CHRIS SMITH
Department: Newsroom
Phone: 707-521-5211
Email: chris.smith@pressdemocrat.com
Beat/Position: Columnist
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SMITH: About that painting, and that brooch
Published May 22, 2013
Good news came about the painting that might have been sold for next to nothing at a Healdsburg estate sale, and about chef Domenica Catelli's piece of family jewelry that sadly did sell for such a price at a Healdsburg garage sale.
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SMITH: Ty, our Handcar guy, walks on
Published May 20, 2013
Ty, our Handcar guy, walks on: Ty Jones, the endlessly imaginative co-founder of one of the greatest excuses ever to dress down and meet your friends in downtown Santa Rosa, is recovering nicely from a serious stroke.
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Holocaust book to return to Poland from Sonoma County
Published May 19, 2013
A prisoners' gift to a U.S. soldier which documented the horrors of Nazi concentration camps is headed for a home at the Auschwitz Museum thanks to the generosity of the soldier's Rohnert Park widow.
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SMITH: Geyserville chef will trade a meal for her treasures back
Published May 18, 2013
Domenica Catelli, the Geyserville chef, wouldn't change a thing about her life — except maybe that recent garage sale at which her husband mistakenly set out for sale her box of family heirloom jewelry.
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SMITH: So, they had Tinkerbell all that time
Published May 15, 2013
Betsy Bueno spent more than $1,500 on the lost-dog posters and ads I suspect you might have seen for her Pomeranian, Tinkerbell.
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Convicted killer Pendergrass to return to Santa Rosa on 'compassionate release'
Published May 15, 2013
Double-killer Ernest 'Kentucky' Pendergrass will be freed from state prison within about a month and allowed to return to Santa Rosa.
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SMITH: It's a touchy subject in Sebastopol
Published May 13, 2013
Brave is the team of architects and planners in Sebastopol this week to ask residents what changes they'd like to see downtown, then float suggestions at a public meeting Friday night.
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Sebastopol's Dale Dougherty born to tinker
Published May 12, 2013
Sebastopol's Dale Dougherty, founder of the Maker Faire and Maker Media, wants to rekindle mankind's urge to tinker, create and advance the state of things made with our hands and imaginations.
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SMITH: The grape guy from corn country steps down
Published May 11, 2013
Nick Frey knew this much about the wine grape — 0 — when the transplanted Iowan went to work in Sonoma County 14 years ago.
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'Mad Men' party at Sonoma County Museum
Published May 11, 2013
History rewound a quick 50 years at the Sonoma County Museum on Saturday — you'd have thought you'd wandered onto the set of 'Mad Men.'
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Santa Rosa soccer program opens the field to special-needs children
Published May 10, 2013
Nobody keeps score at TOPSoccer sessions in Santa Rosa, where special-needs youngsters can experience the thrill of the game.
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C. Kenneth James Jr.
Published May 8, 2013
Retired attorney C. Kenneth James Jr., who began his career as Sonoma County's first assistant public defender, has died at age 79.
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SMITH: One angel vanishes, a 2nd steps up
Published May 8, 2013
Anna Cadd of Healdsburg went all out with the flower arrangements she made for the Santa Rosa Iris Society show that was at the Luther Burbank Art & Garden Center.
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SMITH: Boston, and the best of the 31 Flavors
Published May 6, 2013
Troy and Lauren Taylor are back in Sonoma after a surprise-filled, VIP stay in the healing city of Boston.
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Human Race's 'Wonder Woman' returns Saturday
Published May 5, 2013
To her daughters, Guerneville's Jennifer Neeley is Wonder Woman every day. For the rest of us, she dresses the part just one Saturday a year — for the Human Race.