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RP confident about Suspect wanted to be shot flooding prep By Stephanie Derammelaere that Rohnert Park is well pre- in City Center Plaza shooting With our first real storms of pared for winter storms. the season happening recently, “We [Public Works and the the City of Rohnert Park urges Water Agency] did a lot of work residents to be aware of flooding last year clearing vegetation,” danger and stay informed and says McArthur. “Of course water prepared. Several areas of the can still exceed a channel’s ca- county are at high risk for post pacity and there is not much that fire related flooding. Large wild- can be done about that, but we’re fires significantly reduce the optimistic that the work we did amount of vegetation in an area, will help [flooding this winter]. which usually absorbs rainfall Copeland Creek often flooded and reduces runoff. Therefore, around Commerce Avenue, be- with the ground barren and un- tween Enterprise Drive and able to absorb water, wildfires Avram Avenue, so we’ve re- have historically led to flash moved a large amount of sedi- flooding and mudflow, exacer- ment. That area of the creek was bated by the ash and debris left a choke point and we hope that from the fires. According to the will help the flooding in that United States Geological Survey, area. We did most of that work in wildfire-related flooding and in- the summer into October, so now creased runoff can continue for we mainly just need to respond several years. to plugged storm drains.” Fortunately, Cotati and Rohn- In addition to the preparations ert Park are largely not at risk for done earlier in 2017, having our post fire mudslides and fire re- rains coming so late in the sea- lated flooding as much as other son also helps to minimize po- areas of the county. Neverthe- tential flooding. less, during wet winters the local “For flooding reasons, it’s creeks tend to overflow which good that we’re getting rains so can be especially exacerbated late,” says McArthur. “If it rains this year. a lot in October and November, “Rohnert Park is mostly not at when the trees drop their leaves, The plaza in front of the Rohnert Park Public Safety building was closed off from public access Monday following an officer shooting the risk,” says John McArthur, Pub- all the dropped leaves can clog night before. lic Works and Community Serv- up the storm drains. But by now Robert Grant ices Director. “In any hilly all the leaves have already been topography there could be issues dropped and the heavy rains are By Katherine Minkiewicz ficers immediately called a crisis the officer ran over to the suspect consequently, authorities cannot so we are monitoring upstream not so impactful for street flood- Late Sunday evening Rohnert negotiator. While waiting for the to administer first aid. An ambu- comment on the incident any from Cook Creek and watching ing.” Park Public Safety officers re- negotiator to arrive on scene, of- lance was then staged and trans- further. The investigation is car- for debris from the fires. We are Nevertheless, flooding can sponded to a man firing shots ficers continued to communicate ported the wounded suspect to ried out by the sheriff’s office also monitoring water quality.” still occur and the City of Rohn- outside the RP Public Safety sta- with the man. the hospital. BBB pursuant to the Sonoma County The city feels confident, given ert Park is actively assisting res- tion on City Center Drive, where According to public safety, the “He is expected to survive,” Law Enforcement Chiefs Asso- the preparations they did earlier idents in preparing for winter the suspect was asking to be shot suspect pleaded with officers said Sonoma County Sheriff’s ciation Critical Incident Proto- in 2017 even before the fires hit, ‘Prep’ see page 12 by police. Upon denying re- several times to be killed, saying, Office Sergeant Spencer Crum. col. quests to drop his weapon an of- “Kill me.” Officers communi- Following the incident, public Crum said that a typical inves- ficer fired his weapon at the cated with the man for approxi- safety issued a Nixle notification tigation into an incident such as suspect, who was then trans- mately one hour as the suspect around 12:04 a.m. asking resi- this starts with collecting evi- ported to the hospital following started to advance towards offi- dents to avoid the area of Rohn- dence and interviewing wit- New businesses the shooting. The incident is cers. Officers tried to move away ert Park Expressway to Country nesses. marked as the seventh officer in- from the suspect to continue the Club Drive, State Farm and Pro- “We interview all witnesses volved shooting to have oc- conversation. fessional Center Drive. The area and parties involved. Officers curred in the department. However, “The suspect began near the City Center Plaza was will also review body cam comeBy Irene Hilsendager to townheight from three to four stories. The incident took place walking towards officers while sectioned off with bright yellow footage and photograph the The newly constructed build- Clearwater at Sonoma Hills will around 10:40 p.m. in front of the disregarding all commands to tape due to police activity. scene,” Crum said, who also ing south of Cal Skate will be a be located east of the intersection main entrance to the building in drop his weapon. The officer ul- For now, the name of both the mentioned these incidents are in- child care center called The of Rohnert Park Expressway and the plaza, according to a RP Pub- timately fired his weapon at the officers involved and the suspect dependently investigated to try Learning Experience. Snyder Lane and south of Med- lic Safety report released on suspect due to fearing for his will not be released as the case is and ensure transparency. “We try The construction work going ical Center Drive. The Clearwa- Nixle. In response to the man’s life.” being investigated by the on in front of Raley’s is the fa- ter at Sonoma Hills project site is desire of wanting to be shot, of- As soon as shots were fired, Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office, ‘Shot’ see page 2 cade being finished that wasn’t comprised of two parcels that done last year. propose to construct a two-story, Oxford Inn will be having a 85,815 foot, 90-unit, 14 bed as- new neighbor. It is another Star- sisted living and memory care bucks plus an additional tenant facility. The proposed project space next to them. Opening day will be Phase II of the Oak View Cotati-RP Unified School District is unsure. Senior Residential Project ap- Krispy Kreme is slated to go proved by the city in 2002. into the old El Torito building KG Technologies is located in Bymakes Katherine Minkiewicz AP District Honor Roll list which is next to Chick-fil-A. the Triangle Business Area in the The 8th Annual AP District Honor Roll list was released by the In January of 2017, the RP recently approved Central Rohn- AP College Board late last week and the Cotati-Rohnert Park Uni- City Council approved entitle- ert Park Priority Development fied School District landed a spot on the distinguished list, which ments for the Residences at Five Area Plan on State Farm Drive, recognizes school districts across the country for student achieve- Creek. The project is located southeast of Professional Center ment and increase to access to advanced placement classes. within the Stadium Area Master Drive. This is a 1.49 parcel that The esteemed list comprises of 447 other school districts Plan, a 32.8-acre site and the for- has a beautiful 10,000 square throughout the United States and Canada that have, “simultane- mer location of the Sonoma foot building for headquarter of- ously achieved increase to access to advanced placement courses County Crushers Baseball Sta- fices and warehousing for an for a broader number of students and also maintained or improved dium. A portion of the Stadium electronic distribution center, the rate at which their AP students earned scores of three or higher Area Master Plan has been de- which was formerly located in a on an AP exam,” according to the honor roll list. veloped with the Fiori Estates smaller building in Cotati. KG Schools have to succeed in both areas in order to be considered and The Reserve apartment com- designs and manufactures high- for the list, which is compiled through examining several years of plexes. The Five Creek project is quality, ultra-reliable latching re- AP data. Graphic courtesy of the College Board 8th Annual AP District composed of a 135-unit apart- lays that allow clients to manage AP Spokesperson Jose A. Rios said of the data compilation Honor Roll List. ment complex, 0.65-acre park, their energy loads most effec- process, “Improvement in AP results typically takes sustained effort, honor that they were “pleased to announce… that the district has 132-room hotel and 34,300 tively through remote disconnect so the District Honor Roll is based on examination of three years square foot shopping center, lo- and reconnect capabilities. been named on the list.” of data.” They also credited the many teachers, as well as the principals at cated on the northerly 12.65 The old Exchange Bank lo- Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School district is one in 34 Califor- acres of the site. The tentative cated in downtown Cotati will both Technology and Rancho Cotate High School, for helping stu- nia school districts to have been celebrated for their AP achieve- dents achieve this goal of receiving a score of three or higher on an map also creates an approxi- soon open its doors as a realty ments. mately 2.7-acre parcel that will company. AP exam. When asked why this is such a big achievement for a school dis- AP exams are typically scored on a scale ofB1-5, three being the be developed by the city as a fire Laulima Development is the trict, Rios said obtaining a spot on the list shows that a district is station and a corporation yard. new owner of the 32-acre former average passing score and five being the highest possible score. committed to academically motivating students. “The principals at both high schools credit this practice and the Another project will be called State Farm Insurance property “Reaching these goals shows that a district is successfully iden- the Avram House apartment adjacent to the Rohnert Park hardworking advanced placement teachers at both schools for the tifying motivated, academically prepared students who are ready attainment of this exciting achievement,” read Haley’s statement. project located where the old city SMART station and the key to for AP,” Rios said. Also, “Honor Roll Districts defy the expectation hall was located. This was ap- the city’s dream of a downtown. Emilie King, an AP U.S. History teacher at Technology High that expanding access automatically results in a decline in the per- School, was thrilled when she learned the district received a place proved by the Planning Commis- The purchase of the Rohnert centage of exams earning scores of three or better.” sion in March of 2017. This Park property, located at 6400 on the list and said she and her colleagues put in the extra effort all The AP College Board started recognizing districts for the list in year round to help students succeed. project will provide 90 residen- State Farm Dr. south of RP 2010. tial units spread between five “I was very proud, it was super exciting for me and I think both Superintendent for the school district, Robert Haley and the ‘Honor’ see page 12 residential buildings ranging in ‘New’ see page 12 school board of trustees, announced in a press release regarding the
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POLICE BEAT Rohnert Park ported on Enterprise Dr. 2:15 p.m.: Fight reported on rested for outside warrant on 5:29 p.m.: Disturbance reported 3:47 p.m.: Missing person re- Corte Naranja at Rancho Verde Classic Ct. on Commerce Blvd. 1/9/18 ported on City Center Dr. Circle. 2:52 a.m.: A 22-year-old male ar- 5:50 p.m.: A 37-year-old male ar- 3:17 a.m.: A 33-year-old female 3:58 p.m.: Auto burglary re- 4:12 p.m.: Fraud reported on En- rested for outside warrant on rested for bench warrant on and a 32-year-old male arrested ported on Manor Ct. terprise Dr. Commerce Blvd. Camino Colegio. for giving false ID to peace offi- 4:11 p.m.: A 37-year-old male ar- 5:37 p.m.: Indecent exposure re- 7:14 a.m.: Ambulance in route to 10:13 p.m.: Petty theft reported cer and bench warrant on Red- rested for ADW not firearm and ported on Camino Coronado at traffic accident reported on RP on RP Exp. wood Dr. assault with injury on Commerce Copeland Creek. Exp. 7:29 a.m.: Petty theft reported on Blvd. 5:58 p.m.: Non-injury traffic ac- 9:32 a.m.: Hit and run reported 1/15/18 Lancaster Dr. 4:30 p.m.: Disturbance reported cident reported on Redwood Dr. on Doubletree Dr. 12:13 a.m.: Counterfeiting re- 11:16 a.m.: Hit and run reported on Santa Alicia Dr. at Seed Farm 7:02 p.m.: A 27-year-old male ar- 9:38 a.m.: Hit and run reported ported on Commerce Blvd. on Golf Course Dr. Dr. rested for obstruct/resisting on Snyder Lane. 12:54 a.m.: Vandalism reported 1:15 p.m.: Disturbance reported 4:30 p.m.: Narcotic activity re- peace officer. 9:57 a.m.: Disturbance reported on Alta Ave. on Redwood Dr. ported on Liman Way. 7:48 p.m.: A 34-year-old female on Commerce Blvd. 1:12 a.m.: Attempted burglary 1:23 p.m.: Assault with deadly 5:19 p.m.: Non-injury traffic ac- arrested for possession of con- 10:01 a.m.: Auto burglary re- reported on Snyder Ln. weapon on Commerce Blvd. cident reported on Golf Course trolled substance paraphernalia ported on Golf Course Dr. W. 8:56 a.m.: Stolen vehicle re- 1:51 p.m.: Disturbance reported Dr. and violation of probation on 11:24 a.m.: CPS referral reported ported on Grace Ct. on Golf Course Dr. 5:45 p.m.: Non-injury traffic ac- Commerce Blvd. on Francis Circle. on Fairway Dr. 10:35 a.m.: Disturbance reported 2:34 p.m.: Stolen vehicle re- cident reported on No Name St. 11:23 p.m.: Defraud innkeeper 12:34 p.m.: Fraud reported on 3:51 p.m.: A 39-year-old male ar- on Commerce Blvd. ported on Liman Way. at Southwest Blvd. on Redwood Dr. Enterprise Dr. rested for false imprisonment, 11:53 a.m.: A 46-year-old male 3:11 p.m.: Narcotic activity re- 7:32 p.m.: Petty theft reported on 12:45 p.m.: Violation of court assault and willful cruelty to arrested for bench warrant on Filament St. 1/11/18 order reported on Bridgit Dr. child on Kassidy Pl. Burton Ave. 8:44 p.m.: Disturbance reported 12:00 a.m.: Defrauded innkeeper 1:02 p.m.: Stolen vehicle re- 5:58 p.m.: Disturbance reported 12:10 p.m.: Petty theft reported Established 1993 on Snyder Ln. reported on RP Exp. ported on Country Club Dr. on Snyder Ln. on Southwest Blvd. 9:07 p.m.: A 62-year-old male ar- 12:27 a.m.: Disturbance reported 1:23 p.m.: Wanted person re- 6:00 p.m.: Petty theft reported on 12:12 p.m.: Petty theft reported rested for possession of con- on Lancaster Dr. ported on City Center Dr. Redwood Dr. on Commerce Blvd. trolled substance, controlled 4:14 a.m.: Non-injury traffic ac- 1:48 p.m.: Disturbance reported 7:24 p.m.: Drunk in public re- 2:03 p.m.: Non-injury traffic ac- substance paraphernalia and vio- cident reported on Bernice Ave. on Commerce Blvd. ported on E. Cotati Ave. cident reported on RP Exp. lation of probation on Redwood 4:52 a.m.: A 21-year-old female 2:22 p.m.: Petty theft reported on 7:37 p.m.: A 22-year-old male ar- 2:05 p.m.: Vandalism reported Member California Dr. arrested for DUI on Beverly Dr. Commerce Blvd. rested for grand theft, shoplifting on Cascade Ct. Printed on 100% 9:12 p.m.: Non-injury traffic ac- 9:57 a.m.: Wanted person re- 3:03 p.m.: Vandalism reported 2:35 p.m.: Graffiti reported on Newspaper Publishers recycled paper and violation of probation on Association cident reported on Circle Dr. ported on Redwood Dr. on RP Exp. Commerce Blvd. Avram Ave. at Commerce Blvd. 9:42 p.m.: A juvenile arrested for 10:06 a.m.: Petty theft reported 4:01 p.m.: Disturbance reported 8:21 p.m.: Petty theft reported at 3:30 p.m.: Disturbance reported ©Rohnert Park, California DUI on Camino Colegio. on Redwood Dr. on Bridgit Dr. Raley’s Towne Centre. on Arlen Dr. 9:45 p.m.: A 33-year-old male ar- 10:42 a.m.: Hit and run reported 6:27 p.m.: Suicide threats re- 9:09 p.m.: Missing person re- 4:01 p.m.: Vandalism reported January 19, 2018 rested for violation of probation on Beverly Dr. ported on City Center Dr. ported on Fairway Dr. on Hudis St. Volume No. 25, Issue No. 51 and violation of court order on 11:50 a.m.: Petty theft reported 7:51 p.m.: Disturbance reported 10:04 p.m.: A 59-year-old female 4:23 p.m.: Disturbance reported Published: Every Friday Arlen Dr. on Snyder Ln. on Snyder Ln. arrested for having false proof of on Commerce Blvd. 9:58 p.m.: Missing person re- 12:19 p.m.: Non-injury traffic 7:58 p.m.: A 34-year-old female registration on Redwood Dr. 5:20 p.m.: Petty theft reported on Phone (707) 584-2222 ported on Fawn Ct. accident reported on Snyder Ln. arrested for possession of con- 10:40 p.m.: Missing person re- Redwood Dr. FAX (707) 584-2233 10:10 p.m.: Disturbance reported 1:13 p.m.: A 19-year-old male ar- trolled substance paraphernalia ported on Golf Course Dr. 6:44 p.m.: Vandalism reported on Lancaster Dr. rested for graffiti, possession of on Redwood Dr. 11:51 p.m.: Disturbance reported on Santa Alicia Dr. Adjudication: The Community 11:13 p.m.: Reckless driving re- Billy club, blackjack, sandbag 8:07 p.m.: Hit and run reported on Santa Alicia Dr. 6:55 p.m.: Structure fire reported Voice is an adjudicated newspa- ported on Rasmussen Way at and gang enhancement on on Alta Ave. on Santa Alicia Dr. per of general circulation in ac- Rosana Way. Copeland Creek Tr. at Seed Farm 8:33 p.m.: Reckless driving re- 1/14/18 7:30 p.m.: Non-injury traffic ac- cordance with the laws of Dr. ported on NB RP Exp. on ramp. 12:22 a.m.: Fireworks reported cident reported on Commerce California by decree number 1/10/18 2:23 p.m.: CPS referral reported 9:29 p.m.: A 52-year-old male ar- on Commerce Blvd. Blvd. at RP Exp. 207762 of the Superior Court of 12:13 a.m.: Disturbance reported on Arlen Dr. rested for violation of probation 3:14 a.m.: Disturbance reported 8:28 p.m.: Disturbance reported Sonoma County, dated August on Gold Way. 4:35 p.m.: Disturbance reported on Commerce Blvd. on Mateo Dr. on RP Exp. 22, 1994, and qualified for publi- 1:52 a.m.: Graffiti reported on on E. Cotati Ave. 10:18 p.m.: Disturbance reported 5:55 a.m.: Stolen vehicle re- 8:45 p.m.: A 24-year-old male ar- cation of matters required by law Adrian Dr. 5:51 p.m.: Trespassing reported on Commerce Blvd. ported on Snyder Ln. rested for possession of con- to be published in a newspaper. 2:02 a.m.: Disturbance reported on State Farm Dr. 10:18 p.m.: Petty theft reported 6:40 a.m.: Suicide attempt re- trolled substance, controlled On August 8, 2008 the decree on Country Club Dr. 8:22 p.m.: A 23-year-old female on Redwood Dr. ported on Lancaster Dr. substance paraphernalia, prohib- 242968 was granted by the Supe- 2:53 a.m.: A 32-year-old male ar- arrested for appropriating lost 10:55 p.m.: Disturbance reported 8:55 a.m.: Fraud reported on ited use of tear gas and violation rior Court of California to be the rested for bench warrant on property on Commerce Blvd. on Harmony Pl. Blair Ave. of probation on Country Club Newspaper of general circulation Commerce Blvd. 8:35 p.m.: A 27-year-old female 11:05 p.m.: Disturbance reported 10:39 a.m.: Burglary reported on Dr. for City of Rohnert Park, CA. 5:25 a.m.: Petty theft reported on arrested for possession of con- on Country Club Dr. RP Exp. 9:11 p.m.: Disturbance reported Ownership: Becky Ct. trolled substance paraphernalia 2:01 p.m.: Petty theft reported on on Mitchell Dr. 1/13/18 The Community Voice is a sub- 7:39 a.m.: Auto burglary re- and violation of probation on Apple Ln. sidiary of The Shah Family ported on Golf Course Dr. Country Club Dr. 4:21 a.m.: A juvenile arrested for 2:23 p.m.: Disturbance reported Cotati 9:05 a.m.: Non-injury traffic ac- public intoxication. on Jasmine Circle. Cotati Police beats will not run LLC., a family owned and oper- 1/12/18 ated business in Rohnert Park cident reported on Snyder Ln. 9:01 a.m.: Petty theft reported on 3:28 p.m.: Hit and run reported until further notice due to techni- since 2003. 