Utility Box Artist Spotlight: Aida Herrera-Keehn and Paula Acevedo
The Town of Windsor’s new utility box painting program called Discovering Windsor Through Art aims to help beautify the community and is dedicated to exhibiting the visual arts outside the constraints of museums or galleries. The 2021 theme of “community healing” is designed to highlight the resiliency of Windsor and help the community heal through public art.
Gallery: Color Blast for a cause
WALKING FOR WATER — The Cloverdale High School Key Club hosted its first annual Save the Rain-Bow Color Blast on Sept. 15. According to Key Club Advisor Sue Cummins, the blast had a total of 21 volunteers (from the Kiwanis Club, Key Club and Builders Club) and 64 participants. Blast attendees of all ages ran, walked and jogged their way through stations of colored cornstarch. The Key Club raised approximately $1900, which will go toward bringing clean water to 125 children in Africa.
Sonoma County continues to push vaccine rollout
Sonoma County is administering COVID-19 vaccines at a faster rate than other counties of its size, according to new data from the Sonoma County Department of Health Services.
Distance learning continuing through winter break
Following similar decisions round the county, the Windsor Unified School District Board of Trustees voted unanimously to continue in distance learning through winter break at their meeting on Oct. 20.
St. John School celebrates National Catholic Schools Week
National Catholic Schools Week is an annual celebration of what makes education at St. John Catholic School (SJS) outstanding. Starting with Sunday Mass on Jan. 29, SJS will have a week of activities planned to show what students are accomplishing and to celebrate the community they have built to educate tomorrow’s leaders.
‘Factory Farms’ Measure on the Ballot: Yea or Nay?
Measure J, the initiative on the November ballot to shut down a number of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) or “factory farms” in Sonoma County, has encountered widespread opposition among public governing bodies, most recently including the Healdsburg City Council...
Recall effort on the rise against WSCUHSD trustees who voted for consolidation
An effort is underway to recall the three trustees of the West Sonoma County Union High School District (WSCUHSD) board who voted on March 10 to approve a plan involving the potential consolidation of Analy and El Molino high schools, according to Tasha Mattison, one of several recall committee leaders.
