The Healdsburg Tribune 3-30-2023

The Healdsburg

SUPERVISORS

BAN NEW GAS STATIONS IN COUNTY GOAL SET TO REACH CARBON NEUTRALITY BY 2030

By Will Carruthers

Sonoma County is taking another step towards a gas-free future.

On March 14, the county’s board of supervisors approved a ban on new retail gas stations in the unincorporated county as California endeavors to end the sale of gas-powered cars in 2035. Sonoma County’s ban will go into effect on April 13.

“Preventing new gas stations in the unincorporated county is just one of the tools we need to employ to reach our climate goals. Gas stations can be toxic sites, with run-off pollution and soil contamination, and we need to shift away from fossil fuels if we’re going to make a dent in climate change,” board chair Chris Coursey said in a statement following the vote.

According to a county staff report, there were over 158 fuel stations in Sonoma County in 2016, 46 of which are in the unincorporated county.

Sonoma County has set a goal of reaching carbon neutrality by 2030. Doing so will require major changes in transportation. In 2018, about 60% of the county’s greenhouse gas emissions came from transportation. By 2021, there were over 10,000 registered electric vehicles in the county.

The legislation has been pushed by a local group named Coalition Opposing New Gas Stations (CONGAS). In a statement, Jenny Blaker, the group’s co-coordinator, highlighted the equity considerations at play.

“In addition to the climate crisis and local impacts, CONGAS sees this as an environmental

Homegrown Herstory

NATIONAL WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH WAS BORN IN SONOMA COUNTY

By Chelsea Kurnick

It was the late 1970s. Molly Murphy MacGregor, a graduate student at Sonoma State University (SSU), taught a lively class on Women and Social Change at Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC) Petaluma campus.

Momentum to study, uplift and celebrate women grew throughout the decade nationally and in Northern California; students and faculty at SSU pushed to create a women’s studies major in 1972, the Supreme Court passed Roe v. Wade in 1973 and Dr. Angela Davis rose to international renown as a professor, author and revolutionary fighting for women’s rights and Black liberation.

MacGregor and a group of local women would go on to create the first Women’s History Week in Sonoma County schools in 1978. Two years later, President Jimmy Carter called for Women’s History Week to be recognized nationally. In 1987, a Congressional resolution established Women’s History Month as a national phenomenon. This year will be MacGregor’s 43rd and final year as executive director of the National Women’s History Alliance (NWHA).

She didn’t grow up planning to dedicate her life to teaching women’s history. Her conversion, as she calls it, took place while she was a high school teacher. When a student asked her about the women’s movement, MacGregor found herself speechless. At that moment, she recognized how little she knew and taught about women. That

recognition proved pivotal, changing the course of MacGregor’s life.

At SRJC, many of MacGregor’s students were young mothers returning to school. A few of these parents went to their childrens’ grade school libraries to check out books about women’s history. According to MacGregor, they found almost nothing— five to seven books, which hadn’t been checked out for years.

“We knew they hadn’t been checked out because teachers hadn’t assigned them. And teachers hadn’t

assigned them because teachers were never taught women’s history. All of us teach what we know,” MacGregor says.

Galvanized by a shared desire to provide the curriculum schools lacked, MacGregor and her students approached the Sonoma County Office of Education and asked to put Women’s History Week on school calendars. Soon after, MacGregor was among a group of women who formed the Education Task Force of the Sonoma County Commission on the Status of Women.

CAMPO FINA TO BE EMPTY NO MORE SINGLETHREAD ALUMNI MAKE PLANS FOR HEALDSBURG AVENUE SPACE

By Christian Kallen

The coveted downtown restaurant location at 330 Healdsburg Ave., vacated in October by Campo Fina, will reopen this summer as Molti Amici, loosely translated from Italian as “many friends.”

“Campo was a space that I would dine at three to four times a week,” said new owner Jonny Barr,

MacGregor says, “We would provide teachers with resources and resource women to come in and talk during that week. Our goal was always to empower teachers and educate them as much as we could.”

