CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif. – The Lake County Democratic Central Committee will hold its regular meeting on Thursday, Sept. 5.
 
The monthly meeting will take place in Clearlake Oaks at the United Methodist Church Community Room at 6 p.m.
 
The agenda includes reports from representatives for Congressmen Mike Thompson and John Garamendi, Assemblywoman Mariko Yamada and state Sen. Noreen Evans, as well as reports from the Stonewall Democratic Club Chair Mark Wickhamshire and the Lake County Democratic Club representative Paula Mune.
 
Guest speaker for the September meeting will be Anne Rubin, the director of Planned Parenthood's Clearlake Center.  

Rubin will be addressing the services offered at the Clearlake Center, the impact of ACA on Planned Parenthood and the ongoing effort to protect and enhance reproductive health.

For more information on the Clearlake Center visit their site at http://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-center/centerDetails.asp?f=406 .
 
There will be an update from the issues committee on the recall of Sheriff Frank Rivero and the senior/mobile home park rent control initiative.
 
Remember the annual LCDCC Legislators Barbecue will be Sunday, Oct. 6, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Clearlake Senior Center.

Tickets can be purchased in advance via Actblue, https://secure.actblue.com/page/bbq2013 .

Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson will be the keynote speaker at the barbecue. Volunteers are still being accepted.
 
As always public participation is welcome at meetings. Meetings are open to the public and committee membership is open to all registered Democrats.
 
The Lake County Democratic Central Committee is the official governing body of the Democratic Party in Lake County.
 
For more information about the Democratic party in Lake County visit www.lakecountydemocrats.org .
 
Contact the Democratic Party of Lake County at 707-533-4885 or by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Lake County Public Service’s Director Caroline Chavez announced that the Eastlake Landfill and the Lakeport Public Services office will be closed Monday, Sept. 2, for the Labor Day holiday.  

Residential and commercial collection will occur one day after your normal pick up day.

Normal collection schedules will resume the week following the holiday.

Both facilities will reopen on Tuesday, Sept. 3.      

Normal operating hours at the landfill are 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily.

The Public Services office is normally open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

If you have any questions regarding this subject or any of the solid waste issues in Lake County, please call 707-262-1760.

KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – Docents at the Ely Stage Stop and Country Museum have created beautiful new visitor displays for summer’s end.

Pam Hendricks, museum docent and member of Konocti Quilters, has loaned a selection of mini quilts, wall hangings, and lap size quilts from her collection.

Vintage American pottery from docent Bonnie Skee’s collection is also on display featuring McCoy, Hull, Roseville and Weller pieces manufactured in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Take the opportunity to view both displays through October in the main house in the Lake County Historical Society’s and the county of Lake’s newest museum.

View the Carpenter’s Star quilt block that has recently been moved from its porch location to the new red barn on the property.

The museum address is 9921 Soda Bay Road (Highway 281) in Kelseyville (near Clearlake Riviera).

Current hours of operation are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday.

Visit our websites at www.elystagestop.com or www.lakecountyhistory.org or visit us at www.facebook.com/elystagestop .

LAKEPORT, Calif. – “Reading is so Delicious” the Lake County Library’s 2013 summer reading program for children and teens, has ended for the season.

Countywide, 472 children registered and 256 finished.

They read hundreds of library books amounting to thousands of pages. Family listeners, children too young to read on their own, also participated by listening as others read to them.

Program events featured food in many forms. Story times and activities for children were held at all four Lake County libraries.

The spacious new Middletown Library has room for events that the old library couldn’t accommodate and volunteers put on several events for the children in Middletown.

Children who attended Lakeport Library’s story time in Library Park had several special food treats, including a taco salad feed, a watermelon feed, ice cream treats, PBJ Day and Doughnut Day.

Awards parties were held at all branches. Children received special “goody bags” and readers were honored with their names on commemorative bookplates in books donated by the Friends of the Lake County Library for the library’s collection.

For children and teens who missed the awards parties, unclaimed prizes will be held at the library branches through September.

The teen program is for students in sixth through 12th grades. Thirty-seven teens signed up and 34 attended at least one event. They read more than 145 books and completed 10 library bingo cards.

The teens decorated the young adult section of Lakeport Library with food collages; decorated cupcakes; learned about sourdough bread; visited a farmer’s market and saw a cooking demonstration; made chocolates; heard local author Alethea Eason read from her book “Hungry;” visited a community garden; and created a mini-garden/macramé project. John Cerwin demonstrated how to make jewelry from heirloom seeds.

The teen program ended with a pizza party where teens received their awards and a cookbook compiled from recipes that the teens submitted. Amy Patton, coordinator of the teen program, surprised the teens with aprons that she had made.

Readers were honored with their names on commemorative bookplates in books donated by the Friends of the Lake County Library for the library’s collection.

Teens who submitted book reviews were entered in a drawing for a Kindle e-reader, which Michaela Marsh won.

Lakeport Library is located at 1425 N. High St. and the phone number is 707-263-8817.

Redbud Library is located at 14785 Burns Valley Road in Clearlake and the phone number is 707-994-5115.

Middletown Library is located at 21256 Washington St. and the phone number is 707-987-3674.

Upper Lake Library is located at 310 Second St. and the phone number is 707-275-2049.

Visit the Lake County Library on the Internet at http://library.co.lake.ca.us or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/lakecountylibrary .

LAKEPORT, Calif. – Lakeport resident Sarah Chapman is asking for the community's help in identifying the person responsible for crashing into her parked car early Sunday morning.

Chapman said that at approximately 1:55 a.m. someone screeched around the corner and slammed into her 2005 Buick LeSabre, parked in the driveway in front of her Oak Knoll Avenue home.

She said the collision happened with such force that it moved her Buick about 10 feet, leaving it parked parallel to her house.

After hitting her vehicle, she said the driver in the other car sped away. Lakeport Police responded and took car parts left at the scene for evidence.

Chapman said that the suspect car is believed to be silver and is now missing a right front blinker light. The serial numbers indicate the vehicle may have been in 1994 Honda Accord.

If you have any information please call the Lakeport Police Department, 707-263-5491.

NICE, Calif. – A Northshore family is seeking the return of its missing dog.

Lilly, an 18-year-old Chihuahua, has gone missing in the Nice area.

Her family reported she was last seen around 9 a.m. Sunday on Plumas Street.

A picture of her was not immediately available, however she is described as black and tan in color with some gray due to her age, and she has a hard time seeing.

If you see her please call Daniel Starchman at 805-863-3233.