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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – AAA wants Cinco de Mayo fiesta-goers to celebrate and enjoy the day safely.
To assist, AAA Northern California will offer its Tipsy Tow service free of charge to anybody who feels they’re too impaired to drive.
You do not need to be a AAA Member to take advantage of this free service to the community.
“AAA wants everybody to have fun on Cinco de Mayo, but driving impaired is no fun for anyone. If you need a ride call AAA and we’ll make sure you get home safely,” said John Moreno, spokesperson for AAA Northern California. “AAA’s Tipsy Tow is free to anyone in need. You can’t beat the price.”
AAA’s Tipsy Tow service will start at 6 p.m. Friday, May 5, and will run through 6 a.m. Saturday, March 6.
Drivers, passengers, party hosts, bartenders and/or restaurant managers should:
· Call 1-800-AAA-HELP (1-800-222-4357) between 6 p.m. May 5 and 6 a.m. May 6.
· State that they need a “Tipsy Tow.”
· Provide the driver’s name, home address, phone number and vehicle/driver location.
The service will provide a one-way ride for drivers and their vehicle to the driver’s home. If there are additional passengers who need a ride, they will be taken to the driver’s home as long as they can be transported safely in the tow truck. Tipsy Tow does not take reservations.
AAA estimates that a first-time misdemeanor DUI conviction in California can cost approximately $15,649 or more in fines, penalties, restitution, legal fees and increased insurance costs.
DUI-related costs have risen sharply in recent years largely due to steep increases in fines and insurance for DUI drivers. Of course there is no price tag on a crash that causes an injury or death.
LOWER LAKE, Calif. – We are now entering the last grade period of the year, with only a month and a half of the school year remaining. Testing continued until the end of April.
Gold level students for the fifth grade period are Lloyd Bridges, Jose Carillo, Alvaro Duran, Cece Brown, Alexis Kennedy, Nicholas Kieffer, Juan Carlos Octaviano, Alex Parriot, Jan Ramirez, and Shaina Yaquinto.
Silver level students are Ray Azevedo, Taylor Churchill, Monica Clifford, Donovan Harvey Aries, McDonald, Candice Safereno and Donavan White.
Gold level students enjoyed a trip to Fort Brag on April 26. During this trip the kids visited MacKerricher State Park and the beach, and also visited Point Cabrillo lighthouse.
Alan Siegel, Angie Siegel and Olga Paselk were the supervisors of this trip.
“It was wonderful I had a lot of fun, seeing Point Cabrillo was cool,” said CeCe Brown, who attended the gold level trip.
Carlé High schools graduation will be held on May 31 and there will be about 23 graduating seniors.
With that said we would also like to give a special mention to Russell Rustici for his extremely generous contribution of $300,000 toward college scholarships of Carlé students many years ago. Rustici has since passed away but we will remember him at our graduation.
This year more than $18,000 will be given out in scholarships. All of us at Carlé would like to thank him for supporting the future of our world.
A thank you also goes out to Barry Muniz for donating $4,000 to the Carle S.B.E. program. To show our appreciation Vanessa Bigelow and Samantha Miller designed a thank you plaque with the two of them holding the plaque that names the press Barry in front of the press itself.
Carle S.B.E. program also designed a plaque and a mug for Gary Logateta, gifts from the K.E.C. staff to celebrate his retirement. We at Carlé wish you well in your retirement and hope you like the items our students designed.
We would like to give a mention to CeCe Brown who designed 19 plaques for Lower Lake High School. These rewards are going to be distributed to various departments of Lower Lake High.
This year’s prom theme will be black and white, tickets that were designed by CeCe Brown were available for purchase on April 21 for $12. Carlé prom will include food, punch, photos and other fun activities.
Thank you to the student who cleaned out the Carlé computer storage shed. Those student are Ashton Legg, Donovan White, Aries McDonald and Jessie Hampton.
Teacher Alan Siegel received two mobile camera units and a video switcher 30-plus years ago from George Lucas.
At that time, Siegel emailed Lucas about “left over equipment” because being the big film producer Lucas is he would have the latest and best camera equipment, so Siegel explained to Lucas he was a teacher for a media class.
Being the wonderful man Lucas is, he gladly gave Siegel the “left over equipment” and with that Siegel said he would never sell the equipment because it was used in the making of Star Wars, making it memorabilia.
