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This past month Eliot Elementary School on the eastside of Gilroy has been celebrating “Career Month.” I had a great time visiting as a guest speaker on the topic of writing. I was reminded of the TV show, “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” as I interacted with the fifth-grade class.

The National Guard Armory in Gilroy becomes a life-saving shelter on nights when the mercury drops below freezing. In anticipation each evening, three rows of 15 thin narrow green mats are laid out on the floor, and another smaller group is laid out in a separate women's area of the temporary cold weather shelter. The Armory is open nights from the end of November through March.

Third-graders at eight local schools are starting the year off right with brand-new dictionaries of their own. Over the last eight years, the Masons in Gilroy and the Pacheco Pass 4H in San Martin have provided dictionaries to schools throughout Gilroy and San Martin.

"Music is well said to be the speech of angels."

For enterprising Gilroy High freshman class vice president, Juan Davalos, working out is not a solitary activity meant to benefit only oneself. It's a high-energy party intended to benefit hundreds of your friends. And this Saturday he says you're all invited to the party.

One of our best annual community-wide events is next

I first met Norma Bandy when she moved to Gilroy from Detroit in

My fellow columnist Bill Flodberg was known around Gilroy and

In this weekly column, I write of a community rich in unsung heroes, generous givers, and underground do-gooders.