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Volume 140, Number 53 — Locally-owned since 1884
Winters, Yolo County, California, Wednesday, January 31, 2024
The hometown paper of John Garcia
Wolfskill CRA celebrates Class of 2024 graduates By Crystal Apilado Editor-in-Chief Four Wolfskill Career Readiness Academy students are the first to graduate under the new Winters Joint Unified School District graduate profile. Family and friends, Wolfskill CRA students and staff, and Winters JUSD staff gathered to celebrate four students who reached the end of their high school journey on Friday, Jan. 26, in the Margaret Parson’s Room at the Winters Community Library. Jaime Mora Gutierrez, Logan Nottingham, Gabriel Romero and Jesus Villa III were all in attendance for the ceremony, although Villa plans to participate in the May
graduation ceremony so his family can attend. Site Administrator Justin Young welcomed the graduates with the Tottenham Hotspur football club’s motto “To dare is to do in life” as the theme of his opening speech, and told them they the are officially the first class of Winters JUSD to be part of the “newly adopted and board-approved graduate profile” before sharing how they embody it. “You gained that essential content knowledge – in (Dawn Delorafice) and (Greg Wade’s) classrooms — through critical thinking, communication, collaboration and cultural awareness. Your community
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Superintendent Rody Boonchouy (right) officially confirms that Logan Nottingham, Gabriel Romero and Jaime Mora
See GRADS, Page 5 Gutierrez are graduates of the Wolfskill Career Readiness Academy at a ceremony on Friday, Jan. 26.
Police gains electric motorcycles, Express hosts community Council hears update on city connection chat Feb. 16 street improvement project Express staff
By Amelia Biscardi Express staff writer Winters City Council members discussed moving forward on the Paseo Park project and heard updates on public safety vehicles and the street improvement project at the Jan. 16 meeting.
Paseo Park update
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With Paseo Park sitting vacant for years now, the City Council approved a consent calendar item, which does not allow public input, to start a service agreement with Super Extra Fancy LLC. This company shall produce landscape construction documents within a rough time frame of five
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Srg. Jose Hermosillo is working to get the new electric motorcycles equipped and ready for use on city streets. to nine months. The city will pay them an amount not to exceed $35,000. Both Mayor Bill Biasi and City Manager Jeremy Craig have voiced that they want this project to get underway and continue
to make more progress.
See CITY, Page 5
We at he r Rain
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Eventos hispanos ....... A-2
Jan. 28
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Jan. 29
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Opinion ......................... B-3
Jan. 30
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Real Estate ................... B-2
Rain for week: 0.44 in. Season’s total: 10.38 in. Last sn. to date: 22.71 in.
Community .................. A-2
Sports ........................... B-7
See MEET, Page 5
Utilizing the Yolo Solano Air Quality Management District’s Clean Air Fund grant, and the CHP
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Classifieds ................... B-4
about something. My goal is to connect the community members and our local leaders in a casual tspace – over a cup of coffee or tea – so they can build relationships and ask or answer questions.” Apilado hosted the first community connection chat on Friday, Jan. 19 with Craig. “The first one was a sort of soft-launch with community members whom I already am having a morning conversation with. I received a lot of positive feedback from them about the opportunity and many of them
Electric motorcycles
Index Features ........................ B-1
This year, Winters Express Editor-in-Chief Crystal Apilado is working with local leaders to help make connections in the community. After meeting with community members regularly for a morning cup of coffee, Apilado said it became apparent that residents were unsure of the newest city officials, and had lots of questions not only about what the city manager and superintendent were doing in their roles but who they were as individuals. “Part of the charm of living in a small town is knowing who
your leaders are and — hopefully — they know who you are. I can only help to answer questions based on my knowledge as the newspaper editor and I think there’s value in providing a safe space for our community to ask questions directly to our leaders,” Apilado said. “In public meetings, both City Manager Jeremy Craig and Superintendent Rody Boonchouy invited the public to come talk to them because their doors are open. But, I feel that is opening a can of worms to have folks come talk to you when they are upset
Winters rainfall season began 7/1/23. Weather readings are taken at 9 a.m. daily by local weatherman Joe Bristow.
Courtesy photo
Middle school teams win top achievements Middle school Robotics Team 95694E members Nico Banuelos (left) and Will Whitworth (right) received the Middle School Judges Award at the Winters Farmbots Invitational. Read more from advisor Dianne Halsey (center) on Page B1. YOUR
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