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LAKEPORT, Calif. – The city of Lakeport said drivers should be aware of roadwork on Tuesday, Feb. 14, and Wednesday, Feb. 15.

Steve Taylor Excavation will be working in the roadway with traffic control on Third Street between N. Forbes and N. High streets between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. both days. 

There will be no lane closures, however, city officials ask people to drive safely in the area.

UPPER LAKE, Calif. – On Saturday, Feb. 18 the Tallman Hotel in Upper Lake will present an informal concert with two of the best known boogie woogie and blues pianists in California, Wendy DeWitt and Steve Willis.

The two will be backed by percussionist Kirk Harwood.

This will be the third in the 2017 Tallman series of “Concerts with Conversation” for a small audience of about 40 in the Meeting House next to the hotel.

Wendy DeWitt is known throughout the country as the “Queen of Boogie Woogie,” and for the last 15 years she’s brought an annual show by that name to the stage at Yoshi’s in Oakland.

Because of her affinity for Lake County, Wendy has also brought this show to the Soper Reese Theatre in Lakeport.

“Wendy is a great person and a high-energy performer,” said Tallman owner Bernie Butcher. “She recently moved up to the Ukiah area with her musical partner, now husband, Kirk Harwood, so it’s wonderful to be able to see more of this unique talent.”

Steve Willis is a commanding singer and keyboardist who delivers classic and original material with conviction and authenticity.

With more than 40 years in the business and counting, Willis knows a lot about American roots music and shows it with every note.

In addition to his performing career, Willis is a master craftsman, helping to restore ultra-high end grand pianos at the Callahan Piano Company in San Francisco.

“I first heard of Steve when I saw a wonderful documentary called Miracle in a Box about one of Steve’s projects there,” said Butcher.

When told of Butcher’s plans to show a brief excerpt from this video before the concert, Willis said “Wow, it’s really cool that people are interested in my day job in addition to my music!”

The Tallman Concert Series continues on March 18 with country stars Rita Hosking and Sean Feder and concludes on April 8 with Bob Culbertson on the Chapman Stick accompanied by percussionist Rick Alegria.

The DeWitt/Willis concert on Saturday, Feb. 18, at 7:30 p.m. is in the Meeting House next to the Tallman Hotel in Upper Lake.

Tickets at $25 plus tax may be purchased by calling the Hotel at 707-275-2244, Extension 0. Pre-concert dinner reservations can be made at the Blue Wing Restaurant at 707-275-2233. Coffee and cookies are served in the Meeting House prior to the show.

Finding the lowest auto insurance rates requires some research and the California Department of Insurance offers an online comparison tool that gives drivers more options to find the most affordable rates.
 
"When shopping for insurance it is important for consumers to do their homework and shop around," said Commissioner Dave Jones. "The auto insurance comparison tool provides an apples-to-apples comparison allowing consumers to find companies offering the lowest rate for their needs."
 
The easy-to-use online tool is designed to take some of the guesswork out of shopping for insurance by allowing consumers to quickly and easily make comparisons of rates from national and local insurance companies.
 
Thousands of consumers have used the department's tool since its overhaul last year to compare rates and find the best company for their needs. Now with updated premium estimates from 54 insurers, the auto insurance comparison tool continues to save consumers time and money.

The auto rate comparison tool helps consumers see a range in prices, based on factors similar to their situation.

Consumers enter the location, coverage type, years licensed, driving record, annual mileage, and vehicle type that best describes them. Rates are affected by all of these factors, including the driver's record, at-fault accidents, traffic violations, and their experience behind the wheel.
 
Using this tool, a married couple in Los Angeles (Burbank) shopping for standard insurance might find their average annual premium options range from $2,821 to $9,308-a price span of $6,437. A single female in San Francisco (Mission District) shopping for standard insurance might find her average premium options range from $2,035 to $8,095 annually, with an average of $5,062.
 
Auto insurance protects drivers and their vehicles in the event of an accident, but not all insurance is the same. Premiums can vary greatly among insurers.

Drivers should compare prices for various insurers along with the coverage features, limits, exclusions, and available credits or discounts, which are all included in the tool.

The tool also has a complaint page where consumers may view complaints about each insurer over the last three years.

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The senior centers in Lakeport and Kelseyville have released their menus for the week of Feb. 13 through 17.

The centers serve lunch from 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, with Lakeport also serving Sunday breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m.

This week's menu – which is subject to changes or substitutions – is as follows:

• Monday: Salisbury steak with mashed potatoes.
• Tuesday: Tri-tip with scalloped potatoes.
• Wednesday: Beef Stroganoff.
• Thursday: Smoked pit ham with mashed potatoes.
• Friday: Chicken Caesar salad and macaroni salad.

