By Paul MatliMayor Gina Belforte and

other members of the RohnertPark City Council sat in front ofa raucous crowd Tuesday night.What started off as a normalmeeting burst into relentless at-tacks against the Rohnert ParkPolice force. Countless community mem-

bers complained about what theysee as excessive use of force bythe Rohnert Park Police Depart-ment. Multiple communitymembers described how theirrelatives died at the hands of theRohnert Park Police because ofexcessive force being used.These members were hoping byspeaking up about these issuesthey will force change not onlyin the City of Rohnert Park butnationally. Movements againstpolice violence have been ongo-ing for the last couple of years soit’s not surprising to see thisissue come to a local communitylike Rohnert Park.The council took all of this in

like they do at every session. Itremains to be seen what type ofaction or changes will take place.This type of debate is what a citycouncil meeting is about, com-munity members should be ableto speak their mind about whatever issue they choose. Two other major topics of dis-

cussion were an update on the2018 community small grantsprogram and the North East Spe-cific Plan.The community small grants

program is intended to encour-age organizations to do projectsthat will benefit or improve theRohnert Park community. Someof these programs were started at

elementary schools like Mar-guerite Hahn and Richard CraneElementary. For Hahn Elemen-tary the community invested inan imagination playground,while the students at RichardCrane got to experience an out-door ping pong table.Besides elementary schools,

there were activities for the GirlScouts Troop 106, Animal Shel-ter, Rotary Club of RohnertPark-Cotati, SSU Nursing andthe Armed Forces Banner Pro-gram. These were just a few ofthe mini-programs courtesy ofthe small grants received lastyear.

For those community mem-bers interested in the smallgrants program, applicationsstart Sept. 16 and are due by Oct.18th. The projects for the2019/20 year will begin Jan. 1,2020 and there’s up to $5,000that can be earned. The last major event of Tues-

days night’s city council meetingwas the discussion of the NorthEast Specific Plan. The NESPcontains five specific plans span-ning more than 18.3 acres andcontains 36 different parcels.Some of the proposed housing

types under the plan areRanchette Residential, Tradi-tional Single Family, MediumDensity and High Density. Therewere also four parks proposedunder this plan; CommunityPark, Active Neighborhood Park,Creek Park and Passive Neigh-borhood Park. Other discussiontopics included modifying parksin open space configurations, in-crease dwelling units. Some ofthe places where this projectwould take place were Keiser

Avenue, Snyder Lane and G sec-tion. The buffer in G Sectionwould have been reduced underthis project.This proposal was a hot topic

among community members. Allthe community members whospoke were against this addedhousing. Some thought it wasn’tneeded, others believed it wastoo much growth in a short time,while others who live in G Sec-tion didn’t want to see theirneighborhoods increased.

The council agreed with thecommunity. Vice Mayor JosephCallinan didn’t want to grant anynew building projects since theyhave given out grants and passedresolutions before to only end updisappointed. Whereas MayorBelforte wasn’t interested inthese new projects. She arguedRohnert Park already has a goodamount of housing being builtand this is a project better fit forSan Francisco. She doesn’t wantRohnert Park to become a miniSan Francisco, she wants the town to have its own identity.Councilman Jake Mackenziewas the only one on board withthis project.This city council meeting was

a lively event with very few seatsavailable. The community mem-bers really got into the use of po-lice force and NESP topics.These were topics which spreadon social media like a wildfireand members of the communitywanted to come speak aboutthem. It’s unclear what the nextmeeting on Sept. 24 will entail,but if it’s anything like Tues.night it should be a treat for thosewho want to attend.

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The Rancho Cotate High School Cougar mascot was on hand at theschool’s Welcome Back Rally that was held in the new gym of theTAG Building on Thu, September 5.. The students enjoyed havingmore space for the rally and were excited to show their school spirit.

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RCHS Mascot atWelcome Back Rally

By Irene HilsendagerThe stage at Somo Village vi-

brated with excitement when theladies showed off their costumesthat took two years of patienceand collaboration to do up theten outfits worn and designed bysix different designers.Dresses were made from mag-

azines and posters, paper grocerybags, recycled water bottles, andan outfit sewn with dental flossand a hat of bottle caps. Onedress was created from recycledbicycle inner tubes, very stylishshiny black; another was formedfrom metal washers. Did you ever think about re-

using the green strawberry bas-kets for a garment?How about using 78 records

for a skirt and top?Since China is refusing to take

recycling from the United States,we as a nation have to scrambleto find a place to dump besidesthe ocean.Lately, plastic straws, plastic

forks, knives and spoons havemade it to the top ten items todominate the beach and oceantrash.Plastic cutlery is ranked

among the most harmful types ofmarine debris to ocean animalsand data shows that it may bemore prevalent then we had pre-viously thought.An estimated 150 million met-

ric tons is currently circulating in

marine environment. The UnitedNations (UN) states that glob-ally, one million plastic drinkingbottles are purchased everyminute, while up to five trillionsingle-use bags are used world-wide every day.In total, as a whole, half of all

plastic produced is meant to beused just once and then dis-carded.“Plastic bags, fishing gear,

utensils, cigarette butts and plas-tic bottle caps are the deadliest

form of ocean trash. These itemsare often mistaken for food or in-gested by sea birds, turtles andother ocean animals,” say scien-tists from the Ocean Conser-vancy.Every year, an estimated eight

million metric tons of plasticwaste flows into the ocean. Morethan 800 animal species havebeen impacted by plastics, whichmay never fully be biodegradebut rather break up into smallerpieces called microplastics.

Credo ladies in Trashion show

Molly Bingham, Madeleine Knight, Shayla Rose-Brown and Mikah Keetzh and Tori Paquet, “The CredoContention,” modeled outfits made of things you find in the garbage at the Trashion Fashion show.

Robert Grant

Police and housing topicsdiscussed at Council

Early Mon. morning a man died after jumping off the parkinggarage at Graton Casino. At approximately 1:30 a.m., deputies weredispatched to the casino after receiving a call that a man wanted tojump off the top floor of the parking garage. Deputies respondedwithout lights and sirens to avoid startling him. They found a dis-traught man standing on a four-foot wall at the top of the parkinggarage, talking with his wife. Deputies began talking to him in aneffort to understand his situation and convince him to get off thewall safely. Meanwhile, the Hostage Negotiations Team, fire de-partment and emergency medical personnel were called in to assist. At approximately 2:02 a.m., the man briefly became distracted

while talking to deputies. They took advantage of the break andgrabbed him off the wall. He was handcuffed and detained for hisown safety because he was trying to take his own life. He was notarrested and was immediately placed on a psychological hold. Whena deputy places someone on a psychological hold, it is standard prac-tice to drive that person to a hospital or crisis stabilization unit for amedical evaluation and assistance. The Hostage Negotiations Teamwas canceled, and fire and medical personnel stayed at the scene. Approximately 10 minutes later, as deputies were walking the

man to the patrol car, he broke free and ran back towards the wall. ‘Life’ see page 4

Man takes own life

By Rod MorganThe regular Cotati Tues. evening city council meeting was very

short and subdued. All council members were present except Coun-cilmember Mark Landman.The mayor asked everyone not to pay attention to the wall clock

as it acted like a Harry Potter time piece.The Honorary Mayor, Zuri Ruiz, a seventh grader from Thomas

Page Academy was introduced and was asked by the mayor to whatservices may be lacking in Cotati.A proclamation of pollution prevention and creek week was an-

nounced and what is best to do for Cotati going on to zero pollu-tion.Another discussion on homelessness was held-no resolution was

brought forth as to campers recreation vehicles moving into Cotatipark and rides.The biggest challenge of the night was how well Sonoma County

residents would handle the water situation after an earthquake. Stan-dard operating procedures will be formulated and set into motion.Councilmember Susan Harvey stated that Cotati is a step ahead bybanding together with eight other cities to look for a solution thatbalances risks and water rates. A 116-page response letter out lining the topic was done by Craig

Scott and a proposal that it would be returned with the mayor’s sig-nature to the to the Presiding Superior Court Judge-the vote camein a 4-0 in favor.The progress of road construction was given with road repair

being on different city streets at one time. Traffic does back up withthe E. Cotati road repair.A very short meeting for Cotati since the mayor dropped the gavel

at 8:44 p.m.

Cotati Councilmakes it short

By Stephanie DerammelaereScents of steak shawarma,

homemade falafel and grilledchicken skewers wafted throughthe air at St. George OrthodoxChurch in Rohnert Park thisweekend while dancers and mu-sicians in traditional Greek andMiddle Eastern garb entertainedguests throughout the day. Thisweekend marked the 13th an-niversary of the Greek and Mid-dle Eastern Festival, hosted bythe church. The two-day eventcelebrates Mediterranean cul-ture, including food, live enter-tainment, and art.“We started this event 13

years ago as a way to share ourculture in a positive light,” saidClemance Tams, Event Coordi-nator and brainchild behind thefestival. “We also wanted to letpeople in because sometimeswe stick to ourselves. It’s a pos-itive community event. It’s niceto share different cultures withpeople.”The event has grown dramat-

ically over the years. In the be-ginning the festival drew from300 to 400 people and this yearthey are expecting between1,500 to 2,000 attendees. In thespirit of sharing different cul-tures with others, the event has

also evolved to include othersoutside of Greece and the MiddleEast. For example, the menu thisyear included a few Eritreandishes and a Mexican dish andnext year they hope to includesome Romanian influence aswell.“I want to try to represent

where all the Greek Orthodoxchurches are,” said Tams. “I’mtrying to build that in slowly, sothat we can get other communitymembers involved as well.”Entertainment was ongoing

throughout both days, includingGreek DJ music, live MiddleEastern music, Minoan dancers,a Gradina Band and perform-ances with Ouds, a lute-type,stringed instrument used pre-dominantly in Greek and MiddleEastern music. The kids corneroffered a jumpy, a game truckwith games and prizes, cottoncandy and snow cones. Other ac-tivities included a Hookahlounge and Henna tattoos.For Andrew Leonard from

Santa Rosa who came with hiswife Catherine Leonard, the foodwas the big draw. “We don’t have a whole lot of

Middle Eastern food here inSonoma County,” said Leonard.“We like to eat and thought we’d

come check it out! I like thatthey also have some MiddleEastern groceries for sale. Thelast time I saw some of thesethings was when I was in Israelin 2013 for Birthright Israel.”The event also acts as a

fundraiser with some of thefunds going back into the com-

munity. “For example in 2017 we gave

money to some of the fire vic-tims,” said Linda Tams, Market-ing Coordinator for St. GeorgeChurch. “We also know somepeople in the community whoare homeless and help them out.”All in all, the Greek and Mid-dle Eastern Festival is a fun,family friendly event that helpsthe community experience andappreciate different cultures andencourages understanding, tol-erance and consideration of oth-ers.

“We’re allowing people to un-derstand different cultures, foodand religions when you come tothis type of event,” said LindaTams. “You get to experience allof that in the two days we’rehere. Today there is a lot of con-flict between different communi-ties, religions and cultures. Thishelps people see that we’re allhere for the same reason, we’reall human, we all just like tohave fun and hang out and eatand drink. It’s a short life – enjoyit!”Bringing up good

pointsThe Community VoiceThank you for bringing up

the subject as published in themost recent issue of theNCom-munity VoiceN (dated Friday,September 6, 2019).N It is im-portant for all who have vestedinterest in how schools operatethat they know how moneys areallocated for expenditures inthese areas.N Your article bringsup good points of concern to anumber of parents having stu-dents in our local publicschools.The federal government has

established two important butbroad allocations in public edu-cation.N N English LanguageLearnersNandNspecial needsNareso critical that indeed the fed-eral government initiated an al-location process to help ensurethat all students are delivered afree and appropriate educationin BOTH areas.N Both areas re-ceived federal money that is fil-tered down to each State,distributed by each County.This is important to understandeven with the complexities thatexist.N The perspective in the ar-ticle is a popular one that comesfrom a popular website for spe-cial needs parents.N However, Iprovide to you a more accurateperspective that comes from theofficial Congressional ResearchOffice that differs from thesource you quoted.N I am confi-dent this will assist in under-standing the complexities better.In spite of the importance of

the financial segment, there areother more glaring inadequaciesin public education, and espe-cially in districts such as ours,that transcend the money ‘prob-

lem’.N The issues we have foundhave to do with delivering on thepromise of the IEP - providinganNindividualized education pro-gramNto students who are specif-ically identified as in need.N Yousee, Special Education is not a‘place’ - it is a ‘program’ - a pro-gram that isNguaranteedNto eachqualifying student by the federalgovernment (the source of fi-nances) as well as each State,county, and public-school dis-trict.N In spite of the fact that theprogram is greatly underfunded,students are still guaranteed theirIEP to be delivered as a constitu-tional mandate (14th Amend-ment to the Federal Constitution)and whatever resources that areavailable MUST be provided tostudents so that their IEPs are de-livered with fidelity.N Moneymay not currently be availablefor this in spite of the fact that itwould greatly benefit with en-hanced funding.N Nevertheless,we have found that in this dis-trict, gross examples of malfea-sance dealing with the deliveryof services to students were ex-perienced and dozens upondozens of incidences of thismalfeasance have been docu-mented and referred to the fed-eral Office of Civil Rights in SanFrancisco.N We can always talkabout seeking more and moremoney for programs, but when achild comes to a school with anIEP, or when a child arrives oncampus speaking a different lan-guage at home than English, theyneed immediate accommoda-tions - regardless of the fundingavailable

I hope this begins a long andfruitful discussion in this com-munity about the improvementsnecessary in special education aswell as in services for our Eng-

lish Language Learners. I ammost happy to meet with you todiscuss these concerns at length-Nwith data for support - if youwish.Again, thank you for helping

the community keep the topicalive.N It is truly worthy of sup-port, improvement, and commu-nity support to help improve oureducational service to the mostprecious resource we have - ouryouth!

Larry Holguin M.Ed.Senior Executive ConsultantCenter for Teacher Effective-

nessN(CTE)Nationally CertifiedTrainer/ConsultantWestern Region

Speed increasesThe Community VoiceIn both this newspaper and in

the Community Newsletter thatcomes with our water/sewer bill,I read the following remarkablestatement by a city official: “Anincrease of 10 mph in your speedincreases your stopping distanceby 60 feet.” To me as a mathe-matician it is bizarre that anyonewould offer such a naked claimwith no context whatsoever: nobeginning and ending speeds, nobraking time or braking rate, noallowance for reaction time, etc.The fact is that for any begin-

ning and ending speeds 10 mphapart, there is some unique brak-ing time and braking rate thatwill increase stopping time by 60feet. And with any other brakingtime and rate, stopping distancewill change from 60 feet. More-over, as soon as the 10-mph in-terval is changed, then thebraking time and braking rate toincrease stopping distance by 60feet must change also.I investigated what braking

time and braking rate wouldhave to be in order that our stop-ping distance increases by 60feet when we move from 25mph to 35 mph. The brakingtime would be 3.4 seconds andthe braking rate about 10.8 fpsper second or about one-thirdgravity (g/3).By actual experiment I dis-

covered that if necessary, I canstop my car from 25 mph in lessthan half of 3.4 seconds and ac-tually just a bit over a third of3.4 seconds. That means (with-out factoring in reaction time)the braking rate would be atleast double and perhaps closerto triple the figure for 25 mph (=110/3 fps). And the stoppingdistance would accordingly beat most ½ of 60 feet = 30 feet,and perhaps closer to 1/3 of 60feet = 20 feet.In short, the figure of 60 feet

additional stopping distance isgrossly exaggerated. Pleasenote that I am not insensitive tothe intent of the city official’smessage. We certainly want ourchildren to be safe on their wayto and from school. But there isno need to get hysterical.

