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- Written by: Hamilton Hess
The Anderson Springs Community Alliance and Friends of Cobb Mountain have now requested that such a report be prepared before the planned deep rock fracturing takes place.
The question at issue is the possible increase in local earthquakes and their magnitudes.
Hamilton Hess is chair of the Friends of Cobb Mountain.
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- Written by: Lyle and Susanne La Faver
We are happy to support Barbara Boxer, a true progressive champion. She is one of the most progressive voices in the U.S. Senate.
When George Bush wanted to go to war in Iraq, Barbara Boxer was one of only a handful of senators who voted no.
When George Bush wanted to appoint right-wing extremists to the federal bench, Barbara Boxer was there to fight him every step of the way.
When George Bush wanted to roll back hundreds of environmental protections, Barbara Box was there to stand up and stop those rollbacks.
Thankfully, George Bush is no longer president!
But thank goodness Barbara Boxer is still a U.S. senator, because she fights for economic well being of main street, not just Wall Street; fights for access to affordable health care for all Americans; as chair of the Senate Environment Committee, is able to do something about global warming; and fights for civil rights, marriage equality and a woman’s right to choose.
Please join us in supporting one of the best friends of progressives in the U. S. Senate, a woman who has been fighting our fight and walking our walk, our senator, Barbara Boxer.
Lyle and Susanne La Faver lives in Hidden Valley Lake.
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- Written by: Mark Burkdoll
Growing up it was the "Three Bs," as our mom called us – Mom, myself and my younger sister.
We were latch key kids decades before the term was invented. While mom was at work, we would walk home from elementary school and "take care of ourselves" till mom came home. One time Sarah ran ahead and came back to report she saw a ghost peering out the window at her. Going into the house, I had to put on my cowboy six shooters to assure myself I could handle that ghost.
In high school, Sarah had a way of just knowing if I was talking to someone whose name I did not remember, then she would make a point of coming up and say, "Aren’t you going to introduce me?"
Later in life we went on an adventure vacation together, to Burma and Thailand. While walking along a river in Burma I told her, "Don’t turn around but there is a guy with a gun behind us." Sisters never mind and of course she looked and the solider told us to turn back.
Sarah retired from Schwab as a stockbroker but for her spirit her career was the two years she worked in Yosemite.
Her husband Dean and her were very much in love and shared their passion for the outdoors and antique Airstream trailers.
Sarah Burkdoll: Feb. 21, 1955, to Aug. 27, 2009.
Mark Burkdoll lives in Clearlake.
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- Written by: Luisa Acosta
Val Muchowski, vice president of education and training for the California NWPC, and Dotty LeMieux principle of Green Dog Campaigns, provided in-depth, interesting and educational training on the “nuts and bolts” of a campaign from start to finish.
In addition to the great training presented, there was a panel discussion that included Clearlake City Council woman Joyce Overton, Lakeport City Council woman Suzanne Lyons, Upper Lake High School Board Member Annie Barnes and Nice Mutual Water District Board candidate Debbie Clark.
Luisa Acosta is president of the Lake County National Women’s Political Caucus.