The Healdsburg Tribune
NEW 7-MEMBER COMMISSION TO INCLUDE YOUTH MEMBER
By Christian Kallen
Starting next year, a new city commission will take its place in the structure of local government—an Arts and Culture Commission, to join the Planning Commission, Parks & Recreation Commission and Senior Citizens Advisory Commission as an advisory body to review policies and programs under its purview.
The City Council evaluated the final draft of a proposed structure for the body from Mark Themig, the community services director, at the Monday, Aug. 19, meeting. The development of the commission took five years, dating to 2019 when the city launched an “arts and culture master planning process,” led by a communitybased Creative Leadership Team, an ad hoc group of almost 30 members.
A consultant, the Cultural Planning Group, also helped develop the master plan.
That Creative Leadership Team, or CLT, held a number of community meetings and discussions in 2019 into 2021, leading to the City Council’s adoption of the Arts and Culture Master Plan in August 2021. Since that time, city staff continued to work with the CLT to develop an implementation plan. The proposal for the Arts and Culture Commission represents the latest step by the CLT and city in this implementation.
At the Monday meeting, three members of the
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TAIT DANHAUSEN IS BACK IN TOWN AFTER 15 YEARS IN TENNESSEE
By Simone Wilson
Last Thursday was the first day of school for the Healdsburg Unified School District. After two and a half months of hibernation, campus hallways and schoolyards once again exploded with life. And at Healdsburg High School on Prince Avenue, where art teacher Linus Lancaster greeted fellow staff and students with his signature bagpipe performance in a kilt, a fresh but familiar face showed up for his first day as principal: 44-yearold Tait Danhausen, HHS Class of 1998.
“We are very excited to welcome Tait Danhausen back to HUSD,” Superintendent Chris Vanden Heuvel told the Tribune last week. “He grew up here, graduated from HHS and … wanted to give back to the community that invested in him.”
The high school’s new
principal is a fifth-generation Sonoma County native—and third- or fourth-generation Healdsburg native—who’s been overseeing a charter-school system in Tennessee called LEAD Public Schools for the past decade and a half. He now returns home to fill what has become something of a musical principal’s chair at HHS, which has churned through three different principals over the past four years.
District officials hope this time will be the charm. The outgoing principal, Francisco Manriquez, only stayed for one year, stepping down due to “personal reasons,” according to Superintendent Vanden Heuvel. His predecessor, Amy Jones-Kerr, departed after two years to take a promotion as superintendent of the Rincon Valley School District in Santa Rosa. Before that, Bill Halliday served four years as HHS principal after a long stint at the junior high.
Danhausen believes the trend will stop with him. Speaking to the Tribune from his new office on the
teacher workday before the first day of school, his sleeves rolled up and his brow glistening from hours of backto-back meetings, he said that returning to his hometown of Healdsburg, now with a wife and kids in tow, was “always the goal.”
He added: “Turnover is hard, right? You want someone who is going to be here long-term. That’s the plan.”
Danhausen comes from a long line of local educators. Two of his grandparents taught within Healdsburg’s public school system for decades, and his mom taught at the Mark West Union School District just south of town.
“I was at the district kickoff and three people in the transportation department came up to me and said, ‘I had your grandpa as a teacher at the junior high,’” Danhausen said. “And then I was talking to Kim Thompson, the head of the Boosters, and I didn’t know this, but he’s related to my grandpa. He’s a second cousin. Like, we are literally related.”
Danhausen joins a new wave of fired-up HHS
SIMONE SAYS A BRIEF RUNDOWN OF WHAT ELSE IS COOKING IN LOCAL BIZ
By Simone Wilson
Here are some highlighted stories from recent ‘Healdsburg Today’ e-blasts.
A childcare center and preschool just opened in town. It’s an outpost of the YWCA at the Healdsburg Community Center— the org’s sixth location in Sonoma County, and the first to accept infants. “The center offers year-round care, Monday through Friday, from 7:30am to 5:30pm, with half-day options available from 9am to 12pm,” the city says. “Don’t delay! Email
alumni returning home to pour their skills back into the school that raised them—including new football coach Criss Rosales, Class of 2013, and recently hired math teacher Matthew Lopez, Class of 2017.
Lopez said he loves that the school’s new principal is another alum. “I find it wonderful that we have such a wide range of alumni at HHS who are teaching the next generation of Healdsburg students,” he said. “In my interactions so far, Tait has been an approachable listener; it’s nice.”
