Winters Express Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Waggoner Elementary project over budget, Trustees approve second cost assessment

By Jacob Hoffman Express staff writer

The Winters Joint Unified School Dis trict Board of Trust ees approved a sec ond cost assessment on the Waggoner Elementary School construction project after the first deter mined the project would be $6 million over budget.

Mary Fitzgerald, Senior Project Man ager with Van Pelt Construction Ser vices, presented the Board with three agenda items, with the second seeking the approval of an amendment to com

mission Studio W, the construction company working on the school, to reassess the cost estimate provided by Cummings, their previous cost esti mating firm.

The first estimate on the eight-class room project was found to be, “about $6 million over-bud get,” Fitzgerald not ed, but she and offi cials in the school district believe there is reason to view this current estimate as greatly overestimating the potential cost.

In a meeting for

Measures R, D, P, and W planning, held earlier, the Board decided a sec ond assessment was necessary, and this proposal brought by Fitzgerald rep resents the culmina tion of that decision.

“A second esti mate would provide the information needed to make the decision if the district will have enough funds to move forward with the eight-classroom buildings,” Fitzger ald summarized.

But if the second assessment upholds

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Dixon Ridge Farms receives lifetime ag easements from Solano Land Trust

By Todd R. Hansen McNaughton Media

Russ Lester was about five years old, maybe six, when he climbed up into a tree fort nested in an apple tree growing on the family farm in Santa Clara County. From there he could see the agri cultural expanse of the orchard-rich val ley, and despite his age, he could also see his father’s vision for

a future that would be quite different: a place where silicon chips would be grown instead of cherries and apricots and al monds.

It was in that tree fort where Lester vowed to join his fa ther’s fight to pre serve agriculture as the “highest and best use” of prime farm land.

Some 60 years later, Lester became quite emotional as he paid tribute to his father’s efforts to stem the evolutionary wave that crashed onto California ag land, washing over fertile soil with houses and

factories and pave ment.

Lester, on Monday, joined the Solano Land Trust and state conservation offi cials in celebrating the end of a nearly six-year journey to place his 913-acre Dixon Ridge Farms into a lifetime ease ment.

“It’s a lifetime dream come true,” Lester said.

The Winters-area walnut grower will be paid $4.075 million to keep his farm in agri cultural production, protecting what is described as “prime

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Schools will receive over $23M to buy direct from local farmers

By Crystal Apilado Editor-in-Chief

Federal and state officials announced last Wednesday they have signed a cooper ative agreement with California for more than $23 million to purchase products and foods from local farmers — to include producers in Solano and Yolo counties — to provide quality, nutri tious school meals.

The Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program gives the California Department of Edu

cation the ability to purchase and distrib ute local and regional foods and beverag es for schools in the state to serve chil dren through the Na tional School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. The prod ucts will be healthy and unique to each school’s geograph ic location, officials said. The big-picture goal is to improve child nutrition and build upon relation ships between schools and local farmers.

U.S. Department of Agriculture Under

Secretary for Market ing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Les ter Moffitt made the announcement at a gathering Wednesday at Waggoner Elemen tary School. Winters is her hometown and she attended Waggon er Elementary.

“As someone who was born and raised here in Winters, and as we talk about this new program that we have at USDA — bringing local food to schools, enhancing the ability of schools

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Winters Robotics Club wins big in competition

By Aaron Geerts Express staff writer

The Winters Robot ics Club (WRC) was turning gears and win ning gold at the com petition it hosted last weekend, Oct. 22–23.

Although it squared off against experi enced teams from big ger schools, the WRC made its presence felt in this techno-show down.

Twenty-eight teams from around Northern California assembled at the Young Gymna sium early Saturday morning to kick off the high school division of the robotics competi tion. The opposition included the likes of Redding, Corning, Granite Bay, Fair field, Oakland, Santa Clara, San Jose and more, with each eager to claim victory. Wher ever they came from,

however, the WRC teams were more than ready to take them on.

“On Saturday, we had six teams from the Intro to Engineering class and another six teams from our com petitive club. Every thing went smoothly and (the) competi

tion ended around 5 o’clock on Saturday. The winners were one of the teams from Granite Bay and an other one from Oak land,” explained WRC coach Dianne Halsey.

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Winters students show Congressman John Garamendi and USDA Under Secretary Jenny Lester Moffitt strawberries growing in the school garden bed.

“The high school team

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August Nelson, Holly Selleck and Andrew Coleman, the winning Winters Middle School robotics team, are ranked 18th in the state of California.

LISA BAKER For Our Town

Qualified, Solutions Driven, Respect for Our Past, Focused on Our Future

Cause of two-alarm fire under investigation

By Crystal Apilado Editor-in-Chief

The cause behind a two-alarm fire that blazed through the Winters Apartments last Wednesday is still under investigation.

Interim Fire Chief Matthew Schech la said the Winters Fire Department was alerted to a structure fire at the Winters Apartment Complex located on the 100 block of East Bak er St. at 2:53 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 26. Multiple surround ing residents report ed hearing explo sions around the time frame.

“I support Lisa Baker’s election to the Winters City Council. I have worked with Lisa in serving Winters and all of Yolo County on housing issues. Lisa’s knowledge, expertise, and experience on the Winters Planning Commission and Yolo Housing will serve Winters well. In addition, Lisa shows up to volunteer whenever a good cause needs help. I know she will bring that same dedication to the City Council.”

— Don Saylor, Yolo County Supervisor, District 2

“Lisa is detail-oriented, a problem solver, and a hard worker. She has extensive inter-agency experience, especially regarding low-cost housing. We believe Lisa would be a valued asset to the City Council.”

— Woody and Rebecca Fridae

“With enthusiasm, I support Lisa Baker’s election to Winters City Council. Lisa’s professional background and expertise are exactly what we need in Winters. Lisa’s wealth of experience in logistics, communication, city planning, and collaboration will serve our community and the City of Winters very well.”

Endorsed By:

Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, Assemblymember, District 4

Don Saylor, Yolo County Supervisor, District 2

Lucas Frerichs, Yolo County Supervisor Elect, District 2 Jesse Loren, City Councilmember John Pickerel, Downtown merchant

Dirci Altamirano, retired law enforcement Woody and Rebecca Fridae

Chris Rose

Marlene Bell

Elliot Landes

Mary Lou Linville

Ramon Altamirano

Lynn Secrist

Natasha and Steve Ackley

Brian Bellamy

Debra DeAngelo

Kate Laddish

Susan Hamilton

Debbie Hemenway

Richard Kleeberg

Gar House

Valerie Whitworth

Paul and Lynn Myer

Nancy Northrup

Cheri Halsema

Benjamin Cadrenal

Tico Zendejas

Xochitl Rodriguez-Murillo

Johannes Troost

Bapu Vaitla

Leticia Alejandrez

Ed and Jake Clemens

Vote Lisa on November 8th!

Upon arrival, Win ters FD crews found two apartments (an upper and lower unit) were fully engulfed in flames. Schechla said the fire had also begun to impact ad ditional apartment units eastward across the breezeway. Apart ment residents were evacuated from the building.

There was signifi cant damage to three apartment units and minimal damage to one. However, no seri ous injuries were re ported. Schechla said the Red Cross was working with families who were displaced

by the fire, and the Express is looking for information on how the community can offer assistance to them.

Schechla con firmed there were no fire sprinklers in the apartment complex.

“They were proba bly built before the code required them in multi-unit apart ments (required in 1989). Having sprin klers in the building would have contained the fire to the room of origin. The apart ments all had work ing smoke detectors which alerted one of the upstairs tenants, who in turn notified the other apartment tenants,” Schechla said.

Anyone with infor mation regarding the fire should contact the Winters Fire De partment by email at wifd.records@win tersfire.org or call 530-795-4131.

Winters FD re ceived assistance from the UC Davis, City of Davis, City of Vacaville, Vacaville Fire Protection Dis trict, Yocha De He, Dixon, West Plain field Fire Depart ments and Yolo Fire Air 8. American Medi cal Response, the Red Cross, Yolo County Sheriff’s Office, Cali fornia Highway Patrol and the Winters Po lice Department also provided assistance and resource coordi nation services.

Multiple candidate campaign signs taken, tampered with

By Jacob Hoffman Express staff writer

Several candidates running in local elec tions, including both for the City Council and for the Winters Joint Unified School District Board of Trustees, have re ported to the Winters Express instances of campaign signs being vandalized, removed, or impeded in recent weeks.

The Express has so far received reports from Board of Trust ees candidates Rob ert Warren and Car rie Green and City Council candidates Albert Vallecillo,

Carol Scianna, and Lisa Baker, who all reported that some of their signs around town have gone miss ing and needed to be replaced.

Vallecillo noted that one of the signs went missing after a windy day, and City Council candidate Richard Casavecchia said the only instance of one of his signs being re moved was a property owner removing it to mow their lawn and forgetting to put it back up.

However, other in stances include signs being taken from the same location multi ple times, as well as signs being bent, van dalized, or obscured with other candidates’ campaign materials. Tampering with cam paign signs is illegal.

Police Chief John P. Miller explained in an email to the Ex press that “stealing the signs would be a viola tion of Cal. Penal Code 488 (petty theft — val ue under $950),” while “Defacing/destroying

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would be a violation of Cal. Penal Code 594 (vandalism — value under $400). Both are misdemeanors.”

Miller also noted that “because it is a misdemeanor, we cannot arrest unless it occurs in our pres ence or is a juvenile,” but noted that if there is other evidence of someone tampering with the signs, spe cifically, “security camera footage,” then the Winters Police De partment, “would fol low up with an investi gation and it would go through the District Attorney’s Office for review and possible filing of charges.”

“Even if there are no suspects and it is reported to us, we would document the incident in a report,” Miller said.

Residents should report suspicious activity, that isn’t an emergency situation, to the Winters PD 24hour dispatch center at 530-795-4561 or tips.

winters@winterspo lice.org.

Lisa Baker

— Marlene Bell, Commissioner, Winters Senior Commission on Aging

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An early two-alarm fire is under investigation at the Winters Apartment Complex located on the 100 block of East Baker St. No serious injuries were reported.

Football clutches a victory over Colusa

By Sydney Andrade Express staff writer

On Friday, Oct. 28, the Winters High School varsi ty football team won their home conference game against the undefeated Colusa High School by a score of 31–26. The ath letes performed the best game they had played all season long and left Colusa stunned at what was dis played across the score board.

“It was a big win for our program and shows how good we can be when we play well. We played about as well as we could for three-and-a-half quarters, but we should have done a much better job closing out the game and needed to clean up the penalties,” said head coach Daniel Ward.

