MENORAH LIGHTING BENICIA
After a year off because of COVID, the annual Meghan Campbell Memorial Menorah Lighting returns this Sunday, Nov. 28, 4:30 p.m. at the Dona Benicia Room at the Benicia Public Library, 150 East “L” St.
The “Chanukah story” will be told along with songs. Masks are required and social distancing will be practiced.
AMCAN GETS AWARD
Tthe Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) awarded the City of American Canyon with the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for the City’s annual comprehensive financial report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020.
The Certificate of Achievement is the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting. The award represents a significant accomplishment by the City of American Canyon and its finance team. The Certificate of Achievement is the second award to be granted to the City this year following the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award presented to the City on Nov. 12 for the quality of its annual budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021.
NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
On a recent visit to Peña Adobe Park, Marge Grow-Eppard, a Miwok/Me-Wuk Tribal Elder of California, talked about working as a teenager at the Peña Adobe Park with caretaker, Cliff Bisbee in the mid 1960s. Grow-Eppard, whose Indian name, Sister Who Walks With Bears, is the Director of the American Indian Movement Foothills Central California Chapter. She was joined by Dr. John Pryor of CSU-Fresno and AIM members, who toured the grounds of Peña Adobe. Professor Pryor led a discussion of the Native American artifacts displayed in the Mowers-Goheen Museum adjacent to the Peña Adobe.
