Chamber honors Quirarte

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Volume 128, Number 46 - Locally owned since 1884
Winters, Yolo County, California, Thursday, December 15, 2011
The hometown paper of Steve and Lisa Brown
Chamber honors Quirarte Foxy Miss
By DAWN VAN DYKE
Express correspondent
Photo by Dawn Van Dyke
Leticia Quirarte is the recipient of the
2012 Theodore Winters Award, given
by the Winters Chamber of Commerce to an individual who recently
has made an outstanding contribution to the community.
As a volunteer, promotora,
and a vital member of the Winters Healthcare Foundation
team, Leticia Quirarte gets her
greatest joy from serving her
community. Quirarte is this
year’s Chamber of Commerce
Theodore Winters Award winner.
Quirarte is a full-time Certified Application Assistant
with the Winters Healthcare
Foundation. As such, she helps
clients fill out applications
and apply for health insurance, navigating the complex
healthcare and social service
programs including Medi-Cal,
Healthy Families, and Kaiser.
As a certified promotora, she
helps provide a wide variety of
health and social service information and promotes community events including health
fairs, citizenship classes and
visits to Winters by the Mexican Mobile Consulate.
“Any information that I have,
I can share with the community,” says Quirarte.
Quirarte is a founding member of the Winters promotora
group. She became a certified
promotora through Vision y
Compromiso
Promotoras/Community Health Workers Network. She volunteered
six weekends in 2007 to attend
the trainings in order to
achieve that certification.
Now, she is able to provide information about EDD, healthcare and English classes.
The original focus of the promotora group was diabetes and
disease
management;
the
group held classes where they
offered help with diet and exercise, “but after a while we
saw there were different necessities in the community.” So
the group has made adjustments in order to meet those
different needs.
As a volunteer, Quirarte
helped coordinate the Winters
Health Forum, where community members were invited to
provide input on their healthcare concerns. She was also
one of the original community
members who put together
data in support of the grant application that now funds the
City of Winters After School
See QUIRARTE on page A-3
County releases inmates to cities
By DEBRA DeANGELO
Express editor
The job description
for Winters police officers got a little longer
last week, as the city
council unanimously
approved an operational agreement with
Yolo County Probation
and funding to keep
track of inmates released from the county
jail into the Winters
community.
Winters Police Chief
Sergio Gutierrez gave
some background on
the arrangement at
the Dec. 6 council
meeting, explaining
that the Public Safety
Realignment
Act,
signed into law in
2011, was designed to
address overcrowding
in prison and ease the
state’s financial crisis.
The plan involves releasing low-risk inmates back to the communities they came
from, requiring local
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Schools & Youth ........... B-2
Sports ............................. B-1
Included in this week's issue are
advertising inserts from:
Lorenzo’s Market, DIRECTV,
Round Table Pizza,
Spin a Yarn
(Supplements are sent to Winters,
Woodland, Davis, Capay Valley,
Dixon, Vacaville and Fairfield.)
police departments to
monitor their status.
Gutierrez said the
cities of Davis and
Woodland have already adopted the
same plan.
Those released under the PSRA are
“Non non nons,” said
Gutierrez: “Non violent, non sex offender,
non serious offender.”
He said Winters officers “will be tasked to
do compliance checks,
field contacts and
home visits, and will
operate
in
teams
rather than send just
one officer.”
He explained that
each contact with the
former inmates will be
documented and forwarded to the county
probation
department, and if there are
violations, the probation department will
deal with the arrests.
The penalty for violations may include
“flash incarceration,”
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arrangement, the Winters Police Department
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$7,500 for the remainder of this fiscal year,
which ends on June 30,
and $10,000 per year
thereafter to compensate the officers’ overtime to perform these
duties.
To date, there have
already been two inmates released back
into Winters since Oct.
1,
but
Gutierrez
added, “The impact
hasn’t hit us yet”
“We’re being asked
to sign this agreement
between city and Yolo
County probation department — we don’t
really have a choice on
this do we?” asked
Mayor Woody Fridae.
“Unfortunately, no.”
said Gutierrez, “It was
signed into law.”
Gutierrez noted that
the county has hired
additional probation
officers and sheriff’s
deputies to help deal
with
released
inmates, also known as
“Post-Released Community
Supervision
Subjects” or “PRCS.”
Courtesy photo
Kelsey Fox, 21, will compete for the title of Miss
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Fox of Winters, and a 2007 graduate of Winters
High School.
School district
trustee areas must
be reconsidered
By DEBBIE HEMENWAY
Staff writer
Anyone who has
ever played Monopoly
Hazard Plan
remembers the little
City Manager John yellow “Chance” card,
Donlevy gave a pre- “Bank error in your fasentation on the city’s vor,” and the joy with
Emergency
Opera- which it was drawn.
tions Center (EOC), a
The Winters School
feature of the Yolo Board is feeling relief
County Multi Hazard right now at having
Mitigation Plan. The drawn a “Legal error
Center, housed at the in your favor” card in
Public Safety Facility, regard to proposed reis set up for city staff to structuring of trustee
step in and form a areas which failed to
command center in reach the voters last
the event of a variety year only as the result
of natural and man- of a missed deadline
by the District‘s thenSee COUNCIL on page A-10 representative from
their legal team at
Atkinson, Andelson,
Loya, Ruud and Romo.
The previous board,
in an effort to solve the
ongoing problem of
too few candidates for
board
seats,
had
drawn up a ballot proposal to eliminate the
distinction
between
city and rural areas
and
to
have
all
trustees elected at
large.
The attorney who
was tasked with researching, writing and
submitting to Yolo
County the language
for the measure, and
See TRUSTEE on page A-9
Sworn in
Photo by Debra DeAngelo
Winters City Clerk Nanci
Mills swears in Corporal
Jose Ramirez to the rank
of Sergeant at the Dec. 6
city council meeting,
with a full house of
friends, family and peers
in attendance. Ramirez
has been with the Winters Police Department
for 17 years. He has
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FREDDIE OAKLEY, CLERK
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Trusteeʼs Sale
T.S.#: 2011-683 LOAN#: GAA22-3294-C APN#:
049445008000 NOTICE OF TRUSTEEʼS SALE
YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF
TRUST, DATED AS SHOWN BELOW. 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. A public auction
sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashierʼs 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 specified in
Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized
to do business in this state 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
the pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below
The sale will be made, but without covenant or
warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining
principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of
Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as
provided in the note(s), advances, if any, under the
terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, 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 as set
forth below. The amount may be greater on the day
of the sale. Trustor: Steven T Gomez, Joy R.
Gomez, Husband and Wife as Joint Tenants Duly
Appointed Trustee: Guild Administration Corp., A
California Corporation Trust Deed Date: January
29, 2007 Recording Date: February 27, 2007 Instrument No.: 2007-0007411-00 Book: Page
Recorded in County: Yolo, State of California Date
and Time of Sale: January 10, 2012 at: 9:00 A.M.
Place of Sale: at the front entrance to the City Hall
1110 West Capitol Avenue, West Sacramento. California Estimated Sale Amount: $276,472.29 As
More Fully Described On Said Deed Of Trust.
Street Address of Property (or Other Common
Designation, if any): 28939 Archer Street, Madison CA 95653 The undersigned Trustee disclaims
any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any,
shown above. If no street address or other Common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a
written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of
the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale.
Date: November 22, 2011 Guild Administration
Corporation As Said Trustee 5898 Copley Drive,
San Diego, CA 92111 (858) 492-5890 By: Gail
Windus, Assistant Secretary TAC: 950245 PUB:
12/01 12/08 12/15/11
Winters (CA) Express, Thursday, December 15, 2011 — B-8
Trusteeʼs Sale
Trustee Sale No. 20825CA Loan No.
80524220/STEWART Title Order No. 5838114
NOTICE OF TRUSTEEʼS SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED
4/9/1998. 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 A
LAWYER. On 1/3/2012 at 12:45 PM, MERIDIAN
FORECLOSURE SERVICE f/k/a MTDS, INC., A
CALIFORNIA CORPORATION DBA MERIDIAN
TRUST DEED SERVICE as the duly appointed
Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust
Recorded 04/21/1998, Book , Page , Instrument
98-0010764-00, and Re-recorded on 09-03-1999,
Book, Page, Instrument 1999-0027833-00 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of YOLO
County, California, executed by: CHERYL D.
STEWART, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN as Trustor,
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ACTING
THROUGH THE RURAL HOUSING SERVICE OR
SUCCESSOR AGENCY, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 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 cashierʼs check drawn by a state or
federal credit union, or a cashierʼs 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 convenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possesssion, or
encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum
of the notes (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: AT THE NORTH ENTRANCE TO THE
WEST SACRAMENTO CITY HALL 1110 WEST
CAPITOL AVENUE, WEST SACRAMENTO, CA
Legal Description: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED
IN SAID DEED OF TRUST Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $166,427.59 ***THE
OPENING BID AT THE INITIAL SALE DATE WILL
BE $ 122,300.00 The street address and other
common designation of the real property purported
as: 245 RED BUD LANE , WINTERS, CA 95694
APN Number: 038-201-012 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”. DATE: 11/28/2011
MERIDIAN FORECLOSURE SERVICE f/k/a
MTDS, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION
DBA MERIDIAN TRUST DEED SERVICE, As
Trustee 3 SAN JOAQUIN PLAZA SUITE 215
NEWPORT BEACH CA 92660 Sales Line: (714)
573-1965 (702) 586-4500 JESSE FERNANDEZ,
PUBLICATION LEAD MERIDIAN FORECLOSURE SERVICE IS ASSISTING THE BENEFICIARY TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY
INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR
THAT PURPOSE. P901916 12/8, 12/15,
12/22/2011
wintersexpress.com
Trusteeʼs Sale
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S. No:
V531181 CA Unit Code: V Loan No: 16989
L39/VENDER AP #1: 003-441-009-000 T.D.
SERVICE COMPANY, as duly appointed Trustee
under the following described Deed of Trust WILL
SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST
BIDDER FOR CASH (in the forms which are lawful tender in the United States) and/or the
cashier's, certified or other checks specified in Civil
Code Section 2924h (payable in full at the time of
sale to T.D. Service Company) all right, title and
interest conveyed to and now held by it under said
Deed of Trust in the property hereinafter described:
Trustor: TERRY A. VENDER, KAREN M.
VENDER Recorded February 27, 2004 as Instr.
No. 2004-0007463-00 in Book --- Page --- of
Official Records in the office of the Recorder of
YOLO County; CALIFORNIA , pursuant to the Notice of Default and Election to Sell thereunder
recorded August 30, 2011 as Instr. No. 20110023580 in Book --- Page --- of Official Records
in the office of the Recorder of YOLO County CALIFORNIA. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A
DEED OF TRUST DATED FEBRUARY 19, 2004.
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.
1017 ADAMS LANE, WINTERS, CA 95694 "(If a
street address or common designation of property
is shown above, no warranty is given as to its
completeness or correctness)." Said Sale of property will be made in "as is" condition without
covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title possession, or encumbrances, to pay the
remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by
said Deed of Trust, with interest as in said note
provided, advances, if any, under the terms of said
Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the
Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of
Trust. Said sale will be held on: JANUARY 3,
2012, AT 9:00 A.M. *AT THE NORTH ENTRANCE
TO THE WEST SACRAMENTO CITY HALL, 1110
WEST CAPITOL AVENUE, WEST SACRAMENTO, CA At the time of the initial publication of
this notice, the total amount of the unpaid balance
of the obligation secured by the above described
Deed of Trust and estimated costs, expenses, and
advances is $75,589.32. It is possible that at the
time of sale the opening bid may be less than the
total indebtedness due. 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 not obtained
from the Commissioner a final or temporary order
of exemption pursuant to Civil Code section
2923.53 that 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 or 2923.55. 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. If the sale is
set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale
shall be entitled only to a return of the monies
paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or
the Mortgagee's attorney. Date: November 30,
2011 T.D. SERVICE COMPANY as said Trustee,
T.D. Service Company Agent for the Trustee and
as Authorized Agent for the Beneficiary LAURA
MAIB, ASSISTANT SECRETARY T.D. SERVICE
COMPANY 1820 E. FIRST ST., SUITE 210, P.O.
BOX 11988 SANTA ANA, CA 92711-1988 The
Beneficiary may be attempting to collect a debt and
any information obtained may be used for that purpose. If available , the expected opening bid
and/or postponement information may be obtained
by calling the following telephone number(s) on
the day before the sale: (714) 480-5690 or you
may access sales information at www.tacforeclosures.com.
TAC# 950695 PUB: 12/08/11,
12/15/11, 12/22/11
FORECLOSURE SALE
TS 20825CA FORECLOSURE SALE USDA- Rural
Development will offer at public auction the property located at: 245 RED BUD LANE, WINTERS,
CA 95694 on 1/3/2012 at 12:45 PM AT THE
NORTH ENTRANCE TO THE WEST SACRAMENTO CITY HALL 1110 WEST CAPITOL AVENUE, WEST SACRAMENTO, CA Estimated
anticipated opening bid $166,427.59 Appraised
Value: $165,000.00 For more information call
Meridian Foreclosure Service at (702) 586-4500
TS# 20825CA P901917 12/8, 12/15/2011
Trusteeʼs Sale
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 110095190 Title Order No. 110450749 Investor/Insurer No. 1704942471 APN No. 003-474-022 YOU
ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST,
DATED 09/21/2007. 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 VINCENT PEDROIA, AND ANGELA
PEDROIA, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, dated 09/21/2007 and recorded 10/5/2007,
as Instrument No. 2007-0034525-00, in Book ,
Page ), of Official Records in the office of the
County Recorder of Yolo County, State of California, will sell on 01/09/2012 at 1:00PM, Ramada Inn
& Suites, 1250 Halyard Drive, West Sacramento,
CA, 95691, Edgewater Ballroom 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: 1101 ROOSEVELT AVE, WINTERS, CA, 956941524. 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 $298,057.57. 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:
12/14/2011 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#
FNMA4119533
12/15/2011,
12/22/2011,
12/29/2011
Trusteeʼs Sale
Trustee Sale No. 11-03075-5 Loan No.
4001771791 Title Order No. 965225 APN 003-513016 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN
DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED
10/15/2005. 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 A
LAWYER. On January 5, 2012, at 12:45 PM, at the
north entrance to the West Sacramento City Hall
located at 1110 West Capitol Avenue, West Sacramento, CA, Power Default Services, Inc., as the
duly appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the
power of sale contained in that certain Deed of
Trust Recorded on October 25, 2005, as Instrument No. 2005005337000 of Official Records in
the office of the Recorder of Yolo County, CA , executed by: DONALD W FRANCIS, JR. AND REBECCA ROSE FRANCIS, HUSBAND AND WIFE,
AS JOINT TENANTS, as Trustor, in favor of
AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE COMPANY as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE
HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United
States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain
property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST The property
heretofore described is being sold “as is” The
street address and other common designation, if
any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 623 IVY LOOP, WINTERS, CA 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 made without covenant or warranty, express
or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining unpaid balance of
the obligations secured by and pursuant to the
power of sale contained in that certain Deed of
Trust (together with any modifications thereto). The
total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances
at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of
Trustee`s Sale is estimated to be $450,312.21 (Estimated), provided, however, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase
this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary`s bid at said
sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a 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
specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable
to the trustee. In the event tender other than cash
is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance
of the Trustee`s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes
all funds held on account by the property receiver,
if applicable. DATE: 12/12/2011 POWER DEFAULT SERVICES, INC., Trustee By: Fidelity National Title Company, its agent 11000 Olson Drive
Ste 101, Rancho Cordova , CA 95670, 916-6360114 By: John Catching, Authorized Signature
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New Listing, great location, 4 bedroom, 2
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Victorian 4-plex residential rental. No vacancies, selling as-is. Shown by appointment to qualified buyers. $369,000.
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26 Main Street * Winters, CA
Ph. 795-4531 * FAX 795-4534
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12 mobile home units on a huge lot in town.
Great investment in a key location. Offered at
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48 acres just outside of Winters. Along 505.
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Offered at $219,000
80 acres of walnuts, with custom home and
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SOLD
GREAT Investment. Where can you find 3 duplexes and 2 houses on one lot. Here in Winters!
Super clean units.
Excellent rental
history. Offered at $599,000. Call for details!
3 bed, 1 bath. immaculate inside and out. Beautiful backyard.
Short Sale, $170,000.
Member of both Yolo and Solano MLS!!!
Bus: (530) 795-3834 Home: 795-3170
127 Carrion Court, Winters
Call me about VA &
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Sandy Vickrey
530-681-8939
Great 1950s home with hardwood floors. Garage has partial conversion, could easily be 2 car again. Home has been added onto
and has lots of space. $175,000.
Nice custom home built close to Waggoner Elementary. Lots of
open space and a very shady private backyard with koi pond.
Brand new laminate floors throughout living area. Price Reduced!
$205,900.
This is a great custom built home in Winters Village. Great location for those who like to walk, jog and bike. Three bedrooms plus
a den open to the living room and a permitted sunroom, too!
New Price! $230,000.
PENDING
Cute house in very nice condition. New flooring in kitchen and living room. Enjoy the fireplace on cold winter nights. Large backyard. NEW PRICE
$129,000.
Cell: 530-681-2937
Home: 530-795-2288
Broker Associate
I would like to wish everyone
a Happy Thanksgiving.
SOLD
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on the Market!
Opening doors to successful real estate
transactions for more
than 20 years.
