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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – On Friday, May 15, the Lake County Campus of Woodland Community College held virtual commencement ceremonies online to celebrate the accomplishments of our certificate recipients and graduates.
The virtual certificate ceremony was posted in early afternoon on Friday to celebrate the students receiving career certificates in a variety of disciplines.
The scholarship and award recipients were also announced during the virtual certificate ceremony, which can be viewed in the video above.
The following students received certificates in the following subject areas.
Business
Accounting Certificate of Achievement: Eryck Adam Lee Jr. of Clearlake.
Administrative Assistant Certificate of Achievement: Maryann Alicia-Marie Silsby and Shadae White of Clearlake.
Clerical Assistant Certificate of Training: Leah Taninha Desouza, Andrea Rosaura Rodriguez, Maryann Alicia-Marie Silsby, April Karoline Snyder, Joyce V. Walker, and Shadae White of Clearlake.
Small Business Management Certificate of Achievement: Eryck Adam Lee Jr. of Clearlake.
Culinary Arts Baking Certificate of Achievement: Maria Pizano Griffin of Clearlake; Brandi Jamieshila Maresh of Willits; and Sienna Christine-Gayle Norton of Redwood Valley.
Culinary Arts Certificate of Achievement: Maria Pizano Griffin of Clearlake and Sienna Christine-Gayle Norton of Redwood Valley.
Early Childhood Education
Child Development Teacher Certificate of Achievement: Lydia Lace Amos, Cecilia Cristal Arroyo, Marylou Heptinstall, and Emily Rose Nichols of Clearlake; Kelly Ann Gould of Kelseyville.
Infant and Toddler Certificate of Achievement: Lydia Lace Amos of Clearlake.
Environmental Technology
Drinking Water and Waste Water Technologies Certificate of Achievement: Hector Javier Hernandez. Josh Thomas Moyer, and Michael Anthony Smith of Clearlake; Christopher Yousif Girgis, Dianna Lynn Mann, and Olivia Ryan Mann of Clearlake Oaks; Douglas Davis and Daniel Isaac Rader of Kelseyville; Jessika Lauren Harrison, Wyatt L McCollian, Noah Michael McCollian, and Scott Raymond Schisler of Lower Lake; and Anthony Alexander Casanova of Nice.
Human Services
Human Services Chemical Dependency Counseling Certificate of Achievement: Richard Domanick Occhino of Clearlake.
Scholarships and awards
The following scholarships and awards were announced at the virtual certificate ceremony:
Accounting Student of the Year: Justine Merrill
Business & Management Student of the Year: Juanita Perez
Carla Knuth Culinary Arts Award: Jennifer Dean
Park Study Club Culinary Scholarship: Richard Rodriguez
Zino Mezoui Memorial Scholarship: Diana Partida
Dr. Cornelison Memorial Scholarship: Noah Mitchell
Harold R. Sawtell Scholarship: Andrea Garcia Morales, Nancy Long, Marlena Robaugh and Tiffany Sanders
Lake County Campus Higher Education Scholarship: Madison Naughton
Judith Barr Fairbanks Memorial Osher Scholarship: Noah Mitchell
Dr. Robert Kirk Liberal Arts Scholarship: Madison Naughton
Math Award: Eryck Lee
Osher Scholarship: Candelaria Alanis, Laura Alanis, Brenda Avila, Anasa Lewis, Kali Mulligan and Chloe Seal
Science Award: Kyle Kopp
Stohlman Memorial Scholarship: Heather Jones
Virtual graduation ceremony
The virtual graduation ceremony was posted on YouTube on Friday evening, May 15, to recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of Lake County Campus students who received associate degrees in their chosen fields.
The ceremony was hosted by Executive Dean Steve Wylie, with speeches from Woodland Community College President Dr. Artemio Pimentel and Yuba Community College District Chancellor Dr. Douglas Houston.
Yuba Community College District Trustee Richard “Doc” Savarese conferred the degrees.
