The Healdsburg Tribune 12-15-2022

The Healdsburg Tribune

AFTER 67 YEARS, A REPAIR BUSINESS HANGS UP ITS TOOLS

HEALDBURG’S E&M OPENED IN 1955, SERVICED LUMBER MILLS AND WINERIES

By Christian Kallen

There are many signs of change afoot in Healdsburg, from new restaurants under development, favorite espresso shops reappearing and multi-unit housing projects sprouting on the edges of town.

But some changes are less visible, though ultimately more significant. E&M, a 67-year-old motor repair shop, is leaving behind the business that gave it an honored place in Healdsburg history to focus instead on an increasingly successful business sector—industrial automation sales and services.

Given their trade, anyone would be forgiven for thinking that E&M stood for Electric and Machine, or some variation. In fact, the initials are those of founders Edgar Deas and his father, Mario, who in 1955 started with a small motor shop on Healdsburg Avenue, just south of the Plaza.

A few years later, they moved around the corner to 12 Matheson, where they had a service garage next to Fred Young Mortuary (where now stands The Wurst). Later still, about 1983, they left the Plaza area and took over a warehouse at the corner of Mill and East streets. It was formerly a produce-packing facility for Sunsweet, known for its prunes when Healdsburg was celebrated as “the buckle of the prune belt.”

Mario Deas is gone now, and his son, Edgar, is 86 and no longer active in the business he co-founded as a young man. His own sons,

Lew Sbrana Passes the Baton

SUNDAY’S NEW HORIZONS CONCERT FINAL OUTING FOR LONGTIME HEALDSBURG BAND LEADER

By Christian Kallen

When Lew Sbrana strikes up the band this coming Sunday afternoon at Healdsburg Community Church, it will mark the end of a remarkable career for a man who has probably touched more lives through music than anyone else in Healdsburg, and perhaps the county.

For the last time, he’ll take up the baton to lead the New Horizons Band of Sonoma County though

a holiday season concert of Christmas, Hanukkah and big band music. The band is the local chapter of an international organization of community bands made up of musicians 50 years and older—the sort of senior who may have played in high school or college but left his or her instrument behind as they moved into family and career.

For Sbrana, music has been his life, since even before he took his first school directorship in Boonville just after he left a stint in the Navy, where he played trumpet in the marching band. He graduated from Humboldt College (later Humboldt State University, now Cal Poly Humboldt) over 65 years ago. And though his first

teaching job was in Anderson Valley, he soon moved to Healdsburg, where he taught both high school and junior high students for 31 years.

During that time, he also started a community band of adults of all ages, from high school grads to senior citizens, who rediscovered their love of performing music or who never forgot it.

“I’m pretty sure it started in 1982,” he said of the Healdsburg Community Band. “A couple people contacted me about playing Christmas music, and they told me they played for a community band down in Rohnert Park. I said, ‘Oh gosh, I wish we had one here in town.’ The woman on the other end of the phone

said, ‘Why don’t you? Why don’t you start one?’ So that’s how we got off the ground.”

Though he learned other instruments during his college music studies in Arcata, his fondness for marching band music has stayed with him for decades—he turns 87 this year. His Sousa Concerts were a popular staple of the Healdsburg Community Band for years, from the stage at the Raven Theater, where a giant American flag would be revealed as the band launched into “Stars and Stripes Forever.”

Add it all up—the secondary school musicians, the community band, the New Horizons group—and it’s easy to see that Sbrana has affected the musical

THE PLAZA WELCOMES A NEW HOLIDAY TRADITION

LAS POSADAS CELEBRATION COMES TO HEALDSBURG

By Christian Kallen

For a town that’s changing so quickly, Healdsburg sure loves tradition. Whether it’s the second annual Merry Healdsburg or the 73rd annual Redwood Empire Invitational Basketball Tournament—or 100 years of

life of hundreds of people; it’s quite possible the number reaches into the thousands.

The New Horizons International Music Association was founded in

Prune Packer baseball at Rec Park—this is a town that values and honors its history.

A new tradition could start this Friday night, Dec. 16, as Healdsburg Community Services and Corazón Healdsburg partner to bring Las Posadas to the Plaza for the first time—but possibly not the last. Las Posadas, which translates to The Inns, is a nine-day festival cycle between Dec. 16 and 24 that commemorates the biblical journey in search of safe refuge, where Joseph and Mary find shelter for the birth of Jesus. The story is that they ended up in a Bethlehem stable, where the birth was attended by barnyard animals, angels and magi.

This tale is given resonance in much of Mexico and some parts of the

Repair Business, 7

Sbrana Passes the Baton, 2

Photo by Christian Kallen

HOLIDAY MUSIC Lew Sbrana, 87, guides the New Horizons Band in rehearsal for his final concert in Healdsburg, Dec. 18 at the Healdsburg Community Church.

Photo courtesy of New Horizons Band

Lew Sbrana

Sbrana Passes the Baton

1991 in Rochester, NY, by Dr. Roy Ernst, who believed that playing music was good for people of any age—and it’s never too late to learn.

As he wrote in 2011, “The goal of New Horizons groups is to create an entry point to group music-making for adult beginners and a comfortable re-entry point for adults who played music in school and would like to resume after long years of building careers and raising children.”

Sonoma County’s New Horizons Band was formed in 1991, and with Sbrana’s enthusiastic direction grew over the years to 80 members just before the pandemic. “We attracted a lot of better players, people who have been playing for quite a while,” he told the Tribune this week.

Santa Meets Sousa “The band has really improved. I started them out with beginning band

music. Then I robbed the junior high school library, and we started to play that. Pretty soon, I had people saying, ‘C’mon Lew, can’t we play something a little more difficult?’ It started to blossom from that.”

They are now down to a more manageable 60, all of whom will take the stage for the final time under Sbrana’s direction at 2pm on Dec 18.

“It’s been a lot of fun,” he said more than once. “But I’m at peace; I’m ready to step down.” But not before he has found someone he can, most literally, pass the baton to: former Piner High music instructor Michael Milbrath.

