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Down Home Day - May 19
Happy Mothers’ Day! Wishing all mothers, and those standing in the place of mothers for children and young adults, a loving a peaceful celebration on Sunday.
After many years of preparation, I am pleased to announce that my first novel will be released in June 2018. The title is Red Sky at Night: Dog Leader Mysteries. The story involves a young girl, named Nevada and her town. Nevada is a hotheaded twelve-year-old girl who dreams of rescuing and training dogs like her grandmother. Her grandmother mentors Nevada in dog training, helping her understand that dogs need human leaders to live safely and socialize in the world. One night, though, Nevada’s safe, happy life changes when the sky burns red.
The 4th annual family fun day and fundraiser offers affordable family fun
on Saturday, May 19th from 11am-4pm on the grounds of a working 1915 homestead in Penngrove. Admission is free, and so is parking. Enjoy live music
My first mystery novel arrives in June!
by The Spyralites and Credo High American Music Ensemble. There’s plenty of free activities and $1 parent- and-child games and contests to keep everyone engaged.
the chickens, learn about farm animals, hula hoop hop, and the egg relay. The photo contest includes best hat, amazing pet, families on the tractor. Contest winners receive $25 gift cards from sponsors.
After her school is torched and the damage blamed on students, Nevada— along with her best pals and some furry friends—track down an angry firebug. Nevada and friends race to catch the bad guy before another fire destroys their home. This is a dangerous adventure, and at first Nevada does not understand the kind of villain she is tracking.
The food and cold brews are affordably priced, including BBQ Chicken and hot dogs from $3 to $10.
The day allows children to practice good manners, social skills and respect for elders – quick, before kids get cell phones! Contests and activities include the applesauce challenge, egg toss, feed
Nevada races to save a family and their barn cats from a wild fire. Although her father isn’t too happy with her recklessness, she’s hailed a hero in her small town of Eagle Creek, California. Unfortunately, the fires aren’t over. Local ranchers will soon depend on Nevada to stop a serial arsonist and his greedy plans.
This is a fundraiser for Artful Arrangements, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that
finds ways for parents (or grandparents) and children to play together in affordable, fun settings. Proceeds from the grand drawing tickets ($1 each), food and beverage sales help create more programs like this. Learn more at artfularrangements.org. The ranch is at 205 Orchard Lane, Penngrove. For more information, contact 707-664-8656.
Please come to Copperfield’s Books, Santa Rosa, for Hot Summer
Nights 2018: Redwood Writer Pamela Fender hosts this fun event at Copperfield’s Books only in July. This will be her sixth year of service to writers and readers. She organizes the dates with the book shop, invites RWC book authors to read from and sell their books on just four Tuesday nights. Luckily, I will be presenting on the first night in 2018. I plan to return each Tuesday in July to hear and buy other authors’ books.
Awakening to Aging – May 23
Explore the joys and challenges of aging with local marriage and family therapist Myrtle Heery, PhD, at Petaluma Library, 100 Fairgrounds Dr., Petaluma on Wednesday, May 23 from 10:30 am to Noon.
July 10 Hot Summer Night focuses on new Fiction/Mystery
Heery is editor of Awakening to Aging: Glimpsing the Gifts of Aging. The book is a deeply insightful anthology of personal stories of practical advice, wisdom, and compassion for the complexities of growing older.
Skye Blaine—Unleashed
Jo Lauer—Second Floor, Front - A Little Old Ladies Mystery
Tim Jollymore—Lake Stories and Other Tales
Deborah Taylor-French—Red Sky at Night: Dog Leader Mysteries
The panel discussion includes two local chapter authors. Regina Reilly and Bev Miller.
Other Dog Leader Mysteries book launch events
Heery is the founder of the International
Institute of Humanistic Studies. She also
teaches psychology at graduate and undergraduate schools, writes and publishes on psychology and trains others in the mental health field.
If you cannot make this event, we are planning another book launch for later this summer. Please sign up for our email book launch and publication news on our website, dogleadermysteries.com and enjoy being entered in our book celebration contests, get our freebies, etc.I will publish the rest of the RWC Hot Summer Nights schedule of authors in the June column.
The program is sponsored by Village Network of Petaluma, a nonprofit membership organization empowering adults 50+ to continue living active, vibrant and connected lives in our own homes as we age. The local
Village is part of a national movement, with 230 villages across the U.S. Refreshments will be served. For information, contact 707 776-6055 or info@ VillageNetworkofPetaluma.org.
The Penngrove Plan Committee is on the County official notice checklist and for 35 years the Committee has reviewed and commented on application referrals regarding Plan conformity of private and public proposed projects including proposed County Public Works road projects within our Plan boundary.
Cannabis (Ordinance 6189) An update by Rick Savel After the January 8th meeting with the Penngrove community the project
Part of the controversy about this application is that permits are issued by the Ag Commissioner for smaller Cannabis grows without any notice or referrals from County PRMD, no comments taken, no public hearing, no further CEQA review, and no appeal process. It is a fast track “Ministerial type permit” that just bypasses all the usual public input and customary due process checks and balances with our Planning Commission and elected officials.
applicant decided to organize another informational meeting on January
30th. The applicant’s supporters canvassed the area before the meeting with questionable promotional materials soliciting community sympathy citing the unfairness of being uprooted from their previous location due to conflicts with incompatible land use zoning.
This unusual fast track, Ministerial type permit process is what created an extremely contentious meeting on January 8th. It was unfair to both the applicant and the community who were both uninformed and absolutely blindsided by this process.
This struck me as an odd statement coming from an applicant who is proposing a commercial business venture, not a non-profit or charity, with a non-traditional, non-conforming agricultural crop adjacent to housing on a sub-standard size DA (diverse agriculture) parcel of 5.46 acres with similarly “incompatible land use zoning.”
NOTE: Concerns or questions about Sonoma County’s new Cannabis permit process or to check the status of a property for compliance please contact the County Cannabis Hot Line at: 707-565-2420
Please send your Penngrove news, comments, events, etc. by the 7th of each month.
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