The Senior Peer Counseling program of Konocti Senior Support Inc. is accepting applications for the spring volunteer training for this enriching opportunity to help seniors talk through a discouraging time, access services, cope with losses and adapt to the challenges of older age.

Volunteers will share their experiences with other inspirational volunteers, engage in lively discussions, and receive weekly training in the gifts and challenges of aging.

Volunteers will learn skills such as compassionate listening, strategic coping and clear communicating.

You will learn the secrets of increasing peace of mind, reducing stress, recovering from a loss, building healthy relationships and exploring the spiritual advantages of later life.

As a volunteer, you will spend a total of about four hours a week with clients and attending a group supervision session in Lakeport or Clearlake.

The group is now accepting a limited number of applications for volunteers throughout Lake County for this free training facilitated by licensed psychotherapist Kim Baughan Young MFT, clinical consultant; which includes experiential practice, movie clips, lively group discussion and even free lunches.

The training will be held on three successive Fridays this spring.

Konocti Senior Support’s Senior Peer Counseling program has helped hundreds of Lake County seniors and is rapidly expanding, so please call Konocti Senior Support Inc. now for your application at 707-995-1417.

The training will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 5, 21, 19 and 26, at the Lower Lake High School Library, 9430 Lake St.

Preregistration is required

Participants can improve customer and employee relations learning and practicing dispute resolution in an adult learning environment.

It's also an opportunity to upgrade listening and negotiation skills, and enrich one's personal and professional skills.

Those who complete the training also can become a community or Lake County Superior Court mediator and make a difference in not just their own lives but in the lives of others.

The fee is $250, however a sliding scale is available.

Interviews to qualify for the sliding scale will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22, at 380 N. Main St., Lakeport.

For more information on how to obtain an enrollment application for the basic mediation training visit www.LakeCountyMediations.org/Training.html or call Lake County Mediations at 707-263-6800 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and they will reply promptly.

Mail completed enrollment forms no later than Tuesday, Feb. 1.

The clinic will take place from 10 a.m. to noon at the county animal shelter, 4949 Helbush in Lakeport. From Highway 29, take the Hill Road Exit and head north toward Sutter Lakeside Hospital. Follow the Animal Care and Control signs.

For dogs, shots will cost $6 for rabies, $12 for DHLPP, $8 for Corona, $15 for kennel cough, $25 for rattlesnake vaccine and $31 for microchips.

For cat, rabies shots cost $6, FELV and FVRCP are each $17, kennel cough is $15 and microchips are $31.

All sales are cash only.

Please be sure to have your dogs on a leash and cats in an appropriate carrier.

All rabies certificates will be good for one year unless proof of a prior rabies vaccination can be provided.

For more information, please call Animal Care and Control, 707-263-0278.

Zandi is a transpersonal psychologist with a growing community.

Yoga Mendocino – www.yogamendocino.com – will be offering events with Zandi on Jan. 28 and 30.

This is a special opportunity to meet a magical woman who offers a unique way to encounter our own depths, with Love.

It will begin at 10 a.m. at Konocti Realty, 601 N. Forbes St.

Realtor Stacey Mattina of Konocti Realty and Steve Black of Black and Associates Real Estate Consultants will discuss loan modifications, short sales, the current local market and host a question and answer session.

Space is limited; please RSVP to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Konocti Realty can be reached at 707-279-1525 or online at www.konoctirealty.com .

The meeting will be held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Redwood Coast Senior Center on N. Harold Street.

The Lake County group has been invited to join the Mendocino Greens' meeting that day. There will be other activist groups there to network with as well.

Carpooling is recommended, as it is a holiday weekend and many people are expected to be in Fort Bragg that day. Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to request or offer rides.

To get to the center, take N. Main to E. Pine, turn right on E. Pine and go to N. Harold. The center is located on the corner.

For more information call 707-263-3391.