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Clear Lake Trowel and Trellis Garden Club has offered scholarships for the past 17 years. Preference will be given to those majoring in botany, conservation, horticulture or related fields.
Applications are available from the senior counselors. The deadline for returning the application is May 15, 2009.
CLTTGC is a member of the Mendo-Lake District; California Garden Club Inc; Pacific Region, and National Garden Club Inc.
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Bronco Chip Bingo is a game that pits your luck against the gastronomic actions of a horse. Each land parcel "deed" (ticket) represents a square on the bingo playing field.
The playing field will be laid out in an equestrian arena with a maximum of 1,000 parcels. Each number will be randomly assigned to a specific parcel on the bingo playing field before the horse is released. When “nature calls” the horse will do its duty. Wherever the chip falls determines the winner. If the horse drops its “chip” on your parcel you win 20 percent of the ticket sales up to $1,000.
Bingo “deeds” (tickets) are available for $10. Each “deed” comes with generous dining coupons from Gracias Taqueria, Mount St. Helena Brewing Co., Subway (HVL) and Ting’s Thai Kitchen. Tickets can be purchased at any of the restaurants mentioned above, at Middletown Middle School or by sending a check to MMS PTSO at 20932 Big Canyon Rd., Middletown, CA 95461.
Bronco Chip Bingo will be played on May 30 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. during the grand opening event at the Wiloth Equine Therapy & Riding Center on Highway 29 at Butts Canyon Road in Middletown.
The bingo game ends at 5 p.m. or after the horse drops a “chip.” Come join us for a day of fun with horse rides, barbecue, Astro Event jumpies, petting zoo, games, face painting, vendor booths and of course Bronco Chip Bingo.
Please call 707-987-9756 for further information.
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All four of the Lake County Library branches will participate in the Summer Reading Program.
Lakeport Library will launch the Summer Reading Program on Saturday, June 13, with a “Super Saturday Sign-up.”
Barbara Green will organize a number of activities from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for that day, including several crafts projects. If you like, bring a T-shirt to color with fabric markers. Children from preschool through eighth grade can sign up to read library books and earn prizes.
The Summer Reading Program at Lakeport will end on Aug. 8, and on Aug. 22 they will have an ice cream party and present the reading awards.
Visit Lakeport Library and see the ice cream cones on the windows in the children’s room grow as the children read throughout the summer.
With a library card, patrons have access to the collections of all three counties, amounting to more than one million books. From the library’s online catalog http://ipac.sonoma.lib.ca.us/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=laco#focus or from an in-library catalog computer, a patron can request books from anywhere in the system and have them delivered to any library branch.
Contact your local branch for more information.
Lakeport Library, located at 1425 N. High Street, is open Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Wednesday noon to 8 p.m., telephone 707-263-8817.
Redbud Library, 14785 Burns Valley Road, Clearlake, is open Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Wednesday noon to 8 p.m., telephone 707-994-5115.
Middletown Library, 21267 Calistoga Road, is open Tuesday through Friday, 1 p.m to 6p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., telephone 707-987-3674.
Upper Lake Library, 310 Second St., is open Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., and Wednesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., telephone 707-275-2049.
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The governor directed his Secretary of Education Glen Thomas to ensure these resources are available for use in high school math and science classes by fall 2009, a critical first step in helping ensure digital textbooks are widely available to all California students.
“As California’s budget crisis continues we must find such innovative ways to save money and improve services,” said Schwarzenegger. “California was built on innovation and I’m proud of our state’s continued leadership in developing education technology. This first-in-the-nation initiative will reduce education costs, help encourage collaboration among school districts and help ensure every California student has access to a world-class education.”
At the governor’s request, Secretary Thomas will work with State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell and State Board of Education President Ted Mitchell to develop a state approved list of standards-aligned, open-source digital textbooks for high school math and science.
This list will be compiled after content developers across the country are asked to and have submitted digital material for review.
“Under Gov. Schwarzenegger’s leadership, California’s classrooms will have access to a wider range of online teaching materials that best serve the unique needs of our students, parents, teachers and schools,” Secretary Thomas said. “I look forward to working with Superintendent O’Connell and President Mitchell to make these free digital resources available to California high schools for the coming school year.”