MIDDLETOWN, Calif. — The Middletown Luncheon Club will host Konocti Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Becky Salado when it meets this week.

Lunch will be served by the Lions Club on Wednesday, July 16, at noon, at the Middletown Senior Center, 21256 Washington St. The program will end by 1 p.m.

For only $5 per person, enjoy spaghetti, green salad, fruit salad and dessert. Everyone is welcome.

Reservations are required for lunch. Call the Senior Center at 987-3113 to make your reservation. You may come and listen to the speaker for free without lunch; no reservation is needed in that case.

Dr. Salato will explain the "Adopt a Fifth Grader" program in Lake County.

It is a scholarship program designed to encourage students to graduate from high school and attend Mendocino College. 

Donors contribute $700 to "adopt" a fifth grader, and the funds are invested to provide a $1,000 scholarship upon high school graduation and/or enrollment at Mendocino College

Middletown Luncheon Club programs occur 11 months of the year (no meetings in December) and always take place on the third Wednesday of the month.