LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – KPFZ Lake County Community Radio is in the Pepsi Challenge in an effort to raise funds for new equipment.

The station is trying to get a $25,000 grant to upgrade both power and equipment in order to extend its broadcast area.

To support the station, visit www.refresheverything.com/kpfz and vote once a day for the next month.

If you drink Pepsi and buy it in bottles or by the carton there are special codes that you can use to vote 100 times more. Look under the bottle cap or on the carton.

The projects with the most votes get the grants. This is a national competition.

The Pepsi Challenge Web site requires you to log in with an email address and password then you can use that to log in daily to vote.

Each person gets five votes a day but only one vote per project. If you vote for other projects make sure they are not in the $25,000 category or it will negate your vote for KPFZ.

Another vote can be texted to Pepsi which equals two votes for KPFZ.

For more information call Ghia, 707-263-3391.

LAKEPORT, Calif. – Lake County Mediations held its annual meeting on Thursday, June 23, and elected its new slate of officers.

The following officers and directors were elected .

Mary Heare Amodio, Joseph McGlinchy and Linda Garcia-Eckert returned to the board for an additional term and Philip Twichel and Gladys Rosehill were elected as new members to the board.

Mary Heare Amodio was elected president, Catherine Elias-Jermany as vice president, Linda Garcia-Eckert as secretary and Glenn Trumble as treasurer.

“Lake County Mediations” (formerly Lake County Dispute Resolution Services) provides a wide range of safe, confidential and effective mediation services and training to the Lake County community and has provided mediation services to the Lake County Courts since 1993.

Mediation is a nonadversarial inter-personal process. Parties to a dispute are supported by a neutral third party (the certified mediator) in identifying the disputed issues, developing options and seeking their own fair settlement.

As a neutral party, the mediator has no advisory or decision-making authority and functions solely as a facilitator.

Barbara Johnson, executive director of “Lake County Mediations,” can be reached by telephone at 707-263-6800 or by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The group’s Web site (www.LakeCountyMediations.org) has additional information and links that explain the benefits of mediation, how to use the community program and more about the mediation process.

LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lake County Democratic Central Committee will meet on Thursday, July 7.

The monthly meeting will take place at Lake County Tax Services Office 1210 S. Main St., Lakeport, and will begin at 7 p.m.

Agenda items will include discussion on plans for the annual legislators' barbecue, which will feature guest speaker State Controller John Chiang, and be attended by Congressman Mike Thompson, state Assemblyman Wes Chesbro and state Sen. Noreen Evans.

Plans for the 2012 Presidential election and how Lake County Democrats can participate and support the reelection of President Obama and Sen. Feinstein will be laid out and members will be able to sign up for key roles in the election effort.

Also, on the agenda, reports from Peter Windrem, representative for Thompson; Joey Luiz, representative for Chesbro; and a report from Evans.

Meetings are open to the public and committee membership is open to all registered Democrats.

The Lake County Democratic Central Committee is the official governing body of the Democratic Party in Lake County. Contact the Democratic Party of Lake County at 707-277-0713 or by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The committee's Web site is www.lakecountydemocrats.org.

Presented by the Lake County Farm Bureau (LCFB), “For the Love of the Land” is scheduled for Saturday, July 30, 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Rancho de la Fuente, 2290 Soda Bay Road in the heart of Lake County.

“Come taste why we love the many flavors of Lake County,” says LCFB director and event committee member Diane Henderson.

Guests will be treated to Mexican cuisine prepared by Lakeport restaurant Taqueria La Mexicana, samples of homebrewed beer by Lake County beer makers, fine wines produced by Lake County winemakers, and vintage rock and blues music by the LC Diamonds with pianist David Neft of Middletown joining the popular band of local musicians.

“For the Love of the Land” will also feature a silent auction and a marketplace showcasing the county’s farming, art and other community talents, activities and personalities.

Tickets are $30 per person or $300 for a Reserved Rancher’s Table for eight. Tickets may be purchased online at www.lakecofb.com.

Stop by the Lake County Farm Bureau office at 65 Soda Bay Road in Lakeport for more information or call the Farm Bureau office, 707-263-0911.

Event sponsorships are also available through the Lake County Farm Bureau office. Levels of sponsorship are “Farm” for individuals wishing to donate to the silent auction, “Pasture” ($200), “Orchard” ($500), “Vineyard” ($1,000), and “Elite Vineyard” ($5,000 or more). Businesses and individuals interested in sponsoring are requested to call the Farm Bureau office.

“’For the Love of the Land’ will be a fun and festive occasion offering something for everyone. All proceeds will benefit the land,” states LCFB President Craig Shannon.

A special scholarship silent auction table will benefit students pursuing career opportunities in farming, ranching and sustainable land management.

Similarly, a separate silent auction table will benefit one of the newest Lake County groups, the Young Farmers & Ranchers of Lake County.

Presenter Zane Jensen, who recently returned from a Civil War battlefield tour, will review the events leading up the battle, the battle itself, and it's impact on the rest of the war.

The group will also review how "Stonewall" Jackson got his nickname at this battle.

An additional presentation will be by Janis Traub who will consider the effect of railroads on the Battle of Bull Run and how their use impacted the Civil War more than any other war up to that point.

She will review how the North's superiority in railroad mileage and rolling stock gave them a decisive advantage in logistics and combat operations.

The roundtable will be held on Tuesday, July 5, at the Tallman Hotel in historic downtown Upper Lake and will begin at 6:15 p.m.

The group was formed to help commemorate the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War and at each monthly meeting they discuss what happened that month 150 years ago.

For more information, contact Phil Smoley at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Zane Jensen at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

At a meeting on Thursday in Sacramento, the Executive Committee of the Strategic Vision announced that they are accepting applications for the stakeholder advisory group.

The stakeholder advisory group represents a diverse range of interests affecting state policies that manage fish and wildlife, including individuals representing fishing and hunting interests, nonprofit conservation organizations, nonconsumptive recreational users, landowners, scientific and educational interests, and others dedicated to habitat conservation and protection of public trust resources.

The stakeholder group will advise and support the executive committee, among other tasks.

Applications can be found at www.vision.ca.gov and will be accepted through July 13.

The California Fish and Wildlife Strategic Vision began from legislation (AB 2376, Huffman) signed into law last year that requires the Natural Resources Agency to convene a committee to develop a strategic vision for DFG and the Fish and Game Commission.

The goal is to provide real solutions to improve and enhance DFG’s capacity and effectiveness in fulfilling its public trust responsibilities for the protection and management of the state’s fish and wildlife, for their ecological values, and for the benefit of the people of the state.

“We are pleased that the process is under way,” said DFG Acting Director John McCamman. “We ask our many partners, stakeholders and other interested parties to help shape this vision, and to take this opportunity to share what has worked and what hasn’t in the department’s more than 100 years of existence.”