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Joe Haskell Nichols was born on September 18, 1915 near Realfoot Lake, TN, and left this life on February 11, 2012 in Kent, WA. He was the youngest of six children (four older brothers, and one sister who died before Joe was born).

Bob Yant, a 65-year resident of San Benito County and a respected Hollister businessman, passed away on Thursday, February 16, 2012, after a short illness. He passed away in his son's home in San Francisco. He was 92.

Vea Riana Mendoza, 3 years old, earned her angel wings on February 12, 2012 Though Riana's life would seem too short to many, those whose lives she touched understood that her optimism, bright smile, and big heart exceeds the quantity of time in one's life. She reminded us of the preciousness of life.

The Monterey Bay League champion Christopher High girls basketball team was placed into the Division II bracket and will host Los Gatos in the first round of the Central Coast Section playoffs Tuesday night. Game time is 7 p.m.

Twenty-four hours after scoring its sixth consecutive Tri-County Athletic League title, the Gilroy High girls soccer team was handed the No. 8-seed into the Central Coast Section Division II playoffs. Meanwhile, Christopher High, which finished runner-up in the Monterey Bay League, drew the No. 12-seed in Div. II.

WATSONVILLE — It took the Christopher High girls basketball team a little more than three minutes into regulation to snap from its offensive funk. Monte Vista Christian School never seemed to find a way out of its, however.

The 2011-12 season didn't go according to original plan for the Gilroy High boys varsity basketball team. But as the Mustangs have done throughout, they put forth maximum effort against visiting Salinas in the Tri-County Athletic League finale for both teams on Senior Night Friday in Gilroy.