGinnis committed to each other in November. The daughter of Mairi and Russell McGinnis, Cameron will enter Santa Clara with the goal of earning a mechanical engineering degree. And the appointment to the British team? How did that come about? “The Santa Clara coach is an assistant for that team,” McGinnis said, adding that Carbonatto suggested she “try out” for the Brits. McGinnis wouldn’t be able to attend the March tryouts in Uxbridge, England, but the squad’s staff accepted video submissions, provided they contained required evidence of ability and testing protocols — athletic, defensive and offensive drills — as well as game footage.

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TRANSFERS HEAD TO AGGIE NATION

UCD sports ink solid additions Anigwe new cager

Kiwi joins football

BY BRUCE GALLAUDET

Enterprise sports editor

There is some serious inside help coming to UC Davis men’s basketball. Aggie fans will have to sit tight for a year, but when former San Jose State standout Christian Anigwe meets his obligatory one-year transfer ineligibility, there will be a serious no-fly zone at The Pavilion. But once OK to go, the 6-9, 215-pound Phoenix native gets two years with coach Jim Les. “We love Christian’s size, athleticism and length,” Les explains. “He is a very versatile player who can defend multiple positions as well as play inside and outside on offense. He comes to UC Davis with valuable D-I experience and we cannot wait to coach him. “He thrives at competing in the classroom, as well as on the floor ... an ideal fit for our program.” Anigwe’s sophomore season with the Spartans hinted at his untapped potential. He started all but one of San Jose State’s 31 games. Averaging 5.2 ppg and 5.3 rebounds, he ranked third in the Mountain West Conference with 34 blocks. A versatile offensive threat, as a freshman, Anigwe shot 57 percent and last year he canned 16 treys. Anigwe played at Desert Vista High (Phoenix) — one of the premier programs in the state of Arizona — before becoming a biology major in San Jose. His course of study is expected to go unchanged once at UC Davis.. He’s the second member of his family to play Division I basketball. His sister Kristine played at Cal and is in the WNBA as a member of the Dallas Wings, where she is a teammate of former UCD star Morgan Bertsch. UCD was 14-18 in a COVID-19-shortened season in which it graduated integral seniors Stefan Gonzalez, Joe Mooney, Rogers Printup and Matt Neufeld.

Let’s anoint Finn Rudd with a nickname: The Kickin’ Kiwi. A 21-year-old soon-to-be sophomore, Rudd hails from Wellington, New Zealand, and he’s headed to UC Davis in an effort to inherit the Aggie punting job (currently held by Daniel Whelan). Rudd has acclimated to American ways, having spent last fall booting the pigskin for Highland Community College (Kansas). This came after working hard in his native land to negotiate moving from soccer and rugby to U.S. football. Rudd recently told stuff.com.nz that his interest in the American game started in high school: “I saw this guy (kicking) on Instagram, looked up the position and saw (punters) literally just kick the ball. That’s their sole job! With no knowledge of anything, I went down to the park and started kicking. For three years, I was just kicking, kicking ... I was there whenever I could be.” It was because of this relentless, selftaught regimen that Rudd and Highland CC became acquainted. The school offered him a spot to punt, be the back-up fieldgoal kicker and “to restart” — known as kicking off in the United States. “It’s just different from kicking a rugby ball ... you have to figure it out,” Rudd once tweeted. Rudd apparently was drawn to UC Davis for several reasons. An education in psychology and communications is important, a scholarship doesn’t hurt and the recent success of former Aggie punters Colton Schmidt and Colby Wadman in the NFL is compelling.

Above San Jose State standout Chrisitan Anigwe splits the defense. Anigwe is transferring to UC Davis in the fall and will be eligible to play basketball after sitting out one year. His 34 blocks ranked third in the Mountain West Conference. Left, Finn Rudd took a bit longer route to join the football team. The New Zealand native played for Highland Community College in Kansas last year, and will join the Aggies in the fall. COURTESY PHOTOS

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here’s a whole lot to take in during our shelter-inplace days. It’s a world I haven’t paid much attention to in the past. I found out there’s a family named Kardashian that’s interested in nail polish and debating the next-door neighbor’s old boyfriend’s aunt’s pet’s new collar. And frequently, one of the sisters in this silver-spooned clan asks, “Is my butt too big?” Some advice: Choose the light-red polish, don’t spend $1,200 on the dog collar and, yes, your butt is too big. I’ve discovered ESPN8 — affectionately called “The Ocho” by network officials — buried somewhere in my cable TV realm.

