The group will serve a meatloaf meal with home-cooked sides just like your mom used to make and dessert.

The bar is open for socializing at 5 p.m. then dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m.

Enjoy dancing to music of John Zimmerman right after the meal.

All tickets cost $15 at the door. Everyone is welcome.

For information about this event or renting the hall for your own, call 707-263-1606.

The Sons of Italy club hall is located at 2817 E. Highway 20 in Nice, Calif.

KELSEYVILLE, CA – The 16th-annual Heron Festival and Wildflower Brunch, presented by the Redbud Audubon Society and the Clear Lake State Park Interpretive Association, will be held April 24 and 25 at Clear Lake State Park in Kelseyville.

The event is a fun, family-oriented weekend that features pontoon boat tours, birding and nature walks, exhibits, nature talks, and children’s activities.

The annual Wildflower Brunch, prepared by the Clear Lake State Park Interpretive Association, will be held on Saturday, April 24, from 9 a.m. to noon.

It features a build-your-own omelet with choice of fillings, served with pastries, fruit and coffee. The cost for the brunch is $15.

Advance brunch reservations and payment are requested and may be made online by visiting www.heronfestival.org.

On Saturday and Sunday, pontoon boat excursions will take visitors along the shoreline of Clear Lake to view nesting herons, egrets, grebes and other shorebirds.

The 90-minute boat trips will be offered from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Experienced Audubon birding guides will accompany each boat to share information about the birds and wildlife seen on each trip.

The excursions will leave from the Clear Lake State Park marina and cost is $15 per person for the pontoon boat trips. Advance reservations are required and may be made online by visiting www.heronfestival.org.

The Visitor Center at Clear Lake State Park will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Throughout the weekend, the Visitor Center Auditorium will feature speaker presentations, slide shows and videos on local birds and wildlife.

Topics will range from the weekend’s featured herons, wildflowers, and hummingbirds. The center features interpretive displays of Lake County’s natural and cultural resources including an erupting volcano, a Pomo Indian village, a mountain lion cave, and dioramas of the woodland and riparian habitats in the park. The gift shop offers educational and entertaining nature items.

Nature and bird walks will be led by local park docents and Audubon guides who are specialists in the park’s birds and wildlife. A nature fair with numerous outdoor exhibit booths will present conservation and nature displays, and educational materials. Nature-related arts and crafts also will be available.

Keynote Speaker Philip Greene, internationally known photographer of herons and egrets for over two decades, will lecture Saturday morning on the nesting cycles of herons, with special emphasis on mating behaviors, nest building and fledging.

Another highlight of the weekend, especially for children, is “Raptor Speak,” where live owls and other birds of prey join Curator Jenny Papkas from Native Bird Connections to offer an opportunity to see raptor behavior up close. Learn about these lively non-releasable raptors in a fun and informative talk and bird demonstration which is offered twice on Sunday.

Dr. Harry Lyons, professor of biology and ecology at the Clear Lake Campus of Yuba College, offers an entertaining program on Sunday that mixes biology, music, and humor to tell the story of Clear Lake. In “Myths and Music of Clear Lake,” Dr. Lyons gives the history and biology of the lake’s more than two million years of existence and the importance of its ecosystem to the birds, fish, and wildlife of Lake County.

During Heron Festival weekend, admission to Clear Lake State Park is free. Except for the boat rides and brunch, all other festival activities also are free. Camping sites are available through the State Park reservation system.

Local resort, motel, and bed-and-breakfast reservations are available through www.lakecounty.com or by calling 800-525-3743. For more information, call 800-525-3743 or visit www.heronfestival.org.

LAKEPORT – Friday night is all right for dancing and singing and playing and even pogo sticking.

Put on your “Boogie Shoes” and come on down to the Marge Alakszay Center at 350 Lange St. in Lakeport at 7 p.m. Friday, May 7, to enjoy “Friday Night Fever,” the Terrace Middle School eighth grade class' annual variety show/silent auction fundraiser.

This isn’t your typical talent show. This year, the students are participating in a spoof of “American Idol,” the 70s version.

Enjoy the “Dancing Queens” and “King Tuts” of Terrace School performing disco tunes while enduring the critiques of “Simon,” “Randy” and “Paula,” with “Ryan” there to keep the show moving at a fast and fun pace, so the audience will be “Stayin’ Alive” instead of snoozing.

And expect the unexpected from the silent and live auctions. Sure they’ll be front row seats for eighth grade graduation to be auctioned off, and the fundraising game of “Heads or Tails” is sure to bring lots of laughs as well as an amazing prize to the winner.

