KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – Local children have pitched in this year to create a Merry Christmas for less fortunate children.
The Riviera Elementary School Student Council collected Toys for Toys this year under the guidance of Lori Mahar.
The toy collection effort was part of the community service project the students do every year.
Included are Mendocino County projects that may impact Lake County commuters.
LAKE COUNTY
Highway 20
– The County of Lake has been granted a Caltrans Encroachment Permit for sewer repairs from 0.3 mile west of Red Hill Lane to 0.2 mile east of Nice-Lucerne Cuttoff Road. Work hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., weekdays. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate 10-minute delays.
– The County of Lake has been granted a Caltrans Encroachment Permit for the construction of Alpine Park. Work hours are 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., weekdays. Traffic will be restricted to one lane in each direction of travel. Motorists may experience minor traffic slowdowns.
Highway 29
– AT&T of Sacramento has been granted a Caltrans Encroachment Permit for utility maintenance at Diener Drive beginning Friday, Dec. 17. Work hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., weekdays. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate five-minute delays.
MENDOCINO COUNTY
Highway 1
– Replacement of signal heads from the junction of Routes 1/20 to Chestnut Street will continue. Work hours are 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., weekdays. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate five-minute delays. Contractor – Republic ITS of Novato.
Highway 101
– A metal beam guardrail repair project at various locations from the El Roble Overcrossing to 2.3 miles north of Reeves Canyon Road will continue. Work hours are 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., weekdays. Traffic will be restricted to one lane in each direction of travel. Motorists may experience minor traffic slowdowns. The southbound offramp to Route 222 (Talmage Road Exit 548A) will be intermittently closed from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m., Sunday evening through Friday morning. Motorists will be advised to use an alternate route and may experience minor delays. Contractor – Wahlund Construction of Eureka.
– A pavement repair project from Gobbi Street to Moore Street will continue. Work hours are 8 p.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday evening through Friday afternoon. Traffic will be restricted to one lane in each direction of travel. Motorists may experience minor traffic slowdowns. Contractor – Granite Construction Inc. of Ukiah.
– A metal beam guardrail repair project at various locations from 2.2 miles south of Ridgewood Ranch Road to the Haehl Overhead will continue. Work hours are 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., weekdays. Traffic will be restricted to one lane in each direction of travel. Motorists may experience minor traffic slowdowns. Contractor – Wahlund Construction of Eureka.
– Pavement striping from 0.1 mile south of Harwood Road to 2.5 miles south of Rattlesnake Summit will continue. Work hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., weekdays. Traffic will be restricted to one lane in each direction of travel. Motorists may experience minor traffic slowdowns. Contractor – Mercer-Fraser Company of Eureka.
– A metal beam guardrail repair project at various locations from 0.2 mile north of Hermitage Vista Point to the Bridges Creek Bridge will continue. Work hours are 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., weekdays. Traffic will be restricted to one lane in each direction of travel. Motorists may experience minor traffic slowdowns. Contractor – Wahlund Construction of Eureka.
Highway 222
– Replacement of the Russian River Bridge will continue. Work hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., weekdays. One-way traffic control with a temporary signal will be in effect 24 hours per day, seven days per week. Motorists should anticipate 15-minute delays during work hours and five-minute delays at other times. Contractor – CC Myers of Rancho Cordova.
Please keep in mind work on all these projects is weather permitting and subject to change. Caltrans wishes to advise motorists to drive with caution when approaching work areas and to be prepared to stop at traffic control stations.
For information pertaining to emergency roadwork or for updates to scheduled roadwork, please contact the California Highway Information Network (CHIN) at 1-800-GAS-ROAD (1-800-427-7623).
KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – On Dec. 4, the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, Flotilla 88 of Lake County held their yearly Change of Watch at Zino’s Ristorante on Soda Bay Road in Kelseyville, Calif.
This ceremony is held each December to swear in the flotilla commander and vice-commander, and the Flotilla members who will serve as staff officers for the coming year of 2011.
After lunch, Past Flotilla Commander Harry De Lope presented to flotilla member Jan Mezoui a special memorial award case in honor of Jan’s late husband Zino Mezoui. The case held the awards Zino had earned while a member of Flotilla 88 and was made by Past Flotilla Commander Jerry Collins.
Following this special presentation, U.S. Coast Guard officer Lt. Rob Starr, Surface OPS Officer and Auxiliary Liaison from Group Humboldt Bay and Flotilla Division Captain Wayne Farnholtz performed the oath of office ceremony to Dane Hayward as Commander and Gary Dromi as vice commander for the year of 2011. This was followed by the swearing in of the staff officers for coming year.
For the new year, Flotilla 88 will be getting ready for the boating season by offering safe boating classes, vessel exams, and many other activities to help keep the boating public safe on and around the water.
Lake County can be proud of their Flotilla 88 members who donate hundreds of volunteer hours and are considered America’s Volunteer Life Savers.