11:52 a.m.: Grand theft reported 12:19 a.m.: A 35-year-old male Redwood Dr. on Redwood Dr. cal difficulty in their department. on Commerce Blvd. arrested for obstruction/resisting 9:17 a.m.: Prowler reported on 4:19 p.m.: Non-injury traffic ac- Mission Statement 2:08 p.m.: Industrial accident re- peace officer on Redwood Dr. Garfield Ct. cident reported on Redwood Dr. The Community Voice is pub- ported on City Center Dr. 2:22 a.m.: A 23-year-old male ar- 2:23 p.m.: Structure fire reported lished to provide a fair, accurate, objective and honest voice for 1997 the legal limit with a blood alco- 2005 lowing the struggle with the four the community, its leaders, and ‘Shot’ from page 1 One of the earliest officer in- hol content level of 0.23 percent Another officer related fatal officers, “Officers later noticed businesses; leadership that con- to make sure there is a spirit of volved shootings in the history and Shields testified that Kao incident occurred when 30-year- that Fernandez was short of tributes to the betterment of our transparency (in these investiga- of the agency occurred in 1997, had charged him with the stick in old Terry Lee Grinner Jr. was breath and unresponsive and community; information that re- tions).” when two RP officers, Jack a striking, “martial arts” like stopped at a routine traffic stop called for medical assistance. flects our community in every- The shooting has been the sev- Shields and Mike Lynch, re- pose close to three feet from him. by RP officers. He was shot Paramedics were unable to re- thing we do. enth officer involved shooting sponded to a call of a 33-year-old However, eyewitness testi- twice in the back by the officer vive him.” The four officers in- We will continuously serve as for the Rohnert Park Department man waving a stick around in a monies contradicted Shields when he tried to flee the traffic volved were cleared of any the leading information source of Public Safety, six of which “threating manner” in front of statements, saying they saw Kao stop. It is unclear whether or not wrongdoing by the district attor- while never compromising our have been fatal incidents. his Maria Place home, according come no closer than 10 feet. The he was armed. ney’s office. principles by exercising our role to a 1997 SF Gate article. Ac- Sonoma County District Attor- 2008 2017 of seeking practical solutions and cording to the article, the depart- ney Michael Mullins eventually In March of 2008, RP Officer This most recent case is still protecting those living within our ment had received around a did not file criminal charges Robert Lankford was responding under investigation by the dis- community. dozen 911 calls regarding the against Shields, saying in a to a mental health crisis call and trict attorney’s office and in- Publisher/CEO: Yatin Shah man, Kuanchung Kao, who was lengthy report that Shields had shot 31-year-old Heather Kath- volves the case of a Forestville a father of three. acted in self-defense. leen Billings. Billings had been man who died following a phys- Advertising: Yatin Shah The officers responded to the In 1998, Kao’s widow, Ayling under the influence of prescrip- ical struggle with RP officers at Business office: Rose Shah disturbance call and told Kao to Wu, filed a lawsuit against RP tion drugs and alcohol, and was the Budget Inn on Redwood Circulation: Bill Poole drop the three to four-foot stick, Public Safety claiming wrongful holding a razor when Lankford Drive. General Office: Claudia Smith however, he refused and al- use of deadly force. The suit was responded to the call. A year On May 12, a security guard News: Katherine Minkiewicz, legedly began to advance to- settled out of court in 2001 for $1 later, the Sonoma County Dis- at the hotel called police report- Irene Hilsendager, wards the officers, whereupon million. trict Attorney cleared Lankford ing that the man was acting Shields fired his weapon, strik- 2000 of wrongdoing and did not file “paranoid and strange,” accord- Stephanie Derammelaere, ing Kao in the torso. Kao died In May of 2000, Robert Fran- any criminal charges. ing to a press release on the inci- JC Newman (Sports) shortly after. According to the in- cisco Camacho, 35, died after Yet another officer involved dent released by public safety. Page layout: Jodie Smith vestigation, Kao had been drink- being shot five times at his trailer fatal incident occurred later that The two responding officers, Photographers: ing that night and had been over by RP Public Safety following an year in November, when Guy David Sittig-Wattson and Sean Robert Grant armed battle when they had re- James Fernandez, 42, was tased Huot approached the man, 41- sponded to the mental health to death by officers. According year-old Branch Wroth, who told Jane Peleti crisis call. According to data to the county sheriff’s office Fer- the officers he had been poi- News, column & guest column compiled in an article by re- nandez may have been under the soned. Wroth appeared to be contributors: porters on counterpunch.com, influence of methamphetamine under the influence of drugs and Jud Snyder, Thomas Elias, Julie “His wife had recently sought at the time of the incident. Fer- was unable to voice to officers Ann Soukoulis, Steve Campbell, mental health treatment for her nandez had been suspected of how he was poisoned. The offi- George Malkemus, Ken Weise, husband, but was told he could shoplifting and assault at a local cers then determined there was a not be involuntarily committed Walmart, according to the Press warrant out for his arrest. Scott Sheldon, Jeff James, Dawn unless he was a danger to him- Democrat. According to the press release, Dolan, Bill Hanson, Berniece self or others.” According to the article, fol- “The Rohnert Park officers at- Owen, Darrin Jenkins. tempted to talk him into hand- Website & Social Media: cuffs using a calm tone to Katelyn Quinn ay fro de-escalate the situation.” How- me aw m Hom ever, Wroth attempted to leave Home delivery to the communi- Ho e the hotel room through the win- ties of Rohnert Park, Cotati and Established in Cotati February 1996 dow and officers has to physi- Penngrove $30 per year. 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Sonoma near storm drains, a significantly County officials are saying that tamer response to the rain than the mudslide risk in the Santa what was seen in Santa Barbara Rosa and Sonoma County area is County. low, however, residents should However, Lowenthal advised still remain alert and prepared to not become complacent and to throughout the continuing rainy always be prepared for a disaster season. of any kind, whether it be by Paul Lowenthal, assistant fire having an emergency plan in marshal for the Santa Rosa Fire place, or signing up for emer- Department, said while he can’t gency alerts. speak for all of Sonoma County, “We’ve done a ton of outreach he can report that there have in our city and our community been no instances of mudslides and we’ve provided people with All fingers point to Leah Gast, the creator of the Kindness Committee. at this time. a map where they can physically Photo courtesy of Kia Gast “In Santa Rosa we have done check the location they live in or really well during the last several around the burn scars and that By Irene Hilsendager given a tour of the facilities. Again it was time to get back and grabbing toys to wrap, many storm systems that have moved map identifies whether or not A very beautiful and intelli- Next on their list was to go to into their decorated cars and find volunteers were interested in the through and we anticipated with you’re in a high or low risk area. gent young lady, Leah Gast, 10, a store front across the freeway something else to do. Now it was blue shirts. Leah said, “We didn’t this most recent rain event that There are other physical meas- was planning her own birthday to pass out balloons, however, time to play Ding! Dong! ring even know how to wrap but we we were supposed to have the ures that people can take such as party but did not want the tradi- they were quite startled that no the bell! The kids had taken large had fun and learned so much most significant rain of the sea- getting sand bags or grass wat- tional one with gifts and cake. one would accept the blue star plastic cups, filled it with gum, about why the toys were donated son, which prompted the flash tles, but we also encourage peo- She told her mom, Kia Gast, that balloons. Many people thought tissues, and other small house- and what would happen with flood watch in Fountaingrove ple to sign up for the alerts, her party should have an impact. the group was selling and their hold items and went through the each gift.” based on the hazards of the burn whether its Nixle or SoCo so Her Mom suggested that she response would be, “We didn’t neighborhood ringing doorbells, Zoe, one of the members, had scars and the potential for mud- they can be notified if there is a could do something that would bring any money.” Or, they leaving the little gift on the donated a gift to the Rancho flows in hillside communities. need to evacuate,” Lowenthal make an impact on anything or didn’t want to take anything porch, then running to the car, Adobe Fire Department. While Fortunately, we haven’t really said. anybody. from the kids dressed in blue T- giggling with glee. looking through the mounds of had a lot of rain that would typi- According to news reports, Leah then decided to design shirts. In the meantime, they decided toys, she saw her donated gift - cally cause those concerns,” only around 10-15 percent of the whole party that she desired. Some from the Kindness to stop at Sunshine Park. What this opened her eyes as to where Lowenthal said. those in the Montecito area Instead of doing the “regular” Committee spoke up and said could they do to make people this toy would end up. It was On the other hand, the wealthy heeded the voluntary/mandatory party, she organized the party “We are not selling anything. We smile? They had little toy ani- amazing that she saw it wrapped, enclave of Montecito, home to evacuation notice. As reported in around having her and her just want to give you something mals that would make anybody put into bags, a family name at- Ellen and Oprah, had received a an ABC News article, sheriff’s friends do 10 random acts of to make you smile. We just do smile. Leah decided to bury her tached to it and saw it go on a detrimental amount of rain prior deputies had to go door to door kindness. Leah and Kia sat down this as random acts of kindness.” alligator among the tanbark truck to be delivered to some to the mudslides, where earth to some 7,000 homes telling peo- and decided the plan and place Some of adults then said “yes, chips that covered the ground. child. It was an adventure for was already eroded away from ple to evacuate. and discussed where they would we have seen you drive around However, she let the head pro- Zoe to see the pathway of giving. the recent December fires, mak- When asked if she would lis- go to perform these acts of kind- but didn’t know really what you trude above the ground and a Mom, Kia, sews all of the T- ing it ripe for mudslide condi- ten to an evacuation notice, Tay- ness. were doing.” young girl who found the toy shirts and gives them to those tions. lor Newman, a Sonoma County The group of friends then After enjoying their pre- was so impressed, she took it that are interested in the Sonoma “They’ve had a lot of rain in a resident who goes to school in agreed to create birthday cards packed lunch, they headed to a home and had her mom post it on County Kindness Committee. short amount of time. We Rohnert Park, said she would and distribute them to the pre-school, Little Ones, located Facebook and while doing that, Deb McCampbell, Julie Gi- haven’t really had that much rain most definitely heed any warn- younger folks who were fire vic- behind 49er Pets and planted they found their own Facebook ammoni and Kia Gast are the and we had a dry period after ing. tims with birthdates gone by – flowers. This made the director page for the Kindness Commit- adult committee members. October, we’ve had grass start to “Like with the fires, we left the goal of which was to try and of the school very happy, as she tee. The month of January for the grow. So we’ve had time to put when they told us to. If they are alleviate their pain. too was a fire victim and this Now after three hours the pack Kindness Committee will be measures in place to protect our telling us to evacuate then it’s The next item on their list was showed so much kindness. of kids decided to head for home picking up litter so if you see a community,” Lowenthal said on obviously for a good reason,” going to the local library and to After piling back into their and what did they decide to do group of Sonoma County kids in the differing conditions in North- Newman said. hide book markers in different cars, they headed to the D sec- hereafter? They washed the cars blue T-shirts cleaning up in the ern and Southern California. In the event of down phone or areas of the library among vari- tion of Rohnert Park and a deci- and enjoyed a sunny day squirt- area, stop and say hello and give The drier weather in Sonoma power lines in a disaster, Lowen- ous kinds of books. All of the sion was made that the sidewalks ing each other. them encouragement and thank County has also been beneficial thal said residents would be no- markers were hand written with needed some happy messages. The very first event, Kindness them for doing such a great act to help prepare storm drains and tified of evacuation by physical happy thoughts so whoever The residents enjoyed the color- Committee wanted to do some- of kindness. to place erosion control meas- notification, with a knock on the would find them would get a ful chalked sidewalks saying it thing for the community. They Sprinkle kindness everywhere ures throughout the area. door from a first responder. smile on their face. reminded them of the old fash- attended the Rotary Club of like its glitter! “We thought this (the recent “The big difference between Another project that came to ioned ways of sending messages Rohnert Park-Cotati toy wrap- rains) was going to be our first what’s happening down there mind was to bring dog food and of love. The group was loved and ping party at the Burton Recre- big test of the systems and the and what’s happening up here, is animal toys to the local animal supported for doing another act ation Center. Since several rains never really materialized they did not get nearly the shelter, where they were then of kindness. children were roaming the room like we anticipated and we also amount of time that we’ve had to didn’t get the winds we thought put a lot of those measures in we were going to get,” Lowen- place and they also got a signifi- thal said. “So it’s kind of a dou- cant amount more rain than what ble edged sword. The last thing we received,” Lowenthal said. Legends and icons dance Our Santa Rosa Mortuary Family Wishes You and Your Loved Ones A Joy-Filled 2018! By Stephanie Derammelaereperformance at Spreckels This weekend The Move- ment Lab, a Santa Rosa-based dance studio, will be presenting a dance show entitled “Legends & Icons,” honoring nostalgic music and dance genres. The community-oriented show held at Spreckels Performing Arts "Providing caring, compassionate and personalized Center and open to the public, funeral services to Sonoma County since 1924." runs from Jan. 18 to 21, with Serving Sonoma County & the North Bay SANTA ROSA MORTUARY EGGEN & LANCE CHAPEL three different program possi- 1900 FRANKLIN AVENUE 1540 MENDOCINO AVENUE bilities. Each program features SANTA ROSA CA 95404 SANTA ROSA CA 95401 707-545-3747 a collection of different dances, 707-545-3747 including Jazz, Hip Hop, Ballet, FD 240, 1779 Modern and more. Breaking it down into three programs as- sures all 300 performers have a chance to perform, while keep- All Organic, No Chemicals ing the show to a manageable timeframe. “The theme this year is leg- ends and icons in music,” says Pants or Shirts Bernadette Alverio, Owner and $ 50 Dry cleaning Artistic Director of the Move- ment Lab. “So it’s pretty fun Excludes leather, draperies & linens. and nostalgic. I have five dance The Movement Lab’s show this year at Spreckels Performing Arts Center is titled “Legends & Icons.” companies and the companies Pictured here is a group known throughout the Bay Area as “Extraordinary Dance Company,” which 5 collaborate and create a really is an adult Hip Hop company for adults with special needs. • Same Day Service fun opening number and closing Robert Grant Laundry number. This show the opening physical and developmental spe- the winter semester and one in the different genres together and number celebrates Rock N’ Roll Available cial needs. June at the end of the spring se- share one stage. Last year we had and the closing number cele- Shirts only “We’re looking to expand and mester. Both are held at Spreck- some Vietnamese dragon brates Motown.” have younger kids’ classes with els. In addition, Alverio started dancers, so it’s pretty cool. My Some of the numbers, the special needs,” says Alverio. the North Bay Dance Festival 12 school usually just presents one opening and closing among $ 99 “We’re going to try it out with years ago, which features an an- piece but it’s about the commu- them, feature both children and the workshop. There really aren’t nual performance every Novem- nity for that show, and it’s al- 794-7320 adults, as well as many of the any movement classes for ber of many local dance groups. ways here at Spreckels.” 1460 E. Cotati Ave. #L, RP special needs students that The 1 younger kids with disabilities so She still directs and sponsors the For those interested in attend- Movement Lab teaches. The I’m trying to offer something. show every year. ing one of the shows this week- dancers range in age from three We’re trying it out and seeing “It’s open to the public, and end, performances are every years old through senior citizens. what the community needs.” it’s all styles,” says Alverio. evening at 7 p.m. and Saturday “Each show has a little bit of The Movement Lab produces “There are belly dancers, and and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets can everything,” says Alverio. two annual studio performances Latin dancing, ballroom, hip be purchased at the door up to an YYoouu aarree IInnvviitteedd “Every show has a balanced mix Rotary Club of per year – this one at the end of hop, jazz. The idea is to get all hour prior to show time. of little kids to adults and I have Rancho Cotati a special needs group in every show. I don’t separate by age or e ability. We all come together. plet Prevent So, in each show there is some- Com ative Family m & Den thing for everybody.” Exa tistry Oriented This past fall The Movement $ uth 9 ll Mo Practi Lab started a new family style 5 Fu ce hip hop class, where parents, or 1 ays X-r grandparents, can dance with their children. This class will also be featured in the show. “I love dance and I love bringing people together through movement,” says Alve- Celebrating rio. “Dance is therapeutic and Don McNair spiritual and uplifting and it’s very community oriented. I Our DENTAL Practice I am a member of the think our shows demonstrate Rotary Club of Rancho Cotati, that.” 25 Years in Rohnert Park Because so far her classes for inviting you to join me for lunch on Thursdays from special needs dancers has fo- Noon to 1:30 p.m. at China Village, cused on adults, she will be Call Today 585-8595 Preventative Dentistry Saves Time, Money & Health 8501 Gravenstein Hwy., Cotati. hosting an all abilities, adaptive Learn how to Serve Your Community dance workshop for children in February and March. The George A. Malkemus, D.D.S. & the World through Rotary classes, split by age for 4 to 8- If you are interested in learning more about our year-olds and 9 to 15-year-olds, 1BESF1BSLXBZ 4VJUFt3PIOFSU1BSLtXXXNBMLFNVTEETDPN great club, please call Suzanne at is geared toward children with George writes regular columns on dentistry and more in the “Community Voice”. (707) 584-9569 4 - Friday, January 19, 2018 Newspaper of Rohnert Park-Cotati-Penngrove The Community Voice Community Events Calendar January 19, 2018 through February 8, 2018 Friday, January 19 Sunday, January 21 Register at 5 p.m.-10:30 p.m., Rohnert ence at the Doubletree Hotel in is a $5 parking fee in all SSU https://www.tfaforms.com/4590 Park Community Services, Rohnert Park. Registration at lots. SFI is supported in part by • My Future in Healthcare: • Visit 2-3 sites along the 39. 5401 Snyder Ln, RP. All pro- 7:30 a.m. with program 8-11:30 Instructionally Related Activity Careers Symposium, 9:30 a.m.- Laguna not normally open to • The Buck Institute is the ceeds support the 24 athletic a.m. Register at Funds. 4:45 p.m., Student Center the public, where waterfowl nation’s first independent re- programs at Rancho Cotate nbbj.news/food17 or call 707- • A fundraiser benefitting for Grand Ballroom, Sonoma State love to hang out. Learn the search facility focused solely on High School. 521-5264. $70 per person. Seat- the Council on Aging + Meals University, 1801 E. Cotati Ave., basic identification techniques understanding the connection • Winter Color: Colored Pen- ing is limited. Registration on Wheels while watching the RP. This seminar and workshop and key characteristics of wa- between aging and chronic dis- cil Techniques workshop with closes Jan. 29. big game at Ellington Hall, series will introduce healthcare terfowl found in Sonoma ease. Join a docent led tour and Nina Antze, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., La- 3535 Industrial Dr. in Santa and finance services to all County different times of the find out the biological myster- guna de Santa Rosa Foundation, Rosa. Doors open at 2:45 p.m. youth, especially Latino and year. $35. Pre-registration re- ies of aging. 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 900 Sanford Rd., SR. Preregis- Thursday, February 1 and game starts at 3:30 p.m. All Native American youth. For quired. Laguna Environmental p.m. $15/Friends of the Senior tration is $95. For more infor- must be 21 or older. $25 dona- more information or to register, Center, 900 Sanford Rd., Santa Center members. $20/non- mation, visit • Healing from the Fires: tion. Call 707-525-0143 ext. visit http://www.mifuturonor- Rosa. members (lunch included19. