Student of the Week: Jailene Arellano
Each month, the principals of Gilroy and Christopher high schools choose a total of four students (two from GHS and two from CHS) to spotlight. GHS junior Jailene Arellano, 16, is this week's Student of the Week.
James Dent named ‘Educator of the Year’
The Gilroy Chamber of Commerce has named Gilroy Prep Principal James Dent Educator of the Year for 2013. The honor will be presented at the Chamber's 60th Annual Spice of Life Awards dinner on Feb 9. The Spice of Life Awards are given to recipients for their volunteerism and dedication to the Gilroy community.
Man, Woman of the Year bring spice to their community
The speeches are being memorized, the silverware is being polished and the bar at San Juan Oaks Golf club is being restocked. It’s time to tip our hats to the 2013 “Spice of Life” awards recipients.
Applications available for Garlic Festival Queen Pageant
The Gilroy Garlic Festival Association is seeking contestants for the 35th annual Miss Gilroy Garlic Festival Queen Pageant. Contestant applications are available at the Garlic Festival office, 7473 Monterey St., or at gilroygarlicfestival.com.
CHS senior lends tech, design talents to ‘Sweeney Todd’
Teenage theater tech phenom Josh Greene-Gomez, 17, not only maintains a 4.0 GPA, he is also the tech director, set designer, lighting designer and set builder for the Christopher High School drama department's upcoming senior production of “Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.”
Local vintners, Farm Bureau to host first-ever Vineyard Day
Think of the Santa Clara Valley. What comes to mind?
Passing the thimble
After 37 years running downtown's Nimble Thimble quilt store, longtime Gilroy shop owner Dave Peoples is handing over the keys to a new proprietor.
Free tax assistance services for low-income workers
United Way Silicon Valley is working with a coalition of financial institutions and nonprofit and government agencies, including the Internal Revenue Service, to connect eligible local families to free tax services through its Earn It! Keep It! Save It! program. Tax preparation services are provided by trained, IRS-certified volunteers at Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) sites located throughout Santa Clara County at selected libraries, nonprofit organizations, churches, community centers and credit unions.
Smile, it’s been 42 years of fun and service
When Daniel Palmerlee first opened his dental practice in Gilroy, business trickled in slowly. As an avid photographer, he’d sometimes bide his time at the office developing negatives in the X-ray dark room.
