FINLEY, Calif. – Toastmasters-Tenacious Talkers Club 8731 will meet from 6:15 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 16.

The group meets at 2150 Argonaut Road, Finley.

Arrive early, as the group begins at 6:15 p.m. sharp.

For more information call Rick, 707-536-7858.

LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lake County Child Care Planning Council will meet on Thursday, Aug. 16.

The council meeting will take place from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Lake County Office of Education, 1152 S. Main St., Lakeport. The public is invited to attend.

Agenda items include the master plan, meeting schedule and chair nominations, a coordinator’s report and an update on Steps to Leadership, and discussion on Steps to Quality informational workshops in August and September.

The council’s next meeting will take place from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, at Yuba College’s Clear Lake Campus, 15880 Dam Road Extension, Clearlake.

The mission of the Lake County Child Care Planning Council is to promote quality child care through community assessment, advocacy, resource development and collaboration with other organizations.

CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Sons of Norway Vikings of lake Lodge 6-166 will hold its August Heritage & Culture night on Wednesday, Aug. 15, starting at 6 p.m.

There will be a potluck salad dinner at no charge.

They will have a guest speaker and film about the art of Norwegian painting referred to as Rosemaling.

The meeting will be held at Galilee Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall, 8860 Soda Bay Road, Kelseyville.

For more information contact Vale Hanzel at 707-928-1060.

KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – The Lake County Historical Society is pleased to announce the start of construction of the first display barn at the Ely Stage Stop and Country Museum, located at 9921 Soda Bay Road.  

This barn will be the future home of many of the society’s artifacts, including antique farm implements and a stage coach, as well as a functioning blacksmith’s shop.  

It also will become part of the Lake County Quilt Trail when the historical society’s quilt block is hung on the front.  

More history is about to be made and the historical society invites community members to be a part of it.  

The foundation has been laid and they are ready to start building on the morning of Saturday, Aug. 18.

This undertaking will not be finished in just one day.

The group is very interested in finding skilled workers and general volunteers to help with this historical construction project.  

Individuals and groups are all welcome, community service hours are available.

For more information please contact Greg Dills at 707-263-4180, Extension 102.

LOWER LAKE, Calif. – The Lake Community Pride Foundation will hold its annual meeting on Monday, Aug. 27.

The meeting will take place beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Konocti Unified School District Office, 9430 Lake St. in Lower Lake.

LUCERNE, Calif. – The Lucerne Community Health Clinic, located at 6300 East Highway 20 in Lucerne, is Lake Co-op's newest drop point, bringing the total to 11 throughout Lake County.

Customers ordering fresh, local produce and other products through the co-op may now pick up their weekly orders at the convenient location on Highway 20 at the intersection of 14th Street.

Hours for pick up at the Lucerne Community Health Clinic are 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursdays.

Robert Gardner, MD, owner of the Lucerne Community Clinic approached the co-op in hopes to bring more healthy eating choices to his clients and the larger Lucerne community.

An enthusiastic co-op member, Rachel Pries, offered to host the site for other customers' convenience in her community.

“This is an example of the community co-creation that has made the co-op so successful in Lake County,” said Lake Co-op Chair Janine Smith-Citron.

Lake Co-op now has six convenient locations surrounding the lakeside communities – Clearlake, Riviera, Lakeport, Upper Lake, Nice, Lucerne and Clearlake Oaks – as well as two in Lower Lake, one in Hidden Valley, one in Middletown and one in the community of Cobb.

Details on all the co-op's drop points can be found at www.lake.coop .

Other recent efforts by the co-op to increase local consumption of locally produced organic food through their online ordering and distribution system include sales to the public, weekly subscriptions to favorite products, home/office delivery for $5 (most addresses), telephone ordering, and expanded product lists from local and regional farmers.

Customers of the co-op place orders from Sunday, 12:01 a.m. through Tuesday, 12:30 p.m., either through a convenient online shopping Web site ( www.lake.coop ) or by calling 707-993-4270.

Members can choose from a fresh fruit and vegetable box, individual fresh and processed foods, such as fruits, vegetables, oils, breads, cakes and sea vegetables.

Customers pick up their orders at the drop points at varying times as listed on the Web site.

For a list of all sites and more information on ordering visit the co-op's Web site at www.lakeco-op.org or call 707-993-4270.