Wednesday, 27 November 2024

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Habitat for Humanity is seeking volunteers who want to help improve the lives of community members. Courtesy photo.


 

 


LAKE COUNTY – Habitat for Humanity Lake County is seeking volunteers.


If you have a desire to improve the lives of our community’s families, want to make Lake County a better place to live, and seek the camaraderie of like-minded people, please contact the group's office at 707-994-1100, or come by the office at 16285 A Main St., Lower Lake, for a volunteer application and to learn more about how you can help.


No experience is necessary, just bring a desire to help.

NICE – Come enjoy a fresh caught fish fry and dance this Saturday, July 10, at the Sons of Italy hall hosted by Bob and Rosalie Sonnenburg.


They will serve beer batter fried fish, fries, coleslaw, rolls and dessert, at the Sons of Italy club hall, 2817 E. Highway 20 in Nice.


The bar is open for socializing at 5 p.m. then dinner will be served at 6 p.m.

 

Enjoy dancing to the music of the Jim Williams Band right after the meal.


All tickets are $15 at the door.


Everyone is welcome.


For information about this event or renting the hall for your own, call 707-263-1606.

CLEARLAKE – The next Lake County HazMobile event will be held on Friday, July 16, and Saturday, July 17, at the community center, 3245 Bowers Ave. in Clearlake.

Hours will be 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Events may be canceled due to rain.

Households can bring up to 15 gallons of toxic items free of charge. A charge will be made for amounts above 15 gallons.

Items that are accepted include paint, solvents, fuels, five-gallon propane tanks, pool chemicals, pesticides, herbicides, dry cell batteries, fluorescent light tubes (up to 60 feet free) and other toxins that cannot be put in the trash.

Excluded items that cannot be accepted are televisions, computer monitors, ammunition, explosives, radioactive materials or infectious wastes.

To learn how and where to properly dispose these items, please contact the Public Services office at
707-263-1980.

This is a residential service. Charges apply to businesses; phone 707-468-9786 for more information and business appointments.

Free recycled paint is available at Lake County Waste Solution Transfer Station at 230 Soda Bay Road in Lakeport on first-come, first-serve basis in five-gallon containers of tan, brown, gray and pink.

Used oil can be recycled year round at a number of sites in the county.

The HazMobile program is subsidized by the Lake County Public Services Department Solid Waste Division.

If you have any questions regarding this or any of Lake County’s Solid Waste programs, please call
707-262-1760 or the hot line number at 707-263-1980.

For a list of upcoming HazMobile events please visit our web site at www.recycling.co.lake.ca.us.

LAKEPORT – Lake County Special Olympics is hosting a “Tip-A-Cop” fundraiser July 23 from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.


Join them at Renee's Restaurant, 1005 N. Main St. in Lakeport, for good food and fun.


Law enforcement officers will wait tables in exchange for tips which will benefit Lake County Special Olympics.

MIDDLETOWN – Lake County Jazzercise is holding a special class and rummage sale to benefit New Beginnings, an intervention program for young mothers who need help with addiction and parenting.


The benefit class will be taught by a team of Jazzercise instructors at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 17, with an option for less fit exercisers who are new to Jazzercise demonstrated.


The rummage sale will immediately follow the class at the Jazzercise center, 15642 Armstrong Ave., two blocks behind the post office.


The suggested donation is $10.


For more information, call 707-260-2900 or visit www.lcjazz.com.

LAKEPORT – A free upcoming workshop will look at some of the small creatures that make their home in Clear Lake.


The workshop will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 15, in the Board of Supervisors chambers at the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.


The Lake County Fish and Wildlife Advisory Committee is sponsoring the event.


Biologist and ecologists with the Lake County Vector Control District will take you on a living tour of the little creatures that share the water and make up the basic building blocks of the Clear Lake food chain.


Bring your questions about life in the lake.

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