Senior Insight: Elderly brightened by music
When I was a kid, I absolutely adored Davy Jones, the singer from the Monkees. I was so infatuated that I sulked through an entire vacation with my parents because everyone I knew was going to the Monkees concert in Boston that week while I was stuck on Cape Cod with my old (actually they were in their 30s) boring parents. I’d give my right arm for a vacation with my parents on Cape Cod about now, but that memory reminds me of the days when so many of us cherished our transistor radios as they played the latest songs by the Monkees, the Beatles, the Supremes, and so many others. Some of the staff here at Live Oak Adult Day Services couldn’t get through a day back then without a song by Elvis Presley or Bobby Sherman or Three Dog Night.
Who Are You? Amateur genealogists research family histories
She’s a descendant of Captain William Bradford, an Englishman who came to America on the Mayflower and served as governor of the Plymouth Colony in the 1600s. And in the 1870s, one of her distant relatives dueled against Old West lawman Wyatt Earp.
Salcido family alleges wrongful death
GILROY—The parents of a 15-year-old girl killed in a car accident on Miller Avenue are planning to bring a wrongful death lawsuit against the city. The family believes that another fatal wreck in the same location three months prior should have moved the city to make safety improvements.
Council talks options for downtown arts center
GILROY—Options to renovate or relocate the Interim Center from the Arts from its current home in downtown Gilroy would cost between $1.5 million and $24 million, according to discussions at Monday’s special council study session regarding the building’s future.
On the Bookshelf: Libraries host gardening, ESL classes
Whether you have a green thumb or you’d like to grow one, the Master Gardeners can help. On Aug. 11, Joan Cloutier, Master Gardener and library coordinator for the Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County, presented an educational talk at the Gilroy library on growing cool season vegetables.
All aboard the garden railroad tour
The South County Garden Railroaders hosted their 21st annual garden tour Aug. 15 at homes in Gilroy, Morgan Hill and San Benito County.
Bryant, Boutorwick wed
Chrissy Bryant and Brett Boutorwick were married May 30 at Castillo Hillside Shire Winery in Morgan Hill. The bride is the daughter of Susan Bryant of Morgan Hill and Paul Ramoneda of Rancho Cucamonga. She graduated from Live Oak High School and received her bachelor’s degree from the San Jose State University. She is currently employed as a social media manager at SAP. The groom is the son of Brennan Frank Boutorwick and Christine Carringer, both of Fairfield. He is a graduate of Justin Sienna High School in Napa and San Jose State University and is employed as a project engineer at ACCO.
City ‘shocks’ downtown investors with arrest warrants
GILROY—Dave and Fran Cunningham were surprised to learn that, after opening a letter from the Gilroy Police Department on Aug. 21, misdemeanor warrants were out for their arrest over the unsafe condition of a downtown building they invested in.
Family of Loyd victim files claim against MHUSD
A complaint filed by attorneys for one of John Loyd’s child victims alleges the former Paradise Valley Elementary School teacher was allowed by school district and campus staff to violate education laws that are designed to keep children safe.
