Winters Express & Tractor Parade Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Winters police restart downtown parking enforcement this week

By Crystal Apilado Editor-in-Chief

On Monday, Win ters Police Depart ment announced it would begin issuing warnings for a week as it begins enforcing parking-related vio lations in the Down town area.

Winters Police De partment initially rolled out efforts to enforce the timed parking spot limits in May 2019. The new parking rules were passed by city offi cials in 2018 follow ing the release of the Downtown Parking Master Plan.  One of the nota ble aspects of the Downtown parking plan was the approv al of incorporating timed parking lim itations in front of many downtown area businesses. The ma jority of spots have a

two-hour time limita tion, however, there are some key park ing spots in front of businesses that are labeled with 30-min ute time limits. Sig nage informs drivers of the time limits for the specified parking areas. Violating the time limit will result in a parking citation — which comes with a $30 fine for most of fenses. Intentionally removing a tire chalk mark made by Win ters PD or illegally parking in a hand icapped spot costs more.

Winters Police Chief John P. Mill er told the Express that “during COVID, parking enforcement of the time zones was re-prioritized to ‘ex tremely low’ so no en forcement was taking place.”

According to Mill

er, city officials be gan having discus sions to reinstate parking enforcement came about as COVID health restrictions were lifted.

“Regardless of our enforcement efforts, or lack thereof, the time zones were nev er waived and it was never legal to park for more than two hours, as posted, and a few citations were issued,” Miller said.

Another piece to reinstate enforcing the timed parking limits came when Winters PD made the part-time Commu nity Service Officer position full-time. The CSO position is responsible for park ing enforcement and vehicle abatement.

Miller said during the initial park ing study, it was

Vallecillo, Scianna, Casavecchia maintain lead in City Council race

By Crystal Apilado Editor-in-Chief

The Winters City Council race leaders remained at the top as the Yolo County Elections Office up dated the final totals from the Nov. 8 Gen eral Election.

The Yolo Elections website posted the fi

nal vote total update on Tuesday, Nov. 29 at 5 p.m.

As of Tuesday, the City Council race results had Albert Vallecillo with 1,263 (22.79 percent), Car ol Scianna with 1,195 (21.56 percent), Rich ard Casavecchia with 1,192 (21.50 percent), Lisa Baker with 1,116 (20.13 percent) and Michael Olivas with 777 (14.02 percent).

For the Winters Trustee Area Two race, Incumbent Car

rie Green remained in the lead with 256 (63.52 percent) over Challenger Rob ert Warren with 147 (36.48 percent).

All final vote totals for all Yolo County 2022 General Elec tion races can be found online at www. yoloelections.org.

The City of Winters is expected to seat the new councilmem bers on Dec. 13 at a special City Council meeting.

Thanksgiving community banquet returns with new name, leadership

By Aaron Geerts Express staff writer

Sunday, Nov. 20 marked the first Be Thankful Thanksgiv ing Banquet in Win ters. From the vol unteer efforts that facilitated it all to the delicious food that brought people to gether, it was a feast that embodied several factors that make this community great.

In March, organiz ers of the annual Win ters Community Din ner efforts stepped away due to spending concerns. As Thanks giving neared, talks began to arise about bringing a communi ty-wide Thanksgiving dinner back. Commu nity volunteers began talking, and the talks soon turned into ac tions. The “Be Thank ful Banquet” was created and geared up to revive the com munity dinner under

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a new name, but with the same intention to support Winters resi dents.

“Different people and organizations came together to make this happen. We had discussions and realized people have

been cooped up too long from this epidem ic and there was a real need for people to get out into the commu nity. So, that was our impetus for the whole thing,” explained

subscriber: Faith Marie Jara

Jose A. and Sylvia A. Jara of Winters an nounce the birth of their daughter, Faith Marie Jara. Faith arrived at 4:20 a.m. on Nov. 12, 2022, at Sutter Davis Hospital. She weighed 7 pounds, 5.5 ounces, and measured 19.5 inches at birth. She joins big brothers Isaiah Macias (22) and Joseph Jara (9), and big sister Sophia Jara (11). Maternal grandparents are Steve and Kimber ly Hicks of Winters, and Aysha Bicakci of Chi co. Her Paternal grandmother is Ramona Jara of Winters. Other family members welcoming her are cousin Bella Macias, and Aunts and Uncles James and Beth Hicks of Napa and Le Ann and Adam Wren of Corning. Faith’s parents are longtime Winters residents who have lived in town their whole lives. Her dad Jose is known as the Cross Man in town.

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Winters High School athletes volunteered to serve food to the community at the first

Be Thankful Banquet Thanksgiving meal on Sunday, Nov. 20 at St. Anthony’s Parish Hall.

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Corinne Martinez joins a team of volunteers in the back to prepare different dishes for the banquet.

Warriors receive All-League award

By Crystal Apilado Editor-in-Chief

Two Winters High School athletes received all-league recognition.

Senior Madeline MacMahon and junior Kenneth Matheson were both recipients of a Butte View AllLeague award for placing first in their

events at the Butte View League Championship meet on Oct. 19.

MacMahon’s award was for her significant win in the women’s 100-yard freestyle at the Championships. MacMahon beat out the competition finishing first with a time of 56.71. The second-place competitor

came in at 1:04.11.

Matheson won his award for his firstplace finish in the men’s 100-yard freestyle with a time of 1:15.55.

“There are nine schools in the Butte View League, so this is quite an accomplishment for these swimmers,” said swim coach Melanie Ellison.

Both MacMahon and  Matheson went on to compete at the Northern Section CIF Masters Meet at Shasta College where the Warriors competed against 20 Northern California high schools.

Second Waggoner Elementary construction estimate returns with smaller costs

By Jacob Ho man Express sta writer

The Winters High School PE Music Building construction has started full-time. The project, funded by Measures D, P, and W, started with some delays due to rain and the need to relocate a fire water line in the building’s foundation line, as well as some soil issues that the soil inspector has since cleared.

Mary Fitzpatrick, Senior Project Manager with Van Pelt Construction Ser-

vices, expressed her hope that “once we get out of the dirt, everything will be smoother and we can pick up and fast track some of the schedule to get back on schedule.” She said construction crews are hoping to move forward with underground electrical and plumbing while keeping an eye out for rain. Fitzpatrick presented to the board an update on the Waggoner Elementary building construction. Previously, Fitzpatrick reported to the board that the cost estimate provided by the Cummings construction team was several million over budget, and the board approved a second estimate to determine if the first was overly cautious.

At the Nov. 17 Winters Joint Unified School District Board of Trustees meeting, Fitzpatrick presented a follow-up to the previous talking points. This second estimate, conducted by Sierra West, provided a bottom line of $10,902,220, over $5 million less than Cummings’ original estimated bottom line of $15,936,243.

In order to provide a more detailed picture of where the differences lay, Fitzpatrick broke down the estimates. She first explained that the hard costs, what she called “direction construction totals of building the actual building” of Sierra West’s estimate was $8,024,212 against Cummings’ $9,712,354, a differ-

ence of $1.7 million.

The markup totals “the percentages on some of the items like contingency, bond insurance, general requirements,” Fitzpatrick said, came out to Sierra West estimating $3,423,118 while Cummings estimated $6,223,868, a difference of $2.8 million.

However, Fitzpatrick noted that Sierra West’s original estimate did not include contractor contingency and that she added about five percent contingency to the estimate she provided to the board, which was a few hundred thousand higher than the number in Sierra West’s estimate.

With that number added, Fitzpatrick said the difference between the estimates is closer to a $4.8 million difference, with Sierra West’s number still much lower.

When asked to clarify the reasons behind the discrepancy, Fitzpatrick explained that Cummings was using a, “more conservative approach, which I always lean towards, but at the same time we have to be realistic,” and that Cummings’ estimate may have been, “too conservative.”

“I think Sierra (West) is a little more adequate to what we will be seeing, even when I break down their square footage cost, Sierra West is closer to 940 (per) square feet, versus Cummings at 1,312 (per) square feet,” Fitzpatrick said which was a number

more in line with other similar construction costs that were around $800 per square foot.

Brie Gargano, a representative from Studio West, also clarified where the cost differences were coming from.

“The biggest thing is individual line items,” Gargano said noting that in some specific numbers “Sierra West is higher” but that each opinion from each of the respective company’s estimators adds up to a lower number on Sierra West’s estimate.

Board Clerk Joedy Michael also noted that Cummings’ estimate was conducted in the summer before inflation numbers had begun to stabilize and that their conservative calculations may have taken that into account.

Trustee Everardo Zaragoza said of the estimate, “the bad news is we’re still short on what we have available, but we do have the grant still available so hopefully that pulls through,” referring to a DSA grant that the district may be granted to help with construction costs, though Fitzgerald noted the district won’t know until January if they will receive the grant.

The new estimates did not include potential cuts to the construction plan, and Gargano and Fitzgerald noted that the construction plan can still be altered to have fewer costs should the school district not receive a grant.

Elf Hunt, Cocoa Crawl on Friday

By Crystal Apilado Editor-in-Chief

The Winters Downtown Business Association is heading up the second annual Elf Hunt and Cocoa Crawl on Friday, Dec. 2 from 4 to 7 p.m.

Visitors are welcome to stroll down Main Street tasting a variety of cocoa samples and searching for elves.

Participating businesses have hidden an elf somewhere in-

side or out front of its storefront.

Visitors should first check-in at the Farmers Closet Boutique (9 Main St.) to pick up their Cocoa Crawl passport.

The passport will help guide visitors to the 14 different businesses who have an elf hidden and who are serving cocoa.

Once done, elf hunt participants can return to the Farmer’s Closet Boutique to pick up a candy cane.

