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Clear Lake Chamber welcomes parade entries

CLEARLAKE – The Clear Lake Chamber of Commerce will once again be sponsoring the annual Christmas Light Parade and Decorating Contest in December.


It is not too early to start planning your entry. Applications to enter a parade entry are available online at www.clearlakechamber.com under downloads or at the Chamber office, 4700 Golf Ave., Clearlake.


The Christmas Light Parade on Saturday, Dec. 6, will begin at 6 p.m. and follow Lakeshore Drive to Austin Park for the Christmas tree-lighting ceremony and a visit by Santa Claus.


Deadline to enter your float, group, etc. is Friday, Nov. 21.


Volunteers are needed to help with the parade. Call the chamber at 994-3600.


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Garden club plans chrysanthemum show Nov. 14

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Clear Lake Trowel and Trellis Garden Club members display mum specimens they grew and share floral arrangements they created. Courtesy photo.

 

 


LAKEPORT – The Clear Lake Trowel and Trellis Garden Club will host its Dance of the Mums Chrysanthemum Show on Friday, Nov. 14.


The show will be held at the Lakeport Yacht Club (by the Fifth Street Boat Ramp) in Lakeport. It's open to the public from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.


All Clear Lake Trowel and Trellis Garden Club members are encouraged to enter. This is not a judged competition, rather a fun event to share with our community.


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NAACP honors Robey

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From left, NAACP First Vice President Rick Mayo, outgoing Supervisor Ed Robey and Lake County NAACP President Aqeela El-Amin Bakheit on Tuesday, October 28, 2008. Mayo and Bakheit presented Robey with an appreciation plaque for his years of service. Courtesy photo.
 

 

 

LAKEPORT – The Lake County Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People recently offered its appreciation to a member of the Lake County Board of Supervisors.


On Oct. 28, branch President Aqeela El-Amin Bakheit and branch founder, First Vice President Rick Mayo, both of Clearlake, presented outgoing District 1 Supervisor Ed Robey with an appreciation plaque for his many years of service to the citizens of Lake County and the city of Clearlake.


Robey retires from the Board of Supervisors at year's end after three terms. He will be succeeded by James Comstock of Middletown.


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Local library employees represent county at national conference

LAKEPORT – Susan Clayton, deputy county librarian, library technician Jan Cook and Anne Shirako, library assistant – all employees of the Lake County Library – attended the Association for Rural and Small Libraries annual conference in Sacramento in September.


The three women represented Lake County as three of more than 250 participants from all over the country.


California representatives were able to attend the event thanks to partial scholarships provided by the California State Library.


Participants from 32 states and Canada came together for this national conference to discuss challenges, strategies and opportunities for the future of libraries in rural communities. They attended sessions on library management, technology in the library and library marketing.


“We were happy to be able to assist Lake County Library staff to attend this terrific conference, which was held in California for the first time,” said California State Librarian Susan Hildreth.


A goal of the conference is to provide “hands-on” information and ideas that can be taken home and implemented quickly with little or no cost to the library.


“It was a tremendous opportunity to get to attend this conference aimed specifically at small and rural libraries,” said Susan Clayton of the Lake County Library staff. “We learned a great many things that will help us inform the public about library services.”


Next year’s conference will be held in Gatlinburg, Tenn., Sept. 11 through 13, 2009.


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