Follow us on August 6, 2021 14 Pages Newspaper of Rohnert Park-Cotati-Penngrove-Sebastopol Sign up for the FREE e-Edition Serving Communities and get the latest local news of delivered to your mailbox Rohnert Park, Cotati and Penngrove since Quote of the week: 1993 “Individual commit- ment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.” Vince Lombardi Guess Who? I am an actress born on August 5, 1997 in Tennessee. I appeared in commercials for Mattel, Kidz Bop and Hasbro as a child. I rose to stardom playing in a Disney production and other projects by the company. I also sing and won a Radio Disney Music Award. Answer: Olivia Holt Olivia Answer: Inside this issue Proactive health tips 2 Jury convicts 3 Letters 3 Library news 4 Police Logs 4 Virtual events 4 “Stuff the bus” 4 Coast Guard celebrates 231 years Kids’ Day is back! 4 Tokyo Olympics 5 Viet House 7 Gardening principles 7 of service to our nation Cook sentenced 7 By Cassandra May Albaugh Services are the Army, Marine Service cutters. The original mis- Rescue, this mission area has involved in every major U.S. war Plastic clamshell 8 Coast Guard Day is annually Corps, Navy, Air Force, and sion would be enforcement of been the subject of numerous since 1790 from the Quasi-War celebrated on August 4. The most recently the United States the first tariff laws enacted by the books, movies, and news stories. with France to today’s Global Keeping homes safer 13 Coast Guard is the oldest contin- Space Force which became the U.S. Congress. The Coast Guard The Coast Guard is our Nation’s War on Terrorism. Sign could save 13 uous maritime service of the smallest armed service in 2019. is a maritime, military, multi- first responder to marine casual- Originally part of the Depart- Off-duty CHP officer 13 United States. Founded by Sec- The two uniformed but not mission service. Enforcement of ties and disastrous events. Other ment of Treasury, the service Gang member denied 13 retary of the Treasury Alexander armed services are the United maritime law in both domestic mission areas include Maritime slowly grew in size and scope. In Santa Rosa man ordered 13 Hamilton as the Revenue Marine States Public Health Service and and international waters is but Prevention, Marine Transporta- 1915, the Revenue Cutter Serv- on August 4, 1790, it is one of the National Oceanic and Atmos- one of those missions. The Mar- tion System Management, Mar- ice and the United States Life- six Armed Services and one of pheric Administration. itime Response mission is per- itime Security Operations, as Saving Service were merged, eight uniformed services in the In 1970 Congress authorized haps the most well-known. More well as military Defense Opera- becoming the United States United States. The other Armed the building of ten Revenue commonly known as Search and tions. The Coast Guard has been ‘Coast Guard’ see page 6 Weekly Columns Thomas Elias 5 Darrin Jenkins 5 Sweeping up solutions 5 Words to ponder 5 History 5 Café Espresso Feature of the week Gravenstein Apple Fair Benefit Concert Sportsman’s report 6 arrives in lieu of annual fundraising fair Casa Grande student 6 By Albert Gregory from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., will in- a nonprofit organization, started whereas the concert will only Farm Trails’ members closely The Gravenstein apples are clude bulk apples and apple to create a map and guide for allow a fraction of that. monitored county guidelines to back, but the pandemic has again products to be purchased as well local agriculture over four “There are many ways that decide when they could offer a put a halt on the apple fair that as live music, farm-to-table local decades ago. In 1973, before Farm Trails supports preserving public outdoor event. coincides with it; instead, the food and premium refreshments. Farmers’ Markets and campaigns diversified agriculture, but one At the benefit concert, the mu- Entertainment Sonoma County Farm Trails is All tickets are available solely promoting shopping locally, of the main ones is to do schol- sical lineup includes the indie hosting the Gravenstein Apple online at farmtrails.org, with all Farm Trails began producing the arships for young farmers and folk-rock band the T Sisters and Fair Benefit Concert Aug. 14 at proceeds going towards keeping Gravenstein Apple Fair as their for people wanting to continue the bluegrass group the Whiskey Ragle Ranch Park in Sebastopol the Gravenstein Apple Fair alive primary fundraiser to support di- their education in agriculture,” Family Band with Alison Harris. to raise funds in hopes to bring and thriving after the pandemic versified agriculture and “keep- said