The Healdsburg Tribune 2-2-2023

The Healdsburg Tribune

FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR ARTS, EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

TOURISM DISTRICT READY TO SHARE ‘BED TAX’ REVENUE WITH LOCAL GROUPS

The Healdsburg Tourism Improvement District (HTID) has begun their 10th year of funding for arts, cultural and educational activities that put “heads in beds” in local hotels and inns. By supporting such activities, the HTID hopes not only to increase Healdsburg’s appeal to out-of-town visitors but to add to the very funds that support the events, the annual bed tax receipts.

There are 31 lodging properties in the HTID within the city limits, and all of them pay a 2% annual assessment, which funds HTID’s activities promoting tourism to Healdsburg. Total funding for the grants over the past three years has averaged $117,000 annually.

The list of programs that have received HTID grants is a veritable playbill of Healdsburg public events: Corazón Healdsburg, the Alexander Valley Film Festival, Healdsburg Jazz Festival, Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Tuesday Concerts in the Plaza, the Healdsburg Museum, Dia De Los Muertos events, the Fourth of July Parade and Duck Dash, and more.

The grants are processed by a Destination Development Advisory Subcommittee, which includes a representative from the Healdsburg City Council. For the past several years, Evelyn Mitchell has been appointed to fulfill that role.

“The committee looks for events that meet both the community

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SMART Train Plans Roll Forward

COURT RULING OPENING FLOODGATES TO BUILDING SMART SERVICE TO WINDSOR, HEALDSBURG AND BEYOND

By Christian Kallen Sonoma Marin Area Transit Service (SMART) moving

goal of providing commuter rail service from the San Francisco Bay to northern Sonoma County, as promised since 2002.

One of the knottiest challenges it has faced is the rail’s northward

expansion, including service to Healdsburg and beyond. A recent court ruling and other positive financial signs, however, suggest the ambitious transit link may be headed for success sooner rather than later, or never.

There are indications that the financial constraints on the ambitious regional rail service are loosening. The biggest roadblock was a lawsuit brought by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association.

That legal action prevented the state from spending money it had already collected on regional transportation improvements. The association said the regional

measure passed in 2017 should have required twothirds vote to be valid; it only received a 55% majority.

Making it apparent which side of the lawsuit he stood on, state Sen. Mike McGuire said in a Jan. 30 email message, “The California Supreme Court recently issued a unanimous decision to toss out a ridiculous lawsuit that attempted to silence the voice of Bay Area voters on Regional Measure 3.” McGuire’s Senate District 2 extends from San Francisco Bay to the Oregon border along the coast, and fully includes SMART’s current service area.

The State Supreme

Court voted unanimously to dismiss a lawsuit from the Taxpayers Association that challenged the voter-approved Regional Measure 3 (RM3). That 2017 ballot measure was designed to help solve Bay Area-wide congestion problems by using BART bridge toll increases to fund construction of area highway and transit improvements. Voters in eight Bay Area counties, including Sonoma, voted in the June 2018 primary election.

While the measure was in litigation, BART raised their bridge tolls anyway, to $7 last year, with another dollar hike scheduled for 2025. Revenue the toll hike raised was

CONVERTED MOTEL GIVES UNHOUSED A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS

ALL-STAR RIBBON CUTTING FOR CONVERSION OF L&M MOTEL TO INTERIM HOUSING VILLAGE

By Christian Kallen

There were city staff of every level, four of five city council members, one current and one past county supervisor, and the state director of the California Department of Housing and Community Development—making his first

placed into escrow, pending the outcome of the suit. The actual distribution of the accumulated $4.45 billion is expected to begin soon, now that the court has rejected the appeal.

“The funding has been delayed due to litigation up until the Supreme Court’s recent ruling, which was a big dose of common sense,” McGuire’s message said.

The money can be used not only for the longawaited commuter rail into north county, but several other key North Bay transportation objectives as well. These include improvements to Highway 37 drainage in

visit to Sonoma County. All were on hand for the Jan. 26 official opening of L&M Village on Healdsburg Avenue, a former motel converted by Reach for Home with state funds from Project Homekey.

