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Robert Cowing (1965)

The mystery continues . . . are there really gangs in Woodland?

"Fake news"? . . . Gross exaggeration(s)? . . . conspiracy?

 

Woodland council lauds law enforcement for taking down street gang

 

Robert Cowing (1965)

WOODLAND CRIME STATS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM:

1. http://www.cityofwoodland.org/gov/depts/police/ocr/instructions.asp
2. 2017 stats compared with other cities in Yolo County –

http://www.areavibes.com/woodland-ca/crime/

DAVIS –                Violent crimes -  159/100 k people

WOODLAND -      Violent crimes -  368/100 k people

Woodland is 2% lower than the California mean in violent crime.

Woodland is 4% higher than the national mean in violent crime.

3. SAFEST WOODLAND NEIGHBORHOODS:  https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/ca/woodland/crime

1. Conway/King Farms
2. Harley Dr/W Gibson Rd
3. W Gibson Rd/Cottonwood St
4. Bourn Dr/E Gum Ave.
5. Country Rd 102/E Main St
6. Gibson Rd/County Rd 101
7. City Center
8. Matmor Rd/E Main St
9. Cottonwood St/W Cross St
10.  Kentucky Ave/N West St

4. http://www.yolocountysheriff.com/outreach/crime-stats/

Yolo County Sheriff’s Office Crime Stats for 2017 and 2018

5. Crime rates in Woodland, CA for the past 15 years, 2002 – 2016

http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Woodland-California.html

Dan Ree (Ree) (1964)

Robert.......Woodland has Gangs like any other City.......during the 70's when I was on the Police Dept...there were two Mexican Gangs...they would usually meet at Freeman Park..and us Bats...Chains   and fist.....Sgt. Bowman...Lt. Kendall..and Chief Anderozzi finallt called the head of the two gangs into the Police Dept. to Iron out the on going Fights....Now..Robert..Yes Woodland..Has MS13..a very deadly gang...and the Cartel...are in the town of Woodland..Cartel..could be your next door neighbor   and you would not know it......MS13 runs the neighborhood of their choice.....They have No rules.....It's a Change we live with Daily.......Progress is a different word we had back when....The Woodland Police..Sac Police.... Bakersfield Police take a member or two out..more take over....it's Peer pressure ...........All we can do is Look over our shoulders and Know thee Surroundings  as I do in Bakersfield......Bakersfields is a town still where there's  farmers..Cowboys   and good all Boys.....I too still Carry and so does many friends...All we have is Great memories of the 50's and early 60's...Hope Things Change  !!!....Just enjoy your self....that's all we have........

Robert Cowing (1965)

Dan . . . it seems you have misread me . . . I have a drug dealer who lives across the street from me. Twice the swat team has paid him a visit, weapons were drawn, full protective regalia etc. . .  you know the drill. Gang member? I do not know.

I made no personal statement(s) about the existence of gangs or denial.  All I did was post a couple articles published in the Daily Democrat about the raids in Yolo County . . . you can still reread them.  I really don't care what you think about them, but if you want to share, fine . . . denial or confirm. If anyone wants to quote statistics, at least get them correct from up-to-date and reliable sources.

It seems the response to my posting the articles was either "from my experience" gangs not around here or "they have been here since the beginning etc" and you, humoring me. Great Dan, thanks.

As to the Woodland schools . . . I do not know. Someone else can spend the time and energy and do the research if you care about it.

I'm glad you still carry.  You are more than adequately trained and if you continue to be so, you will be a life-saving resource should the need arrive. More should follow your example . . . and try to make the Marxist-socialists in our crowd happy and carry an abbreviated Bible in your pocket.

You have a great day, gangs or no gangs . . . try to enjoy life, don't' take yourself so seriously but make sure the criminals do, and follow some of the advice you gave to Craig Mayfield some months ago.

Dan Ree (Ree) (1964)

Robert.....yes I read your great article ..just wanted to bring out addtional thoughts as I view them

your article is a great introduction to what's happening in the NOW World .......I had no intention to do other wise to your article...every time you do write the articles ..they are very informative.......Craig Who???.......I wanted to explain it is every where......and to continue the conversation..Keep your post coming..we all enjoy them....it's been a great start to the Wolves Posts finally........We do live  very different World then we did in the 50's and the 60's..only wish it was back.....Your Friend Dan.....PS..WE to have seen the Best area to live in Bakersfield and we know the areas to stay away from...so Bakersfield a lot like Woodland........Yes..I was humoring you....!!   Phew..I thoughtI step out of bound..!!

Monte McCray (1966)

dan, did someone oil the squeek?

