Harvest Fair Sweepstakes Winners: Balletto Pinot and Davis Family Winery Chardonnay
Guy Davis and his wine-making family were all out late last Sunday night even though they knew they needed to get up by 3 a.m. to pick ripening syrah grapes from their vineyard.
Commentary: The need for a new approach to addiction
Recently, our 37-year-old son Morgan died of an accidental heroin overdose. He was an avid surfer who dodged big waves and sharks, but could not dodge addiction. We are devastated by his unexpected and untimely death.
Healdsburg Fire Department open house Saturday
To celebrate Fire Prevention Week, the Healdsburg Fire Department will host its annual open house on Saturday, Oct. 7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. All families and friends are invited to meet fire department personnel, watch live demonstrations, participate in fire extinguisher training, and have lunch with Sparky the Fire Dog and Smokey Bear. The fire department staff will be available to teach children about fire safety, exiting, smoke alarms, creating escape plans and calling 911. Agencies invited to participate are the police department, Bell’s Ambulance and Cal Fire. Friends and family are invited.
Children’s book author visits St. John’s School
Children’s book author and illustrator Teri Sloat visited St. John School last week and shared with her young audience how she crafts her stories and illustrations and the importance of living a creative life. In a presentation titled “Falling in Love With Words and Books” Sloat walked the audience through her own creative process, including her origins as a teacher, falling in love with the books she read to her students.
County pension debt subject of new Superior Court lawsuit
Few issues are as complex — or the numbers bigger — than the critical status of the County of Sonoma’s pension plan that lacks as much as $831 million to fund current and future retiree payments.
