Page 40 - Sonoma County Gazette - January 2020

Here’s to a New Year Without ANY Flooding, Fires or Any Other Catastrophe!
One thing is certain, our community knows how to pull together and help one another when tragedy strikes ~ wouldn’t it be groovy if we all supported each other this way ALL the time? Sounds like a groovy resolution to keep!
Don’t forget that Guerneville School resumes on January 6th so keep an eye out for the kiddos making their way to their bus stops. The days are still dark with the rainy weather, so let’s keep our children safe out there! Also, remember school will be closed on January 20th in observance of Martin Luther King’s Day.
The Sister’s of Perpetual Indulgence will be having their Nacho Libre Bingo at the Guerneville Vets Hall on Saturday, January 11th which will benefit their operating fund and numerous programs they provide to our Community. If you have never been, this is a must! Be prepared for a night of laughter, (light) shock and the chance to win some money and FREE stuff! Go online to purchase your brown paper tickets today as they sell out quickly!
For those who are early birds like me, the Guerneville Regional Library is my go-too fun palace. The library opens at 10am Mon - Sat, and closes at 6pm except for two late nights, Mon. & Wed, when it’s open ‘til 9. 14107 Armstrong Woods Rd. (707) 869-9004 - CHECK OUT these events:
Jan 3 ~ Glow in the Dark Teen Yoga (Grades 7-12) 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Jan 4 ~ 3D Printing at the Library: Introduction to 3D Design and Printing
11am - 12:30pm
Jan 6, 13, & 27 ~ Adult and Teen Yoga 2 - 3: pm
Jan 6, 13, & 27 ~ ~ Family Yoga 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Jan 7, 14, 21, & 28 ~ Basket Weaving for Beginners 1 - 4:00pm
Jan 8 ~ Guerneville Library Advisory Board Meeting 7 - 8:00pm
Jan 9 ~ Book Discussion -12:30pm - 1:30pm
Jan 11 ~ 3D Printing at the Library: Intermediate Design 11:00am - 12:30pm Jan 11 ~ The Bat Lady! 2- 3:00pm
Jan 15 ~ Pride Book Club for Teens (grades 9-12) 4 - 5:00pm
Jan 16 ~ Learn How to Make Chainmaille Jewelry (Grades 7-12) 4 - 5:30pm Jan 18, 25 ~ Healthy Living: Meditation & Mindfulness 11 - 11:45am 0
Jan 20 ~ Closed All Day Event
Jan 22 ~ Gravenstein Mandolin Ensemble 7 - 8:00pm.
Jan 25 ~ Glow in the Dark Teen Yoga (Grades 7-12) 2 - 3:00pm
Jan 25 ~ Holiday Tamale Making Workshop / Clase de Tamales para
Festividades 4 - 5:30pm
Jan 30 ~ Meet the Director 10:30am - 11:30am
Wednesday, January 22nd from 7-8 pm the Gravenstein Mandolin Ensemble will be performing! This is the only mandolin ensemble in the North Bay consisting of mandolins, mandolas, mandocellos & guitar.
I want to wish all of my dear readers a very happy, healthy, peaceful and prosperous New Year in 2020!!
My TOP PICKS...See you there!
Enjoy easy shopping locally. The cosy Duncans Mills Tea Shop beckons, as do tthe Duncans Mills and Cazadreo General Stores. Gold Coast Coffee and Bakery is always welcoming with a hot drink and yummy pastry
or pizza. I like to sit on their sunny deck when it is not raining! Treats and Toys has tasty truffles, other candies and ice cream , plus games and toys. Cape
Fear Cafe’, and The Blue Heron have delicious food and a friendly atmosphere. Don’t forget Cazadero Supply’s 1st Saturday 15% Discount day, with a myriad selection of useful items for your house, garden and vehicle. Raymond’s Bakery continues its Friday Pizza and music nights until 9 p.m.
Then on Saturday the 25th from 4-5:30 there is the Holiday Tamale Making Workshop which will be really cool.....or hot I guess, depending on how you create your tamale! I can’t wait to learn authentic techniques and recipes for making tamales!
Wishing a Very happy January birthday to Peter Perlman on the 1st, along with Alana Momy. Curtis Ross and son Meshack Sabbah-Ross will celebrate early in the month. My dear husband Gregorio has his special day on January 6th, Marcus Curie and Christina Tourady on the 18th, Cathreine Canelis enjoys the 21st, Ashley Parmeter on the 26th. A belated Happy birthday to Sashana Kane-Proctor.
There are many free workshops and events held at our local library; check it out and show them your support!
So my friends let us usher in the New Year together and focus on helping each other! Don’t speed and tailgate on our bumpy roads and smile!
Happy New Year to all of you groovy g~villians out there; let’s make this a year full of kindness and respect!
Please call me at 632 5545 or email mayawrld@sonic.net with info for your Cazadero column!
The large redwoods outside of my cosy cyber-hut are shrouded in fog as the Solstice has begun to add light. 2019 was a very eventful year; not always sweet, but better now. We are fortunate indeed to live in the hills and valleys of our ‘hidden hamlet’.
The privately funded Pole Mountain Fire Lookout has partnered with Sonoma Land Trust and is in fund-raising mode. Updating lookout operations and modern technology are priorities. You can view the Pole Mountain Alert Wildfire cameras at: alertwildfire.org/northbay You may donate at P.O. Box 141,Cazadero, 95421 or through the website at: polemountainlookout.org They are a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.
The Montgomery Elementary School reopens on Monday, January 6th after a 2-week winter break. There will be no school on Monday, January 20th to celebrate the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Parent/teacher conferences will take place on January 24th.
Last week saw the Cazadero Old Time Christmas downtown,
with a wonderful parade of fire trucks, mostly from the Cazadero Volunteer Fire Dept. and one each from Ft. Ross VFD and Cal Fire. As we know, our wonderful first responders are also our neighbors and deserve our thanks and deep respect. The aroma of b-bqed tri-tips, children(and adults alike) laughing at the wonderful Cazadero ‘snow’-with kids doing wheelies on small trail bikes, ATVs, funny little cars and general cameraderie.
The Cazadero Community Club’s meetings are on hiatus until early March. Contact them at P.O. Box 3, Cazadero 95421 for membership info.
Like to write? Join the Tuggle Writing Group (named after our dear poet Mike Tuggle) held each 3rd Saturday of the month at the Marshall House, located behind the Senior Center on Armstrong Woods Rd. and led by our own local poet Sashana Kane-Proctor, whose latest book of poetry is ‘Cave of the Casting Bones’. Please contact her at 632 5761 for book and writing group info.
I do hope that you all have had a relaxing holiday time and are ready to turn over the calendars to 2020. Let those whom you do not physically see enjoy
a card or email or telephone call to let them know that they are important in your life.
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