UPPER LAKE, Calif. – Shannon Michele of Cache Creek Catering and Lake County Wine Studio are presenting a monthly food and wine series featuring gourmet appetizers paired with select Lake County wines.

Locally produced foods are proudly featured as key ingredients in recipes created by Cache Creek Catering.

The series is held from 5:30 to 8 p.m. on the second Friday of each month. The per person cost is $25 and $20 for Wine Studio club members. Reservations are required.

March 14 will feature Alsatian varietals.

The first course will be a roasted beet, citrus and fennel salad paired with a Steele Winery Riesling, followed by an onion, apple and bacon tart paired with a Gewürztraminer from Brassfield Estate.

The dessert course will be walnut sables with rhubarb compote with a Riesling from Wildhurst.

The Feb. 14 event featured an opening salad course of seasonal greens with green beans and walnuts topped with Dijon vinaigrette paired with Noggle Vineyards and Winery 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon, followed by chocolate and rosemary beef tips paired with the 2009 Noggle Cabernet Sauvignon.

The dessert course was a sampler of dark chocolate treats with the Hawk and Horse Cabernet Sauvignon dessert wine.

April 11 will be the next date to follow for the Local Cuisine Scene event with small plate specialties paired with new spring releases.

For reservations and additional information, contact Susan at 707-293-8752.

CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Lakeshore Lions will host an April Fools Stand up Comedy fundraiser Saturday, April 5.

Three comedians from the Comedy Machine will be providing laughs from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Clearlake Senior Center, 3245 Bowers Ave.

A door prize for the event has been donated by Twin Pine Casino and appetizers and no host bar will be provided.
 
Cost for the event is $20 per person. Come have some laughs with the Lakeshore Lions.
 
All proceeds from the event will benefit the Lakeshore Lions.

Lions help the Clearlake community with eyeglasses and scholarships. Local scouts and many more organizations get help from the Lions.

The Lakeshore Lions regular meeting is at 7 a.m. on the second and fourth Tuesday at Howard's Grotto, located at 14732 Lakeshore Drive, Clearlake.

Through membership in a lions club, you not only help those in need, but have opportunities to develop personal friendships and gain valuable leadership skills.

If you would like to take part in an organization whose mission statement is “To create and foster a spirit of understanding among all people for humanitarian needs by providing voluntary services through community involvement and international cooperation,” call the Lakeshore Lions Membership Chairman Bob Kiel at 707-994-9756 today and join them.

LAKEPORT, Calif. – The board of the Public, Education and Government – or PEG – cable access television station will meet at Wednesday, March 12.

The meeting will take place beginning at 6 p.m. in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.

Under business, the board will approve the Feb. 12 meeting minutes, discuss the programming committee and a complaint, consider purchase of a new office computer, define the chain of command for PEG staffers, consider establishing written policy regarding political shows, get a staff report and consider revisions to the members manual.

Board members include Chair Ed Robey, Vice Chair Martin Scheel, Denise Loustalot, Eric Hoefler and Vince Metzger.

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – California Retired Teachers' Association (CRTA) will sponsor a bus trip Wednesday, March 19, to the new Exploratorium in San Francisco.

The bus will pick up guests at the Riveria Golf and Country Club in Kelseyville and at McDonald's in Clearlake.

The package includes transportation, admission to the Exploratorium and dinner. Donation is $56 per person.

Space is limited.  

For more information, call Bob Specht at 707-279-0187.

LAKEPORT, calif. – The Lake County Registrar of Voters Office will conduct a random alphabet drawing at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 13.

It will be held in the Lake County Registrar of Voters Office in Room 209 on the second floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.

The drawing will be conducted pursuant to Elections Code Section 13111(i), following the procedures set forth in Elections Code Section 13112.

The results of the drawing will be used to arrange the names of candidates on the June 3 Statewide Direct Primary Election ballot for the offices of state senator, District 2 and member of the State Assembly, District 4.

HIDDEN VALLEY LAKE, Calif. – The program of the Hidden Valley Lake Garden Club on Monday, April 7, will include visits to members' gardens.

Attendees will have the opportunity to view the landscaping of Hidden Valley Lake residents.

Experienced members, including master gardeners, will share their knowledge and assist members looking for methods to create and develop their own gardens.

The April 7 meeting is an example of the Hidden Valley Lake Garden Club’s mission. By touring member’s gardens, each attendee is provided with a greater sense of appreciation of the work of gardeners.

Members and guests will meet first in the Activities Room of the HVLA Administration Office, 18174 Hidden Valley Road, for a social gathering with refreshments at 9:30 a.m., and a brief meeting at 10 a.m., followed by the tour.

All meetings of the Hidden Valley Lake Garden Club are open to the public.

The monthly meetings are scheduled on the second Monday of each month.

Guests visiting from outside of Hidden Valley Lake will need to call in advance to gain gate access.

Contact Inge Rankin at 707-987-6010 for gate access or with questions.