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LAKEPORT, Calif. – For cat lovers looking to adopt, Lake County Animal Care and Control has some great adult cats, including this mellow 9-year-old female cat.
She weighs 24 pounds, has blue eyes and a medium-length, soft white coat, and she’s waiting for a new home.
You can find her in cat room kennel No. 22, ID No. 36285.
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, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday. The shelter is open from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and on Saturday from 1 p.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.
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Office of Education’s Literacy Task Force has received a grant of $4,000 to host The Big Read in Lake County.
The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts, designed to revitalize the role of literature in American culture and to encourage citizens to read for pleasure and enlightenment.
The Big Read is managed by Arts Midwest. LCOE is one of 77 nonprofit organizations to receive a grant to host a Big Read project between September 2013 and June 2014.
The Big Read in Lake County will focus on “The Joy Luck Club” by Amy Tan. Activities will take place in October.
According to Project Director Robin Fogel-Shrive, October’s Big Read will include many opportunities for community members to join a book discussion group or engaging activity that will bring residents together to explore the many motifs of the novel.
This year’s grant focus has expanded to include partnerships with community colleges, local arts and business members, as well as K-12 districts and programs.
Middle and high school language arts teachers are receiving a copy of the novel for summer reading and our Little Read, in partnership with the Lake and Mendocino Reading Council, will once again offer a book selection and curriculum packet, connected to The Big Read, to inspire younger readers.
NEA Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa said, “It’s wonderful to see that these 77 communities are making reading and the celebration of books a priority. I look forward to seeing the innovative ways they find to engage their communities in these great works of classic and contemporary literature.”
The Big Read provides communities nationwide with the opportunity to read, discuss, and celebrate one of 31 selections from U.S. and world literature.
The 77 selected organizations will receive Big read grants to promote and carry out community-based reading programs featuring activities such as read-a-thons, book discussions, lectures, movie screenings, and performing arts events.
Participating communities also receive high-quality, free-of-charge educational materials to supplement each title, including Reader’s, Teacher’s, and Audio Guides, which are also available or download on www.neabigread.org .
The Lake County Literacy Task Force has a vision that everyone in the county-young, adults, and elders, not only be able to read, but desire to read.
The task force views literacy as a fundamental foundation of freedom, democracy, personal satisfaction, and a contribution to one’s society and personal life.
Everyone who has a desire to read should have, in Lake County, an avenue to become literate and celebrate literacy.
For more information on the Lake County Big Read, email
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Several Lake County Special Olympians put on spectacular performances at a meet in Marin County earlier this month.
John Lahti, Jordan Marquardt, Charles Nolan, Mike Stevens and Tyler Stiles competed in the 2013 Marin Games in San Rafael on Saturday, May 18, joining other Special Olympians from around the region.
The athletes were coached at the competition by Keith and Angela Austin, now in their third year coaching track and field. Janine Elliott and Chuck Nolan assisted the Austins.
Lake County Special Olympics coaches reported that this was the most successful year they’ve had in the competition, with all of the local athletes winning medals and none of the athletes placing lower than third.
Newcomer John Lahti – a transfer from South Lake Tahoe Special Olympics – threw the shot put close to 11 meters. His coaches reported that the crowd watching was in awe at his throw.
Lake County’s relay team – composed of Stevens, Nolan, Marquardt and Stiles – also made an exciting comeback.
They were behind in the relay for the first two runners, with the third runner, Jordan Marquardt, making up enough distance to catch back up and come in only behind by a few steps.
Tyler Stiles was the final runner in the relay. As Marquardt was passing the baton to Stiles, he fumbled it several times and almost tripped and fell.
On the last fumble, Stiles caught the baton while in mid air and raced to the finish line to capture the gold medal in what coaches said was a race that was both amazing and exciting to watch.
More good news – local Special Olympics officials reported this week that they have been assigned five berths in this June’s summer games, gaining one additional spot for local Special Olympians.
Advancement is based on an allotment process by area, number of athletes in training, and gold and silver medal athletes.
Full event results for all Lake County Special Olympians are posted below.
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) announced that his office is accepting applications from those ages 17-23 who are interested in attending the four service academies requiring nominations: United States Air Force Academy, United States Merchant Marine Academy, United States Military Academy at West Point and the United States Naval Academy.
The fifth service academy, the Coast Guard Academy, does not require a nomination.
“It’s an honor and privilege to annually nominate exceptional candidates across our Districts to these four service academies,” said Thompson. “If offered appointments by the academies, these young men and women will receive both a world class education and the skills they will need to become tomorrow’s military leaders.”
Eligible candidates must be at least 17 years old, but younger than 23, in the year of their admission to the academy, a United States citizen, unmarried, and a resident of California’s 5th Congressional District.
Interested applicants should contact Thompson’s Santa Rosa District Office at
Thompson represents California’s 5th Congressional District, which includes all or part of Contra Costa, Lake, Napa, Solano and Sonoma counties.
KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – Authorities have confirmed that a body discovered in Clear Lake on Monday was that of a Kelseyville man who disappeared the previous day.
Lt. Steve Brooks of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said the body of 31-year-old Cuong Minh Tran was found late Monday morning in Konocti Bay, more than 30 hours after he was last seen by family members.
Brooks said that on Sunday at 5:30 p.m. sheriff’s deputies responded to the 10000 block of Boren Bega Drive in Kelseyville on the report of a missing person.
Deputies arriving on scene met with Tran’s family members, who reported that he walked away from the residence at 1 a.m. that day and had not returned, Brooks said.
Tran’s family said that when he was last seen at 1 a.m. he had gone into the living room to watch television. At approximately 1:30 a.m. a family member went to check on him and noticed he was gone, Brooks said.
Brooks said the house was searched and Tran’s family members were unable to locate him. The family could not provide any information as to where Tran could have gone.
The deputies conducted an extensive search of both the interior and exterior of the residence. Brooks said a search also was conducted of the heavily wooded area behind the house with negative results.
At 11 a.m. Monday Lake County Sheriff’s Marine Patrol Deputies were dispatched to the area of Konocti Bay for a possible coroner’s case, Brooks said.
It was reported that a boater had located what appeared to be a body in the water along the shoreline. The location of the body was in close proximity to the residence Tran went missing from, according to Brooks.
A coroner’s investigation was conducted and the body was positively identified as being that of Tran, Brooks said.
The cause of death is pending a post mortem exam, Brooks reported.
CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif. – Local officials have released the names of two people killed in a Saturday night motorcycle crash on Highway 20.
The victims of the crash were Joanne Kempton, 60, and Kenneth Norman Kempton, 62, of Rio Linda, according to Lt. Steve Brooks of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
The fatal wreck occurred on Highway 20 at new New Long Valley Road east of Clearlake Oaks just before 6:30 p.m. Saturday, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The couple died after their 1998 Harley-Davidson motorcycle hit a steel guard rail, the CHP said. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.
The CHP report indicated that unsafe speed was a primary factor in the fatal wreck. Both Joanne and Kenneth Kempton were wearing helmets.
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