News: Fatality on SMART tracks

The healing power Woman struck, killed in Santa Rosa. PAGE A4

of nature Schools: Third graders dig science

Valley Vista’s hands-on dino lesson. PAGE B6
■ Ancient practice of forest bathing finds
Food: Old world flavors at Volpi’s
a local following. PAGE C1 Popular Italian spot endures. PAGE D1

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Teen seriously injured after car crash

Casa students, allegedly street racing in east HOW TO HELP block from the Hopkins home
when a BMW 335I that was rac-
Petaluma, crashed into third car at up to 80 mph www.gofundme.com/help- ing another car along Sonoma
christopher-hopkins-recover Mountain Parkway slammed
By HANNAH BEAUSANG hospital. into their Mercury Grand Mar-
ARGUS-COURIER STAFF A subsequent call from a when he received the news that quis at speeds of up to 80 miles
What began as a typical trauma nurse at Santa Rosa his son was critically injured. an hour, Petaluma Police Lt.
Thursday for 14-year-old Memorial Hospital was one that Christopher Hopkins, a Tim Lyons said.
Christopher Hopkins took a Christopher Hopkins’ father, freshman at Casa Grande High A second driver of a gray or
terrifying turn after another James Hopkins, never expected School, normally takes the black Subaru WRX with tinted
teen, who was allegedly street to receive. bus home from school, and his windows didn’t stop, and is still
racing, slammed into Hop- “I just panicked. I immediate- father was unaware that his wanted by police, he said. GO FUND ME

kins’ grandparent’s car while ly dropped everything and went son had been picked up by his The driver of the BMW, a Christopher Hopkins was critically
they were driving home from to the hospital,” said James mother’s parents that Thurs- hurt when a car he was riding in
school, sending six people to the Hopkins, 44, who was at work day. The three were half of a See Crash, A7 was hit by an apparent street racer.

■■ LUMACON ■
Petaluma
radio
The force is strong with this one station to
air fulltime
KPCA expected to
receive license for
24-7 broadcasting
By MATT BROWN
ARGUS-COURIER STAFF
Petaluma’s radio station,
KPCA, celebrates its one-year
anniversary this week with
some good news: Federal regula-
tors have cleared the way for the
station to begin broadcasting 24
hours a day, seven days a week.
The station launched on
Feb. 2, 2017, first broadcasting
over the Internet. Five months
later, local programming began
airing on 103.3 FM, a signal
the Petaluma station shared
with public broadcasters in
Napa and Sonoma. The shared
arrangement meant that the
Petaluma station could only air
two days per week.
Last week, though, the Fed-

See Radio, A8

Advocates
CRISSY PASCUAL / ARGUS-COURIER STAFF appeal for
housing
Two year-old Michael Waechtler of Fairfield dressed as Darth Vader and was greeted by other Star Wars characters at the 4th annual
LumaCon at the Community Center in Lucchesi Park on Jan 27. For more photos from LumaCon, see petaluma360.com.

‘We’re not as inclusive as

New center planned for at-risk kids

we might think:’ A plea
for affordable housing
By HANNAH BEAUSANG
ARGUS-COURIER STAFF

Petaluma Salvation Army getting
facelift, will serve nonprofits
that work with troubled youth
By HANNAH BEAUSANG
ARGUS-COURIER STAFF
A group of Petaluma nonprofits is creat-
ing an east side community center to reach
some of the city’s most vulnerable resi-
dents — homeless and at-risk young adults.
The project at the Salvation Army’s
South McDowell Boulevard facility is a
convergence of efforts from service clubs,
community leaders and nonprofits, and
would allow Mentor Me, Petaluma People
Services Center and the Salvation Army to
work together to expand services and help
youth who need a boost.
“The most exciting part is that we are
finally finding ways to collaborate that
don’t feel like more work and more confu-
sion about who’s doing what,” Mentor Me’s
Executive Director Deborah Dalton said.
“We’re learning how to bring organizations
together and collaborate in a really effec-
tive and powerful way.”
The project — dubbed the Transition Age
Youth Service Alliance — is envisioned to
be a “one-stop shop” for youth ages 16 to
24, a demographic that’s difficult to reach
but in dire need of services, Dalton said.
See Salvation, A8
Homes were already scarce
and rents were skyrocketing in
the county’s second largest city
before deadly fires destroyed
more than 5,000 homes in sur-
rounding municipalities.
Housing advocates, exasper-
ated at what they views as a
lack of city leadership on the
issue, have attended several
city council meetings since the
October firestorm to plead with
elected officials for more action
CRISSY PASCUAL / ARGUS-COURIER STAFF
on the housing crisis. The city
Mentor Me executive director Deborah Dalton, will hold its first public forum
left, talks with RK Wall-Polin, the Petaluma
Peoples Services Youth Link Case Manager. See Forum, A3

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Globe-trotting cashier makes customers smile
Suzanne Brown, Whole Foods clerk, is
a former travel agent who loves service
By MATT BROWN
ARGUS-COURIER STAFF
W
hen she’s not off
exploring some
far-flung corner
of the world, Suzanne
Brown can be found
behind the cash register at
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EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
Holly Wick, Mark Albertson, Mary Johnson,
Pedro Toledo
many people take the trip
of a lifetime. While she
loves traveling herself, one
of Brown’s favorite places
is the East Washington
Street store, especially in
the early mornings, when
regulars come in for coffee
and a pastry.
“I’m a morning person,”
said Brown, 65. “It’s the
energy of people when
they are starting their day.
I feed off of that.”
Brown, who is typically
at the store when it opens
at 8 a.m., is the service
person of the week for the
Argus-Courier.
Brown said she likes
getting to know custom-
ers, often chatting them
up about their jobs or
their families. She is also
curious about the foods
people buy, eager to learn
how to make meals with
unique ingredients. (She’s
currently learning how to
make soup from burdock
root).
“I’ve learned a lot about
food,” she said. “I enjoy
asking people what they
are going to make.”
Sue Lassen, who nom-
inated Brown, said she is
always upbeat, friendly
and pleasant to talk to,
even with grumpy cus-
tomers first thing in the
morning.
“She always has sugges-
tions for products in the
store and seems genuinely
interested in how your
day is going,” she wrote.
“When I see she is work-
ing, I will always go to her
line, even if it is not the
shortest.”
Raised in Marin County,
Brown moved to Petalu-
ma 40 years ago after she
studied at Sonoma State
University. She has always
been in customer service,
from her early days in
Petaluma working as a
waitress at Steamer Gold
Landing for 11 years, then
working at Dempsey’s for
another five. She said it
was a wonderful expe-
rience getting to know
families and friends in
Petaluma.
PETALUMA ARGUS-COURIER • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2018
Suzanne Brown is the service person of the week.
and she became a grand-
PETALUMA COMMUNITY mother three years ago.
AWARDS NOMINATIONS OPEN A self-described people
Nominations are currently being accepted for the 2018 person, she said she likes
Petaluma Community Awards of Excellence, co-sponsored by being able to help people
the Petaluma Area Chamber of Commerce and the Petaluma on a daily basis.
Argus-Courier. Nominations are due Friday, Feb. 9.
“I like being there for
Award categories include Citizen of the Year; Volunteer of the people,” she said. “They
Year; Service to Youth; Service to Seniors; Excellence in Educa- can come to me and know
tion; Excellence in Agriculture; and Large and Small Business of I will engage with them.
the Year. It’s a two-way street. They
do the same for me. It’s
Call the chamber at 762-2785 for more information or to
uplifting.”
request a nomination form. Forms also are available on the
Brown is the second
chamber’s website at petalumachamber.com.
of five nominees for the
Completed nominations may be mailed to PACC, 6 Petaluma Service Person of the Year
Blvd. N., Suite A2, emailed to pacc@petalumachamber.com, or award, which will be se-
faxed to 762-4721. lected by a poll of readers.
The winner will be hon-
ored at the 2018 Petaluma
Community Awards of
“She always has suggestions for products Excellence, co-sponsored
in the store and seems genuinely interested by the Argus-Courier and
the Petaluma Chamber of
in how your day is going. When I see she is Commerce.
working, I will always go to her line, even if matt.brown@arguscouri-
Email a nomination to
it is not the shortest.” er.com or write us a letter
—Sue Lassen, who nominated Suzanne Brown to tell us why you think
your nominee should be
considered for the service
She spent years work- and Japan. She’s planning person award (no phone
ing for a travel agency in a trip to Vietnam this year calls, please.)
Nominations can cover
Novato, before staring her and recently visited Cuba.
own business with her “Cuba was amazing,” all aspects of the service
boyfriend, with whom she she said. “I love the people industry, from cashiers
and clerks to baristas and
lives. They have traveled and the color of the faded
the world, including buildings. The old cars.” servers — not business
trips to Europe, Canada, Brown has raised two owners, managers or
Mexico, Turkey, Greece daughters, now adults, directors.
■■ NEWS BRIEFS ■
Hwy. 101 crash Police nab suspected
snarls commute car thief
A driver changing lanes A suspected car thief
on Highway 101 during was arrested in Petaluma
Monday’s afternoon com- Tuesday, police said. A
mute north of Petaluma Petaluma Police Officer
struck another vehicle, contacted Jalil Mahmound
causing a four-vehicle Kayed sitting in a vehicle
collision and an evening in the Deer Creek Village
traffic jam. Shopping Center. The
The 5:30 p.m. chain-re- vehicle’s license plates
action crashes happened had been removed and
in northbound lanes at the replaced with paper plates
base of the Cotati grade. from a dealership, police
One driver moved into the said.
fast lane and didn’t see a A registration check
vehicle in his way, hitting
that vehicle. The impact
showed the vehicle had
been stolen out of Sonoma.
caused the initial driver to The victim said the vehicle
swing back and rear end
another vehicle, pushing it
had been parked at Petalu-
ma Valley Baptist Church,
into another vehicle, CHP 580 Sonoma Mountain
Officer Kerri Post said Parkway.
Tuesday. Kayed was also found to
Damaged vehicles and be in possession of drug
car debris blocked two paraphernalia, according
lanes, creating “horren- to police.
dous traffic,” said Rancho
Adobe fire Capt. Larry Mountain lion cub in
Martinez. Firefighters us-
ing extrication equipment Petaluma
popped off a damaged door A burned mountain
trapping one driver inside lion cub rescued from
her car. the Southern California
The four drivers com- wildfire will live out its
plained of pain and two life at the Sonoma County
were taken to area hospi- Wildlife Rescue Center in
tals with what appeared Petaluma, state officials
to be minor injuries, Post said Thursday.
said. A vet caring for the
mountain lion had initially
New editorial board said that the mountain
lion also would be released
members into the wild.
Three new members However, the inexperi-
joined the Argus-Courier ence of the cub — only 5
editorial advisory board. months old when found
The new members are alone, skinny and with all
Mary Johnson, a former four paws burned in De-
Petaluma City Schools Dis- cember — makes it unlike-
trict board member and ly he could survive on his
former business executive; own, said Deana Clifford,
Holly Wick, president of a senior veterinarian with
the Petaluma Downtown the California Fish and
Association and owner of Wildlife Department.
Athletic Soles; and Mark Winston Vickers, a
Albertson, a Petaluma wildlife veterinarian and
architect. mountain lion expert with
They join Pedro Toledo, the University of Califor-
the chief operating officer nia, Davis, said he concurs
of the Petaluma Health with the state decision.
Center, who has served on “We’d always rather
the board for the past six return animals to the wild.
months. Outgoing board But I agree in this case it’s
members are Carol Eber, awfully hard to imagine
Leroy Lounibos and Athe- how it could be done at
na Kautsch. this stage,” he said.
The advisory board Mountain lion cubs
meets regularly to discuss spend upward of 18
the editorial direction of months with their mother
the paper. in the wild.
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For Petaluman Hempel, no fire victim left behind

By HANNAH BEAUSANG Petaluma Bounty Farm action, time would pass your neighborhood, then
ARGUS-COURIER STAFF helped distribute produce before the reality sunk in, where?” she said. “We
When Elece Hempel and other goods local she said. need to be more under-
sought to transition from agrarians weren’t able to “It wasn’t until about standing and open to other
the high-powered tech sell at farmer’s markets, three or four days after did people … listening before
world into the nonprofit Hempel said. it hit home about what’s reacting is really, really
realm, she had to convince Case managers reached going to happen to all important.”
Petaluma People Services out to Petaluma seniors to these people who lost their While the Washington
Center’s leadership she prepare them in case the homes in the fire,” she native devotes much of
was right for the job. flames reached the city said. “I have to tell you – her time to managing her
After two months of limits, and offer support there’s trauma and angst staff of about 63 and the
working for free, she was during some of the most associated with the help- more than 400 volunteers
hired by the nonprofit, destructive wildfires in lessness you feel dealing that support the organi-
and she hasn’t looked California’s history. with the insurance compa- zation, she also serves
back since. With creative Shared Housing and nies and the county.” as the president of the
thinking and tenacity, Resource Exchange, or Hempel knows it will Petaluma Health Care Dis-
she’s grown the organiza- SHARE Sonoma County, CRISSY PASCUAL / ARGUS-COURIER STAFF be a long road to recovery trict’s Board of Directors.
tion, which serves as a key a partner program with Elece Hempel, Executive Director of Petaluma People Ser- for shell-shocked Sonoma Hempel, who has worked in
Petaluma resource with PPSC, was expanded to vices Center visits with lunch guests of the Senior Cafe at County. Her nonprofit, various roles from startups
programs in high demand help house displaced fire the Petaluma Senior Center in Lucchesi Park. like many others, faces to aerobics, holds commu-
after October’s ferocious victims as flames were funding challenges in nity service close to heart.
fires. still devouring more than sometimes awful life and combined families, was coming months and years. She’s part of the coor-
“When I think about 5,000 homes in the county. we continue to try to find reduced to dust and ash, While money poured into dinating committee for
how we reacted to the fires, About 85 people are now the silver lining,” the she said. After the fire, she fire relief funds, nonprof- the Petaluma Community
everyone at this agency living in long-term home 57-year-old said. “We’re was forced to go through its continue to depend on Relations Council, serves
accepted responsibility,” shares, an effort powered seeing a need for that and the heart-wrenching community support to on the board of directors
said Hempel, the current by volunteers who stepped we’re in conversations to exercise of itemizing lost meet growing demands for for the Petaluma Chamber
executive director who has up to help, Hempel said. build programming for belongings for her insur- services after the fires. of Commerce and serves
worked in various capac- Her organization is cur- first responders.” ance company. The couple As the rebuilding pro- on the subcommittee of
ities at PPSC since 2004. rently drafting a blueprint Hempel is no stranger waited until neighbors who cess unfolds in the county, Age-Friendly Sonoma
“We were one of the few to serve residents whose to the trauma caused by live in the area full-time she challenged local lead- County, among other local
large nonprofits that wasn’t lives were turned upside natural disasters, and is reconstructed their homes ers and service providers roles.
impacted by the fires and down by the fires, while also still dealing with the af- to start rebuilding their to consider all solutions. “I love this town, I really
we needed to step up.” reaching its regular clients termath of the deadly 2015 own residence. “It’s going to take a do,” she said. “I grew up in
PPSC provides ser- in Petaluma and beyond. Valley Fire that claimed As Sonoma County’s whole community and a a little town that was very
vices for seniors, housing “We’ve already seen an her second home on Cobb fires ignited, Maciel’s collective effort,” she said. similar with agricultural
programs, adult and youth increase and a growing Mountain. daughter evacuated to “One of the things that’s roots, but it didn’t have the
employment and training need for trauma-informed The residence, filled with Petaluma, where Hempel frustrated me more than ability to grow in the same
programs as well as coun- counseling … for many memories and mementos spent the early hours fol- others is the ‘not in my way Petaluma has. For me,
seling and food assistance. clients, this is just one from Hempel and her lowing Nixle and the news. neighborhood’ attitude. it’s my passion.”
As disaster struck, PPSC’s more thing to add to this partner, Alan Maciel’s Though she jumped into If it’s not going to be in

Forum Continued from A1 PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP

What: Discussion of budget and financial forecast followed
a city fund that can be
tapped to help develop-
ers construct affordable
Junior College about a
similar program for stu-
dents, she said.
about housing solutions diversity and inclusion as by a discussion regarding housing needs and policies. housing communities such Lina Hoshino, a down-
Feb. 12, more than four such a high value and yet When: 5:45 p.m. Feb. 12 as Logan Place, a 66-unit town business owner who
months after the disaster. we come out and decry the Where: City Hall, 11 English St. complex managed by non- last February distributed
With that as a backdrop, negative consequences of profit Burbank Housing. a petition urging local
community leaders and affordable housing in our More information: cityofpetaluma.net On March 5, the city officials to address a lack
local officials convened community?” he said. “I council will consider of affordable housing, said
Monday to address Peta- believe it’s because we’ve slippery slope of disaster,” city that in October had a increasing those fees, she hopes action will come
luma’s dire housing crisis, attained a certain level he said. “Be aware of that 1.12 percent vacancy rate Castellucci said. Recent soon. Her husband and
a complex issue some say of affluence or status as when you start coming up in its major apartment legislation will also allow business partner Angelo
is threatening to alter the individuals or families and with all these solutions complexes, which equates cities to require that devel- Sacerdote praised the city
social fabric of the city it’s very difficult for us to for all of this. I appreciate to 35 vacant units, there’s opers of rental complexes for easing restrictions on
and Sonoma County. accept living with others all the good work that I much incentive to hang on include affordable units, accessory dwelling units
“From the county stand- that are not at the same hear you’re all doing, but to a lease, she said. an option the city can also and junior second units, or
point, what we did immedi- level from infiltrating our I hate to tell you, from my “I do feel that (just cause consider, she said. bedrooms converted into
ately after the fire is loosen world – we’re not really point of view, it’s an abject eviction) is a low hanging There are currently 905 independent living spaces.
up as many regulations as as inclusive or diverse or failure.” fruit solution to deal with units under construction Still, their employees
possible,” Sonoma County broad-minded as we might Gabriela Orantes, a the very, very real housing in the city, 48 of which will struggle with housing.
Supervisor and Petaluma think.” member of the North crisis that residents in be affordable, she said. An “They need to do a lot
resident David Rabbitt said. Johnson encouraged Bay Organizing Project, Petaluma face right now,” additional 250 units have more,” Hoshino said.
“The fires didn’t impact attendees to rethink what asked the city to give she said. been approved but are not
Petaluma, but Petaluma homelessness means and tenants more protection The city is currently yet under construction,
has a role to play in recov- its impacts on those who by adopting rules for just limited in its ability to she said.
ery and in housing those are living in poverty. He cause eviction, which make meaningful con- While housing is being
who are left houseless in suggested that the city would preclude landlords tributions to help buoy built, Petaluma People
Sonoma County.” adopt similar measures to from kicking tenants out affordable housing proj- Services Center currently
The greater Bay Area is those embraced in Santa of housing unless the evic- ects, since funding sources operates a home share
continuing to expand, with Rosa and Sonoma County, tion meets certain criteria. continue to wane and the program that’s expanded
2 million more residents including expanding addi- As it stands, some resi- city’s funds are lagging, since the October fires,
expected by 2040, Rabbitt tional temporary housing dents can be evicted for Housing Coordinator Sue providing housing for
said. Growth in the job options and streamlining any reason, Orantes said, Castellucci said. about 100 people, SHARE
market has outpaced the aspects of the permitting which creates fear and of- Currently, developers Sonoma County Executive
development of housing, process. ten causes tenants to keep of major projects are Director Amy Appleton
and in some cases, Peta- “My message to you is issues that affect health required to either build said. She’s also been in
luma-based workers are that people living in poverty and safety under wraps affordable units into their talks with Sonoma State
commuting in from other or homelessness or the for fear of retaliation. In a projects or pay a fee into University and Santa Rosa
counties because they can’t working poor, because
afford to live in the city. they’re in that situation

2018 Petaluma NOMINATION FORM

Though participants in doesn’t mean that’s their
the forum organized by the character, it doesn’t mean

Community Awards
Sonoma County Human that they’re not trustworthy
Rights Commission and or honest or worth having 2018 Petaluma
the Petaluma Community in our community,” he Community
of Excellence
Relations Council agreed said. “Next time someone
there’s no single solution proposes a large affordable Awards of Excellence
to the problem, advocates housing complex, we have For complete awards criteria and nomination form visit
made it clear that collabo- to believe that it’s going to www.petalumachamber.com
ration is key. enhance our community, About the Awards:
Recovery will also take not drag it down.”
a shift in community per- A homeless man who Petaluma is blessed with a great Nominations are due
spective, said Committee on identified himself only as number of outstanding and caring by Feb. 9, 2018
the Shelterless’ CEO Mike James urged the panel to persons whose many contributions
Johnson, a formerly home- do more to create action- make this community a better
less man who now runs able solutions.
Please list the nominee’s community
the city’s largest homeless “When these disasters place to live, work, and raise a involvement.You may attach additional
services nonprofit. happen, lots of people family. In anticipation of the pages for more information.
“How is it we can cele- wind up in a fluctuation Petaluma Community Awards of
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POLICE LOG ■ 1:14 p.m.: James R. Davis Jr.,

Here are some of the cases the Pet-
aluma police responded to recently.
The Argus-Courier publishes the
names of people arrested for serious
crimes such as those involving physi-
cal injury, property loss or damage of
property, including burglary, battery,
vandalism and drunken driving. Peo-
ple who are found innocent or who
have charges dropped may contact
the Argus-Courier to have follow-up
information published. Petaluma Po-
lice reported the following incidents.
Wednesday, Jan. 24
■ 12:06 a.m.: Brian G. Stanley,
56, of Petaluma was arrested at
900 Hopper St. for misdemeanor
public intixication.
Thursday, Jan. 25
■ 10:50 p.m.: Tyler J. Suit, 24,
of Rohnert Park was arrested at
the corner of Bodega Avenue
and Thompson Lane for misde-
meanor possession of controlled
substances and parapherna-
lia, and a felony violation of
probation.
46, of Santa Rosa was arrested
at 124 Petaluma Blvd. for felony
violation of probation.
■ 9:51 p.m.: Jamie R. Lamm,
28, of Santa Rosa was arrested
at Caulfield Lane and Crinella
Drive for assault with a deadly
weapon (not a firearm), assault
with injury, and violation of
probation, all felonies.
Sunday, Jan. 28
■ 12:45 a.m.: Steven Needels,
63, of San Anselmo was arrested
at 1052 S. McDowell Blvd. for
misdemeanor driving under the
influence of alcohol.
■ 2:20 p.m.: Aldair F. Ramirez-
Aguilar, 23, of Petaluma was
arrested at the corner of Keller
Street and Western Avenue for
recklessly driving in a parking
lot while under the influence of
alcohol, all misdemeanors.
■ 9:19 a.m.: Sabrina M.
Burns, 22, of Stockton was
arrested at 400 McDowell Blvd.
■ 8:56 p.m.: A 13-year-old
juvenile from Santa Rosa was
arrested at the corner of Cope- ■■ VIEWPOINT ■
land Street and East Washington
Street for giving false identifi-
cation to a police offer. That’s a What do you miss about childhood?
misdemeanor. (Interviews and photos by Crissy Pascual)
Monday, Jan. 29
■ 1:08 a.m.: Terry L. Slater, 55,
of Petaluma was cited at 1st
and D streets for driving with a
suspended license, and failing
to display proof of registration,
both misdemeanors.
■ 2:13 a.m.: Andrew R. Brown,
36, identified as a transient, was Dennis Geri Andra
arrested at Washington and Wa- Mulvihill McLaughlin Auz-Olson
ter streets for public intixication
and violation of probation, both Dennis Mulvihill Geri McLaughlin Andra Auz-Olson
misdemeanors. of Petaluma, private of Petaluma, retired of Petaluma, retired:
investigator: “My teacher: “My folks and “The sense of just
■ 8:17 a.m.: Blaise I. Dunn II,
friends. I still see some my dad particularly. I ‘being’ and playing and
18, of Petaluma was arrested at
high school friends but miss the warmth and being carefree and just
Magnolia Avenue and Petaluma
people move and you security I felt with him.” having fun.”
Boulevard North for battery with
lose contact.”
serious bodily injury and causing
harm to and elderly dependent,
both felonies.