“He came to us right after we started up after the pandemic,” said Sbrana. “I laid it on him right away, and said, ‘Mike, would you like to do some conducting?’ He said, ‘Let me think about it.’ Then after the first rehearsal, he came

up and said, ‘Sure, I’d like to do some.’”

Add it all up, and Lew Sbrana has been conducting for over 60 years. Still agile, alert and animated at 87, it seems he could go on forever. But a homeowner’s accident a couple years ago—a freak sonic squeal while trying to remove a stuck nail—wreaked havoc on his ears. “What I did was destroy some of the cilia in the upper register of my ears,” he said the audiologist told him. He could tell: The piccolos sounded tinny or flat, and in Sousa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever” that matters. A lot.

“Music has been such an important part of my life,” he said, yet he was clearly at peace with handing over the baton for the New Horizons Band, as he did years ago for the Healdsburg Community Band.

“So now, this will give my wife and I an

opportunity to get on the road. We haven’t seen family members for years, and we’re looking forward to seeing them,” he said.

For Sbrana’s final concert, he’ll conduct four numbers himself. Milbrath will do a couple, and some eager band members will even try their hand. Expect a total of nine numbers, said Sbrana, with an emphasis on “Christmassy” music and, no doubt, some Sousa.

The concert is free, and Sbrana expects a big crowd, many of them probably former members of a band he once led.

“I think it’ll be packed,” he said. “It should be fun.”

New Horizons Band of Sonoma County will perform on Sunday, Dec. 18, at 2pm. Healdsburg Community Church is at 1100 University Ave. Admission is free.

PIANISSIMO Conductor Lew Sbrana leads the New Horizons Band through a delicate passage during rehearsal for their Dec. 18 concert at Healdsburg Community Center.

Photo by Christian Kallen

Photo courtesy of Lew Sbrana

MUSIC MAN Lew Sbrana in his Navy whites before a pre-pandemic Sousa concert in the Healdsburg Plaza.

Rediscovering DeLoach Vineyards

LOCAL

WINE

JUGGERNAUT IS MORE THAN JUST A ‘BIG WINERY’

By Brooke Herron

After 20-plus years in the wine industry, I can admit that I am guilty of writing off a winery or brand or assuming I know it well enough, only to later realize that it has been so long since I’ve actually visited the winery, or tasted the wines, that I might be missing something.

This was exactly the case with DeLoach Vineyards which, I’m embarrassed to say, I hadn’t taken the time to visit or taste through many of their wines in over a decade.

When asked by friends coming to visit the region whether I would recommend the winery, I didn’t have much to say beyond the fact that I thought they made pretty good pinot noirs and chardonnays, but it had been a while since I’d visited.

Here’s the part where I admit how little I really knew about DeLoach, in particular about what has been happening at DeLoach over the past 10 to 15 years.

Firstly, DeLoach Vineyards is a part of the Boisset winery family and has been since 2003. While I knew the winery was a part of Boisset’s portfolio of brands, I wasn’t really aware of what that meant for the brand, the quality of the wines, etc., as I hadn’t taken the time

to sit down and taste the breadth of DeLoach’s menu of wines since the early 2000s. *Before scolding me for being so out of touch, let me say in my own defense that there are over 400 wineries in Sonoma County and it’s impossible to visit them all, let alone revisit many on a regular basis.

Secondly, winemaking at DeLoach has been under the guiding hand of winemaker Brian Maloney, an avid believer in site expressive wines, the differences between Russian River Valley’s six “neighborhoods” and highlighting single vineyards, since 2007. The wines being made are interesting, expressive and multi-dimensional.

Lastly, if what one thinks about when one thinks of DeLoach is that they are a “big brand” winery that makes pinot noir and chardonnay (like I did), I think one will be as excited as I was to find out about the cool projects, amazing single vineyard wines, and increasingly sustainable and Earth-first focused practices at the winery. Additionally, most of the wines the winery produces these days are made in small quantities from as few as 50 cases to a few hundred, in the case of their vineyard designate wines.

Here are a few reasons to get excited about DeLoach Vineyards and DeLoach’s wines in 2022:

Certified

The winery is not just a certified sustainable and certified organic winery

but is also one of just a handful of local wineries that are Demeter certified as a biodynamic vineyard and winery.

Iconic Vineyards

DeLoach makes over 20 vineyard designate wines from unique sites that include iconic vineyards such as Heintz, Stubbs, Van der Kamp and Saitone, with a large percentage of these wines coming from cool weather sites in the Green Valley, Petaluma Gap and Sonoma Coast AVAs. A couple of my personal favorites are the Hawk Hill Vineyard Chardonnay and Maboroshi Vineyard Pinot Noir.

Skin Contact

Among their offerings are a skin contact ribolla gialla and carignane that are aged in terracotta amphorae and that are phenomenal (these wines are made in very limited quantities, so they are generally sold out for part of each year).

Varietals Galore

They’ve got a diverse list of wines that includes not just pinot noir and chardonnay but pinot blanc, ribolla gialla, riesling, carignane and zinfandel.

Tasting Experience

The winery offers an appellation-focused tasting experience that allows customers to taste through and learn about the differences between the characteristics in wines from different Sonoma County AVAs. They also offer a self-guided

tour that allows guests to explore the estate’s 20 acre organic and biodynamic farm, which includes a half-acre culinary garden, and grazing chickens, sheep and goats.

Earth-Friendly

They are actively pursuing more ways to reduce the winery’s environmental footprint, increase their biodynamic and regenerative agriculture practices, and to support their local community. This includes everything from how they treat and compensate their employees, to how they work with other

local businesses, to which causes or initiatives they choose to support financially. One example is the winery’s “Vinthropic” line of wines that was created

to help fight against hunger. One hundred percent of Vinthropic’s proceeds go to benefit Sonoma County’s Redwood Empire Food Bank.

REVISIT DeLoach Vineyards has been part of the Boisset winery family since 2003.

