Pictured are Northshore Lions President Alan Mattern, Boys State Student Ben Mullin and Northshore Lion Alan Carson. Courtesy photo.

NORTHSHORE – The Northshore Lions Club has been busy with civic duties and would love to find some new members to continue the journey.

The group has already set up two personal eye exams and assisted with eye screenings in Upper Lake schools, helped fill holiday packages and sponsored a local Cub Scout troop.

The Northshore Lions Charity Bass Tournament, at Lucerne Harbor Park, will be held on Sunday, Sept. 19, to help with future project funding.

They will jump-start the eye screenings for second graders at Lucerne Elementary in the fall, too.

The group has a new mission to send a young man to Boys State in Sacramento. The high school program trains students to be great speakers with a civic attitude. The students get together at Sacramento State University for a weeklong experience in speech giving, political education and a visit to the state capital.

Each Northshore Lions Club program meeting, there is a raffle with proceeds going to the tuition.

The Boy State speaker, Ben Mullin from Upper Lake High School, proved during his speech that the program is wonderful.

The new Lions group meets every third Thursday at the Marina Grill in Nice at 6:30 p.m.

Call 707-274-9952 for more information.

LAKEPORT – The Kitchen Gallery is happy to present its first knife skills demo classes on Saturday, June 26, at 301 N. Main St., Lakeport.

Three classes are being offered throughout the day for your convenience starting at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.

The cost is $20 per person and includes the use of knives to practice with, a free cutting board provided that you can take home, and a store gift card in the amount of $15 that can be used on the day of the event.

Class overview is as follows: safety, workplace, body position, general technique, chef’s knife use, learn how to julienne, brunoise and mince, as well as use of Santoku knife and maintenance for all your knives.

Classes will be taught by Joel Kauffman, California, Nevada and Hawaii territory manager for Zwilling JA Henckels Corp.

Sign up now as space is limited to 12 people per class.

Call the Kitchen Gallery at 707-262-0422 for more information.

LAKEPORT – Local 28 Lake County Chapter of the American Brotherhood Aimed Towards Education (ABATE) has changed its meeting day and location.

As of Thursday, June 10, Local 28 will begin meeting on the second Thursday of each month at the home of Lori Adams, 105 S. Starr, in Lakeport at 6 p.m.

Adams is hosting all members and prospective members with a barbecue at this meeting. She has plenty of parking available, but please RSVP to her at 707-245-8036 so they know how many to expect for the barbecue.

The group currently is working out the details for the third annual ABATE Northern California Regional Rally, which will be held July 16 and 17 at Kelly's Kamp in Upper Lake. Local 28 will be helped this year by locals from Chico and Vacaville.

This event is open to all motorcycle riders. There will be music on Friday and Saturday nights, bike games, explorer's ride, horseshoes plus vendors on site. Saturday will feature a barbecue in the afternoon.

Remember Local 28 meetings are open to all motorcycle riders, join in and make some new friends to ride with in this great area.

LAKE COUNTY – KPFZ 88.1 FM will be broadcasting live election results after 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 8.

Herb Gura, Andy Weiss and other programmers will announce results as they come in and broadcast clips from recorded candidate debates.

Candidates have been invited to speak from the studio in Lakeport and as results come in, reporters will be calling in or broadcasting live from campaign and election headquarters.