Gio Jimenez and Justice Madsen led the Warriors in rushing yards for the night. Jimenez earned 143 yards for his team, followed closely by Justice Madsen with 136 rushing yards. Jimenez and Justice Mad sen have been impressive to watch all year, and Fri day night was no different. At times, the athletes were fighting through three to four Colusa players to gain the yardage they needed to make it into the end zone.

While Justice Madsen and Jimenez had the most record yardage for their team, their offensive line

was a huge part of their success. Helping push them forward and blocking Colusa’s defense when they needed it most. Ethan Dem ment was a key player on the offensive line, making the crucial blocks and gaps

in the line that the Warriors needed to gain yardage and leading the offensive line in almost every play.

“We dominated the line of scrimmage rushing 44 times for 286 yards and this was against a Colusa de

fense that had only given up 13 points in four league games and 50 points all year.

The Warriors’ defense also played a great game and was instrumental in taking the victory over the

undefeated Colusa team. Marcus Lopez played a great game Friday night with six tackles, one inter ception, and two-point de flections. Sophomore Jesse Madsen was a huge asset to his team with not one but two game-changing inter ceptions and several tack les that prevented Colusa from crossing over into the end zone. Ashton Baylor also had a game-changing interception on Colusa’s 20-yard line, preventing them from running the ball in, and potentially shift ing the results of the game. Sanders Clark kept his eye on the ball and it paid off with several tackles and a fumble recovery.

“Our playoffs basically start this week and if we beat Pierce we are in and if we lose, we are most likely out. This is a special group and I would love to see them continue to play and see what they can accom plish in the playoff,” said Ward.

Swim team closes out season at Championship, Masters

By Aaron Geerts Express staff writer

The Winters High School swim team closed out its season last Wednesday, Oct. 26 in the divisional championship up in Redding. Much like they’ve done all sea son, the squad contin ued to improve their times and compete hard to the last lap.

WHS had eight swimmers attending the championship and they squared off against stiff compe tition from 18 other schools around north ern California.

Madeline MacMa hon scorched the competition in the women’s 50-yard free style, winning first with a time of 25.28.

Mahalia Lanfran co took home fourth with a personal best time of 29.6 seconds.

Meanwhile, in the men’s 50-yard free style, John Rominger finished seventh with a personal best time of 25.64.

MacMahon wasn’t finished with firsts,

however, as she took home another one for the Warriors in the women’s 100-yard freestyle. She fin ished with her best time of the season with a 55.54. Mikai la Anello finished fourth with a time of 1:06.38.

John Rominger swam yet another personal best in the men’s 100-yard free style finishing with a time of 58.43 which was good enough for seventh.

Then in the wom en’s 100-yard back stroke, Rachel Rom inger took home fifth with her own person al best time of 1:18.88.

In the women’s 100yard breaststroke, Lanfranco finished fourth with a person al best time of 1:27.54. Mikaila Anello fin ished sixth with a time of 1:28.12.

On the men’s side of the 100-yard breast stroke, Kenneth Matheson took home third for the Warriors finishing with a time of 1:17.32.

In the women’s 500-

yard freestyle, Kalys sa Grinbergs finished eighth with a time of 6:49.30. For the men’s team, Logan Anello finished 10th with a time of 6:50.55.

A few days later, on Saturday, Oct 29, four Warriors would go on to compete at the Northern Section, CIF Masters Meet.

MacMahon’s speed proved unbeatable yet again in the wom en’s 50-yard freestyle as she took home the gold with a 25.11. As if that wasn’t im pressive enough, she won gold again in the women’s 100yard freestyle as well clocking in a time of 54.94.

John Rominger clocked in with a 25.97 in the men’s 50yard freestyle which was good enough for 14th place. He also competed in the men’s100-freestyle and clocked in a 58.97, also good enough for 14th place.

Meanwhile, Ra chel Rominger fin ished 15th place in the women’s 100-yard

Madeline MacMahon

Madeline MacMahon, a senior at Winters High School, is Pisani’s Athlete of the Week. MacMahon placed first out of the 70 female competitors at the NSCIF Masters meet. “Madeline has won every single event she has competed in all season. Once a club swimmer, Madeline’s finely-tuned technique in the water combined with her athleticism and determination make her a highly accomplished swimmer,” said head coach Melanie Ellison.

backstroke with a 1:19.74.

Kenneth Mathe son competed in the men’s 100-yard breaststroke and finished ninth place with a time of 1:15.64.

“We had eight swim mers at this cham pionship meet and

they accumulated six personal best times. That’s evidence of these swimmers’ con tinued hard work at practice,” praised head coach, Mela nie Ellison. “Seven of those swimmers qualified to move onto the Northern

California Section Masters Meet. That means half our team ranks amongst the very best high school swimmers in North ern California. It has been a privilege to spend this swim sea son with all 16 of our Warrior swimmers.”

Michael Olivas for City Council Experience leadership: Served nine years on the Winters Joint Unified School District

• On the negotiation committee with the Teachers Union for eight years

• On the committee for Construction and oversight for rebuilding our High School and other facilities

• Made the tough decisions on budget cuts to maintain a balanced budget

• Worked with City Council on the 2 X 2 committee

• Hosted 10 AFS students on behalf of the district

• 14 years on the Winters Warriors High School coaching staff

• My wife Kimberly Olivas has been coaching Winters High School girls’ soccer for 12 years

I have 35 years of experience in planning, design, and CEQA development in Commercial and residential. Ranging from major infrastructure, activity adult projects, affordable housing projects, customer residential, market-rate housing, and various commercial project, including Hotel Winters.

Endorsed by Winters Downtown Business Association.

I have experience with public funding and financing, economic development, and the vision to keep Winters moving forward.

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Ethan Demment creates a gap in the line to help the Warriors gain yardage against Colusa.

“I would love to see them continue to play and see what they can accomplish in the playoff.”

Daniel Ward, head coach

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Picked by Charley Wallace

The 1992 Winters High School soccer team (from left), front row: Monet Cueva, Jason Racine, Justin Mariani, Jose Nevarez, Oscar Aguirre, Je Yaeger and Guy Harrington; middle row: Edwardo Duran, Fernando Gutierrez, Pedro Garcia, coach Jules Damey, Francisco Solorio, Michel Maggiolini, Jesus Martinez and Nathan Baker; back row: Humberto Hernandez, Jason Little, Joe Scheeline, Kevin Palaima, Aaron Hickerson, Chad Vickrey, Simon Overland and Rigoberto Gutierrez.

Public Safety Report

City of Winters Fire

The fire log is expected to return next week.

Police Arrest Log Oct. 20: Leah Ann Ricketts (Age 39); Charges: Yolo County misd. bench warrant, Solano County misd. bench warrant, San Mateo County misd. bench warrant; Disposition: Transported to Yolo County Jail Oct. 21: Constance Marie Dixon Smith (Age 38); Charges: Driving under the influence of alcohol, driving with a blood alcohol level greater than .08 percent, driving a vehicle without current registration; Disposition: Transported to Yolo County Jail Oct. 22: Aaliyah Sophia Makenna McLean (Age 24); Charges: Driving under the influence of alcohol, driving with a blood alcohol level greater than .08 percent, driving over double parallel solid yellow lines; Disposition: Transported to Yolo County Jail ~Luis Alberto Banuelos (Age 34), Charges: Possession of drug paraphernalia, Disposition: Released on notice to appear in court

Case Log Oct. 12: 1 p.m., 300 block of Rosa Avenue, Found Property Oct. 15: 6:56 p.m., 400 block of Morgan Street, Verbal domestic dispute Oct. 19: 2:48 a.m., PGE Way/Grant Avenue, Outside Agency Assist –CHP Oct. 20: 2:18 a.m., 100 block of E. Grant Avenue, Audible Alarm Oct. 21: 10:30 a.m., 1000 block of Washington Avenue, Missing Person – located same day ~12:45 p.m., 500 block of Niemann Street, Found Property Oct. 22: 7:05 a.m., 800 block of Dutton Street, Vehicle code violation ~2:56 p.m., 900 block of Valley Oak Drive, Audible Alarm ~7:30 p.m., 700 block of Main Street, Verbal domestic dispute Oct. 23: 8:58 a.m., 200 block of Railroad Avenue, Audible Alarm ~3:05 p.m., E. Main Street/E. Baker Street, Vehicle tow ~11:03 p.m., 100 block of E. Grant Avenue, Audible Alarm Oct. 24: 8:08 a.m., 200 block of Railroad Avenue, Fighting in Public

Years Ago

Dispatches from the Express archives.

120 Years Ago

November 7, 1902

In Tuesday's election, Mrs. Minnie DeVilbiss, Democrat, was elected Yolo County superintendent of schools over Mrs. S. E. Peart, the Republican nominee. G. W. Griffin, Democrat, was reelected as sheriff.

Mrs. Ralph Sparks returned home Sunday last from Chicago, where she has been enjoying an extended visit to her parents.

H. H. Guenter of Santa Clara has bought the Dr. Wilson place at the north edge of town, adjoining Henry Robinson's.

Mr. McClain and family of Ohio are the guests of the Proctors. They will make their home here and are quite welcome in this community.

W. B. Wyatt of Spickar, MO., a nephew of J. N. B. Wyatt, is visiting relatives here.

Mrs. S. B. Dunton and niece, Miss Ramona Rippey, went to Palermo Tuesday morning and will remain a week or two with relatives.

Mr. and Mrs. John McClure and family, who will leave in a few days for their new home near Madison, were honored with a surprise party given last Saturday at their home.

Miss Hazel Spaulding returned to Berkeley on Sunday, and will soon go on to San Jose where Dr. and Mrs. Magill are mak-

ing their home.

Last Wednesday evening the relatives of little Mary Bentley gave her a birthday supper at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Bentley.

105 Years Ago

November 2, 1917

The local cannery is still running full blast canning tomatoes.

D. O. Judy made delivery of a new Dodge car to James Briggs recently.

$70,050 has been subscribed at Winters for Liberty Bonds.

Walt Chapman is one of the recent purchasers of a new Ford car.

The new war is making it hard sledding for the movies.

The Thursday Club held its first regular meeting on Thursday, October 25. Due to demands of the Red Cross, it will not meet again until the fourth Thursday of May.

Policeman Cook was over Saturday night testing out the headlights on the autos in this vicinity.

The construction of the bridge, which will cross the Sacramento River at Rio Vista, has started.

Winters won the basketball game played on the local court Saturday with Vallejo High School.

John Graf is credited with winning the game for St. Mary's against the Southern California college Saturday.

