The meeting will be held at 9 a.m. in the front conference room at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.

Discussion/action items will include the intersection of S. Forbes and First streets.

Citizen members include Chair Ann Blue, Vice Chair Bill Knoll, Vicki Cole, Steve Jones, Kermit Knudson and Max Mulder, and staff members including City Engineer Scott Harter, acting Police Chief Brad Rasmussen and City Clerk Janel Chapman.

KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – Vikings of the Lake Lodge No. 6-166 will host its next Heritage and Culture Night on Wednesday, Feb. 16.

The event will start with dinner at 6 p.m. at the Galilee Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall, 8860 Soda Bay Road, Kelseyville.

Ertesuppe med Brod (pea soup with bread) costs $4.

The program begins at 7 p.m.

Special guest speaker, Zone 1 Director Carol Francis, will offer a meet and greet in Norwegian.

For more information call Vale Hanzel at 707-928-1060 or visit the group's Web site at www.vikingsoflakelodge.org .

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Local author, editor and animal rights advocate Jan Allegretti is the guest on KPFZ radio's “Earth Wise.”

The show airs Friday, Feb. 11, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. on 88.1 FM.

Allegretti is coauthor of “The Complete Holistic Dog Book, Home Health Care for our Canine Companions.”

She has recently authored “Listen to the Silence, Lessons from Trees and Other Masters.”

Allegretti works with caretakers of companion animals, farm animals and wildlife.

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Lake County Public Services Director Kim K. Clymire has announced that the Eastlake Landfill and the Lakeport Public Services office will be closed Monday, Feb. 21, in observance of the Presidents’ Day holiday.

Both facilities will re-open on Tuesday, Feb. 22.

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.

Members of the North Lake Garden Club at a recent meeting. Courtesy photo.

LUCERNE, Calif. – The North Lake Garden Club will meet on Tuesday, Feb. 22, at Lucerne Community Church, 5870 E. Highway 20, Lucerne.

At 6:30 p.m. there will be refreshments and sharing plants.

The meeting starts at 7 p.m. and will focus on organic pest control presented by Gregg Gompper, general manager of Olivia's Organics in Upper Lake. He will lecture on controlling pests naturally in the garden with products from his store.

Last month a wonderful presentation on terrariums was presented by club secretary Jackie Hodges. Members brought their own glass planters or bought one for the project provided by the officers.

Plants, charcoal, sand, rocks, soil and decor were available for creating lovely mini gardens in a jar biosphere.

These plantings were very popular in the 1960s and 1970s but are making a comeback for small living environments or to dress up an area in the home.

North Lake Garden Club is beginning its sixth year and welcomes new members. It is a member of California Garden Clubs Inc., National Garden Clubs Inc. and Mendo-Lake District.

The club meetings are held on the fourth Tuesday of each month.

The March meeting will cover rhododendrons with speaker Jim Celesi of Fort Bragg.

For more information call club President Don Smith, 707-972-6023.

Don't forget the deadline for buying tickets for the Eleven Roses Ranch Tour in Spring Valley is Feb. 18.

The event, which costs $50, starts at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 16, and includes a tour of wild flowers, a hay ride, barbecue and much more.

Call Norma Bethel for reservations, 707-274-2381.