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LOWER LAKE, Calif. – This week was the last week of the fifth grade period. On Monday, April 17, there will be no school due to an inclement whether day. Have a nice three-day weekend.
Carlé's 11th grade students will be starting scheduled ELA and math CAT testing on Tuesday, April 18, and continuing until April 23.
Carlé’s 12th graders have a science CAST test scheduled for the first week of May.
On April 11 Carlé students and staff took a trip to Woodland Community College. Once at the college students received tours of the college led by Bruno Sabatier, Ingrid Larsen and Pamela Bordisso.
During this tour of the Woodland campus students visited the cadaver lab/ biology lab, school store, library, daycare and finally the culinary program led by the wonderful Chef Robert Cabreros who led the students through his amazing culinary class.
Chef Robert and his culinary staff also held a lunch for the Carlé students. At this lunch Chef Robert’s culinary team prepared a variety of things including penne pasta with homemade sausage, Italian chopped salad, and a pizza bar with a wide variety of toppings.
Sherry Hoeckendorf, a Carlé staff member, said, “I enjoyed visiting the bio lab and seeing the cadavers, and also visiting the library.” She added, “The food was amazing.”
“I’m always so impressed by how far these students and teachers at Woodland go for us at Carlé and what they do for us and I’m so happy to have the opportunity to expose kids to this local college,” said Alan Siegel, a teacher at Carlé.
Teagan Tompioner, a student at Carlé, said “It was really cool, we learned a lot about the campus and really enjoyed the amazing food prepared by the culinary program.”
“Overall I feel less intimidated by college life and felt it was very beneficial to experience adult education,” said Ray Azevedo.
Alan Siegel and the students of the S.B.E. program are designing some thank you presents for the effort the wonderful group of people put into educate the kids of Carlé about Woodland and what the college has to offer. We at Carlé cannot thank you enough.
DJ’s Pizza held a fundraiser for Carlé on April 5. During this event admission to DJ’s cost $8 per person and you got all-you-can-eat pizza for the remainder of the fundraiser.
Our school secretary Sherry Hoeckendorf facilitated this fundraiser, and we would like to thank the students attended this event: Lloyd Bridges, Nick Kieffer, Kacy Barron, Candice Safreno and Brianna Legg. Thank you for supporting Carlé.
We at Carlé would like to give a special thank you to DJ’s Pizza owner Kyle Fehr and his crew of workers, Shane, Paul, Ryan, Nick and Justin.
DJ’s Pizza donated all 15 pizzas for this event; all the money raised will go toward student activities such as prom and other trips Carlé staff has planned.
DJ’s has supported Carlé for countless years so to show our appreciation new head designer Vanessa Bigelow designed a thank you plaque. We cannot thank DJ’s enough for their consistent support of our school.
About two weeks ago Carlé held a cardboard boxcar race (cars made out of cardboard boxes) in which the students raced around the track on the field. In this competition, each teacher had an advisory class as their “pit crew” and the task of this “pit crew” is to make sure the person running has water (fuel) clean shoes (tires) and to wipe their forehead (clean their windshield).
Angie Siegel’s advisory class won the race. After the students had a race the teachers then raced. The winner of the race was Lance though Maes came in a close second.
Nicholas Phipps is a student at Carlé Continuation High School.
Turner Classic Movies has put together an annual event that is a delight for film lovers.
The staying power of its TCM Classic Film Festival, now in its eighth year of delivering the goods at revered Hollywood venues, is an amazing feat.
What constitutes a “classic film” is not only subjective but arguably fluid, as many would think that the Golden Age of Hollywood, which started after the end of the silent era, set the foundation of the classic films rooted in the Thirties and Forties.
This year’s TCM Festival, not surprisingly, includes many films from the 1930s and 1940s, including a couple of gems from the brief period of time known as Pre-Code Hollywood that occurred before the imposition of censorship guidelines enforced by the “Hays Office.”
A film does not have to be from the World War II era or the Great Depression to qualify as “classic.”
The more contemporary “Best in Show” delivered a biting satire of kennel clubs and dog shows that fit perfectly with TCM’s theme of “Make ‘Em Laugh: Comedy in the Movies.”