On this Veterans Day, and every day,

extend sincere appreciation to the men and women who have served

country

70 Years Ago

November 7, 1952

John Greenwood was elected president of the Winters District Chamber of Commerce for the coming year at the November meeting Monday night at the Christian Church. He succeeds Ed Gardner.

Rev. Ralph Davis and Mrs. Davis have disposed of their ranch holding north of town and will make their future home in Woodland.

G. Howard Hodge of New York, London and Paris, internationally known designer of women's hats, is visiting in Winters with his sisters, Mrs. Claude Singleton and Mrs. Ned Streeter, his brother, Waverly Hodge and his cousin Mrs Clara Robinson.

The local P. G. and E. group honored Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Perkins with a surprise housewarming at their new home on Saturday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. William Roeber will spend the next week or 10 days on an outing on the Rogue River in southern Oregon.

Mr. Henry MacArthur of Sacramento visited here on Tuesday with his mother, Mrs. N. A. MacArthur.

Miss Helen Salaverria, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Blas Salaverria, has arrived home from a trip to Europe.

Mrs. Stephen Chase Sanborn was honored last evening in her Wolfskill district home by neighbors and friends, the occasion being her 90th birthday anniversary.

Mr. E. R. Crum left Thursday last for Greenville, South Carolina, where he will spend two weeks or so visiting with his son, Lt. Colonel William Crum and Mrs. Crum.

55 Years Ago

November 9, 1967

Winters High School

Homecoming Queen candidates this year are Diane Campos, Kathy Abinante, Debbie Randolph and Susan Reimers. The winner will be crowned at the Winters-Esparto Trophy game Friday night.

Two attempts to hit natural gas in the Winters area have been abandoned. The Chapman No. 1 well was abandoned at 6,025 feet and drilling was halted on the Concoran No. 2 at 5,363 feet.

Jim Lindeman, a cadet in his first year at West Point Military Academy, is in the upper 30 percent of his class and on the Dean's list for the first grading period.

Cord Hailey, local P. G. and E. manager, appeared before the city council Tuesday evening to discuss the undergrounding of electric lines in Winters.

At the meeting of the Winters School Board Monday evening, representatives of the Winters Area Classroom Teachers Association asked that the board recognize their negotiators in conferring with the school administer. The conferees are John Atherton, chairman; Ray Epling, Leo Herrala, Rick Lorenz and Hugh Randolph.

Mr. and Mrs. Dick Rojo celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary on Monday by asking Mr. and Mrs. Pete Manas to accompany them to San Francisco for a day's outing.

The Winters Warriors lost the final game of the Superior California Athletic League to Rio Vista Rams by a score of 14-6 on the local gridiron. The Warriors were in the league cellar with no wins and four losses.

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the costs of the first, there is an upcoming Preschool Transitional Kindergar ten and Kindergarten grant that may help cover the extra costs of construc tion.

Fitzgerald explained that SchoolWorks — a Cal ifornia-based organiza tion that assists schools with facility planning, de mographic analysis, and state building program el igibility — feels confident the school district will be awarded the design funds in late November and that Winters JUSD would be eligible to qualify for con struction funds, following DSA and CDE approval.

The construction funds, Fitzgerald noted, were around $6.7 million, which could cover the first cost assessment’s plan if it came to that. Still, Fitzgerald ar gued that even if the grant was awarded to Winters JUSD, she would still rec ommend cutting costs.

Board Trustee Everardo

Zaragoza inquired with Fitzgerald on the possible timeline for DSA approval and construction on Wag goner Elementary. Fitz gerald responded that, if she was speaking, “highly optimistically,” she hopes the project will get DSA approval by April and start construction by June.

Zaragoza followed with a question on cost per square foot, which members of the Board and Fitzgerald had already discussed in the general meeting, and asked Fitzgerald what the cost estimate was for other schools and projects in the area.

Fitzgerald expounded on the cost-per-square-foot discrepancy that serves as the basis for her belief that the first cost estimate was over-cautious. She told the Board that she reached out to another contracting firm with a project in Sac ramento that she says, “are in the $700–800 (per square foot) range,” and noted lat er that a similar project on

Winters High School was in a similar cost range.

However, the first cost estimate was more in the range of $1,200–1,300 per square foot. Though she notes that construction projects get a better deal on larger full-site con struction rather than just adding classrooms like at Waggoner, Fitzgerald says the disparity of costs is far too large to be accounted for by this fact. In her opin ion, “$800 would be more of a reasonable thing for the district to expect for an eight-classroom building.”

“Cummings is normally a very good company,” Fitz gerald stated, “so ‘are they being overcautious’ is the

question — will a second estimating firm provide a different square footage cost.” When the second cost assessment takes place, “Studio W will go to both these firms and figure out ‘where’s the difference, what’s going on here.’”

Board Clerk Joedy Mi chael summarized some points from the previous meeting that the question of if this cost estimate will hold up is preventing a lot of long-term planning. He then asked Fitzgerald, “is there any way to time this to wait to know if we’re go ing to get the construction grant?”

Fitzgerald noted that because the construction

grant is, “probably in that $6 million range,” it would help the potential cost, but still, Fitzgerald says the square footage cost esti mate is, “just unheard of.”

Board Trustee Kristin Trott asked Fitzgerald about what happens to the construction plans if the district goes ahead with the design that assumes the grant money, and then they don’t get it.

Fitzgerald responded that the district, “could start over and pay for the redesign fees,” they could look to find additional funds to cover the existing designs, or they could wait because “DSA plans have four years of approval.” But Fitzgerald reiterated that SchoolWorks, “really feels that the district is eligible for the construction fees,” though design funding is still to be determined.

Trott followed up with a question of how much would the district have to shave off the construction budget, assuming the $1,200

who are doing it al ready and enabling even more schools to do it — I couldn’t think of a more per fect community than to do it here in my hometown in Winters, which is an incred ible, shining exam ple,” Lester Moffitt said.

Interim Superinten dent Phoebe Girimon te gave credit to Cathy Olsen, Director of Nu trition Services, and the Winters Farm to School team for their efforts to provide Winters students the opportunity to have a garden-to-table expe rience at school.

“Their belief is we live in an agricultur al region. We’re sur rounded by opportu nities to connect our children with the ag ricultural heritage of this area, and so you see that here in one of our school gardens. But, more important ly, you see it every day in our cafeterias,” Girimonte said. “So, despite the fact that we are small, and like many small school districts facilities can sometimes be a chal lenge — regardless of the facility in which she works — Cathy finds a way to make sure every child in this district goes home with food in their bel ly and sometimes they also have had access to a farmers market here at school. That’s something — that as we recover from the pandemic — we are working to rebuild.”

The money is in tended to supple ment efforts to allow schools to purchase food grown by local and regional farmers and ranchers for their breakfast and lunch meal programs.

In addition to creat ing new partnerships and relationships between schools and local farmers, Lester Moffitt said there is a goal to focus on creat ing an opportunity for small, underserved

farmers to provide in their communities.

“One of our prior ities — and we have many in this project — is that we’re not leav ing behind, particu larly, our underserved farmers and ranchers.

We have a big focus on being able to procure from small, under

providing all of our California students equitable access to nutritious fruits and vegetables,” Birdsong said.

historic investments not only into food and agriculture but also in the educational land scape by providing funds that go into the creation of kitchens at schools and providing training for nutrition staff to learn how to prepare fresh pro duce into meals the students would eat.

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

Rep. Mike Thomp son (D-St. Helena), Rep. John Garamen di (D-Walnut Grove), and Assemblywoman Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) were all in attendance and in support of the effort.

served farmers and ranchers so that more farmers and ranchers have the opportuni ty to sell to the kids in their community, many of their own kids in the community as well,” Lester Moffitt said.

California Depart ment of Food and Agriculture Under secretary Christine Birdsong said there is a high priority and im portance in creating opportunities for lo cal farmers to provide food for schools.

“These funds are going to make a real difference toward

Birdsong said the agreement is a solid boost to the CDFA’s continuing efforts to build resilient local food systems that not only improve the lo cal economy but work to establish connec tions between schools and local farmers and ranchers.

California Depart ment of Education Food and Nutrition Services Director Kim Frinzell said more than 829 mil lion school meals were served across the state last year. Frinzell said Califor nia continues to make

“With this cooper ative agreement can you imagine what this is going to look like? Can you imagine that our children will have the best and the finest food that we’ve always wanted them to have? We’re not just opening up a can,” Aguiar-Cur ry said.

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

Garamendi said the act of bringing lo cally grown food into schools not only pro vides nutritional val ue but also creates a stronger, more viable community by putting money back into the local economy.

Both Garamendi and Aguiar-Curry agreed they’d like to see pacts like the Lo cal Food for Schools Cooperative Agree ment be transformed into meal programs for the older adult and disadvantaged com munities as well.

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Winters student Iris Girimonte tells Jenny Moffitt Lester, USDA Under Secretary, about an herb growing in the school garden at Waggoner Elementary School.

“It’s good food and kids are going to learn about good, quality food.”

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Kona Ice reevaluando la visión empresarial

Por Aaron Geerts Traducido por Carol Alfonso

Es posible que Kona Ice Shop haya cerrado sus puertas reciente mente, pero no está cerrado permanen temente. Mientras se ocupa de los prob lemas de personal que afectan a otros nego cios, el propietario Teddy Rojas se está to mando el tiempo para reevaluar su visión de la tienda para poder reabrirla mejor que nunca y encontrar personal dedicado.

No es ningún mis terio que, a raíz de la pandemia, haya una escasez masiva

de personal. Aunque Kona Ice ha sufrido un revés debido a esta sequía de personal, ceder ante la derrota nunca fue parte de la visión de Rojas para este oasis de los dul ces. Rojas reciente mente compartió los detalles en una pub licación transparente en las redes sociales del 17 de Octubre pas ado.

“Como algunos de ustedes habrán no tado, recientemente tuvimos que cerrar nuestras puertas de bido a problemas de personal,” publicó Rojas. “Esta es la se gunda vez que tene

mos problemas para conseguir el personal necesario para operar nuestra tienda.”

Rojas le dijo al Winters Express que quiere afinar y tomar decisiones sobre qué ofertas ofrecerá la tienda a la comuni dad.

“Hemos estado lid iando con muchas cosas y tratando de superarlas y manten ernos positivos sobre todo. No quería que la gente pensara que nos rendimos y le dije a mi hermana cuando hice esa publicación que debemos ser honestos con la comunidad y decirles que nuestra

“Como algunos de ustedes habrán notado, recientemente tuvimos que cerrar nuestras puertas debido a problemas de personal. Esta es la segunda vez que tenemos problemas para conseguir el personal necesario para operar nuestra tienda.”

visión no funcionó al principio. No es una idea completamente realizada, y queremos saber qué está pen sando la gente hasta ahora y qué podemos hacer para mejorar las cosas,” dijo Rojas.

