Were there to be an open microphone at the funeral service Monday morning for the Rev. James Coffee, folks might still be sharing stories and tributes come Tuesday morning, or Wednesday. The good pastor himself wouldn’t want to subject the people he loved to sitting through all that. As Coffee, who died Tuesday at age 76, used to say, “The mind can retain only what the behind can sustain.”
So there won’t be an open forum at Monday’s 11 a.m. service at Community Baptist Church. Vivian Coffee promises there will be plenty of time for sharing memories and testimonials at a celebration of her late husband’s life that will happen in a few weeks.
HEY, ATHLETICS FANS,there may be no more important place to be at 6:45 p.m. next Tuesday, the 13th, than the main auditorium at Santa Rosa High.
Schools Plus will host a town meeting on saving the imperiled spring sports at the city’s high schools and middle schools.
There will be a discussion of funding for the arts, too, but springs sports is Topic 1 because of the school board’s vote to eliminate them next year.
Some potential donors are considering partnering with Schools Plus to help keep spring sports alive at the high schools, and it’s important that community members show that the sports program is important to them.
“The more community support we can demonstrate, the better it will be,” said John Bribiescas, a founder of Schools Plus.
Bribiescas is pleased that the school board member Bill Carle will come to the Tuesday’s meeting with updated budget figures, and he’s hoping for a large and spirited crowd.
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