Photo by Brooke Herron

I think one will be as excited as I was to find out about the cool projects, amazing single vineyard wines, and increasingly sustainable and Earth-first focused practices at the winery.

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

eliminate telephone wires and poles. Sometimes the camera almost makes it better.

Fun facts: The only birds that murmurate are starlings. No one knows why, though defense from predators may be a reason. Murmurations generally occur in the late afternoon before roosting, from November through March. Roosting birds can reportedly congregate 500 per cubic meter.

Speeds of starlings flying can be over 40 miles per hour. Groups of seven starlings communicate with each other, with another seven starlings mimicking the first group, and so on, to form a pattern, building to a murmuration exhibiting scale-free correlation. There is no single leader in a flock. How leadership passes and the flock follows is a mystery.

The term murmur comes from the sound of wings beating. All starlings in America stem from birds released into New York City’s Central Park in the 1890s by enthusiasts wanting to propagate birds mentioned by William Shakespeare.

NATURAL SPECTACLES CATCH THE EYES OF PASSERSBY

By Pierre Ratte

Four times in the past week.

of times people pulled over to the side of the road because something fantastic was happening. Arrested by the light or the sight, they needed to get a picture.

Two times, it involved birds. One of those times, birds were murmuring.

Love the word. I couldn’t get a picture of the murmuration, but Google it, and one will see a twisting swarm of birds, spiraling, swooping and circling in mass formation. It truly is a fantastic sight. I’ve not seen murmurations elsewhere,

but have seen them multiple times in Sonoma County.

The other two occasions of pulling cars to the side of the road involved rainbows. The above shot is a portion of a fully arching rainbow starting near Mill

Creek and arcing over Healdsburg towards Fitch Mountain.

The sepia lighting seems to be out of a 19th century painting by John Constable. Breath taking. Worth pulling over for. Worth tromp ing through mud to

Now there are an estimated 200 million in North America. Birds have specific names in groups. For instance: a gaggle of geese, a murder of crows, a congress of owls, a soar of eagles and then there is a chatter of starlings. If one is a “twitcher,” a British term for birdwatcher, one might know that.

That’s the number

Photo by Pierre Ratte

POT OF GOLD A stunning rainbow arched over Healdsburg towards Fitch Mountain inspired motorists to pull over to admire it.

Fun fact: All starlings in America stem from birds released into New York City’s Central Park in the 1890s by enthusiasts wanting to propagate birds mentioned by William Shakespeare.

Local Gift Options for Wine-lovers

FROM MAGNUMS TO TASTINGS, HEALDSBURG HAS IT ALL

By Mary Beth Vierra

If wine is on a holiday shopping list—whether one is the host, the winebearing guest or the giftgiver for wine-loving and foodie friends—one may look no further than local wineries, tasting rooms and curated shops.

Magnum or a Mystery

Responsible for the holiday wine selections this year? One may consider picking up a magnum instead of two bottles for the feast—it’s twice the standard size, 1.5 ml instead of 750. The big bottle elevates an occasion to a celebration, and is also a perfect vessel for preserving and long-aging premium wines.

Many wineries are featuring their magnums now. During this season of richer, more elevated foods, one can’t go wrong with a single-vineyard chardonnay, a cabernet sauvignon or meritage blend from Alexander Valley, or a silky, earthy Russian River Valley or single vineyard pinot noir.

Want an efficient way to stock the wine for a holiday gathering? Montagne Rousse (at Bacchus Landing, russewines. com) offers a monthly Mystery Case. That’s right. These are both fun and of great value—selling for less than the usual bottle price, they are a surprise mix of current, library and un-released stellar wines. Each pull holds the potential for a new wine discovery. They would make a unique group gift as well.

Gift Sets

A visit to local tasting rooms or winery websites and one will see myriad offerings of pre-boxed gift sets and holiday bundles of two or more bottles and bottle-olive oil sets. If one is in business, these are client-appreciation gifts ready to go. Want to go beyond liquid libation? Many tasting rooms carry elegant wine

stems, glassware, blankets, olive oil or curated culinary items, and always unique logoed shirts and caps. Many also sell gift certificates if one is still unsure.

Smith-Story Wines (also at Bacchus Landing, off Westside Road) carries the most beguiling antique glassware ready for gifting, in addition to their array of beautiful wines—from sparkling brut to Anderson Valley pinots and the Lord Sandwich Red (named for their beloved pup).

For Sonoma County versions of Italian varietal wines (Barbera, Aglianico, Montepulciano, Sangiovese, to name just a few), one may stop at Orsi Family Vineyards (2306 Magnolia) along the way for tastes and browse their colorful Italian ceramics, ornaments, candies, pastas and refrigerated fare.

For those who crave wines and artisanal foods directly from Italy, they may walk over to the new Ciao Bruto! (130 Plaza St.), just steps off the Plaza. They’ll find beautifully wrapped panettone from Sicily, tinned fish and condiments, olive oil and even French grower champagnes, in addition to the main draw—the most tempting inventory of artisanal Italian wines to discover from across the peninsula. They must not miss the refrigerator with chilled bottles and non-alcoholic amaro sodas that I’ve fallen in love with.

A couple blocks away is Journeyman Meat Co. (404 Center St.), with their bottles of mouthwatering chardonnay and pinot noir, and yes, an array of artisanal salumi plus fun apparel and culinary gift sets. One may have a pizza while sipping and pondering. I adore the Bianco with its white cream base, bacon, melted leeks and a fried egg in the middle.

Favor French fare? One may head for Windsor, where Maison Porcella now has a storefront (8499 Old Redwood Highway). Shoppers may stop by for their gorgeous house-made pâtés and Parisian ham, jars of duck

fat and mustards, and refrigerator-ready bottles from biodynamic and natural producers from regions across France and a few from California.

Tastings

It’s so fortunate to live here, surrounded by an abundance of world class wineries crafting an array of wine styles, all within a brief driving distance. Most tasting rooms allow walk-ins for wine pickups, shopping and standing tastings, with a “reservations recommended” policy for seated tastings. One may give a call or check the website for their current practice.

