Included are Mendocino County projects that may impact Lake County commuters.

LAKE COUNTY

Highway 20

– A project to add turnouts from the Blue Lake Motel to Witter Springs Road will continue. Work hours are 6 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., weekdays. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate

15-minute delays. Contractor – Team Ghilotti of Petaluma.

– A highway widening project from Government Street to Rancheria Road will continue. Work hours are 6 a.m. to 4 p.m., weekdays. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate

20-minute delays. Contractor – Argonaut Constructors of Santa Rosa.

– A project to add turnouts from 0.1 mile east of Diane Court to 0.2 mile west of Catholic Church Road will continue. Work hours are 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., weekdays. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate 10-minute delays. Contractor – Team Ghilotti of Petaluma.

– A roadway realignment project from 1.4 miles east of the North Fork Cache Creek Bridge to 1.6 miles west of Walker Ridge Road will continue. Work hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., weekdays. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate 15-minute delays. Contractor – Argonaut Constructors of Santa Rosa.

Highway 29

– Bridge deck repairs at Kelseyville Creek Bridge will continue. Work hours are 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., Sunday evening through Friday morning. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate 15-minute delays. Contractor – DeBruin Construction Inc. of Stockton.

Highway 175

– Caltrans will perform routine maintenance from the Lake/Mendocino County line to the junction of Route 29/175 near Lakeport. Work hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Thursday. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate 10-minute delays.

– A pavement sealing project from the junction of Route 29/175 near Kelseyville to Kelsey Creek will continue. Work hours are 6AM to 6PM, weekdays. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate 10-minute delays. Contractor – Northwest Paving of Redding.

– PG&E of Eureka has been granted a Caltrans Encroachment Permit for utility repairs at Road 4 on Thursday, July 30. Work hours are 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate five-minute delays.

MENDOCINO COUNTY

Highway 101

– Also effects Routes 20 and 271 – Dimmick Ranch of Piercy has been granted a Caltrans Encroachment Permit for traffic control for the Reggae Rising Music Festival Wednesday, July 29 through Monday, Aug. 3, at French’s Camp, adjacent to Route 101, approximately 10 miles south of

Garberville, near the Humboldt-Mendocino County Line. Traffic is expected to be heavy throughout the area, and travelers may experience minor traffic slowdowns through Sunday afternoon. Up to one-hour delays are expected at the conclusion of the event Sunday evening and into Monday. The one-hour

delays will most likely occur at the event location, on two-lane highway segments, and southbound near the City of Willits. Route 271 will be restricted to local traffic only.

Highway 1

– Construction of a retaining wall about three miles north of Elk will continue. One-way traffic control with a temporary signal will be in effect 24 hours per day, seven days per week. Motorists should

anticipate 10-minute delays. Contractor – Granite Construction of Ukiah.

– John William McGehee of Ukiah has been granted a Caltrans Encroachment Permit to install a road approach near Hare Creek Bridge beginning Monday, July 27. Work hours are 7 a.m. to 10 a.m., weekdays. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate five-minute delays.

– The city of Fort Bragg has been granted a Caltrans Encroachment Permit for sidewalk and sewer upgrades from Walnut Street to Pine Avenue. Work hours are 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., weekdays. Southbound traffic will be restricted to one lane. Motorists may experience minor traffic slowdowns.

– Anthony Faga of Fort Bragg has been granted a Caltrans Encroachment Permit to install a road approach between 0.7 mile west of Old Lake County Road and Old Lake County Road beginning Monday, July 27. Work hours are 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., weekdays. Intermittent one-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate five-minute delays.

Highway 101

– Storm damage repair from 0.5 mile north of the Mendocino/Sonoma County line 1.6 miles south of East Side Road will continue. Traffic will be restricted to one lane in each direction of travel 24 hours per day, seven days per week. Motorists may experience minor traffic slowdowns. Contractor – North Bay Construction of Petaluma.

– A pavement repair project from the West Road Overcrossing to Moore Avenue will continue. Southbound traffic will be restricted to one lane 24 hours per day, from 9 p.m. Monday to 3 p.m. Friday. Motorists may experience minor traffic slowdowns. Contractor – Professional Concrete Services of Pleasant Hill.