70+ ACRES W/ 4 BEDROOM 2.5 BATH
HOME, $580,000.
For Lease. Approx. 19,000 sf of divisible
bldg. space. Yard space & parking
included.
SOLD
~ New Listing: 4/2.5, 3 car garage in Winters
SOLD
~ Approx. 121 acres with custom built
home in the SOLDCapay Valley,
~ Quaint 3 bedroom, 2 bath home, 2 car
garage in Winters.
~
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Wonderful open floor plan. Owner upgraded kitchen with granite
counter and Pella French door to the backyard. Huge master bedroom with lots of closet
space. Nice corner
lot, nicely landscaped. Price Reduced! $229,900.
Rentals available:
More information and pictures available on craigslist.org.
Call us regarding our Property Management Services.
37 Main Street,Winters, CA 95694
795-4183 (work) ~ 795-4000 (voice mail)
SOLD - FOR SALE
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Graduate Realtor Institute (GRI)
swimming pool, & more.
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P.O. Box 833
Winters, CA 95694
(530)
Call Dawn 795-3302 or 304-4365
~
Vehicles Wanted
$$CASH 4 CARS
Up to $1000
No title needed
(916)332-6995
Office
Lic#573607597
681-8939
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(530)219-4067
STYERS
CONSTRUCTION
HOME REPAIR AND
REMODELING
~Bathroom Remodels
~Doors
~Windows
~Siding Repairs
~Dryrot Pest Reports
~Drywall and Texturing
~Decks
~Patio Covers
~Fences and Much
More. Lic#693168
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Lic. 547685 - Bond 661703
JOSH NELSON
16+ years Experience
12,000sq. ft. commercial building in the corner of First and Main
Street for sale. (#41,
#43, #47) Call John
Pickerel at (530)3047634.
3-tfn
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Electrical Construction
Owner
Homework help
~
Yves Boisrame
Construction
For All Your Building
Needs Call 795-4997
or cell 916 952-2557
Custom homes, major
remodels, storage,
garages, and repairs.
20 years Experience.
Full Satisfaction
Guaranteed
JBN
Transportation to and from activities
FOR SALE
Is your checkbook a mess?
Tired of trying to balance your
checking account? Need help
in doing payroll, payroll reports,
and sales tax reports?
Give me a call at
(530) 795-4254.
Katherineʼs
Bookkeeping Service
600 Railroad Ave. Ste.B
Winters, CA 95694
(530) 795-4254
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REMODELING
SPECIALIST
Kitchen & bath remodels. Room additions,
major repairs, redwood
decks, etc. Stan Clark
Construction Co., Lic. #
503424. 530 304-6331.
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AGRICULTURE
INDUSTRIAL
COMMERCIAL
RESIDENTIAL
Transportation to and from school
~
Services
Consulting
Warehouse Space
Avalible in Winters
1000sq feet - 7000sq feet
Will Build to Suit
Call For Details
(530) 795-4720
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Brkfst, Lunch, PM Snack
SOLD
Old glass and oak
display case
Made in San Francisco
Has some wavy glass
2ʼ x 8ʼ x 43” tall
$250. See at the
Winters Express
312 Railroad Ave.
Call before coming by
795-4551
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Lic. #A45612
Com. Rentals
Limited Space
~
Display Case
530 400-2574 - Brad Hayes
ALL Ages
681-8939
Need someone to care for
your pets over the holidays? Resonable Rates.
Call Sue 795-0516 or Debbie 795-2866.
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Washers/Dryers Dishwashers
Freezers Refrigerators
Ice Makers Disposals
Oven/Ranges
Child Care
TENDER LOVING DAYCARE
~
Pet Sitters
Autos for Sale
97 SunFire Pontiac, black, good
condition, good on gas, stereo.
Sold As Is, $2,500
Call 530 795-0339, after 7 p.m.
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2009 ChevyAveo, LT, auto, great on
gas,38 - 44 mpg, wow, cd/mp3,
69k,$7999 Sale!
vin:60165
(707)280-6816
46-4tp
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2008 Ford Ranger super-cab,XL,
auto, ps, ts, clean like a new
truck., 4 clyer, 2 wd, 110K, $8,999
b/o
(707)280-6816
46-4tp
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1997 reg-cab Dodge RAM 1500,
2WD, auto, leather, v-8, $4999
Sale! vin:170432
(707)280-6816
46-4tp
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2002 VW Jetta gls, auto. all
power, leather, 2.0L, moon roof,
great on gas, new tires, oil, etc,
$7900 b/o, vin:068736
(707)280-6816
46-4tp
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04 Saturn Ion-2, auto, all power,
great on gas,
auto, $5999 , Sale! Vin:136601
(707)280-6816
46-4tp
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2000 Mazda 626 LX, auto, all
power, cd, ice cold ac. Clean in &
out.
Great on gas. 118K
$4,450 b/o vin:165413
(707)628-6966
46-4tp
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'99 Cadillac El Dorado
84K miles, looks great, runs great,
many extras, original owner,
garaged, well maintained, have all
records. Must see &
drive to appreciate. $5500 obo.
(707)426-2229
45-4tp
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2005 KIA Spectra EX.
4 door, power, great on gas. 57K mi.,
auto, AC. $6600 Sale! Vin#10882
(707) 628-6966
45-4tp
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2009 Chevy Cobalt, LT, fully
loaded, leather, 4cyl., 4dr,
auto,134K spoiler,rims, $6900
,Sale vin#065531
(707)208-6810
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In beautiful condition! 25k miles/9
months left bumper to bumper
GM warranty, 53K miles. This car
is smooth,
powerful and has a tight,
responsive supension, price includes, alloy wheels, new tires,
interior - very clean, seats 5 comfortably, seats fold down for large
storage area, cruise
control, CD/AM/FM/aux input, ,
pwr windows, pwr steering, pwr
locks, burgandy color.
The price $1K under
Kelley Blue Book!
Asking $13,400.
(707)448-8287
44-4tp
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2007 Toyota Yaris, 5spd, a/s, p/s,
hatchback, 49+gal., all main.
done, $5300 out the door!
vin# 054678
(707)628-6966
44-4tp
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'02 BUICK REGAL GS
Silver 4 door sedan, Good condition, runs great, low miles, only
61,300 miles, A/C, heated seats,
moon roof, cruise control, power
windows locks,& doors, upgraded
stereo, gray leather interior,, too
much to list!
$7990 obo. 707-864-0424, or
707-421-1411
44-5tp
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'04 FORD F150XL.
Regular cab, long bed, work
truck, white, A/T, V8, 130K miles,
A/C, power steering, tool box,
lumber rack, runs & drives great!
Good tires, Carfax available.
$6500.
(707)759-5907
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89 Volvo 7040. 4 door, auto. Current tags. $1500 , OBO
Vin # 2412
(707)469-8044
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97 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor, 80K $2000 OBO
Fast ! Fast! Fast!
(707)469-8044
vin # 6578
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Winters
Seasoned Almond Firewood, Delivered.
$300 cord, $175 1/2 cord
795-2945.
46-2tp
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Firewood, 2 yr premium
seasoned mixed HARDWOOD. $200 cord, $125
1/2 cord, Delivered.
2 year Walnut, $175 cord,
$100 1/2 cord or $75 pick
up load delivered also UPick up. 530 795-0305 or
530 554-5914.
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16" SEASONED OAK
SPLIT, FREE DELIVERY
$295/CORD.
(530)365-4693
1-A Firewood
Premium 5 Star Rating
Hurst Firewood
Est. 1935, 707-554-3062
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FOR SALE
Jackson RR5FR White
w/black pinstripes & black
hardware, includes SKB
Jackson case, MINT condition. $975.
Ibanez SZ520 w/case,
good condition, $275.
Fender G-dec 30watt amplifier. MINT condition,
$250.
Tascam DP-004 4 track
recorder. MINT condition.
$150, $225 w/Alesis studio
monitors shure Mic. & Mic.
stand.
Call 707-477-9804
444tp
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Yorkie/Chihuahua
4 months old.
Female short hair,very small.
Male, small.
1st. shots, $100. (707)422-1444
46-2tp
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Blue Nose Pit Bull Puppies for
sale.
Parents onsite.
Gray with blue eyes, and black
with white paws,
$150 each.
Call (707)384-3240,
or (707)384-5219,
or (707)384-1917
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YORKSHIRE
Female, born Feb. 19, 2011.
Very adorable & lovable, has all
shots except the last one. She
was born in Peru (South America). Tail clipped.
Asking $850 obo.
(707)673-2769
45-2tp
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CLEARANCE SALE!
Christmas Yorkies!
3 Male born
Thanksgiving Day.
4-6 ounces at birth. Sire weighs
3.5 lbs Dam weighs 7 lbs. $500
to a warm & loving home. Call for
more details & to see both parents & 7 mo old sibling on site.
Steph 707-631-5523
45-4tp
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Friendly and beautiful
Labradoodle pups! Just
in time for Christmas!
Will be 8 wks. 12/22/11.
Potty training started, &
puppies first shots.
Male $500
Female $650.
Call/text for more info & photos.
(707)688-5151
45-4tp
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Boxer Puppies
(1) female, $600.
(2) male, $500 each.
Born Nov. 5th, will be available
Dec. 16th-Dec. 25th. (707) 6286966
45-2tp
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Miniature
German Schnauzer
Two males, 6 wks. old, just
weaned. father is purebred,
Mother is not. $300 each, or best
offer.
(707)426-4559
45-2tp
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Boston Terrier Puppies
CHRISTMAS PUPPIES ARE
READY!
(2) brown & white, (1) boy, (1)
girl. (3) black & white girls. $600$1000. (3) will be small. Parents
onsite. CKC reg'd. dew claws &
1st shots.
(707)416-5671
44-4tp
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Shih Tzu Puppies. Two males,
one female. Brown & white.First
shots. $550 each.
Parents on site. 2 1/2 mo. old.
Very friendly, very beautiful! Just
in time for Christmas!
Call Mike
(707)508-8182
44-4tp
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Six Blue Nose Pit Bull puppies
for $225 each.
Five males, one female. 7 weeks
old. Parents on site.Will be
ready to go December 7th.
.For more information contact
Jerry
(707)631-4989 text
or leave a voice mail .
44-4tp
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Only one left!
Poodle/ Maltese mix,
All white female.
9 weeks old.
No shots.
Very adorable!
$275 or best offer
(707)427-0611
44-4tp
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1967 MOONEY
4 seater, Model M20F, Serial #670209
Has new overhauled engine, have photos of working on engine, log books,
stored in hangar at
Buchanan Field Airport,
Concord. $50,000 obo.
Silver in excellent condition, original owner. (925)
680-1128
43-4tp
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Appliance Repair
Downtown Winters Office
space for Rent on Railroad Avenue. 3 rooms including a conference
room. Aprox. 600 sq. ft.
$550 per month + deposit. $150 per month for
utilities (gas and electric),
and city services. Does
not include your phone or
cable bill. Call Charley at
the Winters Express, 7954551. Available Dec. 1.
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Firewood
SOLD
Music stuff
Pets
Airplane
Brad’s
3 bedroom, 2 bath, 2 car
garage in Winters. $1,350
per month, includes water
and garbage, + deposit.
530 681-1106
46-2tc
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Reduced: 3 bedroom, 2
bath home. Basement,
laundry room with washer
and dryer, carport, water,
garbage sewer, lawncare
included. $1,400 month
plus $1,000 deposit. 108
Edwards St. 530 258-3958
or 530 258-9500.
44-3tp
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Cottage for rent, 101 Elliot
#2, 1 bed, 1 bath, $750
rent, $750 deposit. Year
lease. Avail. now. 707-3729355 or 916-997-4296.
36-tfn-c
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Rentals
~ 681-8939 ~
Full House/Estate Sale!
Like New! LR/DR sets,
$1100. Lthr. sectional,
$550. 26" TV, $75. W/D,
$400. Fridge, $750. Exer.
bike, $50. Hot tub
w/gazebo, $3900. Work
bench, $50. Cab. sets.
Too much to list! Pic. avail.
(707)864-8854.
46-4tp
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MOVING SALE!
Garage cabinets/drawers,
work bench, $10 ea. Sofa
& loveseat, $350. Oak entertainment stand, $75.
Oak china cabinet, $175.
(2) refrigerators, $175 ea.
Over the stove microwave,
$75. Elec. cook top stove,
$100. Dishwasher, $100.
Square stepping stones &
16" retaining bricks, $2 ea.
Plants.
All in great condition!
(707)372-6770
46-4tp
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2007 Laredo Fifth Wheel
Trailer Model 30BH,
Bunk House. Three bunks
in rear. Queen hide a bed.
Queen bed in master.
Large slide room, fully self
contained, a/c, lots of storage. Well maintained, excellent condition. $18,500.
(707)428-9829
43-4tp
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Rentals
SOLD
Furniture
Viewsonic projector still under
warranty for sale. Small portable
and only $350.00 price includes
a 60x60 retractable pulldown
screen. Call 795-4824
45-2tc
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Brand new Sofa &
NEW Queen Plush
Mattress set. Sealed in Plastic!
Sell $165.
(707) 514-9099
42-4tp
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Brand new Sofa &
loveseat. Still sealed.
Retails $799. Sell $398
(707) 737-5478
42-4tp
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Spruce up your landscaping.
Crushed Paverstone (3/4”
minus) $25 a yard. Call Ken at
Winters Aggregate. Ask how
you can get Free Delivery. 7952994.
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Classifieds
Trailer
~
Johns Hauling
Suisun Valley
Antiques & Collectibles
HUGE SALE &
E-Waste Drop Off.
Fri.-Sun., 8a-8p.
2525 Mankas Corner
in the country
www.422haul.com
_____________________
Misc. for Sale
For sale ~ call 681-8939
Yard Sales
~
B-6 — Winters (CA) Express, Thursday, December 15, 2011
Nuestras Noticias
Recordatorio sobre el gasto de agua
Barbara Thomas
ciudadana del año
La cámara de comercio de la ciudad de
Winters año con año entrega el premio al
ciudadano, o ciudadana del año a aquella
persona que por su trabajo y dedicación
ayuda a que nuestra comunidad sea una
mejor comunidad, ya sea participando en
actividades o ayudando a personas en la
comunidad. Aquí en Winters, nuestra comunidad tiene la suerte de contar con
numerosas personas que son parte activa de
esta comunidad, y que siempre están allí en
donde se ocupa ayudar. Una de esas personas es la señora Barbara Thomas.
La cámara de comercio de la ciudad de
Winters ha nombrado a Barbara Thomas
como la ciudadana del año. A pesar de todo
lo que hace ella dijo que en la comunidad
hay más gente que se merece ese honor,
pero este año el honor es para usted señora
Barbara Thomas.
Ella tiene es miembro de la familia Graf,
ella vivió y creció en una casa de Main St.
Asistió a las escuelas de Winters, ella es
graduada de la Winters High School. Se caso
con Jack Thomas, tienen seis hijos, todos los
hijos asistieron y se graduaron de la Winters High School, en un periodo de 10 años
tuvo uno o más hijos asistiendo y, o graduándose de la High School. Todos sus 16 nietos
han asistido o están asistiendo a la High
School, tres de ellos se graduaran en este
año.
Su madre era una persona que daba su
tiempo como voluntaria, y Barbara dice que
de ahí viene sus motivación para ayudar.
Cuando sus niños estaban pequeños ella
trabajaba con ellos en sus actividades.
Todos sus hijos han participado en el
equipo de natación de la escuela, ya sea
como nadadores o como asistentes de
equipo. Inclusive ella fue la tesorera del
equipo de natación por algunos años, trabajo también en los puestos de la comida, vendiendo fuegos pirotécnico y conos de nieve.
Ella también fue líder del 4-H en tejer y
cocinar. Actualmente ella es tesorera del
club Fortynightly y participa en las actividades del grupo tales como recaudación de
fondos y eventos como la celebración de la
Familia que se tuvo recientemente en el
centro de la comunidad y que fue patrocinada por los Amigos de la Biblioteca de Winters. El Club Fortynightly apoya organizaciones locales tales como 4-H y FFA,
además ellos entregan una beca de $1,500 a
una joven graduada de la High School.
Ella es voluntaria en la familia y en la
comunidad, y es importante por su fe. Barbara ha sido parte de la sociedad del altar
de la iglesia San Antonio por 25 años.
Actualmente ella es la tesorera de la organización. La sociedad del altar realiza
recaudación de fondos para la iglesia,
incluyendo la participación en la venta anual que se tiene en la calle Main. Y organizan
el evento anual comida spaghetti feed. Ellos
decoran el altar de la iglesia y hacen todo lo
que se tiene que hacer, además ella ayuda
en la oficina de la iglesia los lunes.
Su familia se mantiene muy unida, sus
seis hijos viven en Winters, y cada domingo
en su casa tiene la visita de hijos, nietos y
amigos que se reúnen para el desayuno continuando con una tradición de casi 30 años.
Usualmente tiene de 20 a 25 personas en su
casa.
Barbara ha dado su tiempo como voluntaria por muchos años, y les invita a ser voluntarios cuando puedan, porque ella siente
que es muy gratificante. Además expresa
que tiene mucha suerte de vivir en Winters,
de ver crecer a sus hijos aquí y además
servir a la comunidad. La familia de Barbara la componen Jack su esposo, y sus hijos
Susie Stocking, Sally Ivory, Nancy McLaughling, Debbie Geerts, Patty Cox and John
Thomas y 16 nietos.
