Healdsburg Tribune July 12 2023

COUNTY PARKS CREATES PLAN FOR CLIMATE ADAPTATION, RESILIENCE

COMMUNITY INPUT

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To promote community wellbeing and a vibrant, resilient parks system, Sonoma County Regional Parks is creating a Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plan (CARP), and now seeks public input on future climate-related priorities and projects.

The comprehensive plan will help the department address anticipated climate change impacts, such as extreme heat, drought, flooding, landslide and wildfire risks, while reducing climate pollution and protecting Sonoma County’s natural and cultural resources.

As part of this planning, Regional Parks wants to hear the community’s input on actions the department can take to meet these goals by completing a short survey at SoCoParksClimate.com.

Although Sonoma County’s parks and preserves are exposed to climate risks such as wildfires and extreme heat, they also play a crucial role in protecting adjacent communities—and the county as a whole—against these risks.

For its part, the City of Healdsburg has been developing a Climate Mobilization Strategy focusing on key measures and actions that will be most impactful in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The Climate Mobilization Strategy will provide a framework of strategies, measures and actions to pursue for the city to achieve greenhouse gas reductions, in support of state and regional carbon goals.

An Open House will be held Wednesday, July 26, from 6-7:30pm at the Healdsburg Community Center, 1557 Healdsburg Ave. For more

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‘Songwriters in Paradise’ Serves Up Wine and Song

SECOND YEAR OF ANNUAL SIP MUSIC FESTIVAL SET FOR HEALDSBURG

By Anne Ward Ernst

Songwriters in Paradise, a so-far barely-known, exclusive music and wine festival that is coming to Healdsburg for its second year, is a curated experience akin to having a backstage pass where one gets to know the inside stories and jokes.

It’s one of those “you had to be there to understand” kinds of experiences.

Colloquially-known as SIP, the event is the brainchild of Patrick Davis, a singer-songwriter whose songwriting chops include nearly 80 songs recorded by the likes of Guy Clark,

Jimmy Buffet and Jewel.

SIP, which limits ticket sales to 150, first started in the Bahamas when Davis invited a bunch of his songwriting friends to join him at a gig. A few would take the stage in a “songwriters in the round” style and take turns telling the stories behind the lyrics of the song they were about to play. “It’s like the Bluebird Café of the West,” Davis said, referring to the music joint in Nashville where stars such as Taylor Swift, Faith Hill and Garth Brooks got noticed.

SIP got the attention of some Napa Valley folks who persuaded Davis to bring it to wine country. Nobody had to twist Davis’ arm. SIP Napa— the most recent in April— and SIP Healdsburg— coming July 19-22—are

held at premium wineries where attendees enjoy that winery’s wine paired with food prepared by topnotch local caterers.

The quality of the wine and food is on par with the caliber of artists Davis lines up. He’s got friends in high places. But some of the names of the singer-songwriters may not be household names even to a music aficionado.

Repeat SIPers include

Tim Nichols, who is in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and recipient of multiple BMI songwriting awards, including a Grammy for the song “Live Like You Were Dying” that he co-wrote with Tim McGraw, as well as other accolades galore.

Matraca Berg, another Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee, performed at her first SIP in April. One of her more

famous songs, “Strawberry Wine,” was named Country Music Award Song of the Year for 1997 and nominated for a Grammy, as was her 2007 song, “I Don’t Feel Like Loving You Today.” SIP Healdsburg’s lineup is equally as impressive as what Nichols and Berg brought to SIP Napa.

Among those on the list is Kristian Bush of

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ANYONE FOR TEN – ER, PICKLEBALL?

NEW COURTS GIVE CREDIBILITY, PLAYING SPACE TO GROWING SPORT

By Christian Kallen

Four brightly colored new courts at Healdsburg

High—two shades of blue with green between the game areas—are a highly visible sign that pickleball has reached a critical threshold in town, with a dedicated city-sponsored center for the ever-growing legion of players in Healdsburg.

If the name is funny, the sport is no joke. Pickleball, played on a downscaled tennis court, dates back to 1965 when by all accounts it was invented at a Bainbridge Island summer home in Washington

State by cobbling together equipment, and rules, from tennis, badminton and ping pong.

