The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29, at the Lakeport Fire Station at 445 N. Main St.
All donors will receive a free barbecue lunch and an event T-shirt.
To sign up, please visit the fire station or call 707-545-1222.
The event is sponsored by Blood Bank of the Redwoods, www.bbr.org .
LAKEPORT, Calif. – Two city residents and two businesses received prizes in the city of Lakeport's annual holiday decorating contest.
The annual contest is sponsored by the Lakeport Main Street Association, Lake County Chamber of Commerce and city of Lakeport.
Lakeport Main Street Association Executive Director Carol Hays and Lake County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Melissa Fulton presented the awards at the Lakeport City Council's Dec. 21 meeting.
Winning first place and $300 in the commercial competition was Sanducci's Cottage, located at 1090 N. Main St.
Second place and $100 went to Flowers by Jackie, located at 208 S. Main St.
In the residential division, Jared and Tiffany Bussard won first place and $300 for their festively decorated home, located at 842 Central Park Ave. This is the second year in a row the Bussards have won.
Taking second place and $200 in the residential competition were Bill and Melissa Chapman, whose home at 1101 Tunis caught the judges' eyes.
LAKEPORT, Calif. – For the fourth time in the last six years, the county of Lake Human Resources Department provided the largest per capita donation to the Realtor CanTree food drive.
With seven employees, Human Resources donated an average can equivalent of 73 per staff member, while the Elections Department came in second with an average can equivalent of 56 for their three employees.
“These two departments have been battling it out every year since 2004,” according to CanTree Coordinator Phil Smoley. “They have been in the top three every year since then.”
Overall, county employees donated 1,963 cans and $1,332. Since a dollar donation is given a two-can equivalent, the total can equivalent came to 4,627.
Since 1986, county employees have donated an equivalent of more than 100,000 cans.
“I’ve helped cart off tons of food from the courthouse over the years,” Smoley said. “The county folks have been very gracious to this food drive.”
To encourage participation, Smoley instituted a friendly competition between the departments in the 1980s.
Kicking off the drive the week after Thanksgiving, volunteers arrive with fresh donuts and wrapped barrels for each department, announcing the start of the drive. Employees bring in cans to fill up the barrel and/or make cash contributions.
A week before Christmas, the volunteers return to add up what each department was able to donate, and the department that gives the highest amount per capita wins a pizza party and the right to have the CanTree Plaque displayed for the coming year.
“We base it on the average donation per employee so that smaller departments can compete against the bigger ones,” Smoley explained. “Over the years we have had big departments such as Community Development win, and small ones, such as Elections, win.”
Several departments have laid claim to being the “winner.”
“But the real winner is the local food cupboard and the needy of our community,” Smoley said. “This year with donations and funding down and demand way up, they needed this boost. It came at the right time, right before Christmas.”
Besides Human Resources, many other departments have won more than once. “When we first started this, Building and Grounds were the guys to beat,” Smoley said. “Then it was the tax collector. the auditor-controller had some great runs, as did the farm advisor. Whenever the contributions from one department drop off, another seems to pick up the pace. This year an employee in the Community Development Department donated $400. A few years ago, another employee in Community Development donated $500. Every year I am amazed at the generosity of the county employees. I used to work there, so I know they don’t get paid a whole lot.”
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – A handbook on how to identify and report potential elder abuse and elder financial abuse is available at the Lake County District Attorney's Office.
The public can access the handbook online at the Lake County District Attorney's Web site, www.co.lake.ca.us/Assets/DistrictAttorney/Elder+Abuse.pdf?method=1 , or can call the Lake County District Attorney's Office for a copy, 707-263-2251.
The publication was produced by the California Department of Justice and contains information about what you should look for and how to report possible abuse.
LUCERNE, Calif. – The North Lake Garden Club will meet on Tuesday, Jan. 25.
The meeting will take place at the Lucerne Community Church, 5870 E. Highway 20.
Members will gather at 6:30 p.m. for refreshments and sharing plants.
The meeting starts at 7 p.m., with sustainability and permaculture the topic.
Guest speaker Peter Reynolds, owner since 1989 of Down to Landscaping in Redwood Valley, will discuss how to develop a garden.
Reynolds designs and builds maintenance services for outdoor spaces with a particular interest in incorporating permaculture and sustainable concepts into the plan.
The North Lake Garden Club is beginning their sixth year and welcomes new members.
The club recently held its inaugural Holiday Gardening Faire in Nice at the Sons of Italy hall.
The club is a member of California Garden Clubs Inc., National Garden Clubs Inc. and Mendo-Lake District.
The club meetings are held on the fourth Tuesday of each month.
At the February meeting the club will host Gregg Gompper of Olivia's Organics Upper Lake, who will discuss organic pest control.
For more information call club President Don Smith at 707-274-7786.
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