Kelseyville JV girls win basketball opener

Anais Fay scored 14 points and Alexa Perez added eight on Friday night as the Kelseyville Knights beat the El Molino Lions 36-29 in a junior varsity girls' basketball game in Forestville.

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Exhibition: The Last Hurrah at Quicksilver

The Quicksilver Mine Co.'s final exhibition—The Last Hurrah—will open in the Forestville gallery on November 16th.

A reception celebrating the artists of The Last Hurrah will be held on Saturday, November 17th from 4—6pm. The show will continue until Quicksilver closes the gallery doors on December 31st.

Job: Barista for Small Organic Coffee Company (Forestville & Sebastopol)

Small West County Organic Coffee Company located in Forestville & Sebastopol is looking to fill barista positions with individuals who are strong team players, have excellent work ethic and possess impeccable customer service skills and attendance records. Individuals with previous barista, restaurant, retail & customer service experience preferred. Fast paced rewarding team environment with opportunity for advancement. Please forward us your resume with references that include contact info and your current availability.
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El Molino night for 8th grade families is Nov. 15

El Molino High School is hosting “El Molino” night on Nov. 15 for eighth graders and their families to explore the Forestville campus and find out about programs offered, including four-year career development plans, fine arts, leadership and athletics as well as the core academic offerings.
The event is scheduled from 6:45 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the school library.
Teachers, staff members, students and parents will be available to talk about El Molino’s programs as well as to answer questions.
El Molino is located at 7050 Covey Rd. in Forestville. For more information, call 824-6550.

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Sebastopol walkers trekking to Forestville

The final “i walk sebastopol” event of the year will be a walk from the town plaza to Forestville on November 24.
The group will then take a Sonoma County Transit bus back to the plaza.
The only charge is the bus fare which is $1,85 for adults and $.90 for those 60-and-older.
The trek, to be led by Nick Kishmirian, will go along the West County Trail to Graton. After a rest stop, the group will continue to Forestville.
The seven-mile walk will take about 3 1/2 hours leaving hikers enough time to eat in Forestville before boarding the bus.
For more information, visit info@sebastopol.org or call 823-3032.
The “i walk sebastopol” series is sponsored by the city of Sebastopol,  the Sebastopol Chamber of Commerce and Sebastopol Area Senior Center.

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Backyard: Forestville's Newest Fare

Backyard, a local sustainable restaurant located in Forestville, will be opening the first week of November in the old Sarah’s Forestville Kitchen location.  With their motto of highlighting the backyard of Sonoma County, the menu will feature meats from local ranchers, vegetables from local farms as well as wine and beer from Northern California.  Their style is rustic Sonoma County cuisine, with a bit of Mediterranean flair, prepared with amazing techniques...

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People Power STOPS Forestville Timber Harvest

River Drive is a small neighborhood at Hacienda Bridge in Forestville. What we came to call the “Hacienda Timber Harvest,” without intervention, would have been a redwood clear-cut on two lots going down to the river on both sides of Hacienda Bridge. This brought many in our neighborhood and community together in outrage over what Clear View tree service was doing with a Cal Fire “exemption” permit and little oversight.

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Forestville bank robber convicted?

From Lake County News

A serial bank robber was convicted on Friday of having committed the August robbery of the Redwood Credit Union in Point Arena....According to investigators, Orlando remains a suspect in other bank robberies, including at least one that involves a Forestville bank.

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FYI: The bank robbery happened on January 13, 2011

Job: Professional caregivers

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We have many shifts, but we are primarily right now looking to fill a 10pm-4pm shift in Forestville. 

Locally grown chestnuts for sale

It is a little known secret that you can buy fresh chestnuts in the west county. Colossal variety chestnuts are now getting ripe and Green Valley Chestnut Ranch in Forestville is open for you-pick on Saturdays in the month of October from 1 to 4 p.m. If you can’t get there you can order on-line at chestnutranch.com and the growers will ship them to you via UPS. The website provides directions to get to the ranch, the history of the ranch (it dates from 1854) and has lots of great recipes for using your chestnuts as well as directions on how to roast them when you get them. What better way to treat your Thanksgiving turkey than to give is a roasted chestnut dressing?

From the West County blog of the Press Democrat