Thursday, 28 March 2024

Community

UPPER LAKE – Partnering with Cleavage Creek Winery, The Lodge at Blue Lakes has created the weekend of Nov. 13-15 to redefine girl’s night out events.


The “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” weekend will be a weekend of fun, fashion, decadent pampering and rock star treatment (see the event's Web page at http://thelodgeatbluelakes.com/girls.htm ).


Friday evening will set the tone with a wine and cheese reception on arrival, followed by a beautiful evening of dining and relaxation on the deck overlooking Blue Lakes.


Saturday morning and afternoon will be jam packed with on-site spa services, fashions, wildness and laugh-filled, self-esteem boosting portrait sessions.


The evening activities will include salsa dancing, wine tasting and dinner. The leisurely Sunday morning champagne brunch will round out the weekend. This will be the event you circle in red on your calendar so you will never miss it.


Space is limited so we can provide individual attention to each of our guests. All packages include room, meals and group events. Spa and individual services are available by menu pricing.


For information contact The Lodge at Blue Lakes at 707-275-2181 or visit www.TheLodgeAtBlueLakes.com .

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The Saw Shop also hosted the 2008 Habitat for Humanity benefit dinner. Courtesy photo.
 




KELSEYVILLE – The eighth annual Saw Shop Gallery Bistro’s benefit dinner for Habitat for Humanity Lake County will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10.

This is the main funding event for Habitat for Humanity. The dinner will be a multi-course sitdown meal. Guests will be serenaded by the sweet piano music played by David Neft.

All funds received will go to support the construction of homes in our community for deserving 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 for $800 are also available.

Please call the Saw Shop Bistro, 707-278-0129, for reservations. The Saw Shop Gallery Bistro is located at 3825 Main St., Kelseyville.

For more information, please call the Habitat for Humanity office at 707-994-1100.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Peace Corps reported that it recruited 15,386 applicants in fiscal year 2009.


This represents the largest amount of applications since the agency began electronically recording applications in 1998 and is an 18-percent increase from fiscal year 2008. The report is based on fiscal year 2009 data as of Sept. 30.


“Our record application numbers are another indicator of the strong interest in public service,” said Peace Corps Director Aaron S. Williams. “From recent college graduates to our mid-career or retired applicants, Americans are inspired to serve both their country and the world as a Peace Corps volunteer. Peace Corps is a tremendous leadership opportunity for individuals prepared to live and work for two years in a community abroad.”

 

As of Sept. 30, 7,671 Peace Corps and Peace Corps Response volunteers and trainees are serving worldwide in 74 host countries. While the average age of a Peace Corps volunteer is 25, 6 percent of Peace Corps volunteers are over 50 and the oldest currently-serving volunteer is 85. Sixteen percent of volunteers are minorities and 60 percent are women. Eighty-nine percent of volunteers hold at least a bachelors degree.

 

Peace Corps Global Operations are divided into three regions:

 

  • Africa Region: 2860 Peace Corps volunteers serve in 27 countries/posts. The largest number of Peace Corps volunteers serving in one country is 180 in Mozambique.

  • Inter-America and the Pacific Region: 2480 Peace Corps volunteers serve in 22 posts and 28 countries. The largest number of Peace Corps volunteers serving in one country is 221 in Paraguay.

  • Europe, the Mediterranean and Asia Region: 2331 Peace Corps volunteers serving in 19 countries/posts. The largest number of Peace Corps volunteers serving in one country is 339 in Ukraine. Ukraine is the agency’s largest program.

 

Peace Corps volunteers serve in seven general skill sectors: Education, 35 percent; health and HIV/AIDS, 22 percent; business development, 15 percent; environment: 14 percent; agriculture: 5 percent; youth development, 5 percent; other sectors, 4 percent.

 

Peace Corps is an independent U.S. government agency that provides volunteers to countries requesting assistance. As Peace Corps approaches its 50th anniversary, its service legacy continues to promote peace and friendship around the world. Historically, nearly 200,000 Americans have joined the Peace Corps to promote a better understanding between Americans and the people of the 139 countries in which they have served. Peace Corps Volunteers must be U.S. citizens and at least 18 years of age. Peace Corps service is a 27-month commitment.


To learn more about the Peace Corps, please visit our website: www.peacecorps.gov .

CLEARLAKE – Lake County Community Co-op (LCCC) members and the general public are invited to learn all about solar energy, water conservation, energy efficiency and more from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Nov. 14.


Interested community members will meet at Fresh Energy Systems, located at 14106 Olympic Drive in Clearlake.


Dan, the Solar Man, will show how he converted his business space from an energy “minus” building to energy “plus” and set up charging systems for electric cars. He educates the community on these topics to allow folks to see what's available before they invest in their own energy efficient upgrades. The event is free to Lake County Co-op members and to the public.


