Around the Region (10/12/16)

SONORA

What: Paranormal Mysteries

When: Thursday, 7 p.m.

Where: Sonora branch of the Tuolumne County Library, 480 Greenley Road

Info: Interested members of the community are welcome to hear a presentation by Billie Lyons, museum curator, as she discusses strange things that are happening at the Tuolumne County Museum. In her presentation, Lyons will recount whispery voices, moving objects, shadows, cold spots and wispy white masses that have been seen in the museum. She will share the results of several months and two all-night investigations conducted by the Sinister Sightings Paranormal Society and Revenant Research Group. For more information, contact Jan Jorn-Baird, Tuolumne County Historical Society, 209-532-1106.

TURLOCK

What: Women’s Leadership Roundtable

When: Thursday, 7:30 to 10 a.m.

Where: Event Center at Stanislaus State, 1 University Circle

Info: The breakfast event will feature female leaders in education, health care, government and other fields. Each speaker will address topics relevant to leadership. $20 per person and proceeds will go to benefit Haven Women’s Center of Stanislaus. To reserve a ticket or for more information, contact the Turlock Journal at 209-634-9141 or khacker@turlockjournal.com.

40 YEARS AGO: It was announced that Pacific Gas and Electric Co.’s planned construction and operation of a nuclear reactor in eastern Stanislaus County by 1985 had been set back by two years. With the delay, PG&E was then proposing to build two 1.1 million kilowatt reactors at almost the same time, at a cost of $3 billion. Completion of that project was estimated for 1987 for unit 1 and 1988 for unit 2. The proposed site for at least one of the reactors was at Barnett Ranch. The State Energy Commission and the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission would both have to approve the construction once notice of intent to build had been submitted.

This story was originally published October 11, 2016 at 2:32 PM with the headline "Around the Region (10/12/16)."