The Davis Enterprise Sunday, October 30, 2022

The new face of service

DHS Community Club hosts a Fall Festival

By Aaron Geerts Enterprise staff writer

Although relatively new, the Davis High School Community Club is already making leaps and bounds in its mission to strengthen communal bonds through volunteer efforts. Next on its calendar of fun-filled events is the Fall Festival which is open to anyone and everyone — but mostly kids — looking to discover their passions.

The DHSCC came to be around a year ago when founder and President Bailey Paquette and some friends came up with the idea to change the percep tion of volunteering. Rather than being something dreary that students only do because it looks good on a college applica tion, this ambitious Blue Devil wants to shift the view of com munity service to something fun and positive that everybody can enjoy doing together.

Through a collaboration with the Alliance for Education Solu tions, this student-run organi zation achieved its non-profit status and hasn’t looked back. Paquette is the president, Grace Courtesy photo

Charges upheld in West Sac homicide

By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer

WOODLAND — Joel Flores was at work one August day when his roof ing colleague initiated a bizarre conversation.

“He asked me if I lost reasoning when I got angry,” Flores said on the witness stand last week in Yolo Superior Court. Then, “he told me why he lost his reasoning.”

At first, Flores' thoughts went to Alfonso Rigoberto Ornelas Vazquez’s girl friend, Diana, and he asked whether Ornelas had hurt her.

“He said it was not her. ‘I killed someone else, another woman,’ ” Ornelas replied, according to

Flores. “He said she was homeless. … I asked him, why did you do it, and he said he was wanting to kill someone because he was angry.”

Authorities say it was 44-year-old Christine Hushbeck Davenport who fell victim to Ornelas’ rage. A passerby found her bat tered body on the morning of Aug. 12 near a tent along Sacramento Avenue near Reuter Drive in West Sac ramento.

She died of multiple blunt-force injuries, having suffered three blows to the head that “all were signifi cant enough to cause death,” forensic pathologist Dr. Sarah Avedschmidt testified.

On Wednesday, Yolo Superior Court Judge Peter Williams found sufficient evidence for Ornelas, 23, to stand trial on premeditated murder charges following a two-day preliminary hear ing.

The proceeding included testimony from witnesses who said Ornelas repeat edly told coworkers about his offense, even showing Flores a cell-phone photo he took of his dying victim.

Ornelas later tried delet ing the “live” photo — actu ally a three-second long video — but investigators recovered it after seizing his phone.

Flores recalled that

Partida leads in latest round of campaign fundraising

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer

Davis City Councilwoman Gloria Partida led the field of council candi dates in fundraising during the latest reporting period, taking in $7,509 between Sept. 25 and Oct. 22.

Her opponent in District 4, Adam Morrill, reported $2,045 in contribu tions during that four-week period, while over in District 1, Bapu Vaitla reported $5,985 in contributions and incumbent Councilman Dan Carson reported $4,130, according to the city clerk’s website, which on Friday did not include a campaign finance state ment for that period for Kelsey For tune, who is also running in District 1. The reporting deadline was Thursday.

Partida received 68 contributions of up to $150 each (the maximum allowed) during the four-week period ending Oct. 22, bringing her total raised during the campaign to $17,349.

Recent contributors included a number of current or past elected offi cials such as Yolo County Supervisors Angel Barajas and Oscar Villegas; Davis City Councilman Josh Chap man; Vice Mayor Will Arnold; Helen Thomson, a former county supervisor and state Assembly member; Richard

Truckers, environmentalists spar over proposed rules

By Nadia Lopez CalMatters

Environmentalists and trucking industry groups sparred with clean air regulators Thursday over a contentious proposal to phase out California’s big rigs and other trucks with internal combustion engines, and force manu facturers to speed massproduction of electric trucks.

The California Air Resources Board held its first public hearing on rules that would ban manufacturers from sell ing any new fossil-fueled medium-duty and heavyduty trucks by 2040. The

new rules would also require large trucking companies to convert their fleets to electric models, buying more over time until all are zeroemission by 2042. The move is part of the state’s wider strategy to end its reliance on fossil fuels and cut planet-warming emissions.

“California is leading the transition to widescale electrification of trucks and buses,” said board chair Liane Ran dolph. “These actions can show the world how to simultaneously address

The Davis High Community Club is looking to redefine the vibe around volunteering.See CLUB,

Halloween answers

n Editor’s note: Due to overwhelm

reader response and personal re quests from all five members of the Da vis City Council, The Enterprise has again called on the services of Dr. Bob, a board-certified psychiatrist with a Hal loween-specific practice in West Davis.

much of Dr. Bob’s timeless ad vice to Davis parents and children has appeared in this space previously, it is continuously updated to deal with our changing, challenging and positively frightening times.

Please note that this advice is from Dr. Bob, not Dr. Oz.

Asks Karen on Covell: “Dear Dr. Bob — We just moved into The Cannery from Kentucky and our next-door neighbor says we “have to” partici pate in the Zombie Bike Ride. Is that a city ordinance or some thing?”

Karen — While it is not a law, specifically, it is highly recom mended that all newcomers partic ipate in the Zombie Bike Ride so they get used to what a weird and wild town they have moved to.

Asks Kay on K: “Dear Dr. Bob — With the election coming up I want to play a trick on my Demo cratic friends by trick-or-treating at their houses dressed up as the scariest character imaginable. Who would scare these people the most?”

Kay — Steve Bannon dressed as himself.

Asks Regis on Regis: “Dear Dr. Bob — It seems that every year the number of trick-or-treat ers coming to our house has diminished. We so enjoy seeing the kids all dressed up. What can we do to reverse this troubling trend?”

Regis — Go get a handful of Yolo Berry gift certificates and pass them out every time a kid shows up in a particularly clever costume. Word will spread through your neighborhood faster than a freight train speeding through Davis. Trust me on this.

Asks Erin on Oeste (rhymes with ghosty): “Dear. Dr. Bob — Where is the scariest place in Davis and should children be allowed to go there?”

Erin — Mace Boulevard at rush hour.

Asks Ken on Cumberland: “Dear Dr. Bob – Is it now legal to put home-grown marijuana in some kid’s treat bag?”

Ken — Only if that kid is over 18 and you had no more than six plants growing in your back yard.

Asks Jay on J: “Dear Dr. Bob — I’m trying to fill out my ballot at the kitchen table and the folks on my ballot are scarier than the kids knocking on my door. What gives?”

Jay — Agreed. Voting has become a very scary exercise.

Asks Ed on Spafford: “Dear Dr. Bob – Do we have to trick-or-treat by districts this year?”

Ed — Yes. Consult the City Council for the exact parameters of your district, which will be gerrymandered as soon as every one gets a look at which district has the best candy. Trick-or-treat ing out of your district is a felony, punishable by three years in Woodland.

Asks Glenda on Glide: “Dear Dr. Bob — Should I water proof my kids’ costumes in case it rains while they’re trick-ortreating?”

Glenda — You are living in Davis. It is not going to rain again. Ever.

Asks Shelley on E. Eighth: “Dear Dr. Bob — I opened the door and there was this pale white, very angry turkey on the porch. Scariest thing I’ve ever seen.”

Shelley — That’s the Ghost of Downtown Tom, shot dead in his sleep by the city’s crack Wildlife “Management” Team. He will be haunting this town’s

Just let them walk around your East Davis

... That should be scary enough for any kid from Piedmont.

conscience forever.

Asks Tess in Old East Davis: “Dear Dr. Bob — My family and I moved to East Davis from Pied mont six months ago and I’d like to take the kids to a truly scary local attraction for Halloween. Any suggestions?”

Tess — Just let them walk around your East Davis neighbor hood, Tess. That should be scary enough for any kid from Pied mont.

Asks Paula on Pecan: “Dear Dr. Bob — The very nice gentleman in the Star Trek costume on my doorstep is asking me to ‘Boldly Go.’ Should I?”

Paula — That’s Chancellor Gary May. You should go. And tell him to boldly go next door to get even more candy.

Asks Hubert on Hubble: “Dear Dr. Bob – What’s the scariest street name in Davis?”

Hubert — Haunt Way, between J and K in East Davis.

Asks Martha on Madrone: “Dear Dr. Bob — There’s some sort of nutty professor dressed up like Robin Hood handing out money he says he stole from Republican homes in El Macero. He tells me my kids can go to col lege for free and all their sins and student loans will be forgiven. Who is this freak and should I take the money?”

Martha — That’s Uncle Joe redistributing the wealth. By all means, take the money, then lock the door and set the deadbolt.

Asks Colleen in College Park: “Dear. Dr. Bob — Should I get a COVID booster before bobbing for apples?”

Colleen — No, silly. That’s an old wives’ tale. The biggest concern

with bobbing for apples is you might accidentally swallow some Sacramento River water.

Asks Jerry on Kaneko: “Dear Dr. Bob – A group of fifth-graders wants me to put their Halloween candy in a plastic bag. I believe this is breaking the law and I offered to sell them a paper bag instead for 10 cents each. I now have a handful of dimes I don’t know what to do with.”

Jerry — Give them to the March of Dimes.

Asks Joe on Juniper: “Dear Dr. Bob – We’re new to town and we know you have a lot of rules in Davis that we didn’t have back home in Minnesota. Is it illegal to trick-or-treat without a permit?”

Joe — No. But it is illegal to move here from Minnesota.

Asks Em on M: “Dear Dr. Bob — Is Halloween a reli gious holiday that violates the separation of church and state?”

Em — No. The holiday was actually invented at the 1903 San Francisco World’s Fair when a hot dog salesman attempted to hollow out his frankfurters and fill them with chocolate to appeal to the children of the day. He was unable to sell them, however, and instead passed them out that night to trick-or-treaters, who took to call ing them “hollow-weenies.”

Asks Gretel on Grande: “Dear Dr. Bob – Is it true that kids from Woodland trick-or-teat in Davis because they think they’ll get bet ter treats?”

Gretel — Yes.

Asks Craig on Craig: “Dear Dr. Bob — Do Davis kids trick-ortreat in Woodland?”

Craig — No.

Asks Alice on Alice: “Dear Dr. Bob — What should you do if your children are hyperactive the next morning?”

Alice — Send them to school, for heaven’s sake.

— Reach Dr. Bob with your Hal loween questions at bdunning@ davisenterprise.net.