Friday festivities

The Elf Hunt and Cocoa Crawl are only one event happening on Friday, Dec. 2. A day of holiday-themed events is scheduled in part of the City of Winter’s Holiday Festival leading up to the Tractor Parade on Saturday, Dec. 3.

On Friday, the Holiday Marketplace will open up featuring vendors from Rotary Park down Main Street from 2 to 9 p.m. Family-friendly activities and crafts will be happening at Rotary Park.

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Winters Middle School and High School bands will perform at 5 p.m. at the Rotary Park Gazebo prior to the annual tree lighting ceremony at 6 p.m. Following the ceremony, Santa will have a meet-andgreet until 9 p.m.

Kenneth Matheson

Kenneth Matheson, a junior at Winters High School, is Pisani’s Athlete of the Week. Matheson is one of two Warriors who received a Butte View All-League award for placing first in the men’s 100-yard breaststroke events at the Butte View League Championship meet. Matheson competed on the WHS swim team for his third season this fall. Following his achievements at the Championship meet, he was one of four swimmers who traveled to compete at the Northern Section CIF Masters Meet at Shasta College.

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Athletes Kenneth Matheson and Madeline MacMahon showcase their Butte View All-League award and patch, bestowed for their Championship meet rst place wins.

Trustees hear Waggoner Elementary plan for student achievement

By Jacob Hoffman Express staff writer

During the Nov. 3 Board of Trustees meeting, Winters Joint Unified School District site admin istrators present ed their individual School Plan for Stu dent Achievement (SPSA).

Acting Superinten dent Phoebe Girimon te gave an overview explanation of what SPSAs are and how they work, saying, “SPSA is a compre hensive document that outlines how the school will utilize its funds to meet the needs of students. It includes goals they have set collabora tively with staff and the site council, and it connects to our local control and account ability plan.” These SPSAs were devel oped in conjunction with input from staff, parents, and students, lays out goals that each site will hope to accomplish by the end of the year.

According to Giri monte, each SPSA is drafted and updat ed annually, but the pandemic upset the typical schedule, and as a result, there will be SPSA in this part of the year as well as at the end of this school year, which will get the district back on its regular schedule.

Waggoner Elemen tary School Principal Travis Nelson-Ortiz presented his site’s SPSA to the Trustees. Nelson-Ortiz shared a summary of the goals the school developed to be accomplished by June 2023, of which there were three.

The first goal is to have kindergarten through second-grade students “meet the end of the year bench marks in a variety of assessments that we have, which is the BPST (basic phonics skills test), our BRI basic reading test, and our i-Ready and i-Ready Math.”

The second is Wag goner will establish positive behavior in terventions and sup port Tier One frame work, and have a so cial/emotional learn ing program in place.

The third goal is to have each grade level at Waggoner review the essential standards for ELA “which they chose last year with our new staff, and then the grade level teams will identify the essential math standards, and then begin working on creating formative assessments for the essential standards.”

Nelson-Ortiz laid out the school’s strate gies and activities they will use to achieve the three goals.

For the first goal, Nelson-Ortiz noted Waggoner’s designat ed reading interven tions and ELD differ entiation blocks for each grade level, as well as the school’s plan to have all staff participate in profes sional development in the areas related to the assessments list ed.

For the second, Or tiz said the Positive Behavioral Interven tion and Support team will attend develop ment programs to help in their creation of a Tier One framework handbook.

baseball and basket ball teams — to help decorate, cook, serve and clean up.

And, for the third goal, the school will be implementing a Wednesday Profes sional Learning peri od for teachers to re view ELA standards and essential math standards, as well as having two teachers per year participate in a language learn ing development pro gram.

Nelson-Ortiz next explained the Annual Measurable Outcomes for meeting each goal, which includes the baseline statistics for where each goal is currently, along with a corresponding “ex pected outcome” that describes where the SPSA will work the students towards.

The first subgoal is a subset of goal one, the Basic Phonics Skills Test (BPST). Nelson-Ortiz said the first baseline of the BPST goal is in May 2022, 48.7 percent of kindergarteners and 61.2 percent of first graders met the End of the Year Benchmark for the BPST. The cor responding expect ed outcomes by June 2023 is to have 75 per cent of kindergartners know all 52 upper and lowercase letters and all 23 letter sounds, and 50 percent of kin dergartners meet the BPST benchmark. While 55 percent of first graders meet the BPST benchmark and 70 percent of sec ond graders meet the BPST benchmark.

Each subgoal of goal one has similar specif ic statistical improve ment plans, such as the Basic Reading Inventory (BRI) base line of 67 percent of second graders meet

ing BRI benchmarks with the correspond ing expected outcome of 50 percent of second graders meeting or ex ceeding their bench marks, and i-Ready Math baseline of 54 percent of first grad ers at mid or above grade level math skills corresponding to the expected outcome of 55 percent of first graders at the grade level benchmark on the i-Ready assess ment.

Goal one also had a subsection for ad dressing achievement gaps between differ ent groups of students, including between English Learners and Non-English Learner students, with the ex pected outcome of re ducing each gap to 10 percent.

Goals two and three laid out structural changes school staff will make, with goal two being the creation of a Positive Behavior al Interventions Sup port (PBIS) team and goal three being the creation of new cur riculum standards.

Regarding goal two, Nelson-Ortiz said the expected outcome is by June 2023 “staff will have created a rules/expectations matrix,” that includes social-emotional tools and information, and that “PBIS lessons will be created and taught for each area of the school.”

Goal three’s expect ed outcome is by June 2023 to have each grade level review the essential English Lan guage Arts and select ed the essential Math standards already chosen by staff.

Al Calderone, one of the main facilita tors of the event. “We focused on seniors and those in need, but anybody was wel come to come, and (we) had close to 200 sign-ups for it.” While the St. Vin cent de Paul Society took the reins, other local organizations stepped up to help resurrect this com munity feast. Taking part was the First Baptist Church, The Church of Latter Day Saints, Genesis Co, Green River Brewing and Taproom, First Northern Bank, the Winters Senior Foun dation, the Winters High School culinary program and St. An thony Catholic Church (which provided its parish hall where the feast took place). Of course, numerous community members also stepped up — in cluding the WHS boys’

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discovered most of the vehicles parked downtown for extend ed periods of time belonged to employ ees. Due to the lack of parking turnover, customers and visi tors did not have ade quate parking spaces.

Downtown business employees are en couraged to park in one of the city-owned parking lots that do not have time limits:

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• Northeast corner of Railroad Avenue and Main Street (by Steady

“It was a really great effort from the people in the community to come together and make it happen. It seemed like people had a really good time and they didn’t just

in this nonprofit sta tus. Rather than rein venting the wheel and starting a new organi zation, this was more than convenient, it was perfect and just fit.”

To Calderone, the Be Thankful Banquet carries much nos talgia as his church

Thankful Banquet go on without a hitch.

“This was very time ly. Not just because it’s the season of hol idays, but a new sea son where people are living in a way they weren’t at this time last year,” said Calderone. “People are behaving differ ently and interacting with one another in a healthy, positive way. So, it just seemed timely to get people together. And why do this in Winters? Well, that’s where I live. That’s my communi ty.”

eat and run. People lingered and stayed a while enjoying each other’s company. It was nice to see kids in there coloring on the tables and ev erything,” said Cal derone. “We were under St. Vincent de Paul’s 501(c)3, which was very important to all of us working

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Winters PD will con tinue to issue warning this week, and are ex pected to begin issu ing parking citations next week.

The final draft of the City of Winters Park ing Master Plan can be viewed at https:// tinyurl.com/5bnrt79z.

In a social media post, Winters PD shared the Winters Parking Plan study at https://tinyurl. com/59827eaw.

Questions can be di rected to Winters PD at 530-795-2261.

originally put on a Thanksgiving com munity meal in 1998 at the Winters Com munity Center. That’s why he jumped at the chance when asked to help bring it back. His help combined with numerous volunteers and a healthy helping of community collab oration made the Be

The event organiz ers are looking to con tinue the Be Thankful Banquet around the same time next year. For more informa tion and to learn how to get involved, vis it the St. Vincent de Paul website at www. svdp-sacramento.org or email Sandy Vick rey at svickrey711@ yahoo.com.

“Rather than reinventing the wheel and starting a new organization, this was more than convenient, it was perfect and just fit.”

