MIDDLETOWN – This Saturday, Middletown Sober Grad is hosting its annual rummage sale, an event so big that they needed a warehouse to put it on.

The one-day-only sale will be held, rain or shine, on Saturday, April 10, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The venue is Vintage Court Storage, 18155 Vintage Court off of Highway 29 in Middletown.

The business has donated the use of a warehouse for the sale.

Middletown Sober Grad raises funds to have safe and alcohol-free events for teens at graduation.

For information about item drop offs or pick up, call Teresa Welter at 707-987-3200 or 707-327-7396.

UPPER LAKE – The next HazMobile event will be held on Friday, April 16, and Saturday, April 17, at Upper Lake Community Park, 575 East Highway 20, in Upper Lake.

Hours will be from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Events may be canceled due to rain.

Households can bring up to 15 gallons of toxic items free of charge. A charge will be made for amounts above 15 gallons.

Items that are accepted include paint, solvents, fuels, 5-gallon propane tanks, pool chemicals, pesticides, herbicides, dry cell batteries, fluorescent light tubes (up to 60 feet free) and other toxins that cannot be put in the trash.

Excluded items that cannot be accepted are televisions, computer monitors, ammunition, explosives, radioactive materials or infectious wastes.

To learn how and where to properly dispose these items, please contact the Public Services office at

707-263-1980.

This is a residential service. Charges apply to businesses; phone 707-468-9786 for more information and business appointments.

Free recycled paint is available at Lake County Waste Solution Transfer Station at 230 Soda Bay Road in Lakeport on first come, first serve basis. Five-gallon containers of tan, brown, gray and pink are available.

Used oil can be recycled year round at a number of sites in the county.

The HazMobile program is subsidized by the Lake County Public Services Department Solid Waste Division.

If you have any questions regarding this or any of Lake County’s Solid Waste programs, please call 707-262-1760 or the Hot Line number at 707-263-1980.

The meeting will be held at the Scotts Valley Women's Club House, 2298 Hendricks Road, Lakeport.

Coffee and cookies will be served at noon, flower roll call (members share what flowers are currently growing in their gardens) starts at 12:30 p.m., with the meeting beginning at 1 p.m.

The meeting will be followed by a program at 2 p.m. on vector control led by Dr. Jamie Scott of the Lake County Vector Control Office.

Scott will give an overview of their services and advice on how to protect against mosquitoes and ticks.

The club meets at noon on the third Tuesday of the month. Members, guests, and all interested are most welcome. President Jo Jameson, 707-263-4039, invites interested gardeners to join the group.

Clear Lake Trowel and Trellis Garden Club is a member of Mendo-Lake District, Calif. Garden Club Inc., Pacific Region and National Garden Clubs Inc.

For more information about the club visit www.clttgc.org.

KELSEYVILLE – Kelseyville Presbyterian Church will host its annual rummage sale on Friday, April 9, and Saturday, April 10.

The annual event offers lots of great deals and treasures for interested buyers.

Proceeds will benefit the church.

Kelseyville Presbyterian Church is located at 5340 Third St., Kelseyville.

Kay Ridgeway shows off the raffle she won earlier this year in the Lake County Historical Society raffle. Courtesy photo.

KELSEYVILLE – The Lake County Historical Society recently announced the winner of its quilt raffle.

Kay Ridgeway of Kelseyville was the lucky recipient of a glorious hand-stitched quilt, skillfully crafted by Daisy Gawellek.

The group sincerely thanked Gawallek for her gracious donation that raised $503 towards the Ely Stage Stop & Country Museum. Thanks, also, to everyone who purchased tickets for the raffle.

LAKEPORT – The Lakeport Planning Commission will hold its next regular meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 14.

The commission will meet in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.

Agenda items include Gilbert Navas' proposed lot line adjustment moving east line of APN 026-194-03 approximately nine feet east.

The subject properties are located at 355 and 375 13th St. and are further described as APNs 026-194-04 and 026-194-03. An application for a minor exception related to APN 026-094-04 will also be considered.

The commission also will consider an application from T-Mobile West Corp. for a use permit for the installation of a new wireless communications facility in excess of the 35-foot height limit on the roof of the Lake County Courthouse in a Public and Civic Uses Zoning District.

The subject property is located at 255 N. Forbes St. and is further described as APN 025-401-05.

The commission also will discuss and set the next meeting date for May 12.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City of Lakeport will make available to members of the public any reasonable assistance necessary to participate in this meeting. Contact the Community Development Department at 707-263-5613 to make such a request.

Notification 72 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting.