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This exciting and challenging event is called the “Amazing Race.” If you're familiar with the TV show, it's a challenge race, but instead of traveling around the world and winning a million dollar prize, this race will have 13 teams of four travel to many Northern California Counties participating in fun challenges. One leg of the race is being held right here in Lake County.
The Girl Scout version of the Amazing Race has been run for several years now, but mostly in Sonoma County.
This year, the program team from Girl Scouts of Northern California is trying to highlight other areas, especially Lake County. Girls and adults from the Bay Area and other areas of Northern California will come to Lake County and experience this wonderful area.
One day during the three-day weekend, teams will participate in challenges at the fairgrounds, Yoxagoi Orchard, Clear Lake State Park and Darling's Vitamin Connection.
If you're out and about this weekend, look for the Girl Scouts competing in challenges and wish them good luck!
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TV8 could become critical in managing an emergency. Not only is visual media more effective for conveying certain types of information but some disasters that might affect our local radio broadcasters on the west shore of Clear Lake may not disable a cable operation on the south end of the lake. It's good to have options.
As many of you know, TV8 is located in a secure and convenient location inside the Clearlake City Hall building which also houses the police department. People would be shocked if this valuable public resource were not fully utilized in a life threatening emergency.
There are several ways agencies responding to an emergency can use TV8. The county has their connecting equipment in the Board of Supervisors chamber (They have the ability to override our signal remotely with just a phone call and begin broadcasting live). But their normal operator lives in Ukiah and others who can operate the equipment are not in emergency services.
The easiest way to go live directly is to relay as much information as possible to the Clearlake Police Department and let them be the on camera spokesperson. At this time, no one has been designated from Clearlake to receive the brief instructions necessary to go live unassisted.
In all parts of the county, emergency managers can use TV8's Web Nexus interface to broadcast their emergency messages via the Internet on TV8. They would need to contact TV8's volunteer station manager, Allen Markowski, to get a user name, password, and again, some brief instructions. This is not to be confused with our old standby of sending submissions to the scrolling bulletin board through TV8's Web site.
Although authorities may feel more comfortable using other notification procedures, they may not be operational when they are needed most or they might not reach all residents who need and expect timely warnings and instructions.
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The senior center serves breakfast from 9 a.m. until noon.
Valerie Duncan, an incumbent, and Claudine Pedroncelli, candidates for the Upper Lake High School Board, and Matt Barnes, candidate for Upper Lake Elementary School, will talk about their campaigns.
There are three seats to be elected on both the high school board and the elementary school board. The election is Tuesday, Nov. 4.
The public is invited. Membership in the Lake County Democratic Club is open to registered members of the Democratic Party.
The senior center is located at 3985 Country Club Drive (corner of 10th and Country Club) in Lucerne.
For more information contact the Lake County Democratic Club at 707-277-0713 or via e-mail at
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CLEARLAKE – On a warm Saturday in August 2009, with smiles and tears of joy, Habitat for Humanity, Lake County celebrated the completion of the organization’s 13th new home.
The new homeowner, Kim Eggers and her two sons, along with family, many volunteers and others from the community, joined together to bless the new home.
For Eggers, the journey of completing the application process, helping others build their homes and then putting her own labor into building her home (sweat equity), all culminated with the completion of her home.
The theme of the dedication was the concept of “pass it on”, whereby a receiver of a good deed will pass on a good deed to others who are in need.
The United Methodist Church of Clearlake’s music ensemble lead all the attendees in an inspiring rendition of the song “Pass It On,” made popular by Willie Nelson.
Pastor Karl Parker conducted the blessing of the home and stressed the biblical importance that to have a full life it is imperative for all to give a helping hand to one another.
The ceremony ended with the surprise arrival of the Grocery Outlet’s team carrying gifts of food and households items. It was a sight to be seen.
The mission of Habitat for Humanity, Lake County is the elimination of substandard living conditions in our community.
Only through the efforts of individual volunteers, business support and donors has it been possible to provide affordable homes for low-income families from the community.
If you are interested in helping, call the Habitat office at 707-994-1100 or via email at