Al Calderone, Volunteer

Eddy’s Coffee House)

Southeast corner of Abbey Street and First Street (behind Hotel Winters)

Fire

Nov. 18: 12:27 a.m., medical aid, 1000 block of Adams Lane ~8:23 a.m., medical aid, Russell Boulevard Nov. 19: 9:49 a.m., medical aid, Niemann Street/Valley Oak Drive ~12:51 p.m., medical aid, 800 block of W. Grant Avenue Nov. 20: 8:37 a.m., fire alarm, 450 block of Edwards Street Nov. 21: 1:44 p.m., medical aid, 1040 block of Eisenhower Way ~2:56 p.m., medical aid, 140 block of E. Baker Street ~8 p.m., medical aid, 400 block of Morgan Street ~9:44 p.m., mutual aid (Vacaville) Winters Road/Allendale Road Nov. 22: 3:13 p.m., public assist, 830 block of Graf Way Nov. 23: 10:01 p.m., medical aid, SB I-505/CR 29A Nov. 24: 2:53 p.m., vehicle accident, CR 29A/CR 90A ~6:01 p.m., medical aid, 710 block of Main Street

Police Arrest Log

Nov. 15: Shawn Michael Caldwell (Age 27), Charges: Possession of drug paraphernalia, Disposition: Released on notice to appear Nov. 17: Charlie Ross McNeil (Age 62), Charges: Winters PD misdemeanor bench warrant, Disposition: Released on notice to appear ~Andrew Allen Carrion (Age 21), Charges: Colusa SO felony warrant, Disposition: Transported to Yolo County Jail Nov. 18: Ricardo Lopez Jr (Age 29), Charges: Possession of meth-

amphetamine and posession of drug paraphernalia, Disposition: Released on notice to appear Nov. 22: Luis Alberto Banuelos (Age 34), Charges: Two Winters PD Warrants, Disposition: Released on notice to appear Case Log Oct. 26: 8 a.m., 600 block of Fourth Street, Financial Abuse Investigation Nov. 14: 9:28 a.m., Carrion Court, Vehicle Tow Nov. 16: 6:08 p.m., 100 block E. Grant Avenue, Audible business alarm Nov. 17: 10:08 a.m., 100 block E. Baker Street, Vehicle tow ~1:24 p.m., 200 block Wild Rose Lane, Sexual assault investigation ~7:06 p.m., 100 block Owings Drive, Assist outside agency Nov. 18: 7 a.m., 100 block Broadview Lane, Burglary from a vehicle ~7:58 a.m., 100 block Colby Lane, Theft from a vehicle ~10:40 a.m., 600 block Second Street, Vehicle tow ~12:36 p.m., 100 block Colby Lane, Theft from a vehicle Nov. 19: 2:53 a.m., Grant Avenue/ Fourth Street, Vehicle tow ~1:39 p.m., 400 block Abbey Street, Harassment Nov. 20: 4:31 a.m., 100 block E. Grant Avenue, Audible business alarm ~8:55 a.m., 100 block Orchard Lane, Vandalism to a vehicle ~9:29 a.m., 100 block Orchard Lane, Theft from a vehicle and fraud Nov. 22: 1:44 p.m., 10 block Grant Avenue, Assist outside agency

120 Years Ago

Dec. 5, 1902

There will be an entertainment tomorrow in the opera house consisting of impersonations of Ben Hur, Benedict Arnold, Merchant of Venice, Rip Van Winkle and others, by William H. Wright. The proceeds will go to the library fund of the public schools.

At 1 o’clock Saturday last, George H. Morris, gave up the struggle for life that is the dearest thing of earth, and his spirit left its tenement of clay for the mansion prepared by its Maker.

The Winters Board of Trade held a regular meeting Monday evening last. S. C. Sanborn, chairman committee on statistics and advertising, reported that in response to the circulars recently sent out, he had received 30 replies.

At the regular session of the board of town trustees held Tuesday evening F. M. Wyatt was elected to represent the board at the fifth annual convention of the League of California Municipalities, to be held in San Jose December 10, 11 and 12.

A special meeting of the fire department of Winters will be held at the hall over Craner’s store next Monday evening at 8 o’clock.

Supervisor-elect Ormsby has had a telephone line erected from Winters to his house and is now in telephone connection with all points in the county that have telephones.

Victor Guthrie came up from San Francisco where he has been attending the Polytechnic school, to spend

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Dispatches from the Express archives.

A mad cow attacked Mrs. Oscar Ormiston at the ranch last week. She was not seriously disabled.

the holidays at home.

Miss Katherine Anderson came up from Berkeley Wednesday evening to spend Thanksgiving with her parents, returning to the University Sunday.

105 Years Ago

November 30, 1917

About $175 was realized for the Red Cross fund at the home talent show “Bosom Friend of Bowser” given Friday night.

A mad cow attacked Mrs. Oscar Ormiston at the ranch last week. She was not seriously disabled.

$805.00 has been subscribed by Winters folk for the proposed Y.M.C.A. hut.

Roy J. Haven, a member of the Coast Artillery, stationed at Benecia, spent the Thanksgiving holiday at home.

Will Sanborn has joined the U.S. aviation school at Berkeley.

I.A. Morris has replaced the dilapidated flag on the National Bank with a beautiful banner of stars and stripes.

Tuesday night the local high school basketball team defeated

the Westminster basketball team of Sacramento.

Auto parties are gathering red berries in the foothills.

Alfred McFall enlisted July 7 in the Navy Reserve. He will sail for San Pedro for training on December 12.

70 Years Ago

December 5, 1952

W. Lloyd Adams was named Citizen of the Year at the annual Winters District Chamber of Commerce Christmas party held at the Christian church social hall Monday night.

Almost $19,000 in repairs went down Putah Creek last weekend as high water washed out the bank on the north side of the percolation dam abutment, and washed out the bank under the fence of the city sewage treatment system.

Gordon Bruhn and Herb Gunn arrived in town yesterday after being snowbound in the Sierra since Saturday. They had gone to Sierraville after cattle when the storm struck.

At the annual election of officers held Wednesday evening, Robert Crum was elected president of the Winters Farm Bureau for the coming year.

Radarman 3/C Rudy George was on furlough this week from his duties aboard the Aircraft Carrier Philippine Sea. He will report back to his ship Monday.

Mrs. Henrietta Potter left Monday evening for her home in Seattle, Washington, after spending three weeks or so at the home of her son, Dr. H. G. Potter and Mrs. Potter.

The Winters Lions Club voted to hold its annual ladies’ night on Saturday, January 17. Joe Diaz, R. A. Frisbee and Al Storz were named by Lion President Phil Latona to serve on the committee.

55 Years Ago

November 30, 1967

The 22nd annual Winters District Chamber of Commerce Christmas Party and Ladies’ Night will be held at Sam’s Club Monday evening, starting at 7:30 p.m. This Christmas Eve the Winters Jaycees will again sponsor their annual Santa visitation. Last year over 100 children were personally visited by Santa himself, with gifts.

The Yolo County Chamber of Commerce will meet at Sam’s Club tonight, with Mel Shore, general manager and chief engineer of the Sacramento-Yolo Port District scheduled to be the speaker of the evening

Funeral services were held at the Pioneer Presbyterian Church yesterday afternoon for Mrs. Priscilla Wyatt, 93, who died in the Woodland Memorial Hospital Monday morning.

Four girls reported missing from Waggoner School Tuesday were picked up by the Dixon police at 9:08 that same day. The parents were notified to pick up the girls.

Mr. and Mrs. Salvador Valadez, of Winters, are the parents of a son, born November 26, 1967 in the Yolo General Hospital, Woodland.

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mc Garr were Thanksgiving guests in the Auburn home of the latter’s sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Bressingham Ford.

Happy Holidays from our family to yours.

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The Winters Community Theatre opened its 1992 season with the Northern California premiere of Neil Simon’s newest play, “Rumors.” The cast included (front row, from left): Germaine Hupe, Jeanette Nofziger and Maggie Burns; second row: Wayne Walgenbach, Libby Hise-Merwin and Nick McClellan; standing: Tom Rost and Larry Justus. Ed Izzo, who is also in the cast, was not available for the picture. Howard Hupe was the director.

City of Winters

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

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Upcoming Winters student musical performances

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The Winters High School Performing Arts department is hosting its winter con cert on Wednesday, Nov. 30 at 6:30 p.m. in the WHS gym. Doors open to the public at 6 p.m.

Students in the WHS choir and band will put on performances.

Mike Williams, WHS and Waggoner Ele mentary music educa tor, said there would also be perfomances from numerous vocal soloists.

“I am really excited to hear the students showcase the hard work that they have put into the art of mak ing music,” said Wil liams.

The WHS and Win ters Middle School bands are scheduled to perform at the City Tree Lighting ceremo

ny on Friday, Dec. 2 be ginning at 5 p.m. in the Rotary Park Gazebo.

Winters Joint Uni fied School District students are sched uled to perform at the Winters Friends of the Library annual Fami ly Holiday Festival

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Art gallery events

Anona Gallery is hosting an art gal lery opening event on Thursday, Dec. 1 from 3–7 p.m. at 14 Main St. To learn more, visit www.anonagallery. com.

A number of Plein air artists from Win ters and neighboring counties are joining their talents for a popup art gallery during the Winters holiday festivities this week end at the Studio Col lective, 305 First St. on Dec. 2 from 4 to 8 p.m. and on Dec. 3 from Noon to 6 p.m.

The plein air

artists lineup in cludes Jaime Montiel, John Nichols, Karen Fess Uecker, Kris tian Matthews, Teresa Steinbach-Garcia and Marti Walker.

Meika Ogando, Win ters Collective owner, is working with Lynda Hinds to bring a series of pop-up art galleries to town for 2023. Ogan do said the art from this weekend’s popup gallery will remain up for two months, and then will rotate in new artists.

Holiday activities at Green River

Following the Trac tor Parade, Green River Brewing & Tap

event at the Winters Community Center.

The musical perfor mances will kick off at 11 a.m. from Waggon er students, followed by other grades and Shirley Rominger In termediate School students.

room is hosting a fam ily-friendly bonfire. Co-owner John Neil said he’s excited that Solano County worked to install a walkway from the bridge down Putah Creek Road to Green River. He’s handing out smore’s kits to folks who make the walk down to Green River on Satur day after the parade.

On Friday, Dec. 16, Green River is host ing a family-friendly, holiday-themed event from 5–7 p.m. They’re hosting children’s crafts including mak ing a Christmas cookie plate, playing Christ mas Bingo, and more. Children are invited to enjoy free cocoa with Santa Clause and take photos.

Vallecillo, Scianna, Casavecchia lideran carrera del Ayuntamiento

Por Crystal Apilado Traducido por Carol Alfonso

Los líderes de la carrera del Concejo Municipal de Winters se mantuvieron en la cima cuando la Oficina de Elecciones del Condado Yolo actualizó los totales finales de las Elecciones Generales del 8 de Noviembre.

El sitio web de Yolo Elections publicó la actualización del total de votos finales el martes 29 de noviembre a las 5 p.m.

