LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Two cats are waiting for adoption at Lake County Animal Care and Control this week.
The cats are a female named “Misty” and the unnamed male orange tabby.
In addition to spaying or neutering, cats that are adopted from Lake County Animal Care and Control are microchipped before being released to their new owner. License fees do not apply to residents of the cities of Lakeport or Clearlake.
If you're looking for a new companion, visit the shelter. There are many great pets there, hoping you'll choose them.
In addition to the animals featured here, all adoptable animals in Lake County can be seen here: http://bit.ly/Z6xHMb .
The following cats at the Lake County Animal Care and Control shelter have been cleared for adoption (other cats pictured on the animal control Web site that are not listed here are still “on hold”).
Domestic medium hair mix
This male domestic medium hair mix cat has an orange tabby coat with white markings.
He's in cat room kennel No. 20, ID No. 4773.
'Misty'
“Misty” is an adult female domestic short hair mix with a gray and white coat.
Lake County Animal Care and Control is located at 4949 Helbush in Lakeport, next to the Hill Road Correctional Facility.
Office hours are Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday. The shelter is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
For more information call Lake County Animal Care and Control at 707-263-0278.
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HIDDEN VALLEY LAKE, Calif. – The Hidden Valley Lake Men's Niners golf club held a stroke play tournament on the back nine at HVL Golf Course on April 28.
The results were as follows:
– First flight winners: first place, Dennis Bero, net 29; second place, Scott McAllister, 31; third place, Fred Figg, 32.
– Second flight: first place, Paul Peterson, 32; second place, Mike Higman, 33; third place, Bill Surber, 35.
– Third flight: first place, Carl Dennis, 31; second place, Ed Brooks, 34; third place, Doug Carter, 36.
Dennis Bero and Fred Figg were closest to the par three pins. Jim Dovark and Joe Vallee had chip-ins.
LOWER LAKE, Calif. – The Anderson Marsh Interpretive Association's annual membership meeting and open house will take place on Wednesday, May 11.
The event will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. at Anderson Marsh State Historic Park, located on Highway 53, between Lower Lake and Clearlake.
Join AMIA members in the historic ranch house for an evening of information, refreshments and entertainment.
The program will include music, introduction of AMIA’s 2016 officers and board members, a presentation explaining the special projects AMIA is planning for the next year and AMIA’s 2016 Volunteer of the Year Awards.
AMIA Board members will be available to answer questions about the ranch house and what is happening in the park.
This event is open to the public, so please bring your friends to join in the fun.
For information about the event, contact AMIA at 707-995-2658 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Early each spring, Nebraska hosts, along a section of the Platte River, several hundred thousand sandhill cranes. It's something I wish everyone could see.
Don Welch, one of the state's finest poets, lives under the flyway, and here's his take on the migration.
His most recent book is “Gnomes” (Stephen F. Austin State Univ. Press, 2013).
With Spring In Our Flesh
With spring in our flesh the cranes come back, funneling into a north cold and black.
And we go out to them, go out into the town, welcoming them with shouts, asking them down.
The winter flies away when the cranes cross. It falls into the north, homeward and lost.
Let no one call it back when the cranes fly, silver birds, red-capped, down the long sky.
LOWER LAKE, Calif. – The Lake County Democratic Central Committee will hold its regular monthly business meeting on Thursday, May 5.
The meeting will take place beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Lower Lake United Methodist Church Social Hall, 16255 Second St. Map link: https://goo.gl/maps/v6yp62whsBy .
The agenda for the meeting includes reports from representatives for Congressmen Mike Thompson and John Garamendi, Assemblyman Bill Dodd and state Sen. Mike McGuire, as well as reports from the representative of the Lake County Democratic Club.
Meetings are open to the public and committee membership is open to all registered Democrats.
The Lake County Democratic Central Committee is the official governing body for the Democratic Party in Lake County.
Contact the Democratic Party of Lake County at 707-533-4885 or by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
HIDDEN VALLEY LAKE, Calif. – Supervisorial Candidate Voris Brumfield will kick off a series of districtwide “Coffee N Chats” on Tuesday, May 3, at Mountain High Coffee & Books in Hidden Valley Lake on Hartmann Road from 7:30 to 9 a.m.