Holly Hansen, a publicist Also, the New Orleans style back the fair in 2022. forced cancellations the last two ing farms forever” in Sonoma for Farm Trails. blues group the Beau Beau Trio The benefit concert, which years. County. The fair typically gar- After the pandemic forced a featuring members of the will take place on a Saturday Sonoma County Farm Trails, ners around 15,000 attendees, cancellation of the fair in 2020, ‘Apple Fair’ see page 3 Scott Sheldon 14 Ken Weise 14 Rohnert Park opens fire New mask mandate Order of the Sonoma County Public ings available to individuals entering the station on city’s west side Health Officer for the wearing of face business. Health... coverings in workplaces and public set- 2. Effective date and time: This Order Body... The City of Rohnert Park cut the rib- staffed 24/7. tings becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on Au- bons on a new fire station on the city's The fire station project is the result of Date of order: August 2, 2021 gust 3, 2021, and will continue, as up- Mind... west side today. The ribbon cutting sym- a partnership with the Federated Indians Please read this Order carefully. Vi- dated, to be in effect until the Health Sprit... bolized the official opening of a project of Graton Rancheria. The cost of the Fire olation of or failure to comply with this Officer rescinds, supersedes, or amends it that has been in the works for nearly five Station 3 project was $5.4 million. The Order is a misdemeanor punishable by in writing. years. tribe's contribution of $3.75 million was fine, imprisonment, or both. (Califor- 3. Basis: Since March 2021, the Julie Ann Soukoulis 8 The 4,300 square foot station, located essential. They also contributed $1.2 mil- nia Health and Safety Code § 120275, SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant Steven Campbell 8 on the west side of Highway 101, is a vis- lion to a new ladder truck that will be et seq.) has been circulating in Sonoma County. Glenn Mollette 8 ible reminder of the city's commitment to housed there. Under the authority of California This variant is highly transmissible in in- the safety of our community. The addition Mayor Gerard Giudice stated "It is with Health and Safety Code Sections 101040, door settings and requires multi-compo- of the new station will reduce average re- the deepest gratitude to the Federated In- 101085, and 120175, the Health Officer nent prevention strategies to reduce sponse times city wide, and help Public dians of the Graton Rancheria that we are of the County of Sonoma (“health offi- spread. Despite high vaccination rates, Safety meet its goal of a 4-minute re- pleased to announce the completion of cer”) orders: Sonoma County is experiencing substan- sponse time. Fire Station 3. Through this generosity we 1. Summary: This Order requires all tial levels of community transmission due The new two-bay fire station has room are increasing the safety of our residents, individuals to wear face coverings when to the Delta variant. Since June 15, 2021, Kids for up to three vehicles - a ladder truck, business owners and visitors. This is an- indoors in workplaces and public settings, the County’s seven-day average COVID- engine, and quick response vehicle. In ad- other step in our continuing effort to make with limited exemptions, and recom- 19 daily case rate increased from 5.7 new dition, it includes living quarters for up to our community a safer place to live, work, mends that businesses make face cover- ‘Mandate’ see page 7 three firefighters. The station will be and play." Sebastopol takes next step in gas station ban and considers improvements to hazardous intersections By Albert Gregory its. not put gas stations between needs these upgrades. There is The first would be changing Sebastopol progressed to- Petaluma became the first city cities,” said Mayor Una Glass. no one I would eliminate, really. Depot St. to a one-way street Pet column 4 wards banning gas stations, join- in the country to put a morato- Also, at Wednesday’s meet- They’re all really important for running eastbound. The two ing the city of Petaluma to curb rium on new gas stations. Later, ing, the council reviewed the safety,” said Vice Mayor Sarah other options would eliminate fossil fuel consumption, at the Petaluma adopted a permanent second phase of the traffic corri- Gurney. the Depot St. crosswalk and Puzzles city council meeting Aug. 3 over ban on March 1, 2021. Cities like dor study at critical intersections The study report found that channel pedestrian traffic to al- Crossword 12 Zoom. Additionally, the city Santa Rosa and Cotati have fur- in Sebastopol along SR 116.