It’s the most wonderful time of the year …
That right, Girl Scout cookie season is once again upon us. According to a most joyous press release we received, Girl Scouts from service unit 107, which includes Windsor, Larkfield, Healdsburg, up to Cloverdale, are out selling cookies in their communities until March 3. You’ll see them in their vests or sashes, in groups or with a parent, pulling wagons or carrying bags full of Thin Mints, Savannah Smiles, S’mores, Tagalongs, Do Si Do’s, Trefoils and Samoas.
According to the statement, starting this weekend, Girl Scouts will be in front of all of the following Windsor locations most daytime weekend hours: Exchange Bank, Oliver’s Market, Safeway, Redwood Credit Union, Garrett’s Hardware and Wal-Mart. They will also be in front of the following Healdsburg locations most weekend hours: Big John’s Market, Exchange Bank, Garrett’s Hardware and Safeway.
The money earned from cookie sales goes to local troops and their council. The girls determine what to do with their troop money. They can apply it toward earning awards, attending camps, going on troop trips or using it to fund community service projects. Council money also stays local and helps run local camps and other programs to benefit the girls.
In other words, COOKIES!
Pancake breakfast fundraiser this Sunday for Cub Scouts
This Sunday, Feb. 17, Windsor Cub Scout Pack 20 is having a Pancake Breakfast. Go to the Windsor Grange 9161 at Starr Road from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and support Cub Scouts in Windsor. Pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs and juice, coffee, tea or milk will be served. Cost is $5 per person, kids 6 and under eat free. Tickets available at the door or from a Pack 20 Scout. For info or tickets, email wi***********@gm***.com.
Three more chances to have your say on district elections
Half of the public hearings regarding district elections have come and gone so if you want your say on the topic, you have three more chances to do so on the following Wednesdays.
On Feb. 20 at 6 p.m. at the Civic Center Council Chambers, there will be a public hearing as part of the regular council meeting, which will feature a consultant-led presentation and discussion and take public comments on proposed maps. The council may introduce an ordinance if final map is selected at this hearing, but if the selected map is amended, the ordinance cannot be introduced until seven days after the amended map is published.
On. Feb 27 at 6 p.m. at the Civic Center Council Chambers, there will be a special meeting for the fifth public hearing where the ordinance to establish district elections will be introduced after a staff and consultant presentation.
Finally, on March 6 at 6 p.m. at the Civic Center Council Chambers, the final meeting will see the final presentation from staff and the consultant and the council may adopt the ordinance at second reading to establish district elections as the law of the land in Windsor.
If you want a say, then make sure you attend at least one of these meetings and have your voice heard. Otherwise, forfeit your ability to complain later.
Heather Bailey is the Editor of the Windsor Times.