To create women’s history curricula, the women had to rely on source materials that underscored how dire the need for women’s history truly was. “When we started writing all the biographies we wrote, the most prestigious [source

who moved to Healdsburg from New York. “It was one of the first restaurants that really made me feel at home and at ease. The first time I walked through the doors, it felt like a New York restaurant. Narrow, tight, exposed brick, lots of energy.” Barr, 38, came to Healdsburg to work as general manager at SingleThread, the Michelin three-starred restaurant on Center Street. That put him at center stage in Healdsburg’s rapidly developing haute cuisine trade, where he met multiple restaurateurs and their customers, who form the culinary heart of today’s downtown. That’s what gave him the idea for the name, Molti Amici.

“Going into Campo Fina meant walking past

HISTORIC Co-founders of Women’s History Month are honored in Statuary Hall at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. in 2000.

From left are Molly Murphy MacGregor, Paula Hammett, Mary Ruthsdotter and Maria Cuevas.

Photo courtesy of Molly Murphy MacGregor

Our goal was always to empower teachers and educate them as much as we could.

MOLLY MURPHY MACGREGOR

Photo courtesy of Suited Hospitality

NEW RESTAURATEUR Jon Barr is the new owner of the restaurant space on Healdsburg Avenue where Campo Fina used to be; his Molti Amici will open in summer.

A CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS IN HEALDSBURG

THS Play Beauty and the Beasts concludes its two-night run from The Healdsburg School (THS), with a cast of 94 students from the local K-8 school. Starts at 7pm at Rio Lindo Adventist Academy, 3200 Rio Lindo Ave. Tickets $20, children $15, at thehealdsburgschool.org/ spring-musical

Labor Days

The city’s fourth of five encuentros is Thursday, March 30, on “Labor Days: Migrant and Service Community Experiences in Healdsburg.” 6:30-8:30pm at Healdsburg Community Center’s Multi-purpose Room. More information at Healdsburg.gov/dei

Hallelujah

Singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright comes to the Little Saint on Friday, March 31. Performance starts at 8pm; details at littlesainthealdsburg.com

Piano-Poet Duo Poet and author Ellen Bass and Ukrainian-born pianist Inna Faliks combine their talents in a program at The 222, Friday, March 31, at 7:30pm. 222 Healdsburg Ave. the222. org

Pancake Breakfast Kiwanis 68th annual Pancake Breakfast on Palm Sunday, April 2, from 8:30-11:30am, at Villa Chanticleer. Adults $10, kids $5; mimosas available for the adults. Funds go to support kids’ activities in Healdsburg.

Sunday Night Comedy

Returning and new comedy performers on a

road trip of laughs reach Healdsburg at 7pm on the first Sunday of each month, including April 2, at Furthermore Tasting Room, 328A Healdsburg Ave.

City Council Healdsburg’s City Council will meet on Monday, April 3, for their regular twice-monthly meeting. The agenda will be posted a week before the meeting. Attend live at 401 Grove St., 6pm, or view on facebook/ CityofHealdsburg.

Planning Commission

The City of Healdsburg Planning Commission meets on Tuesday, April 11, at 6pm. At Council Chambers, 401 Grove St., or view online at facebook/ CityofHealdsburg.

Parks and Rec

The city’s parks and recreation committee will

meet on Wednesday, April 12. The agenda will be posted a week before the meeting. Attend live at 401 Grove St., 6pm, or view on facebook/ CityofHealdsburg.

Farmers’ Market

On April 15, the Healdsburg Certified Farmers’ Market returns to West Plaza Parking Lot at North and Vine, and every Saturday thereafter into December, from 8:30am to noon.

Wear White Second annual Healdsburg En Blanc benefit for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma-Marin on Saturday, April 15, “an evening soiree” benefiting more than 600 area children and teens. One rule: Wear white. Villa Chanticleer, 6-10pm, tickets $150 at bgcsonoma-marin.org/ healdsburg-en-blanc

Grunge Saturday

Celebrate tax day on April 15 with a grunge immersion at Coyote Sonoma, where Corduroy: A Pearl Jam Experience pays tribute, and the Stone Temple Peruvians open. Ripped jeans mandatory. $20, 8-10pm, Saturday, April 15, 77 Mill St.