Short on time? One may consider perusing winery websites; then call to ask if a pickup option is available for online purchases. Some have even added “Holiday” or “Gifts” to their web menu.

Shopping If one can’t make it out to the wineries tucked among the vineyards, one will find many of their wines in the wine aisle of the well-stocked Big John’s and Oliver’s markets. Or one may stay in town, popping into the many tasting rooms within walking distance of the Plaza, from LIOCO (125 Matheson) and Idlewild (132 Plaza St.) to Portalupi (107 North) and Cartograph (340 Center)—and ok, call it a short bike ride—to Leo Steen and Rootdown (both at The Drink, Old Roma Station on Front Street), plus others.

One may book a holiday tasting to discover the extraordinary wines of local producers, get to know the people and enjoy their beautiful environs as a holiday treat. Then one may check these items off the list when taking home a few bottles, gift sets or a holiday magnum to share around the fireplace.

Mary Beth Vierra is a certified wine educator and Italian wine scholar. She is founder of Crush Course (crushcoursewine. com), helping trade professionals and enthusiasts navigate the world of wine, and lives in Healdsburg.

SHOPPING

Courtney Humiston evaluates the gift items at her Healdsburg shop,

Ciao Bruto!

Photo by Christian Kallen

SPORTS

Basketball Tourney Brings out the Best

HEALDSBURG’S VANDEN HEUVEL, WEBB PICKED ALL-TOURNEY PLAYERS

By Christian Kallen

The Redwood Empire Invitational Basketball Tournament (REIBT) unspooled at both Smith Robinson and the East Gym on the Healdsburg High School campus, from Wednesday to Saturday last week.

Todd Sheehy, one of the tournament’s directors this year along with Lance Munselle, was understandably proud of the 73rd annual tournament, which has been held in Healdsburg since 1949.

“Lance and I would like to thank all of our volunteers, parents, coaches and players for a great tournament,” Sheehy told the Tribune “It is a testament to the Healdsburg community and Healdsburg's continued support for its basketball programs.”

Eight schools competed in the girls elimination, and six schools in the boys competition.

The Healdsburg Greyhound girls won their first match on Wednesday evening, handing Kelseyville an embarrassing 54-11 defeat.

But they were unable to maintain their dominant play in the following match, falling to Arcata 49-43. Arcata lost the championship match against Ukiah on Saturday, 61-4, while Healdsburg rebounded to defeat last year’s champion, Justin-Siena, 48-31 for the third place slot.

The other schools competing in the girls tournament were McKinleyville and Fortuna.

This year's girls championship team was Ukiah, which defeated Arcata. Ukiah's team claimed both outstanding play awards this year, with Xochitl Vasquez earning the girls MVP award and Jayden Diaz earning the best defensive player award.

On the boys side, Healdsburg was in the same “Pool B” as Kelseyville and Windsor; “Pool A” contained Middletown, Justin-Siena and Ukiah.

Healdsburg defeated Middletown in their first match, on Thursday, by a 56-47 score, but lost the following day to Windsor, 63-42. Then the Hounds met the Ukiah boys on Saturday for the thirdplace game, but came up on the short end of a 59-41 score to wind up in fourth.

This year's boys championship team was Justin-Siena, which took down Windsor 61-50 in the final match. This year's boys MVP was Vincent Jackson from JustinSiena. The boys defensive player this year was Windsor's Jayden Russotti.

The All-Tourney players, selected by the REIBT directors, also recognized Healdsburg’s Sam Vanden Heuvel on the boys side and Hailey Webb of the girls for their play.

Basketball continues for both boys and girls Greyhound teams this week as the North BayRedwood League begins play. The boys varsity (now 6-2) plays tonight (Thursday) in Santa Rosa against Piner (6-1), while the girls team (now 10-2) meets Rancho Cotate (1-5) at Healdsburg High School on Tuesday, Dec. 20.

Photos by Michael Lucid

HUSTLE Hailey Webb (22) of Healdsburg takes control under the net in the Redwood Empire Invitational Basketball Tournament, where she was named to the 2022 All-Tourney team.

HANDLING Sam Vanden Heuvel (3) shows off his acrobatics during action against Ukiah in the 2022 Redwood Empire Invitational Basketball Tourney. He was named to the All-Tourney team for his play.

Repair Business

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Paul and Steve, now run the company and are looking to the future for E&M. Despite the collapse of the motor repair trade, about which more later, their future is in the related field of industrial automation. That’s a growing field, and E&M currently employs 120 sales and service workers, with offices in southern California, Oregon and Washington, as it maintains headquarters in Healdsburg.

“It’s an honor to continue to grow the business my parents and grandparents built from scratch,” said Paul Deas, Edgar’s son and the company’s chief financial officer.

“What started with a small motor shop has evolved into a modern industrial automation company. We won’t be repairing motors anymore, but we still sell motors and their associated control equipment, building on the knowledge that we have gained over the decades.”

Paul Deas’ brother, Steve, is the company’s chief executive; both have worked full time for the business since the 1980s. Several of their children also work for E&M now, making them the fourth generation of Deases to have rolled up their sleeves in the motor shop at one time or another.

It was Mario Deas’ deep understanding of the inner workings of motors that brought him and his family from Cuba to the United States during World War II. He had worked on the development of a machine that processed tailings from mines to extract additional ore, and was recruited to work in Nevada in 1943. After the war, he and his son found work servicing motors in the Bay Area, eventually landing in Healdsburg.

Here, their main customers were at first lumber mills, which had the benefit of using machinery that needed repair, and often. “It’s a really harsh environment, lots of sawdust,” said Steve Deas. “It was a continuous battle to keep the motors running.” That meant lots of work, and when the lumber mills slowed their work, the growing wineries stepped

up with their own needs for repair.

Contrary to expectation, motor repair need not have anything to do with automobiles. Those are driven by engines, not motors: Engines run on internal combustion, but motors run on electricity.

