December 2017 Student Publication Vol. 3 No 2

Student Publication

Vol 16 No 2

Wrapping Up the Old and Welcoming the New

The end of the 2017 calendar year brings anticipation of

spring, upcoming events, and a new semester. Lots of

exciting activities are planned for December and the new

year. The following chart is just a teaser for all that is to

come to the Lake County Campus. Stay tuned for more

details as dates come closer.

LCC Event Date

Sulfur Fire Benefit Dinner 12/8/2017

Finals Week 12/11/17-12/15/17

Last day of Fall Semester 12/15/2017

Beginning of Spring Semester 1/22/2018

Black History Month Event 2/27/2018

Si Se Puede 3/10/2018

Women's History Panel 3/7/2018

Native American Day 3/23/2018

Earth Day 4/19/2018

My Future My Way 4/21/2018

Future Chefs of Lake County

Competition 5/4/2018

JumpStart 5/4/18

SAT exam 5/5/2018

Award Banquet 5/11/2018

Graduation & Certificate Ceremonies 5/25/2018

"Time for a Change" A poem by student Wendy Reddy

Life is a broken record,

just skipping and skipping through time.

Till someone or thing comes along

and rewrites that rhyme.

Not just flipping, but changing the record,

and with it that paradigm.

After all change is the one constant that all which exists

be subject to,

Those who fail to change and waste life,

eventually, time will waste you.

Fight that Finals Week Stress: DeSTRESS

You know the feeling, right?

Upset stomach, jangly nerves,

tense muscles, clenched jaw,

overwhelming anxiety. These

are often symptoms of stress.

The LCC Associated Students

invite you to join the stress free zone. Special activities will

be available each day. Step aside from your final exams for

a well-deserved break to enhance your study stamina. All

students are welcome!

Monday Dec. 11 Movie Monday: Nightmare Before

Christmas. 12-2pm room 904

Tuesday Dec. 12 Board Game Fun. Student Lounge

10am-2pm

Wednesday Dec. 13 Outdoor games: Giant Jenga,

bean bag toss, croquet. In the Round (near 900 bldgs)

Thursday Dec. 14 Cookie Decorating 11am-1pm

while supplies last. Student Lounge.

LCC CARES Each year the LCC EOPS/CARE and CalWORKs programs

sponsor a toy drive to “Help Brighten a Child’s Winter

Season.” This December those enrolled in

the CARE program will be invited to bring

their families to the second annual Care

Winter Celebration for dinner and gifts for

the children.

Enroll now: Career and College Readiness Program, Prep for Success Returns Spring 2017 Build basic skills for career path employment

and college level career programs

Math, reading, and work place skills

6-8 pm T/Th Feb. 6-May 3 (plus 2 Saturdays)

Open to adults with or without a high school diploma

Non-credit, no cost course offering

Contact Kim Boles-Cravea at 707-995-7910 to apply or for more information

Celebrating the Basque Denise Orpustan-Love, MSW,

Ph.D., Sociology and Human

Services Instructor at the Lake

County Campus, Woodland

Community College was

recently the keynote speaker in

San Francisco at the bi-annual

Basque Cultural Day. She is the

author of The Mill House

Speaks: Seven Pathways to the

Ancestral Basque Homeland,

an account of her own journey to the Basque Country in

2015 and years of study and reflection. More on this topic

can be found at http://www.basqueed.org/BEO-Basque-

Culture-Day-2017.htm#AFARIA_ZATI_BAT

Colleen Campbell and Middle College Join LCC

Colleen Campbell, Resource

Faculty for the new Konocti

Middle College High School, is

at the helm of this new and

exciting program. So, what is a

“Middle College High School”?

MCHS are secondary schools

located on a college campus.

They offer academic programs

including some college classes

at no cost to the student.