Zumapoke mixes things up

Zumapoke & Lush Ice is updating its concept, tran sitioning to a Hawaiian deli on Nov. 11.

“We will keep our complete poke menu but add mixed plates, musubi and Asian-inspired sand wiches,” co-owner Rachael Ryen said. New additions will include kalua pork and ponzu chicken plates, crab roll sandwiches and a Kona Cubano.

Today, the restaurant special izes in poke bowls and sushi rolls.

Zumapoke, at 730 Third St., will close for four days to make changes and train employees. It will be closed Monday, Nov. 7, and reopen that Friday, Veterans Day.

“We have found since the pan demic that our business has tran sitioned to 90% to-go, so we plan to convert part of our dining room into a Hawaiian dry goods market (like an Italian deli does with imported foods),” Ryen said in an email. “And in true Hawai ian style, we will also have a bit of vintage surf gear and tchotchkes for the tourists.”

A malfunctioning elevator is what’s forcing the move of busi nesses on the second floor of Uni versity Mall, a spokeswoman for the mall’s owner said. The mall is on Russell Boulevard, between Anderson Road and Sycamore Lane.

I reported last week that Davis Coworking will close its U-Mall location on Thursday, Nov. 3, and reopen at 720 Olive Drive on Monday, Nov. 7. It also operates a co-working space in the base ment of International House Davis, 10 College Park.

The other upstairs tenant,

Realtor looks at Davis market

Special to The Enterprise

The Davis Progressive Business Exchange will meet from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2.

The speaker will be realtor Julia Whitmore. She will be talking about the status of the real estate market in Davis and what the future holds for buying and selling in this time of high inflation.

The public is invited. The PBE meets at Lamppost Pizza, 1260 Lake Blvd. in West Davis. Contact Bob Bockwinkel at 530-2191896 or e-mail G. Rich ard Yamagata at yamagata@dcn.org for more information.

Center for Collaborative Care, is staying put for now, with a backup space for those who can not access the second floor.

CCC is a multi-disciplinary space where providers work to help families address special needs. It includes Social and Cognitive Learning Center, which provides social skills coaching and parent coaching sessions, and Growing Healthy Children, which offers occupa tional and speech therapy.

Kristen Moore, spokeswoman for Brixmor Property Group, said details are being finalized on the mall’s redevelopment. The real estate investment company hopes to begin demolition in the second quarter of 2023. (Pre sumably, fixing an elevator was unfeasible for a building that will soon be torn down.)

The new project, called Uni versity Commons plans to raze all 96,680 square feet of Univer sity Mall’s main structure. The Trader Joe’s pad would remain untouched. The mall would be replaced by a 90,228-squarefoot retail area, all of it with exte rior entrances. Brixmor recently abandoned plans to add housing and parking to the center.

Meanwhile, other tenants are waiting for direction from their landlord.

Sak Sopheak, owner of Fluffy

Donuts, said he’s planning to keep his doughnut shop in Uni versity Mall, where it’s been since the 1960s. That means it will close during the mall’s remodel ing. No word on how long that will take.

Hadas Kol, owner and designer for the jewelry store June & Simple, said she was reassured by Brixmor that she has a spot through the holiday season. She’s hoping to relocate her store by the time construc tion begins.

The owners of Musette, the grain bowl restaurant on the mall’s interior (and the best-kept secret in town), are waiting for word as well. They do not have plans for a new location, but are looking.

As I announced in last week’s column, Thai Nakorn’s last day is

Sunday, Oct. 30. The owners of the restaurant at 424 G St. are retiring.

Our town, once overflowing with Thai restaurants, will then be down to four: Paste Thai, Red 88 Noodle Bar Sophia’s Thai Kitchen and Thai Canteen

The project bringing Sprouts Farmers Market to Woodland — originally slated to open around now — is delayed. It’s part of a development at East Main Street near Highway 113.

Aman Bains, an associate with Roseville-based Gallelli Real Estate, said Monday that the development of Main Street Marketplace has been pushed back to 2023.

Based in Phoenix, Sprouts has more than 350 grocery stores in the U.S. – 130 of them in Califor nia. The 23,275-square-foot

store will anchor the center. There is an additional 11,420 square feet of space at the shop ping center, for two shops and a drive-thru eatery. Bains said Gal lelli does not yet have other ten ants it can announce.

Missed a column? Wondering when a new Davis business is opening? Check my paywall-free Google spreadsheet, which includes more than 325 Davis businesses coming or going. It’s at https://bit.ly/DavisBusi nesses.

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

First Northern reports third-quarter earnings

Special to The Enterprise DIXON — First North ern Community Bancorp, holding company for First Northern Bank, on Wednesday reported net income of $11.2 million, or $0.80 per diluted share, for the nine months ended Sept. 30, up 1.5% com pared to $0.77 per diluted share, for the nine months ended Sept. 30, 2021.

Net income for the quar ter was $4.6 million, or $0.33 per diluted share, up 1.3% compared to 2021.

Provision for loan loss totaled $300,000 for the three months, compared to a reversal of provision for loan losses of $1,800,000 for the same period in 2021. Provision for loan loss totaled $900,000 for the nine months ended

Sept. 30, compared to a reversal of provision for loan losses of $1,500,000 for 2021.

The current period pro vision for loan loss is pri marily due to current year loan growth, the company said. The prior period reversal of provision for loan losses was primarily due to a decrease in specific reserves on loans to one borrower.

Total assets as of Sept. 30 were $1.93 billion, an increase of $8.2 million from Sept. 30, 2021. Total deposits as were $1.80 bil lion, an increase of $49.9 million from 2021. Total net loans (including loans totaling $0.5 million made under the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)) as of September 30, 2022

were $971.2 million, an increase of $145.6 million, or 17.6%, compared to total net loans (including loans held-for-sale and loans totaling $72.0 million made under the SBA’s PPP) of $825.6 million in 2021.

The increase in net loans was primarily driven by originations of commercial real estate, agriculture, and residential mortgage loans, which was partially offset by payoffs, and the forgiveness and SBA reimbursement on loans made under the SBA’s PPP.

Excluding PPP loans, net loan growth as of Sept. 30, $217.10 million, or 28.8%, compared to 2021.

The company continued to be “well capitalized” under regulatory defini tions, exceeding the 10%

total risk-based capital ratio threshold on Sept. 30.

“We remain focused on executing our strategic ini tiatives and are closely monitoring risks related to the continued impact of high inflation on both con sumer and business cli ents,” company president and CEO Louise Walker said. “Given our strong capital, consistent earn ings, solid credit portfolio and excellent liquidity, we believe that we are well positioned to help our cli ents navigate the challeng ing economic environment.”

First Northern Bank is an independent commu nity bank headquartered in Solano County since 1910. It serves Solano, Yolo, Sac ramento, Placer, and Con tra Costa Counties, as well

as the west slope of El Dorado County.

The Bank is an SBA Pre ferred Lender. Non-FDIC insured Investment and Brokerage Services are available at every branch location, including Dixon, Davis, West Sacramento, Fairfield, Vacaville, Win ters, Woodland, Sacra mento, Roseville, Auburn and Rancho Cordova. The bank also has a commercial lending office in Walnut Creek.

First Northern is rated as a Veribanc “Blue Ribbon” Bank and a “5-Star Supe rior” Bank by Bauer Finan cial for the earnings period ended June 30 (www.verib anc.com) and (www.bauer financial.com). The bank can online at thatsmybank. com, on Facebook and on LinkedIn.

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Briefly SacTownSports host on KDRT

On the latest episode of “Timeout Radio,” host Rohan Baxi talks to the host of “The Car michael Dave Show,” which airs weekday mornings on KHTK SacTownSports 1140 AM.

There are more than 700 FM and AM radio stations in the United States that just cover sports.

Sports-talk radio involves discussion of sporting events, and frequently features enthusiastic debate and analysis by both hosts and callers. Listeners tend to build a routine and connect on an emotional level with radio talk show hosts.

The show will cover Carmichael Dave's path to sports broadcasting, thoughts on the future of sports talk radio, and how this season is going to go for the Sacra mento Kings.

“Timeout Radio” is a radio show and podcast based in Davis for youth. It airs on KDRT 95.7 FM from 5:30 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays and 8 to 8:30 a.m. Saturdays.

All episodes are archived at https:// kdrt.org/program/ timeout-radio. You can follow Timeout Radio on Instagram @time out.radio and Facebook @TimeoutRadio.

DMA seeks board members

Davis Media Access is seeking new board members who are pas sionate about commu nity media and are familiar with Davis and the broader Yolo County community.

DMA is an awardwinning 501 (c)(3) nonprofit community media and technology center that provides media education and local platforms to engage the community in public dialogue and showcase creative expression. It is home to DCTV Public Access Channel 15, DJUSD Educational Access Channel 17 and Lowpower community radio station KDRT 95.7 FM.

As the only such media-oriented non profit in Yolo County, DMA’s services extend beyond Davis city boundaries, and board members may reside elsewhere in Yolo County (outside Davis city limits).

For more informa tion on DMA and the board member applica tion see the DMA web site https://davismedia. org/content/becomeboard-member or email board@davismedia. org.

CHARGES: ‘The wrong place at the wrong time’

Ornelas described walking through a patch of vacant land near the railroad tracks when he saw a woman nearby.

“He asked her if she wanted to smoke a pipe,” Flores said, refer ring to methamphetamine. The woman refused and kept walking, and that’s when Ornelas “grabbed a stick and hit her on the head.”

Crime-scene investigators later found the alleged murder weapon — a tree branch nearly five feet long and three inches across at its widest — outside a nearby automo tive business.

West Sacramento police arrested Ornelas on Aug. 12 after receiving tips about his possible involvement in the homicide.

Flores said he’s known Ornelas since his teenage years, and noticed in recent years “he started to change.”

“He started missing work” and showing mood shifts too, Flores said under cross-examination by

Ornelas’ attorney, Public Defender Tracie Olson.

Ornelas’ girlfriend, Diana Bar raza, observed odd behavior as well.

Nvard Avagyan, a West Sacra mento police detective, said Bar raza arrived at their shared apartment shortly after 7 p.m. on Aug. 11, ringing the doorbell before coming inside.

“When he walked in she had a very chilling vibe from him. She said he had a different look in his eyes,” Avagyan testified. When Ornelas instructed Barraza to pour him a glass of water, “she felt like he could really hurt her or kill her.”

