MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – The Middletown Luncheon Club will host as its speaker Chic Le Chef owner Julie Hoskins at its meeting on Wednesday, May 21.

With all the buzz about gluten-free diets, Hoskins will share some tips on gluten-free cooking and eating.

If you aren't gluten-free, chances are good that you know somebody who is. Learn more in this informative presentation from one of our own outstanding chefs.

Lunch will be offered at noon for $5 by the Middletown Senior Center at 21256 Washington St. and will be served by the South Lake County Fire Sirens.

Space is limited for lunch. Please make your reservation by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by calling the Middletown Senior Center at 987-3113 (specify that you are with the Luncheon Club).

Community members also are welcome to come hear the speaker for free without buying lunch.

CLEARLAKE, Calif. – A caregiver support group for families dealing with memory loss or other cognitive impairments will meet on Wednesday, May 14.

The group meets at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 14310 Memory Lane in Clearlake from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Social worker Jenny Johnson is the facilitator.

The groups are sponsored by Redwood Caregiver Resource Center (1-800-834-1636) and the Social Day Programs in Lake County.

For more information call Jenny Johnson at 707-350-3030 or Caroline Denny at 707-263-9481.

Respite is provided by the centers at no charge.

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – At a special general membership meeting on April 11, it was voted unanimously to change the name of Clear Lake Performing Arts to one more descriptive of the organization’s current role in the community.

Donna Moeller, a former two-time president of CLPA, said the 40-year-old name no longer reflected its original mission statement.

“When CLPA was founded we were basically the only music game in town,” she said. “One of our main activities was to import classical music programs, which we presented in schools and churches. But now other organizations and companies have taken on that task, leaving us to basically promote and support our excellent symphony orchestra, and the youth orchestra and other youth music activities as well as the beginners’ music programs, that will one day feed the symphony.”

Moeller took the lead in revising the by-laws for the newly-named Lake County Symphony Association.

“Although the name change is effective immediately it will probably be another six months before the current supplies of printed materials are reduced, and a new design developed before the new name will be universal,” said President Ed Bublitz.

LAKEPORT, Calif. – Lakeport Library and University of California Master Gardeners of Lake County will host a program with on drought-tolerant landscaping, sometimes called xeriscaping.

The free program begins at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 21, in the library and is open to the public.

Janet Berrian from the Master Gardeners will present a PowerPoint slideshow of tips and techniques to garden with little water.

The audience will be able to ask questions about gardening and the Master Gardener program and to pick up informative handouts.

For more information about the program, call the library at 707-263-8817.

The Master Gardeners can be reached at the UC Extension office at 707-263-6838.

The Friends of the Lake County Library will provide light refreshments.

Lakeport Library, located at 1425 N. High St., is open Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Wednesday, noon to 8 p.m. The phone number is 707-263-8817.

MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – Each year the Hidden Valley Lake Garden Club selects several gardening and beautification projects throughout south Lake County.

This year, one of those projects was to complete the landscaping at the recently opened Gibson Museum and Cultural Center in Middletown.

Thanks to the design and leadership of Elizabeth Moores and her many volunteers, the newly planted flowers and plants set off the grounds of this south county treasure.

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – All branches of the Lake County Library system will be closed Saturday, May 24, to observe Memorial Day.

Normal hours at all branches will resume on May 27.

Call your local branch if you have any questions.

Lakeport Library, located at 1425 N. High St., is normally open Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. The phone number is 707-263-8817.

Redbud Library, 14785 Burns Valley Road, Clearlake, is normally open Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Wednesday, noon to 7 p.m. The phone number is 707-994-5115.

Middletown Library, 21256 Washington St., is normally open Tuesday through Friday, noon to 6 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The phone number is 707-987-3674.

Upper Lake Library, 310 Second St., is normally open Tuesday through Friday, noon to 6 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The phone number is 707-275-2049.