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AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS FROM TWILIGHT PARADE AND HFFC FAIR
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Photo by Christian Kallen
Results of the 74th annual Healdsburg Future Farmers and 4H parade and country fair came in too late for last week’s issue, but it was without doubt a very successful Memorial Day weekend. The parade was a return to form for the Healdsburg tradition, which was reduced by COVID for a couple of years between 2020 and 2021. But the May 25 parade was back at full force, as was the FFA Country Fair at Rec Park on May 26-27. Elsie Allen High School and Cesar Chavez Language Academy bands shared the sweepstakes award for their combined parade entry, and won best band float as well. Other parade float winners included Fincher Auto Service (best commercial float), Girl Scout Troops 10278 and 10331 (youth non-profit) and Healdsburg Forever (adult non-profit). Of the car and truck participants, winners included Patin Vineyard Management (antique and classic), Kingsborough Atlas Tree Surgery (specialty vehicle), C & G Landscape and Noble Goat Farm (commercial) and Comite Pochtlan (novelty costume). Best mounted group was Cabalgata Rio Lago. At the fair auction, the total earned from the hard work of local FFA and 4H students was $810,734. The scholarship total came to $28,000 awarded, including the Joe Rochioli Memorial Scholarship and the Jim Salomone Memorial Scholarship. Of this total, $20,500 was for graduating seniors and $7,500 for continuing education applicants.
PROUD FLAGGERS Healdsburg’s City Council shows off the Pride Flag that will fly over city buildings in June.
From left are David Hagele, Ron Edwards, Chris Herrod, Evelyn Mitchell and Mayor Ariel Kelley.
Pride Flag, Electric Rates Raised by Council CITY FORCED TO INCREASE CHARGES BUT SAYS IT’S STILL A BARGAIN By Christian Kallen
The Healdsburg City Council gathered for the first of its two meetings in June, during which the council is tasked with a number of key measures to keep things on track for their goals and city management over the summer. The council and much of city staff traditionally takes off the month of August as a summer break. Just prior to the June 5 meeting, however, all five council members and a healthy assembly of interested residents gathered outside Council Chambers for the raising of a multihued flag to recognize Pride Month in Healdsburg. Mayor Ariel Kelly read from the city’s proclamation—officially presented
in the meeting that followed, where it was read out by Vice Mayor David Hagele—saying “Healdsburg’s colorful LGBTQIA+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual and Ally) communities represent an integral part of our community and enhance our city’s well-being…” The multi-colored nature of the community is symbolized by the Pride Flag, with its nine colors. Prior to the raising of the banner on the city’s flagpole, just below the Stars and Stripes, all council members gave a personal statement about pride and inclusion. They were joined by Ozzy Jimenez, who served as a councilmember and mayor in 2021-22, and was the first openly gay member of the body. Councilmember Chris Herrod struck a somber note when he brought up the recent national strife, taking note of “the increase
in hatred that’s grown across the country, and that it has, in some places, crept into government,” he said. “I believe it’s important that we raise the Pride Flag here to signify that this hatred has no place in Healdsburg.” At the outset of the Council meeting, Sharon Pollock of Healdsburg High School, advisor of the school’s Gender and Sexuality Alliance, accepted the proclamation following the presentation of a second city proclamation, recognizing June as Elder Abuse Awareness Month.
All five council members and a healthy assembly of interested residents gathered outside Council Chambers for the raising of a multi-hued flag to recognize Pride Month in Healdsburg.
Sonoma County with its own electric utility. But it can’t escape the rising cost of energy altogether. On Monday night, the City Council voted to accept a new electric rate structure that will increase rates over each of the next five years. The city’s electric cost of service analysis (COSA) and rate development has been discussed twice previously, during the March 6
Electric Rates Increase
Proclamations dispensed with, the city moved on to other business. Perhaps the most significant for residents was adopting an increase in the electric rates that the city charges its customers. Healdsburg has the distinction of being the only incorporated city in
BLOODROOT HOSTS A MUSICAL RAMBLE ALT-COUNTRY LINEUP SPARKS WEST PLAZA PARK FEST ON SATURDAY By Christian Kallen
Photo by Paul King
INDIE ALT-COUNTRY ROCK Singer/songwriter Justin Osborn fronts Susto, a five-man band from Charleston, South Carolina, which will play the BloodRoot Ramble on June 10 at West Plaza Park.
Tucked into the calendar between the haute cuisine of the Healdsburg Wine & Food Experience and the musical mélange of the Healdsburg Jazz Festival, another lifestyle festival hits town: the BloodRoot Ramble. It’s conceived by Noah and Kelly Dorrance, the
and April 17 meetings. But this week the council voted to accept rate increases proposed by utilities director Terry Crowley. Putting Healdsburg’s rates in the context of the region’s largest utility, Crowley pointed out that PG&E already raised rates 9% earlier this year. Even when the new city rates are implemented, Healdsburg’s residents currently ➝ Pride Flag, 2
owners of the BloodRoot Wines tasting room at 118 North St. “We’ve been working on this for a while and we’re really, really excited,” said Kelly Dorrance. “It’s just, you know, it’s go time.” Though not musicians themselves, aside from dabbling in guitar (Noah Dorrance) and piano (Kelly Dorrance), the two have long been passionate fans and supporters of live music, and launched a similar wine-and-tunes festival while at Banshee Wines several years ago. That culminated in Banshee Fest, in 2016, which featured Lord Huron and the Black Sheep Brass Band at West Plaza Park. They’ll use the same venue for the centerpiece of this year’s BloodRoot Ramble, an all-afternoon event that begins at noon on Saturday, ➝ BloodRoot Ramble, 3