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MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – The next contra dance will be held this Saturday, Janu. 4, at Armstrong Hall (home of Lake County Jazzercise) in Middletown.
This dance will be led by Lea Smith. The live, old-time fiddle music will be provided by “Tradition!” from Sonoma County.
Contra dancing is a great low pressure and fun way to socialize for people of all ages.
If you are unfamiliar with contra dancing, it is somewhat similar to square dancing, but less formal. There is no fancy footwork that you have to learn or memorize; you are led through each dance by the caller.
Because it’s a social dance, you don’t need to arrive with a partner; in fact, most people don’t.
When you dance, you dance with a partner, but you also have many neighbors that you dance with too. At the end of a dance, you say goodbye to your partner and get another one.
Armstrong Hall is located at 15642 Armstrong St. in Middletown, two blocks behind the post office.
The dance begins with easier dances at 7 p.m. and gently progresses to more challenging figures until 9:30 p.m.
Admission is $5 at the door. Please wear clean shoes that won’t harm the hardwood floor and bring your own water bottle.
For more information, contact Beth Rudiger, 707-260-2900 or
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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – Bikram Yoga Petaluma will host the 10th annual California Yoga Championship on Saturday, Jan. 18, at the Lucchesi Community Center.
Yoga students from all over the state will perform a very challenging and inspirational routine of yoga positions.
Three groups of yoga athletes will compete: youth (ages 11-17), adults and senior (ages 55+).
People will be of all ages, shapes and sizes. Many will be competing for the first time, showing that yoga is for everyone.
More than 100 yoga studios throughout California are sponsoring the championship.
The winners at Petaluma will compete in the Nationals.
The cost is $20, with special rates for students and people in need.
The Lucchesi Community Center is located at 320 N. McDowell Blvd., Petaluma.
For more information call 707-775-2400 or email
USA Yoga ( www.usayoga.org ) is a nonprofit organization with the goal of introducing yoga to the Olympics.
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California sturgeon anglers will see a small change to sturgeon tags issued beginning Jan. 1, 2014.
Sturgeon anglers have been required to tag all retained legal sized sturgeon for many years.
In the past, the date, location and length of the fish caught were recorded on each tag.
Now, in addition to legibly and permanently writing the date, time, location and length, the new tags require the angler to physically punch out the date and month printed on each tag.
The bag limit for sturgeon remains at one per day and up to three sturgeon per year. Failure to attach a properly filled out tag to a retained sturgeon is a misdemeanor violation.
The California Fish and Game Commission passed the regulation change on Oct. 2, 2013.
Changes were approved by the Office of Administrative Law then filed with the Secretary of State on Dec. 23, 2013.
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Dreissenid mussels (quagga or zebra) have been discovered in Lake Piru in Ventura County.
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is working with United Water Conservation District and Lake Piru Recreation Area staff to contain the infestation.
All boaters are being required to clean, drain and dry their watercraft upon exit from the lake.
This discovery marks the first time quagga or zebra mussels have been found in a Southern California waterbody that does not receive water from the Colorado River.
On Dec. 18, Lake Piru Recreation Area staff reported the discovery of potential quagga mussels to CDFW.
The mussels were found attached to a Lake Piru patrol boat and several additional mussels were subsequently found on devices deployed in the lake for the purpose of detecting mussels and on the shoreline.
CDFW staff tentatively identified the mussels, which range in size from one-half to three-quarter inches long, as quagga.
Genetic testing is under way to confirm this identification. Lake Piru Recreation Area staff are working to determine the full extent of the infestation.
Lake Piru, which is managed by United Water Conservation District, is located downstream of Pyramid Lake. Lake Piru drains into Lower Piru Creek, a tributary of the Santa Clara River.
Quagga and zebra mussels, non-native freshwater mussels native to Eurasia, multiply quickly and encrust watercraft and infrastructure, and compete for food with native and sport fish species.
These mussels can be spread from one body of water to another attached to nearly anything that has been in an infested waterbody, or via standing water from an infested waterbody entrapped in boat engines, bilges, live-wells and buckets.
People who launch vessels at any body of water are subject to watercraft inspections and are encouraged to clean, drain and dry their motorized and non-motorized boats, including personal watercraft, and any equipment that comes into contact with the water before and after recreating at a waterway.
For more information on boat inspection programs and preventing the spread of quagga and zebra mussels visit CDFW’s Web site ( www.dfg.ca.gov/invasives/quaggamussel ).
Quagga mussels were first detected in the Colorado River system in January 2007 and were later found in San Diego and Riverside counties. They are now known to be in 26 waters in California. Zebra mussels were discovered in San Justo Reservoir in San Benito County in January 2008.