There were also several residents of the village, an interim housing program that began taking guests just before Thanksgiving, 2022. Their participation ranged from available and voluble to unavailable and invisible, the black shades of their rooms drawn against the afternoon light and dozens of curious visitors.

A sidewalk construction project was still underway on Healdsburg Avenue beneath the mid-century motel sign when the afternoon event began, so guests were directed toward a makeshift entrance off Exchange Avenue. Two

RIBBON CUTTING Healdsburg Mayor Ariel Kelley scissors the ribbon at the L&M Village on Jan. 26, encouraged by Supervisor James Gore. From left: Reach for Home ED Margaret Sluyk, City Councilmembers Chris Herrod and Ron Edwards, Kelley, Gore and City Manager Jeff Kay. Obscured is Healdsburg's housing director Stephen Sotomayor.

READY TO RAIL Gene Amato Masonry finishes work on the SMART rail crossing at Windsor Road's roundabout, with the town depot in the background.

Photo by Christian Kallen

Photo by Christian Kallen

SMART’s Outlook

“The State Supreme Court’s ruling on RM3 is fantastic news for SMART, for mobility, for congestion relief and for protecting our climate,”

said SMART board chair David Rabbitt. “The funding not only secures our ability to provide passenger rail service to Windsor, but also positions the agency to go further north to Healdsburg and Cloverdale.”

The promised release of funds is another piece of good news for the rail and pathway project, established by state legislature in 2002, which only became partially operational in mid-2017. Currently, SMART has regular service along 45 miles of track from the Sonoma County Airport to the ferry terminal in Larkspur, characterized as Phase One of the SMART rail system.

Phase Two would extend the commuter rail system another 35 miles north to Cloverdale, with stations in Windsor and Healdsburg. The entire project was penciled out to cost $450 million in 2008; the latest estimate, including the northward expansion, would come to $944 million. A significant portion of SMART’s operating

expenses comes from a quarter-cent sales tax in Marin and Sonoma counties, approved in 2008 as Measure Q, but that tax expires at the end of 2028. An effort to extend that expiration date for 30 years, Measure I, failed to win adequate support in March 2020. SMART is expected to put a similar extension on the ballot in the next two years.

All Aboard for Windsor

The rail transit agency is awaiting announcement of four grants to support the Windsor and Healdsburg extensions, totaling over $140 million. If these grant applications are successful, when combined with the newly-released RM3 funding, SMART should be able to complete the extension to Windsor in fiscal year 2025-26 and to Healdsburg only a year later.

When asked if Windsor was ready for the arrival of SMART in three or four years, Debora Fudge answered, “We’re thinking like two (years). We started construction to Windsor maybe three years ago; we’ve got it 30% constructed already.” The longtime Windsor City Council member and mayor has served on the SMART board of directors for 18 years, since 2005, as representative of the Mayors and Councilmembers Association of Sonoma County.

Even though the sizable RM3 funds were unavailable, SMART used the money they had on hand to begin “strategic construction,” as Fudge said. “We purchased everything we needed to purchase—it’s

all stored in Windsor right now, all the track, all the materials we needed—because we knew we didn't want to have a lag time purchasing materials.”

They also took up the old track to prepare for new, and did all the creek mitigation and construction they could execute with available funds. “Strategically, as soon as we get the money, which shouldn’t be too long, we go back and re-mobilize the contractor and move fairly quickly” toward construction, said Fudge.

“Construction takes about 18 months from the time construction starts, and we don’t have that start date yet,” Fudge continued.

If all of the money in the queue comes through, Fudge estimated the line could arrive in Healdsburg in fiscal year 2026. She pointed to the $1.8 million from federal infrastructure funds Rep. Jarod Huffman negotiated in December, for designing the Healdsburg extension.

Fudge also noted that one of the four pending grants totaling $88.5 million in Transit and Intercity Rail Program funds may be announced shortly. An additional $58 million awaits approval in mid-2023.

“We’re hoping to tie Windsor and Healdsburg together,” said Fudge, referring to strategic planning and organization. “We’re already inching past Windsor, even though we’re not in construction yet. I think there’s more of a chance now for Healdsburg sooner than later than there was a couple years ago.”