Parte de esto in cluye asegurar per sonal para roles vi tales para ayudar a comercializar la tien da e involucrar a la comunidad con sus productos.

“Creo que ahora lo que nos faltó la última vez fue mostrarle a la gente la visión. En tonces, cuando vuel va a abrir, quiero que alguien haga videos que destaquen lo que ofrecemos,” dijo Ro jas. “También quiero hacer más videos de TikTok, así que estoy tratando de encontrar personas que quieran trabajar y divertirse con la tienda. No solo haciendo el tonto, sino que quiero que la gente se exprese con nuestros postres y se divierta con ellos.”

Ocupar ese puesto gerencial es un com ponente clave para

que Rojas y Kona Ice avancen. No solo la creatividad y la pa sión son requisitos para el trabajo, sino también el amor por Winters.

Con estos aspectos facilitados junto con la retroalimentación continua de la comu nidad, Rojas espera realizar y compar tir su visión de Kona Ice con la ciudad. Si multáneamente, in cluye que el frente de la tienda sea la tienda de golosinas de la ciu dad, así como el lugar al que ir para bolsas de regalo, vino, comi das para llevar y más.

“Queremos sacar una de las máquinas de yogur y convertirla en un helado suave de lácteos, que es lo que la gente está buscan do. También estamos tratando de conseguir ensaladas envasadas para la gente. Solo para llevar con el ad erezo adentro, tal vez ensalada de rúcula y cuscús con queso de cabra o nueces con fitadas,” dijo Rojas. “También estoy tra bajando para obtener

nuestra licencia de cerveza y vino para que podamos tener diferentes vinos lo cales para que la gen te pueda entrar cuan do los lugares están cerrados o tomar una botella y marcharse. Otra opción que qui ero ofrecer es hacer tus propias canastas de regalo para que puedas entrar y tomar dulces, chocolates, vino o regalos que estamos ofreciendo. También quiero jugar con algodón de azú car y tener un puesto donde la gente pueda crear su propio arte de algodón de azúcar. Idealmente, el ger ente estaría allí junto con un par de emplea dos ayudando con todo esto.”

En la publicación en las redes sociales, Ro jas mencionó que está buscando una persona “que sea creativa en los dulces culinarios.”

El objetivo es en contrar a alguien apasionado y abierto a crear nuevas deli cias para ofrecer en la tienda y que esté dispuesto a pensar en nuevas ideas para la ubicación de Winters.

Rojas está buscan do comentarios de la comunidad sobre al gunas de las posibles ideas nuevas para la tienda.

Para obtener más información sobre los puestos disponibles o para recibir comen tarios sobre produc tos, envíe un correo electrónico a trojas@ kona-ice.com o llame al 707-628-0328 y pre gunte por Teddy.

made it to the semi-fi nals. It’s a one-match elimination and they did pretty well. A lot of our teams made the playoffs which was kind of cool. Also, our Music Boosters did food on Saturday and our culinary program did donuts in the morning.”

The competition picked back up bright and early on Sunday for the middle school division.

“The high schoolers were more relaxed on Sunday because they got to work, ref, and coach the kids in the middle school tour nament,” said Halsey. “Our team did not have a highly sophisti cated robot, but Augie Nelson’s driving skills with the high school ers’ coaching, he was able to go defense to offense and confuse those other teams. We were ranked third go ing into the playoffs, so the first and second ranks allied and the third and fourth teams allied, too.”

The winning mid dle school squad was comprised of August Nelson, Holly Selleck and Andrew Coleman. They now rank 18th in the State Sunday was not just competition day, but a Senior Capstone Proj ect for Jack Bryant and Diego Rodriguez. While they planned and facilitated, Lil iana Rodriguez was taking part in her own Senior Capstone by recycling the VEX ro botics equipment.

After a successful weekend, the WRC will be looking for ward to competing again in Placerville on Nov. 13.

For more infor mation, email WRC at wintersrobotics@ gmail.com.

Teddy Rojas, propietario

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The elves are coming to Winters

By Jim Hewlett Special to the Express

Looking for a way to get into the holiday spirit? Want to see a play but not sure you want to commit to a two-hour one? Is variety something you enjoy? You are in luck!

The Winters Theatre Company is proud to present its inaugural 10-Minute Holiday Play Festival featuring eight different 10-minute plays that will get you into the holiday spirit with laughter, sighs and maybe even a few tears. The overarching theme is “ElfHelp,” and who couldn’t use all the help they could get these days?

The plays were written by playwrights throughout the US, as well as one written by local playwright Nancy Bovie.

The eight featured plays and playwrights are:

• “Elftopia” by Jodi Antenor

• “Gen X Christmas” by Bill Brohaugh and Lisa Holt

• “Joyeux Noel” by James McLindon

• “Perhaps a Sidebar on Christmas” by Donald Loftus

• “Santa Gets Covid” by Nancy Bovie

• “Santa’s Hard Road to Ho” by Bill Brohaugh and Lisa Holt

• “Vesper” by Nicholas Bompart

• “When the World Falls In Love” by Donald Loftus Shows will be at the Grand Prince Odeum Church at 201 Main St. in Winters at 7:30 p.m. on the

following evenings:

• Thursday, Dec. 8 through Saturday, Dec. 10

• Thursday, Dec. 15 through Saturday, Dec. 17

Please note, there are no Sunday shows, and all shows start at 7:30 p.m.

There will be an intermission after the first four plays, with a variety of snacks and non-alcoholic beverages available.

Tickets can be purchased online on the Winters Theatre Company

website at https://winters theatre.org or at the door on the evening of the event.

Ticket prices are $15 for Adults, $10 for children ages 12 and under.

Winters Theatre Compa-

ny looks forward to elfing around with you in December at their 10-Minute Holiday Play Festival. All questions can be emailed to winterstheatre@gmail. com or call 530-795-4014.

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farmland,” from this time forward.

The easement funds come from the state Sustainable Agricultural Land Conservation Program.

“It’s a tribute to our history and also planting our seeds for the future,” said Lynne von Koch-Liebert, executive director of the California Strategic Growth Council, which runs the program.

David Shabazian, director of the state Department of Conservation, said that with climate change and other pressures on agriculture, the time has come to consider farmland the “highest and best use” in order to feed the state, the nation and the world.

He noted the other benefits of conserving ag land: wildlife habitat and groundwater recharge among the listed items.

Lester also contributed $1.375 million to the project with the potential of some tax benefits. Solano Land Trust received $50,000 as the easement holder and for other administrative charges.

The total project is $5.5 million.

“We all know we are losing (farmland) faster than we’re keeping it, so these projects are huge,” Nicole Braddock, the executive director of the Solano Land Trust, said at the event held in one of Lester’s walnut orchards. Some of the trees are 125 years old and still producing.

Tracy Ellison, conservation program manager for the land trust, also announced the completion of two other easements:

the 79-acre, $434,359 Schroeder Farm North project and the $757,196, 101-acre Martin Ranch 3 project — both with 25 percent local matches funded through Solano Transportation Authority mitigation dollars required by the Interstate 80 / Interstate 680 / Highway 12 expansion project.

The land trust was paid $61,305 to handle the two contracts and other administrative duties.

Lester is a longtime supporter of the Solano Land Trust conservation efforts and has served on the board and other advisory committees. There are now 32 conservation agreements between the Solano Land Trust and local landowners, amounting to 13,765 acres

of protected Solano County farmland. Another 11,900 acres have been put into open space contracts.

In addition to the organic walnut orchards, the farm also produces tomatoes, sunflowers and wheat.

Lester and his family have farmed Chandler and Hartley walnuts organically since 1992. Dixon Ridge Farms was, at one point, the largest handler of organic walnuts in the United States.

The farm burns walnut shells to create energy for its processing operation. The byproduct is then spread over the orchard ground to increase soil health and aids in the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

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“As a long time Winters resident and founding member of Keep Winters Winters, I believe our work is not done. As a citizen serving on city commissions, I understand the history of the city of Winters, the issues, the decisions, and the policies that have been employed. I know the challenges my community faces. With my background and experience I can provide solutions driven leadership and represent your voice in our community.”

Priorities

Bring new solutions to the problems that face the City of Winters.

Focus on creating a community that benefits the people of Winters and respects and maintains our small-town ideals, Winters farmland, and agricultural heritage.

Address climate change in a multifaceted manor which includes managing water issues, fire safety, and creation of local employment which contributes to our economy and our small town of Winters

Amend the Winters General Plan to address Winters 21st century planning issues and zoning.

Advocate for Affordable Housing - New neighborhoods must provide housing at various sizes and scales and should offer something more to the community than simply create a row of houses on a street.

Re-establish community advisory bodies for city beautification, recreation opportunities, and parks.

For further information visit the website: www.al4winters.com or for a response to any specific questions regarding the city government and the future of Winters send an email to albert4winters@gmail.com

these landowners and the SALT program,” Ellison said.

Landowner Russ Lester speaks at an event celebrating the preservation of farmland near Winters, Monday, Oct. 31. A perpetual conservation easement was conveyed on the 913-acre farm to the Solano Land Trust.

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The Winters Theatre Company will present its inaugural 10-Minute Holiday Play Festival with “Elf Help” as the overarching theme.

per square foot and if being granted the funding would that cover it.

Though this grant the district is likely to receive will be in the $6 million range to cover the over-budget costs, Fitzgerald still recommended cutting costs on the project as much as possible as a precautionary mea sure. She noted that parts of the proposed plan, including entry ways into the school, are, “aesthetically pleasing, but they are not necessarily func tional for other as pects of the student’s day,” and that the Board should ensure the money it has is spent on building the necessary additions to Waggoner Elemen tary.

Board President Carrie Green affirmed the necessity of the cost reassessment and confirmed with Fitzgerald that the cost of the amendment will come out of Mea sure W bond funds, which will cost $9,878. The Board passed the amendment unani mously.

Upcoming meeting

The next Winters JUSD Board of Trust ees is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 3 at 6 p.m. at the school dis trict board room. The public can join on line at https://tinyurl. com/5n7jsbac.

Trustees are expect ed to interview appli cants and select one to serve as the Trustee for Area 4.

Winters JUSD had extended the dead line for applications to Wednesday, Nov. 2 the previous week to allow residents who reside in the area more time to submit an application.

Trustees will also take action on wheth er or not to approve the job description for an Attendance and Engagement Spe cialist (Counselor on Special Assignment).

