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MIDDLETOWN – Gearing up for Middletown Days, Scott Fergusson of Fergusson Cutlery and Outdoor is ready to celebrate his two-year anniversary with a free raffle.
Come in to pick up your free raffle ticket (one per person) to win a Kershaw kitchen knife and cutting board set.
Middletown Days is Saturday and Sunday, June 16-17. The winner of the free raffle will be announced during the Middletown Days festivities, so mark your calendar and plan to attend. Stop by the store during Middletown Days for a free bottle of water.
Scott Fergusson, a former US Marine raised in Sebastopol, has been buying, selling, sharpening and trading knives since he was an active US Marine (1981-1991). He moved to Middletown in 2000 with his wife Linda.
In 2005 Fergusson decided to follow his passion by opening Fergusson Cutlery and Outdoor. This is the only place in Lake County to find brand-name cutlery. The store specializes in interesting custom and hard to find pieces as well as high-end kitchen, hunting, fishing, tactical cutlery and multi-tools.
The story also carries surplus gear and keep their prices at the lowest. They offer expert sharpening service as well as useful gadgets for outdoors people and service professionals such as law enforcement officials, firefighters, EMTs, chefs and members of the military.
Fergusson is active in his local community. He is in the process of becoming the Middletown/Hidden Valley/Cobb representative for the Disaster Assistance Response Team. He also is an Entered Apprentice Mason and a volunteer for the Bridges program at Middletown High School.
Fergusson Cutlery is located at 21153 Calistoga St., No. 101, in Middletown. For more information contact Scott Fergusson, 987-0121, or visit his Web site, www.fergussoncutlery.com.
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CLEARLAKE OAKS – Shannon Ridge Winery in Lake County has launched the new “Wrangler Tour,” an experience that goes beyond the typical tasting room visit and allows visitors to tour the unique terrain that makes up Shannon Ridge and the High Valley AVA.
The tour includes a tasting of the Shannon Ridge wines along the way. Guests will ride in a rugged four wheel drive vehicle during the tour.
The first stop on the tour is Mount Konocti Station, which offers stunning views of Mount Konocti, an extinct volcano, and Clear Lake, the largest freshwater lake in California. Guests will enjoy a tasting of the Shannon Ridge Sauvignon Blanc and Viognier.
The tour then continues to La Sierra Station, which presents a panoramic view of Clear Lake and the surrounding mountains. A brief walk among the vines familiarizes guests with the Shannon Ridge grapes as they enjoy some of the award winning Shannon Ridge red varietals. The final stop on the tour is Valley Station, a picturesque setting where guests can relax and enjoy the views and the wines.
The Wrangler Tour is offered Saturdays and Sundays at 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. for $25 per person. Additionally, the tour and a picnic lunch are offered on Saturdays and Sundays at 1 p.m. for $40 per person.
In 1995, Clay and Margarita Shannon purchased a mountain property in the High Valley appellation in Lake County. They began planting vineyards along the steep volcanic ridges and now have 350 acres of prime vineyards on the ranch.
Shannon Ridge released its first wines, made by winemaker Robert Pepi, in 2004. The winery currently makes Cabernet Sauvignon (High Valley), Syrah (High Valley), Zinfandel (Lake County), Petite Sirah (Lake County), Barbera (High Valley), Sauvignon Blanc (Lake County) and Viognier (Lake County).
All tours depart from and return to the Shannon Ridge tasting room, an old one-room school house located at 12599 East Highway 20 in Clearlake Oaks. Reservations can be made by calling 998-9656.
For more information about Shannon Ridge and its unique wines, visit www.shannonridge.com.
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SACRAMENTO – The powerful Senate Appropriations Committee has unanimously approved a bill by Sen. Patricia Wiggins (D-Santa Rosa) to encourage the use of environmentally-safe products in state highway landscape maintenance, setting the stage for a vote by the full Senate in the near future.
SB 697, which is sponsored by the California Refuse Removal Council, would require the state Department of Transportation (CalTrans) to assess the amount of compost, pesticides, chemical fertilizers, mulch and other products for erosion control that have been used over the past five years and report its finding back to the Legislature.
Wiggins’ bill also would require CalTrans to develop a 10-year plan to increase the use of environmentally-safe materials in the state’s highway landscape maintenance program while phasing out the use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers.
According to the California Integrated Waste Management Board, organic materials comprise 30 percent of the waste disposed of in landfills.
Wiggins says the goal of her legislation is to stimulate markets for markets that can be diverted away from landfills and toward productive purposes.
“Compost is an effective erosion control, it provides the same benefits as other chemical products without the dangers of polluting while being environmentally safe,” Wiggins said.
She added, “My bill would create the first step toward ensuring that our state is utilizing existing resources and is effectively recycling compost in an efficient and environmentally sound way.”
For more about Wiggins' bills or to contact her office, visit http://dist02.casen.govoffice.com/.
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SACRAMENTO – State Sen. Patricia Wiggins (D-Santa Rosa) will convene an informational hearing of the Select Committee on California’s Wine Industry Thursday, May 31, at the State Capitol.
the topic of the hearing, the committee’s first of 2007, will be “Granholm v Heald and Beyond: Retailer Direct-to-Consumer Shipping.”
Wiggins, who represents several of California’s premium wine growing regions, is chair of the 17-member committee.
The other Senators on the committee are Republican Leader Dick Ackerman (R-Irvine), Roy Ashburn (R-Bakersfield), Ron Calderon (D-Montebello), Ellen Corbett (D-San Leandro), Dave Cox (R-Fair Oaks), Jeff Denham (R-Merced), Dean Florez (D-Shafter), Dennis Hollingsworth (R-Murrieta), Mike Machado (D-Linden), Abel Maldonado (R-Santa Maria), Bob Margett (R-Arcadia), Carole Migden (D-San Francisco), Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima), President Pro-Tem Don Perata (D-Oakland), Tom Torlakson (D-Antioch) and Leland Yee (D-San Francisco).
In addition to chairing the Select Committee on California’s Wine Industry, Wiggins is carrying a bill, SB 108, which would modify an existing provision of law allowing wine orders to be taken at tasting events held by specified non-profit organizations to include three additional types of non-profit organizations: civic leagues, social organizations and voluntary employees' beneficiary associations.
SB 108 recently passed out of the Senate Committee on Appropriations and is awaiting a vote of the full Senate.
The May 31 committee hearing is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. in room 3191 of the State Capitol.
Wiggins represents California’s 2nd Senate District, which stretches from Humboldt County to Solano County and includes the counties of Lake, Mendocino, Napa and Sonoma.
For more about Wiggins and her legislation, or to contact her office, visit her Web site, http://dist02.casen.govoffice.com/.
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