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Celebrate Bastille Day at Depot Park
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Celebrate Bastille Day at Depot Park

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Celebrate Bastille Day at Depot Park

Bastille Day is Monday/14 July 2025 and the Valley of the Moon Petanque Club will be hosting a small tournament in Depot Park to celebrate. If you are interested in playing, please arrive before 10:00am to sign up.

Bastille Day commemorates the storming of the Bastille prison in Paris in 1789 by revolutionaries; this would become […]

Celebrate Bastille Day at Depot ParkMonica Menco2025-07-08T21:58:36-07:00

Memorial Day Message from Kaniv – Part 2
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Memorial Day Message from Kaniv – Part 2

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Memorial Day Message from Kaniv – Part 2

Dear friends from Sonoma and all the US citizens,

We are with you in honor and memory of the U.S. military personnel who laid their lives while serving in the United States Armed Forces. Let the memory of every fallen soldier go on forever. We understand your pain […]

Memorial Day Message from Kaniv – Part 2Monica Menco2023-07-13T20:22:35-07:00

Memorial Day Message from Kaniv – Part 1
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Memorial Day Message from Kaniv – Part 1

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Memorial Day Message from Kaniv – Part 1

(Editor’s Note: This is the first of two posts from our main contacts in Kaniv. This first post presents the letter sent by Anatoly Leontyev, President of the Kaniv Friendship Association, which is the organization with whom SSCA coordinates the transfer of donations. The second post, which will appear later this week, is from the […]

Memorial Day Message from Kaniv – Part 1Monica Menco2023-07-13T20:21:20-07:00

Another Donation in Support of Kaniv
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Another Donation in Support of Kaniv

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Another Donation in Support of Kaniv

The Kaniv committee held a successful fundraising dinner at the Sonoma Valley Woman’s Club on May 11^th featuring Bar-B-Q dinner provided by the Sonoma Valley Rotary Club, Music by Taras Lumiere, Voices in My Head and ZigZig band. Senator Bill Dodd attended and gave a short speech. Special baseball caps were designed by David Barker […]

Another Donation in Support of KanivMonica Menco2023-07-13T20:23:56-07:00

Easter Greetings from Kaniv
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Easter Greetings from Kaniv

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Easter Greetings from Kaniv

Please read the Easter Greeting from Mayor Renkas. (Note: Easter is celebrated on Sunday, April 16th in Ukraine, according to the Eastern Orthodox calendar.)

We thank you for your generous support of Kaniv and we wish you a happy & blessed season of renewal.

The Sonoma/Kaniv Sister City Committee

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Easter Greetings from KanivMonica Menco2023-07-13T20:19:04-07:00

Kaniv Church
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Kaniv Church

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Kaniv Church

Kaniv ChurchMonica Menco2022-07-31T13:17:24-07:00

September 16th is Mexican Independence Day!
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September 16th is Mexican Independence Day!

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September 16th is Mexican Independence Day!

September 16^th is celebrated as Independence Day in Mexico, commemorating that day in 1810 when Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla called upon the people of the town of Dolores to rise up in the name of freedom.

According to Wikipedia, “The Cry of Dolores^{[n 1]} (Spanish: Grito de Dolores) is a historical event that happened in Mexico in the […]

September 16th is Mexican Independence Day!Monica Menco2018-09-16T09:03:29-07:00