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/w Ecological & Firewise Perspec- 146 space will be limited. Local cal.org/registration.html. • HopeDance presents Film Register at the front desk of the inter-color-colored-pencil-tech- tives, 6:30 p.m., Laguna de micro brews, football pool • 2017 Champions for Chil- & Conversation: Then the Wind Senior Center. Transportation niques-workshop-with-nina- Santa Rosa Foundation, SR. boards and gaming tables. dren, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Santa Changed, 3:30 p.m., Songbird will be provided by the Rohnert antze-tickets-39980948092. Join us for this multifaceted Rosa Golf & Country Club, 333 Community Healing Center, Park Senior Center van. • 15th Annual Chowder Day program of poetry, film and sci- Monday, February 5 Country Club Drive, SR. This 8297 Old Redwood Hwy, Co- • Learn to solve Sudoku puz- in Bodega Bay. Hwy. 1, Bodega entific perspectives on fire ecol- event will honor our champions tati. It follows the story of a zles! From 1-3 p.m. at the Bay. For tickets go to ogy and being firewise with • The Opioid Crisis & Re- for education and public serv- small community in Australia Rohnert Park Senior Center www.brownpapertickets.com. biologist, poet, and filmmaker lated Health Issues in rural ices for children. All proceeds and their recovery from the which is offering a free 2- week • Raise your spirits in 2018 Maya Khosla. To preregister, go Northern California, 8 p.m.-5 from ticket sales will go to 4CS, devastating bush fires. Dona- session class teaching the basics to listen to “Eternal Spirit” at to p.m., Flamingo Conference Re- an organization devoted to help- tions accepted. For more infor- of Sudoku puzzles as well as 7:30 p.m. in the SRHS Perform- https://www.eventbrite.com/e/h sort & Spa, 2777 4th St., SR. ing thousands of families get mation, call 707-795-2398. advanced strategies. You will be ing Arts Auditorium in Santa ealing-from-the-october-fires- Admission is free without a access to child care. Get tickets able to solve beginner to ad- Rosa High School, 1235 Men- ecological-and-firewise-per- hotel room, but you must regis- at Monday, January 22 vanced puzzles, such as the dif- docino Ave. Santa Rosa. Park- spectives-tickets-41369755051. ter at https://sonoma4cs.ejoinme.org/ ficult puzzle in each week’s ing is free in the parking lot for • The Emergency Relief https://www.eventbrite.com/e/th c4ctickets. • Occupy Sonoma County Community Voice. Space is the auditorium off Ridgway Consortium, a local group of e-opioid-crisis-related-public- • Six dynamic actors will presents: Self & Other: Ways limited! To register for this Ave. For more information, nonprofits, business owners and health-issues-in-the-rural-north- perform the works of 12 local We Divide Ourselves from class, call the Rohnert Park contact [email protected]. concerned citizens will meet ern-counties-a-summit-to-discu writers: short plays, poems & Other People, 7-9 p.m., Peace Senior Center at 707-585-6780. every Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in ss-tickets-39299463754?aff=ef- stories that are tied to the & Justice Center, 467 Se- • Before the Flood film the Thomas Page Room at the beventtix. theme: “Connections.” At Cop- bastopol Ave., SR. Bill Say will screening and discussion with Sunday, January 28 Cotati City Hall. Come and get perfield’s in Sebastopol. Tickets be teaching. Join our event on Woody Hastings, Center for involved with the efforts to re- $15 general and $10 students at Facebook at https://www.face- Climate Protection 6:30-8:30 • Eternal Spirit Concert, 2 build Sonoma County and aid Tuesday, February 6 the door. Doors open 7 p.m. book.com/events/13938556005 p.m.at the Laguna Environmen- p.m., Santa Rosa High School those in need. If you have show at 7:30 p.m. 3049. For more information, tal Center, 900 Sanford Rd., Performing Arts Auditorium, needs, please contact Shelter, • The Opioid Crisis & Re- contact http://occupysonoma- Santa Rosa. $6-20 sliding scale Santa Rosa High School, 1235 Preparedness, Resources & Dis- lated Health Issues in rural Saturday, January 20 county.org or call (707) 877- (non-refundable). Pre-registra- Mendocino Ave., SR. The con- tribution (SHEPRD) at Northern California, 5 p.m.- 8 6650. tion required. cert is performed by Sonoma [email protected]. p.m., Flamingo Conference Re- • ILLeagles & Fleetwood Tuesday, January 23 • The Emergency Relief County Philharmonic. Tickets sort & Spa, 2777 4th St., SR. Mask, 7:30 p.m.-11:59 p.m., Consortium, a local group of are free for students 18 and Admission is free without a Mystic Theatre, 23 Petaluma • Perspectives on the Holo- nonprofits, business owners and under, non-students $15. Friday, February 2 hotel room, but you must regis- Blvd. N., Petaluma. Please caust & Genocide with Prof. concerned citizens will meet ter at come join these amazing tribute Myrna Goodman at SSU from every Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in • Nikolaj Znaider & Robert https://www.eventbrite.com/e/th bands for the Eagles and Fleet- 4-5 p.m. in the Warren Audito- the Thomas Page Room at the Monday, January 29 Kulek, 7:30 p.m., Weill Hall, e-opioid-crisis-related-public- wood Mac. Online tickets are rium (Ives Hall) . Cotati City Hall. Come and get Green Music Center. health-issues-in-the-rural-north- SOLD OUT, tickets at the door involved with the efforts to re- • Bubble Wrap Painting, • Bless their Little Hearts ern-counties-a-summit-to-discu are $22. build Sonoma County and aid 10:20 a.m., Howarth Memorial will be shown at 7 p.m. at War- ss-tickets-39299463754?aff=ef- • Waterfowl of the Laguna de Wednesday, January 24 those in need. If you have Park, SR. We will be making ren Auditorium/Ives Hall at beventtix. Santa Rosa & the Pacific Fly- needs, please contact Shelter, some fun art with bubble wrap. SSU, Rohnert Park. For more way presentation with “Duck • After Hours mixer – H&R Preparedness, Resources & Dis- Free to all. information call 707-664-2606 Wednesday, February 7 Man” Dave Barry, 3-4 p.m. $12 Block, 5:30 p.m.- 7 p.m., 435 tribution (SHEPRD) at • Wilmar and CAL Fire or www.sonoma.edu/sfi. A do- (non-refundable). Pre-registra- Rohnert Park Exp., RP. [email protected]. Blood Drive, 2:30 p.m.-7:30 nation of $5 is suggested. There • From gutters to gardens: tion required. Laguna Environ- • Parent Information Night: p.m., Wilmar Volunteer Fire is a $5 parking fee in all SSU maximizing rainwater in your mental Center, 900 Sanford Rd., Expeditionary Learning at Department, 3825 Bodega Ave, lots. SFI is supported in part by garden. Meet at 7:30 p.m. at Santa Rosa. LJMS, 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m., Friday, January 26 Petaluma, CA. Sign up at Instructionally Related Activity 216 E, School St., Cotati in the • Sock Hop dinner & awards Lawrence E. Jones Middle www.bloodheroes.com. Funds. Cotati room. Free. 6 p.m. in the Cotati room next School, 5164 Snyder Ln, RP. At • SSU Rugby Luau • Celebrating World Wet- to police dept. Honorees will be this event, you will learn about Fundraiser, 5 p.m.-8 p.m., Co- lands Day: Laguna Kayaking Thursday, February 8 Cotati Police Dept., Rancho the expeditionary learning pro- tati City Hall, 201 W Sierra Tuesday, January 30 Adventure with Laguna Foun- Adobe Fire District, Cotati gram and its benefits, as well as Ave, Cotati. Come for a fun dation staff & guides 9 a.m.- • Spreckels Theatre Com- Small Animal Hospital and Co- how to apply. Find out more at night of food, entertainment and • No listings. noon. $50 and pre-registration pany invites you to a free night tati’s super volunteer person. www.crpusd.org/exl. raffles and help raise funds for is required. Event takes place at of theater with Rodgers & $30 per person. For more infor- • Coffee with a Cop, 7 a.m.-9 SSU Rugby. Tickets are $15-30. Laguna Environmental Center, Hammerstein’s South Pacific. If mation, call 707-795-5508. a.m., Starbucks, 640 E. Cotati Get them at Wednesday, January 31 900 Sanford Rd., Santa Rosa. you are a resident of RP, • Pork Scallopini & firefight- Avenue, Cotati. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ss For more information, go to Spreckels has a special gift for ers. Taste of Italy is a fundraiser u-rugby-luau-tickets- • You’re A Good Man Char- maggiehart@lagunafounda- you: A free preview perform- for the Penngrove Social Fire- 41002755345. lie Brown, 10 a.m., Evert B. tion.org. ance. For more information or men. Cocktail hour begins at 6 Thursday, January 25 • Director Doug Nichol will Person Theatre, 1801 E. Cotati reservations, contact the p.m. Dinner served at 7 p.m. be present to introduce the film Ave., RP. For tickets, visit tick- Spreckels Box Office at 707- $25 Penngrove Community • RCHS Cheer Fundraiser, 6 (7 p.m.) California Typewriter [email protected]. Saturday, February 3 588-3400. Club House, 385 Woodward p.m.-8 p.m., Sally Tomatoes and answer questions after the • SSU Career Development • The Emergency Relief Ave. For tickets call Joe Pedrani 1100 Valley House Dr., RP. Friday screening at the Warren Workshop Preview, 6 p.m.-7 • Art from The Heart 2018, 6 Consortium, a local group of at 707-585-0766. Paint a board and sip on some Auditorium/Ives Hall at SSU in p.m., Sonoma State University, p.m.-9 p.m., University Art nonprofits, business owners and • Experience Songbird Sat- drinks-you’ll have the opportu- Rohnert Park. Free admission 1801 E. Cotati Ave., RP. Lo- Gallery, Sonoma State Univer- concerned citizens will meet urday, 2 p.m.-5:30 p.m., Song- nity to create your very own but a donation of $5 is sug- cated in International Hall sity, 1801 E. Cotati Ave., RP. every Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in bird Community Healing wood sign using paint, a stencil gested. For more information 201A. For more information, Come enjoy a silent art auction the Thomas Page Room at the Center, 8297 Old Redwood and brush. Get tickets at call 707-664-2606 or visit and party, and explore a wide Cotati City Hall. Come and get Hwy, Cotati. This is an open https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rc www.sonoa.edu/sfi. There is a https://web.sonoma.edu/exed/ca variety of paintings and sculp- involved with the efforts to re- house and healing fair where hs-cheer-fundraiser-tickets- $5 parking fee in all SSU lots. reerskills/. tures created by SSU students, build Sonoma County and aid you can enjoy free ten minute 41240329937?aff=efbevent. SFI is supported in part by In- • Sonoma State University as well as refreshments. All those in need. If you have educational talks and learn • Hybrid/Executive/Profes- structionally Related Activity Blood Drive, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., proceeds go to the SSU art pro- needs, please contact Shelter, about wellbeing services. Mini sional MBA in Wine Business Funds. Sonoma State University, 1801 grams. Preparedness, Resources & Dis- sessions are between $10-$20. Information Session, 10 a.m.-11 E. Cotati Ave., RP. At the MT tribution (SHEPRD) at For more information, contact a.m., Unified Wine & Grape McKinley Gym in Rec Center. Sunday, February 4 [email protected]. (707) 795-2398 and Symposium, Sonoma State Uni- Saturday, January 27 • After Hours mixer – Gro- [email protected]. versity, RP. You will be able to cery Outlet, 5:30 p.m.-7 p.m., • Bless their Little Hearts learn about the wine programs. • Flight Night, 6 p.m.-10 Grocery Outlet, 6335 Com- will be shown at 4:30 p.m. at “Live as if you were to p.m., Flying Frog Academy, merce Blvd., RP. Complimen- Warren Auditorium/Ives Hall at die tomorrow. 215 Classic Ct., RP. For more tary appetizers and SSU, Rohnert Park. For more Learn as if you were to information and to preregister, refreshments and a raffle will information call 707-664-2606 live forever.” visit be provided. 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Weekly Horoscopes January 19 Capricorn Taurus Virgo December 22 – January 19 April 20 – May 20 August 23 – September 22 Take certain things with a grain Taurus, a newfound devotion to Let other people’s perceptions of salt, Capricorn. Until you can exercise may improve your life in roll off you like water off of a duck’s flush out the facts, there is no point many different ways. If you have back, Virgo. To get the full picture, FAITH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Rev. Jim Robie in worrying or passing judgement. been vacillating on whether or not to you need to immerse yourself and WORSHIP 10 AM, SUNDAY Be patient and things will come to embrace a new lifestyle, just do it. make up your own mind. CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER. THIS IS A PC(USA) CONGREGATION. light. "A THOUGHTFUL AND CONTEMPLATIVE WORSHIP EXPERIENCE". Aquarius Gemini Libra 190 ARLEN DR., ROHNERT PARK, CA 94928 January 20 – February 18 May 21 – June 21 September 23 – October 22 Find more time to explore an im- An unexpected situation has put Libra, take a few steps back and CROSS AND CROWN LUTHERAN CHURCH AND SCHOOL portant relationship, Aquarius. Don’t you out of your element, Gemini. think about whether or not a new ap- 5475 Snyder Lane - Rohnert Park Sunday Services: overlook the importance of date For now you can simply go with the proach is needed regarding a spe- Church Phone: 707/795-7853. School Phone: 707/795-7863 8 am - Worship night. Make time for this important flow and see how things work out. cific situation. Thinking logically 9 am - Education person even if it requires sacrifices. Don’t let this get the better of you. instead of emotionally may help. Church Web Site: School Web Site: 10 am - Worship www.crossandcrownrp.org www.crossandcrownschoolrp.org Pisces Cancer Scorpio February 19 – March 20 June 22 – July 22 October 23 – November 21 SHILOH CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, Rev. Samuel Tharpe (Pastor) Pisces, do something unexpected Cancer, dabbling in a few differ- Scorpio, take a day to recharge this week and watch as those around ent projects may give you a unique your batteries if you feel your en- BIBLE STUDY 9:30 AM. WORSHIP SERVICE 10 AM you are inspired by your willingness perspective and the inspiration to ergy stores are running low. You to try new things. take things in a new direction. Keep may not need an extended vacation 7450 SANTA BARBARA AVE., ROHNERT PARK, CA 94928. 707-322-1251 ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 putting out those feelers. to do so, just a day to relax. Aries, if a special opportunity or ST. JOHN'S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Aries Leo Sagittarius Rev. Jola Bortner, Pastor Sunday Worship 10:30 am March 21 – April 19 July 23 – August 22 November 22 – December 21 5150 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park, Phone: 584-9780 Concurrent with child care circumstance comes your way, jump Leo, you have just about sold one Sagittarius, looking within your- E-mail: [email protected] Enter from Parkway Drive lot at the chance to be a part of it. Such of your ideas and now it’s just a mat- self can help you get a grasp on your "A progressive church with friendly people"- All welcome (Rohnert Park Dental Village) opportunities might not come along ter of being patient. Soon the results situation and your future. Make the -All welcome "A progressive church with friendly people" too often, so enjoy the ride. will support your vision, and you most of this introspection and use it www.stjohnsunitedmethodist.org can enjoy the fruits of your labors. as a catalyst for positive change. To be a part of religious directory call us at 584-2222 The Community Voice Newspaper of Rohnert Park-Cotati-Penngrove Friday, January 19, 2018 - 5 Confession is New Spreckels show and new
good for thewith this power soul have seen trees forperformance Country of Rodgers and we pride ourselves Club on listening Driveing second hand smoke in pro- their careers smashed and Hammerstein’s “South Pa- and responding to our residents. hibited areas. forced to resign from their cific.” Featuring such classic One example of this is that the The city council meeting be- glorious positions. songs as “Some Enchanted city council will consider in- gins at 5 p.m. at R.P. City Hall. I know, for I have also de- Evening,” “Gonna Wash That creasing restrictions on smok- All residents are welcome to at- livered a quick peck on the Man (Right Outa my Hair)” ing in Rohnert Park at next tend to share your views on this faces of two women 50-60 or and “Bali Hai,” “South Pa- Tuesday’s council meeting. The topic. so years ago and in turn re- cific” is a beautiful way to city started to review our smok- Making Rohnert Park beauti- ceived mixed reactions. brighten your winter. The pre- ing rules after numerous resi- ful with new trees - City crews I have diabetes and get view is Thursday, Feb. 8 at 8 dents spoke about their were hard at work in December around with the aid of a p.m. Reserved tickets are rec- concerns at city council meet- planting new trees along Coun- walker. My short and long ommended and available ings last year. try Club Drive. Approximately term memory losses have through the box office. Tickets In response to those concerns 20 Chinese Pistache trees were robbed me of much memory not picked up by 7:30 p.m. the the proposed changes are de- added to the landscape medians for names so please forgive night of the performance will signed to reduce exposure to as part of a three-year tree re- me for these omissions. City of RP Updates be released and made available second-hand smoke. The placement project. The goal of I was at what was called By Darrin Jenkins to others. Proof of Rohnert changes include: the project is to restore Country Cotati Elementary School at Park residency will be re- Applying smoking restric- Club Drive to its iconic, park- A quick peck on the cheek to the time (they’ve had a couple One unique feature Rohnert quired when picking up tickets. tions beyond tobacco to e-ciga- like appearance after removing Women of the Year of name changes) and they Park has, is our community- Doors open at 7:30 p.m., show rettes and marijuana. the 83 unhealthy Honey Locust I remember the good old hired a professional actor, owned Spreckels Performing begins at 8 p.m. A no-host con- Prohibiting smoking inside trees. The Chinese Pistache days 50-60 years ago when a maybe Actor’s Equity or not, to Arts Center and our award-win- cession counter will be open apartments and condominiums, trees produce beautiful colors in man pecked a quick kiss on the be the star of the show. It was ning theatre company. Where (cash only.) For more informa- as well as increased outdoor re- autumn and are compatible with cheek of a girl. It was a giggly the job of a teacher to assemble else can you see Broadway tion or reservations, contact the strictions including balconies, the turf environment in the sort of typical boy-girl relation- the cast of Cotati students who style musicals 10 minutes from Spreckels box office at 588- porches, decks and patios. landscape medians. The final ship move and little more than would support the hired actor. I home? Well over nine out of 10 3400. The Spreckels Perform- Prohibiting smoking in addi- phase of the tree replacement that. thought she did a marvelous job visitors rate their last visit as ing Arts Center is located at tional public areas, including project will take place at the But nowadays these incidents in this assignment and old-fash- excellent or good. So we want 5409 Snyder Ln. at the intersec- city buildings and parks and at end of this year. In the end, are being dredged up and hung ioned me planted a quick kiss to invite you to have a free tion with Rohnert Park Express- public events such as the farm- there will be 73 new trees with around the neck of men with on her cheek. sample of our wonderful dra- way. See you there! ers market and festivals. improved spacing, visibility and enough power to influence the Later on, she said she didn’t matic spectacle. I’m inviting all Being responsive: Second Allowing residents to bring appearance. career of a young girl. Men ‘Soul’ see page 12 residents to a FREE preview hand smoke - In Rohnert Park legal action against those creat- Sweeping up solutions page 10 Trump’s EPA CVYC fish fry keeps nerve gas boxing events big