– Roadway repair due to pavement deterioration and a slipout from 1.1 miles north of Reeves Canyon Road to Ridgewood Ranch Road will continue. Traffic will be restricted to one lane in each direction of

travel 24 hours per day, seven days per week. Motorists may experience minor traffic slowdowns. Contractor – North Bay Construction of Petaluma.

– Repair of a slipout near Ryan Creek Road will begin Monday, July 27. Traffic will be restricted to one lane in each direction of travel 24 hours per day, seven days per week. Motorists may experience minor traffic slowdowns. Contractor – Mendocino Construction Services Inc. of Willits.

– A pavement repair project from Big Trails Drive to the Long Valley Creek Bridge will continue. Work hours are 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., weekdays. Traffic will be restricted to one lane in each direction of travel. Motorists may experience minor traffic slowdowns. Contractor – Windsor Fuel Co. of Pittsburg.

– A culvert replacement project near the junction of Route 101/162 will begin Tuesday, July 28. Work hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., weekdays. Traffic will be restricted to one lane in each direction of travel. Motorists may experience minor traffic slowdowns. Contractor – Robert J. Frank Construction, Incorporated, of Redding.

– Repair of a slope 2.3 miles south of Spy Rock Road will begin Friday, July 24. Work hours are 6 a.m. to 5 p.m., weekdays. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate five-minute

delays. Contractor – Mendocino Construction Services Inc. of Willits.

Highway 128

– Tom Berger of Yorkville has been granted a Caltrans Encroachment Permit to install a road approach near Beebe Creek Bridge beginning Monday, July 27. Work hours are 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., weekdays.

Intermittent one-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate five-minute delays.

– A culvert replacement project 0.9 mile east of the Dry Creek Bridge will continue through Friday, July 24. Work hours are 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., weekdays. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists

should anticipate 10-minute delays. Contractor – Coast Construction Inc. of San Rafael.

– A culvert replacement project near Mountain House Road will continue through Friday, July 24. Work hours are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., weekdays. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should

anticipate 10-minute delays. Contractor – Coast Construction Inc. of San Rafael.

– A culvert replacement project near the Mendocino/Sonoma County line will begin Monday, July 27. Work hours are 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., weekdays. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should

anticipate 10-minute delays. Contractor – Coast Construction Inc. of San Rafael.

Highway 162

– A pavement sealing project from the junction of Route 101/162 to the Bloody Run Creek Bridge will continue. Work hours are 6 a.m. to 3 p.m., weekdays. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate five-minute delays. Contractor – Northern California Paving Inc. of Yreka.

– Caltrans will perform routine maintenance from 1.1 miles south to 0.9 mile north of Bloody Run Creek Bride beginning Monday, July 27. Work hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., weekdays. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate five-minute delays.

– PG&E of Eureka has been granted a Caltrans Encroachment Permit for utility repairs at Bloody Run Creek Bridge on Tuesday, July 28. Work hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate five-minute delays.

Highway 253

– A culvert replacement project near Butler Ranch will begin Monday, July 27. Work hours are 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., weekdays. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate 10-minute

delays. Contractor – Coast Construction Inc. of San Rafael.

– A culvert replacement project near Butler Ranch will begin Monday, July 27. Work hours are 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., weekdays. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate 10-minute

delays. Contractor – Coast Construction Inc. of San Rafael.

– A culvert replacement project 0.6 mile west of Stipp Lane will begin Monday, July 27. Work hours are 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., weekdays. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate

10-minute delays. Contractor – Coast Construction Inc. of San Rafael.

Highway 271

– A culvert replacement project 0.3 mile south of Squaw Creek will occur on Monday, July 27. Work hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate 10-minute delays. Contractor – Coast Construction Inc. of San Rafael.

For information pertaining to emergency roadwork or for updates to scheduled roadwork, please contact the California Highway Information Network (CHIN) at 1-800-GAS-ROAD (1-800-427-7623).

The deadline to enter the Lake County Fair's clothing and textile division for 2009 is Aug. 7, 2009. Courtesy photo.

LAKE COUNTY – Textile and fiber art entries at the Lake County Fair will have a new venue this year.