Now the number of players in the country is easily in the millions— USA Pickleball estimated five million in 2020, while other organizations put the number even higher. Locally there are about 100 actively playing the sport in Healdsburg, and a lot of casual interest.

Don’t expect them all to converge on the new courts at the same time, however, said Anita Kratka, a Healdsburg pickleball advocate. “The core group was about 30 playing every day. And probably mostly on most days it was 15 to 20. Now with the new courts, I do see that population growing, which is great,” she said.

One will often find her at the high school courts, helping organize and coordinate and generally being a cheerleader for the sport. She herself first started playing about five years ago—the widely-accepted point of origin for the sport locally.

“My husband and I had been playing tennis, but we injured ourselves,” she said—toes, knees, rolled ankles, the usual ailments of active aging people (she is 67, her husband Ken 71).

“We were both like, what are we going to do?

Then two of my sisters who had started playing down in Southern California said, ‘You gotta try this, Anita,’” said Kratka. She went down to Finley Park in Santa Rosa to try it

Photo by Brooke Stevens Photography

Photo courtesy of Ariel Kelley

were, from left,

Manager Jeff Kay,

Attorney Samantha Zutler and Mayor Ariel Kelley.

THREE ON A STAGE Marc Broussard, Patrick Davis and William Beckmann at Robert Young Winery during SIP Healdsburg, 2022.

The quality of the wine and food is on par with the caliber of artists Davis lines

Healdsburg Museum

The new exhibit at the museum, “We Are Not Strangers Here: AfricanAmerican Histories in California and Healdsburg,” opens on Thursday, July 20, at 11am. The museum is located at 221 Matheson St., open 11am-4pm Wednesdays through Sundays.

Guitar Guru Leo Kottke, an acoustic guitarist with a modest yet avid following since 1969, returns to the Raven Theater on Friday, July 21. His fingerpicking style draws on blues, folk and jazz, and his singing voice has been likened to the migration call of geese. Tickets still available at raventheater.org.

Cycle Tour

A CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS IN HEALDSBURG

Raven Players

Last weekend to see Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Raven Theater. With music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, the play is a reimagining of the biblical story of Joseph and his brethren. Friday and Saturday, July 14 and 15, 7:30pm; Sunday July 16, 2pm. Visit raventheater.org for tickets.

Indie Rock Jonny Fritz brings his Dad Country discoveries to Little Saint (25 North St.), usually on Thursdays at 7pm. On July 13, see Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Leslie Mendelson.

Summer Concert

The Wood Brothers and ZZ Ward perform what might be called country soul at Rodney Strong Vineyards for their Summer Concert Series on Saturday, July 15 at 5pm, at 11455 Old Redwood Hwy. Reserved seats or

lawn blankets seating for live music, wines and food truck fare. Tickets $65-$85 at lutherburbankcenter.org.

Bollywood Blues

Akarsha “Aki” Kumar is an Indian-born blues musician now living in San Jose. On Monday, July 17 he’ll be at Elephant in the Room, 177 Healdsburg Ave., 8pm.

Farmers’ Market

Healdsburg Certified Farmers’ Market will be held Saturday, July 15 from 8:30am-noon at the

West Plaza lot. Live music and lots to shop for from local producers.

Sunday in the Plaza

Listen to David Landon’s acoustic blues from the Gazebo stage while experiencing the relaxed picnic atmosphere of the Healdsburg Plaza, from 1 to 3pm on Sunday, July 16.

Tuesday at the Plaza

Certified Farmers’ Market from 9am-12:30pm, Tuesday, July 18, at Healdsburg Plaza. At 6pm, the Gazebo and Plaza are taken over by the

North Bay band Dginn and their eclectic sound.

SIP Healdsburg

Songwriters in Paradise, a high-concept retreat also held in Napa and Cabo San Lucas, comes to Healdsburg this year between July 18-22. A limited number of tickets for premium wine selection, VIP lunch and dinner, and intimate concerts make this an “exclusive boutique songwriters festival,” according to its organizers. Information and ticket links at songwritersinparadise.com/ siphbg.

Formerly known as the Annual Healdsburg Bicycle Tour, Giro Vigneti Healdsburg from Sunrise Rotary is held out of Mill District starting at 6:30am on Saturday, July 22. The “health and wellness cycling tour” offers four distance routes, from 19.3 to 102.5 miles, all through the landscapes of the wine country. Sign up at girovignetihealdsburg.org.