It wasn’t until the 12th rerun of a Packers-Seahawks 2017 regular-season NFL game that some Bristol, Conn., bright bulb deemed it a brilliant programming ploy to broadcast the “Stupid Fighting Robots League,” “Death Diving” and pit crew members driving Formula I eSports grand prix cars. “Slippery Stairs,” another gem of a competition, features people on bikes, pogo sticks or treadless running shoes trying to negotiate a syrup-and-oil-laden race course, until they reach the final challenge — a slickened flight of stairs. You haven’t lived until you’ve kept score at home for “Sign Spinning: the Tournament.” I wish I had thought of these.

The thinner and lessprovocative TV sports fare makes me all the more thankful for my local newspaper. Three days a week, The Enterprise reconnects us to reality. Sure, the coronavirus articles are a mixed bag — not the best of news, but reading about the unique paths so many of us are following has been uplifting. Heroes are everywhere, and in

this very sports section, I’m lovin’ the opportunity to take a more in-depth look at athletes and coaches at Davis High, UC Davis and from around our area (today, we feature DHS softball Cameron McGinnis and welcome to town a couple of intriguing Aggie athletes). After the reality check of our newspaper, I’m forced back into browsing my online news sources.

ur president pops up far too frequently, but earlier this week there was Donald Trump again — only this time the subject of a sports story by Leander Schaerlaeckens of Slate.com. In the article, Trump inflates

his baseball acumen, saying that if it wasn’t for the lure of the “uber-profitable world of real estate,” he would have played in the major leagues. He remembers a 1964 contest against Cornwell High in which he says he hit a bases-loaded home run to win a game while a senior at the New York Prep Military Academy (the former home to grads Francis Ford Coppola and Stephen Sondheim). Trump talks about the year he and eventual Hall of Famer Willie McCovey were being scouted by the MLB. Trump implies he had a lot of power at the plate and a lofty batting average. But here are the kickers to the

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or the Department of Community hearing are generally available five (5) Development and Sustainability for the days prior to the hearing date and may approximate time this item will be heard. also be available by contacting the project planner. Project Name: 238 & 240 G Street Lot Line Adjustment Public Comments: All interested parties are invited to Project Location: 238 & 240 G Street participate in the meeting electronically or by teleconference, or send written Property Owner/Applicant: comments to Eric Lee, Project Planner, Jennifer Anderson, DA Land, LLC City of Davis, Department of Community 1801 Hanover Drive, Suite C, Development and Sustainability, Davis, CA 95616 23 Russell Boulevard, Suite 2, Davis, California, 95616; or via email at: elee@ File Number: Planning Application #20- cityofdavis.org, no later than noon the 04 - Lot Line Adjustment #01-20 date of the meeting. For questions, please call the project planner at (530) Project Description: 757-5610, extension 7237. The applicant is requesting approval of a lot line adjustment between two parcels The City does not transcribe its located at 238 and 240 G Street (APN’s: proceedings. Persons who wish to 070-252-001 and 070-252-015). The obtain a verbatim record should arrange request would adjust 500 square feet and for attendance by a court reporter or move the lot line by 10 feet to correct for for some other acceptable means of the location of the existing building at recordation. Such arrangements will 240 G Street, which is located over the be at the sole expense of the person existing lot line. The adjustment would requesting the recordation. reduce the parcel at 238 G Street from 6,000 square feet to 5,500 square feet and If you challenge the action taken on this increase the parcel at 240 G Street from matter in court, the challenge may be 29,119 square feet to 29,619 square feet. limited to raising only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this Environmental Determination: notice, or in written correspondence to The City has determined that the the Director of Community Development proposed project is categorically exempt and Sustainability or City Clerk at, or prior from further environmental review to, the public hearing. pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15305 which exempts minor lot line Sherri Metzker, Principal Planner adjustments not resulting in the creation 5/8 829 of any new parcel. There are no new or unusual circumstances related to the PUBLIC NOTICE project or project site that would require LEGAL NOTICE further environmental review. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND Availability of Documents: ORDINANCE SUMMARY The project application file is available for review at the Department of Community NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Development and Sustainability, Yolo County Board of Supervisors will Planning Division, 23 Russell Boulevard, be conducting a public hearing on Suite 2, Davis, California, 95616. Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. Subdivision Committee staff reports during the regularly scheduled meeting are available through the City’s website of the Board of Supervisors. The meeting at: http://cityofdavis.org/city-hall/city- will likely be held virtually pursuant to council/commissions-and-committees/ Executive Order N-29-20 (March 17, subdivision-committee/agenda-and- 2020) with participation instructions as minutes. Staff reports for the public set forth on meeting agenda posted to