pesticide inpyrifos. Alluse food exposure, the success-1964Members of the College View Youth Club came out winners of study said, is unsafe and there a series of boxing matches held at the Cotati Veterans Memorial is no safe level in drinking Building Friday evening with members of the Sebastopol Boys water. The chemical is found at Club. Out of nine matches, our boys won six. unsafe levels in schools, The results are as follows with the win- homes and widespread com- ner’s name on bold type: munities in agricultural areas 50-55 lb.- Donald Cowens vs. Kim Nash like the Central Valley. In 56-60 lb.- Marty Hendrix vs, Mike fields, unsafe levels continue DID Thompson 18 days after spraying. Ironi- YOU 61-65 lb. -Herb Palmer vs. Gus O’ Connell cally, this chemical also puts KNOW 71-75 lb. – Randy Madden vs. Larry Pon- the lie to the old saying that cetta “an apple a day keeps the doc- ? 76-80 lb. – Mike Madden vs. Darrell tor away.” For apples are one Robertson of the crops where chlorpyri- 90-95 lb. Butch Farrell vs. Gordon Het- fos is most commonly used. In trick California, it is used most 96-100 lb.- Bobby Madden vs. Ted Burk- heavily in Kern, Tulare and man Monterey counties. 105-110 lb. – John Nosenzo vs. Marc A detailed 2016 study by Nash Project TENDR, an independ- 120-125 lb.- Bobby Hendrix vs. Rich The outcry would be enor- ent group of academic scien- Siefert mous if large numbers of farm- tists, found “Children in Referee for the evening was Max Gilbert. Don Sullivan an- ers began using Zyklon B as a America…are at an unaccept- nounced the matches and Dick Cochran, one of the three coaches pesticide on fruits and vegeta- ably high risk of neurodevelop- of the home club (the others are Don Smith and Ed Padia) thanked bles. That was the nerve gas mental disorders that affect the everyone who had helped to make the evening successful. Special Nazi Germany used to execute brain and nervous system, in- thanks were extended to the many businesses that contributed ei- six million Jews and eight mil- cluding autism, intellectual dis- ther in services or in contributions to the Fish fry enjoyed by so lion other victims in their noto- abilities and…behavioral many: rious death camps. disabilities.” Fulham Brothers, Clover Dairy Products, Green Mill, Rohnert But there was little outcry ex- ‘Gas’ see page 12 ‘1964’ see page 12 cept from environmentalists when the chief of President Trump’s Environmental Protec- tion Agency late in 2017 de- cided to let U.S. farms continue using another nerve gas in- vented by the Nazis on crops as diverse as nuts, apples, broc- coli, melons, citrus, corn and soybeans. German scientists didn’t invent the organophos- phate chemical chlorpyrifos as a pesticide; rather they used it to gas Jews, gypsies and others they crammed into the airtight OPPllee RR rear areas of mobile vans, a FFee dd O total of more than half a million persons. Trump is not alone in allow- ing manufacturers (primarily $$ the Dow Chemical Co.) to keep 22 !! selling the noxious substance to oonn farmers and others. In fact, for- mer President Barack Obama’s YY’’ss EPA didn’t move to prevent use SShhaa TThhEE of chlorpyrifos (pronounced klawr-peer-uh-fos). Obama’s EPA, though, did not claim the evidence against the substance was “insufficient” to declare it a health hazard, as current EPA head Scott Pruitt did. But the EPA under Obama did drag its feet, so much that in a 2015 hearing of the Ninth Cir- cuit Federal Court of Appeals, longtime appellate Judge Wal- lace Tashima scolded an EPA lawyer about the eight years it had by then taken the agency to work on a possible chlorpyrifos ban. “I think this is a pretty Large Two T miserable record,” Tashima raditional Topping Pizza opined. The upshot is that chemical & Large Mary’s or companies, not objective scien- Caesar Salad tists, appear to control Amer- ica’s pesticide regulation, no OR matter who is president. That became clear when a Past scientific panel of California’s a with Pesto, Classic Meat or Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment last month Marinara voted unanimously to place the Sauce & Large Mary’s chemical on the list of danger- ous substances under the 1986 or Caesar Salad. Co Proposition 65. The panel in- mes with cluded professors from UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Davis and Three Giant Meatballs! Stanford, along with a scientist from the pharmaceutical firm Genentech. WhWAit Proposition 65 hazard warn- TIl LEni’s Y ings usually are found on gaso- line pumps and tanker trucks, saThE TOda not grocery shelves. But Cali- fornia farms now use more than 1 million pounds of chlorpyri- fos yearly, about one-fourth of the national total, even if it is at lower concentrations than what Nazi executioners employed. Just last May, 50 farm workers • 101 Golf Course Drive • (707) 585-3500 exposed to its spraying near Roh TK Bakersfield immediately suf- fered symptoms like vomiting, nausea and fainting. Availablevailble Pasta: Spaghetti, het , Rigatoni,Ri Penne ne & Fettuccine.Fet Offer valid until 3/13/18. A 2016 EPA report found there are no safe uses of chlor- 6 - Friday, January 19, 2018 Newspaper of Rohnert Park-Cotati-Penngrove The Community Voice
Why and how9to9support the POINT OF THE WEEK joy of an agingAsGkidsGwe might haveelder won- to execute the adventure and re- become a way to check and see dered how grandma got to be turn before running out of en- if you areGactually stillGalive. so patient with us. ergy is always a risk. Thank “Will I lose another tooth if I Large AsGadultsGwe assume it is from God for those little seats on the try to eat a steak?” “Will I fall practice. As an elder - I discov- walker basket. Oh yes. I can’t down in public if I try to climb ered it is through blatant neces- forget to wear those outing to the next floor using that esca- ThisIntestine point, known to acupuncturists 2 as sity. I can’t get across the room pants. Um, adult briefs I mean. lator?” “Will my stupid adult Large Intestine 2, is located on the back of the hand just above any faster than this - and so (Just in case). diaper leak and get on my and to the lateral side of the knuckle of your index finger. This IGhave toGbe content with my Have you placed clothes if I don’t get home be- point is for treating arthritis symptoms, such as pain and stiff- speed and condition. yourself9in9these shoes, yet? fore four o’clock?” “Will I ness of the fingers and thumbs. It is also excellent for reducing This direct experience is “Why am I still here?” “All smell like pee if it does leak?” fever, such as when you get a sore throat and night sweats from then offered as patience to my friends and the rest of my These are just a few of the the flu. Pressing this point increases circulation within the en- those around us. We can’t very relatives are all dead.” “I was reasons our elders don’t go out Spotlight on Seniors ergy pathways. well expect from others what the oldest - and I still am! All as much as they used to. This - Note: Remember these vignettes are not medical advice. By Julie Ann Soukoulis we do not offer ourselves, yes? my siblings have died of cancer, and because of their memory. 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First, Stress is the result of depression courseGI do!” “If I can just find Step two: Using your thumb or able to get to the toilet in a there is the slow shuffle to the and loneliness, as well as de- where I put it.” index finger, press and hold the timely manner? closet to get properly dressed clining health. Companionship Julie Ann Soukoulis is the pressure for 10 seconds. Repeat Or how about the need your several times per hour, or as for an outing. Next, there is the is a mandatory human need owner of Home Instead Senior needed until symptoms lessen. ears have to hearGall ofGthe matter of having enough money when a goal is set for thriving. care office in Rohnert Park, words coming out of someone’s in the wallet. (Oh, yes, a list. To thrive - one needs joy. For mother of two and passionate mouth? Aging has aspects that And, um, walking the four joy - one needs a trigger. about healthy living at all ages. Gigi Shames, LAc, Dipl.OM, is a licensed no one realizes until they find blocks and bringing groceries An opportunity to see and Having cared for her own two acupuncturist in Cotati. She can be reached at themselves trying to figure out back in my walker should be smell the flowers, have that hu- parents, she understands your www.ShamesHealth.com or (415) 388-0456. how to pick up something you okay.) morous conversation, laugh at struggles and aims, through her just dropped, or clean up some- Shopping has now become a the silly dog across the street- website,@www.homeinstead.com/ thing that just got spilled. Un- major life event akin to attend- whoseGbody seems to wag in- sonoma@to educate and encour- steady hands, eyes, ears and ing a wedding or making it to a stead of his tail. Moments of age seniors & caregivers. Have bladders can ruin anyone’s day. funeral. The preparation, time, sweet remembrance that can a caregiving or aging concern? Now try multiplying this by physical demands and the men- bring some ease and grace into She’s@love@to hear from you at 365. tal acuity required to get an ac- a world that has gotten so hard, 586-1516 anytime. Adding a little kindness curate list together with a plan getting up in the morning has Health goals for 2018 to later when the need arises. Think of a time when you felt Be carefulor break with a tooth or a filling. tongueteeth. piercings!in your mouth and lessen the vibrantly healthy, energized and Tooth damage results from the Gum damage chance for infection. alive. Describe this scene in wearer “playing” with the bar- A tongue bar can cause dam- During your dental examina- great detail until it becomes bell by rubbing it along his/her age to the gums along the inside tion, it is important to check for crystal clear and alive in your teeth. Metal barbells are more of the upper or lower front dental issues that could make mind’s eye. Resolve to revisit likely to cause tooth fracture teeth, leading to gum recession. dental piercing more dangerous. this scene every morning and than their plastic counterparts. Receding gums expose the For example, if you are a every evening for the coming Tooth damage can be mini- roots of the teeth, causing sensi- tongue-thruster (when you six weeks. Do this without fail mized by proper placement, tivity to temperature and peri- swallow, your tongue pushes as it is the single most impor- the use of properly sized jew- odontal disease with bone loss. against your front teeth), the tant step in this process. elry and avoiding playing with This can sometimes be cor- tongue bar could seriously dam- Next, make a list of your the piercing. rected with periodontal surgery age your oral tissues or teeth. good habits and behaviors that Ten years ago, a 21-year-old and a gum graft. But if not cor- Safe guidelines Dawn Dolan contribute to your overall well- woman with a beautiful smile rected early, sever recession can If you decided to have a being. Be specific. Look at the cracked her upper left front lat- lead to tooth loss. tongue piercing, please check Certified Nutritional Testing times that you choose healthy eral incisor due to biting down Several years ago, I treated a out the piercing establishment foods, spent time in a stress-free on her tongue barbell. Root 22-year-old male patient who carefully. Pay particular atten- environment and moved your canal therapy, a fiber-reinforced rubbed the gums on the back- tion to the following safe pierc- Is one of your goals for this body properly. See and experi- Oral piercing is currently on post and a porcelain crown side of his lower teeth with his ing guidelines: year to “get in shape,” to lose ence how you felt about your- the upswing. Many teens and were necessary to fix the frac- tongue ring, causing severe The business is licensed and weight, to have more energy, or self at these times. What else young adults, as well as some tured tooth. At age 23, she frac- gum infection, gum recession reputable, with clean, well-lit overall to experience “optimal comes to mind? older adults, are having this tured the porcelain crown, again and bone loss. He was referred rooms for procedures. health”? If so, you are not Find a paper or electronic procedure. Over the years, I due to biting on her tongue bar- to a periodontist who attempted Trained and experienced alone. This is one of the most space to calendar your activities have had many patients with a bell and so a new porcelain surgical gum grafting to save piercers [a member of the Asso- common goal sets made every for the next six weeks. Every tongue piercing. Most have not crown was placed. Finally, at the teeth. However, two years ciation of Professional Piercers] year at this time. It is also one day include at least one item in had problems, especially when age 25, the barbell caused the later, he ended up losing his use new gloves and a fresh dis- of the goal sets with the least each category that you will ab- the barbells have been short and tooth to break off at the gum lower front two central teeth. posable needle for each proce- amount of follow-through and, solutely do. For example, list plastic. Some have had chip- line. The tooth was extracted Eventually with bone grafting, dure (never go to an therefore, the lowest success what the menu for a healthy ping of teeth, usually when the and a beautiful dental implant the placement of two dental im- establishment that uses piercing rate. How do you change this to meal would be, what physical barbells have been longer and was made as a replacement. At plants and the removal of his guns — they are more difficult produce the success you desire? activity you will do, how you metal. I have had three patients that time, she decided to re- tongue ring, he was in good to clean and inflict greater tis- It is most common to begin will relieve unwanted stress, who have had serious dental move her tongue barbell and health again. sue damage). An autoclave and the year with a fairly strict etc. problems because of their she has had no further prob- Importance of having a ultrasonic cleanser for steriliz- regime of diet and exercise and Be sure to put something, tongue bars and have eventually lems. dental check-up before tongue ing instruments are on the to be elated with the loss of un- perhaps a picture that reminds lost teeth and had to have dental Gaps between teeth piercing premises. wanted pounds and unwanted you of your “most alive self,” implant replacement teeth. According to a study at the I recommend not having a All of your questions and inches of stored fat. These may where you will be sure to see it Some of the serious conse- University of Buffalo in New tongue piercing. However, if concerns are answered openly even stay gone for a time. Then, every morning and every quences from tongue piercing York, playing with a pierced you do decide to get your and directly. If you’re unsatis- slowly, we relax our regime and evening. As this moves along include: tongue barbell can lead to a gap tongue adorned, proceed care- fied or uncomfortable with the the unwanted extra pounds of over the course of the next six •Pain, inflammation and infec- between the front teeth. By fully and have a dental exami- answers, try somewhere else. fat and loss of muscle tone re- weeks and certainly by the end tion. pushing the tongue barbell con- nation and cleaning first. If I have not convinced you turn. Discouragement surely of that time, do send us a note •Damage to teeth, fillings and tinually up against their front The goal is to examine your to forget about getting an oral follows. to let us know if the secret has other dental work. teeth, those with tongue pierc- oral tissues and look for any piercing, please proceed with Still, there are those who revealed itself to you. •Injury or shrinkage of gums ing were likely to move the signs of existing infection, such extreme caution. I want every- have succeeded in changing and bone. teeth apart. Orthodontic braces as gum disease or deep decay. It one to express their individual- their habits and improving body Dawn Dolan, MA, ACN is an •Difficulty chewing or swal- work by placing continual force is much safer having any infec- ity, be safe, and have healthy composition and overall health. advocate for integrative health- lowing. on teeth in the direction that tion removed from your mouth teeth for a lifetime! There is a secret to their suc- care, consulting with medical •Greater saliva production. they need to be moved to pro- before proceeding with tongue Enjoy life and keep smiling! cess. Would you like to know doctors, chiropractors, •Prolonged blood loss immedi- duce a correct alignment. piercing. A prior infection in George Malkemus has a their secret? You could discover acupuncturists, psychothera- ately after procedure. Force, over time, moves teeth. your mouth could interfere with Family and Cosmetic Dental this secret for yourself if you pists, body workers, massage •Disease transmission, such as Individuals with tongue pierc- your tongue’s healing when Practice in Rohnert Park at 2 follow a few key steps, this se- therapists and other healthcare hepatitis. ing are tempted to play with pierced. Also, ask your dentist Padre Parkway, Suite 200. Call cret will reveal itself to you professionals. She can be •Need for orthodontic treat- their tongue barbell, placing un- for a prescription strength 585-8595, or email info@ with seeming miraculous re- reached by email at office@re- ment due to repositioning the natural forces on the teeth and mouthwash. Rinsing before you malkemusdds.com. Visit Dr. sults. juvandwellbeing.com. natural teeth alignment. consequently causing gaps or have the tongue piercing proce- Malkemus’ Web site at To start with, make a few Tooth damage other problems to occur with dure will decrease the bacteria http://www.malkemusdds.com written notes that you can refer The tongue jewelry can chip A different way of meeting your goals Let’s first consider our self- teaching them. (I was a weird our brain all our lives and to Some exciting news about ently!” You can actually choose images, for it is our self-im- kid!) change them means we must your brain to change what to say to your- ages we want to change when So how are our self-images first psychologically untangle However, there is a wonder- self about yourself. It is up to we create goals for ourselves. learned? They are learned from them. (This is the reason that ful characteristic of our brains you. Notice I say self-images in the our self-talk. In other words, you get 120 million hits when we can use. While our brains Thomas Edison was asked plural sense; you do not have they are based on what we have you Google ‘self-help.’) hate to change, they love to cre- how it felt to fail 999 times just one self-image, you have said about ourselves in the past The biggest challenge ate! searching for the filament of a many. In fact, you have a self- and what we are saying to our- However, there is an even A new way of thinking! light bulb. He said, “I did NOT image for every ability, apti- selves about ourselves right greater challenge. Our brains So, if we cannot remove our fail 999 times! I simply found tude, skill, capability, talent, now! This means that as long as (which contain all of our self- self-images and it is impossibly 999 ways that didn’t work!” gift, knack, proficiency, rela- we are still talking to ourselves, images) hate change. Psycholo- difficult to change them, what And…guess what! Your tionship and habit you have. we are still creating or changing gists regard our self-images as can we do? brain accepts what you tell When we create personal goals our self-images. our comfort zone and our WE CAN REPLACE yourself about yourself without Let’s begin by observing that for ourselves, it is these we This leads us to two infer- brain’s job is to keep us safe in THEM! question! No arguments! So less than half of us in America want to change. ences: our comfort zone. When we Can we do that? Uh…yah! when you say, “No way! I can’t made New Year’s resolutions Now, your self-images are 1.) Our self-images are hard- want to change, often our brain So here is some exciting do that!” our minds simply say, this year and of those who learned; you were not born with wired into our brains, which will respond, “But look at what news (and I get so excited when “OK…you can’t!” and then made them, another half will them. You were born with cer- means we can’t physiologically happened last time!” “No, I am sharing this with my audi- blocks out ways for us to do it. give up by June. tain natural dispositions. For remove them (except through a change is too hard.” “Let’s just ences that I begin to shake). However, if we say, “Ab- So let’s look at resolutions example, I was born a natural lobotomy). stay the way we are. It’s safer!” Since our self-images are solutely…I know I can do and goals in a different way in a teacher. When I was a kid, I 2.) They are unbelievably This is the reason that habits learned and they are based on that!” the brain not only accepts way that actually works. used to line up rocks in my hard to change, for some of are so hard to break and goals our self-talk, we can create new that just as quickly, it then helps A new look at your self-im- back yard and pretend I was them have been entangled in are so difficult to meet. self-images by simply changing us find a way to do it, and then ages. our self-talk! gives you the energy to get it Wow! done! T 2 For instance, when people Henry Ford said it so well. ow 4 WHY PAY DEALERSHIP PRICES FOR AUTO REPAIR? i H ng o tell me that they are having a “When you say you can, or you S ur er vi really hard time breaking a cannot, you’re usually right!” ce habit, I tell them to quit trying. 