“Meeting throughout District 1 on a weekly basis to speak with constituents is an important communication tool,” Brumfield stated.
The schedule of events is as follows:
Hidden Valley Lake
– Tuesday, May 3, 7:30 to 9 a.m., Mountain High Coffee & Books, 18983 Hartman Road Hidden Valley.
– Monday, May 9, noon to 1:30 p.m., Mountain High Coffee & Books.
– Friday, May 13, 7:30 to 9 a.m., Mountain High Coffee & Books.
Middletown
– Friday, May 6, 7:30 to 9 a.m., Cowpoke Cafe, 21118 Calistoga Road.
– Tuesday, May 10, 7:30 to 9 a.m., Cowpoke Cafe.
– Wednesday, May 18, 7:30 to 9 a.m., Cowpoke Cafe.
Lower Lake
– Tuesday, May 10, 10 a.m. to noon, Lower Lake Coffee Co., 16187 Main St.
– Monday, May 16, 10 a.m. to noon, Lower Lake Coffee Co.
– Monday, May 23, 10 a.m. to noon, Lower Lake Coffee Co.
Everyone is encouraged to bring questions or issues and join Brumfield for coffee and conversation about the community.
For those who are available in the evenings, Brumfield will host a gathering at Hidden Valley Lake's Greenview Room at 19210 Hartmann Road from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, May 7.
If your schedule does not coincide with any of the districtwide “chats,” please email or text your questions and or comments to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 707-355-4401.
LAKEPORT, Calif. – Hundreds of people attended a Saturday memorial service that honored the life of a Lake County Sheriff's deputy.
The hour-and-a-half-long service for Deputy Jacob Steely at Don Owens Stadium in Lakeport drew law enforcement and fire agencies from around Northern California.
Steely, a husband and father of five, was in law enforcement for nine years, beginning with the Lakeport Police Department and joining the Lake County Sheriff's Office in early 2010, according to local officials.
On April 18, just eight days after his 39th birthday, Steely was with his family at Mendocino Headlands State Park when, for reasons that are still not entirely clear, he and his 11-year-old son went into the ocean.
Accounts of the incident indicated he was trying to save his son when he was mortally injured – possibly by waves that caused him to hit the rocks. He would be taken to Enloe Hospital in Chico, where he died April 21.
At the noon service, a law enforcement procession of California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers and Lake County Sheriff's Office personnel escorted a limousine with Steely's wife, Lynda, and their children to the field.
After them came a horse-drawn hearse that bore the urn with Steely's cremains, which was placed on a table before the stage, with a bagpiper playing at the beginning of the ceremony.
On Saturday, the emphasis was on his service to the community and his love for people – not just the family, friends and colleagues that were key to his life, but also for the people he encountered in the course of his challenging daily work.
Steely's friend and colleague, Gary Frace, read a poem that he said Steely shared with him, and explained that Steely was his pal and part of his tribe.
Next, Sheriff Brian Martin came to the podium. He thanked Steely's family for allowing him to serve this community. “Having a law enforcement officer in the family is no easy task,” he said, voicing his gratitude for both Steely's service and his family's support.
Martin said the Lake County law enforcement community is a closely knit one, with police officers and deputies often working closely together on the streets.
It was while Martin was a new sergeant that he first met Steely, who physically was a powerful and towering figure. “My first thought when I saw him was, 'I'm really glad that guy is on our side,'” a sentiment that would evolve into, “I'm really proud that guy is on our side.”
Martin said Steely also was a compassionate and kind-hearted person, who treated everyone with respect, even when they weren't respectful of him. He often took time to counsel people who, Martin said, had never had a person in a position of authority take the time to address them as a human being.
Steely was a loving and involved father and a devoted husband who had a true partnership with his wife, Martin said.
“He was the guy who many of us tried to emulate,” and also was a person who would encourage others when they were down, said Martin.
Steely's longtime friend Tim Wynacht was the main speaker during the service, discussing both serious and comical recollections of his friend, as well as the toll his death has taken on his family and the local law enforcement community.
Wynacht recalled Steely's struggles to deal with hurt and lack of hope in the face of the problems he faced during his job. “Everything that's broken is your life,” Wynacht said, summing up the stresses of the profession.