WINDSOR STATION Rail mileage is marked at the Windsor Station to Eureka to the north, and San Francisco to the south. SMART’s Windsor station will be next to the city's rebuilt train depot.

Photo by Christian Kallen

A CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS IN HEALDSBURG

Coyote Music

The Sonoma County dance band The Pulsators brings their mix of rock, reggae, ska and R&B to Coyote Sonoma on Friday, Feb. 3, 7-10pm. 44F Mill St. $10.

Elephant Music

Spike Sikes and the Short Stack, a spinoff combo of the Hotcakes, performs R&B with a border accent on Friday, Feb. 3 at 9pm at the Elephant in the Room, 177A Healdsburg Ave. $10.

Music on the Piazza

Live music with Alec Fuhrman at Bacchus

GOINGS ON IN THE ’BURG

Landing, Saturday, Feb. 4, noon to 4pm, with wine and pizza for sale.

At 14210 Bacchus Landing Way, off Westside Road, next to the Humane Society.

Crab Feed

The annual Healdsburg American Legion crab feed benefit will be held Saturday, Feb. 4, at Villa Chanticleer from 4-7pm. $75, all you can eat.

Auditions

Two chances to try out for the cast of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Saturday, Feb. 4 (6:309pm) and Sunday, Feb. 5 (3-6pm). Raven Performing Arts Theater, 115 North St. One may see raventheater.org for details.

Year of the Rabbit City of Healdsburg celebrates the Lunar New Year in the Plaza on Sunday, Feb. 5. Starts with tai chi at 10:30am, then music, dance and AAPI street food until 2pm. See story this issue.

City Council

Regular Monday council meeting, Feb. 6 at 6pm. Camping ordinance discussion, appointments to Parks and Rec Commission, and other matters. Meets at City Council Chambers, 401 Grove St., or one may watch at facebook.com/ cityofhealdsburg.

Wine Library “Writing Between the Vines” event on Tuesday, Feb. 7, with writers and wineries that have participated in vineyard

retreat program for past 10 years. Co-hosted by Sonoma County Library and the Sonoma County Wine Library Association. In the meeting room at 6pm at the Healdsburg Regional Library, 139 Piper St.

Parks and Rec Scheduled regular meeting of city’s Parks and Recreation Commission, Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 6pm. City Council Chambers, 401 Grove St.

Steelhead Fest

The Lake Sonoma Steelhead Festival returns after a two-year hiatus to the Milt Brandt Visitor Center at Lake Sonoma on Saturday, Feb. 11, 10am-4pm.

African Music

Baba Shibambo leads an interactive introduction

to the music and stories of South Africa, with demonstrations of djembes, marimbas and shekere. This free family-friendly event is Saturday, Feb. 11 at 11am, at the Healdsburg Regional Library, 139 Piper St.

Reading Science fiction writer

Kim Stanley Robinson will read from his works, including The High Sierra, a Love Story, on Saturday, Feb. 11 at 7pm. Tickets $45, at the 222. org, 222 Healdsburg Ave.

Fortepianist

Daniel Adam Maltz performs Haydn and Mozart’s works on the instrument for which they were written, the fortepiano (also known as the pianoforte), on Sunday Feb.

12, 1pm. Tickets $25$35. Raven Theater, 115 North St.

Making Plans

Healdsburg Planning Commission meeting will be at Council Chambers, Thursday, Feb. 14, 6pm, 401 Grove St.

Lions and Gorillas Bushtracks founder David Tett speaks on the charismatic wildlife of Africa in a “Crafted Conversation” on Wednesday, Feb. 15, starting at 5:30pm. In the Fireplace Lounge at CraftWork, 445 Center St.

Chicago

The Raven Theater breaks new ground with Chicago The Tribute on Saturday, Feb. 18, 7:30pm, $25.

Photo courtesy of The Pulsators

THE UPBEAT Drummer and vocalist Johnny Campbell leads the Sonoma County band The Pulsators in their Friday night show at Coyote Sonoma, Feb. 3.

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22-room short-term housing campus into the Healdsburg community.