Teen dies in Tomales crash

■ 11:12 p.m.: Kevin Keow, 37,
of Rohnert Park was arrested
on Johnson Street at Kenilworth
Drive for misdemeanor driving
with a suspended license and
felony violation of Post-Release
Community Supervision orders.
Friday, Jan. 26
■ 12:19 a.m.: Rebecca S.
Rawson, 37, of Petaluma was
arrested on East Washington
Street for misdemeanor battery
on a spouse.
Saturday, Jan. 27
■ 9:23 a.m.: Jonathan J.
Rollstin, 41, was arrested at
the corner of Community
Center Way and East Madison
for possession of a controlled
substance intended for sale
(a felony) and misdemeaonr
violation of probation.
for misdemeanor possession
of controlled substances and
paraphernalia. Also arrested at
the site was Daniel R. Duarte,
28, of Petaluma for possession
of a controlled substance.
■ 12:28 p.m.: Reyana M. Knut-
ti, 31, of Petaluma was arrested
at the corner of Anna Way and
Crinella Drive for felony theft of
a vehicle and possession of a
stolen vehicle, and misdemean-
or possession of a controlled
substance.
■ 3:51 p.m.: Marlon H. Trussell,
26, of Santa Rosa was arrested
at 246 Park Place Drive for
misdemeanor possession of a
controlled substance.
■ 8:43 p.m.: Steve F. Goff, 32,
identified as a transient, was
arrested on Lakeville Street for
felony violation of probation.
■ 11:29 a.m.: A 17-year-old
Petaluma juvenile was arrested
at Magnolia Avenue and Peta-
luma Boulevard North for felony
battery with serious bodily injury.
■ 1:20 p.m.: Matthew L.
Hermsmeyer, 45, of Petaluma
was arrested at Denny’s Restau-
rant, 4986 Petaluma Blvd., for
felony vandalism and misde-
meanor violation of probation.
■ 4:23 p.m.: Christopher A.
Pohlman, 41, identified as a
transient, was arrested at Ellis
Street and Johnson Drive for
misdemeanor public intoxica-
tion.
■ 8:32 p.m.: Robert J. Murray,
22, of Corvalis, Oregon, was
cited at 176 N. McDowell Blvd.,
for possession of controlled
substances and paraphernalia,
all misdemeanors.
Police arrest suspectd DUI driver in accident We’ve tried to really focus
on maintaining as much
that killed Tomales High School student normalcy as we can, but
still giving kids and staff
By CHRISTI WARREN De Santiago, 18, died in the opportunity to process
AND RANDI ROSSMANN a head-on collision that and grieve. It’s been a lot
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
closed Highway 1 south of of reminding ourselves
Even before the Tuesday the bayside Marin County of all the things we loved
morning assembly at To- town of Marshall for five about him.”
males High School, nearly hours, the CHP said. Maintaining normal-
everyone already knew. De Santiago was the cy meant not canceling
A day earlier, 2017 passenger in a Honda Tuesday night’s home
graduate Ricardo “Ricky” Prelude being driven south basketball games against
De Santiago, a popular and by his friend Lucas Mc- St. Vincent de Paul High
athletic soccer and basket- Fadden, 23, just after 4:30 School, but instead playing
ball star with an ear-to-ear p.m. when the car drifted them in De Santiago’s
grin, had died in a crash into the opposite lane on honor.
police suspect involved a left curve, the CHP said. “The idea is, that’s what
drunken driving. McFadden tried to correct Ricky would have wanted
his position, but ended up to do. He wouldn’t have

Life Tributes
IN THIS SECTION
CONGER, Mervyn Glenn
GARVEY, Sr., Terence M.
MYERS, Bettyann
Terence M. Garvey, Sr.
Terence “Terry” M. Garvey, Sr.,
90, died peacefully in Petaluma
on Sunday, January 7, 2018,
surrounded by his family. He
is survived by his children
Kathleen, Lett (Doris), Terry Jr.
(Tvang), Tom (Nancy) and Sheila;
grandchildren Lauren, Ben, Evan
and Natalie; sister Colleen;
and 10 nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by
his wife Joanne; son John; and
siblings Constance, Thomas
and Daniel. Terry was born in
Appleton, WI to Celestine and
Agnes Garvey. He left Appleton
for the University of Notre Dame
earning a Bachelor of Science
degree in Civil Engineering and
the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology earning a Master of
Science degree in Engineering
and Construction. He served in
Board. In retirement he enjoyed
being a member of Kiwanis, SIRS
and the Camera Club. He found
strength in his faith, especially
after Joanne’s death. He was
a member of St. James Parish,
participated in the Catholic
Business Club Breakfasts,
volunteered with the St. Vincent
de Paul Society and become a
SWAIN, Vivian Moore
Mervyn Glenn “Merv” Conger
Mervyn Glenn Conger (Merv)
was born on May 30, 1923,
in Petaluma, CA. He passed
away peacefully at the age of
94 at Santa Rosa Memorial
Hospital on January 26, 2018,
surrounded by his loving family.
Merv was the loving husband
of the late Dorothy Sganzini
Conger, beloved father of
Shelley Medeiros (Vasco),
and Heidi Johnson (Steve). He
had six grandchildren that he
adored – Zachary and Alyssa
Medeiros, Mikhayla, Jesse,
Gianni, and Nicoletta Johnson.
Merv was predeceased by his
parents Glenn and Alma Conger.
Merv attended Petaluma High
School. He served in the Air
Force during World War II as
an Airline Mechanic and gained
the status of Sharp Shooter.
partner, cousin, and friends.
After Dorothy passed his son-in-
laws got him back into fishing
again, this time large mouth
bass. The entire family started a
tradition of a yearly vacation to reflective,” Jennings said.
Clearlake, fishing, boating, and “People have been sad.
enjoying each other’s company
for the last 30 years. Merv
will be missed by his family,
in the path of an oncoming wanted us to stop,” said
Peterbilt dump athletic director
truck towing an Dominic Sacheli,
excavator, the CHP who has known
said. De Santiago since
De Santiago was the third grade,
pronounced dead and spent the past
at the scene. Mc- three years teach-
ing him math.
Fadden, who police
determined was Before the boys’
intoxicated at the Ricardo varsity game Tues-
time of the crash, De Santiago day night, Sacheli
suffered major in- said a few words
juries and remained hospi- about him. A moment of
talized Tuesday. The truck silence followed.
driver, Kevin Furlong, 54, “He was definitely the
was uninjured. type of kid that was hard
The tightknit Tomales to get mad at,” Sacheli
High School campus said. “He wasn’t like the
mourned Tuesday as news best student, and he could
of De Santiago’s death was be a little bit social but he
announced in an early had this smile, like this
morning assembly in the ear-to-ear grin, and he was
gym where he played so smart.
many basketball games “So he could make you
as a point guard for the laugh a little bit, and any
Braves. time you’d try to get on
Most of the students al- him for anything, he’d
ready knew — Tomales is flash that smile at me,
a small town, and the high and you couldn’t really do
school is just as small with much after that.”
an enrollment of 145 this Sacheli also knows Mc-
year, said Principal Adam Fadden, the driver.
Jennings. “Those two families are
“People have been pretty tight,” Sacheli said.
“Luke was a great kid, too.
… It’s a tough one.”

the Army, attended the Engineer
Officer Candidates School and
was commissioned as a second
lieutenant. In 1956 he married
Eucharistic Minister for patients
at Petaluma Valley Hospital. His
children have happy memories of
He met Dorothy through her
uncle Bill Pereira while riding
in their motorcycle club. He
married Dorothy Sganzini on
Woman killed
who loved his passion for life,
wonderful smile, beautiful blue
eyes, and his stories.

Joanne Welch in Fort Worth, TX.
In the early years of marriage he
worked for the family firm of Fox
Valley Construction in Appleton
until moving to Arizona where he
worked for the Salt River Project
and then Amstar Corporation
in San Francisco. In 1968 the
family moved to Petaluma. He
retired as the Chief Engineer
for Westlands Water District
in Fresno. As a husband and
father of six, Terry found time to
contribute to the community by
leading Cub Scouts, coaching
soccer, teaching catechism, and
serving on the Old Adobe School
Bettyann Myers
88, of Petaluma, CA. Born
February 24, 1929 as Bettyann
McIntire in Wheeling, WV.
She passed January 21, 2018,
peacefully after a long battle
with COPD. Daughter of George
L McIntire and Martha C.
(McIntire) Miller. Sister Rosemary
(McIntire) Nickerson and Martha
L McIntire. Married to William
J Myers passed December 28,
2009. They will be united again
at Sacramento Valley National
Cemetery. Mother of William C
Myers (Bonnie) of Rohnert Park,
CA and Louis D Myers of Rapid
City, SD. Grandmother of Dale
(Jessica) Myers, Christopher
Myers, Willy Myers, Crystal
Myers, Robbie (Denise) Myers,
and Amanda Myers. Great-
grandmother of Skyler, Tasha,
Lexis, Allen, and Bentley.
Bettyann worked on various
westside projects, community
pools/recreation /Fire/Medical,
camping in Tuolumne Meadows,
Bible bedtime stories and his
interest in nature and science,
especially geology. Terry often
had a twinkle in his eye when
greeting or teasing friends
and acquaintances. He will
be remembered for his sharp
intellect, thoughtful conversation
and genuine interest in people.
A Funeral Mass will be held
on Saturday, February 17,
2018, 11:00 am at St. James
Catholic Church. Donations in
Terry’s memory may be made to
Catholic Charities, the St Vincent
de Paul Society, or the Committee
on the Shelterless (COTS).
Den mother pack1 and worked
in retail locally. Bettyann was in
Hostess Club, and enjoyed being
a volunteer with a great group of
young Ladies at Petaluma Valley
Hospital.
There will be a celebration of life
held February 10th at 11 a.m.
at St. John’s Lutheran Church,
455 McNear Ave., Petaluma,
CA. Memorial donations may
be made to St. John’s Church.
Www.lcmsj.org
July 14, 1946. Merv owned
and operated H&S Service
Garage in Petlauma for 35
years. Merv was a man of many
talents; mechanic, airline pilot,
electrician, plumber, welder, and
just excelled at fixing anything
with his hands. Merv loved to
fly his Piper and Lusc planes out
onto Drakes Bay in Tomales,
land and then abalone, fly back
out. He also flew to the Sierras
to trout fish with his business
Vivian Moore Swain
1921 - 2018
Passed away peacefully on
January 25, 2018 at the age
of 96. Known as Granny to
her seven grandchildren, their
children and spouses and many
Petaluma kids. Vivian was a
planner, every day filled with life,
and was always busy with one
or more projects. Her last was
crocheting hats and scarves for
COTS at Christmas. She was an
avid traveler and volunteer for
her church and Christmas Cheer.
Vivian was devoted to her family
and loved being a part of her
grandchildren’s lives through
texting or email messages.
Vivian was a smart and fiercely
independent woman decades
ahead of her time and an
inspiration to many. She will be
sorely missed but not forgotten.
She was welcomed to heaven
by her husband, Raymond and
sons Kenneth and Robert. She
is survived by her son, Donald,
daughters-in-law Joyce and
on SMART track
Viewing will commence at 11:30
a.m. at St. Vincent’s Church,
Petaluma, CA, on Saturday,
February 3, 2018 followed by
the Funeral Mass at 12:00 p.m.
His Funeral Mass will be held
on Saturday, February 3, 2018
at 11:30 a.m. at St. Vincent’s
Church, Petaluma, CA. In lieu
of flowers, donations may be
made to Memorial Hospice, 439
College Ave, Santa Rosa, CA
95401.
Marsha and her grandchildren:
Katrina (Jason), Nicole, Brenda
(Jason), Samuel (Lauren), Karen
(Darren), Lindsey (Kari), Kristin and made no effort to get
and 12 great-grandchildren.
Memorial Service will be held
at 11 a.m. Sunday, February 4
at the First Presbyterian Church, SMART train dispatchers
939 B Street, Petaluma, CA. In
lieu of flowers, donations may
be made to: Memorial Fund of
First Presbyterian Church, Vivian the train and a pedestrian
Swain Scholarship Fund.
Police investigate paramedics found the
woman’s body on the west
Santa Rosa death as side of the tracks, just
possible suicide south of Hearn Avenue.
Hearn Avenue was
By RANDI ROSSMANN closed a block in each
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT direction from the tracks,
A woman struck and and huge long lines of
killed early Wednesday by yellow police tape roped
a SMART train in south off the area. Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa, was standing police Sgt. Summer Black
on the railroad tracks said officers were talking
when she was hit and had to the engineer driving the
been warned of the train’s train, the conductor and
immediate approach by its 20 passengers on board.
blaring horns, Santa Rosa Video from the train,
police said Wednesday af- expected to be viewed by
ternoon. Police confirmed police later Wednesday,
that they are investigating was expected to show
the death as an apparent the woman’s movement
suicide. as the train approached,
Authorities identified said SMART Police Chief
the woman as Marion Jennifer Welch, who was
Harrison, 64, of Santa at the crash scene.
Rosa. The death marks the The passengers and
first reported fatality in train remained at the
connection with operation scene more than two hours
of the commuter train, afterward. Welch said
which launched service service remained open to
in August. The collision the north and south, with
was witnessed by at least buses being used to bridge
one person who said it the closure.
appeared the woman knew On the train, a passen-
the train was approaching ger described the scene
once police arrived, saying
out of the way. several Santa Rosa officers
The first report of boarded the train and
the collision came from interviewed each person,
taking photographs of
who contacted emergency everyone’s photo identi-
dispatchers at 7:36 a.m. to fication and asking what
report a collision between they’d been aware of or
what they’d seen. By about
at Hearn Avenue. Santa 9:40 a.m. the train was
Rosa firefighters and AMR moving.
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EDITORIALS
Don’t turn
down good
projects
Scrutiny is good, but too much
could drive away developments
that Petaluma wants and needs
A
ccording to Petaluma’s General
Plan, the document guiding the
city’s land use decision-making pro-
cesses, new development should be built
on “existing vacant and underutilized
sites” in order to avoid urban sprawl.
“The Central Petaluma area …
contains extensive vacant land and
underutilized parcels, particularly along
the Petaluma River,” the plan states.
One such parcel ripe for infill devel-
opment is the site of the proposed North
River Apartments on Water Street just
north of East Washington Street. Water
Street dead ends into a dirt and gravel
parking lot in an area featuring thorny
bushes that sprout up alongside the
occasional discarded mattress or graffi-
tied boxcar sitting atop rusted railroad
tracks. It is not very pretty.
A builder, attracted by the city’s vision
encouraging the construction of high
density housing on the site, submitted
plans more than three years ago for
badly needed pedestrian-friendly rental
housing and a small amount of commer-
cial space. The city’s planning commis-
sion finally approved the project earlier
this month, but only after a discussion
in which at least one commissioner
lamented that the developer was not
doing enough for the city, such as paying
into a fund for a future trolley that has
become a pipe dream.
A.G. Spanos Companies hopes to move
forward with its project, incorporating
extensive community feedback and
adding many new features that were
requested in numerous public meetings.
The project will rebuild Water Street, in-
cluding an intersection with an extension
of Oak Street from Petaluma Boulevard.
The developer will build 184 apartment
units, all within walking distance of the
SMART station and other popular down-
town spots, making a significant dent in
the city’s housing shortage.
The company will build new bike
paths, sidewalks, a couple hundred new
parking spaces, and pay $650,000 into
an affordable housing fund to construct
homes for the people who are priced
out of our community. Yet despite all of
these benefits to the city, some commis-
sioners wanted to see more commercial
space when the market demand for
small retail space is actually in decline.
Why is it that whenever a developer
proposes a visionary project to remake a
blighted area of Petaluma and add badly
needed housing, officials demand the
developer do more than is reasonable?
If developers find Petaluma’s planning
process too onerous, costly or time con-
suming, they will simply walk away, leav-
ing the city’s vision unrealized. There are,
after all, ample opportunities elsewhere.
We are not going to resolve this com-
munity’s unprecedented housing crisis
by building a handful of granny units. It
will take thoughtful, well-designed infill
projects, and city officials need to look at
developers of these proposed projects as
partners, not as cash cows to extort.
Walkable development, affordable
housing and bike paths are sensible ideals
long embraced by a large majority of Pet-
alumans and codified in the General Plan.
City officials presiding over development
proposals need to remember this, and do
what they can to achieve those goals.
YOUR REPRESENTATIVES
PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL: 11 English
St., Petaluma 94952. ci.petaluma.ca.us,
778-4345.
David Glass, mayor, 778-4345
Chris Albertson, 778-4525
Teresa Barrett, 953-0846
Dave King, 778-4552
Mike Healy, 762-8768
Gabe Kearney, 778-4521
Kathy Miller, 778-4524
PETALUMA SCHOOL BOARD: 200
Douglas St., Petaluma 94952. petalumaci-
tyschools.org, 778-4604.
Mike Baddeley, 778-6313
Sheri Chlebowski, 925-876-5816
Frank Lynch, 981-7837
Ellen Webster, 778-4604
Phoebe Ellis, 769-8849
PETALUMA HEALTH CARE DISTRICT
BOARD: 1425 N. McDowell Blvd. Suite
103, Petaluma 94954, phcd.org, 285-2143,
Fax: 285-2277. Email: scochrane@phcd.org
Elece Hempel
Becky Monday
Josephine Thornton
Fran Adams
Joe Stern
Argus Courier
Opinion
■ LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ■
Supports hospital
operator
EDITOR: It’s great to see some cover-
age finally about our local hospital and
some of the challenges the community
faces regarding access to health care in
our city. There has been mention of a
lack of hiring new doctors by St. Joseph
in several of the recent articles. This is
absolutely not true.
Just in the past year, a partial list
of new doctors that have come to our
community are: Neema Pourtaheri,
orthopedics; Chris Walter, orthopedics;
Naomi DeTablan, podiatry; Keri Weigle,
general surgery; Steve Kmucha, ENT;
Alexis Alexandridis, general surgery;
Aldo Gamarra, general surgery.
This list just includes the surgical spe-
cialties. We have also added at least six
new hosptialists in the past year as well.
A new infectious disease specialist was
also hired over the summer specifically
to cover PVH.
In addition, St. Joseph is very close
to hiring another general surgeon to
join Dr. Weigle’s practice. We have also
hired another ENT physician who will
start in June and another offer has been
extended to another ENT physician just
this past week.
To ensure further accuracy to hopeful-
ly more articles regarding the medical
care in Petaluma, please note that Dr.
Peter Leoni is not the chief of surgery.
In fact, Dr. Leoni holds no administra-
tive or medical staff appointments at
PVH. He is the least busy of the five
general surgeons in the community.
I have practiced in Petaluma for over
20 years and operate at PVH on a regular
basis. St. Joseph has provided me with
all of the equipment and support that I
have needed and I certainly do not share
or support the views of Dr. Leoni.
Michael A. Johnson
Physician Administrative Director, PVH
Open up gym
EDITOR: I am a senior who likes to
play some basketball. I went to the Boys
and Girls Club next to our senior center
at Lucchessi Park early one morning
and noticed that they have a large multi-
hoop basketball court.
It was empty and not in use. I asked
one of the staff members if I can shoot
some hoops and he said adults and se-
PULSE OF PETALUMA
Poll: Fix downtown trestle for pedestrian use
A
majority of respondents to an on-
line Argus-Courier poll said that
Petaluma should repair the down-
town train trestle for use as a pedestrian
promenade.
Here are some comments:
■ “Allow residents and tourists to
experience our beautiful city as it was
meant to be. Encourage less four-
wheeled traffic and more pedestrian
gathering areas.”
■ “A pedestrian promenade would
add a strong element of connecting the
heart of Petaluma to the river. Towns
don’t just spring up anywhere. All the
good towns were informed and formed
out of the lay of the land.”
■ “As it stands now, the trestle is a
haven for rats.”
■ “A walking promenade would be a
fantastic feature to enhance the beauty of
our town. ”
PETALUMA ARGUS-COURIER • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2018
niors are not allowed. Some towns allow
adults and seniors access to their Boys
and Girls Clubs on weekdays between
6 a.m. and 2 p.m. when students are in
school.
Perhaps there’s a chance Petaluma
can afford the same to our seniors.
Access to an indoor court right next to
our senior center to shoot hoops or put
up a badminton net on rainy days would
provide variety in our efforts to stay
healthy and active. Currently we play
some pickleball in the outside tennis
courts when its not raining.
Other than Leghorn Park, there are
no public basketball courts on the east
side. There must be some way to allow
adults and seniors access to the Boys
and Girls Club at Lucchessi Park during
certain hours.
Alfred Johnston
Petaluma
Going vegan
EDITOR: Along with unforeseen chal-
lenges, calamities, and miscalculations,
the future holds promise. The prolifera-
tion of mankind has created a necessity
and hopefully a willingness to lessen
our impact on the environment, other
humans, and animals. When making
this effort, we need not study under the
“greased palms” of so-called experts.
The numbers are there for all to see
and the math is simple. It takes one sixth
of an acre to sustain one person on a
vegan diet while a person eating a stan-
dard American diet requires three acres.
That’s 18 times as much land.
Buying a low-flow shower nozzle is
great and you could save maybe 300 gal-
lons of water per person in a month, or
you could eat one vegan meal and save
roughly twice that amount.
If you were to look at our other areas
of impact, there is potential, but it’s
minimal compared to what we eat three
times a day.
Housing is one area where we could
incorporate energy saving ideas, but
they can only be minimized so much.
Housing itself is always a need and
many aspects are considered non-nego-
tiable.
Transportation is another area that
can be minimized to some extent, but
people are very reluctant to give up the
freedom of personal travel. Even if they
See Letters, A7
■ “Cheapest thing would be to repair
it. It’s one of the biggest eye sores in
bucolic Petaluma. Not really our best
tourist attraction.”
■ “Don’t demolish it. The trestle is
part of Petaluma history. Repairing it as
a pedestrian promenade is the most cost
effective solution, and will preserve that
important part of the culture of Petalu-
ma.”
■ “First repair it so it’s walkable and
bikeable, but keep the option open for a
trolley line if/when grant funds become
available.”
■ “I believe that Petaluma has
more pressing problems than the train
trestle. How about spending some time
and money to fix our terrible pot hole
streets.”
OTHER VIEWS
Next prez
could be
Californian
Several high profile
politicians from the state
are posturing for 2020
By THOMAS ELIAS
F
rom the time this year’s
California political cam-
paigns began taking shape
last fall, they’ve had the poten-
tial to produce the state’s most
viable presidential candidate in
almost half a century.
It may be about time. Califor-
nia has not provided the nation
with a President — nor even a
credible primary election candi-
date — since Ronald Reagan left
office in 1989.
In that time, the strongest
run by a Californian for Ameri-
ca’s top political job came from
ex-Gov. Pete Wilson, who lasted
through only a few primaries
and caucuses. His abortive 1996
run was hampered both by a
throat problem that dimmed
his voice and his strong 1994
backing of the anti-illegal im-
migrant Proposition 187, which
destroyed any chance he might
have had for getting Latino
support. Gov. Jerry Brown also
staged a long run, in 1992, but
never had a serious chance
against Bill Clinton.
Since then, this state’s top
officials, the likes of Gray Davis
and Arnold Schwarzenegger
and Brown and Dianne Fein-
stein and Barbara Boxer have
been no threat to national pol-
iticians in either major party.
Yes, Schwarzenegger might
have been a credible candidate
and would have loved to run,
but his Austrian birth rendered
him ineligible.
So California has not only
lacked influence at the top levels
of American politics for decades
because of its usually-belated
primary elections, but also has
had no skin in the game.
Lately, though, there’s been
talk about the state’s current
junior senator, Democrat Ka-
mala Harris. Her anti-Donald
Trump tone in several nation-
ally televised Senate hearings
has won some support among
ultra-liberals nationally, but no
poll has shown she has either
strong or widespread appeal.
Plus, the one time she faced a
significantly financed election
opponent, in her 2010 election
as state attorney general, she
barely eked out a victory even
in this solidly Democratic state.
So it’s a safe bet Harris won’t
be California’s next major pres-
idential player. But there are
some possibilities among this
year’s crop of candidates, not
to mention Democratic Los An-
geles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who
makes noises about a possible
2020 national run even though
he’s not running for anything
just now.
The most likely future pres-
idential contenders among the
current hopefuls for governor
and the Senate are Lt. Gov.
Gavin Newsom, former Los
Angeles Mayor Antonio Villara-
See Candidates, A7
LAST WEEK’S POLL:
PETALUMA TRESTLE
What should be done with the downtown
trestle? Here are the results:
Ped. use 267 76.7%
Trolley use 39 11.2%
Demolish it 32 9.2%
Do nothing 10 2.8%
THIS WEEK’S QUESTION
■ What should the Petaluma Health Care
District do with Petaluma Valley Hospital? To
participate in this week’s online poll, go to
petaluma360.com.
■ To see results of previous online polls and
read comments, visit pulse-of-petaluma.
blogs.petaluma360.com.
Pulse of Petaluma poll results reflect senti-
ments of persons participating in the online
poll the previous week.
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Crash Continued from A1 $25,000 to help cover costs.