Football coach Rosales, too, said he was heartened to see the new principal “asking questions regarding logistics, goals and how we can improve in certain coachesto-admin processes.”
Superintendent Vanden Heuvel said of hiring Danhausen: “While he’s been out of the community for a while, his historical knowledge and dedication to the students and parents of Healdsburg elevated him above the rest of our applicants. I am confident that Mr. Danhausen will provide dynamic and
enrollment@ywcasc.org to secure your child’s spot in this nurturing and enriching program.” Healdsburg is also getting a new dance studio. And it’s inside a barn at a flower farm! A local group called the Healdsburg Dance Collective, founded by four ex-pro dancers early last year, is building out its own physical space. Sounds like a pretty idyllic setup: The studio will be located inside a converted barn on the Dragonfly Farm & Floral property on Westside Road, everyone’s favorite local flower emporium. The collective is planning a big “studio reveal” and fundraising event to help with finishing touches on Sept. 7 at the farm. Attendees are encouraged to “wear their favorite twirly, s parkly dance wear and try out their own moves in the new studio.”
consistent leadership for our high school for many years to come.” Danhausen’s education and career have taken him from San Diego to New York City to the Bay Area to Nashville, where—according to Healdsburg’s superintendent of schools—he was “able to transform two middle schools from being identified by the state as low performing to high performing.” The superintendent said he heard from some of Danhausen’s former colleagues that he was “one of the strongest, most dynamic principals they had worked with.”
He also served for many years as an English-as-aSecond-Language (ESL) teacher and administrator at schools with large Latino populations, like HHS. Danhausen said he’s excited to bring everything he’s learned back to Healdsburg. “We can really use those lessons from there—the way we communicated with families and built community and built trust,” he said. “If that’s something we need to do here, we’re ready for it.”
Our new downtown movie theater might not be far off, either. At last, construction kicked off this month on the True West Film Center near the plaza, behind the old Bear Republic brewpub space. The two-story theater, which will show a mix of artsy and mainstream films on three screens, is reportedly now slated to open sometime next year. “This is the start of more than just a movie theater— this is a revolution,” the True West team writes on Facebook. Showbiz, baby! The Healdsburg Museum’s latest exhibit is an ode to Fitch Mountain The exhibit—called “Trails to Fitch Mountain: The Land. The People. The River.”—takes a deep and interactive dive into the history, culture and nature that makes our little mountain so magical. Check it out ➝ Simone Says, 6
Photo by Christian Kallen
HOUND AGAIN The high school’s homegrown new principal, Tait Danhausen, says he’s ready to re-establish his roots in Healdsburg.
Photo by Simone Wilson
SELFIE Simone Wilson produces the email newsletter ‘Healdsburg Today,’ for the Healdsburg Tribune.
GOINGS ON AROUND TOWN THIS WEEK & NEXT
Fitch Mountain
The Healdsburg Museum
continues its newest exhibition, “Trails to Fitch Mountain,” about the human and natural history of our local landmarks, the mountain and the river, until Oct. 13. Free admission, Wednesdays through Sundays, 11am to 4pm, 221 Matheson St.
First Dance
Mercy & the Heartbeats, a pop dance band much on call for Wine Country weddings, plays the Windsor Town Green on Thursday, Aug. 22. The Farmers’ Market starts at 5pm, the music plugs in from 6-8pm.
Hotel Art Maria de Los Angeles’ new mural on glass will premiere with a celebration at Harmon Guest House, 227 Healdsburg Ave., on Friday, Aug. 23, 2-4pm. See our preview.
Alt-Indie
Reggae-Rock
Surfer Girl and BoonFire play this week at Clover -
dale’s Friday Night Live show, Aug. 23. Street fair 6pm, live music 7-9:30pm. One more week to go for this summer favorite.
White Light
Geoff Whyte presents a one-man percussion and vocal show at Furthermore on Friday, Aug. 23, from 5-8pm. Could be like something you’ve never seen before. Never
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a cover, always cool music and good wine at Furthermore Wines, 328-A Healdsburg Ave.
