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Volume 139, Number 51 — Locally-owned since 1884
Winters, Yolo County, California, Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Senior Commission hears update on Senior Center project, seats newest commissioner
Council approves increase for waste management rate By Jacob Hoffman Express staff writer
By Crystal Apilado
In both their first meeting of the new year, and the first full meeting with newly elected councilmembers, the Winters City Council held a brief in-person-only meeting on Jan. 10. The meeting had two principal discussion items, including a rate increase for Waste Management in Winters. City Manager Kathleen Salguero Trepa explained that Winters will be subject to an off-cycle increase in tipping fees at the
Editor-in-Chief The Winters Senior Commission on Aging welcomed its newest commissioner on Wednesday, Jan. 11. Mark Rowan was appointed by the City Council at a special council meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 10. Rowan stepped in to fill the remainder of the term vacated by Wally Pearce in October 2022. The term is scheduled to expire on June 1, 2025. Rowan told Commissioners he had moved to the area in 2020 and he was ready to get involved within the community. “I love Winters and I want to do my part
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gates of the central landfill, which will translate to an increase in waste management rates for Winters residents. “The rates are being adjusted because the county,” Trepa continued, “underwent a competitive solicitation for a landfill operator, and the result of that is — the costs went up about $1 million a year, primarily for two reasons. One, for increases in prevailing wage rates based on the inflation we’ve all been experiencing, and then also complying with the emission standards
for air quality associated with the heavy equipment being used out of the landfill…” With the costs increasing, the county moved the costs down to individual cities, including Winters, and Trepa explained “under our agreement with Yolo county” it has “the ability, with 60 days notice, to pass that cost on to the individual cities as well as (its) own unincorporated areas, so they provided us 60-day notice back in October — we took that information, provided it
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The project site for the Winters Senior Center is at the corner of East Street and Baker Street, across from the Yolo Federal Credit Union and next to Blue Mountain Terrace Senior Apartments.
Youth Day committee may cancel 2023 event if new volunteers don’t step up to help plan, sit on board By Crystal Apilado Editor-in-Chief
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The annual Winters Youth Day event may be canceled if more community members do not volunteer to help plan the different aspects or to sit on the committee’s board. President Mike Sebastian told the Express that only two board members are left, and they cannot plan the event alone. Sebastian said the responsibilities that come with planning the event are too much to handle for just the two of them. “Our secretary/ treasurer and Assistant General Chairman have had to take a leave due to a family emergency in Central
California. With her on leave, that leaves only two board members to run the entire event,” Sebastian said. “I am limited in what I can do due to my health, so it is imperative that we get a few more volunteers to help run the show.” The 85th annual celebration is expected to take place on the last Saturday of April. If not enough volunteers step up by the end of the month, Sebastian said they will cancel the event for this year. According to Sebastian, they are in need of a few more folks to sit on the board, as well as to serve as event chairs to help plan the different activities including the Main Street parade and Kiddie parade, the Duck Derby, City Park vendors and to coordinate children’s activities. The committee is specifically in need of someone
with accounting experience to serve as Treasurer to handle finances. Last year, the Youth Day Committee was in a similar position of needing volunteers to step up. Sebastian is a long-time Youth Day volunteer and has attempted to retire from the committee multiple times, but stepped up to help bring the event back in person following the pandemic. Sebastian said it is vital that individuals who would like to volunteer to contact him sooner than later because there are upcoming deadlines to get permits submitted and to get communications sent out. Community members who are interested in volunteering or who have questions about what the volunteer needs are should send
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Eight Winters Robotics members inducted into Honors Society By Jacob Hoffman Express staff writer On Dec. 16, eight members of the Winters Robotics Club were inducted into the International Robotics Honors Society. Winters Robotics Vice President Laura Mariani discussed with the Winters Express what this honor means for the students inducted and for the Winters Robotics Club as a whole. The Club is made up of teams of two to
three students, who then get to compete in robotics competitions across Northern California and the country. The club’s most recent accolade the club received is having eight of its students inducted into the International Robotics Honors Society. “The International Robotics Honors Society is a recognition of students that are achieving high-level skills in the robotics world,” Mariani said. The inductees in-
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Abigail Arons and Terrell Baptiste of San Francisco announce the birth of their son Max Ezekiel Arons Baptiste. Max was born on Oct. 2, 2022 at 1:10 a.m. At birth Max weighed 8 pounds, 11 ounces and measured 21 inches. He joins his older sister, Eva Jean Arons Baptiste (2 years old). She welcoms his to the family. Max’s maternal grandparents are Karen Olson and Barry Parker of Winters, and Tom Arons and Anne Morris of Austin, Texas. His paternal grandparents are Annett and Dwain Baptiste of Houston, Texas. Max’s mother, Abby Arons is a Class of 2024 Winters High School graduate. Submit birth announcements to the Express online at https://tinyurl.com/mrecft6j.
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cluded Miles Mariani, Jack Felsen, Jack Tuel, Ben Nelson, Jesus Cruz, Julian Garcia, Liliana Rodriguez and Jack Bryant. In order for students to join, they must apply to become members of the honor society which begins with a lengthy process for the applicants to prove not only are they skilled in robotics, but also demonstrate well-rounded scholastic qualities.
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Superintendent Rody Boonchuoy (left) joined Miles Mariani, Jack Felsen, Jack Tuel, Ben Nelson, Jesus Cruz, Julian Garcia, Liliana Rodriguez, Teacher Diane Halsey and Jack Bryant when they were inducted to the International Robotics Honors Society.
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