This year they'll be featured in the Theater Building, which will house clothing and textiles, knitting, crocheting, quilting, needle art and handspun yarns.

In addition to the regular cash awards, $400 in special awards will be given to select winning entries.

Fiber artists and sewing/quilting enthusiasts are encouraged to submit their entries before the Aug. 7 deadline.

Volunteers also are being sought to help staff this exciting new exhibit area.

Entries must be submitted electronically at www.lakecountyfair.com/competitions.html ; for those who don't have access to a computer, computers are available at the Lake County Fairgrounds, 401 Martin St., Lakeport.

Please contact either Kerrie Hershey, 707-263-8555, or Jane Alameda, 707-263-3831, for information and details about this year's textile and fiber arts exhibition.

French's Camp, adjacent to Route 101, approximately 10 miles south of Garberville, near the Humboldt-Mendocino County line, will be the site for the Reggae Rising concert.

The event will begin Friday, July 31, and will end Sunday, Aug. 2. Traffic delays may occur as far south as Willits on Route 101 and along Route 20 from Interstate 5 to Route 101.

Those traveling through the area may experience short delays. Up to one-hour delays are expected at the conclusion of the event and into Monday, Aug. 3.

The one-hour delays will most likely occur at the event location, on two-lane highway segments, and southbound near the city of Willits.

Also, only local traffic will be allowed on Route 271 Thursday through Monday.

Dimmick Ranch of Piercy has been granted a Caltrans encroachment permit to install temporary traffic control features on Route 101 beginning Wednesday, July 29, to alert the traveling public to congestion caused by the special event.

The California Highway Patrol and event volunteers will be providing traffic control near the event area.

For further information, please contact Dimmick Ranch at 707-247-3400.

Training will be held at the Clear Lake Riviera Community Hall, 9689 Soda Bay Road, Kelseyville.

The training's focus will be on candidates, public relations, fundraising and the “nuts and bolts” of running a campaign.

The training will be presented by Val Muchowski and Dotty LeMieux.

Val Muchowski is the Vice president of education and training for the California NWPC. Dotty LeMieux is the principle of Green Dog Campaigns which provides Campaign consulting, polling, design, media for progressive Democratic and nonpartisan and issue campaigns in California and activist training.

Cost for registration is $25. To register or, for additional information contact Juliana Vidich at 707-349-4897 or 707-279-1903, or e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

The NWPC is the only national grassroots organization dedicated to increasing the number of women officials at all levels of government.

NWPC was founded in 1971 as the political arm of the women’s movements, working to recruit, and train and support women for elected and appointed office, regardless of party affiliation.

The caucus reaches across party lines to maximize women’s political energy and make the system work for women. It is committed to serving all women who support core issues of reproductive freedom, improved child care/dependent care and the Equal Rights Amendment.

The information gathered in the events will become a key part of the organization’s re-direction and strategic plan for the foreseeable future.

Called “Aspiration Events,” the sessions give various parts of the community – government, schools, agencies, service organizations and businesses – an opportunity to work together toward outcomes that are important to the community.

“More than 100 people participated in our first session and we are working diligently to involve more people,” said Walter Collins, president and CEO of United Way of the Wine Country. “An ongoing, broader community engagement is critical to the success of communities achieving their goals. We need the community’s voice as we strive to address serious issues in our community. We need people to share their opinions on complex community problems, give input on their aspirations and share how they believe community solutions can be developed. This has to happen through shared ownership, focused actions and accountability for outcomes,” Collins added.

The meetings will be interactive and the public will be asked to provide feedback and input. Information from the community aspiration sessions will be collected and combined with key needs assessment and other key reports that have been recently released by other community organizations.

A steering committee of up to 12 community participants will work to synthesize the information to create a comprehensive community aspiration that will be widely distributed this fall.

United Way’s aspiration sessions are open to the public.

Lake County's session will be held from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, July 23, at the Big Valley Grange Hall in Finley.

Sessions also will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in Mendocino County on Thursday, July 23, and from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Friday, July 24, in Sonoma County.

For specific location information and to RSVP for the events and, participants are asked to contact Jenny Chamberlain at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by calling 707-528-4485, Extension 136.