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LAKEPORT, Calif. – One student of a Sutter Lakeside Hospital employee, who is pursing a college education, has been selected as scholarship recipient as part of the Van R. Johnson Sutter Scholars program.
Cylinda Neidenbach received a scholarship toward a two-year college.
Scholarship winners received awards ranging from $1,000 to $3,000. The funds may be applied to continuing education at either a community college or four-year university.
These scholarships are a portion of the 230 total awards given to students heading into their 2010-11 academic year.
All award recipients have parents or grandparents employed by Sutter Lakeside or Sutter Health.
“It is always exciting to see who receives the scholarships every year,” said Siri Nelson, chief administrative officer at Sutter Lakeside Hospital. “It is our pleasure to honor our local students for their hard work in pursuing higher education. We wish them all the best.”
A recent study conducted by Sallie Mae and Gallup found that families still value a college education but worry about how they’ll pay for it during the nation’s continued economic uncertainty.
“During tough economic times many families struggle to pay college bills. Sutter Health believes the rising cost of education should not be the barrier that keeps outstanding students from having the opportunity to reach their fullest potential,” said Charlie Wait, vice president of Fund Development for Sutter Health.
Since its inception, the Van R. Johnson Sutter Scholars program has awarded approximately 3,500 scholarships totaling more than $5 million to Northern California students.
Sutter Health named the program in honor of former longtime Sutter Health CEO Van R. Johnson. The Sacramento Region Community Foundation administers the program. Sutter awards scholarships annually. Amounts vary based on need and competitive review.
For more information about the not-for-profit Sutter Health network, please visit www.SutterHealth.org, www.Facebook.com/SutterHealth or www.YouTube.com/SutterHealth.
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SACRAMENTO – September is National Preparedness Month and the California Community Colleges is using the occasion to unveil a statewide Emergency Operations Plan.
The comprehensive model will serve as a foundation for each of the 112 colleges to localize and build upon when preparing for area disasters.
“This statewide model is meant to be a starting place for college emergency managers to create a useful local plan without having to start from scratch,” said California Community Colleges Director of Emergency Preparedness Peter Wright. “The goal is for our colleges to be prepared for the broad range of threats we face in California.”
Emergency preparedness on community college campuses goes beyond the basic measures of ensuring equipment such as fire alarms, extinguishers and smoke detectors work.
The new model will help students, faculty and staff be aware of what it truly means to be "ready" when a catastrophic event occurs.
The San Bruno fire is a timely example of how colleges need to be prepared to respond when disaster strikes. Skyline College, located less than a mile from the epicenter of the explosion, immediately pooled its Campus Crisis Action Team to react to the situation. Mike Celeste, the director of public safety for the San Mateo Community College District, immediately analyzed the situation to make sure the students on campus for night classes were not in danger and then jumped into action.
“Our response team checked with San Bruno police and fire officials to get an update on the situation,” said Celeste. “Once we determined the fire was going away from the campus and our students were not in jeopardy, we made the decision to keep classes in session so there wouldn’t be additional cars on the streets from students leaving our site.
“This could have potentially caused blockages for the city’s public safety vehicles trying to respond to fire. We also immediately covered the Skyline College gym floors and began to prepare an emergency evacuation site in the event we were called upon by Red Cross to serve as a shelter.”
An Emergency Operations Plan such as the one currently in place for the San Mateo Community College District is critical for each community college campus but it cannot stand alone.
College emergency managers need to train administrators, staff and students on how to respond to the wide range of hazards that exist in California.
Many California community colleges have an active Campus Emergency Response Team. These teams train to extinguish small fires, perform search and rescue missions, administer medical triage and basic first aid, establish on-campus community evacuation shelters, and assist college administrators in handling emergencies from bomb scares to earthquakes.
An important key to being prepared is knowing the types of local emergencies or disasters most likely to occur.
The greatest threat to California’s community colleges is an earthquake. Many community colleges will hold emergency response drills in September and October where they simulate disasters such as a collapsed structure and have the campus emergency response teams take action.
They will practice vital skills such as responding to injured, communicating and coordinating with city and county public safety officials, notifying students and families about the incident and setting up emergency response centers.
Most community colleges will participate in the Great California Shakeout on Oct. 21. The statewide earthquake preparedness drill that included nearly 7 million Californians in 2009, will provide community colleges with a central theme to launch their emergency notification systems and distribute useful earthquake safety information.
