The Davis Water Polo ClubÕs sixth grade and under coed team went 3-0 at the Pacific Zone Speedo Cup Competition held in Palo Alto on Sunday. Davis beat Stanford B and Stanford C by a combined margin of 31-5, before going on to defeat the Marin SHAQ, 14-13. The locals were led by Peter Blumberg, … Continue Reading
Enterprise staff writer Davis High was in good hands on Wednesday Ñ literally. Most of the time, soccer is a game played with the feet, but when Blue Devil attacker Max Flye fashioned assists with two early throw-ins, visiting Dixon was behind quickly. In the end, the locals rolled to a 3-1 boys soccer victory … Continue Reading
After taking another quick lead on Wednesday at Susan Beaton Field, the Davis High girls field hockey team was starting to cruise. But a Yuba City goal put the Blue Devils back on the attack, which was bad news for the Honkers as DHS finished off a 6-1 victory. In taking control early, the Devils … Continue Reading
Special to The Enterprise There has been a lot of media attention in recent weeks surrounding the construction of a Muslim house of worship Ñ a ÒmosqueÓ Ñ and community center two blocks from ground zero in Manhattan. Given the location and timing of this issue, just at the ninth anniversary of the worst attack … Continue Reading
Enterprise staff writer When Davis High hits the road Friday for a nonleague outing with Division III football power Colfax, head coach Steve Smyte believes his Blue Devils will be primed to take a step forward. ÒWe know what the problems are,Ó Smyte says. ÒWe keep knocking off a few of our problem areas each … Continue Reading
El Macero In her Sept. 8 letter to The Enterprise, Julia Hunter-Blair again tries to demonize Israel. Jews have every right to express themselves ÒjoyouslyÓ in Israel. They inherited a land that was mostly barren desert and malaria-infested swamps. They worked hard and long in sweltering heat to Òmake the desert bloom.Ó They educated themselves … Continue Reading
Enterprise staff writer The Weber State football team has made the Football Championship Subdivision postseason each of the past two years, doing so largely on the right arm of quarterback Cameron Higgins. The 6-foot-2 Higgins entered his senior year on the 2010 Walter Payton Award Watch List ÑÊgiven to the most outstanding FCS offensive player … Continue Reading
Enterprise staff writer Looking at the new performance season for the UC Davis departments of music, theater and dance, you canÕt help thinking about the interesting things on the various schedules … as well as other things that arenÕt. Assembling a season, after all, is a matter of picking and choosing. One canÕt Ñ and … Continue Reading
Enterprise beer columnist Requesting ÒTwo beers, pleaseÓ in Italian is something like ÒDuo birra, per favore.Ó IÕm the only person on the planet, as far as I know, to advocate teaching school children many languages (and cultures) to a survival level, rather than one language to some semblance of fluency. For me, naturally, being able … Continue Reading
Enterprise art critic Off-course, weary and beleaguered, the separatists aboard the Mayflower stepped onto American soil on Nov. 9 in the year 1620. Their journey was unlikely, their cause nearly lost. They had risked everything to secure religious freedom in the new world. Their packing lists advised sturdy clothing, canvases and 12 needles. Needles? No … Continue Reading
Special to The Enterprise ÒKol ha-olam kulo gesher tzar mÕod: vÕha-ikkar lo lÕfahed klal. The whole world is a very narrow bridge, and the most important thing is not to fear at all.Ó Ñ Rabbi Nachman of Bratslov In a time when Americans are being urged to fear the Other: immigrants and their Òanchor babies,Ó … Continue Reading
Special to The Enterprise The Davis Natural Resources CommissionÕs proposed wood-burning ordinance, due to be addressed at the City Council meeting on Oct. 5, has the unhappy distinction of being simultaneously too lenient and too stringent. ItÕs too lenient in that it does not address a real issue we all agree upon Ñ nearest-neighbor smoke … Continue Reading
Davis A friend just sent me the Davis Downtown Business AssociationÕs annual Halloween event hours. It is not on Halloween, as Halloween is on Sunday this year, so the downtown trick-or-treating is on Friday, Oct. 29, from 1 to 4 p.m. This schedule excludes all but the very youngest children. Afternoon kindergartners (4 and 5 … Continue Reading
Enterprise columnist It was an embarrassing spectacle to say the least. Our very own City Councilman, Stephen Souza, running around like a court jester in front of the TV cameras downtown wearing a Zipcar T-shirt as if he were an employee of this out-of-state rental car company. Well, come to think of it, given the … Continue Reading
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