Doors open at 6 p.m. with the talent show starting at 7 p.m. at the Lower Lake High School Gym, 9430 A Lake St., Lower Lake.

The event, sponsored by the Lower Lake High School Band the TV8, Lake County's public access channel, also will feature a performance by the Lower Lake High School Jazz Band, a silent auction and more.

Tickets cost $10 for adults, $5 for students and children.

Proceeds support the band with instruments, uniforms and supplies, and also will help provide support for the TV channel's operations and equipment.

This is a great fun event for the whole family. Come and enjoy the wonderful talent of Lake County.

The hours for both days will be 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Riviera Heights Homeowners Association Club House is located at 3040 Riviera Heights Drive, Kelseyville.

The meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9, in the conference room at the Lake County Agricultural Department, 883 Lakeport Blvd.

Mendocino County growers also are invited to attend the meeting. The goal is to develop a program that is available in both counties.

Please RSVP to Korinn Woodard at NRCS, 707-263-4180, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by Nov. 8.

The event will take place starting at noon on Saturday, March 5, 2011, at the Highlands Senior Center, 3245 Bowers Ave., Clearlake.

Dr. Paula Dhanda will be the keynote speaker. She will discuss women's health issues and her medical mission to Chad, Africa, to help many women who were in dire need of medical attention.

There also will be silent and live auctions, and raffles.

Reserve your seat now, as space is limited.

The cost is $35 per person, including lunch, beverage and the famous dessert bar.

The menu includes antipasti, French baked bread with garlic and basil infused olive oil and balsamic vinegar, a classic Caesar salad, with choices of entrees including fresh mushrooms and spinach, sundried tomatoes, fresh basil, chicken and Italian sausage tossed together with penne in special cream sauce, or little pillows of cheese tortellini tossed with a creamy pesto.

Send payments to Soroptimist International of Clear Lake, P.O. Box 7167, Clearlake, CA 95422.

For more information call Fawn Williams, 707-350-5866, or Kimberly Trent, 707-416-9660.

The senior center is located at 3985 Country Club Drive, corner of 10th and Country Club Drive, in Lucerne.

This meeting will include a nomination of officers for 2011, discussion of the recent election results and planning the “end of the year” celebration.

The public is always invited to the Democratic club meetings.

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.

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. .

The Democratic Party of Lake County's Web site is www.lakecountydemocrats.org .

Steve Bellah's illustration based on a historic photograph.

UPPER LAKE, Calif. – Lake County Wine Studio is hosting a wine tasting event with Beaver Creek Vineyards and a double artist billing with painter, Ruthie Martin and illustrator, Steve Bellah on Friday, Nov. 5, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturday, Nov. 6, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Musical guests during the reception evenings are Tim Dolan and Anita Blu.

Beaver Creek is a biodynamic vineyard located on the historic Horne Ranch property at the southern end of Lake County in Middletown.

Sheep and goats graze and fertilize the certified organic vineyards, the grapes are harvested by hand and the winemaking process is completely natural.

Using natural yeast and aging the wines in French, Hungarian and American Oaks, winemakers Martin Pohl and Bruno Kolias strive to produce unfiltered wines of the cleanest, purest quality.

The $10 wine sampler with paired appetizers will include the 2009 Lake County Sauvignon Blanc, 2009 Horne Ranch Sauvignon Blanc, 2007 Zinfandel, 2007 Petite Syrah and 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon.

Ruthie Martin is a self-taught artist and fiction writer who has been drawing and painting since her earliest childhood memories.

Encouraged by her mother, she developed an appreciation for the wonders of nature and to paint her own interpretations. Fascinated with landscapes, trees and palm trees in particular are often the subjects found in her serene creations.

Martin has a home in Lake County and is the owner and chief executive officer of Urban Tree Farm Nursery Inc. in the Sonoma County town of Fulton. She credits great employees that enable her to spend time in pursuit of artistic creations and work on her current novel. In 2011 she will be studying with renowned artist, Thomas Creed of Windsor.

One of Ruthie Martin's still lifes.

Steve J. Bellah’s artistic education began at an early age and continued throughout his educational years, participating in competitions and garnering awards along the way.

With college came advanced art studies. Bellah was the editorial cartoonist for the local student newspaper and later provided cartoons for the American Medical Magazine. Those assignments kindled his passion to create illustrations in pencil.

Intrigued by the illustrations of Paul Calle, an artist who depicted many drawings representing the NASA Space Program in the early 1970s, Bellah began to produce several drawings of President Lincoln and the Civil War era that were purchased by the Lincoln Savings and Loan institution.

As a land surveyor, Bellah has produced several historical drawings within this line of work, including building unique hand-crafted frames.

Upon moving to Lake County, he was fascinated by its magnificent history and was inspired to create several drawings from the early era. Those drawings represent Lake County's famous resorts and the means travelers took to get there.

Bellah is currently in the process of collecting ideas for future illustrations. For more information, please visit his Web site at www.illustrationsinpencil.com .

Tim Dolan and Anita Blu will serve up some sweet, upbeat harmonies accompanied by Dolan’s acoustic guitar. Everything from Sam Cooke to Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young with some Emmylou Harris and Beatles along the way, their musical contribution to the reception evenings are certain to delight and take the chill off of the autumn nights.

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 & Café.

For more information, call Susan Feiler at 707-275-8030 or 707-293-8752.

Tim Dolan and Anita Blu will entertain at the Lake County Wine Studio on Friday, November 5, and Saturday, November 6, 2010. Courtesy photo.