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Recuerden que el
nuevo cobro del agua
por parte de la ciudad
tendrá un cambio a
partir del primero de
enero, ahora vamos a
pagar por el agua que
usamos y no una tarifa
fija como lo hemos
venido haciendo. Debido al cambio el recibo que recibimos al
final de diciembre,
ahora la ciudad lo
mandara al final de
enero, en donde ya se
reflejara el consumo
de agua que hicimos
en enero.
En el cobro del agua
la ciudad ha puesto
cuánta agua gastamos
por mes, esto lo ha
hecho desde hace siete meses, y lo ha hecho para que nos
demos cuenta de cuanta agua gastamos en
nuestra casa, ya que a
partir de enero, vamos
a comenzar a pagar
por el agua que
usamos, ya no va a ser
un cobro igual para
todos. La ciudad ha
puesto medidores en
las casas, y estos
tienen un transmisor
que mandan la lectura
al personal de la ciucuando
ellos
dad
manejan en nuestro
vecindario con una
computadora y una
antena una vez al mes.
Con este sistema
el departamento del
agua puede evaluar el
gasto
mensual
de
agua, ellos miden el,
gasto de agua en pies
cúbicos donde 100 ccf
son igual a 748 galones
de agua. El uso promedio en noviembre para
Winters fue de 18 ccf,
muy por debajo a los
37 ccf de agosto.
Podemos ver lo que usamos cada mes y hacer
la comparación de
cuanto pagamos, y va a
ser una buena razón
para si no queremos
pagar más, tratemos
de arreglar las goteras
que tengamos en la
tubería afuera, en el
baño, en la cocina, etc.
Aun así en el mes de
noviembre se tuvieron
11 casas usando más
de 100 ccf, agua suficiente para llenar la
alberca del pueblo
hasta dos pies de agua,
52 casas consumieron
arriba de 50 ccf, 809
casas usaron 13 ccf
o menos y 201casas
usaron entre 1 y 6 ccf.
El próximo año las
casas que usen 13 ccf o
menos verán reducido
su pago de agua comparando con el pago
general que se tienen
ahora. El nuevo sistema puede detectar
goteras de agua, de
acuerdo al reporte de
noviembre, se reportaron fugas de agua en
408 casas de las 1 796
que se tienen en el
sistema, esto da la
oportunidad de reducir el uso de agua
si
arreglamos
las
goteras. El 20 por ciento de las casas que
tuvieron
un
alto
consumo de agua,
mostraron un cuarenta por ciento de
fugas de agua.
¿Y el pago del drenaje? La ciudad no tiene
un medidor para saber
que se va por el drenaje, pero cobra por el
uso de agua. ¿Y cuando
regamos el pasto? El
agua que ponemos en
el pasto no acaba precisamente en el drenaje. Podemos ahorrar
agua si arreglamos las
fugas de agua, si regamos el pasto por periodos cortos de tiempo y
durante los periodos
más frescos del día,
además si es posible
cambie el sistema de
irrigación y por ultimo
poner plantas que
usen menos agua.
Voluntarios para el programa después de la escuela
El programa después de la
escuela de Waggoner está
solicitando adultos voluntarios para que ayuden una o dos
veces por semana. El horario
del programa es desde que termina la escuela hasta las 6 pm
todos los días. El programa se
desarrolla en las escuelas, lo
que lo hace seguro y conveniente para los estudiantes, ya
que caminan de su salón de
clases al salón asignado para
este programa.
El programa está estructurado para que los estudiantes
reciban ayuda con la tarea, así
como un delicioso y nutriente
bocadillo. El programa tiene un
encargado en el lugar, así como
ayudantes los cuales trabajan a
la par con los maestros de los estudiantes. Los ayudantes tienen
la capacidad de ayudar a los estudiantes con sus tareas. Los
ayudantes de colegio están listos para ayudar a los estudiantes sobre todo en el área de
matemáticas. No es solo un
salón de estudio, es un salón en
donde en verdad se les ayuda a
los estudiantes.
El programa también se
enfoca en la actividad física, en
donde se tienen 60 minutos de
ejercicio por día para promover
una buena salud y prevenir la
obesidad infantil. Los estudiantes trabajan en equipo, lo que
les ayuda a desarrollar habilidades de liderazgo. El programa además se envuelve participando en la comunidad. Los estudiantes han participado en el
día de la juventud, han tenido
rodeos de bicicletas, realizan
visitas a los bomberos, y a parques naturales.
El programa los motiva a participar en la comunidad, es un
Navidad del inmigrante
Diciembre
Cada
que llega la navidad,
los inmigrantes que
estamos aquí desde
hace muchos años, o
recién llegados no
podemos evitar la
nostalgia, la ausencia
de nuestra otra familia, familia que dejamos cuando nos
venimos a buscar una
vida mejor a este país,
y a pesar de que muchos de nosotros tenemos nuestra familia
aquí con nosotros,
siempre esta ese sentimiento a flor de piel
o a veces escondido
de regresar por lo
menos a pasar estos
días en nuestro país.
Cada diciembre se
siente la ausencia de
nuestros seres queridos, y para muchos
que están aquí sin su
familia, el frío, las
noches cortas y los
días largos hacen que
la soledad se manifi-
este con más fuerza.
Un gran número tenemos a nuestros hijos,
padres, familiares y
amigos muy lejos.
Otros, aunque los tengan cruzando la frontera, igual no pueden
ir a abrazarlos. La
situación ilegal de
muchos ha convertido
a este país en una
gran cárcel. Una,
donde las rejas no se
ven, pero se sienten
en el corazón.
Diciembre es el mes
que llama a la reflexión de los que están
lejos de su país, inconscientemente, se
hace un balance de
los resultados de tanto esfuerzo físico y
emocional. La gran
mayoría se puede preguntar si tantas lágrimas, añoranza, tristeza vale la pena por
un puñado de dólares.
Para muchos padres
que están aquí solo,
programa redondo, no solo
académico, pero también les
enseña a socializar, la experiencia que los estudiantes
adquieren les va a ser de
mucho beneficio.
El
programa
hace
el
seguimiento del éxito que los
estudiantes tienen al participar en el programa, y se ha
encontrado que los estudiantes
realmente mejoran en sus
exámenes.
Se
hace
una
invitación a los padres para
que inscriban a sus hijos en
este programa, para que tomen
el mayor beneficio del mismo,
sobre todo a los estudiantes en
donde en su casa el primer idioma no es el ingles. Existe también apoyo para los que están
aprendiendo ingles. Si quiere
ser voluntario y ocupa más información puede llamar a
Nicole al tel. 530-681-5537.
sus hijos crecieron,
se hicieron hombres
y mujeres compartiendo la ausencia
forzosa por necesidad. Muchos lazos,
quiér-ase o no, en
alguna medida se van
rompiendo. El amor
de familia está ahí,
pero el calor y el compartir permanente se
van perdiendo en el
tiempo.
Los que podemos
salir y retornar sentimos aun en forma
más profunda la angustia del desarraigo. El retorno obligado duele por doble
partida. Diciembre
es sinónimo de luces,
colores, fiestas, reuniones, regalos y
mucha comida para
los que están en
familia. Diciembre
para los inmigrantes,
especialmente para
aquellos que están
sin ir a sus países
por muchos años,
significa añoranza,
inquietud, soledad,
lagrimas que corren
sin poder detenerlas.
Ansiedad de estar
pegados al teléfono o
a la computadora.
Mas
todos,
sin
excepción a medida
que se acerca a la media noche, sentimos
el corazón latir más
fuerte. A manera de
auxilio emocional dejamos volar la imaginación.
Silenciosamente, muchos nos
dejamos llevar y pensamos; “Si estuviera
en mi país, estaría en
estos momentos brindando con los míos,
abrazados, riendo y
cantando frente al pesebre.”
En este país somos
muchos rostros, cientos de naciones juntas. Culturas diferentes. Extraños, distintos, pero viviendo
la misma sensación
… inmigrantes en
tierras lejanas en
una noche de Navidad. Esta es la Navidad del inmigrante.
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Features
Wine — good or bad? Elated about my pals’ retirement
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am thoroughly
confused.
Several
months ago, I read of
the benefit of wine for
women. The conclusion was that it
reduced a woman’s
chances
of
heart
attack and stroke by
30 percent. My husband and I have started to drink one glass
of wine a day. Now
comes a new report
that says just one
glass of wine a day
increases the chances
for breast cancer.
Should I be concerned? — M.T.
ANSWER: Welcome
to
the
army
of
nutrition confusion.
What’s good one day
might be life-threatening the next. I don’t
rely on one report. I
stick to what the
majority says. If the
majority changes its
mind, then I change.
Wine and other
alcoholic drinks lower the incidence of
heart disease and,
apparently, strokes.
That’s the current
majority
thinking.
Moderate drinkers of
alcohol — wine in
particular — have a
lower overall mortality rate than do
alcohol
abstainers
and heavy drinkers.
“Moderate” drinking
is one glass of wine,
one 12-ounce can of
beer or 1.5 ounces of
whiskey for women;
it’s two for men.
The role of wine (or
alcohol) in promoting
breast cancer is less
clear. Analysis of 40
shows
an
studies
increase in breast cancer for women downing three or more
drinks a day. The same
studies suggest that
even one or two daily
drinks might pose a
slight danger.
Other studies show
an increase in lobular breast cancer with
one drink a day, but
no increase in ductal
breast cancer. Ductal
cancer is the most
common
kind
of
breast cancer.
I am positive that
equally
confusing
information will be
forthcoming.
The best advice I
have read is this: If a
woman truly savors
drinking wine, one
glass a day is relatively safe in regard to
breast cancer. The
benefits
of
heart
health and prevention of stroke are not
so great that they
should induce anyone
to change from being
a nondrinker to a
drinker.
The booklet on
breast cancer explains this illness
in detail. To obtain
a copy, write to:
Dr. Donohue — No.
1101W, Box 536475,
Orlando, FL 328536475. Enclose a check
or money order (no
cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6
Can. with the recipient’s printed name
and address. Please
allow four weeks for
delivery.
***
DEAR DR. DONOHUE:
How
much
stress does sex put on
the heart? I don’t
have a heart problem.
I know two fellow
workers, who, according to scuttlebutt,
died while having
sex. They were about
my age. — R.L.
ANSWER: Scuttlebutt
isn’t a reliable source
of information.
Blood pressure and
heart rate rise during
sexual relations, but
not so much as to be a
source of concern for
most men and women,
even those who have
had a heart attack.
The energy expenditure is approximately
the same as climbing
two flights of stairs.
That is, walking, not
running, up those
flights.
Most people who
have had a heart
attack can resume an
active sex life within
three to six weeks of
having the attack.
The exact amount of
time has to be determined by the person’s
physician, who takes
into account the magnitude of the heart
attack and how well
the heart is currently
performing.
***
Dr. Donohue regrets
that he is unable to
answer individual letters, but he will incorporate them in his column whenever possible. Readers may write
him or request an
order form of available
health newsletters at
P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.
My
friend
Steve
retired in October. I
don’t think he knows
exactly how he feels
about this, but I am
simply elated. I think
that we’re like two
peas from the same
pod.
For over half of his
life (at this point in
time) Steve worked
one of those high
stress jobs that would
drive a normal man to
the depths of despair.
That’s where I come in.
Steve and I are Buds.
When we do something
or go somewhere we do
it for one reason. We
want to relax and have
fun. Well, I guess that’s
two reasons but who’s
counting.
I write about Steve
and our exploits all
the time. So much in
fact that some people
have asked me if I’m
gay for him. Well I can
tell you that this is not
the case, at least I
don’t think I am. Na,
I’m not. I can tell you
that, for sure.
Anyway, if you would
happen to see the two
of us together you
would probably think.
“Man,
that
Don
Sanders guy is really,
really, good looking.”
Also, it might not be
readily apparent what
we have in common.
No, we’re not off in
the bushes playing
“kissy face” as you
might suspect. What
we have in common is
mental. I know that if
you know Steve, you
would find this hard to
believe. Steve is not
very mental.
The fact of the matter is that we are able
to talk to each other
about things that we
would not normally
discuss with others.
You see, both of us, in
our life experiences,
have had to deal with
human behavior in its
worst form.
I’m sure that this is
true of most people.
We all have seen bad
things and I’m sure
that we all would
describe this experience as evil. I know
this is true.
When it comes to
Steve and I, well, my
bad experience was of
the worst nature in the
form of warfare and
Steve’s was slightly
different but his experience was stretched
out on a daily basis for
over half of his life.
Yep, that’s it. What
we have in common is
brutal and unrelenting inside of our little
noggins. Bad thoughts
about what we have
seen or experienced
are just banging and
bouncing around inside our heads.
Steve would tell me
things about what happened at work that he
might not tell other
people. When I say he
had a high-stress job, I
mean high stress. It is
really unbelievable,
the things that some
people have to do and
see while working. All
to make a comfortable
life for your family and
loved ones.
I know that you are
all wondering what
Steve’s job was but for
that answer you will
have to ask Steve. I
wouldn’t
go
there
though because you
will open up a can of
worms that you can’t
put a stopper in. On and
on and on, the story will
go. It never ends. I call
Steve “Motor Mouth”
behind his back.
Yeah, when Steve
wants to relax or talk
about something he
comes to see me. One
time his wife Kellie
told him that he had to
stop bringing “junk”
home because they
were running out of
room.
He came over to see
me so maybe we could
figure out why Kellie
would consider all of
this good stuff to be
“junk.” Well this went
on for some time and, I
don’t know how, but
before I knew it my
wife Therese says,
”Tell Steve not to
bring any more junk
over.”
So as it turns out,
Kellie
calls
when
something “junk” it is
not without merit. I
was amazed when I
looked around my
yard to see plows,
harnesses,
grinding
wheels, and old metal
five gallon milk jugs. I
thought, “When did he
bring all of that junk
over here?”
It’s like magic! Junk
is attracted to Steve
like metal to a magnet.
I hadn’t noticed, but
every time Steve came
over to “talk,” he was
bringing over a piece
of junk that Kellie
wouldn’t let him keep.
Now my wife was all
up in arms wanting
me to move this junk
around the yard.
She says, “Can’t you
stack it all behind the
shed?” Well, I could do
that, but then my
neighbor, Jose, would
take a stick and push
the pile back over into
my yard. What would
that gain?
Another
reason
Steve and I hang out is
“rock hunting.” We
are like the primo
rock hunters of Winters. Now we’ve been
asked not to bring any
more rocks home.
Will the agony never
end?
To make matters
worse, there’s a new
rock hunter in town
that everyone says is a
better rock hunter
than we are. This cannot be true, but I worry
about it all the time.
He doesn’t rock hunt
to have fun, like us, he
does it for a job.
Steve and I don’t get
paid like he does, and
people don’t call us
“professor” or “archeologist” either. So
Steve comes up with
this idea to get even.
He tells me that we
have to make up a
diploma on Photoshop
that says we are professors too.
Well it didn’t take
long, because I know
how to draw pictures
on a computer, until
we had a nice looking
diploma. It said: University of Tennessee,
Greetings, Professors
of Archeology, Donald
Sanders and Steven
Shafer, Rock Hunters
Extraordinaire.
(Sounds French)
I emailed this to
rock
hunter
Andy
Tremayne. He was
probably pretty impressed and showed it
to his friends at his lab
at UC Davis.
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More than 300 Scouts attend
fifth Merit Badge Saturday
Karate kids
By TOM ANGUAY
Committee Chair
Troop 998
Courtesy photo
The newest Javier Martial Arts belt promotions include, from left (front)
Hanna Flores, Yellow Belt; Liliana Gonzales, Yellow Belt: Ariana Herrera,
Blue Belt; Isaiah Gains, Orange Belt; Luis Uribe, Yellow Belt; (back) Emilia
Larson, Orange Belt and Instructor Louie Javier.
A Merit Badge Saturday was held for the
Boy Scouts of America
on Dec. 3, sponsored
by the Winters LDS
Church with assistance from LDS Troop
998 Scouts and the
LDS Young Women.
This was the fifth
Merit Badge Saturday
held for the Boy
Scouts. All proceeds
go toward the boys
and girls camp held
every summer.
Merit Badge Saturday is the idea of
Dawn Stewart. Years
ago, she realized the
need for such an
event.
Being
the
young mother of boys
who were in the
scouting
program,
she needed some way
for the boys to earn
Wresting Club goes into Wolves’ den, emerges with medals
By PAMELA CORE
Special to the Express
On Sunday, Dec. 4,
the Winters Wrestling
Club
Kids
Club
brought 13 wrestlers to
the
Lee
Middle
S c h o o l / Wo o d l a n d
Wolves Middle School
& Kids Wrestling Tournament. This was not a
USA tournament, so
the bracketing was not
done by year of birth,
but by age, then
weight. There were
three participants in
the 5- to 6-year-old
groups, seven in the 7to 8-year-old groups,
and three in the 9- to
10- year-old groups.
All three of the 5- to
6-year-old
wrestlers
medaled, with veterans Isaac Lopez bringing home a gold and
Buck Boykin taking a
bronze. This was the
first tournament for
Anthony Duran after
taking a break from
wrestling
and
he
brought home a silver
medal. It is exceptionally inspiring to see
the youngest wrestlers
have success because
they are the future of
the program.
The largest group,
7- to 8-year-olds, included six veteran
wrestlers and one new
wrestler. Connor Ray is
a first-year wrestler
who has learned very
quickly and he brought
home a bronze medal.
