Flashbacks for April 4, 2024
100 years ago this week: With many residents of this city and its outlying valleys and many visitors from other parts of the county present, a new subordinate grange was organized in Healdsburg Monday night. The organization meeting was held in Red Men’s Hall, 43 persons having signed as charter members. The charter is to be kept open until next Saturday, when a meeting will be held for the purpose of closing it.
Details Take Shape in Library Remodel
As the months roll by, the Healdsburg Library Modernization Project continues along its steady path. Week by week, the contractors complete one task after another, bringing us closer to the reopening of the 139 Piper St. library we all know and love.
Equity, culture discussions added to monthly HUSD meetings
At the most recent meeting of the Healdsburg Unified School District (HUSD) Board of Trustees on June 17, trustee Donna del Rey requested to make equity and school culture a regular item of discussion at future board meetings.
HJH students perform
On Dec. 7, 2012 at the Fitch Mountain Campus, the Healdsburg Junior High Spanish class students performed a dance entitled “Los Machetes” as part of the “Navidad Mexicana” Christmas celebration for the families of both the Spanish speaking and English speaking community. The dance was taught to the students by a community member (Mrs. Yolanda Giron), who was a former dancer for the Ballet Folkloric Dance Group in Oaxaca, Mexico. The performance was a huge success as it validates the importance of experiencing the culture when learning a foreign language. Pictured above are (l-r): T. Van Vranken, K. Robberts, A. Nuñez, A. Hausman, R. Norgrove, O. Christie
Healdsburg animal logs, March 2 – 7
This report is courtesy of the Humane Society of Sonoma County’s Healdsburg Center for Animals and may not reflect all animal control activities in the Healdsburg community. For more information call 431-3386.
Local election should be smooth, even with high turnout
In the upcoming general election on Nov. 3, Sonoma County voters can expect normal and safe conditions compared to what is being heard about in so many other parts of the country where jurisdictions are not as practiced at voting by mail. Adding to the voting balancing act is the possibility of high turnouts while having to navigate pandemic-related social distancing and precautions.
Black Lives Matter banner outside of Sebastopol library burned
A Black Lives Matter banner exhibited as part of a civic engagement display outside the Sebastopol Regional Library was found cut down and burned earlier this month. Library representatives and police are unsure of who vandalized the display but are taking the action seriously.
Summit State Bank supports local nonprofits
Summit State Bank has a unique program that supports dozens of local nonprofit organizations. Earlier this month it distributed $404,162 to 182 nonprofits that participate in its Nonprofit Partner Program. The recipients are all bank customers and participants in the Partner program. Some of the local recipients included the Career Technical Education Foundation, Farm to Fight Hunger, Council on Aging, the Sonoma County Humane Society and the Sonoma County Local News Initiative.
