LAKE COUNTY
Anderson Marsh State Historic Park continues to hold free monthly guided Nature Walks
The next walk will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 9. There will not be a tour of the Historic Ranch House after the walk. Rain will cancel the walk.
This month’s Nature Walk will be led by Park docent and retired park ranger Tom Nixon, who asks that participants arrive at the parking lot by 8:15 a.m. so they can have time to explore the wildlife found in the ranch house yard. The guided walk will explore the Ridge Trail.
The precise route taken will depend on the weather and the condition of the trails. Participants should bring binoculars if they have them, and wear sturdy shoes and a hat.
Anderson Marsh State Historic Park is located on Hwy 53, between Lower Lake and Clearlake. For more information about the walk, email info@andersonmarsh.org or call (707) 995-2658
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UKIAH
Ukiah Uke Fest at Mendocino College March 30.
The Mendocino College Recording Arts and Technology Club presents the Ukiah Uke Fest March 30 from 9 to 5 p.m. with workshops and Jams plus Evening Show featuring Daniel Ward and Heidi Swedberg, Janet Lenore and Jeff Davis, Sheridan Malone, Ukiah Uke Tones, and special guest Alex de Grassi
The event is at Mendocino Community College 1000 Hensley Creek Rd, Ukiah, CA 95482. Workshops are in Recording Arts.Piano, and Choral music rooms. Opening jam and Evening show are in Lowery Library Little Theater. Admission is $40 in advance and $15 in advance for the evening concert. For more information visit the Ukiah Fest 2019 Facebook page.
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WASHINGTON, DC
Scholarly study on the Holocaust now possible
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum welcomes this week’s announcement that Pope Francis intends to open the Vatican’s archival record of Pope Pius XII to allow for in-depth scholarly study beginning on March 2, 2020.“Since the end of World War II, scholars, Holocaust survivors, and others have asked important questions about the role of the Vatican and Pope Pius XII during the Holocaust,” said Museum Director Sara J. Bloomfield. “It is long overdue for speculation to be replaced by rigorous scholarship, which is only possible once scholars have full access to all of these records. This is important for the sake of historical truth, but there is moral urgency too: we owe this to the survivor generation, which is rapidly diminishing.”
For more than a decade, the Museum has enjoyed a cooperative relationship with the Vatican Archives, thanks in particular to the decision of Saint Pope John Paul II to open to researchers some archival collections relating to the rise of Nazism in Germany. These collections, however, only cover the period before 1939. Due to the generosity of the Vatican Archives, copies of many of these records have been available for researchers at the Museum since 2005.
A living memorial to the Holocaust, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum inspires leaders and citizens worldwide to confront hatred, prevent genocide, and promote human dignity. The Museum’s far-reaching educational programs and global impact are made possible by generous donors. For more information, visit ushmm.org.
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