Applauds committee’s decision
Editor: As one of the 40 people who attended and spoke at the Ad Hoc Cemetery Committee meeting on Dec. 4, I applaud Councilmember Sebastiani and the rest of the committee for their wise decision to abandon the idea of selling our heritage and recommending as such to the City Council. The cemeteries were gifted to the city in 1835 and are part of the pride of Sonoma. We, as a community, should help shoulder the responsibility for maintaining the cemeteries and we should view the cemeteries as an integral part of our identity. I realize we maintain the cemeteries via an enterprise fund and that revenues are down, but perhaps we should find another method of funding or budgeting for them. I, for one, would be happy to help any way I can.
Yvonne Bowers
Sonoma
‘Dead Zone’ or …
Editor: It was very interesting to unfold Tuesday’s edition of the Sun and there on the front page, under the headline “Dead Zone,” was a photo of the street sign that sits at the corner of my yard.
Cell phone dead zones seem to correlate with the service provider. My own carrier, rhymes with horizon, has a live zone hereabouts. My son’s house is but two blocks away and has numerous areas in a variety of rooms where I find myself talking and realize I have become “signal lost.” A step in the wrong direction, especially in the kitchen, will terminate the strongest signal. Leaning to the right or left can interrupt even the most profound discussion. The research performed by Daedalus and Mustang Lely includes a reference to the intersection of Cherry and Verano. Since this said crossroads doesn’t exist, I’m left to wonder into which “zone” the Dynamic Duo in the convertible Ford had driven that day.
David Ian Robbins
Sonoma
We knew him when
Editor: I wanted to let the Sonoma community know I will be leaving Three House MulitiMedia on the day after Christmas. I have accepted a job with the Dunedin Blue Jays in the Toronto Blue Jays Minor League system, and I will be leaving for Florida in a couple of weeks. You all have been such a great group of people to work with, and I will try and keep in touch with a blog or something from here on out once I leave.
We’re planning a special for the Mornings in Sonoma show on December 26, so I’ll let you know about those plans as they come along. Thanks for all your support and your help, and you’ve made my early career a very good one. I won’t forget the first place that brought me in to do what I loved to do.
Tim Livingston
Sonoma
Editor’s Note: We have been thrilled by our long association with Sonoma’s own Tim Livingston, who honed his craft as a sports announcer first on Sonoma’s local radio station KSVY 91.3 Sonoma FM and then on local SVTV Channel 27. We’ll miss his sweet nature and his unfailing enthusiasm for the sport at hand. He is knowledgeable, articulate, and always positive. Of Tim we’ll be able to say some day, “We knew him when ….”