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WILLITS, Calif. – Frank Howard Memorial Hospital is now recognized as one of 11 Level IV trauma centers in the state.

Sonoma County Emergency Services has approved Howard Memorial Hospital as a Level IV trauma center effective Dec. 1.

Accreditation as a Level IV trauma center indicates a hospital staff’s ability to provide advanced trauma life support prior to transfer of patients to a higher level trauma center.

Trauma centers provide evaluation, stabilization and diagnostic capabilities for injured patients.

The only other trauma center in Mendocino County is Ukiah Valley Medical Center, a 20- to 30-minute drive from Willits. But depending on weather conditions, sometimes the drive can be treacherous or even impassable during the winter season.

“Earning this designation means patients in Willits and beyond who are seeking care at Howard Memorial Hospital will be cared for in a standardized manner to assure they are receiving the best care possible for their injuries sustained,” said Dr. Michael Medvin, the hospital's chief medical officer for emergency services.

“Having us close by to stabilize patients and give them life-saving procedures will improve their health outcomes. We also work directly with Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital to rapidly transport any trauma patient requiring a higher level of care. We also have the ability to share CT Scans/X-rays with the trauma surgeon at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital while we are on the phone with them, which means seamless communication and improved outcomes,” Medvin said.

Amy Buckingham, the hospital's emergency services manager, said that their goal is to strive to improve the care of injured patients before, during, and after hospitalization.

“Our goal is to serve the needs of our community so they don’t have to go too far,” she said. “That’s why we always emphasize continuing education and train with our agency partners so that we know we are constantly striving to provide the best of care.”

Buckingham added, “To qualify as a Level IV trauma center, a hospital must have the protocols, equipment and staff in place to handle trauma patients.”

The Howard Memorial Hospital emergency department also has two trauma rooms, equipped with the best technology and even has access to specialist at UC-Davis Children’s Hospital through telemedicine.

“We’ve got all this technology and with this designation, it will really make a difference for our community,” Buckingham said.

Kevin Erich, interim president and chief executive officer for Howard Memorial Hospital agreed. “We’re extremely proud of our team and our hospital. It took a lot of work to get this designation and we’re excited to serve our patients better. The more we are able to serve their needs here, the better for our community and their health outcomes.”

Frank R. Howard Memorial Hospital is part of Adventist Health, a faith-based, nonprofit integrated health system serving more than 75 communities in California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington. Visit www.howardhospital.org for more information.

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The new year will bring a handful of new traffic safety laws for California.

These changes to current law, or additional laws, were passed by the Legislature and signed by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.

As part of the continued mission of saving lives, the California Highway Patrol is seeking to educate the public on some of the new rules of the road taking effect at the beginning of next month.

Child safety seats (AB 53, Garcia)

Although this law was passed during the 2015 legislative session, it takes effect Jan. 1, 2017.

Children under 2 years of age must ride rear-facing in an appropriate child passenger safety seat. Children weighing 40 or more pounds, or standing 40 or more inches tall, are exempt.

California law continues to require that all children under the age of 8 be properly restrained in an appropriate child safety seat in the back seat of a vehicle.

Vehicles: Use of Wireless Electronic Devices (AB 1785, Quirk)

Motorists are no longer permitted to hold a wireless telephone or electronic wireless communications device while driving a motor vehicle.

Rather than holding the device, it must be mounted in the 7-inch square in the lower corner of the windshield farthest removed from the driver or in a 5-inch square in the lower corner of the windshield nearest to the driver.

Another option is to affix the device to the dashboard in a place that does not obstruct the driver’s clear view of the road and does not interfere with the deployment of an airbag.

The law does allow a driver to operate one of these devices with the motion of a single swipe or tap of the finger, but not while holding it.

Driving under the influence: Ignition Interlock Device (SB 1046, Hill)

This law requires a driving under the influence (DUI) offender to install an ignition interlock device (IID) on their vehicle for a specified period of time in order to get a restricted driver license or to reinstate their license.

The law also removes the required suspension time before a person can get a restricted license, provided that the offender installs an IID on their vehicle.