Dream On
The band we didn’t know we needed comes to Coyote on Friday night—the all-female Aerosmith tribute band, Ragdolls. 8pm show, $25 tickets at Coyote Sonoma, 44-F Mill St. History Talks
Healdsburg Museum docents bring the past to life with these Saturday talks at the Gazebo. From 1010:30am an introductory program, “From Pomo Village to Destination Healdsburg,” followed by an hour-long deeper dive into the history of Healdsburg.
Farmers’ Market
Drop by the Healdsburg Farmers’ Market at North Street and Foss Creek on Saturday, Aug. 24, from 8:30am to noon, and/or on Tuesday morning from 9am to 12:30pm in the Plaza, for the best local produce in the area.
Cloverdale Stage
Our Lady of the Tortilla holds its final performances this weekend at the Cloverdale Performing Arts Center, Saturday at 7:30pm and Sunday at 2pm. Tickets $20 general, $15 students/ seniors at cloverdaleperformingarts.com.
Jazz Trio
Standards and a few originals from Robb Fisher on bass, Ben Stolorow on piano and Brandon Etzler on the drums at Healdsburg Hotel’s Spirit Bar. Saturday, Aug. 24, 6-9pm. No cover, partial Dry Creek Kitchen menu available, 25 Matheson St.
Brazil Camp
Mônica Salmaso, who catapulted to recognition with her 1995 album Afro Sambas, is joined by multiinstrumentalist Teco Cardoso and guitar maestro and composer Guinga in a Healdsburg Jazz concert associated with Cazadero’s Brazil Camp. The concert is this Saturday, Aug. 24, at 7pm in the Paul Mahder Gallery, 222 Healdsburg Ave. Tickets $55 general, $25 students at healdsburgjazz.org.
Dgiin Popular Middle Eastern rock band Dgiin plays
LIBRARIES ARE FOR EVERYONE
Saturday, Aug. 24, at 8pm, $15 cover. The pub also has music Fridays and Sundays, sometimes Tuesdays, maybe Thursdays— check out the Elephant, 177 Healdsburg Ave., www.elephantintheroompub.com.
Newport Folk
Hayes Carll and Courtney Marie Andrews perform Tuesday from 6-10pm, Aug. 27, in a show benefiting the Newport Festivals Foundation to support music education across the country. Tickets less than $30, at the Second Story stage at Little Saint, 25 North St., www.
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Final Tuesday
New Moon on Monday, a tribute to pop band Duran Duran, will end the 2024 season of Tuesdays in the Plaza this week, Aug. 27. Vendors offer locally sourced food for sale starting at 5pm; music from 6-8pm, complimentary bike valet services available.
Planning Commission
Healdsburg’s 7-member commission examines plans from the Mill District development. Meeting Tuesday, Aug. 27, starts at 6pm at 401 Grove St.
See more at www.Healdsburg.gov/agendas.
Crushing It
Wine educator Mary Beth Vierra applies her sensory analysis to red wines in this third of three Crush Courses this month. It’s Thursday, Aug. 29, starting at 6pm at Leo Steen Wines, 43 Front St. Tickets and information at crushcoursewine.com/ red-wines-exploring-style.
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COVERS The Duran Duran tribute band, New Moon on Monday, will play familiar hits at the year’s final Tuesdays in the Plaza, Aug. 27.
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CLT rose to give endorsements of the plan—Linus Lancaster, Gayle Okumura Sullivan and Mark McMullen. “The CLT consists of six or seven remaining members who have kept things moving,” Lancaster told the Tribune. “We have met semi-regularly for the past few years.”
Commission
Structure
The make-up of a commission-level body to review arts and culture in Healdsburg, as presented by Themig, was for a sevenmember body comprised of residents of Healdsburg, each to fill three-year terms. Initially, the duration of the terms would be staggered to allow for a periodic
refreshment of the commission. The first four appointments will be for three-year terms, while the other three will serve two-year terms. Thereafter, all terms will be for three years; commissioners will serve until reappointed or a replacement is named to take their place.
The three-year term is standard for both the Parks & Recreation Commission and the Senior Citizens Advisory Commission. Planning commissioners serve four-year terms.
One of the positions is designated as “youth commissioner,” either a student 18 years or younger (presumably for local secondary school) or a full-time student under the age of 21. This requirement came under some discussion by Councilmember Ariel Kelley, who questioned why it must be a “full-time” student
under 21, since many in that age bracket must divide work and school to provide for their families.
