Carving contest
Gilroy
– The Wize Owl Bookstore, 7411 Monterey St., will host a carved
pumpkin contest from 7 to 9pm Oct. 30. The contest is open to
anyone. Contestants should bring their pumpkins already carved.
Prizes will be awarded for the scariest, happiest, most original
and all-around favorite pumpkin.
Carving contest
Gilroy – The Wize Owl Bookstore, 7411 Monterey St., will host a carved pumpkin contest from 7 to 9pm Oct. 30. The contest is open to anyone. Contestants should bring their pumpkins already carved. Prizes will be awarded for the scariest, happiest, most original and all-around favorite pumpkin.
Band competition
Gilroy – Sixteen marching bands will be in Gilroy Saturday competing during the 12th annual Gilroy Marching Band and Colorguard show Saturday from 5 to 9:30pm Saturday on the football field at Gilroy High School.
Union City’s Logan High School – with more than 300 members – and San Jose’s Leigh High School – with more than 140 members – will entertain the crowd, as will a band from Utah.
Gilroy’s marching band will perform at 5:10pm.
Cost is $8 for adults, $5 for students and children younger than 2 are free. Proceeds benefit the Gilroy Marching Band and Colorguard.
Learn your rights
Gilroy – This is free class, sponsored by Santa Clara Department of Housing, will be held Monday from 6:30 to 8:30pm, at the Gilroy Adult Education Center, 7881 Murray Ave.
This workshop will inform participants of the basic rights and responsibilities of landlords and tenants regarding repairs, evictions and deposits.
Details: 847-2514.
Library system honored
Santa Clara County – For the fourth year in a row, the Santa Clara County Library was ranked the best library serving 250,000 to 500,000 people by the Hennen’s American Public Library Ratings.
The county library operates libraries in Campbell, Cupertino, Gilroy, Los Altos, Milpitas, Morgan Hill and Saratoga, as well as the Alum Rock and Woodland branches and the Bookmobile that serves outlying neighborhoods, child care centers, senior centers and migrant labor camps in the county.
The ratings are determined by looking at several different measures including number of visits and circulation per capita.
Annually, more than 3 million visitors check out 10 million items.
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