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Soundings Summer Issue No THE SEA RANCH ASSOCIATION P.O. BOX 16 PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID THE SEA RANCH, CA 95497-0016 MEDFORD, OR PERMIT NO. 125 Address Service Requested A QUARTERLY NEWSPAPER WRITTEN BY AND FOR THE SEA RANCH ASSOCIATION MEMBERS NUMBER 141 SUMMER 2019 IN THIS ISSUE: New Sea Ranch board elected; special contributions recognized By George Calys FIRE/SAFETY FAIR — 2 With 49% of Sea Ranch PHOTO CONTEST — 4 households voting, Neil Moran and Karen Amiel were elect- CASINO — 6 ed to the Board of Director of The Sea Ranch at the Annual RIVER PARK — 8 Meeting on May 25. Moran and Amiel join continuing directors FoGR — 12 Jim Nybakken, Tim Fulkerson, Jackie Baas, Juli Baker, and Christopher Jaap. The newly constituted board met the next day and elected the following Hot dogs! officers: Jaap, Chair; Baas, Vice Chair; Nybakken, Treasur- er; and Moran, Secretary. The Hamburgers! Sea Ranch board also serves as the board for The Sea Ranch Water Company. Tug of war! Long-time Sea Rancher, George Rath- 2019-20 TSR Board (L-R) Neil Moran, Christopher Jaap, Juli Baker, Jim Nybakken, Tim Fulkerson, Jackie Baas, Karen Amiel. mell, was recognized with a Lifetime Service Award. Rathmell moved to The led to increased cultural benefits for ev- Legacy” in conjunction with SFMO- Sea Ranch in 1968 and was involved in eryone. MA. The working group consisted of numerous volunteer activities. Notably, The Sea Ranch Community Service the following members of the Archives he was a participant in the restoration Award was given to The Sea Ranch/ Committee: Lu Lyndon; Marcia Nybak- of the Knipp-Stengel barn, spearheaded SFMOMA working group, who were ken; Paula Smith; Hanne Liisberg; Lin- the rebuilding of the Del Mar School- instrumental in coordinating with the da Kennedy; Deloras Jones; and Chris- house, co-sponsored the Sea Ranch San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s tine Kreyling. Film Classic program, and served as a exhibit featuring The Sea Ranch earlier Lu Lyndon was further recognized stagehand for the Sea Ranch Thespians. this year. The group also organized a with a Special Recognition Award for Rathmell’s efforts over the years have weekend-long “Sharing Our Sea Ranch her special efforts in the joint weekend experience with The Sea Ranch and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Christopher Jaap reflected, “[It was] the most wonderful event here since our 50th anniversary five years ago.” by George Calys They struggled mightily, those young athletes, boys against girls, in the tradi- tional tug of war. Meanwhile, the older crowd sipped suds and downed burgers SFMOMA working group recognized for their efforts. (both beef and veggie) and chowed hot Lu Lyndon recipient of Special Recognition Award. dogs. The annual Memorial Day BBQ to benefit Sea Ranch Volunteer Fire De- partment was a success with 572 attend- ing at One Eyed Jacks Playground. Fire trucks, Smoky Bear, and numerous fire fighters were on hand to meet, greet, and educate Sea Ranchers about the vital role the fire fighters play. The event grossed $11,200 including ticket and apparel sales and donations. Net income is estimated to be $8,500. Picnic income and donations support the purchase of major items such as new res- cue vehicle 4433 and the upkeep of the North Fire Station. More photos are on pages 10 and 11. George Rathmell, Lifetime Achievement Award. PAGE 2 THE SEA RANCH SOUNDINGS SUMMER 2019 Getting ready for fire season From Redwood Rise at The Sea Ranch by George Calys many people it takes to put on a play. Surprisingly, it takes around 100 folks total for each production! As I listened to Tim Fulkerson talk the other day, And everyone one of them is a volunteer. I was struck by the sheer volume of what is accom- plished at The Sea Ranch. Tim is outgoing chair of That is just one slice of The Sea Ranch life. Vol- The Sea Ranch Board (he is staying on the board) unteers handle myriad tasks from trails maintenance and has a special vantage to landscaping of the commons point as a participant and to free educational programs. If observer of the many ef- you’re recent to The Sea Ranch, forts and initiatives that go you may not be aware that the on here. We all are the ben- Knipp-Stengel barn (the white eficiaries of the work of the barn) was largely restored by Association staff who keep a group of volunteers about 20 our roads and water and years ago who now call them- recreation centers and safe- selves “the Barnies”. Pretty in- ty in focus. Yet, there are credible. Recent Coastal Fire and Safety Fair. Photo by Chris others, unpaid, who make As you peruse the publication Howard. our lives richer at The Sea now in your hands, it too is the Ranch. I’m speaking, of product