Rick Luttmann, PhD, Professor Emeritus of

Mathematics,Sonoma State University

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ST. JOHN'S UNITED METHODIST CHURCHRev. Diana Bell-Kerr, Pastor

Sunday Worship 10:30 am Concurrent with child care

"A progressive church with friendly people"5150 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park, 707-584-9780

E-mail: stjohnsumc@sonic.net. www.stjohnsunitedmethodist.org Enter from Parkway Drive lot (Rohnert Park Dental Village)

CROSS AND CROWN LUTHERAN CHURCH AND SCHOOL5475 Snyder Lane - Rohnert Park

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CHURCH OF THE OAKSA Spiritual Community and Life Enrichment Center

Minister - Patrick M. McCarty160 W. Sierra, Cotati

Sunday Services: 11 amwww.churchoftheoaks.org

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LETTERS TO THE VOICE:

Bringing Mediterranean culture to the community

Not in order are Juan Anceno, Juan Martinez, Blanca Mihedji, Erary Mihedji, Oscar Orosco Garcia,Gilberto Romo, Sarahid Rivera Vazquez, Maricruz Martinez, Jore Arturo and Salbaldor Romo per-formed Native American prayer dances at the 13th Annual Greek Mediterranean Festival.

Robert Grant

What is Misophonia? It is abrain disorder in which a persongets angry when hearing or lis-

tening to other people who arebreathing or eating.

Misophonia

River returns with another of her popular Inner Geographiesclasses, Cave of Secrets.N Connect to nature by learning more aboutthe fascinating world of caves. Explore you inner “Cave of Secrets.”Write about what you discover. Create a map! Caves, along withdeep oceans, remain one of the few largely unexplored regions ofearth Places this difficult to traverse do not give up their secrets eas-ily. Entering and mapping the Cave of Secrets is designed to helpyou to examine the parts of yourself that you choose to keep secret.Sun., Sept. 15, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at The Sitting Room, 2025 CurtisDr.,NPenngroveTuition is $40-50, but if cost is a problem, write to River.NReserve

a seat by emailing River atNRiversteadt@gmail.com For additionalinformation see our website:www.SittingRoom.org

Connect to nature

Feed and work with equinesWell Trained Horses, a nonprofit horse rescue in Sebastopol, is

in need of volunteers interested in horses. Daily duties include clean-ing, feeding and working with horses. Those with less experiencelearn from those with horse expertise. Morning, afternoon andevening shifts are available. Call 707-829-3600 to schedule an ap-pointment.

Seal watch volunteers neededStewards of the Coast and Redwoods Seal Watch volunteers rove

Goat Rock Beach at the mouth of the Russian River and Assist inprotecting the harbor seals during busy summer weekends. Theyalso inform visitors about identification, natural history, internationalprotection and viewing harbor seals from safe distance using ropes,signs and binoculars. Contact Kat Rawhouseer at 707-869-9177.

Collect donations for eventGoatlandia’s Fundraiser will be held Sept. 21 at Lynmar Estates

and Winery, Santa Rosa. They need someone with great phone skillsto call and ask businesses for donations. They also need volunteersat the event to help prep/serve food and watch the animal guests.Contact Lindsey Taylor at lindsey@goatlandia.org.

How come a Guinea Pig is neither apig nor is it from Guinea?How come English Muffins do notcome from England? ?

Greater FarallonesMarine sanctuary seeksMaritime AdvisorThe Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Advisory

Council (the council) is currently recruiting for the Maritime Com-mercial Activities Seat Alternate. The council provides the GreaterFarallones National Marine Sanctuary (the sanctuary) with adviceand recommendations on management actions. The advisory councilis composed of ten seats including community-at-large, Marin; com-munity-at-large, San Francisco/San Mateo; community-at-large,Mendocino/Sonoma; conservation; education; maritimeactivities/commercial; maritime activities/recreational; research;commercial fishing; and youth. There are also five governmentalseats representing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California Re-sources Agency, National Park Service, U.S. Coast Guard andNOAA Fisheries. The Council meets quarterly, with special meet-ings as needed.NApplications are due by 5 p.m. Sept. 30, 2019. Applications not

received or postmarked by this time will not be considered. Formore information, including a copy of the application, please contactAlayne Chappell, Advisory Council Coordinator, atNalayne.chap-pell@noaa.gov.NVisit the sanctuary website for more information about the coun-

cil:Nhttps://farallones.noaa.gov/manage/sac.html

Zero Waste Sonoma andBye-Bye mattress team upThe Mattress Recycling Council’s Bye-Bye Mattress Program

and Zero Waste Sonoma Are coming together for a free three-daymattress collection event in Rohnert Park for Sonoma County resi-dents.Only mattresses and box springs that are not excessively dam-

aged, wet or soiled will be accepted at no-cost for recycling. Three-unit max per vehicle.Up to 80 percent of a mattress can be recycled. Foam, steel, wood

and cotton and other fibers from old mattresses can be turned intoeveryday products such as carpet padding, appliances, biomass fueland more. The following items will not be accepted. Severely damaged, wet,

twisted, frozen or soiled mattresses or box springs. Items infestedwith bed bugs, mattress pads or toppers, sleeping bags, pillows, carbeds, juvenile products such as carriages, baskets, cribs, bassinets,dressing tales, strollers and playpens or their pads will not be ac-cepted. Also not accepted are water beds, camping air mattresses,fold-out sofa beds and futons and furniture. For more information on the event and mattress recycling, visit

ByeByeMattress.com.

By Lanny Lowery“I love America!” sums up Larry Phan’s feelings for his adopted

country. Owner and manager of Valley Furniture in Rohnert Parksince 1994, Phan is quick to talk about patriotism, work ethics and

the importance of family and friends.Born in Vietnam in 1953, Phan immigrated to the United States

as a young man in his late twenties in 1982 escaping from the Com-munists. He says, “Americans treated us nice!” And he shows hislife in this country as proof that the American dream is alive andwell. “There was and is good opportunity here in this country. I amlucky to live here.”After Phan arrived in the San Jose area, he began studies at Mis-

sion College. He later attended Santa Clara University and the Uni-versity of California at Berkeley. He graduated with a double degreein Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in 1985.He went to work for Gould Electronic Company but after two

years he returned to San Jose. There he went to work for CharlieNguyen who owned United Furniture. Phan started at the bottomworking as a driver, deliveryman and warehouseman. In a coupleof months, he was promoted to sales.Nguyen expanded his business to fourteen stores in the greater

bay area. In 1988 he sent Larry Phan to the Santa Rosa store wherehe worked for five years. Then he had him open the Rohnert Parkstore. Phan bought the store from Nguyen in 1994.His family has a strong work ethic. Nguyen recognized Phan’s

hard work and intelligence. Phan’s business has done well the past twenty-five years. He em-

ploys 12 workers who are either in sales or delivery. Phan expects

everyone to multitask and be able to do all of the jobs. He believesthis is the best way to know the furniture business.Phan has some key beliefs regarding the furniture store and its

employees. “Doing business and making business means that wehave to be truthful.” He knowsthat loyalty to customers paysoff in the long run.One of the ways that Phan

competes with other stores is byproviding speedy deliveries.“To compete we must havequick service. Customers mustnot be wondering when theirfurniture will arrive or worryingabout where their furniture is.”Same day delivery is the ulti-mate goal.Furniture business is cyclical.

Summer months are slow. Thebest selling periods are Memo-rial Day weekend and LaborDay weekend along withThanksgiving and Christmas.

But there is always plenty ofwork at the store, studying fur-niture trends and attending fur-niture shows.Phan is too busy to get in

much traveling. But he doesenjoy his home and his family.He likes to work in his gardenand with his fruit trees and withhis chickens. He has visitedVietnam but not in the past fiveyears.Business travel entails head-

ing to Las Vegas or Highpoint,North Carolina. He prefers LasVegas because it is closer. Helooks at furniture shows as wellas trade magazines to keep upon the latest interests in furni-ture. The shabby look is inthese days and, of course, thereis a high demand for recliners.It’s important to know what theyounger generations like.

Often selecting furniture from wholesalers means taking bigchances. Once Phan purchases new items, he is committed to sellthem. And this means that sometimes he faces losses. Takingchances has not made Phan rich. And yet he has no regrets in beingin the furniture business.Phan has been married for twenty-eight years and has four chil-

dren. Two daughters, Angela and Vivian, are grown up and livingon their own. His sixteen-year-old daughter, Julie, attends RanchoCotate High School and is in the eleventh grade. She plays tennisand the flute in the marching band. She is also the class treasurer.His son, James, an eighth grader, loves to read. Phan buys him threebooks at a time with the stipulation that one of the books must benonfiction. Phan has not allowed television at home for five yearsas he promotes reading.Phan also loves to play tennis and be involved with organizations

that promote his culture. “It’s fun and a lot of work.”As for the future, Phan speculates that he may travel to Australia

to visit friends. But he does not envision retirement. Emphatically,he insists, “I’ll work until I cannot work. Why stay home and donothing?” Larry Phan truly lives the American dream having a suc-cessful business, a wonderful family and home in Cotati and activ-ities to keep him physically healthy and interests that involve hisculture. Indeed, he inspires us all when he says, “I love America!”

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By Mickey ZeldesHow many cats are too many? Do you think the government

has the right to put a limit on the number of pets you can keep?Right now, in Rohnert Park you are permitted to have up to threedogs and up to four cats. Some would say that is generous andothers rebel and want more. Of course, there are people who can’tproperly care for even one animal and there are others who arededicated and able to care for dozens – but should they be allowedto? Everybody these days is a rescuer. The officer rescues an ani-

mal from the street. A rescuer takes the animal from the shelter.People adopting say that they rescued the animal. And so on.What is the difference between a true rescue and a hoarder? Theyboth typically start out with the best of intentions and think theyare helping. There have been story after story of “rescues” beingcharged with overcrowding, housing sick animals, poor sanitationand even complete neglect – including starvation. It doesn’t takemuch for someone with a big heart to quickly get overwhelmedwith animals especially if they don’t spay and neuter and continueto have litters. Some of these people can’t say “no” and canquickly be guilted into accepting “just one more,” to the point thatthey are soon over their heads with expenses and the upkeep.The main difference between a rescue and a hoarder is the will-

ingness to actually let go of their animals. A rescue will adopt outand their goal is to be just a temporary holding place to give ananimal that needs perhaps some medical care or behavioral modi-fication time to improve. A few places are set up to be sanctuar-ies for those animals that aren’t adoptable, but unless you havethe endless resources of an organization like Best Friends, youquickly become full and then have to shut your door to more ani-mals. That’s hard to do when the calls for help keep coming in.Hoarders, on the other hand, believe that no one can care for theanimals but themselves. They usually are on their own althoughoccasionally they will have an organization name and will startoff with volunteers to help care for the animals. We recently had a call from a concerned person that she

thought her neighbor had 100 cats in his house. When we wentout to investigate the person he said “no way do I have that manycats. I only have 60.” He is a responsible person and has had allof them fixed so they were not reproducing and he was finan-cially able to feed them and pay for any serious medical issues.Of course with that many cats they did not all get routine veteri-nary care and they did not all get along. His house was dividedup to accommodate various groupings of the cats. There were afew litter boxes, but not enough and the smell of urine in the car-

pets was quite strong. We are working with that person to reducehis numbers but it brings up the question of how many animals wecan leave in his care. After caring daily for 60 cats, even goingdown to 20 – which would seem like a lot to most of us – wouldbe a breeze for him. It’s an interesting question and has lots of an-gles to consider.How do you measure the level of care provided to an animal?

How do you define what level of care should be legally required?People call and often complain that their neighbor never walkstheir dog. Can we require a daily walk? What if you have a dogthat is very reactive to other people and animals? Is providing anice backyard for exercise enough? We are in the process of up-dating the animal control portion of our Muni code and there areso many issues to consider. It’s not an easy process!

Upcoming Events“Get Them Back Home” Campaign – Every lost pet should

have a way to get back home. FREE pet ID tag and a back-up mi-crochip are available to all residents of Rohnert Park and Cotati.No appointment necessary, just come by the shelter during ourregular open hours: Wed. 1-6:30; Thurs.-Fri.-Sat. 1-5:30; Sun. 1-4:30.Fix-it Clinics – Free spay and neuters for cats; and $60 dog sur-

geries (up to 80 lbs.) for low-income Rohnert Park and Cotati resi-dents. Call 588-3531 for an appointment.

Mickey Zeldes is the supervisor at the Rohnert Park AnimalShelter. She can be contacted at mzeldes@rpcity.org.

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Community Events Calendar September 13, 2019 through September 26, 2019Friday, September 13

• Kansas-Point of know Return Tour. 7:30 p.m. Tickets $59-$125.Luther Burbank Center, 50 Mark W. Springs Rd., Santa Rosa. Formore information, go to lutherburbankcenter.org.• Free movie in La Plaza Park-The Lego Movie 2-The SecondPart.

Saturday, September 14• Steely Dan, 8 p.m. Tickets $99-$159. At Luther Burbank Center,50 Mark W. Springs Rd., Santa Rosa. For more information, go tolutherburbankcenter.org.• Opening reception pastels and oil paintings by James R.Reynolds. 3-5 p.m. Free. No RSVP necessary. 900 Sanford Rd.,Santa Rosa. 707-527-9277 ext. 100.• Introduction to Beekeeping class 10 a.m.-1 p.m. SebastopolGrange Hall, 6000 Sebastopol Ave., Sebastopol. $15 at the door.• Ballet Folklórico 11-11:45 a.m. at the Rohnert Park Library.

Sunday, September 15• Fiesta De Independencia, 1-7 p.m. Tickets free. Luther BurbankCenter, 50 Mark W. Springs Rd., Santa Rosa. For more informa-tion, go to lutherburbankcenter.org.• Fresh pressed flowers workshop with Han Lochner 1-4 p.m. $35.Pre-registration required. 900 Sanford Rd., Santa Rosa. 707-527-9277 ext. 100.

Monday, September 16• Mixed art media workshop. 1:30-3:30 p.m. Free. Bring your ownsupplies. 6800 Hunter Dr., Rohnert Park.• Grades Pre-K to 12 Grade including preparation classes for FirstCommunion and Confirmation are available. Stop by at St. Eliza-beth Ann Seton Church for registration forms or email JenniferBedoka at bedokaparties@yahoo.com.

Tuesday, September 17• The Museum of Sonoma County presents Tierra de Rosas (Landof Roses) 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. 425 7th St., Santa Rosa. • Free tutoring program at 1620 Sonoma Ave., Santa Rosa. 3-6p.m. For more information call Honor Jackson, 707-584-2856.

Wednesday, September 18• Paint night at Rainbow Pines. 6:30 p.m. 256 No. Restaurant, 250Petaluma Blvd. N. Petaluma. • Seminar-on a tax-free benefit for low-income, un-remarriedspouses of a deceased wartime vet. Free. 3725 Westwind Blvd.,Santa Rosa. 707-565-5960.• After hours networking mixer. Animal Shelter League. Free.

Thursday, September 19• Free drop-off for household toxics at the central disposal site,500 Mecham Rd., Petaluma. Bring your ID to prove residency. Noappointment required. 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.• Free tutoring program at 1620 Sonoma Ave., Santa Rosa. 3-6p.m. For more information call Honor Jackson, 707-584-2856.

Friday, September 20• Ron White 8 p.m. This show for mature audiences 18+ only.Tickets $66, VIP; $145-$255. Luther Burbank Center, 50 Mark W.Springs Rd., Santa Rosa. For more information, go to lutherbur-bankcenter.org.• Bingo night in Cotati for a fundraiser for Cotati Walking Tour at6 p.m. in the Cotati room. BBQ and drinks available for purchase.For more information, contact chamber@cotati.org.

Saturday, September 21• 44th Annual San Francisco Comedy competition semi-finals. 8p.m. tickets $46. Luther Burbank Center, 50 Mark W. Springs Rd.,Santa Rosa. For more information, go to lutherburbankcenter.org.• Take a walk with age friendly Sonoma County. Contact the Age

Friendly Community Coordinator at Council on Aging. 707-525-0143 ext. 124.• A natural dye and eco print workshop with Shelly Spriggs andLaguna Foundation staff. 9-2 p.m. 900 Sanford Rd., Santa Rosa.This workshop is sold out, but you are welcome to put your nameon the waiting list. 707-527-9277 ext. 100.

Sunday, September 22• Natural remedies workshop with Amy Charnay 10 a.m.- 1p.m.$65. Pre-registration required. 900 Sanford Rd., SantaRosa.707-527-9277 ext. 100.

Monday, September 23• Open mic night at Spanky’s, 8201 Old Redwood Hwy., Cotati. 9-11 p.m.

