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- Written by: Elizabeth Larson

LAKE COUNTY – Students from Lower Lake, Upper Lake and Middletown High Schools competed, along with students from seven other schools in Sonoma and Mendocino counties, at the Region 1 Skills USA competition, a vocational skills contest that was held in Santa Rosa on Jan. 26.
Students who won gold medals are eligible to compete in the statewide contest in Fresno, which takes place April 10 through 13.
The following are local students' finishes in the competition.
Automotive Service Technology
Gold: Marla Ivans, Lower Lake; Zander Heidebrecht, Lower Lake.
CA 20 Second Elevator
Gold: Wyatt O’Brien, Middletown; Dan Renninger III, Middletown.
CO2 Car Design and Racing
Gold: Wyatt O’Brien, Middletown.
Gold: Dan Renninger III, Middletown.
Computer Maintenance Tech
Gold: Jeremy Hoskins, Middletown; Dominic Turner, Middletown.
Customer Service
Gold: James Augustus, Middletown.
Silver: Melissa Moreira, Upper Lake.
Extemporaneous Speaking
Gold: Aaron Turner, Middletown.
Job Interview
Gold: Audrey Stricklind, Middletown; Dominic Turner, Middletown; James Augustus, Middletown; Kellie Hickson, Middletown.
Silver: Justin Carrillo, Middletown; Ben Lopez, Middletown.
MIG Welding
Gold: Russell Rosenthal, Middletown.
Silver: John Weidner, Lower Lake.
Photography
Gold: Kellie Hickson, Middletown; Aaron Turner, Middletown.
Power Equipment Technology
Gold: Chantelle Clemons, Lower Lake; Doug Torre Jr., Lower Lake; Kendra Neese, Lower Lake.
Prepared Speech
Gold: Tyler O’Brien, Middletown.
Preschool Teaching Assistant
Silver: Audrey Stricklind, Middletown.
TIG Welding
Gold: Cody Cash, Lower Lake.
Technical Computer Applications
Gold: Tyler O’Brien, Middletown.
Tech Prep Showcase
Team Gold: Ben Lopez, Travis Smith and Bobby Oertel, Middletown.
Television/Video Production
Team Gold: Jerry Peterson and Todd Hall, Lower Lake.
Video Product Development
Team Gold: Justin Carrillo and Justin Sloan, Middletown.


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The fundraiser was on Saturday, March 8. A great many students volunteered to serve and perform for this event. The performing students included André Ari, Lavonne Pattee, Atlee Erickson, Cheyenne Taylor, Cody Oudeman, Jenna Ortega, Jah-Brela Parker, Jamila Parker, Courtney Monttiel, Amanda Conley, Sina Radley, Bryan Layne, Marquice Lamar, David Ochoa, Steven Negrete and Paige Savante.
Teachers also participated in performances, and even a Carlé graduate, Cy Passley. There were a great variety of performances including singing, instrumentals, dancing, drama skits and rap music as well. The culinary class made a delicious meal for all the guests.
We also honored a group of people that are very important to everyone at Carlé. We call these people “Guardian Angels” and they are citizens of Clearlake that help out kids that have hard lives for no other reason than to be kind. We gave them a table at the Cabaret and made each of them an award.
The Guardian Angels that Lavonne Pattee designed awards for were Tana Mulyca, Jim Heintz, Sally Colcord, Donna Smith, Tariane Crise, as well as Joel and Flora Moore.
On Feb. 27, women from an advance leadership seminar at High Valley Ranch came to help our school. In thanks for this service, Pegasus Productions, made 81 thank yous for each of the women that worked that day. On March 3 Ashley Boyer presented each of her portfolio, and on March 4 Chris Grant presented his portfolio.
All the events in the past week are what made this one of the most exciting grading period conclusions of the year. Thank you for reading, and have a great week!
Atlee Erickson is a junior at Carlé High School.
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The Garden Club members prefers to present the scholarship to students who have completed at least one semester, majoring in some aspect of the agricultural field.
You may call Scholarship Chairman Pat Hopper, 263-9112, for further information and questions.
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LAKEPORT – Robert Fulghum coined the phrase, “All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be, I learned in kindergarten.”
At Konocti Christian Academy, they take that seriously. Five- and 6-year-old children love exploring and discovering new things, so the school makes this possible for them. The world is exciting for them and the school cannot wait to help them understand it.
Kindergarten teacher Mrs. Jenny Irwin is thrilled about all of the exciting things that are planned for the 2008-09 school year.
The school is planning a challenging full-day and half-day academic program, a small class size, abundant hands-on activities and a loving, structured atmosphere to teach students all they really need to know.
You can visit the school's kindergarten classroom and preview learning materials at our Kindergarten Round-Ups on the following dates:
Tuesday, March 18, 9:30-10:30 a.m.
Thursday, March 20, 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Monday, March 24, 9:30-10:30 a.m.
Wednesday, March 26, 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Please call the KCA office at 262-1KCA to find out more or visit the school at 401 Martin St., Lakeport.
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