In the days following the acci-
dent, James Hopkins has been
Candidates Continued from A6 national Democratic Party. De Leon, who
helped hire a former U.S. attorney general to
aid the state Legislature in resisting Trump
17-year-old Casa Grande student struggling to come to terms with igosa and current state Senate President Kevin initiatives, plainly has a national perspective
whose name is being withheld the life-changing event for his de Leon, all Democrats. It goes almost without and makes it obvious he would love to lead the
because of his age, was arrest- child, who he described as intelli- saying that Newsom, a former San Francisco Democratic opposition to Trump.
ed for charges relating to street gent and bookish. mayor who tried to run for governor in 2010 But de Leon, from eastern Los Angeles, is
racing causing injury and violat- “He’s a very happy and mellow before settling for his current job, will seek the hampered in his current campaign both by
ing a provisional license. He was kid,” he said of his son. “He’s prob- presidency at some point if elected governor. the fact that he remains largely unknown
not injured, Lyons said. He has ably one of the sweetest souls I’ve His election emails for much of the last year to many Californians and by his denial that
already been cited twice for traffic ever known … He’s very cerebral, have been replete with responses to national he knew of the sexual harassment alleged-
violations, including an April 2017 he likes to read, he likes history issues, from the Republican tax bill passed in ly conducted regularly by his Sacramento
citation for speeding and violating and video games.” December to environmental complaints raised housemate, state Sen. Tony Mendoza, in their
his provisional license, Lyons said. James Hopkins hasn’t spoken to by Trump administration actions. So Newsom abode. To many, his denials of knowledge and
The suspected street racing teen the driver who crashed, interrupt- could bring a national perspective to Sacra- seeking to lead the drive for more effective
knows the identity of the driver ing his son’s young life. He’s too mento. And he’s never been shy about acting prevention of such conduct in the Legislature
of the Subaru WRX, but is not angry, he said. on his ambitions and ideas. suggest he may have taken a see no evil, hear
currently cooperating with police, “These kids were racing at 3:30 in If both of them should win this year — nei- no evil approach to Mendoza.
Lyons said. the afternoon in an area that’s by ther is an early favorite — either Villariagosa Just now, none of these folks draws much
The Christopher Hopkins’ three different schools, right after or Senate candidate de Leon could seek to national attention. But, as Reagan did, anyone
86-year-old grandfather, who was school let out,” he said. “It’s a busy become the first legitimate Latino presidential elected either governor or senator here can
driving at the time of the crash, is area with bus stops and crosswalks, contender. use California’s sheer size and its huge repre-
still in the hospital, Lyons said. His and it’s just absolutely ridiculous Villaraigosa has not seriously discussed a sentation among national political convention
71-year-old grandmother was treat- that kids would race there.” presidential run, but would have an immedi- delegates to fuel a credible run for the White
ed for minor injuries and released. Still, Lyons said residents have ate large-scale base among the Latinos who House.
Three teenage girls, also students complained that Sonoma Mountain are one of the largest constituencies in the (Email Thomas Elias at tdelias@aol.com.)
at Casa Grande, were in the BMW Parkway, a long, flat road is a haven
at the time of the accident and were for speeding vehicles. Police plan
brought to Petaluma Valley Hospi- to deploy speed monitors and extra
tal for minor injuries, Lyons said. patrols on the roadway, which has a
Christopher Hopkins’ pelvis and 40 mph speed limit.
ribs were broken, his spleen was Since last Jan. 22 people were ar-
Letters Continued from A6
cut and his internal organs are rested on suspicion of exhibition of were willing to do so, most of the vehicle emis- families, especially those who lost homes,
bruised and bleeding, his father speed and speeding contests, Lyons sions come from the commercial sector. changed schools, or saw loved ones drastical-
said. He was transferred from San- said. They were all men between So it becomes apparent that a whole food, ly impacted. Research shows that stress can
ta Rosa to the Oakland’s Children’s the ages of 16 and 25, he said. plant-based diet has by far the most potential. have significantly negative consequences on
Hospital, where he’s undergone “You can see that (street racing) This is where the power lies when it comes the body. The good news is that exercise can
multiple surgeries and is now in leads to injuries,” he said. “Not to creating a model that works. Yes, an effort relieve stress, releasing positive chemicals in
stable condition. only to themselves, but also the has to be made. It involves some self sacrific- the brain and improving overall health.
“He’s being very stoic about it, passengers and sometimes other ing and compromise, but it’s not about loss There are many ways for families to be
he’s not complaining much – the innocent people. We hope that par- of freedoms, it’s about protecting our ability active together, even in the winter months. A
only real thing is that he’s irritated ents really think about giving their to make our own choices that will guarantee few ideas are to try indoor sports, like soccer
with the constant attention and the young adults fast performance and protect the living conditions and personal or gymnastics; go roller or ice skating; go
poking and prodding,” said James cars.” choices of those who will come after us. bowling; and dance to music. On clear days,
Hopkins, a single father who has Questions to Casa Grande’s This, in itself is a personal freedom. With take advantage of low-cost and free physical
been by his son’s side daily since administration were directed to this selfless act, we realize our strengths, activity areas such as parks, hiking and biking
the crash. “He’s not really the Dave Rose, Petaluma City School’s and our ability to create our own future. In trails, and tennis and basketball courts. Small
complainer type, though. He’s just assistant superintendent of student doing so, we take our place amongst the true things like taking the stairs and walking
going along with it and he’s pretty services. Though he was unable visionaries. whenever possible really add up—it’s a just
drugged out at this point.” to discuss specifics about students a matter of setting manageable routines and
He will likely remain in the due to confidentiality issues, he Ray Cooper sticking to them. Physical activity is particu-
hospital for weeks and will be faced said the incident should serve as a Petaluma larly important for the bodies and minds of
with rigorous physical therapy “constant reminder to youth about growing children—and the habits they learn
once he’s released. Doctors aren’t
sure if he will walk again, but they
making positive choices.”
“We have counselors, adminis- Moving on from fires now will shape the rest of their lives.
While challenging days lie ahead in an era
remain “very positive,” his father trators and teachers on standby EDITOR: With the devastating North Bay of post-fire recovery, I want to emphasize the
said. looking for any indicators of severe wildfires three months behind us, maintain- importance of focusing on our community’s
A GoFundMe page has been cre- reactions from students,” he said. ing an active lifestyle is more important now collective mental and physical health. I hope
ated to support the Hopkins family, “We’re just trying to do rumor con- than ever. The fires took an unprecedented that you will join me in this endeavor.
an effort that garnered nearly trol and reinforce positive messag- toll on our community, causing widespread
$14,000 in donations in its first two ing about decision making … In the trauma, stress, and anxiety. Post-fire stress is Steven D. Herrington
days. James Hopkins, a Petaluma moment, they don’t always apply affecting many of our county’s children and Sonoma County Superintendent of Schools
native, is divorced and has been lessons and the things they know.
raising Christopher as a single Emotions get the best of them and
parent for more than 12 years. they make poor decision. Some-
The medical bills are piling up times, no one gets hurt, but in this Get the latest Petaluma
and the family will need modifica- case, that’s not what happened.”
tions to their home to accommo- (Contact Hannah Beausang at news updates online at
date a wheelchair once Hopkins is hannah.beausang@arguscourier.
released. Friends of James Hopkins com.) petaluma360.com
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CRISSY PASCUAL / ARGUS-COURIER STAFF

KPCA, a Petaluma low-power community radio station, debuted one year ago today. KPCA
is a public membership TV and radio nonprofit. Executive Director, John Bertucci, right,
checks in with radio producer and Board of Directors member, Dennis Murphy, left, and
Rob Tomaszewski, radio station manager and programmer.
CRISSY PASCUAL / ARGUS-COURIER STAFF

Mentor Me executive director Deborah Dalton talks with RK Wall-Polin, the Petaluma
Peoples Services Youth Link case manager, about the new facility at the Salvation Army on
McDowell Boulevard that will serve youth from 16-24 years old who are homeless or at-risk.
Radio Continued from A1 and energy.”
KPCA is looking for community mem-
bers who would like to try their hand at
eral Communications Commission can- broadcasting. Those who have an idea

Salvation Continued from A1 subject to much higher

rates of predatory behav-
ior amongst that group,”
celed the Sonoma station’s license, leav- for a show can visit www.kpca.fm to
ing just Napa sharing the local airwaves. learn more.
Since the Napa station is far enough Bertucci, who expects to hear in
Though there’s still much programs at the nonprofit Johnson said. “They’re from Petaluma, the FCC next month March from the FCC about the plan to
work to do, she hopes the and will be involved at the preyed upon in various will likely grant KPCA round-the-clock air full time, said the expanded pro-
facility could open as soon new center. ways at higher levels than broadcasting permission, according to gramming will be both live and taped
as April. “I really want the young other homeless. Human John Bertucci, KPCA executive director. repeats. He said the station could air
“In Petaluma there is adults we serve to feel trafficking, prostitution “That’s a big the audio from city
a high percentage of our comfortable coming in … — these kinds of things breakthrough,” he council meetings and
are much bigger
homeless that are
actually in this age problems among
said. “It’s been very
hard to promote a
“It’s been very hard to plans to have a show
from the Petaluma
group,” she said. homeless youth, who radio station that is promote a radio station that Downtown Associa-
“There’s a high per- “In Petaluma there is a high tend to be shelter on the air 2.5 days
is on the air 2.5 days a week. tion promoting week-
centage of these kids percentage of our homeless resistant.” Petaluma Salvation
a week. Now we
Now we will be able to start
end events in town.
Other new broad-
that are struggling in will be able to start
school or dropping that are actually in this Army Major Mitham broadcasting full
broadcasting full time and 7- and 10-year-oldcasters include
out or that are out of age group. There’s a high Clement answer questions
declined to time and we’ll start
we’ll start ramping up.” kids talking about
school and unem- ramping up.”
ployed … we get percentage of these kids that about the project, The full time kids’ stuff, and the
—John Bertucci, KPCA executive director Sonoma State Uni-
them, Petaluma Peo- are struggling in school or but said in an email
he’s looking forward
radio station is
versity-based Project
ple Services Center the culmination
gets them and so does dropping out or that are out to the prospect of of a project started a decade ago, when Censored, which will tape a show at
Salvation Army.” of school and unemployed ... partnership. “The Salvation
Bertucci sought to launch Petaluma’s KPCA and syndicate to 41 radio stations.
“It’s a lot of air to fill,” Bertucci said.
At the center, Men- first radio station since KTOB was sold
tor Me will offer sup- we get them, Petaluma People Army is excited in the 1990s. In the past year, the station “That’s a puzzle for me, but we’re figur-
portive relationships Services Center gets them and about the possibility has gained a local following despite its ing it out.”
through mentoring to work with Men- limited air time. The station broadcasts from studios at
while providing edu- so does Salvation Army.” tor Me, PPSC and Several regular shows include Paul 205 Keller St., sending its signal through
cation and criminal —Deborah Dalton, Mentor Me executive director Leadership Class to “the Walrus” Strobeck spinning Beatles an antenna at the SRJC Petaluma cam-
justice services with provide the service covers, Joe Manthey’s Blues Groove, pus. Bertucci said it can be heard as far
its youth advocacy to the youth in our and a political talk show hosted by for- away as Novato, the Sonoma Valley and
team. Petaluma People and be able to walk in and community,” he wrote in a mer city councilman Matt Maguire and a few miles from the coast. He said once
Services Center will grab a snack and work on statement. Jim Thomas. 24-7 broadcasting begins, KPCA’s goal
handle counseling and a resume, check emails, The effort resonated Radio manager Rob Tomaszewski said will be growing its listenership.
housing issues and offer print out documents, with the Leadership Class, that expanding their airtime will be an “Building audience loyalty is the big-
referrals to other services browse job listings but a group of 25 business and exciting challenge. gest challenge,” he said. “We’re on. Get
while Salvation Army will also to come in for one-on- community leaders who “It’s a bit daunting,” he said. “It’s used to it, and enjoy it.”
offer programs includ- one coaching or whatever each year complete a local great that we have a younger group of (Contact Matt Brown at matt.brown@
ing assistance with food, needs they have and to be project, Onita Pellegrini, programmers that want to invest time arguscourier.com.)
substance abuse problems able to let me know of the CEO of the Petaluma
and shelter. Information things going on in their Chamber of Commerce
about resources and ser- lives,” she said. “I want said. The class is hoping
vices from Petaluma City people to be able to come to raise about $10,000 for
Schools District will also in regardless of their gen- the work, though details of
be provided. der, documentation status, fundraising are still being
Exact numbers for you name it, I want them ironed out, she said.
Petaluma-based homeless to come in and be able to “It struck an immediate
youth were not avail- say it and name it and be chord and was chosen as
able, but a 2017 point in accepted for it,” she said. a class project,” Pellegri-
time survey showed 532 Reaching transition age ni said. “They’re doing
homeless children and youth is key, said Com- a number of things at
transition-age youth mittee on the Shelterless’ the center … all will be
countywide. CEO Mike Johnson, whose determined by how much
The Petaluma Service nonprofit serves the local money they raise.”
Alliance and the Petaluma homeless population. Maureen Frances, Pet-
Chamber of Commerce’s While homeless adults aluma Service Alliance’s
Leadership Class of 2018 have foundations to build project chairwoman, said
have proposed to complete on, many kids don’t have the conglomeration of sev-
the remodel of the facility. the support or skills they en service clubs is working
Though plans are still need to succeed, making it with the Salvation Army
being drawn, work will difficult to break the cycle to identify the scope of
include a revamp of the of poverty, he said. needs. Members will com-
front office, community ar- “Aside from just the fact plete the labor and turn to
eas, bathroom and kitchen that they’re kids mostly the community for help as
areas, Salvation Army’s coming of age, they’re needed, she said.
Petaluma Advisory Board
Chairman David Adams
said. It will include about
300 square feet of office
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Sports Plus
JJ Says
John Jackson
It can’t
be told
too often
L
ast Christmas I apolo-
gized for continuing to
bring up the hurtful mem-
ories of the tragic accident in
2004 that took the life of prom-
ising Casa Grande athlete Brett
Callan and forever scarred the
lives of three other teens.
After the column, an annual
missive written just prior to
the basketball tournament that
honors Callan’s memory, was
published, I received an email
suggesting that once a year
wasn’t enough. “It should be
written every week,” the writer
said.
The suggestion might have
been hyperbole, but the senti-
ment was spot on.
It happened again last week.
A 14-year-old boy, riding in
the back seat of a car being
driven by his grandfather, was
severely injured when their car
was struck by another vehicle
on Sonoma Mountain Parkway.
According to police, the
accident resulted from two cars
racing along a heavily traveled
city street. One of the vehicles
was driven by a 17-year-old boy.
As of this writing, police have
not determined who was driv-
ing the other vehicle involved
in the race, because the driver
cowardly left the scene of the
accident.
The speeding driver of the
car that crashed is a 17-year-old
student. He has been arrest-
ed for allegedly street racing
causing injury. He made a bad
decision or, as one adult put it,
“he made a stupid mistake.”
Because of that mistake, a
14-year-old boy is critically in-
jured, as is his grandfather. The
most important thing now is to
support Christopher Hopkins
and his family as he begins
the long and painful road to
recovery.
A gofundme page has been
set up at gofundme.com/help-
christopher-hopkins-recover.
See JJ, B4
Tuesday
prep
basketball
ARGUS-COURIER STAFF
The Casa Grande boys
basketball team won its
third North Bay League
game of the season on its
home court Tuesday night,
beating Santa Rosa, 67-53.
Ian Cerutti hit three
shots from beyond the arc
to lead the Gauchos with
17 points. Josh Jovick
scored 13 and Dom McHale
and Noah Bailey 11 each.
The Gauchos are now
3-8 in NBL play and 7-16
on the season going into
a game Thursday night at
Ukiah.
At Petaluma High
School, the T-Girls contin-
ued undefeated in Sonoma
County League play, shoot-
ing down El Molino, 46-28.
Jaden Krist led Petalu-
ma with 11 points, while
Nichole Costa added eight.
Petaluma is now 18-5 on
the season and 9-0 in SCL
play going into a big game
against Analy on Saturday
afternoon (2:20 p.m. tip-off)
in Sebastopol.
At Tomales, St. Vincent
swept a doubleheader from
the host Braves, with the
Mustang girls winning a
thriller, 41-39, while the
boys prevailed, 64-46.
Alex Ditzio led St. Vin-
cent with 16 points and 14
rebounds.
Welcome to the VVAL
Petaluma, Casa Grande moving to Vine Valley Athletic League
Petaluma played Vintage in football in 2015. When the two play next fall, it will be in a Vine Valley Athletic League game.
By JOHN JACKSON
ARGUS-COURIER SPORTS EDITOR
W
elcome to the VVAL.
That’s the Vine Valley Ath-
letic League, the new home for
Petaluma and Casa Grande high school
athletics.
The new league, with Petaluma, Casa
Grande, Sonoma Valley, Napa, Vintage,
American Canyon and Justin-Siena, will
debut as a member of the North Coast
Section with the fall 2018-2019 season.
Casa Grande athletic director and
former head football coach Rick O’Brien
is serving as the new league’s first
commissioner. Petaluma High School
principal David Stirrat is the league
president.
At the request of the Napa schools, the
NCS Board of Managers voted unani-
mously to approve the new league last
October.
O’Brien pointed out that the VVAL
brings together schools that are current-
ly in five different leagues. Petaluma and
Sonoma Valley are in the Sonoma Coun-
ty League, Casa Grande is in the North
Bay League, Napa and Vintage are in the
Monticello Empire League, American
Canyon is in the Solano County Athletic
Conference and Justin-Siena is in the
Marin County Athletic League.
O’Brien said it has been both inter-
Casa retires Forni’s Gaucho jersey number
Former Gauchos player,
coach who passed away
in 2015 honored at game
By JOHN JACKSON
ARGUS-COURIER SPORTS EDITOR
No Casa Grande High School
boys basketball player will ever
again wear No. 21.
The school officially retired
the number worn so proudly
by the late James Forni in an
emotional ceremony prior to
last Friday’s game against
Montgomery.
Forni, an outstanding player
at Casa Grande and later
varsity basketball coach and
physical education teacher at
the school, died in June 2015
after losing a long fight against
cancer.
The Montgomery game
was chosen for the ceremony
because Forni had a close
personal relationship with
former Montgomery coach Tom
Fitchie.
The two coached against one
another in Forni’s first game
as head coach, and later in his
final regular-season game.
The Montgomery coach
presented a plaque to the Forni
family commemorating Forni’s
contributions to basketball and
coaching. It will be displayed
with a white traveling jersey at
the school.
A black traveling jersey with
Forni’s No. 21 was presented to
his wife, Mary, for display in the
family home. James Forni’s wife, Mary, with her late husband’s framed jersey that will
Mary was accompanied at the be on display at Casa Grande High School following the retirement of his
ceremony by James’ mother Gaucho number.
and father, Jim and Jan Forni;
his brother, Chris; his sister, Jill Forni’s friend and assistant
Fahey; and several other mem- coach Rick Duarte described
bers of the Forni family. the late coach as “A man who
Tough Trojan tumble
Loss to Piner make have put PHS out of title chase. B2
Dinosaur facts
Can you outrun a dinosaur? B6
esting and productive working with
representatives from schools coming
from such divergent backgrounds.
“Everyone comes to the table with
unique ideas,” he said. “We have tried to
meld all the ideas into one league.”
Adding to the challenge was that the
league’s directors were dealing with
“Everyone agreed that the
North Bay League had done a
good job, and we should just
adopt their bylaws. We still
have a lot of work ahead, but
we have an oustanding group
of people working on it.”
—Rick O’Brien, Casa Grande athletic director,
Vine Valley Athletic League commissioner
multiple sports. For example, one school
would be coming from a league where
golf matches consisted of one round of
18 holes, while another might play 9-hole
matches twice a week. Tennis, soccer and
other sports faced similar challenges.
VVAL officials were saved a great deal
of work when they voted to use, as is, the
PHOTO BY CAMPBELLSPORTSPHOTO
changed so many lives by being
a man of high character to
everyone he came in content
FEBRUARY 1, 2018 n  SECTION B
JOHN O’HARA / FOR THE ARGUS-COURIER
North Bay League’s existing bylaws.
“Everyone agreed that the North Bay
League had done a good job, and we
should just adopt their bylaws,” O’Brien
said.
The new league will continue to host
post-season tournaments where appro-
priate for team sports.
There are still decisions to be made.
Adding a sense of urgency making those
decisions is is an early start to the 2018-
2019 school year. Most schools open Aug.
15, meaning football practice can begin
July 30.
“We still have a lot of work ahead, but
we have an outstanding group of people
working on it,” O’Brien said.
The league’s fall schedules are already
in place. Each team will play six league
games and each will have a bye during
the league season. The league season
will begin Sept. 14 with Napa at Sonoma
Valley, Petaluma at Justin-Siena and
American Canyon at Casa Grande.
The Egg Bowl will continue, but will
now be a league-counting contest. It will
be played Oct. 26 at Petaluma.
North Coast Section first round games
are scheduled for Nov. 2 and Nov. 3.
The VVAL girls golf season starts
Aug. 28; the volleyball season begins
Sept. 4 and the girls tennis season starts
Sept. 16.
“(He was) a man who
changed so many lives
by being a man of high
character to everyone he
came in contact with.”
—Rick Duarte, describing James Forni
with.”
Forni, a 1998 graduate of
Casa Grande, was one of the
best all-around athletes ever at
the east-side school. He excelled
in football, basketball and
volleyball.
Although he loved basketball,
Forni played football in college,
first at College of Marin, briefly
at the University of Oregon
and later at the University of
Redlands.
After returning to Casa
Grande, he took over the Casa
Grande basketball program and
coached until his illness finally
forced him to step down follow-
ing the 2014-2015 season.
He was an excellent coach,
well liked and well respected by
his peers, but it was as a man
and a teacher that he is best
remembered. He had a way to
relate not just to his players,
but to all students and to all
who worked with him and knew
him.
His enthusiasm for life was
infectious and his courage and
determination in the face of
his illness inspired the school
and community to adopt as its
unofficial motto the coach’s
expression, “Vincero.” Loose-
ly translated into English, it
means “I will win” or “I will
overcome.”
B2 PETALUMA ARGUS-COURIER • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2018

PHS boys miss chance to get back into title chase

Trojans beaten at
home by Piner, fall
in oppportunity
to join SCL race
By JOHN JACKSON
ARGUS-COURIER SPORTS EDITOR
The Petaluma High
School boys basketball
team literally missed its
opportunity to remain in
the chase for the Sonoma
County League pennant
Monday night, losing on
its home court to Piner,
55-48.
Several things did not
go right for the Trojans,
but the biggest problem
was an inability to put the
ball in the basket despite
getting close-in shots and
open looks.
The loss left Petaluma
6-3 in SCL play (12-10 over-
all), a game behind Piner
(6-2) in the loss column,
but two behind Healdsburg
(8-1) with just three SCL
games left on the Trojans’
schedule. The Petalumans
still have a mathematical
chance for a title tie, but it
is a long shot.
Still on the Trojans’
regular-season agenda are
Sonoma Valley (played
Wednesday at Sonoma),
DWIGHT SUGIOKA / FOR THE ARGUS-COURIER
Montgomery in a non-
league game Saturday Petaluma’s Teddy Critchett and Zack Clark battle for a rebound in the Trojans win over Elsie Allen.
afternoon, home against
Analy on Feb. 7 and at full-court press and tried jans inside, led Piner with
Healdsburg on Feb. 9. various defensive tactics 16 points, while Erickson
Neither team shot well as the battle waged on. “We changed our defense four times during the game. Every time finished with 11.
Monday, a testament to “We changed our we slowed them down for a while until they figured it out.” Last week, Petaluma
put together one of its best
the body-bruising defense defense four times during
played by both teams. the game. Every time we —Petaluma head coach Scott Behrs scoring games of the sea-
Petaluma’s offense con- slowed them down for a son, blasting El Molino, 79-
sisted primarily of Jack while until they figured 46, in a game played in the
Anderson with side help it out,” noted Petaluma ragged affair, with Pet- minutes. Unable to find the range Lions’ den in Forestville.
from Devin Gottschall. coach Scott Behrs. aluma hanging close on Anderson and Peta- in that last half-minute, Leading just 14-12 after
Despite continued batter- The game was an even the free-throw shooting of luma weren’t finished. and forced to trade fouls the first quarter, Petaluma
ing while working in the tug of wills for almost the Anderson and Gotschall, The senior hit a medi- for possessions, Petaluma scored 20 points in the
paint on both ends of the entire game, with neither while junior guard Scott um-range jumper, and watched the game and second period and then
court, the 6-foot, 4-inch side able to muster more Erickson took over the when he nailed a trey off perhaps a title share slip exploded for 28 points in
Anderson scored 21 points than a five-point advan- leadership role for Piner, a picture-perfect screen away at the foul line where the third period to turn the
and clogged up the Piner tage. After three quarters, popping in a 3-pointer and from Brendan O’Neill, Erickson hit 3-of-4 tries in game into a rout.
driving lanes. Gottschall each team had managed twice driving to the hoop the Trojans were back to the closing seconds. O’Neill led Petaluma
added 10 points. just 32 points. as Piner’s lead jumped within four at 51-47 with 30 Jorge San Roman, who with 16 points, while An-
Petaluma opened with a The final round was a to 48-40 in the final two seconds left. continually hurt the Tro- derson added 15.

Wheels fall off Casa Grande girls fall to Vikings

Gaucho charge Montgomery finds a way to
post second straight 11-point
mination.
Midway through the second
“The girls were ready to
vs. Montgomery
period, Sophia Gardea hit a trey
victory over Lady Gauchos and Mia Cain worked inside to pull play. I haven’t seen them
Casa to within a basket of its hosts
By JOHN JACKSON at 13-11. with that much energy all
ARGUS-COURIER SPORTS EDITOR However, that was all the scoring season.”
Casa Grande comes of big bombs found the Numbers don’t lie. Casa Grande for Casa in the half, and the Lady
mark to account for his 21 High School’s girls basketball team Gauchos broke for intermission —Casa Grande coach Dan Sack,
up short in 63-46 points. Many of his hits has played North Bay League power back down by nine at 20-11. on non-league victory over Alameda
NBL loss to Vikings came off passes from Evan Montgomery twice this season and Things just didn’t get any better
Paulson, who finished with lost to the Lady Vikings both times. for Casa in the second half. Cain,
By JOHN JACKSON 12 points, nine rebounds “We played hard, but they are who had 13 points, kept within est-scoring period of the year.
ARGUS-COURIER SPORTS EDITOR and five assists despite just 11 points better than us,” said seeing, but not catching, distance of Cain led the way. “They tried to
Casa Grande High spending extended time on Casa coach Dan Sack, whose Lady Montgomery through the final two pressure our guards and everything
School’s boys basketball the bench as Montgomery Gauchos were beaten, 42-31, on periods, scoring 11 points on free opened up for Mia,” Sack said. Cain
team was furiously closing coach Zac Tiedemann con- Thursday night in the Montgomery throws in the second half, including scored 21 points in the first half as
the gap between itself and tinually rotated Vikings on gym. The first time around the NBL 6-of-6 from the line at one point. Casa opened up a 42-23 lead.
Montgomery’s free-wheel- and off the court. schedule, Montgomery beat Casa, It just wasn’t enough to slow the In the second half, Alameda
ing Vikings when the Casa Grande received 48-37, in the Casa gym. streaking Lady Vikings, who are collapsed on Cain and she began to
Gauchos suddenly blew scoring from a number In the game’s first possession now 18-4 on the season and 8-2 in kick the ball out to her teammates.
all four wheels simultane- of sources, led by Garrett Thursday, Montgomery had four North Bay League play. She finished with 27 points, and 13
ously. Siebels, who finished with shots at the hoop. The Lady Vikings rebounds.
Playing in its home 13. Isaiah Cappelen and didn’t score, but it set the tone for Big win Freshman Trinity Merwin also
gym Friday night, Casa Scott Nave scored eight game-long Montgomery domination Casa Grande came back from the had a big game for the Lady Gau-
had pulled to within four apiece, Josh Jovick and of the backboards. loss to play what Sack called, “Our chos, scoring 12 points with eight
points (33-29) Tony Sabella Although Montgomery received best game of the year in a 62-35 non- rebounds, seven assists and six
of the ti- “They seemed to call the six each and contributions from several sources, league win at Alameda. steals.
tle-contend- right play at the right Ian Cerruti no Lady Viking was more damaging Sack said the Casa goal is always In the second half, with Alameda
ing Vikings five. to the Lady Gauchos than Shayla to play a whole game with no let defenders collapsing on Cain,
midway
times, and they got some Montgom- Newman, who did it all — handling downs. “We didn’t quite make it,” she fed her teammates and they
through the good looks at the basket.” ery’s bomb- the ball, rebounding and scoring he said. “We had about a 30-second bombed Alameda with 3-pointers.
third period, — Casa Grande coach Jake Lee ing started from both inside and outside. let down at the end of the second Emma Reese hit three bombs for
when its express sudden- early, with the Vikings “She’s a player,” complimented quarter. I’ll take it. nine points and Hannah Sullivan
ly halted. Montgomery connecting on three dis- Sack. “She can score, and when she “The girls were ready to play. I connected on a pair for six points.
zapped off 16 straight tance shots in the opening is covered, she sets up her team- haven’t seen them with that much Katherine Silviera added five points
points, and went on to a quarter for a 17-9 lead. mates.” energy all season.” and Samantha Dedrickson and
63-46 victory. Far from intimidated, Montgomery jumped out to an Casa, as it always does, came Jennifer Loyo two each. Dedrickson
Casa Grande coach Jake the Gauchos went on a 11-4 first-quarter lead, and after out pressing and opened up a 17-13 also pulled down six rebounds.
Lee was at a loss to explain 10-point run paced by that, every time the Lady Gauchos opening quarter lead. “I’m really proud of them,” Sack
the collapse. Siebels’ two treys to move would make a run Newman was The high-scoring first period said. “They brought everything
“They seemed to call to within 20-19. there to answer. was just a warm-up for the Lady they had to the game.”
the right play at the right Then, as quickly as the But the Gauchos managed to stay Gauchos who exploded for 25 points Casa Grande is now 13-9 overall
times, and they got some sprint started, it stopped. in the game on defense and deter- in the second quarter, their high- and 5-5 in league play.
good looks at the basket,” Casa failed to connect
he said. from the floor for the rest
It didn’t help that the of the half and Montgom-

