The Davis Enterprise Friday, October 28, 2022

USDA grants more than $23M for schools

Program aims to boost purchases from Solano, Yolo

By Crystal apilado McNaughton Newspapers

WINTERS — Federal and state officials announced Wednesday they have signed a cooperative agreement with California for more than $23 million to purchase products and food from local

farmers — to include producers in Solano and Yolo counties — to provide quality, nutritious school meals.

The Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Pro gram gives the California Department of Education the ability to purchase and distrib ute local and regional foods and beverages for schools in the state to serve children through the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. The products will be healthy and unique to each school’s

geographic location, officials said. The big-picture goal is to improve child nutrition and build upon relationships between schools and local farm ers.

U.S. Department of Agricul ture Under Secretary for Mar keting and Regulatory Programs Jenny Lester Moffitt made the announcement at a gathering Wednesday at Waggoner Elementary School. Winters is her hometown and she attended Waggoner Ele mentary.

“As someone who was born and raised here in Winters, and as we talk about this new pro gram that we have at USDA –bringing local food to schools, enhancing the ability of schools who are doing it already and enabling even more schools to do it — I couldn’t think of a more perfect community than to do it here in my hometown in Winters, which is an incredible shining example,” Lester Moffitt said.

County supervisors approve matching funds for Davis Downtown Streets Team

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer

The Yolo County Board of Supervisors unani mously approved nearly $400,000 on Tuesday for a pilot Davis Downtown Streets Team.

The allocation of county American Rescue Plan funds matches the appro priation made by the Davis City Council last week and will extend the pilot pro gram from one year to two.

A Downtown Streets Team has been a priority for the Davis Downtown Business Association as it serves multiple purposes, from the short term (beau tifying downtown) to the

long term (addressing homelessness).

The program, currently operating in 16 cities in Northern and Central Cali fornia, utilizes a volunteer work model under which teams of unhoused resi dents clean up high visibil ity areas of downtown and, in exchange, receive case management, employment services and a basic needs stipend.

In a letter urging approval of funding for the program, DDBA executive director Brett Maresca said a Downtown Streets Team will provide solutions to many of DDBA members’ top concerns, including

safety, crime and cleanli ness.

“In addition to assisting in mitigating concerns of business owners, property owners and guests of the downtown,” Maresca said, “Streets Team will play a critical role in life manage ment and sustainment for our unhoused community members.

“Streets Team will supply basic needs stipends, in the form of gift cards, to unhoused individuals who would clean the downtown and work on simple beauti fication projects. The gift cards will be purchased

Protesters’ brawl disrupts planned UCD event

By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer

Student organizers at UC Davis canceled a campus event Tuesday night following a violent brawl out side the venue.

The event, organized by Turning Point USA at UC Davis — a regis tered student affiliate of the conser vative nonprofit organization founded by Charlie Kirk — was slated to feature activist and podcaster Ste phen Davis as its keynote speaker.

But before the event could begin, roughly 100 protesters and counter protesters — some reportedly wear ing “Proud Boys” apparel — “fought among themselves, used pepper spray, knocked over barricades and removed traffic cones” outside the UC Davis Conference Center, according to a statement released by UCD on Tuesday night.

“Some in the crowd used barri cades to beat on the glass of the UC Davis Conference Center, where about 30 people were inside waiting for the event to begin,” officials said.

“The students who organized the event agreed to cancel the remarks out of concern for safety. Staff from Student Affairs on-site agreed that there was grave danger should the

City settles with softball association on gender equity

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer

Following lengthy negotiations, the city has reached a settlement with the Davis Youth Softball Association and two civil rights nonprofits aimed at leveling the playing field in community-based youth athletics by provid ing equal opportunities and benefits for female athletes.

The settlement announced Thursday addresses allegations of noncompliance with a state law known as the “Fair Play in Community Sports Act,” which requires gender equity in

youth athletic programs, including those operated by parks and recreation districts.

Under the agreement, the city of Davis will make softball-oriented improvements to facili ties, constructing shaded dugouts, providing qual ity spectator seating and installing portable rest rooms and nearby drink ing water stations. These improvements are already underway, the city reported.

DYSA will work collab oratively with the city to implement additional facilities improvements

Reps. John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, left, and Mike Thompson, D-Napa, attend Thursday’s announcement at Waggoner Elementary School in Winters of an agreement between the USDA and California for more than $23 million.

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of cold, hard cash

Blaze damages Winters complex

The cause of a struc ture fire that heavily damaged a Winters apartment complex Wednesday remains under investigation.

According to a Win ters Fire Department Facebook post, fire crews dispatched to the 3 a.m. blaze in the 100 block of East Baker Street arrived to find “two fully engulfed apartment units.”

No serious injuries were reported. Call 530-795-4131 or email wifd.records@winters fire.org with any infor mation.

Youjust never know when your ship might come in.

You might land your dream job or maybe Uncle Fred remembered you in his will.

I don’t have an Uncle Fred and the uncles I do have are unlikely to leave me more than a nickel, but apparently some outfit named “Sundae” wants to buy our East Davis home, cash on the barrel head.

And, with three kids in college and a fourth on the way, I’ll enter tain any serious offers Sundae may wish to toss out.

Besides, I like the name “Sun dae.” For some odd reason, it makes me think of hot fudge and bananas.

So I’m entertaining this enter taining offer. I mean, who knows which way the economy will turn?

That million-dollar 960-squarefoot East Davis starter home might one day drift back toward its original asking price of $11,999 and then where would we be?

“Robert,” began the Sundae let ter that arrived on Saturday, using a name that only a mother could love.

“Get the highest offer for your house, hassle-free.”

So far, so good, but unless the folks at Sundae are going to live in our house themselves, they’ll probably flip it as fast as they can and pocket the difference. So will I actually get what it’s worth or just a fraction thereof?

“Selling your house traditionally can be time consuming and expensive. At Sundae, we provide a hassle-free process to sell your house as-is on our private market place for the highest price.”

As-is? What, you think our home is some sort of a student rental, fixer-upper just because our Christmas lights are still up and we’ve yet to collect yesterday’s newspaper off the driveway?

“On average, homeowners received 8+ cash offers in 4 busi ness days. You get all the benefits of selling off-market, with the

STREETS: ‘We’ve seen it be successful’

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from our community’s businesses, therefore boost ing our local economy.”

Meanwhile, streets team staff will provide case man agement services to indi viduals in the program and work with local organiza tions to address needs ranging from food and shelter to medical services, substance abuse assistance, veterinarians for pets, work readiness and navigation of the criminal justice system.

“Furthermore,” said Mar esca, “the program aims at reducing the stigma sur rounding homelessness, while also assisting the unhoused to feel a sense of ownership and community over where they reside.”

In recommending Board of Supervisors approval of the $398,000 allocation on Tuesday, Ian Evans, the county’s Adult & Aging Branch director, said, “We’ve seen great success with this program in West Sacramento and this is an opportunity to expand this

program to another city.”

Calling in during public comment to urge board approval was Davis Mayor Lucas Frerichs, who said, “it’s been a real priority for our community.”

“We’ve seen it be success ful in West Sacramento and other communities in Northern California and I think it would be a really fantastic use of ARP dol lars,” Frerichs said. “Having the ability for folks to have opportunities to meaning fully contribute to the com munity would be really helpful.”

The Board of Supervisors ultimately voted unani mously to appropriate funds for the streets team, with Supervisor Jim Provenza of Davis saying, “I think that’s going to be an excellent approach to homelessness in the city of Davis and will help our citizens and local businesses quite a bit.”

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

certainty you’re getting the best price.”

A relative term, that word “best.”

“Zero fees. Avoid expensive transaction fees. What you see is what you’ll get.”

And what you see is what you’ll get when it comes to the house you’re buying.

“No repairs. There’s no need to perform repairs on your house. We list houses in ANY condition.”

You do not need to shout.

“Up to $10,000 cash advance.”

I’ll believe that when I see it.

“No obligation. there is no obli gation to accept any of the offers on your house.”

That’s a relief. I thought I’d have to sell it for 10 dollars and change if that was the top offer.

So, let’s say they come through with a truly spectacular offer and we accept it. What then? If we wish to stay in town, we’ll have to turn around and spend an equal amount on a home just like ours. You know, as-is, with last fall’s leaves still clogging the gutters.

The only way to come out ahead on this deal and walk away with

cash in our pockets is to move somewhere else. But where?

Homes in Tulelake are about a tenth the price of homes in Davis, then again, you have to live in Tulelake.

Did you know the lake near Tulelake is called “Tule Lake,” but it’s two words and the town of Tulelake is just one word. I don’t know how long I could live there before that simple inconsistency would drive me crazy.

Stonyford is a possibility if you like extreme isolation and Alturas is lovely if you’re fond of horserad ish.

Free cheese for life in Tilla mook, free crab in Dungeness and free electricity in Arco, Idaho. But no farmers market, no Aggie foot ball, no Arboretum, no Eggheads and no Symposium.

Everything considered, I sus pect we’ll have to stay put for the time being.

But I do wonder if I can spend the $10,000 and then back out of the deal without having to give it back.

