Clear Lake Trowel & Trellis Garden Club members gathered to put together goodie bags for Meals on Wheels recipients. Photo courtesy of Claire Grieve.

LAKEPORT – This is the third year Clear Lake Trowel & Trellis Garden Club members have remembered people who receive Meals on Wheels with “goodie bags” filled with candy/cookies and Valentine’s Day cards (many are handmade).

Members held a workshop at Chairman Claire Grieve’s home to put the bags together, and then afterwards enjoyed visiting while having coffee and a dessert.

June Beto delivered 50 bags to the Lucerne Alpine Senior Center and Jo Douville delivered 150 bags to the Lakeport Senior Center. Cards were also made to give to the drivers. Then Meals on Wheels drivers will deliver the bags when delivering the meals.

The club meets at 12:00noon on the third Tuesday of the month at the Scotts Valley Women's Club House, 2298 Hendricks Road, Lakeport.

Members, guests, and all interested are most welcome. President Jo Jameson, 707-263-4039, invites interested gardeners to join us.

Clear Lake Trowel & Trellis Garden Club is a member of Mendo-Lake District, Calif. Garden Club, Inc., Pacific Region, & National Garden Clubs Inc.

For more information see www.clttgc.org .

Members of the Clear Lake Trowel & Trellis Garden Club packed the goodie bags at Claire Grieve's Lakeport home. Photo courtesy of Claire Grieve.

The meeting will open with a presentation on Western Pond Turtles by Professor Nick Geist of Sonoma State University.

Geist has done studies for the past two years on Clear Lake Western Pond Turtles. This species resides in Kelsey Slough and is watched by park visitors throughout the warmer times of the year.

This presentation will be followed by a review of CLSPIA accomplishments during 2009 and a look forward into 2010.

For inquiries regarding the membership meeting, please phone 707-277-7713.

Clear Lake State Park is located at 5300 Soda Bay Road in Kelseyville.

The group raises funds to provide safe and fun graduation activities for seniors.

A bingo fundraiser will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, at the Greenview Restaurant in Hidden Valley Lake.

On March 27, Sober Grad will host a golf tournament at the Hidden Valley Golf Course.

For more information, call Melinda Clouse, 707-928-4088 or cell 707-529-2051.

Both facilities will reopen on Tuesday, Feb. 16.

Normal operating hours at the landfill are 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily.

The Public Services office is normally open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

If you have any questions regarding this subject or any of the solid waste issues in Lake County, please call 707-262-1760.

THE DATES FOR CANDIDATES FORUMS HAVE BEEN REVISED.

MIDDLETOWN – This month’s Middletown Luncheon Club meeting is on Wednesday, Feb. 17, and the speaker is Dr. Korby Olson, superintendent of the Middletown Unified School District.

The Middletown Luncheon Club is hosting three candidate forums prior to the June election.

The first event on March 17 features the two candidates for Lake County Superintendent of Schools, Judy Luchsinger and Wally Holbrook.

On April 21 it will be the candidates for district attorney: Jon Hopkins (incumbent), Don Anderson and Doug Rhoades.

On May 19 sheriff candidates Rod Mitchell (incumbent), Francisco Rivero and Jack Baxter have been invited to speak. A fourth candidate, Martin McCarthy, also will be invited.

Keep in mind that the list of candidates could change since the actual filing period for the June election doesn’t close until March 12.

The club meets on the third Wednesday of each month at noon at the Middletown Methodist Church social hall. Cost for lunch is $5.

Everyone is welcome, but please RSVP for the candidate forums if you do not regularly attend Luncheon Club meetings. Call 707-928-9812 and leave a message. Only the first 50 people can be accommodated for lunch.

Cash and other prizes will be given in three categories: elementary school age; middle school and high school age; and adult.

In addition, a grand prize winning entry will be chosen and then reproduced as next year’s Kelseyville Olive Festival Poster. All poster entries should represent a Kelseyville Olive Festival theme.

Select entries will be on display at the Kelseyville Olive Festival and reproductions of the winning posters will be available for sale.

To be eligible, all entries must be submitted on paper with minimum dimensions of 8.5 inches by 11 inches and maximum dimensions of 11 inches by 17 inches.

Each entry must include the entrant’s name, age, and phone number printed legibly on the back. All printable media will be accepted. All entries become the property of the Kelseyville Olive Festival for future publication and promotion.

Deadline is March 1.

Entries must be delivered to one of the following locations: Lake County Arts Council/Main Street Gallery, 325 N. Main St., Lakeport; Lake Family Resource Center, 5350 Main St., Kelseyville; or Rosa d’Oro Vineyards, 3915 Main St., Kelseyville.

Presented by Rosa d’Oro Vineyards and the Kelseyville Olive Mill & Wine Co, and a benefit for Lake Family Resource Center, the inaugural Kelseyville Olive Festival will be held from 11 a.m. to

5 p.m. Sunday, March 21, at the Kelseyville Olive Mill located at 5625 Gaddy Lane in Kelseyville.

For contest details or for information about the Kelseyville Olive Festival, contact Livia Kurtz, Rosa d’Oro Vineyards, at 707-279-0483 or visit www.kelseyvilleolivefestival.com .