| Duane L. Cronk, Publisher | THE ANGWIN REPORTER | Oct 5, 2011 |
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About Angwin...
Angwin is a community of about 3000 residents on Howell Mountain. We are in a coastal range of northern California, about 70 mi. north of San Francisco.
The Village ranges from 1600 to 2200 ft. elevation, overlooking the scenic Napa Valley. It is surrounded by vineyards and forests.
Many Angwin residents work for Pacific Union College, a liberal arts college with a national reputation, or the nearby St. Helena Hospital.
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ANGWIN RESOURCES
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Flash! Beware of scams
The Napa County sheriff has sent out this warning:
Over the past month, many residents (especially in the Angwin area), have been the target of several scams. These scams tend to target seniors, and are generally referred to as the "Jamaican Lottery", the "Canadian Lottery", and the "Grandma, I am in jail, can you please send me money" scams.
One woman who spoke to the Sheriff's Office said she had received six of the lottery letters, where people then called and offered to meet her at her residence and drive her to the bank. Another woman had received calls from a man she believed to be her grandson. Her "grandson" asked her to wire several thousand dollars to him so he could get out of jail. She wired the money, and several days later was attempting to wire more money to her "grandson" when the store clerk stopped her and called the Sheriff's Office. These two incidents are not isolated and are merely an example of the type of stories that the crooks are telling their victims. This type of crime is difficult to investigate; often leaving the victims embarrassed and permanently deprived of their money.
Always verify that it is indeed a relative you are speaking with before sending any money. Also, it is rare that a legitimate "lottery" type business would require you to send thousands of dollars in order to collect your winnings.
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Rolland Howlett, a local guy
an international legend
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Rolland Howlett, one of Angwin's old-timers, was born before World War I. He saw a lot of the wide, wide world before he retired to Angwin. He died here recently at 96 years of age.
Rolland was born in Michigan in 1915. He started his professional career as a pioneering educator, starting the first Seventh-day Adventist school in what was then French Indo-China. Rolland got out just ahead of the Japanese invasion.
He went back to school at UCLA, for an M. A. in French. But the church needed him as an administrator. To Monterey Bay Academy as teacher and principal. To Sandia Academy as principal. To Puerto Rico as president of Antilian College. In the course of his career, Rolland accepted assignments in the Far Eastern Division, the East Africa Division, the Inter-American Division. He went where he was needed. When he completed his career in education, Rolland moved into his second calling, as a printer. At the PUC Press he served as foreman of the composing room, and began to become a kind of Angwin institution. He had lived in a variety of cultures, but here he was just one of us. A tall man with a ready smile, buying apples in the College Market.
At his memorial service, however, a parade of people came forward with Rolland Howlett stories. He was, indeed, it turned out, something more than a tall man with a ready smile. He was one of that unique culture in Angwin of old-timers who had lived and worked in strange and sometimes dangerous foreign places. And who found here a safe and caring community
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20 Angwin properties for sale
in historically poor market |
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For those who wonder .. and who doesn't .. there are 20 properties currently on the market in Angwin. People ready to move out, if someone comes knocking on the door with checkbook in hand.
The remarkable news is that so many are high-end properties. Eight properties seeking more than $1 million. Only two properties available for under $500,000, and one of them is for a small parcel of vacant land.
The most expensive is a 40-acre vineyard and winery with an elegant house. Asking: $10.5 million.
The Angwin market is definitely not hot. Sales in Angwin have been in the basement for five years now, with sales ranging from 10 to 15 a year, with some of them being foreclosures and short sales. That's a big drop from the long-time average of about 27 transfers per year.
Here's the list as of September 9:
*White Cottage No. $150,000
20 Goodwells Ave. $329,000
210 Sky Oaks Dr. $549,000
380 Eastern Ave. $585,000
*1875 Friesen $595,000
*Howell Mtn. Rd. $599,000
270 Cold Springs $699,900
277 Luring Pines $715,000
950 White Cottage $745,000
*675 Walnut Ln. $799,000
1180 Deer Park $849,000
*Howell Mtn. Rd. $875,000
500 Sunset Dr. $1,149,000
300 Alta Loma $1,199,150
1275 Summit Lake $1,895,000
750 Bell Canyon $2,299,000
*White Cottage $2,500,000
1315 Crestmont $3,650,999
1310 Staples $4,300,000
1181 Los Posados $10,500,000
(Asterisks indicate vacant parcels)
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Income property on Sky Oaks listed for $549,000
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Flash!
Small earthquakes trouble Angwin Here is the official report on the three small earthquakes which did little damage in Angwin but produced a lot of conversation.
Over the past month, many residents (especially in the Angwin area), have been the target of several scams. These scams tend to target seniors, and are generally referred to as the "Jamaican Lottery", the "Canadian Lottery", and the "Grandma, I am in jail, can you please send me money" scams.
"Three small earthquakes were reported in Napa County early Monday morning (September 26, 2011) A 3.0 magnitude quake centered 3 miles east-northeast of Angwin occurred at 2:01 a. m., according to the U. S. Geological Survey. About two minutes later, a 2.0 magnitude quake occurred 5 miles in the same direction from Angwin. At 2:21 a. m., a third earthquake, magnitude 2.1, occurred in the same area Old-timers say that this is the nearest epicenter ever occurring to their knowledge. The 3-mile epicenter would be just a little ways east-northeast beyond Pope Valley.
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