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Kerry Benefield

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Benefield: Mystery donation to Santa Rosa nonprofit thrift store proves to be historic gem

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By Kerry Benefield Verified
| The Mercury News Verified
Susan Amalia did with this donation what she does with much of the antique linens gifted to the Welfare League in Santa Rosa’s Railroad Square, she took it home. At her Sebastopol home, Amalia sorts the linens, perhaps cleans them up and, in some cases, runs an iron over them before they are displayed for sale at the league’s Railroad Square thrift store. But a recent item took her breath away. It was a large quilt, patterned with a repeating red star-like design on an off-white backing material.
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Benefield: Mystery donation to Santa Rosa nonprofit thrift store proves to be historic gem

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By Kerry Benefield Verified
| Merced Sun-Star Verified
Susan Amalia did with this donation what she does with much of the antique linens gifted to the Welfare League in Santa Rosa's Railroad Square, she took it home. At her Sebastopol home, Amalia sorts the linens, perhaps cleans them up and, in some cases, runs an iron over them before they are displayed for sale at the league's Railroad Square thrift store. But a recent item took her breath away. It was a large quilt, patterned with a repeating red star-like design on an off-white backing material.
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First Dyke March, Lez-A-Palooza fest comes to Sonoma County

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By Kerry Benefield Verified
| The Press Democrat Verified
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When Pam Adinoff, 72, was watching the 2025 Sonoma County Pride Parade, she marveled at all of the colors and signs, faces and diversity of representation. But for her, even there among the joy and celebration, the pride and resolve, something was missing. “As a lesbian who has been out in Sonoma County for 53 years, my identity has been really important to me, but I have felt more and more invisible over the years as an aging lesbian,” she said.
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