Around the Region (10/06/16)

MODESTO

What: Taste of the State

When: Friday, 6 p.m.

Where: 6906 Corte del Sol

Info: The State Theatre’s premiere food and wine event featuring the “Golden State’s” finest chefs and winemakers. Limited number of tickets available and cost is $750 per person. For more information, email Kirstie Boyett at kboyette@boyett.net or Jocelyn Singh Forcade at jocelynrealestate@gmail.com.

HUGHSON

What: Gourd Décor

When: Friday, noon

Where: Hughson library, 2412-A Third St., Hughson

Info: Adults are invited to take part in a gourd décor craft. Crafters can make decorations for fall by painting gourds and small pumpkins. For more information, call Hughson library branch supervisor Heather Bailey at 209-883-2293 or go to www.stanislauslibrary.org.

NEWMAN

What: Adult Coloring Program

When: Friday, 1:30 p.m.

Where: Newman library, 1305 Kern St., Newman

Info: The library will provide paper, colored pencils and crayons, and an assortment of coloring page designs. Participants are welcome to bring their own coloring materials. Free to the public. For more information, call Newman library branch supervisor Thomas Kaps at 209-862-2010 or go to www.stanislauslibrary.org.

YESTERYEARS

50 YEARS AGO: It was announced that after 15 years of planning, controversy and litigation, bids for work on the new Don Pedro Dam would finally open. The project that was a shared venture between the Modesto and Turlock irrigation districts had begun the final phase of preliminary paperwork on the dam. Construction was tentatively scheduled for July 1, 1967, with six companies bidding for different parts of the project. Bidders had to specify the cost of design for turbines, and for the manufacturing and installation. Bids ranged from $17,647 to $76,000 for design, and $1.3 million to $3.3 million for manufacturing and installation.

This story was originally published October 5, 2016 at 1:52 PM with the headline "Around the Region (10/06/16)."