KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – Fringe, feathers and sequins were much in attendance this last Saturday at the lovely Boatique Winery as the Lakeport Women’s Civic Club held its 25th annual Mad Hatters Ball.

Nearly 200 women donned their finest cloche hats and came out to celebrate the Roaring Twenties and to help the LWCC raise money for the many important projects and causes that it helps to support all over Lake County like Northlake Adult Day Center, veterans honor guard, Sexual Assault Response Team at Sutter Lakeside Hospital, Lake County Family Resource Center, Sulphur Fire Victims Fund and two $1,000 scholarships for our young people.
 
Club members move all about the county inviting local businesses to share whatever they can and then they turn the smallest, sometimes seemingly insignificant trinkets into treasures by gathering them with some of the loftier offerings of others and lovingly creating an amazing prize basket for some lucky person to win as a raffle prize.

Shirley Crawford was the lucky winner of a beautiful shadow box framed guitar signed by the likes of Alan Jackson, Willie Nelson, Brooks and Dunn, Billy Dean and Brad Paisley.

In fact, that was just the highlight of Crawford’s winning streak. She was the lucky winner of three other baskets as well.

Smoking S BBQ provided the outstanding meal and Audrey Powers and Cheryl Robbins baked the delectable array of cookies and crème puffs that were served for dessert which was enjoyed as charming models sashayed down the runway in their spring attire from OAK Boutique in Kelseyville. Caitlin Andrus always does a wonderful job dressing the LWCC ladies who volunteer for this part of the fun.

The Lakeport Women’s Civic Club is 105 members strong this year and it is always a pleasure to see the 60 of them who usually are in attendance at the Riviera Hills Country Club and Restaurant on the first Friday of each month, except in July and August.  

The monthly gatherings begin at 11 a.m. and a general meeting is held at 11:30 a.m. An outstanding, reasonably priced meal is enjoyed following the meeting and a speaker, sharing some topic of interest, completes the afternoon.  

The lunch is by reservation only and if you would like to join them to see how it feels to be a member of this well-rounded group of savvy, professional, crafty, witty, serious, fun-loving bunch of gals, please call Cheryl Robbins at 707-533-9375.