Ornelas then undressed and took a shower. Although Barraza usually washed his clothes right away, she left them untouched this time, Avagyan said.

In addition to the cell-phone photo of the victim, police recov ered blood-spattered clothing from Ornelas’ apartment, along with a backpack containing a machete, two kitchen knives and a BB gun,

according to court testimony.

Detective Samuel Gee, the case’s lead investigator, testified he inter viewed a coworker of Ornelas who said the defendant, while at a Vacaville work site on Aug. 12, admitted to killing somebody the day before.

When his coworkers laughed in disbelief, Ornelas “got upset” and brandished a machete, Gee said.

It was Gee who later took a state ment from the in-custody Ornelas. At first, he denied knowing Daven port, saying he’d been at the homi cide scene only to look for a friend.

Later, however, Ornelas admit ted he struck Davenport because he “felt threatened,” having seen a man nearby with a hunting knife in his hand.

“He said at some point Ms. Dav enport had approached him, so he hit her in the head with a branch,” said Gee, who added that police tried finding the man Ornelas claimed he saw but never found anyone matching that description.

At the hearing’s end, Olson

argued there was insufficient evi dence to sustain the premeditatedmurder allegation, noting that Ornelas’ report of feeling threat ened “has not been refuted," poten tially paving the way for a self-defense claim.

Prosecutor Alvina Tzang dis agreed.

“Clearly this is not something that just happened,” Tzang said. “He was angry and he was looking for someone to hurt, and unfortu nately Ms. Davenport was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.”

Williams ultimately upheld all counts, including enhancements to the murder charge alleging pre meditation and use of a deadly weapon.

Ornelas, who remains on a nobail hold at the Yolo County Jail, returns to court Nov. 10 for further proceedings.

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

CLUB: Fall Festival chance to get their mission rolling

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Hadani is the VP, Monica Garibay is the secretary and Cody Leveau is the trea surer.

“Our club has monthly events. About half of them we make ourselves and the other half we find either a community group, organi zation or event in Davis or Sacramento we want to support and we all go out as a big group to help,” Paquette explained. “The last event we went to was the Walk To End Alzheim er’s in Sacramento and that was about 50 volunteers. We just go out together and make it as fun as possible and change the perspective of community service by helping everyone.”

Not only do these helpful

Blue Devils provide volun teers, legwork and elbow grease to organizations and events in need of them, but they put on events them selves. One such event was a special needs craft fair last May in Rancho Cor dova with over 150 families in attendance.

If the resounding success of the craft fair is any indi cation of the DHSCC’s abil ity to facilitate a successful event, the Davis commu nity is in for a treat come Nov. 19 when this nonprofit – now 115 strong — hosts its Fall Festival. Of course, Paquette gives much credit and appreciation to the Chang Foundation which is sponsoring the DHSCC with grants for future events and funding the Fall Festival itself.

“This is our first DHSCC event of the school year and our goal is to provide the youth of the Davis and Sac ramento area an opportu nity to find themselves and their passions in our com munity,” Paquette said. “So we’re inviting as many youth organizations in our area as possible to host their own activity booth and promote their busi nesses. This will be entirely free of charge for both organizations and attend ees.

“We want to give the youth of our area, especially after this hard time of Covid and being isolated from the outside world, the opportunity to find them selves back in our commu nity now that things are starting to open back up.

Morning walkers get out on greenbelts for fall

Special to The Enterprise

Three times a week, the Brisssk Morning Walkers of Davis take a loop path, a distance of about 4 miles in one hour and 15 to 35 min utes.

Since 2007, we walk year-round — holidays, light rain, and inclement weather.

On Tuesdays and Thurs days, meet at 8 a.m. at the Dancing Pigs outside of Peet's Coffee & Tea in the North Davis Marketplace,

Covell Boulevard and Syca more Lane. If you woke up late or suffer injuries, drop by just for drinks and socializing around 9:30 a.m.

On Saturdays, meet at 8 a.m. outside of Common Grounds Coffee Shop in the Oakshade Town Center in South Davis, Pole Line Road and Cowell Boule vard, for a tree-lined walk. Or drop by after the walk

for drinks and socializing around 9:30 a.m.

Walkers must be fully vaccinated, boosted and tested for COVID. For more info, contact Marilú Carter at mccarter@uc davis.edu or Richard Crescitelli at rcresci@ rocketmail.com.

If you’re new to walking or recovering from injuries, ask about shorter routes.

These youth attendees will be able to come to our fair, go to each booth and play the games the booth has to offer. If they’re interested, they can get information from the booths and learn more about these organiza tions with their parents.”

The Fall Festival is also set to include raffles, games, food trucks, crafts music and more — but what more could one really ask for in a festival?

It’s all taking place on Nov. 19 at the North Davis

Elementary School MPR, at 555 E 14th St., from noon to 2:30 p.m. To stay up to date, check out the DHSCC website at https://6306c4a49e3ca. site123.me/ or visit their Instagram account by searching @dhscommnity club.

For any questions — like how to donate to the DHSCC or otherwise — reach out directly at dhscommunityclub@ gmail.com.

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TRUCKERS: Both sides offer criticism

the climate crisis, improve air quality and alleviate key concerns identified by communities.”

The proposed regula tion received fiery criti cism from both sides, as 167 members of the pub lic lined up to speak at Thursday’s hearing — which started at 9 a.m. and lasted well into the night.

Environmentalists and public health groups called for a tougher rule that would speed up the 100% electric truck sales requirement to 2036 instead of 2040, while trucking companies said the proposal ignores con cerns about electric vehicle costs and technology, lack of infrastructure and the loss of good-paying jobs.

The Air Resources Board is expected to hold a second hearing on the proposal and vote in the spring.

Jeff Cox, a truck driver of 24 years and owner of the Madera-based truck ing company Best Dray age, worries the rule could drive many family-owned fleet operators out of business — especially those with certain types of trucks that the regulation would affect first.

“Obviously we all want cleaner air, but this would be catastrophic to the

industry,” he said. “We’re operating in an already challenging environment. To add something else that is this drastic would be very harmful.”

California often leads the country in passing stringent emission reduc tion standards. The new rule would lead to a trans formation of the trucking industry, affecting about 1.8 million trucks on state roads. It builds on other mandates to reduce emis sions in the transportation sector, including the gaspowered car ban adopted earlier this year and clean trucks regulation passed in 2020.

But environmental groups often say that while the air board’s regulations on the transportation industry are well-inten tioned, they don’t go far enough to reduce the pro duction or use of fossil fuels.

Andrea Vidaurre, a policy analyst at the Peo ple’s Collective for Envi ronmental Justice, said the effects of toxic diesel emissions from big rigs and other heavy-duty trucks in heavily polluted communities underscores the need for California to accelerate the transition.

Diesel exhaust can lead to several health problems, according to air board staff.

CAMPAIGN: Digging into the numbers

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Harris, a former Davis Joint Unified School District trustee; DJUSD Trustee Joe DeNunzio; and former county schools superinten dent Jesse Ortiz.

During the previous reporting period, Partida also received contributions from Carson, Mayor Lucas Frerichs, former Mayors Brett Lee and Robb Davis and Supervisor Don Saylor of Davis.

During this latest report ing period, Partida also received individual contribu tions of between $100 and $150 each from 11 city of Davis firefighters.

As of Oct. 22, she had $6,890 in cash on hand heading into the final weeks of the campaign.

Partida’s opponent in Dis trict 4, Morrill, reported receiving $2,045 in contri butions during the fourweek period of Sept. 25 to Oct. 22, bringing to $6,520 the total his campaign has received since the start.

As of Oct. 22, Morrill’s campaign had $544 in cash on hand.

Morrill reported 21 indi vidual contributions since Sept. 25, including maxi mum contributions of $150 from Davis residents includ ing Eileen Samitz, Rick Entrikin, Michael Saxton, Cynthia Markiewicz, Jean Miller, Bruce Johnson, Tim Dailey and Marc Thomas.

He previously received contributions from former council candidate Larry

Guenther; former Mayor Joe Krovoza and his wife, Janet; Alan Pryor, Darell Dickey and others.

Morrill, who handles envi ronmental compliance for the city’s public works department, also previously received a $150 contribution from the Davis City Employ ees Association.

Over in District 1, Bapu Vaitla has led his opponents — Carson and Fortune — in fundraising, and he added another $5,985 in contribu tions between Sept. 25 and Oct. 22, bringing his cam paign total to $30,313 — more than any of the five council candidates.

He had more than $20,000 in cash on hand as of Oct. 22.

Like Partida, Vaitla has the support of city firefight ers. During the four-week reporting period ending Oct. 22, he received $150 indi vidual contributions from 12 Davis firefighters.

Both Partida and Vaitla have also received $150

contributions from Davis Firefighters Local 3494.

Others contributing the maximum $150 in the last few weeks to Vaitla’s cam paign included Davis resi dents Deema Tamimi, David Robertson, and former Mayor Joe Krovoza.

Carson, who is seeking a second term on the City Council, reported $4,130 in campaign contributions from Sept. 25 to Oct. 22 and $8,000 in loans. He has received a total of $19,289 in contributions since the beginning of the campaign and had $5,802 on hand as of Oct. 22. Between Sept. 25 and Oct. 22, Carson reported 31 individual contributions of up to $150.

Contributors during the most recent reporting period included Vice Mayor Will Arnold; Cory Koehler, exec utive director of the Davis Chamber of Commerce; Yolo County Supervisor Jim Provenza of Davis; and more than a dozen other Davis residents. Carson previously

received contributions from Partida, former Mayor Brett Lee, DiNunzio, former state superintendent of schools Delaine Eastin, Assembly woman Cecilia AguiarCurry, D-Winters, and a handful of city commission ers.

Carson himself loaned the campaign $8,000 during this latest reporting period.

In fact, all three candi dates in the District 1 race have loans on file — Vaitla previously loaned his cam paign $13,000 and Fortune previously loaned her cam paign $1,767.

As of press time, no cam paign financial statements for the Sept. 25 to Oct. 22 reporting period were listed by the city clerk’s office for Fortune. For the previous reporting period of July 1 to Sept. 24, Fortune reported $3,530 in contributions, including from former coun cil candidate Colin Walsh, former Mayor Michael Cor bett and more than two dozen other individuals.