The job description was presented as an information item at the Oct. 20.

If approved, the At tendance and Engage ment Specialist would be responsible for the development, imple mentation and over sight of a Student At tendance and Engage ment Program utiliz ing a Multi-Tiered Sys tem of Support (MTSS) framework. Addition ally, the role would work with Winters JUSD staff, students, and parents to assure there is compliance with attendance laws and regulations, and other related duties as required by the Board or laws.

Lisa Dennis, Hu man Resources Direc tor, told Trustees that school districts across the State of Califor nia are experiencing ongoing challenges with attendance rates and chronic absen teeism in the wake of the pandemic. While attendance rates are slowly improving at Winters JUSD, they have not returned to pre-pandemic levels.

Winters JUSD staff has identified a need to expand its efforts to ensure all students at tend school regularly, especially those with the least access to eq uitable opportunities to learn.

Wednesday, November 2

Día de los Muertos, 5-8 p.m., Rotary Park Gazebo, Main Street/Railroad Avenue

Wednesdays

Eat Well Yolo Drive-Through Food Distribution Wednesdays, 3:30 p.m. — as supplies last, Winters High student parking lot, off Railroad Avenue.

Thursday, November 3

Winters JUSD School Board Meeting, 6 p.m., School District Office/Zoom Meeting info, check https://bit.ly/ WintersJUSDBoardAgendaCommunitySite

Thursdays

Eat Well Yolo Food Distribution, first and third Thursdays, 10 a.m.-as supplies last, RISE, Inc., 200 Baker St. - Rooms 4 & 5, 530-668-0690

Monday, November 7

Winters Hispanic Advisory Committee 6:30-9 p.m., Zoom Meeting info, email cambios@covalle.net or jesse.loren@cityofwinters.org

Upcoming

Wednesday, November 9

Winters Senior Commission on Aging Meeting, 5:30 p.m., City Hall Large Conference Room (Abbey Street entrance), check www.cityofwinters .org/winters-senior-commission-on-aging

Monday, November 14

Winters Climate Action Commission Meeting, 6:30 p.m., Zoom Meeting info, check cityofwinters.org/climate-action-commission

Tuesday, November 15

Winters City Council Meeting, 6:30 p.m., Zoom Meeting info, check www.cityofwinters.org/city-council-meetings_/

Library Services

Winters Library Open to Public (School in Session)

Winters Community Library, Mon/Wed: 8 a.m.–6 p.m., Tue/Thu: 8–8 p.m., Fri: 8–5 p.m., Sat: 1-5 p.m. (Mask Only 1–3 p.m.)

Winters Storytime with Friends, first and third Wednesdays, 10:30-11 a.m., https://yolocounty.zoom. us/j/87905414092

Virtual English Conversation Group, Tuesday, 2-3 p.m., One time registration required: Contact Nancy Pacheco 530-666-8019 or nancy.pacheco@yolocounty.org

Outdoor Storytime in the Garden, Second Wednesday, 10:30 a.m., Winters Library Teaching Garden (Weather permitting)

Bilingual Storytime in the Garden, Fourth Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m., Winters Library Teaching Garden (Weather permitting)

All You Need is Love Romance Book Club, Second Saturday, 4 p.m., Hooby’s Brewing

Community Testing

Visit the Winters JUSD COVID Clinic page to register Winters JUSD Office Building, Monday thru Friday, 9 a.m.–6 p.m.

Ongoing

“Remembering Monticello” Exhibit, (Closes Nov. 13.) Thursday thru Sunday, 1-5 p.m., 13 Russell St.

Winters Friends of the Library meeting, first Monday, 7 p.m., Meeting details: https://wfol.org/

Winters Senior Foundation Chair Yoga Class for Seniors, Wednesdays, 9:30-11 a.m., St. Anthony Parish Hall (511 W. Main St.)

Rotary Club of Winters meeting, Thursdays, Noon, The Buckhorn Winters Museum public hours Thursday thru Sunday, 1-5 p.m., 13 Russell St.

Winters Senior Foundation Game Days, Thurdays, 1-3:30 p.m., St. Anthony Parish Hall (511 W. Main St.)

Winters Open Mic, third Thursday of the month, 7 p.m. (sign-ups begin at 6 p.m.), 22 Main St.

Kiwanis Club of Winters meeting, fourth Thursday of the month, 6 p.m., Pizza Factory Democracy Winters meeting, first/third Saturdays, 10 a.m.-Noon, Meeting details in newsletter, contact info@democracywinters.org

Alcoholics Anonymous meetings: » St. Anthony Parish Hall, 511 Main St. (back entrance) Tuesdays, 7-8 a.m. and Fridays, 7-8 a.m.

» Yolo Housing office building, 62 Shams Way: Thursdays, 7-8 p.m. and Sundays, 9 a.m.

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WHS teachers accept challenge to reconnect with colleagues

By Aaron Geerts Express staff writer

As challenging as the pan demic was for Winters High School students, it was — per haps — even more so for teach ers. That’s why, in the wake of COVID, the WHS staff accept ed the “Feed The Starter” challenge not only to recon nect with the students but one another.

The pandemic misaligned connectivity between the WHS teachers sought to bolster over the years through their single-site focus plan. More specifically, students’ connec tion with the curriculum and their overall care to learn. Jeff Christian, the varsity women’s basketball head coach, pro posed the ‘Feed The Starter’ challenge so the WHS educa tors could begin reconnecting — starting with themselves.

“Feed the Starter” is a chal lenge through the leadership development nonprofit C4 Leaders (of which Christian is a part of) that focuses on em

powering groups and/or fam ilies to create space to see, hear, feel, and connect with one another.

“We wanted to rebuild the connection with our staff be cause COVID came and we

weren’t allowed to eat in the staff room together, people sat in their rooms by themselves and that’s not the culture we wanted,” said Andrea Hurst,

Matheson celebrates Eagle Scout achievement

By Crystal Apilado Editor-in-Chief

Following in the footsteps of multiple family members, Gar rett Matheson was finally able to cele brate his Eagle Scout achievement in per son.

Matheson official ly completed all of the requirements for his Eagle Scout ser vice project (and his Winters High School Senior Capstone proj ect) on Aug. 30, 2020. He earned his Eagle Scout rank on Oct. 7, 2020. However, due to the limitations and challenges of the pan demic, he wasn’t able to participate in the official Eagle court of honor ceremony until Aug. 28.

“I’ve been in the pro gram since first grade. I started off as a tiger and worked my way up,” Matheson said. “I changed groups a cou ple of times because troops folded. I was in three different troops. It meant a lot to see it through.”

Matheson said he has many family members who have achieved the Eagle Scout honor and it held a meaningful notion for him. His old er brother Alec, grand father, great-uncle and two of his cousins are all Eagle Scouts.

His final project was constructing two six-foot-tall Resource Center structures for Community Presbyte rian Church in Vacav ille, where his family attends. He said he noticed the Presbyte rian Enrichment Pre school program could use something to help communicate to fami

lies and churchgoers. After talking the idea over with his pastor, he decided to move ahead with it.

The structure con tained a whiteboard for announcements, shelving units for pamphlets and fliers,

books and a drop-off box for forms.

“My intentions were to build one for the preschool program and one for Church Program Outreach,” Matheson said.

The road to com pleting his service

project/senior cap stone was not easy. The pandemic caused many issues where he was unable to have his troop members fully participate outside of a car wash fundraiser.

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Winters High School educators participate in activities through the Feed the Starter Challenge, designed to help them reconnect with each other.

Garrett Matheson stands with the resource centers he constructed for his Eagle Service Project/ Senior Capstone Project.

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Key points from September resale housing report

California Association of Realtors

Special to the Express

• At the regional level, sales continued to fall sharply from last year, with four of the five major regions falling more than 25 percent from last year. Southern California had the biggest annual drop in sales at 32.6 percent, as every county within the region experienced a sales decline of more than 30 percent in September. The San Francisco Bay Area (-26.6 percent), the Central Valley

(-25.9 percent) and the Central Coast (-25.7 percent) also dipped more than 25 percent from last year, as the declines remained consistently high for all three regions. The Far North (-17.7 percent) continued to post the smallest declines of the five major regions, but it also has been dropping by double-digits for four straight months.

• All but three counties tracked by C.A.R. posted sales drops from a year ago. Of the counties that recorded sales drops from last September, 45 of

them fell more than 10 percent, and 36 counties plunged more than 20 percent from the same month last year. Mono had the biggest drop in sales at -42.9 percent, followed by Yuba (-41.1 percent), and Sonoma (-38.1 percent). Counties that experienced a sales decline had an average decrease of -25.5 percent in September. Only three counties posted sales increases from last September, with Glenn gaining the most year-over-year at 63.6 percent, followed by Lassen (43.8 percent) and Nevada (6.3

percent). On a year-todate basis, San Benito had the sharpest decline in sales at -30.9 percent, while Lassen (5.8 percent) had the best sales performance of all counties when compared to last year.

• Nearly two-thirds of all California counties experienced an increase in their median-prices. Prices

were up from last year by double-digits in five counties in September, as compared to seven counties in the prior month. Lassen (31.2 percent) recorded the biggest price increase of all counties, followed by Mono (30.8 percent) and Plumas (19.6 percent). The median price in 17 counties dipped from the same month of last year, with Mariposa dropping the most at -25.4 percent. It was also the only county with a double-digit price dip from a year ago. Santa Barbara (-9.5 percent) posted the second largest median price decline, followed by Lake (-8.8 percent) and Amador (-7.5 percent).  • Housing supply in California improved from a year ago and was unchanged in September from the prior month despite a decline in housing demand. The statewide Unsold Inventory Index (UII) was 2.9

months in September 2022 from 1.9 months a year ago. With closed sales dropping more than 25 percent and pending sales falling over 40 percent, active listings have been staying on the market significantly longer, which contributed to a surge in for-sale properties by 51.5 percent in September.

• All but three counties tracked by C.A.R. recorded an increase in active listings from last September. Only Yuba County recorded a triple-digit yearover-year gain in forsale properties, registering an increase of 116.7 percent from 12 months ago. San Benito came in second with an 89.8 percent boost in active listings in September, followed by Humboldt with a gain of 87.6 percent from last year. Despite an overall improvement in housing supply conditions, three counties experienced

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I have got to get out more often

One advantage to being married to a great cook is that you get better meals at home than at any restaurant. In other words, we don’t eat out very often, but we are working on changing that habit to both give Sherri a break and support our merchants. I won’t get into my cooking skills.

