Blue Lake News

Join the Pac Out Green Team this Saturday 1/15 for a trash bash in Blue Lake. The 90 minute event will focus on roadsides, the banks of the Mad River, our city parks, forests and other open spaces. Meet at the Blue Lake Casino parking area entrance near the gas station at 8:45am to sign in. There will be a group photo and raffle at 10:15am. This event is sponsored by the Blue Lake Casino/Hotel and the Blue Lake Rancheria.

Learn more about the new trail and win prizes! Stop by Blue Lake City Hall to pick up entry forms. You could win the grand prize! Sponsored by Blue Lake Parks and Recreation.

BLT Designs will be open 10am-2pm every Saturday until 12/18/21 for your holiday shopping. Stop by 140 Hatchery Road (inside the R&B Auto office) to see Beckie Thornton’s local art & crafts.

Kate Martin has reopened the famous Logger Bar after many months of closure due to the Corona Virus Pandemic. Kate had a local craftsman install wood fencing in front on the sidewalk for outdoor, smoke-free seating. Kate has added the additional touches of astroturf and a planter sporting flowers and a topiary elk/deer (you decide!). The Logger Bar is now currently open Thursday-Saturday 4pm-11pm. Stop by and enjoy a summer cocktail!

Sunday July 11th was one of the most successful Annie & Mary Days in the history of the annual event. The parade featured Grand Marshall, BLVFD Chief David Vainuku and several BLVFD members driving fire trucks with sirens blasting! Bandemonium, giant puppets, Annie & Mary, great cars, horseback riders and many other participants. The Bill Nessler Car Show featured 67 amazing vehicles for folks to peruse. Pony rides and a petting zoo was sponsored by the Blue Lake Saddle Club. … Read More

It has been a long year for everyone- but the 53rd annual Annie & Mary Day will be celebrated once again on Sunday, July 11th, 2021. The fun begins at 11am with the parade featuring dancers, music and quirky floats. From noon to 5pm the action continues at Perigot Park. Music features: Backseat Drivers, Dead On, Cadillac Ranch and Barn Fire. There will be barbecue and other food items, craft vendors, a car show, pony rides and a petting zoo. … Read More

The Blue Lake Chamber of Commerce has presented four new historic building plaques to the Logger Bar, Chumayo Spa, Dell’Arte and the Mad River Grange. Chamber board members, Alicia Rousseau; Karen Miller and Mariel Morison, took on the project to research the history of these great old buildings. Sandra Poston of Engravability created the plaques with funding from the Blue Lake Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber hopes to provide future plaques for other historic buildings as funds become available.

The Blue Lake Chamber of Commerce has elected the new 2021 officers. From left to right (standing): Mandi Kindred, Vice President; Marvin Samuels, President; Rick Levin, Treasurer and (seated) Mariel Morison, Secretary.

Congratulations to Lynn Jones, a greater Blue Lake community resident and Blue Lake Chamber member, who received the 2020 Small Business of the Year award from the Eureka Chamber of Commerce! Lynn’s business, “Just My Type Letter Press Paperie” is located in Eureka at 235 F Street. Visit her shop and check out her website: http://www.justmytypeletterpress.com

How are businesses doing in Blue Lake during the Covid-19 pandemic? Jo Patterson, owner of the Blue Lake Laundromat, sent us the following: “The laundromat has been open 7 days a week, 360 days a year since 1984, so Covid-19 did not cause us to close. We are considered an essential business. We clean each night with bleach and require masks.” You can find the Blue Lake Laundromat at 622 Blue Lake Blvd.