FINLEY – The Lake County Farm, Home, and 4-H Foundation is putting on a Family Fun Day.

The event will take place from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, June 6, at the Big Valley Grange, 1510 Big Valley Road, Finley.

The event will include a Mexican buffet dinner, live dance music by Kustom Cuts, a silent auction, the infamous Balloon Grab, horseshoe games, hands-on activities for the kids and a Lake County Master Gardener information booth to answer all your gardening questions.

Tickets for the event are $15 for adults and $8 for children 12 and under and are available for purchase now.

Call 707-263-6838 to purchase tickets or for more information.

The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the Lakehouse Inn, Bistro & Lounge in Clearlake (the old Lamplighter) at 14165 Lakeshore Drive.

For more information visit www.myspace.com/lakecountypride or call Laurie at 707-413-7167.

The festival will take place in Upper Lake June 26 through 28.

The event brings people together through a common experience, involving a connection with nature and valuable interaction with community expressed through music, yoga and healthy lifestyle exploration.

There will be green building workshops and demos, organic gardening workshops and demos, alternative energy demos, yoga classes and workshops, drumming circles, activities for children to learn, have fun and express themselves creatively, as well as opportunities for musicians to jam together spontaneously.

They will celebrate with world class musicians such as Pato Banton, Annie Sampson Band, Elijah Emanuel, Mitchell Holman, Karma, Levi Huffman, Rootstock, Side of Blues and More.

Speakers include Jeane Manning, author of several books including “The Coming Energy Revolution” and “Breakthrough Power.” She will share information and compelling stories about brave inventors and breakthrough technologies from around the world that are green and sustainable. Manning makes the case for open-sourcing clean-energy inventions such as magnetic motors, zero point energy, water-as-fuel and other new-paradigm advances.

Harvey Wasserman, author of “Solartopia, Our Green Powered Earth”, will share his wisdom and vision of making the bridge to a solarized world. Wasserman’s widespread appearances throughout the major media and at campuses and citizens gatherings since the 1960s have focused on energy, the environment, the truth about nuclear power, United States history and election protection. Wasserman is a much-loved and exciting presenter.

The festival is also an intentional tribute to Marla Ruzicka (1976-2005), who gave her life courageously and selflessly in the pursuit of bringing love, compassion and financial aide to the war torn victims of the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.

May her courage, tenacity and love for all people always be a source of inspiration and inner strength for us all as we create a New World, based in love, fairness, wisdom and truth.

Ruzicka was a native of Lake County. We would like as many local businesses as possible to get involved in any way they can to support our local economy, each other, and to create a network in the community which can then stick together through the hard times. Celebrating the life and selfless commitments which Marla lived every day of her life can inspire us all to do our best.

For more information visit www.rainbowbridgefest.com.

Sponsorship options:

• Individual, $10 - $200: Being a part of the change.

• Business, $250 - $500: Logo on the Web site, poster and the program.

• Silver, $501 - $1,000: Logo on the Web site, poster and the program, two complimentary three-day tickets.

• Gold, $1,001 - $5,000: Logo on the Web site, poster and the program, banner up by the stage, four complimentary three-day tickets.

• Platinum, $5,001 and up: Logo on the Web site, poster and the program, banner near the main stage, two VIP passes.

Other ways to help – needed items:

• Wine, beer, refreshments, juice non-alcoholic drinks, water

• Food and catering for hospitality, portable kitchen

• Decorating and ambiance for the festival

• Tables and chairs

• Tents, yurts, domes, mats

• Lights, power cords

Please make checks payable to: Rainbow Bridge Festival.

Contact information

PO Box 83

Lakeport, CA 95453

707-275-0112

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Marily Woodhouse, the Sierra Club's “Save the Sierra” campaign organizer, will give a presentation titled "Clearcut Nation," documenting the ways that clearcutting has devastated thousands of acres of forestland in the Sierra Nevada.

Although the US Forest Service has halted clearcutting in National Forests, it is still the primary timber harvesting method on vast acreages of private forestlands, where the land is stripped bare by removal of all native vegetation, followed by applications of herbicides to stop natural regeneration.

These unsustainable forestry practices have not only left large parts of the Sierra looking like victims of a loathsome skin disease, destroyed ecosystems, and polluted waterways – they also contribute to global warming by releasing sequestered carbon.

Sierra Pacific Industries, the worst offender, is in the process of clearcutting the majority of its 1.7 million acres throughout the Sierra, and turning many square miles of forests into sterile tree plantations with no semblance of biological diversity or natural habitat.

Come and learn how Sierra Pacific's exploitation of our natural resources is damaging Sierra forestlands and the watersheds they protect – and learn how we can help stop it.

The meeting is free, and open to the public.

For more information contact Victoria Brandon at 994 1931 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..