Costs may sink pool programs

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Costs may sink pool programs
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Volume 127, Number 6 - Locally owned since 1884
Winters, Yolo County, California, Thursday, March 11, 2010
The hometown paper of Mrs. Malcolm Mahoney
Costs may sink pool programs
By CHRISTINA LANZARO
Staff writer
Photo by Julia Candless
Members of the Winters High School Academic
Decathlon team going to the State are, from left,
Andreina Prado, Zoe Adams, Anderson Bouwens
and Ethan Rubendall.
Winters, Davis
combine forces in
state competition
The Bobbie Greenwood Swimming Pool
opened in June 2007
and is used by many
members of the community including the Winters Swim Team, Masters, lap swimmers and
those who seek fun and
relief from the heat during the hot summer
months. This year, the
pool will not be open for
recreational swimming
unless additional revenues of $18,481 dollars
are brought in.
At the March 2 city
council meeting, City
Manager John Donlevy
explained to the council and citizens in attendance why recreational
swimming would be cut
as opposed to Masters
and the Winters Swim
Team.
recreational
“The
swimming is the hole in
the program and most
costly,” said Donlevy.
“Once we start hiring
people, that’s when
costs are encountered.”
The city pays for 14
lifeguards, with at least
four rotating lifeguards
on duty during recreational
swimming
hours, 2-5 p.m. Safety is
the primary reason, and
the young adults who
work there need to stay
alert and fresh to keep
watch over approximately 43 swimmers.
The Swim Team and
Masters, on the other
hand, do not incur costs
to the city, as they pay
for their coaches and
staff. The Swim Team
also gives $8,000 to the
city each year from fireworks sales proceeds.
At the Feb. 16 meeting,
the council voted to cut
any
swimming
programs that did not pay
for themselves.
Council
members
talked about possible
solutions for recreational swimming, but
nothing was resolved.
Donlevy noted that if
only 40 swimmers use
the pool during recreational swimming, an
increase from $1 per
day to $5 per day would
be needed to run the
See COSTS on page A-5
By JULIA McCANDLESS
Staff writer
Just as the Olympic athletes trained their
bodies to go for the gold, these kids have been
training their brains. Sixty high school teams
will be competing for the state title in the 31st
Annual California Academic Decathlon this
year, and Winters High School team represents one of the highest ranked in Yolo County.
In an unusual collaboration, Winters High
School and Davis High School will join forces
this year to create a cooperative team for the
Decathlon, to be held on March 12-15 at the
Sacramento Memorial Auditorium. Other
area schools that will be competing from the
North Bay Regional Competition include:
Solano County’s Vanden High School and
Sonoma County’s Casa Grande High School,
Willits High School/Mendocino County, Novato High School/Marin County, and St. Helena
See TEAM on page A-7
Photo by Julia McCandess
Tyler Berg is adorned with the Mr. Warrior headdress after winning this yearʼs title at the annual competition, held on
Wednesday, March 3, at St Anthony Parish Hall. Riki Lucero (far right) was named Mr. Congeniality and first runner up,
and Julio Pacheco was second runner up.
Grant Avenue plans
on council agenda
Berg captures Mr. Warrior headdress
The discussion of
planning along Grant
Avenue will continue at
the next city council
meeting on Tuesday,
March 16, 6:30 p.m. in
the council chambers at
City Hall.
The agenda also includes:
~ Presentation on proposed Berryessa Snow
Mountain National Conservation Area.
~ Public hearing re-
INSIDE
Classifieds........................B-6
Community .......................A-6
Entertainment ..................A-9
Eventos hispanos ............B-5
Features ...........................B-4
Obituary ............................A-2
Opinion .............................A-4
Schools & Youth ..............B-3
Sports ...............................B-1
Included in this week's issue are
advertising inserts from:
Lorenzo’s Market
(Supplements are sent to Winters,
Woodland, Davis, Capay Valley,
Dixon, Vacaville and Fairfield.)
garding an amendment
to the Winters Municipal Code on flood damage protection.
~
Presentation on
H.E.A.L.S. —
Health
Eating, Healthy Living
~ Discussion of proposed Winters Activities Commission
~ Review of current
and former city committees and commissions
~ Pool committee update.
W E AT H E R
Weather readings are taken
at 9 a.m. daily, covering the
previous 24 hour period.
Date
Rain Hi Lo
March 3
.52 62 45
March 4
.51 58 37
March 5
.02 60 35
March 6
62 35
March 7
70 40
March 8
71 45
March 9
T
62 35
Rain for week: 1.05
Season’s total: 22.22
Last year to date: 16.49
Average to March 9: 18.56
By JULIA McCANDLESS
Staff writer
Another year, another Warrior. The new Mr. Warrior was
named at the long running Winters High School annual competition, held on March 4 at St.
Anthony Parish Hall. This year,
Winters High School senior
Tyler Berg, representing FFA,
took the title of Mr. Warrior for
2010, as he was adorned with
the traditional red and white
feather headdress for the
evening. Berg defeated first
runner up Riki Lucero, who
also took the Mr. Congeniality
title, and second runner up
Julio Pacheco.
This
year’s
theme
was
“tabloids,” featuring contestants Berg, Lucero, Pacheco,
John Rowell, Javier Sanchez,
Andres Nunez, Darian ClarkStinson, Dylan Cliche, and female contestant Zoe Adams.
The event was hosted by Polita
Gonzalez and Tyler Pierce. The
judges for this year’s competition were Curtis Stocking, Rebecca Gillespie, Josie Stein,
Jeff Ten Pas, and Marissa
Wright.
The contestants kicked off
the evening by introducing
themselves in the spirit portion
of the show. Many, like
Pacheco, danced on stage, but
Mr. Warrior (Berg) walked on
with his pet pig Lil’ Smokey in
full FFA fashion.
Contestants then performed
tabloid skits inspired by recent
tabloid headliners Kanye West,
Tiger Woods, Lady Gaga and
See WARRIOR on page A-3
School district walloped by water rate increases
By JULIA McCANDLESS
Staff writer
The Winters Joint
Unified School District
is facing enormous increases in water costs,
as was made clear at the
March 4 school board
meeting. An update on
water and sewer rates
showed that at the end
of June, the district will
spend an estimated 150
percent increase on water and sewer costs from
2007/08. That rate is ex-
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pected to grow to 230
percent in the next year.
This increase is due in
large part to the recent
switch from fixed rate
water billing to metered billing. Currently,
the Winters School District has five sites running on water meters including John Clayton,
Winters Middle School,
Shirley Rominger, the
Winters High School ag
site, and the district office.
The John Clayton and
Phone (530) 795-4551
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Shirley Rominger sites
are the only sites that
have separate landscape meters, which do
not require a sewer
charge based on water
use. If all sites were to
be metered separately
for domestic and landscape use at the current
rates and fields were
maintained at the current level, it is estimated that rates would increase to 526 percent
more per year.
Trustee Matt Brickey
e-mail: news@wintersexpress.com
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voiced concern over the
city’s high cost of water.
“Relying on the city
for water — if it’s going
to go up this much in two
years, how much will it
go up in 10 years?”
asked Brickey.
Landscape watering
was identified as being
the most expensive portion of the district’s water bill. Therefore, it is
planned that landscape
watering will slightly
See INCREASES on page A-7
web site: wintersexpress.com
A-2 — Winters (CA) Express, Thursday, March 11, 2010
OBITUARIES
YESTERYEAR
William F. Knolle
Fredric
William
Knolle, a Fort Bragg resident and former resident of Winters, lost his
battle with lung cancer
on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010.
He died at home surrounded by family and
friends. He was 61.
A memorial service
will take place at a later
date. Arrangements are
being
handled
by
Chapel by the Sea in
Fort Bragg.
William was born Jan.
3, 1949, in San Francisco
to William and Rosalie
Knolle.
He was raised and educated in Sonoma and was a
member of the long-established Knolle family of
Sonoma County. William was a U.S. Navy veteran
serving in Vietnam. He had worked most of his
adult life as a mechanic and was a gifted woodworker, a motorcycle enthusiast and avid photographer.
He married his wife, Carol, in 1980 in Nevada and
together they made their home in Solano County
for several years before moving to Winters where
they resided for 10 years. Retiring in 2004, he and
Carol moved their family to Fort Bragg. William
worked at Rossi’s and enjoyed spending time with
family and friends.
He is survived by his wife, Carol Knolle; sons,
Joseph and Steven; sisters, Sharlene Campbell and
Jo Ann and Don Battaglia; and numerous aunts,
uncles, nieces, nephews and other relatives.
Maxine Lorraine Sloper
50
65
115
YEARS AGO
YEARS AGO
YEARS AGO
March 24, 1960
March 23, 1945
March 25, 1910
March 23, 1895
For several months
the City Council has
been engaged in trying
to interest cannery people in building a cannery at Winters.
Pleasants Valley and
Olive
school
were
closed all day Friday in
tribute to the memory
and the final rites of
Mrs. W.J. Pleasants, Valley pioneer.
Mrs. T.A. Sparks and
Mrs. F. Rieves of Newcastle accompanied Henry
Sparks Friday on a brief
visit with local relatives.
Karen Christie of
Sacramento is spending
her Easter recess with
her aunt, Mrs. O.C.
Holmes.
Miss Doris Connor has
received a $100 scholarship prize from Yale
College where she recently took her degree,
Master of Nursing. Miss
Connor is now in San
Francisco engaged in
public health work and
instructor in clinics.
Miss Helen Salaverria,
high school ’41, has
received her A.B. degree
from U.C. and plans a
vacation until July, when
she will return for practice teaching of the fifth
year requirement.
S-Sgt. Tony Jimenez of
the 199th battalion, coast
artillery, was at home in
Olive District on a 37-day
furlough from the South
Pacific, after 20 months
overseas.
A case of diphtheria
has been diagnosed in a
local child.
An estimate of the
population of California
places
it
as
2,500,000.
It is feared that the
recent wet spell will
result in cot and almond
rot.
J. McCormick recently
purchased the Nudd orchard in the Wolfskill
district.
T.E. Dunnagan has
made some improvements this week in his
barber shop, painting
and papering.
The rainfall from the
last few days amounted
to 3.49 . This brings the
season total to 17.53.
The Fenley Mercantile Co.’s grocery store
front was repainted the
first of the week.
W.H. Gregory has
been elected a delegate to the Grand Parlor, which meets in
Oakland next month, by
Winters Parlor No. 163,
N.S.G.W.
J.B. Griffin left Tuesday for Shasta County,
where he is interested
in some mining property.
C.M. Cole and wife took
their departure Wednesday morning for Mr.
Cole’s former home in
Ohio, where they expect
to take up their residence.
Grandpa Still came in
on Saturday’s 11 o’clock
train, and is visiting his
daughter here.
Arthur W. North came
over from Sacramento
on Monday, and left
Wednesday afternoon
for Oakland.
Weekly police report
Woman arrested for alleged assault of ex-boyfriend
booked into Yolo County Jail after sheriff’s
deputies responded to
reports of a verbal argument between Cvetich
and her 26-year-old
ex-boyfriend at a residence on Russell Boulevard at about 12:30 a.m.
Cvetich had arrived at
her ex-boyfriend’s home
and began to go through
The level of Lake
Berryessa rose by 1.38
feet during the past
week, adding 23,201
acre feet of water to
storage, according to
Mickey Faulkner of the
Solano Irrigation District.
He reported Tuesday
morning that the lake
was 419.92 feet above
sea level with storage
computed at 1,191,908
acre feet of water.
The SID is diverting
65 second feet of water
into the Putah South
Canal and 32 second
feet is flowing in Putah
Creek at the Diversion
Dam.
Evaporation on the
Lake averaged 49
acre feet of water per
day during the week.
YEARS AGO
Rev. E.E. Zimmerman,
long-time
Winters citiMaxine Lorraine Sloper, 88, died on Monday,
zen
and
community
March 1, 2010, at Fairview Comfort Home in Fairleader,
announced
last
field. Born on July 28, 1921, in Modesto to Leroy and
Rose (Ellis) Fritts, she grew up in the Placerville- night that he would be a
Diamond Springs area and was a graduate of candidate for state senSacramento High School’s class of 1939 and attend- ator on the Prohibition
Party ticket in the June
ed Sacramento City College.
A homemaker for more than 70 years, Sloper had 7 primary election.
Dr. Emil Mrak, chanbeen a Yolo County resident for the past 21 years,
residing in the city of Winters after moving from cellor of the University
Chowchilla. During her children’s youth, she was of California at Davis,
active in 4-H and was a longtime member of Delta will be the speaker at the
fourth annual honor
Theta Tau and Jobs Daughters.
She is survived by husband Carroll Sloper of society dinner here next
Winters; her daughters, Nancy Howard and hus- Thursday in Wesley Hall.
The level of Lake
band Dwight, and Linda Eastman and husband
Bob, both of Winters; son Neal Sloper of Eureka; Berryessa rose to an alltime high of 414.20 feet
five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her sister Lola above sea level yesterday. At this level, the lake
Sykes and brother Robert Fritts.
Private family services will take place at a later contains 1,137,327 acre
date. Memorial contributions may be directed to feet of water, according
Yolo Hospice, North Bay Hospice or the Winters to Larry Fafek, operaHealthcare Foundation in her memory.
tions officer for the
Evergreen Funeral Service of Woodland is Solano Project.
assisting the family with arrangements.
Voters of the OlivePleasants Valley Elementary School District Tuesday approved
a 50-cent increase in
Feb. 16-17
collided with a vehicle the school tax ceiling
by
Adriana by the narrow margin
~ 9 p.m. to 8 a.m. – 200 driven
block of Russell Street, Kathryn Quilici, 18, of of one vote. The vote
a horse statue was Winters that was trav- was 27 in favor of the
eling westbound on Ivy tax increase and 26
stolen. Loss: $600.
Loop.
opposed.
Sophomore Jim “SpiFeb. 17
der”
Thomas, of the
Feb.
19-23
~ 4:09 p.m. – Hayley
Winters
High School
Anna Peets, 18, of Win~ 6 p.m. to 9 a.m. – 400
ters was stopped at block of Haven Street, Warriors, pitched a onethe stop sign at Ivy spray paint was used hitter at Davis last
Loop and Snapdragon to write graffiti on a Wednesday afternoon to
Street,
then
began fence. Damage: amount pace the Warriors to a 15
to 2 victory over the
making a westbound
turn onto Ivy Loop and
See POLICE on page A-8 Davis Blue Devils.
An Elk Grove woman
was arrested near Winters on March 3 on suspicion of assault with a
deadly weapon, battery
with
serious
bodily
injury and battery on
someone with whom she
had a former dating relationship.
Kristina Cvetich, 22,
was
arrested
and
100
McCurry courtesy photo
A.G. Anderson, center, manager of the Winters branch of Bank of America; Carl
Jensen of Petaluma, left; and Herbert Hawkins of San Francisco, sidle up to a
2,140-pound Hereford bull at a farm management seminar at UC Davis in 1960.
Berryessa
rises 1.38
feet in
past week
his personal belongings,
leading to a verbal argument and shoving incident, according to a
Sheriff’s
Department
news release. Cvetich’s
ex-boyfriend reportedly
told her to leave or he
would call law enforcement, then followed
Cvetich outside and
attempted to take a photograph of her license
plate as evidence that
she had been at the residence. Cvetich allegedly
turned the car around
and drove toward the
victim, striking his right
arm with the driver side
mirror, causing a laceration on his elbow.
Winters (CA) Express, Thursday, March 11, 2010 — A-3
Solano College representatives
visit Winters, discuss services
By ELLIOT LANDES
Staff writer
Sixteen representatives of the Solano Community College (SCC)
Leadership
Group
made the drive to Winters to meet the community on March 4, to talk
about the services the
college provides, particularly as the new center at Vacaville is about
Photos by Julia McCandless to open.
