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LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport Senior Activity Center is excited to announce some coming changes to its Second Sunday Breakfast this fall.
The current monthly breakfast will be postponed starting in June until its relaunch with exciting changes to the time and menu options.
The center has numerous opportunities to volunteer and make a difference in the senior community.
With more than 60,000 meals served and delivered each year, the center has to raise more than $150,000 to cover the shortfall provided by grants in order to keep the meals going to those who have come to rely on them.
This is only possible by the generous donations and volunteers in the community.
The Lakeport center is looking for volunteers to be a part of the new breakfast, the new Friday Bingo Night and other upcoming fundraisers including a talent show and Chinese New Year sweetheart Dance.
Call 707-263-4218, visit www.facebook.com/lakeportseniors/ or stop by the senior center to get involved or find out more information.
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – The next free household hazardous waste dropoff event will be held Friday, June 16, and Saturday, June 17, at Lake County Waste Solutions Transfer Station and Recycling Yard, 230 Soda Bay Road in Lakeport.
Hours will be from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.
Households can bring up to 15 gallons of toxic items free of charge. Fees will be charged for amounts over 15 gallons.
Items that are accepted include paint, solvents, fuels, five-gallon propane tanks (empty), pool chemicals, pesticides, herbicides, batteries, fluorescent light tubes (up to 60 linear feet) and other toxic materials that cannot be put in the trash.
Items that cannot be accepted include televisions, computer monitors, ammunition, explosives, radioactive materials or infectious wastes.
To learn how and where to properly dispose these items, please visit www.recycling.co.lake.ca.us or contact the recycling hotline at 707-263-1980.
Household hazardous waste dropoff services are provided to Lake County residential households by the Integrated Waste Management Division of the Lake County Public Services Department and the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle).
Businesses also are welcome to use this convenient service to properly dispose of hazardous waste and protect our environment, however, businesses must pay for this county-funded service and first make an appointment. Business appointments can be made by calling Lake County Waste Solutions at 707-234-6400.
Ask about receiving a free puncture-proof sharps container at one of these events to use for free sharps disposal.
Free recycling options for residents and businesses:
· Recycled paint is available to both residents and businesses at Lake County Waste Solutions and South Lake Refuse and Recycling Center first-come, first-served basis in five gallon containers. Colors include tan, brown, gray and pink.
· Used motor oil and cooking oil can be dropped off by businesses and residents, at Lake County Waste Solutions, South Lake Refuse & Recycling Center, and the North Shore Fire Protection District station at 6257 Seventh Ave. in Lucerne. Visit www.recycling.co.lake.ca.us for more locations.
· Electronics (e-waste) can be dropped off at Lake County Waste Solutions and at South Lake Refuse & Recycling Center.
Lake County Waste Solutions
230 Soda Bay Road, Lakeport
888-718-4888 or 707-234-6400
Monday-Saturday, 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
www.candswaste.com
South Lake Refuse & Recycling Center
16015 Davis St., Clearlake
Open daily, 7:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
707-994-8614
www.southlakerefuse.com
The free Household Hazardous Waste drop off program is subsidized by the Lake County Public Services Department, Integrated Waste Management Division and CalRecycle as a public service to Lake County households.
For more information about recycling, reusing and reducing, visit www.recycling.co.lake.ca.us , call the recycling hotline at 707-263-1980 or like Lake County Public Services on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/LCPublicServices?fref=ts .
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Transporting unsecured loads is unsafe, illegal, and pollutes California’s roads and waterways.
Caltrans wants motorists and commercial vehicle operators to make sure their load is secure before driving.
Vehicle-related debris can create unsafe conditions for motorists, contributes to litter on highways and could lead to pollution in waterways.
“This is a safety, environmental, economic, and aesthetic issue that is 100 percent preventable,” said Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty. “We spent more than $67 million last year picking up litter and debris. By properly securing your load before you head out, you can help keep our roads clean and safe, and also protect our waterways from being contaminated.”
A load is secure when nothing can slide, shift, fall, or sift onto the roadway.
Here are some tips on properly securing a load:
• Tie it down. Large or heavy items should be secured with solid straps, rope, bungee cords, or netting. Make sure your tie down materials are appropriate for the weight they are securing and can withstand highway speeds.
• Cover it up. For loose items like grass or tree clippings, a tarp or netting can be used to keep items in place.
• Don’t dispose of litter in pick-up beds. Litter in pick-up beds can fly out when the vehicle reaches highway speed. Dispose of litter properly.
• Re-check your load. Loads can shift and settle during a trip. If safe to do so, re-check your load during your trip. Tighten straps that may have loosened and adjust your load if necessary.
Litter and debris can clog stormwater drains and may end up in waterways.
Caltrans’ Protect Every Drop campaign educates Californians about the sources and pathways of stormwater pollution, and to change behaviors of the public to reduce stormwater pollution in and around the state highway system.
Search #ProtectEveryDrop on Twitter or go to www.protecteverydrop.com for more information.
According to California vehicle code 23115 (a) - “No vehicle transporting garbage, swill, used cans or bottles, wastepapers, waste cardboard, ashes, refuse, trash, or rubbish, or any noisome, nauseous, or offensive matter, or anything being transported for disposal or recycling shall be driven or moved upon any highway unless the load is totally covered in a manner that will prevent the load or any part of the load from spilling or falling from the vehicle.”
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MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – Anita Crabtree, Lake County’s most eminent genealogist, will be speaker for the Fireside Chat at Gibson Museum Saturday, June 10.
Her presentation will be enjoyed by those already practiced in tracing their family ancestry, as well as people who’ve thought genealogy might be interesting but haven’t known where to start.
She will offer a variety of tips for beginners and share her experience and methods of getting through the “brick walls” that can be a challenge in tracing back a family line.
Crabtree first delved into her own family history 20 years ago, shortly after the death of her husband and while she was housebound in caring for her mother.
In no time at all she was hooked and not long after agreed to be Lake County coordinator for the national GenWeb site, http://www.cagenweb.com/lake/ .
She still posts to the site, which is a great boon to local historians as well as to local family researchers.
The Crabtree family came to Lake County in 1856; she calls herself “not local, having been here only 63 years.”
Fireside Chats are free of charge, although donations to support Gibson Museum are welcomed.
The talks begin at 3 p.m. the first Saturday of each month. Questions are welcomed after the speaker’s initial presentation.
Gibson Museum is located at 21267 Calistoga Road (Highway 29), across the street from Middletown Square.
For further information, phone 707-809-8009 or visit http://www.cgibsonmuseum.com/ .