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Assisted Living Literacy Gets Facility to be Built Wheels; Dixon's on Gateway First Bike Mobile PAGE 14 PAGE 3 IIndependentndependentDixon's VVoiceoice VOLUME 28 • ISSUE 43 OCTOBER 23, 2020 PO Box 1106 • Dixon, CA 95620 • (707) 678-8917 • email: [email protected] • Independentvoice.com SEE CHP Asks INSIDE Grocery Outlet Hosts Grand Opening Parents to Be WHAT UC DAVIS Role Models LINKED AG for Teen STUDY CROPS Drivers REVEALED CHP Special Release SACRAMENTO REGION, CA (MPG) - Teen drivers can face challenges with every new experience. During National Teen Driver Safety Week, October 18-24, 2020, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) joins the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to encourage parents PAGE 7 and guardians to discuss driver safety with their young drivers. Motor vehicle crashes MISUSING Crista and Joe Bruch were proud they were able to hire 90 percent of their staff from Dixon. There are 39 new staff members at are the leading cause the new Grocery Outlet Store including five high school students. Photo by Debra Dingman of death for teens in the TAXPAYERS’ United States, ahead By Debra Dingman – excuse the pun – grocery box. staff from Dixon, boasting all 39 of any type of injury, MONEY FOR He said the idea began to churn employees except three live right disease, or violence. DIXON, CA (MPG) - Just a year ago, Joe inside him and when he approached here in town and five of those are According to prelimi- CAMPAIGNS Bruch was working for a deli and his wife, who had waited many high school students. They have also nary data from the CHP’s produce chain, living in Manteca, evenings for him to come home to been members of their hometown Statewide Integrated and dreaming about opening his dinner, she was clearly open to the Moose Lodge and saw that the local Traffic Records System, own business and this week, he and idea. Dixon Moose are very active. 255 people in California his wife, Christa live in Dixon, and “You mean I get to do this, too?” They have found the town very were killed last year in are partners in the Grocery Outlet in she remembered saying. “We could supportive including Dixon Family crashes involving drivers Dixon at 2400 North First Street. work together and involve the kids; Services where Cookie Powell aged 15-19. “I’m feeling the butterflies,” we have a couple 20-somethings and allowed their hiring event and also “Teen drivers do not Christa admitted about the culmina- they'll work in the store,” It went getting the regular updates from have the experience tion of ten months of management over well. Larry Burkhardt the City of Dixon needed when confronted training for her and Joe. “This was “But, we really wanted a small Economic Development/Grants with new challenges on really fast!” Their grand opening town. When Dixon came up, we Manager. the road. This can cre- was Thursday morning. knew that was it.” Until then, they “There are a number of facets ate a potential danger PAGE 8 Joe has been in the retail gro- had only driven past Dixon but now that I like about this project,”said to themselves and oth- cery business for 30 years starting both seem enthralled and moved here Burkhardt. “It is their first self- ers,” CHP Commissioner in Manteca and helping to estab- six weeks ago. employment endeavor and they have Warren Stanley said. lish SaveMart Stores in Tracy and “She’s not waiting up for me any- a thirst for getting involved in the “Through open commu- 47 surrounding cities. But, it wasn’t more,” Joe said with a laugh. community; they put together a beau- nication and by setting until these latter years of experienc- “Yes, if he’s working late, I’m right tiful store; and, they are emphasizing an example with their ing long commutes and stresses of here with him working late, too,” whole, healthy food.” own good driving hab- working for someone else that said Christa. “It’s all been extremely positive,” its, parents and guardians made him start to think outside the They also hired 90 percent of their Continued on page 14 can help keep their young drivers safe.” Discussions about safe driving include avoid- ing distractions such as cell phones, using seat Historical Society Wants Downtown Museum belts, obeying speed lim- its, not driving impaired, and limiting the number By Debra Dingman of passengers. Parents and guardians must be DIXON, CA (MPG) - Bill aware that their own Schroeder is known to driving behavior and fol- take a minute and turn it lowing the same rules is into a long-history les- as important as any con- son for anyone who will versation