The law extends the current four-county (Sacramento, Los Angeles, Alameda, Tulare) DUI IID pilot program until Jan. 1, 2019, at which time all DUI offenders statewide will be required to install an IID to have their license reinstated.

Vehicle Motorcycles: Lane Splitting (AB 51, Quirk)

Current law does not change; lane splitting by a motorcyclist remains legal if done safely.

This bill defines lane splitting as driving a motorcycle, which has two wheels in contact with the ground, between rows of stopped or moving vehicles in the same lane.

The bill permits the CHP to develop lane splitting educational safety guidelines in consultation with other state traffic safety agencies and at least one organization focused on motorcycle safety.

School Bus Safety: Child Alert System (SB 1072, Mendoza)

This law requires all school buses, school pupil activity buses, youth buses, and child care motor vehicles used to transport school-age children to be equipped with a “child safety alert system.”

Every school is required to have a transportation safety plan with procedures to ensure that a pupil is not left unattended in a vehicle.

Charter Bus Safety Improvements (SB 247, Lara)

All buses manufactured after July 1, 2020, will be required to have emergency lighting fixtures that will turn on in the event of an impact or collision.

The law also requires a bus company to ensure the driver of the charter bus provides oral and written, or video instructions to all passengers on safety equipment and emergency exits on the bus prior to any trip.

Tour Buses: Safety Inspections (AB 1677, Ting)

This new law requires the CHP to develop protocols for entering into a memorandum of understanding with local governments to increase the number of inspections for tour buses operated within their jurisdiction.

For complete information on bills enacted in 2016, please refer to the Legislative Counsel Web site at http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/ .

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The nationally recognized Capital Fellows Programs administered by the Center for California Studies at California State University, Sacramento, announces the availability of applications for the Capital Fellows Programs.

The programs offered are:

· California Senate Fellows;
· Executive Fellowship Program;
· Jesse M. Unruh Assembly Fellowship Program;
· Judicial Administration Fellowship Program.

These fellowships offer the unique opportunity to work for 10 to 11 months as a full-time paid staff member in the California State Assembly, California State Senate, California Executive Branch or the California Judiciary.

Fellows participate in policymaking, program development and implementation and gain first-hand experience in the governance and leadership of California.

Two thousand alumni have participated in the Capital Fellows Programs, and the ranks of former fellows include judges; members of the United States Congress and the State Legislature; state and local government officials; corporate executives; community and nonprofit leaders; and university professors, administration and staff.

Prospective Capital Fellows must have a bachelor’s degree (in any major) by Sept. 1, 2017, and a demonstrated interest in state government and public service.

Applicants may apply to one or more of the programs that meet their interests and qualifications.

Recent graduates, graduate, postgraduate and mid-career applicants are welcome to apply.

Applicants with any party affiliation are welcome to apply, including Republicans, Democrats, and people affiliated with third parties or no party at all.

For detailed information about the fellowships and applications, visit www.csus.edu/calst/programs .

The application deadline for all four fellowships is Feb. 13, 2017.

If you have questions regarding the Capital Fellows Programs, please contact the Center for California Studies at 916-278-6906 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Becker family was the happy winner of a customized children's library of books, compliments of the Hero Project.

At the conclusion of the Hero Project's “Read Together and Educate” challenge in November, the Becker family was randomly chosen to receive the grand prize in recognition for completing the challenge.

The challenge urged parents to read to their children at least five times per week for a minimum of 15 minutes each time.

Parents Kira and Chris Becker are both avid readers who have been reading to their two young children since birth.

Their son, Edward, is 4 years old and started preschool this year, while their daughter, Arissa, is only one and a half and already points to pictures in books and identifies the images.

At a recent parent-teacher conference at the pre-school, Mrs. Becker learned that Edward was tested as advanced in reading and math for his age.

This came as no surprise to Kira Becker. She explained that she is carrying on the family tradition of reading to her children daily, a tradition she recalls of her mother reading to her as a child.

