Aspiring to be tobacco free
Imagine that you’re sitting with a friend, they’re vaping, and suddenly they start to choke on the aerosol they’re inhaling. In an effort to save them, you go through a door that transports you to “smoke city,” an alternate reality where tobacco rules. From there, you have to complete a series of tasks and tests in order to find your friend, who’s still having a negative reaction to the vape. That’s the premise of ASPIRE (A Smoking Prevention Interactive Experience), a game developed to help educate young people on the impacts of tobacco and nicotine.
Police Log, April 29 – May 5
P:olice are still looking for a 29-year-old man suspected of slashing tires at the Community Center and possibly stabbing someone... This and other reports from local Police listed every week in the Tribune.
Healdsburg residents call for more specific Urban Water Management Plan
The city of Healdsburg’s draft 2020 Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) is still a work in progress.
Library Commission out of touch
The Library Commission meeting on Monday, May 7th was remarkable for the Commission’s inability — or adamant refusal — to listen to points of view other than their own, especially with regard to their pet project, self-check machines. The documents that were meant to inform an incisive conversation about the self-check equipment were over 58 pages long and did not include any information from the employees who have been the “testers” for the equipment. The documents were posted on the website less than two days before the Commission meeting, and were still being revised hours before the meeting itself. A large number of employees and community people came to the meeting, and several commented on the self-check machines.
County fair offers fun, food, flowers and more
Most of the hard work is done as the 4-H and FFA livestock auctions wind up this Saturday at the Sonoma County Fair, which opened last weekend at the fairgrounds in Santa Rosa.
The future of local news is digital — the future is now
When I first came to Healdsburg in 1981, I visited the Tribune offices to buy a subscription to my new hometown’s paper. By coincidence, they were looking for a new sports editor and I was hired on the spot.