UC Davis Extension will present its Executive Program beginning in March. Now entering its 35th year, the program is the longest-running professional leadership program in the region. This seminar series features 10 weeks of one-day workshops addressing the increasingly complex challenges facing executives in todayÕs turbulent business climate. The program begins Thursday, March 11, with … Continue Reading
Berryessa Gap, a Winters winery, earned a gold medal for its 2007 Tempranillo at this yearÕs San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition. This wine will be featured at the ChronicleÕs Public Wine Tasting on Feb. 20 at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco. Chronicle writer Jon Bonne stated, ÒOne wine in particular, the 2007 Berryessa … Continue Reading
One in three women dies from cardiovascular disease, according to the American Heart Association, but there are steps women of all ages can take to safeguard their heart. ThatÕs why Rite Aid is again supporting AHAÕs ÒGo Red For WomenÓ movement by providing free heart health guides in all of its stores nationwide now through … Continue Reading
Citing the significant environmental degradation caused by salmon farming, Target has announced it will discontinue sales of all farmed salmon products in its stores. Salmon is second only to shrimp in seafood purchases in the United States and the announcement is a first by a major seafood retailer. ÒGreenpeace applauds TargetÕs decision to replace farmed … Continue Reading
Papa MurphyÕs pizza company announced that its nationwide sales grew to $630 million in 2009, an increase of more than 7 percent from 2008, despite a difficult economy. The take ÕnÕ bake pizza pioneer opened 83 new locations in 2009 for a total of 1,185. Same-store-sales were up more than 2 percent, while most industry … Continue Reading
The Small Business Development Center of Greater Sacramento will present a workshop titled ÒBookkeeping for Small BusinessesÓ from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday at 1410 Ethan Way, Sacramento. This session will assist small business owners with managing and maintaining accurate financial and accounting terms, and provide information on how to organize financial information, deal with … Continue Reading
Enterprise columnist The Red-Headed Girl of My Dreams looked at me the other day and said with considerable consternation, ÒHow are we going to survive the Winter Olympics?Ó ItÕs a concern we both share. The Winter Olympics have that you-will-not-escape-this-story quality that proves NBC plans to milk air time from every penny of its investment. … Continue Reading
Phyllis was born in Kingston, Surrey, England, to Thomas and Gladys Cutler. She was the middle of three children and is survived by her older brother, Ronald Cutler, living in Crawley, Sussex, England. Her younger brother, Keith Cutler, who lived in San Carlos, passed several years ago. Phyllis grew up in England during World War … Continue Reading
The issue: Ukraine balloting praised for its openness, now the challenge is to carry it forward Russia got the president it wanted in Ukraine, but the free and hotly contested election that installed him is a standing rebuke to the Kremlin. UNLIKE THE LAST three tightly scripted Russian elections, whose outcome was never in the … Continue Reading
Enterprise staff writer Freddie Oakley wants to keep her job as the county’s clerk-recorder Ñ until sheÕs 110 if voters let her. TheyÕll get a chance to decide on June 8, when theyÕll also cast ballots in nine other local elections, ranging from district attorney to county supervisor. Oakley raised $3,485 in the final six … Continue Reading
David and Ashley Weinshilboum of Davis are pleased to announce the birth of a son, Merret Richard Weinshilboum. Born Dec. 10, 2009, at Sutter Memorial Hospital in Sacramento, the baby weighed 6.4 pounds and measured 19 inches. His father is a professor at Cosumnes River College. His mother is a stay-at-home mom. His grandparents are … Continue Reading
Dana Szucs and Mark Hayden, both of Nevada, are engaged to be married in May in Tahoe. The groom-elect is the son of John and Mary Hayden of Davis. A 1988 graduate of Davis High School, he graduated from UC Berkeley in 1992 with a bachelorÕs degree in computer science and earned a doctorate in … Continue Reading
The issue: The greatest threat to the Iranian regime is its own people, against whom nuclear weapons would be useless Iran, as it periodically and deliberately seems to do, has again rattled the world with an announcement about its nuclear program. The Iranians say they will begin enriching their uranium stockpile to the 20 percent … Continue Reading
Enterprise columnist HEÕS ALIVE É those who were worried about the fate of our favorite street landscaper, George of GeorgeÕs Corner, can sleep comfortably once again É George, whose horticultural creations were permanently and unceremoniously buried upon a pile of black rocks at the corner of Second and L, is attempting to resurrect his garden … Continue Reading
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