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CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The “Woodland Compass” quilt block has been installed at the Woodland Community College’s Aromas Café and Restaurant.
The restaurant is located at 15880 Dam Road Extension in Clearlake.
This new quilt block joining the Lake County Quilt Trail has been donated by Peggy Alexander and Pamela Bordisso, newly retired from their careers at the Woodland Community College.
They wanted to leave something to commemorate their service and guidance to students.
Alexander taught English, literature, speech and humanities for 25 years. Bordisso was a guidance counselor for the campus. The compass is a symbol for the direction they provided for students.
The Lake County Quilt Trail is an agricultural and tourism project designed to promote community pride.
The 4-foot by 4-foot quilt block was drawn and painted by the Lake County Quilt Trail team, a group of dedicated volunteer quilters, graphic artists, painters, writers and carpenters.
For more information about the Lake County Quilt Trail visit www.lakecountyquilttrail.com or visit its Facebook page.
UPPER LAKE, Calif. – In a time when school bullying is leading to increased concerns for school and student safety, one local school is seeing good outcomes from a new program that seeks to put the emphasis on kindness and connection.
In September, Elwira Salata, director of student services for the Upper Lake Unified School District – who also is filling in as interim Upper Lake Middle School principal – received the administration’s blessing to roll out the “Start with Hello” program.
The video posted above, produced by Lake County News, follows the school’s efforts to implement the program.
The Start with Hello program is based on a simple but impactful premise: Students are encouraged to be inclusive and compassionate in their interactions with each other.
Salata said it comes from the Sandy Hook Promise, and is meant to create an inclusive environment that teaches children how to be tolerant and civil to each other.
During the week of Sept. 24 to 28, Upper Lake Middle School students and staff participated in the program, which is part of a larger effort, the National Violence Prevention Program.
Salata said Start with Hello is a prevention program that teaches children and teens how to be more socially inclusive and connected to each other. It asks students, educators, parents and other community leaders who interact with children to take steps in class, the lunchroom and at other times in their day to create relationships.
Salata said fostering inclusion and community is an important life skill and it requires practice. “There are no age limit to reaching out and helping others.”
Upper Lake Middle School has 190 students in sixth, seventh and eighth grades, with students ranging in age from 11 to 14, Salata said. It’s a challenging time for children who are learning to maneuver their social and academic lives.
During lunchtime on one of the days, a Lake County News reporter visited with students and asked them their thoughts about the program.
In explaining why kindness is important, one of the students acknowledged that it’s a vulnerable time in their lives. Another talked about bullying and said she was a victim of it.
Salata shows a chart created by a student showing her goals – making people smile, giving them a hug and doing other things to help others feel valued.
District Superintendent Dr. Giovanni Annous said building relationships with students is essential, as it’s necessary to their advancement.
The antidote to bullying is being kind, welcoming, respectful and safe, he said, adding that kindness is a key element to the school’s method of positive behavioral interventions and support, or PBIS.
“There’s nothing more important than building character into the kids,” who are facing an ever-changing world, he said.
When a community of students understands kindness, it can diminish challenges of the behaviors that aren’t welcome on campus, he said.
Salata said she found another surprising outgrowth of the program in, of all places, the girls’ bathroom. There, she said the students took kindness to a new level by writing and posting positive notes of affirmation on the mirror to encourage each other.
“It’s amazing, it took me by surprise,” she said.
The bathroom’s large mirror was covered with dozens of notes of different colors, with positive messages. Some of the notes were shaped into a heart.
It wasn’t an assignment, and students weren’t sure who was responsible for starting it.
Salata acknowledged that the program is a very simple idea, and everybody wanted to be a part of spreading the message of kindness. “That’s what we do in education. We educate the minds but we also educate the souls and the hearts.”
Upper Lake is a small community and Upper Lake Middle School is a small school. “Everybody participating a little bit makes a huge difference,” she said.
And the students played key roles overall in creating organizing running the events associated with the program, said Salata, who added that in addition to help from students she had enormous support from staff and the community.
The ripple of kindness
After the week of activities and the intervening weeks of observing the results, there appears to be a ripple effect, with the program’s positive impact continuing.
“We consider it a huge success,” said Salata. “This is still happening.”