I’m not sure who came up with the idea of hosting a Fourth Friday on Main Street, but it was a good idea. The event has grown over the years, but I’ll admit that I am not a regular attendee. I suggested that we go downtown last Friday and it turned out to be a great evening. Main Street was packed with people, food booths and drinks aplenty.

We settled down at a table on the street with a few friends and a bottle of wine. I don’t know where Corinne Martinez comes up with her recipes, but her lamb dish was fantastic. It might even be better than Chris Rose’s Jambalaya.

As you watch the crowd go by, you notice all of the young

families out and about. It might have been Halloween week with all of the candy on the merchants’ counters, but I think it is becoming a place for families to enjoy an evening out. Did I mention that the place was packed?

We have new neighbors, an Air Force couple that is falling in love with Winters. They had been checking out their future home, attending events and getting to know Winters, so it didn’t work when I told them that Winters is like this every Friday night. They just laughed and said that they have been attending Fourth Fridays all summer. Welcome to Winters.

I’m not a social media person, but I did notice that someone was complaining about the picnic tables on Main Street. She commented that

they were empty when she walked from Steady Eddy’s to the hardware store. She needs to walk downtown during the evening and see how our downtown lights up. Woody Fridae’s line about having a parking problem is still true today — “Thirty years ago we had a parking problem: no one was parking downtown.”

A nice town isn’t just a bunch of houses. It is a vibrant downtown and involved citizens that make people proud of where they live. People come and go, but some always consider Winters their hometown, even if they never move back.

From athletic events, fundraisers, dinners and parades, I’m always proud to say I’m from Winters. I hope you are, too.

Have a good week.

Opinion: Warren is passionate about public education, quality teachers

By Liz Coman Special to the Express

Dear Members of Winters Winters Joint Unified School District Area 2, You have a decision to make on Nov. 8 as you go to the polls to determine who will represent you on the Board of Trustees for the Winters JUSD. Two qualified people are vying for the seat, which, I believe, demonstrates a healthy, active community. Many times, candidates run unopposed or are appointed when no one steps up — I am glad to see candidates coming forward for a contested election. Being on the school board requires preparation and study prior to each BOT (Board of Trustees) meeting, attendance at events such as Open Houses, Back-to-School Nights, promotions and graduations, various fundraising events, and more. It is a time-consuming job, not to be taken lightly. I am asking you to consider casting your vote for Robert Warren. If you know both of us, you may be surprised at my endorsement, because he and I disagree on almost all things political. But we share a deep commitment to public education as one of our core values. From our many conversations, I know he is passionate about public education in general and Winters schools in particular. He is committed to what is best

for our District, and most importantly our students.

Rob began his tenure in 2010 when the nation was in the midst of the Great Recession; additionally, the school district was in declining enrollment. These factors presented a double-whammy of reduced funds for the schools. Rob did his best to ensure that the budget cuts were kept as far away from the classroom as possible. Rather than a sweeping agenda of cuts, he and his fellow board members tried to determine what they could eliminate without directly affecting students. He kept an eagle eye on the budget and will continue to do so if elected.

Rob is an independent thinker. He will ask clarifying questions to completely understand an issue and then he will determine what he believes will best serve students from the various options open to him. When I consider candidates for school board, I want someone who will make decisions based on how that decision will positively affect students; I want someone who is willing to question authority and not accept the status quo; I want someone who considers what matters most for all stakeholders; I want someone who will insist on transparency.

Finally, I want someone who will support,

as much as possible, a salary for employees (across the board) that will not only attract qualified personnel but retain those who are already here. I know from experience that Winters JUSD has lost out on excellent candidates due to the salary and benefits package. I also know several teachers who have left the district for other positions with a better pay scale. Rob and I believe this is a fundamental issue that needs to be addressed. Study after study validates the fact that the most important factor in students’ achievement is the classroom teacher. We both want the most qualified teachers to apply and stay in Winters’ schools.

Several people have asked me why Rob is running for the seat on the board since he no longer has children in the school district. My response is, “I don’t think that matters.” He has a personal interest in strengthening what is good in the District and working to improve areas in need of change or growth. As I stated earlier, Rob is invested in quality education for current

Spooktacular

Fun Run success

The Spooktacular Fun Run and Costume Contest on Sunday, Oct. 30 was a great success. Over $5,000 was raised to support the Winters High School Cross Country program and to support youth and adult running fitness in our community. Thank you to the more than 300 participants, many in wonderful costumes, who made this a fabulously fun day. Also, thank you to the 37 volunteers from the high school and community who volunteered to make this event run smoothly. We want to especially thank our sponsors: Yolo Federal Credit Union, Homes by Town, Winters Healthcare, First Northern Bank, Starbucks, Upper Crust Bakery, Hooby’s Brewing, Bella Boutiques, Winters Wine and Liquor, Berryessa Gap Vineyards, Turkovich Family Wines, Jelly Belly Candy Company, Fleet Feet Vacaville, KS Winters Photography, Hotel Winters, Rally Factory, TCR Timing Solutions, NutriShop and Pet Smart, Mariani Nut Company, Winters Printing Company, and Winters Runners and Walkers Group. This event would not have happened without the tremendous support of the Downtown Business Association and the City of Winters who came through with extra help.

DUANE DAVIS, Winters Runners and Walkers

DR. BILL DAVIS, XC coach

NATHAN VIGIL, Student coordinator

Wise choices for the future of Winters

We have witnessed Al Vallecillo’s involvement in multiple community organizations for over twenty years. Through our involvement with him in Keep Winters Winters, Friends of the Library, and other activities we have seen firsthand that he cares deeply about keeping Winters a thriving, vital community. He is a great listener and a team player, and as our next city councilman will be a strong advocate for decisions that maintain the unique character of this gem of a city. Under his guidance, we can

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expect environmentally conscious growth that will provide jobs and tax revenues that will enhance city financial reserves and an increase in affordable housing. His two terms as Planning Commissioner and professional experience as an architect highly qualify him for a seat on the City Council. We confidently and heartily give Al as well as candidates Carol Scianna and Lisa Baker our endorsement.

Under their guidance Winters have highly qualified and approachable leaders who will take the initiative and work hard to maintain the qualities that make this a safe, active, and fun place to live.

DAVID & LINDA SPRINGER

Baker has experience and knowledge

As an engaged voter, I’m asked to support candidates throughout the nation.

During the upcoming local city council election, we will have the opportunity to improve the direction of our goals and aspirations.

We are fortunate to have local leadership. Experienced and committed guides in our quest for a better life for our families.

I could easily be referring to the Honorable Cecilia Aguiar-Curry or our own Councilmember Jesse Loren but I am referring to City Council candidate, Ms. Lisa Baker.

Ms. Lisa Baker is a rare individual with knowledge and experience that extends beyond local issues.

Extensive CEO experience and a known leader in city infrastructure issues.

She consistently adds value to the various volunteer local

organizations and is currently Vice Chair of the Planning Commission.

Ms. Lisa Baker has the rare ability to break down the issues of concern as the city navigates in a very daunting environment.

We have been blessed with steady and committed leadership but we will see a dramatic but welcome change in city governance. If you are an engaged voter like myself or a casual voter with limited time to assess like my wife, a retired law enforcement officer, we encourage you to vote for Ms. Lisa Baker, Winters City Council.

RAMON ALTAMIRANO Retired business owner

Vote for Scianna, Baker and Vallecillo

We all win when we have a functional, community-oriented City Council that can engage in discussions with respect. Electing Carol Scianna, Lisa Baker and Albert Vallecillo to serve with incumbents Jesse Loren and Bill Biasi would give us stellar representation. Where others see challenges, Lisa Baker sees opportunities. When she took the helm at Yolo County Housing Authority, where she was CEO for 14 years, the agency was deeply in the red. Lisa used her financial acumen and resiliency knowledge to turn the agency’s finances around by going green, while also increasing housing options and providing wraparound services. She would bring practicality, creative problem-solving and deep knowledge to Council.

Albert Vallecillo is a thoughtful leader

FILED IN YOLO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE

Jesse Salinas Yolo County Clerk/Recorder F20220738 09/21/2022

Business is located in YOLO County

Fictitious Business Name:

Small Wonders Occupational Therapy Physical Address: 3454 Oyster Bay Ave Davis CA 95616

Mailing Address: Names of Registrant(s)/Owner(s): 1) Katie Horn 3454 Oyster Bay Ave Davis CA 95616

Business Classification: Individual Starting Date of Business: 09/29/1997 s/ Katie Horn Official Title: Corporation Name:

I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original docu ment on file in this office This certification is true as long as there are no alterations to the document AND as long as the document is sealed with a red seal

Jesse Salinas County Clerk/Recorder State of California County of Yolo Published October 12 19 26 November 2 2022 #230

FILED IN YOLO COUNTY CLERK S OFFICE

Jesse Salinas, Yolo County Clerk/Recorder F20220798 10/17/2022

Business is located in YOLO County

Fictitious Business Name: DOTLAUNCH TECHNOLOGIES HISTORICAL RETAIL Physical Address: 155 3RD ST WOODLAND CA 95695 Mailing Address: PO BOX 576 WOODLAND CA 95776

Names of Registrant(s)/Owner(s): 1) LISA M LUTTON 155 3RD ST WOODLAND CA 95695

Business Classification: Individual Starting Date of Business: 01/01/1999

s/ LISA M LUTTON Official Title: OWNER Corporation Name:

I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original docu ment on file in this office This certification is true as long as there are no alterations to the document AND as long as the document is sealed with a red seal

Jesse Salinas County Clerk/Recorder State of California County of Yolo Published October 26 November 2 9 16 2022 #241

FILED IN YOLO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE

Jesse Salinas Yolo County Clerk/Recorder F20220788 10/12/2022

Business is located in YOLO County

Fictitious Business Name: LTS NETWORKING TECHNOLOGIES Physical Address: 500 6TH STREET #38 WEST SACRAMENTO CA 95605 Mailing Address: Names of Registrant(s)/Owner(s): 1) ANDREY IVANOVICH LOSETSKIY 500 6TH STREET #38 WEST SACRAMENTO CA 95605

Business Classification: Individual Starting Date of Business: 10/11/2022 s/ ANDREY LOSETSKIY Official Title: Corporation Name:

I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original docu ment on file in this office This certification is true as long as there are no alterations to the document, AND as long as the document is sealed with a red seal Jesse Salinas, County Clerk/Recorder, State of California County of Yolo Published October 19, 26, November 2, 9, 2022 #237

