Bloggers from Forestville

According to the public data there are 29 bloggers on Blogspot from Forestville. Here are the blogs that are active, i.e. that had at least one post in the last two months:

• Spotty Horse News
• Momma Cooks
• Crush Widow
• Hub Blog
• For the love of poetry
• GeriPal - Geriatrics and Palliative Care Blog 
• Satisfied Buddhist

2 songs from the Forestville Club

Nowadays that somebody is recording almost every concert at puts them up on YouTube it is easy to find documents of past events, like the ones below.

On October 9, on the day of John Lennon's 70th birthday, Pepperland played in the Forestville Club, including this Beatles song:


Two days later, the Dead Kenny G's played with Radioactive, including this piece:

October 23, Harvest Moon Gala, Shone Farm

The Forestville Education Foundation's second annual benefit auction, "Harvest Moon Gala" will be on October 23 at the Shone Farm.

Exploding aerosol can damages Forestville home

From the PD:

An explosion early Monday rocked a Forestville area home, blowing out windows and damaging a wall.
The cause appeared to be a candle burning too close to an aerosol can, said Forestville Fire Chief Dan Northern.
Firefighters went to the River Road triplex home of Martha Mullen at about 5 a.m.
The explosion caused significant damage to the tiny apartment, estimated at 450-square-feet.

More, including a picture, at the Press Democrat.

October 23, four bands at the Forestville Club

This coming Saturday this four band will play at the Forestville club, starting at 8 PM ($5):

• Angel Island (MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube)
• Great Magnet (MySpace, Facebook)
• Gravity Plan (MySpace, Facebook, ReverbNation)
• Sons of Doug (MySpace, Facebook, SoundCloud)

October 16, Poker tournament to benefit the Youth Park and the Firefighters

PD: E-mail controversy in Forestville School Board race

Kerry Benefield wrote a detailed piece in the Press Democrat on using school computers for sending out a political email. The reporting starts with these paragraphs:

A candidate for the Forestville School Board apologized Monday and blamed her “naiveté” for an election controversy after she asked a district employee to forward a political email via a school district account.

Gaylynne Sword said she asked Forestville Academy secretary Fran Oliver to forward to all district employees an email invitation to a candidate “meet and greet” event last Saturday...

Read the whole article for all the details.

October 16, forum on gravel mining plan

The Sonoma County Gazette calls for an important meeting:

The Alexander Valley Association will host a public forum on the proposed Syar Industries In-Stream Mining Project at the Alexander Valley Community Hall, 5571 Highway 128, Geyserville on Saturday, October 16 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon.

The project, which would mine gravel and sand along the Russian River from Jimtown to Asti, is due to be considered by the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors later this month. Syar has requested a 15 year mining permit. Hours of operation would be 6:00 AM to 9:30 PM or dusk, Monday to Friday, from June through October.

Read the full article in the Gazette.

October 12, Board Meeting of the Forestville Fire Protection District

The agenda for the next board meeting of Forestville Fire Protection District was posted on their Facebook page. The meeting is open to the public and is on October 12, 6 PM at the  Fire Station - 6554 Mirabel Road.

October 12, Dead Kenny G's @ Forestville Club

The Dead Kenny G's is a duo started by Skerik (Critters Buggin, Garage A Trois, Les Claypool) and Mike Dillon (Critters Buggin, Garage A Trois, Les Claypool in 2004. Brad Houser, bass god from Critters Buggin and the Bohemians is currently the third member.

On the West Coast Leg of their current US Tour the DKG's make a stop in Forestville, California...