100 years ago – September 12, 1918
Danger signs should be moved
It has been suggested that the large danger sign that has been placed on the bridge at the curve where several machines have lost their bearings, and gone over, be placed at least 100 feet down the highway before the bridge is reached. Owing to the number of signs at the bridge approach, an autoist is on the curve before he can read the sign. There is little doubt that this change will be made as soon as the attention of the person in charge is called to the advantage gained thereby. This is considered the most dangerous curve on the highway, and the placing of the sign so it can be seen before the danger spot is reached will save accidents.
50 years ago – September 12, 1968
C of C meets
Endorsement of a ‘‘Stop for Pedestrians” sign to be placed on Healdsburg Avenue at the Powell Street crossing was made by Healdsburg Chamber of Commerce at their regular meeting last week. They also heard a report from chamber manager Frank Thrall, who stated that merchants on Center Street are almost unanimously opposed to changing from diagonal parking to parallel parking around the plaza. He also pointed out that the new post office will be ready by February and this will relieve congestion. The chamber decided to make no recommendation at present. Membership is up to 175, and is slowly inching toward the 200-member goal.
25 years ago – September 15, 1993
Geysers on the decline
Failing fields at the Geysers – which by 2010 may generate just one-fifth of the electricity they do now – have forced Healdsburg to set aside large cash reserves to prevent sharp electric rate hikes after the year 2000. Healdsburg owns a $60 million share of the steam wells and two geothermal power plants in the southern part of the Geysers. Without the reserve, the city would be looking at double-digit increases in rates. The steam resource at the Geysers could decline more rapidly than experts now expect. Efforts to mitigate the decline by injecting more water back into the ground could fail. And the whole region is geologically unstable. An earthquake could shut everything down.
