The Davis High School agriculture department is hosting a fundraising plant sale this week. Flowering annuals, peppers, herbs and tomatoes are for sale from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday in the school’s small parking lot at Oak Avenue and 14th Street.

For more information, contact agriculture teacher Amy Schulte at [email protected]

Book club looks at Marie Antoinette

The Evening Book Club will discuss “Marie Antoinette,” by Antonia Fraser, at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Arthur F. Turner Community Library, 1212 Merkley Ave., West Sacramento.

“Was Marie Antoinette a spoiled and uncaring queen, or the victim of her politically scheming mother and indifferent and unaware husband?” asks Yolo County Librarian Patty Wong. “Join us for this month’s Evening Book Club to share your thoughts and opinions.”

The club is one of the Yolo County Library’s adult programs. The group is free to join and meets on the third Wednesday of each month in the Community Meeting Room at the Turner Library.

On May 18, the club will meet to discuss “Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln,” by Doris Kearns Goodwin.

For more information on Yolo County Library programs, visit http://www.yolocountylibrary.org.

Food given to needy locals

The Food Bank of Yolo County will distribute food to eligible Davis residents on Wednesday.

Distribution will take place from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Davisville Apartments, Kennedy Place; from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Davis Senior Center, 646 A St.; and from 6 to 7 p.m. at Owendale Community, 3023 Albany Ave. Participants may receive food at only one site. Eligible participants are asked to bring a bag in which to carry their food home.

For more information, call the Food Bank at (530) 668-0690.

Winters hosts education forum

Community members are invited to “It Takes a Village,” a forum on education planned from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Shirley Rominger Intermediate School, 502 Niemann St. in Winters.

The forum will discuss the potential impact of the state budget, the new reality of rising expectations and decreasing resources, and what lies ahead for education in Winters.

Panelists will include David Sanchez, president of the California Teachers Association; Adonai Mack, chief budget analyst for the Association of California School Administrators; and Thomas Timar, director of UCD’s Center for Applied Policy in Education.

Refreshments will be provided. There will be a question-and-answer session after the panel.

Cemetery board meets Wednesday

The Davis Cemetery District board of directors will meet at 5 p.m. Wednesday at 820 Pole Line Road.

On the agenda are Superintendent Joe Cattarin’s report, monthly financial reports and analysis of adequacy of the endowment fund. Members of the public will have the opportunity to address the board on related business that does not appear on the agenda.

Dennis Dingemans, Marilyn Mansfield, Dennis Dahlin, Val Dolcini and Ted Puntillo serve on the Davis Cemetery District board.

Writing class offered for kids

Kids ages 8 to 12 can experiment with words and language in fun and creative ways in the upcoming Davis Art Center class “Creative Writing for Kids.”

The class will run from 4 to 5 p.m. Thursdays, April 21 to May 26.

All forms of writing are encouraged, with an emphasis on poetry. Students write in their journals in class and at home, and assignments provide students with motivation to write about the world from their own perspective.

The class fee is $70 for members of the Art Center and $80 for non-members, which includes a journal provided by the instructor. Pre-registration is required. To sign up, call the DAC at (530) 756-4100 or drop by 1919 F St.

Special telephones to be demonstrated

Hear! Here! will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Davis Senior Center, 646 A St.

A representative of the California Telephone Access Program will demonstrate free telephones for the hard of hearing and physically impaired.

Group screens drilling documentary

Big Screen Cinema, in partnership with Democracy for America, will present a screening of “Gasland” at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Blanchard Room of the Stephens Branch Library, 315 E. 14th St. in Davis.

This Academy Award-nominated documentary film looks into the largest domestic natural gas drilling boom in history. The Halliburton-developed drilling technology being used in this effort, called hydraulic fracturing or “fracking,” has unlocked a “Saudia Arabia of natural gas.” Unfortunately, along with the natural gas, the process is also causing a tremendous release of methane into the atmosphere.

In the documentary, after filmmaker Josh Fox is asked to lease his land for drilling, he embarks on a cross-country road trip to find the answer to the question,“Is fracking safe?” A nearby Pennsylvania town which was recently drilled reports that residents are able to light their drinking water on fire. This is just one of the many  revelations of a new country now known as “Gasland.”

Right & Relevant hosts retirement party

Friends, consignors and customers are invited to a party from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Friday at All Things Right & Relevant, 1640 E. Eighth St. The party is in honor of Judy deCesare, longtime manager of R&R, who is retiring.

For further information, call (530) 759-9648.

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