CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif. – The Time Bank of Thrive Lake County will hold its holiday meet-up on Saturday, Dec. 14, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Spring Valley Community Center, 3000 Wolf Creek Road.

This fun and educational event is for members and potential members of the time bank.

The agenda includes an activity designed to get you started in time banking and time for questions. You'll also learn how to get your needs met while helping others, and meet fellow time bankers with whom you can exchange time.

To get into the holiday spirit, attendees are asked to bring an optional gift exchange item – a wrapped recycled or inexpensive item suitable for gift giving that is nongender specific.

All ages are welcome. Admission is free, and you can earn hours from the Time Bank from this event in the following ways:

• One hour will be provided for every guest you bring to the event.
• Two hours will be provided to anyone who stays for the entire event and completes the orientation.
• One hour will be provided for bringing a festive potluck dish that serves eight
• One hour will be provided for bringing a gift exchange item.

The Time Bank of Thrive Lake County helps Lake County residents get necessary services through allowing the exchange of time instead of cash. Time banking creates connections that strengthen the community and its local economy.

For more information, visit http://timebanklakeco.org , send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or telephone 707-413-0220.

MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – For the fourth year in a row Cobb artist Karen Turcotte will donate a painting from her “Boarded Horse” series for the live auction of the Middletown Rotary Club’s 22nd annual Crab Feast and Auctions fundraiser on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014.

The two acrylic and plywood paintings pictured above will be finished in time but which one goes to the live auction? That’s Turcotte's decision, and we won’t know until the auction.

Tickets for this usually soldout event are available from Middletown Florist & Gifts, 707-987-9500.

Tickets are $50 per person, and the event is held at the Middletown Lions Club on Central Park Road, Middletown.

Doors open at 5 p.m., dinner starts at 6 p.m.

If you wish to donate to the Auction, contact Thanh Fults at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

It’s a great way to support your community, and all proceeds go to humanitarian projects.

For information regarding the Middletown Rotary Club, contact this year’s president, Duane Barnes at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Girls’ Circle, a local Lake County youth group serving girls ages 11-18, is hosting a holiday bake and craft sale on Saturday, Dec. 14, from noon to 2 p.m. at the Grocery Outlet in the Burns Valley Mall in Clearlake.

The sale will feature cookies, cupcakes and reindeer ornaments made by the girls.

Hot dogs also will be available for those wanting a bit more to satisfy a lunchtime appetite.

Everyone is welcome and encouraged to stop by the Girls’ Circle Holiday Bake & Craft Sale. Grocery Outlet is located at 1406 Olympic Drive, Clearlake, CA.

All proceeds will benefit the Girls’ Circle, a satellite of Lake Family Resource Center and run by center volunteers.

Girl’s Circle seeks to serve the youth of our community by giving them the experience of belonging to something that is whole and healthy while they make their natural and challenging passage from puberty to adulthood.

For information, call Denise Jones at 707-994-1839 or Vicki Crystal at 707-994-8143.

KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – Clear Lake Trowel & Trellis Garden Club members recently met at the Ely Stage Stop in Kelseyville and planned 200 daffodil bulbs.

Ely Stage Stop is one of the club's beautification projects, along with the planting and upkeep of the Hartley Cemetery Chapel; flower beds at the Lake County Library and Library Park; and the Blue Star Memorial Garden honoring past, present and future U.S. military personal at the Lake County Courthouse in Lakeport.

LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport Economic Development Advisory Committee will hear a presentation on the 2013 Konocti Challenge during its next regular meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 11.

The committee will meet from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.

The meeting is open to the public.

Jennifer Strong of the Lakeport Rotary will present information about the 2013 Konocti Challenge bike ride, held in October.

Jill Ruzicka is the scheduled presenter for the meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 8. She will discuss the Lake County Marketing Program’s plans for 2014.

The committee advocates for a strong and positive Lakeport business community and acts as a conduit between the city and the community for communicating the goals, activities and progress of Lakeport’s economic and business programs.

Committee members include Carol Cole-Lewis, Bill Eaton, Melissa Fulton, Barbara Johnson, George Linn, Nina Marino, Wilda Shock, Taira St. John and Mireya Turner, with ex-officio members includes Lakeport City Manager Margaret Silveira and Planning Services Manager Andrew Britton.

LOWER LAKE, Calif. – The Lake County Democratic Club will hold its regular meeting at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 14.

The group will meet in the Russell Rustici Park Club House at Lower Lake Community Park, corner of Mill and Second streets, Lower Lake.

The club will celebrate its annual Christmas party. Pot luck dishes and sandwiches will be offered.

Come and meet your fellow Democrats and exchange good cheer and hopes for the New Year.

A brief club meeting will be held to vote to elect the new club officers for 2014.

Lake County Democratic Club meetings are held on the second Saturday of the month. The public is always welcome and membership is open to all registered Democrats.

Contact the Democratic Party of Lake County at 707-533-4885, by email at
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or visit http://lakecountydemocrats.org/ .