LAKEPORT >> The Lake County Library’s free lecture series Know Lake County will feature local author and columnist Gene Paleno and his recently-published book “Lake County History: A Mystical Adventure in Time” on September 17 at 2 p.m. at the Lakeport branch of the Lake County Library. The library is located at 1425 N. High Street. For more information about Know Lake County and other library programs call 263-8817.
Paleno is well-known around Lake County for his columns and serial fiction published in the Lake County Record-Bee. His new book covers Lake County’s history from the most ancient prehistory to the present in its 450 pages with excursions into such diverse topics as Native American history, geology, ghost stories, Lake County’s suffragists, rustlers, the Bear Flag Revolt, prohibition, murders, a gnat’s funeral, gunslingers, celebrities and the Civil War.
Paleno will be telling stories of Lake County history and selling his book.
Lake County PEG TV records the Know Lake County presentations for re-broadcast on PEG TV Channel 8 and on lakecountypegtv.org. The presentations are also available on DVD to check out from the Lake County Library.
Speakers from an array of disciplines and organizations deliver programs for Know Lake County. Still to come in 2016 are the Boggs Mountain State Demonstration Forest, the Lake County Symphony Association and the symphony association’s youth orchestra.
The Lake County Library is on the internet at http://library.lakecountyca.gov and Facebook at Facebook.com/LakeCountyLibrary.
