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Now that's a lot of pumpkins! And this week in SWoCo, we have a lot of news to bring your way from Southwest Roanoke County -- so much that we can't fit it all in print. So that's why throughout the issue, you'll see places where we say go online for more. Well, here's a guide to that more.

And we'll start with our story on Cave Spring United Methodist Church, and a mighty big load of pumpkins fit for carving. We have a photo gallery of the pumpkin unloading.

Which reminds us -- surely a lot of these pumpkins are going to get carved into jack o'lanterns. How about sending us a photo of your pumpkin? Or your Halloween display in general? In fact, while you're at it, you can enter our Autumn Snapshots Contest. Details are in this week's issue of SWoCo -- but the gist of it is to go to www.swo-co.com, click on "SHARE" and include the words "Autumn Snapshots Contest" in the message. And bing, you're in. Well, you need to send a photo, too, of course.  Even better, you might win some stuff.

But now, back to carving up this week's online extras:

* Photo gallery of orchids (the orchid show is this weekend)
* Teacher holds meeting to organize trip to Peru
* Photos from the Clearbrook Elementary Fall Festival. (Does your school have a falll festival. Surely it does! You can share photos at news@swo-co.com.)
* Pottery show is Oct. 17-19 at Cave Spring High School
* Grand jury indicts man in death of Southwest Roanoke County jogger
* St. John Lutheran holds seminar on finances and work on Oct. 25
* Bear sightings in Southwest Roanoke County

AND IN SPORTS . . .

* Photo gallery from the Cave Spring Middle - Hidden Valley Middle volleyball game (By the way, we should have said that was Kendall Stuart in the photo on page 12, not Eliza Gaylord. Oops!)
* More photos from the golfers good-natured waterfight
* Info on the golf tournament to raise money for Cave Spring boys' basketball
* Complete results from the Metro Invitational cross-country meet
* Hunting photo from Bent Mountain

So, you're wondering, how can you get your news and photos in SWoCo? Easy! You can share at news@swo-co.com. For more information -- such as how to meet Emily Flora, our community journalist for Southwest Roanoke County, or how to advertise and reach more than 90 percent of the households in Southwest Roanoke County -- just click "read more."

* You can meet our community journalist for Southwest Roanoke County -- Emily Flora. She keeps regular office hours at our "bureau" -- the Mill Mountain Coffee & Tea on Starkey Road. Here’s her schedule.

* So how do we reach more than 90 percent of the households in Southwest Roanoke County? Here’s how: Subscribers to The Roanoke Times get it included in their Friday paper; non-subscribers have it mailed to them as part of the weekly Simply Savings advertising flier. Those two add up to more than 90 percent. Plus, we have some free copies available at Kroger, Food Lion and Mill Mountain Coffee & Tea in case we miss you somehow.

* Are you an advertiser who wants to get your message to more than 90 percent of the households in Southwest Roanoke County? You can find out more at advertise@swo-co.com. Want to place a classified ad to reach your neighbors in Swoco? Let us know at classifieds@swo-co.com.

Finally, a special treat: SWoco, the video. A trilogy, actually.

Plus, an invitation: Write a song or a poem about SWoCo! Send it to us at news@swo-co.com and, well, we'll figure out something fun to do with it. We promise.