Sunday RoundUp: Peace be with you
Peace may be hard to find in the world at large, but in Sebastopol, it's breaking out all over
Peacetown at Ives Park starts this Wednesday
By Jim Corbett
The Peacetown Summer Concert Series begins its 14th season on Wednesday, June 3, at Ives Park in Sebastopol, from 5 pm to 8 pm. Kicking it off is Poorman’s Whiskey, led by Jason Beard and Josh Brough, who bring their high-energy fusion of bluegrass, old-time, and southern rock jam band to open every year. Traditionally, on Wednesdays, Peacetown features two bands (one from 5 pm to 6:15 pm and another from 6:45 pm to 8 pm). Poorman’s Whiskey will occupy both slots in the opening week.
Throughout the summer, Peacetown will also be featuring artists from the Artist Workshop of Sonoma County. This week, Barbara Goodman and Joy Dellas will set up their booth for viewing and sales.
Peacetown will be offering cold Lagunitas beer, fine wine and refreshments and will feature a local winery each week, serving premium wines. Halleck Vineyards, under the direction of music lover Ross Halleck, will be our featured winery on the opening night.
Food trucks from Gerard’s Paella, HopMonk and El Coronel will be there to take care of all your dinner needs.
The public is invited to set up chairs (no blankets please) in the front area of the park. In the back section, chairs and blankets are welcome.
Peacetown is pet-friendly, kid-friendly and people-friendly. C’mon down and “Be a Part of the Heart and a Piece of the Peace”
Peacetown is also partnering with HopMonk Tavern to showcase live music there each Wednesday from 6 pm to 9 pm, so fans can catch the music at both venues. This week at Hopmonk, the incredible guitarist Richard Smith will wow the crowd with his fingerpicking.
Peacetown is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit corporation and is supported entirely by its generous sponsors and individual donations.
Twin Hill students plant a Peace Pole and unveil a new mural
By Rollie Atkinson
The entire student body of Twin Hills Middle School turned out on a recent Wednesday morning to witness the unveiling of an eight-foot-tall, 4x4, white pole with black letters in eight languages that all read, “May Peace Prevail on Earth.”
The Peace Pole on the western Sebastopol school campus thus became the newest among millions of almost identical poles planted at schools and other public places around the world. It was the 86th Peace pole to be planted at a Sonoma County school, where Analy students conducted a very similar ceremony just last month.
The Twin Hills students were led by the members of the school’s Rotary Interact leadership club as they also celebrated the completion of a full-wall mural depicting joined hands, international flag symbols and foot-tall letters that read, “Stronger Together.”
Adult members of the Rotary Club of Sebastopol and the Sonoma County chapter of Veterans For Peace, who mentored the project, were also on hand for the celebration.
Twin Hills student leaders Kendall Hill and Evy Royer welcomed everyone and explained how their fellow students completed the fundraising and planning for the Peace Pole, which will be located in a new Twin Hills Peace Garden section of the campus.
The eight languages inscribed on the Peace Pole were selected by the students and include English, Spanish, Pomo, Mandarin, Japanese, Ukrainian, German and American Sign Language. The pole also includes a Braille posting and a QR code that can be scanned to view a collection of the international Peace Poles from all around the world.
Kathy Hicks, president of the Rotary Club of Sebastopol, and Veterans For Peace leader Fred Ptucha offered closing remarks. The students also thanked local adult volunteers Dan O. Davis and Ryan Bloom for removing tree stumps and preparing the new garden space where two benches will be added soon.
Another Peace Pole is being planned for next autumn on the Brook Haven Middle School campus.
A big poplar comes down in Spooner Park
On May 19, the city announced that it would be taking down three big trees in Spooner Park—that little green space at the south end of town with the solar arrays. The chain saws were roaring this week as they took down and cut apart the first one—a massive poplar that was six feet in diameter at its base. Torran Korman in the city’s Public Works Department said the trees were taken down for safety reasons, based on an arborist’s report, but also to make room for the eventual replacement of Well 4.
Analy Avenue Closure June 5 through August 3
Beginning on Friday, June 5th—the day after the Analy Graduation ceremony—Analy Avenue along the front of campus will be closed through at least August 3 while the school makes some improvements. Jennie C. Bruneman, director of facilities for West Sonoma County Unified High School District, said the work includes upgrades to the drop-off lane, new sidewalks and landscaping, and ornamental fencing along High School Road that will tie into the main building. This work is indicated by a red line on the map below.
Contractors will be finalizing work on the new CTE buildings, which includes working on landscape areas along the bus lane and quad areas. This work is indicated by the orange and yellow lines on the map above. The District expects staff to begin moving into the new building in mid-July.
Also, good news for tennis enthusiasts who have been asking about repairs to the tennis courts on the El Molino campus. Repairs and sealing of cracks at the tennis courts were scheduled for Friday, May 22, through Friday, May 28, and they should now be ready for play.
The Week of May 25-30
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