Mayor Mike Martin inThis yearʼs Mr. Warrior, Tyler Berg (above left), wowed the judges with his talent and charms
in a variety of competitions, such as the skit competition (above right), in which he gave troduced college superintendent Jowel Labirth to a bucket full of baby chicks. Berg represented Winters FFA in the competition.
guerre introduced the
neously began singing Berg said he felt “amaz- visitors, including college administrators and
ing.”
along.
deans of various pro“It’s been a dream of
Amidst all the talent
Continued from page A-1
grams. Attendees inin the room, Berg stole mine to be Mr. Warrior
other such celebrities. the show as he scooted since I was a freshman,” cluded city staff, a few
council members, high
Berg showed off his out on a toy tractor said Berg.
president
school
comedic skills acting as while belting a song
After graduating this George Griffin, and
the first pregnant man, about his “big green year, Berg plans to atWinters
resident
surprising the audience tractor,”
with
a tend a four-year univerwith
his
on-stage slideshow of his work sity as a swimmer, and Richard Kleeberg, who
“birth” and impressing with FFA in the back- jokingly calls himself teaches business law at
the judges as he provid- ground. Although he the “Michael Phelps of SCC.
“When I decided to
ed each of them with a
brought lots of laughs to WHS.” He received a bring my whole team, I
homemade tabloid magthe audience, Berg was gift basket with numer- told them it wasn’t opazine.
seriously considerate ous gift cards and can- tional,” said Laguerre.”
Each
contestant
While the Winters atbrought a unique skill when asked what he dy. Sponsors of the
to the talent portion of thinks is most impor- event included Vintage tendees were interestthe competition, from tant for parents to teach Paving Company, Inc., ed in offerings at the VaStudio
C caville satellite camPacheco’s
smooth their children, in the Subway,
pus, it was clear that LaSchool
of
Dance,
Putah
formal
portion
of
the
dance
skills
to
Sanchez’s electric gui- night. Without hesita- Creek Cafe, Pizza Facto- guerre is also looking to
tar riff, to Cliche’s kilt tion he replied, “To be a ry, Powell Countertops, partner with Winters orNitzkowski Tax and Ac- ganizations to take adand bagpipes. One of good Samaritan.”
counting Services, Inc., vantage of grant opporBerg’s
good-natured
the most noteworthy
surprises of the night humor and sincerity Kountry Kitchen, All- tunities. Grant offerings
was Lucero’s piano won the hearts of the state Insurance, JFD in recent years favor apGenmor plications from organicompilation of various judges and audience Enterprises,
Plumbing
and
D.W. zations that partner up
alike.
After
being
popular songs in which
with other organizathe audience sponta- named Mr. Warrior, Home Improvements.
tions.
WARRIOR
Household
Hazardous
Waste drop-off
days this week
This month’s Household Hazardous Waste
(HHW) drop-off days at
the Yolo County Central
Landfill (44090 County
Road 28H) are scheduled for Friday and Saturday, March 12 and 13,
9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Materials that will be
accepted include: batfluorescent
teries,
bulbs or tubes, used motor oil and filters, cleaning supplies, lighter fluid, antifreeze, aerosols,
garden pesticides and
herbicides, latex or oil
based paints, solvents,
poisons,
electrical
switches/relays,
pilot
light sensors, and mercury thermostats and
containerized syringes.
During the HHW drop
off days the landfill’s
Reuse
Center
has
reusable items such as
automotive lubricants,
paints, pool chemicals,
gardening products and
cleaners that are available for free.
The Yolo County Central Landfill accepts the
following items daily for
recycling:
household
batteries,
fluorescent
bulbs or tubes, printer
cartridges, wall-mounted thermostats, electronic devices (e-waste)
with a circuit board (i.e.,
VCRs, cell phones, telephones, printers, radios, computers, monitors, TVs), latex paint,
used motor oil and filters, diesel fuel, diesel
oil,
non-chlorinated
power steering fluid,
differential clutch fluid,
transmission fluid, hydraulic fluid, kerosene,
auto batteries, paper,
cardboard, bottles, and
cans. These items can
be brought to the landfill during normal operating hours.
Business hazardous
waste from small quantity generators is accepted for a fee, by appointment. Call (866)
714-8470 to schedule an
appointment. Senior or
disabled residents who
cannot drive can call
666-8729 for a free pick
up. For more information, call 666 8729 or visit: www.yolocounty.org.
Winters Putah Creek
committee meets Monday
The Winters Putah
Creek
Committee
will meet on Monday,
March 15, at 7 p.m. in
the council chambers
at City Hall. The
agenda includes updates on the north
bank
improvement
project, the parkway
project and the committee status. Anyone
may attend.
For more information, call Carol Scianna, 795-4910.
At present, a limited
number of classes are
held at a rented site in
Vacaville. The real campus will be opening in a
few weeks in a building
40 percent bigger, with
specially
classrooms
set up for teaching a
number of subjects, including nursing, physical education, science
and firefighting. One
dean offered that anatomy classes would continue at the main campus, however, because
“the cadavers have to
remain in Fairfield.”
Griffin
commented
that morning programs
are difficult for high
school students wanting
college credit to attend.
“It’s been a little difficult for our students because of the limited offerings, and getting
transportation all the
way to the main campus
(in Fairfield) is a problem,” said Griffin. “If
we want to expand into
the concurrent enrollment area, we need to
have programs scheduled at times that are
more accessible to high
school students, and
that may be true for
young adults as well.”
“This is an area where
technology may assist, if
we can find ways to fund
it,” said information
systems officer Jim Ennis, “We can do broadcasts where the students here can participate in classes occur-
ring anywhere in the
district.”
One dean said she’d
done such programs
and it worked out well.
The technology has progressed to where even
personal eye contact is
possible.
Laguerre suggested
that with sufficient enrollment,
instructors
could travel to Winters
to teach classes, for actual face to face instruction.
Griffin said it would
be a real benefit for the
Vacaville site to offer
lab science classes, and
language
alternate
classes as well.
“At the high school,
we offer Spanish, or if
you prefer, Spanish,”
said Griffin.
Council
member
Harold Anderson asked
about technical training. In response, one
dean talked of the excellent program SCC
has for technicians
working in the field of
wastewater treatment.
Council
member
Woody Fridae spoke of
the value of continuing
adult education and career education.
“We would love to
have you build a satellite campus here, too,”
said Fridae.
The new facility in Vacaville will hold a gala
opening
and
open
house on May 8.
Main Street art park workshop planned
The Winters Center
for the Arts, in partnership with the city of
Winters, is inviting the
community to attend a
workshop to generate
ideas for a planned art
park on Main Street.
The proposed art park
will extend from the
current pocket park on
Main Street to the alley
Main
and
between
Abbey Streets (Newt’s
Expressway). The city
plans to start construction of the art park in
early summer.
The
workshop
is
planned for Saturday,
March 27. This brainstorming session is from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the
Winters firehouse, 10
Abbey Street. There
will be a break at noon,
and soft drinks, water
and snacks will be provided.
For more information
about the workshop,
call Bill Hailey, 7952300.
A-4 — Winters (CA) Express, Thursday, March 11, 2010
Opinion
LETTERS
Desperately
need a home
We are a family of six,
and are living in a rental
house that has gone
through
foreclosure.
Bank of America has
told us we have 80 days
left to get out. At that
time, the Yolo County
Sheriff will evict us.
We have absolutely no
place to go, except the
street. We desperately
need a four or five bedroom home, three bedrooms at the very least.
We hope to stay in or
around Winters.
I’ve lived here all my
life, 53 years, and would
like stay. On top of
else,
on
everything
March 18 I have a very
important surgery.
We have paid our rent
on the fifth of each
month for 16 months,
never a day late. We
have several good references, including a past
landlord.
TIM and PAIGE
NORFOLK
554-5206, 867-4708
ITTING IN. There was the sound of thunder in Winters last Sunday afternoon as
ABATE held its annual motorcycle rally in
Winters. ABATE (American Brotherhood
Aimed Towards Education) has been coming to
Winters for several years now and as far as I
know there hasn’t been one problem.
My ex-temporary tenant was in town and I invited the family to join me for lunch at the Community Center. I was running a little late, so I
phoned Laura to make sure she wasn’t waiting
to eat on my account. She laughed and said
there were a whole lot of people at the Community Center that looked just like me. “Young and
thin,” I think she meant.
I didn’t see that many bikes at Railroad and
Main, but it was still early. The ride starts in Vacaville, winds through Cordelia and Napa before ending in Winters for lunch. Within an
hour the place had filled up and people were
lined up for the tri-tip barbecue. Laura said
that while her husband Rance was looking at
the creek, everyone was offering to let the kids
sit on their motorcycles for a picture. Remember, my grandkids are the cutest kids in California. She seemed surprised that they stopped
talking to her as soon as I showed up. Go figure.
We have an unwritten rule that we don’t print
pictures of our own children unless they are doing something newsworthy, like scoring the winning shot or being crowned Mr. Warrior. As we
were eating on the Community Center patio the
band started playing. We were a little too close.
I reached into my vest pocket and pulled out a
couple of earplugs for Brett, who just turned
two. He was just too cute, so I took his picture.
Debra was going through my rally pictures and
liked the one of Brett. It should be on Page B-2,
in case you doubt how cute he really is.
If I were a better social director I would have
had Laura dress Jenna and Brett up in their
Harley outfits, but as it was, they left them at
home. I’ll remember to dress them up this May
when Iron Steed Harley of Vacaville makes another stop at Rotary Park.
If you like good food, good vibrations and
good company, walk downtown during one of
these rallies. If you are like me and have put on
a few pounds over the years, this is one of the
few events where you can feel skinny, just by
walking around some rather large people. I’m
sure there are big people everywhere, but it
does seem to be true that people that ride
Harleys aren’t petite. I’ll add that they are some
of the friendliest people you will ever meet,
and if you compliment their bike you are guaranteed a big smile.
Have a good week
F
radiation or chemotherapy. I’m looking forward
to a long and precious
life.
If anyone wishes to
learn more about my
cancer
experience,
please feel free to call
me at 795-3351 or e-mail
to harold.anderson85@
gmail.com.
I am a cancer survivor!
HAROLD ANDERSON,
WINTERS CITY
COUNCILMAN
Please donate
I’m a survivor
I was born here in
Winters on March 4,
As of Dec. 21, 2009, 1931. There was no hosthere is a new phrase in pital, no TV, no cell
my vocabulary; I am a phones, no theater, and
no
swimming
pool.
“cancer survivor.”
When
I
was
a
small
boy
If one is going to have
would
swim
in
Putah
we
cancer, then prostrate
cancer with early detec- Creek until it went dry
in the summer time.
tion gets my vote.
Thanks to early blood There was no place to
testing for PSA levels swim in town so we
and biopsies, I was would ride our bicycles
blessed with time to up to Madison and swim
consult with doctors, in Crowder’s Pool, the
cancer patients and nearest public pool.
I doubt that many partime to research and
choose a treatment op- ents today would let
tion which was comfort- their children ride 11
miles on their bicycles
able for me.
On the afternoon of to take a swim in the
Dec. 21, I underwent heat of the good old sumfour hours of robotic mertime. Times were
surgery in Kaiser’s Wal- simpler then. Crowder’s
nut
Creek,
Calif., Pool would be refilled
with fresh water every
surgery center.
The surgeon, surgery Monday. So few people
and recovery teams ventured into the pool
were impressive. Four on Monday or Tuesday,
hours after surgery, I as the water was not
was up and walking the heated and it took a day
hallway! The next morn- or two for the water to
ing, I was again walking warm up.
The community has
and discharged that
been fortunate: due to
same day.
Modern medicine is the efforts of Bobbie
miraculous. Currently, I Greenwood and many
have a clean bill of other civic-minded citihealth and no need for zens of the Winters area,
we have had a community pool for over 50 years.
Today we are benefiting
from our second community
pool,
built
through the efforts of
the people of Winters.
Unfortunately, due to
the current economic
situation, the City of
Winters and the Winters
School District do not
have the funds required
to maintain and operate
the Bobbie Greenwood
Community Swim Center and the Winters
Community Center at
the current level of service without additional
funds. To keep these facilities open and running at the same level as
in fiscal year 2009-10
someone has to come up
with between $60,000
and $80,000.
A group of Winters citizens has formed a committee (the Community
Center and Pool Fund
Committee, or CCAPFC)
to spearhead and coordinate an effort to raise
sufficient funds to keep
the Community Center
and swimming pool operating for this summer
and into next year. It is
in the best interests of
the community to keep
these facilities open
and operating at their
current level.
Please join us in raising the required funds.
Donations are tax deductible. Checks should
be made out to the Winters Community Center
and Pool Fund and
mailed or taken to the
Winters City Hall.
Let’s not sit around
and wait for the government to come rescue us.
We can do this ourselves. Please join us in
saving our Community
Center and pool.
DON FRISBEE
CCAPFC
Can you help?
There are two important entities that have established themselves as
integral parts of the Winters community. One is
the Winters Community
Center, which over the
years has provided a
venue for many functions
contributing to the cohesiveness of the city. The
other is the city swimming pool, the Bobbie
Greenwood Community
Swim Center, which reflects the interest of the
community in the wellbeing of its citizens, particularly the younger generation, by providing a safe
swimming facility during
the hot summer months
and much of the rest of
the year.
This year’s financial
situation has made it impossible for the city to
maintain these two facilities at their normal levels
of operation. As noted in
last week’s Express, a
committee of longtime
area citizens has formed
to endeavor to raise funds
to supplement the cost of
maintenance of both of
these facilities and to
keep their daily operations going.
It is important to support this effort, and I urge
people to consider making tax-deductible contributions to the Winters
Community Center and
Pool Fund. Please send
donations to the City of
Winters, 318 First Street,
Winters, CA 95694.
DICK LARKEY
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Step One: Admitted I was powerless over Farmville. Step Two…
There comes a point
with every addiction
when it’s out of control.
You must turn and face
the dragon. That time
had come for me. It was
time to face Farmville.
The same friend who
insisted that I get on
Facebook also encouraged me to play Farmville. Sometimes I’m
not so sure Facebook is
a great idea, because I
have people on my
friends list who should
never, ever cross paths
in real life. And it’s a little too close for comfort.
Facebook is all about
“social
networking,”
which is a nifty term for
“huge waste of time.”
You can feel the moments of your life spinning down the drain to
infinity as you sit there
sending iHugs to people
you’d never touch in
real life and finding out
which Crazy Hollywood
Diva you are and joining
groups like Fans of ‘70s
Era Lunchboxes.
While I’m beginning
to question the value of
Facebook, I thought
Farmville was a dumb
idea from the start. But I
didn’t listen to me. No, I
had to go all “because
everyone else is,” didn’t
I.
Farmville actually is
the drain to infinity. It’s
a mindless, pointless
black hole of time, but
with farm animals. And
yet… curiously addictive. You create a little
icon of yourself and
grow imaginary crops,
day after day, and somehow forget that possibly
the only thing more boring than watching crops
grow is watching imaginary crops grow.
You
harvest
your
crops and get “coins” to
purchase
imaginary
fences and livestock,
and fellow Farmville
fans start sending you
imaginary cows and
chickens, that have to
be “milked” and have
eggs “gathered,” but unlike the real deal, you
don’t actually get any
milk or eggs. On the other hand, there isn’t any
real manure to step in
either.
The leisurely pace of
Farmville is truly somnolent. The little miniyou wanders over to
wherever you click to
brush a sheep or harvest apricots, and a
sweet little jingle plays
in an endless loop,
punctuated by gentle
mooing or bleating or
meowing. This gentle,
hypnotic pace and utter
lack of cerebral function is very soothing to
your tired, stressed-out
brain, and after battling
the real world all day,
Farmville feels like a
nice little dose of techno-Xanax. And your
brain likes this sensation a lot. So, it pokes
you to play Farmville
again so it can relax.
And again, and again.
Just like it pokes you to
head down to the local
wine tasting rooms on
Friday nights.
To my credit, I resisted Farmville mightily,
but people I like and respect
and
never
dreamed were technoXanax junkies kept insisting that Farmville is
da bomb. I’d endure entire
conversations
about Farmville strategies, like putting all
your cows in dairy barns
and growing soybeans
instead of papayas because you can harvest
them faster, thereby
earning more imaginary
therein but… dangit,
just a few thousand
more Farmville coins,
and I could buy an imaginary red barn!
