Quilt show
The Grapevine Quilters of Ukiah will present its Sixth Annual Quilt Show, “Quilts in Bloom”, on Saturday, May 4 from 10am to 5pm and Sunday, May 5 from 10am to 4pm at Carl Purdy Hall at the Redwood Empire Fairgrounds in Ukiah. Featured at the show will be a display of handmade quilts both new and antique, vendors, “make & take” demos, theme baskets, a silent auction, door prizes and more.
This year’s special feature is Mel Beach, an Aurifil Artisan who was featured on The Quilt Show with Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims. She is a San Jose based quilt artist, teacher, and lecturer who breaks away from tradition by adding her own modern, beautifully textured, and vibrant twist. Mel loves stretching her creativity through quilt challenges at the local and international level.
Grapevine Quilters is a nonprofit organization of like-minded quilters interested in the art of quilting through obtaining not only the knowledge, skills, and appreciation of quilting, but also sharing and contributing to the community through charitable endeavors such as quilts to victims of our recent fires, and quilts for children in the care of Child Protective Services. Quilters also contribute to local service organizations by donating handmade quilts for their moneymaking events such as raffles. Members are gathered together from Ukiah, Willits, Covelo, Potter Valley, Lakeport, Upper Lake and Cloverdale.
Tickets are $10 and available at the door, or presale at Beverly Fabrics, Village Sewing, Mendocino Book Store, Kerris’ Quilting (Lakeport), and Bolt (Cloverdale).
For more information, visit ukiahgrapevinequilters.webs.com or email gqmc15@gmail.com.
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Disaster response team fundraiser
LakeCountyDART.org, also known as the Lake County Disaster Alliance Response Team, is holding a drive through Spaghetti dinner fundraiser Friday May 10, 2019 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at the Highland Senior Center in Clearlake. $10 per ticket. The organization is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, specializing in helping local people and animals during disasters year round. Lake County DART is currently solely funded through fundraisers at this time. LakeCountyDART.org was recently invited by the Lake County DSS, to assist in County organized Evacuation Centers, in future events. The organization’s goal is to expand its resources, in order to serve multiple locations, simultaneously, if the need arises, once again.
Community members who wish to purchase tickets, may contact Lake County DART via email by visiting LakeCountyDART.org. On the website, click on the “Contact us” link, or by calling 707.671.3384. Lake County DART can arrange to get tickets to you. Lake County DART urges residents to like its Facebook page: Lake County Disaster Alliance Response Team.
“Thank you for your continued support,” writes the Lake County DART team. “We will be there when you need us.”
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2019 Invasive Weed Tour
Mark your calendar! The Lake County Weed Management Area is hosting its 16th annual “Invasive Weeds Tour” on Thursday May 9— he event is being held in May this year in hopes of avoiding the July heat and viewing the weeds while they are still green and in flower. As always it is FREE and the public is welcome and encouraged to attend.
Participants will gather in front of the Ranch House at Anderson Marsh State Historic Park (8400 State Highway 53 between Clearlake and Lower Lake) at 9 a.m., take a leisurely guided walk of about a mile to see the amazingly diverse array of invasive plants that flourish in the park and the effects of control mechanisms such as control burns, and return to the house for lunch and discussion of aquatic invasive weeds under the trees.
Although the event is completely free and all members of the public are invited, reservations are required Please RSVP with the county Ag Department at (707) 263-0217 by May 6.
The tour is sponsored by the Lake County Department of Agriculture and the Lake County Resource Conservation District. The end-of-tour lunch is free but donations to help offset the cost of refreshments will be greatly appreciated and cheerfully accepted.
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