By Iren Aslanian Jenny and Marilyn Rappaport Last Thursday, we held our second Pizza and Bowling with the residents of Veterans Home of California in Yountville. All participants truly enjoyed another successful event. It was great fun and well attended by veterans and community volunteers. Molly’s Angels generously donated pizza from Velo, and Hotel Yountville […]
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Letter to the Editor – The Yount Room is the Whistle Stop 2.0
Dear Editor, I find it interesting that the new Yount Room is basically the Whistle Stop 2.0. For our newer residents the Whistle Stop was the local liquor store in Yountville. It was conveniently just outside the range of the Veterans Home which was not allowed to sell liquor to the veterans. I believe no […]
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Napa Valley volunteers needed for holiday troop care packages and wreath-laying ceremony honoring veterans on Dec. 13
In the spirit of the season of giving, Napa County residents are being called to action this month as two community efforts seek volunteers, donations, and support to honor and uplift U.S. service members, both those currently deployed and those who served in generations past. Operation: With LOVE From HOME launches 19th annual Holiday Care […]
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Yountville chefs pay tribute to Veterans Home residents
Yountville chefs and leaders continued a long tradition of honoring residents at the Veterans Home of California with the 21st annual Celebrity Chefs Veterans Day Luncheon on Wednesday. Dignitaries from the Yountville, Napa County and California saluted, cooked and served residents a multi-course, gourmet meal, orchestrated by the town of Yountville, the Yountville Chamber of […]
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Increase in power outages raises concerns at Yountville Veterans Home
Seven power outages have hit the Yountville Veterans Home in the past three months, leaving the mostly elderly population in the dark for hours at a time. The most recent outage, which occurred the morning of Oct. 9, lasted more than two hours. Its cause remains unknown, according to Pacific Gas and Electric Co. representative […]
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Largest “Lunch with a Vet” gathering a success
On Thursday, Oct. 2 we had our “Lunch with a Vet” with a full house of happy town residents from down the hill, hosting residents of the Veterans Home. With a program that we started more than two years ago, this was our largest lunch with more than 30 veterans participating. A huge thank you […]
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The Loose Cannon – Susan the Apache, Part Two
At 5 a.m., exactly 32 minutes after my last column post, I received a 1,016(!) word response to my column that started like this: “Good morning Dad – great article about the code talkers. And also, in regards to the term “Indian giver” and “going postal,” I am curious how old you think your youngest […]
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Yountville veterans warn the militarization of cities will ‘end in tragedy’
A crowd of some 40 veterans and supporters gathered in Yountville on Saturday, Sept. 20, to rally against President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles and Washington D.C. and his threats to send troops to more cities across the U.S. At the rally, locals greeted each other, discussing politics as folk […]
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The Loose Cannon – Indian Givers and Code Talkers
Ever thought much about that phrase “Indian Giver?” Me neither. “Indian Giver” was a fairly common school yard insult or taunt when I was in grade school. Maybe it’s close to being forgotten by now, and some of my younger readers may be seeing it for the first time. After my last column about Susan […]
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The Loose Cannon – Susan the Apache, Part 1
I’ve been writing the Loose Cannon column for almost two years now. Many of you have already read some of my past columns. My hunch is that my most read and enjoyed columns were and are those about Yountville’s nefarious past. For the coming weeks, I had planned to republish those columns. They were definitely […]