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Yolo County workers receive a shipment of 30,000 rapid test kits in 2022 to be distributed to students and staff throughout the county.

Yolo Count Y CourtesY photo/enterprise file

County recognizes public-health efforts

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy

Enterprise staff writer

Yolo County’s Board of Supervisors honored the county’s public health workers Tuesday as it proclaimed this week National Public Health Week.

But the toll the last few years have taken on that workforce was also highlighted by both supervisors and Health Officer Dr. Aimee Sisson.

The county reported that 61.5 percent of the county’s public health professionals report feelings of burnout often or very often and 59 percent report having a high, unsustainable workload.

In thanking county supervisors for recognizing public health workers, Sisson noted that “public health is used to working behind the scenes to make our community safer and

healthier.

“Because we’re usually behind the scenes,” she said, “our work often goes unnoticed and, unfortunately, underfunded.

“The COVID-19 pandemic brought a lot of attention to public health, along with muchneeded short-term funding from the state and federal government. We worry, however, about maintaining adequate public health staffing when

Three UCD students dead in San Joaquin County highway crash

By Monica Stark Enterprise staff writer

A head-on crash in San Joaquin County took the lives of three UC Davis students early Friday morning, campus officials reported Monday.

The multi-vehicle collision occurred at about 12:25 a.m. on northbound Highway 99 near French Camp Road between Stockton and Manteca, where authorities say a suspected impaired driver, who also died, was traveling in the wrong direction.

pandemic-related funding ends in 2024. We worry about how to recruit the next generation of public health workers and how to revitalize our current workforce, exhausted from three years of pandemic response.”

Public Health Director Brian Vaughn noted that those three years have been challenging but the workers themselves rose to

See HEALTH, Page A5

Two in for state Senate race

By Monica Stark Enterprise staff writer

Two longtime local politicians, both Democrats, have thrown in their names into a run for next year’s California Senate race as current 3rd District state Sen. Bill Dodd’s current term expires in 2024.

Former West Sacramento Mayor Christopher Cabaldon and Napa County Supervisor Alfredo Pedroza announced their candidacies for State Senate District 3, which includes parts of Solano, Yolo, Napa, Contra Costa, Sonoma, and Sacramento counties. Cabaldon was elected Mayor of West Sacramento in 1998 and was the first

openly gay Filipino elected mayor in the United States. He was also the longest serving LGBT mayor in the country.

CABALDON

Former West Sac mayor

Pedroza has served on the Napa County Board of Supervisors since 2014 when former Gov. Jerry Brown appointed him to replace Dodd. Pedroza was elected to a full term in 2016 and re-elected in 2020. Prior to joining the Board of Supervisors, Pedroza was elected to the

Napa City Council in 2012, becoming Napa’s youngest council member and first Latino ever elected.

According to various media reports, the woman’s southbound Honda struck a Subaru in which the UCD students — identified as Minkyu Geon, Margarette Guinto Ventura and Codi Orland Mateo — were riding, triggering a chain-reaction crash involving two other other vehicles. One of the drivers, 40-yearold Nicholas Craggs of Stockton, also was determined to be impaired. The fourth driver was unhurt.

The name of the Honda’s driver, identified only as a 32-year-old

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Trustees hear about special ed progress

By Aaron Geerts Enterprise staff

writer

An update on the Davis school district’s special education program will feature at Thursday’s school-board meeting, along with various resolutions and approvals.

In a prior meeting, the board received recommendations from WestEd on where improvements can be made to the special education program. The April 6 meeting will feature an update on how the Davis Joint Unified School District’s special education is progressing in the wake of WestEd’s

recommendations.

Alongside that update will be the approval of the Universal Transitional Kindergarten/Extended Day Kindergarten program plan. Back in the fall of 2021, California passed AB 130 which expanded the age eligibility for student enrollment in TK through 2026. This presentation will cover the district’s plan to expand its TK program as well as its implementation plan for extended-day kindergarten.

Also in the meeting will be a facilities master plan

See TRUSTEES, Page A5

This Donald fellow is on to something

APLEA FOR HELP ... I just learned that Donald Trump brought in over $7 million in the 48 hours after he claimed he was going to be arrested several Tuesdays ago.

So here's the deal.

A while ago, the Red-Headed Girl of My Dreams and I had four children in three years. The first came 21 years ago and the fourth came 18 years ago.

As such, come this fall, she and I will be the proud parents of four kids in college at the same time.

Ironically, it has come to my attention that the Yolo County District Attorney plans to arrest me this coming Tuesday. He agreed to wait a few days so I could observe Holy Week with my family.

What I am being arrested for is unclear, but it could be because we had four kids in three years.

Anyway, my army of attorneys estimates that my defense could easily run to $7 million. Per day.

And university administrators across the west indicate the cost of full tuition, housing, meals, books, laundry and pizza for four students could run into the high six figures.

So, taking a cue from our former president, we will accept checks (ID required), VISA, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, Capital One, all debit cards, PayPal, Venmo, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Cash App, Zelle, spare coin collections in large glass jars on bedroom dressers and cash under the doormat. No amount is too small or too large.

Especially generous donors will be invited to a festive rally in Central Park when I get out of jail.

Thank you in advance for your kindness.

TRUMP'S TROUBLES

Forget what is unfolding in New York, Donald Trump's most provable and serious crime, on tape and indisputable, is when he asked Brad Raffensperger, a fellow Republican, to "find" him 11,780 votes and then make a public statement that he had "recalculated" the final vote and that Trump had actually won. And then he threatened Raffensperger, saying that he would be in serious legal trouble if he didn't do so.

A case of clear and direct solicitation of election fraud. If Raffensperger had done what Trump requested, he'd be going to jail.

The Stormy Daniels stuff in

Committee OKs campus vehicle bill

SACRAMENTO — State

Bill Dodd, D-Napa, announced Monday that leg-

has advanced that would improve traffic safety in the use of personal transportation devices such as electric scooters, hoverboards and Segways on university campuses.

“With committee passage of this bill, we’ve taken a positive step toward expanding the authority of public colleges to set commonsense rules and regulations that will keep our communities safe,” Dodd said. “It will help us address emerging technology, which has brought new forms of risk from electric devices that travel at high speeds and operate silently, providing little to no warning to pedestrians and motorists.”

California campuses present complex transportation safety challenges with students, faculty and community members crisscrossing each other on foot, bike and car, at

varying rates of speed. The emergence of new personal transportation devices such as e-bikes and e-scooters has complicated matters, raising questions around safety. For example, UC Davis has reported a recent increase in crashes. Last year, a student was killed while riding an electric personal mobility device on UC Davis property.

In response, Sen. Dodd introduced Senate Bill 295, which expands existing authority for a public agency including the University of California and California State University to establish rules and regulations for the use and storage of personalassistive mobility devices on its campuses. It also would allow for the operation of small, fuel-efficient work vehicles on campus roads. The measure could apply to other public agencies.

SB 295, which is sponsored by the University of California, passed the Senate Transportation committee Tuesday

and heads next to Appropriations.

“I want to thank Sen. Dodd for taking on this measure, which will improve safety across campuses by reducing the size and weight of vehicles on our congested roads, as well as set clear guidelines for the safe and efficient use of personal mobility devices,” said UC Davis Police Chief Joe Farrow, a 43-year law enforcement veteran and former California Highway Patrol commissioner.

“Unfortunately, we recently had a tragic incident on campus involving a fatal collision and an electric transportation device. This bill will allow us to prevent such catastrophic circumstances from becoming commonplace.”

Dodd represents the 3rd Senate District, which includes all or portions of Napa, Yolo, Sonoma, Solano, Sacramento and Contra Costa counties. Find information at www.senate.ca.gov/dodd

New York, while still illegal and actionable if you or I did it, pales by comparison.

PRESUMED INNOCENT?

One of the biggest legal myths is that a defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

I can tell you this, every time a district attorney brings a case to court, he or she presumes the defendant is guilty or they wouldn't be charged with a crime in the first place.

Can't you just hear a DA telling the judge and jury, "Well, I presume Mr. Jones is innocent, but I thought I'd charge him with a crime he didn't commit just to keep my staff busy."

If a person is presumed innocent, why do so many defendants spend time in jail while awaiting trial? That's hardly how an innocent person should be treated.

Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

Downtown crash results in DUI arrest

By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer

A Fairfield man faces drunken-driving charges following a downtown Davis collision Monday night. Davis police Lt. Dan Beckwith said an officer patrolling the area of Third and F streets observed a Nissan sedan crash into a parked car at about 11:15 p.m.

“The officer stopped and spoke with the driver,” Beckwith said. “After an investigation, it was believed that the driver was under the influence.”

Juan Carlos Paniagua, 24, was taken into custody on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and booked at the Yolo County Jail, Beckwith said.

Briefly

‘Davisville’ hosts food writer

Benjy Egel, who grew up in Davis, says he’s been interested in food since he was a kid. “I grew up doing cooking camps through the city of Davis programs at, like, César Chávez Elementary,” he said. His interest and skills kept growing as he became a journalist, and for the last five years he’s been writing about food and drinks for the Sacramento Bee.