“There are several motors in homes—washing machines and dishwashers have pumps. The biggest motor in your house right now is probably your air conditioner,” said Paul Deas, referring to its compressors, pumps and fans.

E&M originally would even repair hand tools— a skill saw, for instance.

“Most of the hand tools that I tried to repair never worked again,” deadpanned Paul Deas. There’s an art, or at least a very specific set of skills, to winding a motor with new copper wire so it will generate energy. Their shop where Mill Street meets East—behind the office building that houses not only their offices but art studios and other businesses—is littered with the shells of non-working motors, ranging in size from small enough to lift to far too heavy to pick up without a winch.

“The problem is over the years these things get more disposable, and the size of the motor that we could repair economically started to increase,” said Steve Deas. For a while, they repaired motors up to five horse power, then 10; now even those rarely come in for repair. “The problem is we live in an area that doesn’t have a lot of industry. Now it’s only profitable to repair a motor that generates over 100 horsepower.”

Now too many people are willing to just throw them away—and why not? It costs more to repair it than buy a new one, at least to a point (a power drill or Skilsaw, for instance)… but what happens to other larger motors needing repair?

“They will be repaired, but it will happen someplace other than here,” said Steve Deas firmly. “Vallejo, Sacramento, Oakland, San Leandro, someplace in the peninsula… That’s somebody else’s problem.”

LETTERS

“When you look at the industry we do have now, like the wine industry, the only thing they have to repair are refrigeration units,” said Paul Deas. “A smaller winery has 50-horsepower motors; a larger winery—like the ones Gallo has around here—they might have 500-horsepower refrigeration equipment. But there’s four of them.

“The truth is a wellmaintained motor will run 20-30 years, so it’s not like they’re failing every day,” he continued. “Now we have a situation where they rarely need repair. The materials have improved and the industries around here have changed so they aren’t as hard on motors any more.”

The E&M motor shop currently has six staff members. All of them are expected to work through the end of the year. Some will stay on to help wind down operations, and some will move to other divisions within the company. Increasingly, that means not motors, but automation.

In a large clean room near the atrium (a secret location hidden in the main office), a gangly blue machine bolted to a table (and wearing a Santa hat) pivots and waves its single articulated arm to stack Jenga blocks in a demonstration of programmed automation. It’s powered by a servo motor, but the programming’s the thing— and E&M is pivoting to industrial automation.

“Last year, the motor shop did $1 million in business. But overall, we did $67 million—the rest of that is selling industrial automation components and services,” said Paul Deas.

“This has been pretty hard for our father, who is sad to see this go but understands it,” Steve Deas interjected. That would be Edgar Deas, the E of E&M. “We tried to emphasize to him it’s everything we have, every other part of the business is because of that motor shop… They didn’t just repair motors, they built control systems for lumber mills to feed logs through into saws. They were really good at this kind of stuff, and that’s what built the business.”

Healdsburg Appreciates Its Elders

Kudos to the City of Healdsburg! The City of Healdsburg sure knows how to appreciate its seniors! We felt so very honored to participate in the glorious Christmas Dinner you so generously gave us at the Villa. Thank you, thank you! It was wonderful!

Being escorted to the front door on a Red Carpet, while valets parked our cars, was the first clue that it was to be a very special and well planned event. Then you presented us with drinks and appetizers in the Fireside Room, before an absolutely delicious meal of turkey, ham and all of the fixings, in the festively decorated East Room.

This space soon was a-humming with happy voices and laughter, as numbers were called and many of us won lovely prizes, donated by local “Santa” businesses. All the while, the many volunteers smiled, served and pampered us through and through. How delightful!

A joyful time was had by all, and we will sing your praises for making us feel cared for and special. Your thoughtfulness and love gave us a rosy glow that we will gladly carry with us all through this holiday season! Merry Christmas to you all!

Carol Novak Healdsburg

Photo by Christian Kallen

GOINGS ON IN THE ’BURG

Farmers’ Market

A CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS IN HEALDSBURG

Foodie Film

Six California Kitchens will be celebrated at Studio Barndiva on Thursday, Dec. 15, 3:30 to 5pm. Karen Schmitt and the family will be showing Ben Proudfoot’s documentary about Sally Schmitt and signing books. “Bahl Hornin’!” 237 Front St.

Community Posada Friday, Dec. 16, Healdsburg expands its holiday season with events recognizing Las Posadas, a Latin American devotional tradition, and Hanukkah. For schedule, see box below.

Last Healdsburg Certified Farmers’ Market of the year, Saturday, Dec. 17. Featuring a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, as well as other items, the market celebrates the agricultural heritage of Sonoma Valley. Markets resume in April, 2023. At West Plaza Park, North Street, 8:30am to noon.

Raven Sing-along Saturday, Dec. 17, the Raven Theatre will host a “Kris Kringle Karol-oke” Holiday Sing-a-Long. Participants may wear festive attire (pajamas and slippers encouraged) and be prepared to sing their holiday hearts out.

Featuring Spencer Blank on piano and Steven David Martin as emcee. The concession stand will be

open and serving traditional holiday treats. 115 North St., 7:30pm.

Marc Cary

Healdsburg favorite returns to town for a solo jazz piano recital on The 222 stage, Dec. 17 and 18. Performances 7pm. Tickets $35-$75 at Paul Mahder Gallery, 222 Healdsburg Ave.; the222.org.

Finale

Lew Sbrana leads the New Horizons Band of Sonoma County in his final concert, Sunday, Dec. 18 at 2pm, at Healdsburg Community Church, 1100 University Ave. Admission is free.

City Council

Regular Monday meeting, Dec. 19. Agenda may include appointments of council members to

various boards and commissions, naming process for new park at Saggio Hills and other items.

Meeting from 6pm at City Council Chambers, 401 Grove St., or it may be watched on facebook. com/cityofhealdsburg.

Closed

City offices closed Dec. 26-Dec. 30. Will reopen on Monday, Jan. 2, 2023.

Winter Escape

The 30th Anniversary Winter WINEland will feature two days along the Wine Road, for a perfect winter escape. Participants may taste current vintages, multiple varietals grown in Sonoma County, and experience the beauty of winter in Sonoma County. A detailed program will soon be available at wineroad.com.

