Community

A leading social services agency in Gilroy is doing its best to weather the ripple effects of a lingering recession, although times are getting lean at St. Joseph's Family Center on Church Street.

The Gilroy Demonstration Garden will hold an organic vegetable seedling sale from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Saturday at the garden, located on Eigleberry Street between Sixth and Seventh streets in downtown Gilroy. 

Families walked together in ponchos, their jeans soaked to their knees. Puddles greeted guests on the seats of each ride. Earthworms sprawled on wet pavement. The local artists who planned on demonstrating their art outdoors, throughout the 75 acres of beautiful park property, had to find shelter so their work wouldn’t be destroyed.

In the end it wasn’t rain 825 runners had to deal with during Sunday’s 29th Wildflower Run, but a frigid, 35 mph wind.

Something old, something new, something borrowed: Miss Gilroy Garlic Queen 2012 rocked her pageant ensemble with all of the above.

Editor's note: The 2012 class of Leadership Gilroy hung out at the Dispatch Friday and worked on reporting a story and taking photos. Read their story below.

Rules to live by when you’re getting lit on fire at work?

Led by athlteic director Jon Sanchez, St Mary’s School held its annual Sports Awards ceremony for its winter basketball program.