Gary Wegener (Wegener) (1966)

Let's get serious:  Do you get more in a 16 oz beer, or a 16 fluid oz beer.  Seriously.  (This relates to nagging question of whether a pint is a pound...)

History[edit]

The fluid ounce was originally the volume occupied by one ounce of some substance, such as wine (in England) or water (in Scotland). The ounce in question varied depending on the system of fluid measure, such as that used for wine versus ale. Various ounces were used over the centuries, including the Tower ounce, troy ounce, avoirdupois ounce, and various ounces used in international trade, such as Paris troy. The situation is further complicated by the medieval practice of "allowances", whereby a unit of measure was not necessarily equal to the sum of its parts. For example, the 364-pound woolsack (165 kg) had a 14-pound allowance (6.4 kg) for the weight of the sack and other packaging materials.^[1]

In 1824, the British Parliament defined the imperial gallon as the volume of ten pounds of water at standard temperature.^[2] The gallon was divided into four quarts, the quart into two pints, the pint into four gills, and the gill into five ounces. Thus, there were 160 imperial fluid ounces to the gallon making the mass of a fluid ounce of water approximately one avoirdupois ounce (28.4 g). This relationship is still approximately valid even though the imperial gallon's definition was later revised to be 4.54609 litres, making the imperial fluid ounce exactly 28.4130625 ml.

The US fluid ounce is based on the US gallon, which is based on the wine gallon of 231 cubic inches that was used in England prior to 1824. With the adoption of the international inch, the US fluid ounce became 29.5735295625 ml exactly, or about 4% larger than the imperial unit.

Sorry, had to share.

Bernard Rocksvold (1965)

OK Gary. Now explain how an ounce of prevention can equal a pound of cure.

Dan Ree (Ree) (1964)

Gary...You know I could not pass this  up..Question..How many oz. of air must a human consume per day to stay healthy.........or is that measurable equation to ask?????.............

Robert Cowing (1965)

Dan - I could tell you but my friend, a breatharian died before I could ask him.

Dan, see if you can get Gary sell you a pound of gold by measuring a pound of feathers as equal weight.

Dan Ree (Ree) (1964)

Oh....Robert......I thought you would have  that answer from your Breathian friend......Gary back at you..I know where to get a pound of feathers...am i Rich.....Oh mighty One..LOL!

Gary Wegener (Wegener) (1966)

How much does air weigh??  1 cubic foot of air at standard temperature and pressure assuming average composition weighs approximately 0.0807 lbs.  If you are SCUBA diving, you become more buoyant as you use up your air. 

and by the way, do you know why a 12 oz can of diet coke floats and a 12 oz can of regular coke sinks?  It is the weight of the sugar.  WOW you say.  But then you say, BS... they are both 12 oz ...   Oh, but they forgot to tell you it was fluid ounces, which is a measure of volume, not weight  Go figure.  

Gary Wegener (Wegener) (1966)

So now you know a pint is not a pound, though both are 16 oz.

Janet Long (Levers) (1966)

A pound of groans... I'm almost longing for the return of the squeak (not).

Bill Means (1961)

Gary,

That may be, but in England we always got a "Wee Dram" of Scotch to go with the side of soda or Branch Water.

It always seemed like the Brits used 3 pints to their quart when it came to adding oil to the engine or filling up the tank with gas. Maybe that is why my car still has a pool of oil under it - adding too much oil.

Gary Wegener (Wegener) (1966)

This just in from the American Legion Yolo Post 77.  (I think the intended audience extends beyond Iraq, Afghanistan vets.)

Almost Sunrise’ shines light on local veterans’ needs

By Enterprise staff

Three screenings of “Almost Sunrise: Hope is on the Horizon” on Saturday and Sunday, March 3-4, will highlight a weekend of activities designed to heighten awareness of local veterans’ needs.

The screenings are sponsored by Operation Intrepid and hosted by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6949 with additional support from UC Davis Veterans Success Center and UC Davis Military Network.

Click here for more information on the event and how to get free tickets.

Robert Cowing (1965)

When I left Portland, Oregon late in 2018 (should have said 2017), the city pronounced they had found safe and secure places to stay for all the city's homeless veterans.

Contact Portland's Mayor's Office for more information and solutions.

Robert Cowing (1965)

Robert Cowing (1965)

Robert Cowing (1965)

In connection with Gary Wegener's post above, the following was published in the Davis Enterprise by enterprise Staff:

“Almost Sunrise,” an award-winning documentary, is a story of veteran resilience and recovery. It follows two Iraq veterans, Tom Voss and Anthony Anderson, who struggle with depression upon returning home from service. Fearful of succumbing to the epidemic of veteran suicide, they seek a lifeline and embark on a 2,700-mile walk across America as a way to confront their inner pain.