Hasta el Martes, los resultados de la carrera del Ayuntamiento tenían a Albert Vallecillo con 1,263 (22.79 por ciento), Carol Scianna con 1,195 (21.56 por ciento), Richard

Casavecchia con 1,192 (21.50 por ciento), Lisa Baker con 1,116 (20.13 por ciento) y Michael Olivas con 777 (14.02 por ciento).

Para la carrera del Área Dos de Fideicomisario de Winters (Trust ee), la Titular Carrie Green se man tuvo a la cabeza con 256 (63.52 por ciento) sobre el retador Robert Warren con 147 (36.48 por ciento).

Todos los totales de votos finales para todas las elecciones genera les del condado de Yolo de 2022 se pueden encontrar en línea en www. yoloelections.org.

Se espera que la Ciudad de Win ters asiente a los nuevos concejales el 13 de diciembre en una reunión especial del Concejo Municipal.

Crystal Apilado/Winters Express

The Winters High School and Middle School bands will perform at the Rotary Park Gazebo on Friday evening.

Wednesday, November 30

Community Meeting - Winters 183 Project, 6 p.m., Winters Community Center

Winters High School Musical Performance, 6:30 p.m., WHS Gym

Wednesdays

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

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

Upcoming

Wednesday, December 5

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

Tuesday, December 6

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

Thursday, December 15

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

Library Services

Winters Library Open to Public (School in Session)

Winters Community Library, Mon/Wed: 8 a.m.–6 p.m., Tue/Thu: 8 a.m.–8 p.m., Fri: 8 a.m.–5 p.m. , Sat: 1–5 p.m.

Teen Tuesday (ages 12-18), Second Tuesdays, 13:30 p.m., Winters Community Library

Bilingual Storytime (ages 0-5), Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m., Winters Community Library

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

Mangonada Monday (ages 6-12), fourth Monday, 3:30 p.m.

Tech Thursdays, Second Thursday, 2-7:30 p.m., call 530-666-8005 to schedule an appointment

Afterschool Adventure (ages 6-12), Third Thursday, 3:30 p.m., Winters Community Library

Saturday Matinee, First Saturday, 2 p.m., Winters Community Library

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

Older Adult Programs

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

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

Ongoing

Winters Friends of the Library meeting, first Monday, 7 p.m., Meeting details: https://wfol.org/ Rotary Club of Winters meeting, Thursdays, Noon, The Buckhorn

Winters Museum public hours Thursday thru Sunday, 1-5 p.m., 13 Russell St.

Winters Open Mic, third Thursday of the month, 6 p.m. (sign-ups begin at 5 p.m.), 13 Main St.

Kiwanis Club of Winters meeting, fourth Thursdays, 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.

Linton returns to coach WHS wrestling team

By Aaron Geerts Express staff writer

Winters’ own Cody Linton is returning to his hometown to take the reins as the Winters High School wrestling coach. The wrestling program itself took a hiatus due to the pan demic, but this former NAIA (National Association of Inter collegiate Athletics) national wrestling champion is ready to kickstart it back to life and show the world what Winters wrestling is all about.

A hometown kid through and through, Linton wrestled all the way through high school. After ample amounts of blood, sweat and tears shed on the mat as a Winters Warrior, Lin ton ascended to wrestle at the collegiate level at Cumber land University in Tennessee for four years. There, he was a two-time all-American and was ranked fourth and then second in the nation before getting injured in his fourth year.

Linton opted to redshirt the following year and transfer to Doane University in Ne braska to finish his collegiate wrestling. After knee surgery from the aforementioned inju ry, it was back to the mat with fellow Winters Warrior Jesse Hellinger as his coach for his final year. The finals tourna ment resulted in Linton being crowned the NAIA national champion for the 197-pound division — a title he won on a broken ankle.

“I had a lot of offers for fullride scholarships from around the country, but when I got an offer from Jesse, I asked my self, ‘why would I go anywhere else,’” Linton said explain ing how his roots in Winters wrestling paid off. “We grew up wrestling together in a chicken coop out there on Al lendale Road. Fifteen years later, we’re in the national fi nals and he’s coaching me. The whole thing was surreal. I’d say wrestling at WHS helped build a strong, resilient char acter that carried me through my successes.”

When Linton was done com peting, he delved into coach ing his younger brother for the next four years where he’d also fight his way to becoming a two-time all-American.

In 2021, Linton moved back

West and worked in construc tion for a bit. His passion for competition, however, was far from dormant.

“I asked myself, ‘what am I doing?’ I missed wrestling and fighting. And I’m buddies with Urijah Faber (a well-known UFC fighter from Sacramen to), so I got into coaching at his gym with Team Alpha Male,” said Linton. “I was actually supposed to go coach at Jesuit High School when Daniel Ward called me and asked if I could coach at Winters. I just figured it out and accepted because I also want to be a teacher here in Winters, too.”

Beyond having a national champion as the head coach, the WHS wrestling program is coming back in a big way. Lin ton is excited for his 11 fresh, young athletes with half trying their hand in wrestling for the first time. Regardless of the relative skill levels, Linton is already impressed by the work ethic and effort his squad has displayed so far in their work outs.

For now, Linton’s focus is re-establishing the WHS wres tling program and culture. That means taking December to train his squad hard and get them ready for league com petition in mid-late January rather than going to numer ous tournaments beforehand. Daniel Ward, WHS athletic di rector, is more than happy to have Linton back to revitalize the program.

“COVID hit our wrestling team harder than any other

“We grew up wrestling together in a chicken coop out there on Allendale Road. Fifteen years later, we’re in the national finals and [Jesse Hellinger is] coaching me. The whole thing was surreal. I’d say wrestling at WHS helped build a strong, resilient character that carried me through my successes.”

program and I am beyond ex cited to be bringing it back af ter a three-year hiatus. None of this would be possible without the hard work of Cody Linton and Andy Gomez,” said Ward.

“I am thrilled to have some one of Cody’s knowledge and expertise to lead our wrestling team. It is even more special that he is an alumni of WHS and loves this school and the Winters community. I can’t wait to see what he is able to do with this program not just this year, but in the years to come.”

Vacaville

Cody Linton

Winters High School graduate Cody Linton won the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) national championship in Topeka Kansas. Linton is the son of former Winters residents Rory and Theresa Linton, now living in Tennessee. He got his start wrestling in the Winters Wrestling program.

Rory Linton/Courtesy photo

Rory Linton/Courtesy photo

Zach Linton, right, gets words of wisdom from his brother and coach, Cody Linton, before competing on the wrestling mat at a 2018 NAIA National Cham pionship Tournament.

By Joedy Michael Special to the Express

This week let’s talk a bit about home values. First, the past few weeks have shown more evidence of an economy that continues to slow. We’ve added more jobs but experienced the slowest pace of growth in the past two years.

Construction jobs remained relatively flat and single-family construction continued trending down.

The 30-year Fixed Rate Mortgage dropped by the largest amount (negative

.5 percent) in the past 14 years, yet mortgage applications remain depressed and continue to decline. Lastly, the Federal Open Market Committee approved its fourth 75 basis-point rate hike as it continues its battle with inflation but did indicate it might be slowing the pace of the rate hikes by their next meeting.

November is typically a slow month in real estate as people have either settled into their homes for the holidays or have put their house hunting/selling project on

the back burner so they can focus on the holidays.

This year is no exception, but what’s alarming is the pace of our inventory decline. In Winters, in the last three years, our “for sale” inventory went down 68 percent, from 50 listings in October 2019, to 16 in October 2022. Winters isn’t known for its high turnover of housing, but this inventory, coupled with historically low-interest rates up until the middle of 2022, put a lot of upward pressure on home values. The average price per square foot between 2019 and 2022 went up 22 percent and the me-

dian price sold went up 31 percent during that period.

Now, while higher interest rates may diminish purchase power, interest rates alone will not impact home values. After all,

it only takes one buyer to sell a house.

It is the combination of slowing demand — which higher interest rates can affect — and increasing inventory that will influence the trajectory of home values. In its 2023 California Housing Market Forecast report, the California Association of Realtors predicts a 7.2 percent drop in existing single-family home sales in 2023. Fewer homes may hit the market and until we have a

surge of inventory, supply will remain low, putting pressure on values.

There are some forecasts for California that appear to show the median home price may have a slight decline next year. I predict with such low inventory in Winters and Yolo County in general, we are more likely to see a plateau than a significant drop in home values.

My advice is to take advantage of the settling prices and lower competition that we see right now. Get into homeownership when you can, trade up for that house if it’s a better fit for your family, invest in that rental opportunity, put your real estate agent to work for you, and don’t wait for some major market shift. As of right now, there isn’t one in sight.

— Reach Realtor Joedy Michael at Joedy. Michael@norcalgold. com, or 530-545-3698.

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Home alone with a couple of dogs

It is pretty quiet at my house. My permanent tenant is on a quilting cruise to Mexico and I have been left explicit instructions on how to take care of our/her two dogs. I woke up to find notes taped inside my front and back doors with reminders to change their water and open the blinds so they can see outside.

I also found an hourby-hour to-do list on the kitchen counter, which is helpful when it comes to giving our older dog Annie her medications. But I haven’t found one note about taking care of myself, just the dogs. I’ve always known where I am in the pecking order of life. When we first got married it didn’t take me long to figure out that I was number two in the house. Happy wife, happy life. When we got our first dog, I moved down to number three, then came a couple of kids and another dog. I thought I was in a pretty good position until our three grandchildren showed up.

It didn’t take me long to figure out that for the next week, or so, my only job is to take care of the dogs. My first day on the job was pretty easy as we all watched football games by the fireplace. I got some ex-

ercise by throwing the ball for Willy at halftime as Annie walked herself around the cul-de-sac.