Tuesday, September 24• The Australian Pink Floyd Show, 8 p.m. Tickets $39-$59. LutherBurbank Center, 50 Mark W. Springs Rd., Santa Rosa. For moreinformation, go to lutherburbankcenter.org.• Speaker Series Breakfast at Friar Tucks Pub. Speakers will beNoah Housh, Director of Community Development for the City ofCotati and Erik Mattos from the Cotati Hotel. 7-8:30 a.m.

Wednesday, September 25• Clearwater at Sonoma Hills, 710 Rohnert Park Exp., RP. Afterhours marketing. Free to attend.

Thursday, September 26• Knit & Crochet group. Noon-4 p.m. Free. Bring your own sup-plies. 6800 Hunter Dr., Rohnert Park.• Fundraising and meet-and-greet event for Chris Coursey, candi-date for Sonoma County Board of Supervisors 3rd District, SallyTomatoes, 1100 Valley House Drive, Rohnert Park, 6-8 pm. Infor-mation is at @courseyforsupervisor on the “events” page.

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Rohnert Park-Cotati Library newsAll events are free and open to the public. For more information, call the library at 584-9121 or visit www.sonomalibrary.org.

Adult ProgramsCommunity Coffee Fri., 10-11 a.m. Meet your fellow patrons andlibrary staff with free coffee and pastries. Learn about new and up-coming library resources.English Conversation Circle Sat., 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. PracticeEnglish conversation in a small group setting.Tech Help: Free One-on-One Technology Help Wed., 3-5 p.m.Sign up online for a half-hour appointment or call the library at 707-584-9121.Master Gardeners: Transforming to a Sustainable Garden Sat.Sep. 20, 10:30 a.m.– 12:30 p.m. Gardening workshop presented byUC Master Gardener Program of Sonoma County. Transforming toa Sustainable Garden is presented by Kim Pearson. Book Discussion: Exit West by Mohsin Hamid. Tues. Sep. 17, 11:30a.m.

Children and Teen ProgramsRead to a DogWed., 3:30-4:30 p.m. all year round.Ballet Folklórico Jazmin (all ages). Sat. Sep. 14, 11-11:45 a.m.Ballet Folklórico Jazmin is dedicated to educating the communityand preserving Mexico’s rich culture through song and dance. ElBallet Folklórico Jazmín está dedicado a educar a la comunidad y apreservar la rica cultura de México a través de sus canciones y desus bailes.Babytime (0-18 months). Tue. Sept. 17, 10:15 a.m. Bouncingrhymes, songs, fingerplays and simple books.Toddler Time (18 months-3 years). Tues. Sept. 17, 11:00 a.m.Songs, rhymes, fingerplays, and simple stories for your active tod-dler.Stay-n-Play Family Storytime (0-5 years). Thurs. Sept. 19, 10:30a.m. We will share books, rhymes and songs and then play with ourfriends! There will be puzzles, blocks, boxes, crafts, sensory activ-ities and more!

Pajama Storytime (3-6 years). Mon. Sept. 16, 6:30-7:30 p.m.Come to the library in your pajamas for stories & crafts. Stuffies &blankets welcome!Fiber Art for Youth (ages 8 and up). Tues. Sep. 17, 4-5:30 p.m.Each month the class will learn a new skill. We will explore weav-ing, sewing, knitting and embroidery over the series. All necessarytools and snack will be provide. Space is limited to 12 participants;please register online or call the library at 584-9121.Zumba for Kids (ages 5 and up). Wed. Sept. 18, 4- 5 p.m. Danceand exercise to music with Zumba instructor Emily Rossi.BiblioBop Dance Party (ages 0-5). Fri. Sept. 20, 10:30 -11:15 a.m.Get those wiggles out and show us your dance moves.Chapter Chat (students in grades 4-6). Fri., Sept. 20, 4-5 p.m. ThisSept. enjoy Out of Left Field by Ellen Klages. Expect snacks! Your Next Favorite Author: Nina LaCour (ages 13-17). Fri. Sept.20, 4-5:30 p.m. Please join us for a special presentation with youngadult author, Nina LaCour. Through an examination of personal ex-periences and short excerpts from her work, Nina LaCour will offerinsights into how life shapes art.

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handcuffed. He fell to the bottom and died instantly. The Sheriff’s Office Violent Crimes Unit is investigating this in-

cident. The Marin County Coroner’s Office is conducting the au-topsy. The man’s name will be released after the Marin CountyCoroner’s Office has positively identified him and notified his fam-ily.

PG&E Wildfire Assistance Program distributes first checks to victims?

In Sonoma County, approxi-mately 650 children and teenslive in the foster care system,taken from their homes due toabuse, abandonment, or neglect.We at the CASA of SonomaCounty Program train and sup-port CASA volunteers, thenmatch them with a child to createa one-on-one relationship, advo-cate for the child’s best interests,and ensure his or her needs aremet. In a life full of uncertaintyand change, a CASA volunteer isoften the only consistent, caringadult in a foster child’s life.

In fiscal year 2018-19, CASAstrived to expand our impact byserving more foster youth withongoing advocacy. To do this, weenhanced the training and volun-

teer specialization componentsof our program to further pro-mote the goals of:K

Ensuring the safety and secu-rity of children during their timein foster care

Facilitating permanencythrough the development ofmeaningful adult relationships

Encouraging placement withkinship care, other family mem-bers or through adoption

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birth to 21 years oldThese goals are fulfilled by

the dedication and expertise ofcaring community members,who contribute their time, en-ergy, resources, and experienceto having a lasting impact on ayoung person’s life.K

The CASA program has alsoshown its economic impactthrough:

Designating over $15,000 infunds for enrichment and schol-arship services — opportunitiesfor the children and youth we

serve.Providing over $725,000 in

professional in-kind servicesthrough 25,000 hours of volun-teer child advocacy.

Receiving over $25,000 in inkind donations including laptopcomputers, bikes, graduation,birthday and Christmas gifts -given straight to the youth weserve.

CASA of Sonoma County hasrecruited, screened, trained andsupervised 150 CASAs who ad-vocated for abused and neglectedchildren and youth in the court-room, classroom and commu-nity.

Aside from being a voice forfoster children in all areas oftheir lives, they have been men-tors, champions, long-term con-nections, and that constantpresence in the midst of an ever-changing environment.

In support of the child welfaregoals of safety, permanency andwell-being, CASA volunteershave:

• Made over 620 court appear-ances

• Provided over 2,480 recom-mendations to the Juvenile Courtin areas such as health and men-tal health, extra-curricular activ-ities, education and shelter

• Written over 500 court re-

ports representing the best inter-ests of children

• Provided over 23,640 hoursof volunteer time

• Supported transition ageyouth (transitioning out of fostercare)

•Offered educational advo-cacy

• Advocated for medical andmental health needs

• Ensured their safety andwell-being

• Bolstered youth’s life skillsand social enhancement

We continued our efforts to re-cruit a diversified pool of appli-cants, seeking press and socialmedia coverage in diverse com-munities, participating in events

that target different groups suchas the Sonoma County HispanicChamber of Commerce, NorthBay Black Chamber of Com-merce, La Voz and Los CienSonoma County.

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The product, made by DowDuPont Inc., whose component DowChemical Co. once produced the infamous chemical weapon na-palm, is not your ordinary pest killer. It’s an organophosphate con-coction chemically similar to and based upon the nerve gasZyklon B used by Nazi Germany to execute six million Jews andeight million other victims in its notorious World War II era deathcamps.

The chemical can control a wide range of insects on crops as

varied as grapes, almonds, oranges, walnuts, apples, pears andother fruits, nuts and vegetables grown in many parts of Califor-nia.K

But it also harms brain development, especially memory andquick thinking, in babies and small children, plus it has caused se-vere headaches and fainting among farm workers in fields where ithas been sprayed and adjacent areas. Said Jared Blumenfeld, Cali-fornia Environmental Protection Agency chief, “This was first puton the market in 1965, so it’s been on the shelf a long time and iswell past its sell-by date.”

No one knows how widely the pesticide is spread by winds andthe force of sprayers.K

The Newsom administration’s action, a move taken directly bythe state Department of Pesticide Regulation and not by the gover-nor himself, came after Hawaii banned the substance last year andNew York legislators passed a law against it. But the two-yearprocess needed for the order to become final will give PresidentTrump’s administration time to resist the move, as federal authori-ties have done for more than a decade.

They do this despite an order from the federal Ninth CircuitCourt of Appeals, where an 11-member en banc panel ruled lastAugust that chlorpyrifos must go.

Newsom, however, does not intend to leave farmers without areliable pesticide. His May budget proposal included $5.7 millionfor additional research and technical assistance to get new prod-ucts on the market.K

Pesticide regulators will also help stage seminars to encourageuse of biologically integrated pest management on more Califor-nia farms. This effort could prove similar to what CalTrans did in

the early 1990s, when the thousands of California pepper treesplanted along freeways were imperiled by an insect called the pep-per psyllid. The highway department imported millions of tiny in-sects from Peru that were known to feast on psyllids but do otherharm and today there is no more psyllid threat.

This demonstrates that while some farmers moan that “We’retrying to protect ourselves from deadly (plant) diseases and wekeep losing tools,” creative natural solutions often exist. Farmerscan also fight insects with botanically sourced pesticides like cin-namon oil and garlic oil, and some have already switched to an-other family of insecticides called neonicitinoids. One problemwith that family: It can threaten bees, even though it’s easier onpeople.

There are already signs that most farmers realize their era ofusing chlorpyrifos is nearly over. Its use is down about 50 percentin California since 2005, to just under 1 million pounds in 2016and even less today, state figures show.

Farmers who refuse to see this handwriting on the wall, espe-cially after Newsom’s move, could be left struggling to find a sub-stitute when the actual ban arrives in 2021. They’re better off ifthey act now, getting ahead of the game and maybe even makinghay by advertising their use of safer food-saving products.KKKKKKEmail Thomas Elias at)tdelias@aol.com. His book, “The Burzyn-

ski Breakthrough: The Most Promising Cancer Treatment and theGovernment’s Campaign to Squelch It,” is now available in a softcover fourth edition.

The end in sight for a perilous pesticide in California

Thomas D. EliasCalifornia focus

We know you want to be “inthe know” about the effects ofconstruction on traffic aroundtown. I’d like to focus on thedowntown area. The city isworking hard to make improve-ments to our infrastructure tosupport the downtown area.

In August, preparation for thedowntown area and the buildingof Station Avenue (a 32-acredevelopment at Rohnert ParkExpressway and State FarmDr.) began. These improve-ments are scheduled to be com-plete in Feb. of 2020.

So, what are all the noise andtraffic about? Crews are in-stalling new sewer and waterlines. This includes trenching inthe streets on Enterprise andState Farm Dr. The upgrades tosewer and water lines are a keycomponent to supporting thedowntown. A new brewery, re-tail stores and a 156-room hotelcouldn’t exist without these up-grades.

In the days (Mon. throughFri. from 8 a.m.–6 p.m. with oc-casional Sat.) leading up tocompletion, you can expect oc-casional jack hammering,backup beepers and heavyequipment noises for the dura-tion of the project. Some workwill be done at night to reducetraffic impacts.

You should expect occasionaldelays to traffic during workhours at the intersection ofCommerce Blvd. and EnterpriseDr. That work is expected tocontinue through Sept. Therewill be clearly marked roadwaydetours. Drivers should takeextra caution, paying attentionto signs and flaggers. Also,there may be times when roads

are reduced to one lane. Alter-nate routes will be designatedas needed. Driveways may beblocked for 20 minutes or sowhile work is completed infront of them. Notice will begiven and at times the contrac-tor may be able to place a plateover holes to allow access tothe driveways.

To stay up-to-date on what’snew on the construction scenein Rohnert Park, send youremail address to: rpconstruc-tion@datainstincts.com. Onceyou send in your email address,you can expect weekly noticesregarding upcoming construc-tion.

To reduce the risks of wild-fires, PG&E will be shutting offpower when they expect highwinds on hot days. These PublicSafety Power Shut-offs (PSPS)could leave you without powerfor several days. In the event ofa shut-off, PG&E plans to pro-vide advance notice. We en-courage you to update yourcontact information with PG&Eand sign up to receive alerts atwww.prepareforpowerdown.com.

What’s new with traffic?

RP Development ServicesBy Mary Grace Pawson

Many weeks of preparationhave gone into the John ReedSchool production of“The Littlest Angel”which will be stagedtomorrow at 7:30p.m. and Sun. at 2p.m. at the RohnertPark Community Cen-ter.

Students have beenmeeting with Mrs. ClayJewell on Monday nightsand Thursday afternoonfor two months, holdingrehearsals. And there hasbeen much behind-the-sceneswork lining up the props and

the dozens of costumes for thehost of angels, wise men and

others who will takepart in the Christmasplay.

The director, Mrs.Jewell, has taughtspeech and drama andworked with children’sgroups and little theaterorganizations. Resi-dents of Rohnert Park

since 1958, she and her hus-band spent four years inEngland while he was as-

signed there in the Air Forcebut came back here to live

three years ago. While in Eng-

land, Mrs. Jewell directed andproduced “The Littlest Angel”featuring children of Air Forcepersonnel.

She recalls that it was stagedin a huge Quonset hut and thatresidents on the air base wereallowed to invite their Englishfriends to attend. The resultingaudience numbered some 4,000.It is also a play that childrencan understand and enjoy per-forming in, she explained.Irene Hilsendager’s column

each week touches on momentsin the history of Cotati, RohnertPark and Penngrove.

History-Dec. 16, 1969Able Direction, Enthusiastic cast

DIDYOUKNOW?

By Irene HilsendagerDid you know polyunsaturated fats is the liq-

uid that remains at room tempera-ture, sunflower, safflower and cornare examples and tend to lower cho-lesterol levels in some studies?

Did you know to make a creamysalad dressing, try pouring olive oilvery slowly into a running blendercontaining the other ingredients?

Did you know an empty de-tergent or ketchup bottle willmake it easier to add cooking oil to pans?

Did you know olive oil needs no refrigera-tion and will keep longer than any othertype of oil?

Did you know to remove the fat fromdrippings, just pour them into a tall nar-row glass, leave it for ten minutes, then re-move the layer of fat?

Did you know oil and vinegar will mix welltogether in solution if you add the contents ofone or two lecithin capsules?

Did you know to prevent a cooking wine fromgoing sour, try adding a tablespoon of vegetable

oil to the bottle?Did you know when creaming butter,cut it up in small pieces to give themixer a better chance to do the jobright?

Did you know to test whether hotoil is still usable, drop a piece ofwhite bread into the pan? If thebread develops dark specs, the oil isdeteriorating.Did you know you should never

allow oil to heat to the smoke point as itmay ignite? It will also make foodtaste bitter and may irritate your eyes.

Did you know lard comes from theabdomen of pigs? Used in chewing

gum bases, shaving creams, soaps and cosmet-ics. Did you know mayonnaise must contain atleast 65 percent oil by weight? If it contains less,it is called salad dressing.

Sweeping up solutions

CASA Volunteers

Are you a pluviophile? If youenjoy being in the rain and findpeace when playing in the rain,then you are a one. By definitiona pluviophile is any organismthat thrives in heavy rainfall con-ditions.

What is aPluviophile?

Learn more about CASA’s impact

Ticket purchasing is open for the 2019 Sonoma County Mayors’ Committee awards breakfast. 100percent of profits from this event will go toward scholarships for individuals with disabilities. Thebreakfast will be held Wed., Oct. 23 from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Flamingo Conference Center Re-sort and Spa, 2777 Fourth St., Santa Rosa. Tickets may be purchased by visitinghttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/2019-sonoma-county-mayors-committee-awards-brealfast-tickets-71817916321. For more information, call 707-576-2507.

