🌱 Prescribed Burn + Record-Setting Wine + Veterans Day Events

Hello, my people! Happy Veterans Day — it's gonna be a beautiful one in Healdsburg. Before you head out the door, here's everything you need to know about what's happening locally.

First, today's weather:

It's gonna be a bright, bright sunshiny day. High: 73 Low: 47.

Air over Healdsburg:

Here are the top 3 stories in Healdsburg today:

1. Here's how Healdsburg is honoring Veterans Day. First, the local Rotary Club hosted an early breakfast this morning at their annex for veterans. And later this morning at 10 a.m., the annual "Honors Team" event will be held at the plaza to "honor all the women and men who have served our great country." There's also a huge parade and flyover down in Petaluma starting at noon; Healdsburg's American Legion Post 111 will ride in the parade. And tonight, as is tradition, the Healdsburg Community Band is heading down to the Cloverdale to play at Veterans Memorial Hall at 7 p.m. All city offices, schools and the library will be closed today, FYI. (Facebook & Facebook & Petaluma Argus-Courier; paywall)
2. Healdsburg winemaker Jesse Katz just set the record for the most expensive single bottle of wine sold at an auction, according to Sonoma Magazine. The buyer, Don Steiner, reportedly paid a whopping $1 million for a six-liter bottle of "The Setting Wines 2019 Glass Slipper Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon" at a recent charity event down in New Orleans. The 36-year-old winemaker is co-founder of Setting Wines, founder of Healdsburg's Aperture Cellars and "recently built Aperture Estate, an avant-garde production facility and tasting room south of Healdsburg, with investment assistance from Houston Astros owner Jim Crane," Sonoma Mag reports. Katz also "produces estate wines for Montage Healdsburg" and "designed the hotel property’s vineyard." (Sonoma Magazine)
3. There's another big, 11-acre prescribed burn coming up this weekend at Healdsburg's Rio Lindo Academy, nestled along a Russian River bend near Fitch Mountain. The burn is scheduled to begin around 9:30 a.m. and "should be concluded by 4 p.m., with resources staying at the fire as needed based on burning conditions," fire officials say. Here's a map of the planned burn area. (Facebook)

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Healdsburg pic of the day:

Today in Healdsburg:

• Veterans Breakfast at the Healdsburg Rotary Annex (7AM)
• Veterans Day Basketball Camp at Healdsburg Junior High (9AM-3PM)
• Veterans Day "Honors Team" at the Plaza (10-11AM)
• Healdsburg Running Company Veterans Day Run With Orsi Family Winery on the Magnolia Loop (6PM)

Healdsburg Patch Notebook

• As part of Healdsburg Education Week, Amy's Wicked Slush down by Veterans Memorial Beach will donate $5 of each "Math Homework Sprinkles" or "Class Clown Sprinkles" you order to local schools, via the Healdsburg Education Foundation. Last day is tomorrow, so get in there! (ConstantContact)
• David Tozier, a Healdsburg High School graduate and Korean War vet, passed away earlier this month at 78. R.I.P. (Legacy.com)
• Here's a heartwarming one for Veterans Day. Down in Santa Rosa, a veteran's sweetheart is waiting for a bracelet she sent him during World War II. It was recently unearthed after decades buried "in a farm field in the east of England," and is now on a plane headed our direction. (Press Democrat; paywall)
• If you have Kaiser and need a prescription filled, better do it quick before the strike starts Monday. (North Bay Business Journal)
• Healdsburg's looming old Ransom Powell house, built in 1869 on North Street, is featured in a Press Democrat story this week on historic homes in Sonoma County. "Powell was an adventurous Tennessee native and real estate investor who lived in the house for two decades before retiring in Dry Creek," the PD reports. The house is now a bed and breakfast called the Camellia Inn. (Press Democrat; paywall)
• A county sheriff's deputy rescued a little black dog in a Halloween onesie who was running down Lytton Springs Road near the 101 just north of Healdsburg yesterday, and took this amazing pic of the dog riding shotgun in the deputy's cruiser. Dog and owner have since been reunited. (Facebook)
• Any freelance graphic designers looking for work? This event planner guy just moved to Healdsburg and is offering "small jobs designing invitation graphics and print materials for parties." (Nextdoor)
• A chicken was found wandering near Powell and Badger/Sherman streets in Healdsburg recently. She's described as a "Rhode Island Red." Anyone recognize this young lady? (Nextdoor)
• Reminder: There's a COVID-19 vaccine clinic for kids 5 and older at Healdsburg Elementary's Fitch Mountain Campus tomorrow afternoon, in case you've had trouble getting a vaccine for your kid through their primary care doctor. (Facebook)
• A handful of Healdsburg winemakers are featured in a new list from Sonoma Magazine of "21 rising stars on Sonoma’s wine scene." Our local wine stars include Abby Watt of Medlock Ames Winery, Hélène Seillan of Vérité Winery and Evan Lewandowski of Ruth Lewandowski Wines. (Sonoma Magazine)
• The ex-CEO of Healdsburg Hospital is now the CEO of the hospital in Big Bear. (Big Bear News)

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— Simone Wilson

About me: I was born and raised in Healdsburg, CA, where I was the editor of the Healdsburg High School Hound's Bark. I have since worked as a local journalist for publications in San Diego, Los Angeles, New York City and the Middle East. I'm currently a senior product manager for Patch.

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