Healdsburg Animal Log, Jan. 21 – 25
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.
Social distancing egg hunts
Through April 5, homes around Windsor will take part in a “social distance” egg hunt. Based on the recent national trend of a virtual “bear hunt” wherein people put teddy bears in the their front windows for children to spot as they walk by in neighborhoods during shut downs. With local egg hunts being cancelled left and right, the virtual version is based on a similar concept. Local homes are encouraged to create artwork eggs of any sort and place them in their windows for kids to spot.
Pool and Spa Maintenance
Summer will soon be upon us. Though spring cleaning gets us all ready for the summer season, pool and spa owners face a special set of cleaning and maintenance tasks. Improper discharge of pool/spa water and the chemicals in it into streets or storm drains can have an impact on streams and rivers. The following steps can help keep your pool or spa clean and functioning for recreational use without harming the environment:
Temporary sculpture garden grows on hotel site
Local artist Ned Kahn is building a temporary sculpture garden in the weedy, empty lot just east of Sebastopol’s downtown plaza. The future home of Hotel Sebastopol, the lot has been an eyesore in downtown for years now, although the extensive chain link fencing around the property has proved to be an inviting canvas for both a local homeless artist and political activists, including the local Black Lives Matter movement.
A summer place
You could hear some jeers over the polite applause last week when Sonoma County banned new vacation rentals in established residential neighborhoods.
Letters to the Editor, Oct. 10
"As the Executive Director of Corazón Healdsburg and Chair of the Board, we are writing to express our support for Measure O...." So begins our first entry in this week's Letters to the Editor. The second letter takes a different point of view altogether.