Sonoma CountyMayors’ award breakfast

6 - Friday, September 13, 2019 Newspaper of Rohnert Park-Cotati-Penngrove The Community Voice

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Notice hereby given pursuant to sections3071 and 3072 of the civil code of thestate of California, the undersigned,Extreme Towing INC, 121 Chestnut St.,Santa Rosa, CA 95401Will sale at public sale on; September 27,2019 10:00AM

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The following person(s) are doingbusiness as Secureology, 5329 StowCircle, Santa Rosa, CA 95409,Sonoma County. Registered Owner(s): Earle W. Kirk-land Jr. 1156 Page Street, San Fran-cisco, CA 94117This business is conducted by: an in-dividual. The registrant commenced to transactbusiness under the fictitious name ornames above N/A. S/ Earle W. Kirkland Jr. Owner. This statement was filed with CountyClerk of Sonoma County on August 6,2019. I hereby certify that this copy is a cor-rect copy of the original statement onfile in my office. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma CountyClerk By /s/ Julie Garfia, Deputy Seal8/23, 8/30, 9/6, 9/13/19CNS-3284539#THE COMMUNITY VOICE

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The following person(s) are doing businessas Sol Trained, 543 Calistoga Rd., SantaRosa, CA 95409, Sonoma County.Registered Owner(s): Mark Warren, 543 Cal-istoga Rd., Santa Rosa, CA 95409 This business is conducted by: an individ-ual. The registrant commenced to transact busi-ness under the fictitious name or namesabove N/A. S/ Mark Warren, OwnerThis statement was filed with County Clerkof Sonoma County on August 8, 2019. I hereby certify that this copy is a correctcopy of the original statement on file in myoffice. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Julie Garfia, Deputy Seal8/23, 8/30, 9/6, 9/13/19CNS-3284468#THE COMMUNITY VOICE

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The following person(s) are doing businessas Halloween City, 2815 Santa Rosa Av-enue, Santa Rosa, CA 95407, SonomaCounty.Registered Owner(s): Party City Corpora-tion, 25 Green Pond Road, Suite #1, Rock-away, NJ 07866; Delaware. This business is conducted by: A Corpora-tion The registrant commenced to transact busi-ness under the fictitious name or namesabove N/A. S/ Joseph J. Zepf, SecretaryThis statement was filed with County Clerkof Sonoma County on August 13, 2019. I hereby certify that this copy is a correctcopy of the original statement on file in myoffice. William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Betsy Penn, Deputy Seal8/23, 8/30, 9/6, 9/13/19CNS-3285200#THE COMMUNITY VOICE

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The following person(s) are doing businessas Purely Sonoma, 526 Broadway, Sonoma,CA 95476, Sonoma County. Registered Owner(s): Purely Brands LLC,617 Broadway, Sonoma, CA 95476; Califor-nia. This business is conducted by: A LimitedLiability Company The registrant commenced to transact busi-ness under the fictitious name or namesabove N/A. S/ Jennifer Petrovic, Managing Member. This statement was filed with County Clerkof Sonoma County on August 12, 2019. I hereby certify that this copy is a correctcopy of the original statement on file in myoffice. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Darrell Light, Deputy Seal8/23, 8/30, 9/6, 9/13/19CNS-3285719#THE COMMUNITY VOICE

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The following person(s) are doing businessas Powerpack Team, 437 Kylie Lane, SantaRosa, Ca 95409. Mailing Address: Same.Registered owner(s) Elizabeth Pires.This business is conducted by An Individ-ual. The registrant commenced to transactbusiness under the fictitious name ornames 8/12/2019. Signature ElizabethPires, Owner. This statement was filed on8/13/2019. I hereby certify that this copy isa correct copy of the original statement onfile in my office. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Ashley CorbinDeputy SealPub. August 23, 30, & September 6, 13, 2019The Community Voice

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The following person(s) are doing businessas Healdsburg Tile and Stone, 1048 HaroldLn, Healdsburg, CA 95448. Mailing Ad-dress: Same. Registered owner(s) 1)George Diebold, 2) Travis Diebold. Thisbusiness is conducted by A General Part-nership. The registrant commenced totransact business under the fictitious nameor names 5/28/14. Signature GeorgeDiegold. This statement was filed on8/14/2019. I hereby certify that this copy isa correct copy of the original statement onfile in my office. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Darrell LightDeputy SealPub. August 23, 30, & September 6, 13, 2019The Community Voice

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The following person(s) are doing businessas From These Hands, 616 Forest Dr., Se-bastopol, CA 95472. Mailing Address:Same. Registered owner(s) 1) BruceBlagsvedt, 2) Rozanne Blagsvedt. Thisbusiness is conducted by A Married Cou-ple. The registrant commenced to transactbusiness under the fictitious name ornames 5/13/14. Signature Bruce Blagsvedt.This statement was filed on 8/14/2019. Ihereby certify that this copy is a correctcopy of the original statement on file in myoffice. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Darrell LightDeputy SealPub. August 23, 30, & September 6, 13, 2019The Community Voice

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The following person(s) are doing businessas Reno Properties, 2918 Eric Ct., SantaRosa, Ca 95405. Mailing Address: Same.Registered owner(s) 1) Richard Questoni,2) Lorraine Vicini. This business is con-ducted by A General Partnership. The reg-istrant commenced to transact businessunder the fictitious name or names10/20/14. This statement was filed on8/14/2019. I hereby certify that this copy isa correct copy of the original statement onfile in my office. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Darrell LightDeputy SealPub. August 23, 30, & September 6, 13, 2019The Community Voice

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The following person(s) are doing businessas VTC Logistics, 12789 Graton Rd.. Se-bastopol, CA 95472. Mailing Address: P.O.Box 279, Occidental, CA 95465. Registeredowner(s) Gary A. Valentino. This businessis conducted by An Individual. The regis-trant commenced to transact businessunder the fictitious name or names6/6/2014. Signature Gary A. Valentino.This statement was filed on 8/13/2019. Ihereby certify that this copy is a correctcopy of the original statement on file in myoffice. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Darrell LightDeputy SealPub. August 23, 30, & September 6, 13, 2019The Community Voice

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The following person(s) are doing businessas Santa Rosa Gymnastics & Elite Cheer,Inc., 2210 Bluebell Dr., Santa Rosa, CA95403. Mailing Address: Same. Registeredowner(s) Santa Rosa Gymnastics Center &Santa Rosa Elite Cheer, Inc. This businessis conducted by A Corporation. The regis-trant commenced to transact businessunder the fictitious name or names11/10/2014. Signature Darcie Fellows. Thisstatement was filed on 8/13/2019. I herebycertify that this copy is a correct copy of theoriginal statement on file in my office. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Darrell LightDeputy SealPub. August 23, 30, & September 6, 13, 2019The Community Voice

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The following person(s) are doing businessas Notable Talent, 2915 Lake Redding Dr.,Redding, CA 96003. Mailing Address:Same. Registered owner(s) Sheila GrovesTracey. This business is conducted by AnIndividual. The registrant commenced totransact business under the fictitious nameor names 11/25/2014. Signature SheilaGroves Tracey. This statement was filedon 8/13/2019. I hereby certify that this copyis a correct copy of the original statementon file in my office. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Darrell LightDeputy SealPub. August 23, 30, & September 6, 13, 2019The Community Voice

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The following person(s) are doing businessas A & J Building Maintenance, 3218 BoronAve., Santa Rosa, CA 95407. Mailing Ad-dress: Same. Registered owner(s)Raul Ale-jandro Gomez. This business is conductedby An Individual. The registrant com-menced to transact business under the fic-titious name or names 9/18/2014. SignatureRaul Alejandro Gomez. This statementwas filed on 8/13/2019. I hereby certify thatthis copy is a correct copy of the originalstatement on file in my office. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Darrell LightDeputy SealPub. August 23, 30, & September 6, 13, 2019The Community Voice

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The following person(s) are doing businessas Erickson Educational Services, 482 En-gler St., Sonoma, CA 95476. Mailing Ad-dress: Same. Registered owner(s) Janet EErickson, Ed. D. This business is con-ducted by An Individual. The registrantcommenced to transact business under thefictitious name or names 11/10/2014. Sig-nature Janet E. Erickson, Ed. D. This state-ment was filed on 8/14/2019. I herebycertify that this copy is a correct copy of theoriginal statement on file in my office. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Darrell LightDeputy SealPub. August 23, 30, & September 6, 13, 2019The Community Voice

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The following person(s) are doing businessas Summer Cottage Antiques, 153 Ken-tucky St., Petaluma, CA 94952. Mailing Ad-dress: Same. Registered owner(s) MichelleMc Cauley. This business is conducted byAn Individual. The registrant commencedto transact business under the fictitiousname or names 9/10/2014. SignatureMichelle McCauley. This statement wasfiled on 8/13/2019. I hereby certify that thiscopy is a correct copy of the original state-ment on file in my office. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Darrell LightDeputy SealPub. August 23, 30, & September 6, 13, 2019The Community Voice

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CCaassee NNuummbbeerr:: 009933447733To all interested persons: Petitioner: Al-fredo Jose Lopez filed a petition with thiscourt for a decree changing names as fol-lows: Alfredo Jose Lopez to J. AlfredoLopez Zamora. THE COURT ORDERS thatall persons interested in this matter shallappear before this court at the hearing in-dicated below to show cause, if any, whythe petition for change of name should notbe granted. Notice of Hearing: October 10, 2019, at 2:30p.m. Dept. 18, Sonoma County SuperiorCourt, 3055 Cleveland Ave., Santa Rosa, CA95403.A copy of this Order to Show Cause shallbe published once a week for four succes-sive weeks prior to the date set for hearingon the petition in the following newspaperof general circulation, printed in thiscounty: The Community Voice, P.O. Box2038, Rohnert Park, CA 94927.Dated: August 19, 2019s/ Jennifer V. Dollard, Judge of the SuperiorCourtPub. August 23, 30, & September 6, 13, 2019The Community Voice

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The following person(s) are doing businessas Shep Concrete Pumping, 374 Horn Ave.Santa Rosa, CA 95407. Mailing Address:P.O. Box 4705, Santa Rosa, CA 95402. Reg-istered owner(s) Kyle Shepherd. This busi-ness is conducted by An Individual. Theregistrant commenced to transact businessunder the fictitious name or names 2012.Signature Kyle Shepherd, Owner. Thisstatement was filed on 8/20/2019. I herebycertify that this copy is a correct copy of theoriginal statement on file in my office. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Jonathan CarrDeputy SealPub. August 23, 30, & September 6, 13, 2019The Community Voice

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CCaassee NNuummbbeerr:: 009933448855To all interested persons: Petitioner:Sishawna Shawn Herrera filed a petitionwith this court for a decree changingnames as follows: Sishawna Shawn Herrerato Sishawna Shawn Fessenden. THECOURT ORDERS that all persons interestedin this matter shall appear before this courtat the hearing indicated below to showcause, if any, why the petition for change ofname should not be granted. Notice of Hearing: October 10, 2019, at 2:30p.m. Dept. 18, Sonoma County SuperiorCourt, 3055 Cleveland Ave., Santa Rosa, CA95403.A copy of this Order to Show Cause shallbe published once a week for four succes-sive weeks prior to the date set for hearingon the petition in the following newspaperof general circulation, printed in thiscounty: The Community Voice, P.O. Box2038, Rohnert Park, CA 94927.Dated: August 20, 2019s/ Jennifer V. Dollard, Judge of the SuperiorCourtPub. August 23, 30, & September 6, 13, 2019The Community Voice

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The following person(s) is (are) doing busi-ness as: Extra Space Storage (#7280), 2868Dutton Meadow, Santa Rosa, CA 95407.Mailing Address: 2795 E. CottonwoodPkwy., #300, Salt Lake City, UT 84121Registered Owner(s): Extra Space Manage-ment, Inc., 2795 E. Cottonwood Pkwy., #300,Salt Lake City, UT 84121This business is conducted by: a Corpora-tionThe registrant(s) commenced to transactbusiness under the fictitious businessname or names listed above on 07/26/2019. Extra Space Management, Inc. S/ Gwyn Goodson McNeal, Vice President, This statement was filed with the CountyClerk of Sonoma County on 08/15/2019.I hereby certify that this copy is a correctcopy of the original statement on file in myoffice. William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County ClerkBy /s/ Darrell Light, Deputy Seal8/30, 9/6, 9/13, 9/20/19CNS-3279347#THE COMMUNITY VOICE

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The following person(s) are doing businessas Springfield Place, 101 South Ely Blvd,Petaluma, CA 94954, Sonoma County. Mail-ing address: 999 3rd Ave Ste 4550, Seattle,WA 98104. Registered Owner(s): Petaluma RetirementLLC, 999 3rd Ave Ste 4550, Seattle, WA98104; WA. This business is conducted by: A LimitedPartnership The registrant commenced to transact busi-ness under the fictitious name or namesabove 03/08/2000. S/ G. Scott Billbe, TreasurerThis statement was filed with County Clerkof Sonoma County on August 20, 2019. I hereby certify that this copy is a correctcopy of the original statement on file in myoffice. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Betsy Penn, Deputy Seal8/30, 9/6, 9/13, 9/20/19CNS-3284891#THE COMMUNITY VOICE

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The following person(s) are doing businessas Bay Area Wine Solutions, 2166 Brook-wood Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95404. MailingAddress: Same. Registered owner(s) ArthurWalsh. This business is conducted by AnIndividual. The registrant commenced totransact business under the fictitious nameor names n/a. Signature Arthur Walsh.This statement was filed on 8/08/2019. Ihereby certify that this copy is a correctcopy of the original statement on file in myoffice. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Carrie AndersonDeputy SealPub. August 30, & September 6, 13, 20, 2019The Community Voice

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The following person(s) are doing businessas Angel Nails and Spa, 160 Raleys TownCenter, Rohnert Park, Ca 94928. MailingAddress: Same. Registered owner(s) VinhT Nguyen. This business is conducted byAn Individual. The registrant commencedto transact business under the fictitiousname or names n/a. Signature VinhNguyen-Owner. This statement was filedon 8/20/2019. I hereby certify that this copyis a correct copy of the original statementon file in my office. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Darrell LightDeputy SealPub. August 30, & September 6, 13, 20, 2019The Community Voice

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FFiillee NNoo.. 22001199--0022888877The following person(s) listed above haveabandoned the use of the following Ficti-tious Business Name(s). Angel Nails andSpa, 160 Raleys Town Center, Rohnert Park,CA 94928. Sonoma County. The FictitiousBusiness Name was filed in SonomaCounty on 02/02/2018, File Number 2018-00464. Registered owner Kim Ngo. Busi-ness was conducted by: An Individual.Signature Kim Ngo, Owner.I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct. (A registrant whodeclares as true information which he orshe knows to be false is guilty of crime.)This statement was filed with County Clerkof Sonoma County on August 20, 2019.I hereby certify that this copy is a correctcopy of the original statement on file in myoffice.William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County ClerkBy /s/ Darrell LightDeputy SealPub. August 30, & September 6, 13, 20, 2019The Community Voice

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The following person(s) are doing businessas Nelson Brothers Painting, 2765 AntelopeLane, Santa Rosa, CA 95407. Mailing Ad-dress: 1083 Vine Street, #111, Healdsburg,CA 95448. Registered owner(s) JonathanJoseph Nelson Jr. This business is con-ducted by An Individual. The registrantcommenced to transact business under thefictitious name or names n/a. SignatureJonathan J Nelson Jr. This statement wasfiled on 8/9/2019. I hereby certify that thiscopy is a correct copy of the original state-ment on file in my office. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Darrell LightDeputy SealPub. August 30, & September 6, 13, 20, 2019The Community Voice

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FFiillee NNoo.. 22001199--0022880066The following person(s) listed above haveabandoned the use of the following Ficti-tious Business Name(s). Nelson BrothersPainting, 1083 Vine Street, #111, Healds-burg, CA 95448. Sonoma County. The Ficti-tious Business Name was filed in SonomaCounty on 9/6/2018. File Number 2018-03026. Registered owner Matthew Cryer.Business was conducted by: An Individual.Signature Matthew Cryer.I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct. (A registrant whodeclares as true information which he orshe knows to be false is guilty of crime.)This statement was filed with County Clerkof Sonoma County on August 14, 2019.I hereby certify that this copy is a correctcopy of the original statement on file in myoffice.William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County ClerkBy /s/ Darrell LightDeputy SealPub. August 30, & September 6, 13, 20, 2019The Community Voice

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CCaassee NNuummbbeerr:: 009933449944To all interested persons: Petitioner:Yvonne Arteago filed a petition with thiscourt for a decree changing names as fol-lows: Yvonne Arteago to Yvonne BonnieCabico. THE COURT ORDERS that all per-sons interested in this matter shall appearbefore this court at the hearing indicatedbelow to show cause, if any, why the peti-tion for change of name should not begranted. Notice of Hearing: October 10, 2019, at 2:30p.m. Dept. 18, Sonoma County SuperiorCourt, 3055 Cleveland Ave., Santa Rosa, CA95403.A copy of this Order to Show Cause shallbe published once a week for four succes-sive weeks prior to the date set for hearingon the petition in the following newspaperof general circulation, printed in thiscounty: The Community Voice, P.O. Box2038, Rohnert Park, CA 94927.Dated: August 22, 2019s/ Jennifer V. Dollard, Judge of the SuperiorCourtPub. August 30, & September 6, 13, 20, 2019The Community Voice

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The following person(s) are doing businessas Silver Shells Bling Party, 922 W. 8th St..Santa Rosa, CA 95401. Mailing Address:Same. Registered owner(s) 1) Cindy A.Jenkins, 2) Shelley D. Dutko. This businessis conducted by a Joint Venture. The reg-istrant commenced to transact businessunder the fictitious name or names n/a.Signature Cindy Jenkins, Partner, ShelleyDutko. This statement was filed on8/26/2019. I hereby certify that this copy isa correct copy of the original statement onfile in my office. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Julie GarfiaDeputy SealPub. August 30, & September 6, 13, 20, 2019The Community Voice

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“Progress is impossiblewithout change,

and those who cannot changetheir minds

cannot change anything.”― George Bernard Shaw

“Glory liesin the attempt

to reachone’s goaland not in

reaching it.”–Mahatma Gandhi

“Be congruent,be authentic,

be your true self.”Mahatma Gandhi

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Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, September 24th, 2019 at 2 PM at 130 AvramAvenue, Rohnert Park, California, the City of Rohnert Park will receive and open sealedbids for the Southeast Area Water Main Improvements Project No. 2018-06. Bids mustbe received by Development Services before 2:00:00 PM on September 24th, 2019, basedon the Official Bid Clock displayed in the area where bids are submitted on the SecondFloor of City Hall. The work is described generally as the addition of new or replacementwater distribution piping to serve new development in the Southeast Area of the City.The work is located in two locations within the City on Camino Colegio and Bodway Park-way. The Contractor must have a valid California contractor's license, a Class “A” GeneralEngineering Contracting license. The Engineer’s estimate for this project is $685,000.00.