Erick Gomez brought
home a gold medal and
Valeria Ceja earned a
silver. J.T. Core had to
wrestle up with the 9- ti
10-year-olds due to
there not being any 7to 8-year-olds in his
weight class, and he
placed fourth. Other
fourth-place finishes
Shelby
included
Boykin and Marcus
Lopez, while Jason
Lichwa took fifth.
Probably the most
exciting group to watch
is the 9- to 10-year-old
group. Brandon Gomez
is the most experienced of the team and
he earned a silver
medal. Stewart McCracken is just a second-year wrestler and
is having great success
in the sport. Turning 9
within days of the
tournament, he wrestled with the 9- to 10year-olds and earned
silver in his bracket.
First-year wrestler,
Dylan Montgomery has
actually been working
out with the middle
school and showing a
great aptitude for the
sport. This was his first
tournament and he
brought home a silver
medal.
Veteran
wrestlers
Grayson Roberts and
Marin Spalding did not
attend this tournament. The remaining
wrestlers on the team
are still training and
are expected to hit
tournament mats after
the first of the year or
next season. These
medalists in training
are:
Gavin
Adam,
Mason Domler, Craig
Hensley, Harley Milliken, Brayden Orrock,
Jacob Roberts and
Christian Villanueva.
A few of the new
wrestlers are signed
up to practice only.
This is an excellent
option as it gives kids a
season of practice and
learning so they are
Attend the church of your choice
MAIN STREET CHURCH
of Winters
Phone 795-4562
Steve Rutledge, Pastor
2nd & Main Streets
Child care for all ages.
Sun. Worship/teaching: 10 a.m.
Thursday Bible Study: 7 p.m.
Friday night Youth-U-Turn 7 p.m.
Child care provided for all services.
First Baptist Church
First & Baker Streets, 795-2821
Rev. James Allen
Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.
Morning Worship: 10:50 a.m.
Childrenʼs Church: 11 a.m.
Evening Service: 6 p.m. Sunday
Youth ministry: 3-5:30 p.m. on Sunday
12 Step Program: Tues. 7-9
Prayer Meeting: Wed., 7-8 p.m.
Youth: Wed. 7-8 p.m.
Child care provided for all services
Everyone Welcome
Discovery Worship Center
(formerly New Life Family Church)
315 Edwards Street
(530) 795-2687
Al Calderone, Pastor
www.discoveryworshipcenter.org
Worship Opportunities:
Sunday
Christian Education 10:00 AM
Morning Worship 11:00 AM
All Stars Kid's Church 11:30 AM
Wednesday
Discovery Bible Study 7:00 PM
Discovery Kidz Zone 7:00 PM
Thursday
"Eleven" Youth Service 7:00 PM
Quality child care provided for all services
The Ministry Center of Jesus Christ
418 Haven Street
Phone 795-4580
for more information
Come all you who are burdened
Jesus will give you rest.
Cast your cares on Him for
He cares for you
First Church of Christ
Scientist - DAVIS
Corner of 6th & D Sts., Davis
CHURCH SERVICES:
Sunday: 10 a.m.
Wednesday: 7:30 p.m.
Sunday School: 10 a.m. A nursery is provided for infants.
Reading Room: 616 3rd St., Davis.
Hours: Daily 11-4; Sat., 11-3.
Closed Sunday.
Church of Christ Bible
Fellowship
318 Main Street
Sunday: 10:00 a.m. to noon
Fellowship, Bible Study, Worship
Pioneer Presbyterian Church
205 Russell Street
Phone 795-2263
Rev. Robert Badgley, Minister
Sunday services:
Class at 9 a.m.
Worship Service: 10 a.m.
Fellowship time: 11 a.m.
Family night: Wed. 5:30 p.m.
Countryside Community
Church
26479 Grafton, Esparto
787-3586
Rev. Pamela Anderson
Pastor
Worship Service: 10:00 a.m.
Sunday School: 9 a.m.
Coffee Hour: 11:30 a.m.
Winters Community Church
A non-denominational
Christian Church
113 Main Street
530-795-5530
Ted Selby, Pastor
Sunday School 10 a.m.
Worship Service 11 a.m.
Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Family Night
All Ages (Bible Study, Youth GroupPuppet Ministry)
Everyone Welcome
Come and Grow with us
Davis Church of Christ
39960 Barry Road
753-5350 or 758-7706
Sunday Service
Bible Study: 9 a.m.
Worship & Communion: 10 a.m.
Evening Worship: 6 p.m.
Midweek Bible Study
Thursday at 7 p.m.
Guinda Community
Methodist Church
Lay Minister, Ed Coker
Forest & Weber St.,
Guinda
796-2188
Worship Service: 10:30 a.m.
Sunday School: 9 a.m.
Wednesday evening service: 7 p.m.
ASAMBLEAS de DIOS
Templo Jesurcristo
es la Respuesta
Ministrando al Pueblo Hispano
Domingos: 5 p.m. Escuela Domincal
6 p.m. Servicio Evangelico
Viernes: 7:30 p.m. Servicio Evangelico
Rev. Jorge A. Chavez, Pastor
205 Russell Street, Winters
795-1700
Unitarian Church of Davis
Phone 753-2581
27074 Patwin Road,
(off Russell Blvd., 1 1/2 mi. W. of
Hwy. 113)
9 and 11 a.m. - Adult Worship
St. Anthony Catholic Church
301 Main St.
(Corner of Third and Main streets)
795-2230
Father Michael Hebda
MASS SCHEDULE:
Monday through Thurs.: 9 a.m., Bilingual
Friday: 6 pm., Bilingual
Saturday: 5 p.m., English
Sunday: 10:45 a.m., English
Sunday: 12:30 p.m., Spanish
CONFESSION:
Saturday: 4-5 p.m.
15 minutes before daily Mass
more likely to return to
the sport next season.
Wrestling is not as
much about winning as
it is about working
hard, pushing yourself, and fighting until
the whistle blows.
Coaches won’t put a
wrestler in a situation
where
they
could
either get hurt or
potentially lose their
love for the sport. Winters Wrestling ClubKids Club closed registration on Dec. 2.
Coaches are being
recruited and anyone
that is interested in
donating a couple of
hours one or more
nights a week is welcomed to contact the
Wrestling
Winters
Club via its Facebook
page or by emailing
Coach Andy Gomez at
co.andy_4wrestlers@
yahoo.com.
merit badges that
were not that readily
available. She sought
out
merit
badge
counselors who were
willing to give up
their Saturday to
teach a merit badge
class.
On this Saturday, all
required Eagle merit
badges were offered,
as well as golf, public
speaking, fishing and
many others. Thirtyone
classes
were
offered.
Stewart has organized
five
Merit
Badge Saturdays and
each year it has
grown. All the rooms
at the LDS Church
were used, as well as
gym
and
the
several
classrooms
at Winters Middle
School. All fire-related classes were at the
new Winters fire station.
Lunch was provided
by the LDS Young
Women with the help
of Jeff Hofstrand and
his barbecue. This
year, 319 scouts registered for classes;
289 scouts completed
their blue cards and
146 got partial blue
cards.
One
troop
drove four hours to get
here. Troop 59 from
the Sacramento area
sent 47 scouts. The farthest a Merit Badge
counselor
had
to
drive was from the
Yosemite area and he
offered the landscaping merit badge.
Merit Badge Saturday was a great
success for the Boy
Scouts because of
Stewart and all those
who helped in this
event, and the merit
badge
counselors,
who offered their time
and skills.
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New Life Christian Center
28958 Hurlbut
Madison - 661-7129
Pastor Rev. Harrell L. Wiley III
Worship Service: 11 a.m.
Classes for all ages:
10 a.m. (Sunday)
Weekly Bible Study & Youth
Services to be announced
St. Martin Mission
25633 W. Grafton, Esparto
795-2230
Father Michael Hebda
MASS SCHEDULE:
Saturday 7 p.m., Spanish
Sunday 8:30 a.m., English
Confession Schedule:
Saturday 6:30 p.m.
Discover the Treasures of
Godʼs Word
Winters Bible Study
421 Main St., Gonnella Home
every Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Come join us!
August Gonnella, 795-1352
The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-Day Saints
435 Anderson Ave., Winters
Matthew Baker, Bishop
Phone 795-4256
1st Counselor, Thomas Ryel, 787-3414
2nd Counselor, David Cliché, 795-1401
Ward Mission Leader,
Gerald Taylor, 795-1302
Sacrament Service 9:30 a.m.
Sunday School & Primary: 10:50 a.m.
Relief Society, Young Women and
Priesthood Meetings 11:40 a.m.
Mutual Wednesday: 7:00 p.m.
Victory Outreach Woodland
invites you to our Winters Bible Study
every Wednesday night at 7 p.m.,
Wesley Hall, 205 Russell Street
Bro. Doug and Libby Cortez. For more
information call 530-662-6422
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Schools
Trost gets rolling to help others
By DEBRA DeANGELO
Express editor
Winters High School senior
Beau Trost has a new set of
wheels. But not the kind most
teenagers dream about. Trost
spent two days navigating his
school and community in a
wheelchair, learning firsthand
how difficult it can be.
“I have blisters on my hands,”
he says, just from pushing on the
wheels to get going.
And, once he’s going, there
are still challenges. Just moving
forward in a straight line is
tricky, he says, because the sidewalks have a subtle grade to allow rain to flow into the gutters.
And the gutters themselves —
even worse.
“It’s very exhausting,” he
says. “I broke a sweat just coming to the Express office from
school.”
More surprising than the blisters, sore muscles and frustration, he says, was the discovery
that when he needs help, no one
stops to give him a hand — not
even here in Winters.
He says while traveling down
the road last week, one of his
wheels got stuck in a crack and
no one stopped to help him.
Eventually, he worked his way
out of the situation, but learning
that people will look the other
way rather than help was a
“You get a chance to help
someone else in need and
actually be able to make a
difference in their lives … ”
Beau Trost
Winters High senior
more difficult lesson than dislodging a wheelchair from a
crack in the sidewalk.
Trost is determined not to be
one of those types of folks, and is
dedicating his senior project to
raising funds to purchase
wheelchairs for those who can’t
afford them. He says the wheelchairs will go to anyone who
needs one, whether they were
born with a disability, became
disabled later in life, or suffered a paralyzing injury from
an accident or war.
He says he was inspired by his
older sister, who did a similar
fundraiser, and says he “started
reading about it and got into it.”
Mostly he says, he decided he
wanted to devote his senior project to helping others.
“You get a chance to help
someone else in need and
actually be able to make a difference in their lives, and give
them hope and independence.
I’d rather do that than benefit
myself. I chose to benefit others.”
Besides helping those in need
of a wheelchair, Trost says traversing Winters in a wheelchair
has revealed to him that many
places in town aren’t wheelchair accessible, and it’s frustrating.
“Getting over a curb is difficult.”
But he’s persisting, and says
the only time he cheated was
getting in and out of his own
house, which has stairs. Other
than that, he says he’s “getting
the full experience.” And a bit
more, too.
“To do a project like this — it’s
really inspiring. It makes you
feel good inside. It’s good for
your self-esteem, trying to help
others, learning what it’s like
for other people.”
And, he’s also learned to be
thankful he isn’t forced to get
around in a wheelchair all the
time.
“If I had to do this every day, it
would be a lot different.”
Trost traveled to the town of
Blackhawk over the weekend to
raise funds for his project, and
sold Christmas ornaments he
made himself.
As his project progresses,
he plans to do fundraisers
here in Winters too.
Anyone wishing to help him
out can donate by calling 3121818.
Photo by Debra DeAngleo
Beau Trost, a senior at Winters High School, visited the
Express office during his two days learning firsthand
what it would be like to navigate the community in a
wheelchair.
School board meets Thursday to discuss calendar, choose law firm
The Winters School Board will
meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15,
in the council chambers at City
Hall, 318 First St. The agenda
includes:
~ Recognition of Winters Middle
School student Kevin Rotenkolber
~ Recognition of Winters Middle
School parents Tracey Matheson,
Angela Stone and Susan Dela’o
~ Public comment regarding the
2012-13 and 2013-14 school year calendars
~ Communication and reports
~ First interim report and standards; criteria report, 2011/12
~ School district calendar for
development of the 2012/13 budget
Congratulations!
Courtesy photo
Winters High School seniors Ilene Reynoso and David Daniel Sandoval,
shown here with WHS counselor Marcella Heredia (far right), were
honored in October in Woodland by the Yolo County Concilio. The
youngsters, along with representatives of other Yolo County Schools,
each received $500 scholarships in recognition of their outstanding
academic achievement. The mission of the Concilio is to “provide support
and assistance to low income people of Yolo County, and, to provide
college scholarships and other assistance to promising low- and
moderate-income students, specifically to students with Latino heritage.”
with a July 1, 2012, adoption date
~ Selection of legal firm for general counsel representation
~ Consent agenda (minutes, warrants, etc.)
~ Informal review of Governance
Team’s performance
~ Closed session to conference
with district negotiator, Superinten-
dent Marilyn Corey, regarding negotiations with Winters Area Education Association, Classified School
Employees Association Chapter 694
and Winters Area Pupil Personnel
Unit
~ Reconvene to open session to
report any action taken in closed
session
Walker
to receive
bachelor’s
degree
Craig, Debra and
Mathew Walker would
like to announce that
Tiffany Nicole Walker,
of the Winters High
School Class of 2007,
will receive her bachelor of science degree
this month.
She has earned a degree in criminal justice with a minor in
psychology from California State University, Sacramento.
The commencement
ceremony will take
place on Dec. 17 at
Power Balance Pavillion in Sacramento.
An open house celebration will be held at
her parents’ house
following the ceremony.
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news, read the Express
12/31/11
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Sports
Warriors lose one, win one in Pepsi Classic
Geerts scores 33,
makes 15 of 15 from foul
line in Pepsi Classic
By ERIC LUCERO
Express sports
Skyler Geerts scored a season-high 33 points to lead the
Warriors varsity boys basketball team to a 57-45 victory over
the Wheatland Pirates.
The Warriors competed in the
Marysville Pepsi Classic on
Thursday, Dec. 8, and won their
first of two games.
Winters led from start to finish and had a strong fourth
period to finish off the
Pirates.
Geerts scored 33 points and
was perfect from the foul line,
making 15 of 15 shots. John
Botro scored 12 points, Henry
Nicholson scored four, while
Eli Layne, T.J. Anderson, Chris
Mayes and Keli Callison each
scored two points for the Warriors.
On Saturday, Dec. 10, the Warriors returned to Marysville to
take on the host team and lost a
close game, 56-54. Winters kept
it close, leading 31-30 at the half
but was edged out at the end.
Once again, Geerts was the
leading scorer with 22 points,
this time going 7 of 8 from the
line. Niko Doyle scored 10
points. Nicholson scored eight
points and went 4 of 5 from the
foul line. Mayes scored seven
points, Botro had five and
Layne scored two points.
Niko Doyle drives
past a defender
during the
Warriorsʼ game
against Corning on
Thursday, Dec. 1, at
the Pierce
Basketball
Tournament.
Photo by Eric Lucero
Lady Warriors shut out Bulldogs, fall to Las Plumas
By ERIC LUCERO
Express sports
The Winters Lady
Warriors soccer team
hosted Gridley on
Tuesday, Dec. 6, and
picked up a Butte
View League victory
with a 7-0 shutout over
the Bulldogs.
Sofia Evanoff led
the Lady Warriors
with two goals and one
assist. Tasha Panattoni and Angelica
Arellano each scored
two goals and Madison
Nicholas scored one.
Allie Reynoso dished
out
three
assists,
while Marlen Guzman,
Vanessa Arellano and
Olivia Orosco each
had one assist. Goalie
Amy Masem had five
saves, Sierra Thomas
had two and Sierra
Hamerter had one.
On Thursday, Dec. 8,
the Warriors traveled
to Oroville to take on
Las Plumas and let a
1-0 halftime lead slip
away. Reynoso scored
the first goal of the
game off an assist from
Evanoff but that would
be the only score for
the Warriors as the
Thunderbirds
came
back and scored two
goals of their own for
the 2-1 win. Thomas
had six saves and
Hamerter had four.
“This was not quite
the runaway game the
players were hoping
for,” said coach Lee
Holt. “It took the team
22 minutes to put one
on the board.”
Winters outshot its
opponent 35-9 but the
Warriors were unable
to put it in the goal.
Reynoso led the team
with
nine
shots.
Evanoff had seven
shots, Panatonni and
Angelica
Arellano
each
had
four,
Nicholas had three,
Masem and Morgan
each
had
Brace
two, while Vanessa
Arellano,
Jocelyn
Sanchez, Orosco and
Adriana Banuelos all
had one.
Boys soccer team defeated twice
By ERIC LUCERO
Express sports
Matt Wallace (11)
plays solid defense
against a Woodland
Poly ball handler
during the JV
Warriorsʼ basketball
game last
Thursday, Dec. 8, at
Young Gymnasium.
Photo by Eric Lucero
JV boys off to winning start at 3-2
By ERIC LUCERO
Express sports
The Winters High School JV
boys basketball team is off to a
winning start as it posted an early season 3-2 record.
Winters suffered a 46-18 loss in
its season opener on Monday, Nov.
28, against visiting St. Helena, but
then turned things around and
won its next two games.
See JV on page B-3
January 16 & 17
The Winters Warriors boys
soccer team lost two league games
last week starting with a 3-0 loss to
Gridley on Tuesday, Dec. 6, at
Shirley Rominger School.
The Warriors were unable to
put the ball in the net, but did
have their fair share of shots at
goal.
Fernando Cervantes had five
shots and Raul Lopez had four,
while Omar Herrera, Ricardo
Rodriguez and Alberto Castino
each had two. Tim Davey had
eight saves at goalkeeper and
Jose Valadez had six.