She said they are seeing children approaching each other to compliment them and continuing to try to get to know each other.
“We are absolutely going to continue with this,” she said.
Salata said they would like to create more opportunities to focus on the Start with Hello message.
Along with encouraging children to interact more positively, the program has put additional focus on building stronger ties between staff and students.
“We do so many things, sometimes we forget it’s all about the relationship,” she said.
The program has given the school’s staff the opportunity to look at how they are building those relationships with children, she said.
She said for staff as well it has started with saying hello to the children each day, and giving them that important acknowledgment.
Even in a short time, Salata said there has definitely been a change of culture that’s having broad impacts.
There’s been something else significant administration has noticed, although Salata said she’s not yet sure she can link it to the Start with Hello activities week.
She said the school district has been participating in the countywide Attendance Challenge, the first week of which was Oct. 15 to 19. On Oct. 17, she said they had incredible turnout – 188 of 190 students were at school. “That is unheard of.”
Looking ahead, Salata said the school wants to plug in a kindness focus every month.
Upper Lake Middle School was the first school in the district to try the program, and Salata said other schools – particularly Upper Lake Elementary – appear prepared to join them. During the Start with Hello week, elementary school staff showed up to hang out with the Upper Lake Middle School students at lunch time.
Looking ahead, Salata said she hopes it also will become more of a community effort, with the involvement of parents, the community and businesses.
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – A hearing is scheduled during this week’s Board of Supervisors meeting to consider formation of a countywide tourism improvement district.
The board will meet beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23, in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.
The meeting can be watched live on Channel 8 and online at https://countyoflake.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx. Accompanying board documents, the agenda and archived board meeting videos also are available at that link.
At 10 a.m., the board will discuss establishing the Lake County Tourism Improvement District for a period of five years through a resolution of formation.
The district will assist with promoting the county’s tourism industry through the collection of a 3-percent assessment, estimated to raise $340,000 annually.
The district will be a freestanding nonprofit destination management organization that is not controlled by the county of the cities of Clearlake or Lakeport.
If approved by the board, the resolution will take effect immediately.
Also on the agenda is a public hearing, timed for 9:30 a.m., to consider a proposed property assessment for County Service Area No. 16 to complete the water system consolidation with Clearlake Oaks County Water District.
Other agenda items for Tuesday’s meeting include continuing proclamations of local emergencies for the Pawnee fire and Mendocino Complex, amendment of the master fee schedule for departmental services rendered by the county.
The full agenda follows.
CONTRACT CHANGE ORDERS
5.1: ADDENDUM – Consideration of Change Order No. 13 for Eastlake Elementary SRTS and CDBG Project, in Clearlake Oaks, Bid No. 16-16, Federal Aid No. SRTSL-5914(097) for an increase of $15,798.14, for a revised contract amount of $5,399,820.83; and authorize the chair to sign.
5.2: ADDENDUM – Consideration of Change Order No. 14 for Eastlake Elementary SRTS and CDBG Project, in Clearlake Oaks, Bid No. 16-16, Federal Aid No. SRTSL-5914(097) for an increase of $30,982.79, for a revised contract amount of $5,430,803.62, and authorize the chair to sign.
5.3: ADDENDUM – Consideration of Change Order No. 15 for Eastlake Elementary SRTS & CDBG Project, in Clearlake Oaks, Bid No. 16-16, Federal Aid No. SRTSL-5914(097) for an increase of $43,390.86, for a revised contract amount of $5,474,194.48, and authorize the chair to sign.
5.4: ADDENDUM – Consideration of Change Order No. 16 for Eastlake Elementary SRTS and CDBG Project, in Clearlake Oaks, Bid No. 16-16, Federal Aid No. SRTSL-5914(097) for an increase of $35,650.45, for a revised contract amount of $5,509,844.93, and authorize the chair to sign.
5.5: ADDENDUM – Consideration of Change Order No. 17 for Eastlake Elementary SRTS and CDBG Project, in Clearlake Oaks, Bid No. 16-16 Federal Aid No. SRTSL-5914(097) for a decrease of $16,347.72, for a revised contract amount of $5,493,497.21, and authorize the chair to sign.
CONSENT AGENDA
6.1: Approve Minutes of the Board of Supervisors meetings held July 10, Sept. 18 and Sept. 25.
