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King City in Bloom members Laurie Slaten and Phoebe Cheney recently received the special accolades given to the city last month at the 2017 America in Bloom National Awards Program.

Students trickled out of scattered classrooms as the clock struck 10 a.m. last Wednesday, where King City High School staff and security were in position to ask why the youth were leaving their classrooms. Only 14 students answered with their intent to participate in the National Walkout Day, and were directed to go to the cafeteria.

The 58th anniversary production of “The Nutcracker Ballet” takes place Friday and Saturday, Dec. 8 and 9, at 7:30 p.m., with a matinee Sunday, Dec. 10, at 2 p.m., at the Robert Stanton Theatre at King City High School.

King City High School agriculture teacher Lauren Peterson has been named this year’s Region 1 winner of the National Association of Agricultural Educators’ Outstanding Young Member Award.

Historic Mission San Antonio de Padua, established in 1771, will host its Annual Cutting of the Roses and Brunch on Sunday, Jan. 28, where those in attendance can take home a treasure from the Mission’s beautiful Padres’ Garden.

Monterey County Agricultural and Rural Life Museum recently presented the 23rd annual Drury Tankersley Clam Chowder Feed, serving 350 gallons of clam chowder to about 1,500 guests at the Salinas Valley Fairgrounds in King City.

King City honored the community’s Mexican heritage last Sunday at the annual El Grito Celebration, which kicked off with a parade along Broadway Street featuring a procession of horses, bands and dancers.