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The meeting begins at 6 p.m. at the district office, 2508 Howard Ave.
Board members are President Dennis Darling, Clerk Tom Powers, and members Robyn Stevenson, Bob Weiss and Phil Kirby.
The board's lengthy agenda will begin by recognizing classified staff members Peggy Browning, Dawn Buchholz, Diane Garrison, Roger Kelsay on their retirement.
Items presented for information/discussion include a first reading of a use of school facilities policy and presentation of initial proposal of the Lakeport Unified Teachers’ Association for 2008-09 negotiations.
Regular agenda items include second readings of policies on charter schools, head lice and conflicts of interest.
The board will consider approval of a Declaration of Need for Fully Qualified Educators for the 2008-09 school year certifying that there is an insufficient number of certificated persons who meet the district’s specified employment criteria for positions in the area of English Learner authorization.
Members also will consider approval of Resolution No. 07-08-01 Adoption of Alternative Materials for English Language Arts in Grades K-3 and approval of the continued use of the Success For all Reading Program as a State Standards-aligned curriculum; approval of the revised administrative salary schedule adding a new column for intern; and a resolution on the Lower-Emission School Bus Program; the contract between Community Matters and Terrace School for implementation of the Safe School Ambassadors Program; and textbook adoption.
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LAKE COUNTY – The seventh and eighth grade students of Konocti Christian Academy recently spent a morning at the Rodman Slough Preserve learning about Lake County’s wildlife.
Brad Barnwell guided the tour and showed the students many species of birds and animals which included deer, skunk, squirrels, garter snake, lizards, bittern, osprey, turkeys, sparrows, grebes, herons, killdeer, quail, acorn woodpeckers, red-tailed hawks and red-winged blackbirds.
Barnwell instructed the students on how to use binoculars, which gave them an up-close view of many species.
It was such a pleasure to step away from the busyness and experience the sights, sounds and smells of the outdoors without the interrupts of the electronic world.
Lake County Land Trust’s Rodman Slough Preserve gives free tours each Saturday morning at 8 a.m., located at the Rodman House at West Lake Road and the Nice-Lucerne Cutoff.
Konocti Christian Academy is located in Lakeport. Visit them online at www.konoctichristianacademy.org/.
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KELSEYVILLE – On Sunday, April 20, Lake County 4-H and the Konocti Rod and Gun Club (KRGC) held their third free Family Fun Shoot at the KRGC Range on Highland Springs Road.
The event lasted five hours and was attended by approximately 200 people.
There was a variety of firearms available for the public to shoot for free. There were three educational displays by the KRGC. A popular display was the "Safari in a Box" granted to the KRGC by Safari Club International. The Safari in a Box had the pelts of eight different animals you would find in the area and could be handled for a closeup look.
The other two displays were antique black powder rifles and accessories and a display of vintage military firearms that had been beautifully restored. There were brochures for the 4-H program and safety information from National Shooting Sports Foundation on safe home firearms storage.
Participants were given safety and marksmanship instruction for each different firearm. Younger participants enjoyed Crosman semi-automatic air rifles and shortened .22 caliber rifles. There were single shot and semi-automatic 22 caliber rifles at six positions for shooting at a variety of targets, as well as steel plate spinning targets, paper targets and flour filled reactive targets.
In addition, there were two vintage, 125-year-old original Winchester rifles on the line and many people took advantage of shooting a piece of history.
The black powder rifles were very popular as they watched the rifle being loaded, powder, patch, ball and watch as it is rammed down the barrel. Then they got to shoot it at a large steel bell. When the .58 caliber ball was shot, you know by the sound you hit the mark long before the huge cloud of smoke cleared.
The shooter could choose semi-auto pistol or revolver, or come back and shoot both before the day was done. A single-shot .223 caliber rifle with a scope was on the line for shooting out to 100 yards at steel plate hanging targets. The most reactive targets of the day were the shotgun targets, nine one-gallon tin cans hanging on a cable that would spin around when hit.
There were about 20 volunteers from 4-H and the KRGC through out the day, including seven experienced teens from the combined 4-H/KRGC Youth Shooting Sports Program. The teens helped coach shooters on the line under the supervision of adult shooting instructors.
Everyone who attended had a great time and there were many positive comments about how great this type of event is for the community as a whole. Everyone agreed kids need to know firearms safety. The event coordinator and 4-H plus NRA firearms instructor, Rick Walker, gets his message out as often as possible, "You may not keep firearms in your home but there is a good chance there are firearms in the homes where your children visit and play. How are they stored? Loaded, unloaded, locked up? Have you ever asked? Every child needs to know safe gun handling so they will recognize unsafe gun handling and know it is time to leave and tell an adult.”
The next free Family Fun Shoot is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 13, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. More information on this and other events are available on the calendar at www.krgc.org.
4-H Youth Development is a program of the University of California Cooperative Extension. For more information on the 4-H program contact U.C. Cooperative Extension, 883 Lakeport Blvd., Lakeport, CA 95453, 263-6838.
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LAKE COUNTY – The weather was cool and there was a stiff wind blowing from the north. This didn't bother Carl Walker, 13, of Lower Lake as he prepared to complete what few shooters and fewer teens accomplish – the "Distinguished Expert" rating in the Winchester/NRA Marksmanship Qualification Program.
He was concentrating on the steps for the safe, accurate operation of the .22 caliber semi-automatic pistol on the table next to him. He had achieved the "Expert" rating the week prior during the monthly combined 4-H/Konocti Rod and Gun Club Youth Shooting Sports event.
Carl has been active in the shooting sports from a young age and started in Lake County 4-H Shooting Sports at the age of 9. He enjoys muzzle loading rifle shooting the most, closely followed by shotgun.
Carl has a goal. He read last month that in 2007 there was only one youth shooter in the country who achieved Distinguished Expert in rifle, pistol and shotgun in a single year and was the youngest ever, at 15.
The final course of fire included two-handed and right- and left-, one-handed shooting on multiple targets.
When the timer started he concentrated, focused and started squeezing the trigger smoothly and cleanly. The three targets are 25 feet away, wind blowing from the left and the center scoring ring is a 4-inch circle.
He gets 10 seconds for each set of six shots. Two hands, right hand, left hand and his final set is two-handed shooting in order, two shots center target, two shots left then two shots right. When he is done he removes the magazine from the pistol and sets them both on the table, and waits.
When the scoring is complete, he shakes the offered hand, "Congratulations, Distinguished Expert." Carl smiled and said, "Thank you, that's one ... "
Nicole Gentry is 4-H Youth development secretary.
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