6.2: Approve leave of absence request for Deputy Probation Officer III Kristine Weigel from Oct. 16, 2018, through Dec. 3, 2018, and authorize the chair to sign.
6.3: a) Authorize the purchase of one 2019 Chevrolet Express passenger van pursuant to the attached quotes; and b) authorize the Behavioral Health Services administrator to issue a purchase order to Elk Grove/Winner Chevrolet in the amount not to exceed $28,106.87.
6.4: Authorize long distance travel to New Orleans, Louisiana from Nov. 26 to 30 to attend emergency preparedness for Iyesha Miller, Health Services manager; Dean Eichelmann, emergency preparedness program coordinator; and Christine Hannigan, emergency preparedness support specialist, Public Health Division.
6.5: Sitting as the Lake County Watershed Protection District Board of Directors, approve purchase of grant-funded oil spill response equipment and authorize the Water Resources department director/assistant purchasing agent to issue and sign purchase order not to exceed $35,000.
6.6: Sitting as the Lake County Watershed Protection District Board of Directors, adopt resolution authorizing the Water Resources director to execute a funding agreement for a state of California Parks and Recreation, Department of Boating and Waterways, SAVE-18 Grant in the amount of $50,000, with a project budget of $60,000.
6.7: Sitting as the Lake County Watershed Protection District Board of Directors, approve amendment one to Agreement Number 4600011952 AM-01 between the county of Lake and California Department of Water Resources to increase the grant amount from $41,075.00 to $65,084.94 and authorize the chair to sign.
6.8: (a) Waive the competitive bidding process, pursuant to Lake County Code Section 2-38.2, based on the determination that competitive bidding would produce no economic benefit to the county; and (b) authorize the Public Services director / assistant purchasing agent to issue a purchase order not to exceed $246,139 to Peterson CAT for a Caterpillar 330F hydraulic excavator.
6.9: Approve amendment eight to the agreement for engineering services for four bridge replacement projects and two bridge rehabilitation projects in Lake County, with Quincy Engineering Inc. in the amount not to exceed $1,370,973.05 (an increase of $6,965.59) and authorize the chair to sign.
6.10: Approve amendment two to the agreement for construction management services for the Eastlake Elementary Safe Routes to School and Community Development Block Grant Project with 4 Leaf Inc. for an increase of $153,908.70, and an amount not to exceed $351,325.61; and authorize the chair to sign.
6.11: Approve aeronautical activities permit at Lampson Field Airport between the county of Lake and Jones Flying Services Inc. for Fiscal Year 2018-19, and authorize the chair to sign.
6.12: Authorize long distance travel to Las Vegas, Nevada, for two detectives to attend the California Homicide Investigators Association conference.
6.13: Approve Memorandum of agreement with various entities for mutual aid provided during the River and Ranch (Mendocino Complex) fires.
6.14: Approve five year lease between Penna Realty Property Management and county of Lake for the annual amount of $48,000, and authorize the chair to sign.
6.15: Approve late mileage claim for Social Services director in the amount of $74.88; and authorize the auditor to process payment.
6.16: Authorize long distance travel for Water Resources Engineer II Yuliya Osetrova to attend the FEMA Community Rating System workshop in Carson City, Nev., on Oct. 30 and 31.
TIMED ITEMS
7.2, 9:06 a.m.:Consideration of continuing a proclamation of a local health emergency by the Lake County health officer due to the Pawnee Fire incident.
7.3, 9:07 a.m.: (a) Consideration of continuing a proclamation of a local health emergency by the Lake County health officer due to the Mendocino Complex fire; and (b) status report on Mendocino Complex fire also known as the River and Ranch fires.
7.4, 9:15 a.m.: Public hearing, consideration of a resolution amending the master fee schedule for departmental services rendered by the county.
7.5, 9:30 a.m.: Public hearing, consideration of proposed property assessment for County Service Area No. 16 to complete the water system consolidation with Clearlake Oaks County Water District.
7.6, 10 a.m.: Continued from Sept. 18, Aug. 21 and Aug. 7, public hearing, consideration of resolution declaring the results of the majority protest proceedings and establishing the Lake County Tourism Improvement District “resolution of formation.”
