CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Join California State Assembly candidate Dan Wolk for a get-together in Clearlake on Saturday, Feb. 8.

The event will take place beginning at 4 p.m. at The Spot Burgers & Beer, 14625 Lakeshore Drive.

Come enjoy some great food and drink, chat with Wolk about your ideas for the future of California, and about his vision for restoring the “California Dream.”

For more information and to RSVP, please contact Will Arnold at 530-219-8918, or e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

To learn more about Wolk or to join Team Wolk, please visit http://www.DanWolk.org .

LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Clear Lake Trowel & Trellis Garden Club invites prospective new members to attend its Tuesday, Feb. 18, meeting.

The meeting begins at noon with a buffet lunch at the Scotts Valley Women's Clubhouse, 2298 Hendricks Road, Lakeport.

Master Gardener Jim Held will give a presentation on garden tools.

For more information call 707-263-0889.

NORTH COAST, Calif. – KZYX's “Women's Voices” on Monday, Feb. 3, will host singer Holly Near.

The show can be heard beginning at 7 p.m. on 90.7 FM or 91.5 FM in Mendocino County, and online at www.kzyx.org .

Near will talk about Pete Seeger and her upcoming event in Ukiah.

Hear Allison Hoyman-Browe tell all about the Women's History Gala, an annual event that celebrates women of courage, character and conviction.

Carol Heady will talk about MCAA's big exhibit coming to the Grace  Hudson Museum and featuring local artists.

CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Children's Museum of Art and Science (CMAS) is a volunteer organization providing art and science activities in schools and during its day camp, held the first Saturday in May.

CMAS will hold its next meeting at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 14, in Clearlake.

At the meeting, they will plan the day camp activities and next Lego Robot program.

Any interested volunteers are welcome to attend the meeting. For meeting address, please call Carolynn at 707-994-2878.

Currently CMAS is running a Lego Robot program in after-school programs and elementary school classrooms by request.

So far this year they have provided services at Lucerne, the Riviera and Pomo Elementary schools.

Any teachers interested in having CMAS provide the Lego Robots in their classroom or after-school program can call Billy at 707-279-1514 to schedule.

The program is free of charge and usually includes three sessions of about two hours each.

LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Green Party of Lake County will hold its next meeting on Sunday, Feb. 16.

The meeting will take place for 4 to 6 p.m. at Round Table Pizza, 821 11th St. in Lakeport.

The Green Party has invited two candidates for the Board of Supervisors' District 3 seat to present their platforms and answer questions.

The primary election is in June so voters need to be informed of their choices in all the elections. Herb Gura and Mark Currier will be the club's guests on Sunday so come by and inform yourselves. You don't have to be a Green Party member to attend.

The group will have the petition for the California Cannabis Hemp Initiative 2014, which proposes to decriminalize cannabis and hemp statewide. The initiative's Web site is www.CCHI2014.com .

There also will be voter registration forms for new voters, those who have moved or changed their names.

The Green Party can be reached at 707-263-3391 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

The club's Web sits is www.lakecountygreenparty.bravesites.com and also can be reached through the www.cagreens.org Web site.

HIDDEN VALLEY LAKE, Calif. – The Lake County Republican Women group will have its first meeting of 2014 on Wednesday, Feb. 12.

The meeting will begin at 11:30 a.m. at the Greenview Restaurant, 19210 Hartmann Road in Hidden Valley Lake.

The speaker will be Heather Gass, whose topic will be “The dark side of sustainability: How unelected regional boards, bodies and commissions are dictating how and where we will live.”

Gass is a wife, mother, Realtor and tireless activist for private property rights and liberty.

Prior to becoming a property rights activist Gass was a network engineer for more than 17 years. She is the author of three technical books and dozens of IT training videos, which have been translated into more than seven different languages and are used by colleges and IT professionals worldwide.

During her high tech career she specialized in protocol analysis and IP routing. After Gass had her son she retired from the IT industry and became a Realtor.

She also is a member of a nonpartisan group called Citizens Town Hall, which holds town hall meetings about the One Bay Area Plan among other topics. Citizens Town Hall has helped inform residents all over the Bay Area about the dark side of sustainability.

Lunch is $23 with choice of beef Stroganoff or vegetable lasagna, with tossed salad and garlic bread. The dessert will be a cookie tray, with coffee or tea.

To attend and hear the speaker only costs $5.

For reservations and choice of entrée call 707-994-3543 and leave a message by Feb. 9.