MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – What’s going on in District 1 and the county will be presented by District 1 Supervisor Jim Comstock when he gives his annual update at the next Middletown Luncheon Club program on Wednesday, Jan. 16.

The program takes place at the Middletown Methodist Church Social Hall, 15155 Armstrong at Washington, Middletown, starting at noon.

Lunch costs only $5 per person.

All programs are open to the public. Reservations are requested for this program.

Please call Helen Whitney at 707-928-9812 and leave a message or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

The Middletown Luncheon Club is open to all, meets every third Wednesday of the month from January through November, providing informative speakers and presentations to the community. Different local nonprofit organizations provide lunch each month and receive a donation.

CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Lodge Ladies Lunch Bunch, which includes members of the Sons of Norway Vikings of Lake Lodge No. 6-166, will have its next meeting on Friday, Jan. 11.

The ladies will meet beginning at 1 p.m. at Main Street Grill, 14084 Lakeshore Drive in Clearlake.

This is a fun time to get together and relax with good food and fellowship.

For reservations call Elsie Voss at 707-998-1252.

For more information about the Vikings of Lake Lodge No. 6-166, contact Mary Beth Ingvoldstad at 707-987-2404 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Visit the lodge’s Web site at http://www.vikingsoflakelodge.org .

MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – The Middletown Area Town Hall (MATH) will hold its next regular meeting on Thursday, Jan. 10.

The meeting will begin promptly at 7 p.m. at Calpine's Geothermal Visitors Center, 15500 Central Park Road.

Under unfinished business, MATH Board candidates for 2013 will be introduced and elected, the chair will be selected and a date set for the joint meeting with the Middletown Area Merchants Association, and Hank Lescher will make a presentation about the proposed worship center on Highway 175.

New business will include board and committee reports.

The public is invited to attend.

MATH meetings are subject to videotaping. Meeting proceedings may be available for viewing on public access television and/or the Internet.

MATH – established by resolution of the Lake County Board of Supervisors on Dec. 12, 2006 – is a municipal advisory council serving the residents of Anderson Springs, Cobb, Coyote Valley (including Hidden Valley Lake), Long Valley and Middletown.

The group’s current board of directors include Chairman Joe Sullivan, Vice Chair Claude Brown, Secretary Ken Gonzales and members Tom Darms and Martha Webster.

For more information email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

NICE, Calif. – The Sons of Italy club in Nice will be host a dinner dance on Saturday, Jan. 19.

Volunteer chefs will be cooking a delicious homemade meal in the Lake County Lodge Hall, located at 2817 E. Highway 20.

The meal will include Italian pork tenderloin, potatoes, vegetables, salad, bread, and dessert plus coffee or tea.  

The bar is open for socializing at 5 p.m., dinner starts at 6 p.m. then dancing to the High Notes starts after the meal. T

he cost will be $15 for everything. Dance only tickets cost $10.

Everyone is welcome, no need to be a member.  

For information about this event, reserving a table or renting the hall call 707-349-2798 or the night of the event 707-274-2244.

LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport Fire Protection District will host a blood drive at its downtown fire station from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12.

The blood drive will take place in the fire station truck bay and lounge, 445 N. Main St.

It’s part of the annual Bucket Brigade Challenge to benefit Blood Centers of the Pacific.

To make an appointment, visit www.bloodheroes.com or call 888-393-GIVE (4483).

Blood Centers of the Pacific (formerly Blood Bank of the Redwoods) supports more than 45 hospitals in Northern California including all hospitals in Sonoma, Lake and Mendocino counties.

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – A local doctor recently made donations to two Northshore senior centers.

Dr. Milan Hopkins, M.D., presented checks totaling $2,595.22 to the senior centers in Upper Lake and Lucerne, according to Hopkins’ office manager Jason Wright.

Each of the centers received a check for $1297.61, Wright said.

Dr. Hopkins has donated to both senior centers in the past, according to Wright.

At the Dan and Tina Kelly Meals on Wheels Benefit concert in July 2012 Dr. Hopkins’ band, Freak Clinic, performed, Wright said.

Wright said Hopkins also has participated in benefits for Upper Lake Senior center in 2011 and 2012, and donated his computers to the Upper Lake center in 2011.

He and his band also are planning to participate in an upcoming benefit dinner for the two centers, Wright said.