Country Fair Day Thanks, Hooked on Marin, Elder's Garden

Country Fair Day Thanks!

Country Fair Day 2013 was a tremendous success!  As with any large event, it would not have happened without the assistance of many dedicated people.  Many thanks to:

·         The Ross Valley Firefighters’ Club for serving hundreds of fairgoers delicious pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, juice and coffee, led by Sid Jamotte.  

·         Ross Valley Fire and Captain Dan Mahoney for teaching sidewalk CPR.

·         Scott and Madeline Scherr and Patrick Stallone for helping hang signs and chalk the streets the night before the event.

·         The parade crew of Tom Robinson, Mattie Allison, David Potovsky, and Peter Hoch  for assembling an incredible list of parade participants and keeping them moving down the avenue.

·         Bob Lewis and Alan Cascio for announcing the parade.

·         Kay Coleman, Amy Brasler, Denise Young and Ellin Purdom for organizing the booths, laying out the street and directing people to their assigned locations.

·         The San Anselmo Chamber of Commerce and United Markets for organizing “taste row” and providing a wonderful assortment of goodies to enjoy.  Thanks also to Vance Frost for helping set up and organize the “taste row.”

·         Mauro’s and the Royal Order of the Oyster for keeping fairgoers well fed at Creek Park.

·         Drake High School for their great participation, including serving as the parade marshals, staffing two separate booths, sponsoring activities for kids and autographs from the 1982 State Championship Teams, the Jazz Band entertaining the crowd on the Town Hall Plaza, and providing two energetic cheerleaders who spent the entire day selling sno-cones.

·         The Tik Tax all-girls band for performing on the Town Plaza.

·         Ticket sellers Judy House, Anna Frost, Roberta Robinson, Carla Kacmar and Daria Carrillo kept the bouncers, players and zippers on a constant stream of fun.

·         The Arts Commission for sponsoring the entertainment in Creek Park that was thoroughly enjoyed by all.

·         The Quality of Life Commission, Historical Commission and the Open Space Committee for participating in the day with booths.

·         The Parks and Recreation Commission for organizing and staffing a busy ticket sales and beer booth in Creek Park.

·         The Friends of the Library for organizing a very successful book sale on the Town Hall Plaza.

·         Library staff organizing the scarecrow activity, for marching in the parade and participating with a booth. Thank you Linda, April and Maureen.

·         The Central Marin Police Authority for ensuring accessibility, dealing with parking and road closure issues and leading the parade down San Anselmo Avenue, among many other tasks.

·         The Public Works staff for loading barricades, closing streets, and dealing with all the last minute problems that inevitably crop up. Thanks to Rick, A.J., Justin, Howard and Russell.

·         The staff of the Recreation Department who sold tickets, ran the jumpees, staffed the Creek Park venue, provided oversight on the games and just generally did what needed to be done. Many thanks to Dana, Dawn, Greg, Jasmine, Kait, Lori, Melissa, and Angelina.

·         Administrative Services Assistant Sandy Videgar who provided able assistance for just about everything, from start to finish.

·         Event Coordinator Carla Overberger for her calm, efficient, and unflappable work in putting the hundreds of moving pieces together and pulling off a wonderful event.

·         Community Services Director Dave Donery who masterminded the event from beginning to end and did a fantastic job.  

To all who attended, staffed booths, walked in the parade, ate pancakes, jumped on the jumpees and just enjoyed a very special community day, thank you and we’ll see you next year for even more fun!

Hooked on Marin?

Last year’s popular Hooked on Marin Speaker Series returns for a second season with events in October, November and December of 2013, and January 2014. The four moderator-led events feature panels of people — including Ben Fong-Torres of Rolling Stone magazine — who have been or are deeply involved in local Marin areas of interest.

Each event focuses on one aspect of what makes Marin County a unique place to live. Terry McGovern, one of the Bay area’s most versatile performers, moderates. The four events are:

Weds Oct 23, 7pm: Discovering California Native Peoples, with the Miwok Archeological Preserve of Marin (MAPOM). Drake Little Theater, Tamalpais Union School District.

Weds Nov 20, 7pm: Inside the Star Wars Model Shop. Drake Little Theater, Tamalpais Union School District. Speaker: Lorne Peterson, visual effects artist for the entire Star Wars saga and for many other films, including Indiana Jones, Men in Black and ET, gives an inside look at the science and secrets behind the artful models and sculptures of the Star Wars saga.

Weds Dec 4, 7pm: Trains in Marin: Past and Future. Corte Madera Community Center. Speaker: Richard G. Torney, “Railfan” and life-long Marin native, will talk about how for 40 years, clean “green” electric trains connected Fairfax, San Rafael, San Anselmo and Mill Valley with a ferry terminal in Sausalito. Torney will share historic photos of Marin trains from the 1870s-1960s and compare them with recent photos of the same locations.

Weds Jan 15, 7pm: Marin County Rock ‘n Roll Music History. Corte Madera Community Center. Speaker: Rock Historian and College of Marin Instructor Richie Unterberger will feature rare archival video and audio footage from the 1960s & 1970s, and stories from living legends of rock ‘n roll. Ben Fong-Torres of Rolling Stone magazine will join the panel.

A limited number of seats are available for each event. Admission is $15 per event or $40 for all four events. For more information and to order tickets, please visit: www.HookedonMarin.com, or call 415-945-3730.

Elders’ Garden News

Join the volunteers at the Elders’ Garden on Saturday, October 19, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. for the regular monthly work party.  Co-designers of the Elders’ Garden, Rohana McLaughlin and Vanessa Kuemmerle will give you steps and tips on how to design your very own outdoor sanctuary.  Learn how to turn your yard into a beautiful garden! The work party will follow.

San Anselmo News, published weekly on Fridays, is available at the San Anselmo Town Hall, Library, on the Public Notice Bulletin Board. It is also available on the Town’s website, www.townofsananselmo.org, and by email subscription.