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CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Rotary Club of Clearlake held its 14th annual seafood boil fundraiser on Saturday, Feb. 25.
This year’s event was held at the William Cornelison Center on the Konocti Education Center grounds in Clearlake.
This event has become a must-attend for many. The meal started with lobster, tri-tip, salad and bread followed by “the boil.” A scrumptious lemon tart was served for dessert. Wine tasting this year was provided by Brassfield Vineyards. A no-host bar was also available.
Students from throughout Konocti Unified School District provided support in many different areas of the event. These fine young adults helped this event be among the best the club has ever experienced.
And as always the amazing live and silent auction items appealed to a wide variety of tastes and were the source of much humor and joy.
Funds raised from this event are used for a variety of projects and programs within our community. Rotary has provided scholarships annually for 46 years.
The club also started a program in 2005 to provide dictionaries to all third graders in the Konocti Unified School District. In all about 3,350 dictionaries have been given to students to keep as their own.
One of the club’s favorite events is an annual community Christmas dinner and celebration. The Clearlake Rotary has been providing the community a delicious, free dinner for 23 years.
At the 2016 event they fed approximately 750 folks and more than 500 children shared their Christmas wishes with Santa and received a photo and a gift. Free health screenings were also provided to all.
The club contributed directly to the Clayton fire relief efforts immediately after the incident in addition to contributions to fire recovery efforts through the Lake Area Rotary Club Association.
Club members also have completed numerous other projects which include sponsorship of the Safe House for Teens; funds have been contributed to help Adventist Health Clear Lake – formerly St. Helena Hospital Clear Lake – set up its new emergency room.
They’ve also installed bus stop shelters, worked for and paid for the dedication of a portion of Highway 53 to be designated as the Veterans Memorial Highway and other projects too numerous to name since the club’s inception in 1973.
Rotarians are a diverse group, different in many ways, yet united in the goal of contributing to the community.
For more about the club, visit www.clearlakerotary.org or its Facebook page, Rotary Club of Clear Lake.
If you are interested in being a project volunteer or being a club member please contact Debi Sally at 707-235-9011 or Keith Ahart at 707-489-1158 for more information.
KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – Local mindfulness teacher, consultant and author JoAnn Saccato will present “Mindfulness for Stress Reduction,” a free 90-minute workshop, on March 29.
The workshop will begin at 6 p.m. at A Positive Light Meditation Center, located at 6470 Kelsey Creek Drive, Kelseyville.
The event is free and open to the public.
The experientially-based workshop will include the history of mindfulness, scientific findings, with emphasis on stress reduction, and guided mindfulness exercises including breath awareness, gentle movement and loving kindness.
The workshop is based on Ms. Saccato's courses and forthcoming book, “Mindful and Intentional Living: A Path to Peace, Clarity and Freedom.”
Mindfulness is a body-based practice that invites one to pay kind, non-judgmental attention to direct experience.
Studies indicate that mindfulness can help reduce stress and stress-related illnesses, increase focus and attention, decrease incidences of and relapses with depression, help reduce anxiety, and aid in sleep and digestive disorders.
Joanie Lane, guiding spiritual teacher of A Positive Light Meditation Center, a nonprofit whose vision is to spread compassion and loving kindness throughout the world, was excited to host Ms. Saccato as part of her recent efforts to offer more events through the Center.
"We continue to look for opportunities to bring health and wellness to Lake County residents," Lane said. "Mindfulness and loving kindness practices are proven ways to bring health and wellness to those who practice."
For more information on A Positive Light, visit http://www.apositivelight.com or call Lane at 707-279-6031.
For more information on Saccato's Compassion-based Mindfulness for Stress Reduction, visit www.Compassion-basedMindfulness.com or call 707-350-1719.
CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Lake County Vet Connect will holds its first outreach event of the year on Wednesday, March 15.
It will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the American Legion Hall in Clearlake, 14770 Austin Ave.
This event is free and open to all veterans regardless of when and where they served. Family members also are encouraged to attend.
Veterans have an opportunity to meet with representatives from various county and federal programs, learn about community organizations that may be able to benefit the veterans household and socialize with other veterans.
Lunch will be provided.
LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport Seventh-day Adventist church will be presenting a four-week free vegetarian cooking school.
Due to the church being used as an evacuation center the school will be presented at the Westlake SDA School, 6585 Westlake Road in Lakeport (the Rocket school off the Nice-Lucerne cutoff).
The class will teach you healthy vegetarian lifestyle habits and recipes on a budget in just four weeks.
The class will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. beginning on Sunday, March 19, through April 9, and will be taught by three dietitian interns.
For further information please contact Danyelle at 360-442-3426.
MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – A well-loved Middletown fire survivor recently was honored at a home dedication ceremony after losing everything more than one year ago in the Valley fire.
Together Hope City, North Coast Opportunities and AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps celebrated their partnership and presented the new home to fire survivor Orville Young on Feb. 28.
The Valley fire began on Sept. 12, 2015, and was not fully contained until Oct. 6. Altogether, the fire burned 76,076 acres and nearly 2,000 structures, and claimed four lives, making it the third most destructive fire in California history.
Young, who was born and raised in Middletown, lost a home that was not only historically significant – it was reported to be one of the first settled homes of the town in 1890 – but rich in sentimental feelings and nostalgic connections.
In the fire’s aftermath many organizations and municipalities came to the aid of recovery to rebuild fire survivors’ lives.
North Coast Opportunities, a nonprofit community action agency, played a vital role in emergency and long-term fire relief, as they organized strategic networking with other agencies to provide proper recovery efforts to the community.
One such organization called Hope City, an Indiana nonprofit helping underinsured individuals recover from country-wide natural and manmade disasters, reached out to help assist in rebuilding homes for those underinsured before the fire.
In effort to help rebuild Lake County, NCO partnered with Hope City and wrote a grant for a year of volunteer labor from the AmeriCorps NCCC organization.
As a result, the grant was accepted and four Pacific Region AmeriCorps NCCC teams consisting each of about 12 individuals 18 to 24 year olds, will be hosted this year from Sacramento to rebuild 15 to 20 homes in the area.
Two teams of AmeriCorps NCCC Pacific Region contributed to the process of rebuilding Young’s home from the ground up.
At the home dedication ceremony NCO, Hope City and the AmeriCorps NCCC team "Green Four" commemorated the tasks completed over several months to rebuild this home, including foundation prepping, electrical, dry walling, painting, roofing and flooring.
LUCERNE, Calif. – Prospective students and community members are invited to visit the campus of Marymount California University Lakeside in Lucerne.
During the month of March, four open house events will be held.
People interested in a tour, information on MCU Lakeside bachelor’s degree completion programs, or meeting with the enrollment coordinator are encouraged to drop in.
The open house events take place from 4 to 6 pm. Tuesday, March 14; Thursday, March 16; Tuesday, March 28; and Thursday, March 30. Reservations are not necessary.
MCU Lakeside Campus is housed in the very large and imposing multi-story building which was originally built as a hotel in the late 1920s.
Prospective students are highly encouraged to stop by to tour and learn more about the degree programs and educational opportunities available.
The campus is located at 3700 Country Club Drive in Lucerne.
For more information, call Kathy Windrem at 310-303-7670 or