“A lot of our economically disadvantaged families in our community, they have to work while they’re going to school because they can’t afford to just be a full-time student” Kelley said. “And so I wouldn’t want to exclude those young people from applying to be on the commission if they happen to only be a part-time student.”
Councilmember Chris Herrod addressed extending the boundary of eligible commissioners to the boundaries of the Healdsburg Unified School District, which extends beyond city limits, which is true of the Parks & Recreation Commission upon which Herrod formerly served. “I think having a broader pool
is helpful, and certainly people outside the city limits are very deeply engaged in the city,” he said.
Purpose
The purpose of the commission is to “carry out the vision, goals and strategies” of the city’s Arts and Culture Master Plan, a document finalized about a year ago. Per the Master Plan, commission duties include acting in an advisory capacity to the City Council and staff “on matters pertaining to the enrichment of the community through fine arts…”
Among the specific tasks, it will “serve as an advocate for cultural activities, community cultural programs and events… encourage the integration of art, cultural programs, and cultural events into the fabric of the City… promote arts and cultural activities of and in the city to
broaden opportunities for residents, businesses and visitors” and the like.
The complete Master Plan is found on the city’s website at www.ci.healdsburg. ca.us/891/Arts-and-CultureMaster-Plan.
“The Plan is the impetus for the commission, it’s the horse they’re going to ride on,” Herrod said. “It has all we need in it, and there’s never been any discussion at this point that something is lacking in there.”
Kelley said, “I don’t think that we only want this to be focused on, you know, high-priced ticketed events for the well heeled travelers. We want this to really be a diverse group of cultural experiences that are exhibited throughout the community.”
The budget for the commission was set at $50,000 “to facilitate
implementation of the A&C Master Plan,” with an additional $25,000 for a part-time Arts and Culture program administrator. Those amounts are in the current budget. The program administrator position is currently listed on the city website (governmentjobs.com/ careers/healdsburgca) and described as “a unique opportunity to help carry out the vision, goals, and strategies of the City’s Arts and Culture Master Plan.” The timeline that Themig outlined was, pending approval by the City Council, selection of the commissioners in November of this year, with the first meeting in January 2025. The Arts and Culture Commission will meet the fourth Wednesday of each month, in City Council chambers at 6pm.
FULL STRENGTH A photograph of the full Creative Leadership Team, or CLT, developing the Arts and Culture Master Plan in 2019.
Photo Courtesy City of Healdsburg
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Backyard Yoga With a Purpose
A TROUBLING DIAGNOSIS LEADS TO A HEALING TRADITION
By Pierre Ratte
Backyard yoga started for Shelley Gilbert in February 2020. On Valentine’s Day, around a dinner table of eight, Shelley quietly shared her Parkinson’s Disease (PD) diagnosis.
Because exercise is essential in managing Parkinson’s neurodegeneration, Shelley and a friend decided to do intense but slow exercise: yoga. Enter the pandemic. Enter the governor’s order on March 17, 2020: “Stay Home.”
“OK, I’ll stay home! I’ll stay safe! I’ll distance! I’ll be outdoors! But darn it, I’m going to do yoga!” Shelley said to herself. And that is how it started.
On Tuesday and Thursday mornings, Shelley and her yoga buddy traded lessons. They yoga’d twice a week for two years without fail. A healthful, serene way to escape pandemic fear and face progressively debilitating conditions while losing, or finding, oneself in a meditative tradition of sages for ages.
As pandemic restrictions lifted, Shelley met Sherry Harkins, the manager of a winery that formerly hosted yoga and wine classes. Why not restart those gatherings with all proceeds going to the Michael J. Fox Foundation? And so, Shelley and Sherry did. Every Monday evening, rain or shine. As pandemic restrictions faded, Shelley and Sherry’s yoga group grew and glowed. Fast forward to last Monday when, on the second anniversary of glowing gatherings, 34 people
filled Shelley’s backyard. Some had Parkinson’s, most did not. All contributed to the magic.
Since Shelley began donating, her classes have donated more than $150,000 to the Michael J. Fox Foundation. Part of that revenue was raised through an event called Foxflow,
where a group of entrepreneurs gathered around Shelley’s cause and hosted a spectacular yoga class and dance-a-thon for about 200 people at Bacchus Landing.
Fun Facts: The second annual Foxflow event will be held this Saturday, Aug. 24, 5-10pm at 14210 Bacchus Landing. Tickets are
available at www.foxflow. org. Questions? Call Shelley at (603) 359-3316. Yes, she’s that sweet—she shared her phone number! Joe, her husband, supports her in all she does.
