"What Sonoma County Means to Me" section of the picture book.

"WHAT SONOMA COUNTY MEANS TO ME" This is just the wish list, no endorsement is implied nor suggested as participation in the book at this point, though 15 of these have submitted thier 70 words as shown above....the others I still need to reach.

Gaye LeBaron (writer)

Levi Leipheimer (Athlete - sports figure)

John Lasseter (animator and movie director)

Julian Lage (musician)

Brent Farris (radio personality)

Bill Lynch (Sonoma Index Tribune)

Michelle Anna Jordan (writer)

Virginie Boone (writer)

Paul Jaffe (Copperfields books co-founder)

Corrick Brown (family retailer, long-time SR Symphony Conductor)

Louis Foppiano (100-year old, winery founder)

Gerald Hill (local Sonoma historian, writer)

Beth Costa (Wine Road)

Jess Jackson (wine mogul)

Debra Giusti (founder Harmony Festival)

Les Claypool (musician)

Mo McElroy (exec. Dir. SRCVB/CA welcome center)

John Sawyer (long-time SR retailer, former SR Mayor)

Ken Fischang (SoCo tourism Bureau exec. dir.)

Heidi Newfield (Country Music Star)

Honor Comfort (exec. Dir. Sonoma Vintners Assoc.)

Nick Frey (President, Sonoma Co. Winegrape Commission)

Ben Stone (So Co Economic Development Board)

Clare Harris (Johnsons Beach - businessman)

Saralee Kunde (wine personality, grape grower)

Richard Arrowood (renowned winemaker)

John Ash (master chef)

Peter or Nancy Lang (proprietors, Safari West)

Betsy Fischer (food & wine authority)

Pete Stringfellow (Country musician, audio/video production)

Guy Fieri (food personality)

Jack Blades (musician)

Jean Schulz (Schulz family, community leader)

Millie Howie (writer)

Margaret Kennett (rrcc president - Fern Grove Inn)

Steve Page (Pres. Infineon Raceway, longtime Valley resident)

Wendy Peterson (SVVB - exc. dir.)

Simone Wilson (writer)

Chris Smith (PD columnist)

Ginny Jenkins (B&B founder)

Brenda Adelman (Russian River advocate- environmentalist)

Laura McHale Holland (writer, Sonoma Examiner)

Herman Hernandez (real estate - business personality)

Evertt B. Person (former publisher, The Press Democrat)

Buzzy Martin (musician / youth advocate)

Tom Waits (musician/poet)

Jonathan Cain (musician)

Peter Crompton (Large-format sculpture artist)

Rick Bartalini (concert promoter)

Josie Gay (Heart of the Valley)

Pam Gibson, (author, writer, local history buff, former Sonoma City Manager)

Bruce Cohn (Vintner/Music Industry)

Dr. Martin Griffin (Environmentalist –author)

Maja Wood (on-line organizer)

John Schubert (historical writer)

Mike Reilly (former So Co Board of Supervisor)

Michele Luna (Exec Dir Stewards of the Coast & Redwoods)

Efren Carrillo (So Co. Board of Supervisors)

Jim Bundschu - (Gundlach Bundschu)

Lee Tillman (Program Manager, SR Treatment Program)

Don Zumwalt (Community Leader)

Robert Agrella (SRJC President/Superintendent)

Gwynn O'Gara (new So Co. poet laureate)

Chuck House (wine label designer icon)

Bill Bowker (Radio Personality)

Helen Fernandez, (former executive director of Sonoma Valley Chamber of Commerce)

Ziggy Eschliman (Wine personality)

Andy Skikos (Founder Andys Market)

Glen Moll (vice principal of Sonoma Valley High School)

Kay Marquet (Chops, Teen Center Interim ED, past President So. Co. Community Foundation)

Vance Sharp (Sharp Cellars)

Don Shone or Dale Downing, (owners of Sonoma and Glen Ellen Markets)

Anthony Hoskins (SC Historical Society)

Dan Taylor (Press Democrat)

Sean Cutting, (Sonoma Valley Bank)

Nancy Ferreira (Christopher Queen Gallery & The Town of Duncans Mills)

Rollie Atkinson (Publisher & co-owner Sonoma West Times & News)

Gerald Huth (artist)

Henry Trione (Community leader, Philanthropist, Wine Industry)

Pete Golis (editorial director of the Santa Rosa Press Democrat)

Jack Wolf (Wolf Communications- PR)

Patricia Robles-Mitten (founding member Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and the Bilingual Broadcasting Foundation)

Don Test (Board of Directors, Economic Development Board)

Jennifer Sloan (Arts Council exec dir.)

Valor Lomax (2009-10 49er Goldrush Cheerleader)

Grant Raeside (svvga)

Randy Sue Collins (Artist, bee-keeper)

Catherine DePrima (Macys, and former So. Co Film Commissioner, So. Co. Tourism - PR)

Kathleen Hill (Food and Wine Editor, Sonoma Magazine, Sonoma Index-Tribune)

Mary Ann Cuneo Sebastiani - (lifelong Sonoma resident)

Mike Benziger - (president Benziger Winery)

Hank Marioni - (proprietor of Swiss Hotel & Restaurant)

Darius Anderson - (proprietor of Ramekins Sonoma event center)

Dan or Don Eraldi (proprietors of Eraldis Mens Wear, Sonoma's oldest family-owned retailer)

Lex Fletcher (producer, director and cinematographer of award winning documentaries)

Some of the 1st actual quotes for the section