Given the festival’s comedy focus, it should come as no surprise that classic comedians such as Harold Lloyd and W.C. Fields along with the comedy teams of the Marx Brothers and Laurel and Hardy would be featured.
Harold Lloyd’s skilled turn as the comedy king of the silent film experience was on display in 1928s “Speedy,” in which he stars as an ardent baseball fan trying to save the horse-drawn New York trolley line run by his girlfriend’s grandfather.
Yankee fans would enjoy the cameo appearance of Babe Ruth hailing a cab driven by Lloyd, and spotting Lou Gehrig passing by on the street.
The great joy of the TCM Festival is to discover films that may have escaped notice from the general public and even be so rare as to hardly ever be seen by the most dedicated cinephile.
The problem with the TCM Festival, one that is not unique to this year, is the inability either physically see every film or to mentally survive a grueling all-day schedule where it is possible to see at least five movies.
It’s best to go with a mix of catching a few old favorites and exposing oneself to new experiences. For the latter, the default is to watch unfamiliar vintage films that come across so much better on the large screen.
A great find was “Theodora Goes Wild,” a classic screwball comedy from 1936 in which Irene Dunne stars as a small town church organist who has secretly written a bestselling scandalous novel. Melvyn Douglas co-stars as her suitor coping with blue-nosed family members.
A terrific double-bill of Laurel and Hardy laughs came with the short film “The Music Box” and the hilarious mayhem caused when they attempt to deliver a piano. “Way Out West” served as a great Western satire when the duo tries to deliver a gold mine deed to its rightful owner.
A real treat came with the fully restored version of “The Front Page,” presented by film archivists Heather Linville and Mike Pogorzelski who observed that because the film’s copyright had not been preserved copies of it previously seen were of inferior quality.
Though remade several times, the original version of “The Front Page” presented at TCM adheres most closely to the Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur hit stage play, a brilliant satire of the newspaper business.
For fast-paced dialogue, hard-boiled characters and rampant cynicism, you can’t beat watching the unscrupulous editor Adolphe Menjou using every dirty trick in the book to keep his star reporter Pat O’Brien from retiring to get married before covering a sensational execution.
For screwball comedy, famed director Preston Sturges made good with the 1942 gem “The Palm Beach Story,” which starred Joel McCrea and Claudette Colbert as a married couple in a financial slump scheming to trick the wealthy Rudy Vallee to invest in McCrea’s invention.
The screwball comedy genre was popular during the Great Depression and thrived into the 1940s, and the TCM Festival highlighted a few other favorites, including “The Awful Truth,” with Cary Grant and Irene Dunne as an estranged couple.
In 1972, director Peter Bogdanovich, showing his love for classic Hollywood comedies, particularly the screwball genre, delivered the absolutely hilarious “What’s Up, Doc?,” a madcap adventure in which Barbra Streisand turns upside down the life of tight-laced academic Ryan O’Neal.
The real find in this great comedy is the feature film debut of Madeline Kahn as O’Neal’s controlling fiancée, a perfect comic foil to Streisand’s meddling with O’Neal’s efforts to win a coveted grant for his musical experiments.
For the introduction of the film, Bogdanovich appeared to tell the attendees that he created a G-rated film with “no socially redeeming value” and that had “no contemporary references that would make the film dated.”
Bogdanovich achieved his objective, though he did note that there was one slightly contemporary allusion that involved O’Neal spoofing his earlier hit “Love Story” at the end of the picture.
The TCM Classic Film Festival is so much fun that it’s a shame it doesn’t last longer than four days. But the good news is that it will return next year.
Tim Riley writes film and television reviews for Lake County News.
MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – The upcoming Middletown Luncheon Club will host a discussion of the Valley fire led by a young local woman involved in the effort to rescue pets during the disaster.
Lunch will be served on Wednesday, April 19, at noon at the Middletown Senior Center, 21256 Washington St. The program will end promptly at 1 p.m.
For only $5 per person, enjoy a meal of taco salad and cantaloupe.