UNTIMED ITEMS
8.2: ADDENDUM – Consideration of (a) board appointment of delegate and alternate to the Rural County Representatives Board of Directors for 2019; (b) board appointment of delegate and alternate to Golden State Finance Authority Board of Directors for 2019; and (c) board appointment of delegate and alternate to the Rural Counties Representatives of California Environmental Services Joint Powers Authority Board of Directors for 2019.
8.3: Consideration of resolution amending Resolution No. 2018-132 Establishing Position Allocations for Fiscal Year 2018-2019, Budget Unit No. 1012, Administrative Office.
8.4: Consideration of amendment to Resolution 2018-137 approving additional Victim-Witness Assistance Program Grant funding.
8.5: Consideration of request for board validation of the Public Works Directors Emergency Action in the Robinson Creek Bridge rehabilitation project.
9.1: Public Employee: Child Support Services director.
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The board will meet beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23, in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.
The meeting can be watched live on Channel 8 and online at https://countyoflake.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx. Accompanying board documents, the agenda and archived board meeting videos also are available at that link.
At 10 a.m., the board will discuss establishing the Lake County Tourism Improvement District for a period of five years through a resolution of formation.
The district will assist with promoting the county’s tourism industry through the collection of a 3-percent assessment, estimated to raise $340,000 annually.
The district will be a freestanding nonprofit destination management organization that is not controlled by the county of the cities of Clearlake or Lakeport.
If approved by the board, the resolution will take effect immediately.
Also on the agenda is a public hearing, timed for 9:30 a.m., to consider a proposed property assessment for County Service Area No. 16 to complete the water system consolidation with Clearlake Oaks County Water District.
Other agenda items for Tuesday’s meeting include continuing proclamations of local emergencies for the Pawnee fire and Mendocino Complex, amendment of the master fee schedule for departmental services rendered by the county.
The full agenda follows.
CONTRACT CHANGE ORDERS
5.1: ADDENDUM – Consideration of Change Order No. 13 for Eastlake Elementary SRTS and CDBG Project, in Clearlake Oaks, Bid No. 16-16, Federal Aid No. SRTSL-5914(097) for an increase of $15,798.14, for a revised contract amount of $5,399,820.83; and authorize the chair to sign.
5.2: ADDENDUM – Consideration of Change Order No. 14 for Eastlake Elementary SRTS and CDBG Project, in Clearlake Oaks, Bid No. 16-16, Federal Aid No. SRTSL-5914(097) for an increase of $30,982.79, for a revised contract amount of $5,430,803.62, and authorize the chair to sign.
5.3: ADDENDUM – Consideration of Change Order No. 15 for Eastlake Elementary SRTS & CDBG Project, in Clearlake Oaks, Bid No. 16-16, Federal Aid No. SRTSL-5914(097) for an increase of $43,390.86, for a revised contract amount of $5,474,194.48, and authorize the chair to sign.
5.4: ADDENDUM – Consideration of Change Order No. 16 for Eastlake Elementary SRTS and CDBG Project, in Clearlake Oaks, Bid No. 16-16, Federal Aid No. SRTSL-5914(097) for an increase of $35,650.45, for a revised contract amount of $5,509,844.93, and authorize the chair to sign.
5.5: ADDENDUM – Consideration of Change Order No. 17 for Eastlake Elementary SRTS and CDBG Project, in Clearlake Oaks, Bid No. 16-16 Federal Aid No. SRTSL-5914(097) for a decrease of $16,347.72, for a revised contract amount of $5,493,497.21, and authorize the chair to sign.
CONSENT AGENDA
6.1: Approve Minutes of the Board of Supervisors meetings held July 10, Sept. 18 and Sept. 25.
6.2: Approve leave of absence request for Deputy Probation Officer III Kristine Weigel from Oct. 16, 2018, through Dec. 3, 2018, and authorize the chair to sign.
6.3: a) Authorize the purchase of one 2019 Chevrolet Express passenger van pursuant to the attached quotes; and b) authorize the Behavioral Health Services administrator to issue a purchase order to Elk Grove/Winner Chevrolet in the amount not to exceed $28,106.87.
6.4: Authorize long distance travel to New Orleans, Louisiana from Nov. 26 to 30 to attend emergency preparedness for Iyesha Miller, Health Services manager; Dean Eichelmann, emergency preparedness program coordinator; and Christine Hannigan, emergency preparedness support specialist, Public Health Division.