The student speaker was Nicholas Kieffer of Clearlake, and the Keynote Address was provided by Mark Cooper, D.D.S. of Clearlake.
Also at the virtual graduation ceremony, Eryck Adam Lee Jr. was awarded the campus’s highest honor, the Lake County Campus Medal.
The students graduating with associate degrees are as follows.
Clearlake
Lydia Lace Amos - Associate in Science, Early Childhood Education
Bobbei Blu Barnes - Associate in Science, Drinking Water and Wastewater Technology
Jonathon S. Benavidez - Associate in Arts for Transfer, Economics
Paul Ray Cook - Associate in Science, Accounting
Christine Yvonne Davis - Associate in Arts, Social & Behavioral Sciences
Christa Michelle Friend - Associate in Arts for Transfer, Anthropology; Associate in Science for Transfer, Business Administration; Associate in Arts for Transfer, Economics
Andrea Garcia Morales - Associate in Science, Natural Science & Mathematics
Rosa Angelica Lopez Guevara - Associate in Science, Administration of Justice: Law Enforcement
Rick Hammond - Associate in Science, Chemical Dependency Counselor
Janet Hernandez - Associate in Science, Administrative Assistant
Tessa Maria Ketchum - Associate in Science, Human Services
Nicholas Cody-Ernest Kieffer - Associate in Arts, Culinary Arts
Eryck Adam Lee Jr. - Associate in Science for Transfer, Business Administration; Associate in Arts for Transfer, Economics; Associate in Science, Accounting; Associate in Science, Small Business Management; Associate in Science, Business Computer Applications; Associate in Science, Business Administration; Associate in Science, General Business Management
Madison Nalani Naughton - Associate in Arts for Transfer, Political Science
Richard Domanick Occhino - Associate in Science, Chemical Dependency Counselor ; Associate in Science, Human Services
Juanita A. Perez - Associate in Science, Administrative Assistant
Vandana Kumari Reddy - Associate in Arts for Transfer, Psychology
Angel Lee Shields - Associate in Science, Natural Science & Mathematics
Jonathan Andrew Silsby - Associate in Science, Drinking Water and Wastewater Technology; Associate in Science, Small Business Management
Maryann Alicia-Marie Silsby - Associate in Science, Administrative Assistant
Michael Anthony Smith - Associate in Science, Drinking Water and Wastewater Technology; Associate in Science, Small Business Management
Angela Lynn Tamagni - Associate in Science, Accounting
Shadae White - Associate in Science, Administrative Assistant
Clearlake Oaks
Amanda Marie Bortoli - Associate in Science, Natural Science & Mathematics; Associate in Science, Business Administration; Associate in Science for Transfer, Business Administration
Andrew Luis O'Reilly-Flores - Associate in Arts for Transfer, Economics
Kimberly Anne Viescas - Associate in Science, Natural Science & Mathematics
Thomas Benjamin Madrid - Associate in Science, Natural Science & Mathematics
Cherylyn Annette Nutting - Associate in Science, Drinking Water and Wastewater Technology
Clearlake Park
Holly Heather Austinson - Associate in Science, Chemical Dependency Counselor
Cobb
Marina Nicola Richner - Associate in Science, Natural Science & Mathematics
Anna Julia Webb - Associate in Science, General Business Management
Hidden Valley Lake
Isabella Renee Quintana - Associate in Science, Natural Science & Mathematics
Terese Anne Caldwell - Associate in Science, Natural Science & Mathematics
Julianne Marie Carter - Associate in Arts, Social & Behavioral Sciences
Katie Sust - Associate in Arts, Social & Behavioral Sciences
Kelseyville
Heidy Carolina Glenton-Cano - Associate in Science, Natural Science & Mathematics
Elsa Ariadna Gonzalez - Associate in Science, Drinking Water and Wastewater Technology
Kyle Russell Kopp - Associate in Science, Natural Science & Mathematics
Ariana Montero Pille - Associate in Science for Transfer, Business Administration
Ellana Michelle Pruitt - Associate in Science, Natural Science & Mathematics
Daniel Isaac Rader - Associate in Science, Drinking Water and Wastewater Technology; Associate in Science, Natural Science & Mathematics
Scott Lamar Sullivan - Associate in Science, Chemical Dependency Counselor
Lakeport
