Charlie Brown needs your input
At the last council meeting, Lorene Romero and Michael Brook got up during public comment to plead for entries for the People4Parks contest to design a look for the new Charlie Brown statue due to take up residence in the Town Green at Christmas time.
To help raise awareness life-sized (really statue-sized) cardboard cutouts of everyone’s favorite blockhead will start appearing around town and at events. Anyone can submit an idea and then a professional artists will bring your Charlie to life. The deadline for submissions has been extended to Sept. 30. Applications can be found around town and also at https://people4parkswindsor.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Extended-Charlie-brown-theme-.final_.pdf. Children and adults are encouraged to apply.
Heroes wanted
If you live in Windsor and have a loved one on active duty in the military, you can honor them with a Windsor Hometown Hero military banner. The committee is now accepting applications from family members to honor loved ones on active duty in the United States military by displaying a personalized banner in their honor.
According to a statement, eligible candidates are required to be currently serving in one of the five service branches of the U.S. Armed Forces (Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard) and have a tie to Windsor with immediate family residing (past or present) or currently working in Windsor.
The application fee of $200 includes a civic center banner and a small replica souvenir banner that will be provided to the family at the annual Veterans Day ceremony on Nov. 11 on the Windsor Town Green. Financial assistance is available. Applications are due by Thursday, Sept. 13. Banner installation will take place the week of Veterans Day.
For details on how to apply, volunteer, or to donate to the Hometown Heroes military banner program, call Amanda Gray at 707-838-5382 or go to www.townofwindsor.com/hometownheroes. Application forms are also available in English or Spanish at the Town of Windsor’s Parks and Recreation Office at 9291 Old Redwood Hwy, Building 300D, and at Town Hall, Building 400.
Chamber taking award nominations
If there’s a local business you think has provided exceptional service, nominate them for a 2018 Windsor Chamber of Commerce Business Success Award. Nominations forms can be found at https://mailchi.mp/992d94f006b5/thank-you-1428625?e=5916303d71.
Categories include Small Business, Large Business, Community Spirit, the Phoenix Award for a business that has successfully reinvented itself, Newcomer and Nonprofit. All nominees must be chamber members, and nominations close Aug. 29 at 4:30 p.m.
