The Gilroy High School Choirs will be holding their 19th annual
Spaghetti Dinner Wednesday, Feb. 7. This year the dinner will be
held for the first time in the new GHS Cafeteria.
Choose-your-sauce Spaghetti Feed Wednesday in New Cafeteria Benefits GHS Choir
Gilroy – The Gilroy High School Choirs will be holding their 19th annual Spaghetti Dinner Wednesday, Feb. 7. This year the dinner will be held for the first time in the new GHS Cafeteria. The dinner will feature three sauces – alfredo, pesto and a red meat sauce – all made by Mama Mia’s. Dinner will also include salad, garlic bread, dessert and a bottled drink. Serving will begin at 5pm and run until 8pm. Take-out is available and containers are provided. The dinner is $8. Children 11 and under are $6. All proceeds from the dinner will help send the five GHS choirs to the Central Coast Choral Festival on March 2 held at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. The dinner is also to help with the Chamber Singers fund-raising for their trip to Japan in April. Tickets are available at the door or from any choir member.
Local Grant Money Available for Youth Organizations Now
Gilroy – If you have a local youth program in need of some funds, the Gilroy Assistance League is ready to help. GAL is accepting grant requests for the year 2007. Last year GAL gave out more than $10,000 to various local youth causes such as St. Joseph’s Family Center, Rebekah Children’s Home, South Valley Suzuki Music Foundation, Sportman’s Chefs Fishability Day, Bonfante Gardens Education Foundation and others. Grant requests should be a written letter specifying the amount needed and how the funds will be used. Remember grant funds are to be used for children and youth needs and programs. For your convenience, grant request forms are available at Gilroy Chamber of Commerce at 7471 Monterey St. in downtown Gilroy. Please mail your requests to: Patty Giacalone, P.O. Box 2062, Gilroy, CA. 95021-2062
Bach, Blues, Swing, Jazz and More – All for a Good Cause
Gilroy – The Gavilan College Music Department and South Valley Symphony present the South Valley’s most talented musicians: Maria Amirkhanian, John Garcia, Art Juncker and the Gavilan College Performance Ensemble, Alberto Marques, Candace Fazzio, Nate Pruitt and Primary Colors, and the winner of the 2nd Annual Marion Filice Piano Competition in Bach to Blues on Friday, March 9 at 7:30pm at the Gavilan College Theater; 5055 Santa Teresa Blvd., Gilroy. The South Valley musical tradition features a panoply of musical styles: flamenco, blues, swing, jazz and classical in an energetic and memorable performance. Bach to Blues includes an interactive musical intermission with an opportunity to enjoy refreshments. Proceeds benefit the Gavilan College Music Department. Tickets are on sale now at the Gavilan College Bookstore, Porcella’s Music, and Carole’s Hallmark in Gilroy, Booksmart in Morgan Hill and the Gavilan College Briggs Building in Hollister. Prices are $30 for V.I.P. tickets (includes premium seating and a gift bag), $15 for general admission, and $10 for seniors/students. Advance purchase is recommended. Tickets will also be sold at the theater box office starting at 6pm on the day of the performance.
Elegant Fireman’s Ball At the Elks Club Set for March 3
Gilroy – An elegant evening to raise funds for the firefighter’s auxiliary emergency fund is scheduled for Saturday evening, March 3 at 6pm at the Gilroy Elks Lodge, 2765 Hecker Pass Road, Gilroy. No-host cocktails start the event followed by a 7pm buffet dinner. From 8:30 to 9pm, a raffle is held followed by dancing until 1 am. Tickets are $80 per couple or $40 for a single. Denise Butler, 848-4257, and Natalie King, 848-0070, have more information.
Retraining Drivers at Wren and Third to Follow the Signal Light
Gilroy –The traffic signal at Wren Avenue and Third Street has been turned on, and city officials are reminding drivers that the intersection should no longer be treated as a four-way stop. “People still are driving it as if its a four-way stop,” City Transportation Engineer Don Dey said. “We’d like to let everyone know that the rules of the road apply – if it’s red, you should wait until the light changes to green.”
Swing Your Clubs, Have Fun and Help Find a Cancer Cure
Gilroy –Perfect your putting and support cancer research, with a few swings of the golf club on Saturday, April 14 at the Gilroy Golf Course. Proceeds from the scramble-format tournament support the American Cancer Society. The $90 fee includes golfing, a cart, lunch, dinner, on-course refreshments, a T-shirt, prizes, awards, a raffle and other contests. The deadline to sign up is April 2. To sign up, contact tournament consultants Bobby Beaudet, 916-871-2702, or Gloria Macvicar, 710-2333.
Spend a Year in Japan, Get Paid and Represent our Fair City
Gilroy – The city is seeking applicants for
Co-ordinator of International Relations ’07-’08 in Takko-Machi, Japan. Job responsibilities include:
n Teaching English & American culture
n Building cross-cultural relationships
n Arranging international travel
n Representing Gilroy at events/socials
n Strengthening sister city relations
Appropriate candidates will be from the Gilroy/Morgan Hill area, hold a college degree, love people and trying new things, be astute, flexible and motivated. Benefits include medical, furnished apartment and travel expenses. The position officially starts Oct. 13. To apply send resume and essay stating your background and interest in the CIR position by email to:Sarah Bryson sj********@***oo.com or fax to 011-81-179-32-4294. Deadline to apply is June 10.
Calling All Members of the Gilroy High Class of 1957
Gilroy – The Gilroy High School class of 1957 is planning a 50th reunion. If you are interested in helping, please call Marla at 842-4390.
Miss Gilroy Garlic Festival Queen Pageant Applications
Gilroy – The Gilroy Garlic Festival Association is seeking contestants for the 29th Annual Miss Gilroy Garlic Festival Queen Pageant. Applications are available at the Garlic Festival office, 7473 Monterey St. The festival is a scholarship pageant. Contestants are judged on personal interview, speech, talent and evening gown. Applicants must be a resident of Gilroy, San Martin, Morgan Hill, Hollister, San Juan Bautista or Aromas; a single female who has never been married and has no children; a high school graduate by June 2007; and between the ages of 18 to 24 by July 2007. Deadline to submit a completed application is 4:30pm, Friday, Feb. 16. The pageant is scheduled for Saturday, March 31. Details: 842-1625.
Two Motorists from Hanford Killed in Pacheco Pass Crash
Gilroy – Two people died in a Friday afternoon crash on Highway 152, west of Bell Station. At 3:34pm, after 37-year-old Nancy Lerma overtook another car, driving westbound. Her 1998 Mitsubishi Montero drifted onto the right-hand shoulder, then barreled on through a barbed-wire fence into a dirt field, where it slammed into an oak tree and overturned, trapping its three passengers. Lerma and an unnamed young girl, also of Hanford, suffered fatal injuries. A 9-year-old boy, sitting in the front passenger side, escaped, and was flown by air ambulance to Valley Medical Center, where doctors treated his leg and abdominal injuries. The accident is under investigation by the California Highway Patrol.
Small Gilroy Quake in Midst of a Northern California Rattling
Gilroy – A small earthquake rattled dishes in Gilroy early Saturday morning during a shaky weekend in Northern California. The magnitude 3.3 temblor was centered 7 miles east of Gilroy, just north of Highway 152 at Soap Lake. The 5:26am quake woke some Gilroy residents, while others snoozed through the single jolt. Gilroy residents weren’t the only ones to shake during the weekend. Following the Gilroy quake, considered “minor,” a total of six other quakes – ranging from micro to minor – shook Northern and Central California, according to U.S. Geologic Survey data.
A trio of micro quakes hit the Northern California coast Sunday. A 2.8 magnitude quake centered offshore about 50 miles southwest of Eureka hit just before 2am, and was followed by another 2.8 shaker at about 10:30am, this time about the same distance from Eureka, but in a southeast direction.
Monday morning, another micro quake hit the same area 50 miles southeast of Eureka at 7am. Closer to the Bay Area, a 2.6 magnitude micro quake struck just before 3am Monday 22 miles north of Santa Rosa.
The weekend swarm continued when a 2.6 micro quake rattled the Central Coast community of Kettleman City at 6:47am Sunday. The Kettleman City quake was preceded by a minor temblor registering 3.1 that was centered about 29 miles north of Mammoth Lakes.
There were no reports of injuries.
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