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The second annual winter Teen Dance was held Saturday night at St. Vincent DePaul Catholic Church social hall. It attracted scores of the community's young people, who showed off the latest moves as well as the tried and true. After all, can any dance in Rancho Murieta be complete without everyone hitting the dance floor for "YMCA"? The event was put on for ages 13 to 18 by the Kiwanis Club, St. Vincent DePaul Catholic Church and the Rancho Murieta Community Church.

The Rotary Club's annual St. Paddy's Day Bash takes place March 19 from 6:30 to 10:45 p.m. at the Rancho Murieta Country Club and everybody's invited. The event features a traditional Irish dinner and entertainment by The Blarney Band. The band will be joined by bagpipers and cloggers to complete the evening's entertainment. A silent auction will be held and the winners of the trip for two to Ireland raffle will be announced at the event.  Read more »

The first community blood drive of the year brought out a large number of donors Monday. It was the first time area resident Robert Anderson contributed at the Rancho Murieta drive, and he told BloodSource technician Jen Gunn he plans to be a regular from now on. Participants received T-shirts making them part of "Team BloodSource." The Rancho Murieta Women's Club sponsors the drives four times a year at St. Vincent DePaul Catholic Church. Coordinators said traffic was brisk from the time the drive opened.

The first community blood drive of the new year will be held Monday from 1:30 to 6:30 p.m. at St. Vincent dePaul Catholic Church on Cantova Way. The Rancho Murieta Women's Club sponsors the drives and BloodSource conducts them four times a year. Reservations can be made by contacting Linda Weatherholt, 354-8853, or Nancy Kilborn, 354-2561.  Read more »

The second annual American Cancer Society Relay for Life, coming up this summer, will hold a rally and open house 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Rancho Murieta Association Building.   Read more »

Cousins Cate and Brooke Corsaut shared a chair and helped make a Frosty the Snowman from paper plates and cotton balls after hearing a story about the famous snowman Monday.

Despite wind and rain, about 40 children and moms turned out for the Rancho Murieta Moms Group’s "Winter is Here Story Time" Monday morning.  Read more »

The Kiwanis Club of Rancho Murieta has an application deadline this month for four $1,000 college scholarships it will award this year to graduating high school seniors in the Rancho Murieta, Sloughhouse and Wilton area. The scholarships are available for academic and vocational educational purposes.  Read more »

2009's holiday events included a golf cart parade on the North and South, put on by the Kiwanis and the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District.  Here's a 30-second look at the parade as it passed Guadalupe Drive.

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Here's a video Christmas card from Rancho Murieta ...  to Rancho Murieta.  It looks in on many of our 2009 holiday events, from Santa arriving at the North Gazebo the day after Thanksgiving to Thursday night's placing of luminaria on the North and South parkways. It's accompanied by the music of Murieta Voices.  Happy holidays!  Read more »

The holiday golf cart parade returned to Rancho Murieta Friday night after a year’s hiatus and had its best weather ever (chilly, but not cold) and a visit from an old friend, Santa.   The parade, put together by the Kiwanis Club and Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District, had legs on the South and North, and about 20 carts on each, led by fire equipment and Santa.  Participants enjoyed hot chocolate and socializing.  Read more »