Reading to young children helps them learn more about their world, improves their social skills and helps them become strong readers.

The National Institute for Literacy reports that one out of every five children in the U.S. will experience a reading problem in school.

But children who are read to on a regular basis, starting in infancy, are better prepared to learn in school and beyond.

The Hero Project is a program of the Lake County Office of Education that supports parents of young children, ages birth to 8, by presenting parents with activities and parenting tips to improve parent-child relationships and to increase early childhood development.

The program is free and accessed virtually through its Web site, www.lakecountyheroproject.com , through Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram, and through the Hero Project app, which can be downloaded onto mobile devices from iTunes and GooglePlay.

Christine Hutt is communications coordinator for the Lake County Office of Education.

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LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lake County Association of Realtors, or LCAOR, reported that the November median sales price and number of sales for single family residences remained steady when compared to October 2016 sales.

The median sales price in November was $255,000, down by 1.9 percent from the October median of $260,000, the association reported. The median sales price year to date, as of Dec. 21, is $237,000.

The number of sales in November was 70 which was 6.7 percent less than the 75 sales reported in October, LCAOR's report said.

On a year-over-year basis, the November 2016 median sales price of $255,000 was up from $252,250 in November 2015. LCAOR said the number of sales was down by 18.6 percent. In November 2015 there were 86 sales compared to the 70 in November 2016.

“Aside from residential sales we have seen an increase in commercial sales in the county,” said newly install 2017 LCAOR President Bobby Dutcher. “The year-to-date dollar volume for commercial sales is $14.2 million and that is up from the $8.5 million in 2015 and $11.8 million in 2014. The three years prior to 2014 averaged $5 million  in commercial sales.”

Cash only sales made up 26.7 percent of the financing for residential sales while loan financing accounted for over 64 percent of the sales.

Ten percent of the residential sales could be attributed to distressed property sales, properties that were sold after a foreclosure.

Recently the Fed raised interest rates by 0.25 percent and this will effect mortgage rates for prospective buyers. It is also likely to increase payments on homes that currently have a variable interest rate.

According to NerdWallet interest rates have risen 0.50 percent since the election, but at slightly over 4.0 percent interest rates are still well below 44-year historical average of 8.0 percent.

LAKE COUNTY NUMBERS AT A GLANCE

November 2016
Median price: $255,000
Median days to sell: 82
Units sold: 70

October 2016
Median price: $260,000
Median days to sell: 69
Units sold: 75

November 2015
Median price: $252,250
Median days to sell: 107
Units sold: 86

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CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif. – At Christmastime, the home of Kim and Steve Bauer needs to be seen to be believed.

At their home at the corner of First and Hoover streets in Clearlake Oaks, the couple have set up an annual Christmas display that draws visitors from around the county.

Some people, just driving by, had to pull over on a recent night to wonder at it.

“You just brought some joy to my life tonight,” said a woman who stopped to take pictures of the display.

“Oh, this is beautiful,” a man driving by in a minivan said through the window to the Bauers.

The Live Oak Senior Center bus also recently made a pass so its riders could enjoy the display, Kim Bauer said.

The Bauers have been doing the display for about five years, taking a break last year due to the illness of Steve's father.

This year, they were back at it, wanting to make it bigger and better than ever, both as a tribute to their family member and a celebration of the season.

Kim Bauer said it takes about a month and a half to cover nearly every inch of their home and yard with lights and decorations of every kind.

On the roof is “Rex,” the dinosaur from Toy Story, wearing a Santa hat and holding a present in his mouth, while he moves his head side to side. A sock monkey sits on the chimney, while nearby the Grinch and Santa Claus are perched on the roof.

In the yard there's a nativity scene, along with Scooby Doo, Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Mickey Mouse, Tigger and other lighted characters, some of them moving.

Steve Bauer is a roofer, so he does the rooftop decorations. His wife said he also painstakingly works to create the lighted outline of a Christmas tree on one very sloped part of the roof.

Their energy bill runs about $1,200 a month during the holiday months. Kim Bauer credited her boss, Dean Pick of First Pick Builders, for helping them out this year with a generator that is helping cut the cost a bit.

