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I read a recent article on the goals of some Californians to secede from the Union with some interest but more pity.
Apparently, these citizens not only have no understanding that the Electoral College prevents about five cities from running roughshod over the rest of the country, but also have no historical knowledge of the ramifications of the Civil War.
That tragic clash between the north and south not only ended slavery but established that the union is indivisible, something noted in the pledge of allegiance.
Perhaps some protesters are not very familiar with “… One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.”
When the confederacy decided to leave the union, the federal government did not wish them bon voyage. It launched a full scale war; and upon winning the war, the principle that the union could not be dissolved was enshrined.
As one of the states with the most aversion to guns and the strictest gun and ammunition control laws, California could not be in a worse position to fight the full force of the United States military should they somehow succeed in the quixotic quest to start a second civil war.
Those wishing to secede will have discovered too late that the purpose of the second amendment was to be able to resist a government which had become oppressive to them; it was never about shooting squirrels and deer.
Therefore, my suggestion is to understand that the USA is a republic not a democracy, a republic with an electoral process designed to prevent the tyranny of a simple majority over a minority.
So, any citizens melting down over having the election go another way than their preference need to simply get over it as and accept the process that has served us for 240 years.
As Americans we are a nation of laws, and every four years we get another go at getting our candidate elected.
Meredith Lahmann lives in Lakeport, Calif.
KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – The Sons of Norway Vikings of Lake Lodge No. 6-166 will hold its annual Christmas open house and Santa Lucia pageant on Saturday, Dec. 10.
The event will take place from noon to 3 p.m. at Galilee Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall, 8860 Soda Bay Road in Kelseyville.
Admission is free.
There will be Scandinavian Christmas décor and assorted traditional delicacies to enjoy including Danish Æbleskiver, krumkake, rommegrot, lefse vaffler and open-faced sandwiches.
At 1 p.m. the children will perform in the Swedish Santa Lucia pageant, with carols around the Christmas tree at 1:30 p.m.
There also will be a raffle for a beautiful basket filled with goodies including handmade ceramic pieces and jellies, with proceeds to benefit the group's Adopt-a-School Community service project for Lower Lake Elementary School.
Scandinavian cookies and 2017 Norwegian, Swedish and Danish calendars will be available for purchase.
For more information call Jo at 707-279-4698.
CLEARLAKE, Calif. – A local group will hold a event to support the Standing Rock protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline on Sunday, Dec. 4, in Clearlake.
The demonstration will take place from noon to 6 p.m. in front of the Wells Fargo Bank, 14918 Olympic Drive in Clearlake.
Organizer Aimé Graves said one of the event's goals is to encourage Wells Fargo to divest from the Dakota Access Pipeline project or else to encourage people to close their accounts in solidarity, and to time it with the arrival of veterans for Standing Rock.
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Public Service Department announced that the Historic Courthouse Museum in Lakeport and the Historic Schoolhouse Museum in Lower Lake will be closed Saturday, Dec. 24, and Sunday, Dec. 25, for the Christmas holiday.
Both Museum will reopen on Wednesday, Dec. 28.
Normal operating hours at the Courthouse Museum in Lakeport are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
The Historic Schoolhouse Museum in Lower is normally open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday though Saturday and closed on Sundays.
If you have any questions regarding this subject, please call the Historic Courthouse Museum in Lakeport at 707-263-4555 or the Historic Schoolhouse Museum in Lower Lake at 707-995-3565.
LOWER LAKE, Calif. – Imagine it is 1946. You, like everyone else, is an avid radio listener, spending hours enjoying the variety of entertainment offered all along the dial.
Now you’ve just been given tickets to attend a live radio broadcast in a New York City studio on Christmas Eve. You’re thrilled because you’ll see some of your favorite radio stars in person, watch live sound effects being made, and be a part of a national radio audience.
It’s not really 1946, but it might as well be when you share in the magic of the Lake Country Theatre Co.'s production of “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play,” which opens on Dec. 10.
