The Davis Enterprise Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Wrong ballots go out to 110 voters

By Anne Ternus-BellAmy Enterprise staff writer

More than 100 voters in Davis received incorrect ballots last week, the county elections office reported on Tuesday.

Those 101 voters live in the newly renamed UC Davis housing develop ment, Russell Park Apartments on Orchard Park Drive.

According to the elections office, the error occurred due to a recently changed street name that did not get updated in the voter database system prior to ballots being mailed out.

Nine other residents elsewhere in the county also received incorrect ballots — a total of three households and one unhoused individual, the office learned Friday.

“Elections staff worked over the weekend to determine the exact number of impacted voters, then expedited an implementation plan to correct the issue,” the elections office said in a press release on Tuesday. “All impacted voters were issued new bal lots and county voter information guides along with a letter describing the error …”

Jesse Salinas, the county’s clerkrecorder/assessor/registrar of voters, said Tuesday that “although new redistricting boundaries have changed numerous borders across the county, our new single-point

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Halloween fun coming to town

By Anne Ternus-BellAmy Enterprise staff writer

Forget Halloween … it’s going to be Halloweekend in Davis this year, with fun, fam ily-friendly activities planned over the course of three days, Oct. 29-31, featuring every thing from the hugely popular Zombie Bike Ride to zombie skydivers, paint ball, a comedy show and, of course, the tradi tional downtown trick-or-treat on the afternoon of Halloween.

Much of the fun comes courtesy of the Davis Odd Fel lows and the Bike Campaign,

supported by more than 100 sponsors and partners.

That fun begins on Saturday, Oct. 29, with Zombie Paintball between 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. at Davis Paintball, 24998 County Road 102. Green paint will be the color of the day in a game of zombies versus humans. Humans who get hit with green paint then join the ranks of the undead.

Zombie Paintball is one of the few events planned for the weekend with a cost associated — Davis Paintball’s rules and charges apply.

Later on Saturday will be the Pre-Bike Brew Party at Sud werk Brewing Co. (2001 Sec ond St.) from 5 to 8 p.m.

Participants can enjoy food and brews, candy and more, including a mini pumpkin patch. Professional zombie actors will be on scene as well (thanks to the Sacramento Zombie Club) and available for photo ops.

Sunday brings the main event — the Zombie Bike Ride, which began in 2019 with about 250 participants all dressed as zombies riding

Principal settles in at Da Vinci Jr. High

By AArOn geerTs Enterprise staff writer

The school year is off and running and the Da Vinci Jr. High Pandas have wel comed their new principal, Marla Bowen with open arms. Although Bowen is no stranger to the school, she’s as eager and excited as ever to fulfill her new role.

The youngest of six, Bowen grew up in a small town in southeastern Idaho. Her uncle was a guidance counselor at her high school, and it was witnessing his positive impact on struggling students that sowed the inspiration to enter the educational field and become the first person in her immediate family to attend college.

“My parents were super excited and proud of me and I can see as an adult they were scared for me, but I didn’t see it then. I just saw them encouraging me to go live my life and do my thing,” Bowen explained her leap from the nest. “I got my bachelor’s

together on a fixed route.

The following year COVIDsafe protocols were needed, said organizer Aaron Wedra, so the event was moved to the city’s 12-mile bike loop to allow for greater social distancing. Good thing, as in 2020, the number of participants jumped to 1,000.

Riders were encouraged to wear their Halloween cos tumes, rather than all dress as zombies, which made for great entertainment not just for

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School Board trustees to go over financial issues

By AArOn geerTs Enterprise staff writer

Although the agenda for Thursday’s school board meeting isn’t teem ing with exciting topics, it’s still filled with impor tant updates regarding the happenings of the district.

On top of the docket is the approval of the facility and bond program agree ments. This includes the Brightview Development Inc.’s construction con tract for the Harper Junior High School north and track field replace ment project (Brightview Development Inc. gave the lowest bid at

$1,318,665). It also includes the approval for Yolo County to construct electric vehicle charging stations on DJUSD leased property.

There will also be an approval of purchase order reports. As part of the board policy, the board will review and report on transactions entered into by the super intendent or designee on behalf of the board every 60 days. This report will cover from Aug. 1 to Sept. 30.

Another approval includes the authorization of prepayment of the 2012

Skydivers and fire dancers will be part of the Halloween festivities at this year’s Zombie Bike Ride in Davis.

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Naked intruder stuns residents

Davis police arrested a man on burglary charges last weekend after he entered a downtown apartment sans clothing.

Lt. Dan Beckwith said the residents of the apartment in the 200 block of A Street called police around 7 a.m. Saturday, and “told our dispatchers they woke up to a naked man walking into their bed room who was refusing to leave.”

At some point, the man put on clothes from a roommate’s bed room but remained on scene, where officers took him into custody.

Shamar Lee Mack bee, 43, of Vallejo, told police he entered the unlocked apartment so he could take a shower, Beckwith said. Instead, he was booked into the Yolo County Jail.

Sale backs Dixon Library

The Friends of the Dixon Public Library will sponsor a Bag Sale from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5. Fill a bag for only $5 — bags will be provided. The sale will be at The Friendly Bookworm Bookstore, next-door to the Dixon Library at 200 N. First St.

The Children’s Room will also be open with books and other items at regular low prices.

For information, call 707-624-0144 or email friendsofdixon library@gmail.com.

Election Day pitfalls can give you pause

Idon’t know about you, but after learning of all the ways I can get in trouble on Election Day, I’m not sure I even want to vote come Nov. 8.

And I’m not talking about pro viding ice water to those over heated citizens waiting in long lines to vote, an activity that is banned in Georgia. We don’t have long lines in California because voting is encouraged, not discour aged, and election officials are willing to walk the extra mile to ensure that anyone who wants to vote gets to vote.

If you vote in person, which is becoming increasingly rare these days, it might be best to bring a tape measure. In case you don’t know, all sorts of things are banned within 100 feet of a poll ing place that are perfectly legal anywhere else in town.

Studies show that when asked to estimate 100 feet with the

naked eye, most people are off by at least 50 feet, so a tape measure is probably your best bet to avoid the slammer.

Put simply, the First Amend ment guarantee of freedom of speech has been tossed out the window by Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Division 18 of the California Elections Code.

“WARNING: ELECTIONEER ING PROHIBITED!” screams the boldface, all-caps headline atop page 70 of the California Official Voter Information Guide.

If you don’t believe they’re seri ous, just look at that exclamation point.

“DO NOT ask a person to vote for or against any candidate or ballot measure.”

At 102 feet, you can ignore that warning. At 99 feet, 11 inches, it’s “book ’em, Danno.”

“DO NOT display a candidate’s name, image or logo.”

But can you wear a MAGA hat, a “Hang Mike Pence” T-shirt or a bandana made from the Ukrai nian flag?

candidate or ballot measure.”

Can you and your buddy make a bet on the Cal-Stanford football game within 100 feet of a polling station or would that appear to be showing support for either Propo sition 26 or Proposition 27?

“Do not speak to a voter about the voter’s eligibility to vote.”

Even if the “voter” in question is your 9-year-old granddaughter who just came along for the ride that day and wonders out loud why she can’t vote?

What

if you have “I Love Bernie” tattooed perma nently on your fore head? Can the Proud Boys still be proud or do they have to stand down?

“DO NOT distribute, display or wear any clothing (hats, shirts, signs, buttons, stickers) that include a candidate’s name, image, logo and/or support or oppose any

Getting dusty: County settles West Sacramento safety lawsuit

By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer

Yolo County prosecutors announced a settlement in their lawsuit against a Kentucky-based aftermar ket automotive perfor mance corporation, alleging environmental and worker-safety violations at a West Sacramento facility.

Holley Inc., whose for mer subsidiary Flowmaster was the subject of the legal action, agreed to pay $475,000 in civil penalties, according to the settlement approved last month by Yolo Superior Court Judge Samuel T. McAdam.

“For over 20 years, Flow master manufactured muf flers and other vehicle exhaust products in West Sacramento, part of which included welding on metals like stainless steel, which produces hexavalent chro mium fumes, a known car cinogen,” the District

Attorney's Office said in a news release.

According to the news release, the Yolo County Environmental Health Department informed the DA’s Office Office that Flowmaster had failed to dispose of heavy metal dusts as hazardous waste.

"Further investigation revealed that, in January 2019, Flowmaster began manually decreasing the ventilation rate inside the facility,” the statement said. “This led to a visible increase in smoke, and at least one employee went to the hospital.”

Even then, for the next five months, Flowmaster continued to operate its facility with reduced air flow without testing employees to determine whether they’d been exposed to hexavalent chromium, prosecutors said.

That led to the filing of

the civil lawsuit against Holley Inc. on Feb. 25, 2022. The settlement approved on Sept. 26 includes a court-ordered requirement to follow all relevant statewide laws.

“Everyone has a right to go to work each day in a safe and healthy work place,” District Attorney Jeff Reisig said, thanking the Environmental Health Department and the YoloSolano Air Quality Man agement District for their work on the case. “My office remains dedicated to pros ecuting businesses who prioritize profitability over their own employees’ safety and the environment.”

Officials at Holley Inc. could not be reached for comment Tuesday.

For additional details about the lawsuit allega tions and settlement terms, visit https://yoloda.org/ media/press-releases.

Because it’s not specifically banned, it appears you can still demand to know a voter’s vaccina tion status, but do so at your own risk.

If you have any questions, check the section of the California Elec tions Code cited above.

Or just stay home.

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdun ning@davisenterprise.net.

Double trouble: Crash drivers arrested for DUI

By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer

A two-vehicle collision early Saturday morning ended with not one, but both drivers arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence.

According to Davis police Lt. Dan Beckwith, an officer patrolling the area of Lake and Russell boulevards at about 1:40 a.m. spotted two people standing outside their parked cars in what appeared to be a verbal confrontation.

One driver said the other had rear-ended his car moments earlier on Russell, then left the scene. The first driver fol lowed him, and the argu ment ensued.

