Graton’s Lee Walker Jr. remembered at large memorial service
Many people have shaped the apple growing industry of western Sonoma County over almost 150 years. They have put down deep roots in their orchards and beneath their family trees. They have been the primal forces that have met and endured both nature’s surprises and multiple market upheavals with multi-generational resolve and resourcefulness. All these individuals possessed many strengths and talents but only one was endowed with a major-league worthy fastball and a knee-crippling curveball. And that farmer-pitcher was Graton’s Lee F. Walker Jr.
Friends, Food, and Fun on Fitch Mountain
The Third Annual Fitch Mountain Fun Night will take place at the Villa Chanticleer Annex on Sunday, Jan. 29 from 6 to 8 p.m. Although sponsored by the Fitch Mountain Association, as in other years the free event is open to all friends of the mountain, whether they live there or beyond. The dinner will be potluck and the cooking competition will be a cake bake-off. The after-dinner entertainment is “Fitch Mountain Bingo,” with unique cards and a variety of white elephant gifts and local merchant certificates as prizes for letter bingos and blackouts. If you plan on coming or want more information about the potluck aspect or how to enter the cake bake-off, contact Ellen at 431-0814 or [email protected].
Wrap up from the Windsor school board meeting
At the April 20 meeting of the Windsor Unified School District Board of Trustees, the board heard updates on construction project in the districts, the results of this year’s LCAP survey and a variety of administrative housekeeping items.
West county high school board reviewing LCAP, budget
During its meeting on Wednesday, June 23, the West Sonoma County Union High School District (WSCUHSD) Board of Trustees will be considering approval of the district’s Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP), its budget, and will be considering approval of a resolution that outlines the return to full in-person learning for the beginning of the upcoming school year.
Promotion Parade, June 4
A parade was held for Washington School eighth graders Thursday night, June 4, to help celebrate promoting students' who are on their way to high school. Parents drove students down North Cloverdale Boulevard as families and loved ones cheered them on.
HHS grad studying abroad in Italy forced to return home
NYU student studying in Florence forced to return home amid COVID-19 concerns
Letters to the Editor, Dec. 26
The City Council’s informal decision on Dec. 16 to adopt a five-district, selected mayor format for city government in the redistricting process drew immediate reactions from several community members, who felt the decision was made unnecessarily quickly and short-circuited public discussion of the options. Here are a few of their comments:
Sebastopol council receiving reports on regional trail, water hauling
The Sebastopol City Council is tackling a wide range of issues at its meeting on Sept. 7, from reviewing its Emergency Operations Plan to receiving presentations from its Zero Waste Committee to talking about the potential for a trail connecting Petaluma and Sebastopol.