At the very least, I plan to put that question to the test.

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

DMTC hosts 13th annual Halloween ScaryOke

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Looking for a frightfully fun time and a chance to belt out your favorite tunes? Join all the ghosts, goblins and ghouls at DMTC for its 13th annual Halloween ScaryOke Night starting at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, at 607 Pena Drive No. 10.

DMTC has a full setup for karaoke (two machines, lights, etc.) and a list of approximately 1,500 songs — current hits, oldies, favorites, showtunes, country ... the whole gamut.

A screen will be set up on one side of the stage with a projector showing the lyrics on the screen. There will be song lists by song title as well as by

artist for singers to peruse and they fill out a slip to come up and sing.

Admission includes a dessert and a drink from the concessions stand.

Additional desserts, sodas and drinks from the bar

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will be available for pur chase. Costume contests with prizes will be at 9 p.m. — one for kids and another for adults.

Children 13 and younger must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Head down to DMTC for the sounds and sights of Halloween.

SOFTBALL: City will collect data

for girls’ softball, such as enhanced storage, night time lighting and conces sion stand installations.

The Davis Youth Softball Association is a not-forprofit recreational and competitive fast pitch soft ball league for youths ages 4 1/2 to 16, with nearly 300 girls participating in Davis during the spring, summer and fall.

“DYSA is thrilled to achieve this milestone rec ognition of the need for gender equality for our youth softball league,” said DYSA president Jennifer Martinez. “We have been formally working on this since October 2020 and are extremely grateful to our civil rights attorneys and to Jennifer Licciani, Stephanie Haro, Carson Wilcox, David Schapira, Steve DeHoff and the DYSA Board of Directors for their efforts to bring this to a conclusion we were hoping for.”

DYSA was represented in negotiations with the city by Legal Aid at Work and the California Women’s Law Center.

“We are pleased that the city of Davis will take all necessary steps under the law to ensure that its youth are treated equally and that girls are provided the same opportunities to play com munity sports as boys,” said

Harriet Fischer, staff attor ney at the California Wom en’s Law Center. “This agreement shows that the city of Davis prioritizes gender equity under the law and is committed to providing an equal athletic environment for its young girls.”

Under other terms of the settlement, the city will also collect data on participa tion levels in youth com petitive sports that the city runs or hosts to ensure every girl has an equal opportunity to play and track its steps to assess pro grams and promote gender equity.

Specifically, the city will monitor funding; equip ment; practice and game schedules; opportunities to receive coaching; coaching assignments and coach compensation; access to locations and facilities for games and practices; sea sonal sport selection; pub licity; and officiating by qualified and certified umpires, referees or judges.

“Equity and inclusion are critical to the well-being of our community,” said Councilmember Gloria Partida. “We have taken the time through these discus sions to understand the underlying concerns brought forward by Davis Youth Softball Association and believe the changes we are implementing will ben efit Davis girls.”

Mayor Lucas Frerichs said, “the city recognizes the need to make improve ments that will enhance and expand the playing opportunities for girls in youth softball in Davis.

“We take the issue of equity for all our residents seriously — equity and access to services and activities are key principles for guiding our City Coun cil decisions.”

For more information about the settlement, visit: https://www.cityofdavis. org/city-hall/parks-andcommunity-services/ forms-and-publications.

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

GRANTS: Feds’ high priority

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The money is intended to supplement efforts to allow schools to purchase food grown by local and regional farmers and ranchers for their break fast and lunch meal pro grams.

In addition to creating new partnerships and relationships between schools and local farmers, Lester Moffitt said there is a goal to focus on creating an opportunity for small, underserved farmers to provide in their communi ties.

“One of our priorities — and we have many in this project — is that we’re not leaving behind, par ticularly, our underserved farmers and ranchers. We have a big focus on being able to procure from small, underserved farm ers and ranchers so that more farmers and ranch ers have the opportunity to sell to the kids in their community, many of their own kids in the commu nity as well,” Lester Moffitt said.

California Department of Food and Agriculture Undersecretary Christine Birdsong said there is a high priority and importance in creating opportunities for local farmers to provide food for schools.

“These funds are going

to make a real difference toward providing all of our California students equitable access to nutri tious fruits and vegeta bles,” Birdsong said.

Birdsong said the agree ment is a solid boost to the CDFA’s continuing efforts to build resilient local food systems that not only improve the local econ omy but work to establish connections between schools and local farmers and ranchers.

California Department of Education Food and Nutrition Services Direc tor Kim Frinzell said more than 829 million school meals were served across the state last year.

Frinzell said California continues to make historic investments not only into food and agriculture but also in the educational landscape by providing funds that go into the cre ation of kitchens at schools and providing training for nutrition staff to learn how to prepare fresh produce into meals the students would eat.

“All students have access to a breakfast and a lunch, each and every school day, but we all know it’s not just about a meal. It needs to be a delicious, nourishing, quality meal,” Frinzell said.

Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, Rep. John Garamendi, D-Walnut

Grove, and Assembly woman Cecilia AguiarCurry, D-Winters, were all in attendance and in support of the effort.

“With this cooperative agreement can you imag ine what this is going to look like? Can you imag ine that our children will have the best and the finest food that we’ve always wanted them to have? We’re not just open ing up a can,” AguiarCurry said.

“It’s good food, and kids are going to learn about good quality food. They’ll have the nutritional value that comes from it and they will learn about the importance of agriculture,” Thompson said.

Garamendi said the act of bringing locally grown food into schools not only provides nutritional value but also creates a stronger, more viable community by putting money back into the local economy.

Garamendi and AguiarCurry agreed they’d like to see pacts like the Local Food for Schools Coopera tive Agreement be trans formed into meal programs for the older adult and disadvantaged communities as well.

— Crystal Apilado is the editor of the Winters Express.

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Bainey Adams of the 8-under Blue Cheetahs gets ready to make contact in a DYSA game in March.

BRAWL: Community groups condemn incident

event continue.”

In a social media post, Turning Point USA at UC Davis posted video of the protest activity and blamed the disruption on “Antifa” protesters who “prevented our guests from entering into the ... conference center.”

“When certain counter protest ers, completely unaffiliated with Turning Point USA, arrived, vio lence erupted and we were forced by the strong, uncompromising will of certain administrators to call an end to the event before it began,” the post said.

In a statement released Wedne day, the Davis Phoenix Coalition — which formed in response to a local hate crime — reported some of its members were on the scene Tuesday night and witnessed the protesters’ clash.

“In the mêlée last night, the Proud Boys consistently initiated violence. How did we know it was the Proud Boys? Their logos were proudly visible on their clothing, taking up their entire torsos. Some of them were familiar faces from previous actions in Yolo County,” the statement said.

Obituaries

On Friday, Oct. 14, 2022, Michael F. Seldin passed away at the age of 67.

Michael was born in New York on Jan. 14, 1955. Michael was the young est child of Julian and Helen (Glei cher) Seldin. The family lived in New York for the majority of Michael’s younger life. He attended local schools where he was an excellent student and athlete, graduating at age 17.

Michael attended New York Uni versity at Buffalo, graduating in three years with a degree in biology. At the age of 20 he entered the M.D./Ph.D. program at Baylor College of medi cine and conducted research in the laboratory of Dr. Robert Rich.

Michael moved back to New York for his internship and residency and then moved to the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Md., for fellow ship training, conducting research on

It is with great sadness that we share that Inger Lonnerdal, 75, a longtime resident of Davis, passed away peacefully at home on Aug. 25, 2022, after a tough battle with aggres sive cancer.

Inger was born in Linkoping, Sweden, on Feb. 16, 1947, where she met her future husband Bo Lonnerdal in high school. They exchanged their vows in 1969 while they both studied at University of Uppsala and they formally got married in 1974 in order to be allowed to adopt their two oldest chil dren from Sri Lanka. Inger received her bachelor’s degree in chemistry and mathematics and taught junior high school for sev eral years in Sweden.

In 1978, Bo and Inger moved to Davis when Bo received a research fellow ship at UC Davis. What started as a one-year adventure, ended up in a forever home due to their love of the Davis commu nity.

Inger dedicated her life to raising her four children, always being available to them and attending all their events and activities — sports, music and arts. She started her involve ment as a part of the Davis Parent Nursery School (DPNS). She was a force in the disability community, implementing and ensur ing full inclusion in the Davis school system for children with developmen tal disabilities. She thought of novel approaches such as study aides in the class room, circle of friends, and other ways to be fully inclu sive in the community.

She received the DSHS PTA Volunteer Service Award and the Annual Recognition Award from the Yolo County SELPA for her outstanding efforts to

“They sneaked up on distracted protesters and sprayed them with pepper spray. They physically assaulted three protesters who were not dressed in all black and were clearly unprepared for an attack. … Other protesters leapt to the defense of people being attacked, and eventually, they were able to run off the Proud Boys.”

Student Affairs staff safely evacuated Davis and student attendees from the building fol lowing the cancellation. Campus officials noted that UCD police officers were not deployed to the incident and that no staff mem bers used pepper spray.

Questioned about that decision later Wednesday, UCD officials responded that officers were on site, brought in private security officers and established a perime ter around the conference center in accordance with a safety plan created with Student Affairs.

