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Poetry, Greek celebration planned at Senior Center

Greek culture and poetry will be celebrated in the next few weeks at the Davis Senior Center, 646 A St. Join Davis’ Poet Laureate Allegra Silberstein for interactive poetry from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. on the first Thursday of each month. Participants are invited to bring their own poems and/or their favorite poems to share. … Continue Reading

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Helping seniors communicate: Speech and language therapy at home

Many seniors, especially those who have suffered strokes, require speech and language therapy. If your elder’s insurance won’t pay for a speech therapist, and you can’t afford one, you can still give speech therapy to your parent on your own. The first step in speech therapy is to improve the dexterity of the mouth and … Continue Reading

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Glacier Circle celebrates five years

Homeowners of the Glacier Circle Housing Association include, from left (back) Ellen Coppock, Ray Coppock, Carolyn Langencamp, Rich Morrison, John Jungerman, Nancy Jungerman, Stan Dawson, Margaret Northrup-Dawson and (front) Sue Saum, Lois Grau, Joan Stek and Dorie Datel. Courtesy photo

Glacier Circle in West Davis, the nation’s first senior co-housing community, is celebrating five years of elders living together. Its members say “We’re becoming more like a family every day.” Their history goes back almost 10 years, when several Davis friends set out to explore the possibility of group living somewhere in the city. Their … Continue Reading

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Forever 21 opens Saturday

A University Mall shopper walks past the Forever 21 store Thursday as employees clothe mannequins in preparation for Friday's "soft" opening and Saturday's grand opening. Fred Gladdis/Enterprise photo

Forever 21 will celebrate its grand opening Saturday in the former Gottschalks space at University Mall. The store, which specializes in trendy, inexpensive women’s clothing and accessories, officially opens at 10 a.m. Saturday, following Friday’s soft opening, spokeswoman Kristin Loe confirmed Thursday. Grand opening promotions include $10, $20, $50 and $100 gift cards for the first 200 … Continue Reading

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Forever 21 photo

A University Mall shopper walks past the Forever 21 store Thursday as employees clothe mannequins in preparation for Friday's "soft" opening and Saturday's grand opening. Fred Gladdis/Enterprise photo

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Finally, DYSA starts the softball season

The weather broke just in time for the girls of the Davis Youth Softball Association to get in a full week of competition. After a gala Opening Day ceremony was washed out last Saturday, games in all divisions got under way in earnest on Monday. Here’s a look at some of the action… Adrenaline Rush … Continue Reading

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The Opening Day that should have been

Pitcher Katie Gibson of the 10-U Monos Locos DYSA squad lets go with a fastball as a brilliant sunset provides background at Community Park. Despite Gibson's best efforts, her team finished in a 10-10 tie with the Patriettes on Wednesday. Wayne Tilcock/Enterprise photo

By Adam Andrews Well, Davis sports fans, the 2011 Davis Youth Softball Association Spring season got under way last Saturday with all the pageantry of opening day at AT&T Park. Borrowing a page from the Davis Little League playbook, DYSA hosted its first opening day ceremony in several years. With the interest in recreational softball growing … Continue Reading

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Kaylee band photo

Kaylee Star and her band will perform a tribute concert to country/pop superstar Taylor Swift at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 23, at the Woodland Opera House, Second and Main streets in Woodland. Courtesy photo

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Tanenbaum photo

Renowned soloist David Tanenbaum will perform with the Pacific Guitar Ensemble on Friday, April 22, at the Davis Art Center, 1919 F St. Courtesy photo

   

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bricks photo

A $50 donation to the Hattie Weber Museum, 445 C St. in downtown Davis, buys a commemorative brick on the museum patio. Courtesy photo

   

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Looking good for a good cause

YoloKids.org Celebrity Fashion Show

West Sacramento City Council member Oscar Villegas and West Sacramento teens Logan, Mason and Vincent model clothes from Davis Sport Shop at Wednesday’s Yolo County Celebrity Fashion Show, hosted by the Yolo County Children’s Alliance and the Yolo County Child Abuse Prevention Council. The event also featured refreshments and a silent auction. Among the models … Continue Reading

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Explorit photo

Explorit's camps often have volunteer presenters, such as Nick Ruppel of the UC Davis plant sciences department, encouraging campers to investigate a carnivorous plant. Jonathan Bell/Courtesy photo

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Ian Pearse photo

Researcher Ian Pearse looks at an oak apple gall. His research team at UC Davis studied galls on valley oaks in Davis, Woodland and Vacaville. Kathy Keatley Garvey/Courtesy photo

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source code photo

Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) hasn't the faintest idea how he wound up traveling on this particular train, nor does he understand why Christina (Michelle Monaghan) flirtatiously chats him up with such familiarity; she's a complege stranger to him. But she and everybody else on this Chicago-bound train are about to become very important, as Stevens gradually undstands and accepts the responsibility of his most unusual mission. Courtesy photo

Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) hasn’t the faintest idea how he wound up traveling on this particular train, nor does he understand why Christina (Michelle Monaghan) flirtatiously chats him up with such familiarity; she’s a complete stranger to him. But she and everybody else on this Chicago-bound train are about to become very important, as Stevens … Continue Reading

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