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1976

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Tucker the Vineyardist
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Hisa, Tucker, Lenora, on a field trip to San Francisco's Golden gate Park
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December 18 - Arthur Van Damme & Twila Cheyne married
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bullet April 28 - Napa Emblem Club donates $100 to greenhouse program
bullet May 26 - PASS evaluation (Program Analysis of Service Systems) modeled strongly after Dr. Wolfensberger’s (University of Nebraska) Principles of Normalization. We PASSed, after convincing them that the presence of Saanen's tricycle on the property did not demean the residents' adulthood...
bullet August 29 - Art Van Damme Quintet concert & picnic at VV
bullet Peter & Josephine Haas donate $20,000 and loan another $20,000 to expand & remodel Men’s House
bullet Vine Village listed in Survey: Agriculturally Related Vocational Training Programs In The U.S. - Nebraska State Office of Mental Retardation
bullet Mr. & Mrs. Walter Haas, Sr., donate $15,000 to build swimming pool
bullet Dr. Irv Silberstein of University of California (Berkeley) School of Optometry starts Vision Care Program for residents as training program for students
bullet Morris Sulstaft Foundation donates $15,000 to build foundation and 2 restrooms for Multi-Purpose Building.
bullet Morris Horwitz brings visiting ambassadors from Israel
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1977

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May - Napa Valley College sponsors 3 classes at Vine Village:

  • Elementary Horticultural & Agricultural Skills, taught by Tucker Crosby
  • Basic Animal Husbandry - taught by Nancy Kerson
  • Dairy Goat Husbandry - taught by Nancy Kerson

 

  • May 15 - Sporting goods Auction held at Napa Town & Country Fairgrounds
  • September 4 - Concert & Picnic at VV: Jay Goetting Jazz Quartet, Los Flamencos de la Bodega, Dixieland Jazz
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Dixieland Group
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Jay Goetting Jazz Group
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Who is this weird gypsy? Oops...it's our Director, Michael Kerson
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Ernesto of Los Flamencos group
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Unidentified dancers enjoying the day
  • Fall - U.S. Dept of Agriculture Dept. of Soil Conservation donates $5000 in cost- sharing grant to enlarge irrigation pond
  •  Halloween Party in Big Barn
    Halloween Party held in Big Red Barn for VV and Napa Community- NV Activity Center, Wintun School, & PSI people
  • Vinegars sold at fairs throughout Bay Area, including Dickens Faire
     
    Medieval Mike (VV Director) and little Saanen working at the Renaissance Faire

 

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