Kelley, Healdsburg’s mayor for 2023, pointed out that this is the first interim housing site in Healdsburg history. “I do believe this will make an impact—it’s been a long goal of ours, and it’s already making an impact,” she said. “There are already people living here tonight who prior to this opening in November were on the street.”

Case in point: Richard Mayebb. Enthroned in a plastic chair outside his room, Mayebb— known since childhood as Ayett, pronounced “8”—held court for several guests about how he became homeless and ended up in Healdsburg.

“I was a bouncer in Fairfax at Peri’s Tavern: then when COVID hit, I and everyone else got laid off,” said Mayebb. Soon he didn’t have the income to pay for a room, and with his dog Poppy he began walking north. It wasn’t their first long wander together: He said they walked from his home

state of Ohio to Seattle years ago.

This journey was not as long. Mayebb ended up homeless on the streets of Healdsburg, and his dog was euthanized after 15 years of companionship. He said he didn’t have much trouble finding food. Since he didn’t drink or do drugs (“My addiction is caffeine,” he noted), he could get by without much money. But he knew this wasn’t his best life. “I was in a homeless rut, and Reach for Home helped it—it gave me a chance to realign myself,” Mayebb explained.

Reach for Home, formerly known as North

County Community Services, is the local nonprofit headed by Margaret Sluyk. Its mission is ambitious, to end homelessness in the north county by engaging with community members who are struggling with or at risk of losing housing, and transforming their lives with action plans for their success— promoting self-sufficiency, independence and permanent housing.

Sluyk said the L&M interim housing facility, which took in its first residents on Nov. 21, just before Thanksgiving, was fully occupied at the time of its official ribbon cutting.

The people who are selected to move into the interim housing at the L&M have all worked closely with Reach for Home’s street outreach case managers in order to qualify. Sluyk said that the qualifications for shelter include proof of “chronic homelessness”—defined by Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as an individual who has a disability and has been living in a place not meant for human habitation, a safe haven or emergency shelter continuously for at least 12 months, or someone who had four

tours, speeches from the assembled officials and a ribbon-cutting,

Mayor Ariel Kelley wielding the shears, served to welcome the

KNUCKLE SANDWICH Former club bouncer ‘8’ shows off his Fairfax tattoos at Healdsburg’s L&M Village, an interim housing program in northern Sonoma County.

Photo by Christian Kallen

The most recent homeless count, in 2022, showed a 5% increase in unsheltered individuals since 2020 (the 2021 census was not held due to the pandemic).

Local Dog Hounds Fame From Newspaper

INDICATIONS

SUGGEST EDITOR

MIGHT ROLL OVER

Dear Editor: Since you kindly published my letter and that big, sexy photograph of my three-legged, bad self, a number of Healdsburgians have recognized me around town—an athletic woman on the Fitch Mountain trail, a handsome gent in Safeway check-out line, a homeless guy in the parking lot and many others. And that’s just the humans. I even received a kind note from Mayor Ariel Kelley proposing a date to meet her puppy Cooper. Thank you for the front page coverage—social media at its best.

I’ve spent the last couple of weeks thinking about my new-found fame and bothering the mail carrier more than usual—hoping a letter would arrive with your decision to allow me to write an ongoing column in the Tribune My “owner” thought I needed a break (I was doing quite a bit of nervous digging), so he took us on a road trip. I’ll leap into almost any open car door; I don't really need to know where I’m going. It smelled like we were headed south. We exited in a short time and arrived at the Charles Schulz Airport and nearby museum in

I even received a kind note from Mayor Ariel Kelley proposing a date to meet her puppy Cooper. Thank you for the front page coverage—social media at its best.

Windsor. My “owner” knows how much I admire Snoopy. Now, there was a dog who knew how to carry his fame, who had no need to spew his ego all over the rest of us. He is the poster pup for how to handle celebrity status. They might, perhaps, consider renaming the airport for the Snoop. I’m not complaining about dogs not getting attention here. Our area is lucky to claim both Snoopy and the Healdsburg High Hounds. We are DogProud! And yet the Tribune is having a Pet Photo Contest with (as far as I know) only human judges? This is 2023, folks. Following in Snoopy’s big pawprints, I want to be of service, and I therefore offer myself (along with my canine savvy) to be a judge in the Pet Photo Contest. Or possibly grand marshall, if appropriate. And then there’s the column. I would hope to use the platform to redefine the very concept of “service dog”—to use my voice to help others (of all species) and to strengthen our community.

