Home & HOBBY 2012 Thank You Larry Larry Bertolini 4-3-27 to 4-23-12
For everything you have done to help make Sonoma County what it is today. You were a great boss, father fi gure to many, and a true example of how one man can make an enormous difference in his community.
Your Western Farm Center family will use everything you have taught us to continue your amazing legacy.
We will miss you greatly, but work hard to make you proud!
Western Farm Center
Since 1967 we’ve been the Favorite Place to shop for pets & farm animals!
(707) 545-0721 21 West 7th Street • Santa Rosa
www.westernfarmcenter.com Open Mon-Sat 8am-5:30pm • Sun 9:30am-4pm
10 • May 2012 • UPBEAT TIMES
SANTA ROSA, CA. ~ Beer enthusiasts from around the world came flocking to Santa Rosa to experience Russian River’s releases of Pliny the Younger. Yes it was February and the stretch of Fourth Street between D and E had a continuous line of people from open to close, waiting patiently to sip the bit- ter nectar of its hoppy content and critique
its citrusy
character- istics. Yes, beer has taken hold in Sonoma County along with its reputation for great wines.
From Petaluma
to Cloverdale and Sonoma to Occidental you are sure to find a great brewpub ready to serve you up some tasty pint of barley and hop concoction. Along with this passion for the frothy brew has been the growth of a hobby that can keep you “hoppy”. Homebrewing has become a growing hobby that has clubs organized throughout the
rules and restrictions but the craft beer revolution has made some great strides in the last 30 plus years.
In 1988 Congress passed National Homebrew Day. Every year the first Saturday in May marks the celebration of National Homebrew Day and Brewer’s and Homebrew clubs from around the world collaborate by following the same beer recipe. Every par- ticipant and club registers
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Somethings Brewing! by Barry O'Meara county.
UPBEAT TIMES • May 2012 • 10 JOKES & Humor # 4
It wasn’t that long
ago that homebrewing was illegal. At the end of proba- tion when they decriminalized alcohol they failed to legalize the making of beer at home. It took an act of congress but, in 1978 President Carter signed into law making homebrew- ing legal. Each state has their
A man was caught for speeding and went before a judge. The judge said, "Which do you choose: 100 days or 100 dollars?" The man thought and replied, "I think I'll take the money."
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Weird Facts & Trivia - 4
Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio has a total of 17 roller coasters, more than any other park in the world. Six Flags Magic Mountain has 15 roller coasters, making it the second largest grouping of coasters.
Many parts of the American movie "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" was filmed in the Sierra Madre mountains of Chihuahua and Durango. The movie was adapted from a novel by B. Traven, a German writer who spent much of his life in Mexico.
The volcanic peaks of Pico de Orizabia, Volcán Popoca- tépetl and Volcán Iztaccíhuatl are popular destinations for mountain climbers from all over North America, including the United States.
I am but mad north-north-west: when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw. ~William Shakespeare
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