However, he said Steely had attended a seminar that helped him restore his hope and enthusiasm, and at that time he wrote his own obituary, which Lake County published this past week.
In the obituary, Steely wrote that he “lived a life worth living,” found purpose with his wife and children, and “embraced life without grudges or resentment.”
Wynacht urged those who knew and loved Steely to not struggle with the question of why he only had 39 years, but to reframe it, and instead view him as a “39-year gift.”
As the ceremony concluded, there was a three-rifle volley and the playing of “Taps,” by the Lake County Military Funeral Honors Team.
There also was a flyover by a helicopter with a long line and harness underneath it that's used for dropping deputies into remote areas for operations, an activity that Steely enjoyed, it was reported.
A Lake County Sheriff's honor guard folded an American flag which was given to Martin, who along with Undersheriff Chris Macedo presented it to Steely's widow.
Helping to make the event possible was assistance from neighboring law enforcement agencies such as the sheriff's offices of Mendocino and Sonoma counties, who sent personnel to cover patrol and dispatch.
Among those helping to cover shifts on Saturday was Mendocino County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Wristen.
Wristen was the first on the scene on the morning of April 18 after the water rescue of Steely and his son was dispatched at Mendocino Headlands State Park. He told Lake County News that he heard the volunteer fire department was dispatched to the area and he responded, too.
When he arrived, a family member of Steely's told Wristen that Steely and his son were in the water. Wristen said he got an inflatable throw stick from his vehicle and ran down to the bluffs to help.
Since Wristen had recently had shoulder surgery, he had one of Steely's sons throw the flotation device, which they were able to get to the boy. Firefighters later pulled Steely himself from the water and lifeflighted him to Chico.
Wristen, whose brother Matthew was a Lake County Sheriff's deputy from 2000 to 2008, said he was glad that he had been there to assist Steely's family. “I wish I could have done more.”
He added of his service on Saturday, “I'm happy to be able to continue to assist.”
A full video of the service can be seen above, with a photo gallery of the event posted below.
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The legend of Snow White, a nineteenth century German fairy tale popularized by the storytellers of folk tales known collectively as the Brothers Grimm, arguably gained the most public attention, at least on this side of the Atlantic, because of a 1937 Disney animated film.
“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” told the compelling story of the beautiful, lonely princess living with her stepmother, a vain and wicked Queen, whose jealousy resulted in the order for her Huntsman to take Snow White into the forest and kill her.
No need to rehash the story in exquisite detail, as we know she survives and finds allies with lovable adult dwarfs named Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy and Dopey. We know the happy ending with the Prince.
“The Huntsman: Winter’s War” reveals no good outcome with a charming Prince kissing the sleeping Snow White. In fact, unlike “Snow White and the Huntsman,” for which the new film is apparently a prequel of sorts, “The Huntsman: Winter’s War” finds that Snow White is referenced without tangible, visible appearance.
The one constant factor for “The Huntsman” and the film that preceded it four years ago is that Chris Hemsworth comfortably fills the role of Eric the Huntsman again and Charlize Theron, dripping with ice in her veins, is still fittingly the evil Queen Ravenna.
New to the scene is Emily Blunt’s Freya, the good (well, relatively speaking) sister of Queen Ravenna who runs afoul of her coldhearted sibling by finding love and happiness with a newborn.
A nasty buzzkill, the Queen turns on her own blood relation for finding the kind of joy and ecstasy that eludes a narcissistic monarch who accepts only one answer to the question of “Who’s the fairest of them all?” posed to the Magic Mirror.
And so it happens that Freya’s baby is murdered in its crib, an unforgivable act that serves to freeze Freya’s heart to love and unleashing in her an icy power she never knew she possessed.
Retreating to a kingdom far to the north, Freya’s newfound callous mission is to abduct the young children of her subjects so as to create an army of unforgiving, pitiless killers impervious to compassion and love.
Queen Freya’s cardinal rule is that no one can fall in love in her ice kingdom, where even indoors the room temperature is never about the freezing level (sounds like “Frozen” but without any musical numbers). Freya can turn anyone into an icicle with the flip of her hand.