Healdsburg Chorus

Two performances of the Spring Concert from Healdsburg Chorus, a community group of singers, who ask, “How Can I Keep From Singing?” Find out Saturday, April 15 at 7pm, and Sunday, April 16 at 3pm at the Raven Theater. Tickets $20. More information at healdsburgchorus.com

City Council

Healdsburg’s City Council will meet on Monday, April 17, for their regular twice-monthly

meeting. The agenda will be posted a week before the meeting. Attend live at 401 Grove St., 6pm, or view on Facebook/ CityofHealdsburg.

Great Redwood Trail Public meeting of the Great Redwood Trail Agency board of directors, to be held Thursday, April 20, at Healdsburg City Council Chambers, 401 Grove St., 10:30am.

Earth Day Climate Action Healdsburg and the City of Healdsburg combine forces to hold a Climate Fest on Saturday, April 22 in the Healdsburg Plaza. Interactive displays, events for grownups and kids, music and speakers from 1 to 4 pm. It’s not too late. More information at climateactionhealdsburg. org

Photo by Kristina Eskra

BEASTIE GIRLS Students at The Healdsburg School in costume for ‘Beauty and the Beasts,’ from left, Chloe Hagerman, Renata Maturana, June Nelson, Maebel Evans, Iona Meyers and Mia Delos.

material] we read would make you think all these women had sprung from the head of Zeus—all you heard about were their fathers,” MacGregor exclaims.

Over the past 43 years, MacGregor says the country’s collective awareness of women has grown exponentially. Much of the misogyny was not deliberate, according to her.

“There was extraordinary unconscious bias against women. We had to really prove that women had been great artists and scientists…. Going back to any culture at any time, you'll find out that women were substantial in every single aspect of the development of history, but people did not realize,” she says.

MacGregor attributes the national success of Women’s History Month to bipartisan support. In 1981, Reps. Orrin Hatch and Barbara Mikulski cosponsored the first joint Congressional resolution proclaiming Women’s History Week.

Yet the need for bipartisan support also kept MacGregor and other lesbians in the movement in the closet about their sexual orientation for decades to come. While supportive of women’s history curriculum, Hatch opposed LGBTQ+ rights bills until at least 2012.

“Was there lesbian energy behind our work? You betcha,” says MacGregor.

She continues, “Lesbians were among the first people to understand that women were important. Women’s studies was always a women-lovingwomen supportive space.”

Each year, the NWHA chooses a theme for Women’s History Month.

In their magazine, Women’s History, MacGregor writes, “Throughout 2023, ‘Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories,’ encourages recognition of women past and present who have been active in all forms of media and storytelling, including print, radio, TV, stage, screen, blogs, podcasts and more.”

Articles within the issue highlight women storytellers who amplify stories from within their own communities. The magazine spotlights Indigenous women storytellers who upheld their cultural traditions even when the U.S. outlawed storytelling in the Code of Indian Offenses in the 1880s.

In the article, “Telling Black Women’s Stories,” Cynthia

Denise Robinson

Smith writes, “Storytelling is important and dates to slavery. Blacks were forbidden to read and write. It was illegal and could also be fatal. The only avenue available to them was talking about it.”

MacGregor says reading the stories of countless women of color throughout history has shaped and expanded her. “I grew up with a terrible amount of white privilege, and I was so under-educated about it. I’m 77 now, and I say that means I’ve had a lifetime to unlearn some of the lies I was told growing up,” she says.

Although she is heartened by much of the activism and care she sees locally, MacGregor feels there’s a lot to fight for in the U.S. right now. She is deeply shaken about Roe v. Wade being overturned, calls to ban books and attacks on trans children.

“It’s facism that we’re

facing,” MacGregor says. Then she asks, “Who are these people that are so afraid of learning about the complexities of our history?”

Despite her many grave concerns, MacGregor is confident that younger generations have the numbers and power to fight.

