The California School Employee Association, Chapter 270, is
holding a garage sale to raise funds for their annual scholarship.
The sale takes place from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at 9416 Westland
Court, Gilroy.
Miss California competition
Tickets for the 2008 Miss Gavilan Hills Pageant are on now sale. This year will mark the 40th contestant that the Miss Gavilan Hills Pageant has sent to compete at the Miss California Pageant. The program will feature Miss California 1999, Danielle Coney who is a former Miss Gavilan Hills; Miss Stephanie Baldwin, Miss Gavilan Hills 2001; Jackie Geist, Miss Hollywood 2008 as well as Miss Gavilan Hills 2007 along with many others. Twenty-four contestants from throughout the state will compete in the Miss Gavilan Hills pageant with scholarships awarded to the winners, along with a trip to the Miss California competition. The California Outstanding Teen competition and the special presentation of the California Princesses is scheduled for the show as well.
The contest will be held today, 2008 at Oak Grove High School, in San Jose.
Details and tickets: Joyce Patereau at 842 5671.
Free spring break matinees
See a free movie during spring break at the Gilroy Library, 7387 Rosanna St. The movie shows today at 2:30 p.m.
Details: 842-8207
Sister Cities dinner and auction
The Third Annual Sister City Dinner and Auction takes place Saturday, today at the I.F.D.E.S. Portuguese Lodge, 250 Old Gilroy St. The event begins at 6 p.m. with a no host bar social hour. A buffet dinner featuring dishes from the homelands of the city’s sister cities will be served at 7 p.m. An auction begins at 8:15 p.m. Cots is $35 per person. Makes checks payable to Gilroy Sister City Association. The association is accepting donated items for auction.
Details and tickets: Al Pinheiro at 842-4619.
Sale benefits scholarship fund
The California School Employee Association, Chapter 270, is holding a garage sale to raise funds for their annual scholarship. The sale takes place from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at 9416 Westland Court, Gilroy.
Youth group raises funds
Saint Mary’s youth group is holding a dinner dance to raise funds for their annual trip to Mexico where they build homes for needy families. This Mexican food dinner takes place from 6 p.m. to midnight Saturday, today. There will be a raffle and an auction.
Details or to donate: Clorete at 482-0554.
Make a reservation for the Path of the Padres hike
The staff at San Luis Reservoir State Recreation Area will again be leading the popular “Path of the Padres” hikes some Fridays and most Saturdays and Sundays through April 27. These hikes are open to the public, ages 6 years and older, by advance reservation only. School group hikes may be arranged for Fridays. School group reservations and general public reservations are now open.
The hike begins at the Los Banos Creek Reservoir boat launch ramp at 8 a.m. and returns to the ramp about 3:30 p.m. A pontoon boat carries passengers for about 30 to 40 minutes to the west end of the reservoir. Along the way, short stops are made so the hikers can observe wildlife along the shoreline. The group leaves the boat at the west end of the reservoir for a five-mile round-trip hike. Here one can see the area where, in the early 1800s, the Spanish padres from Mission San Juan Bautista camped on their way to the Central Valley. This hike is moderately strenuous and will take about five hours.
Participants must be in fairly good physical condition. Because Los Banos Creek is crossed several times during the hike, footwear may get wet. Layered clothing and sturdy footgear should be a priority. Hikers should carry a lunch and a minimum of two quarts of water. The hike traverses country that can be very hot and dry, depending on weather conditions, so a hat and sunscreen are recommended.
Throughout the hike, the natural and historic features of the area are pointed out and discussed by the hike leader. The lunch stop is near the historic “baths,” deep pools in the creek, carved in bedrock, which gave Los Banos its name. As early as 1805 the mission padres and accompanying soldiers washed and rested here at Los Banos del Padre Arroyo, now simply Los Banos Creek.
Participants have the option of taking a side trip up a steep hill for a spectacular view of the Menjoulet Canyon and the proposed site of the Los Banos Grandes Reservoir. The canyon floor is covered with 576 acres of old-growth Sycamore forest.
Reservations are required. To make a reservation, call Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. A reservation fee of $10 per person older than 13 and $7 per child age 6 to 12. A family of five may reserve space for two adults and three children for $25. Space is limited. On the day of the hike, an additional day use parking fee of $6 per car is charged upon entry.
Details: (209) 826-1196 or (209) 826-1197.
Concert benefits folk artist
Utah Phillips has been battling serious heart problems and the man that has helped so many could use help. A benefit concert takes place Aromas Grange Hall, 3 p.m., Sunday. A donation of $15 is requested. Food and beverages will be available.
Utah Phillips is a nationally known folk artist, singer/story teller, Grammy Award Nominee for his work with Ani Difranco, and he hosts his own weekly radio show – Loafer’s Glory: The Hobo Jungle of the Mind.
Pre-concert opens with Eric Burman and “Common Cents,” Chris McDougal and other local favorites from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Details: Bill Hunter at
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Flower lovers to take tour
The Morgan hill flower Lover’s Club (including Gilroy and San Martin) will meet at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 2, at the Morgan Hill Community and Cultural Center. The members will carpool to Gilroy Garden Accents for a tour and refreshments and then carpool back.
