LAKEPORT, Calif. – Road maintenance in a section of Lakeport is likely to cause delays over the coming week.

The Lakeport Public Works Department said work will be taking place along 11th Street from Highway 29 to North Main Street from Tuesday, April 5, to Wednesday, April 13.

Up to 10-minute delays will be possible as Public Works crews work along the route, the city reported.

The public is asked to use caution when driving through the area.

LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lake County Republican Party will hold a meeting on Tuesday, April 12.

The meeting will be held at Round Table Pizza, 821 11th St. in Lakeport.

There will be social time with no-host food and beverage at 6:30 p.m. and a planning session that starts at 7 p.m.

The group is working to reestablish itself in Lake County.

For more information contact Lake County Chair Dee Cuney at 707-235-2902 or visit the group on Facebook.

LAKEPORT, Calif. – In an effort to attract new members the Sons In Retirement took a hard look at what they can offer.

Here is the schedule for April.

– April 6: The first golf tournament of the year at Arbuckle starting at 9 a.m.
– April 8: Monthly lunch meeting at TNT in Lakeport with District 5 Supervisor Rob Brown reporting on the impact of the Valley fire.
– April 12: A movie night out at the Soper Reese Theater showing “Notorious.”
– April 13: A group bike ride starting at 11 a.m. at Kelseyville Lumber.
– April 20: Golf tournament at Black Rock; tee time is 9 a.m.
– April 23: Bowling tournament in Ukiah.

Little SIR Bob Rumfelt has volunteered to plan and coordinate the new bicycling group but the success of efforts to expand activities and events will depend on other members volunteering to plan and coordinate activities.

Sons In Retirement is a social organization for men of retirement age who are pursuing the goal of enjoying their later years. 

Branch 168 holds a luncheon on the second Friday of each month at the TNT Restaurant in Lakeport. 

If you are already a member and would be willing to help plan and coordinate activities please contact Bob Rumfelt at 707-263-0844.

If you are not a member but would be interested in learning more about Sons In Retirement please feel free to contact Larry Powers, chair of the membership committee, at 707-263-3403 or visit the state Web site at http://sirinc.org/sirhappenings/ .

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – In response to issues voiced by Valley fire survivors surrounding the permitting process and its effects on rebuilding, the Lake County Community Development Department announced that it will be increasing counter hours at the courthouse in Lakeport.

The counter will be open between 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and will remain open through the lunch hour.

The new hours will take effect Monday, April 4.

Over the last few months lines at the Lakeport counter have been long as Valley fire survivors move toward rebuilding homes that were destroyed.

“Given the importance of helping people get back to normal after the fires, we’re going back to a model that was successfully used in the early 2000s when development was booming in Lake County,” said Scott De Leon, interim Director of Community Development.

De Leon added, “We’re keeping the counter open most of the day, and then using that last 1.5 hours to meet as a group and review submissions made during the day.”

He expects that implementing the process of reviewing submissions in a group setting will improve efficiency and the thoroughness of the review.

De Leon also announced the closing of the Middletown satellite permitting office.

“Due to technology and staffing limitations, the center wasn’t working as effectively as it could,” De Leon said. “The intentions to open it were good, but the logistics didn’t pan out. We’ll now be able to utilize those resources to expand the hours at the Lakeport counter.”

Community Development is located on the third floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St. in Lakeport. The phone number is 707-263-2221.

LAKEPORT, Calif. – Children's author Kim Zwemer-Margulis will be talking about her experience with wildfire, helping children get through trauma and her children's wildfire healing book “Shadowchaser of the Siskiyous” on Saturday, April 2, at the Lakeport Library.

Zwemer-Margulis will speak from 10:30 to 11 a.m. at the library, 1425 North High St.

“Shadowchaser of the Siskiyous” follows a small deer family through their first year of life.

A fawn is born in the biologically important Siskiyou Mountains of Southern Oregon. Along with his mother and brother, he experiences danger from predators, play with other fawns, and browsing on forest foods in his first months of life.

Then wildfire strikes the land, and the family seeks safety in a nearby creek.

The story is completed with the deer’s mating cycle, the brothers forming antler nubs, and the passing of winter before they are old enough to leave their mother to be on their own.

The book allows children to explore the effects of wildfire in a third-party manner, aiding them to integrate their own experience with wildfire.

LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lake County Lupoyoma Parlor No. 329 of the Native Daughters of the Golden West will meet Thursday, April 14, for a membership social and organizational meeting.

The group will meet at 5 p.m. for its social time and 6 p.m. for a business meeting at Round Table Pizza, 821 11th St. in Lakeport.

If you were born in California and are over 16 you are a Native Californian eligible for membership in the Native Daughters of the Golden West Organization.

The Native Daughters is a fraternal and patriotic organization founded in 1886 on the principles of:

– Love of home;
– Devotion to the flag;
– Veneration of the pioneers;
– Faith in the existence of God.

All Native Daughters are welcome to attend.

For more information contact Parlor Worthy President Carla Dore, 831-524-5588, or V.P. Dee Cuney, 707-235-2902, and visit the group on Facebook.

For information about Lake County Konocti No. 159 Chapter of the Native Sons of the Golden West contact Tony Braito at 707 245-7663.