Now, 30 years later, Siegel is trying to return the equipment to Skywalker Ranch so they can use it in their museum. All the equipment still works.
Nick Phipps is a student at Carlé Continuation High School.
UPPER LAKE, Calif. – Lake County Wine Studio is presenting monthly art classes with wine, co-hosted with artist Anna Sabalone.
The wine and art session with Sabalone is scheduled for 1:30 to 4 p.m. Sunday, May 7, and will focus on painting a still life scene of tulips for Mother's Day in pastel oils.
The class fee of $40 covers all of the provided art supplies needed along with step-by-step guidance and a glass of Lake County wine.
Reservations are required for each month's class as participation is limited to 12 people.
Sabalone was born and raised in Lake County. She has been involved in the Lake County arts Council since her teen years.
She attended the University of California, Santa Barbara and the University of Leeds, England for her undergraduate degree in English, history and anthropology. She earned her teaching credential and Masters of Education from UC Santa Barbara and has been teaching art, English, history and academic decathlon at Upper Lake High School since 2008.
For class schedule, reservations and additional information, contact Susan Feiler at 707-293-8752.
LCWS is both a gallery for display of arts and a tasting room, wine bar and retail shop for the fine wines of Lake County. Artist's shows are held on a monthly basis with art and wine receptions held the first Friday and subsequent Saturday of each month.
The gallery is located at 9505 Main St. in Upper Lake. It’s open 1 to 7 p.m. Thursday through Monday and 1 to 8 p.m. Friday.
For more information call the Lake County Wine Studio at 707-275-8030.
LAKEPORT, Calif. – The preliminary hearing for the man accused of setting the Clayton fire and multiple other blazes around Lake County has been pushed back to the fall.
Originally scheduled for April 26, the preliminary hearing for Damin Anthony Pashilk, 41, of Clearlake has been set to Nov. 1, according to Chief Deputy District Attorney Richard Hinchcliff.
Pashilk was arrested and charged last year for setting the Clayton fire near Lower Lake on Aug. 13. That fire burned 3,929 acres and 300 structures, including 200 homes, as Lake County News has reported.
The District Attorney’s Office has filed nearly two dozen charges against Pashilk for the Clayton fire and 16 other blazes or attempted starts around Clearlake, Clearlake Oaks, Lower Lake and Middletown between July 2015 and August 2016.
Due to the number of fires involved in the case, Hinchcliff said it’s requiring a voluminous amount of additional investigation by the District Attorney’s Office as well as Pashilk’s defense attorney.
That extra work was part of the reason for delaying the proceedings, Hinchcliff said.
Due to the number of fires and the overall damage, Hinchcliff said Pashilk’s case could be the most challenging and serious to ever be prosecuted in Lake County.
“It’s just going to be extremely complex to handle,” he said.
Additionally, Hinchcliff said he had to put the Pashilk case back while he goes to trial this month in the case against Joshua Beavers.
Beavers is charged with the September 2013 shooting death of David Ferrell of Clearlake.
Pashilk remains in custody on $5 million bail, according to jail records.
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CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Lake County Office of Education’s Hero Project is inviting Lake County families with children ages 0 to 8, to attend the annual Family Fun Day Event on Saturday, May 20.
The event will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. at Austin Park in Clearlake.
The “Family Fun Event” is replacing what the program used to call “Hullaballoos.”
“We are looking at rebranding the Hero Project,” said coordinator of the program, Audrey Patti. “The Hero Project initially had hundreds of thousands of dollars for big events, various times a year, however, due to the impact of multiple fires and flooding our county has experienced, funding had to be redirected by many of our sponsors. We are dedicated to keeping the Hero Project going as long as we can but need to change some things up to do so.”
Hero Project staff will work over the course of the summer months to revamp the Hero Project. Participants can expect to see the new changes coming in Fall 2017.
“The Hero Project still wants to have our parent/family-engagement activities, that are why we feel it’s important to continue to hold events like the one on May 20, even if on a smaller scale,” said Patti.
The Family Fun Day will coincide with the Hero Project’s Eat Together & Nutrition Challenge.
Attendees can expect healthy snacks, information on food and nutrition as well as lots of fun games and activities, to include a bounce house and obstacle courses.
