Good morning, Rockford.

Families brought leftover Halloween pumpkins to the Discovery Center Museum (711 N.

Main St.) on Sunday, Nov. 1, where a trebuchet launched them and the smashed pumpkins were donated to a farm for animal feed as staff explained the physics behind the launch.

The Swedish Music & Sick Fraternity started a new Halloween tradition Saturday in Stillman Valley when its trunk-or-treat featured a giant pumpkin named Poppy that carver Lincoln Bias decorated and dropped from a crane 55 feet above the crowd.

Organizers said the event relied on area professional pumpkin growers.

Belvidere’s Funderburg House is the main setting for One Night At Slumber Mansion, a short film that will screen at 7 p.m. Nov.

5 at the Music Box Theatre during the Best of Chicago showcase and compete for festival awards.

The Illinois Department of Public Health is urging residents to get seasonal immunizations now (flu, COVID-19, RSV) as respiratory illnesses begin rising; shots can be given together and are available at the Winnebago County Health Department and other local providers.

Attendees made their own terrariums at Rock Valley Garden Center's hands-on workshop on Sunday, Nov.

1, where instructors guided plant selection and step-by-step assembly. The garden center will offer more weekly workshops through early Dec.