Unfortunately
(or
maybe fortunately) addictive behaviors tend
money to buy an even to escalate until they
bigger imaginary plot of start affecting other
land, on which to plant people in your life. My
even more imaginary husbie (AKA The Cutest
pecan trees and raise Main In The World) and
even more imaginary I share a home office,
goats and sheep.
and apparently when
For the life of me, I one is deeply focused on
couldn’t figure out what C-plus-plus or B-minusthe attraction was. The minus or whatever it is
only way to find out was that software engineers
to try it myself. Next do
when
they’re
thing you know, I’m cal- hunched over the keyculating
how
much board, it’s a tad distractwheat I need to grow un- ing to hear that happy
til I can buy a nifty little little Farmville jingle
tractor to harvest my and its mooing and
imaginary pumpkins.
bleating and meowing,
At
some
point, over and over and over.
through the haze of FarHe expressed this to
mville addiction, I real- me indirectly one mornized that I was wasting ing, and because I have
entirely too much time. superior
communicaThings were falling by tion skills and a degree
the wayside. Here I was, in psychology, I know
harvesting
imaginary exactly what it means
lemons while the fruit when someone runs
on the real lemon tree shrieking from the room
in my yard was falling to upon the first note of the
the ground, and groom- Farmville song. I’m a
ing
imaginary
cats master of nonverbal
while my own real cats communication,
and
hadn’t seen a brush in clearly my husbie is in
weeks. I recognized the distress, and I will atirony – and illness — tend to that immediate-
ly. As soon as I harvest
this one last cherry
tree…
It was time. Farmville
had to go. And although
my shrieking husbie
brought this to the forefront of my attention,
that wasn’t the only
clue. It was simple
math: How many books
could I have read in the
span of time I’ve wasted
on Farmville? The number was appalling. Unacceptable. Thoroughly
humiliating. All this
time spent, and what to
show for it? Imaginary
daffodils?
Farmville was siphoning away my life. It was
that simple. The solution was equally simple.
I went into my Facebook
settings, found Farmville and hit “delete.”
Just like that. And it was
all over.
So, I went out to the
yard, picked a few
lemons, brushed the kitties, and immersed myself in an odd old book
about gypsy history that
I bought at a used book
store. And here’s the
good news: I’ve never
missed Farmville, not
for one moment. And my
husbie hardly ever runs
away from my shrieking
anymore either.
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program, which costs
about $200 a day. Mayor
Michael Martin said if
the price was raised to
$5, the city might not see
as many people using
the pool.
The question as to
why a cashier is not
available on site to collect money was brought
up during the discussion. According to Donlevy, if a cashier is paid
$9 per hour and brings
back $28 at the end of
the day, the city loses
money by having an employee there. There
were also times when
the money was stolen,
he said, and added that
it would be less expensive to let the people in
free rather than have a
paid cashier.
Council member Cecilia
Aguiar-Curry
spoke of one of the problems with not having a
cashier on site. City
Hall is not open on
weekends and people
coming
to
Winters
would not be able to
purchase a swim pass
for the day and therefore not be able to use
the pool.
Council
member
Woody Fridae suggested getting a campaign
going for people to buy
passes, but said that a
citizen’s suggestion of
putting a letter directly
into a student’s backpack to take home from
school was probably not
the best way to go.
“If you give them a flyer and it goes in that
back pack, it’s like a
black hole,” said Fridae
Donlevy provided an
outline of proposed
charges to help alleviate the deficit. The figures were broken down
as follows:
~ Increase rate for
pool parties from $160
to $225
~ Increase rate for
swim passes from $50 to
$200
~
Increase rate of
swimming lessons from
$45 to $75
~ Charge Masters a
rate of $200
The estimated revenue based on the average number of persons
using the pool from the
different
groups
amounts to $33,500,
which still does not cover the cost of keeping
the pool open.
A handful of Winters
citizens showed up for
the meeting to give input on possible solutions for keeping the
pool open for recreational swimming. Most
everyone,
including
council
members
agreed that an increase
in fees, possibly to $3 for
daily admission, was
not unreasonable. Having a cashier at the gate
collecting money was
also suggested, allowing
access to more paying
customers.
Debra DeAngelo proposed selling juice or
snacks to be consumed
in a designated area as
a means to generate
more money. She also
said there were ways to
make better use of the
pool perhaps by roping
off lanes allowing for
multi use rather than
one group using the
pool at a designated
time.
Sally Brown agreed,
stating, “water aerobics
uses the shallow end
and there is no reason
why we can’t share.”
She also acknowledged
the need for people to
have the ability to drop
in and pay.
Lisa Gaynes suggested that local businesses
could sell swim passes,
just as they sell tickets
for The Palms. This way,
if someone wanted to
swim on the weekend
they could purchase a
pass at a designated
business, solving the
problem of not having
access to City Hall on a
weekend.
David Kelly made the
point that “we are not
going to have a revenue
producing program if
we don’t have a pool to
use.” He then referred
to a recent article in the
Sacramento Bee on
Youth Day parade entry
forms available at City Hall
Entry forms are available for the 74th annual
Winters Youth Day Parade to be held on Saturday April 24. The annual Kiddie Parade
starts at 9:45 a.m. and
the main parade begins
at 10 a.m.
This year’s theme is
“Let Your Youth Shine
Through.”Cash awards,
trophies and ribbons go
to the category winners.
There is no entry fee.
The entry deadline is
April 17. Entry forms
can be obtained by contacting Parade Chairman Mike Sebastian,
795-2091 or mjkasebastian@aol.com.
what
the
Winters
Healthcare Foundation
is doing to promote a
more healthy lifestyle.
“It’s not this program
or that program,” said
Kelly. “I think our program could do a lot with
seniors.” Kelly, who is
over 50, noted that he
was the youngest member of the Masters
group.
Kate Laddish uses the
pool for lap swimming,
and expressed her frustration with how the focus was on decreasing
pool use rather than on
increasing use to generate revenues.
“We have a first-rate
facility,” said Laddish.
“If we can find a way to
use it more, it would
help make up for some
activities that make it
more costly. The more
times the pool is closed,
swimmers bleed out of
town driving to the far
side of Davis to swim.”
She then reminded
council members that
once people drive out of
town they would then
shop elsewhere for groceries and gas, and contribute to decreasing
air quality because of
the commute.
The council and interested community members planned to meet on
Tuesday, March 9, to discuss options for the pool
in detail.
Sign program
In an effort to get
more people into downtown Winters, city staff
member Elliot Landes
gave a presentation on
the City Sign Program.
Landes provided the
council with a schemata
of where the 15 new
signs would be posted
and talked about design
and color scheme.
“People think Grant
(Avenue) is the main
street of Winters,” noted Landes.
The signs would provide much needed guidance
into
Winters’
downtown, encouraging
travelers on Interstate
505 to turn south off
Grant and visit the Main
Street area. The design
of the non-interstate
signs will have a consistent color and design
scheme and will give information on the amenities available in Winters.
Council
member
Woody Fridae said he
was in favor of making
Winters a two exit town.
Landes
responded,
commenting on the
beautiful entrance from
Putah Creek Road at the
trestle bridge, and how
the current signage only
directs drivers back towards Vacaville.
Council member Tom
Stone addressed the issue of money for purchasing the signs.
“The only way we
would move forward
would be through Redevelopment funds,” said
Stone, noting the confusion resulting from
making cuts in one area,
such as recreational
swimming, and spending in another.
Other items
Council
members
unanimously approved
a resolution supporting
the Local Taxpayer,
Safety
and
Public
Transportation Protection Act of 2010. Donlevy explained that the
state of California, in an
attempt to remedy a $21
billion deficit, is seizing
money from local governments.
“The state came after
Winters for well over
$1,000,000,” said Donlevy. The governor and
legislature
proposed
last summer to seize the
gas tax, which may be an
indication they will go
after other funds as well
such as the Transit Occupancy Taxes, Vehicle
License Fees Utility
Users Tax, he said.
~ Council members
approved the ordinance
for a tax increase for the
June ballot, with the approval of the actual
wording of the measure
continued to a special
meeting on Monday,
March 8. The ordinance
was approved with four
votes, and council member Harold Anderson
voting “no
~ In an effort to provide ongoing activities
for Winters youth, resident Rory Linton proposed to form the Winters Activities Commission. Linton is seeking
ways to create new activities and helping to
keep events such as
Summer Fun in the
Park, adult softball and
youth softball running.
He said providing new
activities like youth
golfing, a chess club and
“Take a Kid Fishing”
would get kids involved
and at the same time reduce crime. Linton said
the commission would
work with the school
district and City toward
the use, maintenance,
repairs and cost of facil-
ities. Money would be
raised through donations,
grants
and
fundraising.
Linton would also like
to promote large scale
activities with the intent of drawing more
people to Winters businesses. The Commission aims to offer a variety of activities so that
there is something for
everyone, he added.
Correction
In the Feb. 25 story on
the Feb. 16 council
meeting, it was incorrectly noted that a twothirds majority is needed to pass the June tax
measure increasing the
city the utility tax. A majority vote is all that is
needed.
A-6 — Winters (CA) Express, Thursday, February 11, 2010
Community
Council approves Team work makes it happen
tax measure
language for ballot
At a special meeting
on Monday, March 8,
that was continued from
the March 2 city council
meeting in order to
meet county deadlines
for the June election,
the Winters City Council
adopted an ordinance
that proposes the Winters Vital Services Measure.”
The tax measure will
appear on the June ballot, and according to the
official language, is intended
to
“protect/maintain essential
City of Winters services,
including public safety
(police/fire), 911 police/fire response times,
maintaining the Community Center, recreation and swim programs, library services
and preserving other
general City services.”
The ordinance was
adopted 4-1, with Councilmember Harold Anderson voting no.
If passed, the measure
will increase the city
utility to 9.5 percent.
The tax will not exceed
$450 annually for each
residential unit within
city limits.
Also adopted was a
resolution that provides
the title of the measure
for the ballot, along
with an advisory question: “Should revenue
from the increase in the
utility users tax proposed in the Winters Vital City Services Measure give priority to
funding operational expenses for City of Winters police and fire services.”
The resolution was
adopted 4-1, with Councilmember Harold Anderson voting no.
Photo by Woody Fridae
Michael and Matt Briggs do the finishing touches on cement work at the Community Garden, which opens this spring. John Platt, Michael Briggs, Matt Briggs, and DNA Hoover volunteered to pour the raised beds for elderly and handicapped planters, and the Rotary Club of Winters donated money for the cost of
the concrete. The raised beds project was organized by Dan Maguire. Ana Kormos is the Community Garden project manager.
Ask the
City Manager
Q: Why can’t Redevelopment funds be used for
General Fund expenses?
A: One of the most difficult things I have to explain to people is why
we are building some
new projects while cutting services in other areas. The simplest answer is that most of the
tax money we receive is
restricted to specific
uses such as construction, streets, water or
sewer. Specific monies
have specific uses.
Throughout the years,
California voters and
the State Legislature
have placed tight restrictions on the use of
tax monies. Through
many propositions and
amendments
to
the
State Constitution, most
revenues have a designated use that ties the
See MANAGER, page A-10
TEAM
Continued from page A-1
High
School/Napa
County.
The teams are made
up of nine members, in
addition to one alternate member, and are
divided into three subdivisions: Honors (3.75
above
GPA),
and
Scholastic
(3.00-3.74
GPA), and Varsity (2.99
GPA and below) teams.
The theme of this year’s
decathlon
is
The
French Revolution, and
the material for the
competition will be
geared toward that
genre.
According to the Decathlon organizers, the
teams will be tested on
a variety of subjects including economics, art,
music, language, literature, mathematics, science and social science.
In addition, each con-
INCREASES
Continued from page A-1
decrease and school
fields will be aerated
and fertilized in an effort to increase ground
moisture.
To address the high
cost of water, the board
discussed the option of
facility-use fees, which
would require those
who use the school
fields for extra-curricular activities to pay a
fee. However, many
trustees were opposed
to groups like soccer
and baseball teams
footing the bill.
“Facility-use fees are
not a solution,” Brickey
said. “It’s a public issue
and the city needs to
take responsibility for
it.”
With costs skyrocketing, the board discussed
the obvious need to investigate options for
Winters (CA) Express, Thursday, March 11, 2010 — A-7
testant must give a fourminute speech and will
be interviewed by a
panel of judges.
The final portion of
the decathlon will be
the Super Quiz, in
which triathletes will
be quizzed on random
topics related to the
French Revolution by
the judges. This final
portion takea place on
March 12 and ia open to
the public. The winning
team will go on to the
United States Academic Decathlon, scheduled to take place in
Omaha, Nebraska in
April.
Winters High School
Academic
Decathlon
coach and counselor
Marcella Heredia has
been working with the
students for months in
preparation for the
state competition and
said she feels confident
that the team will do
well. The Winters team
walked away from the
regional
competition
last month with two
gold, three silver and
two bronze medals in
various subjects. Heredia said the competition is a great opportunity for students to
learn and also feel good
about themselves.
“It gives the kids
something to be proud
of. Davis High up until
2008 had been winning
the county title for
something like 12 years.
In 2008 when our kids
got to represent Yolo
County, they were like
celebrities
in
this
town,” Heredia said.
This is senior Andreina Prado’s third
year on the Winters
Academic
Decathlon
team, and her first year
acting as team captain.
She initially got involved with the team to
try something new, but
once she joined, she
was hooked.
“Having to study and
then having a reward
like the medals, making
friends I wouldn’t have
met otherwise — the
whole experience drew
me back,” Prado said.
Looking ahead, Prado
said she’s both nervous
and excited about competing in the state competition. The stakes are
raised, as the questions
are harder than the regional
competition,
there’s more people,
and ultimately more
pressure.
“At the state, you can
kind of get lost in the
shuffle,” Prado said.
Regardless
of
whether they win the
state title or not, Prado
said the Winters team
plans to have fun.
“It’s still fun to go and
try to improve our
score,” she said. “It’s a
whole team bonding experience.”
water
conservation.
Trustee
Stephanie
Atherton posed the idea
of investing in such appliances as low water
toilets and automatic
sinks, which work to
save water. The idea of
eliminating some grass
areas that may not be
necessary
was
also
brought up, as well as
investigating into different breeds of grass
that require minimum
watering.
In the written water
update received at the
board
meeting
and
signed by the district’s
chief business officer,
Gloria Hahn, it was stated that “The District
continues to look for
ways to mitigate the impact these enormous
rate increases have had
and will have, in the future, on scarce district
Trustee
resources.”
Rodney Orosco set in
motion plans to make
the issue a future agenda item and asked that
research and investigation into solutions be
prepared. The board
voiced
support
for
bringing the issue to the
City of Winters after further investigation takes
place.
The board was split
on the issue, as some.
Board president Rodney Orosco said that
cutting stipends would
be “leading by example” in a time when
many are facing financial cuts. Others, however, felt that cutting
trustee stipends would
be unjust, especially
when most trustees cited themselves as donating their stipend money
back into the school district. Board Orosco decided not to press the issue to vote to avoid tensions among trustees,
and to allow the issue of
stipends to remain an
individual decision.
Other items
~ The board approved
a resolution requiring a
meeting and reporting
session when funds are
received for all Tier III
programs. A resolution
was also approved that
seeks to encourage participation in the “2010
Census
in
School
Week.”
~ The issue of School
Board trustee stipend
cuts was also discussed
at the meeting. Currently, trustees receive a
stipend of slightly more
than $200 per year for
their attendance of two
school board meetings.
Next meeting
The next school board
meeting will take place
on Thursday, March 18,
at 6:30 p.m. in the Walnut Room at the district
office, located at 909
West Grant Avenue.
Democrats to meet March 18
The
Yolo
County
Chapter of The Progressive
Democrats
of
America (PDA) will
meet Thursday, March
18, 6:30-8 p.m., in the
Community Room of Raley’s, on the corner of
Main Street and County
Road 98 in Woodland.
PDA is an issue-oriented, national organization that works within
the Democratic Party
and with other groups to
effect change.
For more information, check the website
at www.pdamerica.org
or call 795-3382.
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unknown.
Feb. 24-25
~ 3 p.m. to 7:13 a.m. –
200 block of Baker
Street, someone broke
into a classroom and
stole an overhead projector. Loss: $1,200.
~ 6 p.m. to 7:50 a.m. –
100 block of Grant
Avenue, spray paint was
used to write graffiti on
the west wall of the boys
locker room, on the
sidewalk and on the
swimming pool sign.
Also, an attempt was
made to pry open the
lock to the boys locker
room. Damage: $1,000.
Feb. 24 – March 3
~ 6 to 11:55 a.m. – 200
block of Main Street,
spray paint was used to
write graffiti on a fence.
Damage: $20.
March 1
~ 6:50 p.m. – Manuel
Jauregui, 25, of Winters
was arrested on an outstanding Yolo County
Sheriff bench warrant
charging him with failure to appear on previous charges of driving
with
a
suspended/revoked driver’s license, having a defective vehicle windshield
and failure to appear.
