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LUCERNE, Calif. – A Lucerne woman who suffered a medical emergency was seriously injured when she subsequently lost control of her vehicle, leading to a rollover crash on Thursday morning.
Barbara Bautista, 43, suffered major injuries in the solo-vehicle crash, which occurred just after 8 a.m. Thursday on Highway 20 east of Bartlett Springs Road and near Ceago Vinegarden, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The CHP said Bautista was driving a 2004 Nissan westbound on Highway 20 at Third Avenue in Lucerne when she had a medical emergency.
Bautista’s vehicle drifted off the roadway and hit a power pole with a trash can before the Nissan continued westbound for approximately one mile, running off the road to the north of Highway 20, hitting a tree and overturning several times, according to the CHP.
The CHP said Bautista – who was wearing her seat belt – sustained a broken right wrist, bruising and complaints of pain, and was flown by a REACH air ambulance to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital.
Neither drugs nor alcohol are suspected as factors in the crash, the CHP said.
CHP Officer Shawn Bertram is investigating the crash.
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – Consider spending your summer in medieval Ireland, living and learning while experiencing an amazing archaeology and cultural program with anthropological field work, course work, group trips, service learning projects and a living history opportunity.
The public is invited to attend a special free program presented by Dr. Samuel Connell, professor of anthropology at Foothill College, to learn about this unique research project that includes archaeological survey and excavation and community development activities.
The program, sponsored by the Lake County Friends of Mendocino College, Friends of the Lake County Museum, and Mendocino College Lake Center, is on Sunday, March 26, at 2 p.m. in Room 7050 at Mendocino College Lake Center, 2565 Parallel Drive in Lakeport.
The archaeological and anthropological project this year is a student-focused investigation of the ancient and modern medieval Irish landscape.
The archaeology will consist of text excavations within the Ballintober Castle in northwest Ireland coupled with systematic foot survey and geophysical techniques such as ground-penetrating radar. The anthropology will trace a community’s relationship with castles through time.
Additional time will be spent participating in experimental archaeological research and learning medieval life-ways from experts at living history museums.
The project is entitled, “Castles in Communities in Ireland 2017: Archaeology Stories of the Middle Ages from Beyond the Pale,” in medieval Ireland and the kingdom of Connacht where the last high kings defended their country against invading English nobles.
Whether you’re interested in travel, research, archaeology and anthropology, castles and communities - this presentation will enchant and inform and be of interest to a wide audience.
Dr. Connell’s talk will include photographs of previous field projects where his students have conducted research in Ecuador, Belize and Ireland and here in California.
He is a longtime visitor to Lake County and passionate about discovering and experiencing places you won’t believe exist.
Visit http://www.foothill.edu/anthropology/ireland.php for more information about the Field School. Program information is available from the Lake Center, 707-263-4944.
LAKEPORT, Calif. – When something that survives purely out of the goodness of people’s hearts has lasted 14 years, it should be celebrated.
On Thursday, March 16, Operation Tango Mike marked 14 years of troop support.
On the third Thursday of every month, volunteers gather at 6 p.m. at Umpqua Bank, 805 11th St. in Lakeport to prepare care packages for deployed troops.
Items for the care packages and shipping costs are covered through donations and fundraising.
The effort, founded by Kelseyville resident Ginny Craven, began with a small donation receptacle at a local office in March 2003 and has grown immensely.
Currently, 104 monthly care packages are shipped to troops in nine countries and aboard ships. Monthly shipping fees alone average nearly $1,800.
Military families are supported as well. Many volunteers who support Operation Tango Mike have volunteered their assistance with home repairs, transportation and more. It is often difficult to maintain a household, hold down a job and raise a family when a loved one is deployed. A helping hand is a small act of kindness with a big impact.
With no base or military installation in our area, folks who wish to support troops and their families gather via Operation Tango Mike.
Families are welcomed and are provided with emotional support, knowing that they and their loved ones are appreciated. Families make great sacrifices when troops deploy, often for a year at a time; families serve too.
All are welcomed and appreciated at Operation Tango Mike packing parties, which are family friendly. The effort does not involve politics and is solely motivated to support our troops and their families.
Everyone is welcome to attend packing parties. If your schedule does not allow participation, there are still ways to contribute. Correspondence is needed for every care package. All that is needed is a bit of time to jot down a greeting or note of support for a soldier far from home.
