I’m wondering if the Red Phone can get to the bottom of a
mystery for me. Almost seven days a week, there is a ‘Mother’s
Cookies’ delivery van parked in the Hilton parking lot in south
Gilroy. Any idea why? It doesn’t bother me, just makes me
hungry
… Thanks.
Driver is a Hilton client
“I’m wondering if the Red Phone can get to the bottom of a mystery for me. Almost seven days a week, there is a ‘Mother’s Cookies’ delivery van parked in the Hilton parking lot in south Gilroy. Any idea why? It doesn’t bother me, just makes me hungry … Thanks.”
Dear Craving Cookies,
Red Phone contacted Eric Gebhardt, Hilton Gardens Inn General Manager, who said the company is a client.
“One of the drivers stays at the hotel and parks at the end near the road,” he said. When he doesn’t stay, the hotel allows him to park his truck at the outer edge of the parking lot, which is why you see it, he added.
So good caller, one question answered. Now the question is whether Red Phone sees you in the cookie aisle.
Store does give receipts
“I’m writing in response to the July 15th complaint against the liquor store next to Grocery Outlet. The complaint was that the owners overcharge their patrons. The truth of the matter is as follows: Their is a man that is a longtime customer and for a while now has been using his wife’s debit card to make his daily purchases and then makes a second transaction of $20 cash back. I guess he gives her the first receipt, but not of the second transaction. Now the wife is accusing the store of overcharging and double charging … which is false. We have been in business for many, many years and understand the fact that any illegal activity can have dire consequences on our business.”
Dear Unjust,
Red Phone thanks you for clearing that up. Next time the woman comes in, you might want to inform her of what her husband is doing. Then again, getting in the middle of a domestic spat might not be the best idea.
Anyway, Red Phone hopes you and your customers can peacefully resolve the issue. Good luck.
Where did the cowboy go?
“Where oh where is my Halls Cowboy? The family took him down some time ago I thought I read to “spruce” him up and relocate him some where back downtown? Please bring him home! I really miss that guy.”
Dear Cowboy Crush,
You might have to find another guy. Red Phone contacted George Hall, former owner of the building on which the statue of Casey Tibbs, the legendary bronco buster, once stood proudly. When he sold the building – which is in need of extensive retrofitting and stands empty – last year, he took the statue down. It is currently out to pasture on Halls Morgan Hill property.
“I don’t know what I’m going to do with it at this time,” Hall said.
Known as the James Ellis building, it opened in 1872 and is the oldest building on the block. George Hall’s father, Bill, started a clothing business in 1931 that remained open until the late 1990s. The statue of Tibbs riding “War Paint” was installed above Hall’s some time after 1956, the last year of Gilroy’s annual gymkhana, or horse riding competition. A few years ago it was repainted and spruced up in anticipation of a move to Bonfante Gardens, but the statue stayed put.
Tibbs was a beloved figure during the gymkhana’s heyday after World War II. According to the Casey Tibbs Foundation, in 1949, at age 19, he became the youngest man to win the national saddle bronco-riding crown. And between 1949 and 1955, he won six such championships, which is still a record.
Hope that helps good caller.
