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Monthly Archives: May 2013

Affordable Solar Roofs receives award

GAF, North America’s largest roofing manufacturer, announced that Affordable Solar Roofs of Morgan Hill has received the prestigious GAF Master Elite™ Installation Excellence Award. With no property owner incidents or complaints, this coveted industry award recognizes Affordable Solar Roofs’s dedication to the highest level of quality installations.

W. E. “Ed” Kutz July 6, 1922 – May 26, 2013

 Friends are invited to attend a Memorial Mass on Monday, June 10, 2013, at 11:00 A.M.,. at Immaculate Conception Church, Tres Pinos, CA. Private interment, Calvary Cemetery. Memorials are preferred to the Chartwell School, Seaside, CA; the Cancer Society; Palma High School; or Juvenile Diabetes Assn. c/o Grunnagle Ament Nelson 870 San Benito St., Hollister. Visit: www.grunnagle.com for condolences

Questions about missing homework a new family ritual

All families have rituals. They are the little things that families do all the time, like walking together to school. Or eating dinner together every night. Of course, my family is no exception. Except that one of our main rituals is watching the teenager run around every morning searching for his homework.

Lora Sue Barreras July 6, 1949 – May 28, 2013

Visitation will begin Monday, June 3, 2013, at 12:00 Noon with Funeral Services at 2:00 P.M., at Habing Family Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Gavilan Hills Memorial Park, Gilroy. Donations to the American Cancer Society preferred. Condolences at HabingFamilyFuneralHome.com.

SV Sports Talk: Discussing Gilroy’s and San Benito’s softball titles

Free Lance sports editor Connor Ramey and Dispatch sports editor Erin Redmond discuss the CCS titles from the San Benito and Gilroy softball teams.

Jon Casimir Szczepaniak August 9, 1943 – May 20, 2013

Rosary and Memorial Mass Tuesday, June 4, 2013, at 10:00 A.M., at St Catherine's Church 17400 Peak Ave. Morgan Hill 95037. Reception to follow. Private burial. Donations preferred to St Catherine's Church, Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur 1520 Ralston Ave., Belmont, CA 94002 or the charity of your choice.

Norma T. Wilson April 20, 1923 – May 26, 2013

In lieu of flowers, please donate to Elks charities. Services are pending.

GPD makes two DUI arrests during weekend checkpoint

On the night May 25, the Gilroy Police Department's Traffic Unit held a DUI and Driver's License checkpoint. Of the approximately 598 vehicles that drove through the checkpoint, 43 vehicles were diverted to a secondary checkpoint. Two drivers were arrested for DUI; one was arrested because of a warrant; 29 citations were issued for driving unlicensed and four citations were issued to drivers driving on a suspended license, according to a GPD press release. Four vehicles were impounded from the checkpoint.

Adopt Jujube

Jujube is a 3-year-old pit bull who is very sweet and friendly and also knows commands and tricks. He is available for adoption at the San Martin Animal Shelter. Interested? Call (408) 686-3900.  

How to put your bridge PLAN into action

Last time we talked about creating a PLAN to make our contract: pause to consider our objective, look at our winners and losers and analyze our alternatives. Now, we put our PLAN into action.