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		<title>‘Unexpected’ art piece steals the show</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 22:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eight women, veiled and dressed in black, unexpected and uninvited, bringing performance art to the hallowed halls of SFMOMA and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. For artist Marsha Klein, staging her original walking art piece was the culmination of a series of performances 10 years in the making. The concept for “Abandoned Art – An Unexpected Performance Piece” originated over a decade ago. Faced with the frustration involved in the search for mainstream exposure for her artwork, Klein said, “It seemed to me that if one couldn&#8217;t get &#8216;decent&#8217; exposure, then &#8216;indecent&#8217; exposure would be the alternative.” This &#8230; <a href="http://news.sonomaportal.com/2013/05/24/%e2%80%98unexpected%e2%80%99-art-piece-steals-the-show/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>‘Buddy Poppies’ campaign benefits needy veterans</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 21:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a small symbol of remembrance, the poppy has made a big difference for veterans in need. In 1923, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) had its first national campaign for the annual distribution of poppies, which are assembled by disabled or hospitalized veterans. Locally, VFW Bear Flag Post 1943 and its Ladies Auxiliary will be part of the annual campaign, distributing Buddy Poppies at Sonoma locations on May 25 and 25. According to Post Commander Dan Parker, all donations will directly benefit disabled and needy veterans and the widows and orphans of deceased veterans. The Sonoma post has helped &#8230; <a href="http://news.sonomaportal.com/2013/05/24/%e2%80%98buddy-poppies%e2%80%99-campaign-benefits-needy-veterans/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Update from Budapest</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 21:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[George Webber, a.k.a Count Agoston Haraszthy, with the latest from Hungary: &#8220;Our Sonoma-Tokaj Sister City Committee Delegation arrived in Tokaj Thursday afternoon, and we have been on a diplomatic whirlwind ever since. &#8220;We were squired to the local hospital, high school, and performing arts center by horse-drawn carriage; these civic institutions were remarkably well-appointed. &#8220;The hospital is less than four years old&#8212;it came complete with modern equipment from the European Union. The high school has laboratories a college would be proud of&#8212;-gifts from the government of Norway, while the modern computers were donated by Cisco Systems. Hungary joined the European &#8230; <a href="http://news.sonomaportal.com/2013/05/24/update-from-budapest/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sonoma hotel would be first to meet ‘Living Wage’ standard</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If and when it builds a proposed downtown Sonoma hotel, Kenwood Investments will hire local residents to staff the property and pay them according to the city’s Living Wage Ordinance, to include healthcare benefits. The agreement with the North Bay Labor Council is a first for Sonoma, and one of only two countywide, said ownership principal Darius Anderson. The agreement also calls for construction workers to be ‘local’ – in this case from within a 50-mile radius – and that the hotel be “labor neutral,” a provision allowing workers to organize a union to represent them in the future. “This &#8230; <a href="http://news.sonomaportal.com/2013/05/23/hotel-would-be-first-to-meet-%e2%80%98living-wage%e2%80%99-standard/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fourth graders dig Sonoma</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 15:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(By George McKale) When Selma Blanusa was remodeling the old barn on her rural Seventh Street property, she noticed something different on the interior walls, namely paper. Along with her contractor, Chris Grippi, she began to unravel other peculiarities regarding the barn’s construction, eventually determining that it was once a home and later converted into a barn. Selma had collected a number of ancient wine bottle bases, a variety of iron thing-a ma-jigs, ceramics and square nails near the old 25 by 25 foot square home. The conclusion: why not conduct an archaeological excavation to see what other little treasures &#8230; <a href="http://news.sonomaportal.com/2013/05/23/fourth-graders-dig-sonoma/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hospital foundation&#8217;s big day</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 15:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A sold-out crowd of 180 guests gathered at Ramekins Culinary School, Events &#38; Inn to honor Valerie Brown and Harriet Derwingson at the Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation’s 8th Annual Celebration of Women on May 17. The annual event honors outstanding Sonoma Valley women who have made significant contributions to the community through their volunteerism, community involvement and philanthropy. This year, the SVH Foundation Board of Directors selected Brown (at left) and Derwingson as the recipients of the Pulse Award, in recognition of their outstanding support and service to the community of Sonoma. In addition to receiving their awards from SVH &#8230; <a href="http://news.sonomaportal.com/2013/05/23/hospital-foundations-big-day/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Catch It…If You Can!</title>
		<link>http://news.sonomaportal.com/2013/05/23/catch-it%e2%80%a6if-you-can/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 14:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Race in to Jacuzzi Family Vineyards and The Olive Press to see the #11 FedEx car on display! From 10 am to 4 pm on June 20, you’ll meet racing experts, get to ask questions and take home some fun souvenirs. Bring your friends and family to Sonoma for a mad dash of fun. Complimentary wine and olive oil tastings, and discounts on purchases, will be offered.]]></description>
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		<title>Dispatch from Budapest</title>
		<link>http://news.sonomaportal.com/2013/05/22/dispatch-from-budapest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 21:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[George Webber, a.k.a Count Agoston Haraszthy, reports from Hungary: &#8220;After helping to form a Sister City between Sonoma and Tokaj, Hungary last year, I am en-route to the Tokaj Wine Festival; first stop Budapest. A beautiful city that goes back to the Roman province of Pannonia 2,000 years ago, Budapest is a full of parks, 19th Century buildings, and castles looking down on the Danube River. &#8220;I always travel in costume as the famous Hungarian Count Agoston Haraszthy; it makes for interesting encounters. Children, bums, and people looking for directions take a special interest in the guy with the top-hat &#8230; <a href="http://news.sonomaportal.com/2013/05/22/dispatch-from-budapest/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Forever remembered</title>
		<link>http://news.sonomaportal.com/2013/05/22/forever-remembered/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 18:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 55th Annual Sonoma Valley Joint Memorial Day Observance will be held on Monday, May 27, at the Sonoma Veterans Memorial Park. adjacent to the Sonoma Veterans Building, 126 First Street West. The Guest of Honor for the 11 a.m. ceremony is Dr. Frances L. Harvey, who served as the 19th Secretary of the Army. All veterans are invited to wear their best military uniforms (or appropriate attire) and participate in the grand march at the opening of the ceremony. Veterans who want to participate are requested to muster at 10:30 a.m. beneath the flag of their particular branch of &#8230; <a href="http://news.sonomaportal.com/2013/05/22/forever-remembered/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Art down cold</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 18:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inspired by glacial walls and pure colors playing through the crystal structure of ice, Canadian artist Gordon Halloran has created ambitious monumental public art installations in Canada, the U.S. and Europe. His double exhibition, “Ice Break,” in the new leaf gallery &#124; sculpturesite, and “Breaking Up is Hard to Do,” by the outdoor reflecting pool, is now open at Cornerstone Sonoma. “As Canadians, we have a personal and collective experience with ice and cold which is unique,” Halloran said. “We stare down into a sheet of frozen ice and see ourselves reflected clearly in a mirror the size of the &#8230; <a href="http://news.sonomaportal.com/2013/05/22/art-down-cold/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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