Events • Good News • Happenings • Home & More!


Sister Stompers Claim Fourth Win in KZST World Championship Grape Stomp


Alt-A Hard Money Loan Might Be For You! by Ari Walker & team• ari@sunpacmortgage.com


SANTA ROSA, CA. ~ Grapes flew, juice flowed and crowds cheered as finalists competed in this year’s KZST World Championship Grape Stomp at the Sonoma County Harvest Fair. Clothing was stained and skin turned purple, but con- testants were not discouraged from competing for the title of World Champion and the $1,500 prize.


inary


After two days of prelim- rounds, involving 42


teams of contestants, Dee Dee Lombardi Brandt and Angela Lombardi Carvalho were in- vited back to the finals to de- fend their World Champion- ship title, and that they did. The Sister Stompers of Santa Rosa secured the win with 20.14 pounds of juice, taking home the $1,500 prize and trophies for the fourth year


in a row. “This year's stomp benefited from a great crop of grapes and a solid crew of stompers,” said Jane Engdahl, Special


Events Coordinator


and Grape Stomp Emcee. “The result was heavy weights all around, especially in the finals, with all competitors coming up with close to three pounds more than last year.” The grape stomp tradition at the Sonoma County Harvest Fair dates back over four de- cades.


Since then, wine and food


lovers from the local area and as far abroad as South Amer- ica, India and Australia, have been attending the Sonoma County Harvest Fair—plan- ning their visit each October to sample the county’s bounty and participate in the wildly popular KZST World Champi-


onship Grape Stomp. “We saw a whole new record set at this year's World Championships, with first, second and third place


taken by all-woman


teams. And all of the rest of the teams in the finals each had one woman,” said Eng- dahl. “For years, men seemed to hold a real advantage at the World Championship Grape Stomp, but those days are clearly long gone.”


For a full listing of 2019 KZST World Championship Grape Stomp teams and results, visit HarvestFair.org. The Sonoma County


Harvest Fair took


place October 4th and 5th and included a Grand Tasting of award winning wines and lo- cal food and the KZST World Championship Grape Stomp Competition.


Black Friday Event Nov. 19th


thru Dec. 9th


*Exclude hot buy & clearance items. Credit approval and minimum $4999 purchase on your La-Z-Boy credit card 11/19 – 12/9/19 with equal monthly payments, other 0% plans avail. See store for details


Santa Rosa, CA. ~ If it’s the American Dream to own one’s own home, then why is it made so difficult for so many to achieve? And does it have to be that difficult? One California broker has recently taken a good look and come up with a new way to open more doors. It’s a key designed to work from both sides of the lock: the security of bank loans and the risks of private money. In the case of banks and other traditional


lenders, require-


ments are so rigid it’s virtually impossible to get a home loan unless one has perfect credit


or the time to fill out a football field of forms. Financing can take from 2 to 5 months and offers can be rejected simply because sellers are aware of this fact.


In the case of private lenders,


hard money loans are based directly on real estate equity: “You got the property; you get the money!”. But rates can run as high as three times a con- ventional 30-year mortgage. Moreover, many private lenders issue too few mortgage loans to be closely watched by state and federal oversight. Fraud is not uncommon. Bor- ...continued on page 32


Save up to 20% OFF (plus)


0% Interest until 2024* Shop The Black Friday Savings Early!


Santa Rosa • 2875 Santa Rosa Ave. • 525-0569 www.lazboy.com/santarosa


"We need to reach out - spend more time together." ~ Letitia Baldrige UPBEAT TIMES, INC. • NOVEMBER 2019 • Pg 29


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32