Oakmont’s Semimonthly Newspaper www.oakmontvillage.com/news July 15, 2020 • Volume 59, Number 14 Supervisors Won’t Close Sprinklers at Dusk COVID-19 at Los Guilicos For Now Oakmont Gardens nStaff Report nJim Brewer The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors refused All residents and staff at the Oakmont Gardens were to back Chairman Susan Gorin’s efforts to close Los retested for COVID-19 the week of July 6 after eight Guillicos Village (LGV) for the homeless and voted residents and one staff member turned up positive. instead to continue it as is until such time as Gorin Eight Gardens residents have been in self and staff are able to locate an alternative site in eastern quarantine since the staff member tested positive in Sonoma County. mid-June. The staffer has recovered from the virus The vote came after lengthy public comments. but is not currently working, according to Constance More than seven hours of recorded comments, the Sablan, spokesperson for the Gardens operator, MBK vast majority wanting the site closed, were sent to Senior Living. supervisors after residents learned late last week of Sprinklers at dusk on the Sugarloaf Golf Club course. None of the residents who tested positive had the possibility of making LGV a permanent shelter (Photo by Maureen McGettigan) developed symptoms as of July 6, Sablan said. Dining and removing all of the security and transportation facilities and other community activities had already services that have been provided since the village been suspended in all MBK facilities in mid-March opened in March. Several Oakmont residents sought OVA Board Tables Move as a precautionary measure, she said. “Everybody immediate closure because of fire season. who tested positive is being asked to quarantine in “If there’s a fire in there, I am guessing there is To Open Indoor Facilities their apartments, and we have asked all residents a potential for legal action because you’ve been to self-isolate.” Visiting has also been curtailed, advised,” said Elaine Bennett in one of several nAl Haggerty she said. hundred live and recorded messages. She said the Amid concern about a recent increase in COVID-19 OVA first heard of reports of positive virus tests shelter at Los Guilicos “is wrong on so many levels. cases in Sonoma County, the Oakmont Village from residents in the community, and the positive No one appreciates your deceit. I hope it comes back Association board tabled a resolution to open OVA’s tests were then confirmed upon inquiry to MBK. The Gardens management cannot impose mandatory to bite you.” Fitness Center as soon as July 15. The unanimous isolation on its 160 residents, including the 57 in OVA President Steve Spanier said legal action is action at the board’s organizational meeting followed assisted living. However, the company has been a possibility. “Los Guilicos was always the wrong the July 6 counting of election ballots. location for a homeless shelter—that will never urging residents to follow health protocols regarding Director Noel Lyons, heading up a committee change,” he said. “Today’s vote by the county Board the virus since March, Sablan said. exploring the issues involved in opening indoor of Supervisors to continue LGV despite hundreds of So far it is not clear how the virus got into the facilities, recommended no action be taken on the See los guilicos on page 3 Gardens, or why the county did not immediately resolution until the regular board meeting July 21. begin contact tracing after MBK reported that an Board President Steve Spanier immediately employee had tested positive. Sonoma County Town Hall Clarifies Proposed supported Lyons’ position, calling the resolution Health Department officials, as a matter of policy, to open the Fitness Center and other indoor areas have not offered detailed comment on specific cases “premature.” He cited a new report by 200 world or situations. Fire Safe Policy Rules scientists citing how easily the virus can spread n MBK did a deep cleaning of all the areas that people Jackie Reinhardt through the air. Spanier said opening indoor facilities who tested positive had visited, including their A July 7 Town Hall that focused on proposed Fire was “too big a risk,” adding that people “wouldn’t apartments, and planned to do another deep cleaning Safety and Control Policy Rules and Regulations necessarily wear masks.” soon. Initial cleaning was done after the staff member cleared up a major misunderstanding about what The board discussion followed a strong statement tested positive on June 15. Oakmonters would have to do to comply with the by resident Harriet Palk. Citing a recent increase in “We have been instituting safety protocols since proposal likely to come before the OVA Board for virus cases in the county, she said: “If ever a stay-in- mid-March but it’s just very difficult,” Sablan said. approval July 21. place order needs to be in effect, now is the time.” “Nobody has figured out how to keep you 100% safe.” Based on questions asked, many residents were Opening indoor facilities, she added, has “the There has been a precipitous rise recently in concerned they would need to cut down plants, trees potential to open the door for a COVID-19 outbreak COVID-19 cases, including in Sonoma County. OVA or other vegetation to maintain five feet of defensible in Oakmont.” directors have delayed plans for re-opening indoor space around their homes and even remove plants There was also a discussion of how much demand facilities and picnic areas at least until their July 21 from decks. there is for opening the Fitness Center. Lyons said he meeting. “We do not want our beautiful landscape has heard from people who use the center every day destroyed,” noted Mariellen Munson after listening that they won’t return until there is a vaccine. Director to the discussion. Munson is president of the Aspen Heidi Klyn estimated that about one in four residents Meadows Homeowners Association. is anxious to have the center open. Dog Park Work Starting The board unanimously approved a resolution “We are not requiring removal of plants at this nStaff Report time,” OVA General Manager Kevin Hubred said, requiring residents to sign a hold harmless agreement clarifying one of the most misunderstood provisions. before using any indoor facilities. This would relieve Construction of Oakmont’s long-awaited dog park “We’re talking about removing dead brush around OVA of liability should someone contract the virus. was expected to begin July 15 after receipt of city permits for the project off Stone Bridge Road. The the perimeter.” See town hall on page 3 See board on page 3 project is planned to take about two months, said Iris Harrell, chair of the OVA Building Construction Committee. PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE Installing the dog park over the hill behind the PAID Community Garden requires temporary closure of SANTA ROSA, CA the Volunteer Trail leading from Stone Bridge to the PERMIT NO. 323 bridge into Trione-Annadel State Park, which is also reachable from the private road running alongside the adjacent RV park. The OVA Board approved cost for the project by contractor is Mitchell Landscaping is $189,513. 2 The Oakmont News / July 15, 2020

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INDEPENDENT LIVING • ASSISTED LIVING License # 496803601 The Oakmont News / July 15, 2020 3 board Continued from page 1 nMarilyn Pahr DIRECTORS RE-ELECTED As we go to press, the re-opening of from their respective teams. Those There were no surprises in the 2020 board election the Oakmont Village Library is still a volunteers who can will be working results. Ballots had been held uncounted since work in progress and dependent on to get the library opened for you but COVID-19 prompted shutdown of much activity. county health orders. The books miss need your help and cooperation. Makeup of the board is the same as last year, with you, the volunteers miss you and we How many of those books you Spanier as president; Tom Kendrick, vice president; know you miss having access to the had checked out and meant to Klyn, secretary; and Elke Strunka, treasurer. books, DVDs and audiocassettes that read got read during the Shelter in The four board members were unopposed and all enrich your lives. Place? How many books from your finished in a close group. Spanier, Kendrick and Jess The library has over 20,000 items personal library are ready for a new Marzak were elected to two-year terms. Marianne available for Oakmont residents and home in the library? We’re guessing Neufeld, with the fewest votes, will serve for one their guests. No fees, no due dates, it’s a lot and if everyone returned all year. no library cards, no sign outs—just their items and gave us donations, it browse and take them home. When might look like this picture. we open, please do take home If you can hold onto your items a generous amount of materials for a while, we’ll let you know when and think about bringing some to we feel we can handle the additional your neighbors who may not be workflow. comfortable yet making a trip to the library. The most up-to-date information on library hours, Your Oakmont Village Library functions due to the how and when to return materials and procedures for dedication of the volunteer teams who process, sort entering—wearing masks, etc.—will be in the OVA and shelve the materials that “magically” appear on weekly E-blast. Kendrick Neufeld the shelves. During these challenging times, half of Please consider volunteering—we can use your our over 100 volunteers have had to reluctantly resign help. Email [email protected].

