Christopher, Gilroy track and field standouts look to PR in CCS Semifinals
Alexis Bembry and Karina Rodriguez had waited all season—check that, years—for another breakthrough performance in their respective events. In the Pacific Coast League Track and Field Masters/Central Coast Section Qualifier Meet on May 27, they experienced the jubilation of having everything come together.
Bembry (Christopher),...
Gilroy woman wins VW Beetle
Gilroy resident and Avon representative Maria Yepez won a 2012 Volkswagen Beetle for being one of three Avon representatives around the country who sold the most amount of Avon Skin So Soft Bug Guard. Maria sold more than $20,000 of Bug Guard product. For six weeks, representatives from around the country competed to win the prize, with all expenses paid.
City Hall Upgrades and Senior Housing on the Tracks
Mayor Perry Woodward opened Monday’s Gilroy City Council meeting by presenting honorary certificates to Joel Goldsmith, Terri Neidigh, Alex Salinas and Claudia Salinas for their “heroic lifesaving efforts.” The quick-thinking good samaritans rushed in to perform CPR on Joe Lomeli on Feb. 26 when the 75-year-old retired AT&T engineer suddenly collapsed at Snap Fitness. The full story can be found here: http://bit.ly/241vW72.
A whiff of competition for Garlic City
Is there room in the garlic game for two California cities? Fresno is coming after Gilroy’s garlic crown.
Gilroy’s official city motto is “The City with the Spice for Life” and it proudly proclaims itself “Garlic Capital of the World,” but there’s another city now...
George M. Lawton Jr.
George M. Lawton Jr., loved dearly by his family, passed away March 4th in Gilroy at the age of 87. He was preceded by the loss of his beloved wife, Ethel, in Oct., 2008 after sharing their lives together for 65 years.