Todayn More than 100 local and regional organiza tions have come together to surprise families and friends with a mon strously large Halloween present from noon to 3:30 p.m.; the fourth annual, family-friendly Zombie Bike Ride. Pedal along the 12-mile Davis Bike Loop (visit the web site for event map): Expect more than 10 entertainment stations, several zombie bike mechanics, food and drink vendors, and opportunities for prizes for best costumes. Enter tainment stations range from interactive oppor tunities — such as engag ing with local Davis groups like the robotics team (Citrus Circuits) and the Davis Fencing Academy — to encoun tering epic spectacles — such as zombies on stilts, an entire Halloween marching band, a Michael Jackson's Thriller performance and a huge party on UC Davis Campus with DJ Mellax.

n Zombie-themed fes tivities continue with the Zombie Mash afterparty from 4 to 6 p.m. at E Street Plaza (228 E St.), sponsored by the Davis Downtown Business Association. Partygoers can enjoy music by DJ Duc Jones as well as pro fessional fire dancers from Fire University.

n The Zombie week end concludes with Davis comedian and MTV per sonality Brent Pella at the Zombie Bike Ride Comedy Show and Fund raiser 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 pro ceeds will go to Norcal Trykers and The Bike Campaign — organiza tions that work to make bicycling possible for everyone, including chil dren with disabilities.

Wednesday

n The Valley Oak Chapter of the Embroi derer’s Guild of America will host a Zoom presen tation by April Sproule, at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2. Sproule is a nationally regarded tex tile artist and lecturer who will discuss “The Myth of Creative Genius.” To join the Zoom list, contact Linda Wayne at laws999@ gmail.com by Oct. 26.

n The Davis Progres sive Business Exchange will meet from noon to 1 p.m. at Lamppost Pizza, 1260 Lake Blvd. in West Davis. The speaker will be realtor Julia Whit more. She will be talking about the status of the real estate market in Davis. Contact Bob Bockwinkel at 530-2191896 or e-mail G. Rich ard Yamagata at yamagata@dcn.org for more information.

Thursday

n Yolo Basin Founda tion’s Flyway Nights speaker series is back. The programs will begin at 7 p.m. via Zoom and begin with a presentation by Cliff Feldheim of Cal Trout called “Fins and Feathers: Conserving Salmon and Birds through Habitat Resto ration, Enhancement and Management.” A $10 donation to support the Foundation’s wetland

education programs is suggested. To register, visit www.yolobasin.org/ flywaynights or call Yolo Basin Foundation at 530-757-3780.

Friday

n The Avid Reader will host Poetry Night, featuring Carmen Micsa, Veronica Jarboe and Andres Naffis-Sahely, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The bookstore is at at 617 Second St. in downtown Davis. Find detailed information at www.avi dreaderbooks.com.

Sunday, Nov. 13

n The Episcopal Church of St. Martin, continues its free Seeds of Justice lecture series online at 4 p.m. John M. Liu, professor emeritus in the departments of Asian American studies and sociology at UC Irvine will offer a presen tation on “How Manifest Destiny Changed the Color of Labor.” Learn more at https:// churchofstmartin. org/2022/08/03/ save-the-date-seeds-ofjustice-continues/.

Monday, Nov. 14

n The public is invited to attend the Davis Bike Club’s monthly member ship meeting and social at 7 p.m. at the U.S. Bicy cling Hall of Fame at Third and B streets in Davis. This month’s gath ering will feature free docent-led tours of the Bicycling Hall of fame and the opportunity to meet enthusiastic bike riders. For information about the Davis Bike Club and its weekly rides, see www.DavisBikeClub. org or contact Maria, outreach director, at out reach@davisbikeclub. org.

Saturday, Nov. 19

n The annual Davis model train display will be up and running at the Davis train station (Amtrak) at 840 Second St. in downtown Davis. Sponsored by the Davis Sunrise Rotary Club (davisrotary.org) and the Davis Model Train Club, admission is free. Any donations received will be directed to local charitable pro grams. The electric train display will be open from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and features two layouts (Lionel O and HO gauges) with interactive components for children as well as examples and history of local Davis points of interest.

Saturday, Dec. 3

n Friends of Meals on Wheels presents Dickens in the Valley, a holiday home tour, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Start off the holidays by touring six beautiful Woodland-area homes all decked out for the season. Tickets are available in advance for $30 per person at Corner Drug at 602 Main St., Embellish Décor & Gifts at 540 Main St. or online at https://2022fomow dickens.eventbrite.com.

Friday, Dec. 6

n The Avid Reader will host Catriona McPherson, author of “Scot in a Trap,” from 6 to 7 p.m. at 617 Second St. in downtown Davis.

Flower Arrangers host a pumpkin workshop

Special to The Enterprise

Jan Goehring will guide a pumpkin workshop fea turing creative design at the StoneGate Country Club, 919 Lake Blvd. On Wednesday, Nov. 2, at 7 p.m. Goehring, vice presi dent of both the Shepard Garden and Arts Center in Sacramento and of the Sac ramento Floral Design Guild, and renowned novel Ikebana designer, will host an evening of creativity and fun for everyone.

Her skills and talents at utilizing unusual materials in all of her arrangements opens up a whole new world in design and three

dimensional art.

To reserve a spot in the Pumpkin Workshop, send an email to sdegraffhunt@ gmail.com. Bring your own pumpkin, squash, or gourd of choice and other items as suggested in the design options for the workshop. In planning for the

workshop participants are encouraged to choose between three types of designs for the Workshop:

A pumpkin with succu lents, a pumpkin table arrangement or a pumpkin as a base for a dried arrangement.

To assure that you have access to all of the Davis Flower Arranger programs, workshops, and special events consider becoming a member of this unique group, which was founded in 1958 and has been grow ing strong to this day.

The Davis Flower Arrangers host presenta tions by renowned flower designers and arrangers on

the first Wednesday of each month September through April at 7 p.m. at the Stone gate Country Club at 919 Lake Blvd. in Davis.

Membership is $50 for the season. To become a member send your check to Davis Flower Arrangers c/o Jo Anne Boorkman, Trea surer, at 2205 Butte Place, Davis, Ca 95616. Include your name, address, phone number, and email address so you receive the monthly newsletter, current updates, and invitations for all special events and work shops.

For information, contact Stephanie DeGraff-Hunt at sdegraffhunt@gmail.com.

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sports

Kunis, Kutcher should visit region for sports

From June 2021 through today here at The Enterprise, I have written many columns on sports.

The topics have ranged from Davis High and the Delta League, UC Davis and the Big Sky (football) and Big West (most sports) conferences, San Francisco 49ers, San Francisco Giants, Sacramento Kings and other professional sports teams.

Sports remains the topic of this column.

Mixed with actress Mila Kunis and her husband, actor Ashton Kutcher.

Kunis is the voice of Meg Griffin on the Fox animated TV show “Family Guy.” She’s well-known for her role as Jackie Burkhart on “That ’70s Show,” which ran from 1998 until 2006.

She’s done various movies such as her most recent roles are producing and starring in Netflix’s “Luckiest Girl Alive.” She’s also co-starred with Kristen Bell and Christina Applegate, who is well-known for her role as Kelly Bundy in another FOX sitcom “Married ... With Children” in the 1990s, in movies “Bad Moms” and the sequel “A Bad Moms Christmas.”

By the way, or BTW, for anyone who is a “Married ... With Children” fan, the show can be seen in marathons on week ends and Tuesdays on the Logo Network.

Kutcher met Kunis when they starred on “That ’70s Show.” He also starred as billionaire Walden Schmidt in “Two and a Half Men” from 2011 to the show’s cancellation in 2015. He was notable for taking over for actor Charlie Sheen, whose contract with “Men” was termi nated in early 2011.

Kutcher has also starred in various comedy movies. His most recent movie is “Vengeance,” which came out in June.

Kunis has thrown out the first pitch at a Los Angeles Dodgers home game.

Pawsome fun

Kunis and Kutcher have been spotted at NBA games.

There are times their children, daughter Wyatt and son Dimitri, have been spotted with the couple at games. But if you’re a parent, one of your duties, in my opinion or IMO, it’s an obligation to take you child or children to a profes sional, college and/or high school games at some point during the child or children’s growth into adulthood.

Wouldn’t it be nice if Kunis and Kutcher, with or without their children, attend a collegiate or NBA game in the Sacramento area?

I am personally inviting the couple to attend a UC Davis football game. To be specific, the Causeway Classic when the Aggies play at Sacramento State on Saturday, Nov. 19. The Aggies play at Idaho on Saturday, Nov. 12, and Enterprise staff writer Bob Dunning makes the trek with the team, as he has been for years.

How about catching a Kings home game?

The couple can kill two birds with one stone that same weekend. They could

catch the Causeway Classic and the Kings’ home game against the Detroit Pistons at the Golden 1 Center on Sun day, Nov. 20.

During a recent interview on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on ABC, Kunis told Kimmel that she doesn’t like pizza. She talked about her days growing up in New York, where her father delivered pizzas.

OK, Mila and Ashton, I’m talking directly to both of you. I can take both of you to one of the best pizza places in Davis, and it serves more than pizza, such as wings, salads and appetizers.

But hey, if you two don’t want pizza, there are many restaurants in Davis and the Sacramento area to indulge one’s appetite.

Will the Hollywood couple take me up on my offer? Probably not.

But to make sure they are aware my invitation, I will tag them on Twitter and Instagram.

If you two are interested, reach out to me.

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

Playoffs

‘Ruff’ but fun job for Cori

By Madilynn Sepp Enterprise correspondent

There are only a handful of col leges in the nation that have teeretrieving dogs.

A tee-retrieving dog is a special animal, trained to retrieve the foot ball tee’s after each kickoff.

The UC Davis football and Davis High football teams have their very own tee-retrieving dog, Cori, a 2.5-year-old female Labrador retriever.

For anyone who has not seen Cori sprint from the Aggies' sidelines and fetch the tee, UCD will host Idaho State in a Big Sky Conference game at UC Davis Health Stadium this Saturday. Game time is scheduled at 4 p.m. The Aggies close out the reg ular season at Idaho on Saturday, Nov. 12 and Sacramento State in the annual Causeway Classic on Satur day, Nov. 19.

Cori first got introduced to UC Davis through veterinarian Lisa Tell, who has been working at UCD as a faculty member with the School of Veterinary Medicine since 1994.

“I was an undergraduate student at UC Davis and also went to Veteri nary School here at UC Davis, so I am a diehard Aggies fan,” Tell said. Tell's longevity at Davis speaks volumes to her commitment to Cori and bringing Aggie fans a little extra entertainment on games nights. Tell first got introduced to Cori in the

late fall of 2021.