6.5: Sitting as the Lake County Watershed Protection District Board of Directors, approve purchase of grant-funded oil spill response equipment and authorize the Water Resources department director/assistant purchasing agent to issue and sign purchase order not to exceed $35,000.
6.6: Sitting as the Lake County Watershed Protection District Board of Directors, adopt resolution authorizing the Water Resources director to execute a funding agreement for a state of California Parks and Recreation, Department of Boating and Waterways, SAVE-18 Grant in the amount of $50,000, with a project budget of $60,000.
6.7: Sitting as the Lake County Watershed Protection District Board of Directors, approve amendment one to Agreement Number 4600011952 AM-01 between the county of Lake and California Department of Water Resources to increase the grant amount from $41,075.00 to $65,084.94 and authorize the chair to sign.
6.8: (a) Waive the competitive bidding process, pursuant to Lake County Code Section 2-38.2, based on the determination that competitive bidding would produce no economic benefit to the county; and (b) authorize the Public Services director / assistant purchasing agent to issue a purchase order not to exceed $246,139 to Peterson CAT for a Caterpillar 330F hydraulic excavator.
6.9: Approve amendment eight to the agreement for engineering services for four bridge replacement projects and two bridge rehabilitation projects in Lake County, with Quincy Engineering Inc. in the amount not to exceed $1,370,973.05 (an increase of $6,965.59) and authorize the chair to sign.
6.10: Approve amendment two to the agreement for construction management services for the Eastlake Elementary Safe Routes to School and Community Development Block Grant Project with 4 Leaf Inc. for an increase of $153,908.70, and an amount not to exceed $351,325.61; and authorize the chair to sign.
6.11: Approve aeronautical activities permit at Lampson Field Airport between the county of Lake and Jones Flying Services Inc. for Fiscal Year 2018-19, and authorize the chair to sign.
6.12: Authorize long distance travel to Las Vegas, Nevada, for two detectives to attend the California Homicide Investigators Association conference.
6.13: Approve Memorandum of agreement with various entities for mutual aid provided during the River and Ranch (Mendocino Complex) fires.
6.14: Approve five year lease between Penna Realty Property Management and county of Lake for the annual amount of $48,000, and authorize the chair to sign.
6.15: Approve late mileage claim for Social Services director in the amount of $74.88; and authorize the auditor to process payment.
6.16: Authorize long distance travel for Water Resources Engineer II Yuliya Osetrova to attend the FEMA Community Rating System workshop in Carson City, Nev., on Oct. 30 and 31.
TIMED ITEMS
7.2, 9:06 a.m.:Consideration of continuing a proclamation of a local health emergency by the Lake County health officer due to the Pawnee Fire incident.
7.3, 9:07 a.m.: (a) Consideration of continuing a proclamation of a local health emergency by the Lake County health officer due to the Mendocino Complex fire; and (b) status report on Mendocino Complex fire also known as the River and Ranch fires.
7.4, 9:15 a.m.: Public hearing, consideration of a resolution amending the master fee schedule for departmental services rendered by the county.
7.5, 9:30 a.m.: Public hearing, consideration of proposed property assessment for County Service Area No. 16 to complete the water system consolidation with Clearlake Oaks County Water District.
7.6, 10 a.m.: Continued from Sept. 18, Aug. 21 and Aug. 7, public hearing, consideration of resolution declaring the results of the majority protest proceedings and establishing the Lake County Tourism Improvement District “resolution of formation.”
UNTIMED ITEMS
8.2: ADDENDUM – Consideration of (a) board appointment of delegate and alternate to the Rural County Representatives Board of Directors for 2019; (b) board appointment of delegate and alternate to Golden State Finance Authority Board of Directors for 2019; and (c) board appointment of delegate and alternate to the Rural Counties Representatives of California Environmental Services Joint Powers Authority Board of Directors for 2019.
8.3: Consideration of resolution amending Resolution No. 2018-132 Establishing Position Allocations for Fiscal Year 2018-2019, Budget Unit No. 1012, Administrative Office.
8.4: Consideration of amendment to Resolution 2018-137 approving additional Victim-Witness Assistance Program Grant funding.
