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Trust Fund for Children of Officer
Thursday, August 21, 2008 ::
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This is from Dog Paul Davis ---
Last week, Davis Police Officer Paul Narr tragically took his own life. He leaves behind two small children and a wife. The Davis Police Department has set up a trust fund for Peyton and Jack Narr. Peyton is five and Jack is about to turn three. College trust funds for Narr's children have been established at First Northern Bank. Donors may make contributions at any branch of the bank, which has offices in downtown Davis, Woodland, Winters and Dixon.
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New toilets at my office
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 ::
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So a few months ago, in an effort to be sustainable, my business put in low flow toilets. Well this weekend at some point one of them may have been low flow -- but it did flow and flow and flow. We had hundreds of gallons of water everywhere.
It ruined all the wood flooring. It dampened all the carpets. The water crept up to 14 inches up the drywall in a couple places.
So now we have about 40 commercial drying fans going for about 72 hours. The wood floor has all been torn up and will be replaced. Every desk in the place I think has been moved. Most every one of my employees is trying to work from home.
The insurance company has actually been great. The clean up company has been just amazing.
It has been a long week -- and it is only Tuesday. More blogging later.
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Drinking Age to Change?
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 ::
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The way we deal with alcohol and drugs in our society is very difficult for me to justify. A group of college Presidents are advocating changing the drinking age from 21 to 18. Here is an article from CNN.com. I have to tell you that I think they have a good point.
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Thank you to the folks at Stow-it
Monday, August 18, 2008 ::
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Stow-it is the storage company on East Beamer. Wanda is the manager there and has been very helpful with letting us use some space for Backpacks for Kids.
You can see a picture of Wanda, the manager of Stow-it and Jim Naekel.
Many thanks for helping Yolo County students.
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Mary Carrillo
Sunday, August 17, 2008 ::
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I had no idea who Mary Carrillo was when I first saw her broadcasting the Olympics this past week. She is terrible. Get her off the television.
Stick Dotty Huber in there. She would do much better than this crazy lady.
I have not said anything all week. Then Jenn launched in on Mary and I figured out that I was not the only one in pain.
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Sharps Containers
Sunday, August 17, 2008 ::
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 So on Friday I got to see one. Did not really know what to expect but it turns out that they come in all sizes.
I actually touched one and did not get killed. I even set it on my kids play table. After I took the picture I left it there. My kids didn't even seem to care. Jenn was the one that eventually ended up moving it.
If we are going to have a needle exchange program then we should have these containers to try to recover some of the 11,000 needles that are floating around out there.
I actually do think they should be anywhere we have a history of finding needles. That includes city parks, county buildings, shelters...hunt where the ducks are.
The needle exchange program still seems crazy to me. It always will. Helping an addict facilitate the injection of poison into their body under the banner of public health is simply wrong to me.
However, if we are going to have the program I think my family and friends are safer to have these Sharps containers available in parks than without them. 
This one seems pretty simple. It locks. The Diet Coke is there for size reference. It could easily be attached to the wall.
When it is full you can pull the liner out and safely cap it. The part you don't see is the box that you put the red thing in to mail it for safe disposal. Once the needle goes inside everyone is safer.
The more I learn about these things the more I am finding that they are very common. I never realized how many people take shots daily for medication.
Here is some information on the company that makes the container.
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This should get some reaction...
Sunday, August 17, 2008 ::
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I just posted a comment on the People's Vanguard of Davis that I expect will lead to some name calling. Oh well.
Here is the original post and all the comments.
I think some of these people from Davis need to put up or shut up. Woodland has stepped up to provide land use for many of the things people from Davis advocate for. Affordable housing. Housing for people with mental illness. The Wayfarer Center. Summer House.
It seems to me that Woodland is doing some heavy lifting that some other communities in Yolo County are not doing. I am calling them on it. I look forward to the reaction.
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You are a big bald.....
Sunday, August 17, 2008 ::
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So on Friday afternoon Jenn and I took the kids to the Fair. They had all eaten dinner and we were headed there for rides and ice cream.
Abbie and I did the ferris wheel. Adam got to see clowns. Adam and Abbie rode on the trucks in the kiddie section. Life was great.
Since I had not eaten yet we split up. Jenn took the kids to the merry go round and then for ice cream at the Methodist church booth. I headed for tri-tip at the FFA booth. After getting my tri-tip combo I ran into Yolo Cal Vet and his Posse. I downed the excellent tri-tip and started working on my melon cup.
As I walking north along the asphalt path toward my family and ice cream some idiot strolls right up next to me and says, "You are one big bad bald Mother F***er."
My response, while shoving melon down my throat, was "What?"
He did not back track at all. He said "I am a little stacked right now but your head is big and bald.". Now I figure I might have a problem. I am eating -- which is a very bad time to bother me. Further, if this guy makes me drop my melon cup I am probably going to jail shortly after that.
I stand up a little straighter and stare right at him with my mouth full of melon. His hands are free and he seems more inclined to hold onto the straps of his backpack. This is going to end quickly if it has to.
Now that I have his attention he cuts behind me to leave. Life is getting better because I think he is probably headed away from me and my melon cup.
Then the guy clips the heel of my sandal wit his foot. I am not sure if he did it on purpose or not but I know this -- it was a big deal for me. A big deal because of my reaction. I am not an athlete any more. If 315 pounds were above my chest today it would cut me in half. 26.2 miles would get finished sometime after the fair ended. I have not had anyone throw a punch at me for longer than Abbie has been alive. I am 40 YEARS OLD.
Here is the key distinction between my reaction today compared to what my reaction would have been ten years ago. My primary concern was really not my safety. It was my melon cup. It was good melon.
Had I been with my family my reaction also probably would have been much different. If this tweaker would have actually sent me to the ground my reaction would have been far different. After all, I probably would have spilled my melon cup.
My main point with this post is that I need to remember that I am 40 year old middle age man walking around in short and sandals at the Yolo County Fair. I'm not a warrior anymore. You need a soldier of fortune then hire someone else. Many people are now more qualified than I am. If you need someone to blog for you, pick up trash, do a book review, or engage in some kind of political battle -- I am your guy. Just give me a good melon cup and watch me go to work.
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