Around the Region (01/27/15)
Modesto
What: SIRS LUNCHEON
When: Wednesday, 10:30 a.m.
Where: Elks Lodge, 645 Charity Way
Info: The SIR Branch 103 monthly luncheon will feature Big SIR John Reedy, who will introduce new and returning officers. Each will speak on their plans for 2015. Questions, comments and suggestions will be welcomed from the floor. For more information, call Bob Kredit at (209) 275-9530.
What: CITIZENS CLIMATE LOBBY MEETING
When: Saturday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Where: Church of the Brethren, 2301 Woodland Ave.
Info: A Citizens Climate Lobby meeting is planned to educate people about the nationwide carbon fee and dividend proposal designed to impose fees on fossil fuels and return them as dividends to individual households. Participants will learn how to contact local representatives, newspapers and the public to promote passage of a carbon fee and dividend program. Drinks and snacks will be provided; participants should bring a sack lunch. For more information, call Kathy Conrotto at (209) 523-5907.
Denair
What: ELECTRONIC WASTE EVENT
When: Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon
Where: Denair High School, 3431 Lester Road
Info: Denair Education Foundation, a nonprofit organization, is accepting electronic waste. Items can include TVs, monitors, laptops, CPUs, e-readers, cell phones, printers, fax machines, copiers and scanners. All proceeds will benefit the students of Denair Unified School District.
Sonora
What: FILM SHOWING
When: Saturday, 6 p.m.
Where: Tuolumne County Library, 480 Greenley Road
Info: The Motherlode Martin Luther King Jr. Committee will be hosting a free showing of the Robert Reich documentary film “Inequality for All.” An open discussion will follow the film presentation.
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YESTERYEARS
25 YEARS AGO: It was reported that twelve Stanislaus County inmates had come down with rubella. This outbreak potentially could have exposed hundred of other inmate and workers in the county criminal justice system. Public health workers asked inmates who had been in the county jail or honor farm for three weeks prior to the outbreak, including jailers and high-risk courthouse workers, to get a free rubella immunization.
This story was originally published January 26, 2015 at 7:23 PM with the headline "Around the Region (01/27/15)."