Local author provides tips


Joining the ranks of Stephen King, Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, and Edgar Allan Poe may seem like a daunting task to aspiring writers. But local writer Ky George has some tips to help get people started.

George grew up knowing she wanted to be a writer. She got her Bachelor’s Degree in English from the University of Central Oklahoma in 2017. She decided to use her degree to go into education and moved to Gallup later that year.

Now, she’s the Head Director at Dził Ditł'ooí School of Empowerment Action and Perseverance, a charter school in Navajo, New Mexico. She eventually went back to school and completed her Master's in Fine Arts in Creative Writing...

SATURDAY, OCT. 26

FALL CRAFT FAIR

9 am - 2 pm @ The Elks Lodge (1112 Susan Ave.). Come visit, browse, and buy local crafters’ and artists’ hand-made crafts, art, and baked goods.

HOWL-A-WEEN AT WILD SPIRIT WOLF SANCTUARY

11 am - 6 pm @ 378 Candy Kitchen Rd., Ramah. For the first time in five years, Wild Spirit Wolf Santuary will be putting on their Howl-a-ween celebration. Families will get to enjoy a multitude of fun activities, including a bounce house, a photo backdrop, a raffle, a haunted maze, and a chance to make enrichment items for the animals.

HALLOWEEN ESCAPE ROOM

12 pm - 4 pm @ Rio West Mall (1300 W. Maloney Ave.). Join OFPL at Rio West Mall for some spooky Halloween...

Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary hasn’t hosted a Halloween event since 2018, but they’re looking to come back in a big way this year.

Marketing Manager Katie Forbis explained that the pandemic and a “skeleton crew” prevented them from putting on a community event for the past five years. Funding also played a big role in the return.

“With 70 animals and only a few humans, most of our time does go to the animals,” Forbis said. “But we were finally at a place this year where we said ‘OK, deep breath, let’s do it, let’s open it up and let’s try to make it bigger and more fun than we did before.’”

This year’s event will take place on Oct. 26, and guests can visit...

DEAR PAW’S CORNER: I noticed that my long-haired cat, Charlie, is scratching many times per day. He also is shedding more than usual — mostly undercoat, rather than hair. What’s going on? I can’t see any evidence of fleas on his coat or skin. — Dan in Colorado Springs

DEAR DAN: Fleas are often the first thing we think of when a cat starts scratching incessantly, but other conditions could be causing skin irritation. And it may be hard to see lesions or hot spots, especially in long-haired cats. Charlie’s undercoat is coming out because he’s really scratching those spots.

The best thing to do is take Charlie to the veterinarian. Some itching issues have an external cause...