SOUTH LAKE COUNTY – The South Lake Fire Safe Council will offer free chipping during the last week of November to residents of the South lake Fire Protection District.
Applications for chipping, with instructions, can be obtained at local fire stations or from Bruce Anderson, 928-5232, coordinator for the Loch Lomond/Cobb area or James Ott, 987-9869, coordinator for Anderson Springs, Hidden Valley and Middletown areas. Information also can be found online at www.southlakefiresafecouncil.org.
When material to be chipped has been properly stacked, mail your completed application to Bruce Anderson (for the mountain areas) at P.O. Box 2, Cobb, CA 95426, or to James Ott at P.O. Box 942, Middletown, CA 95461 (for Anderson Springs, Hidden Valley and Middletown areas).
Applications must be received by Thursday, Nov. 20, so that chipping piles can be inspected before chipping begins.
Sonoma State University student to speak on bee colony collapse disorder
Written by Editor
Wednesday, 29 October 2008
CLEARLAKE – Tom Matican, energy management and design student at SSU's College of Environmental Studies and Planning, will be this month's guest speaker at the Lake County Community Co-op's regular meeting on Saturday, Nov. 8.
Matican will be educating the members and guests on bee colony collapse disorder (BCCD). This mysterious and highly threatening phenomenon has surfaced in recent years affecting agricultural systems worldwide.
The gathering is at 14773 Lakeshore Drive in Clearlake beginning at 10 a.m. and will conclude with Matican's presentation and questions from the audience.
Habitat for Humanity annual benefit dinner is Nov. 11
Written by Editor
Tuesday, 28 October 2008
Habitat for Humanity's 2007 benefit dinner. Courtesy photo.
KELSEYVILLE – Saw Shop Gallery Bistro’s seventh annual benefit dinner for Habitat for Humanity Lake County will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 11.
The event is the one of the main funding events for Habitat for Humanity.
The multi-course, sitdown dinner will begin at 6 p.m. Guests will be serenaded by the sweet piano music played by David Neft.
After dinner, two elegant handmade quilts will be auctioned to the highest bidders.
All funds received will go to support the construction of homes in our community for low wage earner families who need a safe and decent place to live.
All costs of the dinner are donated to Habitat for Humanity including the food, wine and the staff hours of the Saw Shop Gallery Bistro. This is truly a fun event!
Tickets are $100 each and table sponsorships are also available. Please call the Habitat office at 994-1100 for reservations.
Wiggins earns perfect score for votes on environmental, safety legislation
Written by Editor
Tuesday, 28 October 2008
SACRAMENTO – North Coast State Sen. Patricia Wiggins (D-Santa Rosa) has earned a perfect score from Sierra Club California for her votes on the organization’s priority legislation in 2008.
Wiggins was a perfect seven for seven in voting for the Sierra Club’s targeted bills when they were considered on the floor of the Senate.
In a recent letter to the Senator, Sierra Club California Director Bill Magavern noted that she had voted to “protect California’s families from toxics in the products they use every day, to safeguard your home state against fire danger, and to give kids an opportunity to learn and play outside.
“You backed Senate Bills 974, 1113 and 1313, and Assembly Bills 1879, 2175, 2447, 2911 and 2989,” Magavern wrote, “casting strong, green votes that exemplify a genuine commitment to sustainability and environmental health.”
Wiggins introduced a number of environmental bills that were signed into law this year, though they were not included on the Sierra Club’s priority list.
Among them were SB 562, which provided $5.3 million for coastal salmon and fishery restoration projects to preserve and improve their habitat, and SB 1690, protecting the state’s crab fishery by creating an industry task force to help state legislators prevent fishery depletion like that which has occurred in the salmon industry.
She also introduced SB 1431 (also signed into law), to enable the state Department of Parks and Recreation to expand the use of conservation easements to protect open spaces and create buffer zones around pristine wildlife areas.
Wiggins represents California’s 2nd Senate District, which includes portions or all of six California counties: Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Napa, Solano and Sonoma.