His reports news and writes reviews. On the latest edition of the KDRT program “Davisville,” Egel discusses food and restaurants in Greater Sacramento, trends, staffing, the scene in Davis, and how he approaches his job.

“Davisville,” hosted by Bill Buchanan, airs on Davis station KDRT-LP, 95.7 FM on Mondays at 5:30 p.m., Tuesdays at noon, Fridays at 5 p.m., and Saturdays at 8:30 a.m. The current program will air through April 15, and is available at https://kdrt.org/ davisville or on Apple podcasts.

Women on Wheels ride again

Women on Wheels missed its March ride due to rain but they are ready to ride on Saturday, April 8, and go a bit farther. Join Pamela Thompson, Julie Sly, WOW and friends on a 37-plus-mile roundtrip ride to Woodland.

Pace is moderate and “No-Drop.” Faster riders are free to join and ride ahead. The group will check out the mini “Golden Gate Bridge” and stop at Peet’s in Raley’s for snacks and drinks.

The starting time moves to 9 a.m. and this ride starts from a different location than usual — the Marketplace Shopping Center, home of the “dancing pigs.” Meet near Petco.

Join the Davis Bike Club and along with current members on this ride, participate in a drawing for rechargeable clip-on bike lights. See www.DavisBike Club.org.

For questions, contact Maria Conteras Tebbutt, funmaria@ sbcglobal.net.

Be ready for emergencies

Yolo Healthy Aging Alliance will partner the Yolo Commission on Aging and Adult Services for an emergency-preparedness presentation at the Davis Senior Center from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. April 14.

The presentation will focus on types of local emergencies and disasters, how to create a plan, how to pack a gobag and shelter-inplace box, and how to sign up for Yolo Alert. Go-kit starter bags freebies will be given to attendees.

Although not required, RSVP with a voicemail to 530-7765006, or an email to Yolo Healthy Aging Alliance at info@yolo healthyaging.org.

Woodland breaks ground on treatment center

Enterprise staff

WOODLAND — On Friday morning, March 31, a broad group of community partners gathered to celebrate the progress of the East Beamer Neighborhood Campus and break ground on the forthcoming Walter’s House Treatment Center.

The East Beamer Neighborhood Campus represents a paradigm shift in addressing homelessness through the provision of both shelter and services in one location, the city of Woodland said in a press release. Friday’s groundbreaking of an expanded Walter’s House residential treatment center marked the next step in developing an “important local and regional resource.”

The new Walter's House will provide expanded bed capacity and support for those struggling with drugs, alcohol and other substances. Unhoused families will “backfill” the current Walter's House facility in downtown Woodland, providing more family shelter in Yolo County.

Friday’s event also celebrated progress already

Obituaries

Patrick Stephen

Fitzgerald

Local leaders and nonprofit partners gather Friday to celebrate the progress of the East Beamer Neighborhood Campus in Woodland and help break ground on the Walter’s House Treatment Center.

occurring at East Beamer. Woodland commenced construction of the emergency shelter in June 2020 and the facility was occupied by January 2021 when the city turned the keys and land over to nonprofit affordable housing developer Friends of the Mission and shelter operator Fourth & Hope.

The Emergency shelter

was followed by 61 permanent supportive manufactured homes that were completed in fall of 2022 and fully occupied by early 2023. At full buildout, the campus will provide temporary and permanent housing for 170 people and substance use treatment capacity for 60 people. The facilities will cluster around a shared green, a garden,

and a community and health center.

Broward Builders Inc., a Woodland business for over 30 years, partnered with the city to build the shelter facility. The permanent supportive housing units were manufactured locally by Woodland’s Cutting Edge Modular.

“To all those with a

compassionate heart and a giving spirit, thank you for helping this become a reality,” Woodland Mayor Vicky Fernandez said on Friday morning. “It’s a great day to celebrate the goodness of the people of Yolo County and the people of Woodland.”

Yolo County Supervisor Gary Sandy told the assembled crowd, “Thank you for such a deep-seated commitment to those who need assistance in this community.”

County Supervisor Angel Barajas noted that the project is already making a positive impact, adding “we know that [unhoused individuals] are being served well at this campus.”

The city of Woodland and Yolo County, in collaboration with local nonprofit Friends of the Mission, funded construction of the adult-only emergency shelter. In addition, the state of California, Partnership HealthPlan of California, Dignity Health Woodland Memorial Hospital, the Sutter Foundation and other funders made significant contributions toward the project.

Fire Dept. honors hires, promotions

The Davis Fire Department officially promoted six of its employees and welcomed six new ones at recent ceremonies. On Saturday, Fire Chief Joe Tenney, right, swore in the newly elevated Captains, from left, Justin Harris, Reese Heaslet, Jesse Hodorowski, Andrew Whipple and Dan Wong, along with Battalion Chief Luis Parrilla, at the Veterans’ Memorial Theatre. Last month, six new hires celebrated the completion of their indoctrination training. They include Alexander Avila, Rachel Berglund, Conor Delaney, David Psaila, Cameron Simental and Mitchell Zamora.

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March 6, 1973 — March 22, 2023

Patrick Stephen Fitzgerald died March 22, 2023. He was 50 years old. A lifelong resident of Davis, Patrick graduated from UC Davis with a bachelor’s degree in food technology and later a master’s degree in food

chemistry. The UC Davis Human Genome Center was the last laboratory he worked in on campus. He very much enjoyed his fellow colleagues there and the analytical work.

Music was the big love of Rick’s life. From Dvorak quartets to Metallica, his taste was very eclectic. He played, built and collected guitars.

Patrick is survived by his parents,

Ray Charles Thompson

Oct. 23, 1928 — March 29, 2023

At age 94, surrounded by family and friends, Ray Charles Thompson peacefully passed away on March 29, 2023, in El Macero. Ray was born in Reno on Oct. 23, 1928, to Abner and Edith Thompson.

Shortly after Ray’s birth the family moved to San Leandro, where his parents lived in the same house for the next 68 years.

Ray was always on the go and during high school he made and sold bronzed baby shoes, delivered newspapers, worked for a bakery and even sold fruit he picked from the neighbors’ trees. After high school, Ray decided to do what he did best — work.

With a new wife and

baby, Ray began his career in real estate, selling homes in the greater San Leandro/ Oakland area.

During the post-World War II boom, Ray was able to work with many veterans helping them to purchase their very first home. Never one to let a day end early, Ray also became a bar owner and often worked as the bartender at the Little Club in San Leandro, where David Brubeck would often play.

Ray was an excellent salesman and businessman and never saw anything as a problem, he only saw challenges needing to be solved.

After a few years of realestate sales in the Bay Area,

Ross and Paget; brother Ross (Amber); and nephews Jake, Nolan and Hudson. Rick was a fifth-generation Californian with many Yolo County cousins.

A gravesite service is planned for the immediate family. Donations in memory of Rick may be made to the Juvenal Diabetes Research Foundation.

Ray was asked to move to Davis and run the Stanley M. Davis Company. So, in 1959, at the age of 31, he moved to Davis, where, for the next 40-plus years, he worked as the managing partner developing land and building homes throughout Davis, Woodland, Vacaville and Fairfield.

Ray had an unmatched zest for life and was the epitome of work hard, play hard. He was a member of the El Macero Country Club for 50 years, and belonged to two duck clubs. His other passions included fly fishing and tending to his vast garden. Ray was able to pass down many of these joys to his sons, grandchildren and even great-grandchildren.

Ray is survived by sons

Dan Thompson of Sacramento, Steve Thompson of Davis, Bob Thompson (Cheryl) of Vacaville and Ian Thompson of Davis. In addition, Ray is survived by his sister Joanne Frasier of Castro Valley, one nephew, seven grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren.

THOMPSON

A service and celebration of life will begin at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 12, at the El Macero Country Club. If possible, the favor of an RSVP is welcomed at CelebrateRayThompson@ Gmail.com.

Californians.”

“After careful consideration, discussions with my family, and consultation with community leaders across the district, I’m all in for state Senate,” Pedroza said. “I’m all in because California’s future is more uncertain than ever and its present is filled with real problems that hurt Californians and lessen their quality of life.

Both candidates’ press statements reflect their commitments to action on the housing crisis and better schools.

“California is facing some of the most pressing challenges of our time, from the housing crisis, economic inequality and access to quality education,” Cabaldon said in a statement.

“It’s time for action on what it costs to buy or rent a home and live in our communities,” said Pedroza. “It’s time for effective state action on homelessness, climate change, better schools, access to (and cost of) a college education, and transportation solutions that work.”

Under Cabaldon’s leadership infill development with new housing and business development has transformed the Sacramento Riverfront.

He has worked on regional governance

City hosts meeting on 14th St. redesign

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer

issues while serving as the chair of the Sacramento Area Council of Governments and the president of the California League of Cities. Cabaldon was a professor of public policy at Sacramento State University and was appointed by former President Barack Obama to serve on the Executive Committee of the National Advisory Board for America’s College Promise, which was chaired by Dr. Jill Biden. He currently works with the Institute for the Future.

