Well, the World Series has ended and the San Francisco Giants were victorious riding the arm of Madison Bumgarner to their third title in five years.

Those who came to the Celebration of Life ceremony for Judy Confer at the River of Time Museum last Wednesday night saw I was wearing a Giants ball cap. As I said that evening, there are few things that could pull me away from watching the seventh game of the World Series, no matter who was playing.

A tribute to Judy Confer, the long-time executive director of the museum, was the only reason I needed to attend.

And plenty of other people dropped what they were doing that evening also. The museum was packed . . . No, It was overflowing with people who came to say goodbye to this lady who did so much for the museum and to build relations between the communities of Fountain Hills and Fort McDowell.

The Yavapai tribe’s treasurer, Pamela Mott, was there and spoke on behalf of the council. Among other tribal members attending included Sabina Chester, who portrays the “First Mother” telling the Yavapai story in the video in the museum’s orientation room, and Rosiebell Pattea, widow of the longtime tribal president, Dr. Clinton Pattea.

The next night, we attended the retirement party for Chamber President and CEO Frank Ferrara. The party was held at the Lexington Hotel, the former Holiday Inn.

There were plenty of hugs and kisses around the room. Frank is always hugging and kissing someone. Sheriff Joe Arpaio, known as “America’s Toughest Sheriff,” told the story about Frank kissing him and it ended up being seen on CNN. “You certainly didn’t help me with my image, Frank,” Arpaio said.

State Rep. John Kavanagh told how influential Ferrara was on growing the Chamber from less than 300 members to more than 600. His wife, Mayor Linda Kavanagh, said Ferrara influenced her to get involved with the chamber by creating a tour of the public art work in the community.

He was also influential in her making the decision to run for mayor.

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We had a nice visit with Mayor Thomas Vis, his wife, Suzanne, and their son and daughter at a Sister Cities dinner hosted by Jerry and Jackie Miles at their home on Friday, Oct. 24.

Vis is mayor of Dierdorf, Germany, the second of Fountain Hills’ three Sister Cities.

In addition to a happy hour and dinner, the Vis family was entertained by the music and stories of the O.K. Chorale.

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It certainly cooled off this weekend. The cold front, which moved in Saturday night, dropped high temperatures some 20 degrees from Friday to Sunday. I had a temperature of 44 degrees on my backyard thermometer on Monday morning.

It’s been a long time since we’ve seen temperatures that low.

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I was headed down Shea Boulevard Saturday morning going to a meeting at the museum when I saw an unusual sight. Two ravens and a red-tailed hawk were engaged in an aerial dogfight. The two ravens were getting the better of the hawk.