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At the Lake County Chamber of Commerce's next 59 minute seminar, scheduled fro 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11, attendees will learn:
The three areas of your business you can make simple changes to that will increase your results exponentially;
The one vital piece of information you need before you can create an outrageous offer;
Many examples of outrageous offers you can apply to your business today to improve results immediately.
Plus, as an extra bonus to all attendees, get a “sneak peak” at a new and ambitious Lake County Chamber program that will showcase your business and “outrageous offers” to Lake County residents.
The seminar will take place at the Soper Reese Community Theater, 275 S. Main St., Lakeport. It's free to Lake County Chamber members. The cost to nonmembers is $10.
Reserve your place today by calling the Lake County Chamber at 707-263-5092 or go online to www.lakecochamber.com.
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CLEARLAKE – Dan Ferias of Clearlake won $1,000 for shopping local this holiday season.
Local merchants put together this contest for the third season in a row. Entries were collected from local merchants just for shopping local this holiday season.
Participating merchants included the following:
A & B Collision, 7070 Old Highway 53
Avina's Market, 14060 Olympic Drive
Bob's Vacuum Repair & Supply, 4165 Mullen Ave.
Brown's RV, 9702 Highway 53
Cactus Grill, 3900 Bayliss Ave.
Clearlake TV & Appliance, 14915 Olympic Drive
Clearlake Veterinary Clinic, 3424 Emerson St.
Curry's Furniture, 14090 Olympic Drive
Dr. Thomas Hewlett, DDS, 3560 Old Highway 53
Elegant Touch Salon, 14820 Olympic Drive
Featherbed Railroad Co., 2870 Lakeshore Drive in Nice
Girlfriends Salon, 14510 Lakeshore Drive
Gloria's Gift Gallery, 14824 Olympic Drive
Highlands Nursery, 3445 Old Highway 53
Jonas Heating and Cooling, 9125 Highway 53
Jones & Lewis Memorial Chapel, 16140 Main St.
Lake Optometry, Dr. Bonner, 14595 Olympic Drive
Lakehouse Inn & Bistro, 14165 Lakeshore Drive
Lakeshore Bait and Tackle, 14913-D Lakeshore Drive
Lakeside Herbal Solutions, 4345 Mullen Ave.
Lakeside TV & Appliance, 14092 Lakeshore Drive
Lisa's Sizes 3-60, 14290 Olympic Drive
Marie's Lakeshore Feed & Grain, 14590 Lakeshore Drive
Middletown Florist, 21037 Calistoga Street No. 8 in Middletown
One Stop Automotive, 14570 Lakeshore Drive
Perfect Printers & T’s, 14096 Lakeshore Drive
Photos by Joe Harden, 707-995-1669
Remember When, 14892 Lakeshore Drive
Reliable Plumbing, 707-568-7165
Remington Plumbing & Bath, 13300 E. Highway 20, Unit J
Shannon Ridge Tasting Room, 12599 E. Highway 20
Tatonka Trading, 14560 Lakeshore Drive
Tha Spot, 14455 Lakeshore Drive
Tire Pros of Clearlake, 14320 Lakeshore Drive
Valenzuela Performance Tire, 9245 Highway 53 in Lower Lake
Wild About Books, 14290 Olympic Drive
X-Site Motorsports, 14883 Lakeshore Drive
Tatonka Trading collected all of the entries from the local merchants and drew the winner from thousands of entries.
Dan Ferias was called at home by Bunny Carter and Robert Coker, owners of Tatonka Trading in Clearlake to announce he was the winner of this year's contest. He came down to collect his $1,000 in Chamber Bucks to be used as cash at local merchants.
Clear Lake Chamber of Commerce organizes the Shop Local Program. Any business in Lake County can participate in the marketing campaigns, you do not have to be a member of the chamber to participate.
Visit the Clear Lake Chamber online at www.clearlakechamber.com or call 707-994-3600 for more information.
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LAKEPORT – Skelton's Christmas Trees, celebrating 27 years of bringing fragrant, fresh-cut trees to the Lakeport area, would like to thank their many valued customers. To show their appreciation, they gave every 100th customer their chosen tree free.
"Several lucky persons thought we were joking when we told them that their tree was free," says Rod Skelton, owner. "I really enjoy doing this. Our plan was so well received and appreciated that we’re going to make it a yearly tradition."
"This year, because of the poor economy, our bargain area was very popular. We were able to get some very nice "economy" trees which we sold at greatly reduced prices .... a feature which no other local seller offers."
"We hope next year to again be at the parking lot of New hope Fellowship Church across from K-Mart Garden Center and behind Mackey Tire. Come see us," said Skelton. "Our trees are the freshest in town because we store and display them in water bowls. Most of our beautiful trees are Noble and Nordmann Fir from the prime Christmas tree growing region of Silverton, Oregon. Also, we now have a mechanical tree shaker which effectively shakes out the old needles lodged in the branches. We are the only seller in the Lakeport area that performs this free service."
The 500th customer winning a free tree was the Sharon family of Lakeport: Jon, Katie and baby Hayden, born Dec. 8, making this his first Christmas.
Other tree winners were Haley Ostern of Lakeport, Debbie Dittmar of Nice, Kreg Barnett of Kelseyville and Christopher Ray of Lucerne.
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In September 2009, gasoline demand rose 0.05 percent when Californians used 1.219 billion gallons of gasoline compared to just under 1.219 billion gallons the same month last year.
The average California gasoline price at the pump in September was $3.17 per gallon compared to $3.84 in September 2008, a 17.4-percent decrease.
In the third quarter of 2009, gasoline consumption increased one percent when Californians used 3.772 billion gallons of gasoline compared to 3.736 billion gallons the third quarter last year.
Gasoline sold in September generated approximately $322 million in sales tax during that month, an estimated $23 million less than generated last year.
September sales and use tax revenues from gasoline would have been about $59 million less had the state portion of the sales and use tax not increased by one percent on April 1, 2009.
Diesel fuel sold in California during September totaled 244 million gallons compared to September’s last year total of 254 million gallons, which is a decline of 3.9 percent.
California diesel prices were $2.84 per gallon in September 2009 down 30.6 percent compared to September 2008 when the average diesel price was $4.09 per gallon.
Diesel consumption in California declined 10.6 percent in the third quarter of 2009 when Californians used a total of just over 654 million gallons of diesel compared to the third quarter of 2008 total of 732 million gallons. This decline is similar to those seen since early 2008.
“Diesel consumption generally follows economic activity and is especially closely related to construction and transportation of goods,” said BOE Chair Betty Yee. “These two areas of the economy were particularly hard hit during the recession, and have not yet recovered.”
The BOE is able to monitor gallons through tax receipts paid by fuel distributors. Figures for October 2009 are scheduled to be available at the end of January 2010. All monthly, quarterly, and annual figures can be viewed at: www.boe.ca.gov/sptaxprog/spftrpts.htm .