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L&M Village

Dear Celebrity Dog: Have your people call my people. And by “people,” I mean humans. Let’s discuss this over a bowl of wine. Best, Daedalus Howell Editor dhowell@weeklys.com distinct occasions of similar homelessness in the past three years, where the cumulative length of time totals at least 12 months.

Though L&M has only been open a little over two months, Sluyk said two people have already received housing vouchers and are ready to move beyond the interim housing to something more permanent, and they’re working with a “housing locator” to find units for more. About a third of the participants have made medical appointments to help improve and manage their health issues, and nearly all of them have made some sort of income while in residence.

So far, no one has dropped out of the village and returned to homelessness, Sluyk said.

As well as the rooms left available for emergency use, the site has 24-hour security from Windsor-based Armorous, with three private security officers in rotating shifts every

day and night. “It’s been pretty stable here, except for a few hiccups,” said Mathew McKay, the onduty officer during the opening.

Life at the L&M is by no means a vacation for its residents, though an effort is made to de-traumatize them, since some of them may have been without a place to live for over a year. There are case workers on site, assisting residents in their gardening and property maintenance chores. The volunteers also help teach life skills, hobby or exercise classes, and even assist with gardening or art therapy.

After Velazquez and County Supervisor James Gore finished their remarks at L&M’s official opening on Jan. 26, the obligatory ribbon-cutting took place, a largely symbolic kick off of a project that is already well down the road of achieving its immediate goal of providing interim shelter for some of Healdsburg’s chronically homeless.

Early in the morning following the ribbon-cutting at the L&M Village, over 150 volunteers, outreach workers and paid guides spread throughout Sonoma County in the predawn hours, taking part in the annual Point-in-Time census, whose goal is to make an accurate count of the region’s homeless population.

The most recent homeless count, in 2022, showed a 5% increase in unsheltered individuals since 2020 (the 2021 census was not held due to the pandemic). Results of the homeless count usually take months to compile, and even preliminary numbers are not expected until summer.

What of the 22 recently-homeless individuals living at the L&M? Are they still homeless, or have they moved into another category on their life’s journey?

“Yes, they are counted as homeless, but sheltered individuals,” said Sluyk.

City Fulfills Promise With Lunar New Year Fest

HEALDSBURG CELEBRATES

THE YEAR OF THE RABBIT AND THE LOCAL AAPI COMMUNITY

By Christian Kallen

Don’t expect dragon parades or a lantern festival at the Healdsburg Plaza this Sunday, Feb. 5. Instead, a number of nonprofits and community volunteers will be holding a Lunar New Year festival. Drumming, jazz, tai chi and Asian-American street food will be part of the program, from 10:30am to 2pm.

“This is a communityled grassroots event,” said Mayor Ariel Kelley, one of the key organizers of the event. She highlighted the participation of nonprofits including the Asian American Pacific Islander Coalition, the Redwood Empire Chinese Association, Healdsburg Museum and Healdsburg Jazz, who “will be tabling and providing resources to support unity and belonging for our Asian American and Pacific Islander community.”

Kelley traced the origin of the Lunar New Year celebration to the Stop Asian Hate rally in 2021, which was precipitated when “a local business owner received a terrible racist letter, which then spurred local activists to host a rally in the Plaza.”

She said, “During that rally, several folks spoke of the rich history of the Asian American community in Healdsburg, including a Lunar New Year celebration that used to occur here in the Plaza.” Speakers also talked about the “dark racist experiences that took place in Healdsburg” in years past. “It was a very moving event, with artistry and beauty, and I never forgot the tragic stories that were shared about the bigotry that our Healdsburg residents faced in the past and that still persists today.”

Even before she became mayor in December 2022, Kelley took a particular interest in the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities in Healdsburg, and with their help crafted this weekend’s Lunar New Year event. “Part of this effort has been to use my role as mayor

to build some community cohesion around the idea and allowing this to be resident-led by the Asian-American community,” said Kelley. “It has been wonderful getting to know the representatives of our county-wide Japanese, Chinese and AAPI Coalition groups and inviting them to participate in Healdsburg's event.