Jauregui also was arrested on an outstanding Solano County Sheriff bench warrant charging him with failure to
appear on a previous
charge of furnishing alcohol to a minor. Jauregui was booked at
Winters Police Department and released on
notices to appear.
~ 11 p.m. – Matthew
Frank Guerrero, 18, of
Winters was issued a notice to appear for being
a minor in possession of
an alcoholic beverage.
March 3
~ 2:30 to 11 a.m. – 1100
block of Washington Avenue, spray paint was
used to write graffiti on
the exterior of a resi-
dence and fence. Damage: $50.
March 4
~ 5:03 p.m. – Jesse Jon
Bengson, 30, of Davis
was arrested on an outstanding Solano County
Sheriff bench warrant
charging him with failure to appear on a previous charge of obstructing/resisting a police officer. Bengson
was booked at Winters
Police Department and
released on a notice to
appear.
~
March 5
4:09 p.m. – 1800
block of Railroad Avenue, an officer assisted a Yolo County deputy
with a shots fired call.
March 7
~ 1:28 a.m. – Ronald
Colten Hunt Lansing,
24, of Martinez was arrested for driving under
the influence of alcohol
with a blood alcohol
content of more than .08
percent, displaying a
false tab on a license
plate and driving with a
suspended/revoked driver’s license. Lansing
was booked at Winters
Police Department and
released to a sober
adult on a notice to appear.
~ 9:22 p.m. –600 block
of Foxglove Circle, parties were involved in a
family disturbance.
March 8
~ 11 a.m. – Philip Martin Breckenridge, 25, a
transient, surrendered
himself on a Woodland
Department
Police
bench warrant charging
him with failure to appear and failure to comply on previous charges
of driving under the influence of alcohol with
a blood alcohol content
of more than .08 percent
and violation of probation. Breckenridge also
was arrested on an outstanding Yolo County
Sheriff bench warrant
charging him with failure to appear on previous charges of possessing less than an ounce
of marijuana, possessing
controlled
substance paraphernalia
and failure to appear.
was
Breckenridge
booked at Winters Police Department and
transported to Yolo
County Jail for incarceration.
Winters (CA) Express, Thursday, March 11, 2010 — A-9
Entertainment
‘Moon Over Buffalo’ comedy opens Friday
By GERMAINE HUPE
Winters Theatre Company
The Winters Theatre
Company’s production of
“Moon Over Buffalo,”
which opens Friday
night, features a cast of
veteran actors, some of
whom have performed
exclusively with WTC
and others who have acted with other companies
as well as the local one.
The plot concerns a
down-on-their-luck acting company whose
major performers are
George and Charlotte
Hay, once Broadway
stars now reduced to
touring provincial New
York state. Phil Pittman,
who appears as the selfcentered George, was
last seen as the treacherous Parolles in “All’s
Well That Ends Well,”
last summer’s WTC production of Shakespeare
in the Park. He also
played Jacob Marley in
“A Christmas Carol.”
Pittman’s other favorite
roles with area companies include Boolie
Werthan in “Driving
Miss Daisy” and Ben
Hecht in “Moonlight and
Magnolias.”
Charlotte Hay is portrayed
by
Christina
Schiesari, who made her
local debut as the stepmother in WTC’s holiday
production of “Cinderella.” Schiesari also has
appeared as Cleopatra
in San Francisco State’s
version of Shakespeare’s
Courtesy photo
The cast of Ken Ludwigʼs “Moon Over Buffalo” prepares for its upcoming show.
From left are Ann Rost, Jim Hewlett, Christina Schiesari, Philip Pittman, Joanie
Bryant, Trent Beeby and JoAnn May. The Winters Theatre Company performs at the
Winters Community Center, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, March 12 to 21. For
tickets and information, call 795-4014 or email winterstheatre@gmail.com.
“Antony and Cleopatra”
and in the major role of
Adela in Garcia-Lorca’s
“The House of Bernarda
Alba” at the same university.
Joanie Bryant plays
Roz, George and Charlotte’s daughter, who has
left the chaos of the theater for the relative normality of the field of
advertising. Bryant had
the title role in WTC’s
production of “Let’s
Murder Marsha,” and
also portrayed the evil
conspirator Dona Juana
in WTC’s recent production of “Much Ado About
Nothing.”
Trent Beeby appears
in the role of Paul, Roz’s
former boyfriend and
the company’s business
manager and general
factotum. Beeby has
been with WTC for severyears
and
has
al
appeared in major roles
ranging from Shakespeare and modern drama to musical comedy
and farce. His most
recent roles were Duke
in
“Twelfth
Orsino
Night,” Scrooge in “A
Christmas Carol,” and
Capt. Von Trapp in “The
Sound of Music.”
The role of Howard, a
TV weatherman and
Roz’s current fiance, is
played by Jim Hewlett,
another longtime WTC
actor. Hewlett recently
appeared in the comic
role of Dogberry in
Shakespeare’s
“Much
Ado About Nothing.” His
favorite role was that of
Mickey, a profoundly
handicapped young man
in WTC’s non-traditional
Christmas play “Greetings” several years ago.
The character of Mickey
is virtually a dual role
since he metamorphosizes into Lucius, a mysterious
angel-prophet
during the course of this
serious drama.
JoAnn May is cast as
Eileen, the company’s
somewhat
naive
ingenue. May has appeared in both featured
and leading roles with
WTC. She most recently
played the no-nonsense
cab driver in “Harvey,”
and she had the major
role of Olivia in “Twelfth
Night.” May says that her
current role as Eileen is
her favorite.
Ann Rost portrays
Ethel,
Grandmother
once
a
well-known
actress but now the
company’s
wardrobe
mistress who is often
the foil for George’s
caustic wit. Since Ethel
is almost completely
deaf, her frequent confusion about what is
said to her leads to additional complications of
the plot. Rost has
played several roles in
past WTC productions.
Her favorite portrayals
include
Emily
in
“Greetings,” M’Lynn in
“Steel Magnolias” and
Grace in “Bus Stop.”
Richard, the wealthy
“other man” in Charlottes’s life is played by
Hats off to Fortnightly Club event on March 20
By AUDREY THURMOND
Winters Fortnightly Club
The Winters Fortnightly
Club is planning its annual
fundraising event, titled “The
Winters Revue and Luncheon,” on Saturday, March 20,
at St. Anthony’s Parish Center,
511 Main St. Doors open at
11:30 a.m.
The revue celebrates the
varied talents found in the
community with a program
certain to appeal to all. The
club’s good friend, Germaine
Hupe, will prepare the group
for the Easter season, decorating hats and bonnets as
only she can, with flowers and
feathers,
plumes
and
panache.
The budding talents of Studio C will be on display as the
young people dance a short
program with charm and
conviction, and the vocal talents of Ellie Yeatman, accompanied by Lynne Secrist, will
entertain and delight.
The buffet luncheon includes
a wide variety of delicious
homemade salads, followed by
a fancy dessert.
As always, the Fortnightly
Club has gathered great door
prizes and raffle gifts from
generous community members.
Sourdough Slim returns to Palms with Armstrong
Sourdough Slim will
perform with Winters
artist Robert Armstrong
on Friday, March 19, at 8
p.m. at The Palms, 13
Main St.
Celebrating the release of their new CD,
“Live from The Strawberry Music Festival,”
and their upcoming performance on Aug. 1 at
The Lincoln Center for
The Performing Arts in
New York, Sourdough
Slim and Armstrong
return to The Palms to
present their immensely entertaining vaudeville cowboy show.
A marvel of musical
ingenuity, yodeling cowboy Sourdough Slim and
string instrument wizard Armstrong joyously
rekindle the country
blues, cowboy classics
and string band repertoire of pre-WWII America.
The fast-paced performance of music and
comedy showcases their
seasoned gift for connecting with audiences.
Whether capturing the
haunting refrain of a
Jimmie Rodgers blue
yodel or swinging out a
hot novelty number, the
fun these two cut-ups
Sourdough
Slim and
Winters
artist
Robert
Armstrong
will
perform
March 19 at
the Palms.
Courtesy
photo
have on stage inevitably
spills out into the audience.
Longtime fans will remember them as founding members of two of
California’s
favorite
acoustic combos, “8th
Avenue String Band”
and “R. Crumb’s Cheap
Suit Serenaders.” Between them, they share a
provocative array of period instruments including flat-top guitar, national steel guitar, baritone
and
soprano
ukulele, musical saw, accordion, six-string banjo
and harmonica.
Well-traveled veterans
of stages ranging from
Carnegie Hall and The
Lincoln Center to The
National Cowboy Gathering and “Prairie Home
Companion,” these modern day vaudevillians
capture a sound and moment in time that consistently delights fun-loving music fans wherever
they perform.
Tickets are $20, available at Pacific Ace
Hardware, 35 Main St.,
and at the door if not
sold out. For more, visit
www.palmsplayhouse.
com or call 795-1825.
All are invited to join the
group for an enjoyable afternoon with friends and family
and help support the Winters
Club’s
$1,500
Fortnightly
scholarship, presented annually to a senior girl at Winters
High School.
Tickets are $15 per person
and are available from club
members, or by calling Peggy
Kelley at 795-2775.
Greg
Lanzaro,
who
recently appeared as
wise
the
counselor
LaFew in “All’s Well
That Ends Well.” He
also had the male lead
in “Let’s Murder Mar-
sha,” WTC’s spring production two years ago.
This
experienced
ensemble brings “Moon
Over Buffalo” to the
Community Center, 201
Railroad Ave., for six
performances
begin-
ning with the Cham-
pagne Gala on Friday,
March 12, at 7:30 p.m.
Subsequent shows are
Saturday, March 13, and
the
following
Friday
and Saturday evenings,
March 19 and 20; curtain
time is 8 p.m. There are
two Sunday matinees at
2 p.m. March 14 and 21.
Tickets are $15, and
are available at Pacific
Ace Hardware, 35 Main
St., and the Chamber of
Commerce
office,
11
Main St. Reservations
can be made by calling
795-4014.
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MANAGER
Continued from page A-6
hands of local officials.
A prime example is the
gas taxes we pay. Revenues from these are restricted to go toward
road and street repairs.
Redevelopment funds
are also restricted by
law. These funds can be
used for construction,
economic development
or affordable housing.
They cannot be used to
fund things like police,
fire or recreation services. Even the use of
Redevelopment funds
for construction of a
City Hall is not allowed,
because that is seen as a
“general use” facility
for local government
and not Redevelopment
specific.
Cities are complex organizations. Our “busi-
ness” is streets, parks,
water and sewer services, storm drains,
bridges,
sidewalks,
recreation, pools, libraries, police and fire,
planning and building,
and social services for
youth, adults and seniors — all funded by
different pots of money
that are restricted by
state law to those uses.
JOHN W. DONLEVY JR.
Winters City Manager
Winters (CA) Express, Thursday, March 11, 2010 — B-1
Sports
Winters sends two wrestlers to state tournament
By RORY LINTON
Special to the Express
Winters High School
had
two
wrestlers
advance to the CIF State
Tournament held at the
Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield last weekend:
Chris Calderone at 140
pounds and Cody Linton
at 152 pounds.
This is a big accomplishment, since only 2
percent of all the California wrestlers make it to
the state tournament.
“We sent more kids to
state then Woodland
Wolves, Woodland Pioneer and Vacaville’s Will
C. Woods did all together,” said coach Tim
Hausler. “This is really
big for such a small
town.”
Calderone and Linton
both had 40 wrestlers in
their respective weight
categories.
The
first
round of the competition
was out brackets, in
which Linton competed.
Linton’s
match
was
against Ben Martinez
from Central Catholic of
Modesto. Linton lost to
Martinez at the Sierra
Nevada
Classic
in
December, but this time
put up a great fight,
winning by decision, 5-4.
Advancing to the next
round, Linton wrestled
Brode Chenowith from
Ramona and again won
by decision, 9-7. Calderone lost in this round
by decision, 3-5, to
Charles Chavez from El
Dorado.
In the third round of
competition, Linton lost
by tech fall to Bradley
Johnson from Canyon
Springs and Calderone
won by decision, 5-3,
against Brandon Sneathen from Upper Lake.
Advancing to the fourth
round,
both
Winters
wrestlers lost. Calderone
lost 3-12 against Ricky
Feng from Lincoln and
Linton lost 3-8 to Nick
Pena from Millikan.
“I am proud of the
accomplishments from
both kids and expect
them both to place next
year,” Hausler said.
Because of Winters
High School’s success in
wrestling, it was given
an invitation to the one
of the most prestigious
in
the
tournaments
country, the Five Counties
Invitational
in
Fountain Valley.
Photo by Rory Linton
Cody Linton takes on Brode Chenowith at Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield. Linton won by decision, 9-7.
Lady Warriors shut out Biggs in opener
Hyer strikes out 9, Tobler
leads team with 4 hits
By ERIC LUCERO
Express sports
Under the direction of new
head coach Polita Gonzales, the
Winters Warriors varsity softball
team started its season with a
doubleheader against visiting
Biggs on Saturday, March 6, and
dominated the Wolverines in
both games.
The Lady Warriors won the
first game 14-0 in five innings,
with Tess Hyer getting the win
on the mound. Hyer struck out
nine batters and gave up just
one hit in her season debut.
At the plate, the Lady Warriors
were led by Haley Tobler who batted 4 for 4. Zulema Mora and Katie
Clark each batted 2 for 3. Hyer and
Valya Harmon both went 2 for 4,
while Sarah Selby, Jessica Junez
and Ashlynne Neil each had one
hit for the Warriors.
Game two was much of the
same as the first with the Warriors winning 10-0 in five
innings. Neil took the mound
this time for the Warriors, and
pretty much duplicated what
Hyer did in game one, posting
seven strike-outs and allowing
just one hit.
Tobler again went 4 for 4 and
ended the day batting 8 for 8
with a triple and three doubles.
Hyer batted 2 for 3 with a double.
Neil hit her first home run of
the season, while Ashley Shaw,
Brittanie Hedrick and Mora
each had one hit for the Warriors.
Where are these Winters athletes now?
Former Warriors
take sports skills to
Oklahoma, New
Hampshire, more
By ERIC LUCERO
Express sports
The number of Winters High School graduates still playing a
spring sport at the next
level seems to be growing.
Here is a list of seven
former Warriors. If
anyone is aware of any
other athlete from Winters High School not on
this list, please send
their information to
the Winters Express
for future recognition.
Sean Shoffit, a 2003
Winters graduate, is
playing baseball for the
Toronto Blue Jays AA
team in New Hampshire.
Sebastian Salas, a
2006 Warrior alum, is a
junior outfielder playing baseball for Missouri Valley College in
Marshall, Mo.
Brock Neil, a 2007
Winters grad, is a sophomore first baseman for
Consumnes River College.
Kaplan Smith, a 2008
graduate, is in his
sophomore season as a
pitcher at Mid American Christian University in Oklahoma City,
Okla.
Kevin Rowell, also a
2008 grad, is in his
sophomore season as a
pitcher at American
River College.
Chelsea Corrales, a
2009 Lady Warrior grad,
is now playing in her
first softball season at
Solano College.
Taylor Brickey, also a
2009 Winters alum, is
now playing rugby in his
freshman season at UC
Davis.
PISANI’S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Haley Tobler
Haley Tobler, a sophomore on the Winters
High School girls varsity softball team, is athlete
of the week.
In the Warriors’ double header season opener
at home against Biggs on Saturday, March 6,
Tobler put on a hitting clinic.
In the two games, Tobler batted 8 for 8 with a
triple and three doubles to lead the Warriors.
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B-2 — Winters (CA) Express, Thursday, March 11, 2010
Cross
Student snapshots Red
presents
Night
lights
classes
Photo by Woody Fridae
Eric Cardenas, Andriena Prado, Maria Duran and
Araceli Carillo kicked off their month-long photo
show last weekend at Steady Eddyʼs, 5 E. Main St.
All four students took up photography under the
mentorship of Woody Fridae. Their photos will be
up for the month of March for visitors to view.
The American Red
Cross of Yolo County
will offer classes in
March at 120 Court St.,
Woodland.
~ Adult CPR/AED, 6 to
10 p.m. Tuesday, March
23.
~ Adult, Child, Infant
CPR/AED plus First
Aid, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 13.
~ Babysitters Training, (students must be
11 to 15 years old), 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday,
March 14.
