Page 35 - Sonoma County Gazette February 2017

This month reminds us “Love is all you need”. My February birthday makes me partial to hearts, amethyst and violets. I enjoy the simple pleasures of making Valentines with the neighbor kids, or for Petaluma People Services Center’s Special Delivery project to deliver handmade Valentines to those
in the Senior Services Programs. PPSC delivers nutritious meals through
the Meals On Wheels Program, and would love to include YOUR handmade greeting card. Just get your Valentines to PPSC by February 10.
Even if you don’t live in Petaluma you can help by lovingly making and penning a sweet message inside the Valentines. Last year PPSC received over 3,000 valentines and were able to deliver valentines to all the Seniors in PEP Housing and those that use the Petaluma Senior Center, in addition to the Meals On Wheels recipients. Learn more about it at their Facebook page or website, www.petalumapeople.org
On Your Mark, Get Set, Cook!
Bric Hive at Penngrove Hatchery
The Great Petaluma Chili Cook-o , Salsa & Beer Tasting, Sat. May 6, 2017 has a brand new website at greatchilicooko .com and is ready to take your registration. You’re o cially registered when both your form and fee are in to Cinnabar Theater. This is the big one, Chili Heads....the 20th Anniversary! Let’s have a blast and close out this 2nd decade of our raucous good time bene t for the kid’s program at Cinnabar Theater.
Rock and Roll Tribute at the Mystic
The two greatest rock ‘n’ roll bands of all time face o as the Mystic Theatre hosts tributes to the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Renowned tribute bands Abbey Road and Satisfaction - The International Rolling Stones Show engage in a musical showdown of the hits. “Beatles vs. Stones – A Musical Showdown” performs on Saturday, February 18 at the Mystic Theatre. Tickets are $22 and may be purchased online at www.mystictheatre.com, by phone at 707-765-2121 or at the Theatre Box O ce. Doors are at 7:30 pm and the show starts at 8:30 pm. The Mystic Theatre is located at 21 Petaluma Blvd. N in Petaluma, CA 94952. The show is 21+.
February 15, 2017 7 pm-8pm at the Petaluma Community Center. 320 N. McDowell Blvd. The Police Department will discuss overall crime trends
and share crime prevention information. Attendees will meet the o cers speci cally assigned to their areas so they can discuss any concerns about their neighborhood. There will also be Police Department volunteer opportunities and community event information.
Petaluma Valley Hospital has earned Advanced Disease-Speci c Care Certi cation for Acute Stroke Ready Hospital from The Joint Commission
and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. The certi cation recognizes hospitals equipped to treat stroke patients with timely, evidence-based care prior to transferring them to a Primary or Comprehensive Stroke Center.
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What’s the green Red Cross sign at the Penngrove Hatchery building at 5701 Old Redwood Hwy.? Bric Hive organizer James Hardwick filled me in on what’s happening: he has a lease/option to buy the property. The Hive’s model is the first
of its kind in the newly-legal California cannabis industry. It offers an office / conference space with administrative support for entrepreneurs in the cannabis industry, providing phone and address services. Think shared office / conf. space for attorneys; co-working type thing.
As cannabis becomes legal and more defined, the
entrepreneurs will support each other in business practices and compliance, and elevate the industry. The public will be able to see products there and sign up with the collective. There is event space for product launch parties. Events held include Sonoma County Growers Alliance, Veterans Cannabis Growers and Women in Cannabis.
One for the Hive’s members is Etinterra Solutions, offering a mobile dispensary. The Hive will not have an on-site dispensary; it is not zoned for that. It will offer members education and coaching in social media, business management and recording with Board of Equalization. James grew up in Petaluma and lives on Petaluma Hill Rd. north of PGrove.
Penngrove Market – Shaping Up! If you build it they will come – to Penngrove Market. The new market space is really taking shape. All we need is a tenant, so if it’s always been your dream to have a small town market, here’s your chance. A banner announces the market space is for rent, with contact information of Martin Sessi, 707 477-6427 or sessipropertymanagement@gmail.com.
I’ve often wondered about the 8-foot totem pole and colorful ceramic wall at Penngrove Elementary School. It was a student project coordinated by local ceramist Dan Oberti, completed in 1981. Each child and staff member at the school designed one of the 250 colorful tiles. Each piece represents a different aspect of the school life. The panther atop the totem was designed and created by Tony White, then-student body president.
Totem Pole and Wall at Penngrove Elementary
Parents and staff members donated elbow grease along with railroad ties and concrete to landscape the site at the corner of Adobe and Petaluma Hill Road. California Arts Council, Friends of Penngrove, and Petaluma City School District financed the project which was completed in November of 1981.
Artist Daniel Oberti, was a native of SF who moved to Sonoma County in 1978 and devoted his life to his craft. He was born in 1945, and passed in May 2009 at home in Sebastopol. He was an accomplished artist, teacher, lecturer, community activist and mentor. His art may be seen in our local communities, throughout the Bay Area and world-wide. His outdoor artworks also can be seen at the Santa Rosa downtown entry to the Prince Greenway (nick-named The Fish), and in Healdsburg, Penngrove, Rohnert Park and Mendocino. Oberti’s international work included his “Venus” sphere for the world’s largest scale model of the solar system, in Stockholm, Sweden, and sculptures in Onsala, Sweden, and Palermo, Italy. Fascinated by spheres, his obituary states: “The sphere is the most perfect, the most capricious of figures, wherein neither beginning nor end can be found.” - Copernicus.
Petaluma Hospital Receives New Certi cation
Petaluma Police to Hold Town Meeting