CLEARLAKE – A car wash scheduled for this Saturday will help a local teen raise funds for a trip to Europe this summer.

Seventeen-year-old Katreena Galindo, currently a junior at Lower Lake High School, has been selected as one of two young women from California to tour Europe this summer as part of an international basketball tour.

The tour will cost $4,500, which includes training camp, 14 days of travel overseas, two meals a day, lodging and uniforms.

The first car wash will be this Saturday, May 16, beginning at 10 a.m. at Foods Etc. on Lakeshore Drive in Clearlake. Customer can pick the amount they chose to give for the car wash as a donation.

Donations also may be mailed to the Katreena Galindo Basketball Fund, in care of Westamerica Bank, 15342 Lakeshore Drive, Clearlake, CA 95422.

A fun selection of short film and animation will be presented to highlight the independent nature of film that Coyote screens each year.

A buffet lunch is available for $5 at the door. Reservations are not required.

The Coyote Film Festival screens one Saturday a month at the Calpine Geothermal Visitors Center in Middletown from March through November. The next screening is on Saturday, May 16, with a 1:30 p.m. matinée and a 7:30 p.m. showing that will be all about pets.

Coyote Film Festival is Lake County’s own independent film festival and is the fundraising arm of EcoArts of Lake County, a South County arts nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing visual art opportunities to residents and visitors of Lake County.

For more info on EcoArts, visit www.EcoArtsofLakeCounty.org.

If you don’t know about the Middletown Luncheon Club (MLC), here is the perfect opportunity to tap into the 108-year continuum of community and fun.

MLC meets every third Wednesday of the month from January through November. A nonprofit organization is selected to provide lunch, and there is a different program each time to keep things lively and informative.

For more info on the MLC, contact Helen Whitney 928-9812.

The event will take place in Library Park in Lakeport from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

There will be family activities, music, dancing, a DJ, food, games, information booths and lots of fun for all.

Vendors, raffle prizes and information booths are being sought.

For information, call Shushan at 707-279-4152.

Pictured, left to right: Dwain Goforth, Camisha Knowlton, Linda Lake, Jane Weaver, and Marybeth Alteneder, Lower Lake Historic Schoolhouse staff and volunteers. Courtesy of the Lower Lake Schoolhouse Museum.

LOWER LAKE – The public is invited to a Living History Day, Saturday, May 23, at the Lower Lake Historic Schoolhouse Museum, 16435 Main St., Lower Lake.

Museum staff, dressed in period costume, will be demonstrating Victorian-era household items and playing the 1906 player piano.

Toys and games from the early 1900s will be available for the children, along with the viewing of 3-D pictures through a stereoscope.

Take a step back in time with museum staff and learn about local history.

Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and admission is free.

For information, please call the Museum at 707-995-3565.

Community members including Lori Peters, Bill Stone, AJ Valencia and Clearlake Mayor Chuck Leonard took part on the community cleanup on Saturday, May 9, 2009. Photo courtesy of A&B Collision.

CLEARLAKE – The city of Clearlake got some sprucing up on May 9 as community members gathered for a city cleanup effort.

Trash was picked up along the main city roadways through town.

This was the second year for the cleanup.

Drop your pennies with your name and phone number at Jack's Gaslight, 135 N. Main St., Lakeport, Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., or at the Relay for Life on May 16 at Clear Lake High School in Lakeport.

Prizes will be awarded to the top three penny contributors. All pennies will benefit the American Cancer Society.

A penny alone won’t make a huge impact, but think of what we can do if we put all of our pennies together!