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UPPER LAKE, Calif. – It is not too early to put Saturday, Oct. 12, on your calendar for the annual Lake County Land Trust dinner.
This year the dinner, which starts at 5 p.m., will be held at the beautiful The Lodge at Blue Lakes.
Guests are being encouraged to attend the dinner, spend the night, and enjoy a lovely Sunday on Blue Lakes.
“Make a weekend of it,” said Maryann Schmid, who along with her husband Peter, owns this destination resort.
The dinner is an important fundraiser for the Land Trust and features a fabulous silent auction, delicious food, live music, Lake County wines and lots of good fellowship, said Land Trust President Roberta Lyons.
Ticket price is $65 per person and includes wine. The Schmids will donate 10 percent of the proceeds from room rentals to the Land Trust and also will be providing breakfast to those staying over.
Rooms are priced as low as $100, with many at $125 and some deluxe suites available for $160.
You may want to reserve your room early to ensure a space.
Invitations to the dinner will be sent to Lake County Land Trust members, but the public is also welcome to attend this fun event.
Room reservations may be made by call the Lodge at Blue Lakes at 707-275-2181 and mentioning that you will be with the Land Trust Dinner group.
Dinner reservations must be made separately, by calling 707-262-0707 or emailing
The Lake County Land Trust is a private, nonprofit local organization dedicated to preservation of wildlife habitat, including wetlands, forests, and properties with unique scenic, cultural and agricultural value.
For information about the Land Trust, go to www.lakecountylandtrust.org or call 707-262-0707.
LAKEPORT, Calif. – A construction project will result in a one-day bus service cancellation on a part of Lake Transit's bus route in Lakeport.
Lake Transit's Route 8, which runs on Lakeshore Drive between Park Way and Margot Lane in Lakeport, will be canceled due to a county of Lake road paving project scheduled on Tuesday, Sept. 10, Lake Transit reported.
“The county's contractor, Granite Construction, will be escorting vehicles through the construction area, but the delays are so great that the bus service would be seriously disrupted,” said Lake Transit General Manager Mark Wall.
Instead, Wall said Route 8 buses will detour after leaving Lakeside Health Center. Buses will travel via Lakeshore Drive, Hill Road, and Park Way to return to Lakeshore Drive.
The route will operate its usual schedule south of the intersection of Lakeshore at Park Way, according to Wall.
Service is expected to return to normal on Wednesday, Sept. 11, Wall said.
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Methodist Churches around Lake County that are partnering to end hunger locally raised the bar in their second year of collecting food donations.
Lake County CAN! launched in 2012 with a goal of addressing local food insecurity, including the fact that in the county – where about 18 percent of the 65,000 residents live in poverty – nearly half of the children are eligible for free or reduced meals at school.
In 2012 Lake County CAN! held a monthlong food drive, and followed up this year with a one-day canned food drive held last Friday on the second day of the Lake County Fair.
Voris Brumfield, pastor of Middletown Community United Methodist Church, said in Lake County CAN!'s inaugural year, 1,949 individuals donated 7,796 cans of food or other nonperishable items during the monthlong drive.
This year, in a much shorter period of time, those numbers were topped.
Pastor Shannon Kimbell-Auth of United Christian Parish in Lakeport, another Lake County CAN! organizer, said 2,210 people brought food to the Lake County Fair.
She said each of them brought at least four cans, but added that one man came with a pickup truck filled with food.
She said 300 cases of donated food were distributed to 10 food pantries, compared to seven food pantries that benefited in 2012.
Last Saturday, volunteers gathered at Mendo Mill in Lakeport to sort, pack and deliver the donated food.
Receiving food this year are food pantries at United Christian Parish and other Methodist Church food pantries around the county – Clearlake, Clearlake Oaks, Kelseyville, Lower Lake and Middletown – as well as One Stop, the Lucerne Alpine Senior Center and Galilee Lutheran, Kimbell-Auth said.
She said the next Lake County CAN! event is planned for this November, when volunteers will package meals for overseas, and ask for a limited and specific list of donations to address local needs.
If you want to be involved in the effort, local food pantries accept food donations year-round. Drop-off points include the following:
- Clearlake Community United Methodist Church, 14521 Pearl Ave.; telephone 707-994-2134.
- Clearlake Oaks Community United Methodist Church, 12487 The Plaza at Highway 20; telephone 707-998-9435.
- Kelseyville United Methodist Church, 3810 Main St.; telephone 707-279-4664.
- Lower Lake Community United Methodist Church, 16255 Second St.; telephone 707-994-2507.
- Middletown United Methodist Church, 15155 Armstrong Ave.; telephone 707-987-3379. Drop-off times, Sundays, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Wednesdays and Fridays, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
- United Christian Parish, 745 North Brush St., Lakeport, telephone 707-263-4788. Drop-off times, Tuesday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Upper Lake United Methodist Church, 604 Clover Valley Road; telephone 707-275-2459.