Julianna Marie Yvonne Peters - Associate in Arts, Culinary Arts
Lower Lake
Ryan Scott Campbell - Associate in Science, Accounting
Jessika Lauren Harrison - Associate in Science, Drinking Water and Wastewater Technology
Jennifer Jaime-Aramburo - Associate in Science, Early Childhood Education
Brandi Jamieshila Maresh - Associate in Arts, Culinary Arts
Jamisynn Rose Obryan - Associate in Arts, Culinary Arts; Associate in Science, General Business Management
Samuel Kenneth Peters - Associate in Science for Transfer, Business Administration
Rachel Elizabeth Samuels - Associate in Science, General Business Management
Scott Raymond Schisler - Associate in Science, Drinking Water and Wastewater Technology
Marilyn Suzanne Taylor - Associate in Science, Drinking Water and Wastewater Technology
Nice
Sabrina J Hooper - Associate in Science, Natural Science & Mathematics
Ukiah
Alonzo Frias - Associate in Science, Drinking Water and Wastewater Technology
Vallejo
Eric Gassner-Wollwage - Associate in Science, Drinking Water and Wastewater Technology
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The agency has issued a hazardous weather outlook for Lake County and other parts of northeastern Northern California that’s in effect through the middle of next week due to a warming trend expected to begin this weekend.
The forecast calls for winds of up to 10 miles per hour over the next several days, with afternoon
high temperatures eventually climbing into the 90s starting on Monday.
The Lake County forecast calls for temperatures ranging into the high 80s over the weekend and into the low 90s on Monday, rising into the high 90s in the south county through Thursday.
Conditions are anticipated to be mostly clear and sunny, with partly cloudy skies on Thursday night before clearing again on Friday, forecasters said.
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The State Water Project now expects to deliver 20 percent of requested supplies in 2020 thanks to above-average precipitation in May, the California Department of Water Resources announced Friday.
An initial allocation of 10 percent was announced in December and increased to 15 percent in January.
Friday’s announcement will likely be the final allocation update of 2020.
“May storms gave us a boost following a very dry winter and allowed us to increase allocations for communities and agriculture in California,” said DWR Director Karla Nemeth. “It’s another example of our state’s unpredictable precipitation that has been compounded by our changing climate. We must manage our water supply responsibly to not only deliver water now but ensure we have enough in reserves to protect us from future dry years.”
Water from Clear Lake makes its way to the bay delta, which in turn helps source the State Water Project.
Following below-average precipitation most of the winter, May storms delivered 181 percent of average in the Northern Sierra for this time of year.
This year’s snowpack is the 11th driest on record since 1950 while precipitation stands as the 7th driest on record since 1977. Thirty percent of California’s annual water supply comes from snowpack.
A 20 percent allocation amounts to 843,696 acre-feet of water. The SWP provides water to 29 SWP contractors who supply water to more than 27 million Californians and 750,000 acres of farmland.
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The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, a joint mission between the European Space Agency and NASA, was not designed to find comets — its original goal was to study the Sun from its deep core to the outer layers of its atmosphere.
But building new observatories can thankfully bring in discoveries that are entirely unexpected.
Nearly 25 years since its launch, data from this space-based solar observatory has led to the discovery of well over half of all known comets — upwards of 3,950 new comets found.
Though the SOHO team anticipated the spacecraft would discover some new comets, they never expected to find nearly 4,000 of them.
The huge number of SOHO-discovered comets comes thanks to a combination of well-designed instruments, a long lifespan, the hard work of citizen scientists and a little bit of luck.