Two of the abducted children stand out as daunting warriors, growing up to be Eric the Huntsman and Sara (Jessica Chastain). Though love is forbidden in Freya’s kingdom, the Huntsman and Sara fall in love, and they are both banished, with Sara supposedly killed.
Seven years later, the Huntsman is wandering through forest lands for reasons not readily apparent. At least for the benefit of the audience, he teams up with two dwarves, Nion (Nick Frost) and Gryff (Rob Brydon), who bring much-needed comic relief.
Things improve even more on the road when the Huntsman and his two sidekicks meet up with two female dwarves, Mrs. Bromwyn (Sheridan Smith) and Doreena (Alexandra Roach), whose acerbic banter belies the fact the dwarves have now met their soul-mates.
It’s not really much of a spoiler to tell you that Sara turns up very much alive after all these years, and the question is whether she and the Huntsman can rekindle their romantic chemistry, which quite frankly wasn’t all that obvious in the first place.
As implied so far, there are confusing elements to this fantasy story that make it rather challenging to string the various sub-plots into a coherent whole. Is this story mainly about the rivalry of Ravenna and Freya, or is it focused on the Huntsman and Sara?
One gets the feeling that the absence of Kristen Stewart’s Snow White has scrambled the narrative equation. Still, the pursuit of the Magic Mirror, hidden in the forest and guarded by gorillas, is an essential element.
“The Huntsman” is a confounding exercise in storytelling. Confusion is so rampant that when the malevolent Queen Ravenna returns, slithering around as liquid gold oozes from her apparel, interest in the royal sibling rivalry is a ho-hum affair.
Things could have been far more interesting if Snow White had been in the picture, and the four dwarves that provide the greatness amount of fun and levity in an otherwise gloomy story could have been joined by three more of their kind.
For all its breathtaking visual effects, “The Huntsman: Winter’s War,” which drifts aimlessly, poses a question that can’t be answered by the Magic Mirror: “What’s the target audience for a film that’s a mish-mash of action, revenge, romance and fantasy?”
Tim Riley writes film and television reviews for Lake County News.
CLEARLAKE, Calif. – On April 8, the security officers at St. Helena Hospital Clear Lake were recognized as the AlliedBarton Northwest Region’s 2015 Security Officers of the Year for their service during the Rocky and Valley fires.
St. Helena Hospital Clear Lake partners with AlliedBarton for security services.
The officers were selected for the award from nearly 8,000 AlliedBarton employees across the region.
The AlliedBarton security officers who serve at St. Helena Hospital Clear Lake and the St. Helena Family Health Center-Clearlake are known for service.
From helping patients in and out of their cars to calming those in stress or crisis, the team handles an incredible range of situations with courtesy and compassion each day.
During the fires of 2015 – some of which came close to threatening the hospital – the team responded to extra challenges with the same dedication and service.
“AlliedBarton is incredibly proud of these officers, who demonstrated great leadership and courage during each event,” said Eric Casner, account manager for AlliedBarton. “During the Rocky fire, they worked tirelessly to make sure the patients, visitors, staff and facility were safe from danger.”
Casner and Kelly Murcray, AlliedBarton Northwest Region vice president of operations, presented the awards to site supervisor Tiffany Piehler and officers Arsen Barbeau, Matthew Holt, Cyril Romberg, Michael Russell and William Stiles.
Daniel Dudley, site supervisor at St. Helena Hospital Behavioral Health in Vallejo, and Mario Mojica, a security officer at Alta Bates Medical Center, also received the award.
Dudley and Mojica offered pivotal assistance during the Rocky fire by coming to relieve the Clearlake officers who were working 12-hour shifts with three officers on duty and sleeping at the hospital so all shifts could be covered.
The Rocky fire came within miles of St. Helena Hospital Clear Lake, which was inside the advisory evacuation zone.
Even so, the hospital stayed open and the AlliedBarton security team made sure the hospital operations went on safely while frequently braving the dark, smoky air to prevent spot fires and monitor smoking debris blown on to hospital grounds by the flames.
“We see these men and women as ‘first impression officers’ – the entire hospital campus is their office,” shared David Santos, president and chief executive officer of St. Helena Hospital Clear Lake. “We are incredibly thankful for this team, and are proud that they have received this much deserved recognition.”
