LOWER LAKE – Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Noble Lords and Ladies – The Lower Lake High School Music Department hereby invites you to gather for a feast as part of its Renaissance Affair.

The event will take place at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29, and 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, at the Lower Lake High School Cafeteria, 9430 Lake St., Lower Lake.

The feast will include a wassail cup, soup, English roasted turkey, sausage, potatoes and sweets with music, festivities, entertainment and pageantry to please all.

Tickets are $25 per person in advance $35 at the door, and are available in the Lower Lake High School Attendance Office or by calling 707-994-6471, Extension 2779, for reservations. Seating is limited.

Individuals or businesses wishing to support this noble endeavor with donations may contact Mrs. Dixon at 707-994-6471, Extension 2779.

LAKE COUNTY – The Lake County Rodeo Association is proud to bring the 81st annual Lake County Rodeo to Lake County on July 9 and 10.

The association is looking for young ladies ages 12 to 22 years old to compete for the titles of Miss Lake County Rodeo Queen and Princess 2010.

Queen contestants must be ages 15 to 22 years old by June 30, 2010; princess contestants must be 12 to 14 years old by June 30.

The contestants compete in three areas: poise and personality, horsemanship and rodeo knowledge.

The winners will be crowned at the Lake County Rodeo on Friday, July 9, at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Lakeport.

The queen will receive a custom saddle with matching breast collar and headstall, a jeweled tiara, saddle blanket, belt buckle, embroidered jacket, a teeth whitening certificate from Dr. Keith Long of Lakeport and a white leather hand crafted sash.

The princess competition will receive a custom breast collar with matching headstall, saddle blanket, embroidered jacket, white satin sash and a jeweled tiara.

Contestants are encouraged to participate in local festivals and parades to help promote their campaign for rodeo queen and princess.

The contestants must reside in California High School Rodeo District No. 2 which includes Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Lake, Sonoma, Marin and Napa counties.

For information and a contestant information package, please call Jeannette Roush at 707-263-0741 or Melissa Fulton at 707-263-5092.

The Rodeo Association Queen Committee is also looking for sponsors for the queen/princess competition.

If you are interested in promoting your business with a full or partial sponsorship, please contact Jeannette and Dave Roush at 707-263-0741.

MIDDLETOWN – The Middletown Area Town Hall (MATH) Board of Directors will meet on Thursday, Jan. 14.

The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at Loconoma Valley High School on Washington Street in Middletown.

The public is encouraged to attend.

Under unfinished business, the group will discuss action items including the Middletown Community/ Youth Center Survey and replacement of Northern District Board Member Scott Fergusson.

In new business, they will move to approve by acclamation the MATH Board nominees; hear a presentation regarding the Middletown Library and Senior Center from County Administrative Officer Kelly Cox and Supervisor Jim Comstock; discuss a bylaws amendment providing for an at-large board seat; consider a letter to the Board of Supervisors regarding establishment of a Middletown Library/Senior Center Advisory Committee; and receive board reports.

MATH meetings are subject to videotaping. Meeting proceedings may be available for viewing on public access television and/or the Internet.

The group is a municipal advisory council serving the residents of Anderson Springs, Cobb, Coyote Valley – including Hidden Valley Lake – Long Valley and Middletown.

LAKE COUNTY – The next HazMobile event will be held on Friday, Jan. 22, and Saturday, Jan. 23, at K-Mart, 2019 S. Main Street in Lakeport.

Hours will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Events may be canceled due to rain.

Households can bring up to fifteen gallons of toxic items free of charge. A charge will be made for amounts above 15 gallons.

Items that are accepted include paint, solvents, fuels, five-gallon propane tanks, pool chemicals, pesticides, herbicides, dry cell batteries, fluorescent light tubes (up to 60 feet free) and other toxins that cannot be put in the trash.

Excluded items that cannot be accepted are televisions, computer monitors, ammunition, explosives, radioactive materials or infectious wastes. Used oil can be recycled year round at a number of sites in the county.

To learn how and where to properly dispose of these items, please contact the Lake County Public Services office at 707-263-1980.

This is a residential service. Charges apply to businesses; phone 707-468-9786 for more information and business appointments.

The HazMobile program is subsidized by the Lake County Public Services Department Solid Waste Division.

If you have any questions regarding this or any of Lake County’s Solid Waste programs, please call 707-262-1760 or the Hot Line number at 707-263-1980.

NORTH COAST – Caltrans reports that the following road projects will be taking place around Lake County during the coming week.

Included are Mendocino County projects that may impact Lake County commuters.

LAKE COUNTY

Highway 20

– PG&E of Eureka has been granted a Caltrans Encroachment Permit for utility maintenance near Irvine Avenue on Wednesday, Jan. 13. Work hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate 10-minute delays.

Highway 175

– PG&E of Eureka has been granted a Caltrans Encroachment Permit for tree trimming from 0.3 mile east of the junction of Route 29/175 near Kelseyville to 0.3 mile east of Arroyo Vista Road beginning Tuesday, Jan. 12. Work hours are 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., weekdays. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate 10-minute delays.

MENDOCINO COUNTY

Highway 1

– Pavement repair 0.2 mile north of Big Gulch Road will continue. Work hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., weekdays. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate five-minute delays.

Contractor – Rege Construction Inc. of Cloverdale.

– Construction of a retaining wall about three miles north of Elk will continue. One-way traffic control with a temporary signal will be in effect 24 hours per day, seven days per week. Motorists should

anticipate 10-minute delays. Contractor – Granite Construction of Ukiah.

– PG&E of Eureka has been granted a Caltrans Encroachment Permit for utility maintenance near Pacific Avenue (south) on Tuesday, Jan. 12. Work hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. One-way traffic control

will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate five-minute delays.

Highway 20

– Construction of a retaining wall 0.4 mile east of Three Chop Road will continue. One-way traffic control with a temporary signal will be in effect 24 hours per day, seven days per week. Motorists should anticipate five-minute delays. Contractor – Granite Construction of Ukiah.

For information pertaining to emergency roadwork or for updates to scheduled roadwork, please contact the California Highway Information Network (CHIN) at 1-800-GAS-ROAD (1-800-427-7623).