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Students named to Dean’s List at Simpson University
Simpson University named 245 students to the Dean’s List for the fall 2020 semester. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, a student must have a semester grade-point average of 3.50 or higher.
The following local students were named to the Dean’s List:
Nathan Phillips of Kelseyville (95451). Phillips’s major is Business Administration.
Zachary Watkins of Kelseyville (95451). Watkins’s major is Nursing.
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LAKE COUNTY
Scotts Valley Community Advisory Council meets Monday via Zoom
Due to the COVID-19 crisis, meetings of the Scotts Valley Community Advisory Council will be available for participation virtually via Zoom. To participate in real time, please join the Zoom Meeting by accessing the link below. The council zooms at 5 p.m. Monday.
On the meeting agenda are guest speaker Magdalena Valderrama, director/project manager, Seigler Springs Community Redevelopment Association, Community based Regional Coordinator Firewise Communities and member, Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network (FAC Net.) Valderrama will discuss Fire Wise Communities: what that means and how to form one.
Request to clear Scotts Creek downstream from newly installed culvert (Mike Murray – property owner) Table item until late spring/summer 2021
Other items to be discussed include a Bridge approach over Scotts Creek at Scotts Valley Road and Hendricks, Scotts Valley Advisory Council applications due/enabling ordinance and Eickoff Road dumping.
Also on the agenda under open forum is the opportunity for residents to share their concerns and ideas with District 4 Supervisor, Tina Scott. The meeting link is: https://lakecounty.zoom.us/j/96317442305?pwd=WFF3Z1N5SnVoTnFsNE1YZkpRWjFBdz09
Meeting ID: 963 1744 2305 with a passcode: 694211.
Find your local number: https://lakecounty.zoom.us/u/adXl3MY0Pk if you prefer to call in or join by SIP 96317442305@zoomcrc.com
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LAKEPORT
Lakeport Fire Protection District Board announces appointment of new Fire Chief
The Lakeport Fire Protection District Board of Directors announced the appointment of Salt Lake City Battalion Chief Jeffrey James Thomas to serve as the new Fire Chief for the Lakeport Fire Protection District effective March 29, 2021. Chief Thomas has worked for the City Fire Department in Salt Lake City, Utah for 36 years. The Chief was born and raised in northern California before moving to Utah on a football scholarship and beginning his lengthy career in the fire service. Chief Thomas is looking forward to returning home closer to family and serving the community in and around Lakeport.
John Whitehead, Chair of the Board of Directors stated, “We are thrilled with Chief Thomas and what he will bring to our District. The District was fortunate to have three excellent candidates to interview, but both our Board and a separate panel made up of representatives of our professional firefighters, volunteer firefighters, and other public safety partners unanimously agreed that Chief Thomas was the best fit for the Department based on his professionalism, charisma, high level of training and experience, and existing love for the area. I hope you will join us in welcoming Chief Thomas as the next Fire Chief of the Lakeport Fire Protection District.”
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WASHINGTON D.C.
Thompson, legislators introduce the Increase Federal Disaster Cost Share Act
This week, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05), House Transportation and Infrastructure Chair Peter DeFazio (OR-06), Rep. Lucille Royball-Allard (CA-40), Rep. Doug LaMalfa (CA-01), and Rep. Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) introduced the Increase Federal Disaster Cost Share Act. This bipartisan bill would boost the Federal cost share from 75 to 90 percent for any federally declared disasters in 2020. Thompson was joined by original coauthors representing many districts hit hard by bad fires during the Coronavirus crisis.
“Far too many districts like ours have been hit hard by fires during the COVID-19 pandemic, a dual burden on our local governments that are already stretched too thin. The Federal government can and must help during these double crises,” said Thompson. “That’s why I’ve reintroduced the Increase Federal Disaster Cost Share Act, a bipartisan bill to boost the Federal financial responsibility and help our local governments already working overtime to respond to disasters and maintain essential services.”
Readers can visit https://mikethompson.house.gov/sites/mikethompson.house.gov/files/The%20Increase%20Federal%20Disaster%20Cost%20Share%20Act%20of%202021.pdf to read text of the Increase Federal Disaster Cost Share Act and https://mikethompson.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/reps-thompson-lamalfa-panetta-introduce-the-increase-federal-disaster-cost to read more about the bill in the 116th Congress.
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