8.5: Consideration of request for board validation of the Public Works Directors Emergency Action in the Robinson Creek Bridge rehabilitation project.
9.1: Public Employee: Child Support Services director.
Email Elizabeth Larson at
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Saturday, Oct. 27, is a nationwide day of volunteering, known as Make A Difference Day.
For the 19th year in a row, here in Lake County there will be a collection of nonperishable food for our local communities.
The total amount of food collected in the first 18 years is 67,662 pounds.
Several years ago, Lake Transit Authority joined the effort and it was turned into the Stuff-A-Bus event.
Lake Transit will once again park two buses that will be stuffed with the food collected.
North Coast Opportunities, Community Action and the Lake County Hunger Task Force will be staffing the two collection sites, along with volunteers from the Kelseyville High School Interact club and the community from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on that Saturday.
One bus will be parked at the Clearlake Grocery Outlet store in Clearlake, and the other at Lakeport Grocery Outlet.
All of the food collected will stay in Lake County.
Local pantries and senior centers are greatly in need of donations to fill their shelves. These pantries operate year round, and are invaluable to their local communities. This collection will be split evenly between the Live Oak Senior Center, Highlands Senior Center, Lucerne Alpine Senior Center, Lakeport Senior Center, Catholic Charities Rural Food Project in Kelseyville, Helping Hand, Clear Lake Gleaners, CCHAP, The Snake lady Yvonne Cox, Lake Family Resource Center, Upper Lake Community Pantry, Kelseyville Presbyterian Church, United Christian Parish, United Methodist Church in Clearlake Oaks, Community Baptist Church in Nice and Healthy Start Burns Valley School.
There are barrels out now at several locations to collect food before the actual event. They are located at the Lakeport Library, Peoples Services office and Clearlake thrift store, Community First Credit Union in Clearlake and Lakeport, Lake County Office of Education, Konocti Christian Academy, Meadowbrook Head Start, Woodland Community College Clearlake campus, Grace Evangelical Church, Cobb Mt. Elementary School and Cummins Martial Arts.
If you would like to make a donation and are unable to bring it on Saturday, please take it to one of the above locations. Please, no expired or past dated food.
It should be noted that over the past four years, Konocti Christian Academy alone has collected 2596 pounds of food.
Additional volunteers will be welcome at either site. Please call Tammy Alakszay at 707-972-0519 or Lorrie Gray at 707-277-9227 to see where you might be best utilized.
For the 19th year in a row, here in Lake County there will be a collection of nonperishable food for our local communities.
The total amount of food collected in the first 18 years is 67,662 pounds.
Several years ago, Lake Transit Authority joined the effort and it was turned into the Stuff-A-Bus event.
Lake Transit will once again park two buses that will be stuffed with the food collected.
North Coast Opportunities, Community Action and the Lake County Hunger Task Force will be staffing the two collection sites, along with volunteers from the Kelseyville High School Interact club and the community from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on that Saturday.
One bus will be parked at the Clearlake Grocery Outlet store in Clearlake, and the other at Lakeport Grocery Outlet.
All of the food collected will stay in Lake County.
Local pantries and senior centers are greatly in need of donations to fill their shelves. These pantries operate year round, and are invaluable to their local communities. This collection will be split evenly between the Live Oak Senior Center, Highlands Senior Center, Lucerne Alpine Senior Center, Lakeport Senior Center, Catholic Charities Rural Food Project in Kelseyville, Helping Hand, Clear Lake Gleaners, CCHAP, The Snake lady Yvonne Cox, Lake Family Resource Center, Upper Lake Community Pantry, Kelseyville Presbyterian Church, United Christian Parish, United Methodist Church in Clearlake Oaks, Community Baptist Church in Nice and Healthy Start Burns Valley School.
There are barrels out now at several locations to collect food before the actual event. They are located at the Lakeport Library, Peoples Services office and Clearlake thrift store, Community First Credit Union in Clearlake and Lakeport, Lake County Office of Education, Konocti Christian Academy, Meadowbrook Head Start, Woodland Community College Clearlake campus, Grace Evangelical Church, Cobb Mt. Elementary School and Cummins Martial Arts.
If you would like to make a donation and are unable to bring it on Saturday, please take it to one of the above locations. Please, no expired or past dated food.
