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KELSEYVILLE – Come one, come all, to the Lake County Historical Society general membership meeting on Sunday, Oct. 4.


The meeting will be held at the Kelseyville Senior Center, 5245 3rd St. at 2 p.m. Lake County Historical Society members and guests are welcome.


Light refreshments will be available.


The guest speaker will be Dr. John Parker, who will discuss 20,000 years of Lake County prehistory.


Dr. Parker will use artifacts and a PowerPoint presentation to take you through the cultural, environmental and technological changes that occurred in Lake County during the past 20,000 years.


The information presented is based on 20 years of research that culminated in his 315-page doctoral dissertation.


We all know that Lake County was home to many American Indian communities. Parker will help answer the following questions:


  • Where did they come from?

  • What was the Lake Basin like during the last ice age?

  • What was their culture like?

  • What did they eat?

  • Where did they live?

  • How did their lives change over the past 20,000 years?


Dr. Parker will answer these questions and more as he takes you on a journey through the past.


In 1973, Dr. Parker began a 20-year study of Lake County prehistory. For 15 of those years, he lived in Clearlake, taught at Mendocino and Yuba Community College, gave educational programs to civic clubs and community groups, conducted archaeological studies for landowners, and served as a planning commissioner for the city of Clearlake. He organized public and political support for the purchase of the Anderson Marsh State Historic Park.


He is a registered professional archaeologist, a life member of the Society for California Archaeology, a life member of the Lake County Historical Society and volunteered many hours helping Henry Mauldin update the card catalog for the County Historical Notes.


His work has been seen on PBS, CBS Evening News, Good Morning America, CNN, FOX, in newspapers and in magazines such as People, Newsweek, Archaeology, Omni, Westways, American Film, Instructor, Sunset, California and Preservation News.


To learn more and see some of his work turn on your computer and go to

www.wolfcreekarcheology.com .


For more information about the historical society, call Randy Ridgel at 707-279-4062 or Mike Anderson at 707-277-2075, or visit the group online at www.lakecountyhistoricalsociety.net .


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The new Lakeport Aktion Club is formed on Saturday, September 26, 2009. Photo courtesy of Eric Wheaton.





LAKEPORT – The Lakeport Kiwanis Club conducted a unique ceremony this past Saturday at the Yacht Club in Lakeport.

The ceremony was the formation of an Aktion Club (yes, it's spelled correctly).

An Aktion Club is a sponsored group of adults living with disabilities. This club enables individual members to give back to their community, just as the Kiwanis of Lakeport does, and to develop initiative and leadership skills.

This is the first such club in Lake County. The sponsoring agency for this Aktion Club is People Services Inc.
 
On Saturday, the Kiwanis Lt. Governor of Division 32, Richard Fuller of Windsor, conducted the ceremony and encouraged the new members to work together to create an active, positive, and fun fulled group of civic minded citizens.

He then installed the officers, with Kenneth Martinez accepting the responsibility of president. Brandy Welch accepted the role of secretary and they have called their first meeting in mid October at the People Services offices on Lakeshore Boulevard. The specific date and time will be announced.
 
Following the ceremony, visiting Kiwanians from Division 32 with clubs in Cloverdale, Windsor, Ukiah, Santa Rosa, Willits and others joined in celebration and shared in a special cake prepared for the occasion by Rose Pischke, wife of Lakeport Kiwanian Arlin Pischke.
 
The Lakeport Kiwanis pride themselves in their community service projects and anticipate the Aktion Club will help out.

Three projects that are currently under way are, first, helping the Soper-Reese Community Theatre plant and landscape their new garden area on the south side of their newly remodeled building. The second project is to help People Services on Lakeshore Boulevard spruce up their bathrooms.

The third project is to conduct the 30th annual Halloween party at the Clear Lake High School gymnasium on Saturday, Oct. 31. The public is welcome to the party, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

More than 1,000 children and families are expected to share in the fun, games and costume contests at that popular event.

For questions about the community services provided by the Lakeport Kiwanis or to assist in upcoming projects, contact newly installed Lakeport Kiwanis president Wally Cox Jr. at his office at AAA, 707-263-5914.
 
Eric Wheaton is immediate past president of the Lakeport Kiwanis Club.

 

 

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A welcome message for the new club. Photo courtesy of Eric Wheaton.
 

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KELSEYVILLE – The US Coast Guard Auxiliary, Flotilla 88 of Lake County will hold its next meeting on Saturday, Oct. 3.


The meeting will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.


The meeting's location has been changed to Zino's Ristorante, 6330 Soda Bay Road, Kelseyville.


Items on the agenda will include the upcoming “Tie Out,” being held Oct. 9 to 11. The schedule for this three day event will be finalized.


Flotilla 88 encourages anyone interested in joining this active group to attend, meet your Lake County neighbors and become one of America's Volunteer Life Savers.


For additional information regarding the Flotilla, please call the information line at 707-513-5122.

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KELSEYVILLE – A free seminar on estate planning will be offered this Saturday, Oct. 3.


“Why a trust and not a will?” will be presented at 10 a.m. at Galilee Lutheran Church Community Room, 8860 Soda Bay Road, Kelseyville.


Dennis A. Fordham, a certified specialist in estate planning, will make the presentation. A question and answer session will follow.


Refreshments will be provided.


To reserve a space call Fordham's office at 707-263-3235.

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LUCERNE – The Lake County Democratic Club will meet at noon on Saturday, Oct. 10, at the Lucerne Alpine Senior Center in Lucerne.


The senior center is located at 3985 Country Club Drive (corner of 10th and Country Club) in Lucerne. Breakfast is served from 9 a.m. to noon.


The public is invited.


Membership in the Lake County Democratic Club is open to registered members of the Democratic Party.


For more information contact the club at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 707-277-0713.

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The Clear Lake Trowel & Trellis Garden Club's entry in the 2009 Lake County Fair gained the group a blue ribbon. Photo by Jerry Shaul Sr.




LAKEPORT – Clear Lake Trowel & Trellis Garden Club of Lakeport entered the indoor garden competition at the Lake County Fair in September and won a first prize blue ribbon.


Each year the club enters the indoor garden at the fair. The $350 first prize is used in many ways to help in the Lakeport area, such as the group's two annual scholarships for local students and planting of trees throughout the community.


Since people are trying to save water, the title of the garden was “Water Wise Gardening.”


Several members of Clear Lake Trowel & Trellis Garden Club entered flower arrangements, specimens and yard art, and many ribbons were won for these entries.


The Clear Lake Trowel & Trellis Garden Club is a member of California Garden Clubs Inc., the largest nonprofit volunteer gardening organization in the state of California.


A federation of more than 300 garden clubs and plant societies throughout the state, California Garden Clubs Inc. represents more than 20,000 California gardeners.

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