Shelley was instrumental in reclaiming the Michael J. Fox “Tour de Fox” for Sonoma County, to
be held at the Francis Ford Coppola Winery in Geyserville on Sept. 21. Info at: www.tourdefox.org.
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SAFE SPACE Shelley Gilbert’s backyard, the scene of yoga classes in support of the Michael J. Fox Foundation.
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Boosters Deliver $74,000 for Greyhounds
FUNDS DONATED TO HIGH SCHOOL BASED ON PERATHLETE FORMULA
By Christian Kallen
The first varsity football game of the new season kicks off next Friday, Aug. 30, when the Greyhounds face the Cloverdale Eagles, a Russian River rivalry in the best sense. Whatever the result of the year’s first gridiron game at Rec Park, the halftime period is worth its weight in gold— in the form of a giant check written out in the amount of $74,160 to the high school’s athletics programs.
That’s no small change, and represents the largest single-year donation yet given by the Healdsburg Greyhound Boosters, the half-century-old organization of parents and former athletes who want to keep helping out the school’s sports.
“Our sole mission is to raise funds for every sports
team at the high school,” said Kim Thompson, one of the co-presidents of the Greyhound Boosters, along with Karen Klick. “The last 10 years, we’ve given over a half-million dollars to the high school’s sports teams.”
Members of the Healdsburg Boosters raise money throughout the year, though they do take some time off in July and August to catch their breath (and spend time with their kids). They hold an annual golf tournament at Tayman Park, solicit memberships to their organization and—most visibly—run the “Snack Shack” at Rec Park, providing quick food and drink to attendees of the football, basketball and volleyball games as well as the Future Farmers Country Fair in May.
About a third of their income comes from each source—Snack Shack, membership and golf
tournament. This year they are able to donate over $74,000 to the school’s athletes, their highest contribution yet.
The Formula They make their donations as egalitarian as possible. “There’s 17 athletic teams at the high school,” Thompson said. “So we take that $74,000 that we’re giving and we divide it by the total number of student athletes—adding up volleyball, basketball, golf, football, 17 sports in all, there’s 412 student athletes,” based on last year’s participation totals.
“And we came up with $180 per student athlete per sport,” Thompson continued. “Now in volleyball, for instance, they had 40 participants; 40 students who got to play girls volleyball, JV and varsity.” Multiply 40 by $180, and the volleyball program gets $7,200 this year.
Jonathan Nuttall, the
new coach of the varsity volleyball team, did not work with boosters at his former school, Rancho Cotate, but he immediately noticed the value that the HHS Boosters bring to the team.
“I can say that the Greyhound Boosters have been amazing for the volleyball program this season. With the funds they gave us I’m able to buy team backpacks, custom warm-ups and hopefully new jerseys so our frosh team can stop wearing scraps from years ago,” he said.
Note that the Boosters do not get income from the tickets sold to high school sporting events— that goes into the Student Body Sports Account (SBS), said Athletics Director Josh Cavanagh.
“This account pays for officials, league dues, end-ofseason awards, and covers the cost of ticket takers at sporting events.
“The district also pays for transportation, safety
items and coaching stipends for the teams,” Cavanagh added. “Each sport has their own individual account that is funded by fundraisers and boosters. Out of these accounts is where uniforms, team supplies and other sport-specific items are paid for.”
Once a Booster …
“I graduated from Healdsburg High in ’74 and played baseball and football,” Thompson said. “By the time my kids were going there, I realized how important sports were to high school athletes and to the kids at the school.”
His own two children have long since left high school. But Thompson keeps engaged with the Boosters because he’s a believer.
“We’re a small high school, but everybody, if they want to play, they get to play,” he said. “And the coaches have been fantastic about having as
many kids as they can on the program. They all may not play in the games, but they get to come and be part of that team or that organization.” And the Boosters are there to “make sure that the kids get a shirt, something to take with them when they are done with that season.”
Though only a relative handful of Boosters keep the newly remodeled Snack Shack going, there are several hundred members. Memberships are a big portion of the Booster’s contribution; they range from $20 up, and all levels include at least two membership cards, worth $2-$4 off admission at home or away games.
