Fundraiser for Erin Mavis

Erin, of erin mavis clothing, is in the midst of a huge health challenge right now. David Maciel, of Second Life Bicycle Rescue, and Cloverdale Connect have teamed up to show her how much our community cares.

We are raffling off a fantastic beach cruiser bicycle plus gifts from community businesses such as MoE’s Eagles Nest Deli, Bolt Fabric + Home, Papa’s Pizza Café, Cloverdale Chamber of Commerce, Management Connections, The Outpost, Cloverdale Ace Hardware, Cloverdale Cottage Garden, Cloverdale Connect, Cloverdale Nursery, The Bike Shop, Carter Systems, Animal Hospital of Cloverdale, Russian River Tea Company, Cloverdale Saw & Mower, Yvette Wendt Photographpy, Sonoma County Trading Company, Body Works Studio, El Picnic Charcuterie, LIFT, Dahlia & Sage and W Real Estate for one mega-prize giveaway! All proceeds from raffle ticket sales will go directly to Erin & Lyle.
Donation tickets are $10 each, 6 for $50, 15 for $100. Random drawing May 1st, need not be present to win, winner will be notified by phone.
Tickets are available from Dana Johnson with Cloverdale Connect, David Maciel at the Bike Shop, Nina Sibert at Cloverdale Saw & Mower, Neena Hanchett at the Chamber, Kate Barrett at Bolt Fabric + Home. Tickets purchased by cash only – no checks, no credit cards, no Venmo.

Earth day presents an opportunity to further raise awareness of conservation and sustainability on all forefronts of environmental topics such as water, energy, air, and wildlife. One of the City’s greatest environmental assets is its location in the Russian River Watershed. The river is our sole source of drinking water, a critical source of irrigation water for the agricultural lands that surround our city, and is a key part of our economy, an important recreation resource for walking, hiking, swimming and boating, and is home to a host of plants and wildlife.

The Russian River Watershed encompasses an area of nearly 1,500 square miles of forests, agricultural lands and urban lands in Mendocino and Sonoma Counties. The mainstem of the Russian River flows 110 miles from its headwaters near Redwood Valley and Potter Valley along the eastern edge of Cloverdale before heading out to the Pacific Ocean near Jenner. The watershed is home to approximately 360,000 people, 238 streams and creeks, and 63 species of fish.

Russian River Watershed Association (RRWA):

The RRWA is a coalition of ten agencies including the City of Cloverdale, Sonoma and Mendocino counties, and a host of cities and special districts in the Russian River watershed that have come together to coordinate regional programs for clean water, habitat restoration, and watershed enhancement. The City of Cloverdale appoints a Councilmember to sit on the Board of Directors of RRWA. This year, Councilmember Morgenstern represents the City on the RRWA Board of Directors.

• The RRWA is partnering with Sonoma Water’s Water Education Program for the annual high-school video contest for Water Awareness Month in which participating students have the chance to win cash prizes. In recent years a local Cloverdale high school student won a prize for their video! This year’s prompt is, “How has drought impacted you or your community? How can we be more resilient to drought?” First, second, and third place videos are selected by a panel of professionals in the water and media fields. Cash prizes are split between the student(s) who create the winning videos and the high school they attend. The winning videos are used as educational outreach materials throughout the watershed. More information and winning videos from previous years can be seen here: https://www.sonomawater.org/video-contests/
• RRWA continues to see success in collaboration with the Cloverdale Chamber of Commerce placing restaurant placemats at participating Cloverdale restaurants. Restaurant placemats are a way to reach out to children about the watershed, river wildlife species, and limiting storm drain pollution. Placemats are in MoE’s Eagles Nest Deli, Papa’s Pizza, Tian Yuen, 101 ThaiWay, Flavia’s, Zini’s Diner, and the Cloverdale Public Library. A new bilingual version has been developed and is being distributed to participating locations.
• RRWA facilitated the watershed-wide sign program “Ours to Protect” featuring the egret that we see along bridges throughout the watershed. Cloverdale has these signs at Porterfield Creek and Cloverdale Creek. Storm drains are directly connected to our local waterways. All pollutants on roadways, sidewalks, parking lots, and other surfaces that drain to storm drains end up in our local creeks where they can harm aquatic species and negatively impact water quality.
• RRWA publishes environmental articles each month which can be found on their blog https://www.rrwatershed.org/blog/. Recent articles include, “Get Ready to Chase Down Sneaky Leaks!” “New Year Brings New Opportunities for Safe Medicine Disposal,” and, “Recycled Water: A Necessary Resource for Sustainability.”
• The RRWA manages a regional contract for Our Water Our World (OWOW) to coordinate and implement pesticide-related education and outreach at nurseries. The OWOW is a joint effort by water pollution prevention agencies, participating retail stores, and pesticide distributors and manufacturers — working together to reduce the risks associated with pesticide use. Ace Hardware in Cloverdale is a participating retailer.

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Contest Winner

Congratulations! ​

Michael Shanahan

He won a Gift Card from Cloverdale Nursery

by David Maciel
Sponsored by Ray’s Food Place, Furber Plaza
While working in the food industry in San Francisco I met Chef Nancy Oaks and Bruce Aidells who were opening up Boulevards a classic American cuisine. They showed me how to make this glaze and it’s one that you will make many times. With Easter approaching I love a good bone in ham and with this very rich bourbon molasses and
pecan glaze. I always look for shank end the bone adds in flavor and with the leftover shank it makes a great split pea soup.

Ingredients
Makes 12 servings
1/2 cup apple juice (preferably fresh unfiltered)
1/4 cup bourbon
1 3/4 cups (packed) dark brown sugar
1 cup pecans, toasted, cooled, finely ground.
1/4 cup mild-flavored (light) molasses
3 tablespoons dry mustard
1 whole bone-in 16- to 18-pound ham

Step 1 Boil juice and bourbon in small saucepan until reduced to scant 1/3 cup, about 6 minutes. Combine
sugar, pecans, molasses, and mustard in bowl. Add bourbon mixture; stir to form thick paste. (Can be made 2 days ahead. Cover; chill. Bring to room temperature before using.)

Step 2 Position rack in bottom third of oven and preheat to 325°F. Line large roasting pan with heavy-duty foil, leaving overhang on all sides. Trim off skin and all but 1/4 inch fat from ham. Place ham, fat side up, in pan. Roast ham until thermometer inserted into thickest part registers 130°F to 135°F, about 10 minutes per pound or 2 hours 40 minutes for 16-pound ham.

Step 3 Remove ham from oven; increase oven temperature to 425°F. Lightly score fat on ham in diamond pattern. Rub glaze thickly over top and sides of ham. Return ham to oven and roast until glaze is deep brown and bubbling, about 25 minutes. Let ham stand at least 20 minutes and up to 45 minutes. Serve with chutney and spoon bread.