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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Almas (Al) Lowell Bussard, went to sleep May 4, 2016, and woke up in Heaven with the love of his life, Annie. He was 94 years old.
He was born in Battlefield, Missouri, on Feb. 25, 1922, and moved to California with family, served in the Navy during World War II and married Annie Oct. 25, 1946.
Al is survived by his sons, Steven (Roxie) and Gregory (Cynde); six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
His life was full and active for many years and he is loved and will be missed, but we are all happy Annie and Al are together again.
Al will be missed by friends, extended family and immediate family.
At Al's request, no services will be held. Memorial donations can be made in his memory to your favorite charity.
Cremation arrangements by Chapel of the Lakes Mortuary.
CLEARLAKE, Calif. – On Saturday, May 14, Lake Community Pride Foundation will be hosting a skate park competition featuring riders from Mendocino and Lake County participants.
Brock Randolph and Kyle Kennedy are seniors at Ukiah High School. Their senior project is to coordinate a skate park competition. With the help of Bruno Sabatier and Lake Community Pride Foundation, they were able to secure the Andy Johnson Memorial BMX Skate Park in Clearlake's Austin Park.
The event starts with sign ups from 11 a.m. to noon. The competition will start at 1 p.m.
All riders will be separated into three categories and three different levels of experience. The categories are BMX, scooter and skateboard. The levels of experience will be beginner, intermediate and advanced. Come early and make sure to sign up into the correct bracket, and then may the best rider win.
This is the first time that an inter-county skate park competition will be organized in the city of Clearlake.
“I have this feeling that after this event, we will see more of these where it will be hosted in Mendocino and then back in Lake County,” said Sabatier. “Positive, healthy competition such as this is good for adding a new layer to our relationship between the two counties that has already been built by the riders themselves looking for new parks to shred in.”
A skate park competition wouldn't be complete without music to compliment the riders. DJ Grand Masta Slash Beatz and As All Else Fails will be performing during the event. Admission to the watch the competition is free and anyone who wishes to join the competition can do so for free as well.
The skate park is located at 14077 Lakeshore Drive in Clearlake. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Bruno Sabatier at 707-695-0834.
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Lake County supporters of Bernie Sanders have taken the first step toward sending several local people to the Democratic National Convention as delegates.
Caucuses in Napa and Davis on Sunday selected the Sanders delegate slates for Congressional Districts 5 and 3 (CD5, CD3), respectively.
Ava Kennedy and Nils Palsson were among the top vote getters in CD5. Natalie Higley and Jonathan Holt captured top spots in CD3. Kennedy and Higley are members of the steering committee of Lake County, CA for Bernie Sanders. Palsson is a candidate for Congress from CD5.
“This caucus was a great success for the Lake County Bernie supporters,” said Tim Williams, a member of the steering committee. “Lake County will be sending at least two, and perhaps four, delegates. These men and women have an important task as the nomination will not be settled until the convention.”
The June 7 primary election is the next step in the delegate selection process. Voters who have registered as Democrat or no party preference (NPP) by May 23 can vote in the Democratic Primary. NPP voters must specifically request a Democratic ballot at the polls or by calling 707-263-2372 if voting by mail.
Voters registered as members of any other party, including the American Independent may not vote in the democratic primary.
Results of the June 7 primary will determine how many CD3 and CD5 delegates will come from the Sanders slate and how many will come from the Clinton slate.
"Secretary Clinton will not have enough delegates to win the nomination before the convention. This will be a contested convention," said Kennedy, "The delegates and super delegates will have to look at the hard facts: Every recent national poll shows Bernie leading over Trump by much bigger margins – he is the stronger candidate to defeat Trump in November."
Lake County, CA for Bernie Sanders is a group of enthusiastic volunteers not formally associated with the Sanders campaign. Their office, which is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, is located at 302 Armstrong St., Lakeport. The staff is happy to help supporters of any candidate register to vote.
They are on Facebook at ("Lake County, CA for Bernie Sanders!"), and they can be contacted by email at
There may be at least 1,000 Lake County registered voters who believe they can vote in the Democratic primary on June 7, but they are mistaken. Why? They think they are are registered “independent” when in truth, they are registered as members of the American Independent Party.
It is an easy mistake to make. In the list of party affiliations on the voter registration form, AIP comes first, alphabetically. A person who wants to be “independent” rather than affiliated with any of the other parties listed can easily check that box by mistake.
But “American Independent Party” is an actual party, in California. Statistics suggest that most of its members are in it by mistake – about 75 percent of all members of the AIP did not intend to register with that party. Seventy five percent!
According to the Lake County Registrar's Office, there are about 1,350 voters in Lake County registered as AIP. About 140 of those have registered as AIP since October 2015. The timing suggests that those 140 people may have registered with the June 7 primary in mind (they may not have heard of Bernie Sanders before October 2015).
However, because they registered American Independent Party instead of “no party preference,” they will not be able to vote in the June 7 Democratic primary – unless they change their registration now. There is still time.
Voters have until May 23 to correct (change) their registration from AIP to “no party preference” or Democrat if they want to vote in the June 7 primary.