Thompson reminds the community that it’s the generosity of the businesses and people of Healdsburg that make the work of the Boosters work for the community. More at www.healdsburghighboosters.org.
Photo by Christian Kallen
DONATION Members of the Healdsburg Boosters present a check for $74,160 to the high school’s sports teams and coaches at the newly remodeled Snack Shack earlier this week.
Back row, left to right: Jackie Sellards, Martha Brooks, Alo Brooks, Tait Danhausen, Nova Perrill, Criss Rosales, Frank Rea, Dick Bugarske, Melissa Casas, Alexandria Espinoza, Josh Cavanagh, Tomas Morales, Sarah Henderson and Frances Evans. Front row: Barry Evans, Mark Domenichelli, Kim Thompson and Karen Klick.
Photo by Christian Kallen
ON THE RUN Hayden Mariani (3) rolls right against the Terra Linda defense in a 2023 road game for the Healdsburg Greyhounds. Mariani and many other starters will return for the 2024 football season, which begins Aug. 30 at Rec Park.
FLASHBACKS
EXCERPTS FROM BACK ISSUES OF THE HEALDSBURG TRIBUNE, AS CURATED BY THE HEALDSBURG MUSEUM
100 years ago: August 28, 1924
INGENIOUS BOOZE HIDING PLACE IN HOTEL FOUND BY RAIDING OFFICERS
Romolo Birchiolli, proprietor of the hotel at Fitch and Mason St., paid a $300 fine Monday morning as a result of a police raid on his place Saturday night, when a large quantity of liquor was seized. Officers paid a visit to the hotel at about 8:45 Saturday evening. Armed with a search warrant they sought high and low and in all sorts of places for the liquor they felt sure was somewhere on the premises.
Three-quarters of an hour later the police were beginning to feel that they had been foiled and were almost ready to give up, when the ingenious hiding place was revealed. The
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liquor was found under the stairs leading to the second story of the hotel and was reached through a step that slid easily aside when grasped just right. The police seized a 10-gallon keg and a 5-gallon demijohn containing wine and several half-gallon demijohns containing moonshine whisky and jackass.
75 years ago: August 19, 1949 NEW YORK GIANTS INVITE HEALDSBURG TO HOLD TRY-OUT CAMP HERE
Healdsburg has been invited to hold a two-day try-out camp for the New York Giants. In a letter to Art McCaffrey, Mickey Shader, San Francisco scout for the New York ball club, promised this city nation-wide publicity as well as to “give some kids a chance to get started in baseball.’’ Shader, present at the opening of the Healdsburg Ball Park under the new lights, was thoroughly impressed with Healdsburg’s baseball setup. The letter was turned over to
through early October. And alongside it, another new exhibit celebrates the 135th anniversary of the Garrett Ace Hardware store on Healdsburg Avenue. (FYI, Garrett’s will also host a customer appreciation party on Aug. 31, to close out its anniversary month.)
the Healdsburg Chamber of Commerce and a strong affirmative reply was immediately sent to Shader. Shader’s proposal came as a gratifying reward to the ball park lighting committee whose members worked to make the lights a reality. It reads in part: “Was much impressed with your ball grounds the other night. Would your city be interested in having the New York Giants hold a two-day tryout camp in Healdsburg September 10-11? All we would want is this: Ball grounds in shape and we would want publicity on camp sent out by Healdsburg to every paper within 200 miles radius. We, too, will send out publicity”. The camps in the past have produced many great players and who knows that this camp may be the start of a major league career for players that attend.
50 years ago: August 22, 1974
DRY CREEK RANCHERS WILL CLEAR JUNIOR HIGH DEBRIS FROM BANKS
West Side School’s viral “Peptoc” project is now a book. Remember that inspirational hotline, set up by local art teachers Jessica Martin and Asherah Weiss, that we could call to hear words of encouragement from students at West Side Elementary in rural Healdsburg? Organizers say the hotline has received more than 17 million calls since it was set up last year. Peptoc also grew into a postermaking project, where the students drew pick-me-up messages and hung them
RECEIPT A pre-Prohibition transaction record for a half-barrel of special whisky, at a 2% discount, dated April 5, 1913.