I have our Christmas lights and lawn snowman on a timer, so all I have to remember is to check the lists to make sure I’m not missing their feeding or medicine schedules. I don’t really need the list because Annie sits at your feet, growling at you when she thinks it’s time to eat.

I’m already out of milk and low on canned dog food, so it's off to Lorenzo’s with my shopping list. Both dogs like to ride in the car, so I’ll count that as taking the dogs for a walk. If I can get the hang of this dog-sitting gig, it might open up a whole new career for me.

The weatherman is saying that it might rain on our parade this Saturday. That will be one way to keep the crowds at bay and ease up on parking. I’m predicting that it will only rain before and after the Tractor Parade. We just need a few hours of bright stars shining down as the tractors make their way down Main Street to make it a success. We need the rain more than a parade, but if our luck holds, we can have both.

Have a good week.

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Notice of Public Hearing at Special Planning Commission

Tree lighting is Friday evening

Notice of Public Hearing at Special Planning Commission Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY G I V E N t h a t t h e P l a n n i n

C o m m i s s i o n o f t h e C i t y o

Winters will conduct a Pub lic Hearing at a Special Plan n i n g C o m m i s s i o n m e e t i n g on Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 6:30 p m or soon t h e r e a f t e r , a t C i t y H a l l l o c ated at 318 First Street Win ters, CA 95694, and via tele conference via Zoom on the 505 East Street Building Re p l a c e m e n t D e s i g n R e v i e w p r o j e c t d e s c r i b e d b e l o w M e m b e r s o f th e p u b l i c m a y participate in person at City Hall or by logging on to the Zoom me eti ng l is ted b e lo w A d d i t i o n a l p a r t i c i p a t i o n i n f o r m a t i o n r e l a t i n g t o t h e D e c e m b e r 1 5 2 0 2 2 S p e c i a l P l a n n i n g C o m m i s s i o n m e e t i n g w i l l b e p r o v i d e d i n t h e p u b l i s h e d m e e t i n g a g e n d a

Zoom Link: https://us02web zoom us/j/ 88184650967?pwd WktNZXZEdHNuQlVXYk FETTBoVUtxQT09; Meeting ID: 881 8465 0967 Passcode: 892134

505 East Street Building Replacement Design Re view Project (DR 2022 04)

Project Description: The ap plicant is requesting approv al to replace and expand an e x i s t i n g c o m m e r c i a l n u r s e r y / f l o r i s t b u i l d i n g l o c a t e d a t 5 0 5 E a s t S t r e e t ( A P N : 0 0 3 3 7 0 0 2 5 ) T h e p r o p e r t y i s z o n e d C e n t r a l B u s i n e s s D i s t r i c t ( C 2 ) a n d i s c u r r e n t l y o p e r a t i n g a s a nursery and florist use The e x i s t i n g b u i l d i n g i s 1 8 0 0 square feet and would be re m o v e d a n d r e p l a c e d w i t h a new 2 400 square foot met a l b u i l d i n g T h e p r o p o s e d metal building would include a c h a r c o a l g r e y g a b l e r o o f b o n e w h i t e s i d i n g b l a c k t r i m a n d w a i n s c o t t i n g a r o u n d t h e b u i l d i n g It is anticipated that the pro posed 505 East Street Build ing Replacement Design Re v i e w p r o j e c t ( D R 2 0 2 2 0 4 ) will be determined to be cat e g o r i c a l l y e x e m p t f r o m t h e C a l i f o r n i a E n v i r o n m e n t a l Q u a l i t y A c t ( C E Q A ) p u r s u a n t t o S e c t i o n 1 5 3 0 3 ( N e w Co n stru c ti on or Co n ve rsio n o f S m a l l S t r u c t u r e s ) o f t h e C E Q A G u i d e l i n e s A “ c a t e g o rica l e x e m pti o n i mpl ie s that the project will not res ult in any significant adverse e n v i r o n m e n t a l e f f e c t T h e P l a n n i n g C o m m i s s i o n w i l l c o n s i d e r t h e a p p r o p r i a t e n e s s o f s a i d e n v i r o n m e n t a l r e c o m m e n d a t i o n b a s e d o n t h e r e c o r d o f e v i d e n c e b e fore them If substantial evid e n c e h a s b e e n p r e s e n t e d d e m o n s t r a t i n g a m o r e a p propriate environmental de termination than the one that has been recommended the P l a n n i n g C o m m i s s i o n m a y r e q u i r e a n d / o r a p p r o v e a n a l t e r n a t i v e e n v i r o n m e n t a l d e t e r m i n a t i o n p u r s u a n t t o t h e r e q u i r e m e n t s o f C E Q A

At the Public Hearing mem bers of the public will be af f o r d e d a n o p p o r t u n i t y t o m a k e o r a l o r w r i t t e n c o m m e n t s c o n c e r n i n g t h e p r o posed project All interested p e r s o n s m a y p r e s e n t o r a l c o m m e n t s a n d i n f o r m a t i o n at the Public Hearing or may s u b m i t w r i t t e n c o m m e n t s and information to the Plan ning Commission at any time prior to the hearing by deliv e r i n g t h e m t o t h e P l a n n i n g Division The proposed 505 E a s t S t r e e t B u i l d i n g R e p l a c e m e n t D e s i g n R e v i e w project (DR 2022 04) project m a t e r i a l s a r e a v a i l a b l e o n file at the Planning Division of the City of Winters Com munity Development Depart m e n t f o r p u b l i c r e v i e w A staff report will be available for public review three work i n g d a y s p r i o r t o t h e P l a n n i n g C o m m i s s i o n m e e t i n g Please contact the Planning Division at (530) 794 6718 if yo u h av e a ny qu es tio n s re g a r d i n g t h i s p r o j e c t I f y o u challenge the categorical ex emption and/or the 505 East S t r e e t B u i l d i n g R e p l a c e ment Design Review project in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised a t t h e p u b l i c h e a r i n g d e s c r i b e d i n t h i s n o t i c e , o r i n writte n c orres p ond e nce d e livered to Planning prior to or at the public hearing I n c o m p l i a n c e w i t h t h e A m e r i c a n s w i t h D i s a b i l i t i e s A c t i f y o u a r e a d i s a b l e d person and you need a dis ability related modification or 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 p l e a s e c o n t a c t t h e C i t y C l e r k a t ( 5 3 0 ) 7 9 4 6 7 0 2 P l e a s e make your request as early as possible and at least one full business day before the start of the hearing Pub Nov 30 2022 #261

FILED IN YOLO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE

Jesse Salinas Yolo County Clerk/Recorder F20220831 11/01/2022

Business is located in YOLO County

Fictitious Business Name: Midnight Arose Midwifery

Physical Address: 106 Quail Ct Winters CA 95694 Mailing Address: Names of Registrant(s)/Owner(s): 1) Marla Shauer 106 Quail Ct Winters CA 95694

Business Classification: Individual Starting Date of Business: N/A s/ Marla Shauer Official Title: President 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 9, 16, 23, 30, 2022 #250

FILED IN YOLO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE

Jesse Salinas Yolo County Clerk/Recorder F20220884 11/18/2022

Business is located in YOLO County

Fictitious Business Name: WE CARE 4 YOLO Physical Address: 846 WEST MAIN ST WINTERS, CA 95694 Mailing Address: PO BOX 4436 DAVIS CA 95617

Business Classification: Individual Starting Date of Business: 12/01/2017 s/ KELLI VILLANUEVA 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 30 December 7 14 21 2022 #259

FILED IN YOLO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE

Jesse Salinas Yolo County Clerk/Recorder F20220879 11/16/2022

Business is located in YOLO County

Fictitious Business Name: TEA DOG

Physical Address: 1031 KENNEDY DR WINTERS CA 95694 Mailing Address: PO BOX 404 WINTERS CA 95694 Names of Registrant(s)/Owner(s): 1) JAMISON LEVIN 1031 KENNEDY DR WINTERS CA 95694

Business Classification: Individual Starting Date of Business: 10/10/2022 s/ JAMISON LEVIN 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 23 30 December 7 14 2022 #258

FILED IN YOLO COUNTY CLERK S OFFICE

Jesse Salinas, Yolo County Clerk/Recorder F20220848 11/07/2022

Business is located in YOLO County

Fictitious Business Name: COLD STONE CREAMERY

Physical Address: 2055 TOWN CENTER PLAZA STE G100 WEST SACRAMENTO CA 95691

Mailing Address: Names of Registrant(s)/Owner(s): 1) MERI MAA INVESTMENT GROUP LLC 2055 TOWN CENTER PLAZA STE G100 WEST SACRAMENTO CA 95691

Business Classification: Limited Liability Company

Starting Date of Business: 09/08/2016 s/ ANSHEEL RAJ Official Title: MEMBER Corporation Name: MERI MAA INVESTMENT GROUP 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 November 16 23 30 December 7 2022 #254

FILED IN YOLO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE

Jesse Salinas Yolo County Clerk/Recorder F20220848 11/07/2022 Business is located in YOLO County Fictitious Business Name: COLD STONE CREAMERY Physical Address: 2055 TOWN CENTER PLAZA STE G100 WEST SACRAMENTO CA 95691 Mailing Address: Names of Registrant(s)/Owner(s): 1) MERI MAA INVESTMENT GROUP LLC 2055 TOWN CENTER PLAZA STE G100 WEST SACRAMENTO, CA 95691 Business Classification: Limited Liability Company Starting Date of Business: 09/08/2016 s/ ANSHEEL RAJ Official Title: MEMBER

Corporation Name: MERI MAA INVESTMENT GROUP 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 November 16, 23, 30, December 7, 2022 #254

