“My Petaluma” video copies Petaluma McDonalds’ Commercial

UPDATE May 21, 2015: Posted by Argus Courier just three days after our post, ‘Take two’ on McDonald’s Petaluma commercial”

A few days ago a new video was introduced by Chris Cathcart Films called “My Petaluma” with over 700 views already after just a few days of posting it. We were very eager to check it out. After watching it we said “Right on! that was great.” We couldn’t wait to share it. But it had a hint of something. We watched it a few more times, and yep – it was the Petaluma McDonald’s commercial turned local. As you know there was a pretty tremendous controversy recently over the Petaluma McDonalds commercial. If you missed it before, our post The #Petaluma McDonalds TV Spot Commercial is Released! was on the news – which stirred a strong reaction from the community. Following that we posted Is Any Publicity Good Publicity for #Petaluma? McDonalds Commercial Revisited.

We think this new video “My Petaluma” is a response, or a counter, to the Petaluma McDonald’s Commercial. We think this was our town’s way to express what the video portrays as “truly local.” a “Made In Petaluma” statement. Even though the two McDonalds franchises in town are owned by local business owners people don’t identify with the McDonalds’ brand as being “local.” People don’t identify with the large food chain as being “who we are” as a people and we don’t want others to think that their brand is anything close to identifying with our city or culture. There is even a contingent that does not even think east Petaluma has anything to do with the west side, and both McDonald’s are on the east side of town. Several have said, even though the two McDonald’s are in Petaluma, the video portrayed it as being downtown (which as we know – they aren’t).

While we much prefer the “My Petaluma” version of these videos, we are putting them side by side so you can see just how close they are. From the script, the scene changes, music etc… they are very very similar. There is no mistake about it – this is video was produced as a response to the Petaluma McDonald’s commercial.

My Petaluma By Chris Cathcart:

Petaluma McDonalds commercial:

Chris was obviously very passionate about this subject by his facebook posts.

CLICK PAGE 2 TO SEE HIS FACEBOOK POSTS THAT WERE PERTAINING TO THESE TWO VIDEOS

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Schedule: Get Ready For #Petaluma’s American Graffiti Cruisin’ On The Boulevard

An annual Salute to American Graffiti honors George Lucas’ timeless, coming-of-age film, American Graffiti, most of which was filmed in Petaluma in the early summer of 1972. Grab your favorite squeeze, jump into your hot rod, candy-colored screamin’ machine or the family car for that matter, and cruise on back to the “happy days” of the ‘50s and ‘60s.

Here is our video playlist from last year’s event:

Here is the 2015 Schedule:

Friday, May 15, 2015

11–4:30 pm: 4th Annual Customer Appreciation Day – with giveaways, free hot dogs and sodas
Larson Racing Products 345 Lakeview St Petaluma
4 – 8 pm: Cruise-in Social with music from XERB Radio Broadcasting on FM 88.1. There will be reserved parking for 1975 and older American vehicles. American Graffiti collectibles will be available
4 – 8 pm: Come meet the folks from the American Graffiti Tribute Team as they bring back the memories of the movie
4 – 7 pm: Come visit with the movie stars. This year, Candy Clark, Bo Hopkins, and Lynne Stewart will be joining us.
6:30 pm: Presentation of the Henry Travers & Rich Poremba Scholarships to local students

Saturday, May 16, 2015

8:30 am: XERB – Tune your radio to XERB – 88.1FM – DiscJockey and Petaluma Mayor, David Glass, will be hitting the microphone with some great old tunes.
8:30 am – 8 pm: Cruiser Retail opens – Get all your American Graffiti merchandise
10 am to 1 pm: Cub Scouts Pinewood Derby, Theater Square, C & 2nd Sts
New in 2015, The Cub Scouts have opened their track pinewood derby car and race it against other cars for trophies.
10 am to 7 pm: Visit with the movie stars from American Graffiti. Candy Clark, Bo Hopkins, and Lynne Stewart will be glad to see you and sign some pictures for you
10 am to 4 pm: Stop by the American Graffiti Display on the corner of Western Ave and Kentucky St. There you will see and meet cars. You will also see a few of the cars and their owners that were featured in the movie.
2 – 5 pm: Opening day for the Petaluma’s Farmers Market, Walnut Park, 4th & D St. Enjoy farm fresh produce from some of Petaluma’s local farms
2:30 – 4:30 pm: Meet the famous local Clo the Cow and have your pictures taken with her, she’s simply MOOvelous.
4-8 pm: Cruise Starts – They’re bringing back the good times you remember from your high school days when the roar of 400 plus classic cars start their engines and take to the streets to do what they were made to do, Cruise the Boulevard.Where to Watch the Cruise: Perhaps the best place to watch the cruise will be along Petaluma Blvd, south of B Street all the way down to the turn-around circle right before the river bridge. Grab you chair, a picnic basket, something to drink, your portable radio (tuned to 88.1fm) and if necessary, jackets and a blanket. Find a spot to watch the action. Be sure to wave and give the thumbs up to all the cruisers.

