With Halloween falling on a Saturday this year, many groups and businesses are joining together to create safe and fun events for the whole family, giving parents some additional options for enjoying the holiday with their children.

The following is a list of fun events planned for Friday and Saturday around Lake County.

CLEARLAKE

• Orchard Park Assisted Living and Memory Care Community, 14789 Burns Valley Road, will host free Halloween festivities starting at 3 p.m. Saturday. Featured will be a ghost and goblin parade, costume contest, prizes and refreshments. For information call 707-995-1900.

• The city of Clearlake will host its fourth annual Halloween Trick-Or-Treat Party from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive. City staff and police officers will volunteer their time to dress up and hand out goodies and reflective treat bags to community children as a safe alternative to trick-or-treating in unknown neighborhoods. Refreshments also will be available for children and parents to enjoy. Cameras are welcome. For more information call 707-994-8201, Extension 106.

• The Lake County Area of Narcotics Anonymous will host a Halloween dance and speaker meeting from 6 p.m. to midnight on Halloween at the Clear Lake/Callayomi Masonic Lodge at 7100 S. Center Drive, Clearlake. The evening features a speaker meeting and dinner to be followed by a DJ dance. The suggested donation is $10 for adults, but no one will be turned away. Please bring a potluck dessert to share. Children are welcome at this event. For more information visit www.lakecountyna.org .

HIDDEN VALLEY LAKE

• Hidden Valley Pet Palace, 18983 Hartmann Road, will host its second annual pet costume party at 1 p.m. Saturday. Prizes will be awarded for the best costumes. Everyone is welcome. For information call 707-987-1981.

• The Hidden Valley Community Church Harvest Party, 18160 Spruce Grove Extension, will take place from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Saturday. The theme for the free family event is “Blast From the Past.” There will be a wide array of contests – involving costumes, hula hoops, Bazooka Bubble Gum Blowing and pumpkin carving. There will be two grand prize raffle drawings, plus drawings for bikes, gift certificates, movie tickets, an art basket and lots of candy for the kids. The Beaudettes will provide musical entertainment. For more information visit www.hvcchurch.com or call 707-987-3510.

KELSEYVILLE

• The Kelseyville Sunrise Rotary Club and the Kelseyville Business Association will present their “Oldies But Ghoulies” gala costume ball to benefit the Kelseyville K-12 Schools Foundation beginning at 8 p.m. Saturday at Big Valley Grange Haunted Hall, 1510 Big Valley Road, Finley. There will be evil spirits, monster munchies and prizes for costumes. Live music will be provided by Without a Net. Tickets are $25 in advance and $35 at the door. To get your tickets visit one of the following Kelseyville merchants: Riviera Foods, 9730 Soda Bay Road; Polestar Computers, 3930 Main St.; Kelseyville Lumber, 3555 N. Main St.; Studebakers, 3990 Main St.; or Lyndall's Sports Stop Grill, 4220 Main St.

LAKEPORT

• Lakeport Elementary School's annual Halloween parade will take place from noon to 12:30 p.m. Friday in downtown Lakeport. The parade will begin at Natural High School in the 800 block of N. Main Street and travel down to Second Street. Spectators are welcome.

• Clear Lake High School will hold its annual homecoming parade from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday in downtown Lakeport. The parade will travel from Clearlake Avenue to Martin Street.

• Lakeport Kiwanis will host a Halloween party for the county's children from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday at the Clear Lake High School gym, 350 Lange St. The free event is open to children of all ages and their families. There will be game booths, all with candy prizes, and a costume contest starting at 7:15 p.m.

• Faded At Four will host its own Halloween Eve Frightfest beginning at 9:30 p.m. Friday at TJ's Downtown Bar and Grill, 370 S. Main St., Lakeport. Get out your costume, dress up and go rock with the group. There will be a costume contest, drawings and great music. The event is limited to those aged 21 and over. There will be a $5 cover charge.

• The Lakeport Main Street Association is hosting a downtown trick or treat event from 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Visit the businesses displaying orange and black balloons. Play games at C&G Enterprises and enjoy hot chocolate and cookies at Angelina's Bakery. There will be candy, goodies and a costume contest in three age groups – 6 years old and under, 7 to 12, and 13 years and older. Prizes will be awarded in front of Museum Square at 5 p.m. For more information call 707-263-8843.

LOWER LAKE

• Downtown merchants are hosting the second annual “Lower Lake Safe Halloween” from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. There will be fun for the whole family, including goodies and prizes on top of free fun and entertainment, plus a magic show.

• The “Lake County Has Talent” contest will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Lower Lake High School Auditorium, 9430 Lake St. Admission costs $20 for a family, $10 per adults and $5 per student. Admission to the Halloween carnival is free although there are ticket fees for individual carnival events. Proceeds go for the Lower Lake High School Music Program and TV PEG Channel 8. For more information visit www.talentcontest.wikispaces.com or call Barbara Christwitz at 707-995-0940.

LUCERNE

• Lucerne FLOW will hold a fundraising dinner and dance from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Saturday at the Lucerne Alpine Senior Center, 10^th and Country Club. Music will be provided by Blue Moon. The dinner will be moussaka (with and without meat) and salad. Wine and beer will be available. Costumes are encouraged, and there will be a prize for best costume as well as a raffle. Tickets are $13 in advance, $15 at the door. For tickets or more information call 707-739-6788 and leave a message.