Riverside Community College District will test its readiness to respond to a massive earthquake by participating in a mock drill that will include collapsed buildings with hundreds of faculty, staff and students injured or dead.
California’s community colleges continue to train for an active shooter scenario. This training prepares faculty, staff and students to respond if shots are fired on or near a campus. Many college law enforcement officers are coached using real-time scenarios where they respond to actors shooting realistic looking firearms with non-lethal bullets.
“Real-time training is a necessary component of college emergency preparedness plans,” said San Diego Community College District Police Chief Charlie Hogquist. “Whether we’re preparing for an active shooter, a natural disaster or a lost child, it gives officers, faculty, staff and students a sense of their surroundings and first-hand knowledge of how to respond. These exercises are crucial in reducing panic and increasing the likelihood of a successful outcome if an actual disaster occurs.”
Disaster Resistant California Community Colleges, a project funded by a grant from the California Emergency Management Agency, is leading the system statewide emergency preparedness effort and will hold regional workshops on its model plan as soon as the state budget is passed. Please contact Peter Wright for a copy of the statewide Emergency Operations Plan.
The California Community Colleges is the largest system of higher education in the nation. It is composed of 72 districts and 112 colleges serving 2.9 million students each year. In 2007, the Chancellor’s Office first received a grant from the California Emergency Management Agency to launch the Disaster Resistant California Community Colleges Project.
For additional information please visit our website at http://emergency.cccco.edu.
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – Lakeport Christian Center Preschool is holding its annual preschool barbecue fundraiser on Friday, Oct. 1.
The event will take place from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The community is invited.
The menu will include a quarter-chicken meal with beans, salad, garlic bread and drink. Children have choice of drumettes or hot dogs.
Tickets are $7 for adults, $4 for children or $20 for a family.
Advance tickets on sale now. Call 707-262-5520.
Lakeport Christian Center Preschool is located at 175 C St., Lakeport.
The school currently has openings for its fall programs.
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Welcome back to a new school year! Carlé is buzzing with excitement and fun!
“This school year is off to a great start, we have so many great students returning and many new students have been added. This year we plan to continue the programs that make students so successful while implementing Dennis Parker strategies to continue to improve STAR test scores. We are so proud of last years students because they have received the highest API in Carlé history,” said Principal Ed Zander.
We had the honor of being welcomed back by the Konocti Unified School District Employee of the Year, our secretary Barbara Dye. Of course we here at Carlé have felt she has been the employee of the decade.
Over the summer Carlé underwent modernization and beautification work and the school looks beautiful.
“Konocti Unified School District, with the leadership of Dana Moore, remodernized Carlé in so many ways and we are very thankful,” said Zander. “Carlé now has a new roof, office and restrooms, along with carpeting and re-wiring of several rooms. It is so nice to start the school year with so many positive changes. Students are already benefiting from all of the improvements.”
We also have a large number of new students who add beauty to Carlé.
We would like to welcome Natalie Ayala, Tucker Barnett, Robert Barrios, Desiree Bauer, Matthew Bonsey, Leticia Bowman, Franklin Boyce, David Echols, Levi Floyd, Tommy Galli, Teesha Greer, Joseph Griffith, Brandon Haggard, Daniel Hernandez, Jessica Jones, Andrew Johnson, Arwen King, Heidi Kratz, Justin Lindsey, Aaron Mearns, Justin Montgomery, Patrick Potter, Colten Robone, Lukas Sawyer, Ashleigh Short, Richard Skinner, LJ Stewart, Emily Thompson, Dylan Ward, Lindsay Yaquinto and Katie Ann Kery are all new students and wonderful additions to the Carlé community.
We hope you enjoy these new students enjoy it at the school and find it a stepping stone toward life success.
We also have some very exciting community service opportunities coming up in the near future.
The Bluegrass festival on will be held this Saturday, Sept. 11, and we will be setting up and tearing down for that on Friday and Sunday as well.
Again this year we will help set up serve and clean up the monthly Lower Lake Community Action Group dinner. The next dinner will be on Wednesday, Sept. 8. The dinners are held at 6 p.m. on the second Wednesday of every month. Our team this year will be lead by Ellie Hackler.
The group has donated $3,000 a year for the last many years toward scholarships for Carlé students.
Last but certainly not least, we would like to express our extreme gratitude to the group of women from the Baptist church who donated a box of much needed school supplies to Carlé for any student to use. We truly appreciate their generosity.
Andrea McMullen is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.