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SonRise fall festival

SonRise Church, 421 E. Spaulding Ave., will host a fall festival from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

The event will feature a wide variety of locally made crafts, candies and baked goods including pumpkin and pecan pies. Lunch items also will be available for sale.

For more information, call 543-4287.

Holiday in Lights Parade

The Pueblo West Chamber of Commerce will present its annual Holiday in Lights Parade at 5:30 p.m. Dec. 1.

This year's theme is Bright Lights, Cool Nights. The parade route begins at the intersection of Palmer Lake and Joe Martinez boulevards and ends at Civic Center Drive.

There will be a bonfire and a community tree lighting with free cocoa, apple cider and cookies after the parade.

Parade entry applications are availabe at PostNet (in the Safeway shopping center), the Pueblo West Metropolitan District office (109 E. Industrial Blvd.) and at the chamber office (at Classic Auto on Spaulding Avenue).

Contact Butch Batchelder at 647-9086 for more information.

Turkeys needed

LUV in Action, a Pueblo West-based ministry for the poor, needs 40 turkeys to include in Thanksgiving food baskets for families in need countywide.

Call Executive Director Cyndi Grissom at 547-3797 for more information. Inspirational speaker The public is invited to hear motivational speaker David Ring talk about "Why do Bad Things Happen to Good People?" at 7 p.m. Sunday at Skyview Middle School, 1047 Camino de Bravo Ave. Doors will open at 6:15 p.m.

Ring, who has appeared on "The Old Time Gospel Hour" with the Rev. Jerry Falwell, shares about how he overcame cerebral palsy to illustrate life's possibilities.

The event is sponsored by Majestic Baptist Church, Amazing Grace Fellowship, River of Grace Church, SonRise Church, Pueblo West Baptist Church, Peak Evangelical Free Church and the Ecumenical Church of Pueblo West.

Call 647-6321 for more information. Library groundbreaking A groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the beginning of a $6 million expansion of the White Branch Library (298 S. Joe Martinez Blvd.) will begin at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow. The public is invited.

The event will include remarks by County Commissioner Anthony Nunez, library district board president Joyce Vigil, metro district board chairman Butch Batchelder and School District 70 Superintendent Dan Lere.

The Prairie Winds Elementary School choir will provide musical entertainment, and representatives from Prairie Winds and several other schools will present library officials with money they have collected to help finance the project. Parenting classes CSU Extension - Pueblo County is taking registrations for the following parenting classes:

• Children in the Middle - Divorce education for divorced or divorcing parents, Dec. 10-13.
• Toddler to Pre-teen, Rethink Anger Management and Raising a Secure Child.

The fee is $30 per person. Pre-registration is due by Dec. 3. Call 583-6566 for more information.

Calvary MOPS

Mothers of preschoolers will meet at 9 a.m. Friday and Nov. 30 at Calvary Church, 5 Tulane Ave. Mothers with children from infancy through kindergarten are welcome and child-care will be provided. For more information, call 561-4173. Parkview recognized Parkview Homecare has been named a “Homecare Elite” agency by Outcome Concepts Systems, which designates the top 100 home care agencies in the nation each year.

Parkview’s service was one of 28 nationwide that made the top 100 list two years in a row.

The assessment is based on a study of 9,000 Medicare-certified agencies.

The study is based on publicly available data from Home Health Compare and the CMS Cost Reports that cover quality of care, quality improvement and financial performance. Holiday show on ice The Pueblo Figure Skating Club will present its 32nd annual holiday exhibition, “Cartoon Christmas,” at 7 p.m. Nov. 23 and 2 p.m. Nov. 24 and 25 at Pueblo Plaza Ice Arena, 100 N. Grand Ave. in Pueblo.

Advance tickets, available now at the ice arena, are $5 for adults, $4 for children ages 2-12. Children younger than 2 are admitted free. Tickets will cost $1 more at the door on performance days.

The skaters in the show range in age from 6- 70-plus and many live in Pueblo West. The event is sanctioned by United States Figure Skating and will feature Eric Reinhart, a U.S. Junior Figure Skating champion.

The public is invited to skate free with the cast for one hour following each show in recognition of National Figure Skating Week.

Sponsors this year are Pueblo Sanitation, Pueblo Bank & Trust, The Pueblo Chieftain, Little Caesars, Imperial Memorial Gardens, KR Swerdfeger Construction and PDQ Printing.

Free cancer screenings

The Women's Wellness Connection, through Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, offers free breast and cervical cancer screenings to low-income, uninsured and underinsured women.

Mammograms are offered to qualified women 50 and older, and to women between the ages of 40-49 who have a direct family history of breast cancer or who are symptomatic.

Call 1-800-230-PLAN for the nearest center where screenings are offered.

GOP women meeting

The Bel Nor Republican Women will install new officers during the November dinner meeting, beginning at 6 p.m. Friday at La Renaissance restaurant in Pueblo. New officers will be sworn in by Pueblo County Republican Party Chairman Dave Dill.

All attendees are encouraged to bring a wrapped ornament if they would like to participate in the ornament exchange. For more information or to make reservations, please contact Sue Mahan at 545-8461.

Amateur radio exam

The Pueblo Ham Club will conduct an amateur radio exam from 2-4 p.m. Dec. 1 at the Robert Hoag Rawlings Public Library, 100 E. Abriendo Ave. in Pueblo.

For information about how to prepare and study for the test, or other questions, call Edward McCandless at 406-1753. Tree seedlings available Pueblo County has applications available for the 2008 seedling tree program offered through the Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS) Nursery.

Interested individuals must own at least two acres of land. Nursery stock must not be used in ornamental or landscaping plantings. No plant purchased from the CSFS may be resold.

Bare root trees are available in multiples of 50 per species. Potted trees are available in multiples of 30 per species.

For more information, call the Colorado State University Extension-Pueblo County at 583-6566 or pick up an application at 212 W. 12th Street, Suite 220.

Musical inspiration

Sunday C.C. Turner Music Ministries will present a “Brand New Life!” concert during morning worship service Sunday at the Westminster Presbyterian Church, 10 University Circle in Pueblo. The service begins at 10:15 a.m. and the public is welcome. Civil Air Patrol The Civil Air Patrol offers men, women and young adults (ages 12-18) challenging opportunities in an awards-based, multi-level program that includes leadership training, technical education and an opportunity to participate in aviation-related activities.

The Civil Air Patrol also offers chaplain and aerospace education memberships. New members are always welcome.

Meetings are every Thursday starting at 6:30 p.m. at the National Guard Armory, Acero and Mesa avenues in Pueblo (near the State Fairgrounds).

For more information, please call 251-3703.

Merlino's entertainment

There is no cover charge and free entertainment every Friday night from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the WINEdown Lounge at Merlinos' Belvedere, 1330 Elm St. in Canon City.

Friday night will feature Tom Simms on guitar and vocals. Nov. 23 will bring Dan Lazzarini on guitar and vocals. Nov. 30 and Dec. 28 will feature Maverick on guitar and vocals and Dec. 7 will bring Joanie Houston on fiddle and vocals with Fred Merriam on the organ.

International Blues artist Sean Costello will play upstairs from 3 to 6 p.m. on Feb. 10. seating is limited.

4-H holiday craft sale

The annual Canon City 4-H holiday craft sale will run from noon to 8 p.m. Nov. 20 and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 1 in the 4-H Building at the rodeo grounds off South Ninth Street and Poplar Avenue.

Homemade chili, soups, cinnamon rolls and sticky buns will be for sale, along with a wide assortment of crafts. Vendor spaces are available.

Call 276-7390 for more information.

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