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HOUSE FIRE TAKES A LIFE
1865 –June 16, 2022
Healdsburg, California Healdsburg, California
Date, Date, 20202020
VICTIM WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED AT FIRE NEAR DOWNTOWN By Christian Kallen
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Photos by Katherine Martine
Just before 8am on Thursday morning, June 9, a fire broke out in an older home on Prince Street near downtown Healdsburg, which proved fatal to a resident and several pets. The house, built in 1910, a three-bedroom wood frame structure with a walk-up front porch, sustained considerable damage of between $500,000 and $1 million, according to Healdsburg’s Fire Chief Jason Boaz, and would need to be completely rebuilt. There were no operational smoke alarms or overhead sprinklers in the 112-year old home. The deceased was identified as Chase McCann, 26, of Healdsburg. He was located in one of the bedrooms and was unresponsive at that time. McCann had developmental disabilities, according to public information. First to arrive on the scene was the Healdsburg Fire Department, with division chief Lance McDonald. “The first crews made a quick attack,” said McDonald. “Our second Healdsburg unit arrived shortly after assigned for search and rescue. They went in behind the first crew and pretty quickly located a victim and immediately removed him.” One of the fire responders suffered burn injuries from the high heat of the fire. McDonald said the other residents had apparently escaped uninjured. McDonald said the victim was pronounced deceased at the scene. The heavy smoke inside the home led to suspicions of asphyxiation, but as yet no official cause of death has been released. Nor has any official cause of the fire, which gutted much of the ground floor of the home. An attached two-story structure to the rear sustained damage as well.
HATS OFF Meet the graduating class of 2022.
Healdsburg High School Celebrates Grads CLASS OF 2022 HAS ITS DAY By Katherine Martine
Under a sizzling June sun, parents, teachers, family and friends celebrated the 117 students of the Healdsburg High School graduating class of 2022. This is a class that not only has successfully completed years of schooling in order to move on to a new chapter, but has also weathered a tumultuous four years of floods, wildfires, power outages and the COVID-19 pandemic. Amid toasty temperatures of high to mid- 90s, the school’s 130th commencement ceremony was held on June 10 at 7pm at the Healdsburg High School turf field and was live streamed for folks viewing the festivities at home. “I am extremely proud of the Class of 2022. They weathered through years of unimaginable tragedies. I have found the Class of ’22 to be innovative, kind, compassionate and overall leaders. I cannot wait to see where their lives unfold,” said Healdsburg High School principal Amy JonesKerr, who had to sit out
the ceremony due to an unforeseen illness. As attendees took their seats, the graduates— decked out in Hounds’ red caps and gowns—lined up to make their way onto the field. Many sported colorful leis around their necks, some wore sunglasses and others carried bottles of water and hand fans in an effort to ebb the heat. Healdsburg High School art teacher Linus Lancaster kicked off the ceremony with a bagpipe processional followed by a rendition of “Pomp & Circumstance” by the Healdsburg High School band, which played in the background as the graduates made their way onto the field. Since Jones-Kerr had to stay home, assistant principal Francisco Manriquez took her place in welcoming graduates and attendees. “To our graduates, this is your time to shine and this is your moment,” Manriquez said. Manriquez thanked the teachers, counselors and staff who’ve helped the students in reaching the milestone that is high school graduation. He also thanked the teacher of the year, Mike Domenichelli,
who teaches physical education. “Graduates, if I could leave you with one message to take home tonight, the message is to be grateful and thankful for what you have. Stop and think, ‘what do I have that others do not have in their life.’ I actually do have a few more messages for you to take home,” Manriquez said. “They are as follows: The people you know and the books you read are what make you successful. Don’t take things personal, get things in writing, ask for clarification.
Many sported colorful leis around their necks, some wore sunglasses and others carried bottles of water and hand fans in an effort to ebb the heat. Words create emotion, so be mindful of what you say. If you fail, so what? Keep going.” While the school does not select a valedictorian and salutatorian, it does select two student speakers.
The first student speaker was Isabella Garcia Figueroa. Figueroa thanked the class of 2022 and said as a freshman, she was shy, walking through the halls with her head down, but now she ➝ Celebrates Grads, 2
BLING Students festoon their graduation gowns in their own style.
SECOND CENTURY OF BASEBALL BEGINS AT REC PARK SEN. MCGUIRE THROWS FIRST PITCH By Christian Kallen
Christian Kallen
GAME TIME A Prune Packer packs a wollop behind the ball.
It was another hot June afternoon in Healdsburg, but the crowds streamed in nonetheless to Recreation Park for the season opener between the San Francisco Seals and the hometown’s own, the
Healdsburg Prune Packers. State Sen. Mike McGuire, a Healdsburg native, threw out the first pitch. Some said it looked something like a strike from certain angles, but for the 42-year-old politician— the majority leader in the California State Senate, former assemblyman, former county supervisor ➝ Baseball Begins, 6