MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – This week the Middletown Area Town Hall, or MATH, will discuss the proposal to form a 51st state and also look at a local vineyard development project.

MATH's meeting will take place in the activity room at the Middletown Community Center, 21256 Washington St., beginning at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12.

Meetings are open to the community.

Agenda items include the state of Jefferson, which proposes to take a number of Northern California counties – including Lake – plus some southern Oregon counties to form a new state.

The matter has been discussed by the Board of Supervisors, which also is said to be looking at further consideration of joining the movement.

There also will be a discussion of the 40-acre Wild Diamond Vineyard, located on Spruce Grove Road in Middletown.

In other MATH business, members will consider changing the regular meeting date in April from April 9 to April 10 in order to host new Assemblyman Bill Dodd, and discuss plans for a May 16 chili cook-off.

The group also will approve its Jan. 8 meeting minutes and discuss the March 12 meeting agenda.

The board of directors includes Chairman Fletcher Thornton, Vice Chair Claude Brown, Secretary Ken Gonzales, and members Charlotte Kubiak and Mike Tabacchi.

MATH – established by resolution of the Lake County Board of Supervisors on Dec. 12, 2006 – is a municipal advisory council serving the residents of Anderson Springs, Cobb, Coyote Valley (including Hidden Valley Lake), Long Valley and Middletown.

Meetings are subject to videotaping.

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