GHG Open House

The City of Healdsburg has been developing a Climate Mobilization Strategy focusing on key measures and actions that will be most impactful in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. An Open House will be held Wednesday, July 26, from 6-7:30pm at the Healdsburg Community Center, 1557 Healdsburg Ave.

Sign of Summer

By Pierre Ratte

Summer is officially here. Astrological summer occurs on the solstice, the longest day of the year, which was June 21, though it varies from year to year. For instance, the summer solstice is June 20 in 2024, and June 21 in 2025. Meteorological summer, however, always begins on June 1 and ends Aug. 31.

Sort of odd that the stars determine the first day of summer, but folks looking up into the sky choose their own day to start summer. The reasoning for meteorological seasons matching the Gregorian calendar is to compare weather statistics in common increments year over year.

The beginning of summer is also informally marked by backyard barbecues and 4th of July celebrations across America. It was lovely to see Healdsburg’s fireworks celebration this year after the COVID/fire hiatus a couple of years ago.

Fun facts: There are six principal calendars in use: Gregorian, Julian, Jewish, Islamic, Indian and Chinese. The Gregorian calendar standardizes a year at 365 days, with modifications to retain accuracy. It was instituted in Catholic controlled lands by Pope Gregory in 1582.

The Julian calendar was instituted in 46 BC by Julius Caesar. It has 365 days and adds one day every four years—leap year. It is used by Eastern Orthodox churches. The current discrepancy between Gregorian and Julian calendars is 13 days.

A Jewish calendar year is about 354 days, but some years it is 384 days, owing to moon cycle starting points. Hindu calendar months have 28 days. Chinese calendar months alternate at 29 days, then 30 days, with intercalary months inserted as adjustments. Years in the Islamic calendar are either 354 or 355 days long.

Photo by Fred Aube

DGIIN THE BAND The Bay Area band Dgiin will bring their mystical gypsy jazz hoe-down sound to Tuesday in the Plaza on July 18.

poking their way through dried grasses near Barbieri Park, are also known by their common name, ‘Herald of Summer’ or ‘Farewell to Spring.’

Summer in Full Swing at the Library

With this in mind, our Social Services Fair helps provide access to services all in one place and time. We had excellent participation and community attendance at the event.

We are excited to announce that our next Social Services Fair is July 20, from 3–5pm. This time, we are expecting Alliance Medical Center, Buckelew, Legal Aid, Micah’s Hugs, NAMI, Providence Medical Group, Reach for Home, Redwood Empire Food Bank/CalFresh and Ruthless Kindness.

We hope you, or someone you know, will come by the library then so that you can learn about or get set up for services with one of these important programs. The library hopes to provide this series every other month, and will look for feedback on whether that is meeting our community needs.

Friday Flicks

WEEKDAY FREE LUNCH, FRIDAY MOVIES AND READING PROGRAMS

By Jon Haupt

It’s the middle of summer, and every day is a whirlwind of activity at the Healdsburg Regional Library. We enjoy seeing our local families

take advantage of the free lunch program every weekday from noon to 12:30pm, We have hosted extremely popular programs for families, such as Mike the Magician and storyteller Diane Ferlatte. Our teen programs continue to be successful, and we had great numbers for cooking with Jill the Veggie Queen and our Healdsburg Jazz presentation.

If you haven’t already, you can sign up for Summer Reading for all ages at the library or with the Beanstack app for iOS or Android. Read for several hours, and you can win free books and be entered into a drawing for additional prizes.

Services Fair

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In mid-May at the library, we hosted our first Social Services Fair. This event provided an opportunity

for community members to connect with important social services without leaving Healdsburg.

Oftentimes, our neighbors need to get one service set up before they can access another, and that can mean travel from place to place. Given the difficulty of transportation for many, not to mention other roadblocks—we all know that the unexpected strikes, well, unexpectedly.

Another fun experience we restarted this summer is our Friday Flicks, a movie series in our meeting room. While our community patiently awaits the opening of a new movie theater in 2024, we are happy to offer free movies.

The library has a public performance license that allows us to select movies from a list to display; we have restrictions on advertising, however, that make it hard for us to broadcast the movie titles. So our best suggestion is to pop by the library anytime we are open to get a list of upcoming movies.