On Thursday, Dec. 8, the Warriors traveled to Oroville to take
on Las Plumas and once again lost
3-0.
Winters continued to stay
aggressive with 19 shots at goal
but were not successful in putting
it in the net.
Cervantes had six shots at goal.
Herrera, Nieves Serratos and
Rodriguez each had three shots,
Lopez had two shots, while Fabio
Mendoza and Castino each had
one. At goalie, Davey had eight
saves and Jose Santana had two.
PISANI’S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Angelica Arellano
Angelica Arellano, a sophomore on the Winters Warriors girls soccer team, is athlete of
the week.
“Angelica is a returning player who has
really stepped up her game this year,” said
coach Lee Holt.
“She has really developed as a player and
matured on the field. Academically Angelica
is a standout as well. She is a 4.0 student and is
an all-around great student athlete.”
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A-12 — Winters (CA) Express, Thursday, December 15, 2011
I’m a little shy, Santa
Council may request investigation
into Markley Cove Resort bid process
The
Winters
City
Council will meet on
Tuesday, Dec. 20, at 6:30
p.m. in the council
chambers at City Hall.
The agenda includes:
~ Proclamation Honoring Eagle Scout Nickolas Andrew Stewart
~ Public hearing regarding Creekside Property
development;
changes to improvements required; change
of developer’s name to
the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento; extend development agree
ment for eight years.
~
Authorization to
send correspondence to
Congressmen
Mike
Thompson and John
Garamendi requesting a
Courtesy photo
Bessie Hamletʼs young daughter, Sabella, was afraid of Santa when she saw him
in the department stores, but when he sat outside Pisaniʼs Service last Saturday,
she decided he was okay after all. A letter from Sabellaʼs mother is on page A-4.
fle:
Cody’s,
Putah
Creek Café, Buckhorn
Steakhouse,
Round
Continued from page A-4
Table Pizza, Pizza Facgreat Christmas Gifts.
tory, Turkovich WinAgain, thank you all ery, Berryessa Gap,
for making the Winters Spin-a-Yarn,
Ace
Wonderland Celebra- Hardware, Olivia Bartion a festive way to bosa
Photography,
start the holiday sea- Wild Wings Golf, Yolo
son.
Club,
and
Fliers
MIKE SEBASTIAN Lester Farms Bakery.
Executive Director When I asked each of
Winters Chamber of these businesses for a
Commerce donation, all of them
gave me an enthusiastic “yes!” even though
I know that they are
LETTERS
Thanks,
one and all
for support
As one of the many
teachers in our Winters Unified School
District who strive to
better our school academics, it is heartwarming to see the amount
of support the community has for our academic programs. I just
completed our second
annual AVID Holiday
Dinner and was able to
raise funds with the
help of so many individuals and businesses.
These programs are
designed to assist students in their educational pursuits and
give them opportunities to challenge themselves as they continue
on in their education.
Thus I would like to
thank the people who
made this dinner a
success.
Thank you to Jessica
Williams, Mary Kay
Callaway, Sandy Martinez Freeland, Andrea Hurst, Liz Coman,
Matt Biers-Ariel, Dianne Grimard, Teresa
Perkins, Elrose Caruso, Constance Coman
Raena Ernst-Lavelle,
Susan Hamilton, Debbie Nicholson, Lisa
Brown, Matt and Laura
Mariani, John and
Jean Rodriguez, my
fabulous
mother-inlaw Linda Rodriguez
(who put in just as
much time as I did!),
Chris and Shannon Rodriguez, and Marcella
Heredia.
I would like to thank
Chris Novello and his
culinary students for
making our scrumptious desserts. Wow, I
was
impressed!
I
would also like to
thank the following
businesses for their
contribution to our
silent auction and raf-
asked to donate weekly by our many community and school organizations.
It is moments like
these that I feel lucky
to live in this little
town and I am so
thankful to everyone
who volunteered, donated, and attended
this event. We hope to
see even more of you
next year.
OLIVIA RODRIGUEZ
COURTNEY CARUSO
Winters High School
Congressional investigation into the bid
process and plans involving Markley Cove
Resort.
~ Review and adopt
the following resolutions:
a. Memorandum of
Understanding for the
City of Winters Police
Officers Association, Effective Jan. 1, 2012
b. Memorandum of
of
Winters
City
Sergeant's Association,
effective Jan. 1, 2012
c. Memorandum of Understanding for the City
of Winters Miscellaneous Employees Association, effective Jan. 1,
2012
d. Memorandum of
City of Winters Confidential Employees Association, effective Jan.
1, 2012
e. Memorandum of
City of Winters MidManagement Employees, effective Jan. 1, 2012
f. Memorandum of Understanding for the City
of Winters Manager's Series Employees, effective Jan. 1, 2012
g. Memorandum of Understanding for the City
of department head employees, effective Jan. 1,
2012
h. Salary ranges for
the City of Winters, effective Jan. 1, 2012.
Winters (CA) Express, Thursday, December 15, 2011 — A-11
Entertainment
Jug Band to bring zany holiday fun to The Palms
By KATE LADDISH
Entertainment correspondent
The Christmas Jug Band — “the
kings of 100 percent acoustic folkskiffle-swing holiday highjinks” —
bring their off-beat holiday cheer to
The Palms at 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18,
for its annual dose of holiday laughs.
The band — featuring an all-star
lineup of Nor-Cal musicians including Paul Rogers (of Those Darn
Accordions), Austin de Lone (Elvis
Costello, Nick Lowe, Bill Kirchen)
and Tim Eschilman (Commander
Cody Band) — perform original holiday numbers, parodies of unlikely
classics (“SANTA!” to the tune of
“Gloria”), and raucous jugbandizations of seasonal favorites.
Together for more than 20 years,
The Christmas Jug Band’s material
ranges from holiday pop and jazz
classics such as “Winter Wonderland” and “Merry Christmas, Baby”
to more off-beat tunes such as “Santa Lost a Ho,” and “Santa Don’t Do
It,” a song campaigning that Santa
not shave off his beard even though
Mrs. Claus wants him to.
An evening with the Christmas Jug
Band is big-time fun in the form of
woozy vocals accompanied by harmonicas, rub-boards, washtub basses, jugs, kazoos, accordions, and
scuffed-up guitars.
Tickets are $20 and are available
at Pacific Ace Hardware in Winters,
Armadillo Music in Davis, and Watermelon Music’s Woodland store.
For more, call 795-1825 or visit
palmsplayhouse.com or christmas
jugband.com. The Palms is at 13
Main St., Winters.
Courtesy photo
The Christmas Jug Band will perform at 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18, at The Palms.
RootStock welcomes local musician Bob Adams
All are invited stop
in at RootStock, 22
Main St. in Winters, on
Friday, Dec. 16, from 6
to 8 p.m., to enjoy the
musical talent of Bob
Adams.
Since 1976, Adams
has been a performing
musician and composer of many guises. He
has worked variously
as a jazz pianist,
acoustic bassist and
organist; has played
electric bass and guitar in rock, funk and
afro-pop bands; and
has
performed
at
times through the
years as a singer-songwriter accompanying
himself on acoustic
guitar. He has performed and recorded
with such artists as
Stan Getz, Joe Pass,
Freddie
Hubbard,
Michael Brook, Flea,
Little Jimmy Scott,
Oxbow, Tim Volpicella, Hafez Modirzadeh
and many others.
Since 1994, Adams
has farmed 80 acres in
Yolo. In the intervening years, he has written many songs about
farming in the Sacramento Valley, about
people he has met, and
about the agricultural
landscape in California and other places he
has travelled around
the world.
He comes to RootStock to perform a
selection
of
these
songs, and tell the stories
that
inspired
them, in an intimate
solo setting.
For more information visit rootstock
gifts.com.
Auditions set Jan. 11-12
for ‘Leading Ladies’ play
The Winters Theatre Company will hold
auditions for Ken Ludwig’s “Leading
Ladies” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 11 and 12, at the Winters Community Center. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. Available roles are for
several adult women and men. Production
dates will be the weekends of March 9 and 16.
For more information, email winters
theatre@gmail.com or call 795-4014.
Tickets on sale for Feb. 18 Gershwin concert benefiting Citizens Who Care
Tickets are now available
for the 20th annual Citizens
Who Care benefit concert,
“Wonderful: The Great
Lyrics of Ira Gershwin.”
Gershwin is best known
for his work with his
younger brother George,
producing one of the most
successful and prolific collaborations in popular
music history. Gershwin
also worked with other
great composers including
Kurt Weill, Jerome Kern
and Harold Arlen.
The 2012 concert will be
presented at the Veterans’
Memorial Center Theater,
203 E. 14th St. in Davis, on
Saturday, Feb. 18, at 7 p.m.
and Sunday, Feb. 19, at 2
p.m. All seats are $30.
For tickets and more
Chamber celebrates outstanding citizens
The Winters Chamber of Commerce’s annual Year in Review celebration is planned for Saturday,
Jan. 21, at the Community Center.
The event features the honoring
of this year’s Citizen of the Year,
Chamber Business of the Year,
Senior Citizen of the Year and
recipient of the Theodore Winters
award.
The 2012 Chamber Board of
Directors will be sworn in as well.
Dinner will be catered by Cody’s
Catering.
An open bar begins at 6 p.m., dinner is at 7 p.m., and the program at 8
p.m. Tickets are $35 per person,
and must be purchased in advance.
The last day to purchase tickets is
Monday, Jan. 16.
For tickets, call the Chamber
office at 795-2329, or stop by the
Winters Visitors Center, 11 Main
St.
Vacaville guild offers trip to Asian Art Museum
The Vacaville Museum Guild is hosting a
day of exploration and
fun on Feb. 1 at the
Asian Art Museum in
San Francisco, featuring the current exhibit, “Maharaja:
The
Splendor Of India’s
Royal Courts.”
Participants will get
their choice of docent
tours “Jade, Beauty,
Wealth, and Power” or
“Architecture of the
Asian Museum,” and
will view 170 treasures, spanning three
centuries, from the
royal courts of India.
Among the treasures
are Cartier’s largest
single
commission
necklace and a silver
horse-drawn carriage.
The cost is $40,
which includes roundtrip bus transportation and entry into
the exhibits. Follow-
ing the tours, the
group will go to the
San Francisco Ferry
Building for shopping
and a no-host lunch.
The bus will depart
from Alamo Plaza
Shopping Center, 868
Alamo Drive in Vacaville at 8:30 a.m., and
return at approximately 5 p.m.
To attend, contact
The Vacaville Museum at (707) 447-4513.
Bunko Bash planned to raise funds for museum
The Vacaville Museum Guild’s
Bunko Bash No. 21 is planned
Wednesday, Jan. 25, at McBride
Senior Center, 91 Town Square
Center in downtown Vacaville.
Food, wine and fellowship
begins at 6 p.m. Bunko begins at 7
p.m. As always, there will be many
prizes, donated by the Museum
Guild members, and all proceeds go
to the Vacaville Museum, a center for
Solano County history.
Tickets are $25 and are available
at the Vacaville Museum, 213 Buck
Ave., from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday
through Sunday.
For more information, call (707)
447-4513.
Is your group planning a play, concert, art exhibit, festival or
other entertainment event? Let the community know.
Send details to news@wintersexpress.com
information call 758-3704
or go to www.citizenswho
care.us. Tickets are also
available at the Citizens
Who Care office in the United Way Building at 1017
Main St., Woodland.
All proceeds will benefit
Citizens Who Care, a nonprofit agency in Yolo
County
dedicated
to
improving the quality of
life for the frail elderly
and their family caregivers through social support programs.
Learn about redwood grove on free tour
A free guided tour
under the redwood
canopy
will
be
offered at the UC
Davis Arboretum on
Saturday, Dec. 17.
To
participate,
meet at 2 p.m. at the
Wyatt Deck on Old
Davis Road on campus.
Enjoy the peace
and silence of the
redwood grove on a
misty winter day and
learn about the complex and fascinating
ecosystem of the redwood forest during
the tour.
This walk will provide a brief introduction to the ecology and history of the
coast redwood and
the plants that grow
under the redwood
canopy.
There is no charge
for the tour and free
parking is available
in Visitor Lot 5, at
Old Davis Road and
A Street. For more
information,
call
(530) 752-4880 or visit
arboretum.ucdavis.
edu.
Madeline’s Christmas show starts Friday
Join Miss Clavel, the everresilient
Madeline,
and
11
adorable girls as they experience a
series of adventures that reaffirm
that Christmas is the time for miracles.
The show is directed by Jeni
Price, with musical direction by
Jenny Reuter and choreography by
Jocelyn Price.
Performance dates/times are 7:15
p.m. Friday, Dec. 16, 6:15 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17; 2:15 p.m. Thursday,
Dec. 22, 2:15 and 7:15 p.m. Friday,
Dec. 23, and 11:15 a.m. and 2:15 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 24. Sign language
interpretation for the deaf and
hard of hearing will be provided on
Friday, Dec. 23, at the 7:15 p.m. performance.
Tickets are $10 per person, which
includes refreshments and holiday
activities in the lobby immediately
following the performance. To
reserve seats, call 756-3682, or visit
www.dmtc.org.
Bohart Museum open for weekend programs
The Bohart Museum
of Entomology at UC
Davis is launching a
series of special weekend programs through
Sunday, June 3.
Located at 1124 Academic Surge on California Drive, the Bohart Museum houses a
global collection of
more than 7 million insect specimens and
also maintains a live
“petting zoo” with
such
residents
as
Madagascar
hissing
cockroaches and walking sticks.
All the weekend
openings will be held
from 1 to 4 p.m. They
are especially designed for families
and other visitors who
cannot view the insect
collection during the
weekdays, but are
open to all, said Lynn
Kimsey, director of the
Bohart Museum of
Entomology and professor of entomology
at UCD. Admission is
free.
Visitors will have an
opportunity to access
the Bohart computers
to see the video clips
on “How to Make an
Insect Collection,” the
work of UC Davis professor James Carey’s
entomology class last
spring.
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COUNCIL
made disasters, including floods, fires,
earthquakes, volcanic
severe
activity,
storms, environmental, epidemic and public health hazards,
hazardous materials,
transportation, dam
failure, civil disorder,
terrorism, enemy attack and war.
Donlevy noted that
disasters are handled
in a progressive order,
passing
from
city,
county, state to federal offices, depending
on the size and scope
of the disaster. Local
and regional emergency response comes
from city staff, the city
council, citizens, Yolo
County, the state Office of Emergency Services,
FEMA,
the
American Red Cross,
the SPCA, Yolo County
Transportation
and
Public Health, and
public safety coordinators. He said the
plan is “based on the
idea, that you don’t
know what’s going to
happen” and added
that drills for dam failures and chemical
spills, for example,
are included in the
process.
At the Public Safety
Facility, said Donlevy,
trained staff can find
an “office in a box”
kept in locked cabinets, which contain office supplies, job descriptions and contact
lists for any emergency, allowing most
anyone to step into
place and respond.
“If we had to activate our emergency
operations center, we
could do it in a blink,”
said Donlevy. “Staff
have been trained in
federal and state requirements, and all
have gone through
EOC training. They
could lead you down
there tonight and set
up the EOC and start
on an actual response.”
Fridae noted that
coordination with the
five Winters school
sites did not appear to
be included, and recommended that this
be amended.
“There is a huge
concentration of children and adults at five
sites any day during
the
week,”
said
Fridae, who is also a
teacher at Shirley
Rominger Intermediate School. “We need
to coordinate with the
schools so we’re all on
the same page about
evacuation plans and
shelter plans. As a
teacher, I can tell you,
I don’t know what
those plans are. We
need to initiate contact with the school
district, and share information and plan for
training.”
He
added
that
school sites practice
evacuations up to four
times per year, “so students and teachers
know exactly what to
do without wasting a
lot of time.”
Council member Cecilia
Aguiar-Curry
noted that PG&E didn’t seem to be represented in the plan, and
outages can affect
everything from businesses to cell phone
communication.
“PG&E rolls out an
entire emergency operations center of
their own,” said Donlevy. “If we activate
our EOC, we’re in
charge. PG&E is in
charge of theirs. We
become a feeder of information into their
system. When something happens with
PG&E, there are certain lines of communication that are given
priority over everything else.”
Donlevy suggested
an EOC training for
council and community members who are
interested, most likely
after the first of the
year.
Fridae mentioned
the big fear in some
peoples’ minds — a
break in Monticello
Dam — and noted that
there are only about 15
minutes to respond in
a worst-case scenario
involving the total failur of the dam.
“We don’t know what
we’re exactly supposed to do, immediately, without waiting
for a command center
to set up and start issuing orders,” he said,
adding that although
schools
have
had
on
fires,
training
and
earthquakes
predators on campus,
there has not been any
training on a dam failure.
“The evacuation of
students would be the
responsibility of the
school district,” responded Donlevy.
Council
member
Harold
Anderson
asked what exactly the
plan was in the event
of a dam break. Donlevy did not offer an
exact answer, but said
the dam “probably
wouldn’t
just
pop
open,” and noted that
the most probable risk
for the dam is heavy
rain that goes over the
top. This scenario
could last a minimum
of hours and up to several days, he said, but
also noted that there
would likely be hours
and even days notice
that the dam was
about to overflow.
Donlevy described
an “inundation map,”
explaining that Putah
Creek is in a canyon
below the dam and it
releases to the south
once it’s beyond the
canyon.
“That’s why you hear
people say ‘go north.’
