The meeting will begin at 4:15 p.m. in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.

Agenda items will include reports on Library Park and Westside Park, and Westshore Pool.

The commission's next meeting will take place on Thursday, Oct. 13.

The August 2011 Local Cuisine Scene featured grilled vegetables with baugna cauda and High Valley Winery Barbera. Photo by Terre Logsdon.

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

The series is held from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on the second Friday of each month.

The next event takes place on Sept. 9.

The per person cost is $20 and reservations are required.

August’s event featured Thompson Valley grass-fed beef and Yerba Santa Dairy Manchego cheese sliders on a Main St. Bakery (Kelseyville) roll paired with High Valley Winery Petite Sirah, followed by grilled vegetables with baugna cauda and High Valley Winery Barbera.

The final pairing was a blackberry shortcake paired with Robledo Family Winery Port.

September’s event is a Pacific Rim fusion experience inviting participants to put some Rosé in their world.

The first pairing will feature a Thai buffalo summer roll paired with Ceago Vinegarden 2009 Syrah Rosé, followed by Rei Shabu pork summer salad with daikon sauce created by Kathy Suzuki of Kizuna Fusion, paired with Sol Rouge Rosé.

The final pairing of a strawberry sorbet served with a Moore Family Winery Rosé spritzer will complete the three-course event where each serving is plated and presented as a generous appetizer portion.

Additional wines will be available for purchase by the taste or by the glass.

For additional event information and to make reservations, contact Lake County Wine Studio at 707-275-8030 or e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at Calpine's Cartwright Geothermal Visitors Center, 15500 Central Park Road.

On the agenda is unfinished business including the Middletown square design and development and a report from the Stop Sign Committee.

Under new business, the group will hear from guest speaker Terri Persons of the Lake County/City Area Planning Council, who will discuss the Middletown Community Action Plan, and discuss a request from Valley Internet to deploy a wireless telecommunications antenna on Calpine Corp.

MATH meetings are subject to videotaping. Meeting proceedings may be available for viewing on public access television and/or the Internet.

MATH – established by resolution of the Lake County Board of Supervisors on Dec. 12, 2006 – is a municipal advisory council serving the residents of Anderson Springs, Cobb, Coyote Valley (includes Hidden Valley Lake), Long Valley and Middletown.

LUCERNE, Calif. – The Lake County Democratic Club will be having their regular meeting Saturday, Sept. 10, at noon in the Rose Room of the Lucerne Alpine Senior Center.

The public is always invited to the Democratic Club meetings.

Wanda Quitiquit and Paula Mune will report on the 2011 “Summer Harvest Celebration” event.

Lake County Democratic Club meetings are held on the second Saturday of the month at noon in the Rose Room of the Lucerne Alpine Senior Center.

The senior center is located at 3985 Country Club Drive, located at the corner of 10th and Country Club Drive, in Lucerne.

Contact the Democratic Club of Lake County by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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..

Joe Fernandez stands in front of the Odd Fellows Hall in Upper Lake, Calif., where work to repaint the building began on Wednesday, August 31, 2011. Photo courtesy of Debbie Hablutzel.

UPPER LAKE, Calif. – The Odd Fellows Hall in Upper Lake is getting spruced up thanks to help from the community.

Joe Fernandez – also known as “Hippie Joe” and the “Egg Man” – has taken on the project.

The hall, one of the oldest buildings in Lake County, has needed to be painted for many years.

Fernandez has taken it on as his community project and he is taking donations to help cover the cost.

Wilder & Sons Painting of Upper Lake are doing the project, for which they are charging a reduced price.

The prep work is done and they started painting on Wednesday.

Each of the programs are designed specifically for low or moderate income homeowners who are either unemployed or are facing another financial hardship, have fallen behind on their mortgages and owe significantly more than the value of their homes.

The Keep Your Home California programs provide:

• Mortgage assistance of up to $3,000 per month for unemployed homeowners who are in imminent danger of defaulting on their home loans.

• Funds to help homeowners who have fallen behind on their mortgage payments due to a temporary change in a household circumstance. The program will provide up to $15,000 per household to reinstate mortgages to prevent foreclosures.

• Funds to reduce the principal owed on a mortgage for a home where the homeowner is facing a serious financial hardship and owes significantly more than the home is worth. This program requires lenders to match any assistance provided for principal reduction.

• Transition assistance to help borrowers relocate to a new housing situation after executing a short sale or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure program.

For more information on the Keep Your Home California program, contact the California Housing Finance Agency at 916-326-8082, or visit their website at www.KeepYourHomeCalifornia.org.