T-Girls top Lobos, look to Analy

Gauchos, who had han- ery widened its gap back
dled the ball well up to to nine (30-21) by the half.
that point, committed With Cerruti, Sabella
four turnovers during the and Jovick all contribut-
Viking splurge. ing baskets, Casa Grande Petaluma runs win streak to win over Elsie Allen in Santa Rosa. out to a 17-5 opening-quarter lead
The contest was a game opened the second half The T-Girls still have their eyes and holding the host team to sin-
of bombs. Montgomery hit with a roar, but then
nine, earns SCL playoff spot on the SCL title and a spot in the gle-digit scoring in every quarter.
on 11 3-point shots, while flamed out and Montgom- by routing Elsie Allen 51-20 North Coast Section playoffs. Most of the T-Girl playing min-
Casa Grande canned nine ery romped to its ninth Petaluma is now 8-0 in the SCL and utes went to bench players.
from beyond the arc. league win in 10 games. ARGUS-COURIER STAFF 17-5 overall with a two-game lead Sheriene Arikat led Petaluma
Harvey Rouleau fired Overall the Vikings are 17- The Petaluma High School girls over Analy with four games left in scorers with eight points. Nine of
at will from long distance, 4. Casa Grande is now 2-8 basketball team is already receiv- the regular season. They can all her teammate also put marks in the
and seven of his array in league and 6-16 overall. ing the rewards for its successful but wrap up the league champion- scorebook.
season. ship when they play at Analy in an Kaileigh Pate scored five points,
Petaluma’s T-Girls ran their afternoon game (2:30 p.m. tipoff) Nichole Costa two, Paris Buchanan
winning streak to nine and in Saturday afternoon. seven, Angelina Scaccalosi six, Bel-
HOW TO REACH US the process clinched a spot in the Petaluma had no trouble with El-
post-season Sonoma County League sie Allen’s Lady Lobos (3-17 on the
la Weinberg four, Kelsy Martin six,
Lilly Catarozoli four, Lilah Bacon
The Argus-Courier encourages coaches to submit game playoffs Thursday night with a 51-20 season and 0-8 in league), jumping three and Jaden Krist six.
results.
■ Phone the sports desk at 776-8466, email them to johnie.
jackson@arguscourier.com or drop them off at any time at
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See the latest Petaluma sports
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PETALUMA ARGUS-COURIER • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2018 B3

SV gives Sonoma Academy a test

Young Mustang boys push NCL II title arc. Gio Antonini cleared
the boards with seven
week. They all need some
time off the floor to re-
contender to its limits in 54-42 setback rebounds in a short stint group physically.”
on the floor. Late entry
By GEORGE HAIRE until a basket by Miguel Brandon Shannon scored Another tough loss
FOR THE ARGUS-COURIER Bunting and a 3-pointer by six points. On the following Sat-
Sonoma Academy lanky Rory Morgan intro- During the late action, urday, it was more of the
remained firmly in the duced excitement into the the Mustangs tightened same as the Mustangs
North Central League II contest. up on the defensive end to dropped a 45-43 contest
basketball race by holding The Coyotes went back make a game of it, high- to visiting Technology in
off the young St. Vincent to the stripe to close out lighted by a rousing shot DeCarli Gym. St. Vincent
Mustangs, 54-42, on Thurs- the game with 11 out of 14 block by Joe Berniklau. St. got crucial 3-point shots by
day. The host Coyotes points in the final stan- Vincent is 4-4 in league play. Bunting and Matt Pierson
were pushed to the limit za. It was a bit of added Mustang coach Jarred in the closing minutes to
for most of the contest but frustration for St. Vincent Pengel has stayed positive get within two points.
steadily managed to pull as the Mustangs had to through the rebuilding Antonini threw up a
away from a 40-36 advan- make contact to force any season for his club. “A desperation put-back shot
tage to stay one game in change of possession. couple of kids are start- in the final seconds that
back of Roseland Prep. Turnovers bothered St. ing to separate and play bounced off the rim as the
The outcome of the Vincent most of the way. more consistently in every game ended.
game played in Santa Rosa Casual passes in the back game. It’s getting tough to Morgan and Bunting fin-
wasn’t as disappointing to court were picked off by take a player like Morgan ished with 10 points each
Mustang fans as it first ap- alert Coyote guards, who out of the game because for St. Vincent (5-13) as the
pears because St. Vincent didn’t have to work too he can do a little of every- Mustangs fell to Technol-
battled back its way back hard to anticipate a lack thing for us,” he said. ogy for the first time in
into the fray and actu- of creativity on the part of “I have to remind myself the history of the Rohnert
ally outscored Sonoma the Mustangs. that they are very young. Park School.
DWIGHT SUGIOKA / FOR THE ARGUS-COURIER
Academy from the floor Sonoma, coming off a Bunting had a good game, Neil Morris scored 11
for the entire game. The losing effort in a head-to- and he has looked more points for Technology St. Vincent’s Daneil Burleson scoops up a shot in the Mus-
Mustangs could not shake head game against Rose- like a varsity player each (10-8). tangs’ NCL II game against Technology from Rohnert Park.
the fouling bug, however, land earlier in the week,
as Sonoma paraded to the improved to 8-1 in NCL
charity stripe and hoisted II play and 12-6 for the
32 free throws. season. Colbert was sup-
Leading scorer Chance ported by Oscar McCauley,
Colbert of Sonoma Acade- who tossed in 12.

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St. Vincent, with four Bunting, one of the
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SV girls race toward

end of the season
By GEORGE HAIRE opportunity to look for the
FOR THE ARGUS-COURIER tying basket.
After surviving a diffi- Ditzio finished with sev-
cult pre-league basketball en points and a game-high
schedule, the St. Vincent 11 rebounds. Sophomore
Lady Mustangs have teammate Alexandra Saisi
begun playing well in the topped the scoring for St.
latter stages of the North Vincent with nine points.
Central League II cam- Saisi has continued to
paign. A victory over an pick up her play since the
undermanned Technology beginning of the season,
of Rohnert Park improved according to Carroll.
the overall mark for the The effort against Sono-
Mustangs to 6-9, and their ma was even more impres-
league record bumped up sive because the Coyotes
to 5-4 prior to the Tomales had upset league favorite
game on Tuesday. and defending Division VI
A two-point loss (41-39) champion Rincon Valley
at the hands of Sonoma Christian, 29-21.
Academy on Thursday Ditzio continued her
night in Santa Rosa might strong offensive play with
have been their best a team-leading 10.2 scoring
performance on the floor average. She also tops St.
for the season for the Lady Vincent rebounders with
Mustangs. St. Vincent
trailed the league leaders
an average of 8.0 per game.
Veteran Clare Galten A dynamic setting for employers to meet and assess local
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“All five of the girls we Mustangs a one-game lead
rotated onto the floor played over those second-division
very well,” noted coach clubs at the beginning of
Shannon Carroll. “We the second round.
didn’t change our defense St. Vincent will continue
much in the late going, and play on Friday in Santa
our shots began to drop.” Rosa when it travels to

March 22
With two minutes face Roseland Collegiate
remaining, the Mustangs for the first time this
closed the gap to 41-36 and season. The Lady Mus-
gained control of the ball. tangs have five consecutive
Sophomore Allesandra home games to conclude
Ditzio drained a wing shot the regular season.
from behind the 3-point The size of the North
arc to bring St. Vincent Central League II prevents
within one basket. The an end-of-the-season tour-
Mustangs never had an nament.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULE

FEB. 1
Boys basketball
Vincent, 8 p.m.
FEB. 6
4 – 7 p.m.
Double Tree by Hilton
Casa Grande at Ukiah, 7:30 p.m. Boys basketball
Tomales at Roseland University Tomales at Technology, 8 p.m.
Prep, 8 p.m.
Girls basketball
Boys soccer Sonoma Valley at Petaluma, 7 p.m.

Sonoma Wine Country

Casa Grande at Cardinal New- Tomales at Technology, 5:30 p.m.
man, 6 p.m. Casa Grande at Rancho Cotate,
Girls soccer 7:30 p.m.
Cardinal Newman at Casa FEB. 7
Grande, 6 p.m.
Petaluma at Sonoma Valley, 7 p.m. Boys basketball
Analy at Petaluma, 7:30 p.m.
FEB. 2 Rancho Cotate at Casa Grande,
Boys basketball 7:30 p.m.
St. Vincent at Roseland Collegiate FEB. 8
Prep, 2 p.m.
Boys basketball
Reserve your spot
Tomales at Sonoma Academy,
7:30 p.m.
Girls basketball
Credo at Tomales, 8 p.m.
Girls basketball Contact Sandy Morales at 707-526-8553
Tomales at Sonoma Academy,

sandy.morales@pressdemocrat.com
Petaluma at Piner, 7:30 p.m.
6 p.m.
St. Vincent at Roseland Collegiate Girls basketball
Prep, 6:30 p.m. Upper Lake at St. Vincent, 6:30 p.m.
Cardinal Newman at Casa
www.pressdemocrat.com/sonomajobs
Ukiah at Santa Rosa, 7:30 p.m.
Grande, 7:30 p.m.
FEB. 3
FEB. 9
Boys basketball
Montgomery at Petaluma, 4 p.m. Boys basketball
Petaluma at Healdsburg, 7:30 p.m.
Girls basketball Casa Grande at Cardinal New-
Petaluma at Analy, 2:30 p.m. man, 7:30 p.m.
Girls soccer FEB. 10
Ukiah at Casa Grande, 6 p.m.
Sonoma Academy at Petaluma, Boys basketball
Rincon Valley Christian at St.
7 p.m.
Vincent, 2:30 p.m.
FEB. 5
Girls basketball
Boys basketball Roseland University Prep at St.
Roseland Collegiate Prep at St. Vincent, 6:30 p.m.
B4 PETALUMA ARGUS-COURIER • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Petaluma girls are Queens of the Mat in Pittsburg

Diaz, Archer win weight-class crowns to lead
a busy weekend for Trojan wrestling teams
ARGUS-COURIER STAFF
It was a busy weekend
for the Petaluma High
School wrestling team,
with success in three dif-
ferent tournaments.
None were more suc-
cessful than the Petaluma
girls who won the Pitts-
burg High School Queen
of the Mat Tournament.
Cindy Diaz at 108 pounds
and Alyssa Archer at 111
pounds led the way with
first-place finishes in their
respective weight classes.
Brooklyn Shattuck at
101 pounds, Citlalle Cal-
deron (116), Logan Pomi
(132) and Sarah Malkovich
all reached the finals, each
finishing second.
Sunshine Sather (145)
went 2-2 in the tourney.
Also at Pittsburg High,
Nick Trave (106) took
second and Lukas Bet-
tencourt (145) third in
varsity boys competition.
Mario Marco was 2-2 at 152
pounds.
Max Winslow was first,
Nathan Groth third, Nick
Tarca fifth and Joe Grob
third in junior varsity
competition.
In the Dawn2Dusk Tour-
nament at Marin Catholic
High School, Connor Ped-
ersen won the 132-pound
weight class.
Liam O’Niell (138) and
Colton Prieto (145) both
placed third. Daxton Hog-
ya (138) finished fifth and
Charlie Winter (120) and
Dominic Butts (126) were
both sixth.
Mac Shattuck and Jacob
Bettencourt were both 1-2.
In a Sonoma County
League dual meet, Petalu-
ma handled Piner, 78-6.
Butts (134), Pomi (172),
Fernando Rodriguez (197),
Daniel DeCarli (222) and
Derek Honey (285) all won
by pin.
PETALUMA 78 PINER 6
108: Nick Trave (Pet) win by FF
115: Cindy Diaz (Pet) win by FF
120: Ryan Ball (Piner) pin Joe Grob (Pet)
126: Mac Shattuck (Pet) win by FF
134: Dominic Butts (Pet) pin Dylan Mey (Piner)
140: Connor Pedersen (Pet) won by FF
145: Liam O’Niell (Pet) won by FF
154: Mario Zarco (Pet) won by FF
162: Jack Santos (Pet) won by FF
172: Derrick Pomi (Pet) pin over Joseph Ruiz (Piner)
182: Chris Olvera (Pet) won by FF
197: Fernando Rodriguez (Pet) pin Alan Nyguen (Piner)
222: Daniel DeCarli (Pet) pin Ethan Scott (Piner)
285: Derek Honey pin Clayton Canter (Piner)

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AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to
the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank,
check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or A dozen drivers, 7 Verizon claimed its second consecutive * Dale Coyne Racing: Sebastien
Verizon IndyCar Series champion- Bourdais, TBA
federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank
specified in Section 5102 to the Financial Code and authorized to do business in IndyCar Series teams to take ship in Sonoma last year with Josef * Ed Carpenter Racing: Spencer
this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but with-
out covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or part in one-day test session Newgarden. Pigot, Jordan King
encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the
Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s),
This will be the first-ever Sonoma * Harding Racing: Gabby Chaves
advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges
ARGUS-COURIER STAFF Raceway test for a number of teams * Michael Shank Racing with
and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publica-
tion of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount
At least 12 drivers from seven and drivers, including first-year Schmidt Peterson Motorsports: Jack
may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS Verizon IndyCar Series teams will IndyCar teams Harding Racing and Harvey
THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): GARY FREITAS, A MARRIED take part in a one-day test session at Michael Shank Racing with Schmidt * Schmidt Peterson Motorsports:
MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY Recorded: 11/30/2006 as
Instrument No. 2006148757 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder Sonoma Raceway on Monday. Peterson Motorsports, as well as James Hinchcliffe, Robert Wickens
of SONOMA County, California; Date of Sale: 2/16/2018 at 10:00 AM Place of This serves as the first INDYCAR rookie drivers Jordan King, Robert * Team Penske: Josef Newgarden,
Sale: In the Plaza at Fremont Park located at 860 Fifth Street, Santa Rosa,
CA Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $1,334,718.33 The purported test of the year at Sonoma Raceway Wickens and Matheus Leist. Simon Pagenaud, Will Power
property address is: 2 BENTLEY CT, PETALUMA, CA 94952 Assessor’s Parcel in preparation for the 2018 series The teams/drivers scheduled to Race fans are invited to enjoy the
No.: 020-140-025-000 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are consid-
ering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks season finale at the Grand Prix of participate in the test on the 12-turn, test session for free, with testing
involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the Sonoma, Sept. 14-16. It will also 2.38-mile road course include: slated to run from approximately
property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically
entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware mark a triumphant return to the * AJ Foyt Racing: Tony Kanaan, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with a break from
that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bid- road course for Team Penske, which Matheus “Matt” Leist noon-1 p.m.
der at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior
to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property.
You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding
liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office
or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this infor-
mation. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the
same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.
NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale
may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or
JJ Continued from B1 years.
While it is all too often young
people who suffer, we all must take
too often.
Cars, and that includes pickups
and assorted other motorized vehi-
a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires
that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and But it is also important to tell his responsibility for creating a society cles, are not toys.
to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn story and the story of the teen that where we worship the automobile Until every young person who
whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled
time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 916-939-0772 for was driving the car that injured him. as a status and even a sex symbol. climbs behind the wheel learns that
information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site http:// It is an old story and one that is too “Mine is faster than yours!” scream simple lesson, I’ll keep telling the
www.qualityloan.com, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by
the Trustee: CA-14-619423-JP. Information about postponements that are very
often repeated. the television ads. “To be a man is Brett Callan story.
short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not imme- Once again, we use a real trag- to be Fast and Furious,” shout the Hopefully, Christopher will re-
diately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The
best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The
edy to illustrate how important it movie trailers. cover so he can tell his own story of
undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property is to understand that vehicles are Unfortunately, it is too often the what happens when a teenager (or
address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address
or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property
not toys, as movies and television young people who are already feel- anyone else) does something stupid
may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of commercials portray them. It is a ing invulnerable, who buy into the behind a steering wheel.
the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the sale is set aside for any
reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale
sermon I and Brett Callan’s family car-as-a-toy myth. (Contact John Jackson at johnie.
shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be have been preaching for almost 14 It can’t be shouted too loudly or jackson@arguscourier.com)
the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further
recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent,
or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through

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PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE OF MEETING OF
THE PETALUMA PLANNING COMMISSION
Text Amendments to the Implementing Zoning Ordinance related to Commercial Cannabis Businesses
Section 4.030 (Allowable Land Uses and Permit Requirements)
Chapter 28 (Glossary)
You are invited to attend a meeting of the Planning Commission regarding this item.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission will consider Zoning Text Amendments to Section 4.030
(Allowable Land Uses and Permit Requirements), and Chapter 28 (Glossary) of the Petaluma Implementing Zoning
Ordinance to accommodate Commercial Cannabis Businesses in Business Park (BP) and Industrial (I) Zones.
MEETING DATE/TIME: Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at 7:00 p.m.
MEETING LOCATION: Petaluma City Hall, City Council Chambers - 11 English Street, Petaluma
WHAT WILL HAPPEN: You can comment on the project. The Planning Commission will consider all public testimony
and make a recommendation to the City Council.
IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND: You can send a letter to the Planning Division, City of Petaluma, 11 English Street, Petaluma
California, 94952. You can also hand deliver letters prior to the meeting or e-mail comments to ialverde@ci.petaluma.
ca.us. All Planning Commission and City Council meetings are televised on the Petaluma Community Access Cable
Channel 28.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: You may contact Ingrid Alverde, Economic Development Manager, at (707) 778-4549 or
ialverde@ci.petaluma.ca.us. You can also come to the Planning Division to review the staff report. The office is open
Monday through Thursdays from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. City Hall is closed Fridays.
NOTICE OF MEETING OF
THE PETALUMA PLANNING COMMISSION
Text Amendments to the Implementing Zoning Ordinance:
Table 4.3 (Allowable Land Uses in Mixed Use Zones)
Table 11.1 (Parking Spaces Required)
Chapter 28 (Glossary)
You are invited to attend a meeting of the Planning Commission regarding this item.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission will consider Zoning Text Amendments to the Petaluma
Implementing Zoning Ordinance, including amendments to Table 4.3 (Allowable Land Uses in Mixed Use Zones) to allow
residential uses in the MU1B zoning district, Table 11.1 (Parking Spaces Required) to update parking requirements for
specific land uses, and Chapter 28 (Glossary) to update various definitions to more accurately reflect current land uses
and related terms. Additional Text Amendments may include correction to typographical errors and inaccurate refer-
ences throughout the Implementing Zoning Ordinance.
MEETING DATE/TIME: Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at 7:00 p.m.
MEETING LOCATION: Petaluma City Hall, City Council Chambers - 11 English Street, Petaluma
WHAT WILL HAPPEN: You can comment on the project. The Planning Commission will consider all public testimony
and make a recommendation to the City Council.
IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND: You can send a letter to the Planning Division, City of Petaluma, 11 English Street, Petaluma
California, 94952. You can also hand deliver letters prior to the meeting or e-mail comments to hhines@ci.petaluma.
ca.us. All Planning Commission and City Council meetings are televised on the Petaluma Community Access Cable
Channel 28.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: You may contact Heather Hines, Planning Manager, at (707) 778-4549 or hhines@
ci.petaluma.ca.us. You can also come to the Planning Division to review associated information. The office is open
Monday through Thursdays from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. City Hall is closed Fridays.

Efforts will be made to accommodate persons with disabilities. The City Manager’s office must be notified at (707) 778-
4345 within 5 days from date of publication of this notice if you need special accommodations.
For accessible meeting information:
Please call (707) 778-4360 or
TDD (707) 778-4480
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you require special assistance to participate in this meeting,
please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (707) 778-4360 (voice) or (707) 778-4480 (TDD). Translators, American Sign
Language interpreters, and/or assistive listening devices for individuals with hearing disabilities will be available upon
request. A minimum of 48 hours is needed to ensure the availability of translation services. In consideration of those
with multiple chemical sensitivities or other environmental illness, it is requested that you refrain from wearing scented
products.
2798270 – Pub Feb 1, 2018
Efforts will be made to accommodate persons with disabilities. The City Manager’s office must be notified at (707) 778-
4345 within 5 days from date of publication of this notice if you need special accommodations.
For accessible meeting information:
Please call (707) 778-4360 or
TDD (707) 778-4480
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you require special assistance to participate in this meeting,
please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (707) 778-4360 (voice) or (707) 778-4480 (TDD). Translators, American Sign
Language interpreters, and/or assistive listening devices for individuals with hearing disabilities will be available upon
request. A minimum of 48 hours is needed to ensure the availability of translation services. In consideration of those
with multiple chemical sensitivities or other environmental illness, it is requested that you refrain from wearing scented
products.
1ti. 2798343 – Pub Feb 1, 2018 1ti.

