Hosting club is the Ukiah Garden, Ukiah Garden Clubhouse, 1203 West Clay St.

Registration and coffee hour starts at 9:30 a.m. and the meeting time is 10:30 a.m.

Lunch will be at 12:30 p.m., for reservations phone Jane Ford at 707-456-0721 by Friday, Jan. 21.

There are six garden clubs all within the Mendo-Lake District (www.mendolakedistrict.org).

All the districts in California are under the Calif. Garden Club Inc. www.CaliforniaGardenClubs.org), then within the Pacific Region (www.PacificregionGardenClubs.org), and then the National Garden Clubs Inc. (www.gardenclub.org).

These Web sites contain a wealth of information – check them out. GinaBelle Smith is the Mendo-Lake District director.

For further information check out any of the above websites or call 707-964-3798. All are welcome to visit the garden clubs.

The district meets quarterly and the public is invited to attend any of the meetings. Watch for future announcements of meetings and activities.

The meeting will take place from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the plant's conference room, 7385 High Valley Road, Cobb.

Bottle Rock Power LLC will present an update on the project and progress on several items of interest to the community and regulatory partners.

For more information contact Bottle Rock Power at 707-928-4578, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or visit the plant online at www.bottlerockpower.com .

The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. and take place at the Calpine Cartwright Geothermal Visitors Center, 15500 Central Park Road, Middletown.

Agenda items include actions items for promoting MATH, youth activities, videotaping at MATH meetings and the streetlight project.

Under new business, District 1 Supervisor Jim Comstock will give a report, the group will hold board elections and election of officers for the coming year.

MATH meetings are subject to videotaping.

Meeting proceedings may be available for viewing on public access television and/or the Internet.

MATH is a municipal advisory council serving the residents of Anderson Springs, Cobb, Coyote Valley (includes HVL), Long Valley and Middletown.

Green discusses a wide range of legal and political news, issues and cases.

On Jan. 12, a discussion of Megan’s Law will begin, and will probably be completed on the Jan. 19 show.

Audience participation is encouraged for the Megan’s Law discussion. The call-in number is 707-263-3435.

Lake County Wine Studio in Upper Lake is launching a special series of chess education and game playing from 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Thursdays, beginning Jan. 27 and continuing through April 28.

Grandmaster-trained chess expert Thomas Southerland will be that guest educator at this series.

Southerland has written articles for the prestigious European Chess Web site, www.chessdom.com and also for the Official U.S. Chess Federation Web site, http://uschess.org.

Southerland had two games from the Chicago Open 1996 published in the official magazine of the USCF, Chesslife, for their brilliance according to Life Master Jerry Hanken.

He also has organized and sponsored the first-ever Online Grand Master Chess Event at Internet Chess Club in 1996, and has remained active partners in organizing and promoting Grand Master Chess Events with ICC to this day.

Southerland has interviewed for radio, Grandmasters Var Akobian, Yury Shulman (2008 U.S. Champion) and Israeli Grandmaster Victor Mikhalevski, and was promoted by Grandmaster Susan Polgar (Former Women's World Champion) during his last event.

Southerland organized the two-day multiple rapid chess matches between Grandmasters Var Akobian and Yury Shulman held in April 2009 at the Lake County Wine Studio and is currently working to organize his next major chess event to be held in beautiful Lake County early this summer.

Southerland will devote the first hour of each Thursday session to going over strategy fundamentals of end, middle and opening games as published in “Modern Chess Strategy” by International Master of chess, Edward Lasker (Dec. 3, 1885 – March 25, 1981).

Lake County Wine Studio is located on the corner of First and Main Streets in historic Upper Lake, across from the famous Tallman Hotel and Blue Wing Saloon.

For more information, contact Susan Feiler at 707-275-8030 or 707-293-8752, or visit This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Included are Mendocino County projects that may impact Lake County commuters.

LAKE COUNTY

Highway 20

– Caltrans will perform routine maintenance from Blue Lakes Road to Bachelor Valley Road beginning Monday, Jan. 10. Work hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Thursday. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate 10-minute delays.

– PG&E of Ukiah has been granted a Caltrans Encroachment Permit for an aerial crossing at Second Street on Tuesday, Jan. 11. Work hours are 9 a.m. to noon. Intermittent full road closures will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate five-minute delays.

Highway 29

– Caltrans will perform routine maintenance from Kelseyville Auto Sales to Bottle Rock Road beginning Monday, Jan. 10. Work hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Thursday. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate 10-minute delays.

Highway 175

– PG&E of Ukiah has been granted a Caltrans Encroachment Permit for tree trimming from 0.2 mile west to 0.5 mile east of Mathews Road beginning Tuesday, Jan. 11. Work hours are 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., weekdays. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate 10-minute delays.

– PG&E of Ukiah has been granted a Caltrans Encroachment Permit for tree trimming from 0.2 mile east of the junction of Route 29/175 near Kelseyville to the Putah Creek Bridge beginning Tuesday, Jan. 11. Work hours are 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., weekdays. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate 10-minute delays.

MENDOCINO COUNTY

Highway 1

– PG&E of Ukiah has been granted a Caltrans Encroachment Permit for tree trimming from 0.3 mile north of Signal Port Creek Road to Windy Hollow Road beginning Tuesday, Jan. 11. Work hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., weekdays. One-way traffic control will be in effect. Motorists should anticipate 10-minute delays.

Highway 101

– A pavement repair project from Cox-Schrader Road to Uva will continue. Work hours are 4 a.m. to 3 p.m., weekdays. Traffic will be restricted to one lane in each direction of travel. Motorists may experience minor traffic slowdowns. Contractor – Granite Construction Inc. of Ukiah.

– A metal beam guardrail repair project at various locations from Route 222 (Talmage Road) to the northern Long Valley Creek Bridge will continue. Work hours are 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., weekdays. Traffic will be restricted to one lane in each direction of travel. Motorists may experience minor traffic slowdowns. The southbound offramp to Route 222 (Exit 548A) will be intermittently closed from 10:30 p.m. to 7 a.m., Sunday evening through Friday morning. Motorists will be advised to use an alternate route and may experience minor delays. Contractor – Wahlund Construction of Eureka.

– Pavement striping from 0.1 mile south of Harwood Road to 2.5 miles south of Rattlesnake Summit will continue. Work hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., weekdays. Traffic will be restricted to one lane in each direction of travel. Motorists may experience minor traffic slowdowns. Contractor – Mercer-Fraser Company of Eureka.

– A metal beam guardrail repair project at various locations from the Cummings Road Overcrossing to 0.6 mile south of the junction of Route 101/271 near Reynolds will continue. Work hours are 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., weekdays. Traffic will be restricted to one lane in each direction of travel. Motorists may experience minor traffic slowdowns. Contractor – Wahlund Construction of Eureka.

Highway 222

– Replacement of the Russian River Bridge will continue. Work hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., weekdays. One-way traffic control with a temporary signal will be in effect 24 hours per day, seven days per week. Motorists should anticipate 15-minute delays during work hours and five-minute delays at other times. Contractor – CC Myers of Rancho Cordova.

All projects are weather permitting and subject to change. Motorists should drive with caution when approaching work areas and to be prepared to stop at traffic control stations.

The Caltrans Traffic Operations Office has reviewed each project and determined that individual project delays are expected to be less than the statewide policy maximum of 30 minutes, unless noted otherwise above.

For information pertaining to emergency roadwork or for updates to scheduled roadwork, please contact the California Highway Information Network (CHIN) at 1-800-GAS-ROAD (1-800-427-7623).