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Change is inevitable. However, for the last 11 years, there has been one constant around this time of year – the Myles Brinson and JR Adams Fundamentals of Football Camp, which taps into a multitude of lessons that can be used on and off the playing surface. The Gilroy summer football mainstay took place last week and completed another successful year, captivating campers and volunteers alike. And that may never change.

Last week, eight Gilroy football players – representing both Christopher and Gilroy high schools as well as Mitty High School – attended the Elite Offensive-Defensive Football Camp in San Diego. The week-long camp was taught by former NFL players and coaches as well as college football coaches – including Matthew Hatchette, former wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings, New York Jets and Jacksonville Jaguars, Jason Reyes, quarterbacks coach at Chapman University and Binky Benton, the former San Diego State running back. Not only was it the largest contingent from one city, four individuals won awards for their achievements. Mills (Christopher) was named the Most Valuable Player of Camp Super Bowl, Goldstein (Gilroy) earned the top defensive back honors, McMurray (Mitty), took home the top running back award and Jones (Gilroy) received the top defensive lineman award. Those four athletes, along with other award winners from the 33 other OD camps, were invited to play in the All America Showcase Super Bowl at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas in December.

Gilroy City Council voted to move forward with covering the repairs and operation of the South Valley Middle School pool for three years – pending City inspections and repair estimates – on a 4-3 vote, putting to end a six-month debate that created a real splash among the City and the school district.

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Classic cars and hot rod engines roared throughout downtown Gilroy Saturday afternoon as the 11th annual Garlic City Fun Run Car Show came cruising through town.

The Gilroy Police Department may not arrest the man who fled the scene after his pit bull attacked a dachshund in the First Street Starbucks parking lot on Thursday morning, causing the small dog to be euthanized, and causing severe non-life threatening injuries to its owner.

As the four-week window to file for a spot in Gilroy’s political scene opened Monday, three Gilroy mayoral candidates and four City Council candidates are stretching at the starting line, as they brace themselves for their big campaign kick-offs in August.

In preparing for more than 100,000 visitors to descend on the Garlic Capital for three days of eating, dancing and wearing funny garlic hats, the minutiae associated with executing an event of this magnitude is a story unto itself.

Our beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother Ann Roessel passed away peacefully in her sleep at Tulare Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Tulare, California, on July 11, 2012, at age 98. She was born November 23, 1913 in Dordrecht, the Netherlands to Jacques and Kato Duits. Ann, her husband Paul, and daughter Tanja immigrated to the U.S. in 1954. Ann was a Registered Nurse in the Netherlands and a homemaker and library clerk in Morgan Hill, California, where she lived from 1954-1983. She lived in Visalia, California since 1983. She leaves behind her daughter Tanja Wood and son-in-law Bob Wood, of Rodeo, New Mexico, and her grandchildren Saskia Mizushima of Redmond, Washington, and Derek Plessman of Seattle, Washington. Also her grandson-in-law Neal Mizushima, and great-grandsons Quinn and Lev Mizushima. She was preceded in death by her loving husband Paul Roessel, her brother Jacob Duits, and her sister Louisa Meerloo.