COMMUNITY CORNER

Healdsburg Animal Shelter is looking for volunteers to work during the Sunset Magazine Breezehouse tours. Home tours are Fridays-Sundays starting August 3 and ending September 9. Volunteer shifts are 4 hours long (9:30 – 1:30 and 1:30 – 5:30) and HAS will receive a donation for staffing the project with volunteers. Call Jamie at 431-3386 X19 to volunteer for this fun project.
Friends of the Healdsburg Library are always seeking book donations for the three book sales they hold yearly. Books, videos, CDs can be left at the library.
Public School Success Team (PSST) is looking for tutors and volunteers. Please contact them at 707-473-0902 or email hb*****@gm***.com.
Ongoing through 2012 – Healdsburg Senior Writing Project, Senior Center, every Tuesday 10 a.m. to noon. Call 431-3324 to register.
Now through September 29 – Healdsburg Center for the Arts presents ‘All Things Orange.’ 30 Plaza Street. 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily.
Now through October 1 – ‘Naturally Fit’ Triathlon Training through Sonoma County Regional Parks, Healdsburg Veterans Memorial Beach. 5:30 – 7 p.m. Register by phone 707-545-9622 x3138.
Now through November 8 – Healdsburg Museum presents “Ancestors of Mexico” exhibit, Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a..m. – 4 p.m. 221 Matheson St.
August 30 – “Smoke Signals” Photo Exhibit of firefighters battling to save the Healdsburg Post Office. Healdsburg Library Forum Room, noon – 4 p.m. Free.
August 31, September 1 – 2, 6 – 8, 14 – 16 – Raven Players present ‘Moon Over Buffalo’. Performances at 8 p.m. except Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets available at the box office.
September 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 – Saturday Farmer’s Market, North and Vine Street, 9 a.m. to noon.
September 1 – Red Umbrella Art Event in the Plaza, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Part of proceeds benefit Healdsburg Animal Shelter. Animals will be present for adoption.
September 1 – Foss Creek Volunteer Day, meet at West Plaza behind Bear Republic Brewing Co. Starting 8:30 a.m.
September 1 – Landpaths Nature Photography at Carrington Ranch, 5:45 p.m. to 8 p.m. Registration required. 524-9318. www.landpaths.org.
September 1, 16 – Bird Rescue Center Visitor Day, 1 – 4 p.m. 3480 Chanate Road, Santa Rosa. www.birdrescuecenter.org.
September 3, 10, 17, 24 – Healdsburg Rotary meeting, Tayman Park, 12 noon.
September 4 – Community Toxic Collection for Healdsburg, Appointment and proof of residency needed. Call 795-2025, option 3 to make appointment.
September 4 – Healdsburg Greyhound Booster Meeting, Room 41 at High School. 6:30 p.m.
September 4, 11, 18, 25 – Healdsburg Kiwanis Club meeting, at Villa Annex, noon except 4th Tuesday (25th) when it is 7 p.m.
September 5, 12, 19, 26 – Rotary Club of Healdsburg Sunrise meeting, Healdsburg Senior Center, 7 a.m.
September 5, 12, 19, 26 – Wednesday Farmer’s Market, 4 p.m. on the downtown Plaza.
September 5 – Healdsburg Museum Volunteer Association meeting, 9:30 a.m. at Museum, 221 Matheson Street. New members always welcome.
September 5, 12, 19, 26 – Healdsburg Boy Scouts meeting, 7 p.m. Clary Hall, 437 First Street. www.troop21healdsburg.com.
September 6, 20 – Active 20-30 Club of Healdsburg meeting. More information at in**@he************.com
September 7 – FIRST FRIDAY, Salvation Army pickup in the three Senior Communities. 8 – 11 a.m. Please leave items by garage door or by the front door.
September 8 – CPR Class at the Healdsburg Fire Department 9 – noon. $40. Call 431-3360 to register.
September 8 – Healdsburg Soroptimists present the 26th Annual Beer in the Plaza, 2 – 6 p.m. No alcohol served after 5:30. Tickets available at Bear Republic and Copperfield’s Books in Healdsburg, and at the gate. No pets please.
September 9 – Healdsburg Jazz Festival benefit ‘Festa Italiana.’ Food, wine, live music. Space is limited to 100 guests. Cost is $125 per person. Tickets available from Healdsburg Jazz Festival office (707) 433-4633 or online at  www.healdsburgjazzfestival.org.
September 10 – Linus Project meets at Purls of Joy, 429 Healdsburg Avenue. Knit or crochet blankets for Sonoma County Children in need. 2 – 4 p.m. All knitters and crocheters welcome.
September 11 – Healdsburg Junior High PTO meeting, Junior High Library, 6 p.m.
September 12 – Russian Riverkeeper screening Robert Redford movie “Watershed: Exploring a New Water Ethic for the New West”. Raven Theater 7 – 8:30 p.m. Short panel discussion will follow hour-long movie. Free.
September 12 – Center Literary Café presents Juanita J. Martin, Lee Slonimsky and Katherine Hastings, 7 p.m., Healdsburg Senior Center, 133 Matheson Street.
September 13 –Center Literary Café presents Morning-After Poetry Workshop with Lee Slonimsky, 10 a.m. – noon. $15 at Bean Affair Coffee Shop, 1270 Healdsburg Avenue. www.centerliterarycafe.wordpress.com.
September 15 – Russian Riverkeeper’s Foss Creek Special Cleanup day sponsored by Teva and Waterkeeper Alliance. Please RSVP www.russianriverkeeper.org.
September 15 – Master Gardener Library Workshop, “How to Select and Care for your Garden Tools” 10:30 a.m. at Healdsburg Library, 139 Piper Street.
September 15 – Friends of the Healdsburg Library present author Arnold Kunst in “The Wit & Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln.” 2 p.m. Free.
September 15 – Direction Five Health Second Annual Fundraiser Gala, Soda Rock Winery, 6 – 10 p.m. Food, wine, beer, silent and live auctions, dancing. Tickets at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/252898.
September 16 – Healdsburg Museum “Ancestors of Mexico” Festival. Fun for the whole family. Healdsburg Plaza. 1 – 4 p.m. Contact Museum 431-3325 for more information.
September 16 – Third Sunday Salon presents author Dr. Richard Perce, 2 – 4 p.m. Bean Affair Coffee Shop, 1270 Healdsburg Avenue. Open to the public. www.HbgLitGuild.org.
Chris Love is a longtime Healdsburg resident who believes we all need to make a difference in our world. Your items for this column may be submitted by email at co****************@sb*******.net or by calling 433-1178.