The film captures an intimate portrait of two friends suffering from the unseen wounds of war as they discover an unlikely treatment: the restorative power of silence and meditation.

Saturday’s event will take place at the UCD Welcome Center, 550 Alumni Lane, across from the Mondavi Center on campus. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m., with introductory remarks at 6 p.m. and the screening at 6:20 p.m. A question-and-answer session with the director, Michael Collins, will follow the film.

Sunday’s film screenings are at 10:45 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Theater, 203 E. 14th St.

A Q&A with Anderson, one of the soldier/actors, will take place in between, at 12:30 a.m. Andy Jones of UC Davis will be the moderator.

Theater doors will open at 9 a.m. Sunday and opening remarks will begin at 10 a.m.

For free tickets in advance, go to https://www.eventbrite.com/d/ca–woodland/almost-sunrise-davis-ca/?crt=regular&sort=best.

For more information about the documentary, visit http://sunrisedocumentary.com.

A Department of Veterans Affairs mobile van will be on-site in front of the theater from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, offering counseling and information resources to veterans, focusing on services that help vets make the transition between military and civilian life.

The showings of the documentary set the stage for further action concerning the health and wellness of local veterans, says Jay Brookman, commander of VFW Post 6949. Hands-on services will be available monthly throughout the year, culminating in a centrally located, community-sponsored Veterans Day event, he added.

“Many veterans are falling through the cracks of a large and cumbersome system,” Brookman said. “Their families are many times, not considered or not eligible for services. We believe there is a need for local, holistic and complementary health and wellness support for veterans and their families.”

Brookman said the vision is to support local veterans and their families by connecting them to health and wellness resources throughout the year. Then in November, the wellness fair would offer nutrition, physical fitness, martial arts, art, music, exercise, acupuncture, yoga, meditation, whole body cryotherapy, chiropractic, cranial sacral, hypnosis, Reiki, EFT and financial wellness services.

The long-term goal is for ongoing (once or twice a month) rotating services that veterans and their families could access at no cost at the Veterans Memorial Center or at the UC Davis Veterans Success Center on the second floor of the Memorial Union.

“With future grants and community support, continued treatment for a reduced cost or free to the veteran is possible,” Brookman said. “This would culminate every November with an annual community-sponsored and -supported Veterans Day event.

“We are optimistic that this will be a way to involve our local and surrounding communities to embrace their local veterans, including the UC Davis student veterans,” he added.

Gail Smith (Maxwell) (1964)

Robert, while I wish that was true about Portland, it unfortunately is not.  Our son lives there and we just got back from a trip up there.  The homeless set up their camps underneath freeway overpasses.  The overpass nearest our son's house was one of them.  The city put in huge bolders to fill up the space so they couldn't camp there anymore.  You still see homeless people all over the streets downtown.  I think they are working on ideas but, like other big cities, haven't come up with a complete solution yet.  I would not want to be homeless in Portland.  While I know there are colder cities, there is something about the damp and cold there that just seeps into you and having to be outside constantly would be horrible.  Plus, Portland has been getting increasingly more snow these past couple of years, which doesn't help.

Robert Cowing (1965)

Gail - unfortunately, you have fallen into the common oversight of the majority of people who post to this web site.... you read other posts based on your own agendas and biases.

My post only centered on veterans, not the homeless in general. Please reread it.

You are correct about the Portland homeless problem but mistaken in regards to Portland’s veterans. I have no disagreement with your son.

I put the entire responsibility of the numbers, crime and chaos associated with Portlnd’s homeless on progressive left thinking, even though the current mayor is a conservative.

Nancy Rollins (Gantz) (1968)

Robert Cowing (1965)

  Nancy - I am not sure what you consider ”correct” information and incorrect information expressed/posted so far about the homeless problem/situation in Portland, Oregon.

Please explain/reveal. Thanks.

Steve March (1964)

So I'm still in Portland and our office recently completed an audit of the homeless system, which like most places is struggling with the issue, and, dare I say I believe you are all correct.  We did declare the end to homeless veterans, though not the homeless population in its entirety; unfortunately the following year homeless count revealed, surprise, more homeless veterans.  So many got into housing & services, some fell back out and more came into being homeless.  It is a multi-faceted problem - less affordable housing, more veterans from the many "actions" (Viet Nam & after, so Iraq & Afghanistan mostly these last several years), more mental health, drug & alcohol problems, etc.  So it is, and most likely will be, a work in progress for both veterans & non-veterans. Keep up the good conversations and the good intentions and if you have great ideas on solving these issues please share them. s