Pedroza is recognized for his leadership on Napa County’s aggressive fire prevention policies, climate change goals, and transportation achievements.

Pedroza has worked in the financial services industry for nearly 15 years, having careers with credit unions and community banks. His experience in the financial services industry has helped countless local families and businesses improve their finances and thoughtfully manage and sustain growth. He and his wife, Brenda, are high school sweethearts and the proud parents of three children.

California’s primary election will be on March 5, 2024.

— Contact Monica Stark at monica@ davisenterprise.net.

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The city will hold a public outreach meeting later this month to receive feedback on improvements to the 14th Street/Villanova corridor.

The meeting will take place on Thursday, April 27, at 5:30 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Center, 203 E. 14th St.

Back in November 2021, the city conducted a test design for a portion of the corridor from Oak Avenue to B Street that included a twoway cycle track and removed street parking on the north side of East 14th Street near Davis High School. During the test, more than 500 residents shared their concerns and feedback regarding the design. As a result of feedback and test observations, the designs were redrafted to eliminate the two-way cycle

track on the north side of 14th Street, keep the street parking in front of Davis High School and to reinstate left pocket turns at the Oak and 14th Street intersection.

The April 27 outreach meeting aims to get public feedback on the revised designs that will focus on

traditional safety improvements like city-standards striping, a painted bike lane buffer and a refuge island at the crosswalk near North Davis Elementary School. City staff have already started conversations with the Davis Joint Unified School District; Davis High

School; North Davis, Willett and Chavez elementary schools; the Stephens Davis Branch Library; St. James School; and Unitrans regarding the revised plans.

“The test design proved invaluable to this process,” said Mayor Will Arnold. “As a result of the overwhelming public feedback, the designs for this corridor were revised.”

The city was awarded a $992,000 grant from the Sacramento Area Council of Governments for the entire project in 2015. The project was delayed by the pandemic and a grant extension was allowed. Construction is scheduled for summer 2024. For additional project information, visit: https:// www.cityofdavis.org/cityhall/improvement-projects/ fourteenth-street-villanovadrive-improvements.

City to host César Chávez celebration this month

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer

The city’s annual César Chávez Celebration will be held during the Davis Farmers Market, on Saturday, April 22, from 10 a.m. to noon in Central Park, 401 C St.

Sponsored by the city's Human Relations Commission, this year’s theme is “Worker Unity Through All Professions” and community members of all ages are encouraged to attend this

free event to celebrate and honor the work of civil rights leader César Chávez. The program will include speakers from the United Farm Workers, the Bulosan Center, Peet’s United and others. Participants can expect performances, dancers and musical entertainment. The event will also host resource tables showcasing local organizations available throughout the event for information and conversation.

A children’s art activity

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Summer leadership camp opportunities for high school juniors The Davis Sunrise Rotary club is offering full scholarships to current high school j u n i o r s f o r t w o s u m m e r l e a d e r s h i

R o y a l a n d C a m p Ve n t u r e I f i n t e r e s t e d c o n t a c t D o n W i n t e r s ,

also will be offered.

“The civil rights work of César Chávez and others still continues to this day,” said Davis Mayor Will Arnold. “Social justice and community organizing are critical in promoting equity and diversity in our community. I hope everyone will join us to acknowledge

and celebrate the important efforts of all those who work tirelessly toward equal rights and opportunities.”

A special thank you goes to Davis Media Access for providing sound for the event. For additional information, contact Carrie Dyer at 530-757-5602.

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Public Notice NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

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The city tested a design for road safety with a two-way cycle track on 14th Street near Davis High School.

Today

n The Valley Oak Chapter of the Embroiderer’s Guild of America will host a Zoom presentation at 11 a.m. by Youngmin Lee on Bojagi, a traditional form of Korean hand quilting.

Ms. Lee holds a master’s degree in fashion design and a bachelor’s degree in clothing and textiles and conducts classes and demonstrations of Korean arts and crafts. If you are interested in attending, contact Linda Wayne at laws999@ gmail.com by March 31, to add you to the Zoom list.

Thursday

n The Poetry Night Reading Series is excited to feature Maya Khosla and Lisa Dominguez Abraham at 7 p.m. on on the third floor of the John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 First St. in Davis. An open mic will follow the featured performers. Open mic performances will be limited to five minutes or two items, whichever is shorter.

n The Davis Odd Fellows Thursday Live! concert series present the Grateful Bluegrass Boys, acoustic string band from the Santa Cruz/SF Bay Area. The Davis Odd Fellows Lodge is located at 415 Second St. in downtown Davis. Doors for the show open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 7:30 p.m. Thursday Live! is a monthly concert series; shows are donation-only with all money going to the musicians.

Friday

n The UC Davis Arboretum hosts a Folk Music Jam Session from noon to 1 p.m. Folk musicians can bring their acoustic instruments and play together informally during this jam session at Wyatt Deck (next to the redwood grove). Pull out your fiddles, guitars, mandolins, penny whistles, pipes, flutes, squeezeboxes (you name it). All skill levels welcome and listeners are invited. Short-term parking is available in Visitor Lot 5 on Old Davis Road at Arboretum Drive. Hourly rates start at $1.75.

Saturday

n The Yolo County Library, the Yolo County Library Foundation and Stories on Stage Davis will present an evening of science fiction with author Kim Stanley Robinson at at 7:30 p.m. in the Richard Brunelle Performance Hall at Davis High School (DSHS), 315 W. 14th St. in Davis. Tim Gaffaney will read Robinson’s short story, “Arthur

Sternbach Brings the Curveball to Mars,” followed by a question-andanswer period with Robinson, moderated by Dr. Andy Jones. The evening will also include three DHS actors reading Winters High School student Tristan Cooper’s story, “We Made the Afterlife Better,” which won the “Out of This World” high school science fiction writing contest. To register for this free event, visit: tinyurl. com/scifievening2023. Yolo County Library Foundation and Stories on Stage Davis are accepting donations through the registration link to further support early childhood literacy, literature and theater arts.

Wednesday, April 12

n Join Project Linus to make blankets for children who are seriously ill, traumatized or otherwise in need. Come to the gathering at the Davis Senior Center from 1:30 to 3 p.m. to share ideas and patterns. All are welcome to attend the meeting and help sew Linus labels on handmade blankets for Yolo County organizations that serve children in need. Project Linus members may take home donated fabrics and yarn each month to complete a blanket. Finished blankets can be brought to the next monthly gathering or to the Joann Fabric store in Woodland. Contact Diane McGee at dmmyolo@gmail.com for drop-off location questions, fabric and yarn donations, or to sign up for the email list to receive detailed information and updated meeting time changes.

n Davis Science Café presents “Biomolecular Condensation: the Chemistry of Salad Dressing and Cellular Organization” from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at G Street Wunderbar, 228 G St. in Davis. Each month, Professor Jared Shaw of the UC Davis department of chemistry hosts the Davis Science Café, featuring scientists studying cutting-edge topics. This month’s speaker is Professor Dylan Murray from the department of chemistry, who works on understanding the physical chemistry of low sequence complexity protein domains and how these properties relate to their macroscopic behavior in cells. The event is free, with complimentary soft drinks courtesy of the UCD College of Letters and Science. Contact Shaw for information at jtshaw@ucdavis. edu or https://twitter. com/DavisSciCafe1.

TRUSTEES: Litany of issues on docket

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addendum presentation. This comes hand-in-hand with the expansion of the district’s kindergarten programs. The presentation itself will be by Capital Operations staff and will include the proposed facilities master plan addendum that encompasses the aforementioned program expansions.

Trustees will decide on the approval of bond and facilities agreements. Capital Operations Department staff will recommend the board approve HMC Architects to provide programming and planning services for the Davis High School journalism CTE program. COD staff also will recommend HMC Architects to provide programming and planning for the DHS gender-neutral changing areas and review program options for new changing rooms in existing locker rooms. Finally, COD staff recommends the board approve Visions Management for furniture programming, procurement and delivery for

DHS furniture replacement.

The board will also be set to adopt the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) notice of exemption for Phase 1 of the district-wide solar sites which include Emerson Junior High, Harper Junior High, Holmes Junior High, Korematsu Elementary, Pioneer Elementary and the Capital Operations yard.

The CEQA Public Resources Code Section 21080 requires the district to comply with certain environmental impact documentation regulations.

Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, Chapter 3, Article 19 provides for categorical exemptions for classes of projects which have been determined not to have a significant effect on the environment.

District staff has been working with legal counsel to find the project’s categorical exemptions.

There will also be quarterly reports on its uniform complaint procedure. In the wake of the so-called “Williams” case from the California

Supreme court, all school districts must report to their governing board and County Offices of Education on a quarterly basis in accordance with Education Code 35186(d), which states, “A school district shall report summarized data on the nature and resolution of all complaints on a quarterly basis to the county superintendent of schools and the governing board of the school district. The summaries shall be publicly reported on a quarterly basis at a regularly scheduled meeting of the governing board of the school district. The report shall include the number of complaints by general subject area with the number of resolved and unresolved complaints. The complaints written responses shall be available as public records.”