Ms Campbell is the program

lead at LCC. Colleen is a Lake County native, an alumnus

of Middletown High School. She has a BA from UCSB in

Psychology and a Masters in Education. She has worked in

a number of positions (Mental Health, Lake County Office

of Education, Foster Youth) prior to

her application to work at the Lake

County Campus of Woodland

College. As she puts it, “This is an

exciting opportunity to give youth a

head start on their college

education.” She loves being in the

classroom and building

relationships with her students.

Outside of work, Ms. Campbell

enjoys time with family and friends

and attending community events.

She also enjoys long walks and hanging with her Chihuahua

Cali.

October 2017 Photo Moments

Who can forget the Dino in the lab?

The First Annual LCC Harvest Festival Oct. 28th was a hit. Here

Dean Lee and her family take part in some of the fun. Join us

again in October of 2018.

The annual

costume

contest and

parade

sponsored by

Associated

Students

provided some

welcome

laughs.

Get Involved! Join Associated Students of LCC or

one of the other clubs on campus. ASLCC meets each

Tues. at 12pm in rm 211.

Sign Up

For Spring 2018 Classes NOW!

A Childhood Memory:

The Time We Were NOT Going to Have Christmas By student Donna Forgoros

It was a Christmas when I was young, about seven. I

remember that my mother was upset because no one in our

family was listening to her. All that month my mother said,

"You are not getting Christmas because you are not good

children.” We worried a bit, but we thought she was just

kidding….until the night of Christmas Eve came. My

mother called us in the living room. She said again "Do not

expect anything for Christmas Day and under the tree.”

On Christmas morning, we dashed to the living room full

of expectations only to find coal in our stocking. Nothing

was under the tree. We were stunned. Some of us cried. “I

told you there was not going to be a Christmas this year,”

mother said again.

In those days we did not have running water. So when my

mother asked my sister Terry and myself to go and get water

to clean the dishes, we didn’t think anything of it. Off we

went to the spring, about a half mile trek and then Terry

went down the dark well. "Oh my God,” she said. I peered

down inside the well where we saw stacks of presents. We

dashed back to the house, got the wagon, loaded it up with

gifts and transported them home.

Mother came outside asking, "Where did you get all those

presents?” (she played dumb)

"At the spring!” we said together.

“Go put them back; they do not belong to you."

"Mommy, our names are on the presents!”

“Well, okay, you might as well bring them in.”

That year we got exactly what we wanted. My sister

Terry got make-up. I got a Big stuffed bear I named JO.

Jody, who was two years younger, got a little doll made

from wood. Four year old Helen got a baby doll and

carriage. Margaret, the baby, got a toy that popped his head

out; it was called a Jack in the Box.

When my grandparents arrived, we had even more gifts:

a bike, a carriage that was red, white, and blue, long johns,

and a dress that was green and white. My aunt and uncle

brought food for the Christmas meal, homemade lasagna

and mash potatoes. We cooked the other parts of the dinner:

turkey, ham, more sweet potatoes and green beans. We all

sat around the table and took turns giving thanks to God for

our blessings.

That was my best Christmas ever. Since then many

Christmases have come and gone, but none have come close

to the specialness of that day long ago.

Holiday Peach-Raspberry Pie

Submitted by student Katey Adarr

Crust

1¼ cups whole-wheat pastry flour (see Ingredient Note)

1¼ cups all-purpose flour

2 tbsp sugar

½ teaspoon salt

4 tbsp cold unsalted butter

¼ cup reduced-fat sour cream

3 tablespoons canola oil

4 tablespoons ice water

Filling

6 cups sliced peeled peaches

(6-8 medium, ripe but firm)

1 cup fresh or frozen raspberries

⅔ cup sugar, plus 1 teaspoon for sprinkling

1 tablespoon lemon juice

3 tablespoons cornstarch

1 large egg white, lightly beaten, for brushing

Directions: (pre-heat oven to 375 F)

To prepare crust: Whisk whole-wheat flour, all-purpose

flour, 2 tablespoons sugar and salt in a large bowl. Cut

butter into the dry ingredients until crumbly. Sprinkle

water over the mixture and mix with a fork until evenly

moist. Knead the dough with your hands until the dough

just holds together. Divide the dough in half and shape

into 5-inch-wide disks, wrap in plastic and refrigerate for

at least 1 hour.