As quickly as she gets fired up about what worries her, MacGregor becomes effervescent about what makes her hopeful. Last week, women in Vietnam, Spain and Germany called her to ask advice on how to start a Women’s History Week.

“I know you’re writing about me, but I can’t tell you how important it is to recognize all the women who founded this with me and the hundreds of thousands of women since,” MacGregor says.

CONTINUING EDUCATION

In celebration of local activists uplifting the history of women in and around Sonoma County, the author of this article recommends:

The Women & Gender Studies Lecture Series at SSU

The Lesbian Archives of Sonoma County collection, housed at the GLBT Historical Society

The Sonoma County Black Forum

Sonoma County Commission on the Status of Women

• The Louise Lawrence

Transgender Archive in Vallejo

Oral histories of members of the Movimiento Cultural de la Unión Indigena

• Maria Salinas

Cristina Ramires Reyes

Sonoma County

LGBTQI History Timeline

GROW Women’s History Week eventually became National Women’s History Month.

Photo courtesy of Molly MacGregor

NEWS

FROM ‘THE

HEALDSBURG TRIBUNE’ OF YEARS PAST

100 years ago–March 29, 1923

Current From Geysers to Be First of Its Kind in U.S.

Within 30 days, electricity generated by steam from the bowels of the earth will be in practical use for the first time in the United States, officials of The Geysers Development Co. announced Thursday. Current generated will be used to supply

FLASHBACKS

illumination for the resort’s hotel and grounds.

Almost unanimously, stockholders in The Geysers Development Company in this district have agreed to pay the amounts of their subscriptions by the first of April in order that development work may start immediately.

The agreement will permit the officials of the company to go immediately forward with incorporation proceedings, and when completed the placing of machinery, erection of poles, and stringing of wires from The Geysers to this city will follow, and within five or six months

Empty No More

multiple tables that you would have to say hello to, if it was winemakers or it was a tasting room attendant or an art gallery owner in town that you had some connection with,” he said over a glass of wine at the Troubadour Bakery and Bistro across the street. “It always felt like a modern day Cheers, where everyone knew your name.”

Among his creative partners in Molti Amici are Sean McGaughey and Melissa Yanc, who will serve as co-executive chefs of the new restaurant. Alumni of the

SingleThread universe as well, they currently run Troubadour and the Quail and Condor Bakery farther south on Healdsburg Avenue.

He credits “Chef Sean and Chef Melissa” for the direction of the menu, saying the focus will still be Italian. “It's not going to be the same menu that Campo had, but it's going to be wood fire pizzas, wood fire entrees, handmade pastas, extruded pastas, vegetable forward dishes, where the meat becomes more of a condiment.”

Barr said there would

current developed at The Geysers should be supplying light and power in this city.

75 years ago–March 26, 1948

Girls’ Event Added to Kite Contest

A special kite flying event for girls was incorporated in the Kite Contest plans of the Sotoyome Post of the American Legion, Kenneth Jamieson reported this week. Picture doll prizes will be awarded to the girls with the prettiest and most originally designed kite, he said. The Kite Contest, scheduled for Saturday,

be slightly different lunch and dinner menus, with the diner menu including “more wood-fired proteins and large shared items out of the woodfire oven.”

Campo Fina’s closing was coincident with Barr’s departure from SingleThread in November, and it may have helped him forge a new career. Recalled Barr, “I had no aspirations of getting into restaurants. I was just going to take a break, take some time off, take a year just to collect my thoughts and see what the next steps were for myself.

“Then I saw the lease sign go up,” he said.

The space at 330

March 27, at 1:30 p. m. at the Elementary School grounds features five different events for boys and the newly added event for girls. Twenty-five prizes will be awarded to the best five entrants in each of the five events.

50 years ago–March 29, 1973

Blossom Tour Holds Steady, Continues to Bring Visitors

Although the blossoms were on the wane and the weather could have been better, the 13th annual spring blossom tour last weekend attracted about the same

number of visitors as last year. About 1,650 persons signed the guest register at the tour headquarters in Villa Chanticleer, according to Frank Thrall, manager of the sponsoring Chamber of Commerce. As usual, the guest register is not an accurate count of the weekend visitors, because many bypass the Villa on the tour route.

