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Volume 140, Number 23 — Locally-owned since 1884
The hometown paper of Chris Kelsch
Winters, Yolo County, California, Wednesday, July 5, 2023
Fortnightly takes the helm to host local blood drive By Crystal Apilado Editor-in-Chief The Winters Fortnightly Club has accepted the baton from Winters Lions Club and will host the next Community Blood Drive on Monday, July 24. Karen Benson-Neil told the Express that the Lions Club was facing challenges and that Fortnightly accepted the opportunity to help host blood drives with Vitalant. Last month, the blood drive timeframe shifted to later in the afternoon to allow for more time so residents coming home from work could have time to donate blood. The upcoming blood drive on Monday, July 24, from 3–7 p.m. at the Winters Community Center, 201 Main St. Community members are encouraged to schedule an appointment with Vitalant, although walkins are welcome. To schedule an appointment contact Vitalant at 877-258-4825 and mention blood drive code SMFM164 or visit https://tinyurl.com/t2yc8fcw.
Donors must bring a photo I.D. with them on the day of the blood drive. They are also encouraged to eat and drink plenty of fluids before donating. Whole blood donors must be at least 16 years old (16-year-old’s need a signed Vitalant parental consent form available online at Vitalant.org), weigh a minimum of 110 pounds, and be in good general health. Donors are able to complete a 10-minute Fast Track Health History Questionnaire on the day of the blood drive online at https://vitalant.org/health. Questions regarding scheduling and donating can be directed to 877-2584825. Mark your calendars for the remaining two 2023 Winters Community Blood Drives on Sept. 18 and Nov. 20. The Fortnightly Club celebrated 100 years of serving the Winters community in 2022. Today Forthnightly continues to raise funds to donate to local nonprofits, causes and an annual scholarship.
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Roy Bellhorn, Tony Garcia, Germaine Hupe, Walt Neil, Doyle Pinkston, Claude Rohwer and Gail Wingard. Honoree Esperanza Santana was unable to attend the event and her grandaughter attended in her place.
Community celebrates eight elders By Crystal Apilado Editor-in-Chief
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Woody Fridae (right) hands Doyle Pinkston the mic to share his perspective on what happened at a basketball game against Tony Garcia when they were in high school.
Chamber of Commerce moves forward with structural changes By Aaron Geerts Express staff writer
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The Winters District Chamber of Commerce is on a mission to be the ultimate boon to local businesses. Although there have been changes on the
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executive board, the chamber itself is looking forward to a bright future with more initiatives that help bring people and businesses together. The aforementioned board leadership change refers to Sue Moualim stepping down as the executive director and becoming one of the board of directors that consists of Michael Gradl,
Rody Boonchouy, Jack Vickrey, Jason Jurado and Lyndsay Ancora. Meanwhile, the Executive Board consists of Secretary Belyn Lee, Treasurer Rachel Woods and Board Chair Chris Calvert. According to Calvert, this change took place sometime in December and the responsibilities of the executive director have been
See CHAMBER, Page 3
Index Features ........................ B-1 Classifieds ................... B-4 Community .................. A-2 Opinion ......................... B-3 Real Estate ................... B-2 Athlete of the Week...... B-5
We at he r Date
Rain
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Low
Jun. 28
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55˚
Jun. 29
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91˚
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Jun. 30
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98˚
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Jul. 01
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101˚
66˚
Jul. 02
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106˚
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Jul. 03
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107.5˚
78˚
Rain for week: 0.00 in. Season’s total: 0.00 in. Last sn. to date: 0.00 in. Winters rainfall season began 7/1/23. Weather readings are taken at 9 a.m. daily by local weatherman Joe Bristow.
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First ag roundtable brings voice to Yolo farmers By Jacob Hoffman Express staff writer Two Yolo County supervisors, who represent Districts 2 and 5, the former including Winters, held the inaugural Western Yolo Ag Roundtable meeting on June 22 — a forum meant to foster dialogue and direct communication between the region’s farmers and its supervisors. District 2 Supervisor Lucas Frerichs and District 5 Supervisor Angel Barajas spoke with the Winters Express about their decision to hold this meeting, how the first one went, and what Yolo farmers can expect from these meetings in the future. The ag roundtable was the culmination of Frerichs and Barajas’s shared desire to hear the voices of the Yolo County agricultural community. “Supervisor Frerichs and I launched this roundtable initiative to
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Chris Turkovich (center) hosted Supervisors Lucas Frerichs (left) and Angel Barajas’ inaugural Western Yolo Ag Roundtable meeting at Turkovich Family Wines. build and bolster our relationships with the agriculture community,” Barajas explained. “This meeting…provided farmers with county ag information, ag program and services, as well as a forum for open dialogue.” Frerichs noted that during his campaign for supervisor, many rural voters expressed a desire to be better represented.
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The Winters Elder Day Council hosted the fifth annual Elder Day Celebration on Saturday, June 24, at St. Anthony’s Parish Hall. This year, eight local elders over the age of 90 or who are turning 90 in 2023 were honored at the event. Organizer Wally Pearce and event emcee Woody Fridae shared enthusiasm over the ability to celebrate Winters elders again. The 2023 honorees included: Esperanza Santana (age 102), Tony Garcia (age 92), Gail Wingard (age 92), Roy Bellhorn (age 91), Germaine Hupe (age 91), Walt Neil (age 90), Claude Rohwer (age 90) and Doyle Pinkston (age 90). Fridae shared sto-
ries and memories for each of the honorees and engaged them with questions about some of their answers they had shared in an interview with Pearce. Each of the honorees enhanced upon Fridae’s commentary by sharing emotional and amusing memories and advice. Garcia and Pinkston proved that one is never too old to engage in some basketball court trash-talking as they recalled happenings of a basketball game where Woodland beat Winters. Garcia and Pinkston both joyously shared their perspectives of what really happened that day, and both were all smiles. Pearce acknowledged previous honorees who were in attendance including
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“One of the things I heard regularly while I was campaigning for the board supervisors was concerns from rural parts of the county that there might not be adequate representation of those viewpoints on the supervisors,” Frerichs said. He hopes that these roundtables will allow the supervisors to “regularly engage
See FARMERS, Page 3
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