Attention Rucker families and alumni
Gilroy
– The Rucker Theatre Arts fundraiser is being held today, and
April 13, 14, and 15 from 10am to noon. For a $25 donation,
decorate a 7-inch tile to be installed on an outside wall at Rucker
school.
Attention Rucker families and alumni
Gilroy – The Rucker Theatre Arts fundraiser is being held today, and April 13, 14, and 15 from 10am to noon. For a $25 donation, decorate a 7-inch tile to be installed on an outside wall at Rucker school.
Details: 842-5893.
‘Blood Wedding’ on stage
Gilroy – The Gavilan College Theatre Arts’ department will perform “Blood Wedding” today and April 6, 7 and 8. All performances begin at 8pm in the college theater at 5055 Santa Teresa Blvd.
General admission is $12, $8 for children and seniors and $10 for students.
Details: Marilyn Abad Cardinalli at 848-4764; tickets 846-4973.
Celebrate Wildflower Day
Los Banos – Come to Pacheco State Park today from 9:30am to 2pm for the 3rd annual Wildflower Day. Representatives from California State Parks, California Department of Fish and Game, California Native Plant Society, and many others will be on hand to answer questions. A naturalist-led hike will begin at 10am – first-come-first-served. A Pacheco history hike will start at noon.
There is a $5 fee per car. Bring water, lunch, layered clothing, sunscreen or hat and sturdy footwear. Hot dogs will be for sale.
Health care workshop
Gilroy – There will be a free Advance Health Care Directive workshop at the library, 7387 Rosanna St., from 11am to 12:30pm today. The workshop will include information on both parts of an accepted California Directive: Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare (Appointing an Agent) and a Living Will.
Participants will fill out a form and go home with at least a rough draft of a completed and legal Directive. If you’ve been thinking about these things for some time and feel like you’re ready to have your Directive witnessed, you’ll be able to have it notarized. Workshop hosted by Bonnie Evans (Coda certified to teach Advance Directive workshops and a California licensed Notary.)
Details: Sally Leete at 842-8207 or Bonnie Evans at 848-3878.
New leadership for Free Lance
Hollister – Two seasoned journalists take over the editorial responsibilities of the award-winning Hollister Free Lance this week with plans to continue the newspaper’s 119 year tradition of focusing on local news.
Former Morgan Hill Times Editor Marcus Hibdon will take over as editor for the Free Lance and will be working side-by-side with longtime newsman Dan Fitch at the city desk.
“Dan and Marcus are journalists of impeccable credibility who take their responsibilities seriously and pursue news with great passion.” Free Lance Publisher Steve Staloch said. “That’s important to our readers who have deep roots in their community and look to the Free Lance to provide relevant news that impacts their daily lives. It’s also a rarity to have editors with skills that complement each other’s so well on the same team.”
Hibdon, 28, first found the world of journalism in high school working as a reporter and copy editor for his student newspaper in Great Falls, Mont. After graduation he became the news editor of the Montana State University Exponent, a student newspaper in Bozeman, Mont. Working as an editor and reporter simultaneously, he climbed the ranks to managing editor and editor-in-chief, a position he held for three years.
Fitch, 47, began his journalism career in 1985 as a sportswriter for the Lodi News-Sentinel and has since worked at the Watsonville Register-Pajaronian, Gilroy Dispatch and, for 12 years, the Santa Cruz Sentinel. He has been a sportswriter, sports editor, city hall beat reporter, editorial page editor, copy desk chief, film reviewer and features department page designer. Fitch said he plans to make sure the color of San Benito County is mirrored in the pages of the Hollister Free Lance.
Send news items to City Editor Robert Airoldi. FAX to 842-2206, mail to Gilroy Dispatch, 6400 Monterey Road, Gilroy, CA 95020, or e-mail ed****@****ic.com.