To give readers an idea of what sort of movies we screen, recently we have shown Shrek Puss in Boots—The Last Wish, Bad Guys and Wonder During the summer, our movies play at 1pm after the end of Lunch at the Library. We plan to continue showing movies throughout the year, most likely Friday afternoons after school gets out. And we encourage you to check in about that later this summer.

Rising Numbers

Not only have our programs been well-attended, but our door count numbers are still rising since we reopened a couple of years ago. We are pleased to report that our monthly attendance numbers are about 85–90% of our pre-pandemic in-person counts.

Even more promising is that, during the shelter-in-place portion of the pandemic, our inperson numbers plummeted to zero, while use of downloadable eBooks and eAudiobooks skyrocketed—and our digital numbers continue to be very high while our in-person numbers have mostly returned to normal.

We’re all grateful for our engaged, cheerful community that uses the library throughout the year. We look forward to seeing you next time you visit.

Jon Haupt is the branch manager of the Healdsburg Regional Library, 139 Piper St., open daily.

Photo by Jon Haupt

STORYTIME Children’s librarian Charity Anderson gives a reading to preschoolers and their parents at a recent Storytime at Giorgi Park.

Leo Kottke Returns to the Raven

GUITARIST, VOCALIST BRINGS ACOUSTIC MASTERY BACK TO HEALDSBURG

By Christian Kallen

The last time Leo Kottke came to Healdsburg was over three years ago—on March 7, 2020. If the date rings a certain bell, it’s because exactly one week later everything changed:

COVID was declared a pandemic, and most public gatherings in Healdsburg and indeed many places were shut down for almost two years.

Kottke’s concert came two days after a soldout Charlie Musselwhite show at the Raven. And aside from a couple performances of a Raven Players production (Love a la Carte), it was the last live event at the theater until October 2021, 19 months later, when Todd Snider and Lily Winwood snuck in with a show. Those attending may

remember the 2020 show as, perhaps not surprisingly, haunting. “Leo is great to work with, a masterful artist, and the audience was really impressed with the show,” recalls Tom Brand, general manager of the Raven.

In the intervening three years, Kottke, like most touring artists, has had to contend with the impact of the pandemic: reduced income, reduced opportunity, reduced audiences. He has not released any new music since that year’s

Noon—his third collaboration with Phish bassist Mike Gordon—and even that album was his first in 15 years.

But with his upcoming Raven concert, Kottke announces he’s back: He follows his local appearance with two nights at Berkeley’s Freight & Salvage, then continues on the road to Portland, Boulder and beyond for the rest of the summer.

To say Kottke is just a cult guitarist falls short of his impact. Though hardly a household name, people who know the songs “Eight Miles High” or “Sweet Emotion” are more likely to know versions by the Byrds or Aerosmith. But one could argue in all seriousness that his versions are better. They are certainly more evocative, and have become something akin to hits for his loyal audience.

Ironically, all feature his casual baritone, a voice that he himself likened (in a quote that’s

followed him around like a lingering aroma for decades) to “geese farts on a muggy day.” That self-appraisal dates to his first album, entirely instrumental, performed on 6-string and 12-string guitar and released on John Fahey’s Takoma label in 1969.

Both Fahey and Kottke were part of the first wave of what later became known as Americana, with their roots in traditional music enhanced by a modern intelligence and sophistication. Fahey, who died in 2001, was foundational in the American primitive style of music that Leo Kottke has come to personify.

He followed that debut with his first on a major label, Mudlark (Capitol Records, 1971), which featured “Eight Miles High.” His version boldly kidnapped a radio hit and turned it into something even more mysterious, psychedelic if one will, an

acoustic tour-de-force that became an underground radio hit.

That song was followed by “Louise” from 1972’s Greenhouse and “Pamela Brown” from 1974’s Ice Water, both of which solidified his standing as a singer-guitarist, perhaps to everyone’s surprise.

Though indubitably a solo artist, Kottke has recorded three albums with Mike Gordon, bassist for the band Phish— their debut pairing Clone (2002), the calypsoinfluenced Sixty Six Steps (2005) and most recently Noon (2020).

