Colusa County

California State Historical Landmarks
in Colusa County
NO. 238 Swift's Stone Corral - [map] - {39.289738,-122.303170}
NO. 736 LETTS VALLEY
*NO. 890 Colusa County Courthouse - [map] - {39.21393,-122.0089}

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Trainwreck

Friday night, November 20, Sharon and I watched Trainwreck. The film was directed by Judd Apatow and written by Amy Schumer. It stars Amy Schumer and Bill Hader. Professional wrestler John Cena has a role as one of Schumer's boyfriends, while LeBron James has a fairly large part playing himself. There is an odd scene in the movie that includes LeBron, Matthew Broderick, Chris Evert, and Marv Albert all playing themselves...

We both found the movie watchable and entertaining...

Starbucks iTunes Pick of the Week - mGifts

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Code Expiration: March 8, 2016

Gainsleys at the Fall Dinner Party

Neighborhood Progressive Christmas Party

Sharon and I went to a progressive Christmas Party in the Deterding Ranch neighborhood. The party started the evening at Greg and Mitchell's home, moved to Mike and Jill's and then to our house. We finished the evening at Dan and Deborah's for dessert.

In almost four years in this neighborhood, we have gotten to know people and built stronger connections than we ever did in twelve years in Marina Point.

Xanadu

After appearing in the Jesuit Fall Play, Jack auditioned for the spring musical. He was cast in the ensemble!

2015 Christmas Tree

After a busy couple of weeks, Sharon and I finished decorating the Christmas Tree on Friday night.

Drew with Milo Greene in Mexico City

Sanborns at the Fall Dinner Party

SmartHospital Go-Live

Starting 6 am on Tuesday, I worked a 15 hour shift as part of a SmartHospital Go-live. We implemented an integrated set of technology including Cerner Clairvia, CareAware Alertlink and Connect, iPhones and Sotera Visi Mobile. The iPhones and Visi Mobiles ride on the new wireless network that we implemented in September.

Starbucks iTunes Pick of the Week - Effects Studio

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Code Expiration: March 1, 2016

ESPN 30 for 30 Vol 3: The Prince of Pennsylvania

Running on the treadmill at home, I watched The Prince of Pennsylvania. This is the second installment of ESPN's 30 for 30 Volume 3. An episode guide for Vol 3 is here. The documentary looks at the real life events surrounding John du Pont, an eccentric heir to a family fortune with a passion for wrestling, and brothers Mark and Dave Schultz, freestyle Olympic wrestlers.

In the 1980s, du Pont established a wrestling facility at his Foxcatcher Farm after becoming interested in the sport. He became a prominent supporter for amateur sports in the United States and a sponsor for USA Wrestling.

Dave and Mark Schultz both won gold at the 1984 Olympics. The Schultzes were the only brothers to win both World and Olympic championships. The Schultz brothers won more NCAA, U.S. Open, World, and Olympic titles than any American brother combination in history.

Earlier this year, I watched Foxcatcher. Foxcatcher was a Oscar nominated film based on the same story.

The story includes a lot of good interviews and actual footage of the key players and events. While most of the recent 30 for 30s have been two hours, The Prince of Pennsylvania was only an hour long. With a shorter running time, the documentary felt tight and focused. The 30 for 30 is better than the movie, but they are a very nice compliment to each other.

I gifted Foxcatcher and the The Prince of Pennsylvania 30 for 30 to Drew for his birthday.

Shopping for a Christmas Tree

Saturday morning, Jack and I met Sharon at Abel's Christmas Trees on Sunrise. After getting a tree at Lamb's in Elk Grove for the last six years, Sharon spotted this lot. This may be the same farm that we bought trees from in 2001 and 2002 on Folsom Boulevard.

They didn't have a flocked tree that Sharon liked. We picked out another tree and had them flock it. I raced back late Saturday afternoon to pick it up before the Farm Credit West Christmas Party.

It turns that this is probably the biggest tree that we have ever gotten! I bet the owner $5 that I could get the tree inside my SUV and close the tailgate; I couldn't. I had to tie the tailgate down. I was able to get the tree home. Jack and I got it into the front room and up on the stand. It is enormous!

2015 Farm Credit West Christmas Party

For the fifth straight year [2011, 2102, 2013, 2014], Sharon and I went to the Farm Credit West Christmas Party. Like 2012, it was held at La Provence in Roseville.

We took a couple of Star Wars bobble heads as a white elephant gifts. I ended up with a coffee mug, while Sharon got a reindeer beer stein... I spent most of the evening sitting across from and talking with Van.

2015 Jesuit Christmas Tree Lane Pic #1

2015 Jesuit Christmas Tree Lane Pic #2

College Applications

As of December 1st, Jack has applied to nine colleges. The list includes:

1. Oxford
2. Georgetown (early action)
3. Boston College (early action)
4. Norte Dame (early action)
5. Northeastern (early action)
6. Villanova (early action)
7. Loyola of Chicago (early action)
8. USC
9. Boston University

Five of these are early action; he should hear back from them before the end of December.

Jack said that he is tentatively planning to apply to five more by the end of the month, including:

• UPenn
• Cornell
• NYU
• George Washington
• Santa Clara

We have visited ten of these fourteen schools.

Lester S. Heringer

Les was the last of my dad's surviving brothers. We went to his birthday and anniversary celebration in 2011. During the summer after my sophomore year in college, I worked for two of his sons--Steve and Les, Jr--hauling prunes with a 1949 Peterbilt and a set of doubles.

Lester was born in 1918 and passed away peacefully at his home in Clarksburg at 97 years of age. He worked tirelessly on the farm with his father, uncle, brothers and cousins developing it into a very productive operation. He studied Agronomy at UC Davis and excelled as catcher of the Aggie's baseball team and as quarterback of the football team. He was drafted by the Chicago Cubs but shortly enlisted in the U.S. Army serving in WWII, discharging in 1945 as a Major. In 1943 he married his childhood sweetheart Marjorie and they celebrated their 72nd wedding anniversary in 2015. They lovingly raised 7 children; Gale (Steve) Brock, Stephen (Donna) Heringer, Cinda (Steve) Muser, Les (Janet) Heringer, Stanley Heringer, Jann Nelson Heringer and Duke Heringer. They have been blessed with 12 grand and 24 great grandchildren. Lester was predeceased by his parents Stephen F. & Mabel Holmes Heringer, and son Stanley. Lester helped organize and provided leadership to many Agricultural organizations including California Tomato Growers Assn., California Canners and Growers, Council of California Growers, Valley Nitrogen Producers, UC Davis Advisory Board and The California Agricultural Leadership Program. A celebration of life memorial service will be held at Clarksburg Community Church on Dec. 12th at 11:00 AM. In lieu of flowers you may contribute to the Ag related foundation of your choice.

ESPN 30 for 30 Shorts: Thicker Than Water

ESPN Films has released the forty-third film in their 30 for 30 documentary short series.

30 for 30 Shorts: Thicker Than Water

No diver had ever won two gold medals in consecutive Olympics, so the pressure on Greg Louganis before the 2008 Games in Seoul was immense. And that was before he found out that he was HIV positive, before he knew he would have to take AZT around the clock, and before he realized he needed to keep his condition a secret. In this moving documentary directed by Jennifer Arnold, Louganis and his coach, Ron O'Brien, open up about those excruciating days, and the leaps of faith that they both took to make history.

You can find Thicker Than Water on the ESPN web site at http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=14218518 .

Starbucks iTunes Pick of Week - Green Eggs and Ham

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Code Expiration: February 23, 2016