The Russian River Farm Bureau also served about the same number of meals in Alexander Valley Community Hall this year. There were as many as 10 busloads of hungry tourists waiting in line at one time.

Even though the prune blossoms and mustard bloom were over the hill, Thrall said he heard no complaints from the visitors, who were mostly from the Bay Area. They seemed to simply enjoy the tour in the country, the Villa and the attractive commercial exhibits in the main hall. Many persons indicated they will return May 12 for the second annual Russian River May Wine Fest in the city’s plaza. Provided by the Healdsburg Museum and Historical Society.

Healdsburg is now gutted back to its brick walls— furniture and facilities are gone, but the woodfire oven still stands immovable in the back dining area. The bocce court will remain as well, and Barr plans to keep the

“wall of champions” intact through the remodel, which he describes as “just a facelift.”

“I just want to make sure that this isn't about where myself or Sean have worked, what we've done in our careers,” he said. “This isn't about us

chasing awards, accolades, national attention.”

Barr said he plans to open this summer, and bring back the atmosphere of camaraderie and good food that made Campo Fina the yardstick of social dining in Healdsburg.

Barr said he plans to open this summer, and bring back the atmosphere of camaraderie and good food that made Campo Fina the yardstick of social dining in Healdsburg.

Photo courtesy of Healdsburg Museum

STEAM POWER Workers at a steam valve at The Geysers, which began supplying electrical power 100 years ago, in April 1923.

POLICE LOG

PARTIAL LIST OF INCIDENTS REPORTED TO HEALDSBURG POLICE

MARCH 12-18

Sunday, March 12

• 8:00pm. A man reported a female gained access into his apartment on East St. and broke his refrigerator door. A 47-year-old woman was arrested for possession of methamphetamines and outstanding Lake County warrants, and transported to county jail.

10:44pm. Reporting Party (RP) stated a knife was pulled on security at a Plaza St. establishment, and a 27-year-old man was arrested for brandishing a deadly weapon and public intoxication, and taken to county jail.

Monday, March 13

12:13am. RP states there are underage people at the bar on Plaza Street, and described a woman who said she was 20 and has since left the bar. RP sounds HBD (had been drinking) and is very evasive with the dispatcher. RP called numerous times to complain about HPD and stating he was going to contact the press.

11:22am. At Fitch and Matheson, a RP stated that about 20 (minutes) ago a vehicle failed to yield and almost hit him. They then engaged in a verbal argument where the driver told him that if he spoke to him like that again he would "kill him." Report taken.

7:56pm. Disturbance occurred at Senior Center Lot between a male and female in a verbal dispute. RP heard lots of yelling/ screaming and then the vehicle horn honking constantly. The male exited the vehicle; the female yelled at him to give her the keys back because she "needed to get out of here." Officers responded and made contact; the female advised there was no argument and she was okay.

Tuesday, March 14

9:36am. Petty theft reported on Johnson St. of three packages stolen from RP’s porch on Thursday. RP later informed officers that the

packages were located at her neighbors.

Wednesday, March 15

4:53pm. Officers stopped a 49-yearold man for broken tail light at 7-Eleven store on Healdsburg Ave. He was cited for Driving on a Suspended License.

Thursday, March 15

10:35am. RP stated a male in the business is yelling, screaming and slamming things on the counter of the Metro store on Healdsburg Ave. RP feels the male is very verbally aggressive and refuses to leave. RP is currently separated from the subj and is in the back room and won’t come out until she sees police arrive via cameras.

Officers responded, contacted the RP and the subject, who will be leaving and going to another Metro store.

1:49pm. Petty Theft reported at Rite Aid Drugstore on Healdsburg Ave. RP stated 2 female subjs just stole from the store, left southbound on Hburg Av in a blk Nissan Altima 4DR. RP states she has footage of them coming and going but not in the store, doesn’t know dollar amount at the time of the call. Items will still have security tags on them.

