LAKE COUNTY
After-hours animal care and control services temporarily suspended due to understaffing
As members of the public will be aware, Lake County Animal Care and Control strives to provide a timely response to urgent animal-related issues within our areas of responsibility, which may include responding to reports of stray and injured animals.
Providing such services after normal business hours is not mandated under the law, in most cases, but the highest possible level of service is provided, within staffing and resource limitations.
Due to understaffing, Lake County Animal Care and Control has made the very difficult decision to temporarily suspend after-hours on-call services.
Effective immediately, weekday after-hours calls placed by dialing 707-263-0278 will receive a response the following business day.
An on-call officer will be available during weekend hours through the remainder of October (Friday at 5 pm-Monday at 8 am, October 14 to 17, 21 to 24, and 28 to 31).
Starting November 1, all after-hours services will be temporarily unavailable, including weekend services.
If stray injured dogs and cats are found after 5 p.m. on weekdays or on weekends, they can still be taken to local veterinarians to receive care.
Lake County Animal Care and Control is in the process of hiring more officers, and on-call services will be reinstated as soon they can be safely provided. Training of newly-hired officers typically takes five to six months, but our sincere hope is to accelerate this process, and resume after-hours services within the first quarter of 2023.
Animal Care and Control can be reached at 707-263-0278, Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. During this time of transition, our contracted answering service will still be receiving calls after business hours. Any calls received will be documented and an officer will respond the next available workday.
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SACRAMENTO
BLM, NPS and USFWS to host wildland fire hiring events
The Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are hosting two hiring events to quickly fill 200 wildland firefighter and support positions in California and parts of Nevada, for the 2023 wildland fire year.
The first of two hiring events will be held on Sat., Nov. 5 and Sun., Nov. 6., from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Red Lion Hotel, 1830 Hilltop Dr., Redding, CA 96002. A second hiring event will be held on Sat., Nov. 19 and Sun., Nov. 20, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at California State University, Northridge – University Student Union, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge, CA 91330. Hiring officials will be on site at these events to answer questions, review resumes and help those interested in fire positions to navigate the application process. Some job offers may be made on-the-spot.
“Our need to build a year-round, firefighting and fuels management workforce has increased tremendously in tandem with the historic fire activity of the last decade,” said Peter Kelly, Deputy Regional Fire Management Coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. “To meet that demand, we encourage enthusiastic, energetic individuals who are looking for a rewarding career in wildland fire management to apply and visit with us during these hiring events.”
Federal agencies will be hiring for wildland firefighters, engine captains, forestry aids, forestry technicians, firefighter apprentices, dispatchers and a helicopter crew supervisor. A summary of position types is available on the National Interagency Fire Center’s wildland fire job page. Detailed position and wildland fire qualification information is available in the National Wildland Fire Coordinating Group’s position catalog.
To receive early consideration, job applications can be filled out online between Oct. 10 to 17, or in person at the events. Job announcements, including qualifications, salaries, application instructions and application deadlines, are available at USAJOBS.
Applicants can visit https://www.doi.gov/wildlandfire/hiring-event, for more information about the two hiring events.
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LAKEPORT
Iris culture and modern Irises
The Clear Lake Trowel and Trellis Garden Club will meet at noon, Tuesday, October 18 at the Lakeport Scotts Valley Women’s Club House at 2298 Hendricks Road. Cookies, finger food veggies, coffee and tea will be provided. We are having a small pre-celebration of Halloween this month. We are asking all members who are willing and able to wear a Halloween mask or a Halloween hat to the meeting. Prizes will be awarded.
The featured speaker will be Kitty Loberg on Iris Culture and Modern Irises. Loberg will tell the club how to get the best out of irises, how the progression of irises has been through the years, and what new things hybridizers are coming up with. She’ll talk about dividing and planting, and more important, she has slides of how to specifically handle rhizomes and what it is like to divide crowded irises and keep them blooming beautifully. Loberg has grown irises all of her life and maintains a collection of over 250 varieties. She is an accredited Iris Judge of the American Iris Society and will show how irises are one of the best and easiest perennial to grow.
Our club welcomes new members and information can be found by visiting www.clttgc.org. For more information please call Carol 707 279-1169. The Clear Lake Trowel & Trellis Garden Club is a member of the Mendo-Lake District of the California Garden Club, Inc.-Pacific Region and National Garden Clubs, Inc.
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