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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – The Postal Service is reminding its customers that Post Offices nationwide will be open Christmas Eve, Tuesday, Dec. 24, and New Year’s Eve, Tuesday, Dec. 31.
However, most Post Offices will shorten retail lobby hours and close at noon on these dates.
Regular mail delivery will be unaffected by the change.
Revised hours will be posted at each Post Office and commercial customers are asked to check with their business mail entry units for specific information regarding holiday hours of operation.
Blue collection boxes having final collection times before 12 p.m. will not be affected by these changes. However, collection boxes with final collection times scheduled after that may be collected early.
Therefore, mail should be deposited into these mailboxes by 12 p.m. for early pickup Dec. 24 and Dec. 31.
Customers requiring postal services later on those days are encouraged to contact their local Post Office. Customers also may call 1.800.ASK.USPS for additional information.
Post Offices will be closed Dec. 25 and Jan. 1. Only Priority Mail Express will be delivered on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
All Post Offices will be open and regular mail delivery will resume Dec. 26 and Jan. 2.
The Postal Service is also reminding customers that if they are planning to ship or mail any holiday items that the deadlines for doing so are rapidly approaching.
The key shipping dates for Dec. 25 arrival are:
- Dec. 20 – First-Class Mail (mail with stamps such as holiday cards);
- Dec. 21 – Priority Mail;
- Dec. 23 – Priority Mail Express.
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Soap Shack Baby celebrated the opening of its new store at 925 N. Main Street in Lakeport with a ribbon cutting on Tuesday, Dec. 17.
The business, which opened earlier this year, offers locally made soaps, lip balms and gift sets.
Visit the store's Web site at http://www.thesoapshackbaby.com/ , where products also can be purchased, and keep up with the latest news at the store's Web site, https://www.facebook.com/SoapShackBaby?ref=br_tf .
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – MPIC Inc., the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Program provider for Lake County and Manager of WorkforceLake Business and Career, has received a special grant targeted to help laid off workers from the highest impacted industries in Lake County.
Services provided may include assistance with the cost of training including tuition and books, paid on-the-job training, relocation assistance, interview and work clothes.
MPIC has been serving laid-off workers with the training assistance they need to become re-employed for more than 20 years in Lake and Mendocino counties.
WorkforceLake Business and Career Centers offer computers, printers, fax machines, copiers, employment related workshops and seminars, and one-on-one employment and training assistance to help people get back to work.
You may be eligible for valuable services if you have been laid off from the following industries: agriculture, retail, manufacturing, restaurants, health care, wineries, pharmaceutical and education.
Take action for your future today. Drop in or call WorkforceLake Business and Career Centers in Clearlake or Lakeport.
They are located at 14092 Lakeshore Drive in Clearlake, telephone 707-994-9004; 55 First St. in Lakeport, 707-263-0630.
Ask to attend an orientation for the special laid-off workers and see how MPIC can help.
Employers wishing to hire one of these workers can also contact MPIC to find out what hiring incentives are available.
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SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Food and Agriculture's Fertilizer Research and Education Program (FREP) is currently accepting concept proposals for the 2014 grant cycle.
FREP's competitive grant program funds research that advances the environmentally safe and agronomically sound use of fertilizing materials.
The 2014 request for proposals (RFP) is consistent with several new initiatives put forth by the department to help effectively manage nitrogen fertilizers in agriculture.
New this year is a call for research projects to fill gaps in nitrogen management information for specific crops grown in the San Joaquin Valley, including corn, pima cotton, processing tomatoes, walnuts, and citrus.
In addition, FREP is encouraging the development and submission of concepts that demonstrate experimental research trial data (e.g., prior FREP research findings) at the field scale in organic and conventional fertilizers.
Other priority research areas are to evaluate strategies and potential technologies to increase crop nitrogen fertilizer uptake; reduce nitrogen movement off irrigated agricultural lands, including nitrate movement below the root zone; and minimize nitrous oxide emissions from nitrogen fertilizers.
Additionally, as in previous years, FREP seeks concepts on developing Best Management Practices (BMPs) along with proposals to provide education and outreach opportunities on effectively and efficiently managing fertilizing materials.
Applicants are invited to submit two-page concept proposals to FREP by Wednesday, January 15, 2014. Concepts submitted should be in line with at least one of the program's identified priority research areas.
Further information on the 2014 FREP request for concept proposals including timelines, application criteria, priority research areas, and examples of successful proposals are available at http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/is/ffldrs/frep/CompetitiveGrantProgram.html .
All concept proposals will be reviewed by FREP's Technical Advisory Subcommittee. Promising concept proposals that support at least one of the listed priority research areas will be invited for development into full project proposals.
Applicants may also send e-mail inquiries to
Since 1990, the Fertilizer Research and Education Program has funded more than 160 research projects focusing on California's important and environmentally sensitive cropping systems.
A database of completed and ongoing research is publicly available at http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/is/ffldrs/frep.html .
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