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Gilroy Relay For Life organizers have lined up 24 hours of fun for all ages, as the around-the-clock cancer awareness fundraising event comes to Christmas Hill Park in Gilroy this weekend.

When Thomas Jefferson and the Continental Congress emancipated the 13 colonies from Great Britain's King George III in 1776 by signing the Declaration of Independence, founding father John Adams was already scheming celebration plans for the newly christened United States.

Gilroy Little League has released its Junior Baseball and Girls Major and Minor All Star rosters.

San Jose-based Orchard Supply Hardware filed for bankruptcy Monday, but will remain in business after a $205 million pending sale to rival hardware store Lowe’s, which bought out at least 60 of the 91 Orchard Supply stores in California, according to Reuters.

The South Valley Quilt Association awarded $4,000 in scholarships to local students who plan to pursue careers in the fiber arts and fashion design.

Four local wineries made South County proud at the California State Fair Wine Competition in Sacramento. The winners were announced Thursday.

The Daughters of Charity Health System, a regional healthcare system with 22 sites including Saint Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy, recently announced the creation of a Santa Clara County Market that aims to bolster communication between hospitals; continuity of patient care from the Emergency Room to the physician’s office; and placing a heightened emphasis on preventative, informative care as well as ongoing chronic disease management.

A California Department of Transportation project to upgrade a section of State Route 152 seven miles east of Gilroy is expected to cause delays to local motorists during the evenings and weekends. Work has started and will continue until March 2014.

More than a decade after Irenne Zwierlein – a Native American tribal member who previously inked plans with a major developer to build on roughly 6,000 acres of pristine property just south of Gilroy known as Sargent Ranch – forged documents in an attempt to prove herself the rightful leader of the local Amah Mutsun Tribal Band of Ohlone/Costanoan Indians, the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs made a move last week that left her rivals “absolutely blindsided.”

The Gilroy Recreation Department will host the 33rd Annual Special Friends Golf Tournament June 21 at Gilroy Golf Course. Tee off is at noon.