But “Imagine” bidding on a day on the lake and wakeboard lessons from the talented Mr. Figg?

This is sure to be a fun night not only for the participants, but the audience as well. What could be

better than supporting the students at Terrace School, while having a good time yourself?

So make sure you “Get Down, Tonight” on Friday, May 7, in the MAC. And keep a look out for the “Disco Duck.”

Reserved seats for $7.50 are available for pre-sale in the Terrace Middle School office. General admission tickets for $5 a piece also are available at the school office and Linda’s Hallmark, and at the door on the night of the performance.

For more information contact Jill Ruzicka Leighton at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 818-395-3050.

CLEARLAKE – The Lake County Stonewall Democratic Club will hold its next meeting on Monday, April 26.

The group will meet at the Redbud Library conference room, 14785 Burns Valley Road, Clearlake.

Potluck and refreshments will begin at 6:30 p.m., with the meeting beginning at 7 p.m.

The guest speaker will be Joyce Overton, candidate for Lake County District 2 supervisor.

For more information please contact the Lake County Stonewall Democratic Club, www.lakecountystonewalldemocrats.org, or e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

LAKEPORT – Lake County Community Co-op invites the community to the Spring Fling on Saturday, May 8.

The fling will take place from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Leonardis Organics, 1010 Argonaut Road, Lakeport.

The second annual Spring Fling promises to gather community together in an atmosphere of good food and healthy activities to celebrate the warmer temperatures and the return of sunny skies.

The Spring Fling is one of many ways the Lake County Community Cooperative brings to life it's motto“Cultivating an Evolving Community.”

Activities will include games, dancing to live music, May pole frivolity and assisting the planting a hedgerow.

The food will be potluck, so think about food that is local, healthy, enjoyable and in season. Then, let your imagination go wild.

To maintain an atmosphere of eco-consciousness, the co-op requests that you bring your own plate, cloth napkin, utensils, cup or glass, and a serving utensil.

The gathering also will be a great place to learn more about the co-op and to meet the people that make the Co-op a vibrant and evolving community.

Ongoing co-op projects include the Friday Night Farmers' Market, Community Supported Agriculture weekly produce boxes, the buying club, community gardens and the education series “Lake County Community Co-op Presents.”

To learn more about these and other co-op activities, go to www.lakeco-op.org.

The CSA box for April 22 contained artichokes, English peas, spinach, grapefruit, baby lettuce, sweet potatoes, oranges and chard/arugula mix. All produce included in the box is organic.

There are currently nine drop sites in Lake County, assuring you a site near your community. The cost is $15 per box, paid monthly. Annual membership dues are $24/year.

The Spring Fling, like all co-op gatherings, is free and open to the public. Bring a dish that you are inspired to share. And, don't forget your dancing shoes.

For more information, contact Janine Smith Citron at 707-277-8208 or the co-op at 707-993-4270.

CLEARLAKE – The Lake County Community Co-op's (LCCC) drop point expansion efforts continue.

The drop points, where members can pick up boxes of fresh produce weekly, has recently increased to ten with the inclusion of Bikram Yoga of Lake County, located at 11445 Clayton Creek Road (off Highway 29) in Lower Lake.

They will begin as a drop point in May, as will Darling's Vitamin Connection, located at 3965, Suite 1, Main Street in Kelseyville.

Darling's will replace the Lake Family Resource Center as the drop point for Kelseyville.

“The community's effort to support a local food system is truly inspiring,” said LCCC Chair JoAnn Saccato.

Residents may now pick up weekly boxes in the newly added Lower Lake drop point, as well as the existing drop points in Clearlake, Clearlake Oaks, Lucerne, Upper Lake, Lakeport, Kelseyville, Cobb, Hidden Valley and Middletown.

The new drop points, open between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Thursdays, begin May 6.

For more information on how to order from the co-op, or become a drop point, go to www.lakeco-op.org or call Hileri Shand at 707-995-9054.

Annual membership fees for the co-op are $24 and the CSA boxes are $15 each, paid on a monthly basis. The co-op sources the all-organic CSA boxes first from Lake County farmers, then regionally and beyond from farmers and distributors.

In addition, members can purchase locally baked organic breads from Main Street Bakery in Kelseyville to include in their weekly box.

The co-op's intention is to help support a more sustainable food system through local and organic food sourcing. The co-op is celebrating over two years in existence and envisions cultivating an evolving community by nurturing values of social, economic and environmental responsibility. For more information go to www.lakeco-op.org or call 707-993-4270.