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Mid-summer festivities abound. Send your summer news items to IDlewood 3…” at [email protected]. “Hedda Healdsburg” wants to know all.

Lots of us face the economic reality of “too much week, not enough money.” Here at the newspaper it’s more like, “too much news and not enough newspaper.”

There was a packed auditorium at San Miguel School on Thursday evening, June 14. The Banke-Jackson family had invited the community to come and share their ideas on repurposing the former Wikiup Golf Course. They were certainly impressed with how many people showed up.

Here’s what’s happening at the Senior Center:

What is it about summer vacation that brings fear into every parent’s life? Is it the inevitable boredom that will strike? The endless days of no routine and structure? The lazy mornings and late evenings? When teenagers don’t have a lot to do, does it spell trouble, or is it a well deserved break?

All of us parents out there know that driving in the car is sometimes a golden opportunity to exchange good conversation with our teenagers. It’s also a fabulous eavesdropping exercise if they are exchanging their own words or talking about something online or antics of mutual friends.

Now that it’s June and we’re past Memorial Day and local schools are closed for summer vacations, we can all break out our BBQ grills, outdoor RV equipment, camping gear and backyard mowing tools.

We are just over a week into summer break, and we’ve tackled quite a few items from Thomas’ Summer List.

Windsor Presbyterian Church members share a commitment as part of a congregation known for its reputation as an accepting community of faith that welcomes everyone coming through its doors.

Bean Affair. What does that mean? Sounds a little like a Mexican restaurant, yes? But it’s a coffee shop in Healdsburg. Does it imply that you should have a romantic affair with your coffee beans? Can I just say, “Yuck?”