LAKEPORT, Calif. – The annual Bass Bowl football game between Clear Lake High School and Kelseyville High School will take place at Don Owens Stadium in Lakeport beginning at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25.

As in years past, the game will feature a Civil War-style cannon which will be shot off throughout various times during the game.

Residents in the neighborhood should expect to hear several loud blasts throughout the night during the course of the football game.

Motorists should expect delays due to heavy traffic in the area of the school, which is located on Lange Street.

NICE, Calif. – The Sons of Italy club will host its first Sunday pasta feed from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 3.

The homemade meal comes with or without meatballs or sausages plus salad, garlic bread and dessert. The club will have their regular three sauce pasta choices.

The Sons of Italy club hall is located at 2817 E. Highway 20 in Nice.

Call 707-274-2244 the day of the event for take out. Perfect for a family meal, too.

CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Soroptimists International of Clear Lake will host Ani Carol at the group's next meeting at noon Thursday, Oct. 24.

The meeting will be held at Howard’s Grotto, 14732 Lakeshore Dr. in Clearlake

Carol is a former psychiatric nurse who is a nun at Buddha Maitreya Shambhala Monastery here in Lake County.

She has a private practice where she offers holistic psychiatric care and treats patients who other practitioners have failed to help.

She will talk about soul therapy, and the other healing arts available through The Shambhala Life Extending Wellness Center, which is located at the monastery.

The Shambhala Life Extending Wellness Center is now open and offering state of the art therapies to assist in the balancing of the brain function, brainwave optimization; stimulating optimal cellular function through electromagnetic field therapy.

The center supports self-responsibility for health and early diagnosis through infrared thermography scans and promotes the life-skills of meditation. Meditation and brainwave optimization retreats are available at the center.

All are welcome to attend the lunch meeting of Soroptimists on Oct. 24 to hear more about Carol and the services available at the monastery.

For more information, please call Wanda Harris at 707-987-9027.

LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Flying Saucer Club will host its next meeting on Sunday, Oct. 27.

The group will gather from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at its new meeting place, Round Table Pizza, located in the Safeway Plaza on 11th Street in Lakeport.

For more information call Chip at 707-263-3391 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

LAKEPORT, Calif. – The third annual Bass Bowling event at Lakeside Family Fun and Event Center had a strange twist Sunday evening.

Bass Bowling is an event that has students from Kelseyville High School compete with students from Clear Lake High School for a winner take all prize of $500, courtesy of Lakeside Family Fun and Event Center.

The event called for each school to field three teams each, one from their respective varsity football, junior varsity football and cheer squads. The teams were to compete in bowling, laser tag and dodge ball, and the school that won the most competitions would win the $500.

Kelseyville had just enough students show up to fill up their teams, but Clear Lake High could only fill out their cheer squad team. This meant that Clear Lake High would have to forfeit two thirds of the competitions, and all but hand the $500 prize money to Kelseyville High for the third year in a row.

But after winning the first round of bowling, many of the Kelseyville students left due to the lack of sufficient competition and early curfews, and soon they were unable to field any team.

Because the Clear Lake High cheer squad hung in to the end, they ended up winning $500 for their school by forfeit.

“It was like the old saying, 'It ain't over until it's over,'” said Bass Bowl Director Phil Smoley. “There was no way the Cardinals were going to win unless Kelseyville dropped out before Clear Lake High did. Kelseyville had three times more students attend the event initially, but it was the Cardinals who were left at the end. I was impressed with the Cardinal girls because they were ready to compete in spite of the odds.”

Lakeside Family Fun and Event Center sponsors and manages Bass Bowling at their multipurpose facility in Lakeport.

“They went way beyond our expectations to put on this event,” Smoley said. “They decorated the place in the schools colors and had added staff to manage the events. It's a great place to have an event, and we will be back next year.”

Bass Bowling is a prelude event for the upcoming Bass Bowl, sponsored by SERVPRO of Lake and Mendocino Counties.

The SERVPRO Bass Bowl is the annual high school football rivalry game between the Cardinals of Clear Lake High and the Knights of Kelseyville.

This is the fourth year for the Bass Bowl, and the Cardinals lead the series two games to one.

The winning team takes home the Bass Bowl Trophy and totem pole. The game is this Friday night at Clear Lake High in Lakeport and will feature a Civil War cannon that will fire after every score.

For more information, go to www.BassBowl.com .

UPPER LAKE, Calif. – The Upper Lake Community Council will hold a benefit event for the annual Avenue of Flags on Saturday, Oct. 26.

The spaghetti and lasagna dinner and silent auction will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Bachelor Valley Grange, 9355 Government St.

Presale dinner donation/tickets cost $10 per person, or $12 per person at the door.

For information or tickets call 707-275-9515.