“Cori is one of our family mem bers. I was introduced to her through a dog trainer who was help ing to evaluate one of Cori’s sisters to potentially be the new UC Davis Football Tee Retrieving Dog who was to replace Pint,” explained Tell.

Having such a special dog does require a special handler and dedi cated training. Cori was originally trained to compete as a field trial dog. The requirements to being a field training dog are even more intense and require pure perfection. Cori, an outstanding and brilliant retriever, fell just short of the quali fications to be a field dog, pivoting her to becoming a tee-retrieving dog.

Tell quickly fell in love with Cori and stepped in.

Bonded with family

“She bonded quickly with mem bers in our family,” Tell said. “She and I then had to learn to work together as a team so that she knew what her dog job was. That is when we started the work for her to learn how to retrieve the football tee.”

Tell credits Davis High football head coach Nick Garratt for wel coming the duo to the Friday night light community. Garratt helped arrange for Tell and Cori to have real game experience, allowing Cori to

retrieve the tee during the Davis High football games. This gave the duo the practice and confidence they needed to perform in front of thou sands of eyes for UC Davis.

In order to perform at such a high level with many distractions, it is important that Cori is precise in where she runs on the field, stays focused, and has a trusting relation ship with Tell.

One of the keys to Cori’s success is being able to rely on both Tell and the UC Davis kicker Isaiah Gomez.

Tell stated that Gomez does an outstanding job being really friendly with Cori, making sure that he approaches the Tee before kickoff, so that she knows its location, and always coming back around to reconvene with the duo.

Another key to Cori’s success is her precision. In order for Cori to be as precise as possible, Tell starts Cori on a small box platform that gives Cori just the right amount of eleva tion off the ground to see the tee beforehand. This gives her an exact idea of where she needs to go, on top of returning to the sidelines properly and consistently.

Since 2021, the duo has acquired lots of great memories together. Tell shared the details to one of her per sonal favorite memories during the Aggie season this far:

Top seeds for water polo, girls tennis

Enterprise staff

Two of three Davis High fall athletic teams enter the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I playoffs as top seeds.

The other Blue Devils squad enters at No. 2.

The Davis boys water polo team (23-4) enter the playoffs as the top seed. The section released its play off brackets on Thursday.

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

“I think the top seed should give us confidence that we can compete with any team in the section,” said Davis boys head coach Tracy Stapleton.

DHS girls water polo

Davis (19-8) has also earned the top seed.

The Blue Devils also get the first-round bye. The Blue Devils will play the winner of the No. 8 McClatchy-No. 9 Gregori of Modesto, which play on Tuesday. Davis and the McClatchy/Gregori winner will play on Thursday.

Blue Devil girls tennis

Davis head coach Sally Hosley and her Blue Devil netters are thrilled to be the No. 2 seed and earning a first-round bye.

“I really believe we earned the No. 2 seed for play offs,” Hosley said. “I know that Oak Ridge (top seed that also has a first-round bye) is very strong.”

But first, the Blue Devils need to focus on their second-round opponent. That will be the winner of the No. 7 Lincoln of Stockton-No. 10 McClatchy match, which is scheduled for Monday.

Then the question becomes whether Davis and the Lincoln-McClatchy winner will play on Wednesday in the second round. According to weather forecasts, rain is expected to hit the Sacramento area on Tues day through Wednesday.

But right now, a healthy Davis squad is needed.

“I have several sick players, so hopefully we will have a healthy line up by Wednesday,” Hosley said.

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more fetching photos of Cori, visit www.davisenterprise.com, click on the Sports tab.

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Davis High girls tennis head coach Sally Hosley (right) goes over instructions with doubles players Amelie Ingram (blue tank top) and Molly Nansen during a practice in late August. Hosley and the Blue Devils earned the No. 2 seed in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I team playoffs.

California’s chronic housing shortage

At its best, journalism sheds light on important issues in hopes that a more informed public will press officialdom to confront and resolve them.

California’s chronic shortage of housing is one such issue and two very recent articles, one in the Los Angeles Times and the other in the New York Times, delve into how the crisis devel oped and why dealing with it is extraordinarily difficult.

The Los Angeles Times details its city’s history of encouraging sprawling single-family neigh borhoods while packing the poor into confined neighbor hoods, where deadly diseases such as COVID-19 run rampant.

It begins with the death of Leonardo Miranda, “who rented a shed and shared the kitchen, bathroom and dining room in the main house.”

After COVID-19 attacked Miranda, “it spread to a man who slept on three red cushions in the laundry room. Then to a

Letters

Partida earned another term

Gloria Partida moved from East Los Angeles to Davis in 1989 as a single mother of three small children, one with special needs, determined to better the oppor tunities for herself and her family. She attended UC Davis and earned a bachelor’s degree in zoology and later worked at UCD for 30 years as a Neurobiologist. As she studied and worked to support her family, she advocated for her own and all children in the school system.

Gloria helped start mainstream education for special-needs stu dents in Davis, established a com munity-based work program for people with disabilities in Davis and founded the Davis Phoenix Coalition, a nonprofit to promote inclusion and prevent hate crimes. She has served on PTA and school site councils and has volunteered with STEAC. In 2016 she ran for Davis City Council.

Gloria became mayor in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. She is the first Latino person (male or female) ever to be elected to the Davis City Council. Her greatest achievement while serving the past four years was the collaboration effort between the city of Davis and UCD. As mayor, she was the top advocate for the city in these collabora tions. This resulted in the Davis Healthy Together program, which administered 800,000 tests to all Davis residents. Of these tests, 13,000 were positive for COVID19.

But the most astonishing stat was that 200 people per week who were asymptomatic tested positive also. Had they not tested, they would have undoubt edly infected everyone they came in contact with. We don’t know how many lives were saved by this statistic alone.

She served on the roads and bike paths committee and created a 10-year plan with funding to improve every street in Davis. She also played a significant role in creating the new Department of Social Services and Homeless ness. Partida is an incumbent councilwoman who listens to her constituents and fellow council members. She has a long track record of social-justice advocacy even before she joined the DCC. She has truly earned another term to the council. Gloria Par tida is the best candidate to be elected to the Davis City Council, District 4.

Rick Gonzales Davis

grandfather and grandson who wedged two mattresses into one room. By the time COVID-19 was finished with the three-bed room home, shared by eight, Miranda and the grandfather were dead.”

The article continued, “More homes are overcrowded in Los Angeles than in any other large U.S. county, a Times analysis of census data found — a situation that has endured for three decades, with no sign of abating.

“In places like the PicoUnion neighborhood, where Miranda lived, generations of families squeeze into tiny apart ments. Construction workers,

Stand up for property rights

I would like to offer my per spective, on the Joe and Janet Krovoza’s lawsuit against the city because of noise from the Sky Track. While families may sup port keeping the Sky Track play ground equipment at the new central location in Arroya Park, where the Krovosas maintain it will still violate the noise ordi nance, I lean in favor of the Kro vosas.

In 2001 when rooftop solar systems were in their infancy, my husband and I installed rooftop solar with an inverter attached outside of our shed. It was the only place to put it. Our neighbor took issue with the noise of this inverter. I finally had someone from the Davis Police Depart ment measure the decibel level. Standing in our patio a few feet from the inverter she said “Turn it on.” I said “It is on.” She was shocked. It measured well below what would violate the noise ordinance. Nevertheless, this neighbor had a point. The persis tent hum annoyed me, too. It came through my closed double paned windows. Ultimately, we replaced the inverter with a silent inverter.

If the noise of the Sky Track exceeds or even comes close to exceeding the noise ordinance on a frequent basis, I would say that the quality of life suffers. This is not a rare musical concert we’re talking about. It’s an obnoxious variety of sounds that can occur at any time. It’s not reassuring that there’s been repeated van dalism of the locks and chains when the Sky Track’s been closed.

I find it hard to believe that there isn’t an engineering solu tion to this problem, but if one can’t be found, the City Council should find a quieter play struc ture, and let the Sky Track com pany know what the problem is with their product. I don’t par ticularly want my tax dollars being spent defending against a lawsuit from a homeowner who wasn’t complaining until this structure went up. I would prefer that the city stand up for its resi dents and defend their ability to enjoy their property. The people playing on the structure can walk away whenever they want. The residents can’t.

Diane Swann Davis

Carson for District 1

I’m supporting Dan Carson for a second term representing District 1 on the Davis City Council. Dan works hard, has a wealth of experience on govern

seamstresses and dishwashers live in close quarters. Day labor ers bunk with half a dozen or more strangers in living spaces intended for one or two people. “Within these confines, COVID-19 advanced without mercy: orphaning children, kill ing breadwinners and shattering families.”

One of the article’s most poi gnant passages describes how the city’s “leaders bulldozed Mexican neighborhoods in Chavez Ravine, forcing out thousands with the promise of new, low-cost, public housing to meet the needs of a city explod ing in population after World War II. Then real estate inter ests exploited the communist paranoia of the Red Scare to defeat the housing projects, and instead, the city gave the land to the Dodgers for a stadium to entice the team’s move from Brooklyn.”

By happenstance, the New York Times article by Ezra Klein picks up where the Los Angeles

Times’ article ends. Klein lays out in detail why current state and local government policies make it so infuriatingly difficult to build the low-income housing that would relieve deadly over crowding and the homelessness it spawns.

In 2016, Klein notes, Los Angeles voters approved a $1.2 billion ballot measure to build 10,000 new apartments for the homeless and Mayor Eric Garcetti boasted, “The voters of Los Angeles have radically reshaped our future, giving us a mandate to end street homeless ness over the next decade.”

However, “Six years later, nei ther the mandate nor the money has proved to be nearly enough.

In 2016, Los Angeles had about 28,000 homeless residents, of whom around 21,000 were unsheltered (that is, living on the street). The current count is closer to 42,000 homeless residents, with 28,000 unshel tered.”

The 2016 ballot measure pro duced just 3,357 units “and the most recent audit found the average cost was $596,846 for units under construction — more than the median sale price for a home in Denver. Some units under construction have cost more than $700,000 to build.”

Klein details the impediments to building cost-effective hous ing and concludes, “This is the paradox of housing develop ment in Los Angeles and so many other cities. The politics of the affordable-housing crisis are terrible. The politics of what you’d need to do to solve it are even worse.”