Throughout his career, Kotke, now 77, has performed despite hearing loss that dates back to his years in the U.S. Naval Reserve. His own style has impacted his health as well: Severe tendonitis from his picking style that developed in the 1980s led him to change his playing techniques, but it didn’t noticeably reduce his output. He released 10 albums between 1981 and 1999.

The music world may have moved on—his absence from recording roughly corresponded to the rise of Taylor Swift— but the basis of Kottke’s talent and appeal is his bedrock musicality, rooted in the complex rhythms and harmonics of his compositions and adaptations. His live concerts are characterized not only by his complex playing and surprising repertoire but his wry humor. He may not be as funny as Todd Snider, but he’s a heck of a lot better guitar player than he is—or, for that matter, almost anybody else.

Leo Kottke appears solo at the Raven Theater, 115 North St., Healdsburg, at 8pm on Friday, July 21. Tickets $40 at raventheater.org.

Photo by David Barnum

6-STRING GUITAR Leo Kottke pioneered the ‘American primitive’ style of guitar artistry, along with John Fahey.

Photo by Jake Cudek

ALONE ON STAGE Leo Kottke plays to the room during a recent concert. He will be at the Raven in Healdsburg on July 21.

Pickleball

out. “I was hooked the moment I started playing. I just absolutely loved it. I came home and told Ken, ‘We’ve got to play pickleball,’” she recalled.

Mathieu Isaacs, who took over from Kratka as the USA Pickleball ambassador for Healdsburg about two years ago, assumed the challenge of promoting the sport locally. “We embarked on the campaign to persuade parks and rec and the city to develop pickleball courts in Healdsburg,” said Isaacs.

Unlike tennis, its primary antecedent, pickleball is less a game of endurance than reflex and hand-eye coordination. The rules are similar enough to tennis (and its other related precursors, badminton and ping pong) that it’s fairly easy enough to pick up. This explains its rapid growth not only locally, but nationally and even worldwide.

In September 2018, the city’s Parks and Recreation Commission voted unanimously to support pickleball facilities in town, citing the “growing interest in the sport, our aging community, and the need to provide opportunities for age-friendly activities.”

Shortly afterward, the City Council too saw the value in active sports for an aging local population and began to find dedicated courts where locals could play. During a resurfacing project, the tennis courts at Giorgi Park were given added blue striping to define the 44-by-20-foot pickleball playing areas.

Then Mark Themig, the city’s community services director, offered to tape a pickleball court in the Community Center’s Multi-Purpose Room, which could be reserved for midday hours during the week.

“They brought it to us, and we said, of course we’d love to have the indoor court,” said Kratka. “We still get it every winter, which is fantastic.”

Restriped tennis courts are one thing, but dedicated pickleball courts are the goal. There are currently several private courts at personal residences, at The Ruse on Grove Street and at Fitch Mountain Villas. There are also two courts at Montage Healdsburg, though they are now closed to non-guests.

But the big win for local pickleballers was the recent conversion of the two tennis courts at the high school into the four pickleball courts that officially launched recently. Though they had been in use with temporary striping for a couple years before that, the sports courts often went unused by students.

“We were happy to partner with the city on the new courts,” said Healdsburg Unified School District Superintendent Chris Vanden Heuvel. “First, the tennis courts that were replaced were not regulation sized for competition and thus not usable beside for practice.” Assured that there were still enough tennis courts for student use, Vanden Heuvel was more than willing to support the repurpose of the courts.

“Our PE teachers were

ecstatic when we discussed the possibility, as they have a pickleball unit every year,” said the superintendent. He also said, “There is a strong possibility that pickleball could become a CIF (California Interscholastic Federation)-sanctioned sport in the future, given its tremendous growth and popularity.”

“We’ve been hearing from the pickleball community for some time about their need for additional public courts,” said city manager Jeff Kay. “The partnership with the school district and the pickleball community gave us an opportunity to get it done at the high school relatively quickly and cost effectively.”

More Courts in the Works?

With donations through the nonprofit Sonoma County Pickleball Club, local players raised $6,500 in a matter of weeks. The balance was funded by the city, said Kay, putting the total cost at $56,500. The work was performed by an outside contractor that specializes in court resurfacing.

The courts were inaugurated recently by a passel of city employees— including Mayor Airel Kelley, Kay, city attorney Samantha Zutler and several members of the community services department. Although some pickleball loyalists were disappointed they weren’t

invited to the opening, Kay said, “We wanted to get out and take some pictures while the courts were pristine.”

