Forestville - The Good Life - June 2012

The June edition of the Sonoma County Gazette is online. The Forestville section's headings are:

• Youth Park BBQ June 9 & 10 
• Town Meeting, June 27, 7-8:30, Oddfellows’ Hall 
• Town Clean-Up, June 2 
• Going Out With Music 
• Attention Golfers 
• Green Valley Creek 
• Bits and Pieces 

Read full column at the Sonoma County Gazette.

Art at the Source - artists in Forestville

Lots of artists studios can be visited this and the next weekend, June 2-3 and 9-10, as part of the "Art at the Source" program, or as the organizers put it:

Enjoy two fun-filled June weekends of fine art appreciation. Sebastopol Center for the Arts and Art at the Source want to welcome you to our 18th annual free self-guided open studio tour of western Sonoma County.

Here is the list of artist located in Forestville:

74a Carolyn Horan

• Ceramics: mixed media sculptures
• 10325 Hwy. 116
• Forestville 95436
• 869-8404 
• appletreeceramics.com

74b Joann Cassady

• Ceramics: sculptures for
• home & garden
• Showing at: 10325 Hwy. 116
• Forestville 95436
• 431-8319 
• imakepots.com

74c James Selby

• Sculpture: reclaimed metal
• Showing at: 10325 Hwy. 116
• Forestville 95436
• 484-1598 
• selbydesign.com

75 Carla Sarvis

• Glass: radiant, abstract, kilnformed
• 8857 Marianna Dr.
• Forestville 95436
• 887-0523
• carlasarvisglass.com

76 Lorraine Chapman

• Painting: silk paintings & mixed media
• 8046 Corso Dr.
• Forestville 95436
• 887-2482
• lorrainechapmanart.com

77a Gerald Huth

• Mixed Media: construction/paintings,
• collages, sculpture, drawings
• 5895 Anderson Rd.
• Forestville 95436
• 887-9540 490-5414
• geraldhuthart.com

77b Kathleen McCallum

• Photography: fine art sculpture,
• mixed media
• Showing at: 5895 Anderson Rd.
• Forestville 95436
• 539-1855 328-8094
• photographsbykathleen.com

78 Peggy Parr

• Ceramics: organic functional
• stoneware, wheel thrown, handbuilt
• 7150 Trenton Rd.
• Forestville 95436
• 887-2724
• peggyparrpottery.com

Cyclist hit, killed by car in River Road head-on crash

A bicyclist died after crashing head-on into an SUV on River Road near Forestville late Thursday night, the CHP said.
The 34-year-old man was not wearing a helmet and had no light on his bicycle when he apparently rode into oncoming traffic near Scenic Drive, east of the Hacienda Bridge, just before midnight, the CHP said.
Full article in the Press Democrat

The Spyralites @ The Forestville Club, June 1, 2012

The Spyralites will play at  The Forestville Club on June 1, 2012.

Man's body recovered from Russian River

A man went wading into the Russian River Sunday evening off Steelhead Beach in Forestville and apparently drowned, reported a Sonoma County sheriff's official Monday.
Full article in the Press Democrat

Clash of the Sommeliers- The Farmhouse Inn & Restaurant

SMITH: All eyes were on Spuds at the plate

The El Molino junior varsity Lions of Forestville were in the last innning and trailing by a wide margin to the visiting Healdsburg Greyhounds when Coach Tony Franceschi announced a pitching change.
Full article in the Press Democrat

Former SRJC president Agrella honored at benefit dinner

Robert Agrella, retired president of Santa Rosa Junior College, was honored for his 22-year tenure Saturday night at a benefit dinner and auction.
The event was held at the Warren G. Dutton Jr. Agriculture Pavilion at the SRJC Shone Farm near Forestville.
 Full article in the Press Democrat

Calling All Angels

The May 2012 issue of the Forever Forestville column from the The Sonoma County Gazette is online. Including:

• As reported here last month, there is a real chance that the “Town Square” area (the field across from the Quicksilver Gallery) can be acquired by the community.  
• Youth Park BBQ!
• Town Meeting / Supe Candidates Forum
• Community Fund Grants
• Bits and Pieces

Japanese-American advocate James Murakami dies

James Fumio Murakami, a Santa Rosa engineer, was national president of the Japanese American Citizens League in the 1970s when the group launched the successful campaign for the U.S. government to pay redress to those interned during World War II.

Industrious until the end, Murakami died Saturday after he collapsed while helping his son change the oil in a tractor on his family's Laguna Road ranch near Forestville. He was 85.

Full article in the Press Democrat