Come out Saturday
EDITOR: On Saturday, Oct. 7, the town of Cloverdale will have the opportunity to once again participate in a fun, family experience. The Kiwanis Club of Cloverdale, along with Courtney’s Pumpkin Patch are sponsoring the annual Oktoberfest. We encourage everyone to come on down to the Plaza and check it out. It lasts from noon until 7 p.m. There will be live music by the Schwabenlawd German Band and the Tom Lander Band. There will be Balkan Dancers, the Dan Chan Magic Show, juggling and balloon twisting, lots of vendors and so much more for free.
You may wish to purchase a meal ticket or beer and wine. You will certainly enjoy a wonderful meal of bratwurst, sauerkraut, potato salad and dessert, served from 1 to 5 p.m. Adult meals are $12 purchased in advance at the Mail Center, Etc., or $15 purchased on the day of the event. Meals include a beverage of water, soda, beer or wine. Children can enjoy a hot dog, chips and drink for just $5. Of course, you can also purchase any beverage, separate from a meal. The beer sponsor for the Oktoberfest is the Bear Republic Brewery. The wine sponsor is Kelley and Young.
Make this your destination of choice on Saturday, Oct. 7. You will not only have a great time, but you will be supporting two worthy causes; the Courtney Jade Davis Memorial Scholarship fund and the Kiwanis Club of Cloverdale. Thank you, Cloverdale.
Sue Cummins
Kiwanis Club of Cloverdale
Supporting and protecting families
EDITOR: Sonoma County is launching a Rapid Response Network to actively protect our undocumented immigrant families. The network is modeled on one established in the Bay Area a few years ago. Since June of this year numerous trainings on how to be a Legal Observer have been and continue to be provided throughout our county. The Rapid Response Network can help stop a detention, deportation and/or family separation.
On Sunday, Oct. 8, Cloverdale Indivisible is hosting a Legal Observer training at the United Church of Cloverdale. The training will be from 3 to 5 p.m. and will be provided by two experienced members of Indivisible Healdsburg’s Immigration Action Team.
The Trump administration’s desire to crack down on sanctuary cities became reality just last week when nearly 500 people were arrested by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) in a four-day operation targeting sanctuary cities. Areas targeted in California included Los Angeles and Santa Clara County. Trump has asked for a 21 percent budget increase for ICE and CBP (Customs and Border Protection) for ramping up detainments and deportations. Sanctuary cities are communities in which local police and sheriff do not assist federal authorities in the enforcement of immigration laws.
Many of our Mexican and Hispanic community members are vital to our agriculture-based economy. Supporting and protecting our immigrant families, the backbone of our county’s agriculture workforce, is vital. Please join us to learn how you can participate in this valuable service to our community. If you have questions, email us at cl*******************@gm***.com.
Vicky Groom
Founding Member, Cloverdale Indivisible
Check out baskets Saturday
EDITOR: The Cloverdale Theta Zeta sorority will have a table at the Oktoberfest this Saturday to sell raffle tickets for the baskets to be raffled off at the annual Cloverdale Holiday Craft Show. We invite everyone to stop by and check out a couple of examples of the baskets to be raffled off. The rest of the baskets to be raffled off will be at the annual sorority craft show on Saturday, Nov. 4 and held at the Cloverdale Veterans Building at 205 West First Street in Cloverdale. The hours for the show will be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oktoberfest is this Saturday, from 12 noon to 7 p.m. and is sponsored by the Cloverdale Kiwanis Club. We hope to see you at Oktoberfest and the craft show.
Carolyn Ramos
Cloverdale
Can it happen here?
EDITOR: Thank you, Rollie Atkinson, for mentioning National Newspaper Week (Oct. 1 – 7) and the need to pay attention to the current climate of bashing newspapers (and other media) and their journalists. With the daily accusations of fake news coming from the White House, we must protect our freedom of the press.
On October 6, and running through October 15, SRJC’s Theatre Arts Department will present “It Can’t Happen Here,” an adaptation of Sinclair Lewis’ 1935 novel. At the center is Doremus Jessup, a Vermont newspaper editor, who must take a stand when the newly elected president, Buzz Windrip, says of journalists, “Have you ever seen a pack of more lying, disgusting people?”
Lewis imagines Windrip a fascist. Like Hitler, he destroys the free press and even interns journalists in concentration camps. Can it happen here? Come to Newman Auditorium at SRJC and find out. https://theatrearts.santarosa.edu/current-season#one
Janine Sternlieb
Sebastopol
