All you can eat crab cioppino, shrimp dinner
The IFDES Portuguese Lodge is holding its annual all you can eat
crab cioppino and shrimp dinner Saturday, Jan. 19. Doors open at 5
p.m. and dinner begins at 7 p.m. Dance the night away beginning at
9 p.m.
Cost is $45 per person. The lodge is located at 250 Old Gilroy
St.
Details: Al Pinheiro Insurance at 842-4619
All you can eat crab cioppino, shrimp dinner
The IFDES Portuguese Lodge is holding its annual all you can eat crab cioppino and shrimp dinner Saturday, Jan. 19. Doors open at 5 p.m. and dinner begins at 7 p.m. Dance the night away beginning at 9 p.m.
Cost is $45 per person. The lodge is located at 250 Old Gilroy St.
Details: Al Pinheiro Insurance at 842-4619
Train to become a volunteer advocate
Domestic violence and sexual assault volunteer advocate training begins Jan. 22. Each year, Community Solutions provides crisis intervention to more than 500 survivors of sexual assault or domestic violence, shelters an average of 77 battered women and 85 of their children, and provides legal advice to more than 100 women. The training takes place Tuesday and Thursday evenings and three full Saturdays.
Details: Emma Lucas at 776-6288.
Improve parenting skills
“Say Goodbye to Whining, Complaining and Bad Attitudes in You and Your Kids” will be held at South Valley Community Church, 8095 Kelton Drive, Gilroy. This seminar, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Friday, is for parents of tots to teens will provide you with practical ideas to help you address the hearts of your kids. Sessions will be followed by a question and answer time. Cost is $60 per couple, $30 per individual. A children’s program is available for kids kindergarten to sixth grade where they will learn in fun and exciting ways how they can enhance their family life. Cost per child is $10. Childcare is available for ages 2 to 5. Friday dinner will be provided by Westside Grill with a Continental Breakfast Saturday.
Details: 848-2363; register at www.gavilan.edu.
Polenta dinner benefits ICF charities
The Italian Catholic federation branch no. 28 presents our eighth annual Polenta Dinner prepared by chef Mario Fiorio and crew Saturday, Jan. 26, at St. Mary Church, Cullen Hall, 11 First St.
All proceeds benefit ICF charities. Take out available after 5:30 p.m. (bring your own containers). Dinner will be served from 6 to 7 p.m. Donation is $12 adults and $5 children under 12. Tickets may be purchased from Pat Cordich at (408) 842-6065 or Anna Barberi (408) 847-1331. Also tickets available at St. Mary Church office, Gilroy Travel, or Baskin-Robbins (First Street).
League accepting grant requests
The Gilroy Assistance League is now accepting grant requests for the year 2008. Last year the organization handed out more than $10,000 to various local youth services such as Gateway School, Community Solutions, South Valley Suzuki Music Foundation and others. A formal grant request proposal must be completed and returned no later than Feb. 29. Grant funds are to be used for children and youth services. Funds will be distributed in April 2008.
Details: Forms may be picked up from Starritt Realtors at 7477 Eigleberry St. Completed forms may be returned to the same location or mailed to Patty Giacalone, P.O. Box 2062, Gilroy, CA., 95020-2062.
Adopt a wild horses or burro
Mustangs fresh from the range will be on display Feb. 2 in King City when the Bureau of Land Management offers wild horses and burros for adoption. The BLM will offer 30 horses ranging in age from younger than 1 to about 5, along with 20 burros at an adoption in the indoor arena at the Salinas Valley Fairgrounds, 625 Division St. The event runs from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. The adoption event opens with an hour of silent bidding beginning at 8 a.m. Animals not taken during bidding will be available for a $125 adoption fee. All animals must be taken to their new homes Feb. 2. Anyone interested can preview the animals when they arrive at the fairgrounds at about 2 p.m. Feb. 1.
*”The timing is right to begin training an adopted mustang or burro,” said Mindy Odom, wild horse and burro specialist in BLM’s Bakersfield Field Office.
The horses and burros were gathered from herds in Nevada and California.
For additional information on the adoption event or wild horse management, contact the BLM toll free at 1-866-4MUSTANGS or Odom at (661) 391-6049. Information is also available online at www.sccvote.org.
Voting by mail is available to all voters and offers a convenient and easy way to exercise their democratic rights. It is ideal for voters who cannot go to the polls on election day or who enjoy the convenience of casting their ballots from home. Of Santa Clara County’s 678,000 registered voters, about 57 percent have signed up to vote by mail.
The deadline to request a ballot by mail is 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29. All completed mail ballots must be received by the registrar’s office no later than 8 p.m. on election day (postmarks not accepted).
In addition, early voting for the February election has begun. Early voting is available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday until election day at the Registrar of Voters’ Office, 1555 Berger Drive, Building 2, San Jose.
The registrar’s office will also be open for weekend voting from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26; Saturday, Feb. 2; and Sunday, Feb. 3.
Register to Vote
Tuesday, Jan. 22 is the last day to register or re-register to vote in the February election. Voter registration forms are available at city halls, fire stations, post offices, public libraries and most county government offices. They are also available at the registrar’s office and online at www.sccvote.org or by calling toll-free (866) 430-VOTE [8683].
Voters need re-register only to change their name, address, or party affiliation. Voters registered with a qualified political party can only vote for their specific party’s candidates for President. Voters who decline to state a party affiliation can either vote a nonpartisan ballot or request either an American Independent or Democratic partisan ballot, since those two parties have chosen to allow nonpartisan voters to vote for their presidential nominees. California’s qualified political parties are American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Peace & Freedom and Republican.
Details: (866) 430-VOTE (8683).