“Our officer evaluated both of them for DUI, and both were arrested,” Beckwith said. He identi fied them as Jonathan Tyler Crowther, 22, of Davis; and 35-year-old Jujuan Jay Santiago Silva of Sacramento, who in addition to the alleged DUI was driving with a suspended license.

Celebration of Abraham rocks the block in West Sac

Special to The Enterprise

On Saturday, Oct. 8, the Celebration of Abra ham joined Habitat for Humanity Greater Sacra mento to Rock the Block in West Sacramento.

The team comprised folks from all three Abra hamic traditions includ ing Jewish (Renee Dryfoos, Gregory Guss, John Katonah and Dean Newberry), Muslim (Anne Kjemtrup, Kamal Lemseffer and Timur Mamedov) and Christian (Mary Philip and Helen Roland Cramer). In addi tion to providing the interfaith work team, the

Celebration of Abraham ran an online fundraising campaign and raised $1,350 to supply the materials needed to work on the project.

The specific project that the Celebration of Abraham worked on was painting the transitional housing that Shores of Hope provides to folks aging out of foster care. Shore of Hope is a non profit in West Sacramento that offers among, other services, transitional housing, Slavic women’s health outreach, emer gency shelter and a food closet.

Peregrine hosts Multicultural Festival

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Peregrine School’s Multicultural Art & Music Festival this weekend will feature a vendor world market and a series of live performances on the outdoor stage. The event is free and will be go from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, at the Peregrine South Campus, 2650 Lillard Drive in Davis.

The market portion of the festival will combine commercial vendors and tasty goodies created at Peregrine School. One scheduled vendor, Multiculturalism Rocks, will be selling multicultural books for kids, including works by small presses and indie authors. The food offerings include a vari ety of cookies, pound cake and even an enchilada plate (chicken or vegetarian).

The serving of the enchilada plate will begin at 5 p.m.

All food will be freshly prepared in Per egrine School’s kitchen and donations for food items will be appreciated. Drinks will be offered, but the public is encouraged to bring their own refreshments (please use refillable containers). Please note, no alco hol will be permitted to be brought on campus.

On stage, the two featured musical

performances are Nick Carvajal of the Davis Klezmer Orchestra and headliner, Tha Dirt Feelin. Carvajal will perform klezmer music on electric guitar. “While the melodies in this music date back hun dreds of years,” he said, “their interpreta tion on electric guitar is a new twist.” Sprinkled in the set will be songs of other folk traditions that Carvajal has learned on his musical journey.

Tha Dirt Feeling, is led by Marque Cass, former Davis resident and music instructor at Peregrine School. Cass plays wind and string instruments and keeps turtles as pets. Other musicians include Matt Agee on mandolin. He enjoys woodworking and carpentry. On bass and vocals is Joe Ozzy Osbourne. He teaches music and enjoys basketball and skateboarding. Colin Borges, originally from Davis, plays wind instruments and enjoys gardening. Tha Dirt Feelin is sponsored in part by a grant from the city of Davis Arts & Cultural Affairs program.

Seating is limited and will be on a first come, first served basis. For information, contact Peregrine School at 530-753-5500 and www.peregrineschool.org.

‘Unfold’ podcast looks at dogs and cancer treatments

By amy Quinton Special to The Enterprise

In the newest Season 4 episode of “Unfold,” a UC Davis podcast, you’ll learn about a program at UCD that aims to find the next therapy for cancer — for both humans and ani mals.

Dogs 10 years and older have a 50% chance of dying from cancer. They also develop the same types of cancers that humans do because their immune system is closely related to ours.

Now human oncologists are studying cancer in canines in the hopes of benefiting both animals and humans.

In this episode of “Unfold,” learn how UCD veterinarians and physi cians are collaborating

to help human cancer patients and their furry best friends.

“Unfold” is available free, on demand on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, You Tube, Google Podcasts, on your smart speaker or wherever you get your podcasts. Original music comes from UCD alum nus Damien Verrett and Curtis Jerome Haynes. Follow on Twitter at @ Unfoldpodcast.

Tha Dirt Feelin will play at Peregrine School’s Multicultural Art & Music Festival this weekend.

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Mobile phones, crickets and climate cops

FIRST, PHONES. I’d never heard of the Waste Electri cal and Electronic Equip ment Forum, before coming upon an article on mobile phones, but I really like their acronym: WEEE. Sounds like fun.

According to WEEE, about 5.3 billion mobile devices world wide are expected to fall out of use this year, and in most cases, experts believe they will end up in the garbage. They may not go directly to the garbage, there’s often a stopover into a drawer, closet, or garage before they end up in the landfill or incineration. This despite the fact they contain valuable substances such as gold, copper, and palladium.

How much waste is this?

According to an article in The Hill, WEEE warns that the “amount of resultant waste is so massive, if these smartphones were stacked on top of each other, they would climb about 31,000 miles.” To visualize this, WEEE indicates the height to be, “about 120 times higher than the International Space Station, or one eighth of the way to the moon.” Literally out of this world.

(Aside) In writing these col umns I often come cross gee whiz numbers like those above that can seem hard to believe,

like 5.3 billion phones, but I assume they know their facts.

Of course, the amount of waste accumulates year after year, as new models with better cameras or other improvements encourage phone owners to abandon the phone they have for the new shiny object. And, no doubt, adding to the waste would be all the cell phones dis carded by the US Secret Service.

Also, WEEE, working with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, reported that a survey of six European countries found that the average household has about 74 “electric products.” This includes phones, but also headphones, hard drives, keyboards, and mice that also tend to be discarded rather than repaired or recycled.

One reason this article struck me as important is that the con stant pressure to upgrade to new phones also means constant or increasing pressure to mine the

gold, copper, silver and other minerals necessary to build the darn (beloved) things. As you know if you have been reading previ ous columns, I’ve been wondering about whether our consumption, and by “our” I mean 8 billion-plus of us, is sustainable, and what environmental and equity issues are involved in disgorging these materials from the Earth’s surface?

FOOD. Grist, a magazine with a mission to “show that a just and sustainable future is within reach” recently published “The Climate Future Cookbook.”

It’s a short book (Jimmy Durante would have loved it) that focuses on food as “the essence of life” and how agricul tural crops and food industry practices could be modified to “sustain our lives, and all life on the planet.” Setting the stage, the article asserts that “industrial foods systems generate more than one-third of all greenhouse gas emissions.” The article pro poses 8 foods that could dramat ically reduce those emissions.

First up is crickets. The article identifies meat consumption as a primary driver of deforestation

and proposes insects as a sus tainable alternative to cattle as a source of protein. Recognizing a substantial cringe factor in pro moting insects as a food source for the American table, the arti cle asks, OK, if you can’t imagine eating crickets, what about your pets? The cookbook claims that, “In the United States, dogs and cats consume about 25 percent of the calories derived from live stock. If all pets were a country, it would rank fifth in the world in meat consumption, and insect-based food and treats are emerging as one way to make a climate-friendly swap for our furry friends.” The big question is, how fussy is your cat?

Another food cited in the cookbook is the largest edible fruit indigenous to the United States: American pawpaw. I’m betting I’m not alone when I say I’ve never heard of this fruit. The cookbook includes it as an exam ple of social equity, a critical component of sustainability: using fruit trees, planted in urban environments to provide neglected communities with both shade and food. According to Wikipedia, the fruit tastes something like banana, mango, and pineapple.

Also, a possible potential food is the invasive lionfish. The idea is to offset overfishing of snapper

and halibut as well mitigate the adverse impact of lionfish on coral reefs. Basically, let’s over fish this one species to protect and minimize the take of other food species.

CLIMATE COP. Recent efforts by politically motivated officials in some states to punish banks for evaluating climate risks in who they loan to and under what terms, and investors in deci sions` about where to put their money, have run into a signifi cant obstacle.

As reported in the New York Times, the Office of the Comp troller of the Currency, the fed eral agency overseeing our largest banks, has just hired a “climate cop,” aka the chief cli mate risk officer. Her task is to develop “a new system to assess climate driven risks to banks, and figure out how to monitor and manage them.” Severe and unpredictable weather events could cause “larger than expected losses to banks that could threaten the stability of the financial system.”

Amen.

— John Mott-Smith is a resi dent of Davis. This column appears the first and third Wednesday of each month. Please send comments to john mottsmith@comcast.net.

So many bird species are flocking to the ponds

Ever wonder what we see when we go on the North Pond bird strolls? Well, there is a place for you to check, called “eBird” — an online database of bird observations.

Here is the list sub mitted to eBird by Chris Dunford and Joshua Greenfield after our October Friends of North Davis Ponds First Satur day bird stroll with an amazing 48 species. There were 25 participants.

Date: Sun, Oct 2, 2022 at 10:58 AM

Subject: eBird ReportNorth Area Drainage Pond, Oct 1, 2022

To: <joshua.t.greenfield @gmail.com> North Area Drainage Pond, Yolo, California, US Oct 1, 2022 8:00 AM11:15 AM

Protocol: Traveling 1.2 mile(s)

Checklist Comments: Chris and Josh led the monthly bird stroll at North Davis Ponds in two groups covering the upland habitat, the paths around the ornamental pond, and both board walks. This is the com bined list for both groups. Clear sky, calm, temp 60-75° F. 48 species (+1 other taxa).

Canada Goose (moffitti/ maxima) 9 Wood Duck 3 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 4

Mourning Dove 7 Anna’s Hummingbird 12 Rufous Hummingbird 2 — Continuing pair at the end of the long boardwalk. Photo.

Killdeer 7 Wilson’s Snipe 2 — Seen circling over Partansky Pond, then landed off the end of the long boardwalk.

Larus sp. 6 Great Blue Heron 1 Turkey Vulture 2 White-tailed Kite 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Swainson’s Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Great Horned Owl 1 — In the usual perch off the short boardwalk.

Lewis’s Woodpecker 11 — Flying east in a loose group.