Dan has a technical degree and experience working with Pacific Gas & Electric. His business mantra is "safe, secure and sustainable."


On our tour, he'll also show his demonstration garden project with an installed low-water consumption system. He offers a two-week long, fee-based "boot camp" where people can learn 21st century employment skills such as in energy efficiency-based construction and utilities skills.


You won't want to miss this exciting event! For more information, contact Lori Patotzka at 707-994-1618.


Celebrating over one and one half years in existence, the Lake County Community Co-op envisions cultivating an evolving community by nurturing values of social, economic and environmental responsibility. The Co-op wishes to support our local farmers and producers and provide a forum for community activities.


For more information or to become a member of the LCCC, follow the links at lakeco-op.org or call 707-993-4270.

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President Alan Mattern receives the charter from District Governor Marty Van Zandt. Courtesy photo.

 


NICE – The newly formed Northshore Lions Club received their charter on Oct. 24 at a gala affair at Robinson Rancheria's conference center.


The club has 24 charter members and will be meeting at 7 p.m. on the first and third Thursday of each month at the Marina Grill in Nice.


The charter night celebration had attendance from the sponsoring club: The Lakeshore Lions as well as The Early Lake Lions, The Konocti Lioness, Lakeport Lions and Lions from as far as Marin County and Humbolt county. Jim Williams provided music for the event.


The installing officer was First Vice District Governor Kertice Poon from the Novato Lions. The presentation of the charter was done by District Governor Marty Van Zandt to the new president of the Northshore Lions, Lion Alan Mattern, postmaster of the Lucerne Post Office.

 

 

The new club has already started the service projects by sponsoring a Cub Scout troop and providing eye exams and eye glasses to an Lucerne Elementary school child.

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Manzanar War Relocation Center was one of 10 camps at which Japanese American citizens and resident Japanese aliens were interned during World War II. It is located at the foot of the imposing eastern Sierra Nevada mountains off highway 395 between Lone Pine and Independence in Inyo County, CA. In April, 2004, the National Park Service opened the Manzanar National Historic Site Interpretive Center in the adaptively restored high school auditorium. The center includes 8,000 square feet of exhibits, two small movie theaters, a bookstore and park offices. Photo by Susanne La Faver.


 


 


 


HIDDEN VALLEY LAKE – The public is invited to hear “Supporting Japanese American Internees at Manzanar Relocation Camp,” a free historical presentation for Stone House Historical Society ( www.lakecountystonehouse.com ) at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, in the Hidden Valley Lake (HVL) Activity Center.


The activity center is located at 18174 Hidden Valley Road, adjacent to Hidden Valley Lake administrative offices. HVL visitors announce at the gate that they are attending the Stone House meeting and entrance will be given.


Hidden Valley Lake resident Susanne La Faver will speak of her great-aunt, Margaret Matthew D’Ille, who was 63 years old when she moved to Manzanar War Relocation Center, located off highway 395 in the eastern Sierra Mountains, ( www.nps.gov/manz ) in 1942 as community welfare director and head counselor.


D’Ille’s 10 years experience working in Japan for the YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) decades earlier was important for helping understand Japanese culture and Japanese Americans.


According to Manzanar Superintendent Ralph P. Merritt, D’Ille was the right person at the right moment to minister to the needs of the 10,000 evacuees living behind barbed wire fences.


He credits D’Ille with helping restore peace to the camp following the Dec. 6, 1942, riot which resulted in the deaths by gunfire of two men and the wounding of 10 others.


Manzanar’s educational toolbox includes biographical booklets which tell the personal stories of internees and others directly affected by the internment experience.


In her booklet, D’Ille is quoted as saying, “Language and cultural questions were a constant consideration at Manzanar. Many older people spoke and read only Japanese, while most young people spoke and read English.


“The question of how far Japanese language, culture, ideals, and manners should be recognized in a community whose background was Japanese, but we felt should increasingly be part of American life, came up repeatedly,” she said. “We encountered great difficulty in family conflicts between old Japanese cultural ideas and those of modern young Japanese Americans.”


Margaret Matthew D’Ille is the oldest camp member to have an official ID booklet. It can be viewed at www.nps.gov/manz/forteachers/upload/MDille.pdf .


This historical education presentation will include slides, handouts and group discussion.


Membership in Stone House Historical Society is open to all. Annual dues are $5 per person or $7.50 per couple. The group meets the first Tuesday of each month.

 

 

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Ever since the U.S. Army enclosed this one-square mile with barbed wire in 1942, people have debated how to accurately describe Manzanar. During World War II, it was officially called a

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