For more information,
call 662-4669, or register
online at www.ycarc.
org.
Riders rev it up in Winters
Motorcycles line the
street in Winters for the
American Brotherhood
Aimed Towards
Education “Freeze”
Motorcycle Poker Run on
Saturday, March 5. Below,
left, Laura Skavdahl,
holds her son, Brett, 2,
whoʼs ready for the noise
with earplugs. Below,
right, Marshal burns
some rubber.
Photos by Charles Wallace
“Undetected
Benches,” at left,
won first place in
the Winters High
School
photography
contest in
February.
Getting married?
Just had a baby?
Announce it in the
Express — itʼs free!
Call 795-4551
for assistance or
send information to
news@winters
express.com
Photo by
Stephen Blandin
Winters (CA) Express, Thursday, March 11, 2010 — B-3
Schools
Senior Spirit Nite to serve up dinner, dancing, prizes
Stay in town for dinner
and dancing this weekend. Tickets are still
available for Senior Spirit Nite on Saturday,
March 13, at St. Anthony
Parish Hall, 511 Main St.
Enjoy a great meal prepared by Theresa Linton
of Cody’s Deli and the
Winters High School culinary arts students, dancing with music provided
by DJ Barnett, and the
chance to win some great
prizes.
Winters High School
culinary arts students,
Kyle Loop (left) and
Maci Lloid, practice
their cooking skills for
the Senior Spirit Nite
dinner. Tickets are still
available for Saturday
nightʼs event, which
raises money for this
yearʼs safe and sober
Grad Nite celebration
for graduating high
school seniors.
In addition, silent
auction items will be
available for bidding,
Courtesy photo
Students sing for joy
Woody Fridaeʼs
fifth-grade class at
Shirley Rominger
Intermediate School
tunes up for a song
night planned at 7
p.m. Thursday,
March 25, at the
Community Center,
201 Railroad Ave.
A ladyʼs madrigal
trio, doo wop group,
barbershop quartet
and school groups
will perform.
Ensembles and
soloists will be
featured. The event
is a fundraiser for
school music
programs.
Courtesy photo
Bilingual storytime offered
at library on Thursdays
The community is
invited to participate in
the new bilingual story
time at 7 p.m. Thursdays
at the Winters library,
708 Railroad Ave.
The program is sponsored by First 5 Yolo and
the Yolo County Library.
The program is created
for
children
from
Solano
Community
College bond
committee
seeks member
Solano
Community
College’s Citizens’ Bond
Oversight Committee is
seeking to fill one seat.
This independent citizens’ committee is comprised of nine members,
which meets quarterly
to review specific elements of projects funded
through Measure G,
including the construction of new college buildings and the remodeling
of existing ones. The
CBOC is charged with
reviewing the expenditures of bond funds to
ensure they meet the
Proposition 39 limitations and the language of
Measure G. The committee also issues an annual
report to the public on
the Measure G bond
expenditures.
The committee is seeking one community member who demonstrates
interest and/or experience in a construction/
trades constituent group
and lives in the district
service
area,
which
includes Vallejo, Benicia, Fairfield, Suisun,
Dixon and Vacaville in
Solano County, and Winters in Yolo County. The
term is two years.
Appointees cannot be
district employees, vendors, or contractors.
Applications are at the
Solano Community College
Administrative
& Business Services
Office, 4000 Suisun Valley Road in Fairfield or
by calling (707) 864-7147.
newborns to 5 years old,
but all are welcome.
Children and their
families
can
enjoy
listening to stories,
singing and participating in crafts.
For more information
on library programs,
visit www.yolocounty.org
and click on “library.”
Read the Winters Express, www.wintersexpress.com
including San Francisco Giants tickets, Disneyland passes, turkey
and deer hunting trips,
massages and assorted
wine and gift baskets.
Also, there will be a
card split drawing for a
vacation to Kirkwood
Ski Resort and Meek’s
Bay in Lake Tahoe.
All proceeds raised
will help support Grad
Nite 2010, a safe and
sober celebration for
this year’s graduating
seniors. The Grad Nite
Parent Group was founded more than 10 years ago
by Susie Stocking and
other parents who wanted to provide this celebration at no charge to
the graduates. Funds
raised are used to pay for
entertainment, food and
gifts for the grads.
Senior Spirit Nite dinner tickets are $25 per
person. Chance-only tickets are also $25 each.
Doors will open at 6 p.m.
Saturday.
For tickets and information, call Kathy McIntire at 795-1458, Judy
Berg at 795- 1606 or Carrie Graf at 795-1577.
B-4 — Winters (CA) Express, Thursday, March 11, 2010
Features
NPH an unfamiliar
cause of dementia
DEAR DR. DONOHUE:
My wife, 78, has had
headaches, some memory problems and confusion. A brain scan
showed hydrocephalus.
We were referred to a
neurosurgeon, and he
ordered an infusion
study. We have waited
six weeks for that appointment. At an earlier appointment, we met
someone who had had
the infusion study and
then had a shunt
placed. He said he got
his life back. Someone
else told us that 10 percent of people diagnosed with Alzheimer's
disease really have normal pressure hydrocephalus, which is fixable. What is your reaction to this? -- J.R.
ANSWER: Dementia is
a fog that descends on
the brain, erasing memory and impairing many
other mental functions.
Alzheimer's disease is
the major cause of dementia. However, there
are other causes, and
one of them is normal
hydropressure
cephalus. I can't vouch
for the statement that 10
percent of Alzheimer's
patients have NPH, but
I am sure there are a
few who do. I don't want
to raise false hopes for
Alzheimer's patients.
In NPH, the balance between the production
and absorption of cerebrospinal fluid is lost.
The volume of fluid
within the brain increases and compresses
it. That leads to the
signs and symptoms of
NPH.
The three major indicators of NPH are an abnormal walk, a diminution of memory and other mental functions (dementia) and an urgency
to empty the bladder
with frequent loss of
bladder control. The
NPH gait is one where
steps are taken slowly,
in short strides and with
the legs wide apart.
People look as though
their feet are glued to
the ground and they
have difficulty turning
themselves. A person
doesn't need all three
criteria to merit the diagnosis.
If signs, symptoms
and tests, including a
brain scan and the infusion test your wife is going to have, point to normal pressure hydrocephalus,
then
drainage of the excess
brain fluid often can restore a person's life, as
the man you met in the
doctor's office said. A
thin, plastic tube (a
shunt) drains the fluid
to other body sites
where it is absorbed.
Alzheimer's disease
is far and away the leading cause of dementia.
The
booklet
on
Alzheimer's disease describes it and its treatments in detail. To order a copy, write to: Dr.
Donohue -- No. 903W,
Box 536475, Orlando, FL
32853-6475. Enclose a
check or money order
(no cash) for $4.75
U.S./$6 Canada with the
printed
recipient's
name
and
address.
Please allow four weeks
for delivery.
***
DEAR DR. DONOHUE:
When my son was 10, the
doctor gave him a nasal
spray to stop his bedwetting. It worked well.
He told us to use it only
when the boy was going
to be away for the night.
My son is now an adult
and is 6 feet 8 inches
tall. Did that inhaler
make him grow so tall, a
height that is uncomfortable for him? -- B.P.
ANSWER: The medicine in the inhaler was a
synthetic version of a pituitary gland hormone
called antidiuretic hormone, a hormone that
slows urine production.
It has nothing to do with
growth. I guess the
world can be inhospitable to the very tall,
but many of us wouldn't
mind trading places
with them.
***
Dr. Donohue regrets
that he is unable to answer individual letters,
but he will incorporate
them in his column
whenever
possible.
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Still haven’t reached my ‘Hellpoint’
Lately,
I’ve
been
thinking about my father’s side of my family
tree. I didn’t know a
thing about them until
after my father had already died. It was an adventure in itself that for
once, turned out good,
unlike most of my other
adventures in life.
My father tried to kill
me. I can only speculate
as to the reasons why. I
don’t believe it was rooted in hate and I was only
six or seven years old so
it was too early in life for
me to have done anything he might have considered
a
trespass
against him.
He loved me. I don’t
understand how I know
this but I do. I’m certain
of it. I have had to live
without him for virtually all of my life for obvious reasons. He lived
without me until just
two weeks before he
died.
A telephone call out of
the blue from an uncle
that I had almost forgotten, informed me that if
I wanted to see my father, it had better be
soon. The voice on the
other end of the phone
was my Uncle Tracy
whom I had met only
once, many years ago.
He told me that in less
than two weeks, my father would be gone.
Thirty hours later I
was on a jetliner bound
for the Battle Creek VA
Medical Center Hospice. My uncle was to
meet me at the airport.
Not knowing what he
looked like I wandered
the airport for some
time. I borrowed a magic marker and a piece of
paper
to
make
a
“Sanders” sign. Half
way through the sign
construction, the man
next to me said, “I am
Sanders.” I offered my
hand but he gave me a
big bear hug.
I had waited all of my
life for some sign of love
from my father’s side of
the family. My eyes
welled with tears. I
could not stop the emotions.
We rented a car, a
Cadillac SUV, found a
motel; separate rooms.
We decided to go to the
hospice the next morning. He offered to pay for
dinner, so it was over a
steak that he asked me
about my life. I told him
that I had written it all
down in a book and I had
brought him a copy.
I don’t believe he was
ready for what was in
the book. That night neither of us could sleep.
He was reading and I
was standing at my motel door watching the
lightning of the worst
storm to hit Battle Creek
in many years. It was a
wonderful storm. So
powerful.
I stood with the rain
dripping out of my hair
when his light went out
at about four a.m. The
storm was unbelievably
beautiful.
I had forgotten how
different the storms in
California are from the
storms back east. They
are as different as drizzle is from a monsoon.
California storms can be
but
eastern
mean
storms can be downright
dangerous and violent
beyond belief.
They remind me of the
Disney cartoon where a
violent storm was set to
classical music. Some of
you might remember
this cartoon. I was mesmerized by the lightning
that clashed and banged
all night long. I don’t
know how anyone slept
through it.
My uncle was overwhelmed with emotion
when he opened his
door to see me standing
there waiting for the
trip to the hospice. He
held me tight and told
me he was sorry all of
those things happened
to me. He said that he
had looked for us but we
had disappeared from
the face of the Earth.
He never knew I was
in an orphanage in Little Rock at the same
time African Americans
were in the midst of
their struggle for human
rights. Thus I was tied to
them in a struggle but
we were separated by an
eight-foot fence designed to keep me in
place.
Their
fences
were invisible but just
as real.
We talked about that
and what had happened
to me in the Republic of
Vietnam. Combined, the
orphanage and Vietnam
had consumed my life
force until at the age of
21 I was just making my
way through life as an
empty shell. I was devoid of any need to seek
happiness and unable to
provide such to any other person that might
care for me for some
reason.
This leads me to the
point of this column.
Every once in a while we
read in the paper or see
on the news that some
veteran has killed his
entire family and then
killed himself. I have always called this the
“Hellpoint.” It is the
point where a veteran
can no longer control
the struggle within his
own mind. Most hurt
themselves but no one
else.
I believe that my father was at his “Hellwhen
he
point”
slammed
my
face
against that sink. I believe that mentally, he
was not even there. He
was either in the South
Pacific fighting for his
life or he really was
there in that kitchen
and didn’t want me to
have to live the same life
that he did.
As it turned out, except for living in a mental facility all of his life,
his life was very similar
to mine. He was inpatient and I was outpatient.
My dad died 10 days after I saw him at the hospice. I was hoping that
he would know me but
he was too far gone. It
was a sad affair but his
funeral, just weeks later
in Tennessee, introduced me to hundreds
upon hundreds of family
member that I never
knew existed.
When all the storms
had cleared I was still
close but not at my
“Hellpoint.”
Pleased
to meet you
Name: Eli Hernandez
Occupation: Is the new
hair stylist at Camileʼs on
weekends
Hobby: Traveling
Whatʼs best about living
in Winters: “Everyone
knows every-one and
everything you do. I can
keep track of my children.”
Fun fact: Is the youngest
of 12 children.
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Winters (CA) Express, Thursday, March 11, 2010 — B-5
Nuestras Noticias
¿Sabe usted lo que sus niños hacen?
Día Internacional de la Mujer
El día 8 de marzo mujeres y hombres que trabajan por las causas de las mujeres conmemoran en todo el mundo los esfuerzos que éstas
han realizado por alcanzar la igualdad, la justicia, la paz y el desarrollo. Más allá de fronteras nacionales y diferencias étnicas, lingüísticas, culturales, económicas y políticas, las
mujeres de los cinco continentes organizan
diversos eventos para festejar este día.
Sobre el 8 de marzo existen diversas versiones. La más conocida es la de un incendio
ocurrido en una fábrica textil de Nueva York
en 1857, donde habrían muerto quemadas las
obreras que hacían una huelga. Según la historiadora canadiense Renée Côté, no existen
pruebas documentales de que un incendio de
esas características se produjera ese año, ni
que ese hecho fuera el motivo para establecer
una jornada internacional de las mujeres.
Un 8 de marzo de 1857 una marcha pionera
de obreras textiles recorrió los suburbios
ricos de la ciudad de Nueva York para protestar por las miserables condiciones de trabajo.
Un 5 de marzo de 1908 en Nueva York comenzó
una huelga de las obreras textiles reclamando
la igualdad salarial, que se disminuyera la jornada a diez horas y que se permitiera un tiempo para la lactancia.
El Día Internacional de la Mujer fue instaurado en 1910 por la alemana Clara Zetkin, integrante del Sindicato Internacional de Obreras
de la Confección, durante el Congreso Internacional de Mujeres Socialistas en Copenhague, Dinamarca.
El primer Día Internacional de la Mujer se
celebró el 19 de marzo de 1911 en Alemania,
Austria, Dinamarca y Suiza, conmemorando
un levantamiento ocurrido en Prusia en esa
fecha. Las demandas fueron el derecho al
voto, la igualdad de oportunidades para
ejercer cargos públicos y el derecho al trabajo.
Los derechos humanos de la mujer son parte
inalienable, integrante e indivisible de los
derechos humanos universales. La plena participación, en condiciones de igualdad, de la
mujer en la vida política, civil, económica,
social y cultural y la erradicación de todas las
formas de discriminación basadas en el sexo
son objetivos prioritarios de la comunidad
internacional.
En la actualidad algunas mujeres ya gozan
de mayores derechos, pero todavía falta
mucho por hacer, ya que sin diferencia de
raza, religión, cultura, situación económica,
social o política, todavía miles de ellas viven
en el maltrato y el menosprecio. No queremos
dejar pasar esta fecha sin darle nuestro
reconocimiento y admiración, a todas aquellas mujeres en todo el mundo; que día a día
con su participación en casa, el trabajo, con su
familia y en la sociedad, nos demuestra que
tienen la fuerza, decisión y carácter para formar parte de un mundo mejor e igualitario
para todos. No dejes pasar esta fecha sin
demostrarle a esa mujer que tienes en casa, tu
admiración y agradecimiento con un detalle,
que por muy simple que sea, representa tu
respeto, apoyo y consideración.
Imagínese que son
después de las 10 de la
noche y un policía ve a
varios
adolescentes
vagando en frente de un
negocio o en el parque
de la ciudad. El oficial
contacta a los adolescentes y determina que
uno de los adolescentes
está drogado o embriagado. El adolescente es
detenido y llaman a sus
padres. ¿Cual sería la
respuesta apropiada por
parte de los padres a
este tipo de incidente?
A) Permitir que mi
hijo(a) regrese a casa
con una advertencia.
B) ¿Por qué paró a mi
hijo(a)?
C) ¿Por qué está molestando a mi hijo(a)?
D) Haga lo que tenga
que hacer oficial. Voy en
camino a recoger a mi
hijo(a). Me encargaré de
la conducta de mi hijo(a)
y voy a asegurar que esto
no suceda otra vez.
E) No me importa.
Ahora, los oficiales
han enfrentado estos
casos con frecuencia y
muchos de estos casos
terminan con una de estas respuestas.
En meses recientes,
han van visto varios
reportes, implicando a
adolescentes, de alborotos,
vandalismo,
actividad de droga y embriaguez en público.
oficiales
han
Los
respondido a muchas
llamadas en-progreso
que implican a adolescentes en asuntos semejantes en los parques y
en las escuelas. Tan
pregunto, ¿Sabe usted
lo que sus niños hacen?
oficiales
han
Los
encontrado a varios adolescentes de 14 a 17 años
de edad embriagados y
vagando después de las
10 de la noche. Sobre los
últimos fines de semana
pasados,
han
visto
aproximadamente 20 a
25 adolescentes de 13 a
17 años que pasan el rato
el campo de juegos.