Downy Woodpecker 2 Nuttall’s Woodpecker 3

Northern Flicker (Redshafted) 5 Black Phoebe 8 Say’s Phoebe 1 Warbling Vireo 2 California Scrub-Jay 12 American Crow 11 Common Raven 1 Barn Swallow 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 White-breasted Nut hatch 2 House Wren 2 Bewick’s Wren 1 European Starling 8 Northern Mockingbird 6 Western Bluebird 7 Hermit Thrush 1 American Robin 3

American Goldfinch 5 White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel’s) 8 Golden-crowned Spar row 9 Lincoln’s Sparrow 2 Spotted Towhee 3 Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 50 — Several moderate-size groups flying over, and a good number in the reeds around the ornamental pond.

Brewer’s Blackbird 1 Yellow Warbler 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler 11 Western Tanager 2

Chris said, “I’d say high lights would include start ing with a viewing of the great horned owl depend ably perched in the middle

of the Partansky Pond trees, a pair of snipe (first sighting in years), and a flock of Lewis’ woodpeck ers (11) flying over (only the second sighting ever, I think — the first was just a few days before).

The free website, Ebird. org, was launched in 2002 by Cornell Lab of Orni thology and the National Audubon Society. First, it was restricted to reported sightings from the West ern Hemisphere. It enlists amateurs to gather data on biodiversity for use in sci ence. It expanded to cover the whole world in 2010.

As of May 12, 2021, there were over one billion

have been over 100 million bird observations recorded each year. Scientists and amateur naturalists can learn about distribution and abundance.

The database informa tion is used by scientists to understand changing bird distribution due to climate change and help define migration routes. It shows the connection between migrations and monsoon rains in India. There are 70,938,090 checklists in the world, most from the Western Hemisphere.

On Oct. 8, people in 185 countries had an October Big Day and reported 7,453 species on 80,000 checklists. They set new records for the single big gest day in October bird ing history.

Thanks to 15 people of all ages who participated in a North Ponds clean up last Saturday morning led by Kelli O’Neill. Our friends from West Pond — Jo Ellen Ryan, Gene Trapp and Gayna Lamb-Bang — and West Pond regular workers, showed up to do double-duty and help us.

Chris Dunford spent four hours pruning win dows into the pond. The most interesting find was four credit cards found by Jennifer Neta. There was less garbage than usual, perhaps we are learning.

— Jean Jackman is a Davis resident. Her col umn appears the third week of each month. Got a story, comment, correc tion? Contact her at Jean Jackman@gmail.com.

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Wilson’s snipes were an unusual sighting at the Partansky Pond.

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A great horned owl was one of the highlights of a recent bird stroll.

UCD’s sensory immersive room simulates real environments for product testing

Space features 360-degree video

By Tiffany DoBByn Special to The Enterprise

What makes a cup of cof fee or an energy bar enjoy able is usually more than just the taste. The sur rounding environment may also influence the experi ence.

With that in mind, the Department of Food Sci ence and Technology at the University of California, Davis, has constructed a new multisensory immer sive room that can be used for product development, innovation and research.

Julien Delarue, associate professor in sensory and consumer science, empha sizes that testing food products in a realistic environment can help collect more authentic consumer opinions.

Delar ue’s research focuses on methods to measure

sensory perception and preferences, as well as the effective use of that feed back in food design.

“For some types of sen sory sessions that relate to behavior or preferences, I would strongly advise to try to be as close as possible to real life,” Delarue said. “It’s important to connect to real life; it’s crucial for the food industry.”

Switch with a tap

Delarue led the effort to redesign an already exist ing sensory lab equipped with standard sensory booths at the Robert Mon davi Institute Sensory building to give partici pants an immersive, reallife experience.

The room is equipped with six video projectors that are synchronized to display high-definition vid eos onto the four walls of the room that show a 360-degree view of various environments, such as a

restaurant, a hiking trail or a beach.

“The context is all around and you’re part of it,” Delarue said. “The idea is to immerse participants in different environments.”

Delarue can make changes to the simulated scenery with a touch of a button. Using an electronic tablet, he can control heat ing lamps, misters and fans to adjust the temperature in the room, as well as air conditions. There are also mounted speakers to pro vide spatialized audio, such as ambient natural sounds, and a mechanism that releases scents.

More authentic

Rather than using a lab setting, Delarue plans to conduct first experiments in the new sensory immer sion room to collect data regarding energy bars. He hopes that measuring con sumer preferences or behavior when individuals

can experience a product in a real-life setting will be more accurate.

“In a lab, people may not behave normally and could possibly be biased,” he explained. “If I give you a sample in a lab, you’ll taste a spoon of it or have a sip

and give an answer; it’s like a test. If I immerse you, you will spend more time and enjoy the experience more and give a better account of your experience.”

The immersive room may also be used to test nonfood products,

including cosmetics, skin care items or textile cre ations.

“It’s important for any industry and for research in general because you want to catch the real behavior,” Delarue said.

— UC Davis News

Jael Mackendorf/Uc davis photo Julien Delarue, associate professor in sensory and consumer science, in the new multi-sensory immersive room at UC Davis.

HALLOWEEN: Full weekend of events

Niknek, Lemonade, Kona Ice and Vegan Circus.

participants but those along the bike loop who watched.

The following year, 2021, a new event was added: Zombie skydivers landing in Community Park after the ride. More than 2,000 people partici pated in the ride that year.

This year, the Zombie Bike Ride will feature even more entertainment and activities and the number of participants is expected grow further.

The ride will take place on Sunday, Oct. 30, from noon to 3:30 p.m. on the Bike Loop with a skydiving finale at Community Park at 3:30 p.m.

Participants can join anywhere on the loop, head in either direction and need not be on bikes to join the fun — scooters, skateboards, strollers and even walking are options. But costumes are highly encouraged.

The ride will feature more than 10 entertain ment stations along the way, including “rotting robots” courtesy of the Davis high school robotics team, Citrus Circuits; Hal loween Hounds by the SPCA; Pamela Trokansi’s “dancing dead”; and “zom bie swords and lasers” from the Davis Fencing Academy.

DJ Mellax will be host ing a music party on the UC Davis quad as well.

Those working up an appetite riding the Bike Loop will find food and drink vendors at Commu nity Park, including the Hotdogger, Steve’s Pizza,

Also at Community Park will be the arrival of the Skydance Skydiving Zom bies at 3:30 p.m.

But there will still be plenty of fun to be had.

A Zombie Mash After party will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. on Sunday in the E Street Plaza, spon sored by the Davis Down town Business Association.

Live music and profes sional fire dancers will be among the highlights of the afterparty.

Closing out the activities will be the Zombie Bike Ride Comedy Show Fundraiser, which will get underway Sunday at 7:30 p.m. at the Davis Odd Fel low Lodge, 415 Second St.

This year’s featured comedian is Brent Pella, a Davis native and current cast member on MTV’s “Wild ’N Out.”

Tickets must be

purchased for the comedy show — $50 each — with proceeds going to two nonprofits: Norcal Trykers and The Bike Campaign.

Wedra noted that the mission of the Zombie Bike Ride has always been about making bicycling available to everyone, including children with disabilities. That’s why during each of the Zombie Bike Rides, funds have been raised for Norcal Trykers, an organization that builds custom tricy cles for children with dis abilities.

Each tricycle costs about $1,000 and funds raised during the last three Zom bie Bike Rides have enabled 15 children to receive a free tricycle, Wedra said. In addition to the funds raised by com edy show ticket sales, there will also be opportunities to donate to Norcal Tryk ers along the bike route.

The comedy show will close out activities on Sun day, but Monday brings another fun familyfriendly event — the tradi tional downtown treat trail.

Children are invited to come in costume and trick-or-treat at participat ing businesses throughout downtown from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m.

This Halloween Day event is organized every year by the Davis Down town Business Association and remains a favorite of both families and busi nesses alike.

Learn more about all the activities planned for Hal loweekend by visiting https://www.zombie bikeparade.com and https: //davisdowntown.com.

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

Orbis, UCD train eye-care teams from Latin America

Special to The Enterprise

SACRAMENTO — In the leadup to World Sight Day, global eye care non profit Orbis International and UC Davis Health announce the launch today of a two-week train ing project on board the Flying Eye Hospital — a fully accredited oph thalmic teaching hospital on board a plane.

Orbis’ clinical staff and volunteer faculty (medical experts) along with UC Davis Health physicians and staff will share their knowledge with nearly 50 ophthalmologists, oph thalmology residents, nurses, and biomedical engineers from Bolivia, Chile and Peru, helping them build skills to fight avoidable blindness in their communities.

The ophthalmologists and ophthalmology resi dents participating in the training will hone their skills using leading-edge ophthalmic surgical simu lation training technology on the Flying Eye Hospi tal, which is currently at Moffett Federal Airfield, in Mountain View.

The nurses and bio medical engineers will

have hands-on training at the UCD Health Center for Simulation and Edu cation Enhancement, a state-of-the-art facility focused on supporting inter-professional medi cal education and research activities, in Sac ramento. Simulation training allows the visit ing eye care teams to grow their confidence in a training environment before moving on to reallife surgical procedures.

“Orbis has a long his tory of training eye care professionals in Latin America. After delivering virtual trainings through out the pandemic in the region, we are thrilled to host participants once again for in-person train ing on board the Flying Eye Hospital,” said Derek Hodkey, president and CEO of Orbis Interna tional.

“At UC Davis Health, we are committed to health equity,” said David Lubarsky, CEO of UC Davis Health. “An impor tant part of what we do is share our treatment tech niques and medical research with other pro viders.”

— UC Davis Health

BOARD: Red Ribbon Week amid money issues

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Community Facilities District No. 2 tax refund ing bonds (Resolution No. 22-23). At the board meeting on Oct 6, 2022, trustees received a pre sentation on early repay ment of the bonds to achieve taxpayer savings.

Resolution 22-23 pro vides the authorization to redeem the 2012 special tax refunding bonds on or about Nov. 21.

The Davis High School course catalog is up for review. The review recom mends the removal of Athletics Strength and Conditioning, and Math Clinic for Common Core 3 and Integrated Math 1 and Discussion.

Alongside that will be an update on the district’s multilingual education program. The update is expected to include the program’s implementation

PRINCIPAL: All in on outside-the-box approach

degree in psychology and started working in a juvenile detention center with the youth. That was so impactful for me and I realized I really loved working with young people and try ing to help them find their way after making some pretty big mistakes.”

