MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – A June computer workshop will help you learn and maximize your use of Windows 8.1 and also give you a preview of what Windows 10 has to offer.

If you want to be more productive, this workshop is for you.

The workshop will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 27, at 15642 Armstrong St. in Middletown in the Jazzercise Center (two blocks behind the post office).

The presenter of the computer workshop, Mark Rudiger, is the owner of Lake County Websites & Computer Repair in downtown Middletown and has more than 18 years of experience installing, trouble-shooting, and working with computers.

You will learn how to:

· Install the free anti-virus that comes with Windows 8.1.

· Customize your desktop and tiles to get to your favorite programs faster.

· Learn how to use the new Internet browser more efficiently.

· Pin any of your favorite Web sites to your start screen.

· Easily install the free Windows 8.1 applications.

· Work with multiple windows at the same time.

· Use the new features in Windows 8.1 and find out more about Windows 10.

Rudiger also will present information on the different computers and tablets available with Windows 8 and whether changing operating systems might be the right move for you.

If you have a laptop, bring it along and connect to the high-speed Internet. If you don’t, you can follow along on Rudiger’s laptop screen, which will be projected on a 120-inch screen. 

Go to www.markrudiger.com/workshop to sign up.

The workshop has a $15 admission fee. For more information or to reserve your spot, call Rudiger at 707-987-1923 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Board of Directors of Lake County PEG TV is providing notice to Lake County citizens who wish to serve on the board as the public member or education member.

Lake County PEG TV (LCPTV) is a public agency created by a joint powers agreement between the city of Clearlake and the county of Lake to provide a local public, education and government television station serving Lake County and operating under federal, state and local laws and regulations. 

LCPTV’s Web site is www.lcptv.org .

The LCPTV Board of Directors meets on the second Wednesday of each month at city hall in Clearlake or Lakeport. Board members serve as volunteers and do not receive compensation.

The appointments are for two public members – one of whom has been designated as the education member – who are appointed by the other three LCPTV Board members. 

A member must reside within Lake County – including the territory in the city limits of Lakeport and Clearlake – to complete a two-year term of office which will expire in January 2017. 

A public member must be able and available to regularly attend LCPTV Board meetings and may be removed for chronic absence.

No officer or employee of the county or any city within Lake County is allowed to sit as a public member on the LCPTV Board of Directors.

If you are interested, submit a letter describing your background and reasons for wanting to serve as a public member of the LCPTV Board of Directors to LCPTV c/o City of Clearlake, 14050 Olympic Drive, Clearlake, CA 95422; or email a letter of interest to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Letters of interest must be received no later than July 7.

All applicants will be invited to the LCPTV Board meeting on Wednesday, July 8, for an interview.

UPPER LAKE, Calif. – The Lake County Library and the Friends of the Lake County Library will share a booth at Wild West Day in Upper Lake Saturday, June 6. 

The library is giving away free books, signing children up for the summer reading program and registering new library cards. 

The Friends of the Lake County Library will be registering new members and selling book bags. The public is invited to stop in at the library booth near the coffee shop and learn more about what the Lake County Library and the Friends do.

For more information call Lakeport Library at 707-263-8817.

The Lake County Library is on the Internet at http://library.co.lake.ca.us and Facebook at www.Facebook.com/LakeCountyLibrary . 

Library events are also posted at http://www.co.lake.ca.us/Government/Directory/Lake_County_CA__Library/Calendar.htm .

The Friends of the Lake County Library group is on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Friends-of-the-Lake-County-Library/96465282133 .

NORTH COAST, Calif. – Caltrans reports that the following road projects will be taking place around the North Coast during the coming week.

Included are Mendocino County projects that may impact Lake County commuters.

LAKE COUNTY

Highway 20

 – Installation of a roundabout at the junction of Routes 20/29 will continue through Friday, June 5. One-way traffic control will be in effect from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m., weekdays. Motorists should anticipate five-minute delays.

