LAKE COUNTY
The Lake County Library’s 2022 Summer Reading program concluded on August 6.
Four hundred and thirty children, teens, and adults signed up for Summer Reading with Your Library. Participants logged their reading with the library and could choose to earn one point per page read or they could earn 40 points per book read. Altogether participants earned 479,664 points. That’s the equivalent of reading The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien over 1,500 times.
The most popular book read by kids was Unicorns are the Worst! by Alex Willan, which tells the tale of a goblin annoyed by his new unicorn neighbors. Also popular were The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine by Mark Twain and Philip C. Stead, Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry, and Put Me in the Zoo by Robert Lopshire.
Reading is fun all on its own but participants also won prizes. The library gave away over 700 prizes, including stickers, sticky hands, and book totes. Also given away were coupons for free gifts donated by local businesses. Adults and teens had a chance to win an Amazon Fire tablet, gift cards to local businesses, or a gift basket filled with books.
To celebrate the end of Summer Reading, the Lake County Library hosted a Summer Carnival at the Redbud Library in Clearlake on August 6. Over 80 people attended and kids had a great time playing games to win small prizes.
Everyone who earned 1,000 points also had a book donated in their name to the Lake County Library, and got to be the first person to check that book out. All the prizes were donated by the Friends of the Lake County Library, a local non-profit that supports the library system.
Summer Reading is held every year by the Lake County Library and challenges County residents to read more during the summer months.
Visit the Lake County Library Website at http://library.lakecountyca.gov.
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LAKE COUNTY
‘Moderate’ to ‘Unhealthy’ for Sensitive Groups this week
Current air monitor readings throughout Lake County show “moderate” air quality levels. Smoke impacts to Lake County are from the Six Rivers Lightning Complex Fire and other minor regional fires throughout Northern California. The Six Rivers Complex, currently made up of 3 individual wildfires having burned 19,272 acres and 17% containment.
All areas of Lake County have experienced Moderate to Unhealthy air quality today. However, the air quality forecast for tonight through Thursday will range from “Moderate” (AQI of 51-100) to “Unhealthy For Sensitive Groups” (AQI of 101-151), and intermittently areas may experience “Unhealthy” air quality for all. Areas at lower elevations expected to experience the most smoke impacts in the morning hours, with higher elevations likely to experience impacts throughout the day. Expect fluctuating periods of poorer air quality. Late this week, forecasts indicate a chance of improving conditions. This smoke forecast is based on the latest weather, monitoring, fire activity information and will be updated as necessary.
The District is actively monitoring the smoke impacts throughout the County. Additionally, you may go to WWW.LCAQMD.NET and follow the Quick Links for Air Monitoring for current smoke and air quality conditions.
Concentrations of smoke may vary depending upon location, weather, elevation, and time of day. Smoke from wildfires and structure fires contain harmful chemicals that can affect your health. Smoke can cause eye and throat irritation, coughing, and difficulty breathing. People who are at greatest risk of experiencing symptoms due to smoke include: those with respiratory disease (such as asthma), those with heart disease, young children, and older adults.
These sensitive populations should stay indoors and avoid prolonged activity. All others should limit prolonged or heavy activity and time spent outdoors. Even healthy adults can be affected by smoke. Seek medical help if you have symptoms that worsen or become severe.
Follow these general precautions to protect your health during a smoke event:
• Minimize or stop outdoor activities, especially exercise.
• Stay indoors with windows and doors closed as much as possible.
• Do not run fans that bring smoky outdoor air inside – examples include swamp
coolers, whole-house fans, and fresh air ventilation systems.
• Run your air-conditioner only if it does not bring smoke in from the outdoors.
• Change the standard air conditioner filter to a medium or high efficiency filter. If
available, use the “re-circulate” or “recycle” setting on the unit.
• Do not smoke, fry food, or do other things that will create indoor air pollution.
If you have lung disease (including asthma) or heart disease, closely monitor your health and contact your doctor if you have symptoms that worsen. Consider leaving the area until smoke conditions improve if you have repeated coughing, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, wheezing, chest tightness or pain, palpitations, nausea, unusual fatigue, lightheadedness.
Localized areas of unhealthy air quality are possible throughout this fire season. Take appropriate measures whenever smoke is present.
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