Board member Allen Markowski, will share his pruning knowledge and skills at a residence in Clearlake. Participants can take part in pruning on a variety of fruit trees and other shrubs.

Please bring pruning tools to use and to share if you have them.

This is a great no-cost opportunity to become more knowledgeable in pruning existing plants and trees in order to provide a more productive local and sustainable harvest. The public is welcome!

Carpooling is available by meeting at the regular co-op location at 14773 Lakeshore Drive at 9:30 a.m.

For more information contact Lori Patotzka at 994-1618.

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The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at Loconoma High School located on Washington Street.

Agenda items include a final call for nominations to the MATH Board, an opportunity to meet the candidates, election of the MATH Board of Directors, a welcome for newly elected District 1 Supervisor Jim Comstock and board reports.

Also up for action is an amendment to the MATH Bylaws, providing for two at-large alternate board members, and discussion and consideration of MATH marketing materials and mission statement.

MATH meetings are subject to videotaping. Meeting proceedings may be available for viewing on public access television and/or the Internet.

MATH – established by resolution of the Lake County Board of Supervisors on Dec. 12, 2006 – is a municipal advisory council serving the residents of Anderson Springs, Cobb, Coyote Valley (includes HVL), Long Valley and Middletown.

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Winners of the Lake County Community Co-op Gratitude Raffle include, from left, Vice-Chair Ann Breen, Myra Sherman, Roger Pooleand Director Allen Markowski. Photo by Lori Patotska.

LAKE COUNTY – The Lake County Community Co-op celebrated its first anniversary with a potluck and free raffle on Dec. 13.

The Gratitude 2008 gathering hosted more than 30 co-op members and friends. The winners of the raffle received donated items from the co-op community including organic wine, cheese, bread, fresh produce and gift certificates for locally grown produce, as well as gift certificates for advertising with the co-op, all enclosed in the co-op’s newly designed recycled-canvas bags.

Co-op member and marketing communications designer, Kathy Wolden, expressed what a joy it was to give away the bags as gifts of gratitude.

The co-op had its first organizing meeting in January of 2008, from which arose a farmers’ market, buying club, monthly educational series, newsletter and the upcoming community garden at the senior center in Clearlake.

Co-founder JoAnn Saccato expressed wonder and delight at the gathering and quoted Meister Eckhart’s familiar saying, "If the only prayer you said in your whole life was 'thank you,' that would suffice."

The co-op, in celebration of their first anniversary, is launching a month-long membership drive in January for the buying club that includes their canvas bag ($11 retail value) free with a fully paid annual membership of $24.

For more information call 707-993-4270 or go to http://lakeco-op.org.

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The meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. with recently installed Commander Harry De Lope presiding.

Anyone 17 or older with an interest in joining this active flotilla is encouraged to attend the meeting.

For additional information, please call the Flotilla's information line at 513-5122.

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The group will meet from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 221 South Lenore Ave.

AIRRO was founded to educate and assist all individuals regarding basic human and civil rights issues.

For membership application or more information contact AIRRO at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or visit the group online at www.AIRRO.org.

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CLEARLAKE – The Lake County Democratic Central Committee will hold its next meeting on Thursday, Jan. 8.

The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the Redbud Library Community Room, 14785 Burns Valley Road, Clearlake.

Meetings usually are held on the first Thursday of the month but have been changed in January due to holiday.

The meetings are open to the public and committee membership is open to all registered Democrats.

Contact the Democratic Party of Lake County at 263-4529 or by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The committee's Web site is www.lakecountydemocrats.org.

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