Short news items from in and around Gilroy
Volunteer Spanish Translators Needed
Gilroy – The RotaCare clinic in Gilroy is desperately in need of volunteer translators (Spanish). The clinic is open Tuesday evenings, and volunteers only need to help out once or twice a month.
Details: Sister Rachela Silvestri at 676-3030
Development Center Enrolling for Children 2 to 5
Gilroy – The Gavilan College Child Development Center has openings for children ages 2 to 5 years old. Parents do not have to be Gavilan College students. Full-time and part-time programs are available. Participation is free for low-income families. Sliding scale care is available for the children of college students.
Details: (408) 848-4815
Eat a Pie to Benefit GHS 2008 Grad Night
Gilroy – Pies are being sold to raise money for Gilroy High School’s fundraiser for 2008 Sober Grad Night. Pies range in price from $13 to $14 (apple, pumpkin and olallieberry). Pies will be sold until Oct. 26.
To place an order, call Monica Villar 710-6507 or Kelly Nelson 218-0301. Pick up will be at Gilroy High School between 3 and 5pm on Nov. 15.
Friday Night Music Returns to Sue’s Coffee House
Gilroy – Sue’s Coffee presents Friday night music every Friday. On Oct. 19 Innisfree makes the Emerald Isle feel just a wee bit closer.
Details: 842-4220
Register Now for Halloween Hold ’em Tourney
Gilroy – Registration is being accepted for the third annual Halloween Hold ’em Tournament scheduled for 10am Saturday, Oct. 27 at the Gilroy Senior Center. The 15th in a series of popular No Limit Texas Hold ’em events staged by the Gilroy Community Services Department, the Halloween Hold ’em accepts four-person teams to play. Team members play at different tables. The recreational event concludes with a final table. Registration deadline is 4pm today. Proceeds benefit city of Gilroy senior, teen and youth programs. The team entry fee is $60.
Details: 846-0460
Learn History Through Outhouse Archaeology
Gilroy – Mark Huddleston will illuminate Gilroy’s past through an examination of its refuse found in his outhouse excavations at noon Saturday, at the Gilroy Museum, 195 Fifth St. Learn about Gilroy’s history through the fascinating interpretation of outhouse treasures. Space is limited, RSVP is required. Refreshments provided by the Gilroy Historical Society
Details: 846-0446
Auditions Scheduled for ‘Swing Shift’
Gilroy – The Gilroy Community Services Department and John Bisceglie are conducting auditions for “Swing Shift.” Come be a part of this 1940s all singing, all swinging musical revue, performing at Gavilan College in January.
Auditions will be held Saturday, Oct. 20 at the Gilroy Senior Center, 7371 Hanna St. Ages 5 to 9 at 10am, 10 to 14 at noon and 15 through adult at 2pm.
Local Authors to Sign at Book Fairs
Gilroy – As part of the two school district bookfairs at Barnes & Noble, 6825 Camino Arroyo, local authors will be featured at book signings. During the Aromas/ San Juan District Bookfair, meet Joseph McMahon and Carla Hendershot, from 1 to 4pm Saturday. During the Gilroy Unified School District Bookfair, meet author Karen Beaumont, from 2 to 4pm Saturday, Nov. 10; Yvonne Drew, from 5 to 6pm Saturday, Nov. 10; Dave Keane from 10am to noon, Sunday Nov. 11; and Claudia Salewske from 1 to 4pm Sunday, Nov. 11.
Democratic Club Meeting
San Martin – The next meeting of the South County Democratic Club will be held Saturday, at the San Martin Lions Club Hall, 12415 Murphy Ave., San Martin. The meeting starts at 10am. Refreshments will be served.