Finally, the board will approve resolutions that recognize April as Child Abuse Prevention Month as well as Autism Awareness Month.

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

HEALTH: County staff ‘were the first to go

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the challenge.

“They were the first to go in, they’re going to be the last to go out as these emergency orders are finally sunsetting,” he said. “They’ve really been the soldiers. I think they’ve embodied the spirit of Yolo County and they are still in it.”

Supervisor Jim Provenza of Davis agreed.

“We have spent the last few years dealing with public health through the pandemic and masking, testing, isolation, shut-downs, reopenings. It has been a journey and our public health people have really stepped up to make the program during a really difficult time … successful.”

The resolution passed by the board Tuesday declaring April 3-9 National Public Health Week noted that after “three long years of pandemic response,” the public health department is dedicated to the “principles of healthy work” with a focus on disrupting unhealthy work practices that contribute to burnout and stress.”

The resolution also recognized the contributions of public health professionals and programs in improving health and achieving health equity,

but also noted that “racial and ethnic minority populations in Yolo County continue to experience disparities in the burden of illness and death, as compared with the entire population of the county.” The county’s public health department, the resolution states, “is committed to addressing health disparities that exist across marginalized communities and communities of color by taking a health equity approach to policy, program and collaborative efforts that impact the social determinants of health.”

Sisson thanked the board for recognizing National Public Health Week and said, “we celebrate the achievements of our amazing team and thank

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them for their dedication to keeping the people of Yolo County healthy, whether fighting COVID-19 and other communicable diseases, making sure kids in school are vaccinated, preventing tooth decay, protecting youth from flavored tobacco, supporting moms with adequate nutrition, putting babies in car seats, preparing for emergencies, overseeing ambulance services or ensuring everyone in Yolo County has an opportunity to be healthy.

“They are all public health heroes,” she said.

— Reach Anne Ternus-Bellamy at aternus@davisenterprise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @ATernusBellamy.

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Stockton woman, was not immediately available. The CHP reported that prior to the fatal crash, the Honda had been involved in a hitand-run collision that disabled the car’s headlights, after which the driver made a U-turn on the freeway and headed in the wrong direction.

UCD officials announced in a news release they had received permission from the families to release the victims’ names.

“Minkyu Geon of Hong Kong was a junior majoring in electrical

engineering. Margarette Guinto Ventura of Virginia Beach, Virginia, was a sophomore majoring in biological sciences. Codi Orland Mateo of Pasco, Washington, was a senior majoring in neurobiology, physiology and behavior.

“Margarette Guinto Ventura was a member of the Girl Gains recreational weightlifting organization on campus, and Codi Mateo participated in the Filipinx Association for Health Careers, also a student organization,” officials said.

All three students lived in residence halls last year:

Geon and Mateo in Shasta Hall, and Ventura in Laben Hall.

“We are absolutely devastated and struggling to come to terms with such immense loss,” Chancellor Gary S. May said. “On behalf of the UC Davis community, we send our condolences to the family, friends and others who knew and loved them. Our Aggie family shares deeply in your pain and loss.”

In the news release, UCD officials noted the university has reached out to the families to assist them during this time and encourages the campus

community to draw on each other and other resources for support.

Student Health and Counseling Services (SHCS) offers confidential services for students, and consultation and crisis response for employees, students and parents (530752-0871). The Academic and Staff Assistance Program (ASAP) offers confidential services to all UC Davis and UC Davis Health faculty, staff and families (530-752-2727).

— Contact Monica Stark at monica@ davisenterprise.net.

SISSON County health officer

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First 5 Yolo Commissioner Heidy Kellison donned a Wonder Woman costume for a COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Woodland in November 2021.

Digging into demographics of electric cars

On March 24, The Davis Enterprise published a CalM atters story with the head line, “Who buys electric cars in California.” The article points out that Cali fornia has adopted requirements to phase out fossil fuels — 35 percent of new cars sold in California in 2026 must be zeroemission, and this increases to 68 percent in 2030 and 100 percent by 2035.

According to the California Energy Commission, as of 2021 there were less than a million electric cars on California’s roads. It goes without saying that a million is a lot, but it’s dwarfed by the fossil-fuel guzzlers. The good news is the number is projected to increase to over 12 million by 2035. The bad news is that there will be a lot of gas guzzlers on the roads long after 2035. But the question asked by the CalMatters article is important. Who will buy all these electric vehicles?

Will electric cars be attainable by all Californians.

CalMatters analyzed where current electric vehicles are located. This was done on a zip code by zip code basis and correlated with census information. No surprise, really, but they found that zip codes with high income, college-educated white and Asian residents have the highest concentrations of electric vehicles, usually over 10 percent in each such community.

Examples are Atherton, Palo Alto, Berkeley and Santa Monica. Conversely, areas with high percentages of Black and Latino residents have very low numbers of EVs. According to the article, “In the 20 California zip codes where Latinos make up more than 95 percent of the population — including parts of Kings, Tulare, Fresno, Riverside, and imperial counties —

between zero and 1 percent of cars are electric. And 17 of the 20 communities with the highest percent of Blacks have between zero and 2.6 percent electric vehicles.”

According to the CalMatters analysis, “Income seems to be the main driver of the disparities. Most of the median household incomes in the top 10 exceed $200,000 … In contrast, electric cars are nearly non-existent in California’s lowest income communities: only 1.4 percent in areas of Stockton ($17,000) and Fresno ($26,000).”

In addition to cost, there are other obstacles to the adoption of electric vehicles. The article names just a few: incentivizing inhome (single-family and apartments) charging, expanding access to public charging stations in rural as well as urban areas, and assisting in development of a pool of used electric cars.

Meanwhile, this same subject — how to achieve a fair and equitable transition to an electrified vehicle fleet — was featured in a recent article in the Los Angeles Times that shined a very bright light on the little (population just over 6,000) Central Valley town of Huron, a community with many migrant farmworkers and a median household income of $25,000.

Maybe it all comes down to leadership. The mayor tried for years to obtain reliable bus routes for his citizens to get to Fresno, Visalia and Coalinga. No luck. Too expensive, he was

Bill would boost state parks’ partnership with nonprofits

Enterprise staff

SACRAMENTO — Leg-

islation to extend the ability of the state Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into agreements with nonprofits to help operate and maintain park facilities, improving parks and saving money passed the California Senate Natural Resources Committee in the last week of March.

“California parks are truly remarkable places, in part because of the hundreds of volunteers and nonprofit groups who devote their time and effort into making them great,” said the bill’s author, state Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa.

“My proposal would allow these vital partnership to continue, ensuring our parks are sustainable and the best they can be for generations to come.”

Existing law allows the state to partner with nonprofits for the improvement, restoration, maintenance and operation of state parks. That authorization is set to end on Jan. 1, 2025. Under Dodd’s proposal, Senate Bill 668, operating or co-management agreements with nonprofits would be allowed to be extended.

Among other things, the agreements allow qualified nonprofit organizations to operate or co-manage a park unit, taking on functional and financial responsibilities for the park unit with the department. These partnerships have been vital to over a dozen state parks across the state, preventing closures during the

told. Rather than give up, the mayor initiated the Green Raiteros program, a “Spanglish” term for a person who gives or receives a ride. Using primarily grant money he bought a fleet of electric cars and hired a crew of locals to drive them.

The Raiteros provide free rides to other cities for anyone. With many hospitals and other medical facilities in towns other than Huron, a trip to see a doctor for a dialysis appointment or to receive chemotherapy is a significant benefit. Included in the program are 30 EV

charging ports. While the highest concentration of electric vehicle infrastructure is in wealthy areas, Huron is notable for having as many charging stations per capita as anywhere in the U.S.

According to the vice president of the Oakland-based Greenlining Institute, the city of Huron is “revolutionizing the way we should think about planning for transportation and deploying transportation.” The mayor wasn’t trying to change a paradigm, he just wanted to solve a transportation issue for his community.

The Times article credits the mayor for “seizing on an informal raitero ridesharing economy that

thrived in farmworker communities long before Uber was even a thing.” As the mayor puts it, “Raiteros preceded Uber by decades. If raiteros would have had the social media and technology skills, then it would have been raiteros not Uber.”

This seat-of-the-pants innovative thinking, coupled to a can-do persistence, is replicable and things are also happening in big cities. Los Angeles and San Francisco are experimenting with carsharing programs at subsidized housing complexes in underserved rural areas.

More broadly, the article notes, “The places in the state with the worst air quality problems, which are caused by vehicle pollution have the least access

to electric cars. Working to put a dent in the problem, Rancho San Pedro, a community of 450 subsidized apartments in one of the most polluted neighborhoods in Los Angeles develped a program permitting members of the community to rent a compact electric car for $3 an hour. More than 40 residents have signed up. One resident says she uses the cars to get her children to medical appointments.”

So, it can happen. Lowincome communities can be a part of the EV revolution.

— John Mott-Smith is a resident of Davis. This column appears the first and third Wednesday of each month. Please send comments to johnmott smith@comcast.net.

recession in 2011, and making critical capital investments in preserving and enhancing parks.

