KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – Kelseyville Presbyterian Church will hold its rummage sale on Friday, April 1, and Saturday, April 2.

The sale runs from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. both days, with a bag sale on most items on Saturday.

There will be something for everyone – clothing, shoes, collectibles and furniture – plus chili and hot dogs for sale.

If you have a donation, please call Sandy at 707-245-5824.

Kelseyville Presbyterian Church is located at 5340 Third St.

LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lake County Fair Foundation is officially kicking off a restroom improvement project at the fairgrounds with a fundraiser event on Friday, April 1.

The inaugural “potty party” will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Phil Lewis Hall at the Lake County Fairgrounds, 401 Martin St. in Lakeport.

Admission is free, but pledges and donations are welcome.

There will be music, food and fun, and a chance to join the foundation, formed last year to help fund improvements at the fairgrounds.

For more information call the Lake County Fair at 707-263-6181 or Janeane Bogner at 707-998-3280.

LAKEPORT, Calif – The Lake County First 5 Lake Commission will hold a regular meeting on Wednesday, March 23.

The meeting will begin at 2:30 p.m. at Legacy Court, 1950 Parallel Drive in Lakeport.

Agenda items include a committee update on succession planning for Executive Director Tom Jordan and approval to hire an interim director after Jordan retires, if necessary.

The commission also will approve the 2015-16 First 5 Lake budget revision, hold a public hearing to accept First 5 California's 2014-15 Annual Report, approve a grant for the ECE recognition event of not less than $500, and hear a presentation on e-cigarettes and tobacco cessation from Jessica Hamner of the Department of Public Health.

There also will be reports from the executive director and commissioners, and public comment and announcements.

Commissioners include Jim Brown, Laurie Daly, Brock Falkenberg, Carol Huchingson, Susan Jen, Pam Klier, Ana Santana and Jeff Smith.

For more information call the Lake County First 5 Lake Commission at 707-263-6169 or visit www.firstfivelake.org .

SUTTER, Calif. – On Saturday, March 19, the Terrace Vikings attended the largest and one of the toughest tournaments on their season schedule.

The Twin Cities Invitational Wrestling Tournament took six mats and two gyms to handle the large number of wrestlers in attendance. 

The Vikings sent 14 wrestlers – five boys and nine girls – to compete and won nine total medals – three firsts, one second, two thirds and three fifths.

In the seventh and eighth grade varsity brackets, gold medalist were Mavis Pyorre and Sterling Wong.

Mavis wrestled up at 105 pounds, finishing at 3-0 with three pins (Mavis says thank you Kodie Rowan for the 6 a.m. Bootcamps strength and conditioning training at Quail Run). Sterling went 2-0 at 190 pounds with two pins.

Frank Weiler (190 pounds) won the silver medal with one pin. Ashley Vasquez and Deila Shirley each won fifth place medals with one pin.

Just missing out on medals, but finishing in sixth place with one pin each, were Carlie Green, Teagan Miller and Alyssa Gray. Bryanna Johnson (100-pound junior varsity bracket) took home a fifth place medal.

In the fourth, fifth and sixth grade varsity brackets, Jesse Lewis went 2-0 at 135 pounds, with two pins to win a gold medal.

Enzo Torres went 3-1 at 90 pounds with three pins and Elijah Alvarez (95 pounds) went 3-1 with one pin to take home bronze medals.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (D-CA), Peter King (R-NY), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Mike Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Patrick Meehan (R-PA), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Robert Dold (R-IL), Marc Veasey (D-TX) and Daniel Donovan (R-NY) on Thursday led 163 of their colleagues in calling on appropriators to provide funds to strengthen the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), the database used to determine whether or not a prospective buyer is eligible to buy a firearm.

Right now, NICS is missing information and because of this, people who otherwise would not pass a background check can slip through the cracks and buy guns.

The letter, signed by 149 Democrats and 14 Republicans, urged the House Appropriations Committee to provide $73 million for NICS in the House version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) Appropriations bill. The funds would be used to help states improve data submissions to NICS.

“Criminals, domestic abusers and the dangerously mentally ill should not be able to get their hands on guns,” said Thompson. “And the only way to know if someone falls into one of those categories is to conduct a background check. But our national background check system is only as good as the data we put into it. These funds will help states upload information into the system so that prohibited purchasers don’t slip through the cracks.”

In January, President Barack Obama announced executive actions to reduce and prevent gun violence. The executive actions announced eliminate the ambiguity surrounding the term “engaged in the business” as it pertains to federally licensed firearms dealers.

Under current law, only licensed gun dealers are required to perform background checks for all gun sales, and only those individuals deemed to be "engaged in the business" of dealing in guns are required to obtain a license from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).

The executive actions clarify the term to state that anyone making a profit from the sale of guns, regularly making gun sales, and/or earning their livelihood from gun sales is “engaged in the business” and therefore must obtain a license and conduct criminal background checks, even if at a gun show or over the Internet.

As a result of the president's executive actions, it is expected that more sales will go through licensed dealers requiring background checks. Having the most up-to-date, comprehensive information in the system will ensure that these sales don't allow guns to get in the hands of people who should not have them.

In the previous Congress, Thompson passed a bipartisan amendment which increased NICS funding to record levels in the FY 2015 omnibus appropriations bill.

NICE, Calif. – Nice Mutual Water Co. will hold its annual shareholders meeting on Saturday, June 25.

The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. at the water company, 3246 Lakeshore Blvd.

There are three director positions up for election at this time.

If you are interested in running for a director’s position and are a shareholder in the Nice Water District, please submit a short candidate’s statement by May 13 to Nice Mutual Water Co.

For more information contact the water company at 707-274-1149 or visit http://www.nicemutualwatercompany.info/ .