Officers responded, report taken.

7:07pm. RP states there is a guy laying in the front seat of his car on Philip Dr. and a female is giving him a "blow job." RP did not see genitals, a condition of indecent exposure.

Officers responded, not as reported.

8:10pm. RP states she spoke to a male who said he was accosted, and his phone was stolen on the Foss Creek Path between Front St. and Mill St. about 8pm previous day. RP states the victim made her swear not to tell his name. RP states the suspect didn’t punch but took an Apple iPhone. Disposition: Information Only.

• 11:07pm. Assault reported at L&M Motel on Healdsburg Ave. RP was attacked, choked and thrown to the ground by her hair. Suspect left the property via back gate, RP willing to press charges. Officers responded, and a 50-year-old female was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon,

resisting arrest and a parole violation, and taken to county jail.

Thursday, March 16

• 12:37pm. An injury accident occurred at Northern CA Medical Associates on Center St. RP stating accident just occurred but she had no detail/heard only. Additional caller stated drivers appear shaken up, unknown injuries, children in the vehicle, no vehicles blocking traffic. Officers and medical contacted all involved parties. All parties are awake and conscious.

Female transported to Healdsburg District Hospital.

• 2:01pm. Assault reported at Healdsburg Junior High School on Grant St. RP stated her daughter was jumped at school by a group of 12 individuals; RP believes it was a premeditated attack. Medical call precautionary, officers responded to the school and spoke with school staff and the suspect.

2:03pm. Parole Violation activity at Johnson St. 52 YO male arrested for paraphernalia possession and parole violation, and outstanding Mendocino and Lake County drug and vehicle violation warrants.

9:29pm. Hit and Run Accident reported at Lo And Behold Bar and Kitchen on Healdsburg Ave. RP states a guest “saw someone hit a vehicle and peel away.” Victim vehicle was unoccupied. Suspect vehicle is an Accord, Prius or a Honda Civic, sedan, dark slate gray or silver, with a partial plate number. Suspect vehicle hit the back left of the victim vehicle. The vehicle owner did not want to pursue charges at this time.

• 10:41pm. RP states on Sunday (March 12), a male was trespassing on Sunnyvale Dr., and the RP wants him charged for trespass. RP states fruit was picked from a tree and RP can’t prove the male took the fruit, but believes the male stole them. RP was advised to contact HPD when in progress.

Friday, March 17

3:19pm. RP stated a male and female are "camped out" in front of Raven Film Center, inhibiting people from walking by on the sidewalk. They are

New Gas Station Ban

justice issue. In every drop of gasoline we pump there is a wake of destruction—from the drilling to the pumping to the transportation by rail, trucks, and pipelines to processing facilities and refineries— almost always disproportionately impacting indigenous, low income, and communities of color,” Blaker said.

Woody Hastings, the group’s other co-coordinator, said that the outright bans on new gas stations will save planning staff from spending time considering

drinking something, but he doesn’t know if it’s alcohol. While officers were en route, the RP called back and stated the subjects had left via bicycle. Unable to locate.

4:26pm. Check Case-Insufficient funds, occurred at Copperfield’s Books on Matheson St. RP came to the police department lobby to report that a customer wrote two bad checks; the bank of one of them was called and they stated the account number is correct but the name on the account is incorrect. Report taken.

• 11:39pm. An accident with property damage occurred at the Roundabout on Healdsburg Ave. RP thinks there is a drunk driver because the vehicle is stuck at the roundabout, and the wheels are spinning while the driver is trying to get free; later the RP

applications for new gas stations.

“Taking this action frees up staff time to work on other climate-smart measures in the county, such as efforts to improve walking and biking amenities, expand clean-emission public transit, and develop electric vehicle charging infrastructure,” Hastings said.

Sonoma County is the first county in the country to ban new gas stations, continuing local cities’ leadership on the issue. In 2021, Petaluma became the first

stated the occupants are now outside of the vehicle. Officers responded, charged for collision only, reckless driving. Vehicle towed and report taken.