SB 668 passed the Natural Resources Committee with overwhelming support, Dodd announced on March 31.

“This forward-thinking legislation allows for the continuation of proven, successful nonprofit partnerships that provide essential support to parks like Jack London State Historic Park, to keep them thriving,” said Matt Leffert, Jack London Park Partners’ executive director. “Our state parks are California’s most precious resources and Jack London Park Partners is grateful for Sen. Dodd’s leadership to ensure we have the tools necessary to care for California’s most precious resource, the California state park system.”

“With a simple approach, SB 668 allows partnerships to continue to support our vital public trust resources,” said Richard Dale, executive director of Sonoma Ecology Center. “These partnerships have brought thousands of new faces, tens of thousands of volunteer hours, and millions of dollars to our state parks, including several threatened with closure, while deepening relationships between the state and local communities.”

Dodd represents the 3rd Senate District, which includes all or portions of Napa, Sonoma, Solano, Yolo, Contra Costa and Sacramento counties. Learn more at www.sen. ca.gov/dodd.

BasketBall

Gonzalez resigns as DHS boys head coach

By Bruce Gallaudet Enterprise correspondent

After almost a quarter-century, there will be a new boys basketball head coach at Davis High after Dan Gonzalez resigned from the post last month. Gonzalez coached 571 varsity games, fashioning a 236-335 record (.413 winning percent).

He often drew praise from players, parents and administrators for his attention to academic values and life lessons while occasionally dealing with consternation from others for not putting more wins up.

Recent criticism, according to one source, led to the coach’s decision to pack it up before his 25th on-court anniversary. Gonzalez will remain in the classroom, teaching mathematics.

“I’m super-appreciative of Dan and his style of coaching over the years; making basketball more about life skills and lifedevelopment for the guys,” Davis High Athletic Director Jeff Lorenson told The Enterprise. “The (players) being able to leave with that … (his) providing a quote of the day, taking a personal interest in kids, a lot of things some coaches have forgotten about.

“He wasn’t strictly focused on winning basketball games or skills. (He was) as much about, ‘Here’s what we can learn from every mistake, from every win, from every challenge at school, within families and friendships.’”

Lorenson added, “The well-rounded coaching style he’s had has been great for the kids who came through this program.”

The sense of allegiance to Gonzalez was illustrated in the many former players who became assistant coaches over the last 24 campaigns.

This year’s Blue Devils went 11-15 and 4-8 in Delta League play, and made the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I playoffs for the sixth time in Gonzalez’s career. Davis lost, 64-58, to Oak Ridge in a playin game.

As a high-water mark, Gonzalez’s guys went 17-9 in 2018-19, finishing third in league at 8-4 and proving the coach’s only postseason victory — a 58-57 nod over Monterey Trail.

During the Gonzalez years, there was a time his crew was gaining national attention.

Enlisting the help of retired University

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BaseBall softBall

Mike Bush/enterprise photo Jack Gallagher (9) is greeted by UC Davis baseball teammates after clubbing a grand slam in Saturday’s Big West Conference game against CSU Bakersfield at Hardt Field. To view more photos, visit www.davisneterprise.com, click on the Sports tab and look for the story.

Aggies pick up wins on the road

Enterprise staff

BAKERSFIELD — Four of 11 consecutive road games are in the books.

The UC Davis baseball team won two of three Big West Conference games against CSU Bakersfield's squad over the weekend at Hardt Field, which concluded on Sunday with the host Roadrunners coming out with a 7-1 win over UCD (3-6 in the Big West, 10-14).

Nick Iverson scored the Aggies' lone run in the game. Alex Gouveia went 3-for-5, and raised his batting average to .361 for the season.

Mark Wolbert had a good day at the plate for UCD, going 2-for-5 with an RBI.

Saturday’s game

Jack Gallagher had a grand slam in Saturday's game, which helped UCD post a 14-7 win over the Roadrunners.

The Aggies trailed 7-1 through six innings. Then they scored three runs in the seventh inning, six in the eighth when Gallagher had his grand slam that gave UCD a 10-7 lead, and four in the top of the ninth inning.

Kaden Hogan picked up the victory out of the bullpen for UCD. He tossed two shutout innings, gave up two hits, walked none and struck out two. He also picked up the first win of the season.

Gouveia went 3-for-6 with two doubles and two RBIs. Damian Stone went 2-for-5 at the plate and two RBIs.

Friday’s game

UCD posted a 5-4 win in the series opener. Stone went 2-for-4 in the game for UCD, which included a home run, and two RBIs.

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UC Davis’ bats too hot in sweep

By Mike Bush Enterprise sports editor

BAKERSFIELD — Anna

Dethlefson

could bat anywhere in the lineup for the UC Davis softball team.

But there’s a reason why UC Davis head coach Erin Thorpe has Dethlefson in the leadoff spot — to set the tone at the plate.

Dethlefson reaching base in the first inning certainly set the tone for the Aggies in Sunday’s Big West Conference series finale against CSU Bakersfield at the Roadrunner Softball Complex.

All of that led to UCD (5-4 in the Big West, 18-11 overall) posting a 12-0 victory over the Roadrunners in front of 164 fans. The game was called after five innings because of the mercy rule.

Dethlefson only had one hit in the game, but getting on base in the top of the opening inning was huge for UCD.

“I wanted to hit the ball hard and stay within myself,” said Dethlefson,

who is the Aggies’ leading hitter at .391. “I didn’t want to get too anxious or anything because that happened (Saturday) when I got a good pitch that I like... I just wanted to hit the ball hard.”

UCD had 15 hits in the contest.

“It’s one of those things where hitting is contagious,” said UC Davis head coach Erin Thorpe. “We needed to have a good weekend.”

The Aggies outscored Bakersfield (1-8 in the Big West, 6-26) at 32-2 during their weekend series in Kern County.

The Aggies swept the Roadrunners in a doubleheader by 9-0 and 11-2 scores on Saturday.

Dethlefson was hit by pitch to start the first inning. Then she stole second base and moved to third on a passed ball.

Dethlefson had a hit later in the game, but getting on base in the opening inning was huge for UCD.

“I wanted to hit the

Mike Bush/enterprise file photo

Dan Gonzalez (center) talks to his Davis High boys basketball players during a time out of a Feb. 10 Delta League home game against Jesuit.

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UC Davis batter Libbie McMahan watches an outside go by in Big West Conference game at the Roadrunner Softball Complex on Sunday. McMahan smacked a grand slam in the game. To view more photos, visit www.davisneterprise.com, click on the Sports tab and look for the story.

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Aggie runner Anna Dethlefson rounds third base and looks toward home plate in the first inning of a Big West Conference game against CSU Bakersfield at the Roadrunner Softball Complex on Sunday afternoon. See BATS, Page B2

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ball hard and stay within myself,” said Dethlefson, who is the Aggies’ leading hitter at .391. “I didn’t want to get too anxious or anything because that happened (Saturday) when I got a good pitch that I like... I just wanted to hit the ball hard.”

After teammate Leah Polson grounded out for the game’s first out, Dethlefson scored the first run of the game when McMahan also grounded out.

“She’s a tone setter for us,” said Thorpe of Dethlefson. “We’d love to her bat in different positions to help her get a little bit more RBIs, but she’s so good at setting the tone. She’s a weapon.”

UCD pitcher Kenedi Brown struck out two of three Roadrunner batters in the bottom of the first inning. That set the stage for Brown, from Elk Grove, who tossed a onehitter and struck out nine Bakersfield batters.

Grace Kilday singled to start the top of the second inning for the Aggies. But Bakersfield found its way

DHS: Vacant job will post ‘later this month’

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of Redlands Hall of Fame

coach Gary Smith (who had just moved to Davis), Gonzalez installed a take-noprisoners offense called The System.

A run-and-shoot style that valued an all-out assault on the basket (with Devil-may-care defense), Davis was among the topscoring high schools in the United States.

Averaging almost 90 points a game, DHS went

45-34 from 20012-14. In the second year of The System, the Blue Devils were sixth in the nation in scoring (86.7 ppg) and posted more than 100 points seven times, including 118 and 134.

With the memories behind, Davis now moves on from the Gonzalez Era.

Lorenson will post the vacant coaching position “later this month” on EdJoin.org.

The job, according to Davis schools collective-

bargaining agreement, has to be offered first to “qualified certificated, then classified employees” before someone from outside the district can be considered.

Gonzalez, who did not attend this season’s yearend banquet, “respectfully” choose not to be interviewed for this story.

— Bruce Gallaudet is the former Davis Enterprise editor and sports editor. He can be reached at bgallaudet41@gmail. com or (530) 320-4456.

out of the inning thanks to a fielder’s choice that got Kilday out, and two flyouts.

Bakersfield’s Savanna Montoya had the only hit off Brown in the bottom of the second, beating out an infield single. But a fly out and strike out left Montoya at first base.

Six hits led to the Aggies scoring five runs in the top of the third inning for a 6-0 lead.

