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LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lake County First 5 Commission will hold its next regular meeting on Wednesday, May 22.
The meeting will begin at 2:30 p.m. in the Lake County Office of Education’s Kesey Room, 1152 S. Main St. in Lakeport.
Commissioners will hold three public hearings – on the long-range financial plan, approval of the fiscal year 2013-14 annual budget and the First 5 California 2011-12 annual report.
They also will will adoption a resolution proclaiming 2013 as “The Year of the Child.”
Shelly Mascari will present the Lake County Childcare Planning Council Strategic Plan.
During the meeting the commission also will receive committee updates, commissioner reports and the executive director’s report, and take public comment.
For more information contact First 5 Lake County, telephone 707-263-6169 or online at www.firstfivelake.org .
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UKIAH, Calif. – Mendocino College is proud to announce that Donald McMullen, a Mendocino College alumnus, will be the 2013 commencement speaker.
The ceremony will be held on Friday, May 24, at 6 p.m. at Mendocino College, 1000 Hensley Creek Road, Ukiah in the gymnasium.
Mendocino College will honor 260 students with degrees and certificates.
Approximately 170 graduates will participate in the commencement ceremony along with approximately 50 full-time professors, elected board members and college administrators.
McMullen, a Ukiah native, graduated from Ukiah High School in 1993 and Mendocino College in 1996.
He went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in business administration from California State University, Chico, where he graduated cum laude.
McMullen holds a master’s degree in business administration from California State University, Sacramento and a juris doctorate from University of Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, graduating with distinction.
His professional and legal honors include: Law Review co-editor, McGeorge School of Law, Articles and Symposium; Law Review member, McGeorge School of Law; Graduate, University of Salzburg (Austria), International Legal Studies, Fundamental Rights in Europe and the United States, as presented by United States Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy; judicial intern, Third District Court of Appeals, Sacramento, Justice George Nicholson.
He returned home in 2002 and set up his legal practice as an associate at the Law Office of Duncan James.
An active member of the community, McMullen belongs to the Ukiah Men’s Golf Club, Ukiah Host Lion’s Club, he is a former board member on the Ukiah Valley Cultural and Recreational Center (Alex Rorabaugh Center), Member of Mendocino County Search and Rescue Team, and a Director on the Mendocino College Foundation Board.
In his spare time, McMullen and wife Kerry are busy raising two young daughters, Abby, age 3, and Presley, 10 months.
A reception for graduates, family and friends will immediately follow the graduation ceremony.
For more information about graduation at Mendocino College, please contact Admissions and Records at 707-468-3103.
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HIDDEN VALLEY LAKE, Calif. – A fundraiser event for Lake County International Charter School that was set to take place later this week has been rescheduled.
The “Live and Give” fundraiser has been moved to Saturday, Oct. 5, organizers reported.
The rescheduling was necessary because construction is planned at the Hidden Valley Community Center.
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CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Lake County Office of Education’s Career Technical Education Department has opened a computer lab at the Clearlake Community School on Old Highway 53 in Clearlake.
This department will allow high school students and adults to access the lab to learn a variety of programs and tools such as Microsoft Office, Windows 8, iPads, computer basics, Facebook as well as take practice exams for the GED, SAT and more.
These programs are available for students to work independently when the lab is open. Headphones will be provided or personal headphones may be brought into the program.
A classroom teacher is available as needed for individual assistance when group instruction is not occurring. Whole group instructional classes will become available in the months to come. At the end of each course students will perform an assessment before receiving a certificate of completion.
The lab is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Wednesdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and occasional Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The cost of the lab is $25 per month, due on the first of each month. The month of May is free with the purchase of June.
Visit http://www.lakecoe.org/programs/rop_in_lake_county for current dates, times and closures.
The CTE Department is also in the process of bringing back the Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) Program.
Pending state approval, the course will begin in July/August at the Clearlake campus on Monday and Wednesday evenings, 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., and Saturdays, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Clinical hours will occur at Meadowood Nursing Center.
The cost of the program is $1,700 and includes textbook, workbook, stethoscope, blood pressure cuff, thermometer, gait belt, drug testing, fingerprinting, background check and state exam fee.
Space is limited to 15 students and will be accepted on a first come basis. Applications will be available once approval is received from the state department. We hope to offer additional medical courses in the future including medical assistant, home health aide and phlebotomy.
For more information on either of these programs you may call the Clearlake Community School at 995-9523, visit http://www.lakecoe.org/programs/rop_in_lake_county or email Tammy Serpa at