“As is the UC Davis Police Department’s practice, they worked with Student Affairs to monitor the protest in real time and make decisions quickly,” offi cials said. “They were on stand-by when fighting broke out, but the

situation de-escalated on its own, eliminating the need for the police to engage. No serious injuries were reported.”

“It is unfortunate that the event could not proceed as planned. As a public institution, UC Davis val ues and supports freedom of expression, as rights guaranteed to every citizen,” campus officials said in the statement initially released Tuesday.

“The health and the well-being of our community is our priority. In preparing for tonight’s speaker and activities, we worked with the students to create a secure envi ronment, including a safety plan, where freedom of speech could be exercised, including for those wishing to protest the speaker,” officials said. “UC Davis Student Affairs staff attended the event to provide education about student expression and to encourage respectful and productive dia logue.

“Hateful words are protected by the First Amendment. Calls for harm to others or acts of violence are not.”

Those negatively affected by Tuesday’s incident have mental health resources available to them

autoimmune dis eases. During this time, he met his wife, Maria Mudryj. In 1987 Michael was recruited to Duke University Medical School as an assistant professor in the med icine department.

In 1996, Michael and his family moved to Davis, where he held the first Rowe Chair of Genetics and was full professor in the UC Davis depart ment of biochemistry and molecular medicine. Michael was a strong sup porter of the medical scientist train ing program and taught genetics to medical students. Michael’s interna tionally acclaimed research, and extensive collaboration made him a leading expert on the genetics of autoimmunity. He was the founding editor of Genes and Immunity, a posi tion he held for over 10 years.

Michael had a lifelong love of biking, and this took him on many

improve the lives of those with developmental dis abilities. In this and many other ways Inger was a lifelong champion for social justice, contributing time, resources and energy in improving the lives of oth ers.

Inger was a keen learner and always pursuing new adventures, individually, with Bo or with her family — she took classes in swim ming, Spanish and com puter skills. Inger loved dancing and took many classes in ballroom dancing and salsa with Bo.

She loved to travel — Bo and Inger travelled the world and loved to see new sites, cultures, and meet the locals. They also exposed their children to the world, going back to Sweden every summer, but also taking them along to many different countries as they grew up, to explore and learn. Sweden always remained home and sum mers were spent in Furudal, where her family originates from. The family loved the time there and it was one of Inger’s favorite place on Earth — time was spent with family — in the woods, on the lake, looking for berries, baking, kayaking, swimming and enjoying life.

Inger was an involved community member of Davis and a strong sup porter of local businesses and artists (Co-op, pottery, farmers market, artwork, concerts, art center). She filled her home with items she would buy in support of people in the Davis com munity, many becoming close friends along the way. She loved food and wine and supported many local restaurants and wineries in their early days.

Inger loved to exercise and to be outdoors; she could be found daily walk ing, running, or biking

at https://mentalhealth.ucdavis. edu or https://hr.ucdavis.edu/ departments/asap.

The Associated Students of UC Davis highlighted those and other resources Wednesday in a letter to the UCD community, say ing they were “deeply disturbed by the acts of hatred that took place yesterday.”

“While we firmly believe in the freedom of speech and its impor tance to a democratic society, the actions of the radical right-wing counter-protesters were certainly not an exercise of this right. We are horrified by the actions of the counter-protestors and condemn their hateful decision to resort to violence,” the letter read.

“Domestic terrorist groups, including the Proud Boys, have no place on our campus. Pepper spraying and engaging in assault and battery against students and security guards are not acceptable methods to voice your discontent with a protesting group.”

— Reach Lauren Keene at lkeene@davisenterprise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @laurenkeene.

journeys. He, along with his son and daughter participated in centuries and double centuries. His favorite ride was from Davis to Winters, where he would stop to have a cap puccino at Steady Eddy’s, a local cafe. We estimate he made this ride at least 1,000 times.

A true family man, Michael was an attentive father who took pride in the achievements of his children. He would encourage and advise them to always excel in academics and sports. He devoted countless hours coaching and cheerleading them at crosscountry meets. His children were his greatest achievement.

Michael was preceded in death by his two parents. He is survived by his wife of 35 years, Maria Mudryj, son Stephen Seldin (Ellen Greisemer), daughter Helen Seldin (Jordan Jew ell), sister Harriet Seldin (Jeffrey Wandke), his friends and his beloved dog Huxley.

along the Davis greenbelt, one of her favorite places to spend time. She would swim almost daily at the David Athletic Club. Bo and Inger loved to kayak and explored many rivers and lakes around northern California (and the world).

Inger loved to cook and bake, and was a master at it. She was known by many for her brownies and oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. She won many awards from the now historic Davis Enter prise Cookbook Contest, which still hang above her kitchen entry. Inger passed this skill to her children and in recent years her grandchildren — one of their favorite activities being baking with “Farmor” (Grand-ma).

Inger is survived by her husband, Bo; son Jacob of Falun, Sweden; daughter Ida of Davis; son Jan of Davis; and son Daniel of

Kensing ton, Md.; daughterin-law Marie Hansen and grandchil dren Matilda, Malte and Maja of Falun, Sweden; and daughter-inlaw Jacqueline Lonnerdal and grandchildren Matias and Mila of Kensington.

At this time there is no in-person service planned, but a celebration of life will be held at a later time.

Memories can be posted and shared at https:// ingerlonnerdal.remem bered.com. A bench will be placed in the North Davis Greenbelt in her honor — take a walk in the spring to look for it and spend a moment remembering her.

In lieu of flowers, dona tions can be made to Team

Peter Michael Cala, died on Oct. 8, 2022, his 75th birthday. Pete had been giving cancer his dirty air for seven years and won more legs than he lost. An advocate for “leaving ’em wanting more,” in this instance, we would have been pleased to see him ignore his own counsel.

Pete enjoyed an impres sive career as a researcher, professor and department chair of physiology and membrane biology at UC Davis’ School of Medicine. We are certain his lab and his classroom were exact ing, exciting, and enter taining, just like him.

A natural leading man in pretty much every context, Pete was most honored to play the role of son, brother, husband, father, grandfather and friend. He loved fiercely and was gen erous with his attention and his feelings. He was proud to be the first son of Sicilian immigrants, Philip

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‘Backdrop’ looks at Dobbs ruling

Special to The Enterprise

The consequences of the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade go far beyond the immediate right to ter minate a pregnancy. Some of the ramifications are only now being realized, months after the court’s landmark abortion ruling.

The ripple effects touch on issues of privacy, equal ity, eugenics, disability rights and medical research.

In the next episode of “The Backdrop” podcast, Lisa Ikemoto, professor at the UC Davis School of Law, details some of the far-reaching ramifications of the court’s Dobbs deci sion.

“The Backdrop” is a monthly interview pro gram available free at Apple Podcasts, Google Pod casts, Amazon Music, TuneIn, Stitcher, Spo tify and YouTube.

Cala and Nelle Tris cari. He was as impressed with his parents as his chil dren are with him.

To everyone’s delight, he was rarely well-behaved but stopped short of reck lessness. A curator of all things bold and absurd, what he lacked in subtly, he made up for with charm. His humor was dark like his coffee and unfiltered like his cigarettes.

A celebration of life for Pete is planned for Nov. 27, 2022, at Thunderhill Race way (thunderhill.com) from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Pete would appreciate donations to the Leukemia Lymphoma Society (lls. org), Be the Match (bethe match.org), and blood products to the Red Cross (redcross.org).

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Pets of the week

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Lots of animals are waiting for “for ever homes” at the Yolo County Animal Shelter, 2640 E. Gibson Road in Wood land.

Among them is Wally (A191698) is a fun-loving 3-year-old male pitty mix who loves to eat, play, cuddle and makes piggy noises. Wally is crate- and housetrained. Wally also knows “sit,” “down,” “paw,” “spin” and “wait/free” for a treat. Wally loves people and is excited to meet new friends, sometimes forgetting his size and could easily knock over small children. Wally will benefit from contin

hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. To meet any adoptable YCAS animals, visit friendsofycas.org. To vol unteer, sign up at tinyurl.com/yolovol unteerapp. Follow on at @ycas.shelter and Instagram at @yoloanimalshelter.

At Rotts of Friends Animal Rescue, you’ll find Millie, a 1-year-old spayed female terrier. Millie arrived with a severely damaged lower jaw — part of it had to be amputated, but she has recov ered and is doing great. She can now eat, drink and give lots of kisses to everyone. She’s full of fun, loves playing with all little dogs and would love a lap to snug gle into.

ued training and being an only pet.

Also hoping for a good home is Maya (A194879), a playful, active, adventur ous 1½-year-old German shepherd mix who enjoys going on daytrips. Maya is extremely intelligent and will do best in an active home that can keep her on a training schedule. She loves attention from people and is friendly and curious when her foster mom takes her on adventures. She is always happy to go

Beauty is a 1- to 2-year-old spayed female Labrador/Rottie mix. She is super people-sweet, loves kids and other dogs. She is crate and leash trained.

