Lompoc Filipino-American Club - LFAC will hold its monthly membership meeting at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Lompoc Library, 501 E. North Ave.

For more information, call 452-4155.

Vandenberg Village Lions Club - VVLC District 4A3 Governor Joe Woodruff of Carpinteria held his second district meeting of the new Lions year in Cayucos on Saturday, Nov. 8. Vandenberg Village President Jack Hawkins attended with Vice President Janice Hawkins, Secretary Bill Cady, Treasurer Kathy Cady, IPP Bennie Hill and Director Art Hill. The six VVLC joined with Lions from most of the clubs in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties for the training sessions, programs and meetings. Lion Bennie is serving on the District Cabinet this year as Zone Chairperson and attended all the business sessions. Lion Bill is a Past District Governor and served three different years as District Secretary and conducted a training session for Club Presidents, Secretaries and Treasurers.

National Association of Active/Retired Federal Employees - NARFE Lompoc Chapter 1087 will meet for its monthly meeting beginning with social hour at 11:15 a.m. and lunch at noon Thursday at the Elks Lodge, 905 E. Ocean Ave. The speaker is Kathy Bertelsen, kitchen manager for the Lompoc Unified School District. She will speak about the new food preparation served at all the schools. Reservations for the luncheon must be made by calling Virginia Bentley at 733-4194, or Rachel Valencia at 735-2163.

Lompoc Valley Festival

Association - LVFA announces that applications for Flower Festival Queen are now available at the Flower Festival Office, 414 W. Ocean Ave. Completed applications must be received by the Festival Association by 3 p.m. Jan. 7. The festival office will be closed from Dec. 19 through Jan. 6.

Candidates must be a single individual who is between 17 and 20 years of age and not reach 21 prior to April 1, 2009. Candidates must not currently be pregnant, have never been married, had a child or convicted of a felony. Candidates must be residents of the Lompoc Valley for at least one year. Areas included in the City of Lompoc are its rural routes, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Vandenberg Village and Mission Hills.

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Applications will be available to sponsoring organizations on Jan. 8.

For more information, call the festival office at 735-2511.

Coastal Valley Orchid

Society - CVOS monthly meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18, at the Lompoc Public Library in the Grossman Gallery. The meeting will consist of a talk presented by two CVOS members who will be speaking on one of the great orchids that grows exceptionally well on the California Central Coast and is a great hybridizer, Laelia anceps.

The guest speakers will be Gene Baum and Phil Rietz. Laelia anceps, a native of Mexico but also occurring more rarely in Guatemala and Honduras, is one of the most common, yet one of the most satisfying orchids. Its ease of care makes it an ideal plant for the beginner as well as the connoisseur.

Laelia anceps is noted for being one of the best plants, in subtropical climates, to naturalize on trees around the garden, where regular garden watering is usually adequate.

The evening's plant table will also consist of several forms of Laelia anceps that will be discussed during the evening.

For more information, call Phil Rietz 736-3020, or visit www.

coastalvalleyorchidsociety.com.

Editor's note: Contact Kirsten Simons of the Record staff at 737-1056 or ksimons@lompocrecord.com to submit information about club or organization events, guest speakers, fundraisers, awards, etc.

Deadline for submitting items for inclusion is noon Monday for Wednesday publication.

November 12, 2008