Speak out against bias and hate
Gilroy – A new group calling itself South County Speak Out! Against Bias, Hate Violence, and Hate Crimes, invites the public to a speak out, at 7pm, Wednesday at the Gilroy Senior Center meeting hall, 7371 Hanna St.
Attendees will be invited to share their experiences of bias, and to participate in discussing community approaches to end bias, hate violence, and hate crimes. This forum is wheelchair accessible.
It is free and open to the public.
Details: De*******************@********ov.org or 792-2316.
Winter donations for the homeless
Gilroy – St. Joseph’s Family Center and Articulate Solutions are continuing their efforts to help keep the homeless in our community warm and dry this winter. Donations needed to help purchase and assemble Winter Survival Kits. The kits will contain items that helpful during the winter: water repellent sleeping bags and jackets, backpacks, knit caps and gloves, flashlights and sundries such as toothpaste, socks and soap.
Checks may be written out to St. Joseph’s Family Center. Please mark your check “Winter Survival Kit.” Donations may be mailed to St. Joseph’s, located at 7950 Church S., Suite A, Gilroy or Articulate Solutions, 65 Fifth Ave., Suite 100, Gilroy.
Details: Katherine Filice at 842-2275 or ka*******@******************ns.com.
Republicans meet Thursday
Gilroy – Conservative Republicans and others are invited to attend the monthly meeting of the California Republican Assembly (CRA), Oct. 5, 7pm. Meet at the Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites in Morgan Hill, 17035 Condit Road.
Blessing of the Animals
Gilroy – Animal owners bring your pets to St. Stephen’s Church Saturday, Oct. 7, at 10am to receive the Blessing of the Animals. Please have your pets contained with leashes or crates.
Please, bring a pooper-scooper for your pet.
Enjoy local wines this weekend
Gilroy – Wineries of the Santa Clara Valley present Passport Weekend. Oct. 7 and 8, 11am to 5pm. Food, music, wine, barrel tasting and more, $25 per person.
Details: Gilroy Visitors Bureau 842-6436 or at www.gilroyvisitor.org
Teen Read Week kicks off
Gilroy – Oct. 14 to 21 is Teen Read Week; an annual, national promotion of teen reading. The Gilroy Library will celebrate teen reading by having a display of the books nominated best by teens. Teens can check out the books and vote for their favorite titles either in the library or online. Ballots turned in at the library will receive a prize, one per person. All ballots will be entered into a drawing at the end of the week.
Details: Gilroy Library 842-8207 or www.santaclaracountylib.org/teen/teen_read_week_voting.html
Leadership Gilroy’s ‘Fall Fantasy’
Gilroy – Leadership Gilroy is hosting a “Fall Fantasy” Costume Ball Saturday, Oct. 28 7:30pm to midnight at San Juan Oaks Golf Club in Hollister. Tickets are $100 per person and reservations will be held at the door. The evening includes hors d’oeuvres and a dessert bar.
Guests are encouraged to dress in costume. Prizes will be awarded for best costume, most creative, most glamorous, and best team costume. Costume stores offering a 10 percent discount to customers who mention Leadership Gilroy include Spirit Halloween, Gilroy; Natasha’s Attic, San Jose; and Costume Chambers, Santa Cruz.
Details: 842-6437 or e-mail ca********@*****er.net
$1.7 million Third Street grant
Morgan Hill – The Metropolitan Transportation Commission awarded a $1.7 million grant to the City of Morgan Hill for the construction of a pedestrian promenade on Third Street between Monterey and Depot streets.
The grant was one of 11 capital projects the commission is funding as part of a program to promote smart growth in the nine-county Bay Area region.
Morgan Hill officials plan to use the money to build colorful sidewalks, add decorative benches and install new streetlights on Third Street to revitalize the downtown core. The work is tentatively scheduled to be completed by early 2009.
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.
