MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – Calpine will host its annual Earth Day event on Saturday, April 14, at the Geothermal Visitors Center in Middletown.

Join this free community event showcasing local business and celebrating Lake County sustainability.

Guided bus tours to a geothermal power plant will be given throughout the day; there is no cost, but reservations are strongly recommended.

The event takes place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. pm and will have live entertainment, demonstrations, booths, activities and much more.

Please visit www.geyers.com for bus tour reservations, or call 707-987-4270 for more information.

The Calpine Visitors Center is located at 15500 Central Park Road, Middletown.

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The nonprofit organization www.saferhorse.com, dedicated to rehoming displaced horses and educating the public concerning horse welfare, manages a hay assistance program in Lake County.

This program offers temporary assistance to horse owners who find themselves in a financial crisis, unable to provide adequate feed for their horses.

As horse owners lose their jobs and homes fall into foreclosure, it becomes increasingly difficult for them to hang on to the family horses.

With few viable options, these horses often end up at the auction yard and are then sent to Mexico to slaughter houses.

This recession will end but many horses may be lost forever.

The hay assistance program, funded by public donations can help a family through tough times.

To make a donation to this program, visit Rainbow Agricultural Services on Argonaut Road in Lakeport tell them you want to contribute to the Donate a Bale Program.

Guidelines and application forms for the hay assistance program can be found on the home page of www.saferhorse.com .

NORTH COAST, Calif. – Janie Rezner's guest on KZYX's “Women's Voices” on Monday, April 16, will be artist, scholar and author Lydia Ruyle.

The show will begin at 7 p.m. and it can be heard live at www.kxyz.org .

Ruyle's research into sacred images of women have taken her around the globe. She taught on the visual arts faculty of the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colo. for 25 years.   

She creates and exhibits her art and does workshops throughout the United States and internationally.

Her Goddess Icon Spirit Banners have flown in Australia, Canada, Britain, New Zealand, France, Luxembourg, Italy, Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria, Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Turkey, Ghana, Kenya, Brazil, Mexico, Costa Rica, Peru, Japan, Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, China and the U.S., spreading their divine feminine energies.

A book about her work, “Goddess Icons Spirit Banners of the Divine Feminine,” was published in 2002.

“Turkey Goddess Icons Spirit Banners of the Divine Feminine” was published in Istanbul in 2005. Her banners will be on display at the upcoming Matriarchal Studies Conference In Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, May 10.

Goddess Icons/Spirit Banners are sacred images of the divine feminine from the many cultures of the world.

Each image was created and revered at some time in human history.

Visit her Web site at http://www.lydiaruyle.com/blackmadonnaspage1.html .

LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport Courthouse Museum will present the last reading in this series of historic readings on Saturday, April 21.

The readings take place in the historic courtroom on the second floor and will begin at 2 p.m.

This month Joan Cox will read a story entitled “Two School-Marms in California’s Switzerland,” written by Katherine M. Douglas.

It is a detailed account of the adventures encountered by two ladies who walked from their home in Cloverdale to Lakeport and back in 1910.

There is no admission charge and refreshments will be served.  

For more information, please call the museum at 707-263-4555.

KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – The annual Spring Dinner to benefit the Lake County Land Trust will be held on Monday, May 14, starting at 6 p.m. at the Saw Shop Gallery Bistro, 3825 Main St. in Kelseyville.

Land Trust supporters are urged to attend and enjoy a delicious four-course meal generously donated by Marie Beery and her staff at the Saw Shop Gallery Bistro.

Thanks is extended to Dennis Darling of Foods Etc. of Clearlake, for helping to sponsor the event.

“Tickets are going fast, so be sure to call right away,” a land trust spokesperson noted.

The Lake County Land Trust is a private, nonprofit local organization dedicated to preserving valuable natural habitats and open space in Lake County.

The Land Trust owns and operates the Rodman Preserve near Upper Lake, presenting weekly Saturday walks there as well as a children’s nature education program on the third Saturday starting on May 19 and continuing through September.

To make your reservations, call the Saw Shop Gallery Bistro at 707-278-0129. Payment of $70 is taken at the door.

All proceeds go to support projects of the Lake County Land Trust and the public is cordially invited to this event.

If you have any questions, call Roberta Lyons at 707-994-2024.

For information about the Lake County Land Trust go to www.lakecountylandtrust.org .

NICE, Calif. – The Sons of Italy club will host a dinner dance on Saturday, April 14.  

The meal will include chicken Parmesan, polenta, salad, veggies, French bread, dessert, coffee or tea.  

The bar is open for socializing at 5 pm, dinner starts at 6 pm then dancing to Jim Williams starts after the meal.

The cost will be $15 for everything.

Everyone is welcome, no need to be a member.  

Please call to reserve a table so you can sit with your friends or if you plan on bringing a lot of people.

The club is located at 2817 E. Highway 20 in Nice.

For information about this event or renting the hall for your own, call 707-274-9952.