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CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Rotary's free community Christmas dinner this year will be held on Saturday, Dec. 11, at the multipurpose room at Burns Valley School from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
They will serve baked ham, cranberry sauce, cooked sweet yams, vegetables, pumpkin pie, egg nog, milk, tea and coffee to drink.
There will also be a special guest: Santa Claus will be there to take pictures with the children, all of whom will receive a free gift.
A choir will sing Christmas Carols.
Everyone is welcome to come.
Rotary is an international organization of more than 125 million members, mostly business people and community leaders who live by the ideals of Rotary, which is to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world.
The basic principle of Rotary is “Service Above Self.”
For more information about Rotary or the Rotary Club of Clearlake, contact Carl Webb at 707-994-3336.
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SACRAMENTO – The Federal Railroad Administration has awarded the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) $171 million to improve service on its highly successful intercity passenger rail service.
"The federal funding for intercity rail provides the impetus to expand and greatly improve passenger rail service statewide," said Caltrans Director Cindy McKim.
The largest component of the grant, $100 million, is targeted for the purchase of 40 new rail cars and six locomotives for the San Joaquin, Pacific Surfliner and Capitol Corridor routes.
The Pacific Surfliner route received more than $28 million for track and signal upgrades, bridge work,
curve realignments, and other infrastructure enhancements.
Additionally, more than $38 million will fund safety improvements through the installation of Positive Train Control technology, which reduces the risk of train-to-train collisions, over-speed derailments and injuries to railway maintenance workers.
The funding was part of more than $901 million awarded to the state that included $731 million for the California High Speed Rail Authority's projects in the Central Valley and San Francisco.
"Amtrak stands ready to offer our expertise to our state partners to help implement these important projects to improve our national intercity passenger rail network," said Amtrak President and Chief Executive Officer Joseph Boardman.
California is home to the second (Pacific Surfliner), third (Capitol Corridor), and fifth (San Joaquin) busiest intercity passenger rail corridors in the nation.
With five million annual passengers, California has more than 20 percent of all Amtrak riders.
Since 1990, the state has invested more than $1.3 billion in infrastructure and equipment for intercity passenger rail and about $1 billion in operating support.
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The meeting will be held beginning at 7 p.m. at Northshore Fire Protection District's Station 90 on Main Street in Upper Lake.
All interested personnel are encouraged to attend.
The training will follow.
The team, which operates through community donations, also is seeking help in updating its dive gear. Donations can be sent to the team at P. O. Box 61, Upper Lake, CA 95485.
For more information, call team leader Capt. John Rodriguez at 707-275-9007 or 707-349-3367, e-mail
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The responses may be found on the county of Lake's Web site at www.co.lake.ca.us/Government/Boards/Grand_Jury/responses.htm .
The 2009-10 report, along with reports going back to 2001-02, are available online at www.co.lake.ca.us/Government/Boards/Grand_Jury/FinalReports.htm .