COVID and the flu: Is a ‘twindemic’ threat lurking again?
First, the good news: The flu was practically nonexistent last year.
The Wall That Heals
Remembrance and Respect—The Wall That Heals, a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington D.C. was on display in Windsor from March 28 to 31. In addition to the wall replica, there was an mobile education center about the war and the memorial as well as the traditional POW/MIA Empty Chair display. On Saturday, March 30, Chief Carlos Basurto led a brief ceremony with speakers that included a Gold Star widow, a reading of names of Sonoma County residents memorialized on the wall (59 in total) followed a 59 second moment of silence to remember them, and then a bagpiper playing Amazing Grace.
City activist Meinken dies
Tim Meinken, former city council candidate, business owner and local activist, died on May 23.
County adopts COVID compliance ordinance
During their Aug. 6 meeting, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed to adopt an emergency ordinance for the county that would enforce compliance of the state coronavirus health order. The enforcement ordinance is effective immediately and allows the county to issue code citations of $100 to individuals and up to $10,000 for businesses, for those who don’t follow the state’s health order.
Healdsburg City Council recap: Measure V allocation and more
The Healdsburg City Council met two weeks in a row, a change from its usual twice a month pattern.
Sonoma County to select Youth Poet Laureate
Sonoma County California Poets in the Schools will select a young person who has achieved excellence in poetry, as Sonoma County Youth Poet Laureate (YPL) allowing them to be a leader for the county in raising the profile of poetry and developing its audience.
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