LAKEPORT
All branches of the Lake County Library system will be closed on Saturday to observe Martin Luther King Day.
Normal hours at all branches will resume on January 21. Call your local branch if you have any questions. Even though the library will be closed you can still go online to the library website at http://library.lakecountyca.gov to download ebooks, audiobooks, movies music and magazines. You can also check on your account, renew any items you have checked out or request books from libraries in Lake, Sonoma and Mendocino to pick up at your local branch when the library does reopen.
Lake County Library patrons have unlimited access to Creativebug, a free video library of craft classes. Creativebug offers more than 1000 classes in yarn crafts, jewelry, quilting, art and design, sewing, paper crafts, food, home and kids’ crafts.
- Lakeport Library, located at 1425 N. High Street, is normally open Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Wednesday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. The phone number is 263-8817.
- Redbud Library, 14785 Burns Valley Road, Clearlake, is normally open Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Wednesday noon to 7 p.m. The phone number is 994-5115.
- Middletown Library, 21256 Washington Street, is normally open Tuesday through Friday noon to 5 p.m., and Saturday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The phone number is 987-3674.
- Upper Lake Library, 310 Second Street, is normally open Tuesday through Friday noon to 5 pm, and Saturday, 10 a.m.to 3 p.m. The phone number is 275-2049.
The Lake County Library is on the internet at http://library.lakecountyca.gov.
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LOWER LAKE
Lakeshore Lioness host ‘All you can Eat’ pizza event at DJ’s Pizza
Lakeshore Lioness will be hosting an All you can Eat Pizza night at DJ’s Pizza on Wednesday, Jan. 22 starting at 5 pm. DJ’s is located on Main St. in Lower Lake. Lakeshore Lioness donate to many other non-profits, schools, 4-H, SPCA and other organizations. We will be selling tickets to a raffle as well. Lakeshore Lioness general meeting falls on the 4th Wednesday of each month. We will be holding a membership meeting at 7 pm at DJ’s due to the timing of both events. For more information please contact Joan at Lakeshorelioness2013@yahoo.com or 994-2178.
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LOWER LAKE
Audubon California’s Meghan Hertel will discuss climate change and birds at risk tomorrow
The Redbud Audubon Society is starting off the New Year with a presentation by Meghan Hertel, Director of Land and Water Conservation for Audubon California. The Thursday, Jan. 16 meeting will be held in Lower Lake at the Methodist Church Social Hall, 16255 Second St. starting at 7 p.m.
Roughly two-thirds of America’s birds are threatened with extinction in the face of climate change. This is the key finding in the October 2019 report from the National Audubon Society. The ground-breaking climate report, Survival by Degrees: 389 Bird Species on the Brink, included stark findings that showed the likely fate of hundreds of bird species under various climate warming projections.
Hertel will discuss this study, provide a call to action, and report what Audubon is doing in California and nationally on climate change.
Meghan Hertel has been with Audubon California since 2010. She co-leads Audubon California’s conservation programs with a focus on inland water and working lands strategies. These include scaling bird-friendly management practices and habitat restoration on farms and ranches, Audubon’s engagement at the Salton Sea, and overseeing Audubon California’s sanctuaries.
Prior to her current position, Meghan served as Interim State Co-Director in 2017, as well as in various other Audubon positions including Associate Director of Public Policy and San Joaquin River Project Manager.
Hertel holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Science and Policy from Clark University. She is a 2018 American Leadership Forum Fellow, a 2009 Water Education Foundation, William R. Gianelli Water Leader, and a 2006 Albert Schweitzer Fellow. Meghan was recently recognized as one of Sacramento’s 40 under 40 for 2019.
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