The members of the Lake County Democratic club hosted the second successful Summer Harvest Celebration on Sunday, Aug. 16, at the Yacht Club in Lakeport.

This event could not have succeeded without the help and participation of many people.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank Jerry at the Yacht club for being as gracious and accommodating as ever. Our musicians, the band "Without a Net" were great and their tunes got us out of our seats and dancing!

Our food preparers and servers, among them Johnnie Hathcock, Wil Flato, Theresa Thurman, Heather Powers and Carlene Lesker served an outstanding meal. And, once again, Bill Berkey and Harold Riley kept the wine glasses full.

Decorations, tables and chairs were set up by Paula Mune, Lenny Matthews, Larry Baron,Wanda Quitiquit, Richard Hoyt and Richard East. These folks did the heavy lifting for our guests and set up a beautiful venue. Thanks to UCC rentals for providing our chairs and LCAA for the tables.

We thank the farmers who sent us information, and who provided information tables – Morgan Valley Farms (home of Socorro's Salsa), Glo-Glee's Garden, Sky Hoyt, Barret Farms and Cow Mountain Kiko Goats.

A grateful thank you is also in order to Victoria Brandon of the Lake Group Sierra Club, Lorrie Gray of the Hunger Task Force, Lou Denny from Lake County Community Action Agency, Laisne Hamilton from the Free Kitchen Project, Marty McCarthy of C-CHAP, Colleen Pedroncelli from the Upper Lake Communty Meal Project and Hedy Montoya from Catholic Charities for coming out and publicizing your work on behalf of our Lake County citizens.

Many many artists donated their work to our silent auction. Among them Ruth Altman, Gloria De La Cruz, Karen Magnusson, Barbara Stubblefield, Shannon Tolson and Karen Turcotte and Wanda Quitiquit displayed their art for the auction.

Thanks to Ruth Altman for organizing the Auction and to Wanda Quitiquit, Heather Powers and Sunol Westergren for helping display the show.

Our generous union sponsors, United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 101, Operating Engineers Local 3, the North Bay Labor Council are gratefully acknowledged.

Our legislative sponsors, Sen. Pat Wiggins, and Assemblyman Wes Chesbro, are without peer.

We also want to send a special thank you to the Honorable Majority Whip of the Assembly, 12th District Assemblywoman Fiona Ma, for being our guest of honor. This may have been her first visit to Lake County, but we are certain it won't be her last!

Thanks again most of all to everyone who attended and made this event a tremendous success. We will see you all next year.

Sunol Westergren is chair of the Lake County Democratic Club and Wanda Harris is Summer Harvest Festival chair.