After a rigorous five-week training course with eight-hour shifts consisting of written and physical tests, and responding to assimilated vehicle accidents and structure fires, the Lakeport Fire Protection District recognized seven new volunteers. Pictured are six of the seven graduates with department firefighters and Chief Doug Hutchison (second from right). The graduates are from, from left, Nate Barnett, Solano Dominguez, Kia Kohler, Jesse Obernesser, Issac Maize, Wyatt Smith, and Lani Bonson (not pictured). – tammy murga — lake county publishing