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Valuable programs at our schools

Stop the roadblocks

Summer time and the living is easy. Especially in our cozy, friendly small towns we call home and where we welcome streams of visitors, seeking respite, fun and some genuine modern Americana. School’s out, vacations are being planned and all our homebound chores seem to lessen. It’s festival and fair time and there’s a free concert almost every night of the week somewhere between Cloverdale, Guerneville, Sebastopol or the town squares of Windsor and Healdsburg.

Cloudy waters

BZ to Kiwanis and Lions Club

What are we allowing?

Evaluating candidates

Mylar balloons, new shoes and envelopes full of money always make good gifts for graduating students. And, this being June and the beginning of the local graduation season, it’s not too early to pick over suitable gift suggestions. But caution is urged. Not all gift categories fit all graduates. Clothing, personalized tattoos or inspirational books can really miss the mark. Graduates may be quite young with much more to learn, but they know exactly what they want. Especially when it concerns fashion, peer approval and mandatory tests for coolness.

Concerns about Vista Oaks project

Filling a need