Both articles should be man datory reading in the Capitol.

— CalMatters is a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California's state Capitol works and why it matters. For more stories by Dan Walters, go to Commentary.

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mental issues and listens to those of us in West Davis.

I met Dan when he was work ing at the Capitol with the non partisan Legislative Analyst’s Office. He not only dug into data and history but was always avail able to listen to people who cared about the issues he researched.

I remember seeing Dan at a meeting when he was first elected concerning a staff pro posal to eliminate yard waste clean ups. In West Davis we have large lots with lots of trees and bushes and we were up in arms about having nowhere to place trimmings and prunings. This was not the kind of meeting that an “elected” would normally attend. “Let the staff do it. No need to face the wrath of the vot ers face to face.” But Dan was there. He listened and because he lives in the neighborhood, understood the concerns. When the meetings were over, the pro posal was revised. Dan and the Council were able to approve a solution that allowed for modi fied clean up and reduced costs at the same time. This thought ful compromise resulted from Dan’s willingness to dive into local problems and find solu tions.

During his first term, Dan has demonstrated strong leadership on a variety of important issues. He successfully advocated com munity perspective to mitigate UC Davis growth. He was instru mental in developing a 10-year plan for improving streets and bike paths. He worked to have Davis declare a climate

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;

emergency and begin develop ment of the City’s climate action plan.

He’s also been a strong sup porter of the City’s efforts to address mental health and homelessness issues among many others.

Throughout his term, Dan Carson has been willing to listen to his neighbors and speak out for them on the City Council in a way that brings the Council together. That’s leadership that ought to continue. I urge District 1 voters to reelect Dan Carson.

Ernie Silva Davis

Re-elect Partida to council

We are writing in strong sup port for Gloria Partida’s re-elec tion to City Council representing District 4. Gloria has been a tire less and positive contributor to our community for the entire 15 years we have known her. Time after time, she has not only advo cated for Davis to be an inclusive community for all, but has her self built the infrastructure to bring about change. Founding Davis Phoenix Coalition, work ing on the Yolo County Housing Authority, and advocating for accessible city infrastructure for people with disabilities are just a few of the many ways she has made Davis a better place for us all.

We deeply appreciate the work Gloria did as mayor of Davis during COVID to support local businesses and partner with the

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/

university on the Healthy Davis Together initiative to keep our community stable and safe. As we emerge from the pandemic, it’s vital we continue to move forward with projects that pro mote economic development and attract young families to live in Davis. Gloria has shown that she shares these priorities and has succeeded at moving sound policy forward for our commu nity. We urge our neighbors in District 4 to vote for Gloria on Nov. 8 — all of us in Davis will benefit from her presence on Davis City Council.

Kristine Gual and Patrick Garvey Davis

What he said

Amidst the many election let ters, don’t miss the unrelated excellent Doug Walter letter of Oct. 26. He challenges Tom Elias’ one-sided blaming of Palestin ians and Elias’ blithe claims that Palestinians enjoy any real level of satisfactory “Self-Govern ment.”

Whereas Elias’ regular col umns on the PUC and power issues are insightful, his writings on other issues go oft awry.

Doug’s thoughtful analysis and challenge to think more carefully than Mr. Elias is amazingly cogent and well-written for such as short space as a letter to the editor. His scrutiny of Elias’ idea of expelling students for “antiZionism” is helpful.

Well done.

Andy Faletti Davis

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Poem of the month

The Forest for the Trees

I have seen a tree split in two from the weight of its opposing branches. It can survive, though its heart is exposed. I have seen a country do this too.

I have heard an elder say that we must be like the willow— bend not to break. I have made peace this way.

My neighbors clear-cut their trees, leaving mine defenseless. The arborist says they’ll fall in the first strong wind. Together we stand. I see this now.

I have seen a tree grown around a bicycle, a street sign, and a chainsaw, absorbing them like ingredients in a great melting pot.

When we speak, whether or not we agree, the trees will turn the breath of our words from carbon dioxide into air— give us new breath for new words, new chances to listen, new chances to be heard.

Rena Marie Priest. Originally published in Spark: The Magazine of Humanities Washington, 2021, issue 2. Used with the permission of the poet.

Rena Priest is a citizen of the Lhaq’temish (Lummi) Nation. She is the author of “Sublime Subliminal” (Floating Bridge Press, 2018); and “Patriarchy Blues” (Moonpath Press, 2017), which received an Ameri can Book Award. Priest is the recipient of an Allied Arts Foundation Profes sional Poets Award, and fellowships from Indige nous Nations Poets and the Vadon Foundation.

She was appointed Washington state poet laureate in 2021 and is the 2022 Maxine Cush ing Gray Distinguished Writing Fellow. Priest lives near her tribal com munity in Bellingham, Wash., where she was born and raised. In 2022, Priest received an Acad emy of American Poets Laureate Fellowship.

Nowhere does a poem about trees feel more at home than in our town. We live in an urban forest where most residents love and honor their street and lawn trees, their parks, not to men tion the University’s arboretum. We depend on our trees’ shade for almost half the year, and for a few months in the late fall, we get to watch their chromatic transfor mation into a stunning spectrum of red and orange and gold. And after a few months of leafless canopies, it is spring, and the flowering pear trees burst into white clouds and the almond trees look almost bridal in their blushing lace.

“The Forest for the Trees,” is a poem that considers the colloquial idea that any singular is part of a whole. This poem is a beautiful medi tation on what we can learn about the tension between the part and the whole from living closely with trees.

Priest begins the poem with the powerful image, “I have seen a tree split in two/from the weight of its opposing branches./It can survive, though its heart is exposed.” When she continues immedi ately with “I have seen a country do this too”, Priests is not only letting us know that this poem is an expanded metaphor regarding the idea of singularity versus

community in our terri bly divided nation, but that a singular tree split in two is itself a meta phor for what it can feel like to live in a country where people are in such opposition to each other that they feel torn apart, cut in half, heartbroken.

In the second stanza we are given another common adage, “that we must be like the wil low—/ bend not to break. / I have made peace this way.” But, the poem asks next, what happens when we are left defenseless because our neighbors have endangered us? This leads Priest to another common idea, “together we stand. I see this now.”

In her final, powerful ending statements, Priest lets us experience the idea that we can argue and disagree and believe we are singular, but all the while, the trees are taking our words, our breath, and making it into the very air we all need to “give us new breath/ for new words,/ new chances to listen,/ new chances to be heard.”

Political poems are so hard to write. But I love this one for its clarity and strength. I love how Priest refuses to turn away from our vulnera bility when we insist on being independent, alone, cut-off from our neighbors. I love her reenvisioning of our rela tionship to trees and our communal whole. The poem reminds us that we need each other to listen, to be heard, to be strong enough to endure the vagaries of our world with its changing climate and strong winds.

And I love that this poem uses the vantage point of indigenous wis dom regarding the whole of being. That is, humans are not the only living, breathing characters in the story. Rather, the trees stand as a perfect example of our interde pendence on the whole of nature. What could be a better reminder than this poem as we enter into the harvest season, as well as the midterm elections. We need each other. All living beings. All of nature.

— Julia Levine Davis Poet Laureate

Is Davis a good place to retire?

Recently, a friend from South Dakota told me that her middle-aged daughter and husband, also from South Dakota, would be visiting our area.

“They particularly want to look around Davis,” she said, “They think they may want to retire there.”

This makes me think about my own retirement, currently in Davis, but many people ask me if I plan to stay. My short answer is “yes”. Davis is a great town. My friends are here. I love this place. Cir cumstances might change, of course, but for now I’m planted.

Eager to help the South Dakota couple and not anticipating any difficulties with the task, I say, “I’d be happy to show them around.”

I take them to attrac tions in Davis including the arboretum, Village Homes and the Mondavi complex, where we pause to tour the Shrem Museum and take a photo in front of one of Robert Arneson’s iconic egghead sculptures. It has been a long time since I showed someone around our town, and it’s fun.

After a couple hours of sightseeing, however, I start to get uncomfortable. Am I portraying accurately what it’s like to live here?

I mention the astronom ical cost of purchasing a home in Davis, but I don’t know anything about this couple’s resources. Maybe they could swing it.

Besides showing them around, I talk, highlighting the weather, mentioning all the events in town and

praising our vigorous non profits. As Democratic vot ers living in South Dakota, my guests have endured some uncomfortable moments in their home state and are excited about Davis’ left-leaning bent. I like that about Davis, too, but I’m aware of problems that arise with the City Council and other govern ment agencies, especially around growth and finances.

Should I mention all that?

As I start talking about city government, I realize that the details of town function are not really what I am holding back. What I am holding back is more serious: fear.

I am not the same calm, contented Davisite I used to be. Is anyone? We know what has happened in other places not far from here: fire, usually in the country but sometimes in a town. Many people have lost their homes.

During sustained fire fights, we breathe bad smoke in Davis, and many of us become temporarily obsessed with checking air quality.

“Truckee hit 400 yester day,” is a sentence most people understand.

Although chances are low, the devastation of fire could come to Davis.

Governor appoints two to County Fair board

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Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Darrel Ng, 44, of Davis and Blake Har lan, 56, of Woodland, to the 40th District Agricul tural Association (Yolo County Fair Board).

Ng has been Vice Presi dent at Health Net since 2020. He served as COVID Vaccine Commu nications Lead for the State of California in 2021. Ng was Founder and Chief Executive Offi cer at Fast Twitch Com munications from 2019 to 2020. He was Managing Director at the W2O Group from 2017 to 2020 and Staff Vice President at Anthem Inc. from 2011 to 2017. He is a member of the Public Relations Soci ety of America, California Capital Chapter Board of Directors.

Harlan has been Direc tor at Farm Credit West since 2003. He has been President of Harlan Fam ily Ranch since 1998, where he has worked as an employee since 1989. Har lan has been a Partner at Wilson Bend Farms since 1988.

This position does not require Senate confirma tion and there is no com pensation. Harlan and Ng both are registered with out party preference.

Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Susan Rotchy, 57, of Dixon, to the State Independent Living Council. Rotchy has been executive director at Inde pendent Living Resources of Solano & Contra Costa Counties since 2022, where she held several

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positions from 2005 to 2022, including Program Manager and Benefits Specialist.