The realization of her knack for connecting with kids pushed Bowen further in the direction of education. In fact, it was only the beginning of her educational journey and an expe rience that helped form part of her educational philosophy.

“Everyone can do ‘the thing.’ Every student can be successful, and when you set up the right circumstances any student can find the right path. Everybody is able to do that and over come any situation they’re in,” said Bowen. “Where I worked at had a pretty intense group of kids and I learned literally everyone has the

Obituary

Samuel Ernest Ransdell, 57, of Davis passed away on Oct. 5, 2022, from acciden tal head trauma that exac erbated underlying medical conditions. His last written words were “God is Love.”

His brother, Fred, and nephew, Jacob, were with him during his last moments at Mercy

power to solve their own problems if somebody can encourage them to realize that and that’s what I wanted to be.”

Bowen went on to obtain her mas ter’s degree at the University of San Francisco. After working as a school counselor in the dean’s office, she moved back home to be closer to her father who’d become sick. Once he got better, Bowen moved to Salt Lake City to continue working as a school coun selor. As fate would have it, the big city is where this country girl would happen to meet her wife. From there, the lovebirds migrated to New Jersey where Bowen worked as a learning specialist. They proceeded to bounce around different cities before job opportunities landed the couple here in Davis.

In her time living around the coun try, Bowen continued to gain more experience and perspective not only on different approaches to education,

but the different needs and ways chil dren learn. All of which she brought to bolster the educational experience of the students and staff at Kore matsu Elementary as a counselor for one year before transitioning to the role of head counselor for Da Vinci Jr. High.

There, she fell in love with the school, its outside-the-box philoso phy and jumped at the chance to become principal when the role became available.

“It’s pretty incredible. I could not fathom doing this anywhere else. It’s not that just wanted to be a principal, I wanted to be the principal here,” said Bowen. “Everything the team here is doing is amazing along with all the great lessons they have going on, I couldn’t imagine doing this anywhere else. They’re rock stars! And the kids, I just love them all.”

— Reach Aaron Geerts at aaron. geerts@mcnaughton.media.

San Juan. He was prede ceased by his beloved, Amy Med ich, father Dr. James F. Ransdell and mother Wanda Lee Ransdell. He

left behind sisters Trinka Macmurrtaugh and Faye May, brothers Fred M. Ransdell and Tom R. Rans dell, nine nieces and neph ews, 10 great-nephews/ nieces, and one greatgreat-nephew.

Sam's ashes will be scat tered at the Davis Ceme tery, in a private family ceremony later this week. To honor Sam’s memory, there will be a private fam ily celebration of life this weekend.

of new systems, supports and recognitions for Eng lish learner students and their families.

On top of that, the meeting is also set to include the approval of disposing of surplus prop erty and its sale, the rec ognition of Red Ribbon Week as well as the recog nition of Oct. 25 as Larry Itliong Day.

Also on the to-do list is to award the RFP con tract for district copiers, device management soft ware and production copiers to Caltronics Business Solutions. This will yield $60,000 in annual savings which is a 20% reduction in current contract costs.

The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Com munity Chambers at 23 Russell Blvd.

— Reach Aaron Geerts at aaron.geerts@ mcnaughton.media.

BALLOTS: Elections staff worked over the weekend to fix glitch

addressing solution assisted us in remedying the issue promptly.”

Efforts are underway, he said, to collaborate with the Post Office to correct these addresses in their system as well.

“Furthermore, the elec tions office has communi cated to UC Davis directly about the error and how to avoid this with other newly developed proper ties in the future.”

Any voter contacted by the elections office who received an incorrect bal lot should discard that ballot and then fill out and return the new one. If

a voter already filled out and mailed back their originally received ballot, the elections office will cancel that ballot once the new one is received, ensuring no voter is able to vote twice.

“We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused and are acting quickly to resolve this issue,” said Salinas.

Any voters who have questions about their bal lots or believe they’ve received something in error should contact the Yolo County Elections Office at 530-666-8133 or elections@yolocounty. org.

Samuel Ernest Ransdell Sept. 20, 1965 — Oct. 5, 2922

RANSDELL

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Haley Reinl (Minnie Mouse) and Anna Szymoniak (Pluto), at left, give treats to Andy Laguero and Tommy Pickles outside State Farm Insurance in downtown Davis in 2017.

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Friday

n The UC Davis Arbore tum hosts a Folk Music Jam Session from noon to 1 p.m. Folk musicians are once again invited to bring their acoustic instruments and play together infor mally during this jam ses sion at Wyatt Deck (next to the redwood grove). Short-term parking is available in Visitor Lot 5 on Old Davis Road at Arboretum Drive. Hourly rates start at $1.75.

n The Avid Reader will host Patricia Turner, author of “Trash Talk: Anti-Obama Lore and Race in the Twenty-First Century,” from 6 to 7 p.m. The bookstore is at at 617 Second St. in downtown Davis. Find detailed infor mation at www.avidread erbooks.com.

Saturday

n Bart Wickel and Zane Pickus will lead an Audu bon field trip around Yolo County from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. On this trip, the chal lenge is to find as many species of sparrows as pos sible. To further the fun of this trip, participants will be able to check sparrows off of a bingo card. The trip is limited to 20 people in five cars. All partici pants are expected to be vaccinated against COVID-19. For reserva tions, go to the group’s websites, yoloaudubon.org or facebook.com/ yoloaudubonsociety.

n The UC Davis Arbore tum hosts a Plant Sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Shop the 1-acre Teaching Nurs ery at 1046 Garrod Drive on campus for an incredi ble selection of Arboretum All-Stars, California natives and thousands of other attractive, low-water plants perfect for this region. Members of the Friends of the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden and the Davis Botanical Society receive 10 percent off their pur chases. Join online or at the gate; new members receive a $10-off coupon as a thank-you for joining.

n Yolo County Library and the Parks Division of the Yolo County General Services Department will launch the free Go Wild Yolo event to inspire kids to investigate the natural world. A kickoff event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. will be activity-filled with arts and crafts, guided nature walks, live bug demonstra tions, and will provide a sneak peek at the library’s Nature Explorer Back packs at Capay Open Space Park, 15603 County Road 85 in Capay.

Sunday

n Capay Valley Vision will host the 21st annual Taste of Capay from 1 to 5 p.m. at Luna Lavender Farms, 7086 County Road 49 in Guinda. The event will feature a multi-course dinner, music, silent

auction and a live auction during dinner. Tickets are available at https:// toc_2022.eventbrite.com. for $75; a table for eight guests is $560.

Saturday, Oct. 29

n Sharon Kirkpatrick will lead an Audubon field trip to Lake Solano County Park. Potential bird sight ings in this riparian, creek habitat include osprey, phainopepla and wood duck. Participants will meet at Lake Solano County Park when it opens at 8 a.m. All levels of bird ers are welcome. Partici pants are expected to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Drivers and passengers will decide whether masks are required while in the vehi cles. For information and reservations, go to the group’s websites, yolo audubon.org or facebook. com/yoloaudubonsociety.

n A weekend of zombie activities begin with Zom bie Paintball from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Davis Paintball, 24998 County Road 102 in Davis. Zom bie Paintball features the use of green paint in a game of zombies vs. humans. Humans who get hit with green paint join the undead ranks. Can you survive the attack? Zombie Paintball is one of the very few features with a cost associated. Davis Paint ball’s rules and charges apply.

n The Zombie Bike Ride’s family-friendly PreBike Brew Party, kicks off at Sudwerk Brewing Co. from 5 to 8 p.m. at 2001 Second St. Get a bite to eat and enjoy brews, boos and plenty of Halloween candy, complete with a mini pumpkin patch and carved pumpkins. Take photo graphs with professional zombie actors from the Sacramento Zombie Club.

Sunday, Oct. 30

n More than 100 local and regional organizations have come together to sur prise families and friends with a monstrously large Halloween present from noon to 3:30 p.m.; the fourth annual, familyfriendly Zombie Bike Ride. Pedal along the 12-mile Davis Bike Loop (visit the website for event map).

n Zombie-themed fes tivities continue with the Zombie Mash afterparty from 4 to 6 p.m. at E Street Plaza (228 E St.). Enjoy music by DJ Duc Jones as well as fire danc ers from Fire University.

n The Zombie weekend concludes with Davis comedian and MTV per sonality Brent Pella at the Zombie Bike Ride Comedy Show and Fundraiser from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30 at the Davis Odd Fellows Lodge, 415 Second St. in downtown Davis. Tickets are $100 each, and proceeds will go to Norcal Trykers and The Bike Campaign.

High spirits at Hoco New ticket system leaves many students out of Homecoming dance

By elliot DeJonG & mAttiAs rowenBAle HUB Staff

Music blaring, students dancing and not a bat in sight— that was the scene in the North Gym on Oct. 15 as the previously-postponed Homecoming Dance went off without a hitch.

“It’s a pretty good mood (tonight),” junior Jocelyn Starr said. The gym doors opened at 7 p.m., but for many students the event started hours earlier.

“All my friends came over and got ready at my house, and our parents came over and took pictures of us in my backyard,” senior Mollie Dyer said. “So that was really fun.”

Other students also had dinner with their friends before the dance.

“I got ready with my friends and then we watched ‘Mean Girls’ and then we went out to (In-N-Out),” junior Sami Tully-Smith said.

After waiting in line and going through bag check, students were welcomed by colorful arches leading to the dance floor. The walls flashed with fluorescent lights and bass-heavy music handpicked by the DJ pounded inside the gym.

“I’d give the music a 6.5 out of 10,” sophomore Eva Playter said. The crowd formed mosh pits and dance circles. The dance floor featured crowd surfing, impromptu student performances, flips and other dance moves whenever the music allowed.

By seAn CAmpBell HUB Staff

Ticket refunds and redis tribution were offered to students affected by the postponement of Davis High’s Homecoming dance to a new date of Oct. 15.

Only 800 tickets were offered to the student body of more than 1700 at DHS. “I really thought that it was unfair how not everyone is included,” junior Cali Levy said.