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Sportsman’s Report: Things to do on By Bill Hanson a rainyAfter day you have collected The Gem Faire is in San notes on each mushroom go Rafael this weekend. It is in the to,Ewww.mycoweb.comEand fol- Veteran’s Memorial Theatre be- low the guides to narrow down hind the blue spaceship that is your ‘specie’ of mushroom. The the Marin Civic Center. It is site has extensive photos of open Friday through Sunday. most mushrooms on those cov- For details search: Gem Faire. ered. There are over five-thou- What is it about the use of an sand individual mushrooms in ‘e’ at the end of the word that California, not all are on the site evokes an event in England? It and no one I know has them all is in Marin. committed to memory. Finding Mid-winter mushrooms are your way is known as ‘keying’ up. The cold, rain, cold cycle — your fungi, using your observa- more typical for this time of tions to ‘key’ through the guide. year, is working. For new per- Did I mention you should not sons, just go to a nice wooded eat one from the wild? Many park near home and start look- mushroom lovers do not eat ing down. Like my first mush- them, some go for the outdoor room foray all those years ago, sport, some go to take pictures, they are everywhere, if I had one lovely lady goes to find only looked down earlier in life. mushrooms for dying fabrics. Do not eat anything, mush- Who knew? One friend loves to rooms are not poisonous to foray but refuses to learn any touch but to actually eat identification, it is easier to just one...you are betting your liver. ask Bill. His rule is, “Is it edi- Pick one or several for your ble?” After 10 years he still Local athletes win in basket. When you get home picks up the same inedible and break off the stem and put the asks the same question.E cap right side up on a piece of The DeYoung museum ex- Rancho Cotatefootball seniors, Logan Reese, Jake despite Simmons and Jaelen Ward weremissile selected to the California scare team to play in the JP Prep paper. Many mushrooms have a hibit, Teotihuacan City of Fire white or nearly white spore, for City of Water, is nearing the Sports America Paradise Football Classic. This is a week-long trip to Hawaii and gives senior athletes an opportunity to showcase those use softly colored paper end. The material in the exhibits themselves one last time and also represents the state of California against some of the best high school players in America Samoa so that you can see the subtle have never before been on dis- and Hawaii. The games were played at Aloha Stadium Jan. 11 and 13. The California team played against America Samoa Thursday, shades. Whilst waiting for the play. There is now a site where Jan. 11 and defeated them 21-13. They went on to play in the championship game against Hawaii East Saturday, Jan. 13 and took spore to fall onto your paper, you can use a video game, the win in a close and exciting game by defeating Hawaii East 21-20.4The boys and their family and friends were able to enjoy the look at the cap. Note the color ‘Minecraft’, to explore the an- games after an early morning scare when an alert was sent out stating that a ballistic missile threat was inbound to the Island of and any variations of color, cient ruins. If you are a gamer it Hawaii. Fortunately, the alert was found to have been sent out in error and it was a false alarm. does it have a button in the mid- may be dull, if you are an ama- Photo courtesy of Sandy Calvert dle and is it an ‘innee’ or an teur archaeologist you may be ‘outee’? Rub your finger over fooled into thinking the stages the cap, dry or sticky? Look are historically accurate, they under the cap, gills or pores? are not. For a deeper look at How are they attached to the both Google; Teotihuacan City stem? Is the stalk very thick or of Fire, City of Water and click stick like? Is there a ring around through the hits.EE the base and how is it shaped? Bill Hanson is a Sonoma Now give the cap a sniff, note County native and lifelong the odor, most smell like earth, sportsman. He is the former many have a distinctive odor. president of the Sonoma County You can skip the bushes and Mycological Association. Look just buy a couple at the grocery for his column in The Commu- store and use your observations nity Voice each week. to make notes. SSU Briefs Seawolves ride 33.3 percent from the floor (21- 63) — just 2 of 12 from three- furious second-half point range (16.7 percent) — comeback to defeat while CSUDH hit on 40.4 per- LA cent of its shots (21-52) with six After a tough loss to Cal Poly made three-pointers. Pomona last week, Sonoma State Sonoma State will return came out in force Friday night as home for a brief two-game home the Seawolves knocked off Cal stand Friday when it hosts Cal State L.A. on the road by a final State Monterey Bay at 5:30 p.m. of 81-63. in The Wolves’ Den. Led by Lewayne Grant and Jackson Gion—who each scored Gill, Seawolves demol- 15 in the final 20 minutes of play—the Seawolves mounted a ish Golden Eagles for furious second-half comeback, first road win outscoring their opponent 47-27 Behind a season-high 20 and flipping a 36-34 deficit at the points from Carly Gill, the half to an 18-point margin of vic- Sonoma State women’s basket- tory. The Seawolves’ best run of ball team captured its first win the game came in the 2:19 fol- on the road this season in con- lowing the 15:11 mark. Gion, vincing fashion, destroying host who would go on to ice six three- Cal State L.A. 62-45 on Friday pointers on the night, netted nine night at the Eagles Nest in Los points from beyond the arc, help- Angeles. The Seawolves rise to ing Grant and Naaman High- 6-8 overall this season and 3-7 in tower put up 13-straight points. conference play. The Golden Ea- With the win Sonoma State gles stumbled to 6-11 (5-6 improves to 6-8 and 4-6 in CCAA). CCAA play. They return to ac- It was all SSU from the get-go tion tomorrow night as they will as they sprinted out to a 14-7 face off with Cal State lead after one quarter before Tech High basketball Dominguez Hills in Carson at heading into the halftime break Tech girls’ basketball faces 7:30 p.m. up by two touchdowns, 35-21. In season underway the third period, the Seawolf de- Tech High Titan Sam Cole made the first basket of the game. Roseland Prep He is seen guiding the ball to the hoop against the Roseland Technology High’s Annie Brassfield is seen making the sec- fense smothered the Golden Ea- ond basket for the Titan’s in the matchup against the Rose- Turnovers doom Sea- gles, allowing just five points in University Prep Knights in their first conference game of 2018. land University Prep Knights. wolves in 60-53 Loss the frame to lead by 22 (48-26) Robert Grant at Dominguez Hills with one quarter to play.E Robert Grant The Sonoma State women’s The lead got to as much as 27 basketball team went on a pair of points when Sam Erisman con- large runs in the first quarter, nected on a three-pointer at the 6:02 mark of the fourth to put from page 2 sprinting out to a 21-7 lead in the ‘Shot’ first 10 minutes of play, but the Sonoma up 59-32. Cal State L.A. Seven shootings spanning over two decades seems like a lot for a Seawolves turned the ball over did finish the contest on a 13-3 fairly small town of around 40, 971 people compared to Petaluma, 15 times in the second half, run, but it was too little too late. a town of similar size, which only has had four notable incidents. opening the door for host Cal Crum said the sheriff’s office typically only sees one officer in- State Dominguez Hills to sneak Seawolves sweep volved shooting per year. “For us it’s about one a year or so,” Crum by for the 60-53 win Saturday said night at the Torodome in Car- weekend road trip David Sklansky, a professor at Stanford University who teaches son.E with win over Toros criminal law and procedure and is the co-director for the Stanford However, the hosts responded Coming off a thrilling come- Criminal Justice Center, says there has been a growing concern re- to score 20 of the game’s next 25 back performance the previous garding police shootings these past few years and that the United points over the next 10+ minutes night, Sonoma State once again States in general sees much more violence and police shootings ver- to take their first lead of the surprised their opponent, mount- sus Europe. game, a 27-26 lead a minute into ing a series of runs to work their “I think there is a growing amount of attention that is being placed the second half. From then on, way back from an eight- point on the high rates (of shootings) on police officers in the United both teams went back and forth deficit, to defeat Cal State States. More people are assessing the cause of high rates and it’s until a Jessica Mitz three-pointer Dominguez Hills by a final of complicated because the United States has more lethal violence gen- with under five minutes to play 80-64. erally than there is in other countries,” Sklansky said. “Some of the in regulation knotted the game at Through the final 15:48 high rates of officer involved shootings have something to do with 45-45. CSUDH took the lead for Lewayne Grant, proved to be the the fact that we are just a more violent society.” good on a Zhane Carter jumper leader for Sonoma State. The When asked how investigations into officer involved shootings on the Toros’ next possession, junior guard added 12 points to could be improved, Sklansky pointed towards four different aspects then tacked on points from the his totals, finishing the night that were determined by a Stanford Criminal Justice Center inves- free throw line to pull away for with 19, helping the Seawolves tigation into improving investigations. the win. Carter led all scorers on cruise to victory, 80-64. “Our conclusions were that it’s important to build in objectivity the night with 22 points, 15 com- With the win, the Seawolves and impartiality. It’s also important that the agency avoid the officer ing from beyond the arc. sweep their weekend road trip who shot his or her weapon, that agency should be involved as little In total, Sonoma had 24 and move to 7-8 and 5-6 in as possible in the investigation. Two, we think that to the extent pos- turnovers which turned into 27 CCAA play, before returning to sible, the prosecutors who are making the initial determination points for Cal State Dominguez the Wolves’ Den this Friday to whether or not to file charges is that it’s better that they are not a Hills whereas the Seawolves take on Cal State Monterey Bay part of the local district attorney’s office. Our view is that in general only managed to score 16 points at 7:30 p.m.- it would be better for the state attorney’s general office to investigate off 21 Toro miscues. SSU shot the situation, or to have a neighboring county district attorney’s of- fice investigate,” Sklansky explained. Make us your home page and stay up-to-date with local news, events and sales. Sign up for FREE edition at www.thecommunityvoice.com 10 - Friday, January 19, 2018 Newspaper of Rohnert Park-Cotati-Penngrove The Community Voice
PublicFictitious Business Na mNotices:e Statement Fictitious Business Statement Case Number: 91109 Fictitious Business Statement Fictitious Business Statement Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 201703925 2017-03856 To all interested persons: Petitioner: An- 2017-04036 2017-03796 File No. 201704029 The following person(s) are doing business The following person(s) are doing business gela Katherine Romagnoli filed a petition The following person(s) are doing business The following person(s) are doing business The following person(s) are doing business as 1. Ester & Ethyl, 2. Ester and Ethyl, 3. as Leviana Candle Co., 2450 Santa Rosa, with this court for a decree changing as Ole Times Barber Shop, 8571 Graven- as Nicki Wolfe Events and Spaces, 1017 as Winchester Interconnect, 5590 Skylane Ester & Ethyl Vineyards, 4. Ester and Ethyl Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95407. Mailing Ad- names as follows: Angela Katherine Ro- stein Hwy., Cotati, CA 94931. Mailing Ad- Carr Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95404. Mailing Boulevard, Santa Rosa, CA 95403, Sonoma Vineyards, 5. Ester & Ethyl Vineyard, 6. dress Same. Registered Owner(s) 1) Nicole magnoli to Roam Romagnoli. THE COURT dress 1831 Bancroft Dr., Santa Rosa, CA Address Same. Registered Owner(s) Nicol County. Ester and Ethyl Vineyard, 7. Ester & Ethyl Meza, 2) Cindy Meza. This business is con- ORDERS that all persons interested in this 95401. Registered Owner(s) Matthew Mun- Bergman. This business is conducted by Registered Owner(s): Winchester Intercon- Winery, 8. Ester and Ethyl Winery, 9. Ester ducted by A General Partnership. The reg- matter shall appear before this court at the son. This business is conducted by An In- An Individual. The registrant commenced nect RF Corporation, 245 Lynnfield Street, & Ethyl Wine, 10. Ester and Ethyl Wine, 11. istrant commenced to transact business hearing indicated below to show cause, if dividual. The registrant commenced to to transact business under the fictitious Peabody, MA 01960; Massachusetts. Ester & Ethyl Wines, 12. Ester and Ethyl under the fictitious name or names n/a. Sig- any, why the petition for change of name transact business under the fictitious name name or names n/a. Signature Nicol This business is conducted by: A Corpora- Wines, 13. Ester & Ethyl Cellars, 14. Ester nature Cindy Meza, Co-Owner. This state- should not be granted. or names 12/21/17. Signature Matthew Mun- Bergman, Owner. This statement was filed tion. and Ethyl Cellars, 26150 Asti Road, Asti, CA ment was filed on December 4, 2017. Notice of Hearing: March 1, 2018, at 10:30 son. This statement was filed on December on November 29, 2017. The registrant commenced to transact busi- 95425, Sonoma County. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct a.m. Dept. 22, Sonoma County Superior 21, 2017. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct ness under the fictitious name or names Registered Owner(s): E. & J. Gallo Winery, copy of the original statement on file in my Court, 600 Administration Dr., Santa Rosa, I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my above N/A. 600 Yosemite Blvd., Modesto, CA 95354. office. CA 95403. copy of the original statement on file in my office. S/ John Sickler, CFO. This business is conducted by: a corpora- William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall office. William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk This statement was filed with County Clerk tion. By /s/ Alma Roman be published once a week for four succes- William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Julie Garfia of Sonoma County on December 20, 2017. The registrant commenced to transact busi- Pub., December 29, 2017 & January 5, 12, sive weeks prior to the date set for hearing By /s/ Darrell Light Pub., January 5, 12, 19, 26, 2018. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct ness under the fictitious name or names 19, 2018. on the petition in the following newspaper Pub., January 5, 12, 19, 26, 2018. The Community Voice copy of the original statement on file in my above N/A. The Community Voice of general circulation, printed in this The Community Voice office. S/ Richard S. Grey, Vice-President. county: The Community Voice, P.O. Box William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk This statement was filed with County Clerk 2038, Rohnert Park, CA 94927. Fictitious Business Statement By /s/ Alma Roman, Deputy Seal of Sonoma County on December 8, 2017. Fictitious Business Statement Dated: December 27, 2017. Fictitious Business Statement 2017-03638 1/12, 1/19, 1/26, 2/2/18 I hereby certify that this copy is a correct 2017-04042 s/ Bradford J. DeMeo, Judge of the Superior 2017-04085 The following person(s) are doing business CNS-3082603# copy of the original statement on file in my The following person(s) are doing business Court The following person(s) are doing business as Body Mind Medicinals, 9051 Mill Station THE COMMUNITY VOICE office. as V and L Environmental, 7775 Camino Pub. December 29, 2017 & January 5, 12, as Stond Cellars, 9119 Graton Road, Gra- Rd., Sebastopol, CA 95472. Mailing Address William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk Colegio, Rohnert Park, CA 94928. Mailing 19, 2018. ton, CA 95444. Mailing Address Same. Reg- 708 Gravenstein Hwy. No. 27, #74, Seb- By /s/ Alma Roman, Deputy Seal Address Same. Registered Owner(s) 1) The Community Voice istered Owner(s) Purple Wine Company, stopol, CA 95472. Registered Owner(s) Fictitious Business Statement 12/29/17, 1/5, 1/12, 1/19/18 Steven Villalobos 2) Steven Lepori. This LLC,. This business is conducted by A Lim- Anastasia Emmons. This business is con- 2018-00009 CNS-3083043# business is conducted by A General Part- ited Liability Company. The registrant ducted by An Individual. The registrant The following person(s) are doing business THE COMMUNITY VOICE nership. The registrant commenced to commenced to transact business under the commenced to transact business under the as Premier Realty, 5714 Hatchery Court, Penngrove, CA 94951. Mailing Address transact business under the fictitious name Fictitious Business Name Statement fictitious name or names n/a. Signature fictitious name or names Nov. 2014. Signa- or names n/a. Signature Steven Villalobos, Joe Joffe, Chief Operating Officer. This ture Anastasia Emmons. This statement Same. Registered Owner(s) Wayne T. Magli- Fictitious Business Name Statement Owner and Steven Lepori, Owner. This File No. 201704052 statement was filed on December 28, 2017. was filed on November 15, 2017. ulo. This business is conducted by An In- The following person(s) is (are) doing File No. 201703924 statement was filed on December 21, 2017. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct I hereby certify that this copy is a correct dividual. The registrant commenced to business as: Santa Rosa Springs Dialysis, The following person(s) are doing business I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my copy of the original statement on file in my transact business under the fictitious name 18 East Fulton Road, Santa Rosa, CA as 1. Ester & Ethyl, 2. Ester and Ethyl, 3. copy of the original statement on file in my office. office. or names n/a. Signature Wayne T. Magli- 95403 - 7580. Mailing Address: 601 Hawaii Ester & Ethyl Vineyards, 4. Ester and Ethyl office. William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk ullo. This statement was filed on January 2, Street, Attn: JLD/SecGovFin., El Segundo, Vineyards, 5. Ester & Ethyl Vineyard, 6. William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Julie Garfia By /s/ Darrell Light 2018. CA 90245 Ester and Ethyl Vineyard, 7. Ester & Ethyl By /s/ Darrell Light Pub., January 5, 12, 19, 26, 2018. Pub., January 5, 12, 19, 26, 2018. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct Registered Owner(s): Total Renal Care, Winery, 8. Ester and Ethyl Winery, 9. Ester Pub., December 29, 2017 & January 5, 12, copy of the original statement on file in my Inc., 2000 16th Street, Attn: JLD/Sec- The Community Voice The Community Voice & Ethyl Wine, 10. Ester and Ethyl Wine, 11. 19, 2018. office. GovFin., Denver, CO 80202 Ester & Ethyl Wines, 12. Ester and Ethyl The Community Voice William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk Wines, 13. Ester & Ethyl Cellars, 14. Ester This business is conducted by: a Corpo- ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR Fictitious Business Statement By /s/ M. Judith Sevilla and Ethyl Cellars, 11447 Old Redwood ration CHANGE OF NAME Pub., January 12, 19, 26, & February 2, The registrant(s) commenced to transact 2017-04087 Highway, Healdsburg, CA 95448, Sonoma Fictitious Business Statement Case Number: 91117 The following person(s) are doing business 2018. business under the fictitious business County. To all interested persons: Petitioner: Dar- as Orel Market Place, 4559 Harbor Ln. , 2017-03933 name or names listed above on N/A. The Community Voice Registered Owner(s): E. & J. Gallo Winery, The following person(s) are doing business rell Lynn Baker II filed a petition with this Rohnert Park, CA 94928. Mailing Address Total Renal Care, Inc. 600 Yosemite Blvd., Modesto, CA 95354. as Natural Beauty Spa, 2345 Fourth St., Ste. court for a decree changing names as fol- Same. Registered Owner(s) Yonatan Raya. S/ Arturo Sida, Secretary, This business is conducted by: a corpora- B, Santa Rosa, CA 95404. Mailing Address lows: Darrell Lynn Baker II aka Darrell This business is conducted by An Individ- Fictitious Business Statement This statement was filed with the County tion. Same. Registered Owner(s) Erin Van Baker, aka Darrell Baker II, aka Darrell L. ual. The registrant commenced to transact 2017-04068 Clerk of Sonoma County on 12/22/2017. The registrant commenced to transact busi- Valkenburg. This business is conducted by Baker II to Liam Hope. THE COURT OR- business under the fictitious name or The following person(s) are doing business I hereby certify that this copy is a correct ness under the fictitious name or names An Individual. The registrant commenced DERS that all persons interested in this names 12/29/17. Signature Yontan Raya. as Portlandia, 980 Airway Court, Suite F, copy of the original statement on file in above N/A. to transact business under the fictitious matter shall appear before this court at the This statement was filed on December 29, Santa Rosa, CA 95403. Mailing Address 201 my office. S/ Richard S. Grey, Vice-President. name or names n/a. Signature Erin Van hearing indicated below to show cause, if 2017. Alameda del Prado, Suite 102, Novato, CA William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County This statement was filed with County Clerk Valkenburg. This statement was filed on De- any, why the petition for change of name I hereby certify that this copy is a correct 94949-6657. Registered Owner(s) Wine Clerk of Sonoma County on December 8, 2017. cember 8, 2017. should not be granted. copy of the original statement on file in my Hooligans, LLC. This business is con- By /s/ [Deputy], Deputy Seal I hereby certify that this copy is a correct I hereby certify that this copy is a correct Notice of Hearing: March 15, 2018, at 10:30 office. ducted by A Limited Liability Company. 