LAKEPORT, Calif. – Lake County Probation and partner BI Inc. will hold a transition celebration on Thursday, April 25, for seven offenders who successfully completed treatment classes, training and supervision requirements at the Lake County Day Reporting Center.

This is the county’s second transition celebration event for a program that was established in response to AB 109, the state’s public safety realignment initiative.

The transition celebration will be held at 5:30 p.m. at The Lodge at Blue Lakes, 5135 West Highway 20 in Upper Lake.  

Speakers include Tim Chastain, senior deputy probation officer; Aaron McClymonds, site coordinator; and Sam Jones Hall, a local community member.

The event marks completion of this program and transition to community integration. For many of the program graduates, this marks a significant milestone.

Lake County diverts up to 50 probationers to the center as an alternative to detention or for extra supervision or treatment.

Probationers go through a multiphase program that includes ongoing reporting to the center, cognitive behavioral therapy and training, and testing for drug and alcohol use.

Offenders participate in classes proven to change criminal thinking. BI assists the county with an electronic monitoring program also.

The Lake County Day Reporting Center is located at 1375 Hoyt Ave.

For more information, call Program Manager Patrese Scott at 707-263-1358.

CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Lake County Rockhounds’ next meeting and program will be held on Wednesday, May 1.

The meeting will start at 6 p.m. at the Redbud Library, 14785 Burns Valley Road in Clearlake.

“Quartz night” is the theme.

Harry Woodworth, retired science teacher and longtime Rockhound member, will give them an overview of the nature of quartz.

Bring in your favorite samples of quartz to share.

Interested community members are welcome.

Annual membership dues are $15.

LAKEPORT, Calif. – The fourth annual ‘Syncing Around the World’ celebrity lip sync competition will take place Saturday, April 20, and Sunday, April 21, at the Soper-Reese Community Theatre in Lakeport.

There are 21 acts this year plus a finale that includes all the cast members.

All seats are reserved and tickets are $25/person for this two hour show. Each year audience members’ only complaint is how much their faces hurt from laughing so much.

With performances at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday, everyone has a chance to enjoy the red carpet arrival of the stars of lip sync as they drive up in classic autos and a myriad of Corvettes.
 
Tickets may be purchased online at www.soperreesetheater.com ; at The Travel Center in Lakeport, telephone 707-263-3095; or at the Lake County Chamber office, 875 Lakeport Blvd., in Lakeport.

For more information, call the chamber at 707-263-5092.

HIDDEN VALLEY LAKE, Calif. – Master crafter Cheryl Crawford will teach the Hidden Valley Lake Garden Club members the art of creating waxed flowers at the meeting on Monday, May 13.

The club meets at 9:30 a.m. at the Hidden Valley Lake Administration Building, 18174 Hidden Valley Road, for a coffee and tea social followed by a brief business meeting and the guest speaker of the day.  

Visit Crawford’s Web site at www.crawfordmanor.com .

All are welcome. If you are not a Hidden Valley Lake resident, please call 707-987-6010 by May 10 so that they can arrange access to the gated community.

LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Chi Council for the Clear Lake Hitch will meet on Wednesday, April 24.

Council members will meet beginning at 3:30 p.m. at the Lake County Agricultural Center, 883 Lakeport Blvd., Lakeport.

The council will discuss the 2013 migration season, get an update from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife on the progress of their status review under the California Endangered Species Act, and continue the discussion of formation of a stakeholders group begun at the last meeting.

The minutes from the March meeting are available at
http://www.lakelive.info/chicouncil/pdffiles/3.27.12minutes.pdf .

The Cherokee Nation returns to California April 27-28 with the tribe’s mobile registration ID unit to issue at-large citizens new photo ID Cherokee citizenship cards.  

Since October, Cherokee Nation’s registration department has issued more than 14,000 of the upgraded citizenship “blue cards” in Oklahoma and seven other states, as well as Washington D.C.

With 19,700 Cherokee Nation citizens living in California, it’s important to meet with and offer some of the same benefits as citizens in Oklahoma, Principal Chief Bill John Baker said.

“Producing a government-issued, photo ID helps to instill a greater sense of pride in our people, and we’re happy to bring this service to our Cherokees living outside of Oklahoma,” Chief Baker said. “I’ve presented my photo tribal citizenship card at several major airports, and even to the U.S. Secret Service, and experienced no problems whatsoever.”

The tribe’s upgraded photo ID citizenship cards are similar in appearance to a driver’s license. It features a citizen’s Cherokee Nation registration number, official registrar signature, the citizen’s photo and signature, Principal Chief’s signature and a distinctive Cherokee Nation hologram seal for validation.

Citizens can opt for their official Bureau of Indian Affairs Certificate Degree of Indian Blood (CDIB) on the back of the card.

The photo ID cards are being issued in conjunction with a community meeting of tribal citizens in Bakersfield, Calif., and the Bay and Sacramento area.

For more information contact Riley Rose at 661-859-4322 or Jacquie Archambeau at 925-408-3222, or the Cherokee Nation registration department at 918-458-6980 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

The groups will meet at the following times and locations:

Bakersfield, Calif.
Saturday, April 27
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Hart Park, Section 7 N.E. Corner
8222 Alfred Harrell Hwy.

Suisun City, Calif.
Sunday, April 28
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Rush Ranch
3521 Grizzly Island Road

The Cherokee Nation is the federally recognized government of the Cherokee people and has inherent sovereign status recognized by treaty and law. The seat of tribal government is the W.W. Keeler Complex near Tahlequah, Okla., the capital of the Cherokee Nation.

With more than 318,000 citizens, over 8,900 employees and a variety of tribal enterprises ranging from aerospace and defense contracts to entertainment venues, Cherokee Nation is one of the largest employers in northeastern Oklahoma and the largest tribal nation in the United States.

To learn more, please visit www.cherokee.org .