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Please submit Local Notes items to the Editor by Noon on Fridays — editor@advocate-news.com or by phone at 707-380-1142. On Thursday, April 25, The Rotary Club of Mendocino is pleased to invite business and service owners, NGOs, and other community citizens to attend a Mendocino Town Hall meeting at noon in Preston Hall in Mendocino. Mendocino County Fifth District Supervisor Ted Williams, our special guest speaker, will lead a discussion of our beloved town’s ongoing demographic and economic changes, what businesses and other residents are doing to respond to them, and what we could all do to create a better path to the future. Please bring a bag for lunch, pizza, or other food. For more information and to submit questions, please see https://www.mendocinorotary.org.

Hello, my name is Tina Moody I live in Hopland. The reason for this letter is a tree service has come on our property and cut multiple trees down to the ground in the past two days and they say they are coming back to cut more in the name of PG&E.

MENDOCINO Co., 4/23/24 – The Mendocino Council of Governments is hosting an online public workshop to discuss the updated safety plans for Fort Bragg, Point Arena, Ukiah, Willits and the county as a whole. The safety plans were developed by a consulting firm and seek to improve safety for all modes of transportation in the county, including during emergencies. The workshop takes place on Thursday, April 25 from 6-7:30 p.m.

The Willits Police Department recently gave 15-year-old Eva a day as a police officer, which is a job the teenager "has aspired to (and she) loves interacting with our officers, who love seeing and talking with her around town." In a recent Facebook post, the WPD said it hosted Eva...

UKIAH, Ca., 4/18/23 — Mendocino Winegrowers, Inc. (MWI) has welcomed Bonnie Butcher as its new executive director. Butcher, with experience in event management, sales and strategic planning, most recently served as tasting room and event center manager for BARRA of Mendocino. Mendocino Winegrowers is a nonprofit that promotes Mendocino...

MENDOCINO, CA — On Saturday, May 11, the Taoist Temple of Kwan Tai, a California historical landmark, is holding a unique tasting of various ports and food items that pair well with each of the six wines offered at the event. Denise Lee, a direct descendant of the Lee...

Last Friday, former Little River Men’s Club Champion Tim McLaughlin traveled across the great divide from Cloverdale to Little River, as he usually does once a week, to compete in the Stableford format. This week, Tim had some exciting information to share. The Healdsburg Golf Club at Tayman Park, just down the road from Cloverdale, has a Toptracer system on its driving range. The Toptracer system traces the arc, direction of the ball, accuracy, and distance. The information is recorded on a screen at the driving range stall. After you hit your ball, you can watch your ball fly on the screen. There is also an option to play eighteen courses virtually on the screen. You can play the Old Course at St. Andrews in Scotland or Pebble Beach, Spyglass, or the London International Course. After you choose your course, you can select your tees and line up your shot on the screen. When you hit your ball, you will see it on the screen going in the direction you selected for your chosen course. You also have the option of just playing the front or back nine or just a few holes. The range at Healdsburg is open every day except after 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday when it is closed for maintenance for the rest of the day. The guys representing the Men’s Club at the next NCGA qualifying level may be playing Spyglass, Pebble Beach, or Poppy Hills. They might be tempted to play their prospective course on the virtual. Last Friday, Tim said he had not experienced the Toptracer yet, but he may have by now.