The event will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Vigilance Vineyard in Lower Lake, 13888 Point Lakeview Rd.

Tickets are $10 per person and are available at Shannon Ridge & Vigilance Tasting Rooms, and Umpqua Bank, 805 11^th St. in Lakeport. Children 5 years and under may attend for free.

All Relay For Life teams also can sell tickets for this event, with the proceeds going directly to the teams.

This year the main event Relay for Life event will be held at Upper Lake High School on May 21.　

Since Relay For Life's inception in 1985, countless individuals, teams and communities have worked together to celebrate cancer survivors and remember those we've lost while raising awareness and much needed funds for the fight against cancer.

The $10 ticket includes trails to choose from, a taste of the vineyard's newest release, 2009 Ranch Collection Merlot and a scavenger hunt. Be sure to take a look at the silent auction in the vineyard's 1926 cellar. Proceeds will go directly to the relay team whom supplied the item.

Cookie Lee Jewelry also will be selling items and donating to the American Cancer Society.

If you are interested in participating please stop by and purchase a ticket or contact Tess Long at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 707-994-9656.

Energy efficiency improvements such as caulking and sealing the home, improving insulation, installing new windows, water heaters, and heating and air conditioning systems, are just a few of the types of improvements that can be made to a home to significantly decrease energy bills and improve the comfort of the homeowner.

The program helps homeowners to finance home energy efficiency improvements by providing loan interest rate loans and grants to qualifying homeowners.

Qualifications include verification that the homeowner is current on the mortgage, property taxes and have a current source of income within the program limits.

There is no minimum credit score to meet, no appraisal required on the home nor any down payment required from the homeowner.

Up to 100 percent of the approved project can be financed with the CHF Loan. Additional guidelines and terms and conditions on loan financing apply and are available from CHF.

“The program is a win-win for the homeowner and community. Reducing the amount of energy usage in your home, can potentially put a lot of money back in your pocket,” said Carolyn Holmes, CHF marketing director. “Improvements may increase the home’s overall value, and energy upgrade projects can help create jobs in the local area.”

The energy efficiency program is funded through a $16.5 million grant awarded to CHF by the California Energy Commission State Energy Program as part of the federal stimulus American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

CRHMFA (California Rural Home Mortgage Finance Authority) Homebuyers Fund – or CHF – is a California government entity with 30 member counties who are also members of the nonprofit Regional Council of Rural Counties (RCRC).

CHF has supported affordable home ownership in California for almost two decades, and has helped nearly 37,000 families and individuals to purchase homes.

The above example of 100 percent financing of qualified retrofit projects approved in Lake County under the CHF Residential Energy Retrofit Program is based on a 15-year, zero-percent fixed-rate CHF Loan.

The monthly payment on a $10,000, 15-year fixed-rate CHF Loan at 0.00 percent interest would be $55.56 and the Annual Percentage Rate (APR) would be 0.441 percent.

For more information, or to apply, please contact CHF toll-free at 855-740-8422 or visit www.chfloan.org.

The dinner will take place from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the club's hall, 2817 Highway 20.

Come and enjoy homemade Italian sauce, garlic bread and salad.

The cost is $8; for $10 you can get sausages or meatballs.

The bar will be open for socializing.

Everyone is welcome.

For more information about the event or renting the hall call 707-274-2244.

Visitors will be able to tour a working geothermal power plant.

Tours will leave from the visitor center in Middletown, 15500 Central Park Road.

Reservations are required.

Please call 707-987-4270 for more information, or to make reservations.

The first recording session, scheduled for 10:30 a.m. April 28, will be with Peggy Berryhill of the Native Media Resource Center.

Berryhill, a member of the Mvskoke tribe, is the founder of the Native Media Resource Center, whose mission is to produce educational materials about Indigenous communities and promote cross cultural understanding and racial harmony.

The NMRC works in partnership with individuals, organizations and institutions such as Native Public Telecommunications Inc., the Smithsonian Institution Office of Telecommunications, National Museum of the American Indian and Northern California Cultural Communications Inc.

NMRC projects include audio, print and digital storytelling, providing an authentic Native voice to public broadcasting and support for the Native radio system for 36 years.

In 2008 the FCC granted the NMRC a license to construct a full power noncommercial community radio station, KGUA 88.3. The new station will serve all the communities of the Mendocino South Coast and the northern tip of Sonoma County.

The press are invited to attend the opening day, with a recommendation to join us no later than 11:15 a.m.

There will be an opportunity to interview Peggy Berryhill about her StoryCorps experience, speak with the StoryCorps staff and the KZYX staff, and tour the StoryCorps recording booth.

The Mobile Studio will be parked in the lot adjacent to the Ukiah Valley Conference Center, at the corner of School and Clay streets in downtown Ukiah.

StoryCorps' MobileBooth interviews are conducted between two people who know and care about each other. A trained StoryCorps facilitator guides participants through the interview process.

At the end of each 40-minute recording session, participants receive a complimentary CD copy of their interview.

With participant permission, a second copy is archived at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress for future generations to hear.

In Ukiah, StoryCorps will partner with KZYX, Mendocino County's Community and NPR station, to collect 120 interviews.

KZYX will air a selection of the local interviews recorded in the StoryCorps MobileBooth and create special programs around the project throughout the next year.

Segments of select interviews may also air nationally on NPR's Morning Edition.

To help offset its operating costs, StoryCorps requests a donation of at least $25 for each MobileBooth interview.

If participants cannot afford to meet the suggested donation, they may participate at no cost to ensure that StoryCorps remains a free public service.

More information about StoryCorps is available at www.storycorps.org.

Information about KZYX is at www.kzyx.org.

Funds also are available for residents in need of move-in costs, such as security deposit, related to a move to new permanent housing.

The last date to submit an application is Sept. 1.

Catholic Charities is administering the Federal Emergency Shelter Grant (FESG) funds, and applicants must qualify and meet state and federal guidelines.

Needs and residency also will be verified.

To see if you qualify, go to www.srcharities.org/services and click on Lake County services to find FESG information.

You also may call 707-528-8712, Extension 126, or pick up an application at Catholic Charities Lake County Office, 21085 Bush St., Middletown.

Federal Emergency Shelter Grant for Lake County is funded by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, via CA Department of Housing & Community Development.