Detrás de ellos dentro
de las estructuras de
madera de campo de juegos encontraron latas de
cerveza vacías en el suelo. Había parafernalia
de droga encima de una
mesa. Nadie podría ser
ligado directamente a
la posesión del alcohol
o la parafernalia. Los
luego
reoficiales
spondieron a una llamada de alboroto. Personas
estaban gritando nombres relacionados con
pandillas hacia un grupo
de adolescentes que
estaban vagando cerca
del campo de beisbol.
Después un vecino vio a
varios adolescentes con
gorras negras causando
alboroto en frente de su
yarda.
Cuándo
ella
procuró confrontarlos,
uno de los niños la amenazo con tirarle una
piedra por su ventana y
orinar en su propiedad.
La mayoría de estos
adolescentes se encuentran vagando en la ciudad después de las 10 de
la noche. ¿Dónde consiguen el alcohol? Los
oficiales de Winters
encontraron a una adolescente de 14 años que
tenia el contenido de
alcohol en su sangre de
.232, tres veces el límite
legal de un conductor
afectado. Si los oficiales
no la hubieran encontrado, ella podría haber
sufrido un sobredosis de
alcohol o pudo haber
muerto. Este caso todavía esta bajo investigación.
Los oficiales también
han respondido a varios
reportes de grafiti a
través de la ciudad. No
hay ningún objetivo
específico, pintan grafiti
en todas partes, casas,
vehículos, y negocios.
Las escuelas han sido
objetivos de grafiti, ventanas rotas, y de robos de
propiedad.
La policía ha tomado
un enfoque proactivo
hacia estos crímenes.
Por el momento, no tenemos suficiente personal, pero la ciudad esta
buscando maneras de
remediar esta situación.
Los oficiales están
citando a adolescentes
que se encuentran vagando después de las 10
de la noche. Adicionalmente, los oficiales encuentran a adolescentes
endrogados o embriagados y en posesión de drogas o alcohol.
Estas infracciones son
adelantadas al el Departamento Juvenil del Condado de Yolo y a la oficina Fiscal del distrito de
el Condado de Yolo. Los
resultados
de
estas
infracciones pueden ser
prosecuciones, multas,
requisitos pagados de
restitución,
libertad
condicional, y otras ramificaciones legales costosas.
Por lo tanto, es importante saber lo que sus
niños hacen. Padres constantemente deben tener el conocimiento de
donde están sus hijos y
con quien se asocian.
Aproximadamente 95%
de niños hoy tienen teléfonos celulares. Así, no
debe ser tan difícil
averiguar lo que sus
niños están haciendo.
Como padres, tienen la
autoridad sobre sus
niños para vigilar su
bienestar. No permita
que el sistema llegue a
ser su guardián, y
después quejarse que el
sistema les falló a sus hijos. La responsabilidad
comienza en casa.
Aquí están varios consejos que puede considerar.
1) Asegure cualquier
lata de pintura y
alcohol en su casa.
2) Revise las mochilas, recámaras, y bolsas
por latas de pintura y
alcohol.
3) Revise a sus hijos
cuando lleguen a casa
para síntomas de alcohol o uso drogas.
4) Comunícense con
otros padres acerca de
semejantes problemas.
5) Revise las manos,
uñas, ropa y zapatos por
manchas de pintura o
tinte de marcador.
6) Debe de chequear
por guantes con manchas de pintura.
7) Debe de chequear
los suéteres, chaquetas,
o cualquier ropa con
bolsillos largos por que
pueden ocultar las latas
de pintura y marcadores en los bolsillos
o bajo la ropa.
8) Revise los ojos
inyectados de sangre.
Esto puede ser resultado
del expuesto a vapores
tóxicos peligrosos.
9) Revise la cachucha,
cuadernos, y otras posesiones por nombres o
etiquetas relacionadas
con pandillas.
10) Hable con sus
hijos acerca de estos
asuntos y si tiene
cualquier información,
contacte la policía, (530)
795-4561 o por correo
electrónico
a
tips.
winters@winterspolice.
org.
Esperamos que este
mensaje sirva para traer
un nuevo nivel de
conocimiento a familias
y la comunidad. La
responsabilidad comienza en la casa para construir una base más
fuerte para preservar
los valores y moralejas
sociales de la comunidad.
— Escrito por: Sargento
Gutierrez, Departamento
de Policía de Winters
Inscripciónes para kinder, pre-escolar
Niños que cumplen cinco años
el día 2 de diciembre de 2010 o
antes,
son
elegibles
para
empezar kinder el próximo año
escolar. Las formas para la
inscripción de kinder se pueden
recoger en la oficina de la
Escuela Waggoner, 500 W.
Edwards Street, del 16 de marzo
a 16 de abril, de 9 a.m – 3 p.m. La
escuela esta serrada durante el 2
hasta el 9 de abril durante el
receso de primavera
Las formas de inscripción
pueden regresarlas a la oficina
de la Escuela Waggoner para el
16 de abril, de 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Inscripción del Pre-Escolar de
Winters, 1 de marzo – 28 de mayo
del 2009. Aplicaciones de Yolo
Central Eligibility List (YCEL)
serán disponibles en Winters
Preschool, 219 Edwards Street,
entre las 3 y 4 p.m.
Después que el Child Care
Services ha dado prioridad a
familias, los pares serán notificados para recoger su registración en el pre-escolar Winters Preschool, entre las 3 y 4
p.m.
Se dará prioridad a los niños
de 4 años de edad.
Programa de Equivalencia de Preparatoria (HEP) Nos vemos en la biblioteca
La universidad Estatal
de California en Sacramento recibió fondos
federales para el Programa de Equivalencia
de Preparatoria (HEP).
Desde su creación en
1993, el programa CSUSHEP ha ayudado a más
de 1,700 trabajadores
agrícolas y migratorios y
a sus familias a obtener
el Diploma de Educación General, (GED)
tanto en inglés como en
español. Además de
ofrecer clases en inglés y
español este programa
paga los cinco exámenes
oficiales de GED. Aún
más, se provee consejería educativa para
ayudar a los graduados a
obtener mejores trabajos y/o a continuar con su
educación en colegios
comunitarios o escuelas
vocacionales.
La profesora María
Mejorado,
directora
del
programa
HEP,
señala, “HEP ofrece un
programa de estudio de
seis a nueve meses para
ayudar a los estudiantes
que trabajan en agricultura o que son trabajadores migratorios a
obtener su GED. De
manera que somos una
muy buena alternativa
para aquellas personas
que no terminaron la
preparatoria en su país
natal o para aquellos
estudiantes
que no
pueden
obtener
su
“High School Diploma”
ya sea porque no
pasaron el CAHSEEExamen estatal de salida de preparatoria o no
tienen suficientes unidades para graduarse.”
HEP opera todo el año
y ayuda a más de 180 participantes. El área de
servicio se extiende desde el Colegio Comunitario de Woodland, la
preparatoria de Winters, Galt, Dixon, y el
Condado
de
San
Joaquín.
¿Se va casar?
¿Dio a luz a un bebé?
¡Anuncíelo en el Express es
Gratis! Llama a 795-4551
“Este dinero beneficiará a muchas familias
en el Condado de
Sacramento ya que
brinda una base para
una mejor vida a aquellos que son primera
generación en los Estados Unidos,” dice U.S.
Rep.
Doris
Matsui,
D-Sacramento.
También expresó, “programas comunitarios como
los que operan junto a
la Universidad Estatal
de California en Sacramento están ayudando
a mejorar las vidas de
muchos californianos y
a alcanzar su capacidad máxima.”
Para más información,
comuníquese con Elvia
Nava, Coordinadora de
Reclutamiento, al (916)
278-5194 o al (916) 5415402. En Winters, comuníquese con Dorisa
González-Pulido, Asistente de Reclutamiento,
al (707) 291-0580 o visite
la página de internet
http://www.edweb.csus.
edu/hep.
Todo la comunidad
esta invitado participar en el nuevo horario
de la hora de cuentos
bilingüe en la biblioteca de Winters cada
jueves a las 7 p.m.
La programa esta
patrocinado por el
First 5 del condado de
Yolo y La biblioteca del
condado de Yolo.
La programa tiene
énfasis en niños de
cero a cinco años, pero
todos son bienvenidos.
Niños y sus familias
pueden disfrutar escuchando cuentos, cantando y participando
en manualidades. Nos
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B-6 — Winters (CA) Express, Thursday, March 11 2010
The Market Place for Winters
Petition for Change of Name
FILED Yolo Superior Court
March 2, 2010
By S. Jensen, Deputy
Case Number: PT10-509
Superior Court of California, County of Yolo
725 Court Street
Woodland, CA95695
PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME
1. Petitioner: Carmen L. Rodriguez resides in this
county.
2. Petitioner requests that the court decree the following name changes: Orlando Rodriguez changed to Orlando Rodriguez Saldana.
3. Petitioner requests that the court issue an order directing all interested persons to appear and show
cause why this petition for change of name of the persons identified in item 2 should not be granted.
4. The number of persons under 18 years of age whose
names are to be changed is 1.
5. If this petition requests the change of name of any
person or persons under 18 years, this request is being
made by mother only.
6. For each person whose name is to be changed, petitioner provides the following information you must attach a completed copy of the attachment Name and Infomation About the Person Whose Is to Be Charged
(form NC-110) for each person identified in item 2):
a. the number of attachments included in this petition is : NC 110
b-f (Attachment page or pages (1) Birth Certificate
(2) Certificate of death.
Published March 11, 18, 25 and April 1, 2010
Fictitious Business Name
FILED YOLO COUNTY CLERK/RECORDER
February 4, 2010
FREDDIE OAKLEY, CLERK
Isabel Becerra, Deputy
FBN NUMBER 2010-103
Ficititous Business Name
JE Remodel and Repair
1008 Farnham Ave., Woodland, CA 95776
Name of Registrant
James H. Ellsworth
1008 Farnham Ave., Woodland, CA 95776
Business Classification: Individual.
s/James H. Ellsworth
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original
document 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.
State of California, County of Yolo
FREDDIE OAKLEY County Clerk/Recorder
Isabel Becerra, Deputy Clerk
Published March 11, 18, 25 & April 1, 2010
Fictitious Business Name
FILED SOLANO COUNTY CLERK
February 16, 2010
CHARLES LOMELI, CLERK
Georgina Saunders, Deputy
FBN NUMBER 280-10
Ficititous Business Name
Dee Deeʼs Bar and Grill
1324 Empire St., Fairfield, CA 94533, Solano
Business Mailing Address if different
1324 Empire St., Fairfield, CA 94533
Name of Registrant
Is hereby registered by the following owner:
Dee Deeʼs Bar and Grill, Inc. California
1324 Empire St., Fairfield, CA 94533, Solano
This business is conducted by: a Corporation
The registrantcommenced to transact business under
the fictitious business name or names listed above on
2/26/10.
Signature of Registrant:
s/Dee Dee Linderer, President & Treasurer
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original
document 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.
State of California, County of Yolo
Charles Lomeli, Solano County Clerk
Georgina Saunders, Deputy Clerk
Published Feb. 25, March 4, 11 & 18, 2010
Fictitious Business Name
FILED YOLO COUNTY CLERK/RECORDER
January 28, 2010
FREDDIE OAKLEY, CLERK
Ava Woodard, Deputy
FBN NUMBER 2010-077
Ficititous Business Name
Marion Hamilton Gallery
26900 Rd. 87, Winters, CA 95694
Name of Registrant
Marion Hamilton Trustee
26900 Rd. 87, Winters, CA 95694
Business Classification: Trust
s/Marion Hamilton, Trustee
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original
document 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.
State of California, County of Yolo
FREDDIE OAKLEY County Clerk/Recorder
Ava Woodard, Deputy Clerk
Published Feb. 25, March 4, 11 & 18, 2010
Classifieds
BIBLE TRIVIA
by Wilson Casey
1. Is the book of Daniel in the Old or
New Testament or neither?
2. Which of his sons did the dying Jacob compare to a vicious lion? Joel,
Judah, Peter, David
3. What golden graven image did the
Israelites dance in front of? Calf, Ox,
Horse, Camel
4. Who primarily made that golden
graven image in above question?
Joseph, Michal, Lot, Aaron
5. From Genesis 1, what was the first
color mentioned in the Bible? Black,
Violet, Green, Red
6. Which Old Testament passage
prophesied the virgin birth? Hosea
10, Isaiah 7, Psalm 1, Micah 4
ANSWERS: 1) Old; 2) Judah; 3) Calf; 4)
Aaron; 5) Green; 6) Isaiah 7
Wilson Caseyʼs trivia book “Know It? ... or
Not?” is available from BearManorMedia.com.
(c) 2010 King Features Synd., Inc.
Trusteeʼs Sale
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 080078938 Title Order No. 3817003 Investor/Insurer
No. 144965587 APN No. 038-170-18-1 YOU ARE
IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED
07/19/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO
PROTECT 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." Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by GABRIEL
VEGA IBARRA, AND YOLANDA TORRES DE
IBARRA, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS., dated 07/19/2006 and recorded 07/26/06,
as Instrument No. 2006-0028877-00, in Book ,
Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County
Recorder of Yolo County, State of California, will sell
on 04/01/2010 at 12:00PM, At the rear (North) entrance to the City Hall Building, 1110 West Capitol
Avenue, West Sacramento, CA. 95691 at public
auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as
described below, payable in full at time of sale, all
right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by
it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated
in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The
street address and other common designation, if
any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 200 EAST MAIN STREET, WINTERS,
CA, 95694. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any
liability for any incorrectness of the street address
and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property
to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication
of the Notice of Sale is $447,304.18. It is possible
that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less
than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash,
the Trustee will accept cashier's checks drawn on a
state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or
federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or
federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of
the Financial Code and authorized to do business in
this state. Said sale will be made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or
implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by
said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note
secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon
as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by
said Deed of Trust. DATED: 10/31/2008 RECONTRUST COMPANY 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., SV2202 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281
8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By:-Trustee's Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY
is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any
information obtained will be used for that purpose.
ASAP# 3463353 03/04/2010, 03/11/2010,
03/18/2010
Read the legals,
they are good for you.
Fictitious Business Name
FILED YOLO COUNTY CLERK/RECORDER
February 9, 2010
FREDDIE OAKLEY, CLERK
Ava Woodard, Deputy
FBN NUMBER 2010-122
Ficititous Business Name
Valley Floors
18 Main Street, Winters, CA 95694
Name of Registrant
Lance Linville
18 Main Street, Winters, CA 95694
Business Classification: Individual.
If previously filed, indicate provious fictitious business name number: 91168
s/Lance Linville
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original
document 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.
State of California, County of Yolo
FREDDIE OAKLEY County Clerk/Recorder
Ava Woodard, Deputy Clerk
Published Feb. 18, 25, March 4, & 11, 2010
Fictitious Business Name
FILED YOLO COUNTY CLERK/RECORDER
February 5, 2010
FREDDIE OAKLEY, CLERK
Linda Smith, Deputy
FBN NUMBER 2010-107
Ficititous Business Name
ROGMO ENTERPRISES
1204 Cottonwood St., Ste 6, Woodland, CA 95695
Name of Registrant
Carmen Guillermo
1204 Cottonwood St., Ste 6, Woodland, CA 95695
Business Classification:Individual.
Beginning Date of Business: The Registant commenced to transact business under the fictitious
busines name of names liste above on 2-1-10.
s/Carmen Guillermo
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original
document 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.
State of California, County of Yolo
FREDDIE OAKLEY County Clerk/Recorder
Linda Smith, Deputy Clerk
Published Feb. 18, 25, March 4, & 11, 2010
Fictitious Business Name
FILED YOLO COUNTY CLERK/RECORDER
February 9, 2010
FREDDIE OAKLEY, CLERK
Lupe Ramirez, Deputy
FBN NUMBER 2010-115
Ficititous Business Name
“EXPERT REGRIGERATION”
39 Hacienda Ln., Woodland, CA 95695
Name of Registrant
Paul Nichols
39 Hacienda Ln., Woodland, CA 95695
Business Classification: Individual.