“Living and Loving a Life of Compassion” will be presented at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 2, at the Seventh-Day Adventist School, 21640 Highway 29 South, Middletown.
With catastrophic climate change becoming more a reality each day, an epidemic of chronic degenerative diseases and obesity, and the exposure of horrible cruelty in animal agriculture, now is the time to make a New Year’s Resolution for positive change in your life and your diet.
The Bohanecs have been active in animal protection and environmental activism for over 15 years.
Hope Bohanec is a nationally recognized leader in the animal protection movement, and a well-known presenter throughout the Bay Area and across the U.S. She now offers her organizational talents to In Defense of Animals (IDA) as their Grassroots Campaigns Director.
Cogen Bohanec has studied vegan nutrition formally and is currently applying for a PhD program at Berkeley.
Just prior to the talk, the public is also welcomed to participate in the monthly Lake County Vegan Food Potluck, being held at the same location, beginning at 5 p.m.
The Lake County Vegan Food Potlucks have become a well anticipated event each month since their inception in April of 2009. They are held the first Sunday of each month at a different location throughout Lake County.
Participants are invited to bring a vegan dish to feed six to eight people that includes no animal products (no meat, fish, cheese, dairy, honey, eggs or animal-based broth). But do be generous with veggies, fruits, nuts, beans, grains, mushrooms and seeds.
Please also bring your own re-usable plates, eating and serving utensils and non-alcoholic drinks.
For those who want to hear the talk only, please arrive before 6:30 p.m.
For more information, call Lori Patotzka at 707-994-1618.
LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Kiwanis Club of Lakeport continues to support local students through its donation of books to Lakeport Elementary School and Terrace Middle School Libraries but is also embarking on a new project.
The Kiwanis Club of Lakeport is teaming with Kiwanis International and UNICEF on a global campaign for children, “The Eliminate Project: protecting babies and mothers from Maternal/Neonatal Tetanus (MNT).”
Most American’s don’t think of tetanus as a deadly disease. When you step on a nail, you go in for a tetanus booster shot. Simple. Done. No problem.
However, it is not quite so simple for the tens of thousands of newborns and their mothers annually that die from maternal/neonatal tetanus (MNT) and their families who suffer their loss. MNT is caused when tetanus spores (found in soil everywhere) come in contact with open cuts during childbirth. There is little hope of survival for infected newborns.
But these deaths are completely preventable through the immunization of mothers to protect their unborn babies. The cost of these immunizations – three doses at only 60 cents each. While UNICEF has worked successfully for the last ten years to eliminate MNT in many countries, the disease is still a killer in 40 countries located in Africa, and Southern and Eastern Asia.
The Kiwanis Club of Lakeport, through Kiwanis International, is joining forces with UNICEF to bring this project to its culmination: the elimination of maternal/neonatal tetanus (MNT), The Eliminate Project.
For more information about The Eliminate Project, go to www.TheEliminateProject.org
For more information about The Kiwanis Club of Lakeport, go to www.kiwanislakeport.org or visit one of our meetings at 7:00 a.m. every Wednesday morning at the Lakeport Senior Center.
KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – Mary Secord, a longtime resident of Lakeport, won the Lake County Quilt Trail raffle.
The prize was a hand-crafted cloth quilt comprised of 13 different quilt blocks.
“I’m so pleased to be the winner of the beautiful quilt,” Secord said. “I enjoy seeing each quilt block on buildings all around the county. Each has such a good meaning.”
The quilt was designed and machine quilted by Kerrie Hershey. Quilters Nancy Carpenter, Bethany Rose, Kerrie Hershey and Patti-Cox Frankenfield hand-pieced the cloth blocks.
The quilt block names are (in order of installation) Square in a Square, Martha’s Vineyard, Big Oak Ranch Blazing Star (a variation), Peace and Plenty, Lady of the Lake, 54 40 or Fight, Rising Star, Monkey Wrench, Bear’s Paw, County Fair, Tulip Time, Ohio Star and Squash Blossom.
Lake County is the first location in California to create a quilt trail.
This past spring, with seed money from the Kelseyville Pear Festival, vibrantly colored quilt blocks inaugurated the first phase of the project.
Each block, specifically designed and painted entirely by volunteers onto 8-foot by 8-foot wooden panels, was hung on pioneer barns, pear packing sheds, winery tasting rooms, an orchard ladder manufacturing facility and even an exhibit hall on the Lake County Fairgrounds.
Each unique quilt block on the Lake County Quilt Trail was selected to connect with the history of the building, honor farming, or celebrate the family, as well as pay tribute to the generational history of beautiful quilts.
Phase two of this project is currently in production. By September 2011, another 12 quilt blocks will be added to the Lake County Quilt Trail.
Information about the Lake County Quilt Trail can be found at www.kelseyvillepearfestival.com. Click on the Quilt Trail button.
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