Under California Labor Code section 1770 et seq., copies of the determination of theDirector of the Department of Industrial Relations of the general prevailing rate of perdiem wages for each craft, classification and type of workman needed to execute thework are on file in and available to any interested person on request at the Departmentof Public Works, or on the Internet at http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlsr/PWD/index.htm, and areincorporated herein. (Labor Code § 1773.2.) Prevailing wage determinations must alsobe posted at each job site.

SB 854 (Stat. 2014, Chapter 28) establishes that no contractor or subcontractor maybe listed on a bid proposal for a public works project unless registered with the Depart-ment of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5 [with limited excep-tions from this requirement for bid purposes only under Labor Code section 1771.1(a].No contractor or subcontractor may be awarded a contract for public work on a publicworks project unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant toLabor Code section 1725.5. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and en-forcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. All contractors and subcontractorsmust furnish electronic certified payroll records directly to the Labor Commissioner (akaDivision of Labor Standards Enforcement). The prime contractor must also post job sitenotices prescribed by regulation.

Per California Civil Code Section 9550, a payment bond in the amount of 100% of thebid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $5,000. The bondmust be provided within 10 calendar days from notice of award and prior to the perform-ance of any work.

A performance bond and bid bond must also be provided for bids exceeding $5,000.For any moneys earned by the Contractor and withheld by the City of Rohnert Park

to ensure the performance of the contract, the Contractor may, at its request and soleexpense, substitute certain securities equivalent to the amount withheld in the form andmanner and subject to the terms and conditions provided in the California Public Con-tracts Code Section 22300.

This notice incorporates by reference the terms, conditions and requirements of thespecifications approved by the City, any and all changes or amendments to the specifi-cations and special instructions or special notice issued to or given to prospective bid-ders.

The City of Rohnert Park makes no representation or warranty of the condition of thejobsite. All prospective bidders are requested to carefully review the plans and specifi-cations and to examine and conduct tests or otherwise satisfy themselves as to the con-ditions at the project site, subject to coordination with the office of the Rohnert Park CityEngineer.

Bids will be publicly opened, examined and declared on said day and hour and re-ferred to and considered by the City Council at a future City Council meeting. Each bidmust be submitted on the bid forms furnished by the City, and each bid must include allthe items shown on these forms. Substitute forms may be used if specified in this No-tice.

A prebid conference will be held at 10 AM on Tuesday, September 10th at the inter-section of Camino Colegio and Bodway Parkway. Attendance at the prebid conferenceis not mandatory for prime contractors submitting a bid.

A copy of the drawings, specifications, and bid packet may be obtained from Draftech,located at 1544 Terrace Way, Santa Rosa CA 95404, telephone: (707) 578-9442, upon pay-ment of a nonrefundable fee. If there are any questions regarding purchasing the plansand specs or would like to view a copy available at the City, please contact KelseyBracewell at 707-588-2232.

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Posted August 30, 2019 JOANNE BUERGLERPub: August 30 & September 6, 2019 City Clerk of theThe Community Voice City of Rohnert Park

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To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may other-wise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of MMaarryy PPaattrriicciiaa CCoouurrttnneeyy..A Petition for Probate has been filed by KKeellllyy CCoouurrttnneeyy in the Superior Court of Califor-nia, County of Sonoma.The Petition for Probate requests that KKeellllyy CCoouurrttnneeyy be appointed as personal repre-sentative to administer the estate of the decedent.The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate.The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Admin-istration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to takemany actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very importantactions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to inter-ested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested personfiles an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grantthe authority.AA hheeaarriinngg oonn tthhee ppeettiittiioonn wwiillll bbee hheelldd iinn tthhiiss ccoouurrtt aass ffoolllloowwss::Date: October 10, 2019 at 2:30 p.m. in Dept 18, room 18 at 600 Administration Dr., SantaRosa, CA 95403.IIff yyoouu oobbjjeecctt to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and stateyour objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your ap-pearance may be in person or by your attorney.IIff yyoouu aarree aa ccrreeddiittoorr oorr aa ccoonnttiinnggeenntt ccrreeddiittoorr ooff tthhee ddeecceeddeenntt,, you must file your claimwith the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the courtwithin the llaatteerr of either (1) ffoouurr mmoonntthhss from the date of first issuance of letters to agenerral personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California ProbateCode, or (2) 6600 ddaayyss from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a noticeuunnddeerr sseeccttiioonn 99005522 ooff tthhee CCaalliiffoorrnniiaa PPrroobbaattee CCooddee..OOtthheerr CCaalliiffoorrnniiaa ssttaattuutteess aanndd aa lleeggaall aauutthhoorriittyy mmaayy aaffffeecctt yyoouurr rriigghhttss aass aa ccrreeddiittoorr.. YYoouummaayy wwaanntt ttoo ccoonnssuulltt wwiitthh aann aattttoorrnneeyy kknnoowwlleeddggeeaabbllee iinn CCaalliiffoorrnniiaa llaaww..YYoouu mmaayy eexxaammiinnee tthhee ffiillee kkeepptt bbyy tthhee ccoouurrtt.. If you are a person interested in the estate,you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing ofan inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided inProbate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from thecourt clerk.Attorney for Petitioner:RRiicchhaarrdd TT.. FFrraanncceesscchhiinnii1101 Fifth Ave., Suite 100San Rafael, CA 94901(415) 453-9433Published: September 6, 13 & 20, 2019.The Community Voice

TTrruusstteeee SSaalleeNOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Trustee Sale No. : 00000008230955 Title Order No.:190726833 FHA/VA/PMI No.: 198-0266153-703 ATTENTION RECORDER: THE FOLLOWINGREFERENCE TO AN ATTACHED SUMMARY APPLIES ONLY TO COPIES PROVIDED TOTHE TRUSTOR, NOT TO THIS RECORDED ORIGINAL NOTICE. NOTE: THERE IS A SUM-MARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED. YOU ARE IN DEFAULTUNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 06/06/2014. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECTYOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATIONOF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT ALAWYER. BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP, as duly appointedTrustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 06/11/2014 as Instrument No.2014039686 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of SONOMA County,State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: CHERIE N. SEXTON, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN,WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER'SCHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by California Civil Code2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States). DATE OF SALE:10/03/2019 TIME OF SALE: 1:00 PM PLACE OF SALE: Fremont Park, 860 Fifth Street,Santa Rosa, CA 95401. STREET ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of thereal property described above is purported to be: 15560 MONTE ROSA AVENUE,GUERNEVILLE, CALIFORNIA 95446 APN#: 072-031-080-000 The undersigned Trustee dis-claims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common desig-nation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty,expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remainingprincipal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as pro-vided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges andexpenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amountof the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonableestimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Noticeof Sale is $362,608.38. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed anddelivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, anda written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice ofDefault and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is lo-cated. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this propertylien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction.You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trusteeauction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property.You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If youare the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off allliens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the prop-erty. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstandingliens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a titleinsurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you con-sult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold morethan one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER:The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by themortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the CaliforniaCivil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be madeavailable to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If youwish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the resched-uled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 800-280-2832 for informationregarding the trustee's sale or visit this Internet Web site www.auction.com for informa-tion regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case00000008230955. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or thatoccur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the tele-phone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement in-formation is to attend the scheduled sale. FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASECALL: AUCTION.COM 800-280-2832 www.auction.com BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIERTREDER and WEISS, LLP as Trustee 3990 E. Concours Street, Suite 350 Ontario, CA91764 (866) 795-1852 Dated: 09/03/2019 BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER andWEISS, LLP IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT.ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. A-4704024 Pub: 09/13/2019, 09/20/2019, 09/27/2019The Community Voice

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Rohnert Park will beholding a PUBLIC HEARING.

WHERE: Rohnert Park City Hall – Council Chamber 130 Avram Avenue Rohnert Park, California

WHEN: Tuesday, September 24, 2019, at the hour of 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the matter is reached on the agenda.

PURPOSE: PUBLIC HEARING – AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AREA PLAN FOR VAST OAK EAST, SYCAMORE NEIGHBORHOOD – File No. PLDP19-0003 – Signature Homes proposes a Development Area Plan Amendment for Sycamore Neighborhood Vast Oak East Land Development Area II within the University District Specific Plan by reducing by seven (7) units the number of Plan 2 single story and replacing with Plan 3 second story home product (various APN’s)

The Rohnert Park Planning Commission recommended approval of the amendmentto the Development Area Plan for the Sycamore within Vast Oak East of the UniversityDistrict on August 22, 2019 by Resolution No. 2019-30.

All persons interested in this matter should appear at the September 24, 2019 CityCouncil meeting. Written statements may be submitted to the City Clerk in advance forpresentation to the Council as part of the public hearing.

NOTE: If you challenge this matter in court, you may be limited to raising only thoseissues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or inwritten correspondence delivered to the City of Rohnert Park at, or prior to, the publichearing.

Documents related to this item are available for public review during normal businesshours at the City Clerk’s Office, 130 Avram Avenue, Rohnert Park, CA, (707) 588-2225.

Questions regarding this matter should be directed to Development Services Staff at(707) 588-2236.

JoAnne BuerglerDated: September 11, 2019 City ClerkPublished: September 13, 2019 City of Rohnert Park

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The following person(s) are doing businessas 1) Horseplay, 2) Book Club, 3) HansGruner, 205 Concourse Blvd., Santa Rosa,Ca 95403. Mailing Address: Same. Regis-tered owner(s) Vintage Wine Estates, Inc.This business is conducted by A Corpora-tion. The registrant commenced to transactbusiness under the fictitious name ornames n/a. Signature Patrick Roney, Pres-ident. This statement was filed on8/16/2019. I hereby certify that this copy isa correct copy of the original statement onfile in my office. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Amanda S. KingDeputy SealPub. August 30, & September 6, 13, 20, 2019The Community Voice

FFiiccttiittiioouuss BBuussiinneessss SSttaatteemmeenntt22001199--0022779944

The following person(s) are doing businessas O’Leary Fine Wines, 205 ConcourseBlvd., Santa Rosa, CA 95403. Mailing Ad-dress: Same. Registered owner(s) VintageWine Estates, Inc. This business is con-ducted by A Corporation. The registrantcommenced to transact business under thefictitious name or names n/a. SignaturePatrick Roney, President. This statementwas filed on 8/14/2019. I hereby certify thatthis copy is a correct copy of the originalstatement on file in my office. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Carrie AndersonDeputy SealPub. August 30, & September 6, 13, 20, 2019The Community Voice

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The following person(s) are doing businessas Flavor, 7365 Healdsburg Ave., Se-bastopol, Ca 95472. Mailing Address: P.O.Box 2601, Sebastopol, CA 95473. Regis-tered owner(s) Sauteuse, LLC. This busi-ness is conducted by A Limited LiabilityCompany. The registrant commenced totransact business under the fictitious nameor names n/a. Signature Charles Downing,LLC Member. This statement was filed on8/16/2019. I hereby certify that this copy isa correct copy of the original statement onfile in my office. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Ashley CorbinDeputy SealPub. August 30, & September 6, 13, 20, 2019The Community Voice

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The following person(s) are doing businessas VIEW Group, 1251 Tilton Road, Se-bastopol, CA 95472, Sonoma County. Registered Owner(s): Cow Tipping, LLC, 1251 Tilton Road, Se-bastopol, CA 95472; CAThis business is conducted by: a LimitedLiability Company. The registrant commenced to transact busi-ness under the fictitious name or namesabove 07/01/2019. S/ Joseph Stephen Hudson, ManagingMember. This statement was filed with County Clerkof Sonoma County on August 21, 2019. I hereby certify that this copy is a correctcopy of the original statement on file in myoffice. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Julie Garfia, Deputy Seal9/6, 9/13, 9/20, 9/27/19CNS-3289451#THE COMMUNITY VOICE

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The following person(s) are doing businessas J+P Beauty, 1400 Valley House Dr. #210,Rohnert Park, CA 94928, Sonoma County. Registered Owner(s): J+P Firm, 1400 ValleyHouse Dr. #210, Rohnert Park, CA 94928;CA This business is conducted by: a corpora-tion. The registrant commenced to transact busi-ness under the fictitious name or namesabove 02/07/2019. S/ Margaret Fort, President. This statement was filed with County Clerkof Sonoma County on August 22, 2019. I hereby certify that this copy is a correctcopy of the original statement on file in myoffice. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Julie Garfia, Deputy Seal9/6, 9/13, 9/20, 9/27/19CNS-3289506#THE COMMUNITY VOICE

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The following person(s) are doing businessas Mile High Tide, 308 Yulupa Ave., SantaRosa, CA 95405, Sonoma County. Registered Owner(s): Mark Buchi, 308Yulupa Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95405This business is conducted by: an individ-ual. The registrant commenced to transact busi-ness under the fictitious name or namesabove 07/15/2018. S/ Mark Buchi, Owner. This statement was filed with County Clerkof Sonoma County on August 22, 2019. I hereby certify that this copy is a correctcopy of the original statement on file in myoffice. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Betsy Penn, Deputy Seal9/6, 9/13, 9/20, 9/27/19CNS-3290103#THE COMMUNITY VOICE

FFiiccttiittiioouuss BBuussiinneessss NNaammee SSttaatteemmeenntt FFiillee NNoo.. 220011990022992277

The following person(s) are doing businessas Kaun Consulting, 481 Eleanor Ave., Se-bastopol, CA 95472, Sonoma County. Registered Owner(s): Abstractal LLC, 481Eleanor Ave., Sebastopol, CA 95472; CAThis business is conducted by: a limited li-ability company. The registrant commenced to transact busi-ness under the fictitious name or namesabove N/A. S/ Megan Marie Kaun, Managing Member. This statement was filed with County Clerkof Sonoma County on August 23, 2019. I hereby certify that this copy is a correctcopy of the original statement on file in myoffice. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Betsy Penn, Deputy Seal9/6, 9/13, 9/20, 9/27/19CNS-3290105#THE COMMUNITY VOICE

