LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lake County Registrar of Voters Office will conduct a public manual tally of ballots for the Nov. 5 Consolidated General District Election following the election next month.

The tally of a minimum 1 percent of randomly selected precincts for the Nov. 5 election will take place beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, at the Registrar of Voters Office, located in Room 209 on the second floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St. in Lakeport.

The selection of the precincts to be included in the manual tally will be randomly chosen on the same date prior to the manual tally.

Observers are invited to view the manual tally of the ballots, but shall not interfere with the election process.

LAKEPORT, Calif. – This week the Lake County Registrar of Voters Office will conduct a logic and accuracy test for the ballot tabulation computer and software to be used for the Nov. 5 Consolidated General District Election.

The test will run beginning at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 24, in the Registrar of Voters Office, located in Room 209 on the second floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St. in Lakeport.

Registrar of Voters Diane Fridley's office will conduct the test pursuant to regulations of the California State Commission on Voting Machines and Vote Tabulating Devices.

All interested persons are invited to observe this test.

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The sixth annual “Warm for the Winter” program to help the homeless is now accepting donations for the coming season.

The program, which runs completely off of donations, does not accept money, but instead seeks gifts of clothing – coats, gloves and hats – as well as tents and blankets.

Over the past two years the giveaway has taken place at the Christmas Rotary community dinner at Burns Valley School in Clearlake.

Anyone wishing to donate is asked to contact Joyce Overton at 707-350-2898 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for pickup or drop off information.

LOWER LAKE, Calif. – The Lower Lake Historical School Preservation Committee invites the public to share in celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Schoolhouse Museum on Saturday, Oct. 26.

The festivities begin at 11 a.m. with live music by Tom Nixon and Friends, hot dogs, lemonade and living history demonstrations.

The schoolhouse was built in 1877. Restoration efforts began in 1986 when a small group of local citizens formed the Preservation Committee to save this historic building.

The museum opened in October 1993 and the community auditorium was completed the following year.

Cake will be served at 1 p.m. and Assistant Museum Curator, Dwain Goforth will present a slide show on the history of the schoolhouse at 2 p.m.

Please join the celebration, admission is free.

The museum is located at 16435 Main St. in Lower Lake.

Call the museum at 707-995-3565 for more information.

CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Young chess enthusiasts converged on Burns Valley School this Saturday for its first-ever chess tournament sponsored by the Big Read Lake County and Burns Valley Tigers Chess Club.

Twelve students participated from schools around the county, including Clear Lake High, Kelseyville High, Burns Valley and Cobb Elementary.

Winners were Joe Fletcher from Kelseyville High School, Lucas Dacosta from Cobb Elementary and Izabella Sanchez from Burns Valley.

Mendo Lake Credit Union provided cash awards in the form of bank accounts to the three age division winners.

CLEARLAKE, Calif. – A raffle and bake sale to benefit the family of David Ferrell will be held Saturday, Oct. 19.

The event will take place from noon to 3 p.m. at Ray's Food Place, 15930 Dam Road in Clearlake.

Ferrell was fatally shot on Sept. 8 as he stood outside of his Clearlake home.

Police say he was an innocent bystander; the murder suspect had been looking for another man before beginning to shoot randomly.

Ferrell has left behind a wife and four children.

On Saturday, raffle tickets will be on sale for $2 each or six for $10.

For those who can't make the event but would like to donate, an online fundraiser is available at http://www.gofundme.com/4phkao .

Donations also may be made at Mendo Lake Credit Union, Account No. 70002726.