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26 Pub. Cont. Newsl. 1 (1990-1991)

handle is hein.journals/procurlw26 and id is 1 raw text is: Section of Public Contract Law, American Bar Association Volume 26, Number 1, Fall 1990 The Big Bear Republic and Its Wines St. Paul advised Timothy to use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ail- ments. Always oie to heed good advice, Chair Norm Roberts has placed our Section's standard in the Napa Valley for the November 2-3 meeting at the Silverado Country Club and Resort. Much work is to be done. But there also will be opportunities to taste at some of the world's great wineries, to brunch on the Napa Valley Wine Train, to relive some of California's history, and to learn at the Section's CLE program, Grapes of Wrath-A Good or Bad Year for Employee Rights?, on Friday, No- vember 2. Peace and serenity reign in the view from the Silverado Country Club across its golf course and nearby vineyards toward mountains beyond. But the valley has known excitements far greater than a tennis ace, a golf whiff, or a lovely wine. At the valley's head lies Calistoga with its petrified red- wood forest and nearby old faithful geyser and hot springs. These are reminders of a large volcanic eruption at the valley's Mt. St. Helena three million years ago, and of the inferno still lurking below. On the way to or from San Francisco, a brief but enjoyable detour takes you to Sonoma, west of the Napa Valley. In 1846, during struggles with Mexico for control of California, the Americans set up the Republic of Sonoma under the bear flag - the Bear Flag Republic. John Fremont was a principal fer- menter of this brief but colorful moment in Cali- fornia's history. In the early I 870s a silver vein turned Silverado City into a boom town of 1.500 persons, but soon the silver and the miners were gone. By the spring of 1880, the valley was again serene, attracting Robert Louis Stevenson and his bride for a stay of a few months in an abandoned bunkhouse. We hope you will join the Section at the Silver- ado Country Club. There is important business to be done. The CLE program on Friday, November 2, %\ill address difficult areas confronted in our daily law practices. Then, on Saturday, the Council will meet in open session to consider the complex pro- curement issues presented by the changing budget and world situations. Your participation is needed. Mt. St. Helena is in the valley's Robert Louis Issue Highlights: Stevenson Park. For the vigorous, a one-mile hike leads to the old silver mine and an additional four- mile climb to the mountaintop at 4,300 feet. The view encompasses the Pacific Ocean. the Bay Area, and, on a clear day, the Sierra Nevada mountains. But whether you climb or not, rallying around the standard in Napa Valley will provide an opportu- nity for overviews of important legal issues, of mid- dle California and its beauty, and of the fermentation which is wine and the human lot more generally. N Ch/ristian Broihers' Greystone llne, in Sl. le''o Ca/ifornia. The Boyle Rule: What Does It Mean?, page 3 * Fall Meeting Program, page 6 * Section Directory, pullout

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