The next Rotts of Friends adoption event is from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, at 34505 County Road 29 in Wood land. Come by 10 a.m., as it takes at least an hour to meet and adopt a dog; every one who will be living with the dog should come out to meet it.

Bring proof of homeownership, or proof that you are allowed to have a dog in your home, such as a pet clause in your lease or a note from your landlord.

For information, visit facebook.com/ rottsoffriends.

for a car ride or get a belly rub.

For information on adopting, contact adoptycas@gmail.com. All shelter ani mals are up-to-date on vaccinations, microchipped, and spayed or neutered.

Staff is available to assist during busi ness hours at 530-668-5287. Shelter

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Simple science makes jack-o’-lanterns spooky

By Sara Thompson Special to the Enterprise

Carving jack-o’-lan terns is a favorite pastime for Hallow een. There are countless faces that can be carved, ranging from scary to silly, anything you can imagine. It is common to place a small candle inside to make the faces glow after dark, but there is also something you can do dur ing the day to make your jack-o’-lanterns spooky with some simple science.

Supplies:

n Carved jack-o’-lantern

n Two small cups

n Hydrogen peroxide

n Liquid dish soap

n Warm Water

n Yeast

n Food dye (optional)

Experiment:

In a small cup or beaker, add ½ cup of hydrogen peroxide. Use gloves or have an adult to help as hydrogen peroxide can irritate your skin. In the same cup, mix 1 table spoon of liquid dish soap, and food dye if you want it colorful, around 4-6 drops should be enough. Gently place this cup inside of your jack-o’-lantern.

In a second cup, mix 1 tablespoon of yeast with 3 tablespoons of warm water. Stir and let rest for around 30 seconds. The last step is to quickly pour the water and yeast into the cup with the peroxide, soap and food dye; place the top of the jack-o’-lantern on; and watch what happens!

The two solutions react to make a fun, foamy mess. If the top of the jack-o’lantern is in place, the foam

explorit science center

will have no other option than to escape through the carved face giving it an ooz ing and fun look.

This is only one of sev eral foam experiments you can use to make your Hal loween festive with sci ence. Explorit is open to the public on Fridays from 1 to 4 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission is $5 per person. Explorit Members, ASTC, and those age 2 and under free. Children in costume receive half off admission Oct. 28 to 30.

Exploit’s coming events: n Check out Explorit’s Mad Science table during the Zombie Bike Ride on Sunday, Oct. 30.

n A membership to Explorit grants free visits

to Explorit’s regular public hours, discounts on events, summer camps and work shops, and gives you ASTC benefits to visit other museums throughout the world. To purchase, visit https://www.explorit.org/ membership or call Explo rit at 530-756-0191.

n School Programs are available to schedule. We have educational programs that travel to schools and options for field trips at our facility. Call 530-756-0191 to schedule.

n Now is a great time to donate and help Explorit continue to educate and inspire the scientists of tomorrow: https://www. explorit.org/donate.

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

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Get your jack-o’-lantern foaming at the mouth this year.

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Oscar-winning filmmaker speaks at Mondavi

By Jeff Hudson Enterprise arts writer

A young singing sensa tion from Venezuela, a famous French horn virtu oso, and a conversation with Academy Award winning film producer Joseph Patel (who happens to be a for mer KDVS disk jockey and a UC graduate) are among the events coming up in next seven days.

This weekend

■ At the Mondavi Center, Venezuelan-born singer Nella performs in Jackson Hall on Saturday, Oct. 29, at 7:30 p.m. Nella was a recent winner of a Latin Grammy award, and her music draws on styles from Latin Amer ica and Spain. She’ll be backed by a trio playing guitar, bass and drums; the show will run 90 minutes with no intermission. $65$25 general, with discounts for students, MondaviArts. org.

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On Saturday, Oct. 29, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, 640 Hawthorn Lane in Davis, the Chamber Music Society of Sacramento hosts virtu oso French horn player

Philip Myers, who served as principal horn with the New York Philharmonic from 1980 until his retirement in 2017. Myers will be featured in horn quintets by W.A. Mozart and Carl Neilsen; also on the program will be a. Tickets are $30 general, $25 seniors (age 60+), $12 students with ID and chil dren, CMSSACTO.org and at the door.

Next week

■ On Thursday, Nov. 3, at 4:30 p.m. the Mondavi Center’s Vanderhoef Studio Theatre will host an onstage conversation with Joseph Patel, an Academy Awardwinning film producer who happens to have graduated from UC Davis (bachelor’s in economics) in 1994.

During his years at UCD, Patel was also very much involved with campus/com munity station KDVS. Patel recalls that as a student DJ, “I’d spend four nights a week at KDVS listening to records,” Patel said. “I would take a stack of records into the listening room and just listen to records for six, seven hours a night.

“That’s how I learned so

much about music in that time. Music then became my gateway to learn about other things. It’s how I learned about photography and design and literature and social issues and eco nomic issues. I couldn’t get enough of it. And really that is the parallel education I had while I was a student at UC Davis.”

Patel was one of the pro ducers of “Summer of Soul,” the acclaimed 2021 docu mentary directed by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson that draws on films from the 1969 concerts that were part of the Harlem Cultural Fes tival in New York. Perform ers at those 1969 concerts included Stevie Wonder, Mahalia Jackson, Nina Sim one, The 5th Dimension, The Staple Singers, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Mavis Staples, BB. King, Sly and the Family Stone, and The Chambers Brothers.

Patel was born three years after the festival, and was raised in Fremont. Patel had never heard of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival before starting to make the documentary. “We don’t remember the event the same way we do the Wood

stock festival (which hap pened at the same time),” Patel told the UCD College of Letters and Science this summer. The documentary’s full title — “Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)” references the reality that while a documentary film of the famous Woodstock fes tival was released in 1970 (and went on to earn over $50 million at the box office), the film footage of the Summer of Soul is only now seeing the light of day.

“It was important for us, if we were going to tell

this story, we wanted to show American history from a perspective of Black Americans and show that Black history was American history,” according to Patel.

Tickets to this conversa tion with Patel are free, but must be reserved in advance through MondaviArts.org.

■ At noon Thursday, Nov.

3, the Pitzer Center at UC Davis will host a free onehour recital, featuring fac ulty artists Ann Lavin (clarinet) and Dagenais Smiley (violin), joined by pianist I-Hui Cen. They’ll perform music by French

composer Maurice Ravel, Polish composer Krysztof Penderecki and American composer George Gershwin.

■ On Friday, Nov. 4, at 7 p.m. the Bay Area group Purnamasari will perform in the Pitzer Center. Purna masri is described as an Indonesian folk rock group, and their appearance here in Davis is part of an aca demic conference titled “Rethinking the History of Indonesian Music.” Tickets are $24 general, $12 stu dents, MondaviArts.org and at the door.

Film producer Joseph Patel, a UCD grad, holding his Oscar.

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‘Confess, Fletch’: Hamm on wry

Engaging dramedy honors this popular book series

By Derrick Bang Enterprise film critic

Well, this is a nice sur prise.

Beloved literary charac ters rarely get a second chance, if their debut leap to the big screen is sabo taged by arrogant studio execs catering to the whims of a Hot Star Of The Moment.

Exhibit A: Author Law rence Block’s gentleman cat burglar/detective, Bernie Rhodenbarr, who became Bernice when Whoopi Goldberg wound up star ring in 1987’s absolutely dreadful “Burglar.” No sur prise, Bernie’s subsequent adventures have remained within the safe confines of two covers.

The late and greatly lamented Sue Grafton, author of the beloved Kin sey Milhone “alphabet mys teries,” famously refused to entertain any sort of screen adaptation. She knew full well, having worked in Hol lywood earlier in her career, how often a property gets ruined by meddling hands determined to “improve” a writer’s work.

At first blush, Chevy Chase seemed an ideal choice as Gregory McDon ald’s rogue investigative journalist, Irwin Maurice

Fletcher, and 1985’s “Fletch” was tolerable. But the deplorable 1989 sequel suc cumbed to Chase’s disguiseoverkill vanity, and the character subsequently lan guished in development hell.

Until now.

Jon Hamm is spot-on as Fletch, radiating grizzled charm and just enough snark; his comic timing is well-suited to this amusing script’s many cheeky, insub ordinate and downright smart-assed one-liners.

Director Greg Mottola, admired ever since 2009’s under-appreciated “Adven tureland,” has just the right touch for this material. He and co-scripter Zev Borow simplified the book a bit, and introduced some differ ent supporting characters, but all essential plot points are in place; in several cases, they even retained McDonald’s dialogue.

The story opens in Rome,

where Fletch has become engaged to the voluptuous Angela de Grassi (Lorenza Izzo), whose father has been kidnapped; the ran som demand is a Picasso from the Count’s famed art collection. Unfortunately, other parties unknown have stolen the entire collection, which leaves Angela frantic.

She asks Fletch to liaise with an art broker in Bos ton, where the Picasso is rumored to have surfaced. He duly flies to Boston, arriving late in the evening; he walks into the apartment Angela has arranged for his stay … and finds a dead woman in the living room.

Fletch calls the police — an amusing conversation that sets the tone for what will follow — and soon finds himself in the cynical crosshairs of Inspector Morris Monroe (Roy Wood Jr.) and his recently minted partner, Griz (Ayden Mayeri).

