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The event will include a full chicken meal that is well-known to be delicious and economical.
Bring the entire family. Discounts for large families with small children. Take out is also available.
Lakeport Christian Center Preschool is located behind Disney Water Sports at 175 "C" St. in Lakeport. For information call 707-262-5520.
There are a few spots available in the preschool/pre-kindergarten/daycare programs, so come check it out today or visit www.lcchub.com. NCO is accepted.
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UKIAH, Calif. – Mendocino College Human Resources Director Karen Chaty was recently honored for 35 years of service to the college.
“Karen is a tremendous support to me in my job as president,” said college Superintendent/President Kathy Lehner. “I would even venture to say that I couldn’t do my job without her. The knowledge she has gained from her years of experience, and her continual review of new laws and regulations, make her invaluable to me and to Mendocino College.”
Chaty was originally hired in 1976, when MC was still located at the Ukiah Fairgrounds.
“I was an administrative assistant to Dean Robert Barnett,” she said. “At that time, I assisted with the employment of part-time faculty and scheduling their classes.”
She remembered sharing an office with Arlene Colombini, who, Chaty said, “was one of the first College employees and a great mentor for me.”
Three years later, she moved to Personnel Services, as it was then known, along with some of her job duties, to work as the personnel technician, when the college first established the department.
Later renamed Human Resources, the department moved to temporary quarters several times as the new college campus was constructed, including a warehouse on Mazzoni Street and a building behind the Ukiah Theatre.
“We were so excited when we finally moved to the permanent Ukiah campus,” she said.
While working at Mendocino College, Chaty completed a bachelor of science degree in business administration from Sonoma State University and a master's degree in human resource management from Golden Gate University. She became the director of Human Resources in 1986.
Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, Chaty's family moved to Southern California when she was a young child.
In the 1960s they lived in Fort Bragg, where she attended junior high and graduated from Fort Bragg High School.
Chaty then earned an associate degree from Santa Rosa Junior College while working as an administrative assistant for Santa Rosa Shoe Co., a manufacturing business.
She said that she always worked while attending college, completing her education without going into debt.
“It was also an opportunity to gain skills along the way,” she said.
As a bonus, she met her husband, Dennis, through a coworker at the shoe company.
When she was hired at Mendocino College, the couple moved to Ukiah, where Chaty’s family had settled. Her father, John Brumett, owned United Land & Timber Realty for many years.
Chaty said what she enjoys most about her job is resolving complex issues, opportunities to be creative and the many wonderful people with whom she has worked over the years. She said keeping up with the ever-changing legal aspects of human resources is the most challenging part of her job.
“Everything about the college has changed in the last 35 years,” said Chaty.
She said she feels fortunate to have started working in Human Resources early on, as she was able to learn the increasingly complex rules and regulations as Mendocino College and the California Community College system evolved.
“The college has had such a positive impact on our communities over the years, and I have very much enjoyed being part of it all,” said Chaty.
In her free time, Chaty and her husband have fun keeping up with their daughter, Melissa, who was Miss Mendocino County 2002 and Miss California 2007.
In August they traveled to San Diego where Melissa sang with the San Diego Symphony, and this fall they are going to New York, where she currently resides, to see her in the play “Camelot.”
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UKIAH, Calif. – The American Association of University Women's Ukiah chapter recently donated $600 to the Mendocino College Foundation to sponsor six English as a Second Language student book vouchers.
The $100 book vouchers are good in the Mendocino College Bookstore towards the purchase of textbooks and dictionaries.
“The growing English as a Second Language Program at Mendocino College serves an important need in our communities,” said Sarah Walsh, full-time ESL instructor at Mendocino College.
“Our ESL program is good for our students and for our communities,” Walsh said. “We are training an important segment of our workforce, providing them with the language skills they need to be successful in their lives.”
The college ESL program offers classes in Ukiah, Willits, Lakeport and Kelseyville.
In Ukiah, classes are not only offered on the college campus, but also at Grace Hudson Elementary School and at St. Mary’s School.
“By forging relationships with our community partners, we are better able to meet the needs of our students – we go to our students, offering classes that they can easily access,” said Walsh.
The program, headed by Walsh, offers courses at all levels, from beginning to advanced.
In each class, Mendocino College ESL instructors teach reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills.
Beginning this year, when students complete the ESL program, they can receive a Mendocino College Certificate of Completion in ESL.
Since Walsh was hired in 2008, the ESL program has grown exponentially, and now serves over 500 students a year.
One of the recipients, Juan Manuel Martinez, stated that he came to Ukiah in 2000 and is married with two children.
“English is important to me because I have plans for the future. I want to speak with people, and I want to work in a bank or be a nurse in the future. Thank you for helping me,” said Martinez.
“The ESL book vouchers are a new program for the Foundation and we are pleased to provide support for the ESL community and would encourage donations or any type of support towards this worthy and exciting new program,” said Executive Director Katie Wojcieszak.
Contact the Foundation Office at 707-468-3164 for more information about this program.
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – Lakeport Christian Center Preschool is hosting an orientation night on Tuesday, Aug. 30.
The orientation will begin at 6 p.m.
Lakeport Christian Center Preschool offers pre-kindergarten, preschool and daycare.
All parents of pre-kindergarten students and preschoolers/daycare are encouraged to attend this special evening.
This is a great opportunity to become acquainted with the staff, programs and the school.
NCO is accepted. Multi-child discounts are available.
Lakeport Christian Center Preschool is located at 175 C St. on the corner of C and S. Forbes streets in Lakeport.
For information call 707-262-5520 or look the school up online at www.lcchub.com.