You’ll see crew as well as actors in 1940s attire (you can dress up too, if you like), and old-fashioned holiday decorations give the theater a festive air.
Even the concessions reflect the era, with Cokes in “original” bottles and homemade cookies and other goodies.
On stage, five actors perform in front of old-style mikes, voicing all the characters in the familiar story, from idealistic George Bailey, who gives up his dreams in order to help others and now faces a life crisis, to Clarence, his guardian angel, who just wants to earn his wings.
On one side of the stage, the foley artist, a “must-have” in live radio, uses all manner of objects and materials to produce the many sound effects needed in the show.
And don’t forget the commercials, with their advertising jingles sung by the cast, just as they would be in days gone by.
Best of all, you will be a part of the studio audience, encouraged to applaud, laugh, or cry as the spirit moves you.
Starring in this production are Nick Powell, Cindy Sobel, Charles Berry, Kathleen Escudé and Larry Richardson, with Bert Hutt as the foley artist. Susan Van Wyk provides musical accompaniment.
“It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play” will be performed at the Schoolhouse Museum in Lower Lake on Dec. 10, 11, 16, 17 and 18. Friday and Saturday performances are at 7 p.m.; Sunday performances, at 2 p.m.
Tickets are $12 ($15 for first two rows), with a $2 discount for students, seniors and LCTC members.
Tickets are available at the Soap Shack in Lakeport, the Game Hub in Lower Lake and online at www.lctc.us .
For more information, contact director Linda Guebert at 707-279-4272.
CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif. – The Lake County Sheriff's Office said that the man believed to have killed a woman and injured three others in an early Thursday morning shooting was taken into custody later in the day on the campus of a Clearlake school.
Ezequiel Junior Bravo, 24, of Clearlake was arrested shortly after 9 a.m. Thursday, according to Lt. Steve Brooks.
Brooks said Bravo has been booked into the Hill Road Correctional Facility on charges of murder, attempted murder, kidnapping, assault with a deadly weapon and assault with serious bodily injury.
Bravo's bail has been set at $1 million, Brooks said.
At approximately 2:16 a.m. Thursday the Lake County Sheriff’s Office Central Dispatch received a report of a male shooting a gun inside a house located on Elem Drive at the Elem Indian Colony in Clearlake Oaks, Brooks said.
When deputies arrived they located a female inside the residence who was deceased from an apparent gunshot wound, along with a male subject with an apparent gunshot wound to his arm and a 6-year-old girl with an injured arm, Brooks said.
Brooks said deputies were later notified that another female victim with an apparent gunshot wound to the chest had transported herself to the hospital.
He said the injured child and male victim were transported by air ambulance to medical facilities located outside Lake County.
Deputies secured the scene and requested Major Crimes Unit detectives respond, Brooks said.
During the initial investigation the suspect was identified as Bravo, who had fled the scene in one of the victim’s vehicles, which he abandoned a short distance away on Pomo Road, according to Brooks.
Brooks said a search of the area was conducted by ground and air with the assistance of Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office helicopter Henry 1. A be on the lookout was sent out to surrounding agencies and a Nixle alert was issued to the public that included a photo of Bravo.
At approximately 9 a.m. a school official at Pomo Elementary School in Clearlake who had seen the Nixle alert observed a male subject on the campus and believed the individual to be Bravo, Brooks said.
The Clearlake Police Department was contacted and responded to the school, where Brooks said Bravo was taken into custody without incident.
According to county arrest records, the Clearlake Police Department arrested Bravo in October on felony charges of marijuana cultivation, while the sheriff's office arrested him in May for a misdemeanor charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and a felony for possession of a dirk or dagger.
Bravo also has a March 2011 arrest by the sheriff's office for misdemeanor battery on a person on hospital or school grounds and felony vandalism.
Anyone with information regarding the Thursday homicide case is asked to contact Detective Richard Kreutzer at 707-262-4233.