The weekday luncheons include soup of the day, salad bar, entrée, dessert and beverage. Non-seniors pay $6 and seniors 60 and older pay a suggested donation of $5.

Soup of the day and salad bar – which includes two to three types of salads plus toppings and fruit – is $4.

The Kelseyville Senior Center is located at 5245 Third St., telephone 707-279-2175.

The Lakeport Senior Activity Center is located at 527 Konocti Ave., 707-263-4218.

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Join Redbud Audubon as they travel to Bodega Bay on Saturday, Feb. 18.

They will explore one of Sonoma County’s richest bird areas and look for wintering shorebirds, waterfowl and landbirds.

Carpooling is available. Participants will leave from Lower Lake at 7:30 a.m. Meet on the east end of the Main Street to park in a place that won’t interfere with merchants in town.

They plan to arrive and park at the Tides Warf, 835 Coat Highway1 by 9:30 a.m. to begin the birding. 

If you are driving separately, park at the far end of the parking lot at the Tides Warf by 9:30 a.m.

For more information, contact Pat Harmon at 707-263-4977. Information about field trips hosted by Redbud Audubon Society is also available at www.redbudaudubon.org .

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LOWER LAKE, Calif. – Lance Christensen, the new math teacher at Carlé, began teaching math at the beginning of this year.

He began teaching at continuation schools and really enjoyed helping children recover; he wanted to continue teaching at a continuation school so he came to Carlé.

Christensen taught science before he began teaching math, if he were to teach something other than math he said he would teach science or industrial arts. However he enjoys teaching math.

He went to college as a biology major. However, he switched to electrical engineering because at the time they made more money. Also, he was already working for a company where he was doing engineering for 20 years making industrial equipment for surgery such as cameras and fixing computers used in medicine.

After he took engineering he went on the get his teaching credential and started teaching science and math. He is now taking college courses online for a master’s degree in math.

I asked him for some advice to give the students about achieving their goals. “We need to recognize the things we struggle with and push past those things to achieve ours goals, never give up on something you love or believe in,” he said.

In conclusion, Christensen is a really good teacher and a really smart guy. All of us at Carlé are glad to have such a brilliant math teacher. Thank you, Lance.

Lydia Pogue, a volunteer with Totes for Teens, visited Carlé to ask the students who received a tote what they thought was more useful and what they didn’t use so much.

She also gave the students who spoke with her forget-me-not seeds to commemorate her mother Grace Bala, who hand-knitted the hats and much more in the totes. Thank you Grace, we will always remember you.

As mentioned in the last article Jonathan and Lia visited Carlé last week, they are from the Lake Family Resource Center with a California prep program. They presented an evidence-based program called the SHARP program (sexual health adolescent risk prevention).

This program is designed to help kids and young adults make brighter decisions for their future well-being.  This includes condom use, drug and alcohol awareness, and even relationship building with your partner.

This program is really beneficial to have to educate the students at Carlé and we are really glad you (Jonathan and Lia) keep returning to us.

We at Carlé would like to give a special thanks to Dr. Barry Munitz and the Cotsen Foundation for the art of Teaching for a very generous donation of $4,000 to the media program at Carlé. Thank you so much for supporting the media program.

Dr. Munitz’s last donation helped fun a new press and all of the awards we created to thank those that helped on the Clayton fire. We were able to produce 68 plaques and 135 key chains to show our appreciation and we could not have done this without such generosity.

In addition this donation will allow us to make senior graduation plaques for each graduate.  We also fund all our sustainability awards and school contests with this.

Teacher Alan Siegel met Dr. Munitz when they were both members of the state P-16 council and have had a special relationship ever since.

Last weeks chilly winner was Ashton Legg awarded by Alan Siegel, congrats on winning hope your candle was really cool.

Last Thursday, Feb. 9, was a collaborative day, so we were let out of school early. Scoring of the writing samples about animal research were done on Thursday.

On Feb. 13 and 20 there will be no school because of Lincoln’s birthday and Presidents Day, have fun.

Olga Paselk (our schools translator and aide) returns to school from Costa Rica. Glad to have you back, Olga, we missed you.

A senior student at Carlé and former writer of the Carlé Chronicle presented her portfolio on Feb. 7 and with that Brianna Legg was able to graduate and start her new life as a college student at Woodland Community College. Congratulations Brianna we will miss you at Carlé and best of luck.

The winner of this week’s student of week was Nick Phipps. Nick has taken over the duty of writing an article about the goings on at Carlé each week.  He is a voracious reader and deep thinker who truly enjoys this special award.

Nicholas Phipps is a student at Carlé Continuation High School.

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