Rancho residents will soon have the opportunity to kick off their holiday season in true Celtic style at a unique holiday concert that will raise funds to support young students at two local schools of cultural arts. This wonderful afternoon will feature bagpipers from the City of Sacramento Pipe Band Organization and Scottish dancers from Kyla Groeschel’s School of Highland Dance, as well as local Irish Dancers, a Celtic harpist and traditional Scottish and Irish vocals.

In a come from behind victory, Allison Huber defeated Jack Sieglock in what amounted to a very, very close race for the 10th District seat. Sieglock, who was ahead in the ballot count for more than three weeks, officially lost the election when it became clear on Wednesday that he couldn’t match Huber’s 505 vote lead with less than 300 absentee ballots to count.

Two Rancho Cordova residents discovered a need for computers in a school in Rancho Cordova’s sister city of Turrialba, Costa Rica. It was then that Sergio Diaz and Maria Lopez created a plan that would give 15 extra computers from the city of Rancho Cordova to the school in Turrialba. Mexicana Airlines has agreed to fly the computers free of charge to San Jose, Costa Rica.

In an effort to further make Rancho Cordova a safe and positive place to live, City Council passed an ordinance that prohibits any unauthorized entry into waste containers. This ordinance strongly correlates to the Building Strong Neighborhoods Program and is aimed at making it very clear that going through waste receptacles is prohibited. It is now a violation of City code for people to reach into a container and remove materials.

Scottie is a white and orange full grown tabby cat with a gentle loving spirit. He came to the shelter a month ago and has been waiting patiently to be adopted. After a month most cats develop kennel cough, which is like a common cold for a cat, and can also become stir crazy in their cage. Scottie, on the other hand, has stayed healthy and has made his cage his little home.