School pushing for increased English fluency
Elementary school shares new student achievement plans, aims to reclassify 25% of elementary students in window of grades 3 to 5
Principal’s pet: Learning about an eight-legged friend
Hello, we are the second-grade Writing Club, and this is our first story. It is about Principal [Jeffrey] Franey and his rose-hair tarantula named Taranty. You pronounce it TA-RANCH-Y.
County reviews shutoff issues
There may not be any wildfires but that didn’t stop the roasting of PG&E at the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors regular meeting on Oct. 15.
Pumpkin Odyssey
Strange journey — Pumpkin Nights opened on Oct. 10, featuring 3,000 hand carved real and artificial pumpkins arrayed into seven different “lands” along a half mile walking path, including a Pumpkin Pirate Cove, Pumpkin Reef with a giant pumpkin octopus, Maravilla Lane, Monster Mash, the Great Pumpkin Hall, the Forbidden Pumpkin City featuring a wish dragon in a Chinese garden and an Enchanted Pumpkin Forest. At pumpkin Central there are food trucks and a movie area showing “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” as well as a pumpkin-themed play area for kids. Pumpkin Nights was founded in 2016 at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds with a mission to showcase local artists and celebrate the most magical time of year without the gore and scares. Now, Pumpkin Nights runs through the month of October in five different cities across the United States. This is its first year in Sonoma County. Pumpkin Nights will run nightly from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m. until Nov. 3 at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds. To purchase tickets and get more information, go to pumpkinnights.com.
Open Studios
ANOTHER WEEKEND OF ART TRAILS — Some 140 artists opened their studios last weekend for the 35th annual Sonoma County Art Trails and will be participating agin this weekend, Oct. 19 and 20. Above, Sebastopol landscape painter Gen Zorich greeted visitors to her studio. All artists have special pieces available for sale and many offer tours and demonstrations of their craft.
Animal logs Oct. 7-12
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.
Police logs Oct. 7-12
The following are excerpted from Healdsburg Police Department daily log entries.
