HIDDEN VALLEY LAKE, Calif. – The Lake County Republican Women Federated will hold its luncheon on Saturday, March 19, at the Greenview Restaurant, 192l0 Hartmann Road, Hidden Valley Lake.

The group's guest speaker will be Orlean Koehle, author of “By Stealth and Deception.”

Koehle is a dynamic and powerful speaker and writer on today's issues.

Don't miss this opportunity to meet and discuss her book and the issues that inspired her work.

All are invited.

Lunch is corn beef and cabbage. The cost is $23.

For reservations call Marie Barnes, 707-279-2219.

LUCERNE, Calif. – The Lake County Democratic Club will hold a regular meeting on Saturday, March 12.

Regular Lake County Democratic Club meetings are held on the second Saturday of the month at noon in the Rose Room of the Lucerne Alpine Senior Center, 3985 Country Club Drive (corner of 10th and Country Club Drive).

The public is always invited to the Democratic Club meetings.

Contact the Democratic Party of Lake County at 707-277-0713 or by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – The next HazMobile event will be held Friday, March 18, and Saturday, March 19th, at Kelseyville Lumber, 3555 N. Main St.

Hours will be from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.

Households can bring up to 15 gallons of toxic items free of charge. Fees will be charged for amounts over 15 gallons.

Items that are accepted include paint, solvents, fuels, five-gallon propane tanks, pool chemicals, pesticides, herbicides, batteries, fluorescent light tubes (up to 60 linear foot) and other toxic materials that cannot be put in the trash.

Items that cannot be accepted include televisions, computer monitors, ammunition, explosives, radioactive materials or infectious wastes. To learn how and where to properly dispose these items, please visit www.recycling.co.lake.ca.us or contact the Recycling Hotline at 707-263-1980.

HazMobile services are provided to residential households by the Integrated Waste Management Division of the Lake County Public Services Department and the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, (CalRecycle).

Businesses also are welcome to use this convenient service to properly dispose of hazardous waste and protect our environment, however, businesses must pay for this taxpayer-funded service and first make an appointment.

Business appointments can be made by calling the Mendocino County Solid Waste Authority, the contracted agency that provides this service in Lake County at 707-468-9786.

Free recycling options for residents and businesses:

• Recycled paint is available to both residents and businesses at Lake County Waste Solutions on first-come, first-served basis in five gallon containers. Colors include tan, brown, gray, and pink.

• Used cooking oil can be dropped off by businesses and residents, which will be recycled into BioDiesel by Yokayo BioFuels. Drop-off at Lake County Waste Solutions, South Lake Refuse & Recycling Center and the Northshore Fire Protection District station at 6257 Seventh Ave. in Lucerne.

• Used motor oil can be dropped off by residents for recycling year round at a number of sites in the county. Visit www.recycling.co.lake.ca.us for locations.

• Electronics (E-Waste) can be dropped off at Lake County Waste Solutions, South Lake Refuse & Recycling Center, and monthly at the Goodwill E-Waste collection held in Lakeport.

Lake County Waste Solutions

230 Soda Bay Road, Lakeport

888-718-4888 or 707-234-6400

Monday to Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

www.candswaste.com

South Lake Refuse & Recycling Center

16015 Davis St., Clearlake

Open daily 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

707-994-8614

www.southlakerefuse.com

The HazMobile program is subsidized by the Lake County Public Services Department, Integrated Waste Management Division and CalRecycle as a public service to Lake County residents.

For more information about recycling, reusing, and reducing, please visit www.recycling.co.lake.ca.us or call the Recycling Hotline at 707-263-1980.

Skip the dog went missing from his family's home in Kelseyville, Calif., on Friday, March 4, 2011. Courtesy photo.

KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – A Kelseyville family is hoping to get assistance from the community in finding a beloved pet that went missing Friday.

Skip, the 18-year-old Dachshund/Jack Russell mix belonging Kelseyville resident Valerie Sullivan, is believed to have wandered out a yard gate that was inadvertently left open at his family's home on Lillian Drive.

Skip is blind and deaf. He is dapple colored, and his face is gray due to age. He is believed to be wandering in the Kelseyville area.

If anyone finds Skip they are asked to call Valarie Sullivan at 707-533-3051 or her daughter Kendra Runyon at 707-533-7348.

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – On Saturday, March 5, “The Law Show” will host a discussion on an effort to ban medical marijuana dispensaries in Lake County.

The show will air from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. on KPFZ, 88.1 FM.

Anti-marijuana forces have launched a Web site, www.nodispensaries.com. The purpose is to convince the public in general and the Board of Supervisors in particular to ban all medical pot dispensaries in the entire unincorporated area of Lake County, which is everywhere but the cities of Clearlake and Lakeport.

At 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, the Board of Supervisors will take up the request for a ban on dispensaries.

Host Herb Gura's guest on “The Law Show” will be Lower Lake attorney and medical marijuana rights advocate Ron Green.

Gura invited members of the anti-marijuana camp, but none responded to take part in the show.

Gura invites them and listeners to call in to the studio, 707-263-3435.