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE No 22 318 YLO: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED January 3 0 2 0 2 1 U N L E S S Y O U T A K E A C T I O N T O P R O T E C T YOUR PROPERTY IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER On November 22 2022 at 12:45 pm at the North entrance to the City Hall located at 1110 West Capitol Aven ue West Sacramento Ca 95691 The Foreclosure Company Inc as Trustee will sell at public auction to the highest bid der for cash (payable at the time of sale in lawful money of the United States) the following described property situated in the County of Yolo State of California described more fully with in said Deed of Trust The street address and other common designation of the real property described above is purported t o b e : 2 4 7 0 1 C o u n t y R o a d 2 2 A E s p a r t o C a 9 5 6 2 7 A P N : 049 180 059 000 The undersigned disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation shown here NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction You will be bidding in a foreclosure sale under a lien secured by the property not on the property itself Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a juni or lien If you are the highest bidder at the auction you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off before you can receive clear title to the property You are encouraged to investigate the existence pri ority and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this prop erty by contacting the county recorder s office or a title insur ance company either of which may charge you a fee for this i n f o r m a t i o n I f y o u c o n s u l t e i t h e r o f t h e s e r e s o u r c e s y o u should be aware that th e same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee beneficiary trustee or a court pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public as a courtesy to those not present at the sa le If y ou w ish to le a rn wh ether your sa le da te has be e n postponed and if applicable the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property you may call (408) 374 7204 or visit www foreclosureco com or www nationwideposting com a n d c h e c k Tr u s te e s S a l e # 2 2 3 1 8 YL O In f o r m a ti o n a b o u t postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be re flected in the telephone information or on the internet website The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale NOTICE TO TENANT: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursu ant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code If you are an eligible tenant buyer you can purchase the pr operty if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auc tion If you are an eligible bidder you may be able to pur c h a s e t h e p r o p e r t y i f y o u e x c e e d t h e l a s t a n d h i g h e s t b i d placed at the trustee auction There are three steps to exer cising this right of purchase First 48 hours after the date of t h e t r u s t e e s a l e y o u c a n c a l l ( 4 0 8 ) 3 7 4 7 2 0 4 o r v i s i t www foreclosureco com or www nat ionwideposting com and check Trustee s Sale #22 318 YLO to find the date on which the trustee s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid and the address of the trustee Second you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee re ceives it no more than 15 days after the trustee s sale Third you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more t h a n 4 5 d ay s a f t e r t h e t r u s t e e s s a l e I f y o u t h i n k y o u m a y qualify as an eligible tenant buyer or eligible bidder, you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real es tate professional immediately for advice regarding this poten tial right to purchase Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied regarding title, possession or encumbrances to satisfy the obligatio ns secured by and pursuant to the Power of Sale conferred in the Deed of Trust e x e c u t e d b y B r o P r o p e r t i e s L L C a s T r u s t o r R e c o r d e d o n F e b r u a r y 4 , 2 0 2 1 a s I n s t r u m e n t N u m b e r 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 5 9 4 i n Book n/a at Page n/a of Official Records in the Office of the Recorder of Yolo County At the time of the initial publication o f t h i s N o t i c e t h e a m o u n t d u e t o s a t i s f y t h e o b l i g a t i o n s e c u r e d b y t h e s u b j e c t D e e d o f T ru s t , e s t i m a t e d c o s t s , e x penses fees and advances is $1 462 279 38 To verify the opening bid call (408) 374 7204, before the sale date The F o r e c l o s u r e C o m p a n y I n c a s T r u s t e e 8 2 7 C e d a r S t r e e t Santa Cruz, Ca 95060 By: Christina Leigh, Foreclosure Of ficer Dated: October 26 2022 This office is attempting to col lect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose; whether that information is obtained verbally or in writing NPP0417581 To: WINTERS EXPRESS 11/02/2022, 11/09/2022 11/16/2022 #248

FILED IN YOLO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE

Jesse Salinas Yolo County Clerk/Recorder F20220775 10/05/2022

Business is located in YOLO County Fictitious Business Name: East Street Classics and Wraps Physical Address: 801 East St Suite D Woodland CA 95776

Mailing Address: Names of Registrant(s)/Owner(s): 1) Juan C Ayon 801 East St Suite D Woodland CA 95776

Business Classification: Individual Starting Date of Business: 10/05/2022

s/ Juan C Ayon

Official Title: Corporation Name:

I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original docu ment on file in this office This certification is true as long as there are no alterations to the document AND as long as the document is sealed with a red seal

Jesse Salinas County Clerk/Recorder State of California County of Yolo Published October 12 19 26 November 2 2022 #231

FILED IN YOLO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE

Jesse Salinas Yolo County Clerk/Recorder F20220795 10/14/2022

Business is located in YOLO County Fictitious Business Name: TODD BYARD CONSTRUCTION Physical Address: 11 CROSS STREET WOODLAND CA 95695 Mailing Address: 1296 E GIBSON ROAD, PMB 220 WOODLAND CA 95776

Names of Registrant(s)/Owner(s): 1) TODD S BYARD 11 CROSS STREET WOODLAND CA 95695

Business Classification: Individual Starting Date of Business: 10/03/2011 s/ TODD S BYARD Official Title: OWNER Corporation Name:

I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original docu ment on file in this office This certification is true as long as there are no alterations to the document AND as long as the document is sealed with a red seal

Jesse Salinas County Clerk/Recorder State of California County of Yolo Published October 19 26 November 2 9 2022 #239

FILED IN YOLO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE

Jesse Salinas Yolo County Clerk/Recorder F20220794 10/14/2022

Business is located in YOLO County

Fictitious Business Name: SYSMA AGRICULTURE RESEARCH Physical Address: 2577 CHAMBERLAIN CT WOODLAND CA 95776 Mailing Address: Names of Registrant(s)/Owner(s): 1) SYSMA AGRICULTURE RESEARCH LLC 2577 CHAMBERLAIN CT WOODLAND CA 95776

Business Classification: Limited Liability Company

Starting Date of Business: 09/27/2022 s/ SAIFUL MUHAMMAD

Official Title: PRESIDENT Corporation Name: SYSMA AGRICULTURE RESEARCH LLC

I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original docu ment on file in this office This certification is true as long as there are no alterations to the document AND as long as the document is sealed with a red seal

Jesse Salinas County Clerk/Recorder State of California, County of Yolo Published October 26 November 2 9 16 2022 #240

SUMMONS (CITACIÓN JUDICIAL)

CASE NO: FCS056808

NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): DANIEL J MARTIN an individual; and DOES 1 through 20 inclusive Y O U A R E B E I N G S U E D B Y P L A I N T I F F ( L O E S T A D E M A N D A N D O E L D E M A N D A N T E ) : F I R S T T E C H N O L O G Y F E D E R A L C R E D I T U N I O N

Notice! You have been sued The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days Read the information bel ow You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal p a p e r s a r e s e r v e d o n y o u t o f i l e a w r i t t e n r e s p o n s e a t t h i s court and have a copy served on the plaintiff A letter or phone call will not protect you Your written response must be in prop er legal form if you want the court to hear your case There may be a court form that you can use for your response You can find these court forms and more information at the Califor nia Courts Online Self Help Center (www courtinfo ca gov/self h e l p ) y o u r c o u n t y l a w l i b r a r y o r a t th e c o u r th o u s e n e a r e s t you If you cannot pay the filing fee ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form If you do not file your response on time you may lose the case by default and your wages money and property may be taken without further warning from the court There are other legal requirements You may want to call an attorney right away If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service If you cannot afford an a t t o r n e y , y o u m a y b e e l i g i b l e f o r f r e e l e g a l s e r v i c e s f r o m a nonprofit legal services program You can locate these non p r o f i t g r o u p s a t t h e C a l i f o r n i a L e g a l s S e r v i c e s W e b s i t e (www lawhelpcalifornia org) the California Cour ts online Self Help Center (www courtinfo ca gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settle ment or arbitration award of $10 000 or more in a civil case The court's lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case

¡ A V I S O ! L o h a n d e m a n d a d o S i n o r e s p o n d e d e n t r o d e 3 0 d í a s , l a c o r t e p u e d e de c i d i r e n s u c o n t r a s i n e s c u c h a r s u v e r s i ó n L e a l a i n f o r m a c i ó n a c o n t i n u a c i ó n

T i e n e 3 0 D Í A S D E C A L E N D A R I O d e s p u é s d e q u e l e e n tre g u en es ta ci ta c ió n y p a pe le s l e ga le s p a ra p re s e ntar u n a respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entreue una copia al demandante Una carta o un llamada telefónica no lo protegen Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que proc esen su caso en la corte Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su r es p u es ta Pue de en c on tr a r es to s fo rm ul a ri os d e l a c or te y más información en el Center de Ayuda de las Cortes de Cali fornia (www sucorte ca gov) en la biblioteca de leges de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un forumlario de exención de pago de cuotas Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo puede perder el caso por in cumplimiento y la corted le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero a bienes sin más advertencia Hay otros requisitos legals Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente Si no conoce a un abogado puede l l a m a r a u n s e r v i c i o d e r e m i s i ó n a a b o g a d o s S i n o p u e d e pagar a un abogado es posible que cum pla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legals gratuitos de un programa de ser vicios legals sin fines de lucro Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, ( w w w l a w h e l p c a l i f o r n i a o r g ) e n e l C e n t r o d e A y u d a d e l a s Cortes de California (sucorte ca gov) o poniéndose en con tacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los cos t o s e x e n t o s p o r i m p o n e r u n g r a v a m e n s o b r e c u a l q u i e r recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho c i v i l T i e n e p a g a r e l g r a v a m e n d e l a c o r t e a n t e s d e q u e l a c o r t e p u e d a d e s e c h a r e l c a s o

The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es):

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALI FORNIA 580 Texas Street Fairfield CA 94533

The name address and telephone number of plaintiff's attor ney or plaintiff without an attorney is (El nombre la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante o el de mandante que not tiene abogado es):

THOMAS J PRENOVOST JR 77813

Prenovost Normandin Dawe & Rocha 2122 N Broadway Suite 200 (714) 547 2444

Santa Ana CA 92706

Date: (Fecha): JUL 13 2021 Clerk by (Secretario) K

The Winters Senior Center is seeking funding for equipment and programming. Mail checks payable to Winter Senior Center Fund to: Yolo Community Foundation, P.O. Box 1264, Woodland, CA 95776

FILED IN YOLO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE

Jesse Salinas Yolo County Clerk/Recorder F20220800 10/17/2022

Business is located in YOLO County Fictitious Business Name: PALETTE ART EVENTS Physical Address: 1917 ASTER AVE WEST SACRAMENTO, CA 95691

Mailing Address: Names of Registrant(s)/Owner(s): 1) JENNIFER EGBERT 1917 ASTER AVE WEST SACRAMENTO, CA 95691