“Hanukkah falls on different dates each year, so that would be a consideration. Also, we need to see what kind of participation and feedback we receive… Given these considerations, I don’t think we can commit to this being an annual event, yet.”

This event is entirely free thanks to the support of Healdsburg Community Service, Corazon Healdsburg and its sponsors, the North Bay area car clubs, Little Saint, Lola’s Market and community donors.

Las Posadas

United States with an annual celebration that culminates on Christmas Eve. The celebration of Las Posadas differs regionally, but it usually involves a procession of Joseph, Mary and worshipers following a small child, dressed as an angel.

Other children dressed in silver and gold robes carry lit candles, and musicians and adults follow the procession from place to place asking for lodging. At each stop, biblical passages are read, carols are sung and refreshments are offered.

Sounds pretty good so far…but wait, that’s not all. Since Hanukkah begins on Dec. 18 this year, the sponsors decided to recognize

the Festival of Lights as well. “This year, the beginning of Las Posadas is close to the beginning of the Jewish festival Hanukkah, so we are bringing the two events together for a multicultural experience for our community,” said Mark Themig, the community services director.

This means the Jewish holiday will be celebrated in town this weekend too. Participants can learn about the importance of Hanukkah to the Jewish community, and enjoy traditional foods like latkes (from Chef Michael Degan), sufganiyot (jelly donuts) and gelt (chocolate money). Activities will include passing out candles—a ceremonial

component of Hanukkah—telling the story of Hanukkah and its meaning, and the blessings over wine and bread.

As well as the foods served during Hanukkah, those associated with Las Posadas will be available, including pozole (thanks to Little Saint and community member Anayeli Rodriguez), tamales (Lola’s Market) and aguas frescas

Car clubs, gift bags and toy giveaways, plus music by local quartet Maxima Frecuencia, will make the Community Posadas a lively and engaging event for multiple groups in Healdsburg, family-friendly and free.

Themig was cautious however about promising a joint Las Posadas/Hanukkah celebration next year, however.

SCHEDULE

4pm: Center Street closes at the Plaza

5pm: Car Club Cruise begins at the Community Center, arriving at the Plaza at 5:30 for display

5:30pm: Band “Maxima Frecuencia” performs (until 6pm)

6pm: Celebration of Hanukkah

6:15pm: Las Posadas

6:45pm: Traditional Mexican and Jewish foods

6:45pm: Gift Bags Giveaway, Toy Giveaway by the Car Clubs, Maxima Frecuencia returns to the stage

8pm: Event concludes

ARIAH L. KELLER

December 10, 1956 - July 6, 2022

Ariah L. Keller passed away peacefully on July 6, 2022, at the age of 65. Ariah was a devoted mother, a beloved sister, an artist, a true friend, and a deep confidante for so many in her community as a Marriage and Family Therapist.

Ariah, born December 10, 1956, grew up in Glencoe, Illinois with her mother Doris Jean, father William, twin sister Jai, and siblings John and Shona. Originally Cindy, she would come to selfadopt the name Ariah, which suited her far better. She graduated from New Trier East High School in 1975 and completed her undergraduate education at the University of Denver. In high school and college, she studied abroad in Aix-en-Provence, France and Leysin, Switzerland, and had a lifelong love for languages and traveling. She would often switch between speaking French, to English, to Spanish for fun.

Ariah earned her first master’s degree in Massachusetts from Lesley College, focusing on Holistic Health and Body-Centered Psychotherapies. She later moved to northern California and completed a second master’s degree in Clinical Psychology, with an emphasis on Children and Families, from John F. Kennedy University. Ariah was an extraordinarily compassionate and caring therapist with more than 30 years of experience in the mental health and healthcare field. She changed many lives through her wisdom, direct strength of truth, and open loving heart that saw the very best in and truly cared about her clients, who loved her.

Ariah was a proud, loving, and extraordinary mother to her son, Cameron, who she raised singlehandedly in the Healdsburg, California wine country. Together, they lived with a host of beloved family pets, including Bella, Stripes, Patches, Ani, and Beasley.

In her final year, after nearly four decades in California, Ariah returned to Massachusetts to be closer to her “sororal” twin sister, Jai, and for the next big and beautiful chapter of her life. She was very excited to devote herself to painting and writing.

After learning she had cancer, she spent her last months with immense grace, living her life to its fullest in the loving company of her son and sister.

She loved people and other cultures, beauty in nature and art, a frequent bar of dark chocolate, and her wonderful pets, like her dogs Seja and Bella.

Ariah was a beautiful person inside and out, with a deep integrity, resilient spirit, and ability to connect with everyone she met on a unique level. She was unbelievably strong, incredibly generous, immensely loving, and infinitely wise. Ariah made the world a better and more beautiful place, and she is truly loved and deeply missed by her family, friends, clients, and all those she touched in her extraordinary life.

A website tribute to honor Ariah’s life will go live at ariahlkeller.com this spring.

Photo by Christian Kallen

PIANIST Marc Cary, shown here in 2014, will return to Healdsburg on Dec. 17 and 18 to perform solo at The 222.

Photo by Will Bucquoy

HANUKKAH Youngsters share the light at a 2021 Hanukkah celebration in the Healdsburg Plaza.

CLASSIFIED ADS/LEGAL NOTICES

Legal Notices

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202203269

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. WHOLE CHILD OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, 8911 LAKEWOOD DR, #24 H, WINDSOR, CA 95492

COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address: SAME: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): 1.ZOE BROOKER, 2600 N. FITCH MTN. RD, HEALDSBURG, CA 95448: This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on 10/1/2022. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

Signed: ZOE BROOKER, OWNER. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on November 09, 2022.

