Cotati, CA http://cotati.towns.pressdemocrat.com News, Events, Sports, Photos, Businesses, Community Tue, 15 May 2012 17:28:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Night Golf shines at Washoe Creek http://cotati.towns.pressdemocrat.com/2012/05/sports/night-golf-shines-at-washoe-creek/ http://cotati.towns.pressdemocrat.com/2012/05/sports/night-golf-shines-at-washoe-creek/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 17:28:34 +0000 Marie Thomas McNaughton http://cotati.towns.pressdemocrat.com/?p=16772 Cotati’s Washoe Creek Golf Course has set the dates for this year’s Saturday night golf tournaments, all 6:30-9:30 p.m.: May 12, June 9, July 21, August 18 and Sept. 8. The $35 fee includes a buffet dinner, nine holes of play and one LED ball (additional balls, $3).

Pre-pay to reserve a spot for each individual tournament. Series participation requires a minimum of four tournaments. More information, call 792-7700 or visit 1475 W Sierra Ave., Cotati, http://www.facebook.com/pages/WASHOE-CREEK-GOLF-COURSE/129909280359427.

]]> http://cotati.towns.pressdemocrat.com/2012/05/sports/night-golf-shines-at-washoe-creek/feed/ 0 (Later) This Week, May 17-20 http://cotati.towns.pressdemocrat.com/2012/05/news/this-week-may-17-20/ http://cotati.towns.pressdemocrat.com/2012/05/news/this-week-may-17-20/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 21:07:34 +0000 Marie Thomas McNaughton http://cotati.towns.pressdemocrat.com/?p=16760 There’s something for every age group this week as the school year winds down and summer gears up: school plays, “Legally Blonde,” Fundraiser Friday at Spancky’s, the Rose Parade.

This Thursday, consider a “school event crawl,” starting with a Pride & Pasta Feed, featuring the Pasta King, $5, at Evergreen Elementary, 5:30 p.m., 1125 Emily Ave., Rohnert Park, 588-5715. The hour-plus Marguerite Hahn Elementary School talent show begins at 6 p.m., free, 825 Hudis St., Rohnert Park, 588-5675. Fifty-four fourth graders sing and dance at Waldo Rohnert Elementary in the half-hour gold-rush-camp comedy “Gold Dust or Bust,” 6:30 p.m., free, 1075 Bonnie Ave., Rohnert Park, 792-4830. To cap off the evening, attend the Rancho Cotati High School Spring Dance Concert at 7 p.m. Multi-use Room, 5450 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park, 792-4750.

Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m, “Legally Blonde the Musical,” based on the hit comic movie of the same name, takes its characters from Malibu to Harvard Law. Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park. For tickets $20-$26, call 588-3400,Tuesday-Saturday, 12-5 p.m., and one hour before curtain.

Friday night, keep those big tips coming as cancer-survivor Amy DeLong collects donations for the American Cancer society as the Spancky’s Bar celebrity/guest bartender, 5-7 p.m., 8201 Old Redwood Highway, Cotati, 664-0169.

On Saturday morning, you can cheer for the Rancho Cotate High School Color Guard and Marching Band playing classic rock in the 118th Annual Luther Burbank Rose Parade & Festival. The two-hour parade of floats, horses and novelty units starts 10 a.m. at Sonoma Avenue and E Street and proceeds north on E Street and then west on Fourth Street. A festival follows until 3 p.m. in Courthouse Square, and includes an Iron Chef competition among the county’s high school culinary arts programs. For more info: www.roseparadefestival.com.

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Cotati’s moving landmark (historically a drive-in on Old Red, now a store-front in the Rancho Cotate Shopping Center) features hearty breakfasts and stick-to-your-ribs lunches that usually require a take-home box. Think eggs Benedict, roast-beef hash, strawberry French toast, burgers and fries, pork chop plates. 560 E. Cotati Ave., 792-1232.

]]> http://cotati.towns.pressdemocrat.com/2012/05/news/old-style-diner-adds-gift-cards-to-the-menu/feed/ 0 Wednesday night only http://cotati.towns.pressdemocrat.com/2012/05/events/wednesday-night-only/ http://cotati.towns.pressdemocrat.com/2012/05/events/wednesday-night-only/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 19:04:03 +0000 Marie Thomas McNaughton http://cotati.towns.pressdemocrat.com/?p=16743 Educator (and Press Democrat Towns correspondent) Marie Thomas McNaughton, M.A., speaks to the multiple intelligences everyone has with “What’s your IP? (intelligence profile)” May 9, at 7 p.m. This is a segment in the spring Wednesday Night speaker program at Petaluma Hospice House, 416 Payran St., Petaluma (near the fairgrounds). Everyone welcome. Free. Call 529-0734 for more information.

]]> http://cotati.towns.pressdemocrat.com/2012/05/events/wednesday-night-only/feed/ 0 Another Cotati cleanup May 19 http://cotati.towns.pressdemocrat.com/2012/05/news/cotati-cleanup-slated-for-two-saturdays-in-may/ http://cotati.towns.pressdemocrat.com/2012/05/news/cotati-cleanup-slated-for-two-saturdays-in-may/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 17:19:51 +0000 Marie Thomas McNaughton http://cotati.towns.pressdemocrat.com/?p=16698 Redwood Empire Disposal is sponsoring two clean-up-and-recycle days this month, 8 a.m.- 2 p.m. May 12 and 19 at the Cotati Park n’ Ride on St. Joseph Way, for Cotati residents only.

Garbage Reincarnation also will be on site to accept reusable material and donations.

Customers are responsible for unloading their own vehicles and should bring proof of Cotati residency.

