The text of the proclamation is below:

PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Since its founding, our Nation has endeavored to fulfill the Constitution’s promises of liberty and equality. In the struggle for equal rights for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) people, a historic turning point occurred on June 28, 1969, in New York City, with the onset of the Stonewall Riots. During these riots, LGBT citizens rose up and resisted police harassment that arose out of discriminatory criminal laws that have since been declared unconstitutional. In the four decades since, civil rights for LGBT people have grown substantially, and LGBT pride celebrations have taken place around the country every June to mark the beginning of the Stonewall Riots.

California has been a leader in advancing the civil rights of its LGBT citizens. And while further progress is needed, it is proper and important to recognize and celebrate the substantial and important gains that have been achieved.

NOW THEREFORE I, EDMUND G. BROWN JR., Governor of the State of California, do hereby proclaim June 2011 as "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month."

IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of California to be affixed this 8th day of June 2011.

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EDMUND G. BROWN JR.

Governor of California

ATTEST:

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DEBRA BOWEN

Secretary of State

Pictured are the members of the Boy Scouts carrying the American Flag to kick off the 2011 Memorial Day Parade where the Corvette enthusiasts sported 70 of their cars. Courtesy photo.

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Corvettes of Lake County's eighth annual all-Corvette “Run to the Lake” show, was sponsored once again this year by Boardwalk Chevrolet of Redwood City.

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Each year the Corvettes of Lake County proudly sponsors the Boy Scouts with a presentation to their club of $300.

The Lake County Chamber awarded the club a blue ribbon for first place in the Memorial Day Parade

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During the car display show awards were presented to Jeff and Jackie Hanson of Lakeport for “best of show,” while Steve Cleveland was awarded “best wheels” and Jeff Hanson won “best paint.”

“Best engine” went to Duke of Diablo Valley Corvette Club, with “best interior” won by Carl Ries from Yuba City.

“Most Corvettes from one Club Award” was won by Diablo Valley Corvette Club with 21 cars entered.

Special acknowledgments and thanks go out to local sponsors Mackey Tire and Skylark Motel, located in Lakeport along with a special thank you to DeFatte Equipment Rentals of Ukiah.

The Corvettes of Lake County Club raises money through these shows and events and is generous in their “charity of choice” donations to local charities.

Last year, the club donated $3,000 to Lake Family Resource Center's Freedom House domestic violence shelter.

For more information regarding the Corvettes of Lake County, see the group's Web site at

www.corvettesoflakecounty.org.

Julie East of Caltrans said crews will work 24 hours a day, beginning at 8 p.m. Sunday, June 12, on installing a drain pipe on the Hopland Grade two miles east of Buckman Drive.

Work will continue around the clock for a week, East said. Work in the area will continue after that, but not around the clock.

Motorists can expect 10-minute delays, East said.

Outgoing North Lake Garden Club President Don Smith and incoming President Kimberly Marsh at the Blue Star Memorial in Nice, Calif. Courtesy photo.

LUCERNE, Calif. – The North Lake Garden Club has been very busy this month and last.

The May meeting featured speaker Dan Charvet of Heartwood Nursery of Fort Bragg.

He made a wonderful presentation on hybridizing plants and camellias then brought plants for a raffle from the coastal town known for the flowers. Members gathered together to have their annual plant sale.

On Memorial Day, outgoing President Don Smith with incoming President Kimberly Marsh placed a wreath on the Blue Star Memorial at the Triangle Park Way in Nice.

The club was delighted to hear that outgoing publicity officer Marie Ulvila received a Publicity Press Book award at the gardening conference in Santa Rosa.

Lastly, the club celebrated National Garden Week June 5-11 by placing a flower arrangement at the Lake County Visitor's Center.

This month's meeting will be held on Saturday, June 18, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in a beautiful garden at the home of Sharon Thorne and Don Smith.

The club will install its new officers and have a potluck picnic.

North Lake Garden Club is a member of California Garden Clubs Inc, National Garden Clubs Inc. and Mendo-Lake District with meetings held on the fourth Tuesday, September through May.

If you have a public place where a tree should be planted or need more information about the garden club please call President Don Smith, 707-972-6023.

North Lake Garden Club officers Marie Ulvila and Don with Publicity Press Book award at the gardening conference. Courtesy photo.

The meeting will begin at noon in the Middletown Methodist Church Social Hall, 15833 Armstrong St.

The guest will be Sheriff Frank Rivero.

The serving group will be EcoArts of Lake County.

For lunch reservations if you don't usually attend or are coming with a group call Helen Whitney, 707-928-9812, or e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The speaker at the July 20 meeting will be District Attorney Don Anderson.

The show can be heard beginning at 7 p.m. at www.kzyx.org.

Rigoglioso teaches on women and religion at Dominican University of California, the California Institute of integral Studies and the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology.

She was interviewed in the documentary shown at the recent Mendocino Film Festival, “The Vanishing of the Bees,” about the relationship between bees and and the goddesses of antiquity.

Greek religion is filled with strange sexual artifacts – stories of mortal women's couplings with gods; beliefs in the impregnating power of snakes and deities; the unusual birth stories of Pythagoras, Plato and Alexander; and more.

In this provocative study, Rigoglioso suggests such details are remnants of an early Greek cult of divine birth, not unlike that of Egypt.

Scouring myth, legend and history from a female-oriented perspective, she argues that many in the highest echelons of Greek civilization believed nonordinary conception (parthenogenesis) was the only means possible of bringing forth individuals who could serve as true leaders or avatars, and that special cadres of virgin priestesses were dedicated to this practice.

Her book adds a unique perspective to our understanding of antiquity, and has significant implications for the study of Christianity and other religions in which divine birth claims are central.

The book's stunning insights provide fascinating reading for those interested in female-inclusive approaches to ancient religion.

Rigoglioso's other subjects of study which will be discussed are reconnecting with the Pleiades, our starry virgin mothers; reclaiming Mary's mystery of virgin birth, and women's sacred use of psychotropic substances in antiquity.

There will be time for call-ins; call 707-937-5103.