However, the expense, for the Bauers, is worth it.

“People really like it,” Kim Bauer said of the display.

The display generally is on through the evening, until about 9:30 or 10 p.m., Kim Bauer said.

One night, an elderly man drove all the way from Kelseyville to see the Bauers' light extravaganza. But by the time he arrived, it was after 10 p.m. and the lights had been turned off.

He knocked on the door, explained how far he had come, and offered to pay them $5 to turn the lights back on. Kim Bauer said she was happy to oblige for free so he and his wife could enjoy them.

For the Bauers, they hope their seasonal effort brings some enjoyment to peoples' lives.

They invite people to come by and see it while it's still up. Kim Bauer said the display will be in place through Jan. 4.

Not ones to be satisfied with their light spectacular, they're already planning for next year, and how much more they can add to their display.

If Kim Bauer could build up, she would, and she's been trying to figure out how to extend the display. She mused about putting a Santa Claus in a tree at the corner of her property.

“Next year,” Steve Bauer said in a soft but determined voice, “it will be bigger.”

Email Elizabeth Larson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Follow her on Twitter, @ERLarson, or Lake County News, @LakeCoNews.

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MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – The Friends of Middletown Library reported that its children’s library fundraiser has been extended.

The group said the project is ongoing and doing well, and they are now half way to the $10,000 goal.

Funds will be used for replacing children’s and young adults’ books lost in the Valley fire.

The Friends of Middletown Library is matching funds up to $5,000.

Donations are tax-deductible as the group is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

Send a donation – big or small – to Friends of Middletown Library, PO Box 57, Middletown, CA 95461, or drop off at library.

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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Lake County Animal Care and Control has a shelter filled with cats who would like to have homes of their own for this holiday season.

This holiday week's cats include calicoes, tabbies of various colors, a black cat and tuxedos.

Several of the cats are being offered for $10 each – including spay/neuter, vaccination and microchip – thanks to a sponsorship begun last week that so far has resulted in five other cats getting new homes. The cats offered for $10 are noted below. The all-black cat also has been sponsored and is available for free to an approved home.

If you're looking for a new companion, visit the shelter. There are many great pets there, hoping you'll choose them.

For those looking for a barn cat to keep the rodents at bay, be sure to ask about the barn cat adoption program. Feral barn cats are adopted out for $1 each, which includes altering, ear notching and vaccines. 

In addition to the animals featured here, all adoptable animals in Lake County can be seen at http://www.co.lake.ca.us/Government/Directory/Animal_Care_And_Control/Shelter_Animal_Search.htm .

The following cats at the Lake County Animal Care and Control shelter have been cleared for adoption (other cats pictured on the animal control Web site that are not listed here are still “on hold”).

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Domestic short hair

This young female tuxedo cat has a short cat and gold eyes.

She's in cat room kennel No. 7, ID No. 6666.

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Male lynx point

This male lynx point has a short coat and blue eyes.

He is offered for adoption for $10.

He's in cat room kennel No. 19, ID No. 6564.

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Domestic short hair

This female domestic short hair has a calico coat gold eyes.

She's in cat room kennel No. 32, ID No. 6687.

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'Muchy'

“Muchy” is a gray and white female domestic short hair mix.

She has green eyes and already has been spayed.

She's in cat room kennel No. 39, ID No. 6714.

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Orange tabby

This orange tabby has a short coat and green eyes.

Shelter staff said he's altered and available for $1 through the barn cat program.

The cat is in cat room kennel No. 43, ID No. 6693.

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Domestic short hair

This young female domestic short hair has a black and white coat and gold eyes.

She's in cat room kennel No. 75a, ID No. 6658.

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Domestic short hair

This young male domestic short hair cat has an orange and white coat and gold eyes.

He's in cat room kennel No. 75b, ID No. 6663.

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Orange tabby

This orange tabby cat has a short coat and gold eyes.

Shelter staff said the cat is available through its barn cat program for $1.

The cat is in cat room kennel No. 101, ID No. 6717.

