New agriculture dean wants entrepreneurial spirit for SRJC’s Shone Farm

Entrepreneurial initiatives at Santa Rosa Junior College’s 365-acre Shone Farm in Forestville are likely to expand in the coming years, an effort that the school’s new dean of agriculture and natural resources said will help generate revenue to grow the popular program at a time of historic budgetary constraints...
Read full article in the North Bay Business Journal

Sales Position @ Kozlowski Farms

Kozlowski Farms has a job opening:
"Kozlowski Farms is looking for an energetic, self-motivated person to work in the Farm's retail store in Forestville. ..."
Details at: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/ret/3066004343.html

Video of the Forestville Parade 2012

The annual water fight between the kids and the Forestville Volunteer Fire Dept.

2012 BBQ – Music Lineup

Saturday, June 9, 2012

• Sonny’s Acoustic Blues 11 AM
• Chris Rovetti & the Meatballs 1-4 PM
• Lava  5-8 PM

Sunday, June 10, 2012

• Sonny’s Acoustic Blues 11 AM
• The Blues Burners 1-4 PM
• Wonderbread 5 5-8 PM

Here is a popular Wonderbread 5 mix


And a video with the DanSonMorgan Trio from last year's BBQ

Forestville Parade 2012

The parade will start at 10 AM, June 9. As an appetizer here are some videos of past parades.

2010
Three more videos from the 2010



2009



2008

First of five parts below; here is the rest 2, 3, 4, 5,

Forestville minister to leave on a musical note

Carol Carter, pastor to the United Methodist Church of Forestville will retire after 28 years of service on Sunday, June 10. But the pastor is not going quietly. Instead there will be a song filled service at 10:30 a.m. featuring the Chancel Choir, the Bell Quartet, a string trio, and solos by flute and vocals. All that and a kazoo orchestra will also play for the pastor. The musical farewell will be followed by a potluck lunch. The church invites the entire  community to join in the fun.


From the Press Democrat

Election day

Get out and vote today. I did at my local voting place: the Fire Station.

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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