Marian Malugani received the Clear Lake Trowel & Trellis Garden Club's monthly landscape design award on Monday, May 24, 2010. Photo by Claire Grieve.

LAKE COUNTY – On Monday, Marian and Dan Malugani were greeted with a knock on their door by three Clear Lake Trowel & Trellis Garden Club members who told Marian Malugani that her garden has been chosen to receive the Monthly Landscape Design Award certificate and sign to be placed in her garden/yard for the month of June.

This award is to recognize beauty in our community. CLTTGC members recommend gardens, front yards only, and submit them to the committee. Garden Club members’ yards are not eligible.

Yards will be judged on best design, trees and shrubs are acceptable, and colorful blooms are not necessary. Water-wise designs are also welcome.

The winner of that month will be asked to display a special sign in their yard. Jerry Shaul created the sign. It will be owned by the club and passed on each month to the next winner.

The committee consisting of Claire Grieve, Linda Pyers and Ann Blue will judge gardens in the County of Lake.

CLTTGC members enjoy these gardens and want to award/recognize people who work very hard to create beautiful landscapes.

A gardener's beautiful garden is his/her gift to the neighborhood.

The club meets at noon on the third Tuesday of the month, September through May, at the Scotts Valley Women's Club House, 2298 Hendricks Road, Lakeport.

Members, guests and all interested are most welcome. President Jo Jameson, 707-263-4039 and President-elect Linda Waterstraat, 707-279-1270, invites interested gardeners to join us.

Clear Lake Trowel & Trellis Garden Club is a member of Mendo-Lake District, California Garden Club Inc., Pacific Region and National Garden Clubs Inc.

For more information see www.clttgc.org.

LAKEPORT – Please join the Corvettes of Lake County and the Western States Corvette Council 2010 Run to the Lake on Saturday and Sunday.

On Sunday at 3 p.m. at Library Park in Lakeport the group will present a check to the Freedom House domestic violence shelter as part of the Barbara LaForge Memorial fundraising effort.

LaForge was a local businesswoman who was shot to death in her gallery in October 2002.

LAKEPORT – On Thursday, June 3, the Educating Seniors Project will present “Taking Charge,” about how to recognize and avoid financial elder fraud.

The presentation will begin at 2 p.m. at the Lakeport Senior Activity Center, 527 Konocti Ave.

The workshop is sponsored by the California State Bar, Trusts & Estate Section and presented by Dennis A. Fordham, certified specialist attorney with a guest speaker from the District Attorney’s Office. An open discussion will follow.

Refreshments will be provided.

RSVPs are appreciated; contact JJ Jackson at 707-263-4218, or Casse at 707-263-3235.

LOWER LAKE – The Lower Lake Historical School Preservation Committee will hold its annual board meeting on Saturday, June 26.

The meeting will begin at noon at the Lower Lake Historic Schoolhouse Museum, 16435 Main St., Lower Lake.

Members and the public are invited for the presentation of the annual report and the election of officers for 2010-11.

A light lunch will be served.

For more information, contact the museum at 707-995-3565.

The event will be a Tip-A-Cop and take place on Friday, June 18, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Members of the Clearlake Police Department, California Highway Patrol, Lake County Sheriff's Office and Lake County Probation Department will serve breakfast and lunch to the patrons of the Main Street Bar and Grill.

Tips received by officers will go toward Lake County Special Olympics.

Lake County Special Olympics is a year-round program that serves more than 100 disabled athletes.

The program cost $20,000 annually and is run completely by volunteers. The money is used for uniforms, equipment and transportation.

All money must be raised locally with no aid from governmental entities.

A special thanks is offered to Supervisor Jeff Smith who has kicked off our Clearlake fundraising by donating $220 of his county stipend.

Come meet members of our local law enforcement and correctional agencies as they serve you breakfast or lunch.

For more information contact Steve or Peggy Buchholz at 707-279-4280.