1/5, 1/12, 1/19, 1/26/18 copy of the original statement on file in my copy of the original statement on file in my a.m. Dept. 22, Sonoma County Superior William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk The registrant commenced to transact busi- CNS-3081402# office. office. Court, 600 Administration Dr., Santa Rosa, By /s/ Darrell Light ness under the fictitious name or names THE COMMUNITY VOICE William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk CA 95403. Pub., January 5, 12, 19, 26, 2018. n/a. Signature Dennis Carroll, Manager. By /s/ Alma Roman, Deputy Seal By /s/ Darrell Light A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall The Community Voice This statement was filed on December 27, 12/29/17, 1/5, 1/12, 1/19/18 Pub., December 29, 2017 & January 5, 12, Fictitious Business Name Statement be published once a week for four succes- 2017. I hereby certify that this copy is a cor- CNS-3083045# 19, 2018. sive weeks prior to the date set for hearing rect copy of the original statement on file in THE COMMUNITY VOICE File No. 201704051 on the petition in the following newspaper my office. The Community Voice The following person(s) is (are) doing busi- of general circulation, printed in this William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk ness as: Petaluma River Dialysis, 417 N. county: The Community Voice, P.O. Box Fictitious Business Name Statement By /s/ Alma Roman McDowell Boulevard, Petaluma, CA 94954 - Fictitious Business Statement 2038, Rohnert Park, CA 94927. Pub., January 12, 19, 26, & February 2, Fictitious Business Statement 2339. Mailing Address: 601 Hawaii Street, File No. 201704021 2017-04022 2017-03155 Dated: January 2, 2018. The following person(s) is (are) doing busi- 2018. The following person(s) are doing business Attn: JLD/SecGovFin., El Segundo, CA s/ Bradford J. DeMeo, Judge of the Superior The following person(s) are doing business 90245 ness as: SIMMER, 6358 COMMERCE BLVD, The Community Voice as 1) The Alixir Co., 2) Sonoma Valley Port- as Strategic Planning and Investment Advi- Court ROHNERT PARK, CA 94928. Mailing Ad- works, 3) Sonoma Portworks, 4) Seifried Registered Owner(s): Total Renal Care, Inc., Pub., January 5, 12, 19, 26, 2018. sors, A financial advisory practice of 2000 16th Street, Attn: JLD/SecGovFin., dress: 6358 COMMERCE BLVD, ROHNERT Estate, 5) Old Coach Road, 6) Welkin Selec- Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc, 1101 The Community Voice PARK, CA 94928 Fictitious Business Statement tions, 7) Bright Willow Winery, 8) Amos Denver, CO 80202 College Ave., Suite 140, Santa Rosa, CA This business is conducted by: a Corpora- Registered Owner(s): LXT INC, 6358 COM- 2017-04067 Ridge Vineyards, 9) Provenza Vineyards, The following person(s) are doing business 95404. Registered Owner(s) 1) Matthew tion MERCE BLVD, ROHNERT PARK, CA 94928 10) Lazy Lab Vineyards, 980 Airway Court, Fictitious Business Statement as Cameron Hughes Wine, 9825 Sonoma Gage Hunstock, 2) Marco Antonio Rivera. The registrant(s) commenced to transact This business is conducted by: a Corpora- Suite A, Santa Rosa, CA 95403-2000. Mail- 2018-00007 Highway, Kenwood, CA 95452. Mailing Ad- This business is conducted by An Unincor- business under the fictitious business tion ing Address Same. Registered Owner(s) A The following person(s) are doing business dress Same. Registered Owner(s) Vintage porated Association other than a partner- name or names listed above on N/A. The registrant(s) commenced to transact W Direct, LLC. This business is conducted as Marist Legal Document Consultants, 300 Wine Estates, Inc. This business is con- ship. The registrant commenced to Total Renal Care, Inc. business under the fictitious business by A Limited Liability Company. The regis- Enterprise Dr., #126, Rohnert Park, CA ducted by A Corporation. The registrant transact business under the fictitious name S/ Arturo Sida, Secretary, name or names listed above on N/A. trant commenced to transact business 94928. Mailing Address Same. Registered commenced to transact business under the or names 6/8/2012. Signature Matthew G. This statement was filed with the County LXT INC under the fictitious name or names n/a. Sig- Owner(s) William McAdams. This business fictitious name or names n/a. Signature Hunstock. This statement was filed on Sep- Clerk of Sonoma County on 12/22/2017. S/ SON LE, PRESIDENT, nature Bruce Cunningham, Vice President. is conducted by An Individual. The regis- Patrick Roney, President. This statement tember 22, 2017. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct This statement was filed with the County This statement was filed on December 19, trant commenced to transact business was filed on December 27, 2017. I hereby I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my Clerk of Sonoma County on 12/19/2017. 2017. under the fictitious name or names n/a. certify that this copy is a correct copy of the copy of the original statement on file in my office. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct I hereby certify that this copy is a correct Signature William McAdams, Owner. This original statement on file in my office. office. William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk copy of the original statement on file in my copy of the original statement on file in my statement was filed on January 2, 2018. William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ [Deputy], Deputy Seal office. office. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct By /s/ Alma Roman By /s/ Julie Garfia 1/5, 1/12, 1/19, 1/26/18 William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk copy of the original statement on file in my Pub., January 12, 19, 26, & February 2, Pub., December 29, 2017 & January 5, 12, CNS-3081388# By /s/ [Deputy], Deputy Seal By /s/ Alma Roman office. 2018. 19, 2018. THE COMMUNITY VOICE 1/12, 1/19, 1/26, 2/2/18 Pub., December 29, 2017 & January 5, 12, The Community Voice William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk CNS-3080555# The Community Voice 19, 2018. By /s/ M. Judith Sevilla THE COMMUNITY VOICE The Community Voice Fictitious Business Name Statement Pub., January 5, 12, 19, 26, 2018. Fictitious Business Statement The Community Voice Fictitious Business Statement File No. 201704046 Fictitious Business Name Statement 2017-03931 The following person(s) are doing business 2017-04030 Fictitious Business Statement The following person(s) are doing business File No. 201704020 The following person(s) are doing business as 1. Dark Horse, 2. Dark Horse Wines, 3387 Fictitious Business Statement 2017-04033 as CRFT Manufacturing, 2330 Circadian Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg, CA 95448, The following person(s) is (are) doing busi- as T to the 2nd Power, 1055 Bloomfield Rd., The following person(s) are doing business 2018-00003 Way, Santa Rosa, CA 95407. Registered Sonoma County. Mailing address: Sonoma. ness as: SIMMER VIETNAMESE KITCHEN, Sebastopol, CA 95472. Mailing Address as Parliament Brewing Co., 5865 Labath Av- The following person(s) are doing business Owner(s) CBD Guild. This business is con- Registered Owner(s): E. & J. Gallo Winery, 299 N MCDOWELL BLVD, PETALUMA, CA P.O. Box 2556, Sebastopol, CA 95473. Reg- enue, Rohnert Park, CA 94928. Mailing Ad- as American Welding, 1213 Stewart St., ducted by A Corporation. The registrant 600 Yosemite Blvd., CA 95354; Modesto 94954. Mailing Address: 299 N MCDOWELL istered Owner(s) 1) Tere Massa de Metz, 2) dress Same. Registered Owner(s) Bosch Santa Rosa, CA 95404. Mailing Address commenced to transact business under the This business is conducted by: A Corpora- BLVD, PETALUMA, CA 94954 Tiare Osborn. This business is conducted Family Brewing, LLC. This business is con- Same. Registered Owner(s) Richard Fatu. fictitious name or names n/a. Signature tion. Registered Owner(s): SIMMER INC, 299 N by A General Partnership. The registrant ducted by A Limited Liability Company. The This business is conducted by An Individ- Tiffany Devitt, Chief Strategy Officer/Secre- The registrant commenced to transact busi- MCDOWELL BLVD, PETALUMA, CA 94954 commenced to transact business under the registrant commenced to transact business ual. The registrant commenced to transact tary. This statement was filed on December ness under the fictitious name or names This business is conducted by: a Corpora- fictitious name or names n/a. Signature under the fictitious name or names n/a. Sig- business under the fictitious name or 8, 2017. above 06/01/12. tion Tiare Osborn, Partner. This statement was nature Justin Bosch, Manager. This state- names n/a. Signature Richard Fatu, I hereby certify that this copy is a correct S/ Richard S. Grey, Vice-President. The registrant(s) commenced to transact filed on December 20, 2017. I hereby certify ment was filed on December 20, 2017. Owner/Operaror. This statement was filed copy of the original statement on file in my This statement was filed with County Clerk business under the fictitious business that this copy is a correct copy of the orig- I hereby certify that this copy is a correct on January 2, 2018. office. of Sonoma County on December 22, 2017. name or names listed above on 12/12/2017. inal statement on file in my office. copy of the original statement on file in my I hereby certify that this copy is a correct William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk I hereby certify that this copy is a correct SIMMER INC William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk office. copy of the original statement on file in my By /s/ Darrell Light copy of the original statement on file in my S/ NHAT LE, PRESIDENT, By /s/ M. Judith Sevilla William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk office. Pub., December 29, 2017 & January 5, 12, office. This statement was filed with the County Pub., January 12, 19, 26, & February 2, By /s/ M. Judith Sevilla William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk 19, 2018. William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk Clerk of Sonoma County on 12/19/2017. 2018. Pub., December 29, 2017 & January 5, 12, By /s/ Darrell Light The Community Voice By /s/ Alma Roman, Deputy Seal I hereby certify that this copy is a correct The Community Voice 19, 2018. Pub., January 5, 12, 19, 26, 2018. 1/5, 1/12, 1/19, 1/26/18 copy of the original statement on file in my The Community Voice CNS-3084715# The Community Voice office. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR THE COMMUNITY VOICE William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk Fictitious Business Statement CHANGE OF NAME By /s/ [Deputy], Deputy Seal 2018-00010 Fictitious Business Statement 1/12, 1/19, 1/26, 2/2/18 The following person(s) are doing business 2017-03702 CNS-3080650# as Merrill/Kaye Consulting, 7960 Tocchini TRUSTEE SALE The following person(s) are doing business THE COMMUNITY VOICE St., Sebastopol, CA 95472. Mailing Address APN: 160-190-068-000 TS No: CA08000236-17-2 TO No: 17-0001588 NOTICE OF as Snake In The Grass, 315 E. Cotati Ave. Same. Registered Owner(s) 1) John Merrill TRUSTEE'S SALE (The above statement is made pursuant to CA Civil Code Section Ste. B, Cotati, CA 94931. Mailing Address Hallengren, 2) Sharon Kaye Hallengren. 2923.3(d)(1). The Summary will be provided to Trustor(s) and/or vested owner(s) only, Same. Registered Owner(s) Patricia Langer. Statement of Abandonment of Use of This business is conducted by A Married pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d)(2).) YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED This business is conducted by An Individ- Fictitious Business Name Couple. The registrant commenced to OF TRUST DATED May 13, 2003. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP- “Happiness is when, ual. The registrant commenced to transact File No. 201703998 transact business under the fictitious name ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE business under the fictitious name or The following person(s) has (have) aban- or names January 1, 2018. Signature John NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. what you think, names n/a. Signature Patricia Langer, Sole doned the use of the fictitious business Hallengren, Owner. This statement was On February 9, 2018 at 10:00 AM, in the Plaza at Fremont Park located at, 860 Fifth Street, Owner. This statement was filed on No- name: Stearns Home Loans, 5789 State filed on January 2, 2018. I hereby certify Santa Rosa, CA 95401, MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, as the duly Appointed what you say and vember 21, 2017. Farm Drive, Suite 180, Rohnert Park, CA that this copy is a correct copy of the orig- Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust I hereby certify that this copy is a correct 94928, County of Sonoma inal statement on file in my office. recorded on May 23, 2003 as Instrument No. 2003104619, of official records in the Office what you do copy of the original statement on file in my The fictitious business name referred to William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk of the Recorder of Sonoma County, California, executed by VINCENT J. AMBROSELLI. are in harmony.” office. above was filed in the County Clerk's office By /s/ M. Judith Sevilla JR. AND NADA AMBROSELLI, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, as Trustor(s), William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk in Sonoma County on 4/27/17 File No. Pub., January 12, 19, 26, & February 2, in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. as nominee for By /s/ Darrell Light 201701438. 2018. SCME MORTGAGE BANKERS, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION as Beneficiary, WILL Pub., January 5, 12, 19, 26, 2018. Stearns Lending, LLC 4 Hutton Centre Dr, The Community Voice SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United -Mahatma Gandhi The Community Voice 10th Fl, Santa Ana, CA 92707; California States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, Cal- This business was conducted by A Limited ifornia describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF Liability Company. Fictitious Business Statement TRUST The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". The street address and I declare that all information in this state- 2018-00024 other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to ment is true and correct. (A registrant who The following person(s) are doing business be: 4317 GRACE COURT, ROHNERT PARK, CA 94928 The undersigned Trustee disclaims declares as true any material matter pur- as Sonoma Strong Hauling, 6015 Montecito any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, suant to Section 17913 of the Business and Blvd., Apr. 5, Santa Rosa, CA 95409. Mail- if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or TRUSTEE SALE Professions code that the registrant knows ing Address Same. Registered Owner(s) implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal File No. - 16-11014 / APN - 159-540-038-000 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor pun- Matthew James Vick. This business is con- sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in DEFAULT UNDER VINEYARD VILLAS MAINTENANCE CORPORATION (ASSOCIATION) ishable by a fine not to exceed one thou- ducted by An Individual. The registrant said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS AND A NOTICE OF DELINQUENT AS- sand dollars ($1,000).) commenced to transact business under the charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The SESSMENT (LIEN) DATED 07-06-2016. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR S/ Loriann Ventura, Vice President fictitious name or names n/a. Signature total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF This statement was filed with the County Matthew James Vick. This statement was and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publi- THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A Clerk of Sonoma County on December 18, filed on January 3, 2018. I hereby certify cation of this Notice of Trustee’s Sale is estimated to be $202,040.79 (Estimated). How- LAWYER. On 02-02-2018 at 10:00 AM, In the Plaza at Fremont Park located at 860 5th 2017. that this copy is a correct copy of the orig- ever, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95404, ALLIED TRUSTEE SERVICES, (Trustee) 990 Reserve Drive 1/12, 1/19, 1/26, 2/2/18 inal statement on file in my office. to sale. Beneficiary’s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition #208, Roseville, CA 95678, (877) 282-4991 under and pursuant to Lien, recorded 07-11- CNS-3088043# William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, a 2016 as Instrument 2016059718 Book - - Page - - of Official Records in the Office of the THE COMMUNITY VOICE By /s/ Darrell Light check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal sav- Recorder of SONOMA County, CA, WILL CAUSE TO BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION to Pub., January 12, 19, 26, & February 2, ings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check/cash equivalent or other form of payment 2018. of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other authorized by 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale) the property owned by KRISTY M KING, such funds as may be acceptable to the Trustee. In the event tender other than cash is situated in said County, describing the land therein: A.P.N.: 159-540-038-000 The street The Community Voice accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee’s Deed Upon Sale until address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property of- purported to be: 259 ENTERPRISE DRIVE ROHNERT PARK, CA 94928 The undersigned fered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other com- If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and mon designation, if any, shown herein. File No. - 16-11014 Said sale will be made, but exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or en- NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING bidder shall have no further recourse. Notice to Potential Bidders If you are considering cumbrances, to satisfy the sums due under the Lien. The estimated total unpaid balance NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, December 12, 2017, at 7:00 pm or shortly bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bid- at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee’s Sale is $13,357.91. THE thereafter, the City Council of the City of Cotati will conduct a public hearing regarding ding at a Trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing PROPERTY WILL BE SOLD SUBJECT TO THE 90-DAY POST-SALE RIGHT OF REDEMP- the adoption of an urgency ordinance prohibiting Commercial Cannabis Operations in the highest bid at a Trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear TION AS SET FORTH IN CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 5715(B). Association hereto- all areas and in all zoning districts of the City for a period of forty-five (45) days. The City ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off fore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default. The needs time to further study Proposition 64 and the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be re- undersigned caused a Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) and to what extent the City’s General Plan, de- sponsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such velopment code and other regulations need to be or should be modified in order to ac- receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, pri- recordation. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this commodate and/or address the impacts of Proposition 64 and MAUCRSA on the City and ority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee its citizens. This moratorium would not affect Commercial Cannabis Operations that have county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid already received a permit from the City. fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the If the proposed urgency ordinance is adopted at the December 12, 2017 City Council that the same Lender may hold more than one mortgage or Deed of Trust on the property. property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. meeting, it will take effect immediately upon its adoption. Notice to Property Owner The sale date shown on this Notice of Sale may be postponed If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off ALL INTERESTED PERSONS are invited to attend or send their comments on the matters one or more times by the Mortgagee, Beneficiary, Trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the listed above to Lauren Berges, City of Cotati, 201 W. Sierra Avenue, Cotati CA, 94931 or 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about Trustee Sale property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstand- call the City of Cotati City Manager’s Office at (707) 665-3622. Written comments received postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not ing liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a prior to or at the hearing will be made a part of the public record. Prior to the hearing, present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you the staff report and proposed ordinance may be requested from the Clerk’s Office for a and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold minimal fee to cover any reproduction costs, and will also be accessible on the City’s call In Source Logic at 702-659-7766 for information regarding the Trustee's Sale or visit more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY website, www.cotaticity.org, prior to the hearing. the Internet Web site address listed below for information regarding the sale of this prop- OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to erty, using the file number assigned to this case, CA08000236-17-2. Information about by the Association, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil participate in the hearing please contact the Deputy City Clerk at the number above at postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made avail- least 48 hours in advance of the meeting. sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet able to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled WAIVER WARNING sale. Date: December 26, 2017 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA08000236- time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 844-477-7869, or visit this Internet IF YOU CHALLENGE THESE ISSUES IN COURT, YOU MAY BE LIMITED TO RAISING 17-2 17100 Gillette Ave Irvine, CA 92614 Phone: 949-252-8300 TDD: 866-660-4288 Myron Web site www.stoxposting.com for information, using the file number assigned to this ONLY THOSE ISSUES YOU OR SOMEONE ELSE RAISED AT THE PUBLIC HEARING Ravelo, Authorized Signatory SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT case: 16-11014. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that DESCRIBED IN THIS NOTICE, OR IN WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE DELIVERED TO www.insourcelogic.com FOR AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: In occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the tele- THE CITY OF COTATI AT, OR PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING. Source Logic AT 702-659-7766 Trustee Corps may be acting as a debt collector attempting phone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement in- to collect a debt. Any information obtained may be used for that purpose.ISL Number formation is to attend the scheduled sale. DATE: January 04, 2018 ALLIED TRUSTEE Lauren Berges 36568, SERVICES, Trustee KATHLEEN YOUNG, Authorized Signature Date Posted: December 1, 2017 Deputy City Clerk Pub Dates: 01/19/2018, 01/26/2018, 02/02/2018 Pub: 1/12, 1/19 & 1/26/2018 Pub:December 1, 2017 The Community Voice The Community Voice The Community Voice The Community Voice Newspaper of Rohnert Park-Cotati-Penngrove Friday, January 19, 2018- 9 A few years ago, we had someone bring us a stray dog all the chance to reclaim their pet. There are so many circumstances that way from San Luis Obispo – that’s over six hours away! The dog can result in an animal ending up lost and in distress that don’t in- Rescued animals should had a microchip and we were able to trace the owner quickly but clude a negligent owner and we have to at least start with the as- he was overwhelmed with the logistics of retrieving his pet, even sumption that every stray has a home that we just need to find. though we were going to find transport and instead he surrendered Bringing a stray to a shelter is the right thing to do if only to Bystay Mickey Zeldesclose to home the dog to us. That might have had a totally different ending if the have him scanned for a chip and a found report left – if you’re We recently took in a stray dog that someone found on the free- dog had been scanned closer to home! willing to hold on to the animal. Reporting a found animal to the way and stopped to rescue. Bless this Good Samaritan for helping This has become a serious issue during natural disasters. After closest shelter is actually a legal requirement so always do that. It a lost dog that was in trouble and could have been seriously hurt Hurricane Katrina, stray animals were flown all over the country also protects you from being accused of theft of someone’s pet, as he ran along the side of a busy freeway exit. That was a gener- since the shelters there were so overwhelmed. The agreement was just in case the owner isn’t as grateful for your help as you expect. ous and kind thing to do. The only problem is that the freeway that if an owner was located, the pet was to be flown back, but Our job is to do everything we can to help the lost pet find his or was the I-5 out by Manteca. That’s over three hours away! What think about the logistics of that! For an owner looking for a lost her parents again. We post all our strays on our Facebook page – are the chances that an owner (and we always start with the as- pet having to look at a gazillion websites to try and identify their you can help us by sharing those posts. We love happy reunions! sumption that the animal is simply lost) would think to look at an pet from all the other look-alikes seems like a daunting task. Of Upcoming Events: animal shelter in Rohnert Park? course, a microchip would make it so much simpler (do I push Volunteer Orientation, Sat., Feb. 3, 10-11 a.m. in the shelter I can’t even count how many animal shelters the finder drove chips enough? I believe in them! And have I mentioned recently lobby. Curious about what being a shelter volunteer entails? Come by on his way back to Sonoma State. Research (so that we could that we offer them FREE to residents of RP/Cotati?) find out! Open to all adults – no reservations required. post a found report) turned up two shelters in the Manteca area It’s wonderful that there are people who care enough to stop plus there are shelters throughout the East Bay – Contra Costa, and help an animal in distress along a busy road. I definitely want Mickey Zeldes is the supervisor at the Rohnert Park Animal Fremont, Oakland, Berkeley and more. Someone would have to to encourage and support those people but I think too often we Shelter. She can be contacted at [email protected]. be diligent and persistent to find a stray in a shelter so far away. jump to conclusions that the animal was abandoned or dumped or Sadly, the dog had no ID, nor was he microchipped so we have no come up with some other story in our heads that justifies keeping way to track down his parents. or re-homing the animal without giving the real owner even a
PublicFictitious Business SNotices:tatement business under the fictitious name or Fictitious Business Statement 2018. filed on January 12, 2018. I hereby certify Road, Healdsburg, CA 95448. Mailing Ad- 2018-00034 names 1-1-18. Signature James Pagh, 2018-00064 The Community Voice that this copy is a correct copy of the orig- dress Same. Registered Owner(s) Wander- The following person(s) are doing business Owner. This statement was filed on January The following person(s) are doing business inal statement on file in my office. lust Cellars LLC. This business is as Jacquard Inkjet Fabrick Systems, 840 4, 2018. as A&L Aspahlt Maintenance, 884 Middle William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk conducted by A Limited Liability Company. Grove Street, Healdsburg, CA 95448. Mail- I hereby certify that this copy is a correct Rincon Rd., Santa Rosa, CA 95409. Mailing By /s/ Julie Garfia The registrant commenced to transact busi- ing Address P.O. Box 426, Healdsburg, CA copy of the original statement on file in my Address Same. Registered Owner(s) An- Pub., January 19, 26, & February 2, 9, 2018. ness under the fictitious name or names 95448. Registered Owner(s) Katz House of office. thony Steven Lamantia. This business is Fictitious Business Name Statement The Community Voice n/a. Signature Trevor Robinson, Color, Inc. This business is conducted by William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk conducted by An Individual. The registrant File No. 201800068 Owner/Managing Member. This statement A Corporation. The registrant commenced By /s/ Carrie L. Anderson commenced to transact business under the The following person(s) are doing business was filed on January 12, 2018. I hereby cer- to transact business under the fictitious Pub., January 12, 19, 26, & February 2, fictitious name or names 05/16/2002. Sig- as Dutton Community Pharmacy 1300 Fictitious Business Statement tify that this copy is a correct copy of the name or names 1-1-18. Signature Asher B. 2018. nature Anthony Lamantia, Owner. This North Dutton Ave., Suite 100, Santa Rosa, 2018-00129 original statement on file in my office. Katz, President. This statement was filed on The Community Voice statement was filed on January 5, 2018. CA 95401, Sonoma County. The following person(s) are doing business William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk January 3, 2018. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct Registered Owner(s): as Montecito Heights Health Club, 2777 4th By /s/ Darrell Light I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my Cardinal Health 132, LLC, 1330 Enclave Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95405. Mailing Ad- Pub., January 19, 26, & February 2, 9, 2018. copy of the original statement on file in my Fictitious Business Statement office. Parkway, Houston, TX 77077, Delaware. dress Same. Registered Owner(s) Bavarian The Community Voice office. 2018-00053 William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk This business is conducted by: a limited li- Lion Company of California. This business William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk The following person(s) are doing business By /s/ M. Judith Sevilla ability company. is conducted by A Corporation. The regis- By /s/ Darrell Light as Budboys Magazine, 2967 Coors Ct., Pub., January 12, 19, 26, & February 2, The registrant commenced to transact busi- trant commenced to transact business ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR Pub., January 12, 19, 26, & February 2, Santa Rosa, CA 95407. Mailing Address 2018. ness under the fictitious name or names under the fictitious name or names CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: 091164 2018. Same. Registered Owner(s) 1) Luis Men- The Community Voice above July 5, 2017. 1/5/2012. Signature Keith R. Abrams, CFO. The Community Voice doza, 2) Omar Mendoza. This business is S/ Patricio Garavito, Assistant Secretary. This statement was filed on January 11, To all interested persons: Petitioner: Krista conducted by A General Partnership. The This statement was filed with County Clerk 2018. I hereby certify that this copy is a cor- Nunyakpe filed a petition with this court for registrant commenced to transact business Fictitious Business Statement of Sonoma County on January 8, 2018. rect copy of the original statement on file a decree changing names as follows: Statement of Abandonment of under the fictitious name or names n/a. 2018-00083 I hereby certify that this copy is a correct in my office. Krista Shea Nunyakpe to Krista Shea Jen- Fictitious Business Name Signature Luis Mendoza. This statement The following person(s) are doing business copy of the original statement on file in my William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk nings. THE COURT ORDERS that all per- was filed on January 5, 2018. as Columbia Medical Supply, 183 Walnut office. By /s/ Darrell Light sons interested in this matter shall appear File No. 2018-00038 before this court at the hearing indicated The following person(s) listed above have I hereby certify that this copy is a correct Circle, Rohnert Park, CA 94928. Mailing Ad- William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk Pub., January 19, 26, & February 2, 9, 2018. below to show cause, if any, why the peti- abandoned the use of the following Ficti- copy of the original statement on file in my dress Same. Registered Owner(s) Geor- By /s/ Carrie Anderson, Deputy Seal The Community Voice tion for change of name should not be tious Business Name(s). Quality Plastering, office. gena Sue Webb. This business is 1/19, 1/26, 2/2, 2/9/18 granted. 19396 Sleepy Hollow Ct., Sonoma, CA William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk conducted by An Individual. The registrant CNS-3086728# ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR Notice of Hearing: March 22, 2018, at 10:30 95476. Sonoma County. The Fictitious Busi- By /s/ Darrell Light commenced to transact business under the THE COMMUNITY VOICE CHANGE OF NAME a.m. Dept. 22, Sonoma County Superior ness Name was filed in Sonoma County on Pub., January 12, 19, 26, & February 2, fictitious name or names n/a. Signature Case Number: 91152 Court, 600 Administration Dr., Santa Rosa, 10/30/2014. File Number 2014-04085. Regis- 2018. Georgena Sue Webb. This statement was Fictitious Business Statement To all interested persons: Petitioner: Josie CA 95403. tered owner Lonny L. Pagh. Business was The Community Voice filed on January 9, 2018. Marie REA filed a petition with this court for A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall conducted by: An Individual. Signature e Community Voice I hereby certify that this copy is a correct 2018-00004 The following person(s) are doing business a decree changing names as follows: Kylee be published once a week for four succes- Lonny L. Pagh. copy of the original statement on file in my as B & D Insulation Co., 408 Bejay Ave., Marie REA KINCAID to Kylee Marie sive weeks prior to the date set for hearing I declare that all information in this state- office. Santa Rosa, CA 95407. Mailing Address DIAZ REA. THE COURT ORDERS that all on the petition in the following newspaper ment is true and correct. (A registrant who Fictitious Business Statement William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk Same. Registered Owner(s) David Cox. persons interested in this matter shall ap- of general circulation, printed in this declares as true information which he or 2017-04064 By /s/ Carrie Anderson This business is conducted by An Individ- pear before this court at the hearing indi- county: The Community Voice, P.O. Box she knows to be false is guilty of crime.) The following person(s) are doing business Pub., January 12, 19, 26, & February 2, ual. The registrant commenced to transact cated below to show cause, if any, why the 2038, Rohnert Park, CA 94927. This statement was filed with County Clerk as Ryder Transportation Services, 6100 2018. business under the fictitious name or petition for change of name should not be Dated: January 16, 2018. of Sonoma County on January 4, 2018. Redwood Dr., Rohnert Park, CA 94928. Mail- The Community Voice names 1/2/18. Signature David Cox, Owner. granted. s/ Bradford J. DeMeo, Judge of the Superior I hereby certify that this copy is a correct ing Address Same. Registered Owner(s) This statement was filed on January 2, Notice of Hearing: March 15, 2018, at 10:30 Court copy of the original statement on file in my Ryder Truck Rental, Inc. This business is 2018. I hereby certify that this copy is a cor- a.m. Dept. 22, Sonoma County Superior Pub., January 19, 26, & February 2, 9, 2018. office. conducted by A Corporation. The regis- Fictitious Business Statement rect copy of the original statement on file Court, 600 Administration Dr., Santa Rosa, The Community Voice William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk trant commenced to transact business 2017-03794 in my office. CA 95403. By /s/ Carrie L. Anderson under the fictitious name or names The following person(s) are doing business William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall Deputy Seal 12/01/2010. Signature Alena Brenner, Vice as Doors, Drawers & More, 2423 San Pedro By /s/ M. Judith Sevilla be published once a week for four succes- Fictitious Business Statement Pub., January 12, 19, 26, & February 2, President. This statement was filed on De- Place, Santa Rosa, CA 95401. Mailing Ad- cember 27, 2017. Pub., January 19, 26, & February 2, 9, 2018. sive weeks prior to the date set for hearing 2018-00079 2018. dress Same. Registered Owner(s) Michael The following person(s) are doing business I hereby certify that this copy is a correct The Community Voice on the petition in the following newspaper The Community Voice Burch Cutler, Jr. This business is con- as Thunderbolt Ayurveda, 133-1/2 Kentucky copy of the original statement on file in my of general circulation, printed in this ducted by An Individual. The registrant St., Ste. E, Petaluma, CA 94952. Mailing Ad- office. county: The Community Voice, P.O. Box commenced to transact business under the dress Same. Registered Owner(s)Leah Fictitious Business Statement William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk Fictitious Business Statement 2038, Rohnert Park, CA 94927. fictitious name or names n/a. Signature Joan Kaplan. This business is conducted By /s/ Alma Roman 2018-00166 Dated: January 12, 2018. 2018-00039 Michael B. Cutler, Jr. Owner. This statement by An Individual. The registrant com- The following person(s) are doing business Pub., January 12, 19, 26, & February 2, The following person(s) are doing business s/ Bradford J. DeMeo, Judge of the Superior was filed on November 29, 2017. I hereby menced to transact business under the fic- as Quality Plastering, 19396 Sleepy Hollow 2018. as Ram Motors, 2994 Park Meadow Dr., Court certify that this copy is a correct copy of the titious name or names 1/1/18. Signature Ct., Sonoma, CA 95476. Mailing Address Santa Rosa, CA 95407. Mailing Address Pub., January 19, 26, & February 2, 9, 2018. The Community Voice original statement on file in my office. Leah J. Kaplan, Principal. This statement Same. Registered Owner(s) James Pagh. Same. Registered Owner(s) 1) Mandeep The Community Voice William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk was filed on January 8, 2018. I hereby cer- This business is conducted by An Individ- Singh, 2) Harmandeet Singh. This busi- By /s/ Carrie Anderson tify that this copy is a correct copy of the ual. The registrant commenced to transact Pub., January 12, 19, 26, & February 2, ness is conducted by A General Partner- ship. The registrant commenced to Fictitious Business Statement original statement on file in my office. transact business under the fictitious name 2018-00163 William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk or names n/a. Signature Harmandeet Singh The following person(s) are doing business By /s/ Alma Roman and Mandeep Singh. This statement was as Take Me With You, 11654 Los Amigos Pub., January 19, 26, & February 2, 9, 2018. )UXLW6DODG The Community Voice
Fictitious Business Statement 2018-00181 The following person(s) are doing business as AA Services, 1937 Perth Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95404. Mailing Address Same. Registered Owner(s) Aaron Adair Gygax Maher. This business is conducted by An Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names n/a. Signature Aaron Maher. This statement was filed on January 16, 2018. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Darrell Light Pub., January 19, 26, & February 2, 9, 2018. The Community Voice