the County website (www.yolocounty. org) and available for viewing outside of the County Administration Building located at 625 Court Street, Woodland, CA 95696 at least 72 hours in advance of the meeting. Alternatively, if the meeting will take place in-person, it will occur at the County Administration Building in the Board Chambers (Room 205) at the same time as set forth above. This ordinance will adopt by reference the 2019 editions of the California Building Standards Codes with select amendments to be codified as Title 7 of the Yolo County Code of Ordinances. The Board of Supervisors waived the first reading during a regular meeting on May 5, 2020. Anyone who wishes to comment on this matter may do so in advance by emailing clerkoftheboard@yolocounty.org or telephonically at the public hearing. Copies of the full text of the proposed ordinance are available at the Office of the Clerk of the Board, 625 Court Street, Room 204, Woodland, CA 95695, by telephone (530) 666-8195, or at the Yolo County Web site (www.yolocounty.org). Dated: May 8 and 15, 2020 Julie Dachtler, Senior Deputy Clerk Yolo County Board of Supervisors 5/8, 5/15 832 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Darlene K. Mandelaris CASE NO. PB20-69 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Darlene K. Mandelaris A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: Richard A. Mandelaris in the Superior Court of California, County of: Yolo THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that: Richard A. Mandelaris be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal

representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held on June 16, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. in Department 9 located at 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Signed: Raquel M. Silva, Attorney at Law Attorney for the petitioner 1667 Oak Avenue Davis, CA 95616 530-758-0500 5/8, 5/10, 5/15 833

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McGINNIS: Player on the rise KIWI: Made a game-saving tackle From Page B6 Within the month, a 14-player team was selected from candidates around the globe. But how did McGinnis, born in Southern California and a Davis resident since fourth grade, manage to qualify for a foreign ball club? “My folks are from Dundee, Scotland,” the catcher/third baseman explains. “I have dual citizenship, so it all worked out.” McGinnis was scheduled to meet her British teammates for the first time this week, online via Zoom. An eight-day tournament had tentatively been scheduled for late June in Prague, Czech Republic, but as with every other group gathering during the pandemic, the event has been canceled. “We are extremely sad that we will not be able to tour with this great group of athletes in 2020 due to COVID-19, but we will continue to train through virtual means to develop these players (for a team that) will compete at the European Under-22 Women’s Championship in Kunovice, Czech Republic, in 2021,” reports Brit head coach Jo Malisani via the team’s website (britishsoftball.org). McGinnis probably figures that’s just fine given her commitment to a strong classroom finish at Da Vinci and getting ready for Santa Clara: “We’re supposed to get (online) instruction from the (SC) coach in June.” With the Mizuno club season up in the air, too, McGinnis says she has been keeping in shape with her own physical-fitness regimen. She and her dad also visit the Mizuno Sacramentobased batting and pitching cages three times a week — all the while making sure they’re practicing safe distancing and attending the facility when no one else is working out. Christopulos fondly remembers