NOTICE TO CREDITOR’S OF FICTITIOUS

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BULK SALE AND OF INTENTION BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
PLANNING COMMISSION TO TRANSFER ALCOHOLIC FILE NO. 2018-00156
SPRINT TELECOMMICATIONS FACILITY BEVERAGE LICENSE The following person (persons) is (are)
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT (UCC SEC. 6101 ET SEQ. AND B & doing business as:
1385 North McDowell Boulevard P 24073 ET SEQ.) 1) North Bay Electrical Services, 2)
APN: 007-411-040 ESCROW # 0126011265 North Bay Builders located at 1275
File # PLUP-17-0006 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Eucalyptus Ave. Petaluma, CA 94952;
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an application has been received from bulk sale of assets and a transfer of Mailing Address P.O. BOX J771
NOTICE OF PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Sprint, on behalf of Basin Street Properties, for a Conditional Use Permit alcoholic beverage license is about to Petaluma, CA 94955 Sonoma County,
PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION OF to install a Major Telecommunications Facility on the roof of the existing be made. The name(s) and business is hereby registered by the follow-
SITE PLAN AND ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW AND A CONDITIONAL USE ‘Ciena’ Building located at 1385 North McDowell. The application proposes address(es) of the seller(s) is/are: G ing owner(s): Willy Begeiball 1275
PERMIT six (6) new antennas and supporting equipment to be mounted on the rooftop Street Associates LLC Eucalyptus Ave. Petaluma, CA 94952
FREE RANGE MINIATURE GOLF CENTER PROJECT behind eight (8) foot high screen walls. Note: this application is for a project 500 1st Street Petaluma, California This business is conducted by: An
PLMA-17-0007 substantially similar to one previously authorized by the Planning Commission 94952 Individual
5101 MONTERO WAY (i.e., Planning Commission Resolution No. 2015-16) but which expired due to Doing Business as: Luma The registrant commenced to trans-
APN 007-421-026 not filing to obtain a building permit within the prescribed timeframe. All other business name(s) and address act business under the fictitious name
MEETING DATE/TIME: Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. (es) used by the seller(s) within the past or names above on N/A.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, to all interested persons that the Planning three years, as stated by the seller(s), I declare that all information in this
Commission will hold a public hearing to consider applications submitted MEETING LOCATION: City Council Chambers, City Hall of Petaluma, 11 is/are: (if none, so state) NONE statement is true and correct. Signed:
by Kelly Valera, on behalf of property owner Theresa Teuma, requesting Site English Street, Petaluma The location in California of the chief Willy Begeiball, owner
Plan and Architectural Review and Conditional Use Permit approvals. The WHAT WILL HAPPEN: You can comment on the project. The Planning executive office of the seller is: SAME This statement was filed with the
proposed project includes exterior site improvements and would establish Commission will consider all public testimony and approve, conditionally County Clerk of SONOMA COUNTY on
The name(s) and business address
Indoor and Outdoor Commercial Recreation uses including an 18-hole out- approve, or deny the application. 01/11/2018
of the buyer(s) is/are: Full Circle
door mini-golf course and the conversion of the existing 4,800 square-foot, I hereby certify that this copy is a
IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND: You can send a letter to the Planning Division, Restaurants, LLC
on-site building to an indoor 9-hole mini-golf course, arcade, office and snack correct copy of the original statement
City of Petaluma, 11 English Street, Petaluma California, 94952. You can 500 1st Street Petaluma, California
bar. Parking would be provided on-site with 35 spaces, while landscaping on file in my office.
also hand deliver it prior to the meeting or email comments to cnotch@ 94952
improvements are proposed throughout the project site. No physical expan- WILLIAM F. ROUSSEAU
ci.petaluma.ca.us. This meeting and all Planning Commission meetings are The assets being sold are generally
sion or alterations to the existing building are proposed. Sonoma County Clerk
televised on the Petaluma Community Access Cable Channel 28. described as: furniture, fixtures, equip-
PROJECT LOCATION: The project is located at 5101 Montero Way (APN ment, inventory and liquor license and By /s/ Julie Garfia
007-421-026). FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact Cailin Notch, Assistant Planner, at (707) are located at: 500 1st Street Petaluma, Deputy Clerk
778-4317 or cnotch@ci.petaluma.ca.us. The project file can also be viewed California 94952 SEAL
MEETING DATE/TIME: Tuesday, February 13, 2018, at 7:00 p.m.
at the Planning Division. The office is open Monday through Thursdays from The kind of license to be transferred is:
MEETING LOCATION: City Council Chambers, City Hall of Petaluma, 11 8:00a.m to 5:00 p.m. City Hall is closed Fridays. 2797306 - Pub. Jan 25, Feb 1, 8, 15,
41 – On Sale Beer and Wine – Eating
English Street, Petaluma, CA. 2018 4ti.
APPEAL: Within fourteen (14) calendar days following the date action is taken Place
WHAT WILL HAPPEN: You can comment on the project. The Planning on the project by the Planning Commission, the decision may be appealed Now issued for the premises located FICTITIOUS
Commission will consider all public testimony and either approve, condi- to the City Council by the applicant or by any other interested party. If no at: 500 1st Street Petaluma, California BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
tionally approve, or disapprove the Site Plan and Architectural Review and appeal is made within that time, the decision shall be final. An appeal shall 94952
Conditional Use Permit requests. FILE NO. 2017-03364
be addressed to the City in writing and shall be filed with the City Clerk. The anticipated date of the bulk sale /
IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND: You can send a letter to the Planning Division, The appeal shall state specifically the grounds for the appeal and the relief transfer is February 21, 2018 and upon The following person (persons) is (are)
City of Petaluma, 11 English Street, Petaluma California, 94952. You can also sought by the appellant. Said appeal shall be accompanied by the appeal fee approval by Department of Alcoholic doing business as:
hand deliver letters prior to the meeting or e-mail comments. All Planning as specified by Resolution 2010-206 N.C.S. as adopted by the City Council. Beverage Control at the office of OLD Namaste Liquor and Deli located at
Commission and City Council meetings are televised on the Petaluma REPUBLIC TITLE COMPANY located 3590 Petaluma Blvd North Petaluma,
Efforts will be made to accommodate persons with disabilities. The City
Community Access Cable Channel 28. at 1000 Burnett Avenue, Suite 400, CA 94952 Sonoma County, is hereby
Manager’s office must be notified at (707) 778-4345 within 5 days from date of
Concord, CA 94520 or E-Fax to 925- registered by the following owner(s):
FOR MORE INFORMATION: You may contact Aaron Hollister, Senior Planner publication of this notice if you need special accommodations.
265-9040. Nirmal Kumar Gauchan 804 Parent way
at (707) 540-0723 x210 or ahollister@ci.petaluma.ca.us. You can also come to Petaluma, CA 94954
the Planning Division to review the project file. The office is open Monday For accessible meeting information: The amount of the purchase price
Please call (707) 778-4360 or or consideration in connection with This business is conducted by: An
through Thursdays from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. City Hall is closed Fridays.
TDD (707) 778-4480 the transfer of the license and busi- Individual
APPEAL: Within fourteen (14) calendar days following the date action is taken ness including estimated inventory is The registrant commenced to trans-
on the project by the Planning Commission, the decision may be appealed In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you require special $125,000.00 act business under the fictitious name
to the City Council by the applicant or by any other interested party. If no assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s It has been agreed between the Seller/ or names above on N/A.
appeal is made within that time, the decision shall be final. An appeal shall Office at (707) 778-4360 (voice) or (707) 778-4480 (TDD). Translators, American Licensee and the intended Buyer/ I declare that all information in this
be addressed to the City in writing and shall be filed with the City Clerk. Sign Language interpreters, and/or assistive listening devices for individuals Transferee, as required by Sec 24703 statement is true and correct. Signed:
The appeal shall state specifically the grounds for the appeal and the relief with hearing disabilities will be available upon request. A minimum of 48 hours of the Business and Professions Code Nirmal Kumar Gauchan
sought by the appellant. Said appeal shall be accompanied by the appeal fee is needed to ensure the availability of translation services. In consideration of that the consideration for the trans- This statement was filed with the
as specified by Resolution 2010-206 N.C.S. as adopted by the City Council. those with multiple chemical sensitivities or other environmental illness, it is fer of the business and license is to County Clerk of SONOMA COUNTY on
requested that you refrain from wearing scented products. be paid only after the transfer has 10/20/2017
Efforts will be made to accommodate persons with disabilities. The City
Manager’s office must be notified at (707) 778-4345 within 5 days from date of been approved by the Department of I hereby certify that this copy is a
2798215 – Pub Feb 1, 2018 1ti. Alcoholic Beverage Control. correct copy of the original statement
publication of this notice if you need special accommodations.
Dated: 1/19/2018 on file in my office.
For accessible meeting information: ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR Buyer(s): WILLIAM F. ROUSSEAU
Please call (707) 778-4360 or
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK
CHANGE OF NAME Full Circle Restaurants, LLC Sonoma County Clerk
TDD (707) 778-4480 SALE /S/ By: Annette Yang, Managing
SUPERIOR COURT OF By /s/ Darrell Light
(Division 6 of the Commercial Member Deputy Clerk
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you require special Code) CALIFORNIA FOR THE
COUNTY OF SONOMA /S/ By: Brian Leitner, Managing Member SEAL
assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Escrow No. 100954-EM 2/1/18
Office at (707) 778-4360 (voice) or (707) 778-4480 (TDD). Translators, American 3055 Cleveland Ave. 2798109 - Pub. Feb 1, 8, 15, 22,
(1) Notice is hereby given to creditors CNS-3092731#
Sign Language interpreters, and/or assistive listening devices for individuals Santa Rosa, CA 95403 2018 4ti.
PETALUMA ARGUS-COURIER
with hearing disabilities will be available upon request. A minimum of 48 hours of the within named Seller that a bulk Case No. 091112
is needed to ensure the availability of translation services. In consideration of sale is about to be made on personal Petition of: ANGELI MICHELLE 2797990 – PUB FEB 1, 2018 1TI. FICTITIOUS
those with multiple chemical sensitivities or other environmental illness, it is property hereinafter described. RAMOS ACOSTA for change of name BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
requested that you refrain from wearing scented products. (2) The name of the Seller is: NORTHBAY TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS FICTITIOUS FILE NO. 2018-00159
TRADING CO LLC, A CALIFORNIA Petitioner ANGELI MICHELLE RAMOS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person (persons) is (are)
2798212 – Pub Feb 1, 2018 1ti. FILE NO. 2017-04087
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, WHOSE ACOSTA filed a petition with this court doing business as:
for a decree changing names as fol- The following person (persons) is (are) 1) PNI LLC, 2) PNI Sensor LLC located
ADDRESS IS: 5 PETALUMA BLVD at 2331 Circadian Way Santa Rosa,
SOUTH, SUITE C, CITY OF: PETALUMA, lows: ANGELI MICHELLE RAMOS doing business as: CA 95407 Sonoma County, is hereby
ACOSTA to ANGELI MICHELLE OrelMarketPlace located at 4559
COUNTY OF: SONOMA, CA 94952 registered by the following owner(s):
MENDOZA ACOSTA. Harbor Ln Rohnert Park, CA 94928 Protonex LLC 2331 Circadian Way
(3) The location in California of the chief THE COURT ORDERS that all per- Sonoma County, is hereby registered Santa Rosa, CA 95407
executive office of the Seller is: SAME sons interested in this matter appear by the following owner(s): Yonatan This business is conducted by: A CA
AS ABOVE before this court at the hearing indi- Raya 4559 Harbor Ln Rohnert Park, Limited Liability Company
(4) The name of the Buyer is: NABIL cated below to show cause, if any, why CA 94928 The registrant commenced to trans-
ABUDAYEH, GLEN A THOMPSON AND this petition for change of name should This business is conducted by: An act business under the fictitious name
MARY A. THOMPSON, whose address not be granted. Any person object- Individual or names above on N/A.
ing to the name changes described I declare that all information in this
is: 5 PETALUMA BLVD SOUTH, SUITE The registrant commenced to trans- statement is true and correct. Signed:
City of Petaluma above must file a written objection that
Notice of Administrative Action C, CITY OF: PETALUMA, COUNTY OF: act business under the fictitious name Eric Walters, VP Finances
SONOMA, CA 94952 includes the reasons for the objection or names above on 12/29/2017. This statement was filed with the
Administrative Site Plan and Architectural Review at least two court days before the mat-
(5) The location and general descrip- I declare that all information in this County Clerk of SONOMA COUNTY on
24 West EL Rose Drive (Alterations to Existing Medical Office) ter is scheduled to be heard and must
tion of the assets to be sold are: statement is true and correct. Signed: 01/11/2018
File No. PLSR-17-0026 appear at the hearing to show cause I hereby certify that this copy is a
GOODWILL, AND FURNITURE, Yonatan Raya
What: An application has been submitted by Steve Von Raesfeld, on behalf of why the petition should not be granted. This statement was filed with the correct copy of the original statement
property owner Dr. Nadia Navid, for Administrative Site Plan and Architectural FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT of that If no written objection is timely filed, on file in my office.
County Clerk of SONOMA COUNTY on
Review for modifications to the exterior of the existing medical office building at certain RESTAURANT business located the court may grant the petition with- 12/29/2017 WILLIAM F. ROUSSEAU
24 West EL Rose Drive (APN 008-480-042). The application proposes to remove a at: 5 PETALUMA BLVD SOUTH, SUITE out a hearing. Sonoma County Clerk
I hereby certify that this copy is a By /s/ Alma Roman
carport structure, reconfigure an existing parking lot, and alter the exterior façade C, CITY OF: PETALUMA, COUNTY OF: NOTICE OF HEARING correct copy of the original statement
MAR 08 2018 at 10:30 a.m. in Dept 22, Deputy Clerk
through changes to windows and siding material. No expansion of the existing SONOMA, CA 94952 on file in my office. SEAL
building is proposed. (6) The business name used by the located at 3055 Cleveland Ave. Santa WILLIAM F. ROUSSEAU
Comments: Please send comments to the Community Development Department, Seller at all of said locations is: Rosa, CA 95403. Sonoma County Clerk 2798529 - Pub. Feb 1, 8, 15, 22,
Planning Division, City of Petaluma, 11 English Street, Petaluma, California 94952. SLAMBURGER A copy of this Order to Show Cause By /s/ Carrie Anderson 2018 4ti.
shall be published at least once each Deputy Clerk
When: On or after February 12, 2018, the Planning Division will consider all (7) The Bulk Sale is subject to Section
comments and decide whether to approve, conditionally approve, or deny the 6106.2 of the Uniform Commercial
week for four successive weeks prior
to the date set for hearing on the
SEAL SONOMA COUNTY HISTORY
project. Code. The anticipated date of the bulk petition in the following newspaper
In 1850
2796225 - Pub. Jan 11, 18, 25, Feb 1,
For More Information: Contact Brett Bollinger, Associate Planner, at 707-778- sale is FEBRUARY 20, 2018 of general circulation, printed in this 2018 4ti.
4315 or via email at bbollinger@ci.petaluma.ca.us. The application is also avail- (8) Claims may be filed at the office county: Petaluma Argus Courier.
able for public viewing during the Planning Division’s business hours, Monday of MCGOVERN ESCROW SERVICES, Dated: DEC 27 2017 SONOMA COUNTY HISTORY California was admitted
through Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. City Hall is closed on Fridays. INC, 22 BATTERY ST, STE 914, SAN BRADFORD J. DEMEO
into the union on Sept. 9.
In 1879
Appeal: The applicant, or any other interested party, may appeal any part of the FRANCISCO, CA 94111, Escrow No. Judge of the Superior Court
administrative decision to the Planning Commission. Such appeal must be filed 100954-EM 2797305 – Pub. Jan 25, Feb 1, 8, 15,
in writing with the City Clerk no later than fourteen (14) days following the date of (9) The last date for filing claims is: 2018 4ti. County population was
the decision. Said appeal shall be accompanied by the appeal fee as specified by FEBRUARY 16, 2018 The Great Register showed
FICTITIOUS
Resolution 2010-206 N.C.S. as adopted by the City Council. (10) As listed by the Seller, all other BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 5,774 county voters; 1,500 560, mostly in Sonoma.
2798181 – Pub Feb 1, 2018 1ti. business names and addresses used FILE NO. 2018-00016
by the Seller within three years before were naturalized foreigners. Ex-miners made up much
The following person (persons) is (are)
the date such list was sent or delivered
to the Buyer are: NONE
doing business as: Major flooding occurred on of population of Petalu-
TKR CONSTRUCTION located at
DATED: JANUARY 12, 2018 3206 COBBLESTONE DRIVE SANTA the Lower Russian River, ma—major names include
TRANSFEREES: NABIL ABUDAYEH, ROSA, CA 95404 Sonoma County, is
GLEN A. THOMPSON & MARY A. cresting at a record 41 feet,
THOMPSON
hereby registered by the following
William Zartman, John Ca-
owner(s): THOMAS KARL ROTH 3206 11 inches.
LA1956294 PETALUMA ARGUS COBBLESTONE DRIVE SANTA ROSA, vanagh, Samuel Kennedy,
COURIER 2/1/18 CA 95404 The Town of Howards was
City of Petaluma This business is conducted by: An Henry Weston, and Ezekiel
Notice of Administrative Action 2798341 – Pub Feb 1, 2018 1ti. Individual created by “Dutch Bill”
Minor Conditional Use Permit The registrant commenced to trans- Denman.
Administrative Site Plan & Architectural Review FICTITIOUS act business under the fictitious name Howard; It survived to the
HenHouse Brewing Company Tasting Room BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT or names above on N/A.
1333 North McDowell Boulevard (APN 007-581-002) FILE NO. 2017-04049 I declare that all information in this late 1890s. Gen. Mariano Vallejo
File Number: PLUP-17-0008
The following person (persons) is (are)
statement is true and correct. Signed:
THOMAS KARL ROTH, OWNER Petaluma formed the elected Sonoma district’s
What: Scott Goyne of HenHouse Brewing Company submitted an application on doing business as:
behalf of property owner Garrett Hill, to modify the Minor Conditional Use Permit
Marigold Apothecary located at 121
This statement was filed with the
County Clerk of SONOMA COUNTY on
Women’s Christian Temper- first state senator (dis-
issued to Petaluma Hills Brewing in 2014 allowing operation of a Tasting Room
ancillary to the primary Brewery use located at 1333 North McDowell Boulevard, Washington St Petaluma, CA 94952; 01/02/2018 ance Union (WCTU) to fight trict included Mendocino
Mailing Address 34 San Carlos Dr. I hereby certify that this copy is a
Suite A. The current application proposes to maintain existing weekday hours
from 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and extend weekend hours to 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 Petaluma, CA 94952 Sonoma County, correct copy of the original statement alcohol abuse. County until 1859.) Nu-
is hereby registered by the following on file in my office.
p.m. The application also requests an increase in allowable patrons up to 48 on
weekdays before 5:00 p.m. and up to 60 after 5:00 p.m. and on weekends, which owner(s): Alanna Sullivan 34 San Carlos WILLIAM F. ROUSSEAU The Sonoma Index-Tribune merous squabbles over
Sonoma County Clerk
correlates to available parking onsite. Administrative Site Plan and Architectural Dr. Petaluma, CA 94952
By /s/ Darrell Light
newspaper was founded; It land, including cost of
Review is proposed to facilitate exterior modifications, including construction This business is conducted by: An
of an uncovered outdoor seating area at the front of the building along North Individual
Deputy Clerk
SEAL
was taken over by the Gran- court battles, caused ma-
McDowell, and including a 48-inch tall wood fence at the perimeter of the seat-
ing area. The subject property is zoned Industrial (I), in which food and beverage
The registrant commenced to trans-
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ice/Murphy/Lynch family in jor economic losses for
act business under the fictitious name
product manufacturing is an allowed use. A tasting room that is ancillary to an
alcohol production facility is allowed in the Industrial zone with issuance of a or names above on 03/01/2015. 2018 4ti. 1884. Vallejo over a number of
I declare that all information in this
Minor Conditional Use Permit (IZO Section 8.035).
statement is true and correct. Signed: SONOMA COUNTY HISTORY W.J. Bowman founded the years.
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Alanna Sullivan - Owner Cloverdale Reveille news-
In 1826
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Petaluma, California 94952. This statement was filed with the Josefa Carrillo de Fitch
County Clerk of SONOMA COUNTY on paper.
When: On or after February 12, 2018 the Planning Division will consider all
comments and either approve, conditionally approve, or deny the project. 12/22/2017
First English-speaking set- There were at least 17 cigar brought her family to
I hereby certify that this copy is a
For More Information: Contact Tiffany Robbe, Senior Planner, (707) 778-4318 correct copy of the original statement tler, Thomas Reid, arrived makers in the county. Healdsburg to live; sold
or trobbe@ci.petaluma.ca.us. The application is also available for public viewing
on file in my office.
during the Planning Division’s business hours, Monday through Thursday from
WILLIAM F. ROUSSEAU in Cotati. land at auction in 1856.
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. City Hall is closed on Fridays.
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Schools &Youth
Students
can apply
to become
Eco-Heroes
ARGUS-COURIER STAFF
Petaluma students have
an opportunity to be creative
while earning prizes and help-
ing the environment. Action
for Nature’s 2018 International
Eco-Hero Award applications
are open to all young environ-
mentalists ages 8-16.
Eco-Hero winners receive a
cash prize up to $500, a certifi-
cate of achievement and public
recognition for their creative
initiatives aimed at tackling
the world’s critical environ-
mental challenges. Applica-
tions for 2018 are open through
Feb. 28.
Beryl Kay, president of Ac-
tion for Nature, noted, “With
this award, we celebrate the
remarkable achievements of
eco-conscious children and
teens who are turning their
passion for the planet into
actionable projects that have
“Through their
commitment, these
activists are shaping the
world around them and
inspiring other young
people to take action to
protect our earth.”
—Beryl Kay, president,
Action for Nature
tangible, positive impacts on
the environment. Through
their commitment, these
activists are shaping the world
around them and inspiring oth-
er young people to take action
to protect our earth.”
AFN’s Eco-Hero award
winners have gone on to work
as ambassadors for the UN,
save cheetahs in Namibia, and
work for Google while creating
partnerships between China
and the United States.
They are often creating con-
nections between ecosystems
and humans, making the world
a more livable, breathable and
healthier place.
Awarded annually, winners
are selected by a panel of inde-
pendent judges, including ex-
perts in environmental science,
biology and education. For the
past 15 years, the international
young Eco-Hero Awards have
honored global youth who are
taking important steps to solve
tough environmental prob-
lems. Since 2003, Action for
Nature has recognized more
than 200 young people from
more than 20 countries and 25
states.
To learn more about how to
apply, visit actionfornature.
org/eco-hero-awards.
2018-2019
school year
will begin
Aug. 15
ARGUS-COURIER STAFF
It will be a short summer for
Petaluma City Schools stu-
dents.
According to the 2018-2019
school calendar released last
week by the school district,
school will begin for students
on Aug. 15. Teachers start even
earlier, with elementary teach-
ers beginning on Aug. 9 and
secondary teachers on Aug. 10.
School will end on May 31,
giving students 180 days of
classroom instruction. Teach-
ers will work 186 days.
Fall break will be Nov. 19
through Nov. 23.
The first semester will end
Dec. 21 with winter break
running Dec. 24-Jan. 7. Spring
break runs March 18-22.
School for Mary Collins at
Cherry Valley and Penngrove,
two district schools on year-
round school calendars, begins
on July 18.
Those two schools will also
have a 180-day school year end-
ing May 31.
PETALUMA ARGUS-COURIER • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2018
MATTHEW DE LUCIA-ZELTZER PHOTO
McKinley School students pan for gold during their visit to the Coloma Discovery School.
Ancient creature features
Valley Vista Elementary students track dinosaurs, dig deep for facts
S
tudents of third-grade teacher Amy
Wyre at Valley Vista Elementary
School dug deep into dinosaurs
facts this week. In science class students
were learning how animals change over
time by studying their fossils and becom-
ing young paleontologists. “We asked the
question, ‘Can you outrun a dinosaur?’ ”
shares Wyre, who had students look at
pictures showing how dinosaurs did
not only leave behind bones, they also
left footprints, some of which fossilized.
“By examining our own footprints and
measuring foot stride and comparing
them to those of living animal/fossil
footprints, we were able to deduce how
quickly some dinosaurs were able to
run,” Wyre explained. The young scien-
tists enjoyed the lesson, and they tested
their own running speeds against those
they calculated for the dinosaurs.
—
Off on their own history-centered
adventure are the classmates in Mat-
thew De Lucia-Zeltzer’s fourth grade.
AMY WYRE PHOTO
Arriving in the Gold Country at Coloma
Discovery School, students settled into Valley Vista students try to figure out if they could run faster than a dinosaur.
camp, met their miner leaders and chose
their Gold Rush names. Next up was
shelter-building and cornbread-making
with a little panning for gold thrown
into the day’s activity schedule. Initial
reports had these explorers excited for
the adventures ahead while learning all
about life during that time in Califor-
nia’s history.
—
La Tercera Elementary School showed
great school and community spirit this
weekend during its campus book-station
building project. Students, teachers, par-
ents and family members joined commu-
nity members to build the book stations
that will be located throughout campus,
with the goal to foster a love of reading
among students. Old Adobe School
District Superintendent Craig Conte
was part of the day’s building project,
helping pour concrete bases for the
“Take a Book, Leave a Book” locations.
All 355 TK through sixth-grade stu-
dents on campus will have access to the
stations supported with in-class units of
study adding to the school’s Language
MELODIES MAHONEY PHOTO
Arts curriculum and activities in the
campus library. Over the years, Rotary, Loma Vista students help install a new greenhouse and garden beds.
Kiwanis and other service groups have
supported classroom libraries. These Last week, Mrs. Galdamez’s fifth-grade ing helped the girls in obtaining their
book stations initially started as a Girl class helped build and fill new garden Babysitting Badge, and may one day
Scout troop project last summer that beds around the greenhouse. Great job, be the difference that saves a life. All
was greatly expanded Loma Vista. of these Girl Scouts also are currently
thanks to the school’s — working on the prestigious GS Silver
leadership and teaching Girl Scout Troop 10318 Award, which involves 50 hours of their
staff who received a PEF is a Cadette level group time, and will address and fill a commu-
Impact Grant in Novem- of eight eighth-grade nity need.
ber to grow the project girls, all of whom attend —
campus-wide. Kenilworth Junior High. Following up on last week’s Pancake
— Since forming in kinder- competition at Harvest Christian School,
The Loma Vista Dual garten at Corona Creek students in Mrs. Gorin’s second-grade
Immersion Academy Elementary, they have class made pancakes based on Nate the
campus was also busy
with lots of work being
The Chalkboard continued to achieve
great things through
Great’s favorite food. Nate the Great is a
character in the well-known children’s
done by students and Maureen Highland Girl Scouts. This week, detective stories written by Marjorie
parents a few weeks they obtained CPR and Weinman Sharmat. For more than 30
ago. These helpful volunteers installed EAD certification, with expert training years, youngsters have enjoyed the
an addition to the school garden space led by Paul Braa, a Petaluma resident adventures of this child sleuth, and
with a new greenhouse. The group also and retired firefighter. Paul greatly the students at Harvest Christian used
is installing floor and shelving in the expanded on the CPR skills that were Nate’s recipe for some yummy breakfast
new structure along with irrigation. touched on in the KJHS seventh-grade snacks, bringing the story to life in their
The outdoor learning space will offer curriculum, and answered numerous very own classroom.
instruction in a variety of academic great questions by the girls. He also (Maureen Highland is a Petaluma
subjects, including growing plants from emphasized baby and toddler CPR, and mother and executive director for the Pet-
seed so students can observe and learn choking or seizure emergency situations aluma Educational Foundation. She can
during the hands-on cultivation process. in his two-hour meeting. This train- be reached at schools@arguscourier.com)
Petaluma Argus-Courier
Community
Buzz
the
Visitors to the “Power of 10”
exhibit at the Arts Center use a
magnifying glass to “explore” a
painting by Warren Bellows.
Arts Center’s ‘Power
of 10’ exhibition expands
definitions of “Art Show”:
On Saturday, Jan. 20, as the
Petaluma Arts Center unveiled
its new “Power of 10: Scaling
Up” show, several opening
night guests were overheard
remarking, “This is not your
typical art show.” True enough,
if what one expects is simply
an assortment of paintings ar-
ranged on the walls. As curated
by Llisa Demetrios, the current
exhibit certainly does have a
few pieces hanging around. But
the rest of the interactive ex-
hibition does much more than
just hang there. In this one, the
art dangles, juts, scrolls, spins,
undulates, expands, enlarges,
and awaits discovery inside of
cabinet drawers — depending
on which piece you happen to
be looking at.
These classic furniture pieces, de-
signed by Charles and Ray Eames,
are presented as an example of
production scale, evolving from
single prototypes to factory runs
of twns of thousands.
This installation gives its
viewers numerous opportuni-
ties to become more engaged
than just passively observa-
tional. Given the show’s focus
on scale, these works challenge
you to look very, very closely, to
consider deeply matters of size
and scope, whether it’s some-
thing very small enlarged to
dozens of times its original size,
or the opposite.
One large painting by Warren
Bellows — titled “Exploring a
Corner of Wonderland” — is ac-
companied by thirteen enlarge-
Visitors study the hypnotic inter-
connections described in Christo-
pher Evans’ large “Supply Chain”
art piece showing how gasoline
ends up up in the tank of a car,
and everyone affected by it along
the way.
ments of tiny details from the
original work, some as small as
a fingerprint. Bellows invites
viewers to use the magnifying
glass he provides, to better “ex-
plore” the painting to identify
where each of the 13 details
originated from.
It’s just one of many exam-
ples of how “The Power of 10”
challenges viewers to become
more than just passively en-
See Buzz, C4
What is ‘Forest Bathing’?
Also called ‘Shinrin-Yoku,’ the meditative practice is growing in the North Bay
Healdsburg’s Dan Zaztrow stands silently among trees in Petaluma’s Helen Putnam Regional Park, practicing Shinrin Yoku, or “Forest Bathing.”
By DAVID TEMPLETON
ARGUS-COURIER STAFF
W
alking in nature is certainly
nothing new.
Writers as diverse as St.
Francis of Assisi, John Muir, Henry Da-
vid Thoreau, Rachel Carson, Terry Tem-
pest Williams, and Barry Lopez have all
described the emotionally, spiritually,
and mentally healing power of spending
time in nature.
What is new about Shinrin-Yoku – the
Japanese practice of meditating in the
presence of trees – is the somewhat hip
and fashionable label “Forest Bathing.”
“ ‘Forest Bathing’ is a trendy but
slightly inaccurate translation of ‘Shin-
rin-Yoku,’” explains Michael Stusser,
gardener, health pioneer, and founder of
Osmosis Spa and Sanctuary in Free-
stone. “What the phrase Shinrin-Yoku
is meant to describe,” he says, “is an
attitude of being in nature, and of fully
taking in the woods, fully taking in the
nature experience.
“A number of organizations have
Poehlmann’s Petaluma roots go back to
A
s a kid growing up in Petaluma, Al
Poehlmann relished the amount of
time he spent with his grandfather,
Joseph Wayne, hunting for ducks, fishing
for striped bass and exploring the sloughs
on his family’s 1844-
acre marsh property
along the Petaluma
River. The sprawling
area — owned by his
father, Frank Poehl-
mann, and a small
group of investors —
was a desirable duck
hunting spot for his
Harlan family and for mem-
Osborne bers of the Petaluma
Sportsman Club.
Wayne entertained his young grandson
with adventurous tales reaching back to
early 20th-century small-town Petaluma,
and to the time he and his family came
to California by wagon train in the late
1880s. Arriving in Petaluma in 1907, Wayne
operated a Main Street photographic studio
until his doctor advised him to change
careers. He then sold life insurance for a
short while before buying the Gem Theater,
Backstage Tour at Cinnabar Theater
Stage Manager Ross Brown gets ready for ‘Good People’. C3
What books are your neighbors reading?
“Fire & Fury’ tops best-selling books list in Petaluma. C5
seized the nomenclature to identify a
growing trend in Japan, in the urban ar-
eas,” he continues. “And it’s now made
its way here, largely due to the work of
local innovators such as Amos Clifford,
founder of the Association of Nature
Therapy Guides and Programs.”
That organization, headquartered in
Santa Rosa, has been instrumental in
training and promoting guides to lead
folks through the Forest Bathing experi-
ence. The group’s website (Natureand-
ForestTherapy.org) includes a map list-
ing guides trained by the organization.
Clifford, its founder, is the author of “A
Little Handbook of Shinrin-Yoku.” Last
year, Stusser himself completed the six-
month intensive Shinrin-Yoku training
program, and became a certified Forest
Bathing guide.
To become a guide, one must pass a
rigorous wilderness first aid test, in ad-
dition to becoming adept at a number of
skills required to keep practitioners safe
while out in nature. In Stusser’s case, his
training included a visit to Japan.
n  TOOLIN’ AROUND TOWN n
CRISSY PASCUAL / ARGUS-COURIER STAFF)
TOOLIN’ SUBJECT: Al Poehlmann, 79, of Petaluma.
For years, his father had a deli on Kentucky Street.
located in the white-brick Wickersham
Building, in March, 1917. A fire destroyed
the theater five months later, forcing
Wayne into another career change — be-
coming bridge tender of the long-gone bas-
cule drawbridge that crossed the Petaluma
River on Highway 37.
He and his wife, Grace, raised three chil-
dren, Alvin, Elsie and Mabel.
Frank Poehlmann came to Petaluma
from Austria in 1920, at the age of 19. He
FEBRUARY 1, 2018 n  SECTION C
PHOTO BY DAVID TEMPLETON
“We spent a couple of weeks there,
making a pilgrimage to some of the
places where Forest Bathing started,”
says Stusser. “We went on several guided
experiences, and reviewed some of the
research being done there on the health
values of Shinrin-Yoku. It’s huge, that
research. I’m still processing a lot of what
I learned, but there is scientific proof
now that being around trees, being in the
presence of the specific oils and terpenes
they put into the air, has a measurable
effect on the human psyche.”
Even in Japan, the phrase Shin-
rin-Yoku is a relatively recent invention.
The phrase was reportedly coined
in 1982 by government officials at the
Japanese Forest Agency, part of an effort
to encourage people to set aside the
trappings of modernity and spend time
rambling in the woods, for mental as well
as physical health. The practice caught
on, and was soon followed by a flurry of
scientific studies to measure the health
See Forest, C6
worked at the Petaluma Delicatessen on
Kentucky Street for several years before
buying it in 1926, and operating it until
retiring in 1966. He and Mabel Wayne
met while she was working as a nurse at
Hillside Hospital where he was a patient,
and were married in 1934. They brought
up their two sons, Carl and Al Poehlmann
at their family home on D Street. Follow-
ing her retirement from nursing and her
husband’s death in 1972, Mabel became an
avid community volunteer with FISH and
the Petaluma Museum.
Born in 1938, Al Poehlmann’s first job
was sweeping the floor and peeling potatoes
in the family delicatessen, while his father
did the cooking in the back of the store. At
Petaluma High School, Class of ’56, Al sang
a cappella and played the trombone in the
school band. A good athlete, he was a defen-
sive end on the Trojans’ football team and
a high jumper on the track squad. He and
his future wife, Marret Braren, met in the
ninth grade. At PHS, Marret was involved
in student government and was advertis-
ing manager for the Enterprise yearbook.
See Toolin’, C5
C2
Petaluma’s Clark inspired by love of music
Singer and Feldenkrais
specialist brings unique
vocal sound to Bay Area
By AMELIA PARREIRA
FOR THE ARGUS-COURIER
N
umerous musical and
vocal groups swirl
through Petaluma and
the Bay Area, with regular per-
formances by such groups now
relatively common. That said,
former Sonoma State University
instructor Karen Clark, and her
group known as The Vajra Voic-
es, definitely bring something
unique to the table. “Vajra,” a
Buddhist term, indicates that
the singing group is clear, strong
and Clark describes it, “Has the
meaning of a lightning bolt that
is cutting through all delusion.”
Vajra Voic-
es, exclusively
performing
Medieval hymns,
consists of seven
women with a
variety of vocal
ranges. Not only
are the sing-
Karen R. ers connected
Clark through music,
Clark says the
women have become like family,
easily one of the best parts of
being in any musical group.
“We’ve created this dynamic
where we’re really friends, and
we’re really encouraging and
supportive of one another,”
Clark says. “I think that shows
in the music-making too, and
that’s important to me.”
Vajra Voices earned critical
raves for its debut CD, “Oh
The Petaluma Mothers Club presents its
annual Preschool Fair on Thursday, Feb. 8, at
the Community Center at Lucchesi Park.
Parents presented
with public platform for
Petaluma Preschools
The Petaluma Mothers
Club once again offers
its annual Preschool
Fair, featuring between
15-20 local preschools,
with representatives on
hand to discuss their own
individual programs with
parents in the market for
pre-Kindergarten educa-
tion. The free event takes
place Thursday, Feb. 8, at
the Petaluma Community
Center, at Lucchesi Park,
320 N. McDowell Blvd.
6-8 p.m. PetalumaMother-
sClub.org.
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PETALUMA ARGUS-COURIER • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2018
■■ PETALUMA PROFILE ■
VAJRA VOICES
Karen Clark will next perform with
her ensemble on March 4 at St.
Bede’s Episcopal Church in Palo
Alto, and will present a workshop
for choirs and conductors on May 5
in the East Bay. For information on
the group visit VajraVoices.com.
musical family, and took up
piano lessons at the age of 5.
To Clark, music brings an
amazing force to a room, one
that nothing and no one can take
away.
“They call music the universal
language,” Clark says, when
asked to describe what it’s like
to sing with a group of other
people. “It’s like everything else
falls away,” she adds. “I think
that’s what I’m trying to find
with my group.”
Even though a career in music
can be financially trying at
times, Clark believes that any-
one who has a dream to pursue
music should follow their heart.
“You’re going to feel really
challenged by society and the
PHOTO: NORBERT BREIN urge to make lots of money,”
VAJRA VOICES: Allison Zelles Lloyd, Amy Stuart Hunn, Lindsey McLennan Burdick, Juliana Urban, soprano, Cheryl Shafer Moore, Clark says. “Somehow, I have
Celeste Winant, mezzo soprano, Karen R. Clark, director/contralto, Shira Kammen, medieval harp & vielle. been able to maintain that
thread of my passion, no matter
Eterne Deus,” a recording of method. Though more tradition- We do blend, but the way we do what happened. I just keep com-
ecstatic music by Hildegard ally used as a fitness and health it is by everyone being who they ing back to it. It’s who I am.”
Von Bingen. While the group practice, Clark uses Feldenkrais really are.” She also has another piece of
mostly rehearses and performs techniques to show students Before going on to an array of advice for aspiring singers. Be
in Berkeley and Oakland, Clark how to sing using a combina- ambitious career aspirations — patient and watch as the flower
opened a studio in Petaluma tion of breath, embodiment and including singing with some of slowly blossoms into life.
about a decade ago when she self-awareness. the best ensembles in the world, “You have this idea that (great
started working at SSU. She “I want every person to use and working at top schools like singers) just roll out of bed
mainly teaches at the Petaluma their own voice,” she says of her Princeton — Clark says she was singing like that,” Clark says.
studio on Thursdays, educating work with Vajra “and then we just a girl with a passion for “That’s rarely the case. You have
students on the Feldenkrais create our ensemble like that. music. She grew up in a very to do the work.”
■■ OUT & ABOUT IN PETALUMA ■
Josh Gad, Chadwick Boseman and Sterling Heebe Jeebe’s Back House Gallery presents
K. Brown star in “Marshall,” screening at the The Petaluma Library Book Sale takes place “Foiled,” an art show about love, lust and
Petaluma Library on Monday, Feb. 5, at 6 p.m. again in February. aluminum foil.
Cinema series marks series running through- up a paper or canvas car-
month with major ‘Mar- out the month. ‘Marshall’ rier for a mere $2 per bag.
shall’ movie screens Monday, Feb. 5, 100 Fairgrounds Drive.
In celebration of Black 6 p.m. Petaluma Library,
History Month, the 100 Fairgrounds Drive. Artsy exhibition finds
Petaluma Library hosts SonomaCounty.Libcal. focus in foil
a screening of the 2017 com. In celebration of Val-
film “Marshall,” about entine’s Day, The Back
the iconic lawyer and Local library bags House Gallery at Heebe
judge Thurgood Mar- bountiful books Jeebe General Store
shall, who became the The 2018 Winter Book will present “Foiled,” a
first African-America Sale is about to happen community-wide art show
Supreme Court Justice. again at the Petaluma focusing on the subject
The film, starring Chad- Regional Library, so of love and lust, with an
wick Boseman (“42,” “The clear some space on additional emphasis on The King Street Giants (formerly The Dixie Giants) celebrate
Black Panther”), describes your shelves, test the the use of aluminum foil. Mardi Gras at Lagunitas Brewing, and fundraiser for Petalu-
a career defining case weight-bearing strength of Shiny but commonplace, ma Music Festival.
in the young Marshall’s your favorite canvas bags, foil is a universally versa-
life. The film is part of a and prepare to attend tile item, and these artists times will definitely roll, Ugaseb.org/events. Else-
countywide, multi-library Petaluma’s best bargain will demonstrate exactly as Hermann Sons Petalu- where in town, the King
basement book event. As how versatile in this show ma Lodge #26 throws its Street Giants (formerly
usual, the kids will go first. opening on Saturday, Feb. annual Karneval Mardi known as the Dixie Giants)
Children’s Book Sale Days 10, with a reception un- Gras Costume Ball, Satur- will bring their own good
are Friday, Feb. 9, 10 a.m.- folding from 7-9 p.m. Heebe
5 p.m., and Saturday (half- Jeebe General Store, 46
day, Feb. 10, at Hermann
Sons Hall, 860 Western
times at the Louisiana-
themed Mardi Gras fund-
price day), Feb. 10, 10 a.m.- Kentucky St. Ave. Dance music will raiser for the Petaluma
3 p.m. General Book Sale be provided by the Steve Music Festival. Dinner
Days are Wednesday Feb. February fundraisers Balich Band. Admission will be served by Preferred
14, 4-8 p.m., Thursday and make Mardi Gras mirth includes the party, light Sonoma Caterers; price
Friday, Feb. 15 and 16, 10 & merriment snacks and desserts, and includes party favors and
a.m.-5 p.m., and Saturday, As they say this time coffee. A no host bar will more. Tuesday, Feb 13, at
Feb. 17, 10 a.m. to 1:50 p.m., of year in New Orleans, be serving appropriately Lagunitas Brewing Com-
followed immediately by “Laissez les bons temps festive libations. Doors pany, 1280 N. McDowell
the big bag sale, from 2-4 rouler!” Yes, it’s almost open at 6, dancing 7 p.m. Blvd. $25 for adults, $15 for
p.m., in which you can fill Mardi Gras, and the good $25. Purchase tickets at 21-under, free for 12-under.
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INSPIRATIONAL BLUESMAN: The Rev. Shawn
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Dr. Kathy O’Connor
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No Obligation Exam! production, David Lindsay-Abaire’s “Good People.”
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Stepping Out
Mike Traina
Petaluma
Film Alliance
announces
Spring lineup
Organizer Mike Traina
to follow this season with
year-long sabbatical
By DAVID TEMPLETON
ARGUS-COURIER STAFF
To local film fans — including
roughly 100 Santa Rosa Junior
College cinema students per
semester — there is no mov-
ie-going experience quite like
the Petaluma Film Alliance’s
year-long movie-and-lecture
series at Petaluma’s Carole L.
Ellis Auditorium.
Open to the public as well as
to students, taking place every
Wednesday evening during
school term, the series blends
digital screenings of new and
classic films with live film
expert interviews and peppy
pre-show lectures by Film Alli-
ance founder and film teacher
Mike Traina. Admission is an
affordable $6 for the movie and
the (optional) pre-show activ-
ities, no doubt contributing to
the steadily growing popularity
of the series, which began ten
years ago. This year, along with
the revelation of the series’
Spring lineup of films (see
sidebar), Traina has also an-
nounced that he will be taking
a year-long sabbatical following
at the end of this season.
“I’m taking a year off to
do some research, travelling
to half dozen of the world’s
biggest film festivals, including
the Cannes Film Festival in
France,” Traina says. “It’ll be
good to rejuvenate myself men-
tally, to go out and get a fresh
perspective, and see some of the
great film showcases. I’m really
looking forward to it.”
Traina, it so happens, is even
ready to announce his own
replacement, whom locals will
get a chance to meet on April 4,
at a screening of Nicolas Roeg’s
haunting supernatural thriller
“Don’t Look Now.” Film scholar
Alessandro Pirolini, of UCLA,
will lead the pre-show lecture
that evening, and perhaps give a
hint of what he’ll be presenting
when he takes over the series
for a year, beginning at the end
of this season.
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“Alessandro grew up in
Turin, Italy, and earned a Ph.D.
in film history in London,” says
Traina. “He’s going to bring
something really new and fresh
to the series, I think.”
But before Traina goes any-
where, there are a remaining 14
films to be seen, and the spring
schedule is full of favorites
and long-buried gems. Along
See Film, C7
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entertainment
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C3
Cinema Toast
■■ FROM WASHING CUPS TO CALLING BINGO ■ Gil Mansergh
HOSTILES: This profane, violent western
about the cost of profane western vio-
lence is just too damn violent, says Gil.
Hostiles (R)
Starring: Christian Bale,
Rasamund Pike, Wes Studi,
Timothee Chalamet, Ben Fos-
ter, Adam Beach
Directed by: Scott Cooper
Scott Cooper’s “Hostiles”
is the perfect example of the
“Hollywood just doesn’t get it”
mindset. At the exact same time
that exploited women and un-
der-represented ethnic groups
take center-stage at awards
ceremonies, this movie opens
CRISSY PASCUAL / ARGUS-COURIER STAFF
with “up-close-and-personal”
Ross Brown, stage manager at the Cinnabar Theater, works with the cast and director of “Good People.” scenes of rape and murder.
The plot shifts to a bigoted,
Backstage with Ross Brown
“injun-hating” cavalry officer
escorting a dying Cheyenne
war-chief to his burial grounds.
The natives are portrayed as
“noble, thoughtful survivors”
Cinnabar stage manager sets scene for ‘Good People’ of the calculated extermination
of their people, but are only
allowed minimal amounts of
By DAVID TEMPLETON sugar, some don’t do caffeine, some can’t drink screen time. Underneath ev-
ARGUS-COURIER STAFF certain kinds of juices. Some stage managers erything is the same amorality
R
oss Brown is washing dishes. use iced tea for things like scotch or bourbon, projected in the TV show “West-
Wine glasses, to be specific - props but there’s caffeine in that. So I just use food world,” with its over-the-top,
in the upcoming production of David coloring in water and it works out fine.” blood splattered violence. Here
Lindsay-Abaire’s “Good People,” opening this Brown has acquired many skills he wold too, secondary characters —
weekend at Cinnabar Theater. Brown, of Cota- never otherwise have learned. natives and settlers alike — are
ti, is the show’s stage manager, a role he often In “Good People,” he primarily assists di- simply disposable props playing
fills at Cinnabar, along with a number of other rector Michael Fontaine during the rehearsal their scripted roles as agents
theaters and performance spaces around the phase, organizing schedules and managing of redemption for the uni-
North Bay. This evening, roughly an hour be- any number of details. There are various set form-wearing representative of
fore the actors and director arrive for a “Good pieces to move, and in some case, learn how to all that is the United States.
People” rehearsal, Brown is operate, as in the current show’s 1-1/2 pieces of ‘Dysto-
readying the many, many props gliding walls that slide in and pian Olde West hostili-
required in the show. Caring for GOOD PEOPLE out of view on tracks affixed ties’ toast
and arranging such props is one What: A comedy-drama by overhead. Once rehearsals are
of the many tasks a stage man- award-winning playwright through, he then essentially
ager generally undertakes when David Lindsay-Abaire. runs the show on performance
working on a show. Where: Cinnabar Theater, nights, all while maintaining the
Washing dishes being one 3333 Petaluma Blvd. N. set, props and equipment, seeing
more. When: ‘Good People’ opens to the needs of the cast, calling
“Yeah, this is my favorite Friday, Feb. 2, and runs light and sound cues during per-
part of being a stage manager,” through Feb. 18. Show times formances, and often physically
Brown says with an ironic grin. 8 p.m. on Fridays and Satur- pressing the buttons that fire
FILM STARS DON’T DIE IN LIVER-
“I just did another show here days, and 2 p.m. on Sundays. sound cues and light changes. POOL: “I’ve seen Gloria Graham,” says
— “My Way,” the Frank Sinatra On rare occasions, he even
show — that had a full bar. So Admission: Tickets are $28 gets to perform a little. Sort of. Gil of Annette Bening’s so-so biopic of
I had to wash martini glasses general ($35 at the door); “In this one,” says Ross, the late screen actress, “And Annette
every night. And I managed to $25 senior ($30 at the door); “during the Bingo scenes, where Bening is no Gloria Graham.”
make it through the whole run, $20 under 30 and military an offstage priest is supposedly
only breaking one glass. So that ($25 at the door); $15 youth calling out the numbers, Michael Film Stars Don’t Die
was pretty good.” under 18 ($20 at the door); has me sit up at the sound board
In “Good People” — a twisty- $55 VIP (includes reserved and read the Bingo numbers.”
In Liverpool (R)
and-turny comedy-drama about seating, a glass of wine and He points across the empty au- Starring: Annette Bening,
an unemployed South Boston choice of dessert). ditorium to the board up in the Jamie Bell, Julie Walters,
woman (Sarah McKereghan), Information: For tickets back row of the audience area. Stephen Graham, Vanessa
desperate to make a better life and information call (707) During performances, there will Redgrave
for herself and her disabled 763-8920 (Tuesday-Friday 10 be a microphone in place for Directed by: Paul McGuigan
daughter — characters serve cof- a.m.-3 p.m.) or visit Cinna- Brown to call out the numbers. “I’ve been rich and I’ve
fee and wine, stack up catering barTheater.org. This requires a very careful been poor. Believe me, rich is
dishes, deliver envelopes full of metaphorical dance between the better,” tawdry gun-moll Gloria
cash, and play bingo. actors, their props, and Brown’s Grahame famously tells the
All of that requires careful placing of props. timing of lines and other cues. “The timing,” audience in Fritz Lang’s Film
“There’s coffee in the first act, with at he allows, “has to be exactly right, or the Noir classic, “The Big Heat.”
least three mugs, and then red and white whole thing won’t work.” As played by Annette Bening
wine served during the second act,” explains Asked if he’ll wear a collar to play the in “Film Stars Don’t Die In
Brown, giving a tour of the backstage area priest, he laughs. Liverpool,” a 57-year-old Gra-
where the various items stand waiting for the “Uh, no,” he says. “But I will be wearing hame is trying to recapture her
actors. Those props include the actual “cof- black. All stage managers wear black. It’s the younger self when she shows
fee” and “wine” consumed by the performers. standard uniform, because black blends in up on the Liverpool doorstep of
“For wine, I use water and food coloring,” he when you have to move things around in the her much younger former lover.
says. “I mix that up myself. I have my own dark. I have a lot of black clothes in my closet. Surprisingly, her lover’s family
recipe.” Pointing to a pitcher of fake red It’s just part of my life.” invites the frail, aging actress to
wine, he adds, “I’ve made all kinds of drinks Brown has been stage managing in Sono- stay with them, and, in proper
for all kinds of shows, and I kind of have it ma County for over a decade now. Originally British fashion, avoids ask-
down to a science now. Using water allows from Walnut Creek, he attended high school at ing embarrassing questions.
me to avoid complaints, since every actor has Similarly, this movie glosses
their own dietary restrictions. Some don’t do See People, C7
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Your Weekend

