Clear Lake Scullers will offer open houses and learn to row days this spring and summer. Courtesy photo.

LAKEPORT – Clear Lake Scullers, a community-based rowing club, offers open houses and learn to row days in the spring and early summer.

Everyone is welcome, including residents and visitors of all ages.

You may learn to sweep row, scull, or paddle kayaks and canoes, or take a refresher.

CLS also offers classes and camps for adults and students for rowing, paddling and water safety in the summer. Membership is open to the public and there are year round programs.

The goal of Clear Lake Scullers is to provide broad access to beautiful Clear Lake, expose people to a wide variety of aquatic sports with emphasis on safety and competence, as well as teaching the skills necessary for athletes to train and race at the collegiate, masters or national level.

The club is located in the city of Lakeport at the site of Natural High School on Main Street just north of Library Park. You will see the boats there in a fenced in yard.

Dates for this summer include learn to row days on Saturdays, May 15 and May 29. Rowing camp for adults will be in the evenings the week of June 28.

The high school camp will be on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday mornings starting June 29 and will run for four 4 weeks. The high school camp is free and the adult camp is $100, which includes club

membership and all benefits for the summer.

Dates for the youth camp will be announced.

For more information contact Mike Sullivan at 707-349-9779 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , or check out the group's Web site at www.clearlakescullers.org/.

The AAHMES Shriners Club held its annual inauguration of offices on Tuesday, March 30, 2010, at Hartley Lodge Masonic Hall in Lakeport, Calif. From left, last year's president, JJ Jackson, Honorable Potentate Jay Williams and 2010 Shriners Club President Jim Swatts. Courtesy photo.

LAKEPORT – The AAHMES Shriners Club had its annual inauguration on March 30 at Hartley Lodge Masonic Hall in Lakeport.

With great honor, the gavel has changed hands from former President J.J. Jackson to newly elected President Jim Swatts in the presence of Honorable Potentate Jay Williams, its members and guests.

Other members were also honored and their official positions are: Harvey Fisher, vice president; Skip Wilson, secretary; Bill Storey, treasurer; Freeman Hass, ambassador-at-large; and Randy Hass, club ambassador.

It has been a great honor to be visited by the Potentate and to listen to his inspiring speech. It was an event to be well remembered. The group thanks the Honorable Potentate for visiting.

The Lake County AAHMES Shriners Club is a organization that provides free medical treatment at the Shriners Hospital to children born with physical impairment or injured from severe burns.

The Shriners provide free transportation for the children and parents and housing, when needed, through fund raising and yard sales.

To those that shall forever live in the memory of parents, children they have served. These are the warriors of love; these are the Lake County “AAHMES” Shriners Club.

They have left a written historical legacy behind them forever to be remembered for their effort, love and care given to children which otherwise would have never lived a normal life. Hats off to these wonderful human beings.

LOWER LAKE – The Lower Lake Historical School Preservation Committee will hold its annual Treasures and Trash Sale on Saturday, May 8, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.

The sale will take place at the Lower Lake Historic Schoolhouse Museum, 16435 Main St., Lower Lake.

Small appliances, tools, books, live plants, and gently used household and kitchen goods will fill the auditorium for this one-day, rain or shine event. Proceeds go toward preservation of the museum.

Donations are welcome for the sale.

To donate items, please contact the museum during regular business hours, 11 a.m. until 4 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday, at 707-995-3565.

No large appliances or clothing please.

The meeting will be held at the Scotts Valley Women's Club, 2298 Hendricks Road, Lakeport.

A plant sale starts at 9:30 a.m. followed by the meeting at 10 a.m.

Lunch will be served about noon followed by a program. For lunch reservations call 707-263-3988 by April 23. The cost is $12.

Joelle and Dwight Holford will present a youth garden program for juvenile hall residents. The program is changing the lives of the youth.

Also Jess Hudson from Willits is presenting a virtual garden tour.

There are six garden clubs all within the Mendo-Lake District (www.mendolakedistrict.org). Clubs are located in Fort Bragg, Willits, Potter Valley, Ukiah, Lakeport and Nice/Lucerne.

All the districts in California are under the California 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.

LAKE COUNTY – According to population projections developed by the state’s Department of Finance, Lake County will be over 50 percent larger in 2030 than it is today.

This growth raises major questions: Where will people live, work, shop, and play? What services will they need? How can communities maintain their character, protect cultural and natural resources, and also improve the quality of life?

Finally, what will Lake County look like in 2030?

The Lake County/City Area Planning Council (Lake APC) is developing a long-range vision for the County, called “Lake County 2030” that will provide guidance to elected officials and planners for the future of the County.

Approximately 100 Lake County residents have recently attended interactive workshops as part of the final stage of the outreach process.

Although the workshops have concluded, there is still an opportunity for residents to learn about Lake County 2030 and register opinions through an online survey that follows the same format at the workshops.

The survey is available at www.lakeapc.org. Click on the “Lake County 2030” link on the right side of the page. It will be online through April 15.

For more information, please call Terri Persons at Lake APC, 707-263-7799, 711 (TTY), or e-mail her at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..