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2 ARRESTED FOR SEVERAL MARCH 1 GRAFFITI OFFENSES Staff Report
Photography by Rick Tang
A spate of graffiti incidents took place in Healdsburg early in the morning of March 1, but before it was over two men were arrested with incriminating evidence that police believe associated them with three such vandalism incidents that same morning. Shortly after midnight police on patrol reported g r a ffi t i a t S u n ny v a l e Drive; 40 minutes later, at 1:02am, another graffiti sighting was made at the railroad tracks at Grant Street, and again at 1:43am on Terrace Boulevard. Thanks to a call from a resident on Terrace at approximately 2:30am, Healdsburg officers responded to the area of Terrace and Alley 6, where the witness reported two individuals actively vandalizing buildings with spray paint. Graphic and numeric images associated with gangs were sprayed six feet high over the white wall, and a nearby stop sign was tagged as well. Down Alley 6, another building received similar graffiti, despite a prominent sign warning that the area was under video surveillance. Following the 2:30am call, officers quickly located and identified two male suspects—one adult and one juvenile—found in the vicinity carrying spraypaint cans. Other evidence was located connecting the two suspects to possibly three other incidents that same night. Both individuals were arrested and booked on multiple charges related to their involvement in the graffiti vandalism and suspected
LAMPSON LEGACY Marge Lampson, seated center, is joined by her daughters, granddaughter, great-grandsons and great-great-grandkids—plus various spouses—
for her 100th birthday party. At far left sits Marge Barnard, her former high school classmate, as Healdsburg Senior Living celebrates several centenarians this spring.
400 Years of Healdsburg SENIOR HOME ON GROVE STREET IS ON A CENTENARIAN SPREE By Simone Wilson
Driving down Grove Street along the western edge of town, past the discrete alleyway that leads to Healdsburg Senior Living, one might never guess that a grand total of five centenarians are housed within its walls—some who grew up here in the 1920s and ’30s. Three of these centenarians have already hit the 100-year mark, and two more have 100th birthdays coming up soon, this March and April. S e n i o r - h o m e s t a ff ers threw a joint birthday party for the Big Five last
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Friday afternoon, on the final day of February. They branded it a “centenarian celebration.” The first two birthday girls wheeled into the snug party lounge were Healdsburg natives Marge L a m p s o n a n d Ma r g e Barnard, who remember attending public school together in Healdsburg. “Did you hear they graduated in the same class?” one of Lampson’s daughters, Connie Vega, marveled aloud. Four generations of the Lampson family showed up to celebrate their matriarch—including a couple of great-greatgrandbabies, who flanked her for a photo shoot. Lampson never stopped smiling through the hourlong event. “Thank you for all the company, and the audience,” she said to her guests.
Centenarian No. 3 soon joined them in the room Friday: Lorraine Ham, a storied Healdsburg piemaker known as “Gram Ham” who moved here in the early 1960s and grandmarshaled the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade through town as recently as three years ago. Ham is also a founder and champion of Healdsburg’s informal pie parade around the Plaza each August. Going back even further, Ham used to run a bowling alley with her husband downtown, and eventually opened a ceramics studio called Lorraine’s at her home. Gram Ham is still sharp as a tack. Her life advice for fans: Keep walking. Ham said she grew up on a farm in Oregon—picking fruit, milking cows and
doing a whole lot of walking. When she moved to Healdsburg in 1962, “I was the only one walking in the whole town,” she remembered. “Then John F. Kennedy came along” and launched his fitness and walking campaign, and many of her neighbors joined her. Looking back, she advises: “Just do the walking. And keep a happy outlook.” Barnard, for her part, worked as a teacher and psychologist in the South Bay for decades. She returned to Healdsburg in 2008 after her father, lifelong Healdsburg resident Barney Barnard, died at age 108. A few years later she published a memoir, called The Barnard Journals: History, Humor and Healdsburg, that has become a favorite among the local-history set. How did she make it to 100? “By trying, trying and
trying,” Barnard said Friday. These three Healdsburg icons—plus centenarian Alene Lander, an out-oftowner—wore twinkling tiaras and golden “100 and Fabulous” sashes to their joint birthday bash. A few dozen friends, family members, staff and supporters—including three local firefighters— gathered to celebrate their extra-long lives with some sparkling Martinelli’s, paper “100” glasses with zeros for eyeholes, a hearty rendition of “Happy Birthday” and a cake with frosting that said, “Here are 100 cheers to you!” Fellow senior-home resident Betsy Irwin, 86, said to the centenarians at the party: “Congratulations. And you still have your marbles!” Another resident,
new lineup of shamans, scientists, influencers and advocates to expand the minds of attendees. That may sound dramatic, but consider the first presenters to take the stage: West County musician and “shaman” (that’s what the program notes say) Jens Jarvie, and winemaker Ross Hallek. The vintner will discuss wine as an “entheogen,” offering a pathway into the God within. Dionysian revels ensue, at least in the imaginations of the audience. In Sonoma County, that’s preaching to the choir. Strange as it may seem, this could provide the perfect overture for this year’s TEDx topic—“Bridging Forward: Past, Present and Future.” Or as executive producer Marilyn Nagel put it when we spoke last week, “Our theme is about lessons from the past that help us understand our present, and make our current lives better.”
Nagel has produced the annual lecture event at Sonoma County Day School (between Windsor and the Airport) for about 10 years now, initially as a volunteer but for the past several years as executive producer. It seems like a good fit: After working as the chief diversity officer at Cisco Systems, she became CEO of a Bay Area advocacy organization for women called Watermark. In that role, Nagel launched the first California Conference for Women in 2012. (She noted that this year’s TEDx Sonoma takes place on International Women’s Day, March 8.)
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SHAMANS, FILMMAKERS AND LIFE COACHES AT TEDX SONOMA
waves an imaginary magic wand that allows people to find out what they truly value. She appeared at last year’s TEDx Sonoma County.
Photo by Asa Mathat
MAGIC WAND Dr. Dawn Gross, a palliative care physician,
FEAST FOR THE LISTENING AUDIENCE AT JACKSON THEATER THIS SATURDAY By Christian Kallen
The local licensee of a global conversation brand, TEDx Sonoma County returns to the Jackson Theater on Saturday with a
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Head, Heart and Humor
From Hallek’s Dionysian preamble, the afternoon series of 12 guests unfolds in a series of 10-17 minute presentations, each weaving a tapestry of the ➝ Jackson Theater, 7