Saturday, March 18

11:07am. Drug activity suspected at Wicked Slush, Healdsburg Ave., when an officer located suspicious vehicles in the area. A 27-yearold male was arrested and transported to county jail for possession of narcotics and paraphernalia.

3:26pm. Reckless Driver reported by 911 call at Redwood Hwy/Central offramp. Vehicle desc: older model dark blue Tacoma, unknown plates. Driver desc: adult male, dirty/ disheveled appearance, blondish hair. Driving behavior: erratic, weaving in and out of traffic, slamming on brake, yelling at people. Officers responded.

jurisdiction in the country to ban the construction of new gas stations.

Cotati, Rohnert Park, Santa Rosa, Sebastopol and Windsor followed soon after.

Sonoma County’s ban exempts the construction of private fuel stations used for agricultural and fleet use.

“This is one small step in the right direction to meaningfully address the climate challenge, and with over 150 gas stations operating in Sonoma County, one that I don’t see as controversial,” Coursey stated.

• 9:00pm. Drunk driver reported at Bank Of Marin on Center St. A female older adult with gray shoulder-length hair jaywalked across the street and stumbled into her vehicle, a dark colored Honda Civic or Accord, 4d sedan, and was witnessed driving away. At the Center/ Piper intersection, the vehicle did an abrupt stop, swerved to the right and almost hit the stop sign. Officers responded, the surrounding areas were checked and suspect vehicle Gone On Arrival/ Unable to Locate.

• 9:01pm. Assault at L& M Motel on Healdsburg Ave. RP states suspect was in an argument with her and he closed the door on her head when she bent over. Subjects are separated and the male is in his room. RP declined medical but is requesting an incident report.

GUZZLING GAS In 2018, about 60% of Sonoma County’s greenhouse gas emissions came from transportation.

Photo by Will Carruthers

Amy Miller Amy Miller

Fielding Wins the Day for Hounds

CLUTCH HITTING AND RELIABLE DEFENSE BRINGS HHS RECORD TO 6-2

By Christian Kallen

A combination of windy, rainy weather and spring break has made sports results few and far between in recent weeks. Only the baseball team seems to have played more than a time or two, and they continue to deliver exciting games for hometown fans.

After starting the season on a 5-0 roll, the Healdsburg High baseball team hit a rough patch recently with backto-back losses against non-league rivals. Justin-Siena of Napa won a 10-1 victory on March 16, and a week later Clear Lake of Lake County shut out the Hounds with a 7-0 score.

Still, their league record remains a spotless 2-0, on the heels of a Monday, March 27 victory over Santa Rosa, 9-8. The tight game marked a big step forward for Hayden Mariani. “He is our freshman center fielder and is starting to come into his own,” said coach Mark Domenichelli.

“Hayden had a big 3-run scoring double in the first inning with two out and bases loaded to give us some breathing room early,” said the coach. “Then in the fourth inning he came up again and singled to center, plating two more runs.” Mariani

ended up with five RBIs in the game, sparking both innings where the Hounds scored all their runs.

Also delivering was catcher Wyatt Dugan, who doubled in the third inning, but “his defense behind the plate was stellar,” said Domenichelli. “Dugan threw out three runners, including the tying baserunner, in the top of the 7th to secure the game.”

Gavin Vallis made a diving play in the 4th inning to save two runs from scoring when he snared a would-be double to hold the lead at 5 to 4. As a pitcher, he got his fourth win of the season, giving up two hits over three innings and striking out four.

Sam Vanden Heuvel continues to lead the team at the plate, his batting average currently standing at a rock-solid .593 with no fewer than eight doubles, easily putting him among the top hitters in the North Coast.

But it was as an infielder that Vanden Heuvel shined on Monday night, when Domenichelli said he was “a magician with the glove, making great defensive play after play.” So far, the senior has played eight games at the hot spot at short without an error.

All three recent games were played at Art McCaffrey Field at Rec Park, where the crowd is always loud and supportive. The varsity is currently 6-2 on the year, 2-0 in the league.

