Wednesday, June 19, 2013
YOLO COUNTY NEWS
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Bingo! Games Sunday benefit summer camp

Feeling lucky? Try your hand at bingo on Sunday at the Davis Odd Fellows Hall, 415 Second St. downtown. Doors open at noon, and the first game begins at 1 p.m. Typically, 14 or 15 games are played and the fun usually ends about 4 p.m. Players can purchase bingo packets for $20, which supplies sufficient [...]

Holmes VP Kelleher moving over to Harper

Kerin Kelleher, longtime vice principal at Holmes Junior High, will be moving to Harper Junior High this summer. The vice principal’s job at Harper opened up a few weeks ago when Matt Duffy was hired as principal at Pioneer Elementary. Assistant Superintendent Matt Best, the school district’s human resources administrator, told The Enterprise on Friday [...]

Native culture in the spotlight at Cache Creek Preserve

Native American cultural demonstrations — including basket weaving, tule use, acorn preparation and children’s activities — will be showcased at a special program Saturday, June 15, at the Cache Creek Nature Preserve. The preserve will be open that day from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission is free. Weavers will use materials from many of [...]

Tomatoes and frogs take over Central Park

Square Tomatoes Crafts Fair and Save the Frogs will come together from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday in Central Park, Fourth and C streets in downtown Davis. Square Tomatoes, which added 12 new vendors for this weekend, is showcasing the Davis chapter of Save the Frogs. Ecological adviser Michael Starkey will host an information [...]

Summit offers resources for small businesses

“Building Blocks for Better Business” is the theme of the second annual Yolo County Small Business Resource Summit, which runs from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 26. Registration and networking begin at 8:30 a.m. The event is presented by the U.S. Small Business Administration and Small Business Development Center, in collaboration with the [...]

What do you think? What summer blockbuster are you looking forward to seeing?

Suzanne Kimmel real estate, Davis: ” ‘Iron Man 3.’ “ Chris Strelioff researcher, Oakland: ” ‘Star Trek.’ “ Karolina Vasquez student, Davis: ” ‘Star Trek.’ “ Anne Leady student, Davis: ” ‘The Great Gatsby.’ “ Kevin Elmore student, Davis: ” ‘The Great Gatsby.’ “ Dana Marsh student, Davis: ” ‘The Great Gatsby.’ “ Asked in [...]

At the Pond: Davis as beachfront property?

For 10 years with this column, I have sung of the glories of nature opportunities in Davis and the region. There’s so much to delight in and explore in our pleasant, Mediterranean climate that features four distinctly beautiful seasons. So please bear with me today as I take a different tack: a call for grassroots [...]

Speak out

President Hon. Barack Obama, The White House, Washington, D.C., 20502; 202-456-1111; fax: 202-456-2461; email: president@whitehouse.gov U.S. Senate Sen. Barbara Boxer, 112 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20510; 202-224-3553; email: visit http://boxer.senate.gov/contact/webform.cfm Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 331 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20510; 202-224-3841; fax: 202-228-3954; email: visit http://feinstein.senate.gov/email.html House of Representatives Rep. John Garamendi (3rd District), 2438 Rayburn [...]