(Morris is a replacement

for the book’s Inspector Flynn, who is missed … but no matter.)

Monroe, genuinely puz zled when Fletch stub bornly refuses to confess to what seems an obvious case of murder, nonetheless has no obvious evidence to hold his prime suspect. This leaves Fletch free to pursue the Picasso, while also try ing to figure out who did kill the young woman, soon identified as Laurel Good win.

The trail leads to highend art broker Ronald Horan (Kyle MacLachlan), who promises to suss out his contacts. (We sense they’re not all legitimate.) Fletch’s subsequent sleuth ing activities are hampered not merely by the constant police presence, but also the unexpected arrival of his soon-to-be mother-in-law, the Countess Sylvia de Grassi (Marcia Gay Harden).

History haunts Woodland Opera House

By Jennifer Goldman Enterprise theatre critic

“The Ghost of the Woodland Opera House” is a home-grown play five years in the making. It tells the story of a traveling the ater troupe that comes to the Woodland Opera House to perform a melo drama in the year 1909.

Quickly, strange and dan gerous things start to hap pen.

Soon, one of the cast members, Emma (Kalia “KG” Rucker), begins to see and have conversations with William (Rodger McDonald), a man who was killed 17 years earlier in the opera house fire. The ghost is tormented by the fact that he lost his life fighting a fire that was threatening to destroy the whole town. Because an actor inspired him to act courageously in fighting the fire, he now resents actors and their self-cen tered attitudes.

After he injures the lead actor in the show, Emma is pressured to take over the role. She accepts and has an epiphany about her life, gaining a new level of emotional strength and resilience. Seeing the power of theatre, the ghost begins to see his role in life, and death, in a better light.

We are fortunate to have local playwrights Matthew Abergel and Bob Cooner tell us the history of the opera house and William W. Porter’s role in that

history. Abergel directed the show with a seasoned flair, keeping the audi ence’s attention. Themes of bravery, heroism, grateful ness, and learning to stand up for oneself are part of the charm of this show.

The comedy of Chauncey (Joe Alkire) as the drunken actor/villain and Eugenia (Emily Delk) as the hostess of the venue had us laugh ing out loud. The entire cast was made up of tal ented actors that didn’t miss a beat.

The reenactment of the Old West melodrama was wonderful to watch and reminded me of the old shows they used to put on

at the Western theme parks in the 1970s. This was not a scary or goulish show, even though there was a ghost in it. It had some really fun special effects and was full of humor and history.

The costumes were exquisite and appropriate for the time period. The sets were clever and used the entire space of the the ater stage and the melo drama sets were also charming. One of best features of the show was the live olde time piano playing by Dean Mora with original music.

Being in the audience of a show about the theater

we were actually sitting in was quite a unique experi ence and there was even some backstage insider trivia that Woodland Opera House veterans could relate to.

This weekend is your last opportunity to see this pro duction that honors the memory of the courageous superintendent of the Woodland Water Works, volunteer firefighter, and local hero William W. Por ter, “The Ghost of the Woodland Opera House.” The show runs Friday and Saturday at 7:30 and Sun day at 2 p.m. Tickets are available at Woodland OperaHouse.org.

The primary running gag — and it’s a good one — is the dynamic between Hamm and Mayeri. Griz, wanting to prove herself, is desperate to be taken seri ously, which is catnip to Fletch’s mischievous side; he takes every opportunity to evade, undermine and generally bedevil her.

Mayeri’s performance has shades of subtlety. Although Griz initially regards Fletch with contempt and annoy ance, there’s a sense — as events proceed — that she comes to reluctantly admire his moxie and tenacity.

Wood is less fortunate. Monroe is introduced as a resourceful, similarly disap proving sparring partner, but soon the character’s exaggerated focus on new fatherhood turns him into a silly sight gag.

Harden is a stitch as the aristocratic, mildly pomp ous Countess: a rare indi vidual who’s able to mimic

— and even surmount — Fletch’s arch smugness. We suspect, from Hamm’s wary gaze, that Fletch half-wor ries she might try to devour him.

David Arnold’s jazzinflected score is supple mented by a variety of genre classics that include Horace Silver’s “Señor Blues,” Ike Quebec’s “Goin’ Home” and Chet Baker’s “Let’s Get Lost.”

The plot isn’t particularly deep, and the shortage of potential suspects makes the outcome fairly easy to anticipate. This is a case where the journey is more important — and entertain ing — than the destination. Hamm capably carries the film, and it would be great to see him reprise the role.

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

auditions ‘Cabaret’

Special to The Enterprise Davis Musical Theater Company will open audi tions for its production of “Cabaret,” at 7:30 p.m. Sun day, Nov. 13, or Monday, Nov. 14, at the Jean Hen derson Performing Arts Center, 607 Pena Drive, No. 10, in Davis. Callbacks will be at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, at the same location.

The musical will be directed by Jan Isaacson, with musical direction by Steve Isaacson and chore ography by Jan Isaacson. Bring a prepared song (not from “Cabaret”) with sheet music for piano accompani ment (piano accompanist is provided), and there will be cold readings. Auditioners must be 18 or older.

Cabaret is a 1966 musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb and book by Joe Masteroff. The musi cal was based on John Van Druten’s 1951 play, “I Am A Camera,” which was adapted from “Goodbye Berlin,” a semi-autobiographical 1939 novel by Anglo-American writer Christopher Isher wood, which drew upon his experiences in the povertystricken Weimar Republic and his intimate friendship with 19-year-old cabaret singer Jean Ross. The show earned eight Tony Awards in 1967.

Set in 1929-1930 Berlin during the twilight of the Jazz Age as the Nazis are ascending to power, the musical focuses on the hedonistic nightlife at the seedy Kit Kat Klub and revolves around American

All Roles Open

Emcee: Host at the Kit Kat Club — a gender-nonconforming, exuberant figure; dark, comedic, sinister, vulgar ... yet lovable.

Sally Bowles: Headliner at Berlin’s Kit Kat Klub, a British cabaret singer.

Cliff Bradshaw: New to Berlin, and a struggling American writer.

Ernst Ludwig: A friendly and likable German, takes English lessons from Cliff, and smuggles funds for the Nazi party.

Fraulein Schneider: A landlady who rents rooms to Cliff, Sally, and several other characters in her large flat.

Herr Schultz: A Jewish fruit shop owner who falls in love with Fraulein Schneider.

Fraulein Kost: A prostitute who rents in Fraulein Schneider’s boarding house.

writer Clifford Bradshaw's relations with English caba ret performer Sally Bowles. The show opens Friday, Jan. 6, with a New Year’s Eve performance. Everyone entering the building will be asked to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test within 72 hours.

DHS Theater presents Cariani play ‘Almost, Maine’

Special to The Enterprise

Davis High Theater is proud to present “Almost, Maine,” a play by John Cariani. On one deeply cold and magical midwinter night, the citizens of Almost — not organized enough for a town, too populated for a wilderness — experience the life-altering power of the human heart.

Relationships end, begin, or change beyond rec ognition, as strangers become friends, friends become lovers, and lovers turn into strangers.

Propelled by the mystical energy of the aurora borealis and populated with characters who are humorous, plain-spoken, thoughtful, and sincere, “Almost, Maine” is a series of loosely connected tales

about love, each with a compelling couple at its cen ter, and their own special magical moment. The director is Chad Fisk.

Performed with a cast of 18 actors playing differ ent roles on alternating nights, this whimsical play is sure to delight audiences of all ages. Performances are at 7 p.m. Oct. 28 and 2; 2 p.m. Oct. 30; and 7 p.m. Nov. 3, 4 and 5. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for students, with $5 student tickets on Thursday, Nov. 3.

Performances are at the Brunelle Performance Hall at 315 W. 14th St.

Tickets may be purchased at https://sites.google. com/view/davishightheatre/tickets?authuser=0 or at the door.

Fletch (Jon Hamm) isn’t quite sure what to make of the larger-than-life Countess Sylvia de Grassi (Marcia Gay Harden), particularly since she’s apt to become his future motherin-law.

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Mayeri, Lorenza Izzo, Kyle MacLachlan, Marcia Gay Harden Available via: Amazon Prime and other streaming services

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From left, Micaela Muro-Dimos, Kalia Rucker and Rodger McDonald as the ghost of William Porter star in “The Ghost of Woodland Opera House,” playing in October.

Davis High Theater presents “Almost, Maine” beginning Oct. 28.

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Potholes in the road to paradise

MostCalifornians have long been restless and mobile; many of us or our parents came from someplace else. So it’s no surprise when sur veys show almost half the folks living here have at least thought about moving somewhere else.

The most popular destination for those who do leave is Texas, where about 35,000 former Cali fornians have gone in each of the last five years.

This has not seriously dented California’s 39.5 million popula tion, as most emigrants were quickly replaced by new arrivals from around the world and nation.

But there is now ample reason to believe the transplanted Cali fornians did not land in the nir vana many expected to find, a place of much lower taxes, cheap real estate and little government regulation.

