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Meetings will be held on Thursday mornings at Twin Pine Casino in the private dining room from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Pre-COVID, the club met at the Greenview Restaurant in Hidden Valley Lake.
“The new time and location has been working well for the membership,” said President Dennis Skinner. “We have enjoyed years of great service at the Greenview and are very appreciative of the hospitality offered by Chef Metcalf and his staff. We look forward to growing new relationships at the new location.”
Skinner joined the Rotary Club of Middletown in 2013. He is a resident of Hidden Valley Lake and has been an active and engaged member of the community and the club. Skinner served as the club’s president in 2020-2021, holding successful Zoom meetings during the onset of the COVID crisis.
He has been dedicated to keeping the club members engaged until in-person meetings were able to safely resume.
“It was important to keep the club meeting on a regular schedule and to maintain the community projects the Middletown Club has committed to,” said Skinner. “As we all know, life and life’s activities became more and more complicated as COVID challenged the way we all interact to accomplish our objectives.”
Some of the past projects performed by the Rotary Club of Middletown include dictionaries for elementary schools, “drive careful” signs posted by our schools, tree planting at the Trailside Park and assisting with rebuilding after the devastating Valley Fire of 2015.
Working in partnership with the South Lake County Fire Department, the club also provided fire safety kits to seniors, including fire extinguishers, flashlights and smoke detectors.
Under Skinner’s leadership during his first term as president, internet hot spots were provided to students so they could continue at home education during the COVID crisis.
During his second term as president, Skinner will oversee the distribution of $4,800 worth of books to public schools’ libraries.
Middletown Rotarians annually provide college scholarship opportunities to the youth of our community and support the Middletown Senior Center with ongoing monetary donations.
On an international level, Middletown Rotary played a huge role in raising funds and awareness for the Rotary “End Polio” campaign.
The club also participates in refurbishing schools, providing safe learning environments and sports equipment for youth in Santa Rosalia, BCS and Guatemala.
Rotary is a worldwide organization that connects people from all cultures and occupations who wish to empower youth, improve health, promote peace and advance communities. The organization's theme is “Service above self.”
For more information about how you can become a member of the Rotary Club of Middletown, call Dennis Skinner at 707-494-8892 or join them at one of the Thursday morning meetings at 7:30 a.m. at Twin Pine Casino.
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The meeting is open to the public.
To participate in the meeting, please register in advance here.
After registering, participants will receive a confirmation email with information, including a link and phone numbers.
The Resource Advisory Council, or RAC, meeting will include presentations on the BLM Trails and Travel Management Plan for the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument and a discussion to determine how the RAC will participate in the process.
The RAC will also be briefed on wildland fire impacts to BLM-managed public lands in central California, receive reports from the district and field offices and schedule meeting dates for 2022.
The public will be given an opportunity to address the RAC at noon during the meeting. Time for individual public comments may be limited due to the number of persons wishing to speak.
Written statements to address the council may also be sent prior to the meeting to the BLM Central California District Office, Attention: RAC meeting comments, 5152 Hillsdale Circle, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762.
The council advises the Secretary of the Interior, through the BLM, on a variety of planning and management issues associated with BLM public lands in central California.
The BLM maintains 28 chartered advisory committees throughout the West. Each citizen-based council consists of members from diverse interests in local communities, who assist in the development of committee recommendations by sharing their unique perspectives.
To learn more about the Central California RAC, visit https://go.usa.gov/xHrUx.
Please contact the BLM for reasonable accommodations to participate. For specific questions, please contact BLM Central California District Public Affairs Officer Serena Baker at
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The meeting will begin at 2 p.m. on Zoom. The meeting ID is 993 6064 3741, pass code is 229186. Participants also can join the meeting by phone at 669-900-6833.
Meeting documents can be found here.
Agenda items include approval of the Aug. 25 regular meeting minutes, the August 2021 financial statements, an update and discussion on the family ownership wraparound, and the ad hoc committee update on the executive director recruitment and recommendation.
In other business, the commission will consider approval of an $800 funding request from the Lake County Heroes of Health Safety Fair Planning Committee from Sutter Lakeside Hospital, approval of the 2021-2022 Title IV-E grant contract with Chabot-Las Positas Community College District for up to $100,000 and a presentation on Head Start enrollment.
There also will be executive director and commissioner reports, public comment and announcements.
The commission will meet next month on Oct. 27.
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These Balance of State ESG funds are available in two grants:
· a $123,969 Formula Allocation Grant for Rapid Rehousing Programs only; and
· a $123,969 Regional Competition Grant for Emergency Shelter or Rapid Rehousing programs.
Agencies applying must be a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, government agency including housing authority, or a state or federally recognized tribe/tribal entity that serves those struggling with homelessness or at-risk of becoming homeless in Lake County.
Agencies may apply for both grant opportunities; however, the programs must meet the Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD, definition of Rapid Rehousing or Emergency Shelter.
Local applicants must meet the 100% match funding requirements outlined in the ESG NOFA for the full grant allotment, which can be found here.
The Lake County Continuum of Care will make recommendations to Housing and Community Development, or HCD, for both grants. Recommended applicants will then apply online and contract directly with HCD for funding.
In making funding recommendations to HCD, Lake County Continuum of Care shall use a process which is:
· Fair and open and avoids conflicts of interest in project selection, implementation, and the administration of funds;
· Considers selection criteria reasonably consistent with the criteria used by the department in section 8407;
· Complies with the requirements of sections 8408 and 8409;
· Incorporates reasonable performance standards as set forth in the Action Plan based on HUD requirements and guidance. If the applicant has not implemented the proposed activity or similar activity within the past three years, the Continuum of Care shall work with the funded applicant to ensure it meets reasonable performance standards specified in the action plan in the contract year;
· Complies with federal ESG requirements; and
· Considers any other practices promoted or required by HUD.
For more information and a BoS application and governing board resolution template, visit this website.
Applications must be received by the LCCoC no later than 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time on Monday, Sept. 27.
Applications should be sent by email to
A funding panel consisting of Lake County Continuum of Care Grants Selection Committee volunteers shall decide which two applications will be submitted to HCD by Friday, Oct. 8. Appeals will be due by Oct. 15, 2021. Following that, applicants will be able to submit applications online via HCD’s website.
The Lake County Continuum of Care is a HUD-designated organization that promotes communitywide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness; provides funding for efforts by nonprofit providers, and state and local governments to quickly rehouse homeless individuals and families while minimizing the trauma and dislocation caused to homeless individuals, families, and communities by homelessness; promotes access to and effects utilization of mainstream programs by homeless individuals and families; and optimizes self-sufficiency among individuals and families experiencing homelessness.
Technical assistance is available. For more information, contact Scott Abbott on behalf of Lake County Continuum of Care, at