Details: Swanee 782-1010
Release Your Inner Writer
Gilroy – The Gilroy Writing Project features three upcoming events:
n 2pm, Saturday– Linda Joy Myers, whose books “Don’t Call Me Mother: Breaking the Chain of Mother-Daughter Abandonment,” and “Becoming Whole: Writing Your Healing Story,” will help explore personal history and begin a spiritual autobiography.
n 2pm, Nov. 17 – Matilda Butler will offer tips on developing your personal memoir, then scrapbook writing and photos into a beautiful family keepsake.
All GWP programs are free.
Details: Catherine Alexander at 842-8207, or www.santaclaracountylib.org/gilroy/GIwriting.html
Fund-raiser for Gav Sports
Gilroy – The Gavilan College baseball and softball 2007 weekend fund-raiser will be held Friday and Saturday, Oct. 26 and 27.
A 4-man handicap scramble golf tournament will be held Friday, Oct. 26 at Gilroy Golf Course, 2695 Hecker Pass Highway. $85 donation includes green fees, refreshments, dinner, golf cart and tee prize. Registration at 11am, shotgun start at noon and dinner at 5pm. Additional dinner tickets are $20 each.
An alumni baseball game will be held at noon Saturday, Oct. 27, at the Gavilan baseball field. $25 donation ($15 if also playing in golf tournament).
Details: 718-6545 or e-mail na******@*****er.net
Robot Fighting in Costumes
Gilroy – The 2007 Halloween Robot Terror and Bot Costume Contest takes place Saturday Oct. 27, at Gilroy Hobby, 6901 Monterey Road. The fighting weight classes are 150-gram flea weights, 1-pound ant weights and 3-pound beetle weights .
Weigh-in starts at 10am, fighting begins at noon.
After one round of bot fighting in all weight classes there will be a costume contest for the fighting robots. Afterward, robots will fight in costumes.
Mentor a College Student
Gilroy – The Gavilan College Puente Program seeks volunteer community mentors for college students. The ideal mentor is able to communicate with college-age students, is open-minded and a good listener, and can make time in their schedule for meetings and conversations. Mentors should have earned, at minimum, a bachelor’s degree and live or work in the Gavilan College district.
Prospective mentors will be scheduled for interviews and must attend required student and mentor socials from 6 to 8pm, Oct. 26, Dec. 7, Feb. 8 and March 15; a parent/student/mentor celebration April 27; and a required mentor training.
Details: 848-4723 or e-mail ds****@*****an.edu
Halloween Horse Ride at Bear Ranch
San Martin – Halloween Poker Ride Saturday, Oct. 27 at the Harvey Bear Ranch, San Martin. Lunch and prizes. Registration at 8am, costume judging at 9am, ride out at 10am, lunch and one poker hand. Cost is $25 for adults ($20 for San Martin Horsemen’s Association members) and $20 for under 12.
Details: Sharon at 776-6878 or sh****@*******ks.com
Time to Catch Up With Your Class
Morgan Hill – The Live Oak High School class of 1967 will be having its 40-year reunion Oct. 27 at the Grange Hall in Morgan Hill. Alumni from the class are invited to gather and catch up on old times and new developments.
Details: Jeff Pedersen, 621-2144, or Alana Morabito Christensen, 799-5482
The Harvest and Holiday Festival
San Juan Bautista – Just in time for the Holidays, San Juan Bautista says good-bye to the summer and hello to the season of festivities as California Artists once again provides a wonderful array of arts and crafts vendors and the city teams up with folks from around the county to celebrate the Harvest Oct. 27 and 28. It will take place on Third Street in San Juan.
Details: (831) 623-4661
Have Some Health Fair Fun
Gilroy – The Gilroy Presbyterian Church invites the community to a health fair from 10am to 12:45pm Sunday, Oct. 28. Come and get a flu shot, your blood pressure checked, health information and even a free 5-minute massage at Gilroy Presbyterian Church, 6000 Miller Ave.
Details: 842-3000
Send news items to City Editor Robert Airoldi. FAX to 842-2206, mail to Gilroy Dispatch, 6400 Monterey Road, Gilroy, CA 95020, or e-mail ed****@****ic.com.