A new distribution system was created this year by Principal Bryce Geigle to fix the problems faced in the past. Last year, many seniors were left without tickets to the dance and they were unable to attend their last Homecoming.

“Geigle came up with the tiered system, changing to different tiers (grades) for different days of the week, trying to give each grade an opportunity to purchase tickets,” ASB bookkeeper Terri Arnold said.

Despite the efforts of the administration, the new system did not go as planned. “The tickets were sold out before I even got to

school on Tuesday (Sept. 20),” Levy said.

“It’s basically first come first serve to a dance every one should enjoy,” senior Tyler Cross said.

Due to the unexpected demand for tickets the administration created a waiting list. If students decided they didn’t want to go and turned in their tick ets, or if more tickets were made available, those on the waiting list would be the

Six Homecoming MVPs shine in the spotlight

From kings and queens to MVPs

By AvA GiovAnnettone HUB Staff

Homecoming can be one of the most exciting and memorable parts of high school and the tradition of nominating homecoming royalty plays an iconic role in the American high school experience. However, this year at Davis High, Home coming kings and queens have been replaced with two “MVPs” or Most Valu able Players, from each grade who are nominated and voted for by students.

Student government, and the teachers in charge of making these changes, all agreed that changing from king and queen to MVPs has many benefits.

Junior class president Sarah Fingerman explained that the change takes away the pressure for the winners to be couples, and pointed out that winners could be the same gender. This change makes it easier for those who are non binary, or just don’t identify as male or female, to participate in DHS royalty.

Originally, student government thought that there might be pushback and dis agreement from those who wish to keep the original tradition of king and queen. But according to Fingerman, there has been a lot of positive feedback from the students and administration.

“It’s still royalty, it’s just more inclusive and a way to boost participation, if you don’t like it then you can choose not to participate,” Fingerman said.

Former Homecoming nominee junior Samantha Galloway likes that it doesn’t matter the gender of the nominees, it only matters who gets the most votes. “It seems overall more fair, with no type of discrimi nation attached to it,” Galloway said.

Seniors: Declan Fee & Una Keller

By JeremiAh hAskins HUB Staff

As senior MVPs were announced during the homecoming game halftime show, the stands were full of cheers and celebration.

DHS seniors were able to participate in voting for senior MVPs this year. The win ners were revealed on Sept. 23 during the Homecoming football game.

It was an eventful day after the home coming parade and many students showed

out with their “Blue Devil Pride”.

DHS seniors were waiting patiently for the senior MVPs as the rest of the awards were being called out.

Sophomore MVPs were announced first, then junior MVPs and senior MVPs came last.

While their votes were counted, students were curious on what would be the out come.

Senior MVPs were announced as Declan Fee and Una Keller.

The student section erupted in cheers.

“When my name was announced, it was really cool to hear all the people cheering for me and Declan,” Keller said.

Declan talked about his gratitude for the school “I loved it, the community is very strong and it’s all been very welcoming,” Fee said.

Juniors: Shuxin Li & Dylan Jayalath

By rowAn reisinG HUB Staff

Junior Shuxin Li has a busy schedule: competitive swimming, coaching DART swimmers, lifeguarding and arduous classes. Despite this full calendar, Li bal ances her life with finesse.

Li competes for the Davis High swim team and is close with her teammates. Li spends a lot of time swimming so doing it with friends helps her harmonize the sport and her social life.

“It does get kind of hard balancing things,” Li said.

In spring, when swim is in season, she prioritizes school and swimming during the weekdays, with friends and family fill ing up the weekends. On quieter days, she spends her free time reading or watching an episode of a TV show.

“I don’t know how she does it since she has really hard classes, swim coaching and swim,” junior Lena Kim, a close friend of Li’s said. “(Regardless), she puts so much effort into all her friendships which makes her such an amazing person.”

Junior Dylan Jayalath played for the JV men’s soccer team last winter and incorpo rates the sport into all aspects of his life

To many, soccer is merely a sport watched on TV, but to junior Dylan Jayal ath, it is a teacher of life-long lessons and a language in which people from different walks of life communicate.

Jayalath’s passion for soccer started at

age 4 in an attempt to be like his older brother. “I think I really fell in love with soccer when I first played because a 5-yearold me was playing with my brother,” Jay alath said.

His brother, Mesera, is a role model and best friend who ensures Jayalath stays in check with things like school.

Jayalath thinks of the sport as an “escape” and a way to have fun.

“When I’m playing soccer, I just forget about everything else, and I’m just having fun,” Jayalath said.

Sophomores: Mako Barrios & Nisha Chander

By eleAnor whitney HUB Staff

Sophomore Mako Barrios can be found in many parts of Davis, whether it’s at his job at the Farmer’s Market, at Speech and Debate or at a meeting of the Latinos Uni dos Club.

Barrios works at Davis Bread and Des serts every Saturday at the Farmer’s Mar ket. He said he just went up to the vendors and asked if they were looking to hire when he got his job.

“It’s not a job where you need tons of experience to do well in,” Barrios said.

While Barrios appreciates the consis tency of his job, he said he’s “not very much into planning and scheduling, just kinda into living in the moment.”

When Barrios isn’t at work or clubs, you can find him spending time with friends and family, playing video games, or playing tennis.

Sophomore Nisha Chander is a member of the DHS dance team and student gov ernment’s Devil Pride Squad.

“I felt really excited because this is my first year at DHS and it just felt really nice to be included in a school tradition,” Chan der said.

Chander has been doing dance for seven years and at DHS for two. “I always loved the art of movement, but having friends who already danced really made me want to get into it and it all just kind of grew from there,” Chander said.

Chander plans on continuing dance through college and keep it as a hobby, but intends to go into the medical field. “I’ve been very interested in the human body all my life but definitely Grey’s Anatomy has really persuaded me,” Chander said.

first to get them.

Levy was one of the few students that got a ticket through the waiting list; however, she thought that the process was unclear.

“The waiting list was com municated very poorly because I was under the impression that the tickets had closed and no more people off the waiting list would get tickets, until I actually got one,” Levy said.

After the bat infestation in the north gym led to the rescheduling of the dance, refunds were offered to those who had tickets but couldn’t attend the changed date.

The efforts to redistribute tickets has only been a minor help to those wanting to get tickets, according to Arnold. “We have only given five refunds out of 800 tick ets.”

Despite the flaws in the current system the adminis tration is working on a way to improve it for future dances.

“We are trying our best to get them (tickets) into the hands of students who want them,” Arnold said.

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Seniors Una Keller and Declan Fee bask in the glory of winning Homecoming MVPs.

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Juniors Dylan Jayalath and Shuxin Li pose on the field after being named MVPs.

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Sophomore Nisha Chander runs on the field to join fellow MVP, sophomore Mako Barrios.

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Students mosh at Homecoming while lifting a crowdsurfer across the dance floor.

Rotten roads begin with corrupt contributions

Two current candidates for the Davis City Council lack the ethics to repre sent the residents and voters of our town. Neither cares.

Despite having passed sub stantial increases in the sales tax and upped various parcel taxes and procured more from prop erty tax than predicted, as a result of rising real estate prices, Davis is failing financially.

We cannot afford enough police on patrol; we don’t fill open jobs; many of our roads, sidewalks, bike paths and other facilities are in shameful condi tion; public pools are often pad locked; we have badly maintained parks and green belts; and the city of Davis had (as of June 30, 2021) a pension debt of $58.4 million that is likely now far greater.

Although the contractual incompetence and corruption of the City Council is not the lone reason for the decline and fall of Davis, it’s the foremost factor. Most of the city’s budget goes to paying its workers — salaries, paid leave, medical benefits, pen sion contributions, retiree medi cal benefits for employees and their families and other employ ment related costs.

The problem is our elected representatives have not been negotiating in good faith for more than 20 years. Instead of fighting for the residents and voters of Davis, people we have

trusted have been accepting cash and other donations from city employees.

The largesse written into employment agreements with the city’s workforce is due to der eliction of duty. The council has been paying back people who paid for their campaigns.

Everyone in the United States who believes in the right of workers to form unions to improve the compensation and conditions of their employment knows a better outcome for labor starts with the right to collec tively bargain. That privilege is enshrined in the 1935 National Labor Relations Act.

The idea is that negotiating as a group evens the play ing field between the employer and employees. Indi vidually, most workers have little power. But collectively, they can capture a larger — and they say fairer — share of the profits that stem from their productivity.

Implicit in any fair bargaining process is that representatives of management and labor each

negotiate in good faith against the other party. Those represent ing the business try to strike the best deal for the owners and oth ers fighting for the workers exact as much as they can for labor. The deal to be had is found in between.

Collective bargaining would not work if the head of a union were accepting bribes from the owner of a company and then acceding to terms favorable to the firm. Likewise, if a business owner hired a professional to negotiate on her behalf and that person were furtively financed by the union, the two sides would not be bargaining on an even playing field.

The corruption of our city’s politics goes back decades. In 2001, members of the Davis City Council who had taken funds from the firefighters agreed to far higher wages and benefits for those employees. The cost of their pensions skyrocketed and immediately we began accruing a huge unfunded liability that has grown almost every year ever since.

In the wake of the corrupt contract given to the fire union, the city council gave equally unaffordable increases in sala ries, pensions and other benefits to Davis police officers in 2002 and later accepted unmerited memorandums of understand ing with miscellaneous employ ees.

Probably because I repeatedly exposed this corruption in our political process in this column after a humungous pay raise given to firefighters in 2005 by the people those employees paid to win office, the city’s firefight ers — a few years later — slowed and then stopped direct contri butions to council candidates.

Yet they still flexed their mus cles in unfair negotiations and worked to remove an honest city manager. Even without paying our pols, firefighters made sure members of the city council knew they had no future in Democratic politics — in our mostly one-party state — if the council did not give that union what it wanted.

I was nonetheless surprised to see that Gloria Partida, who is running for reelection in District 4 and Bapu Vaitla, who is trying to unseat Dan Car son in District 1, decided they did not care how unethical it is to take campaign cash from the people they are charged with negotiating against in the collec tive bargaining process.