Aggie shortstop Libbie McMahan had the biggest hit in the inning.

Sommer Kisling, Dethlefson and Polson got on the bases on three consecutive singles. Then McMahan lined a high fly ball that hit the left-field pole and bounced back into the field for a grand slam.

“Honestly, I didn’t think it was going over,” said McMahan of her grand slam. “To be honest, I just wanted to put the ball in play, get the runners across.”

Thorpe joked about the grand slam, “Stay fair. I thought it had the feet (to be a grand slam). I was really excited for her as

well.”

Aggie third baseman Bella Pahulu cranked out one of her two hits in the game in the same inning.

McMahan, Pahulu and Tatum Wentworth singled in the top of the fourth inning. That led to an 8-0 score, as McMahan and Pahulu crossed home plate.

The Aggies’ final four runs came in the top of the fifth frame with two outs.

Delaney Diaz and Alyssa Ito each singled down the third base line. The duo, along with Sarah Nakahara and Kilday, scored as Wentworth and Mickey Buscemi had a base hit each.

Kilday went 3-for-3 for UCD. Eftekhari, along with McMahan and Pahulu had two hits each.

Brown, a righthander, used her change-up that baffled most of the Roadrunner batters, leading to her one-hitter and struck out nine of the 18 batters. The junior improves her record to 10-5.

“It’s worked better today than it has in the past thankfully,” Brown

said. “I just thing I was able to throw it the best today because I have full faith in my defense. They gave me the confidence to be able to throw my game.”

McMahan, also a junior, also earned Big West’s Player of the Week honors. She batted .714 (5-for7) in the series, which included the grand slam and 7 RBIs.

The junior slugged 1.143 and boasted a .625 on-base-percentage. The Santa Clarita native had five RBIs in the series finale.

Polson had two while Dethlefson, Kilday, Sarah Starks and Nakahara had a hit each.

Now UCD returns to Big West action at La Rue Field on Friday, hosting UC Riverside. Game time is scheduled at 3 p.m.

The Aggies and Riverside wrap up the series with a doubleheader on Saturday.

The first game starts at 11 a.m and the second is scheduled at 1 p.m.

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

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Gouveia went 3-for-5 at the plate with an RBI. Joey Wright had three hits, including a double. Iverson went 2-for-4. The Aggies had 12 hits in the contest.

Non-conference game

On Tuesday, UCD beat Saint Mary's 6-4 in a nonconference road game.

Gouveia and Ryan Lee each collected two extrabase hits in the Aggies' win.

Zach Romero started on the mound for UCD, and picked up his second career win. He gave up two hits and went three shutout innings. Lee made his contribution with two doubles, a walk and two RBI, part of a 2-for-3 performance at the plate.

Lee is hitting .321 this season.

Gallagher hit a home

run in the game, along with Leighton Helfrick.

Big West road games

On Thursday, UCD continues Big West action at UC San Diego. The threegame series runs through Saturday. Thursday's game is scheduled at 6 p.m. Friday's game goes at 5 p.m., and the series finale is Saturday at 1 p.m.

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UC Davis pitcher Kenedi Brown unleashes the softball in Sunday’s Big West Conference game against CSU Bakersfield at the Roadrunner Softball Complex.

Davis was once home to horse racing?

Horse racing was once wildly popular in Yolo County. Early in the 20th century, Knights Landing, Winters and Woodland each had large ovals where gamblers watched and wagered on equines speeding around the track.

And for a short time, Davis had its own track, too.

Before I knew about the gambling operations in our city, I was already aware of the two horse tracks in Winters. They were built by Theodore Winters, the man for whom the city is named.

Mr. Winters made his fortune in the Comstock Lode in Nevada, and had a large stable of race horses on his Carson Valley ranch. But that region was too cold in the winter to train his animals.

So in 1865, Winters bought 1,300 acres of land — 700 north of Putah Creek in Yolo County and 600 in Solano County — from Malthus Wolfskill, one of five Wolfskill brothers who came to California from Kentucky in the 1820s and ’30s.

Mr. Winters eventually built horse racing tracks on each side of Putah Creek. According to a report by the Winters Historical Society, the 1878 grandstand at his track in Yolo County could seat 1,100 people.

Today, if you travel east out of Winters on Putah Creek Road in Solano County, you’ll pass Race Course Lane. While there is no

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remaining sign of the track, that name is a remnant of the bygone oval that appears on maps more than 100 years old.

It was only after I showed a 1907 U.S. Geological Survey map to a friend — who asked me, “What is that large oval east of town?” — that I discovered Davis also had a horse track.

Having known the story of Charles W. Bowers — who built the first subdivision in our community, known today as Old North Davis — I was aware that racing horses was popular here.

Sadly, Mr. Bowers was killed on a horse track. In 1937, when C.W. Bowers was 70 years old, he and two other men were driving a wagon in an exhibition before a large crowd at the old California State Fair track in Sacramento, where the UC Davis Medical School now stands.

Eight of Mr. Bowers’ Percheron draft horses were pulling the wagon. According to a Sacramento Bee article, “the Percherons became alarmed and swerved suddenly.” The wagon hit a post and tossed Bowers to the ground. “A locked wheel struck him as the wagon

careened by and the great team dashed from the track through a crowd gathered at the exit.”

The other two men riding with Bowers were thrown off, also, but escaped serious injury. “Bowers suffered a fracture of the skull and a broken left shoulder and died two hours after he was removed to the Sutter Hospital.”

It’s possible that Mr. Bowers raced on the Davis oval. The track was located on what we know as the PG&E parcel — from Second Street to Fifth Street, east of L Street.

According to information provided to me by Rachel Poutasse, a librarian with the Yolo County Archives, Napoleon Miner purchased that farm, which had been planted in grapes, from Clara Wilson in January 1904.

An April 15, 1905 article in the Woodland Daily Democrat reported, “Davisville horsemen will soon have a track to train and race on. Mr. I.B. Hughes has leased the N. Miner tract of land just east of town, and a driving club will be organized to build a track and fix up the grounds for athletic performances, baseball, football, bluerock shooting, etc.”

Ms. Poutasse informed me that the facility was called Olive Park. This comes from a May 27, 1905, article in The Democrat:

“The new three-quarter mile track at Davisville is being constructed on the land just east of the Southern Pacific Railroad depot at that place, which is the junction of two railway lines. The land is surrounded by large olive trees and from these will take its name, Olive Park.

“A grape vineyard covers the ground, and enough vines will be taken from the oval to make room for a track 40 feet in width. Mr. I.B. Hughes, proprietor of the Hunt Hotel in Davisville, is the moving spirit in the enterprise.”

Two months later, construction was underway at the new race course.

According to a June 3, 1905, article in The Democrat, “The contractor who is grading the new track at Olive Park, Davisville, will finish the work this week, and horses will soon be racing over it.

“Last week a driving club was

organized to talk over the management of the new grounds, and Mr. I.B. Hughes, the lessee of the property and builder of the track agreeing to sublease it to the club for a term of five years.”

My guess it was “a driving club” because they held harness races, with drivers riding behind in two-wheeled sulkies.

When Napoleon Miner died in 1908, the property passed to his widow, Louise. Given the appearance of the PG&E substation on a 1915 map in that location, it’s likely the Davis track was not in use too long.

Irvin Brooks Hughes apparently was a problem. In November, 1905, the Daily Democrat reported he had gone missing.

“I.B. Hughes left Davisville about a week ago and has not returned. He was seen in San Francisco by a resident of Davisville, whom he told that he would not return. … It is current rumor that he owes many people about town and in some instances the amount is large.”

Hughes turned up early in 1906 and was arrested on forgery charges. I’m not sure if he was sent to prison or if Olive Park was run without him. He died in 1923 at age 53 and is buried at the Woodland Cemetery.

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

City Council seat.

Tom Elias’ column (Western grid proposal threatens an Enron-like crisis, March 17) gets important facts wrong while railing against expanding Western energy cooperation—an idea supported by energy experts, climate advocates, and environmental groups. California already depends on its neighbors to keep the lights on by both importing a third of its power and exporting power as well when we overgenerate. California is already in a market — now we need the legislation to capture as many benefits possible.

Isolation is a recipe for more blackouts, higher energy prices, and a weaker economy. Just look at Texas. Its grid failed two years ago, causing 246 Texans to freeze to death and up to $130 billion in damages. Isolation undermines California’s ability to build a 100% clean energy economy in a reliable manner. A Western energy grid enables us to accomplish this goal in the most affordable way possible.

Michael Colvin

Director, California Energy Program at Environmental Defense Fund

Wright choice

There will be an all-mail ballot special municipal election beginning May 2 to fill the City Council District 3 vacancy left by former Mayor, now County Supervisor, Lucas Frerichs. Although I don’t live in the district and have no prior relationship with either candidate, I am supporting Francesca Wright for the seat.

Both candidates are well qualified, for which Davis can be grateful. Francesca reached out to me early on, the other has not. I decided to support Francesca after reviewing her track record and talking with her. I believe she will bring a needed new and independent voice to the council. She has a courageous spirit, she thinks and speaks outside the proverbial box, and she will focus on creative solutions with a bigger vision in mind for our small but growing and ever changing city.

