County awarded FEMA funds
Oct. 19, 2013
LAKE COUNTY >> The county has been awarded more than $37,000 in federal funds through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program.
Lake County was selected by a national board to supplement emergency food and shelter programs, according to Traci Rorabaugh, of North Coast Opportunities, Inc. (NCO). The board was chaired by FEMA and consists of representatives from the American Red Cross; Catholic Charities, USA; National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA; The Salvation Army; United Jewish Communities and the United Way of America.
Out with a bang
Oct. 20, 2009
LAKE COUNTY >> Natomas newlyweds celebrated their wedding night Saturday at Konocti Harbor Resort & Spa, but the couple may not be able to return for their one year anniversary, or any other, if the concert venue closes as scheduled Nov. 11.
Gena and Kent Clifton sang and swayed to Rascal Flatts still dressed for their wedding, the bride in a white dress with a beaded bust and the groom in a black tuxedo. It was their first and possibly last concert at the outdoor Lake County venue.
Where the dragon sleeps
Oct. 23, 1994
LAKE COUNTY >> Boaters on Clear Lake might chance upon a local curiosity near Horseshoe Bend and take a swim in the warm soda bubbles churning up from a fissure deep in the lake”s bottom. The water there is heated from a magma layer approximately four miles below ground which is part of the Clear Lake volcanic field.
Mt. Konocti is part of the “Ring of Fire” which constitutes the tectonic plate borders of the Pacific plate. Interlocking tectonic plates make up the planet”s crust and are in motion over the Earth”s core, resulting in seismic and volcanic activity due to pressure from surrounding plates.
Quake death toll likely lower
Oct. 20, 1989
SAN FRACISCO (AP) >> Four strong aftershocks rattled a jittery Northern California on Thursday, and officials said the death toll at a collapsed freeway might be far lower than feared because the World Series had reduced rush-hour traffic.
“Maybe we got lucky because of the game,” Oakland police Sgt. Bob Crawford said. “Normally at 5 o”clock in the afternoon this area would be bumper-to-bumper. Maybe the World Series saved our lives.”
Sewer Bid Ok”d
Oct. 22, 1964
LAKEPORT >> A resolution was approved by the board of supervisors Monday authorizing filing of application for a preliminary planning loan with the housing and home finance agency to finance initial studies of a sewer system for Clearlake Park –Highlands and Lower Lake.
George S. Nolte, engineering firm from Palo Alto, J.B. Hanauer and Co., financial consultants and Nichols and Rogers, bonding attorneys, were authorized by the board to prepare the application. The authorization carried no commitment by the board to any of the firms involved.
Cornelison Hears “Buddy” Sing As Grand Opera Star
Oct. 25, 1939
MANAKEE >> George Stinson, “the singing cop” whose voice is said to be the first American to rival that of Caruso, made his operatic debut before the San Francisco Operatic Association, as “Canio” (Puchinello) on Saturday night and was given a thirty minute ovation by the audience that filled War Memorial Opera House. Among the auditors was his former “buddy”, Highway Patrolman R.P. (Alabama) Cornelison, of Lake County.
First to reach the operatic star”s dressing room after the performance was Alabama; first to receive an autographed photograph, and first to have his program autographed was Alabama.
Some years ago Stinson and Cornelison pursued violators of state traffic laws on motorcycles. Later the “team” was transferred to the Bay bridge.
Two railroads?
Oct. 25, 1905
Lake county, which has been praying for a railroad, lo! These many years, is now experiencing the peculiar sensation of being confronted by two railroads – at least by two companies each of which proclaims a firm and steadfast intention of building from San Francisco Bay to Lakeport.
First came the Napa and Lakeport R”y Co., of which the Bee has had much to say, and which is steadily working on its surveys. Last week the Clear Lake and Southern appeared on the scene. We intend to build, said its representatives. We do not ask a subsidy; we have no stocks or bonds for sale; such of your lands as we need we will pay for; we want only your friendship and good will, and we intend to build if we do not receive even that.
Like the other company, these gentlemen decline to disclose the identity of the men who are putting up the money.