Hot Grubb play The Big Easy on Thursday night. Frobeck plays the Phoenix on Saturday night.

THURSDAY
Hot Grubb
Sonoma County’s popu-
lar dance band Hot Grubb
bring their epic set-list of
recognizable American
rock tunes (Springsteen!
Segar! Presley!), and their
satisfyingly upbeat sound
to The Big Easy, 128 Amer-
ican Alley. 7 p.m. No cover.
BigEasyPEtaluma.com.
Petaluma’s fol-rock quartet Trebuchet plays the Phoenix.
FRIDAY
Steve Freund with Tracy
Rose
Jazz, jazz, jazz, up close
and personal. Red Brick,
101 2nd St. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
No cover.

THU RSDAY, F EBRUARY 8
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15
Good People
This award-winning
play by David Lind-
say-Abaire (‘Fuddy Meers,’
‘Rabbit Hole’) - about a
bingo, woman struggling
to improve her life, and, Singer-songwrtier Mike Saliani plays Twin Oaks on Sunday.
you know, people - gets
a rollicking Petaluma
production, courtesy of
Cinnabar Theater. Opens
Friday, Feb. 2, and runs
weekends through Feb.
18. 3333 Petaluma Blvd.
CinnabarTheater.org.

SATURDAY
Rock the Future with
Frobeck & Trebuchet
This one’s a benefit
for the Santa Rosa Youth
Orchestra, raising money
for their upcoming inter-
national tour to Austria,
the birthplace of classical
music. The show features
popular Bay Area bands
Frobeck – pulse-quick-
ening pop-rockers with
a touch of funk and a
fan-base that grows with
every live show – and the
fast-rising indie rock quar-
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18 a t 3 P M tet Trebuchet. 8 p.m. $10.
The Phoenix Theater, 201
E. Washington St. TheP-
hoenixTheatre.com.
Greenhouse
The legendary local
Celtic rock band Green-
house brings its dance-in-
spiring reels and jigs and
Greenhouse will perform at Aqus Cafe on Saturday.
rock-your-soul sound to
the Aqus Café, 198 H. St. 7
p.m. No cover. Aqus.com.
SUNDAY
Mike Saliani with
Brooker T and the Mel-
low Fellows
Country-folk sing- Good People opens at Cinna-
er-songwriter Mike Saliani bar Theater on Friday night.
tells musical stories filled
with hard truths and from Sonoma County’s
heart-stirring optimism. best musicians. Twin Oaks
Brooker T and the Mel- Roadhouse, 5745 Old Red-
low Fellows always bring wood Hwy. First set 8:30
surprises, with an ev- p.m. No cover. TwinOaks-
er-changing lineup cilled Roadhouse.com.

