Send a Valentine’s Day card to troops
Gilroy
– Operation Interdependence will hold a special pack-in to
celebrate Valentine’s Day with American troops stationed abroad.
Pack-ins will be held from noon to 2pm, and from 3 to 5pm,
Saturday, Jan. 14 at the Gilroy Senior Community Center, 7351
Rosanna St.
Send a Valentine’s Day card to troops
Gilroy – Operation Interdependence will hold a special pack-in to celebrate Valentine’s Day with American troops stationed abroad. Pack-ins will be held from noon to 2pm, and from 3 to 5pm, Saturday, Jan. 14 at the Gilroy Senior Community Center, 7351 Rosanna St.
Operation Interdependence is a nationwide program that sends toiletries, treats and personal notes to American soldiers and Marines. The care packages are designed and shipped in a way to expedite delivery and distribution to the troops.
Details: Karen Humber at 848-2630 or kh*****@********rs.org or Susan Hamilton at 847-3079 or sh*******@********rs.org.
Tool for protecting watersheds
Washington – The United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water has published a guide to watershed management as a tool in developing and implementing watershed plans. The draft Handbook for Developing Watershed Plans to Restore and Protect Our Waters is aimed toward communities, watershed groups, and local, state, tribal, and federal environmental agencies.
“This handbook will help anyone undertaking a watershed planning effort, but it should be particularly useful to persons working with impaired or threatened waters,” said EPA Assistant Administrator for Water Benjamin H. Grumbles.
EPA is making this draft document widely available with the purpose of having it used and tested by a variety of watershed partnerships, whose advice will be considered in developing the final version.
Address comments to wa***************@*pa.gov no later than June 30.
The handbook is available at: http://www.epa.gov/owow/nps/water
Web site spotlights teen drivers
Gilroy – Teen drivers and their parents have a comprehensive new resource for information on getting and staying behind the wheel safely, as the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) unveils a helpful, user-friendly Web site devoted specifically to the unique needs of young drivers at www.dmv.ca.gov/teenweb.
Among many topics, the site provides families with resources regarding new rules affecting teen drivers in 2006, requirements and restrictions of permits and provisional licenses and more.
The site also provides links to the Parent-Teen Training Aid and the California Driver Handbook, invaluable resources for every family who has or soon will have a teen driver on the road.
Details: www.dmv.ca.gov.
Phares secures endorsements
Watsonville – Ana Ventura Phares gained significant momentum in her race for Assembly today by earning endorsements from three more Assemblymembers and two local officials from the 28th Assembly district. Assemblymembers Jenny Oropeza, Jackie Goldberg, Cindy Montanez, Greenfield Mayor John Huerta and Soledad Councilwoman Stefanie De La Rosa cited Ventura Phares’ deep roots in the district and ability to get things done as the reasons behind their support.
Ventura Phares, a former migrant student, was raised in the Salinas and Pajaro valleys and her father worked in local produce companies for over 40 years. After graduating from law school, Ventura Phares was an attorney for California Rural Legal Assistance in Salinas and later worked on promoting non-discrimination and diversity as Santa Cruz County’s Equal Employment Opportunity Officer. She has served on the Watsonville City Council for seven years, is the former mayor and is serving her last year of service to the residents of Watsonville.
Ventura Phares is a candidate for the State Assembly to replace Assemblymember Simon Salinas, who is termed out in 2006. Assembly District 28 covers Watsonville, Salinas, Hollister, Gilroy, and portions of San Jose.
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