LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Registrar of Voters Office needs poll workers to work on Tuesday, June 3, during the primary election.

The agency reported that there is a shortage of poll workers in some areas of Lake County.

Registered voters who are interested in this important work are encouraged to apply at the Lake County Registrar of Voters Office, located in Room 209 on the second floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St. in Lakeport, or phone 707-263-2372 for information.

The Registrar of Voters is trying to build a permanent corps of polling officials. Anyone who is interested in community service and has the time to serve as a poll worker is urged to apply.

The workday is from 6 a.m. to about 10 p.m., with breaks for lunch and dinner.

Each poll worker is asked to attend a special class of instruction for election officers prior to each election.

Contact the Lake County Registrar of Voters office today to volunteer to work as a poll worker; earn spending money, meet your neighbors and serve your community.

MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – The Middletown Luncheon Club will host as its speaker Chic Le Chef owner Julie Hoskins at its meeting on Wednesday, May 21.

With all the buzz about gluten-free diets, Hoskins will share some tips on gluten-free cooking and eating.

If you aren't gluten-free, chances are good that you know somebody who is. Learn more in this informative presentation from one of our own outstanding chefs.

Lunch will be offered at noon for $5 by the Middletown Senior Center at 21256 Washington St. and will be served by the South Lake County Fire Sirens.

Space is limited for lunch. Please make your reservation by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by calling the Middletown Senior Center at 987-3113 (specify that you are with the Luncheon Club).

Community members also are welcome to come hear the speaker for free without buying lunch.

LAKEPORT, Calif. – Lakeport Library and University of California Master Gardeners of Lake County will host a program with on drought-tolerant landscaping, sometimes called xeriscaping.

The free program begins at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 21, in the library and is open to the public.

Janet Berrian from the Master Gardeners will present a PowerPoint slideshow of tips and techniques to garden with little water.

The audience will be able to ask questions about gardening and the Master Gardener program and to pick up informative handouts.

For more information about the program, call the library at 707-263-8817.

The Master Gardeners can be reached at the UC Extension office at 707-263-6838.

The Friends of the Lake County Library will provide light refreshments.

Lakeport Library, located at 1425 N. High St., is open Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Wednesday, noon to 8 p.m. The phone number is 707-263-8817.

CLEARLAKE, Calif. – A caregiver support group for families dealing with memory loss or other cognitive impairments will meet on Wednesday, May 14.

The group meets at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 14310 Memory Lane in Clearlake from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Social worker Jenny Johnson is the facilitator.

The groups are sponsored by Redwood Caregiver Resource Center (1-800-834-1636) and the Social Day Programs in Lake County.

For more information call Jenny Johnson at 707-350-3030 or Caroline Denny at 707-263-9481.

Respite is provided by the centers at no charge.

MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – Each year the Hidden Valley Lake Garden Club selects several gardening and beautification projects throughout south Lake County.

This year, one of those projects was to complete the landscaping at the recently opened Gibson Museum and Cultural Center in Middletown.

Thanks to the design and leadership of Elizabeth Moores and her many volunteers, the newly planted flowers and plants set off the grounds of this south county treasure.

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – At a special general membership meeting on April 11, it was voted unanimously to change the name of Clear Lake Performing Arts to one more descriptive of the organization’s current role in the community.

Donna Moeller, a former two-time president of CLPA, said the 40-year-old name no longer reflected its original mission statement.

“When CLPA was founded we were basically the only music game in town,” she said. “One of our main activities was to import classical music programs, which we presented in schools and churches. But now other organizations and companies have taken on that task, leaving us to basically promote and support our excellent symphony orchestra, and the youth orchestra and other youth music activities as well as the beginners’ music programs, that will one day feed the symphony.”

Moeller took the lead in revising the by-laws for the newly-named Lake County Symphony Association.

“Although the name change is effective immediately it will probably be another six months before the current supplies of printed materials are reduced, and a new design developed before the new name will be universal,” said President Ed Bublitz.