The Lunar New Year is important in Asian cultures, especially among Chinese and Vietnamese. Many Native peoples recognize it as well. It’s marked by the first new moon after the winter solstice, usually falling in mid-January. That was Jan. 22 this year, a period of time that saw heavy rains throughout the state.

Sunday’s event starts off with free coffee from Black Oak Coffee, plus a tai chi chuan demonstration by Master David Chung at 10:30. At 11am, Sonoma County Taiko will perform on the resonant Japanese drums, followed at noon by a Culture and Lion Dance from the Redwood Empire Chinese Association.

The Jim Adams Trio then takes the stage representing Healdsburg

Jazz, playing straightahead jazz. Guitarist Adams will welcome a new jazz talent to join him in Ben Prentice, a former Healdsburg High School jazz band musician, as visitors can begin browsing the “street

food” offered by a number of local vendors along Plaza Street: Dim Sum & Then Sum, Sang San, Jam's Joy Bungalow, and Quail and Condor. The City of Healdsburg is supporting the logistics and setup for the event,

and community volunteers are organizing the program, according to community services director Mark Themig.

Updated information is available at tinyurl.com/ yefdavyv.

SEEDS OF CHANGE The March 28, 2021 'Stop Asian Hate' rally at the Healdsburg Plaza set the stage for the city's celebration of Lunar New Year, to be held on Feb. 5.

Photos by Caroline Bontia

STOP ASIAN HATE A March 2021 rally at the Plaza was held following an anonymous racist letter sent to an Asian-run business in town earlier that year, prompting then Vice Mayor Ozzy Jimenez to say, ‘Hate will not stand in Healdsburg.’

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Signature Sculpture Captures the Eye and Imagination

ROBERT GRAHAM’S ‘UNTITLED TORSO’ ONE OF MANY TO EXPLORE FORM

Pierre Ratte

By

The sculpture to the left is by Robert Graham. This statue, like others by Graham, is titled Untitled Torso. He did hundreds of untitled torsos. It’s a signature shape, establishing his reputation for sculpting large female and male figures.

This torso is made of solid aluminum, in irregular small sections pieced together as interlocking blocks. The seams are so precise, it seems as one piece. The fit of blocks, the shape, the power, the shine, the shadow and the illusion of movement are hard to resist.

Fun facts: Graham was born in Mexico. His father died when he was six years old. Afterwards, his mother, grandmother, aunt and he immigrated to San Jose. Graham schooled in art at San Jose State and the San Francisco Art Institute.

Graham sculpted the figures topping the entrance gate of the Los Angeles Coliseum for the 1984 Olympics. He also sculpted Duke Ellington playing piano, held aloft by a circle of ladies with outstretched overhead arms. That tribute

Fun facts: Graham sculpted the figures topping the entrance gate of the Los Angeles Coliseum for the 1984 Olympics. Graham’s statue of Joe Louis in St. Louis is simply a fist. That fist is 24 feet long and 24 feet high. The fist is symbolic of Louis’ punching power and efforts to break through barriers of prejudice and segregation.

sculpture stands at 110th Street, gateway to Harlem from Central Park’s northeast corner in New York City.

The sculpture of Franklin Delano Roosevelt by Graham honors the president and Americans with disabilities. Located halfway between the Jefferson and Lincoln memorials on the National Mall in Washington, DC, it is somewhat controversial, as it shows FDR in a wheelchair. The wheelchair was one the president designed. The president did not allow himself to be photographed using a wheelchair or crutches.

Graham’s statue of Joe Louis in St. Louis is simply a fist. That fist is 24 feet long and 24 feet high. The fist is symbolic of Louis’ punching power and efforts

to break through barriers of prejudice and segregation.

Graham’s pieces were heavily collected by the rich and famous in “the industry,”—the entertainment industry. He was dubbed “Los Angeles’ sculptor.” He lived in Venice, CA and married Anjelica Huston. Yes, that Anjelica Huston— director John Huston’s daughter, Mick Jagger’s London party-set companion and Jack Nicholson’s on and off partner for 17 years.