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FFiillee NNoo.. 220011990022774455The following person(s) has (have) aban-doned the use of the fictitious businessname: The Oaks Post Acute, 450 Hayes Ln.Petaluma, CA 94952, County of SonomaThe fictitious business name referred toabove was filed in Sonoma County on07/27/2016 File No. 201602739.Trestles Holdings LLC, 462 Stevens Ave.Ste. 310, Solana Beach, CA 92075; Califor-niaThis business was conducted by a limitedliability company.I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct. (A registrant whodeclares as true any material matter pur-suant to Section 17913 of the Business andProfessions code that the registrant knowsto be false is guilty of a misdemeanor pun-ishable by a fine not to exceed one thou-sand dollars ($1,000).)S/ Kevin Galbasini, Manager & TreasurerThis statement was filed with the CountyClerk of Sonoma County on August 9, 2019.9/6, 9/13, 9/20, 9/27/19CNS-3290889#THE COMMUNITY VOICE

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The following person(s) are doing businessas Rohnert Park Pharmacy, 5900 State FarmDrive, Suite 200, Rohnert Park, CA 94928.Mailing Address: 1179 N. McDowell,Petaluma, CA 94954. Registered owner(s)Petaluma Health Center, Inc. This businessis conducted by A Corporation. The regis-trant commenced to transact businessunder the fictitious name or names n/a.Signature Pedro Toledo, CAO/CFO. Thisstatement was filed on 8/13/2019. I herebycertify that this copy is a correct copy of theoriginal statement on file in my office. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Carrie AndersonDeputy SealPub. September 6, 13, 20, 27, 2019The Community Voice

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The following person(s) are doing businessas F.R. Auto Wholesalers, 305 Laguna Dr.,Rohnert Park, CA 94928. Mailing Address:Same. Registered owner(s) Fernando ReneGomez. This business is conducted by AnIndividual. The registrant commenced totransact business under the fictitious nameor names n/a. Signature Fernando ReneGomez, Owner. This statement was filedon 8/29/2019. I hereby certify that this copyis a correct copy of the original statementon file in my office. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Ashley CorbinDeputy SealPub. September 6, 13, 20, 27, 2019The Community Voice

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The following person(s) are doing businessas R 35 Wine Cellars, 9119 Graton Road,Graton, CA 95444. Mailing Address: Same.Registered owner(s) Purple Wine Company,LLC. This business is conducted by A Lim-ited Liability Company. The registrant com-menced to transact business under thefictitious name or names n/a. SignatureAaron Webb, President. This statementwas filed on 8/27/2019. I hereby certify thatthis copy is a correct copy of the originalstatement on file in my office. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Betsy PennDeputy SealPub. September 6, 13, 20, 27, 2019The Community Voice

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The following person(s) are doing businessas Vargas Electrical, P.O. Box 8584, SantaRosa, CA 95407. Mailing Address: Same.Registered owner(s) Cristhian Vargas. Thisbusiness is conducted by An Individual.The registrant commenced to transact busi-ness under the fictitious name or namesn/a. Signature Cristhian Vargas. Thisstatement was filed on 8/29/2019. I herebycertify that this copy is a correct copy of theoriginal statement on file in my office. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Ashley CorbinDeputy SealPub. September 6, 13, 20, 27, 2019The Community Voice

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The following person(s) are doing businessas Blvd. Skin, 205 Mendelssohn Ct., Cotati,CA 94931. Mailing Address: Same. Regis-tered owner(s) Bridget Michelle Keaton.This business is conducted by An Individ-ual. The registrant commenced to transactbusiness under the fictitious name ornames 8/26/2019. Signature BridgetKeaton, CEO. This statement was filed on8/26/2019. I hereby certify that this copy isa correct copy of the original statement onfile in my office. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Carrie AndersonDeputy SealPub. September 6, 13, 20, 27, 2019The Community Voice

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The following person(s) are doing businessas U-Save Liquors 2, 7500 Commerce Blvd.,Cotati, CA 94931. Mailing Address: 1968Yellow Rose Ln., Santa Rosa, Ca 95407.Registered owner(s) MSB enterprises, LLC.This business is conducted by A Limited Li-ability Company. The registrant com-menced to transact business under thefictitious name or names n/a. SignatureJaswinder Singh, Managing Member. Thisstatement was filed on 8/30/2019. I herebycertify that this copy is a correct copy of theoriginal statement on file in my office. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Amanda S. KingDeputy SealPub. September 6, 13, 20, 27, 2019The Community Voice

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The following person(s) are doing businessas LEGIENCE, 9051 Conde Lane, Windsor,CA 95492. Mailing Address: Same. Regis-tered owner(s) North Coast Asset Manage-ment, Inc. This business is conducted byA Corporation. The registrant commencedto transact business under the fictitiousname or names n/a. Signature JamesBucheister, President. This statement wasfiled on 8/27/2019. I hereby certify that thiscopy is a correct copy of the original state-ment on file in my office. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Darrell LightDeputy SealPub. September 6, 13, 20, 27, 2019The Community Voice

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The following person(s) are doing businessas Cuts Etc., 7584 Commerce Blvd., Cotati,CA 94931. Mailing Address: Same. Regis-tered owner(s) Rugangiss Aimaq. Thisbusiness is conducted by An Individual.The registrant commenced to transact busi-ness under the fictitious name or namesn/a. Signature Ruhangiss Aimaq. Thisstatement was filed on 8/27/2019. I herebycertify that this copy is a correct copy of theoriginal statement on file in my office. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Darrell LightDeputy SealPub. September 6, 13, 20, 27, 2019The Community Voice

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The following person(s) are doing businessas The Sacred Order, 5151 I St., Petaluma,CA 94952. Mailing Address: Same. Regis-tered owner(s) Wendy Wagner. This busi-ness is conducted by an Individual. Theregistrant commenced to transact businessunder the fictitious name or names 6/26/19.Signature Wendy Wagner, Owner. Thisstatement was filed on 8/16/2019. I herebycertify that this copy is a correct copy of theoriginal statement on file in my office. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Amanda KingDeputy SealPub. September 6, 13, 20, 27, 2019The Community Voice

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The following person(s) is (are) doing busi-ness as: Sonoma Plaza Apartments, 4205Bettina Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94403. Mail-ing Address: 4205 Bettina Avenue, SanMateo, CA 94403Registered Owner(s): 815 1st Street WestLLC, 4205 Bettina Avenue, San Mateo, CA94403This business is conducted by: a limited li-ability companyThe registrant(s) commenced to transactbusiness under the fictitious businessname or names listed above on June 18,2019. 815 1st Street West LLC S/ Sandra J. Whitlark, Member/ManagerThis statement was filed with the CountyClerk of Sonoma County on 08/28/2019.I hereby certify that this copy is a correctcopy of the original statement on file in myoffice. William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County ClerkBy /s/ [Deputy], Deputy Seal9/13, 9/20, 9/27, 10/4/19CNS-3284277#THE COMMUNITY VOICE

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The following person(s) is (are) doing busi-ness as: Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen,3Padre Parkway, Rohnert Park, CA 94928.Mailing Address: 3Padre Parkway, RohnertPark, CA 94928Registered Owner(s): Solano Food Serv-ices LLC, 3Padre Parkway, Rohnert Park,CA 94132 - SanThis business is conducted by: a limited li-ability companyThe registrant(s) commenced to transactbusiness under the fictitious businessname or names listed above on 01-03-2017. Solano Food Services LLC S/ Derek Hui, SFO, This statement was filed with the CountyClerk of Sonoma County on 08/28/2019.I hereby certify that this copy is a correctcopy of the original statement on file in myoffice. William F. Rousseau, Sonoma County ClerkBy /s/ [Deputy], Deputy Seal9/13, 9/20, 9/27, 10/4/19CNS-3195080#THE COMMUNITY VOICE

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To all interested persons: Petitioner: Bran-don Christopher Hein filed a petition withthis court for a decree changing names asfollows: Brandon Christopher Hein to Bran-don Christopher Moser. THE COURT OR-DERS that all persons interested in thismatter shall appear before this court at thehearing indicated below to show cause, ifany, why the petition for change of nameshould not be granted. Notice of Hearing: October 24, 2019, at 2:30p.m. Dept. 18, Sonoma County SuperiorCourt, 3055 Cleveland Ave., Santa Rosa, CA95403.A copy of this Order to Show Cause shallbe published once a week for four succes-sive weeks prior to the date set for hearingon the petition in the following newspaperof general circulation, printed in thiscounty: The Community Voice, P.O. Box2038, Rohnert Park, CA 94927.Dated: September 5, 2019s/ Jennifer V. Dollard, Judge of the SuperiorCourtPub. September 13, 20, 27, & October 4,2019The Community Voice

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The following person(s) are doing businessas Cardigan Welsh Corgi Club of the Red-woods, 2405 Coffee Lane, Sebastopol, CA95472. Address: Same. Registeredowner(s) 1) Sharon P. Curry, 2) Laurie E.Bischoff. This business is conducted byCopartners. The registrant commenced totransact business under the fictitious nameor names n/a. Signature Sharon Curry,President and Laurie Bischoff, Treasure.This statement was filed on 8/19/2019. Ihereby certify that this copy is a correctcopy of the original statement on file in myoffice. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Darrell LightDeputy SealPub. September 13, 20, 27, & October 4The Community Voice

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The following person(s) are doing businessas Amazingly Clean, 210 Brown Street,Santa Rosa, CA 95404. Address: Same.Registered owner(s) Dianne Raquel Austin.This business is conducted by An Individ-ual. The registrant commenced to transactbusiness under the fictitious name ornames n/a. Signature Dianne Austin,Owner/Operator. This statement was filedon 8/22/2019. I hereby certify that this copyis a correct copy of the original statementon file in my office. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Julie GarfiaDeputy SealPub. September 13, 20, 27, & October 4The Community Voice

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The following person(s) are doing businessas Handy Man Services, 3555 SweetgumCt., Santa Rosa, CA 95403. Address: Same.Registered owner(s) Jose H. Gutierrez.This business is conducted by An Individ-ual. The registrant commenced to transactbusiness under the fictitious name ornames 7/25/19. Signature Jose Gutierrez,Owner. This statement was filed on 7/25/19.I hereby certify that this copy is a correctcopy of the original statement on file in myoffice. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Jonathan CarrDeputy SealPub. September 13, 20, 27, & October 4The Community Voice

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The following person(s) are doing businessas Vallley, 487 1st St. W., Sonoma, Ca95476. Address: 19050 Bay St.. Box 538, ElVerano, CA 95433. Registered owner(s) Sur-pointe Group, LLC. This business is con-ducted by A Limited Liability Company. Theregistrant commenced to transact businessunder the fictitious name or names n/a.Signature Lauren Feldman, Managing Mem-ber. This statement was filed on 9/4/2019.I hereby certify that this copy is a correctcopy of the original statement on file in myoffice. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Amanda S. KingDeputy SealPub. September 13, 20, 27, & October 4The Community Voice

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The following person(s) are doing businessas Consumer Net Services, 120 Country-wood Ct., Petaluma, CA 94954. Address:P.O. Box 5455, Petaluma, CA 94955. Reg-istered owner(s) Nabil Ayad. This businessis conducted by An Individual. The regis-trant commenced to transact businessunder the fictitious name or names10/01/1998. Signature Nabil Ayad. Thisstatement was filed on 9/10/2019. I herebycertify that this copy is a correct copy of theoriginal statement on file in my office. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Carrie AndersonDeputy SealPub. September 13, 20, 27, & October 4The Community Voice

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The following person(s) are doing businessas 1) Darlene’s Ice Cream & Confetti, 2) Dar-lene’s Ice Cream and Confetti, 242 AllanAve., Rohnert Park, Ca 94928. Address:Same. Registered owner(s) DarleneRichardson. This business is conducted byAn Individual. The registrant commencedto transact business under the fictitiousname or names n/a. Signature DarleneRichardson. This statement was filed on9/05/2019. I hereby certify that this copy isa correct copy of the original statement onfile in my office. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Amanda KingDeputy SealPub. September 13, 20, 27, & October 4The Community Voice

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Sept. 10 at approximately 11 p.m., officers responded to 655 En-terprise Dr., RP for a report of a physical fight.7 Upon arrival, officerslocated a male victim in the parking lot hiding behind a vehicle.7 Thevictim had blood all over his head and face and was suffering frommultiple lacerations on his head.During an investigation, officers learned the victim was inside his

apartment when he heard a knock on the door.7 When he lookedthrough the peep hole, he saw a female on the porch.7 The victimthought it was his neighbor, so he opened the door and was imme-diately accosted by two black males with ski masks and two white,possibly Latino females.7 All four had handguns in their hands.7 Oneof the males knocked the victim to the ground and began hitting him

in the head with an unknown firearm.7 The other male began ran-sacking the house.7The two females pointed their guns at the victim while he was on

the ground and asked for the victim’s roommate.7 The suspects saidthe roommate owed them money.7 The victim told the suspects theroommate was currently incarcerated.7One of the male suspects found a safe in the bedroom and de-

manded the victim to open it.7 The suspect pointed his firearm at thevictim and threatened his life if he did not unlock the safe.7 Oncethe safe was opened, the suspects took an undisclosed amount ofcash.As the suspects were leaving, they also stole the victim’s wallet,

cellphone and watch.7 The suspects were last seen leaving the com-plex in a black unknown model sedan possibly a Hyundai.The victim was transported to the hospital with minor head in-

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By Paul MatliAfter two subpar games by his standards, Rancho Cotate starting

quarterback Jared Stocker was surgical Fri. night against the El Cer-rito Gauchos. Stocker finished 11/14 for 134 yards and three touch-downs as he led the Cougars to a 35-0 victory over El Cerrito HighSchool.Stocker and the passing game found their stride early on. Stocker

led the Cougars down the field on the first possession of the gameand found slot receiver Gianni Gigliello for his first of two touch-downs on the night. Then the Cougars’ special teams got into theaction, forcing a turnover on the ensuing kickoff, setting up theCougars in prime Rasheed Rankin territory. Rankin cashed in thespecial teams’ turnover and made it 14-0 Cougars.This was more than enough for the Cougars’ defense. The

Cougars stifled the Gauchos offense all night long in route to theirfirst shutout this season. Included in this shutout was a consistentpass rush by the Cougars defensive line, forcing two fumbles and

having a red zone interception byDarius Hurst.Fri. night was the first time in

three weeks everything gelled forthe Cougars. The passing gamewas on point, running game wasagain potent and the defense andspecial teams continued to dom-inate. Head Coach Gehrig Hotal-ing was most pleased with thepassing game hitting its stride.“It’s a combination of things,”

Hotaling said. “We’ve seen in-credible defenses or secondariesthe first three weeks. They arefaster than us and cover us well,but we did get on track by doingthe little things a little bit better.”Another reason why the

Cougars’ passing game clicked,according to Hotaling, was see-ing the same defense in back toback weeks.“At halftime we made things

a little bit more simple and talkedabout how this is the same exactdefense we saw last week,” Ho-taling said. “It was a 4-2 box onehigh man the whole time and wejust executed a little better.”Making adjustments in game

and between games are the mostimportant things coaches can do,especially considering the sec-ondaries the Cougars have facedare more athletic, according toHotaling.Hotaling talked about the half-

time adjustments as the key forthe Cougars’ game. Though the

Cougars scored 14 points in the first quarter, the offense wasn’t assmooth as Hotaling would have liked. One key aspect was gettingthe inside receivers like Gigliello and Jordan Broderick touches. Abig reason for this was the single high safety defense the Gauchoswere playing.“They were playing with one safety the entire time and when

they do that, we have to take advantage of the slot receivers,” Ho-taling said. “The first half was rough; we were just missing on a cou-ple of things and then we started hitting it the second half.”All three of Stocker’s touchdown passes were to slot receivers.