December 15, 2022, Special Plan ning Commission meeting will be provided in the published meeting agenda

Zoom Link: https://us02web zoom us/j/88184650967?pwd WktNZXZEdHNuQlVXYkFETTBoVUtxQT09;

Meeting ID: 881 8465 0967 Passcode: 892134

205 Main Street Vacation Rental Project (STR 2022 08)

Project Description: The applicant is requesting approval to allow an unhosted short term va cation rental use within an existing single family dwelling located at 205 Main Street (APN: 003 193 008) The property is developed with an existing single story, two bedroom residence and is requesting a maximum overnight occupancy of six guests It is anticipated that the proposed 205 Main Street Vacation Rental project (STR 2022 08) will be determined to be categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15301 (Existing Facilities) A categorical exemption implies that the project will not result in any significant adverse environmental effect The Planning Commission will con sider the appropriatene ss of said environmental recommendation based on the record of evid ence before them If substantial evidence has been presented demonstrating a more appropri ate environmental determination than the one that has been recommended the Planning Com mission may require and/or approve an alternative environmental determination pursuant to the requirements of CEQA

At the Public Hearing members of the public will be afforded an opportunity to make oral or writ ten comments concerning the proposed project All interested persons may present oral com ments and information at the Public Hearing or may submit written comments and information to the Planning Commission at any time prior to the hearing by delivering them to the Planning Di vision The proposed 205 Main Street Vacation Rental (STR 2022 08) project materials are available on file at the Planning Division of the City of Winters Community Development Depart ment for public review A staff report will be available for public review three working days prior to the Planning Commission meeting Please contact the Planning Division at (530) 794 6718 if you have any questions regarding this project If you challenge the categorical exemption and/or the 205 Main Street Vacation Rental project in court you may be limited to raising only those is sues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice or in written cor respondence delivered to Planning prior to or at the public hearing

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act if you are a disabled person and you need a disability related modificat ion or accommodation to participate in this hearing please contact the City Clerk at (530) 794 6702 Please make your request as early as possible and at least one full business day before the start of the hearing Published November 30 2022 #260

A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION OR A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION A SAVINGS ASSOCIATION OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STAT E:

All right title and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described as: More fully described in said Deed of Trust Street Address or other common designation of real property: 1876 OLVERA DRIVE WOODLAND, CA 95776 A P N : 027 581 005 000

The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation if any shown above

The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said note(s) advances under the terms of said Deed of Trust fees charges and expenses of t he Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs expenses and advances at the time of the initial pub lication of the Notice of Sale is: $ 444 966 39

Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the right to bid less than the total debt owed it is pos sible that at the ti me of the sale the opening bid may be less than the total debt

If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason the successful bidder s sole and ex clusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bid der shall have no further recourse

The beneficiary of the Deed of Trust has executed and delivered to the undersigned a written re quest to commence forecl osure and the undersigned caused a Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located

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 bid ding on a lien not on the property itself Placing the highest bid at a truste e 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 junior 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, be fore you can receive clear title to the property You are encouraged to investigate the existence priority and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county re corder s office or a title insurance company either of which may charge you a fee for this inform ation If you consult either of these resources you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on this property

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be post poned 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 post ponements be made available to you and to the public as a courtesy to those not present at the sale If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed and if applicable the res cheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (866) 960 8299 or visit this In ternet Web site https://www altisource com/loginpage aspx using the file number assigned to this case 2022 01078 CA Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone in formation or on the Internet Web site The best way to verify postponement information is to at tend the scheduled sale

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By Germaine Hupe Special to the Express

The adventures of Santa’s elves comprise the general theme of the Winters Theatre Company’s “10 Minute Holiday Play Festival.” The evening’s entertainment will consist of eight short plays, six of which feature elves as the characters.

Elves have been a part of folk tales since the early middle ages, especially in the culture of Western Europe. They are supernatural creatures with magical powers and are generally considered benevolent, but they can cause problems in the world of humans.

They are described as having large ears, but they are human in form, diminutive in size, and capricious in nature. Elfin activities have undergone changes in the hundreds of years since their appearance, and the mischief attributed to them is usually rather harmless in contrast to the anti-human cruelty of ogres and trolls, who are generally considered as ugly, misshapen creatures who dwell in caves and dark places. ( The Shrek movies have done much to rehabilitate ogres for modern audiences.)

Elves and their culture are very prominent in “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, and their authors J. R. R. Tolkien even invented a complete language called Elfish for them.

American Christmas traditions are responsible for the idea of elves as the hard-working helpers of Santa Claus in his North Pole Workshop. In the 19th century, Santa Claus — the American version of St. Nicholas — made his appearance and he was soon joined by Mrs. Claus. This tradition is still popular today, and department store Santas often have “elves” helping to deal with the toddlers who come to sit on Santa’s lap.

One of the elf-theme plays of the Holiday Festival is “Elftopia,” but the idea of a Utopia at the North Pole has problems.

The boss, Dew Drop, is overly ambitious regarding toy production, and elf workers Ginger and Sugar Snap must use their skills to get the chief to relax and enjoy the season.

“Elftopia” was written by Jodi Antemor.

Another play, “Vesper” by Nicholas Bompart concerns the arrival of Elf-in-chief Vulmer who has news for Christmas Eve dinner guests. Gildir, Jingle, Galhad and Trixie. It seems that Trixie has been promoted to the top job in Santa’s Workshop, and she must take over immediately. Trixie must deal not only with the honor of her new position but also with the responsibilities which the job entails.

The Christmas theme of joy is found in all the elf plays which, of course, have happy endings. The two “nonelf” plays feature human characters who have a few holiday problems which they confront and solve.

“When the World Falls in Love,” by Donald Loftus, deals with Buddy and Elaine — a couple who have been married a long time and have lost the spark

of romance. Elaine makes a special effort to look attractive and provide a romantic setting. Her set-in-hisways husband doesn’t respond. They bicker, as couples do, but it’s the holiday season and they are reminded how much they love one another.

Another “non-elf” play by Donald Loftus is “Perhaps a Sidebar on Christmas.” A British gentleman is trying to buy a Christmas gift at the famous Harrods Department Store in London. The sales staff has a different understanding of his needs, but eventually all persons manage to communicate, evidence of other small Christmas miracles.

Please help us welcome in the holiday season along with the elves and actors for WTC’s 10 Minute Holiday Play Festival. The play festival will run for two weekend performances, opening Thursday, Dec. 8 through Saturday, Dec. 10 and the following weekend Thursday, Dec. 15 through Saturday, Dec. 17 (Note: there will not be a Sunday performance). The show begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Grand Prince Odeum, 201 Main St. in Winters. For tickets and more information, go to www.winters theatre.org.

A “bird’s eye view” of the Grand Prince Odeum stage. Actors rehearse for the upcoming 10 Minute Holiday Play Festival include (from left) Ana Kormos, Haley Carpenter and Bridget O’Flaherty.

Courtesy photo

Winters Tractor Parade & Festival (Tree Lighting)

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3RD

Tractors and festive fun are coming to town

Winters Express

The annual Winters Hol iday Tractor Parade and Festival is coming back this year with fun for the whole community. The two-day event has family-fun sched uled on Friday, Dec. 2 and Saturday, Dec. 3.

For this year’s festivities, the City of Winters teamed up with Bay Area Pop Up Events to plan and organize all the details to provide a fun, safe and family-friend ly experience.

All of the event informa tion is available at winters tractorparade.com.

Friday, Dec. 2

The festivities are kick ing off on Friday, Dec. 2 starting at 2 p.m. with a Hol iday Marketplace in Rotary Park and along Downtown Main Street. The Holiday Marketplace features ven dors and children’s activ ities. Later that evening there will be live entertain ment from Winters school bands, the annual Winters Tree Lighting Ceremony, and a special meet-andgreet event with Santa and friends.

Road closures

On Friday, Main Street will be closed from Noon from the Rotary Park drive way to Second Street until 10 p.m. City Manager Kathleen Salguero Trepa said the Railroad Avenue and Main Street intersection will be closed beginning at 3:30 p.m. and will reopen when it is safe for pedestrians to cross safely unassisted.

Schedule of events

Rotary Park (Railroad Avenue and Main Street)

From 2 to 9 p.m., the

Holiday Marketplace will feature face painting, a hands-on tie-dye activity, local vendors with holiday gifts and toys, and holiday music.

Main Street (from Elliot Street to Second Street)

From 2–9 p.m. enjoy: food vendors and food trucks featuring a variety of cui sines, the Holiday Mar ketplace with more hol iday-themed exhibitors, Solano Jumps with inflat able attractions and a pet ting zoo with Friendly Pony Parties and Barnyard Pals.

The Winters Downtown Business Association is hosting this year’s Hot Co coa Crawl and Elf Hunt from 4 to 7 p.m. at local busi nesses along Main Street. Back at Rotary Park, from 5 to 5:45 p.m., the Winters Middle School and Winters High School bands will perform at the Gazebo. The annual Tree Lighting Cere mony begins at 6 p.m. Families can attend a

meet-and-greet with Santa and friends at the Gazebo immediately following the Tree Lighting Ceremony until 9 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 3

More festive activities are being hosted on Sat urday, Dec. 3 starting at 10 a.m. in Rotary Park and at 2 p.m. at Winters City Park prior to the start of the an nual Holiday Tractor Pa rade on Main Street.

Road closures

On Saturday, Trepa said road closures will begin at Noon in the Downtown area and will extend down to accommodate the trac tor staging areas and pe destrian foot traffic. Food trucks, vendors and porta ble toilet stations will be located alongside streets along the parade route from Haven Street down to Morgan Street. In her Fri day Update on Nov. 18, Tre pa requested Main Street property owners to not tape off the street in front

of their property for their exclusive use. “Everyone is welcome to set out chairs to reserve a spot along the public street. Please do not block sidewalks,” Trepa said.

