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- Written by: Lori Peters
Every year we have been able to raise the necessary funds for this fun and worthy event. But those private dollars have dwindled as some sponsors have left and others have supported other programs. Enough money has been raised so far to book Pyro Spectacular Fireworks, the company who provides and sets off the pyrotechnics. But we are still in need of more financial assistance to fully pay for the event.
No contribution is too small.
We cannot do this fireworks event without the assistance from you, the community.
We appreciate all monetary donations, tickets sales and auction items to sell at the Fireworks Fundraiser Dinner held Saturday, June 6.
Contact the Clear Lake Chamber to reserve tickets or to donate at 707-994-3600. The Clear Lake Chamber is open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Thank you in advance for you kind support!
Lori Peters is executive director of the Clear Lake Chamber of Commerce.
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- Written by: Rebecca Dierssen
In contrast, recycling is the breaking down of the used item into raw materials which are used to make new items. By taking useful products and exchanging them, without reprocessing, reuse helps us save time, money, energy and resources.
In broader economic terms, reuse offers quality products to people and organizations with limited means, while generating jobs and business activity that contribute to the economy. This is the definition by Wikipedia the online encyclopedia.
Most of us have been reusing things our entire lives. Who didn’t have some type of hand-me-down when they were a kid? Or maybe we purchased something only to use it for a different purpose years later? Reuse is how thrift shops survive and how many of us in today’s economy are helping to make ends meet.
Today the Internet is an integral part of so many people’s lives and many websites have sprung up helping the reuse cause. If you have something that’s still in decent shape, but no longer needed in your household, consider giving that item to someone else to be able to reuse the product and extend it’s life, therefore keeping it out of the landfill.
Here are some FREE and helpful ways to reuse:
– Donate your item to a needy cause or a friend or neighbor.
– Join www.freecycle.org. This site was set up solely for the reuse cause. You can offer your item to someone and in turn, if you need something request it and see if someone has that item they might consider getting rid of. It worked for me. I have offered a high chair, water skis, even tiki torches and all have been taken. I in turn needed a DVD player and received it from someone. Each county has its own group, but you are free to join any group. Many members of the Lake County freecycle group are also members of Mendocino Couny’s freecycle group.
– Craig's List (www.craigslist.org) is by far one of the most popular Web sites for selling or giving your items away. Started in San Francisco it is one of the most popular English Web sites in the world, with over 40 million US users every month. Craigslist users self-publish more than 40 million new classified ads each month. On Craigslist you have the option of selling, bartering or giving away your items.
– If you have business or building materials you want to get rid of there is a site called www.calmax.org. Calmax is a free online materials exchange service designed to help businesses, organizations, local governments, industry, schools, and individuals find markets for nonhazardous materials that may otherwise be discarded. Anyone can access the site and anyone can post, all for FREE.
– If you have books, CDs or DVDs you can give and you shall receive for FREE at www.paperbackswap.com, www.cdswap.com or www.dvdswap.com.
– Take out an ad in the newspaper. The Record-Bee will post your free ad for one week if you have an item to give away; www.lakeconews.com and the MendoLake Exchange also offer free classified ads.
There are so many places to go to reuse yours or someone else’s goods, however their success is dependent on the community supporting them. All of this brings me to a good point. In today’s economy, who wouldn’t want something for free and who wouldn’t want to give something away to someone really in need. I guess the old adage still stands: “One man’s junk is another man’s treasure!”
One last note: If you have a large item that has used up all of its lives and you are a customer of Lake County Waste Solutions or South Lake Refuse, in the unincorporated areas of Lake County, consider the Bulky Item Program. As a customer you are entitled to two items per year, picked up curbside. Disposal fees still apply for certain appliances. For more information on Reducing, Reusing or Recycling please visit the county’s website at www.recycling.co.lake.ca.us.
Rebecca Dierssen is a public services analyst with the Lake County Public Services Department’s Solid Waste Division. She can be contacted at 707-263-1980.
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- Written by: PatriciaAn Raymundo-Schmidt
I have been concentrating on appreciating my living friends, family and extended family.
We all have died to something inside ourselves and now we are sharing that “passing experience” with those who do not understand why we must change in one form or another.
We are living memorials also. May we appreciate each other in living so we can smile and laugh and hug one other. When it is time to remember those who have left us physically, we know that element of love has not died.
Care for our youth. Love and respect our elders. Remember who serve(d) and protect us.
PatriciaAn Raymundo-Schmidt lives in Lakeport.
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- Written by: Lisa Voyles
The first people to respond were just going about their business, but chose to stop and help me pull all five boys from the van, talk to my husband while he waited to be cut out of the van, and try and keep all of us calm.
Next came a stream of California Highway Patrol and Lake County Sheriff's deputies, paramedics, fire department personnel, the helicopter personnel (who airlifted my 12-year-old), hospital staff at Sutter Lakeside, St. Helena Hospital-Clearlake and UC Davis Medical Center and many more I know I am forgetting.
There wasn't a moment my boys didn't have someone trying to comfort them and see to their injuries. At Sutter, each child was given a special stuffed animal donated by the local Lions Club to keep, which they held for comfort when I was busy with staff or making phone calls and other arrangements and couldn't be with them.
We could never thank you all enough for the things each one of you did to help insure the safety of my family. I feel so very blessed tonight that though we are covered in bruises and bumps and in a cast (my husband Bryan broke his foot), we are all home safe tonight.
How easily we take for granted when we arrive somewhere safe and sound and without injury or incident. We will never forget you Lake County, and UC Davis, for all you have done to help us.
Lisa Voyles, her husband Bryan and their children are from Herald.
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