I like her focus on food entrepreneurship as a part of economic development, affordable housing for the least among us and climate change with a focus on small farm food production and Eco-villages on the periphery. For more information, see her website, wrightfordavis.org.

I don’t agree with district elections and encourage the council to get rid of them. They are a divisive force in our community. I don’t have a vote in this, so I’m relying on

you District 3, which is largely an expanded Core Area. Please vote by mail and support Francesca Wright.

Ann M. Evans

Former Mayor, city of Davis

Electric-car equity

Lopez and Yee do a good job in documenting the racial/economic divide in California separating EV have’s and havenots in “Who buys electric cars in California — and who doesn’t?”

They cite EV pricing as “the most obvious factor” responsible for disparities in EV ownership and report that income seems to be their main driver: “electric cars are nearly non-existent in California’s lowest income communities.” How ironic it is that the state of California has legislatively institutionalized the poverty it decries.

The “2022 Scoping Plan for Achieving Carbon Neutrality,” adopted by the California Air Resources Board on Dec. 15, is a 280-page consensus document mandating radical change affecting every citizen of California. Notwithstanding its putative concern for those experiencing poverty, the plan states:

“The economic impacts of the Scoping Plan Scenario are unlikely to be equal among Californians. … While in 2035 there is a net decrease in personal income of $600 million, total income for households that make less than $100,000 per year is estimated to decline by $4.1 billion dollars, and the total income for households that make more than $100,000 per

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year will increase by $3.5 billion under the Scoping Plan Scenario. In 2045 … results vary by income level.

Total income for households that make less than $100,000 per year are estimated to decline by $5.3 billion dollars, while the total income for households that make more than $100,000 per year will increase by $5.3 billion under the Scoping Plan Scenario …

“There is likely to be an impact to California personal income that varies based on race/ethnicity. … households in lower income groups are anticipated to see negative impacts, while households in higher income groups are anticipated to see positive impacts from the Scoping Plan Scenario in both 2035 and 2045. Because more than 60% of households in the race/ ethnicity categories of Hispanic, Black alone, Native Hawaiian (HI) or Pacific Islander, American Indian or Alaskan Native, Other, and Two or More make less than $100,000 per year, these populations generally are likely to experience reduced income. White and Asian households will generally experience both increased and decreased income because these households are distributed more evenly across all four income groups.”

That’s some equity!

Jon Sugarman Davis

Backing Neville

I am writing to express my support for Donna Neville for the District 3 Davis

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: https://www. feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/ e-mail-me

Sen. Alex Padilla, 112 Hart Senate Office

Building, Washington, D.C., 20510; 202224-3553; email: https://www.padilla. senate.gov/contact/contact-form/

House of Representatives Rep. Mike Thompson, 268 Cannon Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20515; 202225-3311. District office: 622 Main Street, Suite 106, Woodland, CA 95695; 530-753-5301; email: https:// https:// mikethompsonforms.house.gov/contact/ Governor Gov. Gavin Newsom, State Capitol, Suite 1173, Sacramento, CA 95814; 916-4452841; email: https://govapps.gov.ca.gov/ gov40mail/

As nice as Davis is, we still have some very real challenges we face. Road maintenance needs, housing availability/affordability issues, working with the region on climate change issues and the ever present challenge for municipal governments throughout California — long term financial sustainability.

On the city council, we need more than good ideas. We need someone who is able to take good ideas and turn them into concrete proposals, and then by working with their colleagues to create consensus, help guide those proposals to fruition.

I have known Donna for almost 10 years. I believe Donna is the person who can work with others to create consensus to make real progress on the wide variety of challenges we face.

Brett Lee

Former Mayor of Davis 2018-2020

Values and experience

Francesca Wright has earned my loyalty, my confidence and my vote for the District 3 City Council seat. Since she became my neighbor 18 years ago, I have been seeing her fly out her front door on the way to sing at a care facility with the Threshold Choir, join a demonstration on the environment, attend a City Council meeting or participate in some other community oriented activity.

Francesca Wright has gained my loyalty because of her values and priorities:

n She shares my deep concerns for social justice.

n She is committed to promoting a wide range of housing opportunities.

n She has a broad view of our environmental challenges.

n She is an open, curious and flexible person.

Francesca Wright has gained my confidence because of her experience:

n She knows the ropes, having worked with many state and local agencies.

n She worked for decades in administration, number crunching and analysis.

n She has researched and proposed specific strategies for funding city priorities.

n She has been active in innumerable Davis organizations, public and nonprofit.

Cesca Wright is also a good neighbor. But it is not her candied grapefruit rind that has earned my vote. It is her commitment to and qualifications for service to progressive city governance, principled and practical, inclusive and responsive.

Joan Cadden Davis

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An oval east of Davisville on this map from 1907 marks the location of a long-gone racetrack.

Getting an up-close look at Davis history

By Aaron Wedra

Special to The Enterprise

The views are pleasant along roads 98 and 99, between West Covell Boulevard and Road 29: there is a patchwork of well-tended farmland, including plain tilled dirt, grassy areas, and a variety of orchards. It’s not necessarily easy to ride your bike on the county roads surrounding the Oeste Ranch area, since there are no shoulders or bike lanes in most places, but if you’re used to biking county roads, you’ll have no problem: please venture out for a ride.

This area caught my attention in 2022. I noticed a newly erected metal sign for “J.H. Oeste Ranch” on the corner of West Covell Boulevard and County Road 29 at the edge of Davis. I was already aware that Oeste (rhymes with toasty, as Bob Dunning would say) is the last name of a wellknown family with roots from our Davisville days. Also, as most locals know, Oeste Drive in Davis is named after the family. Knowing little beyond that, I felt compelled to investigate. My first find was that J.H. stands for John Henry, also known as Johann Heinrich

(1837-1913), son of Jacob William Oeste and Annie Catherine Voigt Oeste.

“Davisville ’68,” published by the Davis Historical and Landmarks Commission in 1969, says:

“Jacob William Oeste, the father of two sons (including John Henry Oeste) who became prominent Yolo County farmers, came to California in 1868 … Shortly thereafter he purchased 320 acres of land southwest of County Roads 96 and 31.” In addition, “the original Oeste home, remodeled on several occasions and no longer owned by the family, still stands” (Davisville ’68, 1969).

Furthermore, “in 1870, two years after (John’s) arrival in Sacramento, he married Mary Marie Elizabeth Strippel (1853-1935), also a native of Germany, and established a home on ranch property one mile south of the Plainfield farm center. Her brother, Heinrich Strippel, farmed in Yolo County in partnership with John H. Oeste from 1876 until his retirement, in 1905” (Davisville ‘68, 1969).

As I traveled, I noted some of the orchards were flooded with the bottoms of the trees completely underwater from January’s storms.

At the time “Davisville ’68” was published in 1969, “the family home stands southeast of the Plainfield Road (98 and Road 30). It is owned by a grandson, Laverne Oeste, of Davis. For the past one hundred years, extensive farming operations have been conducted by John Oeste and his descendants. Several residential subdivisions in the western section of Davis were formerly

part of the Oeste farm properties.”

I also found a modern resource in order to get more up-to-date information. According to a neatly organized website, oestefamily.com (2023), “Sharlene Oeste Stahl (1941-2021) … was the last born Oeste, one of Laverne and Ethel Oeste’s two daughters, and a fighter for her family’s farm heritage and legacy. Her family

still owns property in a partnership that continues to produce crops near Davis along W. Covell Blvd. between County Roads 98 and 99.”

I hope to continue to learn about the Oestes and their properties. I would like to verify if the two aforementioned family homes still stand as of today, since the source was published in 1969. If anyone has more information

about the Oeste family history and their properties, please share your knowledge with the staff and volunteers at the Hattie Weber Museum of Davis.

The museum is open every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 445 C St. in Davis.

— Aaron Wedra is the marketing director for The Bike Campaign and a volunteer at the Hattie Weber Museum of Davis.

The ancient past on your plate — and in your glass

Ialmost missed it. Not sur prising given that Jim Eldon of Fiddler's Green (Farmers Market) had only about six bunches to sell last Saturday. Yes, the very first asparagus of the season.

And now our Saturday-night dinners are planned for the next couple of months — asparagus in some form or another. With luck (Jim's bunches are generous), there will be leftovers, and we can have asparagus spears topped with a sunny-side-up egg and Parmesan for Sunday breakfast. Or asparagus pieces in our Sunday salad. Or, or, or.

Humans have eaten asparagus for 2,000 years. It's a traditional accompaniment to foods like lamb and salmon, but, for me, making it the star of the show seems even better given its relatively brief season.

I once wrote a rhyme (with anthropocentric illustrations) for the grandkids called “What Can You Do with an Asparagus Stalk?”

You can make it sing/You can make it talk.

You can make it run/You can make it walk.

You can grind it down/With a heavy rock.

You can give it a shoe/You can give it a sock.

You can give it a tie/Or a hat or a smock.