Buzz Continued from C1

SATU RDAY, F EBRUARY 24
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28
gaged.
You might just leave the
gallery with a newly en-
hanced sense of your own
place in the world.
“Power of 10” runs
through March 24 at the
Petaluma Arts Center, 230
Lakeville St. For visit-
ing hours, go to Peta-
lumaArtsCenter.org.
Community Awards of
Excellence now open for
nominations: Nomina-
tions are currently being
accepted for the 2018 Peta-
luma Community Awards
of Excellence, co-spon-
sored by the Petaluma
Area Chamber of Com-
merce and the Petaluma
Argus-Courier.
Award categories in-
clude the following:
Citizen of the Year.
Volunteer of the Year.
Service to Youth.
Service to Seniors.
Excellence in Agricul-
ture.
Large and Small Busi-
ness of the Year.
Think you know a local
person who deserves to be
considered? Nominations
are due Friday Nov. 9. Call
the Chamber at 762-2785
for more information or
to request a nomination
form. Forms also available
on the Chamber website
at petalumachamber.com.
Completed nominations
can be mailed to PACC, 6
Petaluma Blvd. N. Suite
A2, emailed to pacc@
petalumachamber.com, or
faxed to 762-4721.
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■■ TOP TEN BOOKS ■
PETALUMA’S BESTSELLER LIST
The top-selling titles at Petaluma’s
Copperfield’s Book Store, for the week of
January 21 – 27, 2018.
For Petalumans, “Fire and Fury” -
Michael Wolff’s controversial look at
Trump’s White House – continues to
fascinate, and remains in the number
one spot of books purchased in the last
week. With the exception of ‘Fire and
Fury” and the science-fiction hit “Ready
Player One,” virtually every other slot
on the local list has changed. New on
the list, assisted no doubt by its author’s
appearance in the store on Sunday, is
Grant Faulkner’s “Pep Talks for Writ-
ers.” Savvy readers will note that in the
number eight position is Petaluma writer
Janis Lasky Couvreaux’s memoir “Sail
Cowabunga! A Family’s Ten Year’s at
Sea.” As for what has been hottest for
kids and young adults, another local
writer, Armand Baltazar, sees his YA
fantasy “Timeless” move into the num-
ber two spot, while Madeleine L’Engle’s
classic “A Wrinkle in Time” moves up
from number nine, last week, to number
four. And aided by the current big screen
animated adaptation, Munro Leaf’s
82-year-old classic “The Story of Ferdi-
nand” is on the best-seller lists for the
first time since 1936.
FICTION/NON-FICTION
1. “Fire and Fury” by Michael Wolff
2. “Pet Talks for Writers” by Grant
Faulkner
3. “Little Fires Everywhere” by Celeste
Ng
4. “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F--
k” by Mark Manson
5. “Pachinko” by Min Jin Lee
6. “Sing, Unburied, Sing” by Jesmyn
Ward
7. “Ready Player One” by Ernest Cline
8. “Sail Cowabunga! A Family’s Ten
GOOD FRIDAY, 1945: Sitting in and on the family oldsmobile are Al and Carl Poehlmann, and Grace
(their mom). That’s Mabel Poehlmann, holding a sickle.
Toolin Continued from C1
In their senior year, they were crowned
King and Queen of the now defunct
Trojarnival, an event that showcased the
school’s clubs and activities.
Their 1961 marriage was celebrated
at a reception at the Petaluma Woman’s
Club.
Interest in the Wayne and Poehlmann
families has been sparked, of late, by Al’s
recent donation of hundreds of Joseph
Wayne’s historical glass plate negatives,
plastic negatives and photographs to the
Petaluma Historical Museum. Of partic-
ular interest is Wayne’s proprietorship
of the Gem Theater, opened by Taylor
Squires in 1911. Squires had operated the
nickelodeon in the American Hotel since
1900 and wanted to upgrade to the latest
in “moving picture films.” Stories in the
Petaluma Courier indicate Joseph Wayne
bought the Gem Theater from Squires,
refuting the family’s long held belief that
Wayne named the Gem after his wife and
daughters, Grace, Elsie and Mabel.
The fire that gutted the Wickersham
Building on Aug. 7, 1917, started in the
rear of Nielsen Furniture and quickly
spread. The furniture store’s $9,000
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luma last week. bestselling books list.
Years at Sea” by Janis Lasky Couvreux
9. “Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast”
by Noah Siegel
10. “Manhattan Beach” by Jennifer
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KIDS & YOUNG ADULT BOOKS
1. “Hilo #4: Waking the Monsters” by
5th ANNUAL
Judd Winick
2. “Timeless: Diego and the Rangers of
the Vastlantic” by Armand Baltazar
3. “Dog Man and Cat Kid” by Dav
Community
Pilkey
4. “A Wrinkle in Time” by Madeleine
L’Engle
5. “Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Proph-
esy” by Tui Sutherland
6. “Terrible Two Go Wild” by Mac
Barnett
Philanthropy
7. “Wishtree” by Katherine Applegate
8. “Diary of a Wimpy Kid #12: Get-
away” by Jeff Kinney
9. “Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse” by
Mac Barnett
10. “The Story of Ferdinand” by Munro
Leaf
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Nominate any North Bay Bay-based
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inventory was severely damaged along
with the Gem and several offices. Photog-
rapher Albert Salb’s studio was com- monetary, volunteer and/or other efforts
pletely destroyed, along with 20-years’
worth of his priceless sketches, drawings
and negatives.
such as event participation.
Al Poehlmann worked as a general
contractor and Marret taught high
school home economics courses in the
San Jose area before the couple, with Winners will be featured in
their children Tricia and Eric, moved to
Novato. By 1975, they were back in Pet-
aluma where they built a home on rural
a special insert and
property formerly owned by Marret’s
family.
at an awards luncheon in March
These days, Al keeps busy as chairman
of the board and historical record keeper
of the 165-year-old Liberty Cemetery.
Marret retired after teaching Adult
Education in Novato, as a teacher’s aide
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tion, scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 29, Nominations close:
2018, for everyone from the Class of ’56
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■■ HELPING OUT ■

Furious fundraising fuels crab-feed frenzy

A round-up of local crab-feed events benefit- ABOUT HELPING OUT more than happy to cry the auc-
tions and raffles at their various
crab-feed to offer a “take-out”
option, so you can pick your
ting Petaluma non-profits, schools and clubs This column is the Argus-Courier’s fundraisers. Hopefully, I will be crab and sides up at the loca-
new bi-weekly calendar of events back at it again this year. $50, tion and take them more, or
By DAVID TEMPLETON This over-21 event includes that assist Petalumans in need, www.petalumawomansclub. wherever you prefer to con-
ARGUS-COURIER STAFF a full crab dinner, dancing, a and locally-based non-profits. Are com. sume your crab. This is the tiny

A
s Crab-Feed season in Pet- silent auction, and benefits the you planning a fundraiser, benefit, rural school’s primary annual
aluma reaches its midway Petaluma High School Athletic volunteer events, or crowdfunding CRAB-FEED BENEFIT fundraiser, helping to provide
point, the calendar of local Boosters Club. $70 per person campaign for a good cause or FOR PENNGROVE SOCIAL bilingual education to preschool
crustacean-themed fundraisers or $650 per table of eight (which charity? For consideration in Help- FIREMEN stu-dents in the largely rural
is still remarkably full. Bene- includes two bottles of wine). ing Out, send the details to David Saturday, Feb. 10, 5:45 p.m. community. $25 for kids, $45 for
fiting non-profits from schools For ticket inquiries and reserva- Templeton at david.templeton@ (Dinner at 7 p.m.) adults. Tomales Town Hall, 27150
and firemen’s associations to tions contact Antoinette Burns, arguscourier.com) All proceeds from this benefit Maine St., Tomales. Reserve
high school athletics groups and abutts7@yahoo.com. The event support improvements to Pen- tickets by calling (707) 878-9442
the Rotary Club, the following takes place at Herzog Hall, at the ngrove Park and the Penngrove or writing to shorelineacres@
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Forest
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values of spending time in
nature, aside from the obvi-
ous benefits of exercise and
fitness. Shinrin-Yoku is de-
cidedly not about working
up a sweat. It is, at its core,
all about soaking up the pe-
culiarly therapeutic effects
of trees, plants, and other
arboreal living organisms,
which some studies have
connected to reductions in
levels of stress, diabetes,
mental fatigue, and a host
of other health related
problems.
So what, exactly, is For-
est Bathing?
“A Forest Bathing
practice begins with
simply walking through
the woods,” says Stusser.
“Trees are living beings,
and they have a level of
wisdom to impart when
we are open to hearing it.
That’s part of the story.
The other part is about
slowing down, calming our
minds, giving up the inter-
Shinrin-Yoku is more than a walk in the woods. The practice be a way to save the world.
is one of intentional meditation in the presence of nature.
nal dialogue we’ve always
got running, and simply
empty our minds and
listen to the organisms of
the forest.”
Humans have always
known that meaning
can be found in nature,
of course, and that good
things can happen when
we go out into the woods
PHOTO BY DAVID TEMPLETON ing, he suggests, may also
to cleanse our minds of
the clutter and noise and
stress of modern life. What going to save our species
Shinrin-Yoku does is turn
walking in nature into
a kind of therapeutic or
spiritual practice.
“It’s not like hiking,
or going out to identify
plants or have a talk with
a friend,” says Stusser.
“Those are good things to
do, but the difference is
that with Shinrin Yoku,
you make a conscious
effort to slow down, to
become aware of your
breath, to make a connec-
tion, internally, with all
the senses.”
In other words, Shin-
rin-Yoku is the practice of
allowing nature to wash
over us, and leave us free
of those things that are
harming and distracting
us. To Stusser, it’s much
more than just a way to
stay healthy. Forest Bath-
“I do. I think it’s im-
portant for the survival of
civilization to reconnect
with nature,” says Stuss-
er. “It think that if we’re
from extinction, a recon-
nection with nature is not
just useful and healing and
calming. It’s absolutely
necessary.”
(Contact David at david.
templeton@arguscourier.
com)
HEALTH & FITNESS INNOVATORS
This feature story is the final installment of the Argus-Courier’s
four-part series on individuals and organizations in our com-
munity who are using creativity and invention to utilize older
health, nutrition, and fitness practices in bold new ways.
Want to try Forest Bathing yourself?
Here are just a few excellent locations, within driving distance
of downtown Petaluma, that are perfectly suited to the practice
of Forest Bathing.
Helen Putnam Regional Park (411 Chileno Valley Road,
Petaluma) – Though much of this park’s 211 acres is open trail,
there are a number of moderately wooded areas, mostly near
the top of hills, that are perfect for forest bathing. Distance from
downtown Petaluma: 5.5 miles.
Olompali State Historical Park (8901 Redwood Hwy.,
Novato) – 700 acres of heavily wooded trails with views of the
Petaluma River from some of its highest locations. Distance
from downtown Petaluma: 10.3 miles
Jack London State Park (2400 London Ranch Road, Glen El-
len) – Many wooded trails wind through the rural former home
of the late writer, who did his own version of Forest Bathing in
this very place. Distance from downtown Petaluma: 19.5 miles
Spring Lake Regional Park (5585 Newanga Ave., Santa
Rosa) – Plenty of trees here to bond with, and wander among.
Distance from downtown Petaluma: 17.4 miles
Armstrong Woods (17020 Armstrong Woods Road,
Guerneville) – 805 acres of Coast Redwoods, with some heavily
traveled trails, and a number of more remote paths designed
by nature for solitude, silence and Shinrin Yoku. Distance from
downtown Petaluma: 35.5 miles

Toast Continued from C3

over the physicality of the
couple’s relationship, and
focuses instead on their
deep friendship and simple
joys of being together.
Despite being based on a
memoir, I think the movie
would have worked much,
much better if, instead of
her being Gloria Grahame,
the aging actress would
have been a composite.
That way, real-life events
— including how old
she is and where Gloria
Grahame died — wouldn’t
intrude on this film’s
made-up storyline.
2 pieces of ‘I’ve
watched Gloria
Grahame, and Anette Ben-
ing is no Gloria Grahame’
toast
Forever My Girl (PG)
Starring: Alex Roe,
Jessica Rothe, Abby Ryder
Fortson, Judith Hoag, Tra-
vis Tritt, John Benjamin
Hickey
Directed by: Bethany
Ashton Wolf
Apparently, the country
FOREVER MY GIRL: “Any one of us could have written a better
screenplay,” says Gil of this lame country-music romance.
singer from a tiny Louisi-
ana town wants to live his
own lyrics, so he leaves his
childhood sweetheart at
the altar to pursue a mu-
sical career. Eight years
later, the guy returns to
his roots, and discovers his
former bride-to-be is now a
churchgoing, single mom
with an annoying child-ac-
tress as her daughter. The
moral to all this is to pray
to God that the guy who
dumped you will grow
up enough to come back
and make you (and your
daughter) “honest wom-
en.” If you listen carefully
to the lyrics to almost any
country western song,
you’ll quickly find the ma-
jor flaws in this storyline.
1 piece of ‘Any one of
us could write a better
screenplay’ toast
THE MAZE RUNNER: THE DEATH CURE: The creators of this end-
less, repetitious trilogy-ending effort had no clear idea how to actually
end the trilogy, says Gil.
Maze Runner: The
Death Cure (PG-13)
Starring: Dylan
O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario,
Thomas Sangster, Rosa
Salazar, Giancarlo Espisi-
to, Ki Hong Lee
Directed by: Wes Ball
When I interviewed
‘Maze Runner’ author
James Dashner on my
NPR radio show, he was
in the midst of writing
the book that forms the
basis for this film. “It’s
a challenge to sew up
all the loose threads,”
Dashner told me back
then. Apparently, the
filmmakers had the same
problem. The result is an
increasingly frustrating,
overlong movie where kids
keep running for their
lives through dystopian
backdrops, are captured,
injured while escaping,
saved, captured again,
etc, etc. etc. It’s obvious
Den of Thieves (R)
Starring: Gerard
Butler, Pablo Schreiber,
O’Shea Jackson Jr. 50
Cent, Evan Jones
Directed by: Scott
Cooper
Christian Gudegast’s
‘Den of Thieves’ is classic
cops and robbers fare. Big
Nick (Gerard Butler) is
the cop. Marrimen (Pablo
Schreiber) is the robber
(and former marine). The
back-and-forth movie style
of pursuer and pursued
works well - especially
since Big Nick never plays
things “by the book,”
while Merrimen is all
“military protocols.” It’s a
testosterone-fueled story,
with an occasional female
added in to assure audi-
ences that both cop and
robber are “straight-shoot-
ers.”
2-and-1/2
pieces of ‘there’s
a bit of Usual Suspects

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nobody involved has ever
heard the mantra “Less is
more.”
Before After 1 piece of ‘Way too
long to show us this is
all there’ is toast
here’ toast
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above films, check out
Cinema Toast online at
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PETALUMA FILM ALLIANCE SPRING SERIES

What: Weekly screenings of notable films, with pre-show lectures, conversations and other
People
Continued from C3
film-loving activities.
When: Wednesday evenings, through May 16. Pre-show lecture at 6 p.m., film screens at 7 p.m. Clayton Arts Academy, in
Where: Carole L. Ellis Auditorium, on the SRJC Petaluma campus, 680 Sonoma Mountain Parkway. Concord, where he initial-
ly pursued an education
Admission: $6 for general public. in video production before
Information: PetalumaFilmAlliance.org. making the leap to theatri-
Feb. 7: “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” This dark comedy-drama by Martin Mc- cal production. After grad-
Donagh has been nominated for seven Oscars, including Best Picture. uation, he went on to earn
a degree in theater tech at
Feb. 14: “Unleashed.” This Valentine’s Day event brings filmmaker Finn Taylor (“Dream With the Sonoma State University,
Fishes”) to town to present and discuss his 2017 romantic comedy about a woman whose dog in 2005. Following that,
and cat are magically transformed into her two “Perfect Guys.” he balanced working as a
Feb. 21: “Ladybird.” Greta Gerwig’s critically-acclaimed film about a teenager (Saoirse Ronan) barista at Peets, in Walnut
growing up in Sacramento has scored five Oscar noms, including Best Picture and Best Director. Creek, with various theat- CRISSY PASCUAL / ARGUS-COURIER STAFF
Feb. 28: “The Shape of Water.” Earning more Oscar nominations than any other film this year — rical opportunities, includ- Ross Brown, right, the stage manager at the Cinnabar
including Best Picture and Best Director — Guillermo Del Toro’s romantic-horror-fantasy tells the ing a stint building sets at Theater, works with the cast and director of the upcoming
story of a mute janitor (Sally Hawkins) falling in love with a sea creature at a secret Cold War era the Oregon Shakespeare production “Good People.”
military facility. Festival in Ashland, and
one-year stint studying
March 7: “The Apartment.” This 1960 comedy stars Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine in a tale
theater in the Nether- “I should probably have preparations, organizing
of a low-level executive bullied into letting his bosses use his apartments for extramarital affairs.
lands. Eventually, having a list of all the shows the Bingo cards and relat-
March 14: “City of God.” Filmed in the slums of Rio de Janeiro, this 2002 crime thriller by Fernan- relocated to Sonoma Coun- I’ve stage managed,” he ed Bingo ephemera.
do Meirelles and Katia Lund is a powerful example of location filmmaking. ty, he began getting gigs admits. “But I do tend to “The actors go through
March 28: “All the Wild Horses.” Filmmaker Ivo Marloh will be in attendance to discuss his 2017 stage managing shows at hold onto the scripts, with a lot of Bingo cards every
documentary about the Mongol Derby, a 1,000-mile-long horse race believed to be the most various theaters, includ- all of my notes, and I have performance,” he says.
grueling such competition in the world. ing Cinnabar, where he enough of those after all Finally, he’s ready for
April 4: “Don’t Look Now.” Nicolas Roeg’s legendary 1973 thriller stars Donald Sutherland and continues to work several these years, I just bought rehearsal to begin.
Julie Christie, roaming the streets and channels of Venice, possibly being stalked by a mysterious times a season. a storage shed, where “There’s a lot going on
supernatural presence. The film contains one of the most celebrated sex scenes in history, and won Brown estimates that I’ll keep those scripts in in this show,” Brown says.
an Oscar for cinematographer Anthony Richmond. The film will be presented by film historian UC- he now works as stage banker’s boxes.” It’s a lot of work, but it’s a
LA’s Alessandro Pirolini, who will take over the Film Alliance series next fall when current facilitator manager of an average “Hello Ross,” calls di- lot of fun. I’d rather have
Mike Traina goes on sabbatical. five shows a year, though rector Fontaine, arriving lots to do during a show
has no clear idea how a bit early for tonight’s re- than just sit in the dark
April 11: “Song of Granite.” The beautifully designed black-and-white biopic from 2017 tells the many shows he’s man- hearsal. As he disappears and wait to start washing
story of Irish folk singer Joe Heaney. aged to date. If forced into the wings to examine the dishes.”
April 18: “The Unholy Three and The Unknown.” Two silent films about crime and the circus, both to guess, he’d estimate some recent set chang- (Contact David at david.
starring Lon Chaney, with live accompaniment by pianist Frederick Hodges. between fifty and sixty es, Brown puts the final templeton@arguscourier.
April 25: “Mother!” Darren Aronofsky’s thrilling but polarizing global warming parable features shows.Stage touches on the evening’s com)
a ferocious performance by Jennifer Lawrence, playing a house-making Mother Earth to Javier
Bardem’s blocked poet God, as their house becomes filled with pesky guests who feel entitled to
take, and take, and take, until . . . well, stuff hits the fan, and it’s not pretty. What it is, is arguably
the most original film of 2017.

Come
May 2: “A Ghost Story.” A moody and mesmerizing meditation on grief, loss and time, David
Lowery’s 2017 indie film stars Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara.
May 9: “Faces, Places.” This delightful documentary by Agnes Varda and French artist J.R. follows
their adventures making public art as they travel across rural France.
May 16: “Harold and Maude.” Hal Ashby’s 1971 masterpiece follows a death-obsessed young

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man (Bud Cort) through his delightfully unexpected romance with a bizarre, life-loving 79-year-old
eccentric (Ruth Gordon).

Film Continued from C3 The middle section

of the three-and-a-half-
month-long series is an
“but it’s a perfect film for
the Cinema Series, and
it will be a lot of fun to

With Us
with previously post- array of films allowing experience in this setting.
poned screenings of Billy Traina to isolate and focus But there’s no way around
Wilder’s “The Apartment” on specific elements of it, “Mother!” is a much
and “David Lowery’s “A filmmaking - production tougher that something
Ghost Story” — resched- design, sound editing, film like “Ladybird” or “Three
uled from last October editing, cinematography, Billboards,” which is why
due to the fires — the etc. These will include it comes at the end of the
Spring lineup features a the aforementioned “The series, after the regulars
total of fifteen films (the
first, “Cinema Paradiso,”
Apartment,” the Brazil-
ian crime drama “City
have had a chance to come
up to speed on the art of
Baptist Christian sCienCe
screened last week), along of God,” the Mongolian filmmaking and how a di-
with several guest ap- documentary “All the Wild rector’s choices affect the Petaluma Valley Baptist Church First Church of Christ,
pearances by filmmakers Horses,” the Irish biopic end result of the movie.”
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Food & Drink

Market to Kitchen
Juli Lederhaus ■■ A TASTE OF ITALY ■

Old world Italian food

Volpi’s in Petaluma is like stepping into your grandmother’s kitchen
JULI LEDERHAUS / FOR THE ARGUS-COURIER

Kohlrabi at the Petaluma

farmers market.

Kohlrabi a
down-to-
earth winter
vegetable
O
ne of my favorite winter
vegetables, kohlrabi is
in the definitely differ-
ent category when it comes to
looks. I have heard people say
it looks like something from
outer space, and I guess that is
at least a little bit true.
Kohlrabi comes in purple
and pale green, but once you
peel it, it’s the palest shade of
green inside, really more white
than green. The leaves are also
edible, so look for ones that are
fresh and not wilted. The bulbs
should be no more than about
three inches in diameter, be-
cause larger ones can be woody.
The simplest way that I like PHOTOS BY KENT PORTER / THE PRESS DEMOCRAT, 2012
to eat it is to peel it, slice it into Volpi’s Ristorante and Historical Bar in Petaluma is a favorite lunch and dinner spot.
rather thick slices, drizzle it
with some extra virgin olive oil
and sprinkle it with some salt By JULI LEDERHAUS meatballs. The lasagna will be heavy with tomato and garlic broth. Shared among
and freshly ground pepper. Eat FOR THE ARGUS-COURIER cheese. There will be fresh clams. The our party of six, they were all tasty and

as a side dish or snack this way.
This is a great place to use one
of those fancy finishing salts
that you might have received as
a holiday gift.
Another of
my favorite
preparations is
to make a quick
vegetarian pas-
ta dish with it.
Sizzle some gar-
lic in olive oil,
add the peeled
Juli and cubed kohl-
Lederhaus rabi, and the
cleaned and cut
into ribbons kohlrabi greens,
and a splash of white wine
(I always use dry vermouth),
and then cover the vegetables
with a liberal amount of water,
a sprinkle of salt and freshly
ground pepper.
Bring to a simmer, and cook
until the vegetables are just
tender. Meanwhile cook a
pasta with some heft to it, such
as half-rigatoni, or penne, or
corkscrews, in plenty of boiling
salted water. When the pasta is
done, drain and return to the
pot, add the cooked kohlrabi
and stir well to combine. Taste
for seasoning, adding more salt
and pepper as needed. Finish
with a drizzle of extra virgin
olive oil and a heavy sprinkling
of grated Pecorino Romano or
Reggiano Parmesan cheese.
Kohlrabi can also be shred-
ded and made into a nice slaw,
made into fritters, chips, soup,
or roasted, so it is very versa-
tile. The bulbs keep for weeks in
the refrigerator, so this is some-
thing great to have on hand.
T
here is something comforting
about the feeling of a historic
Italian restaurant. When you walk
through the swinging screen doors, and
your feet touch the old-style wood floors,
the smell of Italian food cooking and
the laughter from the backroom bar all
contribute to that old country sense of
well-being.
That backroom bar, by the way, was
a historic speakeasy, and shouldn’t be
missed for a drink before or after your
meal. If you are lucky, John Volpi will
serenade you on the accordion. The ceil-
ing and walls are covered with conversa-
tion starters, so it’s easy to have conver-
sation with the regulars.
There is nothing cutting edge or mod-
ern about Volpi’s. You are going to find
bread will come automatically, and yes,
the butter will be in little foil wrappers.
There is house-made minestrone. It is all
part of the experience.
At Volpi’s all the entrées can be or-
dered family-style, or you can order a la
carte. Family style includes house-made
minestrone soup and a garden salad with
dressings made right there, the pasta of
the day, an entrée, and your vegetable
and side dish, plus coffee and ice cream.
On our recent visit, we ordered one meal
family-style to see just what that felt like.
For appetizers we tried the deep-fried
calamari ($12.95) which was served with
house-made cocktail and tartar sauces,
the gnocchi with Bolognese sauce ($7.95),
and the steamed clams ($14.95), a full
pound of tiny Manila clams with butter,
disappeared quite quickly despite the
large portions. The clams would make a
lovely meal all by themselves, with great
broth to be sopped up by the sourdough
bread.
From the daily specials menu we
ordered the braised lamb shank ($21.95
a la carte), deliciously tender and huge,
it was served with creamy polenta and
fresh green beans. Another special, John
Volpi’s tripe and polenta ($27.90 fami-
ly-style) was also delicious, and enough
for two meals.
The minestrone, salad and pasta of the
day that came with the family-style din-
ner were all lovely, and I could seriously
have made a meal out of just that. The
See Volpis, D3
VOLPI’S
Address: 124 E. Washington St.
Phone: 765-0695
A waitress works the dining
room at Volpi’s Ristorante and
Historical Bar in Petaluma. The
restaurant gets its charm by
staying true to its roots and
by its no frills comfort food.
If you’re lucky, you may be
serenaded by John Volpi on the
accordion.

Romanesco broccoli
Since we are on the subject
of vegetables that look like they
might be from another planet,
it seems an appropriate time

Pair sauvignon blanc with bratwurst

to talk about Romanesco. This
bright chartreuse green vegeta-
ble looks like a miniature Christ-
mas tree. It is such a delight to
look at that sometimes I would
rather do that than cook it. This citrusy white from the Russian River
Of course, eat it we must, so
here are some ideas. When you
Valley goes with salmon, curry or brats
buy it, choose ones that still
have their leaves, a sign that By MICHELE ANNA JORDAN
they are fresh, since when the FOR THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

leaves get wilted, they are some-
times trimmed off. The head
should be heavy for its size, and
look fresh and spritely.
Cutting the heads into florets
and then blanching them with
a finish shock in ice water is
highly recommended. Then you
can just finish them in some
butter or olive oil and eat them
quite simply. They go nicely in
a cold noodle dish, in soups, or
dressed with lemon juice, olive
oil and a touch of garlic.
Romanesco is also great
M
erry Edwards 2016 Sonoma County Russian
River Valley Sauvignon Blanc ($36) is truly
spectacular. Edwards is a masterful wine-
maker, best known for pinot noir but her expertise
shines through in every sip of this gorgeous quaffer.
Her theme song should be “(You’ve Got the) Magic
Touch” by a 1950s doo-wop group, The Platters.
The aromas evoke a grassy meadow warmed by
the morning sun. On the palate, there’s an initial
flood of citrus delight, especially Meyer lemon, ruby
grapefruit and tangerine. Mid-palate is rich and
lush, followed by a vibrant finish suggestive of con-
crete damp after a spring shower. Nestled among all
these flavors is a whisper of sweet apple. There’s an
enticing suggestion of a sea mist, too,

See Market, D2 See Wine, D3 Bratwurst is a good meat to pair with Merry Edwards’ sauvignon blanc.
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ACROSS 54. Different nationalities 21. Go with the flow Puzzle by Myles Mellor
1. Chow checker 58. Place on the schedule 23. Wrong
4. Unbelievable 59. Great time 26. Makes a white Christmas
8. Like centenarians 60. Whoop 28. Salon supply
12. Litmus reddeners 62. Second of two 29. China problem
15. Locale 66. 100-metre, e.g. 30. Biblical verb
16. Exceptional 68. Bakers’ wares 31. Further
17. Sleep on it 70. Wait on 32. Tears
18. Cleaning cloths 71. Where China is 36. Athletes often have trou-
19. Rein in 72. Nose (out) ble with them
20. Like some salads 73. Put to the test 38. Kind of prize
22. Washroom 74. Not as much 39. Not occupied
24. Contracted 75. Take a break 40. States further
25. Canal sites 76. Lady’s title 43. Like some talk
27. Heads DOWN 46. Hint
29. Captivating 1. Huge 47. Sole
33. Like some humor 2. Ring 49. Dairy product
34. “Stop!” 3. Connections 51. Employee to retain
35. Pay, with “over” 4. Pit contents 53. Brown
37. Means of mass communi- 5. Show horse 54. Foot lever
cation 6. Corporate department 55. Remove
41. “___ magic!” 7. Continued 56. Desert sight
42. Special delivery? 8. ___ de Triomphe 57. Item with a ladder
44. Like some socks 9. Assess 61. Runners
45. It’s a snap 10. Boo-boo 63. Well-groomed
48. Appear to be 11. Monies owed 64. “Did you ___?”
49. Fearless 13. Abandon 65. Garnet and ruby
50. It’s kept in a pen 14. Water vapor 67. Orders
52. Characteristics 69. Get firm

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Market
Continued from D1
roasted, so toss with some
olive oil, salt and pepper
and put them on a foil-lined
sheet pan in a hot oven until
they are golden brown in at
least a few spots.
The preparation I not-
ed above for pasta with
kohlrabi can be made with
Romanesco as well, turning
a vegetable into a main dish.
Saving vegetables
There are certain things
I always like to have in the
house. One of those is cel-
ery, and here is my hint for
keeping it fresh. When you
get it home from the store,
cut off the top so it will fit
in your produce crisper.
Rinse it off, and dry it well,
and then wrap it in foil. Foil
is key – do not use plastic
wrap. Place in the crisper.
I have had celery that has
been prepared this way
in my fridge for a month
or longer, with no loss of
quality.
Another preservation tip
is for cilantro. When I get
it home from the market,
I wash it in a big bowl of
cold water. Removing dirt
from any produce is key to
preserving it. Pick through
it and throw away any stems
that are bent, broken or
looking past their prime.
Make a fresh cut at the
bottom of the stems and
put them into a glass of
cold water, just like you are
arranging cut flowers. Cover
the entire glass and all the
cilantro with a plastic bag,
securing it to the glass with
a rubber band. Refrigerate.
When you go to use it, it
will already be washed, and
the process of handling it
this way will keep it under
refrigeration for at least a
week and sometimes as long
as two or even three weeks,
depending on how fresh it is JULI LEDERHAUS / FOR THE ARGUS-COURIER
when you buy it. Mikel Edwards of Rise Up Farm in Petaluma.