For many, one of their first Texas experiences came in midFebruary 2021, when a blizzard and deep-freeze struck the Lone Star state, dropping outdoor tem peratures near zero and indoor levels into the 30s or lower as

Letters

Appreciation of professionalism

How fortunate for Rich Rifkin that our Davis Firefighters are consummate professionals and would never let petty disputes pre vent them from putting out a fire at Rifkin’s residence or from answering his emergency medical call. Surely some people would be tempted after reading his bizarre rant to give Rifkin time after call ing 911 to contemplate how much a firefighter is worth before setting out for his abode, but Rifkin cer tainly knows that our firefighters have integrity and and a sense of duty that not even his words can overturn.

Bold of him to publish such a column at a time when our fire fighters are holding their annual Fill the Boot fundraiser so they can provide food-insecure families in our community with a Thanks giving meal next month. I wonder what Rifkin would think about how much he should be paid if he had to pull double shifts and risk his life to put out a raging wildfire in a county where residents’ taxes don’t even fund his salary.

But Rifkin must see such empa thy as weakness when it comes to negotiating a contract with essen tial workers, because he can only imagine that relationship as an adversarial one, rather than view it as professionals seeking a mutu ally beneficial compromise. It does make me wonder if, perhaps, adversarial relationships are the only kind Rifkin is familiar with.

Thank goodness many of us in Davis have wider experience than that.

Anoosh Jorjoarian Davis

Partida’s leadership

During the COVID-19 pan demic, few in our community were harder hit than Latino immigrant workers and their families. It was Latino immigrant workers who kept working in the fields and in the backs of kitchens to keep us fed throughout the pandemic.

It was mostly Latina immigrant workers who suddenly lost their income when families in Davis suddenly had no more need for maids and nannies. These immi grant workers didn’t get any stim ulus checks, or access to expanded unemployment benefits. And, as county data showed, they dispro portionately suffered from COVID-19 infections, especially

electricity failed.

Icy temperatures froze water pipes, many laid near the land’s surface because Texas building codes are lax. Several hospitals saw their water polluted, forcing mass patient transfers in extreme weather. All this barely three years after Hurricane Harvey reduced much of Houston, the nation’s fourth-largest city, to a bunch of rivulets and ponds.

For sure, there is little zoning and building regulation in much of Texas, where the state’s ideal of light government control often lets junk yards, strip joints and body shops exist beside singlefamily homes. But it’s something else to see Houston reduced to non-functionality twice in 40 months.

It also turns out “light

on the job, while the rest of us got to stay home. After all: you can’t pick a tomato over zoom.

But even as they fell through the cracks of the federal government response, then-Mayor Gloria Par tida made sure that Latino immi grants, regardless of citizenship status, did not fall through the cracks of our local pandemic response. In partnership with community organizations, Gloria was an essential voice to making sure both the city and the county responded effectively to the needs of some of our most vulnerable — and essential — community mem bers.

In my role as a Latino Outreach Specialist for Yolo County’s COVID Response Operations Center, I saw firsthand the enor mous difference that Davis’ first Latina city council member made in ensuring Davis weathered the pandemic together, without leav ing anyone behind. Her experi enced and empathetic leadership has made Davis a better, more inclusive, place.

As her constituent in District 4, I am proud to be voting for Glo ria’s re-election this November, and I urge all my neighbors to join me.

Antonio De Loera-Brust Davis

Davis needs Fortune

Please support Kelsey Fortune for City Council. She is bright, progressive and aware of Davis’ pressing issues. Experienced and prepared to lead — especially on climate action, she is ready to col laborate, listen and do the research. Her Ph.D. in economics specializes in transportation, envi ronmental stewardship and sus tainable development. She champions public and peoplepowered transportation that reduces commutes. Her goal for decreasing our carbon footprint requires reducing use of gasolinepowered vehicles. She envisions growth within existing set-aside lands and a revitalized downtown. Kelsey’s budget goals rely on busi ness tax, and income from rentals and tourism.

Davis needs her planning skills and fresh ideas. She is poised to lead on implementing existing city goals soon. Ms. Fortune voted no on the proposed DISC develop ment, knowing the plan lacked suitable solutions for housing, CO2 emissions and the environ ment. That takes critical thinking skills. Kelsey would take a for ward-focused, rapid-implementa tion approach to meet the environmental crisis. She aims to

government control” is a mere legend. It may apply to zoning and guns, which anyone can carry concealed, but no longer to some vital personal choices. All abortions, even for pregnancies involving rape and incest, are now criminal. If a fetus has fatal disorders, it cannot be aborted. And never mind the mother’s health or survival.

Now comes a new report from the Washington, D.C.-based Institute of Taxation and Eco nomic Policy, which concluded that only the wealthiest Texans actually pay lower taxes than Cal ifornians.

That is at least in part because of this state’s Proposition 13, which bases property taxes on 1 percent of the latest sales price for the vast majority of properties. The comparison is based on fed eral income taxes, plus state and local sales taxes, property tax and information from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics and the U.S. Census.

These figures debunk the notion of Texas as a low-tax state. It turns out Texans in the lowest 20 percent of income earners

(less than $20,900 per year) pay about 13 percent of their income in state and local taxes. Califor nians in the bottom 20 percent (under $23,200 yearly) pay 10.5 percent of their income in such taxes. Similar proportions apply to middle and upper-middle class taxpayers in both states, with Tex ans paying more than Califor nians unless they are in the top 1 percent of earners ($714,000 or more in California).

In Texas, the one-percenters pay 3.1 percent of their income in state and local taxes, compared with 12.4 percent in California. All of which destroys yet another popular concept about Texas, as California imports to that state discover soon after arriving.

It’s much the same in other states that have been popular with California emigres. For example, Idaho, Arizona and Ten nessee all have abortion bans similar to the Texas law.

Tweeted Robert Garcia, Long Beach mayor and current Demo cratic candidate for a California congressional seat, upon learning the Texas tax numbers: “Hey, Tex ans, come over to California to pay lower taxes. And we have great weather.”

As those numbers appeared, so did billboards in San Francisco and Los Angeles bearing the mes sage “Don’t Move to Texas” and “The Texas Miracle Died in Uvalde,” referring to the mass shooting there.

Sebastian Oñate Editor

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make climate change mitigations quickly.

Kelsey would address the urgent need to increase housing accessi bility and affordability. All who work, attend University or College here and those who could return to their childhood community would benefit. She would strive to reduce social and economic ineq uities in Davis and take incremen tal steps to improve health and justice outcomes for all in our diverse community.

Prioritizing improving public safety by dividing roles between police and mental health profes sionals is her goal. Counselors, clergy and substance-abuse pro fessionals are prepared to help people with mental health and drug problems. She knows an effective response need not involve armed police who aren’t trained to take on this undue burden.

Kelsey is civic-minded and com passionate. She aims to improve our quality of life while address ing matters of most concern to Davis citizens. She grasps the interconnectedness of economics, social justice, public safety, hous ing, and the climate crisis. Seeing this complexity enables her to develop long-term solutions. Davis could lead on climate goals. Her smart leadership and positive vision make Kelsey Fortune the best candidate for the District 1 seat.

Janice Corner Davis

Leadership from Vaitla

A leader is the man who suc cessfully collaborates to achieve

Speak out President

The Hon. Joe Biden, The White House, Washington, D.C., 20500; 202-456-1111 (comments), 202-456-1414 (switchboard); email: http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact U.S. Senate

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 331 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20510; 202-224-3841; email: http://feinstein. senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-me

Sen. Alex Padilla, B03 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20510;

Sure,

some companies and billionaires get big tax breaks from Texas state and local governments as incentives to move there. But that still leaves newly arrived women subject to the cruelties and potential crimi nal charges imposed on some of the pregnant by the blanket abor tion ban.

No one knows who put up those billboards, but they just may be offering sound advice.

— Email Thomas Elias at tdelias@aol.com. His book, “The Burzynski Breakthrough, The Most Promising Cancer Treat ment and the Government’s Cam paign to Squelch It” is now available in a softcover fourth edition. For more Elias columns, visit www.californiafocus.net.

particular ends and can do so day after day, and year after year, in a wide variety of circumstances. This idea of leader exemplifies Bapu Vaitla.

My first introduction of Bapu Vaitla was over coffee in down town Davis. He had just been appointed to the Social Services Commission where I was then serving as chair. I wanted to share some ideas I had regarding hous ing. Ideas about what our little town was doing right and what we could be doing better. It was such a great meeting. I remember thinking how open minded and perceptive he was, it was a great conversation.

A handful of years later we con tinue the dialogue on housing as well as the development of a pro gram that we and another col league worked on. This program developed ideas for housing and funding sources that could be used to enhance our city Housing Trust Fund. In all that time, the conver sations and the work I experienced with Bapu, I saw him to be an individual that showed great lead ership in the complex arena of housing.

Bapu continues to demonstrate a skill for listening, an ability to collaborate with proponents and opponents. Without the continued dialogue a proposal for programs for our Housing Trust Fund would never have been created. Again, it was Bapu’s leadership that carried that work. Today that program proposal is an appendix to the City Housing Element.

