LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – At the Oct. 18 meeting of the Konocti Lioness Club the topic of the guest speakers was literacy programs in Lake County.  

Lake County Superintendent of Schools Wally Holbrook of the Lake County Office of Education made a presentation concerning the Lake County Literacy Task Force (LCLTF) and its vision that everyone in the county – young, adults and elders – be able to read.

Holbrook would like Lake County to be known as the “county that reads.”  

Richard Smith spoke about the Kelseyville Sunrise Rotary Club Reading Program for K-5 grades at local elementary schools now in its sixth year.  

There is a need for volunteer readers and welcomed the partnering with the Lioness Club to become readers.    

Lonny Rittler from the Lake County Literacy Coalition (LCLC) informed the audience about adult literacy and how the program focuses on training volunteer tutors.  

LCLC has a Family Literacy program that offers free one-on-one tutoring for students  then encourages the students to read to their parents who in turn will read to their child thus becoming readers themselves.

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Democratic Club will hold its regular meeting at noon on Saturday, Nov. 10, in the Rose Room of the Lucerne Alpine Senior Center.

Lake County Democratic Club meetings are held on the second Saturday of the month at noon in the Rose Room of the Lucerne Alpine Senior Center.

The public is always welcome and membership is open to all registered Democrats.

The senior center is located at 3985 Country Club Drive, corner of 10th and Country Club Drive, in Lucerne.

Contact the Democratic Party of Lake County at 707-533-4885 or by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Doll Club will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 13.

The meeting will begin at 11:30 a.m.

For more information about the club, including meeting locations, please call Joanna at 707-279-9970.

MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – The Middletown Area Town Hall (MATH) will hold its next meeting on Thursday, Nov. 8.

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

On the agenda, under unfinished business, MATH Director Martha Webster will give a report on the Middletown Square Park development and Director Joe Sullivan will give a report on a Caltrans grant.

Under new business, Karen Turcotte will give a presentation on the future use of the existing Middletown Library, a request to Lake County Animal Care and Control for an ordinance to prohibit
leaving dogs in cars on hot days.

There also will be nominations for two seats – for Middletown proper and at-large – on the MATH Board. Current nominations include Joann Gavazza and Fletcher Thornton.

There also will be discussion and possible action regarding the Jesus Christ Fellowship Worship Center on Highway 175 and joint meetings with Middletown Merchants Association and other community
groups.

Other business includes MATH goals for 2013 and board and committee reports, including a request to the county to ban smoking in Middletown Square Park and a Middletown Library patron wall MATH member contribution.

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.

KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – Two winners were chosen in a random drawing of Kelseyville Krawl card entries from the month of October.

Dianna Schmidt of Lucerne and Peggy Hickey of San Francisco will each receive a package containing prizes donated by Kelseyville businesses.

The prizes donated include a wine and cheese pairing and tour for four people from Wildhurst Vineyards, a gift certificate and two for the price of one Flight Night food and wine pairing dinner from Rosa d’Oro Vineyards, a gift set plus complimentary tasting and discount card from Steele Wines, a Kelsey Creek Brewing gift certificate, and a Chacewater Olive Oil gift set.

The Kelseyville Krawl is a collaboration between Chacewater Winery & Olive Mill, Kelsey Creek Brewing, Rosa d’Oro Vineyards, Steele Winery, and Wildhurst Vineyards with the intention to promote shopping locally by rewarding customers for their patronage.

To participate in the Kelseyville Krawl, visit any of the five participating businesses for a “Krawl Card” which will be stamped when you visit.

Three or more stamps on your card entitles you to an entry in a monthly drawing for prizes from Kelseyville businesses.

Participation is free and entries are unlimited.

UPPER LAKE, Calif. – The Redwood Empire Civil War Roundtable will meet Monday, Nov. 5, starting at 6:15 p.m. at the Tallman Hotel in Upper Lake.

Mark Cooper will do a presentation on Civil War blockade running, the very dangerous but highly profitable business of maintaining trade to Southern ports through the Union blockade.

Cooper, who also is a well-known dentist in Clearlake, is an amateur historian who has studied and visited many Civil War-era locations, and brings a very unique perspective to the group.

There will also be a review of the events of November, 1862, as the group has been following the war month by month in recognition of the sesquicentennial of the Civil War.

Admission is free and everyone is welcome.

For more information, contact Phil Smoley 707-264-4905, or Zane Jensen, 707-349-6390.