Schedule of events

Winters Community Center (201 Railroad Avenue)

Winters Friends of the Library is hosting its annu al Family Holiday Festival on Saturday, Dec. 3, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Winters Community Center. The event features family-fun activities including student music performances, crafts to make and buy, visits with Santa, Mrs. Claus’ Kitchen, and adult and children’s books for purchase.

Rotary Park (Railroad Avenue and Main Street)

Outside in Rotary Park, the Holiday Marketplace will be back from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. featuring: face

Friday, Dec. 2nd & Saturday, Dec. 3rd, 2022

Downtown Winters, CA.

Friday, December 2nd, 2022

Rotary Park

Holiday Marketplace 2 pm to 9 pm

Saturday, December 3rd, 2022 Community Center & Rotary Park

Friends of the Library Family Holiday Festival 10 am to 2 pm Holiday Marketplace Food Trucks, DJ Music 10 am to 9 pm

Right After Tree Lighting

Main St. ~ Elliot St. to 2nd St.

Inflatables, Food Trucks, Petting Zoo & Marketplace 2 pm to 9 pm

School Bands Perform 5 pm to 5:45 pm Hot Cocoa Crawl & Elf Hunt 4 pm to 7 pm

City Park

Inflatables, Food Trucks Petting Zoo 2 pm to 9 pm Main St. ~ Haven St. to Morgan St. Holiday Tractor Parade 6 pm Santa & Friends in Rotary Park After

Stumpy’s Trucking is a fan favorite. In 2021, Stumpy’s Trucking featured two entries in the annual Holiday Tractor Parade.

Linda Hightower/ Courtesy photo

painting, a hands-on tiedye activity, local vendors with holiday gifts and toys, holiday music, plus food trucks and food vendors.

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City

Park

(between Fourth Street and Haven Street)

Family-friendly fun is happening at Winters City Park from 2 to 9 p.m. featur ing: food vendors and food trucks featuring a variety of cuisines, the Holiday Mar ketplace with more holi day-themed exhibitors, So lano Jumps with inflatable attractions and a petting

zoo with Friendly Pony Parties and Barnyard Pals.

Tractor Parade

The Holiday Tractor Parade begins at 6 p.m. starting from Haven Street down to Morgan Street. This year’s parade fea tures more than 30 entries. A full listing is available at https://tinyurl.com/56ht nc3f.

Families can attend a meet-and-greet with Santa and friends at the Gazebo immediately following the Tree Lighting Ceremony from 7:30 to 9 p.m.

Sara Simmons/Courtesy photo

A glimpse of past Tractor Parades

The first Lighted Tractor Pa rade first rolled down Main Street in 2015. Starting with 32 tractor entries, Winters residents lined up the street for some good, small-town fun. Since then, the novelty of tractors decked out with Christmas Lights in a parade has attracted thousands to the annual event. With the excep tion of 2020, when the Tractor Parade was paused due to the pandemic, the event has con tinued to grow year after year. In 2021, the event was extend ed to include a cocoa crawl and elf hunt the Friday before.

The 2022 event will now host a Holiday Market at Rotary Park and family-fun events down at Winters City Park prior to the beginning of the parade.

Winters Express

Stephanie Atherton drove the first tractor in Winters’ first Lighted Tractor Parade, in 2015, along downtown Main Street.

Express file photo

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Turkovich Family Wine’s flamethrowing entry is a crowd favorite and generally signals the end of the parade entry. Turkovich teams up with Yolo Ballooning Adventures and lights up the sky.

Rosemary Hemenway/ Winters Express

Emily Back, the owner of Claire’s Cupcakery, displays a lighted cupcake on her tractor entry in the 2018 Winters Tractor Parade.

Express file photo

By Aaron Geerts Express staff writer

Santa Claus is real, but he’s just one man who can’t be everywhere at once. That’s why Troy Barnett — a.k.a. DJ Barnett — has lent the jolly man a helping hand for over two decades.

Barnett first became one of Santa’s helpers back in 1998 in West Palm Beach, Fla. At the time, Barnett was trying to land a job as a DJ on a cruise ship, but nothing was available. As

Christmas approached, however, a position as one of Santa’s helpers opened up and Barnett jumped at the opportunity. Although it wasn’t ideal, it was a foot in the door.

“It was very little money, but I wasn’t going to have to pay for rent and my food was taken care of because I was going to live on the ship. That was how I started being Santa, and it was the start of eight years of my life working on this cruise ship,” explained Barnett.

According to Barnett, the day after Thanksgiving, in 1998, he started training for the Christmas Holiday show on the ship. He would mingle with guests with his Santa persona and worked two shows a day before be ing a DJ in the disco in the evenings.

“It was long hours, but it was a lot of fun, and I give a lot of credit to Santa for coming into my life and ask ing me to help him out and work on a cruise ship,” Bar nett said.

After having his fun in Florida, Barnett eventual ly moved back to the West Coast. It was 2012 and Mike Sebastian had officially hung up his Santa’s helpers hat. That’s when Barnett opted to bolster the holly jolly ranks, put on the red coat, and continue helping spread holiday cheer.

During the pandemic, he stepped his efforts up to

the next level and includ ed theatrical beards and changed out parts of his suit.

“I do Santa visits, photo graphs with families and house visits. Come Decem ber, we’re just busy with Santa and the DJ busi ness,” Barnett said.

Barnett is unable to help Santa out this year for the annual Tractor Parade due to DJ gigs on his schedule.

Barnett reflected on the impact his assistance to Santa had on the commu nity. Regardless of one’s belief status of Santa, the smiles the sight of his like ness brings youth are very real.

“Just seeing the kids’ faces. It’s like watching them believe, especially the adults. I always say, ‘If you don’t believe, you

won’t receive.’ It’s just a little humor I like to add to it, because it’s not just about Santa, it’s about the spirit of giving and sharing happiness and family. It’s amazing when you see kids and they just light up,” said Barnett.

“I really enjoy reading ‘The Night Before Christ mas.’ During COVID, I was making videos for people all over the country. They’d message me and ask if I could make them a video and I would send videos to places like Michigan and Florida. I would do phone calls and FaceTiming kids,” said Barnett.

One of his most memora ble experiences in helping Santa bring joy to families was when he worked with Tecera Philbrook to bring Christmas cheer to chil

dren whose father had re cently died.

“They didn’t even have internet, so Tecera helped them get that so they could have a FaceTime with San ta. It was cool, because I could sympathize with them losing their dad be cause I’d just lost my step dad in 2019,” Barnett said.

“I wanted to help these kids get through this hard time and have a good Christmas. I used their first names and they really believed Santa was talking to them.”

To learn more about this Santa helper, visit djbar nett.com and look under the “more” drop-down menu. Information is also available on the DJ Barnett Entertainment social me dia accounts on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and You Tube.

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kids’ faces. It’s like watching

believe, especially the adults. I always say, ‘If you don’t believe, you won’t receive.’ .... it’s about

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Santa Barnett with Natasha and Hunter.

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the spirit of giving and sharing happiness and family.”

DJ Barnett

Los tractores Navideños y la diversión festiva llegan a la ciudad

Traducido por Carol Alfonso

El Desfile y Festival Anu al de Tractores Navideños de Winters (Winters Hol iday Tractor Parade and Festival) regresa este año con diversión para toda la comunidad. El evento de dos días tiene eventos de diversión familiar pro gramados para el Viernes 2 y el Sábado 3 de Diciembre.

Para las festividades de este año, la ciudad de Win ters se asoció con Bay Area Pop Up Events para plani ficar y organizar todos los detalles para brindar una experiencia familiar diver tida y segura.

Toda la información del evento está disponible en winterstractorparade.com.

Viernes, 2 de Diciembre

Las festividades comienzan el Viernes 2 de Diciembre a partir de las 2 p.m. con el Holiday Marketplace en Rotary

Park y a lo largo del Cen tro (Downtown) de Main Street. El Holiday Market place presenta vendedores y actividades para niños. Más tarde esa noche hab rá entretenimiento en vivo de las bandas escolares de Winters, la Ceremonia an ual de iluminación del ár bol de Winters y un evento especial para conocer y sa ludar a Santa y sus amigos.

Cierres de carreteras

El Viernes, Main Street estará cerrada desde el mediodía desde la entrada de Rotary Park hasta Sec ond Street hasta las 10 p.m. La administradora de la ciudad, Kathleen Salguero Trepa, dijo que la intersec ción de Railroad Avenue y Main Street estará cerrada a partir de las 3:30 p.m. y reabrirá cuando sea seguro para los peatones cruzar sin ayuda.

Horario de eventos

Rotary Park (Railroad Avenue y Main Street)

De 2 p.m. a 9 p.m., Holi day Marketplace contará con pintura facial, una ac tividad práctica de teñi do anudado, vendedores locales con regalos y jug uetes navideños, y música navideña.

Main Street (desde Elliot Street hasta Second Street) De 2 a 9 p.m. disfrute de vendedores de comida y camiones de comida con una variedad de cocinas, Holiday Marketplace con más expositores con temas navideños, Solano Jumps con atracciones inflables y un zoológico de mascotas con Friendly Pony Parties y Barnyard Pals.

La Asociación de Nego cios del Centro de Winters (Winters Downtown Busi ness Association) está or ganizando el Hot Cocoa Crawl (Chocolate caliente)

y Elf Hunt (Búsqueda del duende) de este año de 4 a 7 p.m. en negocios locales a lo largo de Main Street.