The water will go into
Solano County before
it goes to the Yolo
Side.”
He noted that if the
dam failed entirely,
there are only about 12
minutes to evacuate,
and said that much of
the emergency planning focuses on earthquakes, which are a
more likely threat.
Traffic analysis
The issue of authorizing a traffic analysis for the Interstate
505
Grant
Avenue
planning
project
caused some angst for
Fridae,
who
expressed
hesitation
about whether approving the analysis
would trigger development in the area of Interstate 505 and Grant
Avenue. When the vote
came,
Aguiar-Curry,
Anderson and Martin
voted to approve the
analysis, while Fridae
voted “no.”
Donlevy introduced
the item, noting five
key elements for development in that
area: rezoning, removal of the Planned
Commercial (PC) designation, cumulative
traffic review, California
Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA)
clearance and streamlining of the development process.
“Most of project entails planning review
and CEQA analysis.
This proposal is the
last of the analyses
needed for traffic.”
Noting that the city
has
already
paid
16,000 for reviews, this
traffic analysis would
be “the cumulative
analysis for the entire
area.” He also noted
that the analysis includes land use assumptions on surrounding areas, such
as
the
Burger
King/Arco project, a
hotel and an additional service station. The
analysis “will establish banks of traffic
counts from each of
the properties in the
area,” said Donlevy.
The proposed cost of
the analysis is $20,110,
but Donlevy said he is
“asking for $22,000 just
in case.” The funds
will be paid with
street impact fees.
“Will there be any
more of these things
coming to us asking us
for more funds,” asked
Martin. “I know you
don’t have a crystal
ball, but they’re kind
of nickel and diming
us.”
“This is the last
thing they say they
need, but there’s potential for more,” responded Donlevy.
“I think we need to
just address this and
move forward,” commented Aguiar-Curry.
Anderson concurred,
adding, “I think we
should move ahead
with this, and deliver
infrastructure to this
area. If we don’t have
infrastructure
out
there, nothing’s going
to happen. This is a
spinoff of that.”
Fridae,
however,
countered that “the
challenge here is to allow
and
facilitate
some strategic growth
out on the highway,
and the thing that sold
me on the Burger King
and the possibility of a
hotel is that we want to
capture highway-serving money from people who need services
on the highway, and it
would not interfere
with the downtown.”
He noted that the
analysis
apparently
presumes five fast
food businesses and
five gas stations.
“It’s beginning to
look a lot like Dixon.
From the time I got on
the council, that has
been the opposite
bellweather of what
we want to set up here.
We don’t want to attract business out to
the freeway, and make
it the new exciting
place to be. That’s
what happened in
Dixon. It took people
away
from
downtown.”
Recounting the impact freeway development had on downtown Dixon, Fridae
said, “I got a lot of
heartburn with this.”
Noting the possible
end of redevelopment
funds, he said development like this “is really going to leave us
hurting more than
we’re already hurting.
Explain to me that this
is not a danger.”
Donlevy responded
that these land uses
“are already in exis-
tence out there” and
that the proposal that
evening was only for a
traffic analysis.
“Doing the traffic
analysis facilitates it,”
said Fridae.
Donlevy responded
that it would also identify capitol improvements in the area, and
added that the projects are relatively
small.
“I can assure you
that much more would
have to happen,” before actual development took place, he
said. “In order for development to happen
out there that would
challenge the downtown, you’d have to
have some very large
projects come in. The
plan is not to hurt
downtown. It is quite
the opposite.”
“I have more of a
concern that we need
to move forward,” reiterated Aguiar-Curry,
noting that the local
farming community offered all sorts of agriculture-related businesses, such as packaging and refrigeration. — “Things affiliated with farming and
our community that
could go there if we
had this infrastructure.” Martin voiced
support of her position.
“The fact of the matter is, if we continue
down the course we’re
going on, we’re not going to be able to provide services to the
community,”
added
Martin, pointing out
the need for development to pay for city
services.
Fridae
said
he
wished the proposal
“mentioned a way to
keep the quality up,”
and talked about the
commitment and effort the city has made
to the downtown area.
“We’re working really hard to make downtown Winters the best
it can be,” said Fridae.
“We need to be careful
to take these steps in a
strategic way so we
don’t lose the control
that we want to have.
I’m afraid that we’re
opening a Pandora’s
box here, and I don’t
see the way to put a lid
on it if we want to later.”
Planning
commission chairman Wade
Cowan
commented
from the audience that
the Economic Development Advisory Committee had already
worked on development
issues in the
“Gateway” area, but
Fridae said the pacing
of development wasn’t
addressed by the committee.
Donlevy said the design guidelines for the
area, as well as the
Complete Streets plan
are 100 percent in play
on this,” and the suggestions for development merely “show
you what we’re loading into the traffic assumptions.”
Fridae still balked.
“People want to see
the big, overall, cumulative impact. It’s a little bit of a conundrum.
Even though it’s on the
books, the very fact
that we’re doing this
study is facilitating
growth.”
“This is going to
identify when we have
to realign county road
90, or Mastsumoto
Lane,” said Donlevy.
“It identifies when
this has to happen.
The pacing of things
will occur based on
when other things
happen. Money will
pace this, and so will
demand.”
“I believe this,” responded Fridae, “Yet
15 miles away, development was done that
destroyed the downtown, and I can’t ignore that. I’m having a
hard time with this.”
said
Aguiar-Curry
she “would like to
think we’re responsible” about development,
and
Fridae
agreed, but also noted,
“We may not be on the
council in five years.”
Other items
Corporal Jose
~
Ramirez was sworn in
as sergeant. Winters
Police Chief Sergio
Gutierrez noted that
he was looking for
someone
with
“a
strong sense of leadership and who would
represent the police
department in a professional
manner,”
and that he “didn’t
have to look too far.
Gutierrez
said
Ramirez has been
with the Winters Police Department for 17
years, first as a reserve officer and then
a narcotics agent. He
has received an award
from Mothers Against
Drunk Driving, and
was voted Officer of
the Year four times.
He has also served as a
field training instructor. Gutierrez said he
has “worked hard,
persevered, and deserves it.”
~ Donlevy noted that
discussion of the temporary car bridge over
Putah Creek will take
place at the Jan. 17
council meeting. Anderson asked, “How
long are we going to
drag this thing out?”
Donlevy
responded
that the bridge replacement project isn’t being dragged out.
“The train is leaving
the station on the
bridge. The temporary
bridge is secondary,”
said Donlevy. “We are
already starting to
spend money. We won’t
allow
anything
to
throw it off schedule
or it could take another 10 years. We are are
on the list, and are in
for funding. If we deviate from that, we could
go to the bottom of the
list.”
“The bridge won’t
last 10 years,” noted
Anderson.
~
Second reading
and possible adoption
of four city ordinances
amending and adding
chapters to the Winters Municipal Code
pertaining to single
room occupancy units,
shelters,
emergency
manufactured and factory-built homes, and
second
residential
units were approved
unanimously with no
discussion.
~ Aguiar-Curry was
appointed to the board
of commissioners for
the Yolo County Housing Authority. Fridae
said, “If you want to
get something done, go
to the busiest person
you know, so I nominate Cecilia.” She was
approved unanimously.
~ PG&E representative Alisa Okelo Odango announced an open
house on Monday, Dec.
12, at the Public Safety
Facility to discuss natural gas line safety.
~ Capay Valley resident Sandra Montero,
representing Citizens
Preserving Yolo County, expressed concerns
about a proposal for
wind turbines in rural
Yolo County, claiming
large scale wind turbines “can cause significant harm to people, wildlife and the
environment and are
not an efficient energy
source.”
~ Martin announced
that an Introduction to
Criminal Justice class
will be offered at Winters High School on
Mondays, 5-8:30 p.m.
The class is open to the
entire community as
well as high school students.
The meeting was adjourned in memory of
Bob
Harris,
who
served on the council
for 8 years, and passed
away on Nov. 26. Council member Tom McMasters-Stone was absent.
The council meets
next on Tuesday, Dec.
20, at 6:30 p.m. in the
council chambers at
City Hall. Anyone may
attend.
Complete
council
meeting agendas are
posted on the city website no later than 24
hours before the meeting.
Kevin Duane Balogh
October 23, 1969 - December 13, 1991
December 13 will always be the day we remember our lives stood still
and as this year comes around it is almost impossible to believe it has
been 20 short years you left us to be with the Lord. Our thoughts and
memories are overwhelming at times when I think back on the fateful
day, but the wonderful memories of our lives together quickly make
me forget those sad days. Youʼre 42 now and we know you would be
spending Christmas with your family and then heading over to our
place to be with your sister Kris and her family, but we were robbed
that day of any future with you or your family that would have been.
We speak of you daily and remember happier times when we went on
those great trips to Oregon, and Glamis Dunes with the quads and
camping and just enjoying each other. We miss you everyday but
know in Godʼs time we will see you again and at that point in time weʼll
be able to hug you once again and this time never let go. Our lives
have changed forever that day and now, 20 years later, weʼre a little
more gray and a few pounds heavier but the one thing that will never
change is our love for you. Until we meet again weʼll continue our
memories of you and look forward to when we do see you face to
face. We love you Kevin.
Forever, Dad and Mom
TRUSTEE
who was relieved of
his position when he
did not meet the deadlines, did not inform
the board that the reduction in districts
would almost certainly have drawn lawsuits and potentially
large fines. In 2001,
the California Voting
Rights Act (CVRA) was
passed and specifically prohibited at-large
elections, which can
“impair the ability of a
protected class to
elect candidates of its
choice or to influence
the outcome of an
election as a result of
the dilution or abridgment of the rights of
voters who are members of a protected
class.”
Board
president
Dan Maguire pointed
out to the Express in a
conversation following the meeting that in
fairness, it is necessary to note that the
Yolo County Board of
Education, which gave
WJUSD the green
light to pursue the ballot initiative, also appeared to be unaware
of the potential legal
jeopardy to which the
district would have
been exposed.
According to information presented to
the trustees by InterSuperintendent
im
Marilyn Corey at their
meeting on Dec. 8, civil rights groups have
been threatening legal action throughout
the state and that
“only districts that
elect by trustee areas
are
immune
from
claim.”
Compliance
with
CVRA means that
rather than having
fewer trustee areas,
the district in fact
needs to have more:
one demographically
determined
section
per trustee seat. Each
seat would need to be
filled by a resident of
its area, whether by
election or by appointment should no-one
apply to run, and voters would only vote for
one trustee. Further,
those areas must be
updated every ten
years, following the
federal census.
To change its election method and to alter existing trustee
area boundaries, the
district can apply to
Yolo and Solano Counties with a proposal
for a ballot initiative
for November 2012 or
can apply to the California State Board of
Education for a waiver of the election requirement. The waiver option requires a
public hearing prior
to a mid-February
deadline for submission.
Working within the
short timeline that the
latter option requires,
the Trustees voted
unanimously to rescind the original resolution, which supported elimination of
trustee areas. They
also authorized Corey
to utilize the services
of Tom Stanionis, a demographer with the
County
Yolo
Recorder’s office and
appointed an ad hoc
committee of Trustees
Mike Olivas, Rob Warand
David
ren
Reynoso to work with
Corey and Stanionis to
study census data and
suggest new trustee
areas. The results of
their efforts will come
back to the board in
the form of whatever
resolutions and waiver
requests
are
deemed necessary to
bring the district into
compliance
with
CVRA requirements.
Board officers
The
first
board
meeting of December
is designated by law as
an annual organizational meeting, at
which meeting dates
are approved and officers are chosen for the
upcoming year.
Board Clerk Warren
nominated President
Maguire to serve a second term, saying simply that “he’s done a
really good job.”
In seconding the
nomination, Trustee
Olivas concurred with
Warren and added
that he was “looking
forward to a year
when we don’t have to
look at the past,” referring to the expenditure of board time and
energy this year in responding to the investigation of the district
by the Yolo County
Grand Jury and in
making the personnel
and
procedural
changes that grew
from the report.
Trustee
Robyn
Rominger supported
the nomination “for
the sake of continuity,” and she, along
with Olivas, Warren,
David Hyde and David
Reynoso all voted in
the affirmative.
The only dissent
came from Trustee
Matt Brickey, who said
that “with all due respect, because I appreciate what you’ve
done,” referring to
Maguire, “in the spirit
of rotation I think we
need to elect new people every year.”
Also re-elected with
dissent
only
from
Brickey was Warren,
who will serve a second year as Clerk of
the Board.
The trustees will finalize committee appointments at the next
meeting.
Presentations
Before attending to
the regular agenda,
the trustees honored
those who were involved in the Wolfskill
Continuation School
garden project treeplanting in November.
Wolfskill students Cesar Ramirez and Josseline Fuentes received certificates, as
did community volunteers Takeshi Ishitoya,
Stephanie
Meyer,
Gary Douglas, Reid
and
Tom
Bryson
Neely.
Wolfskill and Winters High School assistant principal Tecera
Philbrook also used
the opportunity to introduce Wolfskill student Kayla Baird, who
has “made a really big
turnaround since beginning at Wolfskill”
and who is now “really
serious about her education.”
The Wolfskill staff,
represented by teachers Tracy Houk-Ishitoya and Matt Moran,
Emotional support offered during holidays
A Blue Christmas
service sponsored by
Yolo Hospice and several Davis churches is
planned on Dec. 18, 3
p.m., at the Davis Community Church Fireside Room, 412 C
Street in Davis.
The holidays are not
always easy or joyous
for those who have suffered losses in life.
This service will offer
a quiet time for prayer
and meditation.
Representatives of
the faith communities
will be available for
conversations follow-
ing the service.
Punch and cookies
will be served following the service. No
reservations are necessary.
For more information, contact Davis
Community
Church,
753-2894.
gave the trustees an
overview of their program. This year the
site will be the subject
of a mid-term review
by WASC (Western Association of Schools
and Colleges) which
three years ago gave
the school its first accreditation. Accreditation means that a
school offers its students adequate preparation to satisfy many
colleges and universities in the admissions
process.
The teachers described their writing
instruction and talked
about strategies to
help all students in all
curricular areas using
a program called SIOP
(Structured
InstrucObservation
tional
Protocol.) SIOP was
initially developed to
help non-native speakers succeed in English-language schools,
but in fact offers approaches that are useful to all students in
making
instruction
comprehensible and
accessible.
Moran pointed out
that the peer observation component of the
program, in which
teachers watch one another teach and then
discuss what they have
seen, is helpful to both
parties. The observed
teacher receives useful feedback and the
observing teacher often gets ideas for his or
her own classroom.
Board members reported on their own activities in the past few
weeks. Trustees Olivas, Warren, Reynoso
and Maguire all attended the annual conference of the California School Boards Association in San Diego
early in December. All
reported that they felt
the conference was extremely valuable, with
Maguire saying that
“the district got its
money’s worth. The
knowledge base of the
board has expanded
dramatically.”
Interim Superintendent Corey took advantage of her report to
commend the business
office and staff for the
work they do, and a
presentation by James
Marta, the independent auditor who oversees WJUSD’s financial workings, concurred completely.
The district has “responded well to funding reductions,” Marta
said, “and the financial condition of the
district is good. You
made tough decisions
early on and show
sound financial management.”
Mary Kay Callaway
the
third
brought
month ADA numbers
to the board. Enrollment was eight students above that of the
first month and attendance was 96.5 percent, which is slightly
higher than the state
average.
Nonetheless,
absences cost $36,500 in
the third month, bringing the year-to-date
losses to over $100,000.
Callaway also reminded the Trustees to expect a drop in attendance over the next
few months as the usual winter decline due
to travel and illness
unfolds.
Other business
Unanimous
approval was given to a
resolution approving
and authorizing dedication to the City of
Winters of property
along Grant Avenue to
improve sidewalk and
pedestrian access. The
approval included the
addition of language to
the process to address
possible liability issues during the construction phase.
A discussion of a tentative timeline for the
search for a permanent Superintendent
followed. The timeline
includes
opportunities for public and
staff input to help the
trustees determine the
qualities they want to
see in their new
leader.
Those conversations
will take place in early
January and it is
hoped that a recruitment brochure will be
developed and approved at the Jan. 19
regularly
scheduled
meeting.
Active recruitment
is expected to begin
early in February after the board has created interview questions and decided on a
salary that they will be
able to offer. Corey
pointed out that “you
must be competitive to
attract good candidates.”
It is anticipated that
interviews will begin
in early May.
The
board
adjourned to closed session to discuss upcoming contract negotiations and returned to
open session with no
reportable action having been taken.
next
board
The
meeting is at 6:30 p.m.
on Thursday, Dec. 15,
at the district office.
Community
Helping to feed the hungry
Photo by Debra DeAngelo
Anita Ahuja adds a check
for $868 from the Winters
Theatre Company to one
of the many food baskets
to be distributed on Saturday morning, Dec. 17, at
the Community Center.
More than 200 recipients
have signed up for a
Christmas food basket,
each containing up to 70
pounds of food. Besides
the theater group, local
Boy Scouts collected food
in November. Further
fundraising was done by
the Winters Christian Ministerial Association, which
sponsors the Christmas
food basket effort.
At left is Howard Hupe of
the Winters Theatre Compnay and at right is Rev. Bob
Badgley of the Winters
Christian Ministerial Association.
County holds meeting for rewrite of hazard plan
By ELLIOT LANDES
Staff writer
Love Canal in New in 2010, because of the
York. The biggest ef- end of the current fivefect is to minimize the year plan in January
Yolo County Office of risk to the public.”
2011.