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written objections and seven hours of recorded dissent “The fire danger can’t be underestimated,” Gorin illustrates why people lose faith in government. countered. “Everyone is scared to death.” She said There was no outreach, virtually no warning that a she wants the site moved to the Sonoma area where previous promise was about to be broken, inadequate services are available, and said she has initiated Marzak Spanier explanation of the near-term rationale for this action conversations with Sonoma Mayor Logan Harvey. “I Election At-a-Glance and no real indication how this action fits into a won’t support it (a site) without community outreach. Results of 2020 OVA Board election: coherent long-term plan. It was done to me before, and it won’t happen again.” Steve Spanier—1,311 votes “While I appreciate the service the supervisors In responding to the operation of LGV, Gorin said Tom Kendrick—1,309 votes provide and acknowledge the difficulty of their job its success has been due to the “wraparound services Jess Marzak—1,229 votes just now, this seems both Keystone Kops-like and and not its location,” which she repeatedly called Marianne Neufeld—1,223 votes deceptive at the same time. The decision made today inappropriate. The board’s vote also authorized the (All re-elected) was slid under the radar, and we will continue to county staff to issue contracts necessary to continue explore ways to force a reversal of this dangerous act.” the LGV site. Some supervisors apologized to Oakmont for The other supervisors made a commitment to not including residents in the planning process to look at other locations for additional homeless sites establish the site in the first place, but they said the and zeroed in on the Sonoma County Fairgrounds residents are overstating their fears about crime and but shied away from Chanate Road in Santa Rosa, fire. “No homeless person has ever started afire because the county-owned property there has now town hall Continued from page 1 with a cigarette,” said Supervisor James Gore, who been given to a broker to sell. But this time they represents the northern part of the county. He blamed promised that no site would be considered without The OVA plans to hire a professional fire inspector. the fires on (PG&E) mismanagement. significant community input. Priority will be assigned to HOAs and then to individual homes at the highest risk, those backing up to Trione-Annadel State Park. Warming Trends “It’s going to be a long process and it will take several years to become defensible,” Hubred said, Oakmont Special stressing current efforts are aimed at reducing fire Only available to Oakmont Residents risks. Also participating with the OVA board was Iris 15% OFF Harrell who is working with Board Member Marianne Neufeld on new fire safety landscape guidelines. • High-Efficiency Inserts • Decorative Gas Log Sets During the meeting Harrell advocated for removing • Clean Burning & Clean House • Push Button Fire Manzanita bushes and Junipers which are listed on the OVA’s list of flammable plants. New Architectural • No More Spare-the-Air Alerts Review guidelines seek to eliminate the 15% rule We provide a complete line of high-efficiency, clean-burning which has limited the use of rock in Oakmont front gas inserts, stoves, fireplaces, and decorative log sets, yards. She said the proposed changes apply to new as well as all EPA certified wood-burning units. architectural applications. Noting a lot of people are really freaked out We are the premier hearth shop in Northern California and are the only about the policy, OVA Vice President Tom Kendrick hearth shop in the North Bay that offers our own in-house installation. emphasized the need to be clear about the things the So, whether you prefer the traditional warmth and feeling of OVA will enforce in the first 12 months. “I’m absolutely a wood fire or choose the more convenient option of gas, supportive of the policy as a whole,” he said. “But we Warming Trends, Inc. is your clear choice. need to be realistic and establish priorities.” Other clarifications concerned the removal of tree limbs within 10 feet of any chimney. OVA Board Member Noel Lyons noted many homeowners have converted to gas logs from wood burning fireplaces. Also, in response to a question about wooden gates attached to homes, Hubred said he knew of no plan to 578-9276 require their removal, but the city of Santa Rosa could #4 South A St., Santa Rosa • www.warmingtrendsinc.com specify use of steel in new installations. 4 The Oakmont News / July 15, 2020 9-Hole Monday Volunteers Lauded 9 Men’s Club At Annual Meeting n nStan Augustine Al Haggerty nCharlene Bunas The Monday Men’s Niners golf section plays The contributions of volunteers to every aspect of life in Oakmont were highlighted at the annual WHAT: Free classes by JoRene on Sugarloaf Course each Monday with tee-time WHEN: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays— groupings starting at 8 a.m. We now have 39 members meeting of the Oakmont Village Association with special recognition for Iris Harrell, David Dearden temporarily postponed registered and game play will officially begin soon. Events, announcements, openings and closures At this point we’ve been having five to six groups and Jeff Young. The July 6 meeting was live-streamed race the coronavirus. What “stage” are we now forming into playing partners and soon will be able to residents. to formalize the outings as sweeps play, according Harrell and Dearden, who head up using? What’s been cancelled? What’s partially open? to a set calendar of games. As it has been for all of the Building Construction Committee, What’s totally open for business? Does the public feel us in Oakmont, we are being very cautious in rolling received the Susan C. Millar Volunteer comfortable in those open businesses? Confusing and out our season. Masks are required up until players of the Year award and Young, a unsteady, a condition most of us could claim. commence play out on the open fairways and member of the Long-Range Planning During uncertain times, a “to-do” list, written daily, David Dearden greens, practicing social distancing and not sharing Committee, was named Community offers a feeling of control and balance. The check- equipment, carts, or other personal items. Service Volunteer of the Year. offs need not be monumental. As a matter of fact, Registration is still open for anyone interested in Tom Kendrick, vice president of the it’s recommended that the tasks of the day be rather OVA Board, stressed the “hundreds of the Men’s Niners, contact stanaugustine@icloud. pedestrian (example: water front garden; water back hours of work” contributed by Harrell com for registration information. A $20 annual fee garden; email sister, etc.). If you are striving for a and Dearden as they oversaw the and NCGA handicap are required, along with a good large goal (example: organize kitchen) those check-off sense of humor and any level of skill. $2.77 million renovation of the East Iris Harrell Recreation Center. Paying for these lists will read one daily action to further the progress efforts, he said, would have “added toward that goal (organize spices.) Women’s Golf Club significantly to the cost” of the project. After you’ve completed each daily action, make Young, in addition to his work sure you cross it off your list. For that specific day, nKathy Faherty with the LRPC, headed up the first done! Mental pat on the back is in order. A bonus: the When you join the Valley of the Moon Club, task force named to evaluate the Los Jeff Young discovery that food is only one avenue of comfort, so another great opportunity awaits you! You are now Guilicos homeless encampment across is accomplishment. eligible to join the Women’s Golf Club at Valley of the Highway 12 from Oakmont and recommend what As far as exercise routine goals go, please know Moon (WGCVOM), formerly known as the Thursday steps Oakmont should take in response. that as soon as Berger Center is up and functioning, Harrell said she was “delighted to be paired” Oakmont Women’s Golf Club (TOWGC). We play 18 Oakmont Health Initiative (OHI) will be looking at with Dearden and expressed her appreciation at the holes on Thursdays on the Valley of the Moon course how to offer in-person classes once again. Meanwhile, and have tee times blocked from 8:30–9:30 a.m. Our recognition. Dearden said the award was “extremely gratifying.” you can take Zoom class from JoRene on Monday and tournament chair creates the foursomes and it is a Wednesday mornings, 9 a.m. great opportunity to meet new friends and play with Bob Chapman, president of the Oakmont Community Don’t do Zoom? Find a YouTube exercise class. a variety of women golfers. Foundation, called the award “extraordinarily well Joining the Thursday Women’s Golf Club also deserved” and said Harrell and Dearden would be Don’t do electronics? Walk outside in fresh air. If enrolls you in WGANC—The Women’s Golf Club of asked to name the recipient of a $1,000 grant in honor five days a week seems overwhelming, start with Northern California. WGANC opens the portal to a of Millar, a long-time Oakmont volunteer who headed day one—on your check-off list. “9 a.m., walk 20 consortium of 104 private clubs located throughout the foundation. Millar died in 2018. minutes.” That’s it. You’re looking to