– Pavement repairs from Manzanita Road to the junction of Routes 20/53 will continue. One-way traffic control will be in effect from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., and from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m., weekdays. Motorists should anticipate 15-minute delays.

– Clearlake Oaks Water District has been issued a Caltrans encroachment permit for utility repairs near Beryl Way. One-way traffic control will be in effect from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., weekdays. Motorists should anticipate five-minute delays. 

Highway 29 

– Pavement repairs from Main Street in Kelseyville to the junction of Routes 29/175 near Lakeport will continue. One-way traffic control will be in effect from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m., weekdays. Motorists should anticipate 15-minute delays. 

– Installation of a roundabout at the junction of Routes 20/29 will continue through Friday, June 5. One-way traffic control will be in effect from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m., weekdays. Motorists should anticipate five-minute delays.

MENDOCINO COUNTY

Highway 1

– PG&E has been issued a Caltrans encroachment permit for an aerial crossing near the Salmon Creek Bridge on Tuesday, June 9. One-way traffic control will be in effect from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Motorists should anticipate five-minute delays. 

– Utility work near Pudding Creek will begin Wednesday, June 10. One-way traffic control will be in effect from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., weekdays. Motorists should anticipate five-minute delays. 

– Highway repairs just north of Ocean Meadows Circle will continue. One-way traffic control with a temporary signal will be in effect 24 hours per day, seven days per week. Motorists should anticipate five-minute delays.

Highway 101

– Caltrans will perform slide repairs near the Korean War Veterans Memorial Bridge (near Frog Woman Rock). Northbound traffic will be restricted to one lane 24 hours per day, seven days per week. Motorists may experience minor traffic slowdowns.

– Highway construction from Casteel Lane to Reynolds Highway will continue. Intermittent one-way traffic control will be in effect from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Motorists should anticipate 10-minute delays. 

– Pavement repairs from the Outlet Creek Bridge to Ryan Creek Road will continue through Friday, June 5. One-way traffic control will be in effect from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., weekdays. Motorists should anticipate 10-minute delays.

Highway 128

– Culvert rehabilitation at various locations from Wendling Soda Creek Road to the Mendocino/Sonoma County line will continue. One-way traffic control will be in effect from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., weekdays. Motorists should anticipate 10-minute delays. 

Caltrans advises motorists to drive with caution when approaching work areas and to be prepared to stop at traffic control stations.

The Caltrans Traffic Operations Office has reviewed each project and determined that individual project delays are expected to be less than the statewide policy maximum of 30 minutes, unless noted otherwise above.

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – From the time he could hold a pencil, Lake County resident Adam Scherer longed to be an architect. 

After high school, he entered the U.S. Army and served for 10 months during the Vietnam War out of Camp Pendleton in San Diego as a Bulk Fuels Tech before being honorably discharged as the sole surviving son in his family.  

After the war, he fervently pursued his passion and worked as an architect until his retirement.  

A 25-year resident of Lake County, Scherer, a recent amputee, came to Habitat for Humanity for assistance getting into and out of his home.  

Habitat for Humanity, as part of the Home Depot Veteran’s Repair Program, assessed his hillside home and installed a wheelchair lift and built a sidewalk to enable Scherer to get his wheelchair in and out of his home and from the house to his driveway.

“It is fun going up and down; the lift and sidewalk have been very helpful,” said Scherer. “I love that the lift lets me get into my garden and that I no longer get the chair stuck in the mud when it rains. I appreciate the work Habitat did for my house.”

If you are a military veteran homeowner or if you are a veteran who resides in a family member’s home and require repairs or accessibility modifications made to the structure to accommodate a disability, Habitat for Humanity encourages you to apply to the Veteran’s Repair Program by coming into the office at 16285 A Main St. in Lower Lake or calling the office at 707-994-1100 for an application.

LAKEPORT, Calif. – The regular Planning Commission Meeting for Wednesday, June 10, has been adjourned.

The commission will host a special meeting on Wednesday, June 24.