With the rising number of pickleball players in town, there may be a need for more courts. “Courts at the school are sort of a band-aid until the two new parks are built, where there will be new, pickleball specific courts to answer the growing need,” said Chris Herrod, a former member of the Parks and Recreation Commission now sitting on the City Council.

Those two new parks— a greatly expanded Badger Park and the 36-acre Saggio Hills park in development—have yet to nail

down their exact facilities, but the chances are high that pickleball courts will be included.

Though there are a growing number of pickleball tournaments, not only nationally but in other countries, for people like Isaacs and many of the senior-aged players in town, it’s not necessarily a game of champions.

“This keeps me healthy, and it’s fun,” said the 73-year-old Isaacs. “It’s just like being a kid again.”

Courts can be scheduled online at bit.ly/ HealdsburgPickleball (requires registration) at the high school, Giorgi Park and the Community Center.

COLORFUL COURT A mixed group of pickleball players makes good use of the new courts at Healdsburg High on a recent morning.

Photo by Christian Kallen

Songwriters in Paradise

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Sugarland fame. Another repeat SIPer, Bush has a list of tributes including snagging the Academy of Country Music Awards

Top New Duo or Vocal Group in 2006, followed up by winning Top Vocal Duo again in 2009 and 2010, as well as nods for the same title in 2007, 2008 and 2013. Add a couple Grammy wins to that list, too.

Bush calls himself a “Japanese experiment,” thanks to being taught the Suzuki method of music that includes private and group lessons, repetition and listening to a lot of music. He can’t remember not being able to play an instrument.

His individual accomplishments are many and include writing songs for TV, film and musicals. A prolific songwriter, Bush said writing for musicals is “exhausting” and something he never aspired to do. However, he’s on his fifth musical, an adaptation of a Christmas poem.

“Music can do magic that other things can’t do,” Bush said. “I dare you to say your ABCs without singing them.”

Music can set the tone and help guide a storyline for movies and television. Without music, the shows are bland, he said.

Bush gets much of his songwriting inspiration from conversations. It can be from something he hears on television, in a private conversation, while eavesdropping or in a public situation.

One of those times happened while he was having a drink at a lobby bar in a resort. Watching a group arrive and gather at the registration desk, he saw that one couple looked as if they weren’t experienced travelers. Bush surmised this after he saw the man leave his female companion at the registration desk, and what the man did shortly after he departed.

As is common at resorts on large bodies of water, huge windows welcome the view of the ocean and other

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information, visit Healdsburg.gov/CMS.

To guide Regional Parks’ planning for a future in the reality of a changing climate, the CARP will clarify the department’s role in mitigating the impacts of climate change in Sonoma County and prioritize projects that help Regional Parks adapt and respond to climate change, with an equity lens that prioritizes the most vulnerable communities. The CARP, once completed, will also allow

Regional Parks to prioritize projects that reduce carbon emissions and provide data that will help the county pursue funding opportunities. Multiple departments within the County of Sonoma are currently involved in planning efforts aimed at decreasing the county’s overall carbon emissions and reducing the impacts of future climate-related hazards.

These efforts also focus on maximizing the removal and storage of carbon from the atmosphere, promoting environmental

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amenities. The man Bush was watching ran to the window with that particular view, placed his hands on the railing, looked down and exclaimed, “There’s a bar with a pool in it!”

“I wrote that song right there,” Bush said.

Bush has played in large arenas for thousands of fans, just as David Ryan Harris, who has performed with John Mayer, Dave Matthews, Santana and Tedeschi Trucks, for example. Harris is making his second SIP Healdsburg appearance and agrees with Bush about the vibe of intimate SIP venues.

Both said they like the ability to make eye contact with audience members. They also enjoy the relaxed atmosphere. And they like playing with artists they either already know and admire, or someone they have admired and wanted to get to know. The pairing of the artists is something Davis takes to heart. SIP artists are either already his friends, or they are friends of friends.

No artist gets to perform at SIP if they don’t fit the

justice and protecting the community from risks like wildfires.

Sonoma County Regional Parks’ CARP will align with and build upon these existing initiatives. In addition to the online survey, Regional Parks will conduct in-person public outreach and collect feedback at numerous park locations.

