When the Napa County Sheriff’s Office investigated the January shooting death of American Canyon teen Anthony Gee, another teen joined them in a search for the murder weapon.

The Napa Valley Youth Chorus Performing Choir presents its Spring Concert on Sunday at 4 p.m. at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 1917 Third St. They’ll perform a variety of musical selections from classical to contemporary; featured is a medley from “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.” There is no charge; donations will be accepted and support the Napa Valley Youth Chorus. For more information, call Sharon Olson, director, at 252-2544.

Napa Valley Ballet presents its first production since losing its lease and director. The former Royal Academy of Ballet in Napa has been renamed and now rents space at the Napa Women’s Club. The group has been working hard to prepare for its production of excerpts from “Coppelia.” The performance will be June 14 at the Napa District Auditorium.

The Missoula Children’s Theater presents a fresh look at an age-old favorite on June 16 when more than 60 local students present “The Amazing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe” at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the Napa Valley Opera House. Tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for children.

Get ready for music under the summer stars as Copia kicks off its outdoor River Concert season on June 21.

European cinema is the theme for this month at Copia, with zinfandel tastings before each screening from 7:15 p.m.–8 p.m. Films are shown Friday nights at 8 p.m. Tickets are $6, sold at the Box Office

If your taste in music runs to the country greats — Hank Williams, Bob Wills, Merle Haggard — then scoot your boots over to the Napa Bowl Lounge on Saturday for an evening with the Mean Time Playboys. You’ll enjoy a generous serving of Western-style country music, with plenty of great picking and singing from an all-Napa group.

Napa High School 2001 graduate Timothy R. Kniefel graduated from the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Co., with an aeronautical engineering degree and the commission of a 2nd Lieutenant in June 2005. Kniefel was appointed by Congressman Mike Thompson.

Julia’s Kitchen has a new locals’ night — Wednesdays, with dinner served from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. (Formerly the popular event was on Thursday and the restaurant was closed Wednesday.)

For the first three years of my life I lived in an aging brownstone apartment building in the Bronx. Eighty times a year, our neighbor, Yankee Stadium, would blast music through the speaker system.

When the Joseph Phelps Vineyards family is honored as chairs of Auction Napa Valley this weekend, Sonoma County should take notice of the long list of civic contributions the Phelps family has made over the years, because Sonoma County may soon become the beneficiary of the same generosity after the new Phelps winery, Freestone, is completed. 

While no one can predict another million dollar bid this year, the 45 lots at Saturday night’s Auction Napa Valley should attract generous bids from attendees at one of the world’s top charity wine events. 

The 2004 vintage produced some of the best-ever merlots in California, and Ronn Wiegand, MW and MS, will conduct a tasting and discussion of 12 of them, mostly from Napa Valley, on Tuesday at St. Supery Winery , 6:30-9 p.m.

Over the years, several winemakers, as they were about to leave on a trip to promote their wines, have remarked to me, “Making wine is easy. Selling it is the hard part.”

Making a toast to someone or on a special occasion is something we all do, probably without even thinking very much about it. We raise a glass of wine and say, “Here’s to you,” or “To your health,” or even simply, “Cheers,” and then take a sip.

When it comes to organizing, some people are filers, and some people are pilers, and some are a little of both.

In 1948 in St. Helena, Merle Abbott started a nursery, which was subsequently owned by Jack Champion and then his cousin David Whiting, who changed the name to Whiting’s in 1956.

Megan Rose Heinbockel and Tony David Rutherford of Minden, Nev., were married May 19, 6 p.m., in Genoa, Nev.

RONS — Amanda Irons vs. John Irons, May 29, 2007

St. Helena Hospital

BAKER-PERRY — Leslie Frank Baker, 36, Lewis Avenue, Vallejo, to Jane Elizabeth Perry, 32, Sheffield Way, American Canyon.

Harrell and Jan (Skelton) Miller of Napa will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary in August with a family cruise to Alaska. The couple will travel with their children and grandchildren.