Around the Region (12/06/12)

Modesto

• YOUNG FARMERS AUCTION

When: Today, 6 to 8 p.m.

Where: Agriculture Center for Education Pavilion, Modesto Junior College, West Campus

Info: The 59th annual MJC Young Farmers Ag Holiday Auction will offer more than 100 items for sale. A preview begins at 4:30 p.m. The night will include silent and called auctions from toys to livestock feed. For more, call the MJC Agriculture Department at (209) 575-6200 or Professor Bill Hobby at (209) 575-6053, or e-mail hobbyb@mjc.edu.

• CARIBBEAN CRUISE

When: Dec. 15 deadline to sign up

Info: The Traveleers Club still has room for those interested in taking a seven-day cruise of the western Caribbean beginning March 16. Cost starts at $1,872 per person and includes transportation from Modesto to San Francisco, port charges, airfare and a hotel stay in New Orleans before the cruise begins. For more, call Ann Burkett at (209) 529-5896.

Send Region items to Region, The Modesto Bee, P.O. Box 5256, Modesto 95352; call (209) 578-2330; fax (209) 578-2207; or e-mail region@modbee.com.