When thinking deeply about leadership talking is one level of skill. To accomplish and be persis

202-224-3553; email: padilla.senate. gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-me House of Representatives

Rep. John Garamendi (3rd District), 2368 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20515; 202-225-1880. District office: 412 G St., Davis, CA 95616; 530-753-5301; email: visit https://garamendi.house.gov/contact/ email

Governor

Gov. Gavin Newsom, State Capitol, Suite 1173, Sacramento, CA 95814; 916-4452841; email: visit https://govapps.gov. ca.gov/gov40mail/

tent until a difference is made is another level of skill. Bapu demon strates all levels of skills that are related to leadership. Our commu nity needs that skill. I can think of no better candidate for District 1. Let’s do this, let’s shift the para digm and vote for leadership. Vote for Bapu Vaitla.

Georgina Valencia Planning Commissioner

Reject dirty politics

Gloria Partida’s commitment to diversity and inclusion has been recognized with multiple local and regional awards and commenda tions.

The list of her accomplishments is too long to mention here, but I encourage readers to visit her web site for more information (and to contrast her site with that of her opponent) to get a clear view of her character and her commit ment to making Davis a welcom ing, supportive, and healthy (in all senses of the word) community for all. When she was first elected to the Davis City Council (the first Latinx member ever elected to the council!) I was filled with pride for Davis.

Unfortunately, a reactionary politics is now slinging dirt in an attempt to discredit Gloria Partida and her good work on behalf of Davis. Even if you disagree with Gloria Partida on some issues, I urge you to reject the dirty politics and re-elect the woman who has proven herself to be an effective leader who embodies the spirit of Davis.

Robert Bulman Davis

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Man does not live by mere field goals alone

This week's picks are as fol lows:

OREGON over CAL Two teams headed in opposite directions. The mystery remains: why did Justin Wilcox turn down the Ducks to stay in Berke ley?

UCLA over STANFORD Man does not live by field goals alone.

MICHIGAN over MICHIGAN STATE ... The gap between these two continues to grow.

OHIO STATE over PENN STATE ... Put the Buckeyes in the playoff now.

GEORGIA over FLORIDA

The World's Largest Cocktail Party turns into a rout.

TEXAS CHRISTIAN over WEST VIRGINIA ... Can anyone stop the Horned Frogs?

SACRAMENTO STATE over IDAHO ... Two of the hottest teams in the Big Sky square off, with the Beast of the East (of the

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WEBER STATE over MON TANA ... The schedule suddenly turned nasty for the Griz.

UPSET OF THE WEEK: Notre Dame over Syracuse ... At the start of the season, no one dreamed this outcome would be deemed an "upset." (Upset record: 1-7).

ROUT OF THE WEEK: USC over Arizona ... The Men of Troy attempt to resurrect their resume for a playoff berth that is now highly unlikely to come their way. (Rout record: 8-0).

DON'T BET ON IT, BUT: Ari zona State over Colorado ... The

ROUNDUP: Devils dominate in pool

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sitting in relatively simi lar spots about 80 yards away after two shots.

Molinaro hit a great shot within 10 feet.

Then Ojha went off the back of the green and appeared in real trouble. But with one short stroke with her wedge all that would change. She hit a perfect shot, hit the flag and it went straight in the hole.

Ojha and Trask were recently awarded CoMVP’s of this year’s DHS girls squad.

The Masters tourna ment will take place at The Reserve at Spanos Park in Stockton this Monday, starting at 9 a.m.

Boys water polo

A close win and the top seed.

The Davis High boys water polo team defeated

Delta League rival Jesuit 10-9 in the team’s league finale at the Schaal Aquat ics Center on the UC Davis campus on Tuesday.

Jackson Harris scored five goals for Davis (2-0 in the DL, 23-4) in the contest. JT Doughty fol lowed with three, Chris tian Davis and Brennan Fuchslin had one each.

On Friday, Davis closes out its regular season with a nonleague game at Las Lomas.

The section released its playoff brackets on Thursday, with Davis earning the top seed.

The Blue Devils will play the winner of the No. 8 McClatchy-No. 9 Lincoln of Stockton game, which will be Wednesday, Nov. 2. Davis and the McClatchy/ Lincoln winner will play on Friday, Nov. 4.

Girls water polo

Twice is nice.

The Davis High girls water polo team also wrapped up its season with an easy 14-3 win over rival St. Francis.

That contest was also played at Schaal Aquatics Center.

Kenzie Walker had six goals for Davis (2-0 in the DL, 19-8). Lucie Lapuz, along with Leila Meraz and Malaya Wright, had two goals each.

Wright was deadly on the offensive side for the Blue Devis with five assists.

The Blue Devils had 20 shots on goal in the game.

Davis also earned the top seed in the section’s D-I playoff bracket. The Blue Devils will play the winner of the No. 8 McClatchy-No. 9 Gregori of Modesto, which play on Thursday, Nov. 3. Davis and the McClatchy/ Gregori winner will play on Thursday, Nov. 3.

Battle for the Bottom is never pretty. (Don't bet record: 4-4).

FIVE EASY PICKS: Nothing is is easy this late in the season, so best not to bet the rent money on Florida State (over Georgia Tech), San Jose State (over Nevada), Tennessee (over Ken tucky), Appalachian State (over Robert Morris) and South Dakota State (over Indiana State). (FEP record: 38-1).

AGGIES over CAL POLY

The Mustangs versus the Mus tangs. One of the best rivalries in the Big Sky, but no contest this time around.

Take the University Farm by 35.

OTHER GAMES: Oklahoma over Iowa State, Boston College over Connecticut, Houston over South Florida, Rice over Char lotte, Minnesota over Rutgers, Oklahoma State over Kansas State, Wake Forest over Louis ville, Illinois over Nebraska, Jackson State over Southern, North Dakota State over Illinois State, Princeton over Cornell, Iowa over Northwestern, South Carolina over Missouri, North Carolina over Pittsburgh, Boise State over Colorado State, and Wyoming over Hawaii.

Last week: 23-7, season: 27263, percentage: .812.

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RIVALRY: Job’s hardly been a picnic

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After three years as an assistant at Cal, Baldwin was ready to get back in the saddle.

"At the end of the day, I wanted badly to have another opportunity to lead a pro gram," he noted upon his arrival in San Luis Obispo,

"With that being said, it had to be right. It had to be the right fit, the right com munity and the right people and that's what drew me to Cal Poly. It just felt like it was the right fit at the right time."

Which is all well and good, but it's hardly been a picnic since that glorious day three years ago and no one knows how long the honeymoon will last before Mustang fans start to demand scoreboard wins instead of moral victories.

The 2020 season, Baldwin's first at Poly, was scrubbed entirely by COVID.

In the abbreviated 2021 spring sched ule, Poly started 0-3, but after consecutive losses of 62-10 to Eastern Washington and 73-24 to the Aggies, Baldwin waved the red flag and said enough is enough, cancelling Poly's final two games.

When play resumed in the fall of 2021, opponents ran through the Mustangs by scores of 63-10, 48-14, 39-7, 38-7, 45-7, 42-21, 41-9 and 45-21, but surprisingly, Poly battled the Aggies on even terms for

three quarters before UCD emerged with a 24-13 win on its way to a postseason berth.

Cal Poly is alone in the Big Sky base ment with its 0-4 league mark, but the scores have been decidedly closer this time around.

In the last three weeks, the Mustangs have dropped decisions of 31-29 to Northern Arizona, 40-31 to Idaho State and 17-10 last weekend to Idaho State.

"Their record doesn't show the kind of improvement they've made this year," offered Aggie head coach Dan Hawkins. Baldwin agrees.

"We did as good a job as we had done all year to hold Eastern Washington to 17 points. We had a ton of young guys out there playing and I couldn't be more proud of what our defense did," said the Poly coach.

After a 1-4 start, the Aggies have put together a pair of lopsided wins over Northern Arizona and Northern Colorado and still believe they can earn a post-sea son playoff bid if they make a clean sweep of their final four games.

"We need to play at a consistently high level and we're getting near that," Hawkins noted.

"I still think our best football is ahead of us and that's what keeps us pushing forward."

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UCD-Cal Poly rivalry gets official protection

The powers that be in the Big Sky Conference release football schedules for all league members in three-year chunks.

Thus, at the start of the 2025 season, you’ll know which teams you will be playing not only that season, but in 2026 and 2027 as well.

The Big Sky assures us that the system is fair and equitable for all 12 football-playing members, but there is one major glitch that the league brass ignores.

In an attempt to keep fans and alumni happy and possibly increase ticket sales on game day, the Big Sky has designated two “protected rivals” for every team

that are guaranteed to appear on your schedule every season.

For UC Davis, the two everyyear rivals are Sacramento State and Cal Poly, which makes sense.

For Portland State, the rivals are Montana and Northern Col orado, which makes no sense at all.

While Aggie fans are all too familiar with Sac State and Cal Poly, it’s doubtful that any one of the several million folks in the Portland metro area can even tell you where Northern Colorado is located, other than “some city in Northern Colorado.”

Natural rival? Hardly. They made that one up out of the thin Rocky Mountain air.