Thelma Dangel, a longtime resident of Soda Bay in Lake County, Calif., passed away on April 13, 2016, due to natural causes.
She left us in comfort and peace just shy of her 91st birthday.
Thelma was born to Norwegian immigrants John and Clara Johnsen and raised in Oakland, Calif., graduating from Fremont High School in the class of 1942.
Soon after, she met Bob, the love of her life, through a Nordic folk dancing group and they were married in 1943.
After Bob returned from the War in the Pacific, they settled in the Oakland hills and raised their two children, Gene and Jackie.
Bob joined the Oakland Fire Department in 1947 and not long after Thelma became a charter member in the Oakland Fireman’s Wives Club, the purpose of which was to provide charitable support to the less fortunate in times of disaster. She would serve as the group’s secretary and president which likely started her on a lifelong path of community service. Thelma also volunteered in the Oakland Camp Fire Girl’s Council and was president in 1959.
Norwegian heritage would become a central part of Thelma’s being. Her mother Clara was an early member of the Daughters of Norway, joining in 1914 and Thelma in 1945.
Both mother and daughter were members of Gjoa Lodge 18 in Oakland, dedicating decades of service to the organization. Thelma was a trustee, secretary and past president from 1957 to 1958 of the lodge. She attended every DofN convention and served as secretary, vice president from 1964 to 65, and was elected to the honor of Grand Lodge President, serving from 1966 to 67.
After Gjoa 18 was disbanded in 1996 she joined Crown Princess Martha Lodge. Thelma initiated her granddaughter Cari into the Daughters of Norway, which continues the tradition as a member of Aase Lodge 33.
Summer vacations spent boating at Larsen’s Resort in Soda Bay in the early 1950s resulted in the acquisition of a nearby lot a few years later. This purchase would be the beginning of many years of water skiing, sailing and family fun.
When Bob retired from the Oakland Fire Department in 1973, the old summer shanty was torn down and a new home was built where they both enjoyed many happy years of retirement.
It did not take long for Thelma to immerse herself in the community, giving countless hours of service for charitable and social groups.
She volunteered for the Kelseyville, Lakeport and Clearlake senior centers. She was co-chair for several years of the wine and food events at the fairgrounds. Known for her culinary talents she placed scores of entries in the Lake County Fair, earning mostly blue ribbons. She was involved with the Chamber of Commerce, concentrating her efforts on what was best for the community's common good.
Bob and Thelma joined the Lakeport Yacht Club and were very active members, both being past commodores. The LYC led to participation in the US Coast Guard Auxiliary and supporting the Sea Scouts. She was very involved in the Lake County Historical Society and a volunteer docent at the State Park.
Her cake decorating skills produced wedding cakes second to none that eventually led to her teaching classes on the subject. Thelma took up painting and her artistic talents were expressed in beautiful works of traditional Norwegian Rosmaling.
Many locals refer to her as the “Mayor” of Soda Bay for her many years on the Soda Bay Homeowners Association Board as secretary, treasurer and president.
The Trowel and Trellis Garden Club, the Buckingham Ladies golf group, Red Hats Society, and helping out at the Gleaners were just a few more of the activities that occupied her days.
In 2007, for recognition of her dedication to community growth and development, Thelma was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Stars of Lake County Community Awards Celebration.
In 2005 Thelma became a charter member of the Sons of Norway Vikings of the Lake Lodge 6-166. The lodge met at the Galilee Lutheran Church and the congregation became a big part of her life after being predeceased by her husband Bob in 2001.
The family wishes to thank her caregivers, neighbors, and others for the loving support and rides so she could remain in contact with the many organizations and friends she so dearly loved.
For the past several years Thelma resided in Walnut Creek to be near her family. Being able to see her two little great-granddaughters, Hannah and Emma, made her very happy. She appreciated the cards, letters, and bits of news from her friends in Lake County and always looked forward to receiving mail.
Thelma is survived by her son, Gene [Sue]; daughter, Jackie [John]; grandson, Shawn; granddaughter, Cari [Andrew]; and great-granddaughters, Hannah and Emma.
A celebration of life will be held at the Galilee Lutheran Church, 8860 Soda Bay Road in Kelseyville, on June 12 at 1 p.m.