Emergency Services
“They look favorably
The OES establishes
(OES) held a public a system for mitiga- at really collaborative
outreach information tion, identifies known plans,” said Martin,
meeting in City Hall in hazards and assesses because stand-alone
Winters on Dec. 7, to known hazards, and plans are not that valudiscuss county plan- evaluates the commu- able. “There’s reason
ning for a variety of po- nity’s resiliency. The for having this plan.”
tential catastrophes. data
Having a plan procollection
The county is revising process is time-con- vides access to federal
its multi-hazard action suming.
grant funding. It can
plan, and is holding
The next step is to help reduce flood insimilar
meetings consider
various surance premium. The
around Yolo County to strategies for the vari- plan helps identify
inform and get public ety of hazards, which risks and capabilities,
comment. Only a few leads to developing while helping local
citizens attended the strategies. The staff governments establish
meeting.
then involves the com- mitigation policies.
Plans are consid- munity to promote un“Once you identify a
ered good for five derstanding of the risk,” said Martin,
years, and the current process.
“you own that risk,”
plan is due for a
The process is feder- explaining why many
rewrite, according to ally mandated and is communities do not
Bill Martin, Coordina- required to conform to choose to do the plan.
tor for Yolo County federal
mitigation “It can lead to some
Mitigation planning standards.
Hazard
problems. You need to
Planning, who spoke at
The process started know what you’re getthe meeting.
All county communities are at risk from
some kind of hazards.
The county does considerable data collection and analysis as a
Thursday, December 15
basis for planning for
School Board meeting, 6:30 p.m., school disvarious hazards.
trict office, 909 W. Grant Avenue
“We wanted to plan
for
something
we
Tuesday, December 20
could mitigate,” said
City Council meeting, 6:30 p.m., City Hall,
Martin. We can’t miticouncil chambers
gate for an asteroid impact.
Ongoing
“How do we deal
Sundays: Alcoholics Anonymous meeting,
with the threat? We
9 a.m., 305 First Street
can either prevent the
Tuesdays: Alcoholics Anonymous meetthreat, or minimize the
ing, 7-8 a.m., 305 First Street
risk or impact. The
Wednesdays: Soroptimist meeting, 7 a.m.,
third choice is avoidcall 795-4631 or 795-2828 for location informaance, for example, the
tion; Narcotics Anonymous meeting, 7 p.m.,
moving of the entire
62
Shams Way
community away from
Thursdays: Winters Rotary Club meeting,
noon, The Buckhorn; Bilingual Storytime, 6:30
p.m., Winters Community Library; Alcoholics
Anonymous meeting, 8 p.m., 305 First Street.
12-Step
meetings
offered
every week
Alcoholics
Anonymous and Narcotics
Anonymous
12-step
meetings take place
each week in Winters
at 305 First St. The
“Kitchen Table” meeting
of
Alcoholics
Anonymous
takes
place Thursdays at 8
p.m., Sundays at 9 a.m.
and Tuesdays at 7 a.m.
Narcotics Anonymous
meets on Wednesdays
at 7 p.m. at 62 Shams
Way (Yolo Housing).
ting into.”
Asked about new
hazards, Martin said
such plans now require a climate change
component. The risk
factor for levees has
been reduced. Plans
now consider violent
encounters, such as
school site shootings.
The finished document will be around
400 pages when done.
“People are busy
with life,” said Martin
of the low turnout at
many of these events.
For more info, contact Dan Maguire at
City Hall, or, for the
county, contact the Office of Emergency Services in Woodland.
Courtesy photo
Yolo Community Foundation Board President Rosalinda Martinez (left), honors Winters resident Bobbie Moriel (center), along with Literacy Coordinator
Sue Bigelow.
Moriel among honored
local philanthropists
By MARY JO BRYAN
Special to the Express
Community
Yolo
Foundation hosted the
annual
Yolo
fifth
County Philanthropy
Day Awards on Tuesday, Nov. 8, at the Erwin Meier Administration Building in Woodland. Nine Yolo County nonprofits participated in the celebration.
The Yolo County
Philanthropy
Day
Awards recognize the
impact philanthropy
has on Yolo County
and the role individuals and businesses,
which donate their
money and time, play
in enriching their
community.
The Woodland Literacy Council and Woodland Public Library
honored Winters resident Bobbie Moriel,
who is not only a longtime volunteer tutor
but has served as the
Literacy
Council’s
treasurer for over seven years. The literacy
service provides adult
learners with both
one-on-one and small
group instruction by
trained volunteer tutors.
Among the honorees
was Don LaPlante of
the Reveille Lion’s
Club for his fundraising at Lion’s Clubs
throughout Yolo County to expand testing of
preschool children for
hearing loss in Esparto, Madison and Winters.
For more information about YCF, visit
www.yolocf.org or call
312-0593.
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Opinion
LETTERS
Santa made
their day
Just a little something about your town I
would like to share for
the holidays. I could
not get my daughter
Sabella to sit on Santa’s lap at the stores. I
took my car to get
worked on, and there
was Santa in front of
my mechanic’s with a
bag full of goodies and
I swear it was Santa!
I myself felt like a
kid. He was such a gentle soul, Sabella would
not stop talking to him
and next thing she was
in his lap. It was the
best experience ever.
My car was meant to
break down just so
Sabella and I could
meet Santa. Wherever
you came from Santa
on the corner in Winters, you are the best.
You made our day and
Christmas.
BESSIE HAMLET
(Editor’s note: A photo of
Sabella on Santa’s lap
at Pisani’s Service is on
page A-12.)
Lighting
things up
I would like to pass
on a jolly “thank you”
to everyone that made
the annual Winters
Wonderland Celebration a big success. The
day and night was
filled with fun and festivities, from the Win-
R
ters Friends of the Library Holiday Festival, to the Rotary Club
Craft Bazaar to the annual Tree Lighting
Ceremony.
On behalf of the Winters Chamber of Commerce we would like to
thank Wade and Kathy
Cowan, Matt Cowan,
Mason Stoops and Mariani Nut Company for
the use of the lift to
decorate the city tree,
the Winters Rotary
Club for providing refreshments at the tree
lighting, the City of
Winters for their support and maintenance
of the tree and the
Turkovich Family for
the use of Santa‘s
Chair.
Thank you to our
great musical talents,
Lynne Secrist and the
Middle School Choir
and Debi Bowen on the
keyboard. Nancy Mey-
er and crew decorated
our gazebo, and Dave
Fleming
and
Dan
Maguire provided our
sound for the evening.
The Winters Express is
always good to us, providing the Holiday
Guide for everyone.
Thanks to our all
around
volunteers
Paul and Linn Myer,
Shawnee Briggs, Chris
Jones, Socorro Garcia
and Lucy Martinez,
and thank you to the
Winters Merchants for
supporting the songbook.
I can’t forget the
Winters Fire Department
and
Captain
Brad Lopez for bringing Santa Claus to our
city. When the lights
flashed and the siren
blew, the kids lit up
with excitement in anticipation of Santa.
The wonderful live nativity scene was pro-
vided by the First Baptist Church of Winters
and done in great detail. Our Tree Lighting
Committee chairpersons Kristin Pantle
and Kathy Cowan deserve a big pat on the
back for their hard
work.
As you pass through
town this holiday season, please take note of
the fine holiday decorations painted on the
business
windows
throughout Winters. A
big thank you to Kate
Humphrey and the
Winters High art department for the wonderful artwork. Also
remember to stop by
the Winters Visitor’s
Center, 11 Main Street,
for all your Christmas
basket needs. Many
fine local products and
merchandise
make
See LETTERS, page A-12
They gave their lives, and they deserved better
I want to know how
this can happen in our
country. More than
that, I want to know
who is responsible,
and I want him or her
put behind bars.
According to an Associated Press story on
Dec. 7 (how disgustingly ironic — on the 70th
anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor),
the cremated remains
of 274 soldiers were
unceremoniously
dumped at the King
George County Landfill in Virginia. The report was based on
database information
from the Dover Air
Base mortuary, where
the remains of most
war dead return.
Can the story get any
more appalling? Oh
yes it can.
It further reports
that “the families of
the dead authorized
the military to dispose
of the remains respectfully and with
dignity. They were unaware of the landfill
dumping,
and
Air
Force officials told the
(Washington) Post they
have no plans now to
alert the families.”
Apparently there’s a
disconnect on what
some people regard as
“respectfully and with
dignity.” If you ask me,
a dead serviceman
should get a little
more respect and dignity
than
coffee
grounds and banana
peels. And… no plans
to inform the families
that the remains of
their loved ones who
died serving our country were treated with
no more respect than
used kitty litter?
What. The. Hell.
The story notes that
the Dover Air Base
mortuary has handled
the remains of 6,300
“troops” since 2001.
One has to wonder if
the number tossed
into the garbage really
AINFALL CONTEST. I’m a little late
getting my annual rainfall contest
started, but there is an entry form on
page B-4 of this week’s Express. Just fill it
out, one guess per person, and drop/mail it
to our office. The winner will receive a
check for $100, or if you are a subscriber,
$125. So far, all but one winner was a subscriber, so my strategy for getting people to
subscribe before they enter must we working.
I had great hopes for a real wet winter,
but then they started working on the creek
and jinxed everything. Why would we get a
lot of rain when the creek is now built to
handle it? We have about half of the rainfall
we normally get for this time of the year. It
is cold enough to snow, but that is a different contest.
The creek is starting to green up and I’ll
give the weeds, or “native grasses” about
three years to completly fill up the banks to
restrict access. The planned trail along the
creek is having problems with the federal
handicap laws. Our building inspector
wants to put a four-foot fence along the
pathway so wheelchair and other handicapped individuals don’t fall down the
banks. This isn’t going to be some post and
cable fence, no, but a fancy, full fence, that
will limit pubic access. Sounds wrong to
me, but that’s what we get for voting for incumbents in Sacramento and Washington
City.
A few people have talked to me about an
interesting aspect of the creek restoration,
Mount Elderberry. You may not know there
is a mountain in the creek, but I’m not sure
what else to call it. If you walk just east of
the train bridge, about a half-mile, you will
see what is left of the old sewer plant. The
creek bed was build up over the years and
when they remodeled the creek bed they
left a mountain in the middle.
Years ago, someone who will remain
nameless, planted some elderberry bushes
in the creek, then Congress decided that
the elderberry beetle was an endangered
species and you can’t touch, remove or
move an elderberry bush, even if you planted it. Those bushes are now on top of the
dirt column that was left in the middle of
the creek. I’m not sure how long it will be
until the elderberry bushes get off the endangered list, or the government lets us
move them, but we might have quite the
tourist attraction if we manage the site
properly. I can just see the kids turning it
into a climbing spot, or a place to drink
beer and watch the world go by.
It looks like there is a natural pond
around Mt. Elderberry. There is seepage
from the creek and groundwater that is
keeping it semi full. What it needs is to be
dug out and made into a fishing/swimming
hole. I’m not sure what it would take to
make that happen, but it would bring back a
swimming hole that has been used for over
a hundred years. Having a fishing hole,
with planted fish for kids, wouldn’t be a bad
idea either.
Does anyone know who makes the final
decisions for our creek? Does anyone else
like this idea?
Talk to your friends and have a good
week.
stops at 274. And here
we
thought
those
somber photos of soldiers’ cemeteries with
their matching white
crosses were the final
resting spots of those
whose remains where
handled by the U.S.
government. I guess
those are only for convenient photo opps.
Another point of interest in this story:
these remains were all
collected since 2001.
And they’re war dead,
not WWII veterans
who’ve passed on from
old age. This means
that most of these soldiers fought in Iraq
and Afghanistan. Talk
about adding insult to
injury, particularly for
those who died in Iraq.
Not only did they fight
in an unprovoked war
that had nothing to do
with the Sept. 11, 2001
attacks and give their
lives for this sham,
their bodies are tossed
out like trash.
And, consider this
travesty in context. According to a story on
the Washington Post
website, the remains
of these particular 274
soldiers were dumped
between
2004-2008.
Who was in charge
then? Oh yes. The
same folks who got us
into those wars and
then barred the media
from photographing or
filming the stacks of
coffins coming back. A
security risk, they
said. Propaganda at its
finest, if you ask me.
Bush & Co. didn’t want
citizens
thinking
about the ramifications of war. They
wanted us to keep
slapping “I support
the troops” yellow ribbon decals on our
SUVs and obsessing
over which politicians
are
wearing
their
American flag lapel
pins and which aren’t.
“Don’t pay any attention to that man be-
hind
the
curtain,
Dorothy!”
And
we
didn’t.
Shame on us.
If our soldiers are
brave enough to risk
death to serve our
country, we should be
brave enough to face
their remains when
they’re shipped home.
And we most certainly
should have enough
integrity to treat those
remains with the utmost respect. And if
we don’t know how, ask
a veteran. If you’ve
ever attended a military funeral or veteran’s funeral, or a
Memorial Day ceremony at a cemetery where
veterans’ graves are
adorned with tiny
American flags fluttering in the breeze,
you know that veterans and those who
care about them know
how to treat their
dead.
I was deeply touched
by the loyalty shown
by local veterans to my
father, a World War II
veteran who fought at
Normandy. My father
passed away decades
after his service and
after nearly 30 years of
complete
disability,
and didn’t personally
know any of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
members here in Winters. But when a member of that group discovered that my father
was a veteran, he approached me and said
the local veterans
group would conduct a
military service for
him.
I was provided an
American
flag
to
drape his coffin at the
church before proceeding to the ceme-
tery. The veterans
were waiting for him
at graveside in uniform — some of them
upwards of 80 years
old and too frail to
even fire the rifles efficiently. But those
gnarled hands held up
those rifles nonetheless and gave my father a rifle salute, and
then the quartermaster solemnly folded
the flag into a tight triangle and presented it
to me. The lump in my
throat was almost as
big as the flag.
It meant so much to
know that there were
people who appreciated what my father had
endured and what he
sacrificed. Moreover,
it was a bittersweet
epiphany:
veterans
share a common bond,
no matter when or
where they served.
They’re connected in a
way the rest of us can’t
possibly appreciate.
And they deserve better treatment than to
be tossed into a landfill like so much waste.
Here in Yolo County,
homeless and transient people with no
friends or family are
given a decent memorial service and their
ashes interred respectfully. Shouldn’t
our fallen soldiers get
the same? At the very
least, couldn’t the ashes have been buried at
sea, with the flag flying
and “Taps” playing,
while their fellow soldiers saluted them?
They gave their lives.
Don’t they at least deserve much this much
in return?
Tell them what you think
FEDERAL
President Barack Obama, The White
House, Washington, D.C. 20502; (202) 4561111; fax: (202) 456-2461; e-mail: president@whitehouse.gov
Senator Barbara Boxer, 112 Hart Senate
Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510;
(202) 224-3553; http://boxer.senate.gov/ contact/webform.cfm
Senator Dianne Feinstein, 331 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C.
20510; (202) 224-3841; fax: (202) 228-3954;
http://feinstein.senate.gov/email.html
Representative Mike Thompson, (1st District), 231 Cannon House Office Building,
Washington, D.C., 20515-0501; (202) 2253311; district office: 712 Main St., Suite 1,
Woodland; 662-5272; http://mikethompson.
house.gov/contact/email.shtml
STATE
Governor Jerry Brown, State Capitol,
Sacramento, CA 95814; (916) 445-2841; fax:
(916) 558-3160;
http://gov.ca.gov/index.
php?/interact/noscript/#email
State Senator Lois Wolk, Room 4032,
State Capitol, Sacramento, CA 95814; (916)
651-4005; fax: (916) 323-3204; senator.wolk@senate.ca.gov. District office: 555
Mason St., Suite 230, Vacaville, CA 95688;
(707) 454-3808; fax: (707) 454-3811
Assemblywoman Mariko Yamada, Room
5144, State Capitol, Sacramento, CA 95814;
(916) 319-2008; fax: (916) 319-2108; assemblymember.yamada@assembly.ca.gov
Hit-and-run driver gets three years Youth Regional
By LAUREN KEENE
McNaughton Newspapers
WOODLAND — Saying the defendant had
shown “not one iota”
of remorse for her actions, a Yolo Superior
Court judge sentenced
a Dixon woman to
three years in prison
Wednesday for her
role in a 2007 hit-andrun crash that injured
two Davis men.
Noelle Marie Warren had no prior criminal record, Judge
Timothy Fall noted
before handing down
the state prison term.
But it was her failure
to take responsibility
for the crime, he said,
that made a more lenient sentence unsuitable.
“There is not one
iota of evidence in
support of (remorse),”
Fall said, rejecting defense attorney Steven
Sabbadini’s request
for probation and
community
service.
“She is sorry for what
everyone has gone
through,
including
herself, but … there is
not one shred of evidence that she is remorseful.”
Warren, 27, won’t be
sent to prison right
away. Fall ordered
that she remain in
Yolo County Jail custody pending the outcome of a restitution
QUIRARTE
Program. In addition,
she has either helped
coordinate, or coordinated,
citizenship
classes for four different groups of Winters
residents who wanted
to become United
States citizens.
Organizing
those
classes required locating a teacher, locating a space to hold the
classes, and finding a
lawyer to help fill out
applications for citizenship. During the
most recent session,
she received support
from both Winters
Healthcare Foundation and the City of
Winters, for which she
expresses gratitude.
As a founding member of the Winters Hispanic Advisory Committee, a group that
works with the City of
Winters to promote
outreach, understanding and education between the City and
Winters’
Hispanic
community, she has
played a major role in
providing input into
how the City can offer
better services. She
has provided input on
Lopez next
author to
be featured
The public is invited
to meet the authors of
Winters history books
in a series of illustrated talks to be held
from 7-8:30 p.m. in the
Winters
Community
Library
community
room.