Dry Creek property owners who allowed T&R Excavators to dump concrete and other remains of the demolished Healdsburg Junior High along the creek banks apparently are resigned to the fact that it will have to be repaired to meet North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board standards. The debris was placed
around town—and now, their teachers have published an actual book, filled with similar messages submitted by kids across the globe. It’s called You Are Amazing Like a Rocket: Pep Talks for Everyone, From Young People Around the World. They’ll show it off at a book event at the
along three Dry Creek ranches, south of Lambert bridge. The ranchers said they had a Sonoma County Water Agency permit to use the material for bank stabilization but it apparently did not apply to all the materials dumped. The job involves dragging the debris with a backhoe to above the high water level and placing the concrete in
Copperfield’s in Santa Rosa at 7pm on Aug. 30. Oh, and for anyone having a rough day, the West Side hotline is still live and as delightful as ever: 707-8PEPTOC.
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a specified way. It is board policy that Creekside dumping be prevented because it encourages continuous dumping and leads to problems such as stream and aquatic life damage and rodent increases.
The Healdsburg Museum is open Wednesday through Sunday, 11am - 4pm, at 221 Matheson St.
Photo by Erin Meyers
BARN PARTY Healdsburg Dance Collective co-founder Tanya Knippelmeir dances in the Dragonfly barn with her daughter, Theedy.
UNDER LIGHTS A baseball game at Rec Park in 1950, the first year for night games at Healdsburg’s baseball field.
HIGH WATER The flooding of Dry Creek at Yoakim Bridge, 1957.
CRIMES AND CONCERNS REPORTED TO HEALDSBURG POLICE
Monday, August 5
• 12:04pm A 26-year-old (YO) man was stopped on a bicycle near Circle K on Healdsburg Avenue for failing to obey a traffic signal and failing to signal before turning. He was arrested and transported to county jail for burglary, theft or misappropriation of lost property, possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.
12:12pm The Reporting Party (RP) on Badger Street stated her wallet was stolen or lost at the beginning of July. Since then, her credit card was fraudulently used for a total of $13,400. An officer responded and took a report.
• 2:26pm An officer stopped a vehicle on Matheson Street for having a defective windshield or back window and for violating registration rules. A 60YO man was cited and released for driving with a license suspended for driving under the influence (DUI), violating probation, lacking proof of insurance and on an outstanding Sonoma County warrant regarding resisting arrest, battery on a peace officer and drunk driving.
3:15pm The RP at Big John’s Market on Healdsburg Avenue stated a theft occurred of a large hot-food container and a Snapple beverage valued at $28.83. The RP wanted to press charges. An officer responded and took a report.
• 5:14pm The RP at Oak Grove Apartments on Grove Street indicated that his cousin, who had been drinking, had the keys to the RP’s vehicle. His cousin would not give the keys back. Officers responded and the keys were returned to the RP.
• 5:39pm The RP on Harold Lane stated that another vehicle honked at and tailgated her because the other driver did not want to wait while the RP backed out of her driveway. The information was logged and the RP was advised to call back if the person returned to the area.
• 10:34pm A person on Grove Street at Healdsburg Avenue was seen vandalizing a concrete wall with graffiti. Officers responded, but the suspect was gone on arrival and unable to be located. A report was taken.
Tuesday, August 6
12:09am A vehicle at Villa Chanticleer on Chanticleer Way was doing donuts in the parking lot when it hit something. Officers responded, but the vehicle was gone on arrival and unable to be located. Officers did not locate the damage.
9:52am An unlicensed driver was cited at Circle K on Healdsburg Avenue.
• 9:53am The RP on Hummingbird Court spent $3,800 on Apple gift cards for someone who reached out via email. The RP filed a claim through Apple, which requested a police report. An officer responded and took a report.
7:26pm An employee in human resources and another employee, the victim, stated that on July 25 the victim was punched in the face by another employee in the director’s security office at Montage on Montage Way. That employee was suspended. The victim did not want to press charges, but wanted to speak to an officer. The victim was provided an incident number.
Wednesday, August 7
12:29am An officer stopped a vehicle for violating registration rules and speeding near the southbound off-ramp of Hwy 101 at Arata lane. A 31-YO man was arrested for false impersonation, possession of drug
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paraphernalia, possession of methamphetamine and on outstanding Sonoma County warrants regarding evading police, driving under the influence of drugs, violating probation and assault likely to produce great bodily harm. He was taken to county jail.
• 2:45pm An officer arrested a 47-YO man on Westside Road at Kinley Drive and transported him to county jail due to an outstanding Sonoma County warrant regarding violation of a restraining order and possession of drug paraphernalia.