Huston and Graham were reportedly happily married 16 years when he passed away in 2008. I am pleased to have permission to write about this sculpture residing on the outskirts of Healdsburg on a private estate, photographed in summer light.

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TWIST Robert Graham’s ‘Untitled Torso’ is made of interlocking, irregular blocks of solid aluminum.

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Legal Notices

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO:

202203692

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: DILAN

COSENTINO, OWNER. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on January 06, 2023. (Publication Dates: January 12, 19, 26, February 2 of 2023 The Healdsburg Tribune).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202300069 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: GOLDEN STATE HAULING, 7074 COLD SPRINGS RD, PENNGROVE, CA 94951 COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address: SAME: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): WILLIAM DEAN TIMMINS, 7074 COLD SPRINGS RD, PENNGROVE, CA 94951: 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: WILLIAM D TIMMINS, OWNER. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on January 09, 2023. (Publication Dates: January 12, 19, 26, February 2 of 2023 The Healdsburg Tribune).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202300061 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: WRAPINESS, 8310 GEYSERS RD, GEYSERVILLE, CA 95441-9508 COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address: SAME: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): ROCHELLE LYNN MUELLER, 8310 GEYSERS RD, GEYSERVILLE, CA 95441-9508: This business is being conducted

GARMAN, OWNER, This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on December 12, 2022. (Publication Dates: January 19, 26, February 2, 9 of 2023 The Healdsburg Tribune). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202300036

following person(s) is (are) doing business as: YOUTHFUL

BY ANNA, 858 FOURTH ST STE E, SANTA ROSA, CA 95404 COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address: SAME: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): ANNA REYES, 5505 CRYSTAL DR, 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 1/1/2023. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: ANNA REYES, OWNER, This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on January 5, 2023. (Publication

Tourism Grants

spirit effort, as well as a clear link to bringing guests to our town. It is a very positive collaboration,” said Mitchell. “The HTID grant program, funded by a self-assessed tax by the

Healdsburg hoteliers, is intended to benefit the community members of the city, while also providing venues to encourage visitors to come to our city.”

Her colleagues on

the committee include Circe Sher, co-founder of Piazza Hospitality, which manages ownership of Healdsburg Hotel, H2H and the Harmon Guest House. Also on the committee is artist Alex Harris, co-owner of the Harris Gallery on Healdsburg Avenue on the corner

of Plaza Street, in the former Healdsburg National Bank. He is the current community representative. Sher said she was on the subcommittee because of her experience with local hotels. “Grants are given out twice a year. On average, we receive about

a life well lived

10 requests in winter/ spring, and 15 requests for summer/fall,” she said. The current applications are for the upcoming summer and fall, May to October.

Applications are open through Friday, March 10, and grants will be announced

on Friday, March 17. The application form is available through the online survey at surveymonkey.com/ r/3YTJXTJ. Priority is given to events or projects that encourage tourism and take place mid-week or in the slow tourism season from November through March.

ARNOLD L. SANTUCCI

January 12, 1920 - January 19, 2023

Ernest Nicholas Frandsen passed away on Wednesday, January 18 after a sudden decline in health caused by pneumonia and cancer. He was vibrant and physically active until December 29th. At age 92, he loved to shop, read, go out to dinner with family and friends, watch movies, decorate, give See’s candy, drive downtown, buy and give flowers, visit grand and greatgrandchildren, catch up on the family news and share conversations with everyone in the community. Ernie lived a long and happy life, and he will be missed by a multitude of people who had the good fortune to meet him.

Ernie was born on Easter, April 20, 1930. He met his future wife, Marilyn June Watkins, while attending Healdsburg High School. They married in 1950 and had four children. Ernie owned the Redwood Market grocery store in Healdsburg until 1960. Later, he owned and operated Fred Young & Company Mortuaries in Healdsburg and Cloverdale. Ernie retired in 1997.