She was a substitute teacher for the Vacaville Public School District from 2007 to 2010. Rotchy was an optician for Dr. Randall Cummings from 1993 to 1996. She is a member of the In-Home Support, Solano Advisory Committee and the Con solidated Transportation Services Agency Advisory Committee.

This position does not require Senate confirma tion and there is no com pensation. Rotchy is a Democrat.

— Do you know of some one who has won an award or accomplished something noteworthy? Email it to newsroom@ davisenterprise.net.

But even discus sion of fire and smoke doesn’t cover all the sources of my new anxiety. There’s also the drought looming after several years of low rainfall.

So far, except for reduced irrigation, life has continued as normal, but for how long? It’s going to be an unset tling winter if we don’t get plentiful rain and snow.

Should I advise against moving here, given these circumstances? On the other hand, doesn’t every place have its drawbacks? I never let the possibility of earthquake keep me away.

How should we assess risk? The visiting couple is young enough that it will be years before they need to do so.

A few weeks after their visit, I wake up on a beau tiful Saturday and head to Davis Farmer’s Market, first time in a long while.

I feel guilty about the gas I waste looking for a park ing space and even ask myself “Do I really need vegetables?” but I don’t consider going home.

Finally, I find a spot behind a Tesla that is very proud of itself, as Davis residents sometimes are. (The license plate boasts about speedy charging.)

As I walk to the market, I remember that this was where my column began.

In May 1996, shortly after I started, I wrote an edgy entry about chance encounters at Farmer’s Market.

Today’s crowd is much bigger than back then. Even though I am fully

By Andy Jones

Special to The Enterprise

1. Books and Authors.

What American wrote the novels “Native Son” and “Uncle Tom’s Chil dren?”

2. Science. What color are leukocytes?

3. Mottos and Slogans.

In English, what was the motto of the French Rev olution?

4. California Cities. What California city was recently listed among most “breathtaking” vacation spots in the world by National Geo graphic?

5. Popular Music. In 1948, Music Digest

outdoors, I put my mask on because people are crunched next to each other, looking much more interested in melons than in maintaining social dis tance. I can barely crowd in close enough to choose my vegetables.

The vendor makes a mis take adding up my pur chases and undercharges me by $5. When I point this out, he thanks me four times.

Randii MacNear, longtime general manager of the market, waves hi to me, recognizing me even behind my mask.

Like an electric blan ket warming up, I’m getting that cozy Davis feeling. I think of all those times that people return lost items, build unique structures (the Car ousel), and fund new ideas (Farmer’s Market pavilion). As I leave the market, car rying dusky-grey potatoes, multi-hued tomatoes and an intriguing striped egg plant, I find myself pausing at a few houses, especially the ones with gardens.

I’m dazzled by their love liness, like a bride who has just been handed her wed ding bouquet.

This place where we live is great. And if you haven’t been exploring it lately, you should. I should.

Davis has risks, but doesn’t everywhere? Those of us who live here despite potential earthquakes, fire, smoke and drought, we’re not crazy, are we?

I don’t think I’ll be mov ing soon. And I’ll send this column to my friends in South Dakota.

estimated that one man’s recordings filled more than half of the 80,000 weekly hours allocated to recorded radio music in America. Name the singer.

Answers: Richard Wright; They are white blood cells; Liberty, Equality, Fraternity; San Francisco; Bing Crosby

— Dr. Andy Jones is the former quizmaster at de Vere’s Irish Pub and author of the book “Pub Quizzes: Trivia for Smart People.” His pub quiz is now seeking a new home. Meanwhile, Dr. Andy is also sharing his pub quizzes via Patreon. Find out more at www.

Rachel Day Kessler was born on Nov. 20, 1936, in LaCrosse, Wis.

She was the sixth and youngest child of Lucia Mary Bogue Day and Col. Olin Lincoln Day, who fought in both world wars.

She grew up in Bement, Ill., graduated from Bement High School and attended University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana where she earned her bachelor’s degree in music education. Following 2½ years of teaching elementary school music; "my mom and dad accom panied me to Indiana University, where I sang for somebody. The dean of the school called me — at my teaching job! — and asked me to come and sing the role of Queen Elizabeth in ‘Don Carlo.’ So I left my job in the middle of the year to go to Indiana University." She went on to earn two master's degrees, in conducting and voice.

It was also during her time in Indiana where she caught the eye of one Donald Kessler, who later wooed her at a singing party he was hosting. He won her over with his scientific musings and that mis chievous twinkle in his eye. They later married in her hometown of Bement.

She sang many leading opera roles while attending Indiana Uni

versity including Eva in Wagner's “Die Meistersinger,” Konstanze in Mozart’s “Abduction of Seraglio,” the High Priestess in Verdi's “Aida” and Fiordiligi in Mozart's “Così fan tutte,” among others. Before her final year she received the opportu nity of a lifetime: she was one of seven singers hand-picked to audi tion for the Robert Shaw Chorale. Robert Shaw had been hired by the State Department to embark on an international exchange to the Soviet Union where he wanted to perform Bach’s B Minor Mass, an effort that had been in the works for four years. Upon auditioning all seven singers, “Shaw was over whelmed” and took them all. She would go on to tour nationally and internationally, including South America, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, as a member and featured soloist with both the Robert Shaw and Roger Wagner Chorales.

Rachel and Donald moved to Santa Barbara briefly before set tling in Davis in 1967 where they raised their three children — Carol, John and William. Shortly after the move to Davis, Rachel became the choir director of the Chapel Choir at the Davis Community Church, composed mostly of junior high and high school-aged singers. She was also assistant conductor and soprano soloist of the adult Chan cel Choir.

Soon after, she was hired as the

Maxine Littlefield Schmalenberger

Maxine Littlefield Schmalenberger passed away peacefully on Oct. 8, 2022 in Davis. Maxine was a resident of Davis for 66 years.

She was born Jan. 24, 1928, in Oak land, and spent her early life in Berke ley, where she attended grade school through university. There she grew up with a group of close friends who con tinued to get together well into their 80s. Maxine demonstrated civic mind edness from a young age, when at age 9 she and a friend formed “The World wide Club.” One of their projects was to gather and send clothing to refugees of the Spanish Civil War.

While studying at UC Berkeley Max ine was introduced by her cousin Pat Ryan to the love of her life, Herbert Arthur Schmalenberger, also a student at Cal. They were married at Northbrae Community Church in Berkeley on Aug. 4, 1948. The postwar years at Berkeley were full of friendships and football, as Herb played on the champi onship Cal football teams. The teams were composed of many married men, returned from military service in World War II, and there was much camarade rie among the families. Their first child, Karol, was born during this time.

The young family moved to the Monterey Peninsula when Herb took a job teaching and coaching at Pacific Grove High School. Maxine and Herb enjoyed their years in Pacific Grove, making many lifelong friends. The family grew with the addition of sons Kurt and Peter, born in Carmel by the Sea.

When the the family of five moved to Davis in 1956, their family life was intertwined with life on the UC Davis campus. They epitomized the spirit of “town and gown.” While Herb coached several athletic teams and taught at UCD, Maxine became civically engaged

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 aggressive cancer.

Inger was born in Linkop ing, Sweden, on Feb. 16, 1947, where she met her future husband Bo Lon nerdal 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 children from Sri Lanka. Inger received her bachelor’s degree in chemistry and mathematics and taught junior high school for several 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 adven ture, ended up in a forever home due to their love of the Davis community.

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 involvement as a part of the Davis Parent Nursery School (DPNS). She was a force in the disability community, implementing

choir director at Holmes and Emerson junior high schools, where she helped foster a love of music with countless Davis teenag ers over the next three decades. She cherished the time she had with her students, grooming their vocals skills and preparing many of them for careers in professional singing.

Those early days in Davis were a mad frenzy of rehearsals during the week, helping to run swim meets on weekends, while also singing at the church on Sundays, all with a steady stream of voice students coming and going, and shuffling her kids to practice. And hosting countless bridge parties.

In 1978, she founded The Davis Chorale and over the years she took this group on singing tours throughout Europe, including Austria, Germany, Czech Republic and Spain. There was no work deemed too challenging for her community ensemble. Just like no cathedral was visited without an impromptu performance.

In 1983, she was a guest conduc tor of the institute now known as Chorus America, in Lake Placid, N.Y., and has served as a faculty member at the CSUS Summer Choral Workshop, the Zephyr Point Summer Sing, and the Albu querque Music and Worship Con ference.

In 1985 she was a featured solo ist in John Rutter’s first public

performance of his Requiem, per formed at Freeborn Hall at UC Davis. Leading up to the concert, after a number of rehearsals, he rewrote the soprano solo “Lux Aeter nam” for her voice.

In 1993, she received the Har mony in Our Lives award and in 1995 she founded the Davis Chil dren’s Chorale. Over the years, she would also take them on tour, per forming in cities around the U.S. and Europe. It was always the children’s choir she preferred.

“Those nice, rich, round children’s voices are just so wonderful. And you know, once they reach adult hood, it never comes back. That’s why this is such a special group.”

The culmination of her artistic and musical leadership was in 2010, when the Davis Chorale per formed Bach’s B Minor Mass in Jackson Hall of the Mondavi Cen ter, with guest conductor and long time friend and colleague, D. Kern Holoman. She retired as artistic and musical director in 2012.

As she relinquished the reins on her choirs she always maintained a steady flow of voice students, even through the pandemic over zoom, which she often called on her chil dren for technical support.

During her stay at the University Retirement Community and as Easter 2022 approached, she wanted to sing for Easter Sunday. So, she and her daughter began

rehearsing and programmed a short concert that began with everyone singing hymns together, followed by singing her favorite operatic or sacred arias, and lighter ’30s and ’40s songs. This led to the URC Sunday Afternoons Concert Series where she did what made her most happy, singing weekly performances with her daughter accompanying her on piano in a room full of smiling faces.

Rachel is survived by her three children, Carol Ann, John (Heather) and William (Carri); grandchildren Noah, Gavin, Had ley, Margot and Graham; brother James Day (Carol Jean); and her beloved nieces and nephews.

A memorial service and recep tion will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov 5, at Davis Community Church, 412 C St. in Davis. COVID vaccines and boosters are required to attend in person, as well as wear ing a high quality mask. KN95 and N95 masks will be available at the church for anyone who arrives without one. This service will also be livestreamed from the Davis Community Church website.