"SOHO is uniquely placed in space and uniquely designed, and it’s these aspects of the spacecraft that allow it to see and discover so many comets," said Karl Battams, a space scientist at the Naval Research Lab in Washington, D.C.
SOHO carries an instrument called a coronagraph that uses a solid disk to block out the Sun's bright face, revealing the much fainter outer atmosphere, the corona. Scientists use these images of the corona to study how this part of the atmosphere changes and to track occasional explosions of material from the Sun, called coronal mass ejections.
SOHO's vantage point between the Sun and Earth, about a million miles from Earth, gives it a constant view of the Sun's atmosphere.
SOHO's coronagraph, known as LASCO, has both high sensitivity and a wide field of view, which turns out to be perfectly suited to see so-called “sungrazing comets” that fly too close to the Sun's overwhelmingly bright face to be seen from Earth or with most other scientific instruments.
And because SOHO has kept a steady eye on the corona – through which these comets fly — almost continuously for nearly 25 years, its data has revealed thousands of previously unknown comets: 3,953 as of May 2020.
Almost all of SOHO's comet discoveries have come from its coronagraph data, but a small handful of comets have been discovered in images from a different instrument on board: the SWAN instrument, a camera designed to look for interactions between the solar wind and hydrogen atoms in space.
Some comets, including Comet SWAN discovered in April 2020, outgas large amounts of water — of which hydrogen is the main component — as they approach the Sun, making them visible to SWAN.
Around 85 percent of the thousands of comets discovered by SOHO are members of one family of comets: the Kreutz group.
The Kreutz sungrazers are thought to be the remnants of a single giant comet, which, some thousands of years ago, flew close to the Sun and heated up, loosening the ice that bound it together. It fragmented into thousands of tiny comets that we know today as the Kreutz family. These relatively tiny remnants — most are around the size of a house — follow the path of the original Kreutz comet.
SOHO's data has proven a prime hunting ground for previously-undiscovered comets, but that doesn't mean the going is easy. Most of the discoveries have been made through the painstaking work of citizen scientists with the Sungrazer Project, a NASA-funded project managed by Battams that grew out of early citizen science comet discoveries not long after SOHO launched in 1995.
"After word spread that scientists were seeing new comets in the SOHO data, people went to the SOHO website and downloaded the images themselves and found a bunch of comets that the scientists had missed," said Battams. "It got to the point where the project team was overwhelmed with the number of reports, so they created the Sungrazer Project to act as the hub for these discoveries."
If the rate of new comet discoveries continues at its usual pace, SOHO's 4,000th new comet will likely be spotted sometime in summer 2020, according to Battams.
The comets discovered in SOHO's data have given scientists valuable insight into both comets as a whole as well as the environment they fly through.
Because they fly so close to our star, most of the comets seen by SOHO don't survive their trip around the Sun — they disintegrate near their closest approach because of the incredible heating caused by the intense sunlight.
"When SOHO sees a comet, nearly every single one of them is in the process of being destroyed," said Battams. "In that way, SOHO's data has given us a peek into the end of life of a comet."
Beyond that, the comets spotted by SOHO can also act as celestial windsocks, revealing new information about the solar wind and solar atmosphere that they fly through.
As comets approach the Sun, they become enveloped in a tail of gases liberated from the comet by heating caused by the intense sunlight. Some of the gases in this bright tail are ionized and are buffeted by the magnetized solar wind and magnetic fields in the Sun's outer atmosphere, giving scientists the opportunity to measure the conditions in this region that would otherwise be invisible from afar.
"We’ve used these images to validate models of the solar magnetic field and things like electron densities and temperatures," said Battams. "There’s all kinds of unique science you can do by watching these icy bodies travel through this extreme environment."
SOHO is a cooperative effort between ESA and NASA. Mission control is based at NASA Goddard. SOHO’s Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph Experiment, or LASCO, which is the instrument that provides most of the comet imagery, was built by an international consortium, led by the U.S. Naval Research Lab in Washington, D.C.
Sarah Frazier works from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.