Materials accepted:

  • Wood and yard waste, less than 5-foot lengths (no stumps, palm fronds or poison oak)
  • Household trash
  • Household recyclables
  • Televisions, computers, electronics
  • Non-freon appliances: washers, dryers, dishwashers, water heaters, stoves
  • Scrap metal (no drums, cylinders, tanks or items with gas engines)

Materials not accepted:

  • Batteries (household or automotive)
  • Freon appliances: refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners
  • Mattresses or box springs
  • Pressure-treated wood
  • Tires
  • Lawnmowers, weed-eaters or other gas engines
  • Bricks, concrete, rocks, dirt or sheetrock
  • Hazardous waste (motor oil, fluorescent tubes or bulbs, paint, herbicides, pesticides)

For more info, call 585-0291 or visit www.unicycler.com.

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]]> http://cotati.towns.pressdemocrat.com/2012/05/photos/spotted-in-cotati-15/feed/ 0 Cotati Farmers Market coming to La Plaza June 7 http://cotati.towns.pressdemocrat.com/2012/05/news/cotati-farmers-market-coming-june-7/ http://cotati.towns.pressdemocrat.com/2012/05/news/cotati-farmers-market-coming-june-7/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 21:14:48 +0000 Marie Thomas McNaughton http://cotati.towns.pressdemocrat.com/?p=16749 The Cotati Farmers Market begins Thursday June 7, 4:30-7:30 p.m., and runs through September 20, featuring local produce, specialty foods, flowers and plants, handmade crafts, and live entertainment weekly at La Plaza Park, West Sierra and Old Redwood Highway, Cotati.

Shoppers and diners should mark their calendars; vendors can sign up with market manager Karen Baggiani, 769-1830, emailkbaggiani@att.net; and those interested in sponsoring a weekly market for a mere $25, can contact Jami Brady, 495-9373, chamber@cotati.org.

Sponsors are featured on 1,000 postcards distributed throughout Cotati and Rohnert Park, in the Cotati Chamber’s weekly email blast during the 16 weeks of the market season and receive a 10×10-foot vendor space for their week’s market.

 

 

]]> http://cotati.towns.pressdemocrat.com/2012/05/news/cotati-farmers-market-coming-june-7/feed/ 0 Cross & Crown School is 40 http://cotati.towns.pressdemocrat.com/2012/05/events/cross-crown-school-celebrates-40-years/ http://cotati.towns.pressdemocrat.com/2012/05/events/cross-crown-school-celebrates-40-years/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 20:04:05 +0000 Marie Thomas McNaughton http://cotati.towns.pressdemocrat.com/?p=16731 Reunite with old friends as Cross & Crown Lutheran School celebrates its 40thanniversary, noon-4 p.m. Saturday, May 12.

Begun in 1972 as “Little Friends Preschool,” the school invites alumni and the public to enjoy live music, games, a silent auction and lunch by Outback Steakhouse at 5475 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park.

For more info: 795-7863.

]]> http://cotati.towns.pressdemocrat.com/2012/05/events/cross-crown-school-celebrates-40-years/feed/ 0 The Week: May 6-13 http://cotati.towns.pressdemocrat.com/2012/05/events/the-week-local-events/ http://cotati.towns.pressdemocrat.com/2012/05/events/the-week-local-events/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 20:01:28 +0000 Marie Thomas McNaughton http://cotati.towns.pressdemocrat.com/?p=16729 Register by Tuesday for Friday’s 8 a.m.-5 p.m Sustainable Enterprise Conference is dedicated to helping North Bay businesses move to greater economic, environmental and social sustainability. Learn, network, enjoy local healthy products. Sessions include climate change in Sonoma County, green business best practices, how going local can benefit the region, energy efficiency, building your dream green team, “The Sustainable Adam Smith.” Sonoma Mountain Village, 1400 Valley House Drive, Rohnert Park. Registration through May 8, $159-$249: www.sustainableenterpriseconference.com.

Take a walk this week at Sonoma State, delight in the campus’s spring plantings and discover emerging artists at the Sonoma State University Library Art Gallery in “Diverse-City,” a showcase of student work addressing gender, race, ethnicity. Free, daily. Jean and Charles Schulz Information Center, SSU, 1801 E. Cotati Blvd., Rohnert Park. For more info: http://library.sonoma.edu/about/gallery.php

Start the weekend early with “Group Therapy Thursday” at the Cotati Corner Wine Bar, 5-7:30 p.m. with three 2-ounce pours for $8. Also open Monday through Saturday, from 12 p.m. 1818 La Plaza, Suite 106, Cotati, 793-9357, www.cotaticorner.com.

On Saturday, run, walk, cheer. “Girls on the Run” Sonoma County 5K Family Fun Run/Walk, begins at 9 a.m. Join Sonoma County Supervisor Efren Carrillo in warm-ups at the Rohnert Park Community Center, 5401 Snyder Lane,
Rohnert Park. Then accompany more than 370 third-to-eighth-grade girls to raise money for the program that supports them in becoming independent thinkers and making healthy decisions. Rohnert Park Mayor Jake MacKenzie and Supervisor Shirlee Zane will be on hand to meet and greet. Registration $25-30 for under 18s, $35-$40 for adults: www.gotrsonomacounty.org/.

The third annual Sonoma Early Music Festival concludes its Rohnert Park run Saturday at 8 p.m. with the Sonoma Bach Choir, directed by SSU professor emeritus music, Robert Worth, plus Whole Noyse brass ensemble, and the Live Oak Baroque Orchestra performing grand motets and other works by baroque composers Michael Praetorius and Samuel Scheidt. Tickets $15-20 online at www.sonomabach.org or by phone at 877-914-2224. Holy Family Episcopal Church, 1500 E. Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park.

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