MIDDLETOWN

• Wiloth Equine Therapy and Riding Center is hosting a pumpkin patch from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. There will be hay rides, horse rides, jump houses, baked goods, vendors and pumpkins. The pumpkin patch is located at 20740 Butts Canyon Road, at the corner of Butts Canyon Road and Highway 29 in Middletown. For more information call 707-355-1280.

• Expressive Motion Dance Studio, 21720 Highway 29, will host a Halloween haunted house from noon to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The suggested donation is $2. For more information call 707-987-8197.

NICE

• The Sons of Italy will host a Halloween dinner and dance on Saturday at the club hall, 2817 E. Highway 20. Costumes are encouraged but not mandatory. There will be a contest for anyone who comes dressed up. Enjoy a buffet meal of roasted Cornish hens, wild rice, vegetables, green salad and rolls, which then will be topped off with yummy cake for dessert. The bar is open for socializing at 5 p.m. then dinner will be served at 6 p.m. Enjoy dancing to the music of John Zimmerman right after the meal. All tickets cost $14 at the door. For more information call 707-274-9952.

For those adults enjoying themselves on Halloween, be sure to designate a driver if planning on drinking alcohol during the fall festivities.

If anyone finds that they're unable to drive and need a tow, AAA of Northern California will offer its free “Tipsy Tow” program to everyone. From 6 p.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Sunday drivers, potential passengers, party hosts, bartenders, and restaurant managers can call 800-222-4357 (AAA-HELP) for a free tow home of up to five miles.

The service will provide a one-way ride for the driver and vehicle to the driver’s home. If there are additional passengers who need a ride, they will be taken to the driver’s home as long is there is sufficient room for them to be transported safely in the tow truck.

Follow Lake County News on Twitter at http://twitter.com/LakeCoNews and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lake-County-News/143156775604?ref=mf .

TrackBack URI for this entry

Comments (5)

Subscribe to this comment's feed

Without a Net
written by herb, October 29, 2009

...at the Finley Grange on Halloween night. A benefit for Kelseyville schools. Wear a costume and be ready to dance!

• 
• +0
• 
• 

Harvest Time Is "Party Time"...And What's Next... The Christmas Holiday Season
written by lamar, October 29, 2009

Just look at all the activities happening on Saturday, October 31st in Lake County. Wow! Question - What happens after it's all over? Answer - People start to get ready for the Christmas holiday season.

With the economic slowdown being as it is, I would like to suggest that small businesses collaborate regarding their holiday promotional needs. Signature pages in newspapers help. So does a little PR optimization in the social media space on the Internet. This is accomplished by using free Internet resources like Twitter.com. You simply need to know how to do it. There just so happens to be a Social Media Workshop Meetup coming up on Sunday, Nov. 8th at the Hidden Valley Food Mart in Hidden Valley Lake that can help.

Have you been in the Hidden Valley Food Mart lately? This convenience store is really going through a transformation. It now offers FREE Wi-Fi, chef-prepared food (like prime rib dinners on Friday and Saturday) and has the ability to host web conferences using its dining area and 42-inch Vizio HDTV. The next time you travel on Hwy. 29 through Hidden Valley Lake to Middletown, stop there for gas and check out the store. The way the world works is changing. Believe it or not, this little convenience store is leading the way in terms of innovation for South Lake County. I am not familiar with what is happening in North Lake County. But, there might not be anything happening in North Lake County that can compete with this little store. While they last, you can get a magnetic to-do-list board created by the Ryze Business Network. It fits nicely on your refrigerator door and is a great branding tool - something any Chamber of Commerce could freely benefit from if they chose to do so. And, the Christmas Season is the idea time to give out such boards.

For more suggestions on what is possible this holiday season - especially how to do more with less money through collaboration - visit http://budurl.com/LakeCountyEvents.

Lamar Morgan

• 
• +0
• 
• 

Social Media and Computer Maintenance Seminar, Nov 8th at the HVL Foodmart
written by northernknight, October 29, 2009

I am looking forward to the workshop! The workshops are from 2:00 - 4:00 and will be taught by Mark Rudiger of LakeCountyWebsites and Lamar Morgan of CDMM - Synergistic Business Marketing. Anyone interested in learning more about social media and optimizing their business presence there should plan to attend these workshops. Here is the link to sign up, http://www.meetup.com/Lake-Cou...-Workshop/ Pre registration and payment required. Here is another place to sign up and make payment, http://www.lakecountywebsites.com/techseminar.html

• 
• +0
• 
• 

Lamar & co
written by kd006, October 29, 2009

Thanks for the advertising plug for yourself and HLV Foodmart

• 
• +0
• 
• 

Happy Halloween, I Hope Yours is BOOOOOtiful!
written by DianneHanks, October 30, 2009

Hi there everyone in Lake County! I'd like to TREAT you to SPOOKtacular Halloween greetings from the Los Angeles area! I'm not TRICKing, I really do hope your day is BOOOOOtiful, and I'm not BATting my eyelashes, nope, not a GHOST of a chance. All the best, XOXO

~Dianne Hanks
http://diannehanks.com

• 
• +0
• 
•