The Lake County Rodeo is continuing to welcome children who want to compete for cutest cowpoke honors this year. Courtesy photo.

LAKE COUNTY – The 80th Annual Lake County Rodeo is coming on July 10 and 11 at the Lake County Fairgrounds, and it still has openings for competitors in the cutest cowpoke and mutton bustin' competitions.

This old, time, traditional, all-professional rodeo will feature many exciting activities for all ages.

A very popular event is the Cutest Cowpoke Contest, open to boys and girls, ages 4 to 8. The competition will be held on Saturday, June 27.

Winners will be introduced on Friday, July 10, at the Lake County Rodeo.

Each winner will receive passes to the Friday night performance and be awarded a silver buckle that evening in the arena.

Deadline for entries is Friday, June 26.

For more information or an application, visit www.lakecountyrodeo.com or contact Melissa Fulton at 707-245-7431. Applications are available at the office of the Lakeport Regional Chamber of Commerce, 875 Lakeport Blvd., at Vista Point Visitor Center.

There also are still a limited number of openings for the mutton bustin' competition on Friday and Saturday nights. This event is sponsored by CJS Ranch Supply in Middletown.

Applications for this are also available online and at the chamber office.

Competition is open to boys and girls 8 years old or younger and there is a $10 entry fee.

All riders must be no more than 50 pounds (each child will be weighed as they check in at the rodeo), they must wear a properly fitted helmet, long pants, long-sleeved shirt and sturdy boots or shoes.

This competition fills up quickly, please contact Mutton Bustin' Chair Amanda Kane at 707-245-5320 for further information.

Winners will be awarded a special belt buckle and all riders receive a mutton bustin' t-shirt.

Mutton busters are being sought for this year's rodeo. Courtesy photo.

The Lake County Amateur Radio Society will operate from Vista Point near Lakeport, starting about 11 a.m. Saturday, June 27. The Chicken Net group will go on the air from Navy Camp at Lake Pillsbury about the same time.

Both groups invite the public to come and see ham radio's new capabilities and learn how to get their own FCC radio license before the next disaster strikes.

It was just a year ago devastating lightning-caused fires struck Lake and other nearby counties. Amateur radio operators provided assistance to public agencies with communication needs. When trouble is brewing, ham radio people are often the first to provide critical information and communications.

This weekend the public will have a chance to meet and talk with Lake County ham radio operators and see for themselves what the Amateur Radio Service is all about.

Showing the newest digital and satellite capabilities, voice communication and even historical Morse Code, Lake County hams will join thousands of others across the country holding public demonstrations of emergency communications abilities.

The 24-hour event, called Field Day, is the climax of week long "Amateur Radio Week" sponsored by the ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio. Using only emergency power supplies, ham operators can quickly set up their emergency radio networks for emergency response agencies, all for free.

Their slogan, "When all else fails, Amateur Radio works!" is more than just words to the hams as they prove they can send messages in many forms without the use of phone systems, the Internet or any other infrastructure that can be compromised in a crisis. More than 40,000 Amateur Radio operators across the country participated in last year's event.

To learn more about Amateur Radio, go to www.emergency-radio.org . Come and see for yourself why this is not your grandfather's radio anymore.

Habitat for Humanity is looking for prospective homeowners.

To learn all about this opportunity for you and your family join them at their monthly application workshop.

Application workshops are held every month; the upcoming workshops are scheduled for 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, June 25, and Thursday, July 30, at the Habitat for Humanity office, 16285 A. Main St., Lower Lake.

Please call ahead of time so they may have enough of the necessary supplies ready at hand for your convenience.

Come and learn more about Habitat — find out about plans for the future and how you might be able to own your home.

For more information contact Habitat for Humanity at telephone 707-994-1100, online at www.lakehabitat.org or e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

The community food assessment will act as the data source to be used in the creation of a local food guide, act as a resource for organizations throughout the county, and identify gaps in Lake County’s local food system.

The major goals of the RFP include:

• Mapping existing food resources within the county;

• Compiling data on farm, farm stand, and market gardens including their location, crops in production, where crops are sold, and crop volume;

• Compiling data on retail food outlets including restaurants, grocery stores, schools, hospitals, senior centers, etc.;

• In the event of supply disruption, how long the food supply on shelves would last;

• Identifying all locations that produce, sell, serve, and process food, and;

• Prepare a final report with recommendations and make presentation to the Lake County Board of Supervisors.

The Health Leadership Network (HLN) was established to develop a network of public and private entities to improve the health of people in Lake County through healthy eating and active living and is funded primarily through a grant from the California Endowment.

Partners in the HLN include Sutter Lakeside Hospital (which also is the fiscal recipient for the HLN), St. Helena Hospital Clearlake, Lakeside Health Center (Mendocino Community Health Clinics), Lake County Department of Health Services, Lake County Department of Social Services, Lake County

Marketing and Economic Development Program, Lake County Office of Education (Healthy Start), Lake County Tribal Health Consortium Inc., Lake Family Resource Center, First Five Lake County and Easter Seals of Northern California.

In addition to providing funding for the completion of a community food assessment, the HLN began a farm-to-school/institution project, is developing a logo to denote participation in the local food movement, has introduced CATCH (Coordinated Approach to Child Health), a research-based best practice program designed to prevent obesity among school children in after-school and elementary schools in Lake County, as well as working with a stakeholder group to find a way to utilize local

health data for the benefit of all health care providers.

The RFP was released on the county of Lake website on June 17 and requires all potential proposers to register online. The RFP closes on July 15.

To register, and for more information, visit www.co.lake.ca.us/Business/WithCounty/RFP.htm .

The meeting will be held at the Redbud Library Conference Room, 14785 Burns Valley Road, Clearlake.

There will be a special buffet at 6:30 p.m. to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising of 1969.

The Stonewall Club will appear in the parade for the second year. Group membership is open to all LGBT Democrats and their friends and allies.

For more information call Bill Berkey at 707-995-3905.

A group of more than 30 individuals, with varied recreational interests attended and a spirited, interactive, discussion was held that allowed everyone present to discuss and list their ideas for the development of the mountain’s master management plan.

Representatives from the Lake County Sierra Club, Boy Scouts of America, Habematolel Pomo, Elem Tribe and the general public were in attendance.

When complete, which will probably take one to two years, the plan will govern the park’s use,

conservation and preservation.

Types of use, policies and procedures, resource and fire management plans and more were discussed, as well as, restrictions that come with the sale of the property, including day use only, except by special arrangements, no motorized vehicles, except by authorized use, and preservation and conservation of the mountain.

County staff anticipates having the basics of the master management plan decided on prior to opening the trails to the public late this year or early next year.

An additional meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, June 24, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., at the Lower Lake Museum.

The final two meetings will take place Wednesday, Aug. 12 and 26 in Lakeport from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Board of Supervisors Chambers at the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.

For more information contact the Public Services Department at 707-262-1618 or visit

www.preservekonocti.org .