Vote in the garlic polls
GILROY
– This weekend, be sure to try out the new touch-screen voting
system on display from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Gilroy Garlic
Festival, located at Christmas Hill Park, 7050 Miller Ave.
Vote in the garlic polls
GILROY – This weekend, be sure to try out the new touch-screen voting system on display from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Gilroy Garlic Festival, located at Christmas Hill Park, 7050 Miller Ave.
Festival guests can vote for their most and least favorite garlic foods and answer festival related questions. Last year, garlic fries were voted ‘most favorite’, while garlic ice cream was chosen as the ‘least favorite’ food. Can the fries hold onto their title, or will we see the new fried garlic bologna sandwich take the title? Only you can decide!
See hands-on just how easy and accurate the machines make voting and gain confidence in the system used for the upcoming November election. Guests can also register to vote, sign-up for permanent absentee voting and get other election information.
Meet the deer
GILROY – ‘Meet the White Deer’ from 10 a.m. noon on Saturday, July 24 at Mt. Madonna Park. Meet at the visitor center and discover the exotic white fallow deer with a ranger to learn where they came from and how they got here. A $5 vehicle fee to enter the park will apply.
Details: 842-2341.
Native fashion
GILROY – Chitactac-Adams Park will hold a ‘Native Jewelry-Making Class’ from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, July 24. Join members of the Amah Mutsun tribe to make traditional Ohlone-style earrings with shell beads and pine nuts. Discover how the Amah Mutsun, the original people of Chitactac, lived in balance with nature.
A materials fee is $5 per person. The park is located at Watsonville and Burchell roads.
Details: 323-0107.
It’s better with garlic
GILROY – Barnes and Noble will host author Sara Perry on Saturday, July 24 at 2 p.m. Wake up and smell the stinking rose – with more than 65 delicious ways to celebrate garlic.
Ms. Perry shares her favorite recipes from tangy beef tenderloin with port garlic sauce to heavenly garlic ice cream in her book ‘Everything Tastes Better with Garlic.’
She will also be appearing on the Today Show, and will be featured at the Garlic Festival.
Scouts wanted for TV
GILROY – Are you a Girl Scout or a Boy Scout in Gilroy, Hollister or San Juan Bautista? Want to make your own TV show and earn a Scout Badge at the same time? Then join CMAP (Community Media Access Partnership) for ‘Scout Week at CMAP.’ Scouts ages 8 and older can earn merit badges.
A fee of $100 includes 30 hours of workshops and activities, a Scout Week T-shirt, VHS copy of Scout Week Shows, daily lunch and an eight-week membership to CMAP. Space is limited to 20 scouts, and registration is first come, first serve. Deadline to register is Aug. 4 at 5 p.m. Details: 846-4983 ext. 2 or visit www.mycmap.org.