It should be noted that over the past four years, Konocti Christian Academy alone has collected 2596 pounds of food.
Additional volunteers will be welcome at either site. Please call Tammy Alakszay at 707-972-0519 or Lorrie Gray at 707-277-9227 to see where you might be best utilized.
UPPER LAKE, Calif. – The Blue Ribbon Committee on Restoring Clear Lake held its inaugural meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 10, in Upper Lake.
The 12-member Blue Ribbon Committee for the Rehabilitation of Clear Lake was created by Assembly Bill 707 of 2017, written by Assemblywoman Cecilia Aguiar-Curry.
The committee includes representatives from tribes, Lake County, UC Davis and the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board, and four members appointed by Lake County with expertise in agriculture, economics, environment and public water supplies.
Blue Ribbon Committee members include: Karola Kennedy, Elem Indian Colony; Sarah Ryan, Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians; Cecilia Guevara Zamora, Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians; Linda Rosas, Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake; Alix Tyler, Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians; Jennifer LaBay, Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board; Dr. Paul Dodd, UC Davis;
Supervisor Jim Steele, Lake County Board of Supervisors; Wilda Shock, Lake County, local economic development expert; Brenna Sullivan, agriculture expert, Lake County Farm Bureau executive director; Dr. Harry Lyons, Lake County, environment expert; Jan Coppinger, Lake County Special Districts administrator.
The meeting can be seen in the video above.
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Riding the school bus is by far the safest way for students to get to and from school, but everyone must do their part.
To increase awareness about school bus safety to motorists, parents, teachers, and students, the California Highway Patrol will observe National School Bus Safety Week, Oct. 22 to 26.
“We ask all drivers, always be alert and avoid distractions, especially when children are at a bus stop,” CHP Commissioner Warren Stanley said. “Children may not recognize traffic hazards, so it is up to all of us to help keep them safe.”
The CHP began the “Vehicles Illegally Passing a School Bus,” or VIPS, enforcement project in 2017.
During VIPS enforcement operations, CHP officers will ride on school buses and patrol bus routes, watching for vehicles that do not stop for flashing red school bus lights.
The VIPS project also encourages people to report drivers who illegally pass a school bus.
In declaring October as “School Bus Safety Awareness Month,” Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. emphasized the same message.
He stated, “With the increasing number of travelers on the roadways, sharing the road responsibly is imperative, especially when the red lights on a school bus are flashing and the stop arm is activated.”
Students are about 70 times more likely to get to school safely when taking a bus instead of traveling by car, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports.
School buses are the most regulated vehicles on the road, designed to be safer than passenger vehicles. The flashing red lights and stop-sign arms are crucial features.
More than 32,000 school bus drivers transport more than one million students each year in California, traveling approximately 253 million miles.
California has not had a pupil passenger fatality since 1995. The CHP inspects more than 24,000 school buses each year.
To increase awareness about school bus safety to motorists, parents, teachers, and students, the California Highway Patrol will observe National School Bus Safety Week, Oct. 22 to 26.
“We ask all drivers, always be alert and avoid distractions, especially when children are at a bus stop,” CHP Commissioner Warren Stanley said. “Children may not recognize traffic hazards, so it is up to all of us to help keep them safe.”
The CHP began the “Vehicles Illegally Passing a School Bus,” or VIPS, enforcement project in 2017.
During VIPS enforcement operations, CHP officers will ride on school buses and patrol bus routes, watching for vehicles that do not stop for flashing red school bus lights.
The VIPS project also encourages people to report drivers who illegally pass a school bus.
In declaring October as “School Bus Safety Awareness Month,” Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. emphasized the same message.
He stated, “With the increasing number of travelers on the roadways, sharing the road responsibly is imperative, especially when the red lights on a school bus are flashing and the stop arm is activated.”
Students are about 70 times more likely to get to school safely when taking a bus instead of traveling by car, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports.
School buses are the most regulated vehicles on the road, designed to be safer than passenger vehicles. The flashing red lights and stop-sign arms are crucial features.
More than 32,000 school bus drivers transport more than one million students each year in California, traveling approximately 253 million miles.
California has not had a pupil passenger fatality since 1995. The CHP inspects more than 24,000 school buses each year.