October in Paradise helps the homeless
The annual "October in Paradise" event will benefit the Sonoma
Healdsburg Happenings, March 6
It’s time again to set all clocks forward an hour to comport with Daylight Saving Time, to make better use of the longer daylight available during summer. Officially begins at 2am, which becomes 3am when clocks are set forward. DST runs until Nov. 2, the first Sunday in November.
OFF THE PAGE
When I was tapped last year to head up the Teen Poetry Slam at the Sonoma County Book Festival, I said yes – but I needed a crash course in slam. Asking around, one name kept popping up. “You need to talk to Brianna Sage.”
Healdsburg Happenings, Oct. 12
Goings on around town this week and next in the Greater Healdsburg metropolis.
Staycation: Bliss Out in Sebastopol
When a stress-relieving vacation is called for, but going away is out of the question, the serene solution is a daycation escape to the Bliss Organic Day Spa, a tranquil haven tucked away in an expansive second-floor space in downtown Sebastopol.
After spending the day...
Trains and Boats and Automobiles, Oh My!
Steve Castelli, a model car enthusiast and drag racer, had a toy vehicle collection that was legendary; with the assistance of his daughter, Tina Castelli, the Healdsburg Museum assembled these mechanical wonders, "a tribute not only to Steve, but to forward motion itself.”
Proclamation to Bob Cox
HONOR AND SACRIFICE—Mayor Joe Palla presents a City of Cloverdale proclamation to Bob Cox, honoring and recognizing Private William Russell Ledford on the centennial of his death. Cox thanked the council on behalf of the American Legion and the Sons of the American Legion. “We buried this soldier with full honors at the Cloverdale cemetery,” Cox said. On March 19, 1924, the William Russell Ledford Post 293 of the American Legion was chartered in honor of William Russell Ledford, and in addition the Sons of the American Legion were also named in his honor on May 13, 2013. January 18, 2018, marked the centennial of Ledford’s death on a battlefield “Somewhere in France” during World War One. The City Council recognized and honored Ledford’s service and sacrifice to our country. Photo Patricia M. Roth