To prepare filling: Combine peaches, raspberries, ⅔ cup

sugar and lemon juice in a large bowl; toss. Let stand for

5 minutes. Transfer the fruit mixture to a colander set

over a medium bowl and let drain for 30 minutes. Pour

the collected juice into a small saucepan. Return the fruit

to the large bowl. Bring the juice to a boil over high heat

and cook, gently swirling the pan, until reduced, syrupy

and slightly darkened in color, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the

syrup to the fruit along with cornstarch; gently toss until

the cornstarch is completely dissolved.

Making the Pie: Remove the dough from the

refrigerator; let stand for 5 minutes to warm slightly. Roll

each portion into a 12-inch circle. Place one into pie

plate. Spoon filling into crust-lined pie plate. Top with

second crust. Wrap excess top crust under bottom crust

edge, pressing edges together to seal; flute. Brush the top

and edge with egg white and sprinkle with the remaining

1 teaspoon sugar. Cut 6 steam vents in the top crust.

Bake the pie on the center rack until the crust is golden

brown and the fruit is bubbling, 50 to 60 minutes. Let

cool on a wire rack for at least 1½ hours.

http://www.eatingwell.com/recipe/248989/peach-raspberry-pie

If you are interested in writing for the student newspaper, your submissions can be sent to palexand@yccd.edu or call 995-

7911 for more information.

Citizenship, DACA, and VISAS

Workshop On November 15th the California Human Development

Agency visited LCC and presented a workshop on

Citizenship, Immigration, Visas and DACA. Over 20

people attended this informative, timely workshop. Anyone

wishing more information may contact Gladys Jimenez,

Immigration and Citizenship Agent at 707 291-6259.

Fire A poem by student Brianna Legg*

What new day!?!

I still see fire . . .

I still smell smoke . . .

I still hear sirens. . .

I still feel loss . . .

I still wake up gasping for air . . .

What new day.

Brianna’s words will resonate for many in our community who

have been victims of or witnessed the local wildfires in recent

years.

Thanksgiving Baskets Raffle

The Associated Students (ASLCC) collected donations to

create five Thanksgiving baskets with all the goodies for a

full Thanksgiving feast.

One of the baskets was

designated to a student

who had lost her home in

the Sulfur Fire. The

others were raffled off

with the proceeds going

toward the Book

Scholarship Fund.

Goodie baskets were

distributed Nov. 21st and

nearly $200 was

generated for local book

scholarships.

Across

2. celebration of African heritage

3. singers of holiday songs

6. plant associated with decorations

7. traditional holiday ballet

8. holiday milk punch

10. plant that initiates a kiss

11. Jewish holiday

12. wrapped boxes

Down

1. used for cookies or edible houses

4. famous reindeer

5. necessary for a white Christmas

7. opposite of nice

9. tree decorations

Hubbard, Sharing the Spirit of the Holidays

LCC’s very own Dave Hubbard, Welding instructor, is a

very special guy. Dave, an official Santa’s helper, is the

local coordinator of Toys for Tots. He dedicates hundreds

of hours each year ensuring all families in our county have

a great Christmas. The Toys for Tots Program, established

in 1991, is sponsored by the U. S. Marine Corps Reserve.

Dave is the guy behind the magic in Lake County. Please

help this worthy cause by donating toys at local merchant

sites (including LCC). Concerns? Contact Dave Hubbard

(707) 349-3031.

Dave Hubbard with some of his Toys for Tots Crew

Distribution Day: Sat. Dec. 16, 2017

Burns Valley Elementary School

8am-5pm

Proof of children’s ID required to allow service.

Holiday Things Crossword