On Monday, Jan. 23,
the featured speaker
will be educator, historian and author Gloria
Lopez who will talk
about the writing and
publishing
of
“An
American Paella, Becoming
American
While Staying Spanish: A Century of Memories in Winters, California,” which she and
her husband Michael
Autry published in
2007.
For more information, call the Winters
Community
Library,
795-4955.
hearing,
scheduled
for Feb. 3.
“I believe justice
was served today,”
prosecuting attorney
Clinton Parish said after the sentencing.
A Yolo County jury
ruled in August that
Warren was the driver
of a sport-utility vehicle that struck Davis
resident
Jonathan
Pinkerton from behind as he and two
friends rode their motorcycles on Russell
Boulevard west of
Davis on the evening
of Aug. 27, 2007. The
motorist
dragged
Pinkerton’s motorcycle for nearly a mile
while
fleeing
the
scene.
The impact caused
injuries
to
major
Pinkerton, who lost
his spleen and part of
a lung while spending
17 days in a hospital
trauma
unit.
His
friend Kyle Daubert
also was injured in the
crash.
Authorities connected Warren to the collision after receiving a
tip that her father,
Warren,
alLorin
legedly had taken the
damaged SUV to be
repaired by an unlicensed mechanic in
Winters.
“It hurts to know
that the person who
caused this didn’t care
enough to stop at the
scene,” Pinkerton, 28,
read in a victim-impact statement prior
to the sentencing. “Doing the right thing matters. She had four
years to do the right
thing.”
Sabbadini
countered that Noelle Warren has been remorseful, but is now being
“punished” for exercising her rights to remain silent and to take
her case to trial.
“There’s not a moment that goes by that
she
doesn’t
think
about the victims,”
Sabbadini said. He
added that the 2007
crash “is not as serious as some of those
that involve death or
… have lasting injuries.”
But Fall saw things
differently.
“Part of this crime
included the cover-up,
and there was one,”
Fall said. “Whether
she was the instigator
or merely allowed her
family to influence
her, it speaks volumes
about her ability to
comply with probation.”
As a bailiff led a
handcuffed
Warren
from the courtroom,
her mother verbally
lashed out at the
Pinkerton
and
Daubert families, who
were seated two rows
in front of her.
“She’s innocent, and
you just sent her to
housing
affordable
policies, public transportation, recreation
and after school activities and better accessibility at City Hall.
She has also been a
key volunteer for the
annual Festival de la
Comunidad - Community Festival and Carnitas Cook-off. This
year, she took on the
task of coordinating
and scheduling the entertainment for the
event.
According to members of the Hispanic
Advisory Committee,
“Leticia is always
ready to jump in with a
big smile and a positive attitude and volunteer her time to the
Winters Community.”
“She
has
been
known to save the day
offering her services
as a translator in a
pinch at various meetings.”
Improving her English remains one of
Quirarte’s
primary
goals. When she began
to train for her job at
the Healthcare Foundation and promotora
group, she was taking
English classes at
Woodland Community
College. As work and
other demands grew,
she had to give up
those classes. But her
desire to keep learning hasn’t stopped.
“I don’t want to stop
learning English,” she
says.
With that goal firmly
in mind, she is participating in the Yolo Literacy Program where
she practices reading
English with a tutor
each week.
Asked
why
she
spends so much time
volunteering and serving her community,
Quirarte says “I really
enjoy doing things for
my family, my people,
my community.”
“Because I believe if
you have good people,
you have a good community.”
She believes that
foundation starts with
youth,
especially
teenagers. She’d love
to find a way to serve
teenagers in Winters,
to provide job training, activities, a place
to hang out, “of course,
with supervision,” she
says with a smile.
As she talks about
the work she’s done
over
the
years,
Quirarte says she is
encouraged.
“I like that I can see
the changes.”
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prison — I hope you’re
Warren’s
happy,”
mother said, leaning
over a court bench.
“She didn’t do it. She
never did it.”
The woman could be
heard sobbing loudly
in the court hallway
afterward.
Later
Wednesday,
the Pinkerton family
issued a statement
saying they took “no
pleasure” in seeing
Warren sent to prison.
“Though there is a
need
for
consequences, it was not in
our hands to mete out
justice. It was Judge
Fall’s decision, not
ours,” the family said.
“The hearing today
was a grim occasion.
We were certainly not
celebrating.”
Lorin Warren was
tried alongside his
daughter on charges
of being an accessory
in the case. Authorities said he tried to
shield his daughter
from arrest by having
her damaged vehicle
repaired, though the
elder Warren denied
knowledge of the hitand-run collision.
The same jury that
convicted Noelle Warren voted 10-2 in favor
of acquittal for her father, resulting in a
hung jury. The case is
scheduled to be retried in early February.
Treatment Center
at D-Q University
to be discussed
There will be a community meeting on
Monday, Dec. 19, 6-8 p.m. about the Indian
Health Service’s proposed Youth Regional
Treatment Center in Yolo County. The
meeting will be held at the Community Hall
within the West Plainfield Fire Station
(24901 County Road 95 in Davis). This is an
open public meeting. The center is proposed for the D-Q University site, located
about 4-5 miles east of Winters on County
Road 31.
For more information, visit the Indian
Health Service website at http://www.
ihs.gov/California/ and click “California
YRTC Project,” email caoYRTCupd@ihs.
gov, or call Gary Ball, (916) 930-3927, extension 342.
Dogs up for adoption
Saturday near Winters
Wagner, a sweet and
gentle, 2 year old
neutered male cocker
spaniel mix, and Kopper, 1 year old spayed
female purebred Rottweiler, are hoping to
find good homes this
weekend when Rotts
of Friends Animal
Rescue holds their
Winters’ Dog Adoption
Event.
“Both dogs will make
perfect family dogs as
they love children and
play well with other
dogs!” says adoption
spokesperson Barbara
McNaughton.
example,
For
Wagner and Kopper
teenagers and the His- are two of over 45 dogs
community available for adoption
panic
wanted a place to cele- through
Rotts
of
brate their heritage. Friends Animal ResNow there is the Festi- cue on Saturday, Dec.
val de la Comunidad. 17, from 7:30-11 a.m. at
Parents
wanted
a 29 Palms Pet Resort,
place for their chil- 34505 County Road 29,
dren to go after school. located between CounNow there is the After ty Road 94 and 95, a
School Program. His- half-mile mile west of
panic residents in the Yolo County AirWinters wanted to be- port.
come citizens. CitizenAll dogs available
ship classes gave them for
adoption
are
that opportunity.
spayed or neutered,
Quirarte is busy, but healthy, microchipped
she doesn’t plan to and current on their
slow down.
shots. They all come
“I feel great to help with free lifetime obeothers,” she says.
dience training classQuiarate has lived es.
in Winters since 2000.
For more informaShe lives with her hus- tion, call Renee Lanband, Jesus, and her
sons, Israel, 20 and Jesus “Chuy”, 18, with
whom
she
enjoys
spending her free
time.
The Winters PlanQuirarte will be
honored at the Cham- ning Commission was
ber of Commerce Year scheduled to hold a
in Review Celebration special meeting on
on Saturday, Jan. 21, at Wednesday, Dec. 14, at
6:30 p.m. in the council
6 p.m..
Tickets are $35 per chambers at City Hall.
person, available only The only agenda item
in advance by Monday, was an extension of
the
development
Jan. 16.
For tickets, call the agreement for CreekEstates.
Don
Chamber office, 795- side
Miller is the project
2329.
WAGNER
KOPPER
caster, 681-1326, or
leave a message at 6610213. If Saturday doeswork,
appointn’t
ments are available
for other days and
times.
Rotts of Friends Animal Rescue is a local
nonprofit, established
to rescue and place
Rottweilers and other
breeds of dogs in need
of a loving permanent
home.
Planners hold special meeting,
cancel regular Dec. meeting
manager.
A public hearing regarding this item is expected to appear on
the Dec. 20 city council
agenda.
The planning commission will not meet
again in December.
The next meeting will
take place on Tuesday,
Jan. 24. Anyone may
attend.
OBITUARY
Lake level drops
by .07 of a foot
YESTERYEAR
William Charles Harker
William
Charles
Harker died suddenly
on Thursday, Dec. 8,
2011, at Sutter Hospital in Davis. He was 61.
He had a passion for
the outdoors, Bill
loved camping and
fishing. He was a
skilled carpenter, and
worked for 30 years in
residential construction and remodeling.
He is survived by
his daughter Melissa
Harker and grandchildren Devon, Isaiah and
Malachi, all of Florida; sister Sandra Meyers of
Indianapolis, Ind.; brothers David and his wife
Janet Harker of Dixon, Richard and his wife
Joyce Harker of Columbus, Ind., Mike Harker of
Columbus, and Steven and his wife Debbie Harker of Indianapolis; and numerous nieces and
nephews.
A committal service was held at 2:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 13, at Sacramento Valley National
Cemetery in Dixon. Condolences can be left for
the family at www.bryanbraker.com.
Weekly police report
Nov. 28
~ Time unknown, a
victim’s credit card
number was used in
West Sacramento to
make
unauthorized
purchases. Loss: $2,650.
Dec. 3-4
~ 3:30 p.m. to 10 a.m.,
first block of East Baker Street, bolt cutters
were used to cut
locks off of vending
machines and cash was
stolen from coin boxes.
Loss: $50.
Dec. 4
~ 5-8 p.m., 200 block
of Railroad Avenue, an
unlocked bicycle was
stolen from a bicycle
rack. Loss: $150.
Dec. 5
~ 1:05-1:20 p.m., 700
of
Railroad
block
Avenue, parties were
involved in a mutual
physical fight.
Dec. 5-7
~ 10 p.m. to 9:45 a.m.,
100 block of Broadview
Lane, someone broke
into
a
residential
garage. A gas blower,
chain saw and toolbox containing various
tools were stolen. Loss:
$520.
Dec. 6
~ 4:30 p.m., County
Roads 31 and 95, an
officer assisted the
Yolo County Sheriff’s
Department with an
aircraft accident.
~ 10 p.m., 100 block
of Broadview Lane,
someone entered an
unlocked gate and an
unlocked garage. The
intruder
rummaged
through
cabinets.
Property
was
not
stolen.
Dec. 7
~ 2:05 p.m., Berryessa
Court and Village Circle, an officer assisted
Yolo County Animal
Control with a call of an
unleashed dog that
attacked another dog
that was on a leash and
being walked by its
owner.
~ 2:42 p.m., Putah
Creek Road west of
Interstate 505, officers
assisted Solano County
California
Highway
Patrol with a motorcycle accident.
Dec. 8
~ 1:40 p.m., Michael
Lee Smith, 63, of Winters, was booked and
released on a District
Attorney letter charging him with hit and
run causing property
damage.
~ 1:45 p.m., 300 block
of Railroad Avenue, a
door to a business was
vandalized. Damage:
approximately $400.
Dec. 9
~ 8:42 p.m., 400 block
of Anderson Avenue,
officers responded to
an audible alarm at the
middle school. A computer room door was
found unlocked. The
room was cleared and
secured.
~ 8:44 p.m., Louis
Scott Lanar Campos,
21, of Winters, was arrested on an outstanding Winters Police Department bench warrant charging him with
failure to appear and
violation of probation
on a previous charge of
possessing a controlled
substance. Campos was
booked at the Winters
Police Department and
transported to the Yolo
County Jail for incarceration.
Dec. 10
~ 1:44 a.m., Christina
Jara, 29, of Winters, was
arrested on an outstanding Winters Police Department bench
warrant charging her
with two counts of failure to appear on previous charge of driving
with a suspended/
revoked driver’s license. Jara was also
arrested on an outstanding Yolo County
sheriff’s bench warrant
charging her with two
counts of failure to
appear on a previous
charge of driving with a
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The level of
Lake Berryessa
fell by .07 of a foot
during the past
week, with a
reduction in storage of 1,223 acre
feet of water,
according to Ken
Emigh of the
Solano
Irrigation District.
reported
He
Tuesday morning that the lake
was 425.08 feet
above sea level,
with
storage
computed
at
1,280,555
acre
feet of water.
The SID is
diverting 70 second feet of water
into the Putah
South Canal and
29 second feet is
flowing in Putah
Creek at the
Diversion Dam.
Evaporation
on Lake Berryessa averaged 47
acre
feet
of
water per day
during the week.
Free food to be given
out at Winters church
File photo
Four Winters men, who in 1966 decided to lose weight,
wagered a few dollars and set a 60-day deadline in which to
shed pounds. Shown above on the Carl Holmes scales are,
left to right, (front row) Voydell Pinkston and Vern
Erickson; (back row) Frank Ramos, Sam Fernandez and
Carl Holmes manipulating the scales. Pinkston and
Erickson dropped over 30 pounds each, while Ramos and
Fernandez dropped 12 pounds each.
The Food Bank of Yolo County
will distribute food to eligible Winters residents during on Thursday,
Dec. 15, from noon to 1 p.m. at First
Baptist Church, 512 First St., and
from 3 to 4 p.m. at Yolo Housing, 62
Shams Way.
Participants may receive food at
only one site and are asked to bring
a bag to carry their food home.
For more information, call the
Food Bank, 668-0690.
50
YEARS AGO
YEARS AGO
YEARS AGO
100
YEARS AGO
December 28, 1961
J.R. Chapman, newly
appointed acting Winters postmaster, will
be sworn in Tuesday
morning at 10:30 at the
post office in a ceremony to which the
public is invited to attend.
Dr. and Mrs. A.C.
Goheen, of Winters,
are the parents of a
son, born Monday,
December 18, 1961, in
the Permanente Hospital, Vallejo.
The Rotarians entertained their ladies last
Thursday evening at a
Christmas dinner party at John’s Club. Mr.
and Mrs. Relfe Ehret
presented the program, showing their
prize-winning slides
and scenes of the
Grand Canyon and
Death Valley.
On January 1, 1962,
the new social security
rate will be 3 1/8 percent for employed people, and 4.7 percent for
self employed.
Mr. and Mrs. Al Cattermole spent Christmas weekend in Oakland, the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Cameron Girton.
Mrs. George Overhouse,
Mrs.
Nina
Mahoney, Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Overhouse and
son, David, drove to
Loomis Christmas day
and took dinner with
Mr. and Mrs. Pat
Mahoney.
Mr. and Mrs. Don
Warren
entertained
relatives for Christmas in their Esparto
home, including Mr.
and Mrs. W. Bishop, of
Winters, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Cuellar and children, of Dixon, and Mr.
and Mrs. Gay Sorenson
of Napa.
December 27, 1946
Miss Helen Salaverria, language teacher
of Delano high school
has been spending
the Christmas recess
with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. B. Salaverria.
Mr. and Mrs. R.A.
Young and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Graeser and daughters were holiday dinner guests with Mr.
and Mrs. W.B. Young
in Apricot district.
Glenn Zimmerman,
in
Navy
service
at Treasure Island,
spent Sunday at the
home of his parents,
Rev. and Mrs. E.E.
Zimmerman.
Newton Wallace of
Upland,
Southern
California, made a
business trip to Winters Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Al Cattermole spent the holiday Wednesday with
their son, Cameron
Girton and family in
Sacramento.
Coach
and
Mrs.
Glenn Harper and
son, Denny, left the
first of the week to
spend the holiday
with Mrs. Harper’s
relatives in Turlock.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted
Heinz entertained as
dinner guests Christmas
the
latter’s
grandfather,
W.H.
Mitchell of Woodland,
and her father, C.H.
Mitchell, Winters.
Mr. and Mrs. J.R.
Perry of Perry’s Home
Furnishings, took a
business trip to Sacramento Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Grant
Gray of the local bank
force attended the
annual banquet of the
Bank of Auburn.
December 29, 1911
Miss Mary Vasey
became the bride of
Dolores Walters this
week.
Victor G. Guthrie
and Miss May Stephani were married in
Colusa last week.
Elmer Stark and
Lurlene Steppe were
married Wednesday.
George N. Edwards
and Miss Beatrice
Needham were married in Sacramento
Wednesday
at
the
home of the bride’s sister, Mrs. Charles Mering.
Jacob Wittner, who
died at the Woodland
Sanitarium
Sunday,
was buried in Monticello Tuesday following.
Children
of
St.
parish
Anthony’s
were entertained by
their Sunday school
teachers Friday at the
home of Mrs. C.D.
Popes.
Miss Anita Anderson was an arrival on
Saturday night’s train
from Centerville. She
will spend the holiday
vacation with relatives here.
December 25, 1896
A petition requesting a vote of incorporation of the town of Winters will be presented
to the Yolo County
Board of Supervisors
on January 5, 1897,
signed by 64 Winters
residents.
Buckeye Lodge No.
195 F. & A.M. elected
the following officers
last Saturday night: E.J.
Englehart, W.M.; W.H.
Gregory, S.W.; O.M.
Wyatt, J.W.; A. Rumtreasurer;
melsburg,
Wm. Sims, secretary.
Miss Maude Culton,
who is attending Mills
College, is spending
the holiday vacation
with her parents.
J. Jeans went to the
city Tuesday to dispose of a car load of
hogs. He returned last
night.
Peter Johnson expects to set out about
fifteen acres of prunes
this spring.
Mrs. Fassett accompanied by her daughter, Nellie, went to
Oakland Wednesday to
spend Christmas with
her son, James Fassett.
65
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