Voices of a new generation
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6747 in King City recently awarded scholarships to six students from South County who participated in the local organization’s Patriot’s Pen Program and Voice of Democracy youth contests.
FAIR WINDS DOWN
With the theme “Cowboy Up and Wind Down,” the 2017 Salinas Valley Fair brought thousands of visitors to South County last weekend and featured the annual Junior Livestock Auction, which racked in $2.1 million from the sale of 950 animals.
A city in bloom
King City earned a 3 out of 5 bloom rating and was specially recognized for its heritage preservation at the 2017 America in Bloom National Awards Program, the results of which were announced over the weekend at the annual awards banquet in Holliston, Mass., on Oct. 7.
Bond seeks $450M to update aging voting systems
California Secretary of State Alex Padilla and Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher (D-San Diego) have announced Assembly Bill 668, the Voting Modernization Bond Act of 2018, which seeks $450 million to improve California’s voting systems.
Late resident among rodeo’s 2018 Hall of Fame inductees
California Rodeo Salinas will honor the late Allan Wallace, who was ranch manager at Topo Ranch in King City for 30 years, by inducting him and four others this Thursday into the organization’s Hall of Fame Class of 2018.