(Publication Dates: November 24, December 1, 8, 15 of 2022, The Healdsburg Tribune)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202203263

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SELECT PHYSICAL THERAPY, 1331 MEDICAL CENTER DR, SUITE A, ROHNERT PARK, CA 94928-2900, COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address: 4714 GETTYSBURG ROAD, MECHANICSBURG, PA 17055 is hereby registered by the following owner(s): PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSOCIATES, INC., 4714 GETTYSBURG ROAD, MECHANICSBURG, PA 17055, MICHIGAN. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on 02/02/2018. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

Signed: MICHAEL E. TARVIN, SECRETARY. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on November 09, 2022. (Publication Dates: November 24, December 1, 8, 15 of 2022, The Healdsburg Tribune)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SONOMA 600 Administration Dr. Room 107-J, Santa Rosa, CA 95403 CASE NUMBER: SCV-271995 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS

1. Petitioner (name of each): JEANNINE OCEGUEDA, filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: JEANNINE OCEGUEDA to Proposed Name: JEANNINE BAPTISTE 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING 01/11/2023, at 3:00 PM, in Dept: 17: Sonoma County Superior Court, 3035 Cleveland Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95403. Via Zoom. GO ONLINE TO ZOOM.US/ JOIN OR PHONE IN AT Meeting ID Dial 1-669-900-6833, MEETING ID 895 5887 8508 Passcode 062178. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in The Healdsburg Tribune, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Sonoma. DATED: October 18, 2022 Hon. Bradford J. DeMeo Judge of the Superior Court (The Healdsburg Tribune Published December 1, 8, 15, 22 of 2022).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202203360

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. LAVISH HI FI, 402 MOORE LANE, HEALDSBURG, CA 95448 COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address: PO BOX 2248, HEALDSBURG, CALIF 95448: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): 1.LAVISH THEATERS CORPORATION,402 MOORE LANE, HEALDSBURG, CA 95448 : This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on 10/1/2022. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

Signed: RYAN LYETH, PRESIDENT. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on November 18, 2022.

(Publication Dates: December 1, 8, 15, 22 of 2022, The Healdsburg Tribune)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202203366

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. ZEN MASSAGE AND WELLNESS, 648 CENTER ST, HEALDSBURG, CA 95448 COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address: 3111 PINER RD, SANTA ROSA, CA 95401: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): 1.ONANONG DONPHUTTHA and STEPHEN CHRISTOPHER HANSEN, 3111 PINER RD, SANTA ROSA, CA 95401 : This business is being conducted by A MARRIED COUPLE. The registrant

commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: ONANONG DONPHUTTHA, STEPHEN HANSEN. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on November 11, 2022. (Publication Dates: December 1, 8, 15, 22 of 2022, The Healdsburg Tribune)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202203288

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. POPPIE FARMS, 7790 WELTER LANE, SEBASTOPOL, CA 95472-2657 COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address: SAME: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): 1. DANI SHEEHAN-MEYER, 7790 WELTER LANE, SEBASTOPOL, CA 95472-2657: This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: DANI SHEEHAN-MEYER, OWNER. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on November 10, 2022. (Publication Dates: December 1, 8, 15, 22 of 2022, The Healdsburg Tribune)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202203441

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. FLYING GOAT COFFEE, 300-302 CENTER STREET, HEALDSBURG, CA 95448 COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address: 419 CENTER STREET, HEALDSBURG, CA 95448: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): 1. COFFEE IS A FRUIT!, LLC, 419 CENTER STREET, HEALDSBURG, CA 95448: This business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on 10-18-2022. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: PHILIP ANACKER MANAGING PARTNER. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on November 28, 2022.

(Publication Dates: December 1, 8, 15, 22 of 2022, The Healdsburg Tribune)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202203445

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. DJ ECLIPSE 707, 1311 GRAND AVE, SANTA ROSA, CA 95404 COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address: SAME: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): 1. VICTOR MILLAN OLVERA 1311 GRAND AVE, SANTA ROSA, CA 95404: This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on 2020. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: VICTOR MILLAN OLVERA. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on November 28, 2022. (Publication Dates: December 1, 8, 15, 22 of 2022, The Healdsburg Tribune)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202203446

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. MAKIZUSHI, 3082 MARLOW RD, SANTA ROSA, CA 95403 COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address: SAME: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): 1. LISA DIANE MILLER, 7355 WITTER RD, SEBASTOPOL, CA 95472: This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: LISA DIANE MILLER. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on November 28, 2022. (Publication Dates: December 1, 8, 15, 22 of 2022, The Healdsburg Tribune)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202203409

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: KEI CONCEPTS, 6195 DRY CREEK ROAD, HEALDSBURG, CA 95448, COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address SAME: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): CHATEAU DIANNA LLC, 6195 DRY CREEK ROAD, HEALDSBURG, CA 95448: This business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: DONNA GIBSON, CFO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on November 22, 2022. (Publication Dates: December 8, 15, 22, 29 of 2022 The Healdsburg Tribune).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202203462

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SONOMA CANOPY TOURS, 6250 BOHEMIAN HWY, OCCIDENTAL, CA 95465, COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address SAME: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): THE ALLIANCE

REDWOODS CONFERENCE GROUNDS, 250 BOHEMIAN HWY, OCCIDENTAL, CA 95465: This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on 06/07/2010. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

Signed: JIM BLAKE, CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on November 30, 2022. (Publication Dates: December 8, 15, 22, 29 of 2022 The Healdsburg Tribune).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202203468

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. ALIENFROG SERVICES, 2. DIRECT WHOLESALE LIQUIDATION TRADING, 731 B SOUTHWOOD DR, SANTA ROSA, CA 95407, COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address 1275 4TH STREET #174, SANTA ROSA, CA 95404: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): BENJAMIN H ISGUT, 2731 B SOUTHWOOD DR, SANTA ROSA, CA 95407: This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

Signed: BENJAMIN ISGUT. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on November 30, 2022. (Publication Dates: December 8, 15, 22, 29 of 2022 The Healdsburg Tribune).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202203467