• 4:25pm A car was stopped for speeding near World Gym on Healdsburg Avenue. A 53-YO man was arrested and released for driving with a license suspended for DUI.
5:04pm An officer saw a vehicle being driven by a driver with a license suspended for DUI on Sunnyvale Drive at Lupine Road. A 33-YO man was cited and released for violating probation.
• 7:16pm Two or three people were seen smoking out of a bong at Plaza Park on Healdsburg Avenue near the porta-potties. Officers responded and a woman fled on a bike towards Spoonbar. She was stopped by officers, admonished and released.
• 8:03pm An officer saw a 25-YO man with drug paraphernalia on Healdsburg Avenue. He was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia and on outstanding warrants regarding failure to appear in court, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of methamphetamine, resisting arrest, violating probation and trespassing.
10:40pm The RP indicated that a drunk 41-YO man at Healdsburg Liquors on Center Street threatened the RP and tried to break windows after being recently fired. The man left on foot towards CVS. The man was arrested and taken to county jail for public intoxication and disturbing the peace.
Thursday, August 8
12:01am An officer observed a vehicle speeding and driving recklessly on Hwy 101 near the Central Windsor exit. A pursuit ensued. A 43-YO man was arrested and taken to county jail for felony reckless evading and drunk driving.
• 8:43am A 36-YO man at Vineyard Plaza on Vine Street was cited and released for possession of drug paraphernalia.
10:45am A 65-YO woman at the West Plaza Parking Lot on Healdsburg Avenue was cited and released on outstanding Sonoma County warrants regarding failure to appear in court, trespassing, possession of a shopping cart, possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.
• 11:42am A vehicle was stopped for violating registration rules near Hotel Vinea on Dry Creek Road. A 40-YO woman was arrested and released to a responsible party for drunk driving, violating probation and driving while on probation for DUI.
1:01pm A 65-YO woman was cited and released near the Healdsburg Center LLC on Center Street for trespassing.
• 2:49pm The RP indicated that two men were in a physical altercation near the entrance of Tayman Park Golf Course on South Fitch Mountain Road. The RP stated that the two men were threatening to shoot each other. While officers were responding, one of the men left the scene. The officers spoke to the remaining man who denied that he threatened to shoot anyone, and did not want to press charges.
5:33pm A woman on Matheson Street at Center Street was stumbling and running into windows. The RP said there was alcohol in her purse which she was drinking. The woman’s golden retriever kept running into the street. The City of Healdsburg’s
family therapist contacted the woman’s husband, who drove her home.
• 8:10pm A vehicle that had no front license plate and did not maintain lanes was stopped near Jerry’s Valero on Dry Creek Road. A 63-YO man was arrested and taken to county jail for driving under the influence of drugs, possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Friday, August 9
12:26am The City of Healdsburg’s family therapist contacted a woman who should not have been on a property on Grove Street. He advised her to move off the property.
3:14pm The RP on Maxwell Street said that his phone and accounts had been hacked. He had documentation showing suspicious activity and did not know how much money he was defrauded. An officer met with the RP and gave advice and an incident number.
Saturday, August 10
5:28pm Graffiti was reported on Alley 1 at Fitch Street.
Sunday, August 11
2:06am An officer stopped a vehicle near Fogbelt Brewing Company on Hudson Street for violating vehicle lighting rules. A 23-YO man was cited and released on an outstanding Sonoma County warrant regarding driving without a license. A 42-YO woman was cited and released for violating probation. A 26-YO man was arrested and transported to county jail for violating probation, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of methamphetamine. 3:45am A pickup truck was doing donuts in the parking lot of Safeway on Vine Street. Officers responded and located the vehicle. A 63-YO woman and a 47-YO man were both arrested for drunk driving and taken to county jail. 11:27am The RP indicated that construction work was taking place on Tucker Street in violation of a city ordinance. An officer responded and advised a worker of the ordinance. • 6:07pm A vehicle was stopped on Healdsburg Avenue at March Avenue for missing license plates. A 51-YO woman was cited on outstanding Sonoma County warrants regarding possession of drug paraphernalia, resisting arrest and on an outstanding Marin County warrant regarding driving with a license suspended for DUI and operating a vehicle without an ignition interlock device as required due to a DUI.
Compiled by Carolyn Brenner
Photo by Christian Kallen
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