All public input will be incorporated into a final CARP plan, which will be presented to the Board of Supervisors for approval in early 2024. Visit SoCoParksClimate. com to learn more, take the survey and sign up for future updates.

profile, which includes talent and kindness.

Harris is a writer moved by relationships—a recurring topic in his songs— and he has a plethora of genres in which he writes and performs songs. That ranges from R&B to folk, rock, indie and whatever is resonating with him at the moment. “North star” artists for him include Stevie Wonder and Prince, the influence of both present in Harris’ music. But Harris is ever-present in his own pieces, something he said both Wonder and Prince carry through all their work, too.

Joining Harris, Bush and Davis on the stage at SIP Healdsburg are Davis’ bride, Lauren Jenkins, Eric Paslay, John Driskell Hopkins— a founding member of the Zac Brown Band, Marc Bryan—a founding member of Hootie and the Blowfish, James Otto, Chris Gelbuda, Django Walker, and Johnny and Heidi Raye Bulford.

While SIP is a for-profit venture, there is always a charitable element. SIP Napa has donated more than $100,000 to organizations

such as the Boys & Girls Club of St. Helena and Calistoga, and the Rutherford Fire Department. Last year’s SIP Healdsburg donated about $50,000 between the Boys & Girls Club there, the Humane Society and the Healdsburg Education Foundation.

SIP Healdsburg will honor Hopkins (“Hop”), who was diagnosed with ALS in 2021, by making a donation to his organization,

Hop on a Cure, which is dedicated to research and raising awareness. Participating wineries include A. Rafanelli and Aperture for VIP nights, as well as Robert Young, Bella Vineyards and Wine Caves, Bricoleur and La Crema each hosting a night for performances up to 150 people. Visit SongwritersInParadise. com for passes and more information.

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 information. 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 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 to the public,

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DAY HIKER Trails in Shiloh Regional Park are used by hikers and equestrians,

many

them are also used as service roads for fire fighters and trail maintenance crews.

Photo courtesy of Sonoma County Regional Parks

SOLO ARTIST Ashely Campbell performing at Ru’s Farm (Bella Winery) during the first SIP Healdsburg, in July 2022.

Photo by Brooke Stevens Photography

Rare Thriller at Rec Park as Packers Win in 11 Innings

HEALDSBURG DEFEATS SONOMA STOMPERS IN SUMMER CLASSIC, 7-6

By Caleb Knudsen

As the Healdsburg Prune

Packers continue their dominance of the California Collegiate League’s northern division this summer, it sometimes leads to a certain predictability in the outcome. Especially when they play cross-county rivals the Sonoma Stompers, over which the Packers have demonstrated clear

Lynda Faith Brinn

“ownage,” as Giants broadcaster Mike Krukow likes to say.

The outcomes of most games in their latest series, four games between July 7 and July 10, demonstrate that ownage: 7-1 on July 8, 11-1 on July 9, 18-3 on Sunday, July 10.

But last Friday night, July 7, the HealdsburgSonoma rivalry produced a game worthy of a rivalry. Coming on the heels of a rewarding 7-2 win over the Crawdads on July 6, the Packers took the field at Rec Park, no doubt expecting another effortless triumph over the out-stomped Stompers.

September 13, 1943 - June 20, 2023

The luminous Lynda Faith Brinn left behind a loving circle of family and friends when she passed away on the eve of the summer solstice in the beautiful home she created in Healdsburg, California. The matriarch of the extended Rochman-Brinn family, Lynda was a loving spirit and a model of generosity and self-determination.

Lynda and her brother, Alan, were raised in the San Fernando Valley by her parents Lillian and Harvey, who had left their home in Chicago along with Lil’s parents, Ruby and Annie, and Lil’s brother, Mort, for the California dream.

In the 1960s, Lynda’s high school principal once told her she needed to stay in class and stop acting like Tuesday Weld. Lynda smiled, seized her power, and forged her own path. She ultimately rose in the ranks at the Santa Rosa offices of a multinational company — New Zealand Milk Products — from a temp job to become vice president with responsibility for Human Resources. Lynda’s close friendships with a beloved group of female friends and her mentoring of younger women meant that no one needed to tell Lynda sisterhood is powerful; she lived it.