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. COOPERATIVE TREE CARE, 21485 FORT ROSS RD, CAZADERO, CA 95421 COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address PO BOX 6, CAZADERO, CA 95421: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): BISWELL FORESTRY LLC, 21485 FORT ROSS RD, CAZADERO, CA 95421: This business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: MARISA EVANS, MANAGING MEMBER. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on November 30, 2022. (Publication Dates: December 8, 15, 22, 29 of 2022 The Healdsburg Tribune).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202203260

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. HEATHLOVES, 748 MORGAN ST APT A, SANTA ROSA, CA 95401 COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address: SAME: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): HEATHER LYNN SMITH, 748 MORGAN ST APT A, SANTA ROSA, CA 95401: This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

Signed: HEATHER L SMITH. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on November 08, 2022. (Publication Dates: December 8, 15, 22, 29 of 2022 The Healdsburg Tribune).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202203474

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. SKYLINE BINDING MACHINES & GBC SUPPLIES, 2. SKYLINE PRINT, 3. SKYLINE GBC, 4. ONLINESKYLINE.COM, 1040 NORTH DUTTON AVE. SUITE A-2, SANTA ROSA, CA 95401 COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address: SAME: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): PETER M HERMAN, 2353 DESERT PALM CT., SANTA ROSA, CA 95403: This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: PETER HERMAN. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on December 01, 2022. (Publication Dates: December 8, 15, 22, 29 of 2022 The Healdsburg Tribune).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202203454

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. CHLOE’S NATURAL BISCUITS, 2532 CRESTA RD, SANTA ROSA, CA 95404 COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address: SAME: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): CHRISTY SHOOK, 2532 CRESTA RD, SANTA ROSA, CA 95404: This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on 11/29/22. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: CHRISTY SHOOK. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on November 29, 2022. (Publication Dates: December 8, 15, 22, 29 of 2022 The Healdsburg Tribune).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202203453

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ANGELO CAPUTO’S FRESH MARKETS, 6195 DRY CREEK ROAD, HEALDSBURG, CA 95448, COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address SAME: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): CHATEAU DIANNA LLC, 6195 DRY CREEK ROAD, HEALDSBURG, CA 95448: This business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

Signed: DONNA GIBSON, CFO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on November 22, 2022. (Publication Dates: December 8, 15, 22, 29 of 2022 The Healdsburg Tribune).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202203515

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MARTIN’S MARKET AND DELI, 7180 GRAVEINSTEIN HWY, COTATI, CA 94931, COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address 10333 OLD REDWOOD HWY STE 101, WINDSOR, CA 95492: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): MARTIN GALVAN AND TERESA GARCIA, 50 BILLINGTON LN, WINDSOR, CA 95492: This business is being conducted by A MARRIED COUPLE. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on 2010 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: MARTIN GALVAN. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on December 06, 2022. (Publication Dates: December 15, 22, 29 of 2022 and January 5 of 2023 The Healdsburg Tribune).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202203514

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MARTIN’S TAQUERIA, 10333 OLD REDWOOD HWY STE 105, WINDSOR, CA 95492, COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address 10333 OLD REDWOOD HWY STE 101, WINDSOR, CA 95492: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): MARTIN GALVAN AND TERESA GARCIA, 50 BILLINGTON LN, WINDSOR, CA 95492: This business is being conducted by A MARRIED COUPLE. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on 2008. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: MARTIN GALVAN. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder

of Sonoma County on December 06, 2022. (Publication Dates: December 15, 22, 29 of 2022 and January 5 of 2023 The Healdsburg Tribune).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202203516

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MARTIN’S MARKET, 10333 OLD REDWOOD HWY STE 101, WINDSOR, CA 95492, COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address SAME: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): MARTIN GALVAN AND TERESA GARCIA, 50 BILLINGTON LN, WINDSOR, CA 95492: This business is being conducted by A MARRIED COUPLE. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on 2002. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: MARTIN GALVAN. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on December 06, 2022. (Publication Dates: December 15, 22, 29 of 2022 and January 5 of 2023 The Healdsburg Tribune).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202203545

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SIMPLY ELEGANT GEMSTONES, 7300 BORIS COURT #7, ROHNERT PARK, CA 94928, COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address SAME: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): MICHAEL TUGENDMAN AND ELAINE O. TUGENDMAN, 7300 BORIS COURT #7, ROHNERT PARK, CA 94928: This business is being conducted by A MARRIED COUPLE. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on JANUARY 1995. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

Signed: MICHAEL TUGENDMAN - OWNER. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on December 08, 2022. (Publication Dates: December 15, 22, 29 of 2022 and January 5 of 2023 The Healdsburg Tribune).

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF RICHARD ALLEN BISHOP, CASE NO. SPR-097111 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, and contingent creditors, and persons who may be otherwise interested in the will or estate, or both of RICHARD ALLEN BISHOP:

A petition for probate has been filed by JUDITH HELEN BISHOP, in the Superior Court of California, County of SONOMA. The petition for probate requests that JUDITH HELEN BISHOP be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of decedent.

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act, (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: at 9:30 a.m. on January 20, 2023, Dept. 23, 3055 Cleveland Ave., Hall of Justice, 600 Administration Drive, Santa Rosa, CA 95403.

To join online go to Zoom/us/join or to join by phone dial *67 1 669 900 6833. Meeting ID: 854 4114 2253 Password 611386

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.  Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR OR A CONTINGENT CREDITOR OF THE DECEDENT you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 58 of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of delivery of the notice to you under Section 9052 of the California Probate Code. OTHER CALIFORNIA STATUTES AND LEGAL AUTHORITY MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS AS A CREDITOR. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a request for Special Notice (form DE-145) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

FILED: December 09, 2022

Petitioner: BRANDON B. HOLLADAY, ESQ., THE LAW OFFICES OF YOUNG & NICHOLS, 1901 TRUXTUN AVENUE, BAKERSFIELDS, CA 93301, Telephone (661) 861-7911. (Published in The Healdsburg Tribune, December 15, 22, 29 of 2022)

FILING LEGAL NOTICES IN SONOMA COUNTY JUST GOT EASIER

Published