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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Dr. John Parker led a group of 15 children and adults on an archaeological adventure at the Rodman Preserve on Aug. 17 as part of this summer’s children’s nature education programs presented by the Lake County Land Trust.
Dr. Parker started out with suggesting students would be taking a “trip in time,” and when they walked out from under the gazebo at the beginning of the Rodman Preserve trailhead, they would be stepping back in history by 1,000 years.
“What did people eat 1,000 years ago?” he asked, and “How did they gather and prepare their food.”
With that Dr. Parker then revealed to the group how California’s American Indians gathered and prepared food, using everything from spears, baskets and small clay balls that were used to fling at wild fowl, to stone mortars and pestles that were used to grind acorns into acorn mush.
Dr. Parker showed numerous artifacts to the group that were used by native peoples and led a walk to the water’s edge to discuss techniques American Indians used for fishing and creating reed (tule) boats on Clear Lake.
After returning to the nature center children or their parents had fun fashioning their own necklaces out of clam shells and acorn caps using bead drills provided by Dr. Parker. He also demonstrated the ancient art of flint knapping, showing how early people created the arrows and spear heads used in their everyday lives.
The Lake County Land Trust is a nonprofit local organization that owns and operates the Rodman Preserve on Westlake Road between Lakeport and Upper Lake.
The Land Trust presents children’s nature education programs through the summer, with the last program to be presented on Saturday, Sept. 21, starting at 9 a.m. at the Nature Center.
The focus of this last program of the summer will be wetlands and the creatures that live near them and in them.
The programs are led by Elaine Mansell, a nature education specialist.
For more information about the Land Trust, go to www.lakecountylandtrust.org .
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – Lakeport Christian Center Preschool will host its annual barbecue fundraiser from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27.
The public is invited to attend. Takeout also be available.
There will be a delicious barbecue meal and fun games for the kids.
The funds raised will help provide new outdoor equipment for the students.
Lakeport Christian Center Preschool is located behind Disney Water Sports at 175 C St.
There are still a few spots open for the preschool/pre-k/daycare programs, so get your children registered quickly before it's waiting list only again.
For more information call 707-262-5520.
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Office of Education Career Technical Education Department announced that the Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) Program is returning.
Under the supervision of a health professional, usually a licensed nurse, a CNA provides basic nursing services to ensure the safety, comfort, personal hygiene, and protection of patients/residents in a licensed long-term or intermediate health care facility.
Upon successful completion of the Certified Nurse Assistant Program course, graduates receive a certificate of completion and are eligible to take their test for state certification.
Students will complete classroom hours at the Clearlake Community School on Old Highway 53 in Clearlake and clinical hours will be performed at Meadowood Nursing Center also in Clearlake.
The course runs Mondays and Wednesdays, 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., and Saturdays, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Sept. 23 through Dec. 19.
Students must be 18 years of age or older, but are not required to have a high school diploma or GED.
Space is limited to 15 students.
For more information call 707-995-9523 or email Tammy Serpa at
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- Written by: Kasandra Colwell
Welcome to the Carlé Chronicle, week three!
Some of the things that will be discussed this week are the progress on saving up for our school van, a shout out for the students going above and beyond, and some information about the Paintball Club.
The staff at Carlé is very dedicated to the well being of their students. A good example is Alan Siegel, who has been working very hard on raising money to buy Carlé its own van. With this van we would be more able to take school trips and college campus visits to help enrich our students.
He started trying to save up this money last year and has attempted to make connections to help. Alan has reached out to ex-San Francisco mayor Willie Brown and his daughter Susan, who in turn sent out letters.
Given that we have our own digital arts program that uses state of the art design tools like Photoshop, Alan asked Mr. Brown to be introduced to Google and Adobe, and to be reintroduced to George Lucas who had given Alan some technology about 27 years ago when he worked for Mountain Vista Middle School.
Also, Alan is hoping there’s a possibility to rekindle a past friendship with the basketball team the Warriors, who for three years in a row provided Carlé tickets see the games.
Student Melyssa Moreno even saw that her neighbor had a van for sale and brought the van to school to see if it would work for what we need. The van had too many miles on it but the gesture was greatly appreciated.
If anyone would like to help us work on the van project or contribute to this worthy cause please call Carlé at 707-994-1033.
Speaking of Alan, he was awarded California Teacher of the Year in 2005.
This year he was selected by State Superintendent of Education Tom Torlakson to come to Sacramento and be part of the official state selection committee that will help choose the 2014 Teachers of the Year.
Alan also will be running the live audio and video along with former Teacher of the Year Jim Jordan for the TOY celebration coming up in February.
A lot of students are doing extra things around Carlé to make it a better place. There are three students who take care of all the recycling – Kenneth Kalousek, Joseph Sarro, and Troy Lambruth.
Chris Stutz makes sure the library stays in order. Jeremy Harper is now in charge of all the band equipment and sound board. Michael Lanigan serves as the Carlé tech guru, helping us with tech problems when need be.
Nathan Frigge takes over the phones so Barbara our super secretary can have a short lunch break. Marla Mitchell and Sabrina Farnan work on many things regarding design, including everybody’s birthday cards.
Kobi Minard and Lance Thurston set up the daily bulletin. Last but not least, Angelica Barajas-Vega keeps the kitchen clean.
The Paintball Club is back again this year! It is being run by Starr Skidmore and Mike Skidmore. They organized a meeting a couple weeks ago and appointed Sienna Norton as the student representative. If you want to join, you can get a permission slip and give it to Barbara or Sienna.
The games are usually held on Saturdays. Mike and Starr are open to giving rides to the games if you can’t get to the game otherwise.
Before each game the rules are reintroduced to keep things safe. There will be a meeting regarding paintball weekly at Carlé and sign ups are available at any time.
Student of the week this week was Malia Askew. She came back to school this year with a plan to get all her credits and graduate high school. She has been a real asset and we are all very proud of her.
We are already about a sixth of the way through the school year at this time, so keep up the good work and remember to set plenty of goals regarding graduation to help motivate you!
Kasandra Colwell is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.