NICE, Calif. – The Sons of Italy club in Nice will be having a Cinco de Mayo theme dinner dance in their hall on Saturday, May 12.

It will be a complete Mexican entrée including beans and rice, dessert, coffee or tea.

The bar is open for socializing at 5 p.m., dinner starts at 6 p.m. then dancing to Jim Williams starts after the meal.

The cost will be $15 for everything.

Everyone is welcome, no need to be a member.

The club is located at 2817 E. Highway 20 in Nice.

For information about this event or renting the hall for your own, call 707-274-2244.

Please call to reserve a table so you can sit with your friends or if you plan on bringing a lot of people.

NICE, Calif. – The Lake County Democratic Party will hold a Democratic candidate event, “Our Community, Our Voice, Our Vote,” on Saturday, May 5.

The event will take place from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Sons of Italy Hall, 2817 E. Highway 20 in Nice.  

In honor of Cinco De Mayo there will be Mexican food and a “no host bar” by the Sons of Italy.

There also will be a silent auction with interesting and fun items on which to bid.

Special guests planning to attend are Congressman John Garamendi, candidate for the new Congressional District 3; Assemblymember Mariko Yamada, candidate for State Assembly District 4.

There also will be local Democratic candidates, including Victoria Brandon, candidate for Lake County Board of Supervisors' District 1 seat; Anthony Farrington, who represents District 4 on the Board of Supervisors and is seeking re-election, and his challenger, Fred Langston; Joan Moss, candidate for the Board of Supervisors' District 5 seat, as well as Lake County Superior Court Department 1 judicial candidates Judy Conard, Mike Friel, Susan Krones and Mike Lunas.

Sponsors include Congressman Mike Thompson, state Senator Noreen Evans, State Assemblymember Wes Chesbro, state Assemblymember Mariko Yamada, Olga Martin Steele and Mary Heare Amodio.

Tickets for the event are $15 in advance and $20 at the door.

To reserve your ticket contact Wanda Harris, 707-987-9027 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Tickets will be held at the door.

The Lake County Democratic Central Committee is the official governing body of the Democratic Party in Lake County.

Meetings are open to the public and committee membership is open to all registered Democrats.  

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

LOWER LAKE, Calif. – The Lower Lake Historical School Preservation Committee will present its annual Treasures & Trash Sale on Saturday, May 5, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the museum, 16435 Main Street in Lower Lake.

This event will occur rain or shine.

A large array of household items, tools, art, books, electronics, toys and live plants will be for sale. Proceeds benefit maintenance and improvements at the museum.

Donors may bring items to sell during regular business hours, 11 a.m. until 4 p.m., up until Friday. Please, no large appliances or clothing.

For more information, please call the museum at 707-995-3565.

KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – The Kelseyville Lions Club is hosting a pancake breakfast to benefit the Channel Cats and the Clear Lake/Kelseyville high school swim team on Sunday, May 6.

The breakfast will take place from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. at 4335 Sylar Lane in Kelseyville.

The cost is $6 and includes pancakes, sausage, eggs, biscuits and gravy, juice and coffee.  

The team also is selling raffle tickets for a 2012 Yamaha Grizzly ATV valued at $5,600, which will be on display at the breakfast. Raffle tickets can be purchased for $20.  

Since the price of propane to heat the pool has skyrocketed, these great children need your support more than ever.

For further information, please contact Jen Hanson at 707-263-3131.

KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – Beautiful flowers and wonderful, warm, sunny weather were on the agenda on Sunday, April 22, when the Highland Springs Trails Volunteers hosted a Sierra Club Wildflower Hike at Highland Springs Recreational Area.

The 10 hikers wound their way up serpentine knolls, crossed seasonal runoffs, and meandered trails dotted with Bitter Root, Scarlett Larkspur, Fawn Lilly, and Serpentine Onion as well as Shooting Stars, Gold Field, Blue-Eyed Grass, and Ground Lily.  

Latin names were being tossed around as many of the hikers were well-versed amateur botanists.

Highland Springs Trails Volunteers has been recovering and maintaining the nearly 30 miles of horseback riding and hiking trails at Highland Springs for more than 10 years.  

Although members have been a presence and performed individual trail work at Highlands since the early 1990s, formal organization of public work days did not start until 2007.  

Recording of man hours worked began in 2010 with a total of 1,276 hours of trail work for that year with over 55 community members from multiple groups, as well as youth and senior.

The Highland Springs Trails Volunteers will be hosting a second Sierra Club Wildflower Hike at Highland Springs Sunday, May 6, at 9:30 a.m. Please email Karen Sullivan for reservations at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

These special hikes are limited to 12 participants. Find more information about Highland Springs Trails Volunteers at http://www.highlandspringstrailsvolunteers.com .

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – California’s older driver population is approximately 2.9 million today and is expected to increase to 4 million by 2020.

Research groups such as the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety say that older drivers involved in collisions tend to be more vulnerable than younger people, meaning that they suffer more severe injuries.

Strategies to minimize these casualties and assist older drivers drive safe longer have become a priority for the California Highway Patrol.

The Clear Lake Area CHP is offering a free “Age Well, Drive Smart” course aimed at providing older drivers with KEYS to driving safer and driving longer.

The Clear Lake Area CHP is offering two Age Well, Drive Smart courses.

The first will be at the Middletown Senior Center on Tuesday, May 29, at 1 p.m.

Another course will be at the Lakeport Senior Center on Monday, June 4, at 1 p.m.

The course is approximately two hours long.

Age Well, Drive Smart is intended for drivers 55 and older. Discussion topics in the Age Well, Drive Smart program will include:

• How to tune up their driving skills.
• Refreshing their knowledge of the rules of the road.
• Learning about normal, age-related physical changes and how to adjust to them.
• When it may be time to limit or stop driving.
• Understand the alternatives to driving.

  For more information on the course or to register please call Officer Kory Reynolds at 707-279-0103.