Tuesdays in the Plaza
EDITOR: The summer concerts are a success. In response to the plaza music article of Sept, 21, here are some suggestions:
Avoid penalizing any one group. Families who can’t set up their chairs until 5:30 due to work commitments could be accommodated by designating a section of the plaza for 5:30 seating, perhaps on the side of the plaza closest to the food vendors. Retired adults look forward to afternoon relaxation way in advance of the entertainment. They have worked for 35 or 40 years and have earned their time in the sun. They have meaningful exchanges often about Healdsburg issues, perhaps the area to the left of the bandstand bordering Matheson could be designated for afternoon settlers.
The large section of the plaza bordering Healdsburg Avenue could be a mixed usage section. Latinos are welcome; some sit in the group where my husband and I sit every Tuesday evening. At least one Tuesday next summer could be designated for Latino music. Healdsburg citizens love their dogs, but the plaza is crowded for this event, perhaps refrain from dogs in the plaza from 5 to 8 p.m. during these music events. The Healdsburg farmers’ market posts a no dogs allowed sign and appears to be respected. A plaza diagram of seating could be posted in advance in the paper and on a small sign the day of the event near the fountain.
Thank you for the past dozen years of memorable entertainment. I am looking forward to reading about other participants’ suggestions.
Bonny Lawrence
Healdsburg
Rededicate cemetery fountain
EDITOR: The Healdsburg Museum & Historical Society invites the community to Oak Mound Cemetery for a restoration celebration and fountain dedication on Thursday, Oct. 5. Please join us to celebrate the restoration of the pioneer cemetery, thank project supporters and witness the (re)dedication of the 1876 cemetery fountain. Oak Mound Cemetery is located east of Recreation Park and shares a driveway with the Boys & Girls Club, at 601 Piper Street, Healdsburg. If you have never visited our historic cemetery, you are in for a treat. If you have visited it in its previous overgrown state, you will be even happier.
Activities will start with at 4 p.m. with refreshments and self-guided tours. At 5:30 p.m. will we present acknowledgements and the fountain dedication.
Admission to the event is free. Please RSVP to the Healdsburg Museum 431-3325 or in**@he**************.org by October 1. Parking is limited; so please carpool, if possible. Hope to see you there.
Holly Hoods, Executive Director & Curator
Healdsburg Museum and Historical Society
Science and religion
EDITOR: I’d like to offer a couple of comments on Bob Jones’ piece in the Tribune of Sept. 21. First, I find the title (“Science versus religion, again”) unnecessarily provocative; plenty of scientists are religious, and plenty of religious people are scientists. Second, the piece seems to suggest in its ninth and tenth paragraphs that in order to behave morally and ethically, you have to be religious. Not only do I reject this suggestion, but it’s quite obvious that being religious provides no guarantee of moral and ethical behavior. The Crusaders, the Spanish Inquisition, and the KKK are or were all Christian.
C.J. Date
Healdsburg
Every 20 minutes
EDITOR: September is National Prostate Cancer Awareness month. I am proud that the City Council of Healdsburg issued a proclamation declaring September as Prostate Cancer Awareness month for our local area. The reason they made that proclamation is simple. This killer needs to be brought out into the open.
Most people know someone who has been diagnosed, was treated and/or died from prostate cancer. This is because one in seven men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, including 17,240 men in California this year alone. Approximately 161,360 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in the United States. That’s roughly 26,730 who will die, which is one man every 20 minutes. That means a father, son, husband, brother, partner, friend gone every 20 minutes.
Education regarding prostate cancer and early detection strategies is critical to saving their lives. Everyday is a prostate cancer awareness day for a prostate cancer survivor. Living Well 60 Plus, a nonprofit 501(c)3 corporation, and its After Prostate Cancer project is producing a fundraiser/concert to promote education and awareness. Please join us at the Raven Theater Oct. 28 for a performance by the musical group “Cash and King” to help raise money and elevate prostate cancer awareness.
We appreciate your help to start thousands of conversations and encourage men and their partners to talk with their doctors about scheduling health screenings. You can help save our loved ones. Ticket information is at www.raventheater.org and additional information is at www.afterprostatecancer.org.
Virgil Beasley, Psy.D.
Healdsburg
