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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – There are several colorful cats and kittens awaiting homes at Lake County Animal Care and Control this week.
Cats available include domestic short hair and long hair mixes, with orange, brown and gray tabby coats, and torbie and tortie kittens.
In addition to spaying or neutering, cats that are adopted from Lake County Animal Care and Control are microchipped before being released to their new owner. License fees do not apply to residents of the cities of Lakeport or Clearlake.
If you're looking for a new companion, visit the shelter. There are many great pets there, hoping you'll choose them.
In addition to the animals featured here, all adoptable animals in Lake County can be seen at http://www.co.lake.ca.us/Government/Directory/Animal_Care_And_Control/Shelter_Animal_Search.htm .
The following cats at the Lake County Animal Care and Control shelter have been cleared for adoption (other cats pictured on the animal control Web site that are not listed here are still “on hold”).
Domestic longhair mix
This domestic longhair mix cat of undetermined gender has a black and white coat and green eyes.
The cat is in cat room kennel No. 1, ID No. 5356.
Domestic medium hair kitten
This male domestic medium hair kitten has a gray tabby coat.
He's in cat room kennel No. 3a, ID No. 4787.
Domestic short hair kitten
This male domestic short hair kitten has a brown tabby coat.
He's in cat room kennel No. 3c, ID No. 4866.
Domestic short hair mix
This female domestic short hair mix has a brown tabby coat.
She's in cat room kennel No. 3d, ID No. 4867.
Orange tabby kitten
This male kitten has a short orange tabby coat.
He's in cat room kennel No. 4a, ID No. 5376.
Domestic short hair mix
This adult female domestic short hair mix has a brown tabby and white coat with gold eyes.
Shelter staff describe her as a sweet, cuddly girl.
She already has been spayed, so her adoption fee is less expensive.
She's in cat room kennel No. 96, ID No. 5340.
Tortie kitten
This female domestic short hair mix kitten has a tortie coat and green eyes.
She's in cat room kennel No. 5431, ID No. 107a.
Orange tabby kitten
This female kitten has a short orange tabby coat and gold eyes.
She's in cat room kennel No. 107b, ID No. 5432.
Orange tabby kitten
This female kitten has a short orange tabby coat and gold eyes.
She's in cat room kennel No. 107c, ID No. 5433.
Domestic short hair mix kitten
This female domestic short hair mix kitten has a torbie and white coat, and gold eyes.
She's in cat room kennel No. 147a, ID No. 5370.
Domestic short hair mix kitten
This female domestic short hair mix kitten has a torbie-colored coat with white markings.
Shelter staff reported that her paws have six toes.
She's in cat room kennel No. 147b, ID No. 5371.
To fill out an adoption application online visit http://www.co.lake.ca.us/Government/Directory/Animal_Care_And_Control/Adopt/Dog___Cat_Adoption_Application.htm .
Lake County Animal Care and Control is located at 4949 Helbush in Lakeport, next to the Hill Road Correctional Facility.
Office hours are Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday. The shelter is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Visit the shelter online at http://www.co.lake.ca.us/Government/Directory/Animal_Care_And_Control.htm .
For more information call Lake County Animal Care and Control at 707-263-0278.
Email Elizabeth Larson at
LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lake County Association of Realtors is sponsoring a back to school supply drive in conjunction with the California Association of Realtor's Young Professional Network August Month of Giving.
Supplies needed include backpacks, pencils, colored pencils, erasers, crayons, paper and glue sticks.
Supplies collected will be distributed throughout the Lake County school districts in August.
The school supply drive is happening now through Aug. 5.
Stop by your favorite real estate office, local title company office or the Lake County Association of Realtors office at 2559 Lakeshore Blvd. in Lakeport to drop off your school supply donations.
For more information or to locate a real estate office near you, please contact Lake County Association of Realtors at 707-263-9300.
LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lake County Lupoyoma Parlor No. 329 of the Native Daughters of the Golden West will meet on Thursday, Aug. 11, for a membership social and organizational meeting.
The group meets at 5:30 p.m. for social time and 6 p.m. for the business meeting at Round Table Pizza, 821 11th St. in Lakeport.
If you were born in California and are over 16 you are a Native Californian eligible for membership in the Native Daughters of the Golden West organization.