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Wine Continued from D1 slices, cut the slices in half

crosswise, and put them in a
bowl of water, Squeeze the lem-
The wine is easy to pair on into the water and set aside.
successfully at the table, as it Place the bratwurst in a me-
embraces a wide range of flavors dium sauté pan, add 1 cup of the
and textures. It is lovely with wine and 1 cup of water, set over
seafood, from all types of crab to medium-high heat, bring to a
raw oysters, clams, and fin fish, boil, cover, reduce the heat, and
including salmon. Enjoy it with simmer for 10 minutes. Uncover,
wild mushrooms, mild Indian increase the heat to medium,
curries, and roasted chicken and simmer until the liquid is
basted with lemon. nearly completely evaporated.
This recipe is inspired, to Transfer the sausages to a plate
a large degree, by our chilly and set it aside.
damp weather. A key ingredient Add the butter to the pan
is white pepper, which has an and, when it is melted, add the
almost wine-like flavor, a hint onions. Cook over low heat
of fermentation, that engages until the onions are very limp,
beautifully with this pretty sau- fragrant, and sweet, about 20
vignon blanc. Orange zest makes minutes. Season lightly with
the match soar. salt. Drain the sliced apples, add
them to the onions, and sauté,
stirring now and then, until they
Bratwurst with Sauerkraut begin to soften and take on a bit
KENT PORTER / THE PRESS DEMOCRAT, 2012

with Apples of color, about 7 or 8 minutes. Generations of deer heads on the walls and follar bills stuck to the ceiling at Volpi’s Ristorante and Historical
Serves 4 to 6 Meanwhile, slice the sausages Bar in Petaluma.
into 3/8-inch rounds; slice the
2 firm ripe apples, peeled and
cored
— Half a lemon
rounds in half.
Add the pepper and caraway
seed to the onion mixture. Stir in
Volpi’s Continued from D1
6 to 8 bratwurst, bockwurst, or the sauerkraut, add the sau- Spumoni ice cream that was part of the meal family-run restaurant.
similar sausage sages, and pour in the remain- was enjoyed by all of us. We would have ordered On the positive side, the liquor pours were
3 cups fruity white wine ing wine. Bring to a boil over more but no one had any room. very generous, and the pricing of those and beer
(viognier, reisling, or gewürztra- medium heat, reduce to a slow Rounding out the entrée orders we enjoyed was quite reasonable. So this is where you will
miner) simmer, cover, and simmer very were the house-made beef lasagna ($15.95), heavy want to put your wine order aside and go for a
2 tablespoons butter slowly for 45 minutes, until the with cheeses, sauce and beef; the veal Marsala whiskey or beer instead.
1 large or 2 small red onions, juices have thickened and the ($18.95) with sautéed shallots, mushrooms and We did not find the restrooms to be accessible,
thinly sliced flavors have mingled. Marsala demi-glace; and the lobster ravioli so if you have a wheelchair or other mobility
— Kosher salt While the mixture cooks, put ($23.95) topped with dungeness crab and served device, check before you go to find out if there is
1 teaspoon freshly ground the parsley and orange zest into in a red pepper cream sauce. another restroom we did not see.
white pepper a small bowl, season lightly with The service was excellent, the food came out This is a restaurant that does not have its own
½ teaspoon caraway seed salt, and set aside. at a good pace, and the server and busser were website, so finding the information you might
3 cups sauerkraut Remove from the heat and let great about checking on us. want to locate online is not easy.
1/2 cup fresh Italian parsley rest for 5 to 10 minutes. Volpi’s has a brief wine list, a full bar and a se- Volpi’s is popular and they do take reserva-
leaves Transfer to a dish or platter, lection of beers. The wines seemed to be a bit on tions. They are closed on Mondays and Tuesdays,
— Grated zest of 1 orange and scatter the parsley mixture the pricey side. The glasses were the small so the open for lunch Wednesday through Saturday
—Dijon mustard on top. pour was relatively small. I think that they could from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and for dinner Wednesday
Enjoy right away, with the upgrade their glassware and their wine program, through Sunday from 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., staying
Cut the apples in lengthwise mustard alongside. and not lose the historic ambiance of this great open 30 minutes later on Saturday evening.

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Petaluma Avenue.
Annalise joined Terra Firma after years of working in the Wine
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Petaluma Salvation Army has named David Adams

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PO Box 200 Redwood Valley, CA or call 707-543-7048. Apply at: WATER WELL DRILLERS
95470 or call 707-485-8072 4141 Sebastopol Rd Santa Rosa
ASSISTANT
Schools Fisch Bros. Drilling- Sebastopol
Fast paced company looking for
Sonoma County Sonoma County motivated career minded per-
Movie Trivia: Movie Trivia: son. The ideal candidate would
be able to thrive in a physically
Q: Sonoma Plaza was used to film
and mentally demanding envi-
scenes from what 2001 comedy
ronment. Full time year round
starring a contestant from the
reality show “Survivor”? Rincon Valley Union work. Clean DMV printout req.
Commercial drivers lic. pref.
A: The Animal, co-starred Colleen School District Mandatory drug testing, pay
Haskell, who was on the first
DOE. Benefits include IRA,
season of Survivor. Applications are being ac- health, vacation. To apply email
cepted for the following info@fischbrosdrilling.com
Schools temporary positions:
Maintenance II
$18.09 - $19.99/hour.
Up to 8 hrs per day, M – F.
Experience with plumbing
Rincon Valley Union School District and electrical preferred.
Applications being accepted
Applications are being accepted for the following part time positions: on Ed-Join, www.edjoin.org
and packets are available at
1000 Yulupa Ave, Santa Rosa.
School Bus Driver Questions regarding these
$19.05 - $20.95/hr, approx. 5 hours per day.
positions can be addressed
Previous bus driver experience desirable, but will train. by e-mailing questions to
Green tip:
ateixeira@rvusd.org.
Van Driver Donate your unsold items
All positions open until filled.
$16.43- $18.07/hour, approx. 4 hours per day. Must have to a local nonprofit
EOE
a valid driver license and safe driving record.
Night Custodian
$15.25 – $16.79/hour, 8 hrs per shift, 12 months per year.
Day Custodian
$15.60 - $17.22/hour, 8 hrs per shift, 12 months per year.
Noon Day Assistant
$11.89 - $13.12/hour, 1 – 2 hours/day
Day Care Assistant
$11.89 - $13.12/hour – approx. 3.5 hrs /day
We are also accepting applications for the The County is accepting applications
following substitute positions: for these exciting employment opportunities:
Food Service Cashier Health Privacy and Security Officer
$12.80 /hour
$8,117 - $9,865/month
Food Service Cook Apply by 2/7/18
$13.83/hour
Lifeguard - Extra-Help
Applications are being accepted on Ed-Join, www.edjoin.org $16.33/hour
and packets available at 1000 Yulupa Ave. Santa Rosa. Apply Now
Questions regarding these positions can be addressed by e-mailing
questions to ateixeira@rvusd.org. All positions open until filled. EOE
Parks and Grounds Maintenance Worker I
Extra-Help
$18.70 - $22.73/hour
Apply Now
Park Program Assistant - Extra-Help
$21.88 - $26.60 Hourly
Apply Now
Part-Time Production Worker Positions
Need extra income? The Press Democrat, a divi-
To view position details, benefits, & apply online,
visit www.yourpath2sonomacounty.org
sion of Sonoma Media Investments, LLC, is seek- or call HR, 707-565-2331. EOE
ing part-time Production Workers to join our
Packaging and Distribution Department. The op-
timal candidate will be team oriented and must
have the ability to work in a fast paced environ-
ment, be able to work a flexible schedule, includ-
ing evening, weekend and holiday shifts.
Experience/Qualifications:
• Must have basic reading, writing and math
skills
• Must be able to follow and understand oral
English instructions and communicate orally in The Robert Green Company seeks applicants for
English three on-site construction management positions
• Must be able to do extensive lifting up to 50 lbs. for a luxury resort hotel and residential project
• Demonstrates ability to work and interact ef- in Healdsburg, CA. The following positions start
fectively with supervisors, co-workers and March 1, 2018:
management.
Senior Level On-Site Project Manager
The Press Democrat is committed to a drug and Responsible for the day-to-day construction
alcohol free workplace. Any job offer is condi- management activities. Minimum 10 years
tional upon satisfactorily completing a back- experience in construction management.
ground investigation and pre-employment drug
testing. Project Engineer
Responsible to assist three senior level onsite
To be considered please call Brian Libby at (707) Project Managers. min 5yrs. exp. in construction.
521- 5386 or submit a cover letter and resume to: Project Administrative Assistant
hr@pressdemocrat.com and state the title of the Responsible for supporting onsite project
position you are applying for in the subject line. management team. Min. 3 yrs. admin. exp.
For a more comprehensive list of duties,
requirements and to apply please visit:
The Press Democrat is an Equal Opportunity Employer
www.therobertgreencompany.com/healdsburgjobs
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FARMER’S FORUM
MERCHANDISE
FIREWOOD
WALNUT SCRAPW00D
Available Mon, Wed, Fri 8-4
Calico Hardwood, Inc
3580 Westwind Blvd, S.R.
707-546-4045
YOUR NEW YEARS Assorted wood
Seasoned, 3-4 years with some
hardwood. $100 per ½ cords. All
amounts sold. Some delivery avail.
Adrian (707) 971-1887
OAK FIREWOOD for sale, 2 yrs dry,
cut to 16", Split to regular sizes.
Call between 9am-7pm, 7 days a
week. $375 per cord. (707) 483-1387
HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS
TWIN BD SET. Head board, foot-
board, box spring & mattress, &
bed-side 3 drawer cabinet. Almost
new. Pretty wood. $250.00
Rug 9ft. x 9ft. Cream color. $200.00
Call 707-935-9017
MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE
CEMETERY PLOT SR
Memorial Park. Last one in the
Garden of Devotion. $3,200.
Call 541-404-6994
Commercial Towable Wood
Smoker, excl. business opp., both
hot & cold smoking, wood burning
tandem axle, $7,500 OBO
(707) 762-2537
MACHINERY & TOOLS
PETS / PET SUPPLIES
ON SITE STORAGE CONTAINERS
DELIVERED
& SERVICE
BRUCE A364976
*NEW*
20' and 40' in stock Bruce is beautiful! Those ears,
Rental or Purchase those eyes, those perfect body
707-528-3200 wiggles that bring happiness
& joy to all those around
him. Bruce is quite cuddly,
lovable and super duper
SAVE $400 OR MORE friendly. He loves treats
40'x8' STORAGE CONTAINERS (especially cheese) and knows
his basic cues. Bruce might
do well with another calm
dog-savvy, well mannered dog
and would like to live in a home
with children ages teen & older.
Sonoma County Animal Svcs.
1247 Century Ct.
(off Airport Blvd)
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
(707) 565-7100
Visit all our adoptable animals
at www.theanimalshelter.org
Steel, watertight, good doors
We deliver!
STORAGE PLUS...$3100
The competition...$3500
Satisfaction guaranteed
STORAGE PLUS
707-975-3000
PETS / PET SUPPLIES
& SERVICE
Good puppies…
…don’t happen by
magic
Socializing your pup is one of
the most important things you
can do! We offer a safe envi-
ronment for your pup to learn
appropriate social skills and be
comfortable around new dogs
of all shapes and sizes. Your
pup will also gain confidence in
new situations that will become
just part of a normal day for
puppy instead of a scary event.
Puppies 8 - 16 wks. old,
Saturdays 1:00-
1:00- 1:45 pm.
pm
Puppies 4 - 6 mos. old,
Satur
Saturdays 2:00-
2:00- 2:45 pm.
pm
Cost: $15 per class.
Please register at
humanesocietysoco.org/public-
training.
(Click the “PUPPY” tab!)
5345 Hwy 12 West, SR.
Open Tu-Th 12-6,
Fr-Sa 10-7, Su 10-5
SonomaHumane.org /542-0882
Locally Founded-Locally Funded
PETS / PET SUPPLIES BOATING & WATER VEHICLES
& SERVICE WILLIES DRIFT Boat.
16 ft long w/motor on back.
MAGGIE Asking $7000
707-887-2294
AUTO/
TRANSPORTATION
AUTOMOTIVE PARTS
& ACCESSORIES
Lab results
You know that wistful feeling
you’ve had in your heart lately,
a pang that gets stronger each
time you see someone running
with - or chucking a tennis ball
for - their dog? I can diagnose VW DUNE Buggy Frame
this for you with just a few $200/OBO (707) 762-2537
questions: Are you longing
to share your life with an
extremely intelligent, sensitive,
gorgeous, cuddly 4 y/o AUTO / TRUCK WANTED
busybody? Are you part of
an active (yet currently pet-
free) family, maybe with older
kids? Well, your Lab/Cattle
Dog results are in. You have
a serious Vitamin D(og)
deficiency. The only known cure
is to adopt me today. The good
news is that I’m right here at
HSSC waiting for you!
CASH for CAR$
5345 Hwy 12 West, SR. and TRUCK$
Open Tu-Th 12-6, Hassle Free, Problems
Fr-Sa 10-7, Su 10-5
SonomaHumane.org /542-0882 OK! Doug➥ 484-0523
Locally Founded-Locally Funded

PETS / PET SUPPLIES AUTOMOBILES CLASSIC

& SERVICE
LOG SPLITTER
Several to choose from,
$1000-$2500 707 762-2537
WANTED TO BUY
CA$H TODAY
FOR COMIC BOOKS
Hi, I am looking for all kinds of
Comics. Batman, Flash, X-Men,
Superman and many more.
I love all different Comics. I can
meet today, Thank You. Please
call Sean (707) 393-0293 $500
CA$H TODAY FOR VIDEO GAMES
Hi,I am a serious collector
looking for Nintendo, Boxes,
Magazines, Signs, Systems,
SEGA, PlayStation more..
I can meet today, Thank You
Please call (707) 393-0293
RECORDS WANTED
Call Us First- We Pay More $$
for your Vinyl! 45's, LP's, Jazz-
Rock- Pop- Metal Personal
collector, will travel.
Darla, 707-836-4366
Bargain Pet
Spay/Neuters
An altered pet is a healthier pet.
For info on free & low cost dog
& cat spaying & neutering,
call 579-SPAY or visit
www.FAIREonline.org
Cirugia para
Esterilizar
Su Mascota
Gratuita
Bajo Precio
Para mas informacion sobre
cirugia gratuita o de bajo precio
para esterilizar mascotas
(perros y gatos) visite
www.FAIREonlie.org
Las mascotas esterilizadas
disfrutan mejor salud y una
vida mas larga.
Sponsored by
www.FAIREonline.org
All real estate
advertising is
subject to the
Federal Housing
Act of 1968 which
makes it illegal to advertise “any
preference, limitation or discrimina-
tion based on race, color, religion,
sex, handicap, familial status, or
national origin, or an intention to
make such a preference, limitation or
discrimination.”
We will not knowingly accept any
ads for real estate that is in violation
of the law. All persons are hereby
informed that all dwellings advertised
herein are available on an Equal
Opportunity Basis.
DOG WALKER
AND PET SITTER
LICENSED & INSURED
New Clients receive 25% off.
srpawpals.com or email
helen@srpawpals.com
Vacation care: $25/day
Private walks for your dog
only or group walks available
(707) 571-9143
GERMAN SHEPHERD
PUPPIES
Solid Black GSD Puppies, 3
Males Avail, Born Sep-21, Excel-
lent Pedigree & Temperament,
AKC registered.
www.smartsheppy.com $2,000
(707) 694-2692
Green tip:
Donate your unsold items
to a local nonprofit
HONEY A281586
Honey came to us several years
ago as a puppy and was
returned a few years later due
to economic circumstances.
She was adopted a second time
and was just recently returned
as her family was no longer
able to care for her. They
shared how loving, how sweet
and what an amazingly adoring
girl she is. At 7 years old, we'd
sure love to find her a forever
home filled with a life time of
love, happiness & joy...She
loves everyone and is a little
selective about her canine
friends (she might be able to
live with another calm,
well-mannered, dog-savvy dog)
and she thinks cats are much
too interesting to live with or be
around. She knows her basic
cues and loves working with
you for treats - she also melts
hearts far and wide with those
angelic eyes of hers! She'd
make a lovely companion and
new best friend!
Sonoma County Animal Svcs.
1247 Century Ct.
(off Airport Blvd)
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
(707) 565-7100
Visit all our adoptable animals
at www.theanimalshelter.org
LABRADOODLE PUPPIES
Storybook Labradoodles of
Petaluma Announces New Liter
of Multi-Gen ALAA Registered
Chocolate, Fleece Non-Shedding
Coat Puppies Now Available
storybooklabradoodles.com
$2,500 (707) 338-0170
THEODORE & ANTIQUE
CHEVROLETS, 1957 three available
Bel Aire hardtop $12k, (two) 210
Sedans $8k & $6k ,
rolling project cars,
C.E.O. of Laps lots of related parts (707) 762-2537
In need of a skilled snuggler
to provide solace for your
overworked soul? For me, lap
warming isn’t just a job, it’s my
calling in life! I’ve been
“temping” here at HSSC and
am currently seeking a FT,
permanent position in a
loving home. My gentle
code of conduct and sweet CHEVROLET Corvette 1984
350 4 speed, $2,000/or best offer
companionship are earning
stellar purr-formance reviews.
As a sensitive 3 y/o, I’m not a
707 762-2537
fan of networking in the big,
noisy world. I do my best work
in a calm, quiet environment
and prefer my colleagues to be
of the mature human variety.
Canines and toddlers
need not apply.
5345 Hwy 12 West, SR.
Open Tu-Th 12-6,
Fr-Sa 10-7, Su 10-5 SAVE THE DATE
SonomaHumane.org /542-0882 Saturday, May 26th
Locally Founded-Locally Funded Car Show & Cruise 10am-3pm
in Sebastopol. Event benefits
Sebastopol Senior Center
1976 & Pre- cars, trucks,
farm tractors! Preregister at
RECREATION sebastopolseniorcenter.org
or call 707-829-2440
MOTORHOMES Garage sale tip:
Have lots of change on hand.
2013 Keystone Montana Most people come right from the
3750FL 5th Wheel ATM and don't have small change.
Keystone Montana Hickory
Edition: perfect condition,
continuously maintained incl.
roof,2 new batteries. Bedroom
in rear, living room upstairs in
front. Large bathroom with W/D.
2 A/Cs w/ext warranty till 2022.
Lic/Reg paid thru 03/2018.
$36,000: Location Healdsburg,
CA. Phone 415-341-7685
Sonoma County
Movie Trivia:
Q: Armstrong Woods was the
setting for some scenes in what
SciFi movie?
A: A. I. Artificial Intelligence

WHY WE SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESS WHY WE SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESS WHY WE SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESS

THEY SUPPORT THEY STRENGTHEN THEY KEEP OUR

COMMUNITY GROUPS OUR LOCAL ECONOMY COMMUNITY UNIQUE
Non-profit organizations receive on Each dollar you spend at independent Where we shop, where we eat and have
average 250% more support from businesses returns three times more fun — all of it makes our community
smaller business owners than they do money to our local economy than one home. Our one-of-a-kind businesses
from large businesses. spent at a chain (almost 50 times more are an integral part of the distinctive
than buying from an online mega- character of this place.
retailer) — a benefit we all can bank on.

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Find It
Service Solutions
SERVICES
HOME/PROFESSIONAL
CARPENTRY
CARPENTRY-ALL PHASES
Remodeling, repairs, sheet rock
patching, decks, dry rot. 30+ yrs.
exp. Free est.. Unlic. 874-3926
CONCRETE
License # 715840
DRIVEWAYS, PATIOS, SIDEWALKS,
Stamped Concrete, French Drain,
Foundations, Demolition, etc.
Lic.# 859374 Call 707 623-0828
ELECTRICAL
Additions, Remodels & Service
Attic, Bath & Ceiling Fans
Carbon & Smoke Detectors
Code Conformance
Interior & Exterior Lighting
Outlet & Switch Installs
Panel Upgrades/Replacements
15% Off for New Customers*
Customers*
*Some exclusions apply
ACCEPT ALL CREDIT CARDS
Lic. #978117
37 YEARS -SINCE 1978
NO JOB TOO SMALL!
Home selling tip:
Make your house sparkle.
Remove clutter and give your
home a good cleaning.
Auto buying tip:
Before buying a used vehicle,
check the California Department
of Motor Vehicles (DMV) online
site at www.dmv.ca.gov for
information on smog
requirements, to search the
storm-damage vehicle database
and check previous smog reports.
Sonoma County
Movie Trivia:
Q: Sonoma Plaza was used to film
scenes from what 2001 comedy
starring a contestant from the
reality show “Survivor”?
A: The Animal, co-starred Colleen
Haskell, who was on the first
season of Survivor.
Looking for
open homes?
Look for our open home
interactive online map at
pressdemocrat.com/realestate
Your search starts here.
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FENCING
We Will Beat
Any Contractors Price!
Blow out sales on redwood
fencing & chain link fencing
installed. Call for details
Save $$$. Lic.# 841560
25 years exp. ★ 707-481-1865
or 415-887-8374
HANDYMAN SERVICES
A SENIOR HELPING SENIORS
Home services & repairs. Replac-
ing faulty outlets to fixing leaky
toilet $35 per hr. unlic. 888-2013
I do just about everything. Dry
rot, fire damage, electrical,
plumbing, carpentry. 43 yrs.
exp. Excl. ref. Lic# 1018081
Martin, Cell (786) 290 4363
Office (707) 865-5157
A HANDYMAN ➥ No Job Too Small
Repairs, Installs, carpentry,
match texture, painting, plumbing,
fence & deck repairs, gutters,
drains, etc. (707) 703-3363
LAND / YARD - CLEARING / HAULING
JJ HAULING
DUMPS/RECYCLE/GARBAGE
707 623-2734 20yrs. Experience
Landscape/debris FREE ESTIMATES
Sonoma County
Movie Trivia:
Q: What 2008 movie about the
wine industry was filmed at
multiple wineries around Napa
and Sonoma, and featured locals
as extras in some of the scenes?
A: Bottle Shock
Find, buy or sell local houses.
NorthBayHousesForSale.com
Help is just a phone call away.
LAND / YARD - CLEARING / HAULING
GOODBYE TRASH HAULING
1 Call Hauls All! 569-8761
PEDRO'S HAULING SERVICE
Garage cleanup, high weeds,
demolition, masonry repair.
Free estimates Unlic'd.
cell 707-591-1101or 707-824-9049
TOTAL YARD CLEAN UP
Landscaping, gardening,
irrigation, poison oak removal,
tree trimming, Free estimate.
Ray's Landscaping 707-975-1267
$20 &Up Haul, Mow, Trees
Large, Small, Prune, Trim, Shrubs,
Gutters, Clearing, Fire Control Etc.
Total Cleanup! Greg 526-3381
LANDSCAPE
GARDENING / ROTOTILLING
707 529-3008
DRAINAGE, SEASONAL CLEANUP,
Yard Maintenance, Irrigation,
Landscape Design, Planting,
Pavers, Etc. License# 907659 -
Free Estimate. (707) 303-5362
Sonoma County
Movie Trivia:
Q: Bodega Bay is best known for
what classic movie?
A: The Birds
PETALUMA ARGUS-COURIER • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2018
LANDSCAPE
GARDENING / ROTOTILLING
SONOMA COUNTY'S BEST VALUE
www.landzen.co 707 591-1629
LOPEZ GARDEN & MAINTENANCE
Ins'rd, Refs. avail. Roses and Fruit
Tree pruning, Gutters. Brand New
Fence Install/Repair. (707) 236-4092
MASONRY
ELEGANT MANTELS
EMBELLISH YOUR FIREPLACE
Wood fireplace mantels
Custom built & Installation
Call/Text Eric (707) 734-3959
MASSAGE THERAPISTS
9550 Main Street, Ste B
Penngrove, 795-5448
MOONFLOWER
MASSAGE
½ hour $5 off 1 hour $10 off
With this ad
3020 S. Rosa Ave, #G
707-528-7049
Auto buying tip:
Do a VIN check
when purchasing used autos
to verify title and history
Sonoma County
Movie Trivia:
Q: Sonoma Plaza was used to film
scenes from what 2001 comedy
starring a contestant from the
reality show “Survivor”?
A: The Animal, co-starred Colleen
Haskell, who was on the first
season of Survivor.
Check out
the real estate blog at
realestate.blogs.
pressdemocrat.com
PAINTING / WALLPAPERING
Neat, dependable, professional
Jim (707) 696-8187
PLUMBING
M.O.D. PLUMBING
Residential/Commercial
Remodels, New Construction.
Over 30 years experience. Email
modplumbingco@yahoo.com
Lic. #613550 Call (707) 242-3377
ROOFING
RON RAFFO ROOFING
Repair Specials $150 & Up
Gutter inspection & cleaning.
Free Estimates, Insured • 338-4448
TILE
Licensed Bonded and Insured:
CSLB: CA C54-711363,
CA C15-1032409
LOCALLY OWNED BY SONOMA MEDIA INVESTMENTS
TREE SERVICE
FERNANDEZ TREE SERVICE
Tree pruning, shaping or
removal, shrubs & limbs, stump
grinding & removal, cleanup
& maintenance. Free Estimates
707 623-3438 Lic# 973424
Trimming, Shaping,
Lot Clearing, Tree Removal.
All About Trees. Lic# 919955
Office (707) 544-3286
Cell (707) 481-8158
TREE PRUNING
All Aspects of Tree Service &
Landscape Management
15% Senior Discount
Free Estimates, Insured
Ben (707) 975-5882
Home selling tip:
Make any minor repairs so
buyers are not distracted by
potential problems. Patch holes,
fix leaking faucets, replace
burned-out light bulbs and
touch up paint if needed.