Gigliello had two, while Broderick had one. Having a balanced of-fensive attack is what the Cougars pride themselves on. Last weekit was the outside receivers like Hurst, who had a big game and thisweek it was the inside guys.Gigliello talked about all of this after the game.“It feels amazing all the hard work put into it, finally coming to-

gether as a team,” Gigliello said of his two-touchdown performance.Gigliello also spoke about how the passing game sets up so many

other things on offense.“It was crucial because it actually opens it up for multiple things

for both the run and pass,” Gigliello said. This game was a milestone for Gigliello. This was his first ever

game with two touchdowns and he had just three total last season,so he’s well on his way toward setting a career high in touchdowns.The star for the Cougars was Stocker. The Cougars’ quarterback

by his own admission was not good the first two weeks of the sea-son. This game was a different story. Stocker was a surgeon as hemissed just three passes all night and had three darts for touchdowns.Stocker was very humble in his post-game interview, giving creditto everyone else. He credited the offensive line, the running gameand even his receivers making great catches. Stocker embodies theleader a team wants, someone who never takes credit and is the firstperson to praise others. This is how a team builds chemistry.“The dominating running game really led to the passing game

this week,” Stocker said. “I could not do anything without the of-fensive line and Rasheed and Jayden Herrera and next week whenSumari comes back it’s gonna be ridiculous. I can’t wait.”Not only was Stocker precise with his passes, he also used his

legs exceptionally well. The stats might not show it because he hadsome long runs called back because of holding calls, but Stockerwent back to his comfort zone, which is using his legs to make plays.Stocker had a big third down run on the Cougars’ third touchdowndrive. He says it’s been difficult to balance his urge to run and beinga quarterback.“When I was a freshman and first really started playing quarter-

back, I had a bad habit of using my legs too much,” Stocker said. “Ifelt like I got away from using my legs, so this week in practice Ifocused on getting it back where I can run a little bit more and showthat I can run and pass.”Though the Cougars were enjoying this win, Coach Hotaling was

not too celebratory. In his postgame message to the team he wasvery stern about what happens next. The Cougars have a bye weekand then play in Chico against Pleasant Valley, the defending StateChampions. Last year the Cougars did not have a good experience during the

bye week. According to Hotaling the team had a poor week of prac-tice and got beat up by Cardinal Newman. In his post-game huddle

with the players Hotaling ismaking sure this does not hap-pen again.

“Last year we had a poorweek of practice during the byeweek and got beat up by New-man,” Hotaling said. “I thinkthere’s kids on the team fromlast year who understand weneed to have a solid week ofpractice, it’s a critical time forus.”Stocker agreed the next week

is going to be huge and was alsoexcited that the Cougars weregoing to be on television. Thegame is airing on NFHS Net-work and starts at 7:30 p.m.

“I can’t wait, I don’t thinkI’ve ever been on television be-fore,” Stocker said. “I can’twait to be on T.V and show-case.”

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Sportsman’s Report:Notification from theDept. of Public HealthBy Bill HansonDangerous levels of paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) toxins

have been detected in mussels from Sonoma County. The natu-rally occurring PSP toxins can cause illness or death in humans.Cooking does not destroy the toxin The California Department ofPublic Health (CDPH) is advising consumers not to eat sport-har-vested mussels, clams, or whole scallops from Sonoma CountyThis shellfish safety notification is in addition to the annual quar-antine. It applies to all species of mussels harvested along theCalifornia coast, as well as all bays and estuaries and will con-tinue through at least Oct. 31. This warning does not apply tocommercially sold clams, mussels, scallops or oysters from ap-proved sources. State law permits only state-certified commercialshellfish harvesters or dealers to sell these products. Shellfishsold by certified harvesters and dealers are subject to frequentmandatory testing to monitor for toxins.Commercial salmon fishing boats are hooking their way out of

the slump of recent weeks. Fish boated in the last week or so havebeen much bigger than the earlier harvests, typical of the salmonseason. There are rumors of albacore tuna being caught off Hum-boldt, this may be the beginning of the tuna season. Fresh caughtalbacore is a delight to eat and excellent if you have a pressurecanner and are up to date on canning technique. A tuna salad ortuna sandwich made of your own line caught fish can be a tastyoption to the commercially canned fare.?A brief walk through the woods revealed little in the way of

fungi, they are still sleeping. This is also one of the finest times tobe out in the local forests. The late summer aromas of wildgrasses, Pepperwood, Oak and Madrone blend with the fresh,earthy vapors of small, local creeks, together they are enough totransport you to...wait for it... the Wine Country!?This weekend is the third weekend of the four annual ‘steam-

ups’ at the famous Sturgeon’s Mill living museum. The mill wasfeatured in the August edition of the Sonoma Marin Farm News.Details of some of the family members and friends of the mill, oldand new are explored. The steam up is free to all, parking is free,and the setting is wonderful. Old machinery, blacksmith demon-strations, dray horses are exhibited in action and the picnic area isset among the redwoods. Food is available to purchase or bringyour own hamper. Families love the experience and return to visitoften, “It’s like visiting a good friend, our kids love it.” said onemother. Steam up is at ten in the morning and ends at three in theafternoon both days. Some of the wood products the mill producesis available for purchase. Donations keep the mill running as anon-profit. Visit their web site: Google Sturgeon’s Mill for thelink. Driving time from Rohnert Park is about thirty minutes.?

Bill Hanson is a Sonoma County native and a lifelong sportsman.He is the former president of the Sonoma County Mycological As-sociation. Look for his column in The Community Voice each week.

Cougars total team effort throttles Gauchos

Senior Running Back #25 Rasheed Rankin, in concert with the Cougar “O” Line, broke through El Cerrito’s defense leaving #3 RobertFreeman on the turf and #56 Chaz Clark trying to avoid tripping over his teammate as #51 Nathaniel Carr intently watches.

Robert Grant

By Dr. Glenn Mollette2Our lives are the summation of our decisions. We can decide to

go forward. We can decide to stay the same. We can decide to makecritical decisions that can make our lives better, healthier and moremeaningful. Often, the worse decision is to make no decision at all.HIf we decide to eat 3,000 calories a day, we will probably gain

weight. If we decide to cut back on daily food portions, we will nor-mally lose weight. We make decisions about our eating patterns.Sometimes our decision is a strong mental assertation pertaining towhat we are going to do every day. Sometimes our decision is tojust follow our urges and satisfy any and all cravings without regardto what the outcome will be.HI suppose it would be nice if we could do whatever we want with-

out worry of reaping what we sow but it doesn’t work that way.HIf you drink soda pop, eat potato chips, candy bars, fatty foods,

drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes every day you will have severepoor health. Our bodies were not made for all the junk we wouldlike to consume. One sugary soda pop a day ups your risk of type 2diabetes by 18 percent over tenyears. Some people drink two ormore every day. Consider somemoderation and maybe drinkone a week.HThe decision to consume ex-

cessive amounts of alcohol willlead to fatty liver. Many peopleseem to be able to have two orthree drinks a week withoutproblems. However excessivedrinking can turn into alcoholichepatitis and cirrhosis. If youhave become an alcoholic, thenyou can’t drink occasionally.You have to stop and use all re-sources available so that youdon’t start again. A very goodfriend of mine died two monthsago from fatty liver disease. Itwasn’t just from drinking alco-hol, but it was part of herlifestyle that ended her life at anearly age.HThere are various causes of

obesity ranging from overeatingto physical inactivity to psycho-logical issues and hypothy-roidism and more. Whichaffects you? Is it your thyroidproblem or is it because you eator snack four or five times aday? A fitness friend of minesays he eats five times a day. Helooks fantastic but he never eatsmore then 300 to 400 caloriesper meal. This takes planningand determination, but he hasproven it can be done. Somepeople simply have to limit theirintake to one meal a day withmaybe a tiny morning and lateday snack. You’ll have to exper-iment with what works for you,but it will be your personal de-cision that no one else can make

for you.HThe point of all this is that we make our decisions and we need to

think about what and how much we are putting in our mouths everyday. A good meal with balance should be a daily pleasure and a won-derful, happy experience. Think about it and and keep the practiceof “moderation” and “balance” in mind.Regardless, remember it’s important for “you” to take responsi-

bility of your life and make real decisions.

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Your 87-year-old mom isstill getting along well athome, but perhaps you’ve no-ticed that she is becoming in-creasingly frail. Like manyadult children, you fear a fall isthe one thing that could driveMom from home and rob herof an independent life. But sheis refusing to use a walker or acane around the house. Whathappens if she breaks a hip?According toHtheHNational

Council on Aging, falls are theleading cause of fatal and non-fatal injuries for older Ameri-cans. More than 95 percent ofhip fractures are caused byfalls, but have you thought

about what’s behind those breaks and fractures? In many cases,it’s the condition called osteoporosis.According to theHNational Osteoporosis Foundation,Hosteoporo-

sis is a disease in which bones become fragile and more likely tobreak. If the disease is not prevented or if it is left untreated, os-teoporosis can progress painlessly until a bone breaks. These bro-ken bones, also known as fractures, occur typically in the hip,spine and wrist.Osteoporosis may be more common than you think. In fact, the

National Osteoporosis Foundation found that one in two womenand up to one in four men over the age of 50 will break a bone dueto osteoporosis. The disease, which is not a normal part of aging,

is serious, causing broken bones, pain, suffering and a life-alteringloss of mobility.A fall and the subsequent fracture could send an older adult

down a slippery slope, research reveals. A study that appeared intheHJournal of the American Medical AssociationH(JAMA) foundthat women and men age 60 years or older who have a low-traumaosteoporotic fracture have an increased risk of death for the fol-lowing five to 10 years, compared with the general population.And those who experience another fracture increase their risk ofdeath further for an additional five years. Seniors age 75 and olderface increased risk of death from even a minor fracture.According to theHInternational Osteoporosis Foundation,Hosteo-

porotic fractures represent a growing public health problem inboth developed and developing countries, with a projected in-creasing incidence as the population ages. Bones become porousfrom osteoporosis as they lose protein, calcium and other mineralcontent. In this more fragile state, bones break easily.Despite significant advances in science and medicine, the real-

ity today is that:• Between 12 to 20 percent of people die within one year fol-

lowing a hip fracture.• It is estimated that 80 percent of those who are at high risk of

osteoporosis, and have suffered at least one fracture, have neitherbeen identified nor treated for the disease.And yet, this condition is preventable. There are a range of drug

treatments available for postmenopausal osteoporosis, accordingto the International Osteoporosis Foundation. Different studieshave consistently shown that, depending on the drug and the pa-tient population, treatment reduces the risk of a vertebral fractureby 30-65 percent and of non-vertebral fractures by 16-53 percent.Both nutrition and exercise can help as well. Check out the fol-

lowing from theHInternational Osteoporosis Foundation:• Calcium supplementation has been shown to have a positive

effect on bone mineral density in postmenopausal women.• Calcium and vitamin D supplementation reduces rates of bone

loss and also fracture rates in older male and female adults and inseniors. In institutionalized older women, this combined supple-mentation reduced hip fracture rates.• Fruit and vegetable intake were positively associated with

bone density in a study in men and women. The exact componentsof fruits and vegetables, which may confer a benefit to bone, arestill to be clarified.• HHigher levels of leisure time, sports activity, and household

chores and fewer hours of sitting daily were associated with a sig-nificantly reduced relative risk for hip fracture.• Physical activity and fitness reduce risk of osteoporosis and

fracture and fall-related injuries.Consider the role of companionship as well. If your mom needs

motivation to stay active, why not contactHHome Instead SeniorCare®.HThe company’s CAREGiversSMHare trained and equippedto provide assistance with meal planning and preparation and ac-tivities that can help keep your mom moving safely around herhome.For more information about osteoporosis, visitHwww.nof.org.HJulie Ann Soukoulis is the owner of Home Instead Senior care of-

fice in Rohnert Park, mother of two and passionate about healthyliving at all ages. Having cared for her own two parents, she under-stands your struggles and aims, through her website,5www.homein-stead.com/sonoma5to educate and encourage seniors & caregivers.Have a caregiving or aging concern?5 She’d love to hear from youat 586-1516 anytime.

Fighting osteoporosis and preventing fall-related injuries

Navigating the aging journeyJulie Ann Soukoulis

Three ways to lessen nega-tive thinking.Abraham Lincoln once said,

“Most folks are about as happyas they want to be.”HUnfortunately, studies have

discovered that as much as 80percentHof our thoughts arenegative, and 95 percentHarerepetitive. In one fascinating bit of re-

search, Robert W. Schrauf, As-sociate Professor of Appliedlinguistics at Penn State, askedpeople in Chicago and MexicoCity to list the names of asmany emotions they couldthink of spontaneously. These words wereHthen cate-

gorized as negative, positive or neutral.50 percent of the words were negative, 30 percent positive and

20 percent were neutral. And this observation held true across allage groups and cultures suggesting that this a human tendencyshared world-wide in all cultures.Strangely, like vultures to a carcass, we’re drawn to what hurts. So why do we do this? In a nutshell, we live in a broken world with broken people who

are simply doing their best.And our short-term feelings often come from this brokenness –

from events that we never chose. When the world watched 9/11take place, it didn’t decide to get angry, disgusted and confused; itimmediately felt these things as it watched the towers fall.So our immediate feelings do generate responses and beliefs.However, our long-term feelings come from a different place.They come primarily from what we are saying to ourselves! In

other words, over the months following 9/11, my beliefs and yourbeliefs gradually changed because our beliefs about it changed.This is wonderfully simplistic…, but we can apply it in three

ways.Pay attention to your habit of negative thinkingThe key to breaking any habit is to first be aware of it.When you’re actively choosing to think negatively, make a

point of noticing that you are. This directs your attention back toyour beliefs, and as we will see in a moment, it is primarily ourbeliefs that lead to our feelings. (In fact, you’d be shocked and surprised at some of the stupid

and inane beliefs all of us have sometimes.)Admit that you ARE falling down the rabbit hole.2When you’re falling down the rabbit hole of negative thinking,

take a moment and acknowledge that you are falling. Believe me! All of us have!You can then choose to say out-loud to yourself:H“Wow, I am

falling!” (Or whatever words fit.)And then pause a moment and with kindness, acknowledge the

truth of feeling powerless or feeling stuck inside your negative be-liefs.HThis does NOT mean to ruminate on your negative thoughts.

For the most part, ruminating on the negative stuff in our livessimply digs us deeper in a rabbit hole of self-recrimination.

Choose to give yourself new messagesThen choose to say “no” to your mind’s inclinations to ruminate

on negative stuff, just as we say no to a child who’s doing some-thing that will harm her.(And again, dear reader, it is a choice we can make!)AND HERE IS THE MOST WONDERFUL PART. When we choose to say “No!” and we choose to think differ-

ently, our minds immediately agree with us!And the more we keep choosing to say “No!” the more our

brains rewire themselves so that these new messages becomeWHO WE ARE!And when can you begin thinking this new way?Well…remember what I have told you so many times in the

past; your new life began one second ago, and since there are86,400 seconds in one day, you have 86,400 new opportunities fora new life every…single…day!ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS TAKE THEM!Wow!Steven Campbell is the author of “Making Your Mind Magnifi-

cent.” His seminar “Taming Your Mind, Unleashing Your Life” isnow available online at stevenrcampbell.teachable.com. Formore information, call Steven Campbell at 707-480-5507.

Three ways to lessen negative thinking.

Mind, Body and Spirit Steven Campbell

Real decisions and moderation

What Is Lethologica? Lethologica is the inability to remember the word or words that

you want to say. This is real andit is considered a disorder psy-chologically.

