MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – Sit down or get up, either way you’ll end up smiling and feeling good when Beth Rudiger of Jazzercise gets club members going at the next Middletown Luncheon Club program on Wednesday, June 19.

The program takes place at the Middletown Methodist Church Social Hall, 15155 Armstrong at Washington, Middletown, starting at noon.

All programs are open to the public. Reservations are not necessary unless you are with a group.      

Lunch still costs only $5 per person and will be served by the Oro Fino Rebekahs this month.

The Middletown Luncheon Club (MLC) is open to all, meets every third Wednesday of the month from January through November, and provides informative speakers and presentations to the community. Different local nonprofit organizations provide lunch each month and receive a donation.

For more information about the Middletown Luncheon Club, or to be a speaker, contact Helen Whitney at 707-928-9812.

CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The board of the Public, Education and Government – or PEG – channel, TV8, will meet on Wednesday, June 12.

The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.

Under business items, the board will discuss an equipment purchase, discuss a request from the Board of Supervisors with regard to a proposed pass-through fee to support the station and discuss possibilities involving Yuba College, as well as a live feed for the nighttime fireworks on July 6.

The board also will review the station's business plan, review a proposal by Board member Vince Metzger, discuss complaint procedures and a complaint from Jim Rickel.

Other items on the agenda include a discussion of the programmer job description and a PEG media funds request.

There also will be reports from the marketing and programming committees, and a staff report.

The PEG Board's members include Chair Denise Loustalot, Vice Chair Ed Robey, Board member Vince Metzger and Board member Jo Bennett. There is one current vacancy.

UPPER LAKE, Calif. – Shannon Michele of Cache Creek Catering and Lake County Wine Studio are presenting a monthly food and wine series featuring gourmet appetizers paired with select Lake County wines.

Locally produced foods are proudly featured as key ingredients in recipes created by Cache Creek Catering.

The series is held from 5:30 to 8 p.m. on the second Friday of each month. The per person cost is $25 and $20 for Wine Studio club members. Reservations are required.

June 14 will celebrate a summer menu with Lake County Rosés.  

The opening course will pair a Rhone Rosé from Sol Rouge with an arugula salad topped with hazelnut crusted goat cheese, fresh strawberries and strawberry vinaigrette, followed by a smoked duck crostini and eggplant and roasted red bell pepper tapenade with Olof Cellars Rosato di Barbera.

The final course will be a savory herbed Pt. Reyes blue cheese shortbread paired with Aliénor Cellars Bordeaux Rosé.

May’s event featured Lake County Riesling wines and sushi beginning with a Cashew vegetarian roll paired with a 2012 not yet released sneak preview of an off-dry Riesling from Chacewater, followed by the Chacewater 2011 medium sweet Riesling paired with a tempura fire roll of salmon, jalapeño, avocado and a spicy Tahini sauce.

The final course of mango sticky rice and blueberry was paired with Brassfield Estate late harvest Riesling to complete the three-course event.

July 12 will be the next date to follow for the Local Cuisine Scene event.

For reservations and additional information, contact Susan Feiler at 707-293-8752.

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Livia Kurtz, Kelseyville Olive Festival organizer and Lake County Chapter of California Women for Agriculture member, announced that the AgVenture program and LCCWA scholarships were the recipients of silent auction booth proceeds from the 2013 Kelseyville Olive Festival.

The Kelseyville Olive Festival was held on Sunday, April 21, at Chacewater Winery and Olive Mill and the festival’s silent auction booth earned over $1,000.

The AgVenture program provides an educational overview of Lake County agribusiness for community leaders and is organized by the Lake County Chapter of California Women for Agriculture (LCCWA), while LCCWA scholarships benefit graduating high school seniors and college students pursuing degrees in agricultural related studies.

“We were so grateful to Livia for approaching us with the option to simply staff the festival’s silent auction booth in exchange for auction proceeds,” said AgVenture Coordinator Terry Dereniuk. “The generosity of the community’s donations to the Kelseyville Olive Festival was extraordinary and the event gave LCCWA a chance to talk with the public about what we do.”

LCCWA President Annette Hopkins, Vice President Toni Scully, and LCCWA members Diane Henderson, Carol Maxwell, Terry Dereniuk, and Lori McGuire staffed the booth and gathered membership applications for CWA.  

Several LCCWA members responded to the call for donations for the silent auction including: Wilda Shock, Colleen Rentsch and the Sealy Farm Stand, Andrea Adams and the Soper-Reese Community Theatre, Karlene Ellis, Bonnie Sears, Terry Dereniuk, Paula Bryant and Umpqua Bank, Debra Watson and the Jitter Bean Coffee of Lakeport, Dana DiRicco, Sutter Lakeside Hospital, Susan Feiler and the Lake County Wine Studio, and Livia Kurtz and Rosa d’Oro Vineyards.

“I’ve lived in Lake County for years, and I am always impressed by our community’s generosity,” said Hopkins. “LCCWA wants to thank our donors for their support, and the Kelseyville Olive Festival for supporting LCCWA's AgVenture and scholarship programs.”

To learn more about the Lake County Chapter of California Women for Agriculture, visit www.lakecountycwa.org .

CLEARLAKE, Calif. – A caregiver support group for families dealing with memory loss or other cognitive impairments will meet on Wednesday, June 12.

The group meets at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 14310 Memory Lane in Clearlake from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Social worker Jenny Johnson is the facilitator.  

The groups are sponsored by Redwood Caregiver Resource Center (1-800-834-1636) and the Social Day Programs in Lake County.  

For more information call Jenny Johnson at 707-350-3030 or Caroline Denny at 707-263-9481.

Respite is provided by the centers at no charge.

LUCERNE, Calif. – A culvert upgrade project will continue through the end of July, according to local officials.

The Lake County Department of Public Works reported that Bouthillier's Construction of Willits will be working on the culvert upgrade project on the bridges located on Victoria Street and Kensington Way through July 31.

Hours of construction are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

During this project the bridges will be closed to all traffic 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Detours will be in place.

For more information contact the Lake County Department of Public Works at telephone 707-263-2341.