Donations in Rachel’s honor can be made to Valley Artists Produc tions, c/o Carol Ann Kessler, 383 Holiday Hills Dr, Martinez, CA, 94553, DCC Memorial Fund, 412 C Street, Davis, CA 95616, and Yolo Cares, 1909 Galileo Court, Unit A, Davis, CA 95618.

Julia Michelle (Velinsky) Silverberg

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with many local orga nizations. She twice served as president of the “Farm Circle.” The expansive UC Davis campus and farm was the big backyard for their growing family as two more sons, David and Robert were happily wel comed into the family.

Starting with participation at Davis Parent Nursery School, Maxine went on to teach preschool for several years. Many former students and their par ents fondly remember Maxine from this time. Throughout her life, Maxine was well known for her gracious hospi tality. Friends and family were always welcomed into her home, where she always took a genuine interest in their activities.

While raising five children in Davis, Maxine continued her active commu nity involvement. She was instrumen tal in founding a local chapter of the United Nations Association, STEAC, Friends of the UC Davis Arboretum, and the UC Davis Arboretum Docent Program. Her keen desire to continue learning led to continuing coursework at UC Davis including classes in human development and botany.

Maxine’s gift for teaching, love of learning and passion for the out of doors shone brightly through her extensive volunteer work at the UC Davis Arboretum. Over three decades, Maxine devoted much of her time to the Arboretum, developing curriculum and tours for visitors including many school groups. She also helped develop docent training courses and field trips for the groups of docents. She espe cially enjoyed learning and teaching about plants that were native to Cali fornia, their uses by indigenous popu lations, and their uses in drought

and ensuring full inclusion in the Davis school system for children with develop mental disabilities. She thought of novel approaches such as study aides in the classroom, circle of friends, and other ways to be fully inclusive in the community.

She received the DSHS PTA Volunteer Service Award and the Annual Rec ognition Award from the Yolo County SELPA for her outstanding efforts to improve the lives of those with developmental disabili ties. In this and many other ways Inger was a lifelong champion for social justice, contributing time, resources and energy in improving the lives of others.

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 chil dren to the world, going back to Sweden every sum mer, but also taking them along to many different countries as they

resistant landscaping. As recently as her 94th birthday in 2022, Maxine continued to enjoy walks in the UCD Arboretum with family and friends, always identifying flowers and trees along the way.

Maxine was an enthusiastic lifelong learner, voracious reader, and enjoyed lifelong friendships, making new friends wherever she travelled. Her book group was one of the longest run ning in Davis. She especially enjoyed family vacations in the Sierra, where she had fond memories of childhood camps, and on the Northern California coast where she was able to spend time with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

She was devoted to her family, and beloved by each of them. The theme song for her 90th birthday was “Accen tuate the Positive,” which exemplified Maxine’s outlook on life. She will be remembered smiling and compliment ing those around her in her final days with family, friends and caretakers.

She was preceded in death by par ents Erma Davidson and Theron Lit tlefield, brother Joseph Littlefield, and husband Herbert Schmalenberger.

She is survived by her children, Karol (Michael Gottfredson), Kurt (Eileen Allen), Peter (Lorraine), David (Eve) and Robert (Valerie); grandchildren Kate Gottfredson, Bryan (Meghan) Gottfredson, Nick, Monica, Sarah, Seth and Nolan Schmalenberger; and greatgrandchildren Julia Maxine and Emily Jane Gottfredson

A memorial celebration of Maxine’s life will be held at the UC Davis Arbo retum at a later date.

The family requests that memorial gifts in Maxine’s honor may be directed to the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden. Tribute gifts can be made online at: http://give.ucdavis.edu/ AARB/RDSDONR-RMEMO

Interment will take place at the El Carmelo Cemetary in Pacific Grove.

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 supporter of local businesses and art ists (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 community, many becoming close friends along the way. She loved food and wine and supported many local restaurants and winer ies in their early days.

Inger loved to exercise and to be outdoors; she could be found daily walking, run ning, or biking 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 his toric Davis Enterprise Cookbook Contest, which still hang above her kitchen entry.

Julia was born in Madi son, Wis., to Mary and Steve Velinsky and moved to Davis as a small child. She was a graduate of DPNS, Patwin, Emerson, Davis High, UCLA and UCSD. She passed away following a courageous four-year battle against a very rare form of lym phoma.

Julia cared deeply about her loved ones and was a dedicated daughter, sister, wife, mother, aunt (11 nieces and nephews) and friend. She built many life long friendships in Davis and continued to cultivate friendships at UCLA, in San Diego, and even with her medical caregivers.

Julia’s loved ones, of all ages, came to her often for advice; she was known for thoughtful guid ance and wisdom beyond her years and she was a role

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.

model to all.

Julia loved chil dren and she guided many friends and her sister on their motherhood journeys. She received her master’s degree in education and planned to pursue a career in elementary education.

Julia is survived by hus band Aaron, three children, parents, and sisters Lydia and Beth (James) Wendt.

A memorial fund has been established to support hospitalized bone marrow transplant (BMT) patients at UCSD. Memorial gifts should be designated to E7330 — Julia Silverberg Memorial Fund at UC San Diego Foundation.

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Inger passed this skill to her chil dren and in recent years her grandchildren — one of their favorite activities being bak ing with “Farmor” (Grandma).

Inger is survived by her husband, Bo; son Jacob of Falun, Sweden; daughter Ida of Davis; son Jan of Davis; and son Daniel of Kensington, Md.; daughterin-law Marie Hansen and grandchildren 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 inperson service planned, but a celebration of life will be held at a later time. Memo ries can be posted and shared at https://ingerlon nerdal.remembered.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 remember ing her.

In lieu of flowers, dona tions can be made to Team Davis (www.team-davis. org/donate) or the Ameri can Cancer Society.

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

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).

Inger Christina Lonnerdal

16, 1947 — Aug. 25, 2022

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

Peter Michael Cala Oct. 8, 1947 — Oct. 8, 2022 CALA

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By Charles M. Schulz

Astros are back, like it or not

Hate them all you want, but you’re wasting your breath when it comes to the Houston Astros.

It’s been six years since the Astros’ cheating scandal was exposed after the team won the 2017 World Series. Several club executives and manager A.J. Hinch lost their jobs.

However, 21 of the 26 current Astros were not on that team. Only pitchers Justin Verlander and Lance McCullers, shortstop Jose Altuve, first baseman Yuri Gurriel and third baseman Alex Bregman remain.

“This isn’t easy,” McCullers said after Houston swept the New York Yankees.

Astros manager Dusty Baker, at age 73, becomes the oldest skipper to manage in a World Series.

The Fall Classic opened Friday in Houston. It resumes Saturday in Philadelphia where the Phillies are in their first World Series since 2009.

n Bruce Bochy, the new manager of the Texas Rangers, did not “come out of retirement” to resume managing. That was how many of the stories about Bochy’s return were written and it was simply wrong.

Bochy left the San Francisco Giants after the 2019 season, but never shut the door on returning to

the dugout. Over the past three years, he kept his hand in the game as a special advisor for the Giants. Eventually, Bochy finally found the fit he was looking for with the Rangers.

Rangers general manager Chris Young pitched for Bochy in 2006 when both were with the San Diego Padres.

n Has any NFL quarterback of recent vintage had a faster down ward spiral than Carson Wentz? He was a No. 1 Philadelphia draft pick in 2016, spent five years there, then was traded to Indianapolis in 2021.

One season as a Colt, then traded yet again, this time to Washington, where he was recently placed on injured reserve.

Now 30, Wentz has a career 46-44-1 career won-lost record. Plus, an inability to stay healthy.

n Due to a broadcast conflict with Sacramento Kings basketball, Saturday’s UC Davis home football game will be heard on KTKZ 1380

AM. The Aggies meet Idaho State at 4 p.m.

n For whatever reason, the months when college football is played seem to go by quickly. This coming Saturday marks Week 9 of the 11-game FCS regular season and 12-game FBS season.

The 24-team FCS playoffs begin Thanksgiving weekend, Nov. 26. The top four teams receive firstround byes.

n Most surprising NFL team after seven weeks... probably the New York Giants, who weren’t expected to do much. Their record is 6-1.

Close second: the undefeated Philadelphia Eagles, 6-0.

Most disappointing NFL team after seven weeks... far too many to mention.

n Patrick Mahomes is taking the weekend off. His Kansas City Chiefs are now 5-2, coming off last week’s destruction of the San Francisco 49ers. Mahomes has already thrown 20 touchdown passes and is on tar get for 45-plus. The Chiefs and Los Angeles Chargers have byes on Sunday.

n Per Jon Heyman of the New York Post, Dusty Baker is expected to return in 2023 as Astros manager. No matter what takes place in the World Series.

n So... Houston in six games.

CORI: Catches tees for UCD, DHS squads

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“I think my most favorite memory so far with Cori is her first UCD Football game,” Tell said.

“About 11,000 were students in the stands and they started chant ing her name while she was retrieving the foot ball tee.

“It was incredible to hear the fan support and to know that she was making so many

students happy while doing her dog job of retrieving the tee.”

Cori has fetched tees in a combined nine football games this season, between the UCD and DHS squads.

On Saturday, Cori was hoping to fetch more tees at UC Davis Health Stadium, as Aggies hosted Cal Poly in the battle of the Golden Horseshoe.

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Goldstein shines

Enterprise staff

LONG BEACH — Stellar defensive play and a timely goal handed the UC Davis women’s soc cer team a thrilling 1-0 victory on the road over Long Beach State on Thursday.

Aggie goalkeeper Caeley Goldstein earned her fifth shutout of the season to lead UC Davis (6-2-2 in the Big West, 9-5-4) to its fifth straight win and the No. 2 seed in the upcoming conference championship.

The Aggie backline did not break, facing 19 shots and managed 14 Long Beach corner kicks as Goldstein made nine saves in the winning effort.

UCD bided its time and broke through in the 84th minute when redshirt freshman Sarah Canavan netted the game-winner for her third tally on the season and second straight match with a point. The Capitola native paced the Aggies with two shots, putting both on frame.

The Beach was led by six shots from Cherrie Cox. LBSU goalkeeper Zora Standifer was cred ited with one save.

The six conference wins are the most by an Aggie squad since 2003 and the 19 victories over the last two seasons under head coach Tracy Hamm are the most in a two-year span since 2011-12.

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UCD goalie Caeley Goldstein puts the ball back in play.

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UC Davis kicker Isaiah Gomez pets Cori after a kickoff Oct. 15.