Mr. Vaitla took money from Davis firefighters Emily Lo, Matt Fix, Bobby Weist (retired), Lacy Schulyer and Luis Parrilla. On Vaitla’s webpage, he says he has been endorsed by Davis Fire fighters Local 3494.

Making it clear he intends to stay in the good graces of orga nized labor if he is eventually

LettersThanks to Garamendi for CO2 bill

We were very pleased to see that Rep. John Garamendi has cosponsored the Federal Carbon Dioxide Removal Leadership Act (FCDRLA). This far-sighted, pio neering and vital legislation will create a sustainable, long-term market for the removal and durable storage of legacy carbon dioxide (CO2) through both nat ural and technological means.

To address the climate crisis we must rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and also remove excess CO2 already in our atmo sphere. The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), recently confirmed this fact, stat ing that “all pathways (that) limit warming to 1.5C use Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR)…”.

The FCDRLA will support CDR by creating a long-term market for direct air capture, other technologies, and natural processes. The Act ensures best practices of monitoring and veri fying results and provides for robust public engagement. The Department of Energy will set a declining price per ton of CO2 removed over time and give DOE flexibility to invest in nascent technologies and natural pro cesses with high CO2 removal potential. The act prioritizes job creation, environmental justice, innovative technologies and com munity benefits.

Thank you Congressman Gara mendi for your far sighted and thoughtful co-sponsorship!

Frances McChesney and Don Morrill Davis

Backing Vaitla, Partida

The Nov. 8 election gives Davis voters in District 1 and District 4 the opportunity to fill two seats. As a former mayor of Davis, and cofounder of the Davis Food Co-op and Farmers Market, I’m excited to endorse newcomer Bapu Vaitla for District 1 and former Mayor Gloria Partida for District 4.

Vaitla has vision and energy, as well as a deep background on issues Davis cares about. I first met him in 2018, when we worked on the “Food and Eco nomic Development in Davis” report for the city of Davis. Sadly, the report remains largely unim plemented.

The report outlined both bigpicture and baby-step practical strategies for food-based tourism, small-scale food entrepreneur ship, integration of climatechange work with climate-smart food planning, and food-based economic development together with food security efforts. It built on Davis’ legacy of community food systems.

Bapu will make the report a priority, along with program matic improvements in climate control and affordable housing — with the goal for Davis to be a

model in climate action and social equity. Bapu is a gifted and tireless leader.

Words about an incumbent in District 1 — I no longer support Dan Carson. As head of the cam paign for Measure H, on behalf of the developers, he sued citizen opponents of Measure H. The judge agreed there was little material content to be changed in their ballot argument as a result of the suit and fined Carson $42,200. Don’t reward that kind of unprecedented, egregious behavior. There are sure to be developments up for a citywide vote in the next four years — will Dan sue his next round of oppo nents if he is re-elected?

Gloria Partida did an excellent job as mayor (2020-22), a tough term which included the Covid pandemic. She has a long history of leadership and advocacy in the

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elected to a higher office, Mr. Vaitla also has the backing of the Sacramento Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO Laborers Local 185 and the Northern Cali fornia District Council of Labor ers.

All the firefighters who funded Bapu Vaitla did the same for Gloria Partida with the addition of Foronda Darreezy. Ms. Partida also has the backing of the Sac ramento Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO Laborers Local 185 and, of course, Davis Firefighters Local 3494.

As far as I could tell from perusing the candidates’ finan cial disclosure forms — which are dated Sept. 24 — no other city employees but the firefight ers had given money to or endorsed folks running for office. That fits the free-rider pattern from the time Capt. Bobby Weist took over Local 3494.

In past years I’ve interviewed council candidates who took these unethical funds and was told, “I’m not going to sell out the city for a few thousand dol lars.”

Yet if you see what poor condi tion our city is in and know how much we are indebted to city retirees, this is not just the appearance of corruption. This is corruption.

— Rich Rifkin is a Davis resi dent; his column is published every other week. Reach him at Lxartist@yahoo.com.

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Davis community related to inclusion and civil rights. With her son, she has a food cart selling churros and knows first hand the hardships many small food busi nesses face in Davis. She’s sup portive of many of the FED recommendations, as part of her interest in economic develop ment, and will prioritize afford able housing, climate change and solutions for the unhoused.

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among the most critical needed for the future of California. Nei ther the fight against global warming nor the proper manage ment of our wild lands are being sufficiently funded.

A vote for this proposition will insure the uber-rich contribute to the well being of the rest of us. Gov. Gavin Newsom should be ashamed to go against this bill. It is probably because of big donors in the oil and gas industry and in the timber industry that he does not want to upset. If these people don’t want to contribute their fair share, they can move to Texas or Florida, good riddance.

This bill is a start at changing things from supporting the rich, to making the lives of the masses better. Please vote yes on Prop. 30.

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Dealing with ever-evolving tastes

Rathershockingly, not every question can be answered by the inter webs. Or it can be answered, but with several startlingly different answers, some very wrong answers or some answers that don’t make any sense.

What’s a body to do? In many cases, the answer seems to be “ask Julie.” Since I really like answering questions (not math questions, mind you) that’s just fine with me.

Q: Have you any idea why food preferences can radically change? For example, some foods I loved as a child (oranges, mint) I now loathe, but I will gladly eat mushrooms and onions which I previously found revolting.

A: All manner of things can cause temporary or permanent changes in how things taste to you — hormones, infections, medications, dental surgery are all linked to changes in how we perceive tastes. Your tastebuds renew better than many body parts, but they do eventually change with age. If you have a sudden profound change in taste, consult your health care provider. Otherwise, carry on eating things that taste good to you!

Q: Tell me about brown butter.

A: Brown butter is a delightful example of the Maillard reac tion: when foods are browned, amino acids and sugars produce fantastic flavors. (Think toast vs. bread.) Browned butter is having a moment in everything from chocolate chip cookies to spa ghetti sauce. It’s fairly easy to make — just heat good unsalted butter in a light-colored pan until it’s a lovely shade of brown — and a delicious way to up fla vor without adding extra ingre dients.

Q: Any tips and tricks for hosting a party that enables the hosts to relax and be with their guests instead of fussing and serving food and drink all night?

A: There are three ways of handling this, depending on your guests. One is to select a menu that you can prepare entirely in advance (pitchers of cocktails, a good cheeseboard, a salad, a casserole, chocolate mousse) so that all you need to do is take things from the fridge or oven on cue. The second is to do some madly labor-intensive thing (tamales) and involve all your guests in doing it. This makes dinner both the food and entertainment, if you have friends who find this entertain ing. Finally, you can have a pot luck, which is fantastic if you have friends who cook and

somewhat sketchy otherwise.

Q: Using garlic, best method for getting the "wrapper" off? Do you trim the little end off?

A: If you’re just using a clove or two, give them a whack with something heavy (not your chef’s knife, unless you are an actual chef) and the skins should slide off the smashed garlic pretty eas ily. If you need a lot of garlic, you can roll cloves of garlic in any rubber or silicone thing you have handy. The tacky surface will pull the skins off. You can buy a special rubber tube to do this, but one of those jar-opening doohickeys works well. I trim off that nub if I think it’s going to be a stabby texture problem.

Q: Are they any single-use kitchen tools you swear by?

A: I class my tools not by what they do but how often they get used — my thermometers only measure temperatures, and my scale only weighs things, but they do it on the daily. I have a tiny kitchen, so tools that don’t get a lot of use don’t get to stay. The only exception is the fire extinguisher, which never gets used but does get dusted and checked regularly.

Q: What's your favorite micro waveable food?

A: I honestly can’t tell you the last time I microwaved some thing to eat. I use it to melt choc olate and butter, and to make custard or pudding. 90% of the microwave use in my house is heating up wraps for sore mus cles.

Q: Is there a best practice when it comes to parties and food that sits out?

A: Absolutely! Perishable food can safely be out for up to 6 hours at room temp if you throw away anything that’s not eaten. “Can” and “should” are not the same though — food that’s been sitting for 5 hours is rarely very nice. I prefer to make several smaller platters and swap in a fresh one as needed. All should have some sort of cover, and there should be some method (tongs, skewers, etc.) of picking it up without touching all the food.

Q: Any tips or tricks on how to make store-bought gluten-free pizza crust not turn into gummy cardboard once you bake it with

vegan pizza ingredients?

A: That’s a tough one. Try brushing the top with a little olive oil and a sprinkle of vegan parm or nutritional yeast, then baking it without the toppings. This should let the flavor develop a bit and help keep the crust from getting soggy. When it’s nicely browned, add your top pings and put back in just long enough to heat everything through.

Q: I recently started baking much lower-fat cookies. I'm using coconut oil and apple sauce, which also make them vegan (a good social move for me). Second batch was decent (and the first good enough to encourage me to try a second one). I've used a cinnamon applesauce so far, but are there other spice combos that would work well? Finally, they were a bit on the doughy side both times, acceptable, but I like a slightly more crunchy texture. But maybe I'm just nostalgic for the "butter bombs" I used to make — or are there some tips to perhaps get closer to my dreams?

A: Cookie texture depends on moisture, fat and sugar. Since you’re exchanging some of the fat for moisture, you’re getting a cakey texture. Lower fat also means you aren’t getting as much spread. There are several things you can try, and I’d work through them one by one.

■ Replace brown sugar with a drier sugar like granulated, turbinado, succanat, coconut sugar to reduce the moisture

■ Flatten the cookies before you bake them. You can use a fork to make a pattern or smush them with a water glass. More surface area lets some of the moisture bake out and encourages brown ing.

■ Reduce the oven temperature by 25 degrees and bake a few minutes longer.

■ Sprinkle the tops with a little coarse sugar for added crunch.

■ As far as flavor, cardamom is a nice unexpected flavor in bak ing.

Q: What do I do with the plethora of long green chilies I just received in my last CSA box of the season?

A: Chilies freeze beautifully — just clip the stems off, spread them out on a lined or silicon sheet, and pop into the freezers. When they’re frozen, slide them all into a freezer bag and vacuum seal. Future you will be very happy to pull one or two out all winter to spice up your supper.

