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The Bay Area Reporter - August 27, 1999
Lois Pearlman
Scheduled for Friday, August 27, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Julliard Park in Santa Rosa and Saturday, August 28, from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Armstrong Redwoods Amphitheater in Guerneville, the two events will include a recitation of all the names of those who have died, as well as speakers, music, and a ritual known as the "stone spiral ceremony."
In Guerneville, Dr. Marshal Kuboda, former medical director of the HIV Early Intervention Center in Sonoma County, and one of the first doctors to treat AIDS patients locally, will be the master of ceremonies. Other participants will include Face to Face co-founder Carole Owens, treatment advocate and PWA Michael Onstott, and the Occidental Community Choir.
Rick Dean of Face to Face will host the Santa Rosa event. Speakers will include Sonoma County AIDS Commissioner and PWA Eric Olson and John Simons. Music will be provided by the choir of New Hope! Metropolitan Community Church in Santa Rosa and recording artist Mark Weigle, who will also sing at the Guerneville event.
In addition to the ceremonies, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution August 23 commemorating the 1,000 people who died with AIDS in the county.
Alan Nishikawa of the Sonoma County Commission on AIDS called the one thousandth death a "significant milestone."
"There is some level of hope involved," he said. "The number of AIDS deaths per year has declined pretty steadily since 1993. But we don't want people to get too complacent about it. There are still 1,600 people with AIDS in Sonoma County who need services."
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