CLICK PAGE 2 BELOW TO SEE A MAP AND VIDEO OF THE AMERICAN GRAFFITI FILMING LOCATIONS IN PETALUMA

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#Petaluma Police K-9 Basko Bounces Another Bad Boy

                      Photo'd Officer Corie Joerger and K-9 Basko

According the Petaluma Police Department, Officer Corie Joerger has been a K-9 handler with PPD since 2009 and was named “2014 Petaluma Police Officer of the Year” partly due to her team work with Basko which resulted in the seizure of 4 pounds of methamphetamine, 1 pound of cocaine, 10 pounds of marijuana and over $275,000 in cash in 2013.

As reported in a press release yesterday evening this incident happened on Wednesday May 6, 2015.

On 5/6/2015 at approximately 3:32 PM, K-9 Officer Corie Joerger was patrolling in the 800 block of Petaluma Blvd. North. Officer Joerger observed Shane Kee, riding his bicycle towards her vehicle. Officer Joerger was aware Kee was a wanted felon and currently had 3 outstanding arrest warrants for his arrest. Officer Joerger was also aware Kee has been arrested in the past for weapons violations. Kee had fled from Petaluma officers on May 5, 2015, the previous evening and eluded arrest.

Officer Joerger stopped her vehicle and ordered Kee to stop. Kee immediately fled from Officer Joerger. Officer Joerger pursued Kee into a parking lot, where he dropped his bicycle and continued fleeing on foot. Kee ran toward the rear of the parking lot, out of Officer Joerger’s view. Based on Kee’s warrants and his history of weapons charges, K-9 Officer Joerger removed her canine partner “Basko” from her vehicle to search for Kee. “Basko” located Kee hiding under a truck in the rear of the parking lot, concealing his hands. K-9 Officer Joerger ordered Kee several times to show his hands and surrender, Kee refused. Officer Joerger was forced to use “Basko” to assist in the apprehension of Kee.

Kee received medical treatment for minor injuries he received during his arrest. Kee was later booked into Sonoma County Jail for 3 outstanding arrest warrants and resisting arrest. Kee is being held on a No Bail hold.

Good job to Officer Joreger and Basko!

KRON 4 Picks Up Report Also UPDATE: Police Aided By K-9 In Apprehension Of Wanted Suspect; By Joelle BurnettePublished: May 9, 2015, 7:54 am

Help Feed Families In #Petaluma: Volunteer this weekend for Letter Carrier Food Drive

The Letter Carrier Food Drive is the largest single-day food drive in the nation. They need your help. After the USPS letter carriers pick up the food it needs to be restocked on the shelves of the Petaluma Salvation Army food pantry. This program is entirely dependent on community support. It also accounts for half of all the food donated to Petaluma families throughout the year.

Please come by the Petaluma Salvation Army Headquarters located at 721 South McDowell Blvd. (cross street is Caulfield) on Saturday May 9 from 4PM to 7PM. Dinner will be provided for the volunteers.

Please RSVP to [email protected] or call (707) 769-0716

Video: ‘Tell Mom I’m OK’ – Spencer Dickinson Found Alive – Mom’s Reaction

VIDEO UPDATE: May 3, 2015, KPIX Channel 5, Native #Petaluma Spencer Dickinson Despite Destruction Stays in Nepal Determined To Help Family.

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Original Story:
Spencer Dickinson was unaccounted for after the Nepal Earthquake while hiking towards Mount Everest. This raw video coverage shows the mother’s relief after learning that her son was found alive. He was being helicoptered off the mountain and hears “Tell Mom I am OK”.

Here are other reports

Petaluma dad hears from son days after Nepal quake

Petaluma man missing on Everest alive and well

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VIDEO: Petaluma’s Good Egg Ceremony – Congrats to Steve Kemmerle!