McGinnis’ contributions and knows that her softball future will sparkle: “Cameron was one of those special kids,” he says. “She was always present, attentive and respectful. “Firstly, she was an outstanding student. One of the first to arrive at practice, ready to set up and go to work. She’s an intense competitor who expected more of herself than any coach could. Great attitude ... “When I asked about her primary position, she said, ‘Coach, I can play anywhere, wherever the team needs me.’ We had a need at third base and she immediately made a positive impact for us. “She was a fixture in the heart of our lineup and a great athlete. You found yourself rooting for her to succeed, because she was one of those kids who worked so hard you wanted it for her because she wanted it so badly. “We’re very proud of her and look forward to watching her succeed at the next levels.” Note that Christopulos said “levels” — with an “s.” On whichever side of The Pond she delivers, Santa Clara or British softball fans will get one of the best young players Davis has to offer. Notes: McGinnis’ uncle is a mechanical engineer in Scotland, and she says her grandfather got her interested in physics and math — her favorite Da Vinci subjects — at an early age. ... Dad Russell is an information officer for a company that links veterinarians around the world. Mom Mairi is the chief administrative officer for a firm that puts doctors and medical equipment together. ... Brother Robert is a ninth-grader at Harper Junior High. — Reach Bruce Gallaudet at bgallaudet41@gmail.com or call 530320-4456. Follow him on Twitter: @BGsportsinDavis.

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‘Here we go!’ ” head coach Dan Well, Rudd matched Hawkins told The girth to girth as he Enterprise. “He’s a real threw his body at the talent who is new to barreling ball-carrier American football. and made the tackle. “He’s a great person, “I went for his legs student and athlete,” and definitely got the adds Hawkins, who worst end of that hit. knows that Rudd’s RUDD 6-3, 215-pound frame N.Z. role model But, hey, we saved the game,” remembers and quickness have also paid defensive dividends Rudd, who hopefully won’t have to put his health on the in Kansas. With 30 seconds left in a line at Davis. “Finn has a high ceiling and game versus Dodge, the Scotties were leading, 20-16, and has tremendous potential,” Hawkins promises. “He will had to kick off (re-start?). “My kickoff team wasn’t as bring some international flair flash as I thought they were,” to our program and university Rudd relayed with a laugh. ... it’s really fun to add him to “The guy caught the ball, came our culture.” all the way down the side and I — Reach sports editor Bruce was the last man standing. He’s Gallaudet at bgallaudet41@ a huge dude — 6-3, 220 — and gmail.com. Also, follow on if he scores, they win. I thought, Twitter: @BGsportsinDavis.

“That’s the dream,” Rudd told stuff.com.nz about his hopes to play professionally. “The reason New Zealanders and Aussies are so sought-after is because of the way we kick the ball: We can backspin it, and that’s valuable in this game.” Rudd also says he wants to be a role model for other Kiwis back home ... “When I’m done with my career, I’d love to come back to New Zealand and start a pathway. I had a 15-year-old kid message me, asking how I did this. I told him to do research and find his (own) pathway. I want people to know this is an opportunity that’s within reach if you work hard enough.” “Finn is a great story,” UCD

GALLAUDET: Better fact check that From Page B6 piece, headlined “Was Donald Trump Good at Baseball?” ■ In his mind, yes. By documentation, the article says probably not. First, NYMA and Trump did not play Cornwell in 1964 or in any year during which the future president attended the academy. A former teammate does, however, remember Trump’s “home run.” The fellow says the hit — a bases-loaded bleeder into the left-field corner — did, in fact, win the game. Out of the park? Ah, no. In those days, NYMA played on a field without fences. A prolific hitter? Again, probably not. Research for Schaerlaeckens’ article suggests our president hit .138 in high school (although

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the author couldn’t find all the statistics). ■ And was Trump being scouted at the same time as Willie McCovey? The San Francisco slugger broke into the majors as Rookie of the Year in 1959 — six seasons before “powerhitting” The Donald graduated from high school. Boy, .138? Doesn’t seem like much. But given his success in the White House these past 3½ years, doesn’t having Trump get things right 13 percent of the time sound like a wishful number? I gotta go, sorry. At 7 p.m., I have a tough choice for television: Trump’s COVID-19 update on Fox or ESPN’s “Lawn Mower Racing.” — Reach Bruce Gallaudet at bgallaudet41@ gmail.com or 530-320-4456.

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