Do you remember this lead sentence from Emergency Preparedness blog #32, posted 1-28-08? At first, "I" wasn't going to post any more reminders about "Being Prepared" for an emergency or natural disaster incident; but Eagle-Eyes woke "Me" up and flashed the following Press Democrat headlines which "Myself" also thought "we" shouldn't ignore. "Experts say local fault primed for big quake."

Politicians aren't the only ones who "flip-flop." This blogger is also one who changes things around and repeats himself; sometimes more than once. Why?

- do we have the opportunity to celebrate the 100^th or the 200^th anniversary of an historic event. In 1958, Petalumans celebrated our City's Centennial and in 1976, the 200^th Anniversary of our nation's founding. It is now 2008, and once again, Petalumans can focus on our favorite "river town" with our Sesquicentennial Celebration. That's a fancy term for our 150^th birthday as a chartered city in the State of California.

Since 2008 is Petaluma's Sesquicentennial celebration year and a series of events have been scheduled throughout the year, I wonder what Bill Soberanes (an Argus-Courier columnist for 49 years, 1954-2003) would have to say if he were still alive, today?