Most people know thatbrushing and flossing your teethare the most proven way to pre-vent dental decay. These twothings combined with twiceyearly visits to the dentist arethe best bet for never having toexperience a dental filling or acrown. However, it is not always the

easiest thing to completelyclean all of the small nooks andcrannies in your teeth. This isespecially true if you areblessed with deep toothgrooves. The molars, or backchewing teeth, in our mouthsare often the teeth with thesedeeper pits and fissures. Theirsurface is often rough and un-even and is a great place tostore leftover food and cavity-causing bacteria.There is one dental invention

that can help prevent thosepesky bacteria from causingpermanent destruction on yourmolars: dental sealants.Sealants are a thin, protectiveplastic coating placed on theback-chewing teeth. In combi-nation with good oral hygienehabits, sealants can keep cavi-ties from forming.Sealants have been shown to

reduce the risk of decay in mo-lars by 80 percent. The Centersfor Disease Control released a

report in 2016 that detailed theimportance of sealants forschool aged children. It notedthat only 43 percent of 6 to 11-year olds have dental sealants.Kids without sealants are threetimes more likely to have cavi-ties than children withsealants.The actual procedure for

placing a sealant is quick andnoninvasive. It involves isolat-ing the tooth to be sealed,cleaning it with a pumice mix-ture, applying an acid etch andbonding agent, followed by ap-plying the actual sealant mate-rial. It only takes a fewminutes per tooth.A sealant is a purely physical

barrier on the tooth that createsa smooth surface on an other-wise rough, uneven surface.Dentists will typically applysealants to permanent molars.Children get one set of thesemolars around age 6 and a sec-ond set around age 12.Sealants can last for several

years. At your regular dentalvisits, the dentist will check thesealants to ensure they are stillproperly in place. Given theamount of cavity prevention asealant provides, it is a nobrainer to ask for these on all ofyour molars. The great thingabout sealants is that they canbe applied to any unrestoredtooth at any age. Adults andkids alike can enjoy the cavityfighting advantage of havingdental sealants.Dr. Jamie Sahouria is Rohnert

Park’s only full time, board cer-tified pediatric dentist. Sheworks at 1303 Medical CenterDrive, where she and partnerdoctors provide dental care andbraces for kids and adults. Dr.Jamie is a Rohnert Park nativeand is a proud graduate of TheRanch. She can be reached viaher website at5 www.Brush-FlosssSmile.com

What are dentalsealants?

Pediatric healthBy Dr. Jamie Sahouria

When buying a home mostwould believe the number onemost important thing you needto be focused on is what youpay for the house. Mom anddad who bought their houseyears ago, Grandma andGrandpa who bought theirhouse back in the early 1980swhen housing prices were$40,000 all have an opinion.Here’s the single most impor-tant factor you need to be fo-cused on…If you’re buying a house all

cash this advice is not for you.However, if you’re getting amortgage. the purchase price of

the property isn’t that big of a deal, if you have a long-term plan inplace. If the plan is to get in and then possibly sell in one or twoyears don’t buy a house, just keep renting. If you’re going to buy ahouse and secureEmortgage financingEin the process and you havea long-term plan in place the purchase price of the property is im-portant, but it is not and should not be the driver of your decisionto buy that property. The number one factor? You guessed it –pay-ment.The purchase price of the property isn’t all that significant if the

payment that you’re taking on is well within your budget. Thethought process that goes through every home buyers mind is, I’mgoing to pay XYZ for the house and I’m going to have XYZ pay-

ment. Here is an example- you have a home for $730,000 and an-other for $700,000. $30,000 of spending power can translate toabout $200-$250/month of payment. If you know you can affordthe extra $200/month work with the budget you have, not the pur-chase price.Take into consideration why you are buying a home to begin

with. If you’re buying a property for enjoyment for you and yourfamily, a roof over your head, fixed payments, while enjoying ahealthy tax deduction and you plan to live in the property forseven plus years, the number one factor should be payment. Thepurchase price of the property isn’t going to help you make along-term budget. TheEpur-chase priceEis not going to helpyou get your financial house inorder and it’s not going to helpyou pay off debt and it’s notgoing to help you for a futureresale. The purchase price ofthe house only matters initiallyat point of sale.Mortgage tip: Remember

payment is the driver of long-term affordability.Ask yourself this question if

the extra payment is manage-able: “What’s more important-the future happy memories thatyou’re going to create in thathome along with all the joyand magic that comes with

those family life experiences or $200/month?” If the payment ismore important you shouldn’t be purchasing a house anywaywithout a $200/month buffer on payment flexibility.You should be looking at a less price house from the start and

realigning your expectations to price point that supports your fam-ily financial goals.Scott Sheldon is a local mortgage lender, with a decade of expe-

rience helping consumers purchase and refinance primary homessecond homes and investment properties. Learn more at www.sono-macountymortgages.com.

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Physical, mental, and finan-cial warning signals. Is someone taking advantage

of someone you love? June 15is World Elder Abuse Preven-tion Day, a day to call attentionto a crisis that may becomeeven more common as babyboomers enter the “third acts”of their lives. Elder abuse has increased in

America. The Centers for Dis-ease Control and Preventionsays that the rate of assaults onmen aged 60 and older rose 75percent from 2002-2016; themurder rate for this demo-graphic rose 7 percent during2010-2016. Additionally, as-saults on women aged 60 andup increased by 35 percent from2007-2016.Many elders are afraid or un-

able to speak out about what ishappening to them. In somecases, the abuse is limited to fi-nancial exploitation. In othercases, it may include neglectand physical or emotional cru-elty.What should you watch out

for? Different varieties of elderabuse have different signals,some less obvious than others.

Neglect. This is commonlydefined as withholding or fail-ing to supply necessities ofdaily living to an elder, from

food, water and appropriateclothing to necessary hygieneand medicines. Signals are eas-ily detectable and includephysical signs such as bed-sores, malnutrition and dehy-dration, and flawed livingconditions (i.e., faulty electri-cal wiring, fleas or cock-roaches, and inadequate heat orair conditioning).Neglect may also take finan-

cial form. A relative may avoidpaying for an elder’s assistedliving, nursing home care, orat-home health care. Or, an in-home eldercare serviceprovider may fail to provide asufficient degree or frequencyof care.

Abandonment. This occurswhen a caregiver or responsibleparty flat-out deserts an elder –dropping him or her off at anursing home, a hospital, oreven a bus or train station withno plans to return. Hopefully,the elder has the presence ofmind to call for help, but if not,a tragic situation will quicklyworsen. When an elderly personseems to stay in one place forhours and appears confused ordeserted, it is time to get to thebottom of what just happenedfor their safety.

Physical abuse. Bruises andlacerations are evident signals,but other indicators are less evi-dent: sprains and dislocations,cracked eyeglass lenses, im-pressions on the arms or legsfrom restraints, too-much ortoo-little medication, or astrange reticence, silence, fear-fulness, or other behavioralchanges in the individual.

Emotional or psychologicalabuse. How do you know if anelder has been verbally de-graded, tormented, threatenedin your absence, or left in isola-tion? If the elder is not willingor able to let you know aboutsuch wrongdoing, watch forsignals, such as withdrawal

from conversation or communi-cation, agitation or distress, andrepetitive or obsessive-compul-sive actions linked to dementia,such as rocking, biting, or suck-ing.

Financial abuse.When anunscrupulous relative, friend, orother party uses an elder’sfunds, property, or assets ille-gally or dishonestly, this is fi-nancial exploitation. It can takedifferent forms, all the wayfrom simply withdrawing anelder’s savings with his or herATM card to forgery to improp-erly assuming conservatorshipor power of attorney.

How do you spot it? Delveinto the elder’s financial lifeand see if you detect things likestrange ATM withdrawals or ac-count activity, additional nameson a bank signature card,changes to beneficiary forms, orthe sudden absence of col-lectibles or valuables. Examine signatures on finan-

cial transactions – on closer ex-amination, do they appear to beauthentic or studied forgeries?Have assets been inexplicablytransferred to long-uninvolvedheirs or relatives – or worse yet,apparent strangers? Have elder-care bills gone unpaid recently?Is the level of eldercare beingprovided oddly slipshod, giventhe financial resources beingdevoted to it?Whether elder abuse is inten-

tional or unintentional, the harmdone can be shameful. So, talkto or check in on your parents,grandparents, siblings, or otherelders you know to ensure theyare free from mistreatment. Ken Weise, an LPL Financial

Advisor, provided this article. Hecan be reached at 707-584-6690.Securities offered through LPLFinancial. MemberFINRA/SIPC. The opinions ofthis material are for informationpurposes only.

Signs of elder abuse

Ken Weise

Members of the local NDGW are Chris Jenkins, Pam Johnston, Randy Collins, Mary-RitaWilliamson4and Patti Fiske displaying their wares for Ca, Admission Day.

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Rohnert Park9/4/19

11:16 a.m.: Firearms were sur-rendered for safekeeping on CityCenter Dr.1:15 p.m.: Vandalism was re-ported at Raley’s Towne Centre.3:04 p.m.: Battery was reportedon Roberts Lake Road.3:47 p.m.: A 28-year-old femalewas arrested for battery on aspouse on Redwood Dr.3:50 p.m.: Grand theft was re-ported Valley House Dr.5:51 p.m.: A suicide attempt wasreported on Becky Ct.7:23 p.m.: A drunk driver was re-ported on Camino Colegio atSouthwest Blvd.8:05 p.m.: A 21-year-old femalewas arrested for possessing acontrolled substance, drivingunder the influence of drugs, vi-olation of probation and drivingwith a suspended license onCommerce Blvd.8:51 p.m.: A 39-year-old malewas arrested for carrying a con-cealed dirk or dagger and viola-tion of probation on Boris Ct.9:12 p.m.: Petty theft was re-ported on Redwood Dr.11:00 p.m.: A stolen vehicle wasreported on Commerce Blvd.11:09 p.m.: A 38-year-old femalewas arrested for vehicle theft,possession of a stolen vehicleand violation of post release onCommerce Blvd.

9/5/199:12 a.m.: A 13-year-old malewas arrested for threatening acrime with intent to terrorize onBurton Ave.6:45 p.m.: A 71-year-old malewas arrested for violating acourt order on Circulo Jalisco.

9/6/1912:05 p.m.: A burglary was re-ported on Redwood Dr.2:22 p.m.: Fraud was reported atRaley’s Towne Centre.3:19 p.m.: Petty theft was re-ported on RP Exp.3:36 p.m.: A 27-year-old malewas arrested for shoplifting andpossessing a controlled sub-stance on RP Exp.5:04 p.m.: A 26-year-old malewas arrested for battery on aspouse on Meadow Pines Ave.5:51 p.m.: A robbery was re-ported on Burton Ave.

6:59 p.m.: Petty theft was re-ported on Redwood Dr.7:03 p.m.: A 24-year-old malewas arrested for driving with asuspended license and registra-tion required on CommerceBlvd.7:12 p.m.: A 57-year-old malewas arrested for an outside war-rant on Redwood Dr.11:48 p.m.: A 47-year-old malewas arrested for possessing acontrolled substance, possessingcontrolled substance parapherna-lia and violation of probation onRedwood Dr.

9/7/192:29 a.m.: A 55-year-old malewas arrested for trespassing andviolation of probation on E. Co-tati Ave.5:52 a.m.: A 30-year-old malewas arrested for a bench warranton Commerce Blvd.6:43 a.m.: A 24-year-old femalewas arrested for assault with in-jury on Commerce Blvd.7:44 a.m.: Fraud was reported onRedwood Dr.7:55 a.m.: A 49-year-old malewas arrested for an outside war-rant on E. Cotati Ave.11:12 a.m.: A stolen vehicle wasreported on Adrian Dr. at Col-lege View Dr.11:14 a.m.: A burglary was re-ported on Country Club Dr.10:01 p.m.: A 25-year-old malewas arrested for possessing acontrolled substance for sale andviolation of post-release onCommerce Blvd.10:01 p.m.: A 28-year-old malewas arrested for possessing acontrolled substance for sale andviolation of post-release onCommerce Blvd.11:04 p.m.: A 23-year-old femalewas arrested for displaying falseproof of registration on Com-merce Blvd.

9/8/1911:41 a.m.: Fraud was reportedon Arlen Dr.1:10 p.m.: Petty theft was re-ported on Hampton Court.1:52 p.m.: A fight was reportedon Redwood Dr.3:33 p.m.: A 40-year-old femalewas arrested for attempted rob-bery on Redwood Dr.3:47 p.m.: A 23-year-old malewas arrested for possessing acontrolled substance, carrying a

switch-blade knife on his personand violation of probation onRedwood Dr.4:05 p.m.: A 24-year-old femalewas arrested for presenting falseidentification to peace officersand disorderly conduct on Red-wood Dr.4:18 p.m.: A 25-year-old femalewas arrested for violation of pro-bation and disobeying a courtorder on Apple Lane.5:55 p.m.: A 28-year-old malewas arrested for battery on aspouse on City Center Dr.8:49 p.m.: Suicide threats werereported on Redwood Dr.8:57 p.m.: A 17-year-old malewas arrested for battery on apeace officer and public intoxi-cation on RP Exp.10:48 p.m.: Fraud was reportedon Commerce Blvd.

9/9/191:45 a.m.: Battery was reportedon Dowdell Ave.6:21 a.m.: A 28-year-old malewas arrested for aggravated as-sault and damaging a wirelesscommunication device on Red-wood Dr.8:17 a.m.: Petty theft was re-ported on Redwood Dr.9:47 a.m.: A CPS referral was re-ported on Manchester Ave.9:56 a.m.: Fraud was reported atRaley’s Towne Centre.11:54 a.m.: A wanted person wasreported on Redwood Dr.12:14 p.m.: A 39-year-old malewas arrested for appropriatinglost property and an outside war-rant on Redwood Dr.2:26 p.m.: Petty theft was re-ported on Snyder Lane.11:03 p.m.: A suicide attemptwas reported on Mason Dr.

Cotati8/30/19

9:34 a.m.: A burglary was re-ported on Helman Lane.12:15 p.m.: An auto burglarywas reported on CommerceBlvd.6:53 p.m.: Petty theft was re-ported on Old Redwood Hwy.

8/31/1912:44 a.m.: A wanted person wasreported on Lasker Lane at OldRedwood Hwy.1:00 a.m.: A 42-year-old malewas arrested for an outside war-rant on Clothier Lane at OldRedwood Hwy.

9/1/194:24 p.m.: A violation of a courtorder was reported on W. SierraAve.

9/2/198:45 p.m.: A drunk driver wasreported on E. Cotati Ave. atOld Redwood Hwy.

9/3/192:21 a.m.: A 58-year-old femalewas arrested for driving underthe influence of alcohol onCharles St.

9/4/191:10 a.m.: A 27-year-old malewas arrested for driving underthe influence of alcohol onCommerce Blvd. at Old Red-wood Hwy.10:41 p.m.: A stranded motoristwas reported on Hwy 116 S. atOld Redwood Hwy.

9/5/1912:20 a.m.: A drunk driver wasreported on E. Cotati Ave.12:55 a.m.: A 19-year-old malewas arrested for driving underthe influence of alcohol on Lan-caster Dr. at Lincoln Ave.3:50 p.m.: An abandoned vehiclewas reported on Houser St.

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POLICE BEATS

Make a concerted effort to ensurea certain situation is not blown outof proportion, Capricorn. Carefullyexamine things before offering yourinput.

Try to add more exercise to yourroutine, Aquarius. Not only will itmake you feel better physically, itcan clear your head and allow foralone time to do some thinking.

Pisces, your life may be a littlehectic over the next few days as adeadline draws near. Eventuallythings will return to normal.

Aries, be careful with your wordsso they are not taken the wrong wayin the coming days. If you practicewhat you plan to say, others will seeyour words for the kind gesture theyare.

Taurus, there’s no need to apolo-gize if you want to stay close tohome this week. Invite some friendsover to join in the fun.

Expect to work in a group settingthis week, Gemini. Doing so will re-quire you to carefully manage yourtime so everything can be done effi-ciently. Embrace others’ input andthe collaborative effort.

Start this week with high energy,Cancer. You can ride that momen-tum through the weekend when youmay need an extra boost. Findfriends who can help you along.

Leo, don’t be so modest that youwon’t share your recent accomplish-ments with those you love the most.It is okay to brag about yourselfonce in a while.

Virgo, many people are willing tolend you a helping hand, so takethem up on their offers. You will beable to repay them in time if you feelthe need to reciprocate.

Join a group of people who sharethe same goals as you, Libra. It canbe a work group or a social move-ment if you so desire. Either way,socialize along the way.

Being outdoors has much appealfor you this week, Scorpio. Be sureto get outside and enjoy it as muchas possible over the next severaldays.

There is a fine line between beingflexible and standing firm when youbelieve in your point of view, Sagit-tarius. Speak up if you feel stronglyabout your position.

Weekly Horoscopes September 6Capricorn Dec. 22 – Jan. 19 Taurus April 20 – May 20 Virgo August 23 – Sept. 22

Aquarius Jan. 20 – Feb. 18 Gemini May 21 – June 21 Libra Sept. 23 – Oct. 22

Pisces Feb. 19 – March 20 Cancer June 22 – July 22 Scorpio Oct. 23 – Nov. 21

Aries March 21 – April 19 Leo July 23 – August 22 Sagittarius Nov. 22 – Dec. 21

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