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Harley Hippie’s Coffee Shop & Internet Café will celebrate its grand opening from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. this Sunday, Aug. 1, with pulled pork sandwiches and live music.
The café is located at 6260 E. Highway 20, Lucerne.
Offerings include coffee, ice coffee, espresso, homemade pastries, deli sandwiches, Casper hot dogs, Hawaiian shaved ice, fruit smoothies and frappés, ice cream and daily specials.
Senior discounts and Harley Hippie club cards are available.
Expect great food and a great attitude from friendly staff.
“The food is more on the gourmet side and I also have vegetarian sandwiches,” said owner Jeanne Bower, who first came to Lake County in the 1970s. “This is the home of the Whoopie Pie. What is the Whoopie Pie you ask? Well, you’ll just have to come find out.”
She also will make goodies from the fresh apples and walnuts she has growing from trees on the back patio area.
Wifi is available to all customers.
Bower rides a Harley Davidson – a sportster – hence the name “Harley Hippie’s.” She welcomes fliers of upcoming motorcycle runs and other information, which she will post.
Harley Hippie's is pet friendly.
The café is open from 6:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Call Harley Hippie's at 707-274-0400, e-mail
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WASHINGTON, DC – On Tuesday a coalition of nonprofit and consumer groups sent a letter to Congress expressing concerns about H.R. 5034, the Comprehensive Alcohol Regulatory Effectiveness (CARE), a bill that would give states unprecedented, unwarranted powers to regulate wine in interstate commerce.
The letter to Congress, organized by the D.C.-based Competitive Enterprise Institute and signed by 42 organizations, calls the bill “an affront to consumer freedom.”
“H.R. 5034 undercuts basic constitutional principles to serve a single special interest,” the letter reads. “Should lawmakers proceed with this legislation, consumers, small businesses, and our constitutional system will suffer.”
The letter addresses legislation that would empower states to ignore the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution, as well as a number of other federal laws – including anti-trust laws.
Opponents are concerned that states could then impose a host of protectionist regulations that impede interstate commerce to serve special interests within their states. These regulations could impede direct shipping of wine to consumers, create a patchwork of labeling and product formulation mandates, impose discriminatory tax policies, and more.
The bill is largely supported by wholesalers of beer, wine and spirits who seek to protect the “three-tier system” in which they serve as middlemen between breweries, wineries, and distilleries and retailers.
“Wholesalers fear that if states continue to allow direct-to-consumer sales, they might eventually allow retailers to buy direct as well, reducing wholesaler profits,” explained CEI’s Angela Logomasini. “While wholesalers play an important role in the distribution process,” she notes, “they should have to compete like everyone else for their place in the market rather than gain it by regulatory fiat.”
Consumers have expressed concern via a Facebook group and Web site called Stop HR 5034, www.stophr5034.org/, while all the wine, beer, and spirits producers and importers trade associations have sent letters to the Hill expressing their opposition to the legislation.
“CEI’s coalition letter informs members of Congress that nonprofits and consumer-focused organizations view H.R. 5034 as a serious assault on consumer freedom,” said Logomasini.
The bill is opposed by groups including the Wine Institute, Family Winemakers of California, Napa Valley Vintners, Washington Wine Institute, the American Wine Society and the Brewers Association, among others.
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LAKE COUNTY – Mediacom customers in Lake County gained a 28-percent boost to the Family Cable channels available in high-definition (HD) reception as a result of equipment added to Mediacom’s network last week.
The company added nine more cable networks to the selection of HD channels included automatically as part of Family Cable.
The new HD channels include cable news networks MSNBC HD at channel 854 and Headline News (HLN) HD at channel 868.
Also included in the new additions are Travel HD, Comedy Central HD, Nickelodeon HD and others.
The HD channels are additions to Mediacom’s Family Cable service, available at no added cost to customers equipped for HD television viewing.
In total, 41 HD channels located between 802 and 877 are available as a regular part of HD Family Cable.
Mediacom’s area operations manager, Shawn Swatosh, said that consumer demand for high-definition television continues to grow, and Mediacom’s channel expansion was planned to provide the cable networks where consumers spend most of their viewing hours.
“Just ask any electronics store manager in Lake County, and you’ll hear that consumer demand for HDTV continues to grow,” Swatosh said. “The world of digital TV and high-def are great improvements in television, and our Mediacom commitment is to deliver the most popular channels in HD as an added value to Family Cable. We want to help customers maximize their viewing and get the most from their investment in HD televisions.”
High-definition channels new to Mediacom HD Family Cable, as of July 14 include:
Ch. 854 – MSNBC HD
Ch. 865 – AMC HD
Ch. 866 – Travel Channel HD
Ch. 868 – HLN (Headline News) HD
Ch. 869 – truTV HD
Ch. 870 – Spike HD
Ch. 871 – Comedy Central HD
Ch. 872 – MTV HD
Ch. 877 – Nickelodeon HD
The additions to Family Cable are automatic and there is no added cost for customers equipped for HDTV.
To view the higher-resolution HD channels, Family Cable customers need to use an HD television connected to a Mediacom HD cable box or cable card. Customers who subscribe to premium movie channels also receive those channels in HD. Viewers with basic cable service can see HD versions of eight local broadcast stations between channels 802 and 817. (Basic cable does not include the “expanded” channel line-up of Family Cable.)
Mediacom Communications is the nation’s seventh largest cable television company and one of the leading cable operators focused on serving the smaller cities and towns in the United States. Mediacom Communications offers a wide array of broadband products and services, including traditional video services, digital television, video-on-demand, DVRs, HDTV, high-speed data access and phone service.
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LAKEPORT – Lake One-Stop Inc. at 55 First St. in Lakeport is co-sponsoring a two-employer job fair on Wednesday, July 28, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Those interested in employment should be prepared to interview on-the-spot during the recruiting event.
Adecco is looking to hire approximately 60 hospitality and winery workers for the positions of server, cellar worker and barrel worker for locations in Ukiah, Geyserville and Healdsburg.
Bring a resume, references, two forms of identification and direct deposit information.
Complete an online application prior to the event at www.adeccousa.com.
Wages will range between $10.50 and $12.50 per hour.
A Spanish-speaking consultant will be available. If anyone has questions, please call 925-825-8141.
Westamerica Bank is recruiting for positions at several locations: bank teller and assistant customer service manager in Lakeport, bank teller in Calistoga and an on-call teller that would travel around Lake County as needed. Wages will depend on experience.
Safeway will be there scouting for local employment opportunities and several other employers may also be in attendance.