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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Big Read, a National Endowment for the Arts Program, in partnership with Arts Midwest, proceeds into another programming week with the final weekend program featuring local authors and young talent.
Prior to the weekend, young adults can participate in a book discussion and activity on Tuesday afternoon at the Harbor on Main in Lower Lake.
The Lower Lake Schoolhouse Museum will feature its final film screening by showing the acclaimed Chinese language movie (with subtitles), “Raise the Red Lantern,” on Thursday at 6 p.m. Admission is free. Lower Lake and Carlé High School students may receive extra credit for their attendance.
This Saturday, local author Alethea Eason will facilitate a free writing workshop at the Middletown library, beginning at 10 a.m. Participants will emerge from the session with a fiction piece that explores a “ghost” from their past, opening the door to a tale that is waiting to be told.
For information, contact Eason, author of "Heron’s Path" and "Hungry" at
On Sunday, the Friends of Mendocino College will host local author and past Lake County poet laureate Carolyn Wing Greelee at 3 p.m. in the campus Round Room on the Lake Campus. Greenlee will discuss the power of books to change lives in her presentation, “Lalu, Joy Luck, and Growing up Chinese in America – making peace with who you are, the power of story.”
The Big Read is designed to restore reading to the center of American culture.
Lake County is one of 77 communities across the country to receive a 2013-14 Big Read grant award.
For more information, visit the www.NEABigRead.org Web site or contact program director for the Lake County Big Read, Robin Fogel-Shrive, at
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Happy tenth week of school, Carlé! We are more than halfway through the second grading period.
Student of the week last week was Jacob Davis. Jacob has been working very hard to graduate. He is a model student. Jacob came back to school this year with his eyes directly on the prize of graduation and we are very proud of him.
I would like to give a huge thank you to all of Carlé's students for their good behavior during last week’s barbecue. We look forward to having another one soon.
I would also like to give a huge thank you to all the students and staff for setting up this barbecue. People who helped with the barbecue were Lukas Carlson, Chenoa Schmidt, Jeremy Hunter, Chris Stutz, and Charles Warren and many others.
Lukas and Chenoa barbecued all the burgers and the chicken that they personally brought in to cook for the staff. Jeremy and Charles set up and played the music. Chris helped clean up after the barbecue and made our campus look even better than it did before.
This is what makes Carlé such a huge success, students and staff working together to achieve common goals.
Oct. 31 will be the end of the second grading period. Students who have Gold level, Silver level, or Bronze level with 100 percent attendance will get to watch a fun movie that they choose as a reward.
The Student Council is planning Halloween activities. There will be a door decorating contest. The plans include pumpkin carving, movies and a costume contest. There will also be pumpkin spiced drinks. The Student Council gets to run an activity the first Friday of each grading period.
Sabrina Farnan, Marla Mitchell, and Summer Gunn made plaques to thank the kindness of the people that did the dental screenings talked about in our last article. They, along with the rest of the media class designers, have begun work on over 100 personalized book marks that will be given out to each and every person on our campus as a holiday gift.
We recognize that the holiday season is not always the best of times for all of our students. That is why we have made the effort each of the last many years to have a special gift for each of our wonderful students.
This week’s CHILY winner was Craig Stevens. Student of the week this week was Kelly Alvarez. Kelly was one of the highest credit earners on our third week progress report. Kelly is a phenomenal student who give her best each and every day.
The first gold level trip this year for the first grading period is in the final planning stages. Students who earned 15 credits and had better than 90 percent attendance will be invited to attend.
Timothy Mcguire is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – Lakeport Elementary, Coyote Valley Elementary and Lower Lake Elementary’s Environmental Outdoor Club were recently awarded $100 mini-grants from Lake County Chapter of California Women for Agriculture (LCCWA) to fund agriculture-related educational projects.
All Lake County classrooms from kindergarten through eighth grade were eligible to apply for these agriculture-focused mini-grants.
Pam Klier from Lakeport Elementary stated that her kindergarten class will “put the money to good use with hands-on agriculture-related educational experiences for our students.”
These kindergartners will focus on a project entitled “Where Does Our Food Come From” in the coming months. Students will grow vegetables from seeds and they will taste foods made from all parts of the plants that they grow.
Coyote Valley Elementary plans to maintain its school garden, paying particular attention to fall and spring planting. Eventually, students would like to develop a worm farm and insulate the water pipes so that their garden has year-round water.
When Elsie Mackesy of Coyote Elementary School heard that her school was awarded with the LCCWA mini-grant, she responded, “We will use the money wisely to promote agriculture at our school and foster an awareness and appreciation of quality food sources with our students.”
Lower Lake’s Environmental Outdoor Club will use the LCCWA mini-grant to begin a composting program.
Lisa Rogers, a teacher at Lower Lake Elementary and the coordinator of the Environmental Outdoor Club, added, “The students will be the educators and managers of the compost bins; we will also be using the compost bin in our science classroom. Students will see their ‘garbage’ breakdown into something that is not only interesting, but useful to grow more fruits and vegetables.”
“We were thrilled to see the variety of grant application projects for the 2013/14 school year,”LCCWA President Annette Hopkins. “We hope that these grants enable our community’s classrooms to demonstrate to local kids how important agriculture is in our daily lives.”
To learn more about the Lake County Chapter of California Women for Agriculture, visit www.lakecountycwa.org .
The Lake County Chapter of CWA (LCCWA) actively educates their members and the public about matters concerning agriculture at both the County and State levels.
LCCWA awards scholarships to students pursuing agricultural-related education and provides mini-grants to teachers in local schools who are educating their students about agriculture and food.
In addition, LCCWA sponsors AgVenture, an educational program for community leaders who wish to learn more about agriculture in Lake County.
To learn more about the Lake County Chapter of California Women for Agriculture, visit the group's Web site at www.lakecountycwa.org .
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UKIAH, Calif. – During its regularly scheduled board meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 8, the Mendocino College Foundation Board of Directors appointed two new members to the board.
Chris Taliaferro of Lakeport and Mark DeMeuleneare of Ukiah were both unanimously approved by the Foundation Board.
Taliaferro is employed by Employment Development Department in Lakeport as a veteran’s employment specialist and proudly served 12 years in the United States Navy.
“Chris will be an advocate for our veteran student population at Mendocino College and brings expertise in the myriad of issues affecting veterans. In addition, he and wife Jessica, a teacher, have two children attending Lake County Schools which gives him a great perspective to promote student success at Mendocino College,” said Foundation Director Peggy Campbell.
DeMeulenaere is no stranger to the Mendocino College Foundation having served as both past board president and development director.
DeMeulenaere was instrumental in establishing the Foundation Offices’ infrastructure including operating policies and bylaws.
According to Foundation Director Tom Herman, “Mark brings expertise in finance, agriculture, business management, and community networking. All of which are vital skills to have on the board of directors.”
DeMeulenaere is a partner in Truett Hurst Winery and when not busy promoting Truett Hurst wine, he and his wife Wendy can be found cuddling their new granddaughter Penny.
The Mendocino College Foundation Board is a 501 (c)(3) auxiliary organization of Mendocino College with a purpose of raising funds to ensure student success.
The foundation’s mission is to support Mendocino College in educating leaders, fostering intellectual growth and enriching lives by creating opportunities to invest in a better future for our students and communities.
For more information about the Mendocino College Foundation, contact Katie Fairbairn at 707-468-3162.