Page 1 - Sonoma County Gazette April 2020

Steady Paid Sick
Progress
Leave
Perspective over a Lifetime
Critical for Shelter-in-Place
has walloped California, and Governor Gavin Newsom has ordered all 40 million residents to ‘shelter in place’ except for travel to purchase groceries and prescription drugs. He also urged Californians to practice ‘social distancing’ from non-family population members. The governor banned large public gatherings and ordered all schools and non-essential businesses to close. The legislature appropriated $1 billion to fight the deadly virus.
SICK LEAVE cont’d on page 6
By Vesta Copestakes
I hear this from the generation
By Martin J. Bennett
The global coronavirus pandemic
evolving into power. “Boomers have destroyed the earth and left us with an uncertain future for our children.”
My generation grew up with the Atom Bomb. We practiced ducking under desks during Air Raids. Our school built a bomb shelter to protect us from atomic radiation. We stocked it with food, water and supplies to last until we felt safe to leave.
No one really knew how long that would be, but the devastation that destroyed Japan and ended what we hoped would be our last World War was still raw and evident.
Public health and infectious
disease experts cannot foresee the development of a successful vaccine for another 18-24 months. Yet these experts suggest that the experiences of other countries that the virus first hit hard—including China, South Korea, and Italy—point to a successful public
We didn’t know what we would find when we emerged from our concrete casket, but we hoped there would be something left to build a new life upon.
PROGRESS cont’d on page 8
APRIL 2020
Shop SMART Where is My to Reduce 0% Mortgage Food Loss ~ 13 Rate Now? ~ 17
Earth Day Project - ONE Bag ~31
Find Solitary PEACE in the Forest ~ 44
Live Theater
without being
LIVE! ~ 49
Your Home Town: 20-35 SENIOR & FAMILY GUIDES: pgs 51 - 55