Bonfante job fair
GILROY
– Bonfante Gardens will be accepting applications and conducting
interviews for the 2003 season during a job fair held at the park
on Saturday, March 8. The one-day event is open to the general
public from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. This is a great opportunity for
rehires and new interview candidates who a
re looking for seasonal employment to apply at Bonfante Gardens.
The park is managed by Paramount Parks and is located off Highway
152. Interested applicants should enter through Bonfante Gardens’
front entrance, proceed through the security gate and follow signs
to the gymnasium. Visit www.bonfante
gardens.com or call 840-7100 for more information.
Bonfante job fair
GILROY – Bonfante Gardens will be accepting applications and conducting interviews for the 2003 season during a job fair held at the park on Saturday, March 8. The one-day event is open to the general public from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. This is a great opportunity for rehires and new interview candidates who are looking for seasonal employment to apply at Bonfante Gardens. The park is managed by Paramount Parks and is located off Highway 152. Interested applicants should enter through Bonfante Gardens’ front entrance, proceed through the security gate and follow signs to the gymnasium. Visit www.bonfantegardens.com or call 840-7100 for more information.
Support GHS journalism
GILROY – The Gilroy High School journalism department is holding a garage sale Saturday, March 8 to raise funds to send students to this year’s Journalism Education Association conference. The sale will take place starting at 7 a.m. at 1487 Lupine Court. Those interested in making donations to the journalism department or purchasing advertisements in the school newspaper, The Free Press, can contact advisor Elizabeth Baker-Chapman at Gilroy High School at 847-2424. For details about the garage sale, call 848-3922.
Reunion of Company B
GILROY – Members of the Company B 184th Infantry and their family are invited to the reunion celebration Saturday, March 8 at 3:30 p.m. at the Veteran’s Memorial Building, 64 W. Sixth St. Members of the John A. Berri Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6309 will prepare dinner and members of the Ladies Auxiliary to the VFW will be hostesses and servers. For more information or to attend, call Eleanor Fruscetta at 842-5671.
Chamber scholarships
GILROY – The Gilroy Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Program offers $4,000 in college scholarships to qualified high school seniors graduating in 2003 and entering their first year of college in the fall of 2003. One $2,000 scholarship, one $1,000 scholarship and two $500 scholarships will be awarded.
To qualify a student must be a Gilroy resident and/or attending a Gilroy Unified School District school; have an excellent record of experience in community and extracurricular activities; have career goals in business, industry or education; and graduate high school June, 2003 with a minimum GPA of 3.0 in the last two years. Application packets are available at the Gilroy Chamber of Commerce or by e-mailing a request to ch*****@gi****.org. Completed application packets are due by or before 5 p.m. on Friday, April 11 to the Gilroy Chamber of Commerce, 7471 Monterey St., Gilroy CA 95020. Details: 842-6437.
Help donate to Grad Night
GILROY – “Grad Nite,” a safe all-night lock-in for graduating seniors at Gilroy High School, is looking for donations and merchandise. This is a wonderful way to reward high school graduates for a job well done and encourage them to stay safe on graduation night. If you would like to donate toward this unforgettable night for the seniors, call Jody Yusim at
848-2405.
Enroll in short-term classes
GILROY – Register now for short-term classes in Web page authoring, Internet, Database (MS Access), Java, Basic Programming, Basketball, Word Processing, Computer Literacy (MS Office), Golf, Router Theory and Presentation Graphics. Courses are offered for college credit and are scheduled weekdays, evenings, and weekends. Some classes may have prerequisites. For class descriptions, go to www.gavilan.edu/schedule/late/departments.
htm, or go to Gavilan College admissions desks in Hollister, Gilroy or Morgan Hill. Tuition is still only $11 per unit for California residents. For more information, call 847-1400.
Get creative at Gav
GILROY – Gavilan will host the second annual Gavilan College Creativity Festival, called IMX: Infinite Potential, Saturday, March 29 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The festival will feature a day of workshops on creative expression ranging from haiku to hip-hop. Workshop offerings also include generating new material, breaking through writer’s block, and computer graphics.
The fee for participation is $5 per person, payable at registration. Participants are encouraged to bring a notebook and a few pens or pencils, and their energy and ideas. Lunch will be provided. This event is open to the community. Preregistration is not required. Details: www.gavilan.edu/poetry/index.html. or call Xochiquetzal Candelaria at 846-4979 or Kimberly Smith at 848-4889.
Garlicky group of poets
GILROY – The Garlicky Group of Poets is holding its monthly poetry reading on Saturday, March 8 at 3:30 p.m. in the meeting room of the Gilroy Public Library, Rosanna and Sixth streets. Public participation is welcome, and the event is free. Details: 779-4999.
Young artists’ show
GILROY – The City of Gilroy Community Services Department is putting on an Exhibition of Local Talent, featuring the work of young artists 5 to 18 years of age. The show will take place at the Wiley Cultural Center, 140 Fifth St. Entries can be submitted on March 10 from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Wiley Cultural Center. For applications or information, call 846-0460 or 848-0470.
Design a Gilroy flag
GILROY – Proud of your city? Then why not show your true colors – through art. Gilroy’s Youth Commission is currently holding a contest to design a “city flag” for Gilroy. The contest is open to all Gilroy residents.
Flag designs should depict the city’s rich cultural heritage, use colors, be tasteful and creative and may use all or part of the current City of Gilroy’s symbols. Design entries must be 24-by-36 inches, in color and be accompanied by a project entry form, which can be obtained at Gilroy City Hall, 7351 Rosanna St. Entries are due at the Gilroy Community Services department by 5 p.m. on April 18. The winner receives no monetary compensation. After the contest ends in mid-April, the Youth Commission will select five finalists and present them to the City Council, who will choose one prototype design. The city plans to stage an inaugural flag-raising ceremony at the city’s Garlic Festival in July.
Be a Star
GILROY – STAR TV, an after-school performers workshop, is seeking participants for Spring 2003. All talented young actors, singers and dancers, ages 9 to 14 are invited to participate in STAR TV Julianne Palma will produce and direct this brand-new, exciting and dynamic kids TV show. The best of the best will be seen on Cable Channel 18. The fee for this class is $225. The class is at Gavilan College TV Studio, LI 140 in Gilroy. The section runs from March 24 to May 21, Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:15 to 5:15 p.m. Details: 847-2514.
News Items: Please fax local news items to City Editor Jodi Engle at 842-2206, e-mail to ed****@ga****.com or mail to 6400 Monterey St. Gilroy.