De vuelta en Rotary Park, de 5 a 5:45 p.m., las bandas de Winters Middle School (Escuela Media de Win ters) y Winters High School (Escuela Secundaria de Winters) tocarán en el Ga zebo. La Ceremonia Anual de Iluminación del Árbol comienza a las 6 p.m.

Las familias pueden asistir a una reunión con Santa y sus amigos en el Gazebo inmediatamente después de la Ceremonia de Encendido del Árbol hasta las 9 p.m. Sábado, 3 de Diciembre

Se realizarán más activ idades festivas el Sábado 3 de Diciembre a partir de las 10 a.m. en el Rotary Park y a las 2 p.m. en Winters City Park antes del inicio del Desfile Anual de Tractores

Navideños en Main Street.

Cierres de carreteras

El Sábado, Trepa dijo que los cierres de carret eras comenzarán al medi odía en el área del centro (Downtown) y se extend erán hacia abajo para aco modar las áreas de prepa ración de tractores y el tráf ico peatonal. Los camiones de comida, los vendedores y las estaciones de baños portátiles se ubicarán a lo largo de las calles a lo largo de la ruta del desfile desde Haven Street hasta Morgan Street. En su actualización del pasado Viernes del 18 de Noviembre, Trepa so licitó a los propietarios de Main Street a que no cierren la calle frente a su propiedad para su uso ex clusivo. “Todos pueden co locar sillas para reservar un lugar en la calle públi ca. Favor de no bloquear

Ann Diaz/Courtesy photo

Más de 10,000 personas se alinearon Main Street desde City Park hasta Rotary Park para echar un vistazo al desfile de tractores de vacaciones de invierno de 2021. Continúa

Winters Friends of the Library (Amigos de la Biblioteca de Winters) está orga nizando su Festival Anual de Navidad Familiar el Sábado 3 de Diciembre, de 10 a.m. a 2 p.m. en el Centro Comunitario de Winters. El evento presenta actividades divertidas para la fa milia que incluyen ac tuaciones musicales de los estudiantes, artesanías para hacer y comprar, visitas con Santa, la cocina de la Sra. Claus y venta de libros para adultos y niños.

Rotary Park (Railroad Avenue y Main Street)

Afuera, en Rota ry Park, el Holiday Marketplace estará de vuelta de 10 a.m. a 9 p.m. que incluye: pintura de caras, una actividad práctica de teñido anudado, vendedores locales con regalos y juguet es navideños, música navideña, además de camiones de comida y vendedores de comi da.

Winters City Park (entre Fourth Street y Haven Street)

La diversión famil iar está ocurriendo en Winters City Park de 2 p.m. a 9 p.m. que incluye: vendedores de comida y camiones de comida con una variedad de cocinas, Holiday Marketplace

con más expositores con temas festivos, Solano Jumps con at racciones inflables y un zoológico de mas cotas con Friendly Pony Parties y Barn yard Pals.

Desfile de tractores

El Desfile de Trac tores Navideños comienza a las 6 p.m. comenzando desde Haven Street hasta Morgan Street. El des file de este año cuenta con 33 entradas. Una lista completa está disponible en https:// tinyurl.com/56htnc3f.

Las familias pueden asistir a una reunión con Santa y sus amigos en el Gazebo inmedia tamente después de la Ceremonia de encen dido del árbol desde las 7:30 p.m. hasta las 9 p.m.

Cindy Jording/Courtesy photo

The Grinch only added to the holiday cheer in the 2021 Holiday Tractor Parade.

Sara Simmons/ Courtesy photo

The School of Rock features local youth from Winters and surrounding cities rocking out live.

Small-town gifting supports local businesses

Winters Express

‘Tis the season for enter taining, giving and gifting, and bringing holiday cheer into your home. Long gone are the days of having to travel out of town to find all the things you need to host a gathering or find the per fect gift. Winters business es can provide everything one needs.

Share a gift of home grown and locally-crafted specialties. Shopping lo cally can improve the local economy by keeping money in the community.

Entertaining

From charcuterie boards and beverages, to decor, everything to host a festive gathering is available lo cally.

Patio 29 Distillery, Ber ryessa Brewing, Berryessa Gap Vineyards, Turkovich Family Wines, Green Riv er Brewing and Taproom and Hooby’s Brewing host a selection of locally made beverages.

Berryessa Gap’s Down town Tasting Room fea tures dried fruits. Pick up cheese from the Winters Cheese Company and find

wine-infused chocolates at the Turkovich Tasting Room. Patio 29 and L’Apéro les Trois offer small-batch sets to serve at your gather ing.

Additionally, Steady Ed dy’s Coffee House, the mar ket at Carboni’s Ristoran te, Winters Collective and Upper Crust Bakery have a variety of local honey, olive oils, desserts and more.

Festive decor, orna ments, and serving wares are available from vendors through the Winters Collec tive, at the Farmer’s Closet Boutique and Pacific Ace Hardware.

Roxie’s Flower Truck and The Local Floret of fer flower and plant ar rangements. Though their storefronts are available

LEFT: Create a zen space with plants, crystals and stones from the Winters Collective.

BELOW: Steady Eddy’s has a selection of hand-crafted cards for the animal lover in your life.

Crystal Apilado/ Winters Express

Crystal Apilado/Winters Express

ABOVE: Bella Boutique features handmade and unique jewelry and accessories.

RIGHT: Find a varietys of children’s books on the Avid Reader’s shelf in the Winters Collective.

Crystal Apilado/Winters Express

ABOVE: Steady Eddy’s offers local honey options.

RIGHT: Turkovich Family Wines candies are great treats.

online for customized orders, last-minute flowers and plants can be found at the Winters Collective and Lorenzo’s Mar ket. Park Winters had a pick-your-own bou quet option if you give yourself enough time to schedule the oppor tunity.

Don’t forget to brew coffee from Steady Ed dy’s Roasting Room or Coffee House. There are also tea options available at the Col lective.

Gifting experiences

For the person who has everything, con sider gifting an ex perience. Many local businesses offer gift cards and service bundles.

ZenTerra Spa of fers packages and services for facial treatments or mas

sage therapy service. Consider a gift cer tificate to one of the multiple salons and barber shops around town. Kimberly Ung er Healing Arts offers class bundles for yoga and sound healing op tions.

Set up a tasting at Patio29 Distillery, Turkovich Family Wines or Berryessa Gap Vineyards.

Yolo365 Tours is a unique way to show off Winters’ local charm and entertain your guests at the same time.

The Winters Mu seum is an option to treat guests to local history. Another op tion is to bring guests to see the Winters History Murals creat ed by youth through the Winters Partici pation Gallery’s sum mer projects. Multi

ple businesses host local art galleries to browse.

The Studio Collec tive, Roxie’s Flow er Truck and Park Winters occasionally offer up classes and workshops. Look to see if anything is be ing offered through out the year.

Gift cards to a local eatery give an invi tation to friends and family to enjoy and experience Winters’ dining their way at their convenience.

Some local wineries and eateries offer seasonal dinners to look into as well as experiences to gift.

Gifts galore

Adry’s Fiesta Bou tique, Bella Boutique and The Farmer’s Closet Boutique all feature unique cloth ing, jewelry, acces

sories and more for personalized style and flair. The Winters Collective hosts mul tiple shops within its walls to create a onestop shop.

Wellness items like lotions, essential oil blends and crystals are available from PurLuv Apothecary & Spa at the Winters Collective or at Zen Terra Spa. Body-care products range from scrubs, soaking salts, balms and essen tial oils focusing on specific themes and needs. Kimberly Ung er also offers crystals and jewelry at her yoga studio.

If you are shopping for someone who en joys interior design and home decor look no further than Vin tique Marketplace

Warm up with a rich, chocolate beverage

Nothing beats sipping a hot, soothing beverage after a day of choosing the perfect Christmas tree or lobbing snowballs in the backyard. Teas, hot tod dies, coffees, and mulled ciders certainly can fit the bill, but a mug of rich hot chocolate is a holiday sea son staple.

Hot chocolate can be whipped up quickly from premade packets, but many such packets are loaded with sugar. Choco late lovers should have a reliable hot chocolate rec ipe to lean on when the mo ment is right. This recipe for “Real Hot Chocolate” from “Chocolate” (Parra gon) by the editors of Love Food is sure to please.

Real Hot Chocolate

Serves 1 to 2 Ingredients

• 11⁄2 ounces semisweet chocolate, broken into pieces

• 11⁄4 cups milk

• Chocolate curls to decorate Putting it together

Place the chocolate in a large, heatproof pitcher. Place the milk in a heavy-bottom saucepan and bring to a boil. Pour about one-quarter of the milk onto the chocolate and leave until the chocolate has softened.

Whisk the milk and choc olate mixture until smooth. Return the remaining milk to the heat and return to a boil, then pour onto the chocolate, whisking constantly.

Pour into warmed mugs or cups and top with the choco late curls. Serve immediately.

Metro Special to the Express

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Chocolate lovers should have a reliable hot chocolate recipe to lean on when the moment is right.

Crystal Apilado/Winters Express

ABOVE: Pacific Ace Hardware has everything from the grill to seasonings and kits.

RIGHT: Winters Collective has Yolo-themed hats.

inside the Collective or Pacific Ace Hard ware. A variety of paint, supplies and ser vices are available for someone who is crafty and has a creative vision for a room or who enjoys adding color and texture to furniture.

Buying something for a bookworm? The Avid Reader hosts a shelf of children’s books within the Collective. There are also

multiple tabletop books, entertainment, and cookbooks available throughout the store. The Winters Friends of the Library also has a book room with gently-used books to browse through. There are liter ary gems just waiting to be discovered. Animal lovers and pet enthusiasts are easy to please with a selection of petthemed gifts