If you never had the pleasure of meeting her in person, perhaps you encountered her along the stretch of Soda Bay Road between Gaddy Lane and Soda Bay wearing an orange vest … she was Thelma, of “Thelma and Louise,” making it a better place.
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – A lecture by U.S. Department of Forestry Service archaeologist Barbara White at the Feb. 26, 2012, Lake County Historical Society’s meeting revealed some interesting facts about the Yuki Indian tribe of Lake County.
The Yuki language is thought to be the oldest in California. Archaeologists working in northern Lake County on the CA LAK 104 site north of Lake Pillsbury have documented house pits, chert flakes and a midden site.
They have unearthed many other historically relevant tools and discoveries such as a hearthstone, handstones, petroglyphs and various obsidian arrowheads.
The Yuki name is derived from “yuke,” meaning “enemy” or “stranger” in the Wintu language.
According to the Handbook of North American Indians, in 1850 the Yuki territory comprised areas of the Coast Range Mountains in Northwest California, and the upper Eel River, but there were more than six subdivisions throughout Round Valley, extending to the coast (Coast Yuki).
It was traditional for both men and women to participate in social dances. During those times they wore feather capes, dance skirts of deerskin, and feather headdresses.
These artful adornments were sometimes comprised of flicker quill headbands and an eagle down-filled head net. A belt was worn which was made of woven hemp and clamshell beads. They danced to the sounds of split-stick rattles, songs and log drums.
One special ceremony was the girl's adolescence ceremony. After a girl reached puberty she was kept in seclusion for a month, then, after the seclusion a village feast was held.
Other ceremonies included one for both boys and girls called the “obsidian school,” which was a type of puberty rite.
Throughout day-to-day life Yuki men wore deerskin wraps around their hips, or went naked. In winter, deerskin capes were worn. Women’s attire included a leather apron. Tattooing was common, as were bone adornments for earlobes and the nasal septum.
Tools and equipment used by the Yukis included stone mauls, mortar and pestle, various basketry, scrapers, fishing spears and fire drills. Also used were spoons of mussel shells, elkhorn wedges, hemp nets, bow and arrows with flint points.
The Yuki diet was varied and abundant, with staples such as salmon, acorns and deer. Like the other Lake County American Indian tribes, theirs was a hunter-gatherer society and included nuts, tubers, berries, seeds, mushrooms, bird eggs and honey. Sometimes grasshoppers and other insect larvae were consumed.
Part of their belief system included the principle that when an animal was hunted and taken, then another animal would replace that one. At the time of a young hunter's first kill it was taboo for him to partake of the hunt.
It was common for male hunters to hunt alone, and to use a snare or bow and arrow. Then, a deer-head was worn to aid in the hunt.
Prior to a hunt it was common practice to spend time in the sweat house and fast. A ceremony was held each year to their creator, Taikomol, or, “he who walks alone,” to appease Taikomol so they may be blessed with an abundance of acorns and other foodstuffs during that particular year.
The Yuki’s home-sites were constructed in villages of up to 150 members, led by a local chief, or leader. This leader was elected primarily to keep order in the community, however, there was a distinctive, individual war chief.
Their homes were cone-shaped, constructed of bark and poles, and were circular and cone in shape. They were approximately 10 feet in diameter and slightly submerged. It was traditional to contain a fire-pit in the center of the abode.
The Yukis usually constructed a summer dwelling out of brush, and also a dance or sweat-house. In Yuki communities, as most Native American communities, trees, creeks and lands were communally owned.
Individuals could own tools or equipment, however, and men traditionally owned tools and items related to hunting and fishing. Women possessed items related to the household.
Other homes of note were the summer brush-huts and the dance-house. The dance house had a dual purpose, and was used as a sweat-lodge as well. These structures were built in the manner of the bark homes, but larger.
Kathleen Scavone, M.A., is an educator, potter, writer and author of “Anderson Marsh State Historic Park: A Walking History, Prehistory, Flora, and Fauna Tour of a California State Park” and “Native Americans of Lake County.” She also writes for NASA and JPL as one of their “Solar System Ambassadors.” She was selected “Lake County Teacher of the Year, 1998-99” by the Lake County Office of Education, and chosen as one of 10 state finalists the same year by the California Department of Education.