Beginning Date of Business: The Registant commenced to transact business under the fictitious
busines name of names liste above on 2/8/10.
s/Paul Nichols
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original
document 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.
State of California, County of Yolo
FREDDIE OAKLEY County Clerk/Recorder
Lupe Ramirez, Deputy Clerk
Published Feb. 18, 25, March 4, & 11, 2010
Help Wanted
Immediate payroll administrator
position
available
Buckhorn
corp. office. M-F, 25
hours per week.. ADP
knowledge needed. Position requires phone,
customer service and
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(530) 795-5570.
6-1tc
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Full time maintenance/
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$9/hr. Speak enough
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UNIFIED
SCHOOL DISTRICT
Trans. Dept.
Mechanic –
Heavy Duty Bus/Truck
$19.43/hr. A valid Class
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To
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select
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Help Wanted
TheWinters Chamber of
Commerce seeks a motivated Executive Director who reflects the vision of the Chamberʼs
mission to support and
advocate for the Winters
business community.
Executive Director will
be responsible for operating the new Winters
Visitor Center under the
direction of the Chamber
of Commerce. Experience in managing multimedia communications,
staff supervision, budgeting and public relations are a must. Weekend commitment is a requirement.
Salary
Range 30K-35K. (DOE)
Applications for this position should be mailed
or delivered to
The Winters
Chamber of Commerce,
11 Main Street,
Winters, 95694.
Applications must include a cover letter and
resume
Applications must be received by Friday, March
19, 2010.
5-3tc
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ASE Certified Tech
F/T for busy independent shop. Sal. DOE.
Call 707/374-2484, or
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707/374-5939
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Wanted:
Full Time Ranch Hand /
Farm Labor
Crop experience:
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Speak some English
Proficient in
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Personal Care Asst.
FT/PM Shift (3-11pm)
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431 Nut Tree Rd.
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Fictitious Business Name
Classifieds
FILED YOLO COUNTY CLERK/RECORDER
March 8, 2010
FREDDIE OAKLEY, CLERK
Isabel Becerra, Deputy
FBN NUMBER 2010-217
Ficititous Business Name
Winters Veterinary Clinic
27956 State Hwy 128, Winters, CA 95694
Name of Registrant
Ann L. Breznock, DVM
27956 State Hwy 128, Winters, CA 95694
Eugene M. Breznock, DVM
27956 State Hwy 128, Winters, CA 95694
Business Classification: Husband and Wife.
Beginning Date of Business: The Registants commenced to transact business under the fictitious
busines name of names liste above on 9/27/1979. If
previously filed, indicate previous fictitious business
anme number 79-404.
s/Ann L. Breznock
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original
document 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.
State of California, County of Yolo
FREDDIE OAKLEY County Clerk/Recorder
Isabel Becerra, Deputy Clerk
Published March 11, 18, 25 & April 1, 2010
Fictitious Business Name
FILED YOLO COUNTY CLERK/RECORDER
March 3, 2010
FREDDIE OAKLEY, CLERK
KimberlI Johnson, Deputy
FBN NUMBER 2010-192
Ficititous Business Name
Hewitt & Sonʼs Plumbing
32179 Hwy 16, Woodland, CA 95695
Name of Registrant
James D. Hewitt
32179 Hwy 16, Woodland, CA 95695
Cammie Hewitt
32179 Hwy 16, Woodland, CA 95695
Business Classification: Husband and Wife.
Beginning Date of Business: The Registants commenced to transact business under the fictitious
busines name of names liste above on 3/3/10.
s/Cammie Hewitt
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original
document 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.
State of California, County of Yolo
FREDDIE OAKLEY County Clerk/Recorder
Kimberli Johnson, Deputy Clerk
Published March 11, 18, 25 & April 1, 2010
Trusteeʼs Sale
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S No. 121519302 APN: 003-143-06-1 TRA: 002012 LOAN NO:
Xxxxxx1270 REF: Martinez, Ruben IMPORTANT
NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN
DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED August 09, 2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO
PROTECT 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 March 30, 2010, at 9:00am, CalWestern Reconveyance Corporation, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust
recorded August 17, 2006, as Inst. No. 20060032069-00 in book XX, page XX of Official Records
in the office of the County Recorder of Yolo County,
State of California, executed by Ruben Joaquin
Martinez and Jeanie Martinez His Wife As Joint Tenants, will sell at public auction to highest bidder for
cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national
bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit
union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings
and loan association, savings association, or savings bank At the rear (north) entrance to the city hall
building 1110 West Capitol Avenue West Sacramento, California, all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust
in the property situated in said County and State described as: Completely described in said deed of
trust The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is
purported to be: 304 Edwards Street Winters CA
95694 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and
other common designation, if any, shown herein.
Said sale will be held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, condition or encumbrances, including fees,
charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the
trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) secured 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 publication of
the Notice of Sale is: $538,406.74. If the Trustee is
unable to convey title for any reason, the successful
bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed
and delivered to the undersigned a written declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written
Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to
Sell to be recorded in the county where the real
property is located. Regarding the property that is
the subject of this notice of sale, the "mortgage loan
servicer" as defined in civil code § 2923.53(k)(3), declares that it has obtained from the commissioner a
final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to
civil code section 2923.53 and that the exemption is
current and valid on the date this notice of sale is
recorded. the time frame for giving a notice of sale
specified in civil code section 2923.52 subdivision
(a) does not apply to this notice of sale pursuant to
civil code sections 2923.52. DECLARATION PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION
2923.54 Pursuant to California Civil Code Section
2923.54, the undersigned loan servicer declares as
follows: 1. It has obtained from the commissioner a
final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to
Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date
the notice of sale is filed; and 2. The timeframe for
giving notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) of
Section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section
2923.52 or Section 2923.55. Chase Home Finance
LLC Name: Ann Thorn Title: First Vice President For
sales information: Mon-Fri 9:00am to 4:00pm (619)
590-1221. Cal-Western Reconveyance Corporation, 525 East Main Street, P.O. Box 22004, El Cajon, CA 92022-9004 Dated: February 22, 2010. (R297390 03/04/10, 03/11/10, 03/18/10)
PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS
& SERVICE DIRECTORY
Accounting, Payroll
Howard R. Brown &
Associates
Accounting, Payroll &
Tax Preparation
19 Main Street, Winters
(530) 795-1283
Email: hrbal@wavecable.com
Aggregate
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Decco Rock G Flagstone G Sod
Stepping Stone G Waterfall
Boulders G Cement
Sand & Gravel G Reinforcing
Wire G Rebar G Bark G Mulch G
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795-2994 - Winters
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15 Main Street, Winters
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Cell 530.902.1242
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Home Improvement
PET SITTING
Master of All Trades, Jack of None
Daily, Weekly and
Out-of-Town Pet Sitting
Licensed, Bonded &
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Animal First Aid Certified.
Serving Davis, Winters &
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(916) 837-6832, or
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John Vanderpool
(530) 723-3930
The Home Improvement
Specialist
Plumbing
G
Kitchen Remodels:
counter tops, tile, formica, marble, granite
Bath Remodels:
toilets, sinks, faucets, tubs, water heaters
Flooring:
tile, linoleum, water damage repair
Painting:
interior, exterior, sheetrock
Carpentry:
G
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From new construction
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Grading
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Painting
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Tractor Work
TRACTOR WORK
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drilling. Drainage work and retaining
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Pets
AKC Bullmastiff Puppies.
Born 2/24/10, ready for
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Mother is a wonderful
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avail. $800. Call Jeff for
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CONSTRUCTION
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Yolo counties.
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bench in front of Close
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Winters Express. Come
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Infants - age 12 (FT/PT)
Preschool Program
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Homework Help
Transportation to and from
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*Reasonable Rates*
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Has a FT opening for
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I serve a healthy breakfast, lunch, and 2
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Season two could be a breakout year for Joey Logano, who
wonʼt turn 20 until May. The 2009 Raybestos Rookie of the Year
has finished fifth and sixth in the past two races.
Donʼt look now, but Logano, a Middletown, Conn., native, is
eighth in the Sprint Cup point standings, ahead of Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Kyle Busch (12th) and Denny Hamlin (22nd).
“I feel more excited to come to the race tracks, is what it comes
down to,” said Logano. “Last year it was, ʻOh, boy, California, we
stunk there last time.ʼ I donʼt know if I want to go there. Now, you
look at these places, and youʼre excited to go back to the track because you think youʼre going to have a good race car.
“Iʼm more pumped up about coming to the race track. I think thatʼs
the biggest deal, me knowing what I want. Itʼs the biggest (learning)
curve Iʼve ever taken.”
Logano was still in grade school when Mark Martin began
telling whoever would listen that the kid was going to be a star. One
hears such stories quite often in NASCAR, but most fall short of
such heady forecasts. Logano, so far, has passed every test on his
way to the top.
Loganoʼs one Sprint Cup victory — New Hampshire Motor
Speedway in June 2009 — was something of an anomaly, greatly
aided by a timely rain shower that cut the race short. He wound up
finishing 20th in the point standings with the victory, three top-five
finishes and seven top 10s.
Itʼs obvious: Logano is starting to “get it.”
“Itʼs a gradual deal,” he said. “Itʼs not like a light switch. I remember last year at this point. Kyle (Busch) and Denny (Hamlin)
were telling me something, or Zippy (crew chief Greg Zipadelli)
was telling me something, and I couldnʼt make sense of it in my
mind.
As I kept going with time, and kept thinking about what they
said to me when I was on the race track. Iʼd think about it and then,
eventually, I made sense of it.”
Early results this year have raised the bar on expectations.
“I think itʼs cool,” said Logano. “Iʼm excited. Eighth in points ... and
last year I would have been happy with 20th in points at this point in
the season.
“I wish theyʼd start the Chase now, but we have a long way to
go.”
***
Monte Dutton has covered motorsports for The Gaston (N.C.) Gazette since
1993. He was named writer of the year by the National Motorsports Press Association in 2008. His blog NASCAR This Week (http://nascar.rbma.com) features all of his reporting on racing, roots music and life on the road. E-mail
Monte at nascar_thisweek@yahoo.com. (c) 2010 King Features Synd., Inc.
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Winters, CA95694
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Winters, CA 95694
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Order to Show Cause for
Change of Name
FILED Yolo Superior Court
Feb. 11, 2010
ByC. Lau, Deputy
Case Number: PT10-350
Superior Court of California, County of Yolo
725 Court Street
Woodland, CA95695
Petition of
Cynthia Ann Drake-Martinez
for change of name
Order to show cause for change of name
To all interested persons:
Cynthia Drake-Martinez filed a petition with this court
for a decree changing names as follows: Present name
Cynthia Ann Drake-Martinez, to proposed name Cynthia Ann Drake.
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in
this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for
change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file
a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is
scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing
to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If
no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant
the petition without a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARING
Date: May 7, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. Dept. 15.
The address of the court is 1100 Main Street, Ste. 300,
Woodland, CA95695
Date: Feb. 11, 2010
David W. Reed
Judge of the Superior Court
Published Feb. 25, March 4, 11, 18, 2010
Read the legals,
they are good for you.
Order to Show Cause
for Change of name
FILED Yolo Superior Court
By C. Dunkel, Deputy
Case Number: PB10-123
Superior Court of California, County of Yolo
725 Court Street
Woodland, CA95695
Order to show cause for change of name
To all interested persons:
Mary Lou Gomez filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name Mary
Lou Gomez to Proposed name Mary Lou Miller
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in
this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for
change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file
a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is
scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing
to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If
no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant
the petition without a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARING
Date: April 15, 2010 at 9a.m., Dept.: 15
The address of the court is
1100 Main Street, Woodland, CA95695
A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published
at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this
county, Winters Express.
Dated: September 4, 2009
s/David W. Reed
Judge of the Superior Court
Published February 18, 25, March 4, 11, 2010
Fictitious Business Name
FILED YOLO COUNTY CLERK/RECORDER
February 23, 2010
FREDDIE OAKLEY, CLERK
Linda Smith, Deputy
FBN NUMBER 2010-170
Ficititous Business Name
Yolo County Crematory
175 Second Street, Woodland, CA95695
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA
Name of Registrant
COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO,
Paul Wiggins
SITTING AS THE JUVENILE COURT
175 Second Street, Woodland, CA95695
Cynthia Keisler
In the Matter of:
175 Second Street, Woodland, CA95695
Case No(s): 229644
Business Classification: Co-Partners.
Beginning Date of Business: The Registant comGABRIELLE MICHEL PUBLISHED CITATION
menced to transact business under the fictitious
WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE
busines name of names liste above on 2/14/2010.
SECTIONS 294 & 366.26
s/Paul Wiggins, Cynthia Keisler
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original
Minor(s) born: 6-21-08
document 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.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
State of California, County of Yolo
FREDDIE OAKLEY County Clerk/Recorder
TO: FRANCISCO MICHEL AKA JOSE MICHEL,
Linda Smith, Deputy Clerk
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1976, FATHER, OR
Published March 4, & 11, 18 & 25, 2010
ANYONE CLAIMING TO BE THE FATHER OF THE
ABOVE-NAMED CHILD BORN TO JAMIE HOWIE,
MOTHER, DATE OF BIRTH January 27, 1979.
Public Notice
PUBLISHED NOTICE OF HEARING AND NOTICE
TO PARENT OF RIGHTS AND PROCEDURES
PURSUANT TO WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS
CODE
SECTIONS 294 and 366.26
1. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT on April 20,
2010, at 8:30 a.m. in Department 133 of the Sacramento County Juvenile Court, Superior Court of California, located at 3341 Power Inn Road, Sacramento, CA 95826, a hearing will take place pursuant to
Welfare and Institutions Code, Section 366.26, to either terminate your parental rights or to establish a
guardianship for your child or to place your child in
long-term foster care.
2. You are further notified that the Sacramento
County Department of Health and Human Services,
Petitioner, will recommend the following action: termination of parental rights permanently and a court
order that the above-named minor be placed for
adoption.
3. You have the right to personally appear in court
and be heard in this matter.
4. On the above date the Court will determine the
best permanent plan for your child. Evidence will be
presented. After hearing the evidence presented by
the parties, the Court will make one of the following
orders:
a. Terminate your parental rights permanently and
order that the child be placed for adoption;
b. Without permanently terminating your parental
rights, identify adoption as the permanent placement goal and order that efforts be made to locate an
appropriate adoptive family for your child for a period
not to exceed 60 days;
c. Without permanently terminating your parental
rights appoint a legal guardian for your child and issue letters of guardianship; or,
d. Order that your child be placed in long-term foster
care, subject to the regular review of the Juvenile
Court.
5. You may have the right to have an attorney represent you at the hearing. If you cannot afford an attorney, the Court will appoint an attorney for you, unless
you knowingly and willingly waive your right to representation by an attorney. You have the right to present evidence at the hearing.
6. You have the right to request a trial on the issue of
what permanent plan is best for your child. You have
the right to present evidence. You have the right to
use the Court's power to compel the attendance of
witnesses to testify on your behalf. You have the
right to confront and cross-examine any adverse witnesses. You have the right to confront and cross-examine the preparers of any reports submitted to the
Court by the Sacramento County Department of
Health and Human Services, Petitioner. You have
the right to assert the privilege against self-incrimination.
7. Any order of the Court permanently terminating
your parental rights shall be final and you shall have
no legal rights to the care, control or custody of the
child.
8. Ten (10) days prior to the hearing, the Sacramento
County of Sacramento Department of Health and
Human Services will prepare an assessment report
containing its recommendation in this matter. You
have the right to read the report and obtain a copy of
the report. You should immediately contact the social worker assigned to your child dependency case
or your attorney if you have any questions or if you
would like to read and obtain a copy of the report.
9. If you fail to appear at the hearing, the Court will
proceed in your absence to adopt one of the abovementioned permanent plans. Such proceedings
may include the termination of your parental rights
so that your child may be placed for adoption.
If you have any questions regarding this procedure,
please contact the specified below or an attorney.
DATE: February 10, 2010
ANN EDWARDS-BUCKLEY,
INTERIM DIRECTOR
DHHS
by _________________,
Hans A. Gregerson Paralegal
Department of Health and Human Services
Paralegal Services (916) 875-4136
2/18, 2/25, 3/4, 3/11/10
CNS-1796602#
THE WINTERS EXPRESS
Published February 18, 25 & March 4, 11, 2010.
