Rotary helps fight polio
GILROY
– In order to help stamp out polio worldwide, the Rotary Club of
Gilroy will charge themselves
”
a couple of more dollars for lunch
”
over the next two years, club President Ernie Filice said.
Rotary helps fight polio
GILROY – In order to help stamp out polio worldwide, the Rotary Club of Gilroy will charge themselves “a couple of more dollars for lunch” over the next two years, club President Ernie Filice said.
Filice made the announcement as Rotary International begins the final phase of its polio eradication fund raising campaign. By June, the service organization wants to raise $80 million, to add to the $240 million already garnered to immunize all the world’s children against polio.
Rotary International wants to wipe out polio worldwide by 2005 – the organization’s centennial year.
Other area clubs are putting donation bins in stores, but garlic town’s Rotary chapter agreed to charge themselves more at their weekly lunch meetings in order to guarantee their $18,000 share would be raised.
Others can still make donations to the effort by calling club 842-4158.
An evening of music
GILROY – The Gilroy High School band will be holding its third annual solo and small ensemble concert Thursday, March 13 at 7 p.m. in the GHS Theater. Admission is free. This concert will feature student led small groups as well as soloists performing on stage for the audience’s enjoyment. The second half of the concert will be with the combined Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band performing Jack Stamp’s “Gavorkna Fanfare,” Eliot Del Borgo’s “Kachina Dance”and others. Details: 847-2424.
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. Details: 847-1400.
Wild weekend at Coe
MORGAN HILL – Visit Henry Coe State Park starting on Saturday, March 15 for a fun-filled weekend. At 9 a.m. on Saturday there will be a Jackson Canyon, Grizzly Gulch Loop Hike (meet at Hunting Hollow Entrance). Join Mike Meyer for this strenuous 10-mile hike. Arrive promptly or you might miss the car shuttle. Bring lots of water and a lunch (drinking water is not available at the Hunting Hollow entrance). At 10 a.m., there will be a nature excursion. Join Judy Breckling on a leisurely hike to see the early spring wildflowers, birds and butterflies. Bring water and snacks or lunch. At 8 p.m., there will be an evening program – The Birds of Coe Park. Barbara Bessey and Kevi Gilmartin will help you learn how to identify the birds of Coe Park by sight and by sound.
On Sunday, there will be wildflower walks, leaving from the Visitor Center, at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Details: 779-2728.
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