The Native Daughters is a fraternal and patriotic organization founded in 1886 on the principles of:
– Love of home;
– Devotion to the flag;
– Veneration of the pioneers;
– Faith in the existence of God.
All Native Daughters are welcome to attend.
For more information contact Parlor Worthy President Carla Dore, 831-524-5588, or V.P. Dee Cuney, 707-235-2902, or visit the Native Daughters of the Golden West, Lupoyoma Parlor No. 329 Facebook page.
For information about Lake County Konocti No. 159 Chapter of the Native Sons of the Golden West contact Tony Braito at 707-245-7663.
Here's a fine, deftly made poem by Meg Kearney, of New Hampshire, in which the details deliver the emotions, which are never overtly named other than by the title. It's my favorite kind of poem, and it's from her book An Unkindness of Ravens, from BOA Editions. Her most recent book is Home By Now (Four Way Books 2009).
Loneliness
The girl hunting with her father approaches
the strange man who has stopped at the end
of his day to rest and look at the lake.
Do you like geese? she asks. The man smiles.
The girl draws a webbed foot from her pocket
and places it in his hand. It's late fall
and still the geese keep coming, two fingers
spread against a caution-yellow sky. Before
he can thank her, the girl has run off, down
to the edge of the water. The man studies her
father, about to bring down his third goose
today—then ponders the foot: soft, pink,
and covered with dirt like the little girl's hand.
He slips it into his coat pocket, and holds it there.
American Life in Poetry is made possible by The Poetry Foundation ( www.poetryfoundation.org ), publisher of Poetry magazine. It is also supported by the Department of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. They do not accept unsolicited submissions. Poem reprinted by permission of The Permissions Co. Inc., on behalf of BOA Editions, LTD. Introduction copyright ©2016 by The Poetry Foundation. Introduction copyright © 2016 by The Poetry Foundation. The introduction's author, Ted Kooser, served as United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004-2006.
CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Lake County Campus of Woodland Community College in Clearlake is proud to announce the arrival of a new instructor who will teach a new set of classes.
Dr. Montana Hodges is a geologist and a paleontologist.
She fell in love with the lake and the community seven years ago when her family moved in the area.
“I love that my backyard sparkles in obsidian, that volcanic ash and flows are frozen in our hills, and of course collecting the incredibly translucent quartz we know as Lake County Diamonds,” she said.
Dr. Hodges’ experience as an instructor started when she was a graduate student teaching geology and continued as she taught for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as a manager of the Montana Space Grant Consortium Space Public Outreach Team.
Just last year, she reached 12,000 students with her presentations and instruction time.
Dr. Hodges is more than an instructor. She’s also a writer and has published five books, and has dug up dinosaurs in the Arctic.
The students at Lake County Campus are bound to find a wealth of information when taking her geology classes that she will be instructing during the fall of 2016.
During the fall semester she will be teaching physical geology, which will cover rocks and minerals, volcanoes, earthquakes and plate tectonics. It also examines how water and wind shape the Earth’s surface.
The second class she will be teaching is historical geology. Students taking this class will learn how the study of fossils, rocks, tectonic processes, and geologic structures can provide us with information regarding Earth’s geologic and biologic history.
For anyone interested in registering for these new and exciting classes, please make an appointment with a counselor at 707-995-7900, visit the admissions office located at 15880 Dam Road Extension in Clearlake or visit https://lcc.yccd.edu/ .
LOWER LAKE, Calif. – The Lake County Democratic Club's meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 9, will focus on local school issues.
The group will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the social hall of the Lower Lake Community United Methodist Church, 16255 Second St.
The usual business meeting will be dispensed with in order to accommodate several speakers.
Speakers include Pat Sabo, CTA/NEA-Retired Teachers Region 1 president, on the history of Common Core Standards and current educational topics including student debt; Mitch Markowitz, Konocti Unified School District Board member, on the new state funding plan; Sean Millerick, candidate for Middletown Unified School Board; and Helena Welsh, candidate for Middletown Unified School Board.
The Lake County Democratic Club is an officially chartered club of the Democratic Party of Lake County.
All meetings are open to the public. Membership is open to registered Democrats.
Visit www.lakecountydemocraticclub.org or email at