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The community food assessment will act as the data source to be used in the creation of a local food guide, act as a resource for organizations throughout the county, and identify gaps in Lake County’s local food system.
The major goals of the RFP include:
Mapping existing food resources within the county;
Compiling data on farm, farm stand, and market gardens including their location, crops in production, where crops are sold, and crop volume;
Compiling data on retail food outlets including restaurants, grocery stores, schools, hospitals, senior centers, etc.;
In the event of supply disruption, how long the food supply on shelves would last;
Identifying all locations that produce, sell, serve, and process food, and;
Prepare a final report with recommendations and make presentation to the Lake County Board of Supervisors.
The Health Leadership Network (HLN) was established to develop a network of public and private entities to improve the health of people in Lake County through healthy eating and active living and is funded primarily through a grant from the California Endowment.
Partners in the HLN include Sutter Lakeside Hospital (which also is the fiscal recipient for the HLN), St. Helena Hospital Clearlake, Lakeside Health Center (Mendocino Community Health Clinics), Lake County Department of Health Services, Lake County Department of Social Services, Lake County
Marketing and Economic Development Program, Lake County Office of Education (Healthy Start), Lake County Tribal Health Consortium Inc., Lake Family Resource Center, First Five Lake County and Easter Seals of Northern California.
In addition to providing funding for the completion of a community food assessment, the HLN began a farm-to-school/institution project, is developing a logo to denote participation in the local food movement, has introduced CATCH (Coordinated Approach to Child Health), a research-based best practice program designed to prevent obesity among school children in after-school and elementary schools in Lake County, as well as working with a stakeholder group to find a way to utilize local
health data for the benefit of all health care providers.
The RFP was released on the county of Lake website on June 17 and requires all potential proposers to register online. The RFP closes on July 15.
To register, and for more information, visit www.co.lake.ca.us/Business/WithCounty/RFP.htm .
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The Lake County Amateur Radio Society will operate from Vista Point near Lakeport, starting about 11 a.m. Saturday, June 27. The Chicken Net group will go on the air from Navy Camp at Lake Pillsbury about the same time.
Both groups invite the public to come and see ham radio's new capabilities and learn how to get their own FCC radio license before the next disaster strikes.
It was just a year ago devastating lightning-caused fires struck Lake and other nearby counties. Amateur radio operators provided assistance to public agencies with communication needs. When trouble is brewing, ham radio people are often the first to provide critical information and communications.
This weekend the public will have a chance to meet and talk with Lake County ham radio operators and see for themselves what the Amateur Radio Service is all about.
Showing the newest digital and satellite capabilities, voice communication and even historical Morse Code, Lake County hams will join thousands of others across the country holding public demonstrations of emergency communications abilities.
The 24-hour event, called Field Day, is the climax of week long "Amateur Radio Week" sponsored by the ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio. Using only emergency power supplies, ham operators can quickly set up their emergency radio networks for emergency response agencies, all for free.
Their slogan, "When all else fails, Amateur Radio works!" is more than just words to the hams as they prove they can send messages in many forms without the use of phone systems, the Internet or any other infrastructure that can be compromised in a crisis. More than 40,000 Amateur Radio operators across the country participated in last year's event.
To learn more about Amateur Radio, go to www.emergency-radio.org . Come and see for yourself why this is not your grandfather's radio anymore.
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The meeting will be held at the Redbud Library Conference Room, 14785 Burns Valley Road, Clearlake.
There will be a special buffet at 6:30 p.m. to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising of 1969.
The Stonewall Club will appear in the parade for the second year. Group membership is open to all LGBT Democrats and their friends and allies.
For more information call Bill Berkey at 707-995-3905.
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Habitat for Humanity is looking for prospective homeowners.
To learn all about this opportunity for you and your family join them at their monthly application workshop.
Application workshops are held every month; the upcoming workshops are scheduled for 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, June 25, and Thursday, July 30, at the Habitat for Humanity office, 16285 A. Main St., Lower Lake.
Please call ahead of time so they may have enough of the necessary supplies ready at hand for your convenience.
Come and learn more about Habitat — find out about plans for the future and how you might be able to own your home.
For more information contact Habitat for Humanity at telephone 707-994-1100, online at www.lakehabitat.org or e-mail