After he lost Marilyn, in 1999, he spent his time with family, Kiwanis, church, and “the kids” (classmates from high school). He traveled to Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy, Greece and Hawaii and Martha’s Vineyard. He donated generously to Jefferson Elementary School in Cloverdale, the ICF, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, and many other organizations and people in the community.

Ernie will be remembered for

his generosity, good will, and happy attitude. He retained his sharp mental faculties and wit until the last moments of his life.

Ernie is survived by his daughters Claudia Jean Frandsen, Marjorie Ann Mielke (Roy Glassett), Elaine Marie Sutton (Mike), and Rebecca Lyn Sutton (Dave). His grandchildren Emily Austin (Josh), Amanda Gulsrud (Erik), Meagan Mielke, Samuel Mielke, Joshua Sutton (Lindsay), Tobin Sutton, Zachary Sutton (Janine), Nathaniel Sutton (Melissa), Hannah Sutton, Maxwell Sutton (Marguerite) and 13 greatgrandchildren. Ernie was preceded in death by his wife Marilyn, sister Elizabeth (Frandsen) VanBuren, granddaughter Dorothy Sutton, and his parents, Ernest W. and Elizabeth Frandsen. Also, his grandparents, Minna and Charles Frandsen, who were Ernie’s greatest loving guides, role models, and inspiration throughout his life.

Ernie’s memorial will be held at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 1402 University St., Healdsburg, on Saturday, February 4 at 11:00 a.m. Vaccinations, Testing, and Masks are encouraged. Please donate in Ernest N. Frandsen’s name to any of the charities listed below: Cloverdale Kiwanis, ICF at St. John’s Catholic Church in Healdsburg, the Healdsburg Museum, or your favorite charity that benefits children.

Arnold L. Santucci, former publisher and editor of the Healdsburg Tribune passed away peacefully at the family home on January 19, 2023. He was 103 years old.

Born and raised in San Francisco, he graduated from Saint Ignatius preparatory High School and UC Berkeley. During World War Two he served with the Army Air Corp Chemical Warfare Division in the Aleutian Islands Alaska Theater of War. Following his years of service he returned to San Francisco where he worked for a number of Bay Area newspapers and publishing companies. He came to Healdsburg in 1950 when he bought the Healdsburg Tribune as its publisher and editor for 12 years. Following the sale of the Tribune he established another publishing firm in the Santa Rosa area and later served as advertising manager for California Farm Bureau’s weekly statewide newspaper Ag Alert.

A fifty year member of the Kiwanis Healdsburg Kiwanis Club and served as editor of its newsletter. Past president of the Healdsburg Elementary School Board. A leader in the American Field Service Exchange Student Program. Member of the Salvation Army Advisory Council at Lytton Springs. Member of the Friends of Lake Sonoma and Board Member of the Healdsburg Museum and Historical Society.

In 1957 he was presented with the Citizen of the Year Award by the Healdsburg Chamber of Commerce. He was honored by the Healdsburg Museum with the Langhart Award and the History Lives Pioneer Award for his service as editor of the museum’s quarterly magazine the Russian River Recorder. He Is also honored by the Kiwanis Club with its Distinguished Service Award. He was predeceased by his wife of 64 years, Vida Santucci and his sisters Leola and Sylvia. He is survived by his son Robert Santucci of Healdsburg, his grandchildren Zachary Santucci of Santa Rosa and Zoe Santucci of Los Angeles, his niece Paula McGrath of Mill Valley, nephews Jay Weaver of Florida and Rick Weaver of San Francisco.

Family graveside services will be Friday, January 27th at 1:00 PM at Oak Mound Cemetery, Healdsburg. Church Services will be held at Saint Paul’s Church in Healdsburg on Saturday, February 18th at 2:00 PM followed by a reception at Saint Paul’s Parish Hall.

Donations in his honor may be made to the Healdsburg Kiwanis Club Memorial Scholarship Fund at HealdsburgKiwanis.org. or to the Healdsburg Museum at HealdsburgMuseum.org. Both sites have secure donation options. Thank you.

ARTS FESTIVAL Michelle Holland, fabric artist and music teacher, at her Boho Textiles booth in the 2022 Healdsburg Arts Festival, an event supported in part by an HTID grant.

Photo by Christian Kallen

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