Petaluma Milestones

• Updated: Marriage licenses

  Monday January 5, 2009 3:00 am

  The following marriage licenses were issued to southern Sonoma County residents the week of Dec. 29-Jan. 2:

• Straightforward look at end-of-life care

  By RAYNE WOLFE, THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

  Friday January 2, 2009 4:42 pm

  

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  It’s a topic no one wants to think about at the place no one really wants to visit. But on January 14 at 7 p.m., at Hospice of Petaluma, author Laurelee Roark will discuss her memoir “Your Name is Edith,” which chronicles her journey caring for her dying mother who suffered from Alzheimer’s disease.

• His profession is ‘baseball player’

  By JOHN JACKSON, ARGUS-COURIER STAFF

  Wednesday December 31, 2008 3:00 am

  

  Konrad Schmidt lists his profession as “baseball player.”

• Helping a friend in need

  By Lynn Schnitzer, For the Argus-Courier

  Tuesday December 30, 2008 4:15 pm

  

  Isn’t it nice to know what Petalumans are capable of when they come upon someone in need?

• A lifelong artist who likes to sing, too

  By LYNN SCHNITZER, FOR THE ARGUS-COURIER

  Wednesday December 24, 2008 3:08 pm

  

  A lifelong artist, Pamela Borne has been creating art since she was old enough to hold a pencil. “When I was four, I went to a birthday party on the beach in Sydney (Australia). They had little pony rides and I started drawing there. I always painted but didn’t have any success until I started at the JC (Santa Rosa Junior College). I’ve been taking classes there ever since.