they may have lend an ear. His ancestors, with their teen. originally from Germany, The CHP provides edu- came to Dixon in 1866 cation to help keep teen and are considered a pio- drivers alive in its Start neer family here according Smart course, offered by to historical archives in the all CHP offices free of Dixon Public Library. charge. Participating in He can tell you all about Start Smart will help par- the downtown 'Ice House' ents and guardians learn like – who built it, whether how to effectively discuss or not it was a union shop, the importance of driving who bought it later, and safely with their young even how the ice was drivers. Start Smart also loaded into cars or trains. If teaches driver respon- you have more time, he'll sibility, the Graduated tell you where that ice was Driver License program, shipped across the coun- and collision avoidance try and across the world techniques. Due to the and for keeping what fruit COVID-19 pandemic, cool and what farm that Back row L-R: Gary Erwin, Diane Schroeder, Front Maria Cornejo-Lopez, Loran Hoffman, Bill Start Smart classes Schroeder, and Nelson Sparks are part of the team leading the Dixon Historical Society to fruit came from. He will (hopefully) its new location in downtown Dixon. The site is a historical building known as the are being held online. make a great docent at the Ice House and was formerly occupied by The Barn & Pantry. Photo by Debra Dingman Contact your local CHP new Dixon Museum which Area office for informa- is firmly envisioned in his historic Coast Ice House Connie Lewis. not only shares the his- tion on how to enroll. heart. building formerly occupied “We have been getting tory but would serve as The mission of the CHP That vision will hope- by the Barn and Pantry great support,” said Board an attraction for down- is to provide the highest fully become a reality soon as lease negotiations are member Nelson Sparks. “A town. This museum would level of Safety, Service, at 125 West A Street in the underway with landowner museum in this building Continued on page 2 and Security. H Dixon’s Independent Voice - Dixon’s ONLY Family Owned Newspaper For Over 25 Years 2 • OCTOBER 23, 2020 Dixon's Independent Voice Cool Patch Pumpkins Contribute to Downtown Decorations Local Happenings Show 'Recovery Optimism' in the Air By Debra Dingman from 10 am to 5 pm. re-organized. She offered They run a wholesale/ to step in and lead and I’m Demaray Hosts retail customer return liq- hoping the three people left Chamber Mixer uidation company and on the Board see the oppor- Getting back to ‘normal,’ used to be on Adams tunity in that. the Chamber of Commerce Street. They have big rigs Jill Orr, also a former has announced they are that deliver huge boxes of President, told me there hosting an in-person Mixer returned merchandise from would be a decorated tree this month. It will be hosted stores like Lowe's and with lights in the park, but ‘ ’ by Demaray Chiropractic Home Depot and also from not a lighting festival but companies like Amazon. I haven’t heard of any offi- at 805 North Lincoln on Cool Patch Pumpkins farmer Mark Cooley, in sunglasses, showed up with helpers Niko Torres, Wednesday, October 28 You can check out their cial Board meetings yet so right, and Armando Rubio, left, to give Susan Motley a huge number of pumpkins that she from 5:30 to 7 pm. Facebook page or go to that could change when and Jill Orr would use to decorate downtown Dixon for fall. Each year this great guy takes CharityShopWholesale. they do get together. She time out of his busy World's Largest Corn Maze season to donate hundreds of dollars’ worth Mixers are for the busi- of pumpkins to the downtown Dixon Business Association. Motley and Orr, both downtown ness community to meet com for more information. has no idea how the com- merchants and both past DDBA Board members, sometimes have helpers but mostly, do an awesome job of decorating our downtown on their own. Dixon thanks you all! Cool Patch and support others doing DDBA Needs Reboot munity could do a safe gathering with the COVID Pumpkins is located at 6150 Dixon Avenue West. Photo by Debra Dingman business in Dixon. Almost The Downtown Dixon all of the civic organi- restrictions. Our citizens Business Association has normally smash in wall- zations in town are also an amazing opportunity to members of the Chamber to-wall people to celebrate make good on the mem- the Christmas tree light- as they also support busi- bership dues collected this nesses and needs of the ing. And, there won’t be past new year with perhaps a Holiday Open House Historical Society Wants community.