Trusteeʼs Sale
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S No. 125075210 APN: 049-542-19-1 TRA: 063072 LOAN NO:
Xxxxxx1037 REF: Corona, Noe IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED May
17, 2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT 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 March 23, 2010, at 9:00am, CalWestern Reconveyance Corporation, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust
recorded May 25, 2005, as Inst. No. 2005-002451600 in book XX, page XX of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Yolo County, State of
California, executed by Noe Corona and Karen M.
Corona, Husband And Wife, will sell at public auction
to highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on
a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or
federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or
federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank At the rear (north) entrance
to the city hall building 1110 West Capitol Avenue
West Sacramento, California, all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed
of Trust in the property situated in said County and
State described as: Completely described in said
deed of trust The street address and other common
designation, if any, of the real property described
above is purported to be: 25766 Gable Court Esparto CA 95627. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street
address and other common designation, if any,
shown herein. Said sale will be held, but without
covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding
title, possession, condition or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee
and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to
pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) secured 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 publication of the Notice of Sale is: $336,655.31. If the
Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the
successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall
be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the
successful bidder shall have no further recourse.
The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore
executed and delivered to the undersigned a written
declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a
written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. Regarding the property that is
the subject of this notice of sale, the "mortgage loan
servicer" as defined in civil code § 2923.53(k)(3), declares that it has obtained from the commissioner a
final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to
civil code section 2923.53 and that the exemption is
current and valid on the date this notice of sale is
recorded. the time frame for giving a notice of sale
specified in civil code section 2923.52 subdivision
(a) does not apply to this notice of sale pursuant to
civil code sections 2923.52. California Declaration I,
John Kennerty, of America’s Servicing Company
(“Mortgage Loan Servicer”), declare under penalty
of perjury, under the laws of the State of California,
that the following is true and correct: The Mortgage
Loan Services has obtained from the Commissioner
of Corporation a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to California Civil code Section
2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the accompanying Notice of Sale is filed. AND/OR The
timeframe for giving Notice of Sale specified in subdivision (a) of Civil Code Section 2923.52 does not
apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or 2923.55. Date
and Place: 7/03/09 Fort Mill, South Carolina Name
of Signor: John Kennerty Title and/or Position VP
Communication For sales information: Mon-Fri
9:00am to 4:00pm (619) 590-1221. Cal-Western
Reconveyance Corporation, 525 East Main Street,
P.O. Box 22004, El Cajon, CA 92022-9004 Dated:
February 19, 2010. (R-292449 02/25/10, 03/04/10,
03/11/10)
Notice of Public Hearing
PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF A
VARIANCE AND SIGN PERMIT SUBMITTED BY
DAVID LORENZO TO MODIFY A NONCONFORMING SIGN LOCATED AT 111 MAIN STREET
(APN 003-201-015)
Applicant: David Lorenzo
Description of the Project: The applicant has
applied for a variance and sign permit to modify a
nonconforming sign located at 111 Main Street. The
existing sign exceeds the height limit established by
the Winters Municipal Code for freestanding signs.
The applicant is seeking a variance from this height
limit. In addition, freestanding signs in the historic
Central Business District require review and approval by the Planning Commission, according to
Winters Municipal Code, Section 17.80.080.
Project Location: 111 Main Street
Environmental Determination: The City of Winters Community Development Department has determined that the application is exempt from CEQA
review under the provisions of Section 15301 “Existing Facilities.”
Public Hearing: A public hearing will be held to
consider action on the project on Tuesday, March
23, 2010 before the City of Winters Planning Commission. This meeting will start at 6:30 p.m. at the
City Council Chambers located on the first floor of
City Hall at 318 First Street, Winters, California.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you are a disabled person and you need a
disability-related modification or accommodation to
participate in these hearings, please contact City
Clerk Nanci Mills at (530) 795-4910, ext. 101.
Please make your request as early as possible and
at least one-full business day before the start of the
hearing.
The City does not transcribe its hearings. If you
wish to obtain a verbatim record of the proceedings,
you must arrange for attendance by a court reporter
or for some other means of recordation. Such
arrangements will be at your sole expense.
If you wish to challenge the action taken on this
matter in court, the challenge may be limited to raising only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence
delivered to the Planning Commission prior to the
public hearing.
Availability of Documents: Copies of the Staff
Report will be available on the City’s website at
http://www.cityofwinters.org/administrative/admin_
boards.htm on March 19, 2010.
For more information regarding this project,
please contact Nelia Dyer, Community Development Director, at (530) 795-4910 x114.
Published March 11, 2010
View past editions of your
favorite local paper online!
Go to
www.wintersexpress.com
Fictitious Business Name
FILED YOLO COUNTY CLERK/RECORDER
March 2, 2010
FREDDIE OAKLEY, CLERK
Isabel Becerra, Deputy
FBN NUMBER 2010-190
Ficititous Business Name
Mobile Treats
907 Villanova Drive, Davis, CA95616
Name of Registrant
Steven Charles Nyholm
907 Villanova Drive, Davis, CA95616
Business Classification: Individual
Beginning Date of Business: The Registant commenced to transact business under the fictitious
busines name of names liste above on March 2, 2010.
s/Steven Charles Nyholm
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original
document 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.
State of California, County of Yolo
FREDDIE OAKLEY County Clerk/Recorder
Isabel Becerra, Deputy Clerk
Published March 4, & 11, 18 & 25, 2010
Trusteeʼs Sale
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 090129228 Title Order No. 4243390 Investor/Insurer
No. 011261125 APN No. 003-503-18-1 YOU ARE IN
DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED
12/26/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO
PROTECT 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." Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee
pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by ROGER
JORDAN, AN UNMARRIED MAN, dated
12/26/2006 and recorded 12/29/06, as Instrument
No. 2006-0051515-00, in Book -, Page -), of Official
Records in the office of the County Recorder of Yolo
County, State of California, will sell on 03/18/2010 at
12:00PM, At the rear (North) entrance to the City
Hall Building, 1110 West Capitol Avenue, West
Sacramento, CA. 95691 at public auction, to the
highest bidder for cash or check as described below,
payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed
of Trust, in the property situated in said County and
State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other
common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 314 VILLAGE
CIRCLE, WINTERS, CA, 95694. The undersigned
Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness
of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation
secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable
estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time
of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is
$473,294.09. It is possible that at the time of sale the
opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness
due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept
cashier's checks drawn on a state or national bank, a
check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a
check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan
association, savings association, or savings bank
specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and
authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will
be made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without
covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding
title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and
the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said
Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in
said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the
Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of
Trust. DATED: 12/19/2009 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94
SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219,
Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: - Trustee's
Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a
debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 3443772 02/18/2010, 02/25/2010, 03/04/2010
Winters (CA) Express, Thursday, March 11, 2010 — B-8
Notice of Public Hearing
PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF A
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION
SUBMITTED BY COLE OGANDO TO AMEND AN
EXISTING CONDITONAL USE PERMIT FOR ONSITE SALE AND CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BERVERAGES AT 200 AND 202 RAILROAD AVENUE TO INCLUDE THE SPACE AT 3
RUSSELL STREET (APN 003-203-012)
Applicant: Cole Ogando
Description of the Project: The applicant has applied
for a conditional use permit to amend an existing
conditional use permit for on-site sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages at 200 and 202 Railroad
Avenue to include the space at 3 Russell Street.
Project Location: 3 Russell Street and 200 & 202
Railroad Avenue
Environmental Determination: The City of Winters Community Development Department has determined that the application is exempt from CEQA
review under the provisions of Section 15301 “Existing Facilities.”
Public Hearing: A public hearing will be held to
consider action on the project on Tuesday, March
23, 2010 before the City of Winters Planning Commission. This meeting will start at 6:30 p.m. at the
City Council Chambers located on the first floor of
City Hall at 318 First Street, Winters, California.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you are a disabled person and you need a
disability-related modification or accommodation to
participate in these hearings, please contact City
Clerk Nanci Mills at (530) 795-4910, ext. 101.
Please make your request as early as possible and
at least one-full business day before the start of the
hearing.
The City does not transcribe its hearings. If you
wish to obtain a verbatim record of the proceedings,
you must arrange for attendance by a court reporter
or for some other means of recordation. Such
arrangements will be at your sole expense.
If you wish to challenge the action taken on this
matter in court, the challenge may be limited to raising only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence
delivered to the Planning Commission prior to the
public hearing.
Availability of Documents: Copies of the Staff
Report will be available on the City’s website at
http://www.cityofwinters.org/administrative/admin_
boards.htm on March 19, 2010.
For more information regarding this project,
please contact Nelia Dyer, Community Development Director, at (530) 795-4910 x114.
Published March 11, 2010
Public Notice
City of Winters Request for Proposals –
Consultant to Provide Economic Development
Consulting Services for the State Community
Development Block Grant Program
The City of Winters is soliciting Proposals from
Qualified Consulting Firms who are capable of administering the City of Winters Business Assistance
Loan Program in compliance with Community Development Block Grant Guidelines. Through the authorization of the Winters Community Development
Agency, the City of Winters has issued a Request for
Proposals for the Program Administration of the
Business Assistance Loan Program.
The Request for Proposal will be available for
public inspection at City Hall, 318 First Street, Winters, CA and is also available on the City of Winters
website at www.cityofwinters .org. Consulting firms
interested in receiving a copy of the document
should contact the above-mentioned office.
Nanci Mills, City Clerk, City of Winters
Published March 11, 2010
Notice of Public Hearing
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
PURPOSE:
The
Yolo
County
SELPA/
Superintendents’ Council will conduct a public hearing to receive comment by members of the community on the Yolo County SELPA Annual Service
Plans, with CASEMIS service definitions, and Annual Budget Plans for 2009-2010.
DATE: Friday, March 26, 2010
TIME: 9:45 a.m.
LOCATION: Yolo County Office of Education
Superintendents/Board Room
1280 Santa Anita Court, Suite 100
Woodland, CA 95776-6127
Posted this 4th day of March 2010.
/s/Camille Giometti-May,
Assistant Superintendent
Yolo County SELPA
Published March 11, 2010
Fictitious Business Name
FILED YOLO COUNTY CLERK/RECORDER
February 9, 2010
FREDDIE OAKLEY, CLERK
Ava Woodard, Deputy
FBN NUMBER 2010-082
Ficititous Business Name
Alabaster Music
4646 Cowell Blvd., Davis, CA95618
Name of Registrant
Elizabeth Busch
4646 Cowell Blvd., Davis, CA95618
Business Classification: Individual.
Beginning Date of Business: The Registant commenced to transact business under the fictitious
busines name of names liste above on 7/5/05.
If previously filed, indicate provious fictitious business name number: 906128FBLAN1 Los Angeles Co.
s/Elizabeth Busch
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original
document 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.
State of California, County of Yolo
FREDDIE OAKLEY County Clerk/Recorder
Ava Woodard, Deputy Clerk
Published Feb. 18, 25, March 4, & 11, 2010
Fictitious Business Name
FILED YOLO COUNTY CLERK/RECORDER
February 12, 2010
FREDDIE OAKLEY, CLERK
Linda Smith, Deputy
FBN NUMBER 2010-133
Ficititous Business Name
F & D Unlimited
38343 County Road 15, Woodland, CA95695
Name of Registrant
Frank R. Bruno
38343 County Road 15, Woodland, CA95695
Business Classification: Individual
s/Frank R. Bruno
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original
document 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.
State of California, County of Yolo
FREDDIE OAKLEY County Clerk/Recorder
Linda Smith, Deputy Clerk
Published March 4, & 11, 18 & 25, 2010
Notice of Public Hearing
PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF A
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION
SUBMITTED BY SUE KRISTENSEN TO OPERATE A LIGHT GENERAL MANUFACTURING USE
IN AN EXISTING BUILDING IN A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL (M-1) ZONE AT 27990 COUNTY ROAD 90
(APN 038-050-073)
Applicant: Sue Kristensen
Description of the Project: The applicant has applied
for a conditional use permit to operate a light general
manufacturing use in an existing building in a light industrial (M-1) zone at 27990 County Road 90. Approval of conditional use permit is required to allow a
light general manufacturing use in a light industrial
(M-1) zone, according to Winters Municipal Code,
Section 17.52.020.
Project Location: 27990 County Road 90
Environmental Determination: The City of Winters Community Development Department has determined that the application is exempt from CEQA
review under the provisions of Section 15301 “Existing Facilities.”
Public Hearing: A public hearing will be held to
consider action on the project on Tuesday, March
23, 2010 before the City of Winters Planning Commission. This meeting will start at 6:30 p.m. at the
City Council Chambers located on the first floor of
City Hall at 318 First Street, Winters, California.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you are a disabled person and you need a
disability-related modification or accommodation to
participate in these hearings, please contact City
Clerk Nanci Mills at (530) 795-4910, ext. 101.
Please make your request as early as possible and
at least one-full business day before the start of the
hearing.
The City does not transcribe its hearings. If you
wish to obtain a verbatim record of the proceedings,
you must arrange for attendance by a court reporter
or for some other means of recordation. Such
arrangements will be at your sole expense.
If you wish to challenge the action taken on this
matter in court, the challenge may be limited to raising only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence
delivered to the Planning Commission prior to the
public hearing.
Availability of Documents: Copies of the Staff
Report will be available on the City’s website at
http://www.cityofwinters.org/administrative/admin_
boards.htm on March 19, 2010.
For more information regarding this project,
please contact Nelia Dyer, Community Development Director, at (530) 795-4910 x114.
Published March 11, 2010
To place
an ad in The Winters
Express, call 795-4551.
wintersexpress.com.
Trusteeʼs Sale
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Trustee Sale No.
234192CA Loan No. 0693586729 Title Order No.
602127322 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A
DEED OF TRUST DATED 06-20-2005. UNLESS
YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF
YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE
OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU
SHOULD CONTACT ALAWYER. On 03-18-2010 at
12:00 PM, CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded 06-29-2005, Book ,
Page , Instrument 2005-0030942-00, of official
records in the Office of the Recorder of YOLO County, California, executed by: MISAEL BAUTISTA
AND LUZ MARIA RIOS BAUTISTA, HUSBAND
AND WIFE, as Trustor, WASHINGTON MUTUAL
BANK, FA, as Beneficiary, will sell at public auction
sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check
drawn by a state or national bank, a cashier's check
drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a
cashier's check drawn by a state or federal savings
and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial
Code and authorized to do business in this state.
Sale will be held by the duly appointed trustee as
shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed
to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to the Deed of
Trust. 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, interest thereon, estimated fees, charges and
expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the
time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale)
reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The
amount may be greater on the day of sale. Place of
Sale: THE REAR (NORTH) ENTRANCE TO THE
CITY HALL BUILDING, 1110 WEST CAPITOL AVENUE, WEST SACRAMENTO, CA Legal Description: LOT 5, BLOCK 1, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP
ENTITLED, ''MERMOD MANOR SUBDIVISION
UNIT NO. 2'', FILED FOR RECORD APRIL 27,
1954, IN BOOK 4 OF MAPS, PAGE 77. Amount of
unpaid balance and other charges: $272,182.22
(estimated) Street address and other common designation of the real property: 205 ANDERSON AVENUE WINTERS, CA 95694 APN Number: 003276-11-1 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address
and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The property heretofore described is being sold
"as is". In compliance with California Civil Code
2923.5(c) the mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent declares: that it has contacted the
borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to
explore options to avoid foreclosure; or that it has
made efforts to contact the borrower(s) to assess
their financial situation and to explore options to
avoid foreclosure by one of the following methods:
by telephone; by United States mail; either 1st class
or certified; by overnight delivery; by personal delivery; by e-mail; by face to face meeting. DECLARATION PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE
SECTION 2923.54 Pursuant to California Civil
Code Section 2923.54, the undersigned loan servicer declares as follows: 1. It has obtained from the
commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.54 that is current and
valid on the date the notice of sale is filed; and 2. The
timeframe for giving notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or Section 2923.55.DATE:
02-24-2010 CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE
COMPANY, as Trustee (714) 259-7850 or
www.fidelityasap.com
(714)
573-1965
or
www.priorityposting.com CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY IS A DEBT COLLECTOR
ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT ADEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT
PURPOSE. DEBORAH BRIGNAC, VICE PRESIDENT 9200 OAKDALE AVE MAILSTOP N110612
CHATSWORTH, CA 91311 ASAP# 3433326
02/25/2010, 03/04/2010, 03/11/2010