Q: I love pears, but my fruit share is full of more than I can eat out of hand. Any recipes that’ll make use of them?

A: I like my pears more on the savory side: roasted with pork, sautéed with onions, then mixed with a soft cheese (blue is best) for crostini, or made into a spicy chutney. They’re lovely in the soup below.

Q: I need an amazing pump kin soup that is non-dairy.

Email Julie at jacross@ dcn.org or visit her on Facebook at The New Home Ec.

Pumpkin Bisque with Pears and Onions Serves four.

Ingredients:

A cooking pumpkin, around 3 pounds or 3 cups cooked pumpkin

1 small head of garlic

3 cups broth

1 cup coconut milk

¼ teaspoon nutmeg

½ teaspoon finely grated lemon rind kosher salt to taste

1 medium onion

2 firm pears

Putting it together: Heat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with a silicon liner or tin foil. Cut the pumpkin in half and scoop out the seeds. Place cut side down on the bak ing sheet. Cut off top ½ inch of garlic and place on baking sheet. Bake until pumpkin and garlic are both squishy and slightly browned, about 1 hour. Let cool. (If using cooked pumpkin, roast garlic only.)

Slice onions and pears as thinly as possible. Cook onions in oil over medium heat until golden. Add pears and continue cooking until tender.

Heat broth. Scoop out in sides of pumpkin and squeeze garlic out of head. Using a potato masher, electric mixer or stick blender, beat coconut milk into pumpkin mixture. Slowly stir in hot broth. Add nutmeg, lemon rind, and salt to taste. Spoon into bowls and garnish with pear/ onion mixture.

Wines for not-bad people with good taste

“Am I a bad person? No. I don’t think so, at least. I obey the laws that I consider to be reasonable, I am kind to most babies, and I have never purchased or worn any professional sports team apparel.”

I had a good laugh over these lines in Damon Young's “Being a good person is great. Having good taste is bet ter” (Washington Post). It's a funny and insightful piece all around: Young argues that being a “good” person means that “you exist above and beyond expected human behavior” (prompting questions about just what “expected” might mean for someone like me who generally expects the worst). With that definition, Young concludes no, he's not good, just a flawed human being like the rest of us.

Preferring “good taste,” Young writes that the term is misunder stood — often associated with snobbery (which “also gets a bad rap”). No, he says, it's not snob bery but “a practice of inten tional discernment ... less about appreciating only 'good things' and more about having a quicker recognition of objectively bad things, and choosing not to par take.”

Good taste is, of course, most frequently invoked in discus sions of art, fashion, literature,

design, and food — including wine, of course. But all of us aspiring to good taste frequently experience having our choices challenged by people of equally good taste. How many times have I enthused about a recent novel only to have a well-read friend suggest (in a tactful, goodtaste sort of way) that perhaps I'm losing my mind.

Substitute “wine” for “novel” and you have the dilemma of the wine writer. “What is it that you like about this 'interesting' (i.e., weird and funky) red?” I try the same strategy myself: a tasteful, tactful “Oh, this pinot is just a tad oaky for me” as I fall to the floor from oak overdose.

For Young, though, it's not just a matter of likes and dislikes; it's “prioritizing the care that people put into doing and creating things.” Which means, to me, that good taste can be appreciat ing a well-and-carefully-made wine without putting it on my list of favorites. But it also means being open to new experiences — not quick to judge, not quick

to dismiss.

All this speculation is just pre paratory to urging readers yet again to keep trying unusual wines from unusual places. Here are my wonderful unusuals for the week, two wines entirely dif ferent from one another and full of surprises. The first is Two Shepherds 2021 Mourvèdre. Mourvèdre itself is relatively unknown to most casual drink ers. A Rhone native, it grows well in California, many of its acres in the Sierra foothills, source of the grapes in this bot tle.

The grape can (and often does) produce powerful reds, often high in alcohol and not particularly suited to my plantbased eating. This one, though, is expectation-defying. The grapes were picked early, exchanging ripeness and power for snap and brightness. It smells and tastes alive. And deli cious.

A great red to sip on the patio these lovely fall afternoons and/ or to accompany a wide variety of fall meals. We had it with a linguine-and-red-sauce dinner; it infused that simple, familiar dish with both fun and surpris ing sophistication. Called “Li'l Trouble” after a Nigerian dwarf goat, it goes down so easily that it “could cause a li'l trouble.” For tunately it clocks in at just 10.3%

alcohol, so the “trouble” should be minimal.

Said goat belongs to William Allen, who started the Two Shepherds winery in Windsor in 2010, and partner Karen Dae nen who joined him in 2015. They make small lot wines (Wil liam's nickname: “insane master of small lots”) in old-world fash ion, mostly from Rhone variet ies, naturally fermented, minimal intervention, aged in neutral oak. In other words, in good shepherd fashion, they guide their grapes along, protect them from harm, and otherwise let them roam free. Get a bottle at the Co-op—it's a bit pricey ($23) but so worth it. Chill for half an hour before serving.

Wine No. 2: Weegmüller 2019

Scheurebe Trocken. Scheurebe was a new grape to me, and actu ally, at just 100 years old, a fairly new grape in a world of ancient varieties, riesling one of its par ents. It's grown mostly in Austria and Germany, this one from the Palatinate region. The wine's made by Stephanie Weegmüller, one of the first well-known wine making women in Germany. She and her sister Gabrielle grow their grapes organically and make their terroir-driven wines with care and passion.

I picked up the bottle at The Pip in Dixon ($19) and can't wait to go back for more.

Scheurebe, I discovered, is a wildly aromatic grape, capable, as it is here, of becoming an intense wine bursting with fruit and flowers (think apricot, orange blossom). It's particularly delicious with fall foods like roasted butternut squash, red peppers, and sheep cheeses. But I'm eager to try it with seafood, too, maybe an oyster stew.

The first sip is deceptively sweet — in the manner of a gewürtztraminer or riesling — but it finishes dry, spicy, round and rich. If you're looking for a break from chard or sauvignon blanc, try a bottle. Oh, try a bot tle anyway. It's terrific.

If you don't especially like these two bottles, well, just by trying them, you are choosing to support “good things” over “bad things,” bad things in this case being carelessly-made and harmful-to-the-planet wine, as so many mass market offerings are. Which means, according to Damon Young, that you have good taste.

And you can still be a good person. Or not — you can join the club of not-good-not-bad folks. Lots of interesting people here.

— Susana Leonardi is a Davis resident; reach her at vinosu sana@gmail.com. Comment on this column at www.davisenter prise.com.

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Aggies’ Gurevich strong showing at regionals

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STANFORD — UC Davis wom en’s tennis player, senior Yana Gurevich, advanced to the Round of 16 in the singles main draw and the Aggies added four more victories at the ITA Northwest Regionals held at the Taube Tennis Center.

For the second straight tourna ment, Gurevich earned a ranked vic tory, downing No. 119-ranked Klara Kosan of the University of Pacific in the Round of 64, 6-3, 6-2.

The senior then went on to defeat Kimberley Bhunu of Cal Poly, 6-3, 6-2, before Connie Ma of Stanford posted a 6-2, 6-2 win.

The Aggies earned two more sin gles victories in the Round of 128, as sophomore Arianna Stavropoulos took down Loia Tavcar of Seattle, 6-2, 6-2. Junior Carly Schwartzberg defeated Kacey Feng of Santa Clara, 6-2, 7-6 (4).

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In doubles action, Olive Maunupau and Kristina Evloeva downed Hana Gamracy and Azaria Hayes of San Francisco in the main draw, 8-6.

In the consolation doubles bracket, Lauren Ko and Schwartz berg defeated Jovana Babic and Olaya Bances Iglesias of San Jose State, 8-3.

UCD men’s basketball

Former Aggie, forward Chima Moneke, has been named to the Sac ramento Kings’ opening night ros ter.

Joining Moneke is guard Matthew Dellavedova and forward KZ Okpala, all of whom were retained from the training camp roster.

Moneke and the Kings open the

regular season against the Portland Trail Blazers at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento today. Game time is scheduled at 7 p.m.

Aggie men’s soccer

The UC Davis men’s soccer team (3-1-2 in the Big West Conference, 4-6-4) prepares for its final week of Big West Conference regular season competition as the Aggies face the current league-leader UC Santa Bar bara on the road and then return home to host UC San Diego on Sat urday that is Senior Day.

The Aggies head to conference leader UC Santa Barbara on Wednesday for a key match in terms of teams jockeying for Big West Conference Championship seedings. UC Davis is currently tied at the No. 2 spot with Cal State Fullerton at 3-1-2. The Gauchos are 3-0-2, riding a five-match unbeaten streak.

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“He played his (butt) off,” Gar ratt said. “If there’s one guy, we’re talking Thursday night, that dis cussed about making sure that he’s loving every minute of it, loving every minute of being on the field.”

Sheldon expanded its lead to 32-10 with 1:57 left in the quar ter. Machado found another tar get in wide receiver Demarcis Cornish, this time on an 8-yard score.

The Huskies opted for the 2-point conversion, but the pass was incomplete.

Sheldon tacked on its final touchdown of the game in the early minutes of the fourth quar ter.

Running back Devin Green was on the receiving end of a Machado TD pass. This one was 3-yards with 10:42 left in the game. Sheldon tried and failed at another 2-point attempt but

extended its lead to 38-10.

Davis moved the ball down the field on the following drive. But the 12-play drive that started on the Blue Devil 35 ended at the Huskies 13 when a running play netted a loss of eight yards on fourth down and nine, turning over the ball on loss of downs.

But the Blue Devils were redeemed within minutes. Line backer Brandon Straub inter cepted a Machado pass, as the ball was spotted at the Sheldon 29.

Broussard ended a seven-play, 29-yards drive with a 6-yard touchdown run with 46 seconds left in the game. Albeck booted the extra point for what would be the final score.

Most of the scoring between the Huskies and Blue Devils took place in the first quarter.

Sheldon struck first when Machado threw his first touch down pass of the game to Nixon on a 9-yard strike with 8:14 in

the quarter. Wilton booted the extra point for a 7-0 advantage.