Narateen meeting in Gilroy
For the children of families and friends of addicts 13 to 20, narateen meetings take place from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays, at First Baptist Church, 8455 Wren Ave., Room 202
Details: 836-7549, or
ir***********@ya***.com
Rock to reggae at winery
The popular Reggae Nights series continues Friday at Hecker Pass Winery’s new event center, La Vigna. Find Your Roots, a Santa Cruz-based band, will highlight an evening of entertainment for the younger set. The show begins at 7 p.m. and ends at 10 p.m. DJ Dread will keep the music driving. Food and drinks will be available. There’s an $8 cover charge, and youth 16 and older are welcome. Wrist bands are given to everyone upon entrance. Hecker Pass Winery is located at 4605 Hecker Pass Highway.
Details: Carlo Fortino at 930-6777 or visit www.cnps-scv.org, email
cn******@ya***.com
, or (650) 941-1068.
Flower sales aids Gilroy Rotary
The annual Gilroy Rotary Flower Sale will be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 12.
Every spring since 1965, Goldsmith Seeds holds the Spring Trials, where hundred of new plants are introduced to the nursery and greenhouse industry and thousands are on display. As the company grew, so too did the event. In the beginning, family and friends would take home the plants after the Spring Trials. But, as the event grew, so did the number of plants.
About 22 years ago, Glenn and Joel Goldsmith and the leaders of Gilroy Rotary arrived at an idea, and the flower sale was born. Since it’s inception, tens of thousands of dollars has been raised to help support the ongoing need of service providers, schools and nonprofits in the community
There will be new and improved annuals of all shapes and sizes on sale after the trials.
Details: visit www.southvalleywineauction.org.
Details: Sharon Stoner at 838-8719.
Gav presents fine art display
Gavilan College Fine Arts Gallery presents Art Is Essential: The Pajaro Valley Arts Council Member Artists Invitational. Come and enjoy the variety of paintings, sculptures and ceramics now on display at the gallery in the Gavilan College Library, 5055 Santa Teresa Boulevard.
The exhibit is on display from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday. The free exhibit is closed Saturday and Sunday. It runs through May 9. An opening reception will be held at 6:30 p.m. April 17.
Details: 848-4724.
Who’s Your Hero? American Red Cross Santa Clara Valley Seeks Nominations for Local Real Heroes Award Breakfast
American Red Cross Santa Clara Valley Chapter is calling on Silicon Valley residents, companies and organizations to nominate individuals, who reside or work in Santa Clara County and whose extraordinary acts of courage or kindness make them a hero to be honored at the 2nd Annual Santa Clara Valley Real Heroes Breakfast on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at the Doubletree Hotel in San Jose.
“A hero can be someone who bravely acts in a time of immediate need or someone who simply lives his or her life in a way that shows they care for those around them. Real heroes are ordinary people whose actions demonstrate the potential that is in all of us. If someone is a hero in your eyes, I encourage you to nominate them'” says Honorary Event Chair, Peter Hero, a senior advisor to the CEO of Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
Nominations for the heroics act of local residents that took place between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2007 are being accepted in the following categories:
Animal Rescue Hero – An animal that has protected a human or another animal in a time of need, or a person who has rescued an animal from a traumatic situation.
Education Hero – An adult or youth who used life-saving skills to save or attempt to save the life or lives of others in a school or other educational setting.
Good Samaritan – Adult (21 years old and up) – An adult who used life-saving skills to save or attempt to save the life or lives of others.
Good Samaritan – Youth (Under the age of 21) – A youth who used life-saving skills to save or attempt to save the life or lives of others.
Law Enforcement Hero – A professional law enforcement officer (Sheriff, Police, FBI, Highway Patrol, etc…) whose life-saving action went beyond the scope of their job to help another in critical need.
Medical Professional Hero – A medical professional (doctors, nurses, EMT/paramedics, hospital/clinic staff, etc…) whose life-saving action went beyond the scope of their job to help another in critical need.
Military Hero – A member of the armed forces (active, reserve, retired, commissioned or non-commissioned) whose life-saving action during active duty status went beyond the scope of their job to help another in critical need.
Professional Rescuer Hero – A professional rescuer (firefighter, lifeguard, etc…) whose life-saving action went beyond the scope of their job to help another in critical need.
Workplace Hero – An individual who used life-saving skills to save or attempt to save the life or lives of others at his or her place of employment or on a job site.
Real Hero Award recipients will be chosen by a selection committee of leading members of the Silicon Valley community. Heroes are selected based on the degree to which their acts of heroism uphold the values of the American Red Cross and leave a lasting and positive impact on the residents of Silicon Valley. All nominees must work or reside in the Santa Clara County; the heroic acts may have occurred elsewhere. Self-nominations are not permitted. All nominations will be subject to further verification and validation. All nominee information will be shared with the Heroes selection committee and the general public with a two-minute biographical video.
Nominations for Real Heroes Awards can now be submitted to the American Red Cross Santa Clara Valley Chapter online at