walk 10 minutes Northern and Central California from Fresno to Arcata; GOLF PROGRESS, FIRE READINESS away from your home, 10 minutes back. One day. the Sierra Foothills to the greater Bay Area including Steve Spanier, president of the board, in his State One day at a time. Monterey, Half Moon Bay, San Francisco, and the nine of the Association address, said he is “excited about Bay Area counties. Every club is required to host a the prospects of the golf club transitioning from Tournament or Open Day each year and participants something that mostly benefited Oakmont golfers to enjoy breakfast, lunch, golf with a cart, and pay no an Oakmont community gathering and entertainment ❀❀❀❀❀❀ greens’ fees! Attending just one Open Day makes the centerpiece.” annual dues for joining WGCVOM worthwhile. While COVID-19 “has wreaked havoc on golf club Picture yourself playing at the Olympic Club, renovation schedules,” he said, “I’m impressed by Monterey Peninsula Club, Granite Bay, Meadow AGP’s (American Golf Partners) spirit, dedication Club and traveling there with the friends you meet to excellence and expertise. If we can be patient and on Thursdays at Valley of the Moon! Are you ready let them do their jobs, I think that, over time, we’ll to sign up? All levels of golfers are welcome! Contact see very good things. They want to be more than golf Membership Chair, Jo Knudsen, 291-8188, and get the club operators; they want to be valued members of process rolling. our community.” See you out on the course! Spanier stressed the critical need for fire readiness in Oakmont. “Oakmont must become more fire Jazz Club resilient. Experts said firestorms will occur more frequently and will be more devastating. Given our nDolora Hurst vulnerable population and our location, we must continue to make progress.” He urged residents “Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, to familiarize themselves with OVA’s recently wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and augmented rules, regulations and best practices charm and gaiety to life and to everything”—Plato regarding fire readiness. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein tried to define our country’s race problem with their wonderful insightful piece, “You have to be carefully taught,” from South Pacific. How about a book telling of the infinite contributions, support, propitious gifts, inspiring acts, outstanding honors, that black persons have given to this country? How about their music that we love and emulate? These are the things that we should all be carefully taught and considered. 707-538-0679 Now, to help brighten the day, try the John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman Album, that is the name of it, and both are black men incidentally. The journalist Daniel Okrent, writing in a 1990 issue of Esquire Magazine, called it the greatest record ever made. The Oakmont News / July 15, 2020 5

Advanced Home Workouts Water Fitness The editors asked John Phillips, the trainer at Oakmont’s The back is a little more difficult to incorporate with Fitness Center, to write tips for exercising at home during the legs. The easiest way to do this is by adding a the coronavirus closure of the gym. movement or holding a position such as a tandem or nValerie Hulsey nJohn Phillips a lunge hold and then bending at the hip to perform The West Pool opened on Monday, June 15 and a row or fly. As previously mentioned, you can also both the 9 a.m. and 10:10 a.m. classes are being taught I realized that the last few articles have focused on perform a squat row. When you squat, lean a little bit by Mary. The Friday 10 a.m. class is being taught by beginning body weight exercises and not much on further over at the hip, not too much, then row. Julie. more advanced movements. So, this article will focus There really are only about two ways to perform a Only Oakmont residents are allowed to participate on those type of movements for those of you who are back exercise while lying down. One is by laying on (no guests are allowed). There will only be 18 ready to step it up a bit. your back, bridging and then performing a straight participants in each class and online reservations Let me first say that the quickest and most effective arm pullover. By keeping your arms straight you are are required. The link to register is https:// weight training exercises for body fat loss and muscle working the lats and a little bit of the traps. By being oakmontvillage.com/book. building are what we call compound movements. in the bridge position you incorporate the quads, Reservations must be made 24 hours in advance These movements attempt to move or work as many hamstring, glutes and all the muscles incorporated in and up to 14 days in advance (one reservation per muscles as possible at one time. One of the best the core. member per day with a maximum of five per week). exercises, and I know you are all probably very tired The second exercise requires a low hanging bar You may register for five water sessions a week of hearing about it, is the squat. When you perform or a strong board that is about 2 to 3 feet above the whether it’s laps at the East and/or West and Water the squat, you are working your glutes, hamstrings, ground. You lay on your back reach up grab the bar Aerobics. There can be no exceptions to these rules. quads and some calf. Add a bicep curl, it becomes an about shoulder with apart on the hands and then The 9 a.m. participants must put their towels, etc. effective compound exercise. If you add in a bicep perform a pull-up, keeping the body stiff all the way on the surfaces closest to the fence. When the 10:10 curl and move into an overhead press then it becomes through to the feet. a.m. participants arrive, they will put their towels, a very effective compound exercise. Other ways to etc. on the surfaces at the other end of the pool. adapt the squat would be by adding a frontal raise, The 9 a.m. class should exit the pool deck area as a row or just be creative and see what you can come soon after your class as possible. Yes, shower if you up with. care to while social distancing, however, please do If you are able to perform exercises which not “lunch and linger.” The 10:10 a.m. class members incorporate the legs, they are the most compound are coming in so the 9 a.m. class participants are exercises as the legs incorporate some of the largest not meant to hang out by the pool, deck, etc. That is muscles in the body. Then include the back and chest specifically why there are no chairs present. and you really can have a great workout. The issue is Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC) will not be trying to incorporate those body parts in a standing An idea on getting the triceps is by getting into a sponsoring these classes so Mary will have to charge position. Yet, I didn’t say you had to be standing. One dog position and then performing a triceps kickback, an $8 drop-in fee for all classes. of my favorite ways to incorporate the legs and chest intensifying this exercise by holding the opposite leg The locker rooms will not be open but the outdoor are by laying back and performing a bridge and then up and maintaining your balance. This is another shower will be available. The restroom by the a chest press or chest fly, or instead of a bridge, lay flat great core exercise. Tennis Courts will also be available. Bring your and add cycles with the legs. Of course, the push-up is Once more, be creative but keep it safe and if the own equipment (noodles and buoys) as none will be another great compound exercise which incorporates movement hurts then you probably should not be available at the pool. Do not leave anything at the pool the chest and all the core muscles in the body. doing it. as it will be thrown away—there is no Lost and Found. Many of these exercises are performed in the Push Please wear your mask when you arrive and you Your Potential class that is Zoomed every Monday, may take it off when you are going to enter the pool. Fitness Club Wednesday, and Friday at 11 a.m. Everyone is While on the deck you need to maintain the 6’ distance welcome to join. If you have any questions please call nTom Kelley rule. Please remember to shower before going in the or text me at 494-9086, or email me at wkuout2@aol. pool. com. Consult Your Physician! FRIDAY CLASSES Every gym, including our Fitness Center, and every At the printing of this article, with any luck the Water aerobics returned on Fridays at 9 a.m. user manual for gym equipment, stresses prior to Fitness Center may be opening. I hope the opening is beginning July 3. 