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Domestic short hair

This young male domestic short hair has an orange tabby coat with white markings and gold eyes.

He's in cat room kennel No. 109a, ID No. 6659.

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Domestic short hair

This young male domestic short hair has an all-black coat and gold eyes.

He has been sponsored and is available for free to an approved family.

He's in cat room kennel No. 109b, ID No. 6661.

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Domestic short hair

This young female domestic short hair cat has a gray tabby coat and gold eyes.

She is offered for adoption for $10.

She's in cat room kennel No. 112, ID No. 6555.

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Orange tabby

This male orange tabby has a short coat and gold eyes. He already has been altered.

He's in cat room kennel No. 119, ID No. 6513.

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Domestic short hair

This female domestic short hair has a gray tabby coat and gold eyes.

She is offered for adoption for $10.

She's in cat room kennel No. 120, ID No. 6416.

To fill out an adoption application online visit http://www.co.lake.ca.us/Government/Directory/Animal_Care_And_Control/Adopt/Dog___Cat_Adoption_Application.htm .

Lake County Animal Care and Control is located at 4949 Helbush in Lakeport, next to the Hill Road Correctional Facility.

Office hours are Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday. The shelter is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Visit the shelter online at http://www.co.lake.ca.us/Government/Directory/Animal_Care_And_Control.htm .

For more information call Lake County Animal Care and Control at 707-263-0278.

Email Elizabeth Larson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Follow her on Twitter, @ERLarson, or Lake County News, @LakeCoNews.

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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Children around Lake County have received Christmas surprises this holiday season thanks to the generosity of a celebrity chef and restaurateur who now makes his home here part-time.

This past week, a truckload of toys purchased by Guy Fieri arrived in Lake County, according to Lake County Sheriff Brian Martin.

Fieri is the star of several cooking shows, including “Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives” and “Guy's Grocery Games,” as well as an author and owner of numerous restaurants across the United States,

Martin estimated that more than 150 children received gifts through Fieri's efforts.

This year, the literal truckload of gifts included 46 bikes, which the sheriff's office augmented with helmets, Martin said.

Martin said the toys arrived in the county on Monday, and on Wednesday were delivered to children in foster care, at the local rancherias and those who were served by the District Attorney's Office Victim-Witness Division.

In addition, Martin said his deputies were given toys to distribute to children who they knew could use some help at Christmas.

Fieri, Martin said, knows that some children don't get as much as they should at the holidays.

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This is the second year Fieri has donated toys to Lake County children, said Martin.

Fieri, who has a ranch in the south county, also made a point during the Valley fire last year of visiting first responders – including firefighters, law enforcement officers, the prison kitchen crew, and support staff at the command post in Lakeport – to offer support and encouragement, Martin said.

Martin said Fieri also headed up the effort to present the sheriff's office employee appreciation dinner. “He's truly a generous person.”

Fieri, who comes from a small town – he's from Ferndale in Humboldt County – has made a point of paying it forward and sharing his success.

He's also involved with a toy run in Sonoma County that benefits children that are served by a number of Northern California organizations, according to a statement he made earlier this month on his Facebook page.

Martin added of Fieri, “I'm glad he calls Lake County home, even if it's for part-time.”

Email Elizabeth Larson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Follow her on Twitter, @ERLarson, or Lake County News, @LakeCoNews.

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Everyone who reads this should know who Guy Fieri is. If you don’t, ask anyone and they’ll tell you that he is a world class chef, the host of several hit TV cooking shows, and a restaurateur with outstanding eating establishments all over the world.

What many here in Lake County may not know, is that Guy also calls Lake County home, and he is a very generous supporter of our community.

During the Valley fire, Guy made a point to visit our first responders, including firefighters, law enforcement officers, the prison kitchen crew, and support staff at the command post in Lakeport.

His appearance and words of encouragement went a long way towards motivating these people. It served to reinforce the seriousness of the situation, and to show everyone how important their efforts were to this community. Guy even provided meals and food to the evacuation shelters for those who had been displaced.