Next league game for the Hounds is Friday, March 31 against Piner in Santa Rosa. Next home

game is a week later, on April 7, against Montgomery, starting at 7pm.

Softball

While the baseball boys are competitive whenever they take the field, the softball girls are having a rougher time of it. A couple early-season rainouts means they’ve only played four games, losing them all by significant point spreads. Their next home game is April 6 against Ukiah, first pitch at 5pm.

Badminton

Stan Bischof’s badminton players came up with an 11-4 team victory over Roseland University Prep on March 16. They end their spring hiatus on Tuesday night, March 28, with a home meet against Elsie Allen, followed by a Thursday match against Analy.

Track & Field Healdsburg’s athletes have been overlooked in the huge fields at the big regional meets—Big Cat (March 4), Twilight Invitational (March 10) and the Dublin Distance Festival (March 18). But this week they went headto-head with Else Allen at the HHS fields on Wednesday, March 29. Results too late for press time, but check next week’s Healdsburg Tribune for a report.

After a couple dual meets away, the runners, jumpers and throwers will next meet at home against Cardinal Newman on Wednesday, April 19, and a week later (April 26) against Piner.

Meets begin at 4pm at the school fields on University Street.

FINDING HIS SWING Freshman center fielder Hayden Mariani takes a stance on March 23 at Rec Park.

Photos by Michael Lucid

FLAWLESS FIELDER Healdsburg’s Sam Vanden Heuvel has played eight error-free games at shortstop in his senior year.

SNAPSHOT

PAIRED The classic combo of cheese and wine at Bricoleur Vineyards.

We Have the Need, the Need for Cheese

By Pierre Ratte

This spectacular table setting was at Bricoleur. Brie–co–leur comes from the French bricolage, which loosely means “something constructed from available materials.”

In English, one might say “cobbled together.”

But in French, the expression can denote a compliment, as it includes concepts of improvisation and ingenuity.

These positive qualities were on display at Bricoleur Vineyards and event center in Windsor, where Beth and Mark Hanson, along with daughter and COO Sarah,

created a beautiful winery from a former equestrian facility. The bricolage of wine, food and hospitality is a local treat. On Saturday morning, the two magnificent tables above were set for a cheese seminar, part of Sonoma County’s Artisan Cheese Festival. In 2018, the festival moved from Petaluma to its present location at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa.

Events during the week include guided tours of area cheesemakers, farm and dairy operations; cheese seminars; and Sunday’s gathering of cheese, food,

wine and beer vendors at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds. Fun facts and cheeses sampled at Bricoleur:

• Humboldt Fog by Cypress Grove Chevre (goat’s milk)

Mt. Tam by Cowgirl Creamery (cow’s milk, double cream and triple cream cheeses have a minimum of 60 and 75% butterfat content, respectively)

• Vintage Boont Corners by Pennyroyal Farm (cow’s milk brined in the Tomme style)

• Atika by Tomales Creamery (sheep and goat milk blend in

the Tomme style)

• Golden Gate by Marin French Cheese Company (cow’s milk, triple cream handwashed with brine)

• Original Blue by Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company (cow’s milk inoculated with microbial rennet) Farmstead cheese means cheese made at the dairy. The cheese companies above were all founded by women, appropriate for Women’s History Month. Check out California’s Cheese Trails for more fabulous cheese makers, including: Achadinha

The cheese companies were all founded by women, appropriate for Women’s History Month.

Cheese Company, Andante

Cheese, Bellwether Farms, Bohemian Creamery, Laura Chenel (marinated cheese), Joe Matos

Cheese, Petaluma Creamery, Double 8 Dairy (water buffalo), Ramini Mozzarella, Spring Hill Jersey

Cheese, Tomales Farmstead Creamery, Valley Ford Cheese and Creamery, Vella Cheese and Wm.

Cofield Cheesemakers. Next time when sampling cheese—take a beat from the wine and cheese and crackers and chatter. Pause. Experience the taste, texture, center, rind. Experience mindfully. Make these artisans happy, while experiencing the treat of the unique sensations found in artisanal cheeses.

Photos by Pierre Ratte