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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Registrar of Voters Office reported this week that the deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 6 election is fast approaching.
To be eligible to take part in the fall general election, new voters and new county residents must register by Monday, Oct. 22, the Registrar of Voters Office reported.
That also is the deadline for reregistration for voters who have moved to a new address, changed their mailing address within the county or changed their name, officials said.
The completed voter registration form must be either personally delivered to the Registrar of Voters office on or before Oct. 22, or be postmarked on or before Oct. 22 and received by mail by the Registrar of Voters office.
Please be aware that pursuant to Section 2101 of the California Elections Code: “A person entitled to register to vote shall be a United States citizen, a resident of California, not in prison or on parole for the conviction of a felony, and at least 18 years of age at the time of the next election.”
Residents may register to vote at the Lake County Registrar of Voters office, Room 209, Courthouse, Lakeport, or may phone the Registrar of Voter’s office at 707-263-2372 for information.
Registration forms also are available at most local post offices, libraries, senior centers, city offices and chamber of commerce offices.
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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – Traffic collisions are the leading cause of death of teenagers in the United States and in California.
Each year, thousands of young drivers and their passengers are killed in collisions.
To help bring awareness to this national problem, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) will participate in the sixth annual National Teen Driver Safety Week, Oct. 14-20.
“This week is dedicated to focusing attention on a national concern as a way to bring about change locally,” said CHP Commissioner Joe Farrow. “By educating new drivers early on and arming them with the information needed to become a safe driver, our goal is to prevent future tragedies from occurring on the road.”
According to the CHP’s Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System for 2010, the most recent year that finalized data is available, there were more than 57,000 drivers between the ages of 16 to 19 involved in collisions in California. A teen driver was determined to be at fault in 67 percent of those collisions.
“Safe driving habits begin at home,” added Commissioner Farrow. “Parents can help by communicating the rules of the road to their teen driver and serving as a good role model behind the wheel.”
Bringing new drivers and their parents together, the CHP offers Start Smart a free, two-hour driver safety education class that is offered throughout the state.
Parents or guardians are encouraged to contact their local CHP office for additional details and information on when classes are scheduled.
On Saturday, Oct. 20, there also will be a daylong teen car control clinic sponsored by the National Auto Sport Association and the CHP in Lakeport.
For more information on that clinic visit www.nasacarcontrol.org , or contact CHP Officer Kory Reynolds at the CHP at 707-279-0103 or Lake County resident and clinic coach Eric Wheaton at 707-535-9148. Cost for the clinic is $99.
National Teen Driver Safety Week, established by Congress in 2007, is dedicated to raising awareness and seeking solutions to preventable teen deaths on the road. It is held annually during the third week of October.
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Lake County’s median and mean incomes for households were up slightly last year, while median and mean incomes were down for families.
The information came from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2011 American Community Survey, which provides a wide range of important statistics about the people, housing and economy in all communities in the country.
American Community Survey information showed that the U.S. median household income for 2011 was $50,502, while California’s was $57,287.
Lake County’s median – or midpoint – household income last year was $35,991, up from $34,910 in 2010.
A Lake County News review of American Community Survey statistics going back to 2005 found that in that time Lake County household median incomes peaked at $40,946 in 2007.
The household mean, or average, income in Lake County was $50,990 in 2011, up from $47,688. During the 2005-2011 review period, that mean number had peaked at $55,200 in 2007.
Median income for Lake County families was $44,516 in 2011, down from $46,260 the previous year. Families’ median income peaked in the county in 2007, at $51,994.
The mean income number for Lake County families in 2011 was $54,931, down from $57,912 in 2010. It had been at a high of $65,784 in 2009.
Lake County couples’ median income was $54,242 in 2011, down from $57,982 in 2010. The peak since 2005 was in 2009, when the county’s couples had a median income of $60,256. Mean income numbers were not available for Lake County couples.
Census numbers also showed that the number of Lake County households was at 28,885 in 2011, the highest since 2005 and up by more than 4,300 households since 2010.
The U.S. Census Bureau’s report, “Household Income for States: 2010 and 2011” – which presents statistics on median household income at the national and state levels – showed that in 2011, median household income ranged from $36,919 in Mississippi to $70,004 in Maryland.
Between the 2010 and 2011 American Community Survey, Vermont was the only state that showed an increase in median household income, the U.S. Census Bureau reported. At the same time, median household income declined in 18 states.
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CLEARLAKE, Calif. – A new low-cost program is being offered to help address the feral cat problem in Clearlake.
Bill Davidson, Lake County Animal Care and Control director, said the nonprofit Animal Coalition of Lake County had requested help getting a program in place to reduce the city’s feral cat population.
Davidson said he consulted with the county’s Animal Control Advisory Board and local veterinarians, and came up with a proposal to allow the coalition to issue city residents vouchers for altering, vaccinating and ear notching stray community cats.
While not free like the program offered to county residents – which is funded through a grant from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals – Davidson said the new Clearlake program is low cost, at $25 per cat.
The program is being operated and funded by the Animal Coalition of Lake County.
For more information, contact the Animal Coalition of Lake County, 707-995-0552, and ask for Rita.