of volunteer labor. It by Chris Howard course, of the many volun- takes anywhere from 12-15 peo- teers who take on countless ple to put out each issue of Sound- Fire season is nearly upon California and every Sea projects. ings. There are four people whose Rancher should be aware of the resources available Have you enjoyed any writing contributions have raised to remain safe. To assist in this, The Sea Ranch Fire productions by The Sea the level of Soundings during the Safe Council will sponsor a Coastal Fire & Safety Fair Ranch Thespians? That past year: Laurie Mueller; Eliza- on Saturday, August 10th from 12:00 to 3:00 PM, at group has been putting on beth Coffee; Tempra Board; and the Knipp-Stengel Barn on The Sea Ranch. The event plays for over 20 years! I Chad DeWitt. Each of these Sea is free and open to everyone in the Mendonoma area. recently spoke with Carol George Calys. Rancher’s work appears in the is- This is an opportunity for you to meet the people Emory, co-sponsor of the sue. responsible for your safety and support, and to learn Thespians, and asked how So much of what we enjoy here more ways to ensure your safety in our rural envi- is the result of volunteer effort; it’s all but impos- ronment. The following groups will be on hand to sible to go anywhere at The Sea Ranch and not en- talk with you, share their exhibits, demonstrate their counter something that was somehow touched by equipment and provide you with pertinent informa- Got a Story Idea? a volunteer. I realize that not everyone is able to tion about their programs: volunteer and some are just unwilling. Those are individual, personal choices. I’d still urge anyone • North Sonoma Coast Fire Protection District to step up just once and volunteer for any activity. • CAL FIRE Soundings is YOUR paper - Contribute! My guess is that the reward might be bigger than • Coast Life Support District you suspect. • Redwood Coast Medical Services Articles, photos, op ed pieces • Community Resource Connection “He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to • Shamli Hospice help.” ― Abraham Lincoln • Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) Pro- gram • TSRA Fire Safety Fuels Management Pro- gram Page 4 For a complimentary 2018 MARKET REPORT market analysts report on your Sea Ranch property, give us a call! We will provide you with a comparable sales analysis including market trends and the outlook for the market in 2o19/ 2o2o. GUALALA 39o4o South Highway 1 An analysis of 7o7-884-9ooo the Real Estate market of THE SEA RANCH Coastal 1ooo Annapolis Road Mendocino and 7o7-785-92oo Coastal Sonoma KENNEDY & ASSOCIATES BRE #00522478 SUMMER 2019 THE SEA RANCH SOUNDINGS PAGE 3 Viewpoints differ on management of The Sea Ranch CTPZ By Laurie Mueller CTPZ (Central Timber Production Zone) to restore the CTPZ to a “healthy, robust, multi-storied, predominantly There has been a lot of confusion and conflicting in- redwood forest.” formation being spread about the management of the After a group of members expressed strong opposition forested areas in The Sea Ranch CTPZ (Central Timber to the plan to cut trees in the CTPZ, in March 2016 the Production Zone). Many Sea Ranchers have been puz- Board of Directors suspended the NTMP plan underway zled by letters they have seen in Soundings or by recent and decided instead to form a Forest Task Force (FTF) comments on Sea Ranch email lists referring to plans to charged with developing a plan for all the forested areas “log the redwood forest.” in The Sea Ranch. The FTF has not yet made any recom- In 2016, The Sea Ranch Association developed an mendations for managing the forest in the CTPZ. NTMP (Non-Industrial Timber Management Plan), a Despite the Board’s vote to suspend the NTMP and comprehensive forest management plan which recom- subsequent assurances by Board members and Associ- mended a selective harvest of trees in the forested area ation staff that the NTMP is no longer under consider- of The Sea Ranch along its eastern border known as the ation, some members opposed to the plan feel certain that TSR management is waiting for an opportunity to reinstitute the NTMP with the intention of logging the CTPZ for profit. There is no plan to “log the forest,” states Community Areas logged in recent decades contain dense even-aged stands of Manager Frank Bell, “and the NTMP isn’t even on the young trees that compete for soil, water and light. radar. It isn’t a topic of conversation brought up by any- one on the Board. I don’t how these rumors got started.” of the plan, particularly when they learned that revenue Others point out that much of the data and studies doc- would be generated by the trees that were selected for cut- umented in the 2016 NTMP are already out of date and ting.
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