9 a.m. is boom box and 10 a.m. is exercise you consult your physician. I have exercised smooth. If there are any hook ups or kinks, I hope you taught by Julie. for years and never consulted my physician because all help us through these situations. I believe if we Julie is excited to be back at Oakmont teaching exercise is beneficial for one’s health at any age. all work together it will make the opening so much her Friday 10 a.m. water exercise class. The drop-in However, I learned the hard way that I should have smoother and more enjoyable. fee is $6 for the month of July and will raise to $8, asked about a certain piece of equipment. Good luck to everyone and good luck to a safe and beginning August 7. This class combines cardio- Recently, I wrote about the joys of the vibrating sane opening of Oakmont. vascular exercise with core muscle strengthening, plates, but a week after using it several times I had balance work and water yoga, and is appropriate for to go to the emergency room for a kidney stone all levels of experience and fitness. blockage which occurs in about 10% of the American SRJC Oder Adult Program You must sign up for the Friday classes online (using population. You are very fortunate if you have never nMary Hastings the link shown above). If you have questions, contact had this problem. If a physician asks you to rate the Cathy Rapp at 537-9281 or [email protected]. pain level from 0 to 10, it is a definite 10 and often Zoom classes are as follows: Please do everything possible to prevent anyone compared to child birth. OAP 507 Section 8963, Fitness and Strength: MWF from complaining about anything we do as a class! I have had several kidney stone attacks in my life, 7:30 a.m. We are trying to follow the “letter of the law” and we but none for several years. Previous X-rays showed OAP 507 Section 8286, Stretch and Strength: T/Th do not want to jeopardize our classes. I had several stones in each kidney, but they were 7:30 a.m. in areas that might not cause any problems. I was OAP 507 Section 8330: Balance and Strength: F 9:30 advised to drink lots of water and avoid dehydration a.m. to prevent another attack. First, download the Zoom ap on your computer or Free Windows PC and So, could the vibrating plates have caused a kidney device you will be using for class. stone to move and create excruciating pain? I asked Second, enroll in the JC online if you have not taken Smartphone Help my urologist if the stones could have been shaken a JC class since last summer. loose and he said, “Possibly.” So, I will eliminate Third, register online for the class you want using Do you have a smartphone or PC computer with the vibrating plates from my routine and forgo the the section numbers above. which you need assistance? Howard Neckel or Carl massage effect. Anyone with a history of kidney Fourth, email me at [email protected]. Appellof may be able to lend a hand. If you would stones should consult with urologist about this I will send you the Zoom meeting numbers for the like to see if one of them can help, call Howard at 282- particular piece of equipment. There is plenty of other specific class you are interested in. 9030 or Carl at 291-5278. For the near future, we will excellent equipment in the Fitness Center to use. If you have trouble with the online registration for not be making in-person visits, but may be able to See you at the gym when it reopens. a class, email me. help you over the phone. We are always looking for additional people to help our Oakmont neighbors with their PC problems. If you’d like to volunteer, please call Carl at 291-5278. ❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀ Thanks. board at-a-glance Continued from page 1

6 The Oakmont News / July 15, 2020 Tennis Club Community Garden Brings nJoanne Phillips Tennis Health and Safety of satisfaction with my life.”—Barbara Kelleher Joy, Relief, Beauty and Guidelines For the Visual Learner (formerly known as Kanowick) General Wellness! Re-Opening Guidelines nSue Aiken • Play at your own risk. • Exposure: If sick or exposed to Covid-19, stay home. Current gardeners along with brand • Masks: Required while waiting, but not while new members are grateful for the reopening of playing. the Community Garden roughly six weeks ago by • Play is limited to a maximum of one hour, if other both the county and subsequently the OVA. We are players are waiting to use the courts. If there are no especially grateful for OVA Maintenance in assisting other players waiting for a court, longer usage is us to make this happen and we love the sheep! Sheep allowed. were amazing to watch as they ate their way through • Recreational use only: Courts are open for the Oakmont weeds around the perimeter of the garden. limited use of exercise and enjoyment of the public. Their group behavior seems to involve periods of As members of a single household, Teri and Kevin Hickey do not Professional lessons are not permitted at this time. silence as they stand together unmoving, even to eat. need to observe social distancing with each other on the courts. • Waiting: Must be done outside of the courts at Flowers, new veggie plantings and weed free beds 6’minimum intervals marked along the fence. As two welcome all who enter the garden, making it a place people leave the courts, two may enter. of quiet serenity, focused activity, joy and peace. • Chairs: You may bring your own folding chairs and Gardening has been often referred to as a way to place them at a minimum of 6’ apart while waiting in relieve stress and to bring a sense of accomplishment line to play. Do not share chairs or other equipment. into one’s live. • Finishing a game: Both players need to exit the Currently we have a few garden spaces available to court when a game is finished. anyone in the Oakmont Community who would like • Exiting the facility: When exiting the facility for the to start a garden. We have information available about parking lot, walk on the side opposite people waiting vegetables that can be planted year around. It is never in order to maintain social distancing. too late to plant. If you are interested in learning more • Touching: Do not touch rackets, bump elbows, or please send an email to oakmontcommuniytgarden@ touch another person. gmail.com. Someone will email you a response and • Congregating: No organized or spontaneous social set you up with a meeting with our Orientation Barbara Kelleher, John Burchard, Jon Anderson, and Fred gatherings of any kind in or around the courts and Leader, Marilyn Pahr. Polkinghorn demonstrate proper social distancing on the surrounding area. tennis court. The cost of having a space and being a member of Sanitation and Safety the OGC is $5! This incredible deal is due in part to all Some Quotes from OTC Members Recommendations that is generously provided by the OVA, like the land, “The chance to finally play tennis and socialize with • Bring your own hand sanitizer and disinfect your water, tools and much more. friends in proximity to sheep and all of the beautiful hands before and after each game or as frequently as We hope to see you in the garden! birds provides a physical, mental and spiritual lift. needed. That sense of well-being continues throughout my • Write your name on your ball with a sharpie. Only day.”—Joan Kline pick up, touch and serve with your own ball. If a ball “It feels so good to get back on the courts. But I’m from another court comes to you, send it back with a Caregiver Support Group missing all those good events that have been planned. kick or racquet. nVickie Jackanich I hope we’ll get around to some of them later on. So • Avoid touching multi-touch surfaces like gates, Are You Caring we must stay healthy!”—Grace Barner fences, and benches. Do not touch your face. “I like to pursue the joys of tennis because men • If you need to cough or sneeze, do so into a for a Family Member? and women can play together and compete together. handkerchief, tissue or your elbow. You don’t have to go it alone. Whether you are Right now, playing tennis helps me make healthy • Be responsible for your own safety and the safety of caring for a spouse, parent, or other loved one, you’ll aging possible as well as gaining a higher level those around you. find others in like circumstances at the Oakmont Caregiver Support Group. The group is continuing to meet at this time of social distancing, but by Oakmont Square Dancing Club conference call. nSusan McLean Group members say that “having the opportunity to share things with others who understand” and Since square dancing inherently involves social therefore each of them had a different “feel supported” are the reasons they keep coming contact, it will probably be quite some time before interpretation for the tunes they knew.” we dance again. Here are a few more tidbits from the “The caller was always some person who back. Square Dance History Project describing various ways was forward and ‘loud-mouthed.’ He had Group meetings are held twice a month, and are of swinging your partner as well as some humorous a care-free way about him that was evident facilitated by Dorothy Foster, LMFT, a caregiving lore regarding square dance callers. even in dress. ... The caller sometimes and dementia-care specialist. Each participant This description of dances on the Texas frontier was led in the dance and called for it at the same has the opportunity to talk about what’s new or included in a 1923 collection, Coffee in the Gourd, edited time. Sometimes calling from memory, filling challenging—or good—in his or her life. Recent by J. Frank Dobie for the Texas Folk-Lore Society. The in forgotten parts with new words, and often inventing topics have included when and how to start hiring author paints a vivid picture of social customs at such entirely new calls, he chanted the calls in a rhythmic help, what to do when your loved one refuses help an event, and includes examples of the caller’s patter. monotone that fitted well with the music of the fiddle. and isn’t safe, and strategies for communicating with Some excerpts: The performance of the dancers varied with the calls of someone who has memory problems. “The fiddler was usually a unique character. He the caller.” Another current topic is “how to survive the was in most cases a lazy, shiftless individual who “The swinging formed the major part of the dance. quarantine” as a caregiver. Group members are never was known to refuse a drink. He had an One way of swinging was by grasping the hands as sharing tips and ideas, such as ways to get exercise, ‘improvised’ vocabulary, he ‘opined’ and ‘calculated’ the couple passed, another was by the interlocking of both indoors and outdoors, using mental techniques and considered his own judgment as final and the elbows as the dancers met, followed by a quick for nurturing patience, making the most of time infallible on all subjects. For a long time he would turn and a release. The dancers moved with a kind in nature, and learning to play games with friends tune his fiddle before the admiring crowd. With of shuffle that was timed to the music. The feet of the online. startling skill he would fasten his knife to the bridge of dancers as they pounded the floor in unison stirred up The Oakmont Caregiver Support Group meets the it to intensify the sound. He had a rattlesnake rattler the dust from between the boards, and several times second and fourth Wednesday of each month, 10:30 always on the inside of his fiddle as a charm against during the night the dance was halted until the dirt a.m.–noon. For further information or to find out how dampness. When the fiddler started playing, all signs could be swept out into the yard. It was not an unusual to dial-in to the next meeting, contact me at 595-3054 of his habitual laziness vanished, and he became thing for a girl to dance her shoe soles through in one or Dorothy Foster, LMFT at 793-2152. strangely animated. He kept time with his head and night. The “punchers’” thick-soled boots of course his foot simultaneously, moving and tilting his head lasted longer.” to the variation of his music while he patted his foot. For information about our club call Jenny at 367- The fiddlers all learned to play without instruction, 2102, Susan at 367-0417 or Phil at 843-3053. ❀❀❀❀❀❀ The Oakmont News / July 15, 2020 7 Oakmont Birders nBarbara Kendrick Meet the Woodpeckers their black backs. Males have red caps, chipping away at bark in search of Summer in Northern California is not the best time females do not. Petite Nuttall’s prefer carpenter ants and other insects— for bird watchers. Most birds are raising their young oaks and can be seen hopping up and for the sound of human hammering. and preparing them to leave home, and so are too busy down trunks and limbs after insects. It’s loud. They have a wonderfully to sing and flounce around for human enjoyment. But in Their usual call is a rattle that lasts a wild call, a series of high piping Oakmont you can always rely on seeing woodpeckers. second or two. They don’t form large notes that ring through the woods. The species we have are year-round residents—no groups like the Acorns, but in summer All these woodpeckers also Palm Springs winter homes for them. it’s not unusual to see individual families drum, that fast rolling tattoo Most commonly seen in Oakmont is the Acorn of three or four, especially if you have we’ve all heard, which is a form Woodpecker—a midsize black and white bird known a suet feeder. Everyone likes suet! of communication announcing a for its lovable “clown” face, with exaggerated white Hands down , the most territory or summoning a mate. eyes and red caps. Partial to oak trees, these hard- spectacular woodpecker They don’t make nearly as much working birds live in large extended tribes and in Oakmont is the Pileated. noise when they are just chipping communicate loudly with each other loudly using Nearly as large as a crow, at wood in search of food. Amazing characteristic “waka waka” calls and “jackass brays.” the Pileated is black physiology in woodpeckers’ A tribe can include several breeding pairs, and the with bold white stripes skulls and beaks allows them to offspring stay with the tribe for several years and on the neck, a brilliant drum and chip without help raise their younger siblings. red crest, and a bill like scrambling their brains. While Acorn Woodpeckers prefer to eat insects, a jackhammer. They If you see a bird of they can’t count on an unending supply, so they live in mature woods— interest or have a bird have an elaborate back-up plan. They harvest acorns you’re mostly likely to question, post it on the and create “granaries” out of trees and telephone see them in Annadel— Large: The Pileated NextDoor Oakmont poles (and, unfortunately, wooden house siding) by but they do venture into Woodpecker. (Courtesy Bird Buddies site (which pecking out thousands of holes and fitting an acorn civilized areas, even of Tom Grey) is completely without snugly into each one, building a vast food storehouse. to backyards and suet rancor or trolls!) or contact You can see several granary trees from Channel Drive. feeders occasionally. If Small: [email protected]. We The Nuttall’s Smaller than the Acorn, and much quieter, is the you are walking in the Medium: The Acorn Woodpecker. hope to resume walks in Nuttall’s Woodpecker. Also black and white, these woods, it’s easy to mistake Woodpecker. (Courtesy (Courtesy of the fall, when the winter birds have white stripes that form a ladder pattern on their methodical work— of Tom Grey) Tom Grey) birds start arriving.

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The Future of Oakmont Smarter Living Today and Tomorrow nMarilyn Pahr Zoom Presentation: July 22, 4 pm Starlink and 5G Where are we going with cellular and internet access? The FCC authorized SpaceX, Elon Musk’s rocket firm, to begin rolling out as many as 1 million ground antennas for its Starlink internet project. Starlink is an ambitious network of about 12,000 satellites that SpaceX wants to use to provide high-speed internet to anywhere in the world where access has been unreliable, expensive, or completely unavailable. Their recent successful launch of Falcon 9 put 58 branded satellites into orbit with an intent to provide internet service in the northern US and Canada by year’s end, with near-global coverage in 2021. How will Starlink compete with the telcos that presently provide our internet service? The Oakmont Futures Club is not holding group meetings while the OVA facilities are closed. In the interim, we are holding short informational video conferences on Wednesdays at 4 p.m. The topic for each will be posted on the E-Blast. Instructions for connecting to the Zoom presentation are emailed to everyone on our email list. These will also be recorded and a videotape will be available on our website: www.oakmontfuture.com. To be informed of upcoming meetings and presentations, join our email list by sending an email to [email protected].

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10 The Oakmont News / July 15, 2020 Ice Cream on the Fourth Soroptimist Club nDenise Bickert It was free ice cream for 1,624 Oakmonters on three Soroptimist International is a volunteer by gaining additional skills, training, or education days over the July Fourth holiday at the Sugarloaf organization for women committed to improving the but do not have the resources to do so. These cash Golf Club, courtesy of Advance Golf Partners, lives of women and girls through programs leading awards are meant to offset any costs associated with operator of the Sugarloaf and Valley of the Moon golf to economic empowerment. We are proud to have education, including tuition, books, supplies, childcare clubs. Residents were invited to sign up in advance formed an Oakmont Wine Country Club. or transportation. and then drive through for their choice of a long list You may have seen our flocks of flamingos traveling SI Oakmont Wine Country will be giving up to $1,000 of flavors. the neighborhoods. This is our first fund-raiser for to the chosen recipient or recipients. Despite the turnout, “We fell short of our goal of the new club. We are very appreciative of the support The most challenging aspect of this program is making 140 gallons of ice cream, so we are planning our next we have received here in Oakmont. If you would like sure eligible women are aware of this valuable resource. event,” Dennis Stankovic, general manager of the to host your own flock for a few days or surprised a We are asking our neighbors to share this opportunity golf clubs, said in a post-holiday email. friend, please contact Janet Flink at 494-4590. with someone you know who would benefit from this Dennis, Alison and Jess were serving ice cream on The Soroptimist International Oakmont Wine program. All applications are confidential. Friday, July 3. The masked couple in their car were Country Club is pleased to announce we will be Interested applicants can contact me, Soroptimist among the steady stream of people picking up their participating in the Soroptimist Live Your Dream Live Your Dream Chair, at [email protected]. treats via the driver’s window. Award. The Live Your Dream Awards are cash awards Please spread the word, and feel free to contact me given to motivated women who are the primary with questions. If you are interested in becoming a financial supporters of their families. The recipients member please contact our Chapter President Janet are women who are seeking to improve their lives Flink at [email protected].