Business Classification: Individual Starting Date of Business: 10/16/2022

s/ JENNIFER EGBERT

Official Title: OWNER Corporation Name:

I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original docu ment on file in this office This certification is true as long as there are no alterations to the document AND as long as the document is sealed with a red seal

Jesse Salinas County Clerk/Recorder State of California County of Yolo Published November 2, 9, 16, 23, 2022 #244

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1 5 2 0 2 2 t h e a c t i n g C o m munity Development Director issued a determination relating to the Grand Prince Odeum project located at 201 Main Street a n d t h e l e g a l n o n c o n f o r m i n g u s e s t a t u s f o r t h e p r o p e r t y , which has historically operated as a religious institutional use As part of the Director’s Determination, a Baseline Determina tion was also issued outlining the baseline conditions of the legal non conforming property Per the Director’s Determina t i o n a n y e n l a r g e m e n t e x p a n s i o n o r i n t e n s i f i c a t i o n o f u s e beyond the baseline would require Conditional Use Permit ap p r o v a l p u r s u a n t t o W i n t e r s M u n i c i p a l C o d e S e c t i o n 17 104 010 B Two appeals were submitted to the City appeal ing the Community Development Director s Determination

At the Public Hearing members of the public will be afforded an opportunity to make oral or written comments concerning the proposed project All interested persons may present oral comments and information at the Public Hearing or may sub mit written comments and information to the Planning Com mission at any time prior to the hearing by delivering them to t h e P l a n n i n g D i v i s i o n T h e p r o p o s e d p r o j e c t m a t e r i a l s a r e available on file at the Planning Division of the City of Winters Community Development Department for public review A staff report will be available for public review three working days prior to the Planning Commission meeting Please contact the Pl a nn i n g Di v i s io n a t ( 5 30 ) 7 9 4 67 1 8 i f y ou h a v e a n y qu e s t i o n s r e g a r d i n g t h i s p r o j e c t I f t h i s p r o j e c t i s c h a l l e n g e d i n

court the issues may be limited to those raised at the public hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the Planning Division prior to or at the public hear ing

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act if you are a disabled person and you need a disability related modi f i c a t i o n o r a c c o m m o d a t i o n t o p a r t i c i p a t e i n t h i s h e a r i n g please contact the City Clerk at (530) 794 6702 Please make your request as early as possible and at least one full busi ness day before the start of the hearing Published November 2 2022 #246

Notice of Public Hearing

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Winters

conduct a Public Hearing on Tuesday, Novem

6:30

15 2022

at City Hall loc ated at 318 First Street, Winters, CA 95694, and via telecon ference

(Adjunto)

Commission meeting Please contact the Planning Division at ( 5 3 0 ) 7 9

challenge the categorical exemption and/or the Neighborworks Tentative Map Time Extension project in

a dip in active listings from the same month of last year. Del Norte dipped the most again in September with a drop of -44.9 percent year-over-year, followed by Plumas (-11.2 percent), and Mono (-10.6 percent).

• The median number of days it took to sell a California single-family home was 22 days in September and 10 days in September 2021.

• California Association of Realtors’s statewide sales-priceto-list-price ratio was

97.7 percent in September 2022 and 101.9 percent in September 2021.

• The statewide average price per square foot for an existing single-family home was $404, up from $393 in September a year ago.

• The 30-year, fixed-mortgage interest rate averaged 6.11 percent in September, up from 2.90 percent in September 2021, according to Freddie Mac. The five-year, adjustable mortgage interest rate averaged 4.87 percent, compared to 2.45 percent in September 2021.

FILED IN YOLO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE

Jesse Salinas Yolo County Clerk/Recorder F20220801 10/17/2022

Business is located in YOLO County

Fictitious Business Name: ATLANTIS POOL SERVICE

Physical Address: 1917 ASTER AVE WEST SACRAMENTO CA 95691

Mailing Address: Names of Registrant(s)/Owner(s): 1) LEX EGBERT 1917 ASTER AVE WEST SACRAMENTO CA 95691

Business Classification: Individual

Starting Date of Business: N/A s/ LEX EGBERT Official Title: OWNER

FILED IN YOLO COUNTY CLERK S OFFICE

Jesse Salinas Yolo County Clerk/Recorder F20220776 10/06/2022

Business is located in YOLO County

Fictitious Business Name: Lonely Love Boutique Physical Address: 34612 Mallard St Woodland CA 95695

Mailing Address: Names of Registrant(s)/Owner(s): 1) Alexis Lerch 34612 Mallard Street Woodland CA 95695

Business Classification: Individual Starting Date of Business: N/A s/ Alexis Lerch Official Title: Corporation Name:

I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original docu ment on file in this office This certification is true as long as there are no alterations to the document AND as long as the document is sealed with a red seal

Jesse Salinas County Clerk/Recorder State of California County of Yolo Published October 19 26 November 2 9 2022 #238

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Business is located in YOLO County

Fictitious Business Name: GUILLEN TRUCKING

Physical Address: 152 OAK AVE WOODLAND CA 95695

Mailing Address: Names of Registrant(s)/Owner(s): 1) JOSE LUIS GUILLEN ORTIZ 152 OAK AVE WOODLAND CA 95695

Business Classification: Individual Starting Date of Business: 09/01/2021

s/ JOSE GUILLEN Official Title: OWNER Corporation Name:

I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original docu ment on file in this office This certification is true as long as there are no alterations to the document AND as long as the document is sealed with a red seal

Jesse Salinas County Clerk/Recorder State of California County of Yolo Published October 12 19 26 November 2 2022 #235

IN YOLO COUNTY

Business Classification: Individual Starting Date of Business: 10/25/2022

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s/ PAMINDER S PARMAR Official Title: Corporation Name:

I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original docu ment on file in this office This certification is true as long as there are no alterations to the document AND as long as the document is sealed with a red seal

Jesse Salinas County Clerk/Recorder State of California County of Yolo Published November 2 9 16 23 2022 #249

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“You’re supposed to have your troop involved to help provide commu nity service hours. I’m in charge of teaching them new skills,” Matheson ex plained. “I had to do the whole thing with my dad, and he was more my men tor. He showed me how to use the tools, how to construct them, and how to stain them. I had never built anything like this out of wood.”

Additionally, smoke from the LNU fire and triple-digit temperatures caused unideal working conditions outside where he was busy constructing his project. Matheson said due to the extreme heat he had to restart the staining process of few times be cause the stain was not keeping.

With his deadline of needing to get the project done before his 18th birth day in September — in alignment with when all scouts need to complete their Eagle service proj ect — Matheson was able to complete the construc tion of both resource cen ters in time.

To current seniors and scouts who are trying to

WHS education specialist. “So, Jeff came in and worked on ‘us’ with the staff-to-staff connection. The first day back after summer we had a fun kickoff day with him and did team building. That led into the Feed the Starter challenge where we all had to figure out something we wanted to improve on ourselves. Especial ly with educators, we’re always fo cused on the kids and put ourselves last and that leads to burnout. So, we all picked our own thing to work on.”

Believe it or not, teachers aren’t pedagogy machines; in fact, they’re humans made of flesh and bone and are susceptible to bad days and low morale just like anyone else. That’s why once the WHS teachers decid ed on what aspect of themselves they wanted to improve, they would

check in on each other during the weekly staff meetings. From exer cising, to meditation, to working on gratitude, the teachers would share where they’re at on their journeys and hold each other accountable.

The challenge began eight weeks ago and ended with a pizza party on Wednesday, Oct. 19. In turn, the teachers were able to observe the positive impact their self-improve ment had on their students.

“All the teachers took part and we did it to practice what we preach. If our theme is connectedness and building relationships, you got to do it. That was our ‘why’ and we need to start with us,” said Hurst. “It was fun to check in with each other, cheer each other on and ask how each other is doing. It did build our relationships with each other, and it was a great way to connect with our colleagues.”

From the outside looking in, one

A family of Eagle Scouts! — (from left): Kenneth Matheson (Garrett’s grandfather), Kenneth Matheson (Garrett’s younger brother is next to earn his Eagle Scout rank), Garrett Matheson, Alec Matheson (older brother) and Daniel Matheson (Garrett’s cousin).

complete their service projects, Matheson encour ages them to get it knocked out sooner than later.

“It’s a big project and it requires a lot of hours,” Matheson said. “Don’t put your project off and put it on the back burner. Be aware of dates and time lines. Get others involved in your project with enough notice.”

can try their best to empathize with what teachers endure every day. However, only teachers really know what it’s like in the trenches and un derstand why they do what they do. To Hurst, the challenge paid off in dividends for the teachers. More over, she believes the bolstered morale of the WHS teaching staff has been infectious to the students so far in the school year.

“We were coming out of a rough time, and we needed to boost mo rale, make people happy and make school a happy and fun place to be, and then the kids are going to want to be there,” said Hurst. “And if the kids want to be there, they’re not going to want to be cutting class, or staying home or faking (being) sick. If we can create an environment that’s fun and exciting, people are going to look forward to school or work. The whole system just works better.”

who serves on the Hispan ic Advisory Committee, is a founding member of Winters Community Corazón, was a planning commissioner, and was on the steering commit tee of Keep Winters Winters, the Measure A group. He is a strong proponent of updating Winters’ 30-year-old general plan so our guiding document reflects 21st-century realities.

A remarkable amount of what makes Winters such a good place to live, work and play is traceable to Carol Sci anna’s efforts through her vol unteerism and past career as the city’s environmental ser vices manager. She’s had ma jor roles in the Putah Creek Nature Park, the car bridge re placement, Winters Friends of the Library programs such as the gazebo concerts and Books for Babies, the Salmon Festi val, walk-to-school programs and more. Carol has articu lated that Winters’ character is tied to our tradition of con nectedness and involvement, and she has ideas for how to continue that even though we now have more neighbors than previously.

I attend all City Council and Planning Commission meet ings, and can’t underscore the importance of continuing to have knowledgeable people dedicated to serving our whole community. Please join me in voting for Albert Vallecillo, Lisa Baker and Carol Scianna.

KATE LADDISH

future students. It should not disqualify him that his

He and I believe that an in formed electorate is critical for democracy, and education is the key to making that hap pen. Although this may be the only thing Rob and I agree on in the political realm, it is at the heart of his commitment. If elected, he will take this obligation seriously, and al though I don’t reside in Area 2 and can’t vote for him, I en courage those of you who do support him.

WARREN Continued from Page 3

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“Don’t put your project off and put it on the back burner. Be aware of dates and timelines. Get others involved in your project with enough notice.”

Garrett Matheson

Winters