The problem here, of course, is that one team’s two protected rivals may be especially weak one year — or every year — while some else’s two protected rivals may both be devastatingly strong.

With 12 teams competing for the league championship, it’s a dead-certain guarantee that

Net dividends

Davis ousted in first round of D-I playoffs

By Rebecca Wasik Enterprise correspondent

There was no comeback for the Davis High volley ball team this time in this year’s CIF Sac-Joaquin sec tion Division I playoffs.

After suffering a loss to Pleasant Grove in the Delta League finale on Oct. 20, Davis, the No. 8 seed, wel comed No. 9 seed Turlock in the playoff opener in South Gym on Tuesday.

Despite keeping the sets close, the visiting Bulldogs swept the Blue Devils 3-0 to end the host’s playoff run. The final scores were 25-22, 25-18, 25-17.

Davis (16-6 overall) took third place in the DL. Tur lock (17-11 overall) finished in second place in the Cen tral California Athletic League.

The Bulldogs came out strong in the first set. While down 11-4, the Blue Devils went on a 4-0 run to cut Turlock’s lead.

Davis was able to tie the set at 16-all and took the lead three times after, but ultimately lost the set by only three points.

From the beginning to the middle of the second set, the score was kept very close by both squads. The score teetered between ties and one-point leads until the Bulldogs were able to pull ahead of the Blue Dev ils with a combination of serves, kills, digs and assists.

The beginning of the third set was more backand-forth between each team. Turlock then went on a 5-0 run to make the score 13-7.

Immediately after, Davis went on a 4-0 run, cutting the Bulldogs’ lead to 13-11. Although, DHS scored only six more points in the set,

allowing Turlock to take the set.

“I am super proud of this team as a whole,” said Davis head coach Julie Crawford.

“We had some really great moments and there was a lot of positives to come from this season. We had many completive games and always rose to the occa sion. Our goal is always to get a spot in the playoffs. I am proud of them for earn ing their way to this point. Anything beyond is just icing on the cake.

“They worked super hard in our league, which is a

really tough league. It’s a huge accomplishment.”

Blue Devil outside hitter Lena Sundin had 11 digs in the match. Kaylie Adams followed with nine and Ella Obegi eight.

Davis setter Nicole Risch kept the ball in play for the Blue Devils in the match. That helped to 17 assists and eight digs.

Blue Devils middle blocker Tessa Schouten, a junior, contributed with seven kills and three blocked shots.

In the first round of the 2021 D-I playoffs, the Blue

those locked-in rivalry games will favor some and disadvantage others.

In 2018, Cal Poly was 4-4 and Sacramento State 0-7.

Last season, Sac State was 8-0 and Cal Poly 1-7. This season Sac State is 4-0 and Poly is 0-4.

Wouldn’t everyone love to have a rivalry game with Cal Poly this year, but avoid a rivalry game with the Hornets?

That’s the situation facing the Aggies over the final four weeks of the season, with struggling Cal Poly coming to town Satur day (4 p.m.) to do battle with the Aggies at UC Davis Health Sta dium.

Three weeks down the road

the Aggies will finish the regular season with a date at Sacra mento State, now ranked No. 2 in the world of Football Champi onship Subdivision competition. Tired of losing on a regular basis in the rugged Big Sky Con ference, at the end of the 2019 season Cal Poly reached out to Beau Baldwin, one of the most successful head coaches in the long history of the Big Sky. In his nine seasons at Eastern Washington, Baldwin was 85-32 overall, including a remarkable 58-14 in Big Sky play, five league titles and a national champion ship in 2010.

Blue Devils prepare for weekend finale

By Mike Bush Enterprise sports editor

Four of the seven Delta League football teams played Thursday night, but the Davis High foot ball team will practice one final time today.

That’s because the Blue Devils close out their sea son on Saturday after noon.

Davis (0-5 in the Delta League, 2-7) take on Jesuit (4-1, 7-2), with game time at 1 p.m. in Carmichael. The Maraud ers are one of the few football programs in the Sacramento area and SacJoaquin Section that still plays its home games on Saturdays, because they have no stadium lights.

son where we thought we could compete with some guys, and we, more or less, did. I think we showed that we can com pete with almost every team.”

Players who have stood out in recent games for the Blue Devils are run ning backs Cole Brous sard, plus juniors Elijah Conlan and CJ Millican. Conlan and Millian helped out Broussard, who has carried the bulk of the load after Jude Vaughn went down with a pulled hamstring in his left thigh last month. Vaughn has missed the last four games. Brous sard had getting touches on the football behind Vaughn before the injury.

Devils came back from a 0-2 deficit to beat Pitman High of Turlock.

Then Davis fell to even tual section champion Oak Ridge in the quarterfinals.

Members of this year’s DHS volleyball team include Obegi, Michelle Kang, Sun din, Adams, Juliana Van Boxtel, Alejandra Serrano, Kelsey Huntington, Maya Delaney, Olivia Kim, Isabella Garma-Murphy, Schouten, Marlena VanBoxtel, April Seeger and Risch.

— Follow Rebecca Wasik on Twitter: @BeccaFromTheBay.

DHS field hockey keeps up league winning streak

Enterprise staff

The Davis High girls field hockey team keeps its Eastern Athletic League winning streak going.

The Blue Devils hosted Pleasant Valley in the EAL finale at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium. For a sec ond consecutive week, Davis came out with a 2-1 win.

The victory keeps Davis (10-0 in the EAL, 11-5) its winning streak in league going to 73 games, dating back to the 2017 season.

Emma Brayton scored both of the Blue Devils’ goals in the game against Pleasant Valley, out of Chico.

Evelyn Soller and Mary

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Bingle had an assist each.

Now Davis shifts its attention to the league tournament, which is tak ing place at Pleasant Valley on Saturday. The Blue Devils are guaranteed, at least, two games to play.

DHS girls golf

Davis High golfers Ales sandra Trask and Saera Ojha are advancing to the Sac-Joaquin Section’s Masters Tournament.

That is because they performed very well at the section’s Division I tourna ment at Timber Creek Golf Course in Roseville on

Monday. More than 60 girls competed in the event.

“Go out there and trust all your hard work, com pete and most importantly

have fun,” Davis head coach Dan Ariola told the girls before the tourna ment.

Trask carded a 90 score. Ojha followed at 91. Both linkers were solid all round making several pars and staying out of “a big inning” as Ariola said.

Ojha had to battle to earn a spot in the Masters tournament. She and Whitney’s Sophia Molin aro, who also shot a 91, had a playoff for the last qualifying spot.

Both girls bogied the 10th hole with Ojah mak ing a tough five-footer to tie. That led to an 11th hole. Both girls were

Both the Blue Devils and Marauders are com ing off losses on Oct. 21. Pleasant Grove posted a 40-20 win over Davis at Sheldon-Pleasant Grove Community Stadium while Elk Grove, which has clinched at least a share of the league title, knocked off Jesuit 34-21.

An upset over Jesuit would make Davis’ season pretty sweet. A win over the Blue Devils could send a message to the Marauders’ first-round playoff opponent. The section is planning to release the football playoff brackets for all seven divi sions on Sunday after noon.

“I think they just kind of got better of what they have been doing,” said Davis head coach Nick Garratt, who is referring to Elk Grove’s potent run ning attack that beat Jesuit. “A little motion, Wing-T. They just really exposed them on the out side.”

Leading up to Satur day’s matinee at Jesuit, the Blue Devils are wind ing down practices this week, practices that are no different since their first game against Vacav ille on Aug. 19 at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium.

“It’s been a tough sea son with turnover and change,” said Garratt, who was named the new head coach in the spring but officially took over in July.

“We came to a point dur ing the middle of the sea

“We’ve had Elijah step in a couple of times,” said Garratt of Conlan. “There have been times where we’ve put CJ in as well. Just putting guys in dif ferent spots and have them kind of compete. Gives everybody good experience.”

Prince Flores, a sopho more, has been contribut ing on the Blue Devils’ defense in recent games in the secondary. He and Vaughn were the main stays in the running game. But an injury side lined Flores, who returned and has been playing on the other side of the ball.

“He’s a very talented, athletic kid,” said Garratt of Flores. “He’s had some great plays.”

Garratt has the 2023 season in the back of his mind. There are 18 juniors and four sopho mores on this year’s team.

“We also know that we have a lot of guys return ing, going to bring back more experience,” Garratt said.

The Delta League teams that played on Thursday were Franklin (2-3, 2-7) at Elk Grove (5-0, 6-3) and Pleasant Grove (1-4, 1-8) at Shel don (3-2, 6-3).

Cosumnes Oaks (3-3, 4-6) closed out its season on Oct. 21, beating Frank lin 21-14.

— Contact Mike Bush at mike@davisenter prise.net. Follow on Twit ter: @MBDavisSports.

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Davis outside hitter Lena Sundin (3) gets ready to send the ball over the net in Tuesday’s Division I playoff match against Turlock.

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Davis defensive end CJ Millican (9) gets ready to jump on the loose football in a Delta League game against Pleasant Grove on Oct. 21.

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Davis forward Emma Brayton scored twice in Tuesday’s game against Pleasant Valley.