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The seventh annual Dickens' Christmas Market will take place from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 28, running from First to Fourth streets in downtown Lakeport.
There will be more than 60 vendors, entertainment all day on the stage at Second and Main, and a treasure hunt which has become a tradition for many who attend the Market and is being coordinated by the Lakeport Main Street Association.
This year there will be separate hunts for children and adults (children up to age 14 years).
In addition, there will be free carriage rides by Eleven Roses Ranch, Santa’s Workshop sponsored by Sutter Lakeside Hospital, the seventh annual Lighted Holiday Parade sponsored by Savings Bank of Mendocino and the Annual Holiday Tree Lighting, sponsored this year by Hospice Services Lake County and their “Light Up A Life” program.
A costume contest for everyone, including merchants and vendors, will take place, with judging at 2 p.m. at the Dickens Stage at the corner of Second and Main streets.
With the cooperation of downtown merchants, this event has become successful in drawing several hundred holiday shoppers to experience shopping in downtown, kicking off the holiday shopping in Lakeport and Lake County.
Unique and exciting gifts are available at our Lakeport merchants, enhanced by a variety of vendors. Local organizations and nonprofits are encouraged to participate in the market along with school groups.
The seventh annual Lighted Holiday Parade is at 6 p.m., followed by Christmas caroling at Museum Square, followed by the Hospice Tree Lighting Ceremony. There will be caroling prior to the tree lighting, so watch for the Gift Guide & Song Book special section published by the Lake County Record-Bee on Wednesday, Nov. 25.
Please note that applications for vendors for the market and parade participants are available by contacting the Lake County Chamber at 707-263-5092 or visiting the chamber's Web site at www.lakecochamber.com .
They are accepting vendor applications until Nov. 20. Parade applications closed Nov. 18.
In addition, they still have openings for entertainers for the Dickens Stage, and they also are seeking groups who wish to dress in period costumes and carol as they stroll downtown.
Dickens’ costumes and costume ideas are available at C&G Enterprises in Lakeport on Third Street.
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Enjoy a dinner of linguine-filled pasta bowls topped with Alfredo sauce and shrimp served family style with green salad, French bread then topped off with yummy cake for dessert.
The bar is open for socializing at 5 p.m. then dinner will be served at 6 p.m.
Enjoy dancing to music of John Zimmerman right after the meal.
All tickets cost $15 at the door. Everyone is welcome.
For information about this event or renting the hall for your own, call 707-274-9952.
The group asks community members to please bring food donations for its food baskets for seniors and families in need.
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SACRAMENTO – North Coast State Senator Patricia Wiggins (D-Santa Rosa) is one of 14 state senators to achieve a perfect 100-percent score from the Congress of California Seniors (CCS).
The CCS is a broad-based coalition of senior centers and residential facilities, women’s clubs, tenant and homeowner associations, faith-based organizations, community service groups, trade union retirees, retired federal/state/local and public school employee organizations, and other advocacy groups.
The CCS recently released its California Legislature 2009 Report Card assessing how state senators and assembly members voted on legislation important to California’s 4.5 million seniors.
According to CCS State President Henry Lacayo, 2009 “continued to be a difficult time for California seniors and for lawmakers to deal with those difficulties. The state’s fiscal collapse absorbed much of the time and attention of the legislature with nearly non-stop budget deliberations and special sessions to keep up with declining state revenues.”
Nevertheless, Lacayo added, the CCS “monitored dozens of bills covering health insurance reforms, nursing home care, training of homecare workers, affordable housing, and consumer protection.”
For its report card, the CCS scored legislators through their votes on a dozen key pieces of legislation in 2009. As previously noted, Wiggins was one of 14 (out of a total of 40) state senators to vote correctly on all 12 of the priority bills targeted by the CCS.
Those priority bills included:
– SB 18, increasing the financial penalties on those who abuse seniors and dependent adults, especially repeat offenders;
– SB 303, requiring informed consent of nursing home patients and their families before patients can be given any proposed treatment or procedure, especially psychotherapeutic drugs;
– SB 781, protecting residents of Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly from unreasonable eviction or transfer, including information on alternative housing and care options.
Assembly woman Noreen Evans (D-Santa Rosa), who has announced she'll run for Wiggins' seat when Wiggins retires next year, also achieved a 100-percent score.