Fictitious Business Statement 2018-00195 The following person(s) are doing business as Sonoma Counseling Services, 8911 Lakewood Dr., #24F, Windsor, CA 95492. Mailing Address 422 Larkfield Ctr. #152, Santa Rosa, CA 95403. Registered Owner(s) Gary Dean Siela. This business is con- ducted by An Individual. The registrant Answers to 1/12/2018 commenced to transact business under the 6283 &$5' &23( $723 fictitious name or names n/a. Signature $67 , '(/$< $5 , / 6/ ,'( Gary Dean Siela. This statement was filed on January 16, 2018. I hereby certify that 72(7+(/ , 1( %$&.63$&(6 this copy is a correct copy of the original 2&7$' 2//$ 7(6 statement on file in my office. William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk +$12 , $5(6 -$&.621 By /s/ Darrell Light *(1( &5(3( 68 , $/32 Pub., January 19, 26, & February 2, 9, 2018. 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I hereby cer- &RPSXWHUVH[HFXWHWKHP )UHQFKZD\ /$SOD\HU /LNHDPDSOHOHDI tify that this copy is a correct copy of the $EEU (O\RI7DU]DQIDPH 7URSK\ 6DLQWBBB &DULE *$6(286 92/ 7 (0%(' original statement on file in my office. /DEJHO %DEHLQWKHZRRGV &RQFHUWHTXLSPHQW LVODQG 6$3 $,56 6$02$ William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk *DOZD\%D\¶VBBB,VODQGV 5RE5R\¶VUHIXVDO 6DFKHWVFHQW %DUJDLQV By /s/ Darrell Light $URPDWLFVHHGVLQDVSLFH :RRGVRUUHO 7ROOHGOLNHDEHOO 'RRUVLJQ +($577+52% 6,'(675((7 Pub., January 19, 26, & February 2, 9, 2018. UDFN %LJKDLU\JX\VPD\EH 3ODFHWRJHWDORDQ -RJJHG $/2(6 2*/ ( $1(17 126( The Community Voice %RQHFDYLWLHV 5HODWHGPDWHUQDOO\ &HOOXODUVWXII ,QWKHNQRZ 0, /' *2$' '(6 , $67$ &DULEEHDQLVODQG )HUWLOL]HULQJUHGLHQW &RPLFVFDQLQH /D\VWRUHVW Fictitious Business Statement 3RPHGHVVHUW 10 - Friday, January 19, 2018 Newspaper of Rohnert Park-Cotati-Penngrove The Community Voice New tax bill 2018: Is a homeroughly an where they investment? were in the prices they want. That is 2007 – it has taken the residen- something prospective sellers tial real estate market that long (and buyers) ought to keep in Why people should refinance to recover from the mortgage mind, plus some other truths. home equity line of credit is not like paying off their home meltdown. The fact is, stocks have ap- that they are indeed variable equity line of credit are as fol- Through the decades, real preciated more than real estate rate just like your credit card lows: estate values have risen, and in the long run. Through the is. They are pegged to the Paying off the second mort- they will probably keep rising decades, home values have in- prime rate plus a margin. The gage themselves through in- for the near term – but per- creased about 4 percent annu- prime plus the margin interest come or savings – most who haps, not as quickly as some ally and stocks have increased rate is your fully indexed inter- have the debt would pay it off buyers hope. Why, exactly? about 10 percent annually (al- est rate and that’s the amount if they could through their sav- Home prices are inexorably beit with some remarkable year- of interest that you’re paying ings or income. linked to wages. Over the past to-year volatility). on. Ultra-low rate on the year, hourly earnings have Stocks do not need upkeep. Fixed rate second mort- firstGmortgage- the blended rate Ken Weise grown 2.5 percent. This has You will never need to tear out, gages of the first andGsecond mort- mystified many economists reroof, or repaint a portfolio. Let’s say that you took out a gageGis far likely to be higher and frustrated others. Nor- Houses need all kinds of repairs fixed rate second mortgage to than current first mortgage From one perspective, the an- mally, when the jobless rate is with time, and repair costs can avoid the variable rate compo- rates when factoring in the total swer is yes; from another, no. below 5 percent, you have eat into your gains. You must The new 2018 tax plan is nent of anGequity line of credit. interest expense. When you buy a home, are much greater wage growth. Six also pay property taxes. If you spelling unwelcome news for These loans are also not tax de- If you are looking to do a you investing? months before the start of the envision your home as an in- mortgage borrowers who hold ductible as they are treated like mortgage or have questions If you buy it to flip it or buy Great Recession (March 2007), come-producing asset, that home equity lines of credit. equity lines of credit unless you about what it might take to pay it as a rental property, the an- the unemployment rate was 4.4 means playing landlord on Here is what to know if you used the second lien as acquisi- off your first and second mort- swer is yes. If you buy a home percent (right where it is now) some level. Many homeowners have a home equity line of tion indebtedness. For example, gage, work with a local mort- simply to live in it, the answer and wages were growing at 4.2 are not ready to take that step. credit or a second mortgage on let’s say you have a fixed rate gage lender who thoroughly may be no. percent a year. Remember that home values your home… second mortgage on your house understands your financial pic- Your home is an expression Ideally, wage growth keeps tend to rise gradually. If you see What are home equity lines you took out a few years ago to ture. of your lifestyle, a wonderful pace with rising real estate val- your home as an investment, of credit? put in some landscaping and Start with an1easy quick setting for your life and a place ues. That is not happening now. see it as a long-term one. Stay- Home equity lines of credit redo your kitchen. Because this quote now. you can enjoy in privacy and Across the past year, the 20-city ing put ten years or more before are essentially enormous credit was used for cash out purposes Scott Sheldon is a local mort- comfort. As an investment, S&P/Case-Shiller home price selling or trading up could help cards tied to your home. A and was not used for acquisition gage lender, with a decade of though, it is essentially illiquid index has shown home values you realize the kind of financial home equity line of credit also debt this is not tax-deductible experience helping consumers and its rate of return is no sure appreciating at a rate of be- outcome you want. known as a Heloc, is a flexible anymore, much like a home eq- purchase and refinance primary thing. tween 5.5-6 percent annually. If Ken Weise, an LPL Financial financing vehicle used for tap- uity line of credit is no longer homes second homes and in- Home values do not auto- real estate values continue to Advisor, provided this article. ping one’s home equity as they deductible. vestment properties. Learn matically increase with time. climb 6 percent per year and He can be reached at 707-584- provide interest only, low rate Concerns consumers may more at www.sonomacounty- Buyers learned that lesson in wages rise just 2.5 percent, you 6690. Securities offered through low payment affordability. have to refinancing1 mortgages.com. the Great Recession. Simply will soon see buyers priced out LPL Financial. Member The ominous fact about A few reasons that people do using the S&P/Case-Shiller of the market – unless, of FINRA/SIPC. The opinions of home price index as a barome- course, home prices drop be- this material are for informa- ter, house prices today are cause sellers can no longer get tion purposes only. 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Broker Associate We are looking for qualified licensed Realtor® BRE# 01206611 Property Managers and Real Estate Agents. 707322-3244 5350 Commerce Blvd Suite A Rohnert Park Proud member of Proud members of 707-585-2913 [email protected] Hills & Homes www.hillsandhomes.com BRE # 01516412 The Community Voice Newspaper of Rohnert Park-Cotati-Penngrove Friday, January 19, 2018 - 11 Penngrove Saniyiah Booker Haynes, Lucas Melanson,Lifeskill Abigail award Johnson, Tyler winners Hoeflein, Kaden Jan. Rafalo, 10 Jayden Tarca, Kellie Vella, Jack Kegg, Jacob Dempsey, Tiffany Chinchilla, Kailee Meyers, Anthony Rankin, William Urban, Bailey Suafai, Dante Panfiglio and Corbin Giubbini. Photo Courtesy of Kris Thomason Rancho Cotate High School 19 Rancho Cotate High SchoolStudents students were awarded of the student month of the month for for theJanuary months of November/December. They were treated to a luncheon sponsored by the RCHS Associated Student Body class and the College and Career Center and received cer- tificates for their achievements. Individual teachers nominated students based on superior academic achievement, marked improve- ment in academics, behavior, attendance and attitude. RCHS students of the month include: Justin Thomas, Ben Beary, Lane Riddle, Garrett Ridley, Jacob West, Talia Guererro, Melissa Morales, Mario Quezadas Villegas, Madelyn Bevan, Allison Wild, Marisol Con- treras Cuevas, Ashley Solorio Hinojosa, Sofia Barklund, Nicole Cuevas, Patrick Mador, Bobby (Robert) Rosson, Ashley Jimeneez Madrigal, Aiden Streeter and Makari Russell. Also pictured is ASB Morale Commissioner, Kanoa Lua. Answers from 1/12/2018 Jane Peleti Richard Crane Valeria Carreno,Cougar Tristan Turnbull, Cub Benjy Character Perez Hernandez, Assembly Charley Erickson, Marlenastudents Elrod, Daphne for McBrideJan. Baumgarten,12 An- nemarie Myles, Liam Dominguez Billy, Gianna Gilbert, Emma Magatelli, Emmanuel Ochoa, Genesis Galvan Simpson, Hunter An- derson, Naif Rahman, Rylee Farrell, Amyra Bogle, Luc Thomas, Flavio Topete Ramirez, Andreas Contreras Bernal, Naveah Wandrey and Ruben Rojas Martinez. Photo Courtesy of Richard Crane All photos published in our newspaper are available online in color. Visit us at www.thecommunityvoice.com Answers from 1/12/2018 12 - Friday, January 19, 2018 Newspaper of Rohnert Park-Cotati-Penngrove The Community Voice “I was so proud of them, I ally get into it… and engage was pushing and pushing them with the past and make a con- ‘Honor’ all year and we had a really nection with it and see how it from page 1 great success rate, they did re- impacts their own lives today my colleagues and the district ally well,” King said of her stu- and how it will impact their fu- Cycling without limits work really hard in helping stu- dents. ture... I always tell them to let dents succeed. We take a lot of The main goal of any AP their AP History nerd flag fly in pride in teaching AP so we want class is to help prepare students my class,” King exclaimed. our students to do well. We for college classes by giving The school district was also often hold study sessions out- students a heavier course load recognized not only for student side of class time and we try to that is akin to what they can ex- achievement and increase in provide opportunities for them pect in a typical college class. class accessibility, but for the to take sample AP tests through- And if students receive a score district’s efforts in having AP out the year,” King said. of three or higher, they can get classes be more available for Last year when King first college credit, making the fresh- underrepresented minorities. started teaching AP, she said her men college course load a bit “Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified kids did really well and that all lighter. School District also received an of them received a score of three However, King also men- additional level of recognition or higher on their AP U.S. His- tioned that AP courses are ben- from the College Board, as tory exam. That year, around 81 eficial not only for the college these outcomes have been percent of her class scored a prep, but for analytical thinking achieved among a student pop- three or higher and around 45 and for making students think in ulation in which 30 percent or percent of those scores were a a different way. more are underrepresented mi- four or a five, a feat made diffi- When asked what her favorite nority students and or 30 per- cult since the U.S. History exam part about teaching AP U.S. cent or more are low-income is one of the more difficult AP Mark Szentirmay of Rohnert Park shows the joy of participating in the United Cerebral Palsy of the History is, King cited being able students… the only district in exams and has four parts; a mul- North Bay annual bike camp held at Sonoma State. to watch her students become Sonoma County to receive this tiple choice, short answer, long Robert Grant passionate about history. honor,” according to the school essay question and a document “I love seeing my students re- district press release. By Stephanie Derammelaere will help a lot.” Sonoma State students partici- based essay question section. On the weekend of Jan. 12 to Besides children with cerebral pated who all want to be occupa- 15, children zoomed around the palsy, the camp also caters to tional therapists, physical emergency plan for family and electrical appliances and turn off Sonoma State University gymna- children with other disabilities, therapists or other exercise spe- from page 1 pets and having an emergency gas and water supplies before sium, some on specially altered including those with Autism, cialists. This experience gives ‘Prep’ kit prepared, making roof repairs leaving. Avoid downed power bikes, some on tandems, but all sensory motor needs, learning them more hands-on experience storms by offering free sand- with big smiles on their faces. disabilities, and Down Syn- with special needs children while bags. The bags (limited to 25 and fixing leaks, picking up leaf lines and broken gas lines and litter and yard clippings before drive with caution, avoiding The 14 special needs children drome. The children range in age allowing them to also give their per household) are available at from all over the Bay Area got from 6 to 17-years-old. skills and expertise to the chil- Callinan Sports and Fitness they can clog storm drains and flooded roads. avoiding parking near streams or Rohnert Park reminds resi- the chance to learn how to ride a “What’s really great about it is dren. Center on Snyder Lane and will conventional two-wheeled bicy- that kids with disabilities have “The children look up to be available 48 hours prior to a creeks. dents to stay informed through “If you’re a homeowner, make local public safety notifications cle at a winter bike camp called special accommodations in so them,” said McHugh. “They just likely storm. “Cycle Without Limits”. The many aspects of their lives – in love being with the college The city also urges residents sure your gutters are clean, your and tune into KCBS 740, KGO property is free of debris, and 810, or local radio channels for event, now in its 18th year, is school and after school,” said kids.” to be prepared for potential sponsored through a collabora- McHugh. “So many physical ac- UCP also provides experi- storms and has a plethora of alert the city if you see any prob- emergency advisories and in- lems with a storm drain on your structions. tion between Sonoma State Uni- tivities as well as academic activ- enced staff to supervise and pro- storm season information and re- versity and United Cerebral ities often need a lot of vide modeling for the volunteers. sources listed on their website, street,” says McArthur. For questions on sandbag dis- If residents are asked to evac- tribution, please call the Public Palsy of the North Bay. accommodations. A lot of times To this end, each rider has at rpcity.org. Some pre-storm sug- “It’s a camp that assists chil- students with special needs also least one, and sometimes two, gestions include establishing an uate during a storm, the city re- Works Department at (707) 588- minds citizens to disconnect all 3300. dren with special needs who have difficulty making social camp counselors who are at their have had trouble learning to ride connections with other kids. So, side while on the bike. a standard two-wheel bike,” said this is a situation where if they Shelby Mizner, a Santa Rosa children through the 6th-grade Gardens Elaine McHugh, a retired learn to ride a two-wheel bike Junior College student who has from page 5 of the Cotati School District. Due to bad weather and con- Sonoma State University profes- they are exactly on an equal par helped with the program for four Park‘1964’ Press, Cotati Plaza Mar- The Plaza will be divided sequent delays in construction sor in the Kinesiology depart- with their peers. They can do the years also works at a pediatric ket, Lombardi’s Market, PAM into areas for different age the Tivoli Garden Apartments ment who started the program 18 activity exactly like their peers occupational therapist’s office. Markets, Woodly’s Dairy Prod- groups and helping the children ribbon cutting ceremony will years ago. “We have specialized do it and then they can partici- “Working with kids with dis- ucts, The Cotatian, Sissa’s Mar- will be members of the Cotati not be held as scheduled on Sat- trainer bikes that were designed pate as a fully equal partner.” abilities is something I love to ket and Press Democrat. Chamber of Commerce, which urday, March 28, according to by a staff person at United Cere- Six-year-old Louka from do,” said Mizner. “I love to Following dinner, the evenings’ is sponsoring the event, and by Olaf Gross. Announcement will bral Palsy of the North Bay. The Santa Rosa, who had previous watch the progress the kids make program was opened by a per- the Cotati Boy Scouts and be made later of the new date. kids practice on these trainer experience riding a tag-along – going from barely riding a bike formance presented by the Pom members of the Ro-Pen-Co Op- Mr. Gross expressed his regrets bikes and then they transition to bike attached to his parents’ bike, with training wheels to riding a Pom Girls: Pan Stephens, timist Club’s junior rifle team. to all who were invited, is sorry a two-wheel bike. We have a has a sensory processing disor- two-wheeler by themselves. I Cathy Stanhill, Pam Rippin Harvey, the Easter Bunny, for any inconvenience that pretty good success rate. Then der that makes riding on his own also like seeing the parents so and Diana Boyd. will be visiting town that day might have been caused and the kids are able to go out and difficult. But when asked what proud and happy.” Easter Bunny at Cotati Plazas and will be at the hunt to visit hope they will join him soon in participate with their peers just he liked best about the day, he “This is just a great collabora- The Cotati Plaza will be the with all the good little girls and the colorful ceremony planned like any other kid.” could confidently reply, “I like tion between the university, scene Saturday of an Easter Egg boys. for Rohnert Park’s newest The specially designed bikes, riding best by myself!” training future professionals hunt for pre-school and school Postponement of ribbon- apartment building. designed and built by Dennis “We chose to put him in this through the university, the non- cutting ceremony for Tivoli Blong, use air cylinders to gently program because of the special profit organization and the com- cushion the rider and keep them bikes that will help him learn,” munity,” said McHugh. “Our safely upright while allowing for said Louka’s mother Annette ultimate goal is to benefit the a progressively greater lean. This Romios. children with special needs in the gives the children stability and “And also because of the community and make it so they boosts their confidence. As their staff,” said his father William can be more integrated into com- skills develop, air pressure in the Harnage. “They know when and munity life.” cylinders can be gradually re- what the kids are ready for. We SSU and United Cerebral duced until the rider is riding on love this program because it’s Palsy of the North Bay will hold their own. great to find activities we can do their second cycling camp of the “He was very excited!” said together as a family that are year on June 11-15. They host a Gyula Szentirmay from Cotati healthy and don’t involve com- swim and outdoor play camp in about his seven-year-old son, muting in a car.” the summer as well. Interested Mark, who was diagnosed with McHugh first started this pro- participants can contact Elaine at cerebral palsy after suffering gram as part of the training for [email protected] to from a stroke as a baby. “It was college students to work with get more information, or can reg- hard for him to keep balance, and children with special needs. In ister at www.uspnb.org. steer and pedal, so we think this this particular camp, nine posturing by Vladimir Putin and property is to create a “retail from page 5 Donald Trump to get on the spine” connecting the SMART like‘Soul’ the intrusion on her cheek cover of TIME magazine. stop and Commerce Boulevard. without her permission. I apolo- Wow! What an honor. to the west, running along the gized profusely for in truth she However, such an honor is south side of the shopping cen- was years ahead of her time. I quite shallow compared to a ters anchored by Raley’s and guess she accepted the apolo- Nobel Prize. Safeway stores. Part of that gies for a bit later she gave me So, here’s another vote for a would be to build a SMART sta- a baseball hat with Cotati Nobel award to Woman of the tion building, Slavik said. School colors on it. Year. I wonder how many other Surrounding the retail spine I can’t remember her name writers are saying the same street and the square would be but she’s a prime candidate for thing I have already said? the commercial buildings, with Woman of the Year if the Nobel OH, YES, HERE’S A con- retail on the ground floor, office Prize is awarded in this literary gratulations to Tadao Kunishi space above and apartments category. Yes I know there have for receiving a Certificate of above that. Secondary retail been many other editorial pun- Honor from Mayor Pam would be built along State Farm dits who named Nobel candi- Stafford for his work. Drive and a new interior street dates for Woman of the Year. Kunishi worked many years which would connect the spine But I don’t know if the Nobel with the Sister Cities Relations with Rohnert Park Expressway. team (mostly men) can handle Committee and was always Three-story multifamily hous- all the eligible candidates. ready to take on any chore with ing would be built on the south- THE SECOND CANDI- the committee no matter how ern half of the site and the idea is DATE I rewarded with a quick long it takes. Just ask him. to create a walkable community peck on the cheek was a pho- where people can live, work and tographer who took some great shop. pictures at a Casa Grande High from page 1 This information was recieved School baseball game. I gladly ‘New’Expressway and between the by driving, interviewing and used them in the Community road and the light-rail station checking out Rohnert Park’s web Voice. was purchased Dec. 1. page. I’ve forgotten her name, as At the city council meeting usual, but I never heard back several weeks ago, Laulima’s from her, so I guess my kiss on partner Jonathan “Jes” Slavik from page 5 the cheek intrusion made no im- said the proposal will include The‘Gas’ pesticide puts children at pression on her except for 111,000 square feet of retail risk for lower IQ, attention “crazy old guy” dismissal. So space, 65,000 square feet of of- deficit disorders and childhood much for power of the press. fices, 415 residential units and a tremors, among other problems. We are reminding readers we 136-room hotel. Instead of using it, farmers are not talking about all this Another Laulima idea for the could fight insect pests with botanically-sourced pesticides including cinnamon oil and gar- lic oil. State officials report some have switched to another family of insecticides known as $4 OFF BRE AKFAST FOR 2 neonicitinoids. One problem: O R $5 O FF LU NCH FOR 2! 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