# 472 - 19th August, 2015

Greetings one and all. Are you are sitting comfortably? Then I shall begin… I am taking a break this week so the column will consist of just the Public Service Announcements and other brief salutations and greetings. I shall return, hopefully revitalized, next week…

    Public Service Announcements (P.S.A.’s)… Calendars and pens at the ready… #864 - The next Lions Club fundraising bbq at the Fairgrounds in Boonville is this coming Sunday, August 23 from 4pm-7pm and will benefit the A.V. Volunteer Ambulance… #865 - Saturday, August 22 sees the 11th annual Yorkville Highlands Wine Festival that will include tasting award-winning Yorkville wines made and grown within the region, delicious regional cuisine, music, a tempting silent auction, a grape stomp, and other wild and wacky games. This year’s event takes place from Noon to 5pm at Meyer Family Cellars on Highway 128, between Yorkville and Boonville. $45 for tickets - contact Matt Meyer at 707 895-2341 or check on their web site… #866 - The Vets from the Mendocino Animal Hospital will be visiting the Valley on one more occasion this month - tomorrow, Thursdays, August 20 at the usual time, 2pm-3.30pm, at the Anderson Valley Farm Supply on Highway 128, north of Philo… #867 - The Mendocino Bookmobile returns to the Valley on Tuesday, August 25. They are here on alternate Tuesdays for 45 minutes at each of these places and times: Navarro Store 9am (for just 30 minutes); the Floodgate 12.30pm; Philo 1.30pm; Boonville (Apple Hall) 2.30pm. Phone 463-4694 for further details… #868 - The A.V Museum is open every Saturday and Sunday, from 1pm-4pm. Situated in The Little Red Schoolhouse next to the Elementary School on A.V. Way, this is a perfect thing to do in the Valley when you have a couple of hours spare on a weekend afternoon. It is not without reason that it is generally regarded as ‘The Best Little Museum in the West’…   
    As a bonus P.S.A. here is the menu for the Community lunches and dinners over the next week at the Senior Center at the Veterans’ Building in Boonville. The Center asks for a $6 donation from seniors for both lunches and dinners and charges $7 for Non-seniors for lunches and $8 for the dinners… Tomorrow, Thursday, August 20, the lunch, served by Marti Titus and her crew at Noon, will be Vodka sauce with sausage and pasta, with Triple Chocolate for dessert… Then, next Tuesday evening, August 25 at 6pm, the dinner will feature Honey Mustard Chicken and Cherry Crisp for dessert. All meals include vegetables, salad bar, and fruit, plus milk, coffee, tea, and lemonade. What a deal - it maybe the best $7 you’ll spend all week!  Hopefully you will be able to attend, and remember – ALL ages are welcome! Hope to see you there… 

    Well now I think it’s time to take my leave; as you probably realize, I’ve got see a man about a sheep… So, that’s enough for now - “take me drunk, I’m home,” and until we talk again – ‘Keep the Faith’; be careful out there; stay out of the ditches; think good thoughts; be wary of strangers with more dogs than teeth; please remember to keep your windows cracked if you have pets in your vehicle; and may your god go with you… Oh, and of course, one final request, “Let us prey”… Sometimes poking, often stroking, but almost always humbly yours, Turkey Vulture - pleased in the knowledge that the old hare has safely moved to his new burrow…
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p.p.s. On the sheep, Grace… Keep on humming, Hummingbird…Missing the Venerable Pheasant everyday…