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HIDDEN VALLEY LAKE – A culinary class celebrating the bounty of Lake County is scheduled for Thursday, June 22, at 6 p.m. at Chic Le Chef in Hidden Valley Lake.
In this class, “From the Farm to the Table,” Esther Oertel, culinary instructor and author of the weekly Lake County News column, “The Veggie Girl,” will demonstrate the preparation of a menu based on our local late spring harvest.
Ingredients such as goat cheese, strawberries, olive oil, walnuts, wine, salad greens, beets and arugula will all be sourced from Lake County farms.
Chard and cilantro soup with noodle nests, The Perfect Spring Salad, chicken with mireproix and cream, and strawberry brunch tart with thyme and black pepper are on the menu.
Oertel will teach other classes featuring seasonal local bounty at Chic Le Chef on July 11, 29 and Aug. 12.
The cost of the class is $32, which includes a complete recipe booklet and generous tastes of each dish.
To sign up, visit www.ChicLeChef.com or call them at 707-987-9664.
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CLEARLAKE – Come on out and help “raise the walls” on Habitat for Humanity Lake County’s house No. 15 this weekend.
Everyone is welcome to the event, which will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the home site, 4431 Sunset Ave., Clearlake, this Saturday, June 19.
Those that come will be able to participate in the raising of the outer walls of the home and memorializing the event by signing your names to the framing boards.
No experience is necessary. Lunch will be provided.
Meet the new homeowners and have some fun.
For further information on this event and/or Habitat for Humanity Lake County, please call 707-994-1100.
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LAKEPORT – At the last workshop until September of Lake Kabatin Redbud Arrangers, members surprised Barbara Swanson with a big thank you.
She does all the leg work to organize the group, and teaches and shares her knowledge with all the other flower arrangers.
Members brought a flower from their own gardens, and Shirley Estreem created the beautiful bouquet.
A potluck lunch also was a special treat.
These flower arrangers are members of Clear Lake Trowel and Trellis Garden Club, and entitled to also be members of the Lake Kabatin Redbud Arrangers.
The group meets on the second Tuesday of each month, September through June, at 11 a.m., at the Mendo-Lake Credit Union Bank conference room. Each month there is a different design theme. For more information phone Barbara Swanson 707-262-0636.
Please check out the Web site to view photos of the flower arrangements that members create each month. www.clttgc.org.

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NICE – The newly chartered Northshore Lions Club is looking for new members.
Please come to find out more about the exciting new club this Thursday, June 17.
Meetings take place the third Thursday of each month. Social hour begins at 6:30 p.m., with dinner at 7 p.m. and the program at 7:30 p.m.
The group meets at the Marina Grill in Nice.
For more information call 707-274-9952.
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