A&E

is announcing its next Recent Advances in Viticulture and

will host its annul summer Open House on June 11 and 12 between

Sondra Bernstein, owner of two restaurants in

Steven David Martin enjoyed a long and successful theatrical career, acting in and directing productions across the country and overseas. He also taught at the junior college and university levels before embracing his passion for writing. Martin works extensively with the Raven Theater and Cloverdale Performing Arts Center. He lives in Healdsburg with his family, two dogs, four fish, a chinchilla and cat. His day job is Creative Practitioner at Firefly Creative Company. His new column, “Backstage,” debuts next week in this section.

will compete Saturday, May 7, for top honors in the 2005 Sonoma

For the last 20 or so years I have visited the Lower Klamath River as regularly as the salmon themselves. Each fall, during the month of September, I would take the boat and the camper up to a crowded campground. Bathrooms were typically less than clean and invariably there would be the raucous party right next door. I would launch the boat in the dark along with 50 or more other boats and make my way up stream while waiting in lineups to fish along the way. The scar of both tribal commercial and subsistence netting was visible the entire way. Several years back my wife declined to accompany me citing these and other detractions.