Available for free at area senior centers, libraries and social services offices, online at www.SeniorResourceDirectory.org – or downloaded below – this 89-page guide is a helpful tool in knowing local supports for our aging community.

The guide also is available in Spanish.

Sometimes it takes more than a directory to understand an elder’s options or to make the connection to a service provider.

For those times, the Senior Information & Assistance program is available to respond to questions by seniors or their caring families and friends by calling Monday through Friday at 707-468-5132 (or toll-free 1-800-510-2020 from anywhere in Lake and Mendocino counties).

2011 Lake and Mendo Senior and Disabled Resource Directory

The department reported Tuesday that the county will close a portion of Big Valley Road – between the intersection of Finley East Road/Big Valley Road and Renfro Road – from 7 a.m. on Thursday, July 14, through 5 p.m. on Friday, July 15, in order to complete necessary road repairs. Detours will be in place.

County road crews and Cal Fire are teaming up on a fuel load reduction project on Soda Bay Road, from Buckingham area to Gaddy Lane.

Work starts Tuesday, July 19, and will continue Tuesdays through Fridays, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., until the project is complete.

During working hours, one-way traffic control will be in effect in the work zone area. Minimal delays of no more that 10 minutes are to be expected.

For additional information contact the Lake County Public Works Road Division, 707-263-2341

This event is held at the Middletown Methodist Church Social Hall, 15833 Armstrong St. at Washington in Middletown starting at noon.

Anderson will give an update on the first six months as district attorney, including the inner workings of the office, the changes he has made and a summary of recent events.

Lunch reservations are requested if you don’t usually attend or are coming with a group.

Lunch will be served by the Cobb Mountain Lions at a cost of $5 per person.

For lunch reservations and information, contact Helen Whitney, 707-928-9812 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The Middletown Luncheon Club meets every third Wednesday of the month from January through November, providing informative speakers and presentations to the community. Different local nonprofit organizations provide lunch each month and receive a donation.

Activities will include a showing of a “Fruits Basket” episode, learning about manga, Greg Bushta will demonstrate origami, there will be a tea tasting and Japanese snacks will be served.

Organizers Amy and Christy invite teens to expand their horizons with activities and events based on the “You Are Here” theme.

Each week registered participants are invited to submit mini-reviews of books on distinctive travel-themed review forms. One lucky reviewer will win the grand prize, an iPod Touch, at the end of the program in August.

Reviewers increase their chances to win by submitting reviews. The last day to submit book reviews is Aug. 6 and the “You Are Here” party will be Aug. 13 at 2 p.m.

Teens can register either in person at the library, 1425 N. High St., or by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The library phone number is 707-263-8817.

Visit the Lake County Library Web site at http://library.co.lake.ca.us or on Facebook.

The class will include a short lecture on the history of cheeses, the artisan cheese movement, the cheesemakers and the farms where the milk comes from.

Participants will learn how to store, serve and pair cheese along with nuts, fruit, breads, crackers and wines.

Five cheeses to be sampled will include cow, goat and sheep with various sides and garnishes. The wines will feature Lake County dry rosé, light red varietals and a dessert wine. Cheeses will be available for purchase following the class.

Bickett’s affinity for cheeses and cheesemaking began in West Virginia in the 1970s when she bought a mountain farm, a cow, goats and chickens and learned how to make butter, yogurt and cheese.

Presently working as a wine educator in the Napa Valley, she has attended cheesemaking classes at Cal Poly and Redwood Hills Dairy, as well as cheese tasting and pairing classes held in San Francisco with more than 200 cheeses tasted to date.

There are 20 spaces available for this class. The cost is $22 per per person and advance reservations are required.

Lake County Wine Studio is located at 9505 Main St., Upper Lake.

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

The show will start at 7 p.m. on KZYX, which locally can be heard at www.kzyx.org.

In her book, "Arms Wide Open," Harman recalls the counterculture life she and her husband led, first living deep in the Minnesota woods, then later on a communal farm in southern Ohio, before deciding to spend a decade training to become a nurse midwife and a physician.

Drawing on her journals she recounts her first experiences helping friends deliver babies as naturally as possible. She writes about the intensity of attending home births, from the fear of medical complications to the joy of placing a newborn baby into the arms of the mother.

Harman's initial experiences as a midwife coincide with her years of "hippie living" in the 1970s. She describes the everyday beauty and the grinding work of daily survival; carrying water, chopping wood, washing clothes by hand, turning the soil for the vegetable garden, birthing her own three babies and more.

She is a regular presenter at national midwifery conferences. Her first book, “The Blue Cotton Gown,” was published to acclaim.