Free lecture on Friday at CR Del Norte site

College of the Redwoods Astronomy Professor Dr. Jon Pedicino will present a lecture about recent discoveries from the Kepler space telescope at the CR Del Norte Education Center on Friday.

Pedicino’s lecture, “Kepler: Searching for Extrasolar Planets, Looking for Earths,” will take place in room DM29 at CR at 1 p.m.  It is free and open to the public.

Pedicino has taught astronomy at the CR Eureka campus for 10 years. He did his undergraduate work in physics at Dartmouth College. He holds a doctoral degree from the University of Arizona in planetary science. His doctoral research looked at the prospects for water on Mars, specifically global oceans and ice sheets. That work was combined with examining the potential for life on Mars at some point in the past.  Current missions to the red planet have only heightened the prospects for life on Mars. 

Performance opens season for association

The Carpe Diem String Quartet is set to preform at Crescent Elk Auditorium on Oct. 18. Submitted

Defying classification, the quartet based in Columbus, Ohio, has earned critical acclaim for its genre-busting concerts.  The quartet is committed to changing the concert experience of chamber music by playing gypsy, tango, folk, pop and jazz pieces, in addition to the classic quartet repertoire.

Using innovative programming, thematic concerts, and popular music for younger generations, cameras and video to assist in the visual presentation, as well as speaking from the stage to better engage the audience, Carpe Diem is bringing new audiences into the concert hall and revitalizing the chamber music experience. 

The volunteers at work on Battery Point Lighthouse. Del Norte Triplicate//Rick Postal

The project entailed a complete renovation of the fencing in front of the lighthouse including replacing the rusted screws for the fence boards and giving them a new coat of primer plus a  coat of white paint. Most of the picnic benches received a fresh coat of redwood stain and one bench was completely rebuilt.  The project included power washing of the parking lot entrance way and modifications to the parking lot benches.

Harold Del Ponte, past lieutenant governor of Kiwanis District 20, reads to a kindergarten class at Margaret Keating School in 1997. Submitted

The club purchases books to read each month to every kindergarten class in Del Norte County, both private and public.

These books are donated to the classroom library. Last year, readers read four hardcover books to each of the 16 kindergarten classes. Four times last year, each of the 360 students received a book with their name in it to take home and keep.

Maiya Pilar Ogier was born Aug. 25, 2011, at Sutter Coast Hospital. She weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces and measured 19 1/2 inches. She joins brothers Hunter, Tanner, Kellen and sister Brielle. Her parents are Pilar Stancliff of Crescent City and Brian Ogier of Medford, Ore. Her grandparents are Joe and Pilar McEnulty of Crescent City, Sara and Jim Charnesky of Washington, Ill., and Ron and Pam Ogier of Port Angeles, Wash. Her great-grandparents are Patricia McKean of Racine, Wisc., and Ilene and Orrin Ogier of Medford, Ore.

Taylor Shannon Arneson was born Aug. 25, 2011, at Sutter Coast Hospital. She weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces and measured 19 1/2 inches. Her parents are Heather Clutts and Michael Arneson of Crescent City. Her grandparents are Vicki Baldwin, Kevin Montez and Shirley and Tom Arneson, all of Crescent City. Her great-grandparents are Everett and Beverly Callaway of Kennewick, Wash., Linda and Bud Coazart of Medford, Ore., and Verna and Fidel Gonzales of New Orleans, La.

Eliana Sofia Rodriguez-Perez was born Sept. 1, 2011, at Sutter Coast Hospital. She weighed 9 pounds, 5 ounces and measured 20 1/2 inches. She joins brother Erick. Her parents are Arnulfo Rodriguez and Concepcion Perez of Crescent City. Her grandparents are Vicente and Natalia Perez of Crescent City, and Santiago and Ma. Carmen Rodriguez of Jalisco, Mexico.

Reservations are being accepted for the Pregnancy Care Center’s annual Fall Fundraising Dessert Banquet to be held on Thursday, Oct. 20, at the Four Square Church on the corner of Pacific Avenue and Butte Street.