Photos by Kathy Sowers. ❀❀❀❀❀❀ The Oakmont News / July 15, 2020 11 Lawn Bowling Pétanque Club nMary Blake nDon McPherson WANT TO LEARN TO BOWL? Lawn bowling is a fun sport and a great way to meet PLAY RETURNS people and be outdoors, surrounded by everything Pétanque play via player-arranged daily pickup that makes Oakmont so beautiful. Lawn bowling has games continues on the Oakmont courts. The club is been at Oakmont since 1968. That may seem like a using the two side courts, leaving the middle court long time, but lawn bowling was around during the vacant to promote social distancing. The result is a time of Sir Francis Drake! maximum of 12 players until the County Health Though we can’t start training until restrictions are Order is further relaxed. lifted, if you’re interested in learning to bowl, email Those using the courts are reminded to bring and us and we’ll make a note to contact you as soon as use their own equipment, face covering and hand we can start training again. Our email address is Here’s a photo from our 2019 Fourth of July Tournament. sanitizer. The club strongly encourages wearing face [email protected]. You guys are SOOOO photogenic! coverings at all times. Scoreboards, throwing circles, and chairs are not available until further notice. SOCIALLY DISTANCED BOARD MEETING The following are rules for safe bowling. The goal Yes, the lawn is to make sure everyone stays safe. That means no BASTILLE DAY TOURNAMENT CANCELED The July 11 Bastille Day Tournament, celebration bowling board items are touched by more than one person, maintain and potluck, a highlight of the year, have been has met, but at least 6 feet distance, and wear masks at all times. canceled due to the County Health Order restrictions. outdoors and with Jack—only one person (Lead or Skip) may touch The Oktoberfest Tournament and Potluck is still appropriate social the Jack. scheduled for October 17, with a decision to be made distancing. Since we Rake—only one Lead will do all raking. in early fall on whether it can go forward. Club were spaced out and Scoreboard—each Skip will members will be advised via email. wearing masks, there have a score sheet & pencil. Jeana and Bonnie in masks at was quite a bit of Scoreboards will not be used. MORE PÉTANQUE the board meeting. “what did you say?” Mats—one Lead will place the PRODUCT INNOVATIONS WHAT ELSE IS NEW? mat at each end. The pandemic appears to be spurring pétanque Daily Draw—in place of the Things change! Check our website for up-to-date product and design innovations. Prior Oakmont News daily draw, all teams (singles, information: OakmontLawnBowling.com. editions have described the new pétanque “throwing cut-throat or pairs) will be At this point we still need to be careful to keep the mat” alternative to the plastic throwing circle and assigned. people we care about safe. Because county guidelines the Point 27 and Shoot 100 formats designed for Bowls—If you own your were drafted for tennis and pickleball, Marilyn and individual-based competition. The French company bowls, take them home with the OLBC board prepared a set of safe guidelines Obut, the world’s largest pétanque equipment you. If you use club bowls, leave for lawn bowling. Marilyn met with the county and manufacturer and supplier, recently introduced its “Le them out so Jim K can sanitize with OVA to get the guidelines approved (thanks, 531” intended for skills practice as well as individual- and put them away. Marilyn!) You can check out the complete guidelines based competition. Benches—bring your own on our website. Here’s a simplified version (thanks, The equipment consists chairs, as the benches will not be Jeana!): of a one-meter diameter available. Have fun and be safe! Lawn Bowling Club Health and Safety Rules as “grille” divided into three of June 15: WHAT WE MISSED concentric point zones New Summer Bowling Hours: 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. We missed Jim’s birthday! Jim Krause. worth 5, 3, and 1 points plus three small donnée circles of varying diameters worth Constitution Club Finally Meets 5, 3 and 1 points placed in nDorothy Webster front of the one-meter grille. In pétanque, the donnée is Small, Outdoor Gatherings Chairs Rosalie Bulach and I decided to have two the spot selected by a player An article about a newly-sanctioned Constitution allowable meetings in June: backyard gatherings for 10. for her or his boule to land in order for it then to roll Club appeared in this paper last March and ran again A Meeting of Minds in April. From that small bit of publicity, 80 residents toward and near the target Those who attended our Saturday meetings said New “Le 531” practice and emailed us saying they were eager to join. Today, cochonnet. they were delighted to meet other, like-minded individual competition 170 Oakmonters have joined the Constitution Club. Each player throws 10 Republicans. One exclaimed, “This is exactly the equipment from Obut. That’s a phenomenal response. boules, on each throw group I’ve been looking for.” Another was “very Unable to meet at Berger until possibly 2022, Co- selecting any donnée circle to hit and attempting happy to have camaraderie with others interested in also to end up somewhere inside the one-meter grille the future of our country.” The Republicans voiced as the ultimate target. Only throws that both hit in their concerns over: a donnée circle and also finish inside the one-meter • Attempts to amend our Constitution to abolish grille score points, with 100 points the maximum (the the Electoral College and increase Supreme Court donnée circle worth 5 points plus the grille center justices from 9 to 15. zone worth 5 points x 10 boules). The grille can also be • Acquiescing to destroying our statues, history, used by itself for pointing practice or competition. An and police precincts. excellent pointing practice format in addition to the • Open borders with U.S. citizens paying health basis for individual competition, Le 531 is available care costs for all who enter the U.S. from Obut.com for 39 Euro. • Homeless problems and gun violence in cities run In the next Oakmont News edition: French designer by left-wing, sometimes radical politicians. Antoine Chauvin’s design for a portable, nautically Rosalie Bulach, Steve Marquez, Len Grosso and John Dolan. Attendees also shared other concerns, such as poor- themed, beach-play oriented pétanque set proposed performing public schools, banning charter schools, for the swimwear company Vilebrequin. bias in the mainstream media and on social networks. All wanted OVA to fly a large American flag again at DAILY ARRANGED GAMES CONTINUE Berger, as we did in the past. The club welcomes all Oakmont residents to enjoy Committed to the Future the challenge and satisfaction of pétanque. Daily The new members decided that the Constitution games are underway at the Pétanque courts, between Club will send conservative news items and opinions Berger and the OVA office building, from 9:45 a.m.– to members, get signatures on petitions, make calls noon Monday through Saturday per the Country to get out the vote, and start a book club. Most Order and special club rules that have been posted importantly, the club will hold more small meetings and emailed to all members. The club will announce in backyards in July and August. If you would to members when it will officially resume sponsorship like to participate or get on our mailing list, email of Club Play on Wednesday and Saturday mornings Patty Toccato, Liliane Rains, Perry and Ann Free. [email protected]. in that time slot. 12 The Oakmont News / July 15, 2020 Bocce Club nLinda and Don McPherson MARKING TIME… Eggplant Parmagone accompanied by freshly baked Informal backyard play continues and limited player- bread with Can You Believe It’s Butter, Twice-faked arranged games at the West Rec. Bocce Courts have Potatoes or Ghost Fries and dessert choices anchored begun, but anything approaching normal Bocce Club by Faked Alaska. play requires further relaxations in the County Health The Pretenders provided the music and entertainer Order and players feeling comfortable about returning. David Copperfield made the entire evening seem Bocce Club members are reminded to observe unreal. League Commissioner Jim Tosio was M.C. distancing and shared equipment restrictions in and Roastee. As with the non-season, a good time the posted Reopening Rules and will be advised by was had by all who stayed away. The Tuesday Evening League finished under the lights on June 15. The six teams, who did not show to play, ended their e-mail of all developments regarding play and club virtual season with identical 9-9 records. events when they occur. LEAGUE AWARD BANQUET (NOT) Capping off its inaugural non-season, the new Tuesday Evening Bocce League did not gather for its Awards Banquet on July 7 at the West Rec. Center. The faux affair began with a no-host/no-guest bar at 6 p.m. n with offerings of Lost Coast IPA, Quarantinis, Absinthe Rosemary Waller aperitif and non-alcoholic Pandemic Punch. Vases of AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE Forget-Me-Nots brightened the tables for the banquet It is with great sadness that we inform you that catered by Invisible Chef Catering of Santa Rosa. Music at Oakmont’s 2020–21 season will not take Following Hidden Gem Salad with dressing on the Competition was fierce and the non-turnout was big for the place, due to the continuing Covid-19 pandemic. As side, entrées included Fib Eye Steak, Faked Halibut or Tuesday Evening Bocce League’s first non-games on May 12. we struggled to find a less drastic solution, it became apparent to most experts that the current virus spike is part of a first wave, and that there will likely be a Hikers second wave in the fall. Because of the unpredictability nTony Lachowicz of the virus and the lack of a safe, effective vaccine, we have reluctantly determined that a season’s hiatus is our only prudent course of action. Most of us in Oakmont are in a very high-risk age group for the virus, and because of the above variables, there cannot be any realistic prediction as to the reopening of Berger Center. When Berger does reopen, we do not know what restrictions will be in place to safeguard our health. These may well include masks and social distancing, as well as limits on the number of people allowed to be present.

