Enterprise music critic ÒSummertime … and the livinÕ is easy…Ó These lyrics were penned by DuBose Heyward in 1935, for music composed by George Gershwin for the opera ÒPorgy and Bess.Ó The song became a jazz standard, and in 1997 hit the pop charts again when the band Sublime turned it into a reggae-rap-rock song. … Continue Reading
Special to The Enterprise Lois Richter and I host a garden talk show on KDRT, the local radio station that is part of Davis Media Access. All the great KDRT shows are available through your computer at KDRT.org and via podcast, so we get questions from all over the world. This one came first, asking … Continue Reading
Enterprise wine columnist Devoted as I am to Òlocal,Ó I must admit that finding a decent-quality California or other West Coast wine for less than $10 hasnÕt gotten any easier, as I thought it might, during the drawn-out recession. The best bottles in this price range still come from Europe and the Southern Hemisphere. And … Continue Reading
Enterprise art critic Stacks of floor-to-ceiling oak barrels buttress the walls of Rominger West Winery. This month, views of the wide, earthy wood grain are obstructed by paintings perched like windows against the girth. Andrew Dorn, armed with a portable easel, a pocket full of paints and a fistful of brushes, has port-holed RomingerÕs barrels … Continue Reading
Special to the Enterprise Some people believe farmers use too much water. However, the amount of water actually used to grow our food is far less than many people believe. I am a second-generation family farmer. We produce rice and walnuts in the Sacramento Valley. Like most family farmers, we donÕt take water for granted. … Continue Reading
John Mott-Smith correctly noted in the June 17 Enterprise that greenhouse gas emissions represent an impending disaster and that the major underlying factors contributing to these emissions are increases in population and consumption. He then incorrectly asserts that much policy attention has been directed to consumption but not to population. Mott-Smith mentions Ñ again, correctly … Continue Reading
I was one of the 33,000 people Carly Fiorina laid off when she was CEO. of Hewlett Packard, the first wave of layoffs since HP began in 1938. In addition to the layoffs, she cut wages for those remaining by $130 million and sent 18,000 jobs offshore. In fact, she had a term for it: … Continue Reading
On behalf of the Davis High School track team, we would like to thank everyone in Davis who donated to the Blue & White Foundation, and especially Superintendent James Hammond, the school board, and the Brown Family for making the idea of a new track facility a reality. Being able to practice at home, in … Continue Reading
The Save-a-gallon contest for Davis schools ended on May 31 with 430 participants using alternative transportation for approximately 36,700 miles, saving 1,710 gallons of gas and 17 tons of CO2! The Davis Bicycles! School Committee and saveagallon.org would like to thank the following businesses for their donation of prizes to the contest: B&L Bike Shop, … Continue Reading
Enterprise columnist In Davis we frequently have discussions about electing our council at-large, or by districts, or by something known as ÒchoiceÓ voting. But IÕve never heard the term ÒcumulativeÓ voting tossed into the mix. Well, thanks to my friend Eric at pacbell.net, I now know far more than I ever wished about cumulative voting, … Continue Reading
Ann Verdin Whitworth died Wednesday, June 16, after a brief illness. She was born Sept. 23, 1922 to James Harris and Nellie (Cambron) Verdin in Rosebud County in eastern Montana, where her father was a rancher. After his early death, she, her older brother James and her mother moved to Council Bluffs and, later, Iowa … Continue Reading
Amelia Needham and Ryan Beede, both of Davis, are engaged to be married. The bride-elect is the daughter of Starr and Nicole Needham of Las Vegas, Nev. She is a student at UC Davis. The groom-elect is the son of Rodney and Christina Beede of Davis. He is the owner of the Davis Athletic Club.
Enterprise columnist I donÕt know about you, but IÕm hoping my friends Ruth Asmundson and Sue Greenwald will agree to mix it up one more time before we close the book on the most contentious chapter in Davis City Council history. It takes two to tango Ñ or tangle Ñ and with Ruth, Dandy Don … Continue Reading
Enterprise drama critic When ÒCrazy for YouÓ opened on Broadway in 1992, New York Times critic Frank Rich said it was Ò…the moment at which Broadway finally rose up to grab the musical back from the British.Ó He went on to describe the show as Òthe American musicalÕs classic blend of music, laughter, dancing, sentiment … Continue Reading
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