You can snap it in half/Like a piece of chalk. What should you do with an asparagus stalk? You should pickle it/In a big blue crock Or toss it with garlic/In a hot hot wok. And eat it.

But if you're going to eat it for dinner, you'll be confronted with the much-discussed question of what wine won't be dwarfed by it or made weird-tasting by this unique and hard-to-pair vegetable, which always looks to me like it's an ancient artifact. And, of course, the preparation itself will make a difference in the final taste.

Our first asparagus outing this year (and, to be honest, most years) was roasted with olive oil and garlic then sauteed with leeks, lemon zest, lemon juice and served over Parmesansprinkled linguine, Parmesan seemingly made for the green spears. Wine? I decided on an

old favorite, the Sicilian Donnafugata Lighea, made from the native zibibbo grape. The wine smells delightfully of orange blossom and citrus (zibibbo's in the muscat family), which come back on the palate with some tropical fruit and a good mineral finish. We drink this wine often — it's lush without being in the least bit heavy and is amazingly versatile. But we hadn't tried it with asparagus before. After this “first of the season” experiment, it now ranks No. 1 for my 2023 asparagus pairings — especially if I'm making something with an Italian twist. You can pick up a bottle at the Co-op for $18.

Zibibbo, by the way, was probably cultivated in ancient Egypt (hence its other name, muscat of Alexandria) and is thought to be one of the oldest genetically unmodified grapes. So drinking it feels like a link with history. And for a different link to history: Amy at The Pip recommends an orange wine to go with your asparagus-based meal. She suggests Baia’s Orange ($33) from Georgia (the country, not the state), which is a blend of native grapes krakuna, tsitska, and tsolikouri — none familiar to me but certainly intriguing. A bonus is that the winemaker, Baia Abuladze, is a young woman who uses grapes from a small vineyard that has been

farmed by her family for generations.

This is a natural wine aged for a month in qvevri (egg-shaped earthenware vessels with a long history all their own). I haven't tried it yet, but it's top of my list for asparagus season. Georgia, by the way, has been making wine for centuries, and Georgian wines seem to be a thing right now, in case you want to be trendy as well as steeped in history.

And more history. Ryan at Wines in Tandem recommends an Austrian white to go with that asparagus; it comes from the Kemetner family who have farmed their acres and made their wine for almost 400 years. All organic, the family's 22 acres are planted in 60% grüner veltliner; this 2019 Bio Weingut Kemetner “Grafenegg” is only one of the grüners they make.

The year might surprise, but these wines have good aging potential — if you can wait. I did get a chance to pair this wine with asparagus, and I thought it worked beautifully. Both fruity (think pineapple and mango) and flinty, it tastes fresh and lively and determined to hold its own in the face of a strong-tasting vegetable.

This time I served the roasted spears without Parmesan to tame it, but the wine didn't mind

a bit. A bargain at $16.

Ryan also thinks the Vignato Garganega, a Kermit Lynch import, would be an excellent asparagus-companion. He says it's flinty, a tad smoky, and nicely saline. Again, the wine's from a small, family-owned winery that farms organically and biodynamically. Definitely worth trying ($20).

Davide Vignato also makes a sparkling garganega, which sounds to me like another great choice for asparagus season. Italian, Spanish, Austrian, domestic — any number of good bubbles would enjoy being paired with this long-celebrated vegetable. And at the same time add to the celebration of asparagus' short and most welcome appearance.

So don't be intimidated by critics' warnings about difficult pairings — lots of wines will work, the above wines will work amazingly, and with a little experimentation, you'll find a lot more (let me know). But start this project right away, before these beautiful stalks/spears/ shoots disappear for the year.

And to complete your immersion into history, call your green (or purple) spears by their 16thcentury popular name, “sparrow grass.” Isn't that lovely? — Reach Susana Leonardi at vinosusana@gmail.com. Comment on this column at www. davisenterprise.com.

American Legion recognizes Davis Police Officer of the Year

Enterprise staff

The American Legion Yolo Post 77 last week recognized Davis Police Officer Jeff Beck as the Davis Police Department’s 2022 Officer of the Year. It marked the Legion’s 41st annual Law Enforcement Recognition Night.

“Officer Beck is one of the most compassionate and personable officers in the Davis Police Department. He is also one of the most dedicated and hardworking,” the agency noted in a Facebook post. “He consistently makes sound and ethical decisions while being incredibly proactive. His understanding of the law, dedication to our community, and passion for investigating crime, have contributed to a safer community for all.

“Officer Beck represents the best of the department with his professionalism,

Name Droppers

thoroughness, poise and empathy in each of his interactions. He is humble and would never mention this amazing accomplishment, but we sure will! Congratulations, Officer Beck, we couldn’t be prouder!”

The Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District Board of Directors confirmed the appointment of Gretchen Bennitt to fill the position of executive director/air pollution control officer. Bennitt will begin her position as APCO on Monday, April 10.

“I am honored to have been appointed by the Board of Directors to lead this agency during this challenging period of increasing exposure to wildfire smoke impacts,

issues with the energy grid, and coming into compliance with the federal air quality standards,” Bennitt said. “I am looking forward to meeting and working with the residents and businesses in the region to develop and implement solutions to these air quality issues which impact human health and property.”

Bennitt joins the District from the Northern Sierra Air Quality Management District where she has served as the APCO since 2000. During her tenure there, she worked to develop and maintain Air Quality Management Plans for two Federal Nonattainment

Areas (PM2.5 and Ozone) and fostered relationships with partner agencies, regulated industries, and the public.

“The Board of Directors is pleased to have Ms. Bennitt join the Yolo-Solano AQMD,” said Davis City Councilwoman Gloria Partida, chair of the YoloSolano AQMD Board of Directors. ”I am also honored to be a member of the board that is appointing the first female APCO for the district.

“Her experience within the greater Sacramento region, and familiarity with region-wide air quality concerns and challenges will provide the opportunity to quickly begin to work with District stakeholders, build upon existing relationships, and guide staff as the air district continues to fulfill its mission.”

Bennitt earned a

bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. She recently moved to Davis with her husband, a California Air Resources Board employee and UC Davis graduate.

Their daughter works for the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control

District. Bennitt is a fourth-generation Californian and enjoys spending time at her family’s cabin on the Russian River.

— Do you know of someone who has won an award or accomplished something noteworthy? Email it to newsroom@davisenter prise.net.

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YOLOlaughs

By Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman

By Jerry Scott

By Stephan Pastis

By Charles M. Schulz

Meet some of next year’s student leaders

SABRINA HAZEL

• Joined Student Government because she heard a lot of good things about it and wanted to be a part of planning events at the school. Wants to make sure Student Government represents the entire school and not just certain groups of students.

• Is looking forward to all the great ideas the Student Government class will bring to campus.

• Fun Fact: Sabrina eats goldfish every day for a snack.

CLUBS COMMISSIONER

• Joined Student Government to be able to contribute to the school’s community on a deeper level.

Wants to update the clubs list on the school website and to encourage more students to form clubs of their own.

Is looking forward to creating a super fun year for everyone next year with the help of everybody else in Student Government.

Fun Fact: Axel has lived in Panama.

ASB VICE PRESIDENT Joined Student Government to enrich the environment of the school and assist students who feel as if they are on the outside.

• Wants to improve communication with administrators to better meet student needs.

• Is looking forward to making Student Government a louder voice for the student body. Fun Fact: Sydney watches “Criminal Minds” with her mom every night.

it.”

TORY AGNEW AXEL SUNDIN

Joined Student Government because she was looking to get involved in the school in a fun and interactive way.

• Wants to revive the Blue Devil Pride (BDP) Squad by getting the word out and making it accessible to everybody.

• Is looking forward to Homecoming next year because of how the Student Government class comes together towards a shared goal. Fun Fact: Tory can recite the whole “Hamilton” musical.

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SIDNEY JOHNSON S T U D

GRACE FABIONAR NICOLA DAVIS

• Joined Student Government so she could be more involved with events on campus and connect with more people.

• Wants to create easier ways for students to get help in little ways that doesn’t involve long meetings with counselors. Is looking forward to planning events that make the whole student body proud.

Fun Fact: Nicola has two three-legged cats.

come.”

• Joined Student Government so she could have a direct impact on the school and put in the work to plan good events.

• Wants to bring back the Potty Press, a weekly newsletter posted in the bathrooms, summarizing the week’s events.

• Is looking forward to meeting all of the incoming students and listening to their voices and ideas.

• Fun Fact: Grace recently learned to juggle.

really want to build a stronger connection between (Student Government) and the student body.”

“I find clubs to be a great way for other students to be able to create opportunities.”

COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSIONER

“I

ASB PRESIDENT

“We are all students trying to create a fun and spirited environment at DHS, and I think we can do it next year!”

WELLNESS COMMISSIONER

“Everyone deserves to be accepted and respected and I want DHS to be a place where everyone can feel wel-

“I have a vision for the position and I am stoked to achieve

SECRETARY OF SPIRIT

“Encouraging spirit will hopefully help bring back some of the community aspect at DHS and bring us together.”

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