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Community enjoys parade, rodeo

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Written by: Editor
Published: 13 July 2008
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LAKEPORT – The 79th annual Lake County Rodeo took place Friday and Saturday, and was accompanied Saturday by the second annual All Horse Parade through downtown Lakeport.


A few hundred people lined the west side of Main Street on Saturday for the parade, which featured the

Clear Lake Junior Horsemen Drill Team and the Diablo Ladies Drill Team among others.


Photographer Harold LaBonte captured the horses and riders as they made their way along the route.

 

 

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Garden Club wins Rosette Sweepstakes Award

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Written by: Editor
Published: 12 July 2008

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Mendo-Lake District Director Gina-Belle Smith, Award Chairman Jo Shaul and Clearlake Trowel and Trellis Garden Club President Claire Grieve.


 



LAKE COUNTY – Clearlake Trowel and Trellis Garden Club, a member of the California Garden Club Inc., won the Rosette Sweepstakes Award this year, plus 11 other awards.


Categories included Publicity, Wildflower Photography, Backyard Habitat, Touring, Achievement, Horticulture and other Photo Collection awards.


Nine members attended the Mendo-Lake District Garden Club meeting held in Fort Bragg at the Mendocino-Coast Botanical Gardens.


Twenty-one books were submitted. Clearlake Trowel and Trellis Garden Club President Claire Grieve received the 12 Awards and “Golden Gnomes” on behalf of the club.


Jo Shaul and Mary Secord worked many hours encouraging club members and getting the books together and mailed on time.


Clearlake Trowel and Trellis Garden Club is accepting new members, men and women. They meet the third Tuesday of the month, September through June, at the Scott’s Valley Women’s Club House, 2298 Hendricks Road, in Lakeport.


They are having their planning/organizing meeting for the 2008-09 year, at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 15 at Mendo-Lake Credit Union on 11th Street in Lakeport. Members are encouraged to attend and visitors are welcome.


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Markowski discusses PEG Channel on July 16

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Written by: Editor
Published: 12 July 2008
LAKE COUNTY – Allen Markowski, interim station manager for the PEG Channel/TV 8, will discuss the station and answer questions during an upcoming interview on the station.


He'll be featured in a call-in interview show on Channel 8 beginning at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, July 16.


Markowski will talk about the station's mission and answer questions from callers during the show, which will be broadcast from Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.


Calls can be directed to interviewer Dante DeAmicis at 408-482-0921.


For matters relating to the station, Markowski can be reached at 994-8201 Extension 109, via e-mail at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or at the station's Web site, www.laketv8.com.


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Esther Oertel is new Friendly Visitor Program director

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Written by: Editor
Published: 11 July 2008
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Esther Oertel of Hidden Valley Lake is the new Friendly Visitor Program director. Courtesy photo.

 

 

 


CLEARLAKE – Esther Oertel of Hidden Valley Lake is the new program director for the Friendly Visitor Program where volunteers offer friendship, understanding and companionship on a regular basis to South Lake County seniors having limited access to outside activities.


The free program is administered by Konocti Senior Support, Inc., which also provides senior peer counseling throughout Lake County.


“As the Friendly Visitor Program Director, Esther will expand communities of Friendly Visitors,” said Lawrence Grant, board president, Konocti Senior Support Inc. “We currently serve seniors in Clearlake Oaks, Spring Valley, Clearlake, Lower Lake, Kelseyville and Middletown.”


Program volunteers are trained and participate in monthly supervision meetings.


Oertel earned her Associate of Arts Degree from Santa Rosa Junior College. She formerly worked for Queen of Peace Catholic Church, Clearlake.


She can be reached at 995-1417.


Konocti Senior Support, Inc., incorporated in 1995, is a nonprofit public service corporation dedicated to enhancing seniors’ quality of life. All services are free.


For more information, contact Gwen Snyder at 995-1417.


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