According to the Lake County CAN! Web site, with the exception of Upper Lake, all of the locations above also offer food pantries. Call them for more details about services.
For more information about local food pantries and the effort to end local hunger, visit www.lakecountycan.org .
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – Dress like a pirate, walk the plank, swab the deck, learn to tie knots, paint pirate flags – these activities and more will be featured at the second annual "Shipwreck Day" in Lakeport.
On Saturday, Sept. 21, Library Park will be transformed into a pirate world, complete with activities, music and food.
There is no charge for the event, which begins at 10 a.m. and runs until 7 p.m.
Music will be provided by My Divas, who will stroll and perform a Capella madrigals.
A dance will be held in the park from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
People are encouraged to wear pirate garb and gear for Shipwreck Day. A pirate parade will take place during the event.
For help in designing costumes, search online using “pirate garb and gear.” Also, Your One Stop Party Shop on Third Street in Lakeport has pirate garb and information on making costumes. This Saturday, Sept. 7, High Street Village merchants will offer ready-to-wear garb that may be embellished for pirate costumes. There will be expert advice available.
On the day of the event, there will be a sidewalk sale in downtown Lakeport. In Library Park during the event, vendors will be offering unique items for sale. Food and beverages will be available throughout the event.
For more information, call 707-263-8843.
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is recruiting those interested in a career as a wildlife officer.
CDFW will accept applications for wildlife officer cadet from Sept. 1 through Nov. 27.
For information on minimum qualifications and other requirements for wildlife officer cadets, please visit www.dfg.ca.gov/enforcement/career/index.aspx .
The CDFW Law Enforcement Division expects an overwhelming number of inquiries and requests that prospective candidates extensively review materials on the Web site before contacting CDFW with questions.
California wildlife officers are charged with ensuring public safety, enforcing fish and wildlife laws, investigating illegal sales of wildlife, protecting the state from pollution, enforcing habitat protection laws, fighting illegal drug trafficking, keeping the homeland secure and responding during natural disasters.
As peace officers, they have the authority to enforce all California laws, such as the Vehicle Code and Penal Code, and are federally deputized to enforce federal fish and wildlife laws.
A typical day for a California wildlife officer is diverse as the state’s fish and wildlife. Wildlife officers patrol ocean, desert, mountain and valley environments, as well as urban areas. They frequently work independently and conduct full-scale law enforcement investigations.
Wildlife officers employ everything from all-terrain vehicles to jet skis and snowmobiles while on patrol and spend much of their typical day making contact with Californians in the great outdoors. CDFW has a dive team and utilizes K-9 partners as well. Environmental crimes and pollution incidents also fall under the purview of wildlife officers.
Annually, wildlife officers make contact with more than 295,000 people and issue more than 15,000 citations for violations of the law.
Successful applicants will enter a 31-week academy training program, followed by 16 weeks of field training, where they will work with a seasoned field training officer.
CDFW’s academy at Butte College is California Peace Officer Standards and Training certified. Cadets are trained as police officers with specific emphasis on wildlife, pollution and habitat protection.
In California, with 159,000 square miles of habitat and wildlife diversity unequaled by any other state, the average wildlife officer has a patrol district of more than 600 square miles.
The state has more than 1,100 miles of coastline, 30,000 miles of rivers and streams, 4,800 lakes and reservoirs, three desert habitat areas and scores of high mountain peaks.
To apply, please use the State of California application form 678 located at http://jobs.ca.gov/Profile/StateApplication .
Applications must be postmarked no later than Nov. 27.
GLENN COUNTY, Calif. – The Glenn County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the reported theft of 436,000 produce packing bags for oranges from the Orange Blossom Packing Co.
Sheriff Larry Jones reported that Samuel Sanchez, owner of the company – located on County Road P, south of Orland – contacted the sheriff's office at 6:47 a.m. Wednesday to report the theft.
Sgt. Todd James responded and spoke with Sanchez, who stated the bags were taken off pallets sometime over the weekend, according to Jones.
Valued at $51,000 were 340,000 bags in 10-, eight- and five-pound capacities. These bags were labeled, “Orange Blossom Packing,” Jones said.
Valued at $30,720 were 96,000 25-pound bags labeled, “Sanchez Farms,” which Jones said were estimated to cost $81,720.
Some of the bags were in a storage facility that was not locked, thus constituting a burglary, and others were stored outside, Jones said.
Anyone with information regarding this crime is asked to contact the Glenn County Sheriff’s Office at 530-934-6431 or the Sheriff’s Secret Witness line at 530-934-6627. You may remain anonymous.
