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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – For the second year in a row the Sierra Club Lake Group has awarded a pair of $1,000 scholarships to two graduating seniors from local high schools.
At the Middletown High School awards ceremony on May 23 Lake Group Executive Committee member Julie Kreis had the pleasure of presenting an award to Jacob Gill of Cobb Mountain, who will be attending the University of California at Berkeley as a society and environment major.
Gill told the Group when applying for the award, “No matter which college I choose to attend next fall, my education will continue with one goal in mind – to lead the charge on the path towards sustainable energy, safe and healthy communities, and secure wild places.”
After the presentation ceremony, Kreis reported, “Jacob is an energetic young man who has an impressive history of pursuing environmental interests since his middle school years … our group will be excited to follow his progress!”
At the ceremony Kreis also had a chance to chat with Rachel Sutton, a 2012 Middletown grad who received a club scholarship last year and who is currently majoring in environmental studies at Cal State Monterey Bay.
At Monterey Sutton is involved with the “Green Team” to promote sustainability and help achieve a carbon neutral school, serves as the Environmental Affairs Committee Service Commissioner and works as a volunteer on the open ocean with the Marine Life Studies Department of Monterey Bay.
Then on May 30 former Executive Committee member Debi Sally gave a second award to Benjamin Illia, who lives in Clearlake Park and is a member of the Lower Lake High School senior class.
Illia, who has been active in scouting since he was 6 years old and is an avid hiker and camper, did a report on solar and wind power in his high school chemistry class that inspired him “to want to use these technologies ... in a career in the construction or agricultural fields. In furthering my education I would like to learn more about incorporating clean energy into these fields.”
Lake Group congratulates all these fine young people, and wishes them every success on the next stage of their journey.
For more information on the scholarship program, and to get on the list to receive an application for next year’s awards, contact Cheri Holden at 707-263-5787 or
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – Literacy has always been a collection of cultural and communicative practices shared among members of particular groups.
Thanks to the hard work of the Lake County Office of Education Literacy Task Force, more than 665 children and over 335 adults have expanded their involvement with literacy during the past year.
The Lake County Office of Education Literacy Task force is a committed group of volunteers who meet monthly to support four initiatives designed to increase literacy in Lake County for its’ youngest, all the way to the eldest residents, in an effort of creating a culture wherein all of its members practice literacy.
The four initiatives, adopted by the Lake County Office of Education Literacy Task Force, have all contributed to an increase in literacy for Lake County residents.
Initiative No. 1 is the Big Read, which is designed to promote the enjoyment of reading literature and the engagement of all readers through community events and book clubs.
This initiative is co-sponsored by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and will focus on “The Joy Luck Club” by Amy Tan.
For more information or to participate in a Big Read activity, contact Shelly Mascari at
Initiative No. 2 is Lake County Reads. This initiative partners service clubs with elementary schools to share great literature, and is in place in four elementary schools this year and classrooms at each school.
For more information on this initiative contact Carla Hoff at
The third initiative is a pilot program called Schools of Hope. This initiative supported the start of a reading tutor program at Lakeport Elementary school.
This program pairs volunteers with first grade students to provide personal attention and practice in reading classroom materials. Both the students and the volunteers have benefited from huge smiles from participating in this program.
More volunteers are needed for next year. To learn more, contact Janine Citron at
The fourth initiative of the Lake County Office of Education Literacy Task Force is the Imagination Library.
This program has made great strides in supporting literacy for Lake County’s youngest residents. It sends one book per month in the mail to children aged 0-5 for only $25 per year.
The latest partnership with the Women’s Civic Club will support the participation of more children in this great program.
For more information on the Imagination Library contact Stephanie Wayment at
The Lake County Office of Education and the Literacy Task Force want to send a huge thank you to all of the agencies and community members who have supported the initiatives and the hard work of ensuring that all of Lake County’s residents practicing literacy through an increase in access to books and activities.
The Lake County Office of Education and Literacy Task Force will continue their work in the coming year to support all Lake County residents.
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – Lakeport Christian Center preschoolers graduated on the evening of Tuesday, June 11, in front of a packed house.
The children had a nice program prepared for their family and friends before receiving diplomas.
The Preschool Summer Enrichment Program begins on Monday, June 17. To register stop by 175 C St. or call 707-262-5520. NCO is accepted.
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So this is it. This is the last article of the school year, and of my Carlé High School life.
The big theme here is the graduation of the Carlé seniors, and what that entailed.
There was a total of 22 graduating seniors, and 21 were present for graduation. Each Carlé senior was awarded a plaque with a unique title and design for each individual, and each senior received a scholarship! Of course we received diplomas as well.
Many of the staff attended the graduation and presented students awards. Due to a fire by her house Barbara Dye our one of a kind secretary who crosses all of our T’s and dot’s all of our I’s had to miss her first ceremony ever. However, Barbara was definitely there in person, especially when teacher Alan Siegel read her speech, word for word.
Kinene Barzin presented Nura Brown with the Interact/Rotary Club scholarship. LLCAG presented the Poppa Mike Award to Mayra Pantoja, as well as two scholarships to Nura Brown and Mayra Pantoja. Kiwanis presented the Hope of America award to Nura Brown.
A giant thanks goes out to two people in particular that did so much for the school: Russell Rustici for all of the scholarship awards he helped fund the last three years and more than 40 years to come and Dr. Barry Munitz who donated $1,000 to our media class so we were able to create the beautiful plaques for the seniors. Dr. Munitz has been Carlé's plaque sponsor the last four years.
The following is the complete list of all graduating seniors, their special plaque, and who presented it to them: Cameron Carrillo, The Athlete, by Steve; Charles Trujillo, The Artist, by Steve; Isaac Dominguez, The Stylin’ Award, by Robin; Josh Kennedy, The Nice Guy, by Robin; Camari Onwuasoeze, The Thinker, by Robin; Paige Finely, The Greatest Potential, by Angie; Trevor Wilson, The Travelin’ Scholar, by Angie; Brandon Thomas, Down to the Wire, by Angie; James Mora, Gentleman James, by Dan; Cody Beers, The Photo Finish Award, by Dan; Chelsea Cherney, The Most Determined Award, by Dan; Mayra Pantoja, Queen of Community Service, by Dan; Ray Green, Calm Amidst the Storm, by Dan; Antoinette Percoats, Miss Firecracker, by Pat; Blossom Neidenbach, The Sweetheart Award, by Pat; Levy Venuto, Eyes on the Prize, by Pat; Austin Weldon, Mr. Tech, by Alan; Junior Garcia, Media Man, by Alan; Jesse Harrell, All the World’s a Stage, by Alan; Danielle Stennet, Renaissance Woman, by Alan; Robert Jones, I Did It My Way, by Dr. Burger; Nura Brown, Student of the Year, words by Barbara Dye and spoken by Alan Siegel.
Congratulations and a big cheer to all of the Carlé seniors on graduating, make the best choices in your life as best as you can!
And from me, Jesse Harrell, a warm goodbye to all of you. I will miss writing to you all and I hope you’ve enjoyed what I’ve had to say.
For the next year to come, I would like to welcome the new writers of the W.C. Carlé Chronicle, Kasandra Colwell and Timothy McGuire! I hope you’re all very welcoming to them as they take over the reins.
Goodbye to you all and I hope you have a wonderful summer.
“Friends applaud, the comedy is over.” – Beethoven's last words
Jesse Harrell is a graduate of Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.