Did you know that our past Good Egg’s choose the next Good Egg each year? This year’s and past years Good Eggs will be featured in a special section of the Argus Courier today. So don’t forget to pick up a copy of today’s issue. Also see their recent article online It’s Time to Celebrate Butter & Egg Days Parade. Also if you missed it check out our post yesterday VIDEO: Janelle Wang NBC Bay Area Announces #Petaluma’s Butter & Egg Days . In it Janelle Wang of NBC Bay Area did a commercial on our parade calling it the Bay Area’s place to be to celebrate our areas agriculture history.

Dr Fred Groverman Chosen Grand Marshall for 2015 Petaluma Butter & Egg Days Parade

We met Steve Kemmerle at this week’s citywide marketing meeting. Wow what this guy does for our city is amazing. In the last year he has grown our veteran’s day parade now drawing over 40,000 visitors per year making it one of the largest veteran’s day parades north of golden gate (Even after the city cut future funding of this event — and the Butter & Egg Days Parade – he had to make that up with fundraising). Some things coming this year is a Korean war vets memorial. They had the Good Egg ceremony honoring Steve and the Grand Marshal this year Dr. Fred Groverman. Steve was described as being humble and I should say this was reflected in his short speech – because he said nothing about him and talked only about the Veteran’s Day parade (something he is obviously passionate about). He talked about passing veterans sometimes looking like he was going to tear up – you can tell the passion in this man’s heart to honor our country’s service men and woman. We can’t think of another person who deserves this award more. They called him the “Unsung Hero” and Kaye Chandler captured the ceremony on video so we thought we would share it with you below in case you missed it.

Also I am sure there will be a lot of information about it in the Argus Courier today (paper copy), however here is the first print of their announcements from the Petaluma Post.

Unsung Hero Honored as 2015 Good Egg Steve Kemmerle

Butter & Egg Days Parade Grand Marshal is Dr. Fred Groverman

Here is the Petaluma Good Egg Ceremony that was presented at the Petaluma Library and Museum on Saturday.

BREAKING NEWS: Daughters Save Mother’s Life After Learning CPR Through HeartSafe Program

UPDATE April 24, 2015: Petaluma360.com Two Petaluman’s use CPR to save lives, by Matt Brown.

We have been reporting on these amazing stories about our local youth stepping up and saving lives using skills they learned at school and from our local programs. In October 2014 we share with you “Save Lives Sonoma” helps 13-Year Old Lewis Save The Life Of His Father with CPR and in December 2014 we posted 10-Year Old Penngrove Boy Saves His Mother’s Life in #Petaluma (a post that went viral and is still gets a lot of traffic today).

We learned about another amazing story that took place on ‘tax day’ in April.

We thank Tami Bender of Petaluma Health Care District (PHCD) for providing this information from Jeff Schach, Petaluma’s Battalion Chief, along with info about PHCD’s HeartSafe Community.

Petaluma Fire Chief Jeff Schach (Photo by BETH SCHLANKER/ The Press Democrat) — Petaluma Fire Battalion Chief Jeff Schach (Photo by BETH SCHLANKER/ The Press Democrat)

Jeff Schach, Petaluma Battalion Chief says “We have linked several cardiac arrests saves to our efforts. the most recent occurred on April 15th, 2015.” A Petaluma 51-year-old woman suffered a cardiac arrest while making breakfast. Her daughters, a 7th grader at Petaluma Junior High School and the other a high school student at St. Vincent, called 911 and started CPR on their mother. When Petaluma Firefighters arrived they were able to get her heart beating normally again with a few shocks and rounds of CPR. She was transported to Santa Rosa Memorial and then transferred to Kaiser in San Francisco. She now has an internal defibrillator and no deficits. Her cardiac arrest was caused by an electrical dysrhythmia, not from blocked coronary arteries. She credits the quick action of her daughters with saving her life. Her 7th grade daughter learned how to do Hands-Only CPR this past January during PE class at school through the Save Lives Sonoma program, supported by PHCD’s HeartSafe Community.

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VIDEO: Janelle Wang NBC Bay Area Announces #Petaluma’s Butter & Egg Days

Provided By NBC’s website along with this video is the below:

Honor and enjoy all things Petaluma at this year’s 34th annual Butter and Egg Days Parade and Festival in historic downtown Petaluma. This year’s parade theme, PETALUMA: FERTILE GROUND, celebrates Petaluma’s remarkable fertile ground and will share the success stories of Petaluma’s culture, businesses, schools, legends, and non-profits, past and present.

