Cool temperatures and overcasts skies couldn’t dim the brilliance of celebration June 4 when more than 100 people turned out to watch Calistoga Mayor Jack Gingles and Calistoga Community Pool Project Committee chair Kerry Eddy cut the ribbon that officially opened the long-awaited Calistoga Community Pool.

Jack and Mary Gilliland celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary on June 12, 2009. They originally married on June 12, 1934, in Glenwood, Iowa, and spent more than        50 years in Napa County.

Jaclyn Walkenhorst recently graduated magna cum laude from California State University, Monterey Bay. She received her bachelor of science in business administration with a concentration in information technology and e-commerce. She was the recipient of the CSUMP School of Business Outstanding Senior Award, presented by Cater & Styles Financial Services. She accepted a certificate of special congressional recognition from Rep. Sam Farr, D- Santa Cruz, in acknowledgment of her outstanding and invaluable service to the community.

DICKERSON — Jacob vs. Tracy, June 5, 2009.

DePaul University student Carmen Briwa, of Yountville, has been named to the dean’s list for the 2009 winter quarter. To receive dean’s list commendation, full-time students must earn a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or above on a four-point scale./Register

Karly Comfort, a 2006 graduate of Vintage High School, was named to the dean’s honors list at the University of California, Berkeley, for the Fall 2008 semester. She is a psychology major and plans to graduate after the Fall 2009 semester. By taking AP courses in high school, she has enough units to graduate early.

Army Pfc. Bryan J. Peck has graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga.

CASTILLO CONTRERAS-ZAVALA ALVAREZ — Rigoberto Castillo Contreras, 33, Napa, to Juana Zavala Alvarez, 32, Napa.

Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Stephen G. DeVries, a 2006 graduate of Kolbe Academy, Napa, recently graduated from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., and was commissioned to his current rank in the United States Marine Corps.

QUEEN OF THE VALLEY

Forces unknown are messing with my mind.