Around the Region (8/5/16)
MODESTO
What: Dog adoptions
When: Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Where: PetSmart, 2100 McHenry Ave.
Info: Westside Animals for Adoption will have dogs of all sizes – even puppies – at Saturday’s adoption event. For more information, call 209-892-3114; see the WAA dogs at www.westsideanimalsforadoption.com, or check out WAA’s Facebook page.
EMPIRE
What: Friends of the Empire Library meeting
When: Tuesday, 5 to 6 p.m.
Where: Empire branch of the Stanislaus County Library, meeting room, 18 Abbie St.
Info: Residents are encouraged to get involved and help support the Empire library.
Send Region items to Region, The Modesto Bee, P.O. Box 5256, Modesto 95352; call 209-578-2330; fax 209-578-2207; or email region@modbee.com.
YESTERYEARS
75 YEARS AGO: Mayor R.A. Jones of Merced requested that the City Council delay any action that would decide the future of a proposed municipal airport. He had stated that the city appropriated $100,000 in funding for the purpose of purchasing materials for buildings at the new site. The request to wait on the decision for the airport was contingent upon a meeting in Sacramento of the Civil Aeronautics Board.
This story was originally published August 4, 2016 at 6:21 PM with the headline "Around the Region (8/5/16)."