After Davis went three and out, the Huskies increased their lead to 14-0 with 4:25 left in the quarter. Machado threw a 41-yard touch down pass to Green. Wilton’s kick was good.

The Blue Devils responded to the Huskies’ touchdown. Brous sard’s long run on the kickoff return had the ball spotted at the Davis 42. The running back was just warming up, as he bolted 41 yards on the first play on offense for a first down and moved the ball to the Sheldon 18.

But Davis’ drive stalled at the Huskies 24. Then Albeck trotted onto the field, where he booted a 41-yard field goal at 2:17 for a 14-3 score.

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— Contact Mike Bush at mike@ davisenterprise.net. Follow on Twitter: @MBDavisSports.

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Larison finished with five carries for 86 yards in addition to his touch down pass and nine Aggies made it into the rushing stats.

The Aggies piled up 688 yards, easily their greatest offensive output of the sea son, a good sign after a dif ficult start that included losses to three of the top six FCS teams in the coun try.

UC Davis resume Big Sky action Saturday, Oct. 22, at Northern Arizona. Then come home Oct. 29 for a 4 p.m. game against Cal Poly.

— Contact Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenter prise.net.

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Elijah Dotson also eclipsed the 100-yard mark on the ground with 101 yards and a score to cap his day for the Bears.

Idaho State 40, Cal Poly 31

POCATELLO, Idaho — Idaho State earned its first win of the year as the Bengals downed Cal Poly at Holt Arena on the ISU campus. Cal Poly mounted a comeback with 17 unanswered points, but the Bengals held on late to secure the win.

Sacramento State 52, East ern Washington 28

CHENEY, Wash. — Sacra mento State rushed for a sea son-high 385 yards to pull away from Eastern Washing ton and stay unbeaten. Cam eron Skattebo led the rushing attack for the Hornets with 201 yards on the ground.

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Blue Devils’ efforts not enough against Huskies

By Mike Bush Enterprise sports editor

Ten points.

That is what separated the Davis High football team from Sheldon High’s squad in Friday’s Delta League game at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium. The Blue Devils showed signs of moving the football and coming up with big plays on defense. But Sheldon scored when needed, which led to a 38-17 win.

Davis (0-4 in the Delta League, 2-6) played its final home game of the regular season. The Blue Devils close out the sea son on the road against Pleasant Grove (0-4 in the DL, 0-8) at Sheldon on Friday, Oct. 21 and at Jesuit (4-0 in the DL, 7-1) on Saturday, Oct. 29.

Sheldon (3-2 in the DL, 6-3) held a 20-3 halftime lead. But the Huskies’ semicomfortable lead evaporated, courtesy of DHS running back Cole Broussard.

After the Blue Devils received the opening kickoff to start the third quarter, Broussard took the handoff from quarterback Sawyer Schoen, went offtackle and rocketed 53 yards into an open field for the touchdown with 11:48 in the quarter. Thomas Albeck booted the extra point, which helped Davis cut into the Huskies’ lead at 20-10.

“We knew we could run the ball,” said Davis head coach Nick Garratt. “And we knew that Cole could run the ball. So,

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trying to get that movement, trying to get some movement across the line as well, that was our goal. We kind of gameplanned it at halftime and drew up some different personnel, some different pack ages and kind of went with that.”

Sheldon head coach Chris Nixon added, “When they made it a 20-10 game, I felt we still needed to establish a ground game, which Coach Garratt and his staff did a really good job defending in the first half. We never really solved that puzzle. Credit that staff and players.”

Sheldon responded back on its first offensive drive in the quarter.

The Huskies wrapped up a nine-play, 80-yard drive when quarterback Jesiah Machado found wide receiver Chris Nixon on a 30-yard strike with 8:15 remaining on the clock. Zack Wilton’s extra-point attempt hit the crossbar, but the Huskies upped their lead to 26-10.

Davis, behind the running of Brous sard, moved the ball down the field on its next offensive possession. Broussard had six carries for 30 on the drive that started on the Blue Devils 40 to the Sheldon 30. But an incomplete pass on fourth down and eight led to the Blue Devils turning over the ball to the Huskies.

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4 Big Sky Conference teams now ranked

By BOB Dunning Enterprise staff writer

As the second half of the college football season is about to unfold, the big news out of the Big Sky Conference is that four league teams are now ranked among the top seven Football Championship Subdivision schools in the country.

In the Stats FCS poll, Sacramento State is now listed at No. 2, followed by Montana State at No. 3, Weber State at No. 5 and Montana at No. 7.

In the FCS Coaches poll, Montana State is No. 2, Sacramento State No. 3, Weber State No. 5 and Montana No. 7.

UCD chops down Lumberbacks

By BOB Dunning Enterprise staff writer

Leading for all but the first 10 minutes of the game, the UC Davis Aggies hit on all cylinders to pick up a much-needed 56-27 Big Sky Conference win over out manned Northern Arizona Saturday evening at UC Davis Health Stadium.

The win moves the Aggies to 1-2 in the Big Sky and 2-4 overall, while Northern Arizona slips to 1-3 and 2-5.

“I’m really happy for our guys to have a little fun and a little joy,” said Aggie coach Dan Hawkins.

“It’s really impressive how they all stuck together to get a win like this. We got a bunch of guys into the game and that was great and we were able to score in a number of different ways. Now we just have to keep dialing it up and get ready for the next game.”

The Lumberjacks started quickly, mov ing with authority on their opening drive before stalling at the Aggie 28. On came placekicker Collin Robbins, who was perfect from 45 yards and NAU had its first and only lead of the night at 3-0.

The Aggies returned the favor on their first possession, methodically marching 67 yards on 13 plays, with the payoff coming on an 8-yard dash by Lan Larison, who had a hand in a number of scoring plays during the impressive win.

Another field goal from Robbins, this one from 40 yards, cut NAU’s deficit to 7-6, but then Larison found a hole and bolted 47 yards to paydirt to cap a 3-play, 70-yard drive that took all of a minute and three seconds and pushed the count to 14-6.

Northern Arizona threatened once again, but UCD defensive back Rex Connors stepped in front of a sure touch down pass in the end zone and returned the pick 29 yards and the Aggies were off

and running once again.

C.J. Hutton took a short pass from Miles Hastings at the Lumberjack 25, broke a couple of tackles down the side line, then bulled over two defenders near the goal line to push the Aggie lead to 21-6 midway through the second quarter.

Hutton scored once again from four yards out five minutes later, then a 1-yard run by Ulonzo Gilliam gave the Aggies a 35-6 advantage at the half.

“It’s fun to see our guys smile,” Hawkins added.

“We know we have our backs against the wall, and we probably have to win out to make the playoffs, but we still have a lot of football to play. We just have to focus on the task at hand every week and let everything else take care of itself.”

Added Hutton, one of 16 Aggies who caught a pass during the game, “This was a much-needed win for us. Being 1-4 we knew we needed to show some signs of life. But even though we were 1-4, every one knows not to count us out. We have a great football team and we just have to execute the rest of the way.”

Gilliam broke a 77-yard run in the first minute of the second half to set up his own 3-yard TD scamper and finished the night with 150 yards on 16 carries.

A few minutes later, Larison took a pitch from Hastings, then rolled right before finding Hastings all alone across the middle for a 14-yard scoring pass to push the rout to 49-13, with Josh Gale scoring the final Aggie touchdown on an 11-yard pass from Hastings.

Noted Larison, “This was a start in the right direction. It’s nice to win and this will give us a little bit of energy.”

Hastings was on target all night long, completing 21 of 26 attempts for 328 yards and two scores, with no

Big Sky member Idaho popped into both polls with a No. 17 Stats ranking and No. 24 in the Coaches poll.

UC Davis, which was ranked in the preseason, is unranked, but presumably moving up in the voters’ minds after advancing to 2-4 overall with an impressive 56-27 win over Northern Arizona last Saturday at UC Davis Health Stadium.

Sacramento State pushed its perfect slate to 6-0 by routing Eastern Washington, 52-28, on the red turf in Cheney.

The two-time defending champion Hornets are now 18-1 in Big Sky play under third-year head coach Troy Taylor.

Sacramento State hosts Montana, 5-1, Sat urday at 8 p.m. in a game that will be nationally televised by ESPN2.

Montana State, 6-1, also moved up by crush ing Northern Colorado, 37-14, while Weber, 6-0, overwhelmed Portland State, 42-7.

The big shocker of the weekend was Idaho’s 30-23 road win over Montana before 26,314 fans in WashingtonGrizzly Stadium in Missoula.

The Aggies will travel to Greeley this Saturday (noon, PDT) to take on struggling Northern Colorado.

South Dakota State, 6-1, took over the top spot in both polls after rallying from a twotouchdown deficit to stop former No. 1 North Dakota State, 23-21, in

Fargo. North Dakota State, 5-2, fell to No. 4 in both polls.

The latest rankings are proof positive of the difficult schedule UC Davis faced early in the season. The Aggies opened with a 34-13 loss to Cal, and also lost 24-22 to South Dakota State, 17-12 to Weber State and 41-24 to Montana State.

In addition to last Saturday’s win over Northern Arizona, UCD dropped San Diego, 43-13.

The Big Sky roundup follows: Montana State 37, Northern Colorado 14 GREELEY, Colo.

Willie Patterson caught seven passes for 148 yards and three touchdowns to help Montana State earn a win at Northern Colorado.

Tommy Mellott returned to the lineup to pass for 217 yards and three scores, while Lane Sumner rushed for 130 yards on the ground to pace the Bobcat offense.

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Davis quarterback Sawyer Schoen escapes the clutches of a Sheldon defender in Friday’s Delta League game at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium. To view more photos from the game, visit www.davisenterprise.com, click on the Sports tab and look for the story.see eFFORTs, Page B5

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Aggie running back Lan Larison helicopters into the end zone for one of the team’s many touch downs against Northern Arizona in a Big Sky Conference home game on Saturday. To view more photos, visit www.davisenterprise.com, click on the Sports tab and look for the story.