LAKEPORT – On Tuesday April 6 the Board of Supervisors will inaugurate Russell Gonzaga, the newly selected Lake County Poet Laureate, at 9:25 a.m.

The Board of Supervisors meet at the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.

During the ceremony, the board will give Gonzaga authority to represent the county at literary functions and encourage poetry and writing among county residents.

Gonzaga, one of three finalists in the poet laureate selection process, was chosen by the current and former poets laureate at the “Select and Celebrate” event on Sunday, March 14.

He facilitates a weekly writers workshop at Harbin Hot Springs near Middletown.