All families who take and complete Hero Project challenges receive prizes up to $30 in value, and one family is randomly chosen to win a grand prize up to $150 in value.
“We highly encourage all families with young children to take the challenges,” said Patti. “They have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Parents get ongoing information, encouragement and support and even receive prizes when they complete a challenge. It’s pretty much a win-win for families!”
To attend the Hero Project Family Fun Day Event, you must be Hero Project family (with at least one child 0 to 8 years old) and must pre-register. Parents who are already Hero Project participants have been sent invitations to register via email.
Anyone who is not a current Hero Project participant, who is pregnant or parenting a child age 0 to 8, is encouraged to visit the Hero Project website to and “Take the Challenge” then look in the “Calendar” tab to register for the May 20 event.
Space is limited so everyone is encouraged to register as soon as possible. Registration will close Thursday, May 11, or until a limit of 300 attendees is reached.
Visit www.lakecountyheroproject.com to sign up for the current challenge and to register for the Family Fun Day Event.
UKIAH, Calif. – The Mendocino College Spring Dance Festival celebrates the diversity of dance and how it unites people of all ages and ethnicities in its 16th year.
Dancers take to the Mendocino College stage at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 5, and Saturday, May 6, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 7, to share what they have to say, through movement, with audience members who come to witness this very popular annual event.
Through hip hop, jazz, contemporary, ballet, tap dance, and Middle Eastern dance, this year’s event promises to be dazzling.
“The Spring Dance Festival provides a strong platform for the voices of the next generation” said Eryn Schon-Brunner, director of this year’s production. “In this time of social and political change, young people need to be able to express their thoughts and feelings, honestly, and for many of our students, dance is the best way for them to do that.”
Dances such as “The Predators Around Us,” choreographed by student choreographer Oscar Montelongo Medina, speaks to fears related to imminent changes in immigration laws and “No Longer Silent” by student choreographer Tara Ford, which deals with sexual violence, are just two sober issues on the minds of young people today.
Other serious stories told through movement, include stories about addiction, bullying, relationships, and the power of women.
Amelia Taylor, who dances with the Mendocino College Repertory Dance Co., presents a homage to recently deceased performing artists Prince, David Bowie, Gene Wilder and Carrie Fisher in her dance, “F.A.M.E.”
Not all of the performance pieces in this year’s show are serious.
The beauties we find in nature, such as fireflies and hummingbirds, have inspired dances choreographed by students Hannah Forbes, who is the reigning Miss Mendocino and McKensie Brown respectively.
On a lighter note still, college dance and theater major Ayla Decaire hopes to trigger some laughter in her dance, “Artsy Fartsy,” which is the story of an artist attempting to wrangle the countless ideas in her mind to create a one-of-a-kind piece of art.
Dances choreographed by college dance instructors Kirsten Turner and Rachel Young, as well as Eryn Schon-Brunner, will also be presented with a special appearance by Middle Eastern dancers Juliana Castillo and Jessica May.
With mixed emotions, Schon-Brunner is proud to see several of the college’s dance and theater students graduating this year.
“The Dance and Theatre Department congratulates and says goodbye to Ayla Decaire, Melany Katz, Will Schlosser, Amelia Taylor, and Kalli WalkinHawk. All of these students will be transferring to four-year institutions and will be majoring in dance or musical theater,” Schon-Brunner said.
WalkinHawk will be attending San Francisco State University, Katz and Schlosser will be attending Cornish School of the Arts in Seattle, and Taylor will be transferring into a prestigious academic program through Dominican University and the Alonso King LINES Ballet Co. where she will complete a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.
Ayla Decaire is still trying to decide where to go; she has been accepted to USC, Loyola Marymount, San Francisco State and Long Beach State.
Additionally, Dance Club scholarships will be awarded during the performances to Thomas Kenney and Claire Vargas, and the Kayla Chesser Scholarship Awards will be presented to Jasmyn Haralson and Jocelyn Corpuz.
The Spring Dance Festival is a family friendly event. Tickets are $10 general, $5 for students/seniors and can be purchased at the door or in advance at the Mendocino College Bookstore, the Mendocino Book Co. in Ukiah or online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2906190 .
Tickets may also be ordered over the phone by calling 707-468-3079.
A listing of college activities may be found online at www.mendocino.edu/the-arts/dance .