Valley fire stories are now and forever a part of our community quilt. This luncheon club we will hear from Middletown High School senior Katie Miinch, the daughter of South Lake County Fire Captain Dave Miinch and his wife, Kim.
After the fire hit, Katie Miinch saw firsthand the anguish of neighbors desperate to locate their pets, moving her to help reunite pets and owners.
Hers is just one of many tales of citizens helping others during and after the fire. Come hear the narrative of this delightful young lady.
Reservations are required. Call 707-987-3113 to make your reservation.
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The senior centers in Lakeport and Kelseyville have released their menus for the week of April 17 through 21.
The centers serve lunch from 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, with Lakeport also serving breakfast on the second Sunday of the month from 8 to 11 a.m.
This week's menu – which is subject to changes or substitutions – is as follows:
• Monday: Meatloaf.
• Tuesday: Sweet and sour chicken.
• Wednesday: Salisbury steak with mashed potatoes and gravy.
• Thursday: Baked penne pasta with beef marinara.
• Friday: Barbecue pulled pork.
The weekday luncheons include soup of the day, salad bar, entrée, dessert and beverage. Non-seniors pay $6 and seniors 60 and older pay a suggested donation of $5.
Soup of the day and salad bar – which includes two to three types of salads plus toppings and fruit – is $4.
The Kelseyville Senior Center is located at 5245 Third St., telephone 707-279-2175.
The Lakeport Senior Activity Center is located at 527 Konocti Ave., 707-263-4218.
KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – Kelseyville Presbyterian Church will hold two Easter Sunday services plus the annual Easter egg hunt for children on April 16.
The sunrise service will be held at 7:30 a.m. in the fireside room, due to there being a forecast of rain on Sunday. Breakfast for those attending the service will be served at 8 a.m.
The Easter worship service will take place at the regular time of 10 a.m., with coffee hour to follow as the adults watch the children take part in the Easter egg hunt at 11 a.m.
Kelseyville Presbyterian Church is located at 5340 Third St., telephone 707-279-1104.
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Rodeo Queen competition is much like the Miss Lake County pageant, only the country version.
Instead of singing and dancing, rodeo queen contestants show off their skills in a horsemanship round, followed by modeling, interview and speech, and test on rules from the California Cowboys Pro Rodeo Association, or CCPRA.
Rodeo queen and princess are two roles that are a huge part of rodeo history.
Rodeo royalty represents Lake County and the Lake County Rodeo Association for a year all around the state of California.
“Every year the rodeo board looks for girls between the ages of 12 to 14 and 15 to 24 to run for the position of rodeo queen and princess,” said longtime rodeo queen coordinator Greg Scott.
He said young women run for rodeo royalty for a variety of reasons.
Jocelyn Riddle, who represented Lake County as its 2012 rodeo queen, offered ideas about why young women participate. “It allows them to get involved in their community and be a role model for people all around them.”
Scott said the ideal candidate would have knowledge of CCPRA rules and excellent horsemanship, be able to compete in a modeling session and interview, and give a speech.
Joy Bennett, who served as rodeo queen for 2013, explained the differences between a rodeo queen competition and a beauty pageant.
“To be a rodeo queen, you need to not only be able to present yourself, but you have to present and work with your horse,” she said.
Riddle said winning the competition offers the opportunity to be a voice in the community.
Bennett added, “You get the chance to be a role model and gain professional contacts for later in life.”
Rodeo royalty is required to attend rodeo board meetings and town functions such as parades or other major events.
“Running for rodeo queen was one of the best and most rewarding experiences,” said Riddle. “You learn so much about your county, as well as yourself.”
When it comes to running for rodeo queen or princess, Riddle advised, “Just go for it, you learn a lot being rodeo royalty.”
“Think it through, and be fully committed to the job,” said Bennett.
Both Riddle and Bennett expressed how much the competition and holding the title helped them become the people they are today, and they encouraged any young women interested in becoming contestants to take part.
Any interested girls should contact Greg Scott at 707-263-5350 or
Kimberly Fischer was born and raised in Lake County, and served as the 2010 Lake County Rodeo princess. She is studying communications at California State University, Stanislaus, in Turlock.