Region 4’s college-readiness session runs on Zoom from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, and Pasadena’s holiday event sponsors have until November 1 to get their names into print materials. Precinct 8 collected 399.80 pounds of unused and expired medication, while Deer Park Police asked callers who dial 9-1-1 by mistake to stay on the line. Pasadena Little Theatre’s raffle prize is a 12-foot skeleton, and the Pasadena Fairgrounds will host Halloween trick-or-treating from 6 to 8 p.m. on October 31. Sixteen posts in all.
Parks & Recreation
The group visited The Guild Shop, Catholic Charities and The Blue Bird Circle in Montrose.
Madison Jobe members found antiques in Montrose and history in San Felipe de Austin this October.
Businesses must sponsor by November 1 to appear in event print materials.
Pasadena is decking the halls and the promotional materials with sponsor names.
American Legion Post 521
The October 24 sale was organized by American Legion Auxiliary Unit 521.
American Legion Post 521 drew neighbors, families and vendors to its October 24 craft show and garage sale.
The job fair runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 2221 Preston Road.
The American Legion Post 521 is hosting a second chance job fair this Thursday.
Pasadena Strawberry Festival
The haunted-house shirts cost $25 each.
The Strawberry Festival has found a way to make Buzz Berry look alarming.
Trick-or-treating runs from 6 to 8 p.m. at Pasadena Fairgrounds, 7902 Fairmont Parkway. Follows the Oct 24 post.
Berry Haunted House will give children a Halloween stop on the 31st before the night gets scarier.
PISD Career and Technical High School
The Zoom session runs from 6 to 7 p.m. on October 27. Follows the Oct 10 post.
Region 4 will discuss college applications, financial aid and testing during its Oct. 27 Zoom event.
Armand Bayou Nature Center
The baby alligators are expected to stay at the Admissions Office for a year before release.
The Armand Bayou Nature Center has placed its smallest greeters near the front desk.
PISD Career and Technical
The video features CTE moments from campuses across Pasadena ISD.
Video: Pasadena ISD students and teachers celebrate CTE achievements across campuses.
Precinct 2 Constables
The evening included a face painter and a balloon artist.
Constable Jerry Garcia’s Office gave local families an evening of decorated trunks and sweet distractions.
Deer Park Police
Callers who dial 9-1-1 by mistake are asked to stay on the line and report there is no emergency.
Hanging up after an accidental 9-1-1 call only gives dispatchers another problem to solve.
Precinct 8 Constables
The medication collection totaled 399.80 pounds.
Local medicine cabinets surrendered nearly 400 pounds of unwanted medications to Precinct 8.
Pasadena Little Theatre
The 12-foot raffle prize will be part of the Mis-Cast Cabaret on October 30 and 31.
Pasadena Little Theatre is raffling off a skeleton large enough to need its own seating chart.
South Houston High
Students attended the conference at Caney Creek High School on October 24.
Caney Creek High School hosted the opening act of another UIL Academics season.
Pasadena Police
Evidence Technician Isabel Flores has eight years of experience in the Evidence Control Unit.
Pasadena police found the evidence for Technician of the Year in its own property room.
Animal Shelter
The adoption event runs November 7 and 8, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Reliant Arena.
Petco Love is throwing a Jump Into Joy party where the guests are mostly waiting for someone to take them home.
Coming up
Later today, readers can find a Dungeons & Dragons Club session at Central Library and a Pasadena Little Theatre Halloween fundraiser with Christina Wells. Rex has found a home, and Career and Technical High School is seeking custodians for afternoon and evening shifts. Other posts cover a Día de Muertos activity on November 2, a Pasadena High family meeting on October 30, and the Monster Mash at the PAL Gymnasium on October 31.