Look for NBC Bay Area’s very own Janelle Wang, joined by Giants alumni Jeffrey Pacman Leonard in the parade on NBC Bay Area’s float. The festival begins at 10:00 AM, kicking off fun and family-friendly activities and bringing local food, arts and crafts vendors, local businesses, non-profit booths, and more together for this grand event. The main parade begins at 12:00 PM. Petaluma Transit will also be hosting a free ride day during Butter and Egg Days.

For more information and for a schedule of events, click here

When: April 25, 2015

Where: Downtown Petaluma

Time: 10:00 AM

via The 34th Annual Butter and Egg Days Parade and Festival | NBC Bay Area.

CLICK PAGE 2 TO SEE JANELLE WANG ON A GIANTS DECORATED CABLE CAR IN LAST YEARS PARADE WITH LEGENDARY PITCHER VIDA BLUE

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Attention #Petaluma Non-Profits! Can an Extra $10,000 Help Your Cause?

Petaluma: Apply Today for Playmaker Grants!

The 50 Fund was developed to make Super Bowl 50 the most philanthropic ever. San Francisco Bay Area non-profits will recieve 50 Playmaker grants – all you have to do is apply for them.

What is a Playmaker grant? the program provides $10,000 grants to community-based organizations with a passionate advocate and a specific, compelling need for funds to provide an immediate community impact. How many Petaluma grantees would you like to see chosen? Even if we got a few that’s $20,000 infused into our area’s programs. If you are a larger non-profit there are also Game Changer grants for $500,000.

The next round of applications will open May 5, 2015

Here is the information from their website:

The opportunity

Projects must help close the opportunity gap for low-income children, youth, and young adults (birth-24) and will be considered from any of the three of 50 Fund’s focus areas —Youth Development, Community Investment, and Sustainable Environment. In addition, each applicant must nominate an individual, affiliated with the organization, whose passion and service makes them a “playmaker” in their community. A video showcasing both the organization and advocate will be produced for each grantee. A total of 50 Playmaker grants will be awarded. Grantees will be announced, one grantee per week, every Tuesday, beginning March 3, 2015.

Click here for a list of non-profits on the Petaluma Downtown Association Website.

Click here to view the non-profits from the City of Petaluma’s website (unfortunately it appears that has not been updated for 3 years).

Category Definitions (Does your non-profit or someone you know that has a non-profit fit into these categories?):

Youth Development – Providing children, youth and young adults (ages 0-24) living in low-income communities with the educational, recreational and social-emotional supports they need to put them on the path to success.

Community Investment – Nurturing the health, well-being and livelihoods of young people and their families through investments in the economic, social and physical infrastructure of their communities.

Sustainable Environments – Building the resiliency of communities by enhancing the connectivity between residents and the natural environment that surrounds them.

CLICK ON PAGE 2 TO LEARN WHO IS ELIGIBLE AND WHEN AND HOW TO APPLY FOR THE GRANT

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Find That Perfect Something at #Petaluma’s Spring Antique Faire

“Antique” is of a latin origin “Ante” meaning before, and “Anticus” or “Antiquus” meaning former or ancient. “Antiquing” is action verb for the word Antique and means the process of making something old OR someone who “shops ’til they drop for cool old stuff”, and must find that unique piece that no other store has (not even Amazon or eBay) and must have it for your hutch, nook, porch, garden, entry way or favorite antique collection. As you are aware the high-tech revolution has born with it new words like SoLoMo or De-dupe. We decided to come up a new retro word of our own. It’s “Lumantiquing”. The word “Luma” is the latin word for the coolest historic down town on the west coast, and – – well you know the rest. So Lumantiquing is the process of getting out your sunscreen and tape measure and heading to PetaLUMA for the Spring Antique Faire where thousands will come together on April 26 to shop for antiques in our quaint historic downtown. Why do we call it a ‘Faire’ and not a ‘Fair’? Faire is simply the old fashioned spelling for Fair and pairs well with the word ‘antique’.

The Antique Faire happens twice a year – this year 2015 the Spring Faire is just a day following the Butter & Egg Days parade on Sunday April 26 (See our recent post Which Came First—the Butter or the Egg?), and the Fall Faire will be Sunday September 27th (Mark Your Calendar). In past years this event has exceeded 10,000 visitors and shoppers. Marie McCusker, Executive Director of the Petaluma Downtown Association, said this week that the Petaluma’s faire is ranked in the top 100 in the United States for antique faires.

CLICK TO PAGE TWO TO FIND OUT WHAT PROMINENT VISITORS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE PETALUMA ANTIQUE FAIRE , SEE PHOTOS, AND WHAT TO WEAR

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