Linne Among the Lupine. (Photo by Keith Sauer) A POSTPONEMENT Tomales Point. (Photo by Keith Sauer) Rather than simply cancel the 2020–21 season, we Visit our website: www.oakmonthikingclub.com. are hoping to postpone it to 2021–22, rescheduling all The Oakmont Hiking Club has been back in of the concerts if possible. We have already had one operation for over a month now, and the rules have commitment, and we are working on the remaining five. changed a bit. In addition to the County Health We will make excellent replacement(s) where necessary. Department requirements, the club discourages car- If you have already purchased your 2020–21 season pooling except for same households, and does not pass, it will be honored in 2021–22, and passes will also pass around any paper copies of information. Our be available at the October 21, 2021 opening concert. website contains the most up-to-date, if changeable, information. See you on the trails. 2020 DONOR DRIVE North Slope Sonoma Mtn. (Photo by Martin Johns) Since our normally two-month Donor Drive was JULY 16 LONG HIKE shortened by half because of the cancellation of our ANNADEL STATE PARK poles if needed for the uphill climb back. Restroom in April performance, our 2020 donor intake has also Starting and ending at the Oakmont Community parking lot. 5.5 miles; elevation gain 450’. Regional been cut in half. Admission receipts cover only about Gardens and hiking 8.3 miles using Channel Dr., Park pass or $7. Leave Berger Center at 9 a.m. Hike half our annual expenses (artists’ fees plus ongoing Richardson, Two Quarry, Marsh, South Burma and leader is Marilyn Pahr, 541-6430. fixed expenses—the staff is entirely volunteer). It is Steve’s S trails with an estimated elevation gain of JULY 30 LONG HIKE essential that we are prepared financially to move 1200’. Bring water, lunch and poles, leave Berger Center forward following our hiatus. at 8:30 a.m. Hike leader is Randy Vincent, 538-3530. SONOMA COAST, WRIGHT’S BEACH— GOAT ROCK If you didn’t yet donate in 2020, we would very much JULY 23 LONG HIKE This hike follows the Kortum Trail from Wright’s appreciate your doing so if you are able. Many thanks BARNABE PEAK, SAMUEL TAYLOR Beach to Goat Rock and back for a total distance of to those who have contributed so generously already, STATE PARK 8 miles. Part of the Sonoma Coast State Park, the and we thank in advance those who can do so now or A one-hour drive finds us in Marin County a few trail is well-maintained and relatively easy until the in the near future. Donation checks should be made out miles from the coast. An 8-mile, 1700’ loop hike descent to Blind Beach where hiking poles are useful. to “Oakmont Community Foundation” with “Music at includes shaded areas and reaches to Barnabe Peak The trailhead is on the right immediately after leaving Oakmont” on the memo line, and mailed to Oakmont and some of the most spectacular views in Marin. We Highway 1 at the Wright’s Beach entrance. Use your Community Foundation, 6637 Oakmont Drive, Suite A, also visit the gravesite of Samuel Taylor. Depending state park pass or drive down to the kiosk to self-pay Santa Rosa CA 95409. As always, we are most grateful on which trails are open, we may take a shorter loop ($8/vehicle for a day pass). Bring water, a snack, and an to the foundation for partnering with us. with a bit less elevation gain. Bring masks, water, extra layer for the wind. Depart from the Berger parking Music at Oakmont’s mission remains to bring lunch, poles. Meet at the Berger Center parking at lot at 8:30 a.m. Hike leader is Bill Stacy, (408) 694-7161. nationally and internationally recognized musicians 8:30 a.m. Hike leader is Martin Johns, (330) 815-5167. of the highest professional caliber to Oakmont, while JULY 30 INTERMEDIATE HIKE keeping admission reasonable so as to be welcoming JULY 23 INTERMEDIATE HIKE ANNADEL STATE PARK to as many as possible. We plan to keep in touch with HOOD MOUNTAIN REGIONAL PARK Annadel Park hike, including Steve’s S trail, W. you, our wonderful audience, with occasional E-blasts A short, but winding and narrow 6-mile drive on Richardson, Lake Trail to Oak Trail and then complete during the hiatus. If you’re not already on our email Los Alamos Road will take us to the northwestern on N Burma. This trail has a combination of shade list and would like to be (we don’t share our list with entrance of the park. We will hike down along the and sun, with about 400 feet elevation gain, approx. anyone), please call Judy Walker, at 537-9266. Alder Glenn Creek Trail to an open meadow before 4 miles, not including from the Berger parking lot. We look forward immensely to seeing you once reaching the headwaters of the Santa Rosa Creek. Meet at Berger at 8:30 a.m. Please bring plenty of again in person. In the meantime, please stay safe and Mostly shady along the creeks. Bring water, snack and water. Hike leader is Sue Treleaven, (408) 483-8539. healthy! The Oakmont News / July 15, 2020 13 Oakmont Democratic Club nTom Amato The Blue Wave Grows create an equitable system. Similar posts insulted immigrants and Muslims. This As summer begins and various campaigns gear Coming up this summer, Congressman Josh led various Republican supporters to suspend their up for fall elections, Oakmonters are helping move Harder from Turlock—a purple area of the Central endorsements—including House Minority Leader several efforts to a higher level. At their Zoom General Valley—will return to Oakmont by Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield. Meeting on Thursday, July 23 at 7 p.m., the Oakmont Zoom on August 15 at 3 p.m. Many According to Politico (May 25th), although the national Democratic Club will look at several exciting efforts Oakmonters helped elect Harder in Republican Party has for now backed off funding him, to build a Blue Wave. 2018. At Oakmont, Democrats hosted Mr. Howze is wealthy and is still able to self-fund his Oakmont Dems helped the local Sister District a large fundraiser. Also, Oakmont campaign. This is expected to be a close election. Project conduct a very successful “Auction for Action” teams helped canvass door-to-door in Joining Congressman Harder in June, raising thousands for three women running Harder’s district. will be State Senator Mike Josh Harder for state legislatures in three battleground states: Congressman Harder has voted to at Oakmont. McGuire. We hope you will Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Georgia. Following this impeach President Trump. Harder zoom into this fundraiser to year’s census, congressional districts are redrawn in voted to increase funding to hospitals and local hear from this dynamic young every state for the next decade. Both major parties governments to help address the pandemic crisis. He Congressman and will donate to try to cut districts to give their side the advantage in has supported the Black Lives Matter movement. his campaign. future elections (gerrymandering). Harder’s Central Valley Congressional District is The Oakmont PerSister Team In each state, electing Democrats will influence hotly contested. In the spring primary, Republican continues to achieve amazing Mike McGuire at gerrymandering. In Wisconsin, preventing a candidates received more votes than the Democratic feats with thousands of post Harder Oakmont event. Republican super majority in the state legislature Party candidates. Ted Howze won on the Republican cards going to hot races across means redistricting will be negotiated between both side and was initially seen as one of the GOP’s “Top the state and nation. They are also working hard to parties and not solely under Republican control. Sister Guns” hoping to win that District. However, as help ensure that all eligible citizens get to vote this fall. District’s candidate for the Pennsylvania House, detailed in the Modesto Bee in its June 18th edition, Please join our General Meeting on July 23. For more Brittney Rodas, supports setting up a non-partisan Howze’s Facebook page in the past has included information email us at: OakmontDemocraticClub@ redistricting commission (similar to California) to posts that “likened welfare recipients to animals.” gmail.com. CLASSIFIEDS

