All donations will directly benefit the Lake Family Resource Center and all of the services that they offer to those in our community who are in need.

Please bring your nonperishable food items to Strong Financial Network located at 1105 N. Main St. in Lakeport between 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.

Anyone who makes a donation will be entered into a drawing for a $50 gift certificate to the restaurant or local charity of their choice. But, of course, you can bring canned goods out of the goodness of your heart too.

For more information, call Strong Financial Network at 707-262-1880.

A place setting at one of the lavish high teas offered at the Lakeport English Inn in Lakeport, Calif. Courtesy photo.

LAKEPORT, Calif. – English Victorian Tea, sights of Christmas, sounds of carolers, and the tastes and smells of edible creations will highlight this year’s Victorian Christmas Fair, which runs through Sunday, Dec. 18, at the Lakeport English Inn, 675 N. Main St., Lakeport.

Innkeeper Karan Mackey and her sisters Jill and Marlene present the annual event to the delight of Lake County residents and visitors alike.

English Victorian High Tea is served to the public every Saturday, Sunday and Wednesday during the Christmas Fair. Seatings are at noon and 2:30 p.m. However, groups of more than 15 people may schedule tea on other days during the run of the holiday fair. For reservations, call the inn at 707-263-4317.

High tea guests and inn visitors will find common rooms and halls of the bed-and-breakfast inn filled with holiday ornaments and colorful decorations, garland, tinsel, lighted trees, wreaths, and varieties of gifts available for purchase.

They include handmade candy canes, soaps, candles, tea pots, saucers and cups, table decorations, wall hangings, yard enhancements, and holiday ornaments hanging on trees and displayed among many decorative settings.

During the Victorian Christmas Fair, the Lakeport English Inn is open to the public from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays, except Thanksgiving Day.

Innkeepers and tea servers help transport you to a different era as they appear in full Victorian costume. Carolers, too, dress in the theme of the day and stroll throughout the inn’s Christmas Fair and Tea Room to serenade visitors.

“The Victorian Christmas Fair is a celebration of Christmas traditions of long ago,” said Karan. “Many magical trees are full of ornaments, carolers are singing of joy, friends are visiting with friends, gifts are being selected, and High Tea is being served by ladies in Victorian dress.”

A world class, traditional English High Tea is presented by the three sisters and staff. Delicious scones, tarts, tiny sandwiches, Devonshire cream, desserts, shortbread cookies, all prepared with care and attention to detail, complement the tea.

“It is like having tea at the London Ritz,” said Marlene.

For a glimpse at the tea menu, visit http://lakeportenglishinn.com/high-teas/christmas-fair.asp on the Internet.

“Come enjoy a glimpse of England,” said Karan, who takes pride in presenting her English High Teas in traditional fashion. She has visited many tea rooms in England, and she is unrelenting in making her tea experiences as true to the English tea as possible. Only a few tea rooms exist in Northern California, and she visits those when she has the opportunity.

Karan and Hugh Mackey’s Lakeport English Inn is a bed-and-breakfast located in the downtown area along Main Street in Lakeport.

A special rate is offered this year for individuals who would like to stay at the inn and enjoy the Christmas Fair “without the crowd.” The room rate is $90 per person, double occupancy.

“We are also serving complimentary wine, appetizers, and a spectacular after-dinner dessert, in addition to our fantastic breakfasts,” said Karan. “It is magical being in the inn when the lights take over each room. Most folks decide to shop in their Lakeport English Inn robes!”

For details and reservations, call the inn at 707-263-4317.

NICE, Calif. – A Christmas craft faire is planned for Saturday, Dec. 10, in Nice.

The faire will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Sons of Italy lodge, 2817 E. Highway 20.

For more information call Henrietta, 707-262-1452, or Chris, 707-263-1606.

The event will be held from noon to 3 p.m. at 9710 Broadmoor Way in the Kelseyville Riviera.

Bring dog and cat food, blankets and your dog to this fun event.

The afternoon will include animal adoption, wine tasting, sales of dog treats and specialty items, a shot clinic, canine behavior clinics and a raffle.

For more information call Anita, 707-277-4446, or Wayne, 707-279-6000.

The comment period now ends on (and includes) Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012.

The environmental impact report is being prepared by the Delta Stewardship Council as the Project proponent and state lead agency under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for the Delta Plan.

CEQA requires lead agencies to consider the environmental consequences of a project over which they have discretionary authority before approving, carrying out, or funding the project.

Under CEQA, a project is an activity which may cause either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment.

CEQA requires a lead agency to prepare an EIR if the project may have a significant environmental effect.

The discretionary action considered by the council is the adoption of the Delta Plan. Because the council does not propose or contemplate constructing, owning, or operating any facilities or directly undertaking any specific activities to implement the Delta Plan recommendations or regulatory policies, there would be no direct physical change in the environment through adoption of the Delta Plan.

However, adoption of the Delta Plan by the council could influence the nature and shape of decisions and actions by other agencies (particularly where those actions are "covered actions" under the Delta Reform Act). Those decisions and actions, as potentially influenced by the Delta Plan, could cause physical changes in the environment.

The Delta Plan EIR is a programmatic EIR due to the broad nature of the Delta Plan. Future environmental documents would be completed by other agencies when they implement projects that are subject to consistency reviews by the council, or which are encouraged or otherwise influenced by the Delta Plan.

This programmatic EIR is not intended to provide project-level clearance for any specific project.

To learn more about how to comment on the draft EIR, please visit the “draft EIR page” on the Delta Stewardship Council Web site at http://www.deltacouncil.ca.gov/draft-eir.

Pictured are Jim Perry, No Name Car Club treasurer; Tony Barthel, No Name Car Club president; Jean Welch; Pat McIvor; Jonathan Crooks, Lakeport Senior Center executive director; Marie Zeliff; and Ginny Cline. Courtesy photo.

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Lake County’s No Name Car Club again partnered with Bruno’s Shop Smart in Lakeport to hold a car show which raised $412 for the Lakeport Senior Center.

The free “Show and Shine” style car show was held in Bruno’s parking lot on Oct. 12 with Bruno’s donating a variety of opportunity drive prizes.

The No Name Car Club sold raffle tickets for the donations and the community anted up with the $412 in ticket purchases.

“Bruno’s is really generous,” said Club President Tony Barthel. “Once again they gave some terrific prizes including an entire New York Strip, a surf & turf dinner and more. They’re great people to partner with.”

“We’re really happy with the fact that we can hold a free car show and raise this much money for the Senior Center,” said the show’s founder and coordinator, Neil Dolce.

The No Name Car Club is a nonprofit club that simply celebrates vehicles of all types and the enthusiasts that love them.

The club has monthly open meetings for anyone who shares these feelings towards cars, trucks, military vehicles, classics, modern tuners, vintage trailers or anything else on tires.

The open meetings are held each month on the Second Tuesday, generally at Woody’s Restaurant in Kelseyville Lumber.

The No Name Car Club has several events throughout the year including a car show alongside the Wood & Glory event in summer and the Bruno’s show in the Fall.

Club members celebrate the automobile in a variety of ways, from meticulously restored classics to wildly modified hot rods to trucks, tractors, military vehicles, modified modern vehicles, stock modern vehicles and simply just old cars. The diversity of vehicles among the membership is incredible.

In addition to the two shows every year, the club has a number of road trips and other participation events where members cruise to unique destinations, often in celebration of the automobile but sometimes just for picnics or other enjoyment.

For anyone who enjoys vehicles of any type, the open and friendly No Name Car Club is a great place to share that love.

For more information about membership or the club, the public is encouraged to visit their website at www.TheNoNameCarClub.com.