As the deadline approaches, the system may slow down due to increased traffic, so it is recommended not to delay, but correct your party preference (or lack thereof) NOW – don't wait!
To vote in the Democratic primary, you need to be either a Democratic Party member or “no party preference.” Members of the Green party or any other party who wish to vote for Bernie Sanders on June 7 still have time to change their registration. (You can always change it again later.)
You can verify your current party preference by calling the Lake County Registrar at 888-235-6730.
You can register to vote online at http://registertovote.ca.gov/ .
Deb Baumann lives in Upper Lake, Calif.
David Robert Wright
Feb. 5, 1998 - May 11, 2016
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – David was preceded in death by his father, Sam Wright Sr. He is survived by his mother, Ellen, and step-dad, Vincent; children, Jay-lah, Adrian and Anthonie; siblings, Daniel, Samuel Jr., Alicia, Emil, Louisa, Levi, Marlene, Eileen, Edward, Rachel, Burocol, Shayna, Myra, Matty, Kalal and Johnny; grandparents, Robert, Karen, Barbara and Teresa; great grandma, Ruth; aunts, Nicole, Michelle, Melissa, Samantha, Melinda, Angelina and Valerie; uncles, Robert, Brian, Leon, Anthony, Phelan, Billy and Mark; along with many other aunts, uncles and cousins.
Visitation began at the family's home, 1407 Mission Way in Lakeport, on Friday, May 13, at 2 p.m. Graveside funeral service will be held at St. Mary's Cemetery on Monday, May 16, at 2 p.m.
We will miss your smile and all the crazy things you did to make us laugh. You left us too soon, you are gone but never forgotten …
For further information contact Chapel of the Lakes Mortuary at 707-263-0357 or 707-994-5611, or visit www.chapelofthelakes.com .
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Lake County community organizer Nils Palsson has filed as a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in the Fifth Congressional District.
The district includes all of Napa County and parts of Lake, Sonoma, Solano and Contra Costa counties.
Running as a “Berniecrat” – a progressive Democrat aligned with the presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders – Palsson, 30, represents a platform of social, racial, environmental and economic justice for all, with an emphasis on getting money out of politics and restoring our democracy.
“Big money has taken over politics,” he said. “I am running for this office because we, the people, deserve a voice in government.”
Palsson takes no campaign contributions from corporations or lobbyists.
“As an outsider to the political establishment, I bring a much-needed fresh outlook. I take no Super-PAC contributions. My clear allegiance is to our people and planet: to Main Street, not Wall Street,” he said.
Palsson, 30, was recently elected to be a pledged delegate for Bernie Sanders at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia this July. Palsson was second overall vote-getter at the district-wide Democratic Caucus held in Napa on May 1.
Endorsements for Palsson’s campaign include the national group Elect Bernie Thinkers, along with a growing list of community members and working people from around the district.
When he filed his declaration of candidacy on March 11, Palsson was the only candidate to turn in more than the bare minimum of 40-50 nomination signatures. He gathered hundreds from around the district, showing grassroots support for his campaign.
Running in a four-way primary on June 7, in which the top two candidates advance to the November election regardless of party, Palsson hopes to be the one to challenge the nine-term, 18-year incumbent Mike Thompson, also a Democrat.
“We live in a progressive district,” Palsson said. “I believe the people here are ready to see our true values and needs represented in Congress.”
He added that, if voters were to follow the money and see where Thompson’s campaign contributions actually come from, voters would overwhelmingly support a challenger to the status quo.
Palsson supports a constitutional amendment to end what he refers to as “the disastrous Citizens United ruling” and establish that corporations are not people, and that campaign contributions do not constitute free speech.
“The reason we’re not getting so many of our needs met – from education and health care, to a fair economy and a real response to global warming – is because there is a corrupt system of money in politics that we urgently need to address if we truly want to thrive,” he said.
Father to a 3-year-old, Palsson said parental concerns are a driving force behind his run for Congress. “The climate crisis is very real, and harmful practices like fracking are polluting our groundwater. The status quo is failing our children and grandchildren, failing future generations.”
He added, “Unlike most of the Democrats and Republicans in Congress, including our incumbent, I do not accept money from the fossil fuel industry. I will work to ensure that all our children inherit a healthy planet, a strong economy, and a just society.”
Born in San Francisco and educated at New York University, Palsson moved to Lake County in 2010. He has served as a high school history teacher, a radio host at KPFZ Lake County Community Radio, and a community organizer for local resilience and social justice.
After five years of grassroots organizing as co-founder of the Transition Lake County, Palsson was hired in 2015 to be communications and special projects coordinator at the Sonoma-based nonprofit Transition US, national hub of a global “transition movement” toward healthier, more sustainable and empowered communities.
He was displaced during the Valley fire last September. Although the fire didn’t consume his home, Palsson was ultimately displaced by the fire this April, when his landlords chose to sell the home he was renting in the burn zone.
“I am just like the rest of the people in my district,” Palsson said. “I’m dealing directly with challenges like student debt and the housing crisis. I know how it feels to be a working-class parent – and I am ready to represent the working-class people of this district in Congress.”
More information about his campaign is available at www.NilsforCongress.com .