Lynda’s marriage to Howard Teich led to the birth of her beloved daughter, Sara. Her joy deepened and grew when Sara gave birth to Dylan and she became the grandma known as RaRa.

In 2008, Stephen Caravello entered Lynda’s life and their loving relationship continued until Stephen’s death in December 2022. Lynda and Sara were embraced by Stephen’s extended family including his daughters, Niki, Lily, and Cassie, and their children.

Lynda’s legacy of strength, empowerment, love, and kindness will live on in her family, and the many lives she touched.

Donations can be made to the Sonoma County Jewish Film Festival—Jewish Community Center.

Vaughn Mauterer took the mound to start for the Packers, Orlando Leon Jr. for the Stompers. The both pitched ably if not spectacularly for the first couple innings but the pressure of the competition got to both of them soon enough.

The Packers scored twice in the bottom of the first, then the Stompers drew even in the top of the second. But the Packers scored in the bottom of the third to move ahead 3-2.

In the fourth inning, however, the Stompers showed some mettle. Leadoff batter Michael Bell walked, advanced to second on a ground out and then scored when Sonoma shortstop Jose Ruiz tripled. That smash was followed by a single from Nathan Brasher, scoring Ruiz and driving Mauterer to the dugout with the stain of a two-run inning on his record.

Reliever Carter Benbrook put the brakes on the rally, but the damage was done, and the Stompers were basking in the glow of a rare lead over the Packers, 4-3.

In the sixth inning, they extended that lead as Bell scored for the second time in the game. Fans in the Clarence Ruonavaara Grandstands were practically in shock to see the hometown Prune Packers on the short end of the 5-3 score

For their part, the Sonoma squad was now standing on the sidelines, cheering every pitch and rooting on their teammates toward what they hoped would be an upset, beating the Packers in Healdsburg— a feat unheard of in 2023.

That didn’t last long, however. Healdsburg scored twice in the bottom of the seventh, a rally kicked off by Stompers’ second-baseman Bell adding an error to his gameday stats that allowed Alex Leopard to reach first. Leopard took second on a walk to Christian Almanza, then stole third to get just 90 feet away from home. Cameron Nickens’ single pushed him across to make the score 5-4.

With only one out, Connor Charpiot walked to load the bases, and the Stompers decided it was time to switch pitchers, calling up Nicholas Rodriguez in relief. He struck out Peyton Schulz to finally get an out, then walked Packers slugger Will Hodo to push in Almanza for the second score of the inning. Game tied, 5-5.

Two successive short foul pop-ups to the Stompers catcher Omar Gastelum proved an anti-climactic ending to the inning and the Packers rally fell short as they left three men on base with the final out.

The tension built as the two teams remained scoreless for the next two innings, forcing the game into extra innings on the 5-5 tie. The tenth inning was no decider either, as both teams scored a run— the Stompers’ Xabier Iparraguirre scampering home on a sacrifice fly, and the Packers’ Travis Sanders coming across on a passed ball.

The long summer day was actually darkening as the 11th inning began, the score tied at 6-6. Although the overtime rules put a runner on second to start, the Stompers found themselves facing reliever Devin Kirby, who struck out two out of the three batters he faced. With Cameron Nickens in scoring position on second to start the bottom of the 11th, Robbie Hamchuck took a walk and Peyton Schulze beat out a single to load the bases with nobody out.

Hayden Hall of the Stompers then gave up his fourth walk in two innings,

this one to Hodo. Nickens trotted home with the winning run to end a tense marathon of wine country baseball as the Prune Packers won it, 7-6 in 11 innings. Following the midseason break, the Packers meet the Menlo Park Legends for three straight games at Rec Park on July 14, 15 and 16, before starting another three-games series against CCL rivals the Lincoln Potters on July 18. Healdsburg’s Recreation Park is at Piper and University streets. Weekday game time 6pm, Sunday games at noon. Admission is $8 or $15 for two, children are free.

MAKING CONTACT Prune Packers outfielder Will Hodo, the team's RBI leader, puts the knock on a pitch for a double during Rec Park action on Sunday, July 9.

READY TO RUN Will Hodo takes a lead off third as Stompers pitcher delivers during the July 9 game at Rec Park. The Packers on that date won easily, 11-1.

Photos by Christian Kallen