This holiday season marks the second year in a row that Guy has personally purchased a truckload of toys and bikes for children right here in Lake County.

Now, when I say a “truckload,” I mean a truckload … literally.

With the help of some very dedicated and caring community members, these bikes and toys were delivered to foster children, children who have been victims or witnesses of crimes, and other needy children in our communities this holiday season.

Guy’s generosity and caring for our community and its children is commendable and very much appreciated.

My purpose for writing this letter is to thank Guy, and to share with this community the great things that he has done, and continues to do for the people of Lake County.

I am proud to call Guy my friend and on behalf of the people of Lake County, I want to thank him for all he does.

Brian Martin is sheriff of Lake County, Calif.

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There are times when a single word in a poem is so perfect a choice that it pops like a firecracker, and I'll let you guess which word did that for me. A hint: it's a modifier.

The poem is by Anya Krugovoy Silver, who lives in Georgia, from her new book, From Nothing, from LSU Press.

Just Red

I stand in Walgreens while my mother sleeps.
The store is fluorescent and almost empty.
My father is ailing in a nursing home,
my friend is dying in the hospital.
What I want tonight is lipstick.
As pure a red as I can find—no coral
undertones, no rust or fawn. Just red.
Ignoring the salespeople, I untwist tubes
and scrawl each color on my wrist,
till the blue veins beneath my skin
disappear behind smeared bars. I select one.
Back in my mother's apartment, silence.
I limn my lips back out of my wan face.
There they are again: smacky and wanting.

American Life in Poetry does not accept unsolicited submissions. It is made possible by The Poetry Foundation ( www.poetryfoundation.org ), publisher of Poetry magazine. It is also supported by the Department of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Poem copyright ©2016 byAnya Krugovoy Silver, “Just Red,” from From Nothing,(Louisiana State University Press,2016). Poem reprinted by permission o fAnya Krugovoy Silver and the publisher. Introduction copyright © 2016 by The Poetry Foundation. The introduction's author, Ted Kooser, served as United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004-2006.

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"Rocking around the Christmas tree
At the Christmas party hop
Mistletoe hung where you can see
Every couple tries to stop"
 – from "Rocking Around The Christmas Tree" by Johnny Marks

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – According to the History Channel we enjoy the green of a holiday tree, and have since before Christianity, because evergreen trees and bushes were special in winter solstice festivities.

In times past greenery was placed across doors and windows in hopes that disease and bad spirits would be kept at bay.

Here in the Northern Hemisphere we note the shortest day and hence, the longest night arrive annually on Dec. 21 or 22.

Back in the 1740s the Pennsylvania settlers displayed what is thought to be the first of the American Christmas trees, while the tradition of Christmas trees in North America is said to have originated in Canada in 1781.

Our state of California joins three others – Wisconsin, North Carolina and Oregon – as the preeminent Christmas tree growing states in the U.S., according to the Web site www.history.com .

The site also states that some of the most popular trees sold are Douglas fir, white pine and scotch pine.

Trees were adorned with fruit, nuts and candles, until Thomas Edison's team found a way to employ electric lights on trees.

A popular tree adornment, tinsel, now made of plastic, once contained lead and was prohibited for sale by the U.S. government.

Today we enjoy placing garlands, candy canes, ornaments and gingerbread on our trees, with a topping of an angel or star.

The tree decorating technique known as “flocking” to simulate a snow-covered tree made its debut in the 1800s when trees were wrapped in cotton.

Trees of a similar style of flocking were depicted in Hollywood movies of the 1940s and 50s, when the style was adopted by those in the West Coast's warmer climates.

Kathleen Scavone, M.A., is a retired educator, potter, writer and author of “Anderson Marsh State Historic Park: A Walking History, Prehistory, Flora, and Fauna Tour of a California State Park” and “Native Americans of Lake County.” She also writes for NASA and JPL as one of their “Solar System Ambassadors.” She was selected “Lake County Teacher of the Year, 1998-99” by the Lake County Office of Education, and chosen as one of 10 state finalists the same year by the California Department of Education.

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