Drawings and colored pictures from children are also favorites. The troops receiving care packages are truly grateful.
Most say it doesn’t really matter to them what they receive. They are simply thankful to receive something from home and their spirits are lifted in knowing they are not forgotten.
Their appreciation is evidenced by the hundreds of thank you messages that have been sent to Operation Tango Mike. Many of the notes are hung on the wall where they can be read at packing parties. Others, such as flags flown in honor of Operation Tango Mike, are proudly displayed on shelves at Umpqua Bank.
For further information or to add your loved one to the care package recipient list, please call Craven at 707-349-2838 or e-mail
NASA's Juno spacecraft will make its fifth flyby over Jupiter's mysterious cloud tops on Monday, March 27, at 1:52 a.m. Pacific Time.
At the time of closest approach (called perijove), Juno will be about 2,700 miles above the planet's cloud tops, traveling at a speed of about 129,000 miles per hour relative to the gas-giant planet.
All of Juno's eight science instruments will be on and collecting data during the flyby.
"This will be our fourth science pass – the fifth close flyby of Jupiter of the mission – and we are excited to see what new discoveries Juno will reveal,” said Scott Bolton, principal investigator of Juno from the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. "Every time we get near Jupiter’s cloud tops, we learn new insights that help us understand this amazing giant planet."
The Juno science team continues to analyze returns from previous flybys. Scientists have discovered that Jupiter's magnetic fields are more complicated than originally thought, and that the belts and zones that give the planet's cloud tops their distinctive look extend deep into the its interior.
Observations of the energetic particles that create the incandescent auroras suggest a complicated current system involving charged material lofted from volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io.
Peer-reviewed papers with more in-depth science results from Juno's first flybys are expected to be published within the next few months.
Juno launched on Aug. 5, 2011, from Cape Canaveral, Fla., and arrived in orbit around Jupiter on July 4, 2016.
During its mission of exploration, Juno soars low over the planet's cloud tops – as close as about 2,600 miles.
During these flybys, Juno is probing beneath the obscuring cloud cover of Jupiter and studying its auroras to learn more about the planet's origins, structure, atmosphere and magnetosphere.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, manages the Juno mission for the principal investigator, Scott Bolton, of Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. The Juno mission is part of the New Frontiers Program managed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, for the Science Mission Directorate. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, built the spacecraft. JPL is a division of Caltech in Pasadena, California.
More information on the Juno mission is available at http://www.nasa.gov/juno or http://missionjuno.org , and follow the mission on social media, http://www.facebook.com/NASAJuno and http://www.twitter.com/NASAJuno .
Wayne Everett Hilt
March 14, 1928 - March 22, 2017
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Wayne was born in Lafayette, Ind., and lived with his wife Lilly in Lake County for 45 years.
He worked in aerospace and was the father of seven children, 22 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be held at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Lakeport on Friday, March 31, from 9 to 10 a.m., with a funeral service following at 10:30 a.m. Interment with Military Funeral Honors will be at Upper Lake Cemetery.
For further information please contact Chapel of the Lakes Mortuary at 707-263-0357 or 707-994-5611, or visit www.chapelofthelakes.com .
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Arnold Gomez was born on July 19, 1949, to Mitchell and Mildred Gomez and was a longtime resident of the Big Valley Rancheria. He was the loving husband of Mary Gomez. He passed on to be with the Lord on March 23, 2017.
Arnold is survived by his wife, Mary; his four sons, Michael Gomez, Daniel Gomez and Anthony Gomez of Colusa, and Cory Burrows of Lakeport; sisters, Jane Sommerfelt of Lakeport and Catherine Gomez of Lakeport; brother, Manuel Gomez of Vacaville; uncle, Richard (JoJo) Gomez of Lakeport; aunt, Carol Gomez of Yakima, Wash., and numerous grandchildren, nephews and nieces.
Arnold enjoyed playing his guitar and singing songs at his Christian church. He will be missed by everyone his life has touched; missed, but not forgotten.
Traditional Native American services will be held at Big Valley Gymnasium in Lakeport starting with visitation on Sunday, March 26, at 10 a.m. to Tuesday, March 28, ending at 10 a.m. Graveside funeral service will be held at St. Mary’s Cemetery at 11 a.m.
For further information please contact Chapel of the Lakes Mortuary at 707-263-0357 or 707-994-5611 or visit www.chapelofthelakes.com .