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not worth going to the trouble of fixing their insides.” He doesn’t know what’s to become of the Wyatt Deck piano. As old pianos are given away, Schreiner says it’s easier to get another used one than try to fix an old one that has no name brand that no one wants to fix. The public pianos like the one on the Wyatt Deck are part of In the Key of Davis, a public arts
Multiple years of tuition increases are likely heading to California State University students as the 23-campus system seeks desperately needed cash to afford its academic mission. The institution on Thursday published its proposal to begin raising undergraduate and graduate school tuition by 6% annually starting in the fall 2024 academic year. For undergraduates, that would mean an increase of $342 in the first year. However, nearly 60% of Cal State’s students would be unaffected by the tuition hikes because they receive state financial aid. Tuition for those who pay would rise steadily, from $6,084 in the first year of the hike to $7,682 by 2028-29. The series of hikes has no end date; instead, the proposal said Cal State leaders would reassess the plan after five years. The system’s Board of Trustees will hear the sweeping proposal at the July 11 meeting, and, according to the agenda, vote on whether to approve the tuition increases in
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The public piano in central park features birds and a blue butterfly painted by Drawn and painted by students in Kyle Monhollen’s Davis High School art class.
Pianos come, and pianos go, but the music keeps on By Monica Stark Enterprise staff writer The public pianos that pop up every summer around Davis sometimes seem to have their own life cycle. The mystery of the Arboretum’s Wyatt Deck public piano: Why is it no longer fun to play? Piano players have complained that it
hasn’t been sounding too great. Falling apart from the inside, perhaps this year’s inclement weather is to blame, but according to its piano tuner Trent Schreiner, various possible occurrences can make it difficult to predict what’s happened to the Wyatt Deck piano, especially since it’s under a covered structure.
A member of the Sacramento Valley Chapter of the Piano Technicians Guild — whose mission is continued education for tuning, repairing and rebuilding pianos — Schreiner says there are “a lot of old pianos” that “don’t really hold their values. Once something bad happens to them, if they get rained on, it’s
Firefighter goes for gold, again Empower Yolo helps By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer Bryan ten Bosch was relatively new to the Davis Fire Department when his crew responded to the fatal shooting of Police Officer Natalie Corona on the night of Jan. 10, 2019. The harrowing experience left ten Bosch struggling with depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. To cope, the former college decathlete turned to exercise to ease his anxiety. “It totally turned my life around,” said ten Bosch, who began competing in track-and-field competitions for athletes representing law-enforcement and first-responder agencies.
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Last year, he took home gold medals from the United States Police & Fire Games track-and-field pentathlon in San Diego, as well as the World Police & Fire Games in Rotterdam, Netherlands. He’s on track for a repeat performance this year, already winning gold at this year’s U.S. games on June 10. Ten Bosch heads to the world competition in Winnipeg, Canada, in early August. “It felt phenomenal,” ten Bosch, a five-year Davis Fire Department veteran, said of his latest goldmedal win. The one-day competition
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strengthen communities By Aaron Geerts Enterprise staff writer Many in Yolo County are living in a variety of dire circumstances, fear and with uncertain futures. That’s why for the past 46 years, Empower Yolo has stood as a proverbial lighthouse of hope, guiding those living in dangerous life waters to its safe haven of lifechanging services.
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Davis Firefighter Bryan ten Bosch shows off the gold medals he earned at the U.S. and World Police & Fire Championships.
Empower Yolo was founded in 1977 and originally known as the Yolo County Sexual Assault Center. It provided crisis intervention services, and over the
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decades, developed a litany of other services to aid victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, stalking and more. With such a diversity of offerings, the organization opted to change its name to ‘Empower Yolo’ to fully encompass the services it provides.
“On one hand, we’re a family resource center, but we offer essential resources to anyone in Yolo County, not just families,” volunteer and community engagement specialist Edith Bikoba said. “We have a clothing
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