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I was so nJohn Brodey pickleball and personal lives as we try to cope with desperate, that I built a 4’ X 8’ backboard in my garage Hail to the Chief the Coronavirus. We are particularly anxious as we (not as much fun). During these conflicting times, my As a very social species we have an inherent need are confronted with rapidly changing information hope for our pickleball community is that we pursue for leaders of one kind or another, be they a CEO, a and proclamations. So, as we look at the world events the highest level of mutual respect, kindness and sovereign, teacher, commanding officer, boss, politician as well as our dubious day to day reality of life, it’s understanding as we navigate these unpredictable times. or social activist. You don’t really need a title to be a no wonder that conflict is a factor in our physical and leader and they certainly aren’t all created equal. mental existence. Over a lifetime you come across a wide array of Conflicts arise from strong feelings which are those who would lead and that certainly provides us manifested when safety/security, belongingness with a thorough education in what it takes to be an (relationships), or survival needs are threatened. We effective leader. The bottom line is that the great ones react to conflicts based upon our perceptions (not are few and far between. necessarily reality) which are influenced by our life I was a boss for most of my professional career and experiences, culture, values and beliefs. I learned a couple of things. You don’t have to be a Social conflicts (interpersonal) arise when two jerk to be effective. In a way, it is you who works for or more parties are in disagreement. The normal your employees/team. Your job is to make it easier for progression for resolution is: communication, them to do theirs. How? Be consistent, be clear, listen negotiation, mediation, and arbitration. Amelioration to your people, have specific goals, gather the right occurs when one party gives in or surrenders, or a people, turn them into a team, adapt well to changes, compromising agreement is accorded. be a problem solver, never forget respect is a two-way Psychological conflicts (intrapersonal) can best be street, be accountable and yet also refrain from taking explained by the approach/avoidance theory of Kurt credit for success. A great example from the military Lewin. It simply means a person can’t move toward is Santa Rosa’s own Commander Brett Crozier. and away from the same thing at the same time. For Leadership is tested during periods of uncertainty example, wanting to play pickleball but not wanting and confusion. The last four months have been the to get Covid-19. A person may also experience an ultimate test of any leader and while the VOM Rotary approach/approach conflict where a choice between isn’t quite in the same league as running one of the two positive alternatives must be made (cooking at biggest ships in the navy, our outgoing president home vs having it delivered). Avoidance/avoidance Susan Boak, met a sequence of challenges that would conflicts arise when one has to choose between two have had me waving a white flag. From the beginning negative options (going to the dentist or listening to of her one-year term last July 1, Susan hit the ground your spouse if you don’t). running with her usual British aplomb. The pickleball community in Oakmont has elicited a But then came the closing of our Friday morning diversity of viewpoints regarding the management of Cartoons by Peter Copen. breakfast meeting spot at the Quail Inn. A consequence the Coronavirus particularly related to the opening of of the golf course purchase, it required finding another play. Uncertainty has cause confusion on how safety and New Player Orientation: Arrangement can be made location and food service to go with it. Susan and social distancing will be managed, which particularly by contacting Pauly Uhr at 984-4186 or Nancy Lande helpers came up with the renovated East Rec. as our can lead to conflicts. I frequently have asked the at 978-2998 to schedule a session. new home and she enlisted the aid of the Oakmont question: “How do we come back from quarantine?” Demo loaner paddles are available to try out for a Village Market to cater our weekly meeting. It was Most of us have been stuck in doors with limited week by contacting me at 349-9065. seamless and not a meeting was cancelled. The new year brought with it, you guessed it … the time of quarantine. It was inconceivable that as Oakmont Progressives a club we would no longer have any real contact let nChris Thompson alone come together, but she found a way. The very LET’S HELP FIX SONOMA COUNTY’S PAIN The Schools and Communities next week technology saved the day and all 45 of us Since 2017, Sonoma County has experienced huge First (SCF) State Initiative will do were on Zoom. Keep in mind not every club member trauma and loss. The triple catastrophes of fire, just that. How? went to ITT Tech, but she managed to make sure no flooding and now pandemic have added to a county According to the California Alliance of Retired Rotarian was left behind. Aside from this she had to already besieged by a homeless/housing crisis. Americans the SCF has four goals: run all the daily club business. The toll has been horrific in terms of lives lost and 1. Restore $11 billion a year for California’s schools A “Keep Calm + Carry On” t-shirt doesn’t begin to disruption in every way imaginable. Not surprisingly, and local community services such as first responders, cover it. Susan had a fix for every challenge we faced the economic shock has been severe. senior centers, libraries, parks, and health clinics. and she did it with grace, dedication and care. We As a result, our county is struggling financially with 2. Keep Prop. 13 for all homeowners, renters, and will miss her at the helm and she will hate this article a possible $50 million budget deficit (Press Democrat, small business owners. but she does make one wonder how we managed to June 10, 2020) 3. Close the Prop. 13 Corporate Loophole by taxing beat the British 255 years ago. Through the guidance of the Board of Supervisors non-residential commercial properties at current of Sonoma County, led by Chairperson and Oakmont market value. Need a ride? give a ride! resident Susan Gorin, efforts are underway to address 4. Support small businesses by giving them a tax oakmont volunteer helpers our new reality. However, due to the wreckage of break that will save them thousands every year by these last few years as well as the impacts of the eliminating the tax on business equipment. We provide the Coordinator necessary shelter-in-place orders, Sonoma County In this and our upcoming Oakmont Progressives’ following services Rides to Medical Appointments is facing bankruptcies, unemployment, increased columns, we will explore the Schools and to Oakmont Residents: Rides Within Oakmont housing insecurity, school closures and inadequate Communities First (SCF) Ballot campaign and why n Transportation to medical/ Call 9AM–5PM services for the vulnerable homeless and mentally ill. we should support it. dental appointments Supervisor Gorin: “The current economic As the Oakmont Progressive Club starts meeting July 16–31 environment and pending state/federal financial again this summer in a zoom format, we will in Santa Rosa only Barbara Lowell support … makes this budget process one of hardest encourage all Oakmonters to join us in discussions n Grocery shopping to Safeway 538-0333 we’ve experienced… while our staff are monitoring around this topic. Stay well! (at Calistoga Center only) August 1–15 revenue sources and projecting declines, the true n Meals on Wheels, 525-0383 Patresa Zwerling impacts are not fully known at this time.” (Gazzette, 539-8996 May 15, 2020) Given these unprecedented challenges, where can Mon.–Fri. medical rides before 9 AM or after 4 PM are subject to we look for some relief? How about returning $185 limited volunteer driver availability. No service on weekends or holidays. million every year to Sonoma County according to Please call at least three full working days prior to appointment. the State Legislative Analyst? How about closing the We regret that we are unable to provide either property tax loopholes used by wealthy corporations wheelchair or emergency service. in California? League of Women Voters backs SCF. The Oakmont News / July 15, 2020 15 Oakmont Veterans Association nJohn Adams, SMSgt, USAF (Retired), Chairman

Hello Oakmont, We are a fairly new club at Oakmont established last June, 2019 by Colonel David Vogl, USAF (Retired). David passed away in December 2019 succumbing to cancer most likely from Agent Orange in Vietnam. He asked me if I would take over as Chairman of this organization and I said yes. My name is John Adams and I am a retired Senior Master Sergeant from the USAF. Our official name is Oakmont Veterans Association. We were founded to support, inform veterans of entitlements and benefits, and to have a monthly Beer Call. A Beer Call is something we vets always enjoyed at the end of the work week where we would swap stories and catch up with one another. All veterans of Services of all countries are eligible to belong. Our meetings are the last Friday of the month at 4:30 p.m. and were held at the Quail Inn until it closed and we moved to the OVA building suite B, until we were quarantined and have not met formally since. We had several speakers we cancelled and will reschedule them when we are able to have meetings again. Veterans’ surviving spouses will be invited to our guest speakers’ presentations. At the moment we have 30 active veterans. All veterans interested may e-mail me at johnad119@ sbcglobal.net so we can get you on our mailing list. We were happy to recently help celebrate Arend (Pete) Folkens 100th birthday along with the Soroptimist Club, Domino Club, Playwriters Club, Santa Rosa Fire and Police Department with a parade and singing Happy Birthday. Arend served in the US Coast Guard in World War II and in the Navy Reserve during the Korean War. ❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀ 16 The Oakmont News / July 15, 2020

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