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Selecting students for the Gilroy Dispatch’s annual senior spotlight honor is no enviable task. That’s why we make the principals do it (and they resent us for making them narrow it down!). These students have navigated the labyrinth of high school hurdles, and we are inspired by their optimistic outlook, refreshing attitudes and heartfelt honesty. We celebrate them, their families, their mentors and all the graduating seniors in the class of 2014.

A Gilroy-based doctor was charged with the April murder of his wife, Doris Mae Knapp, June 9 and police are searching for another man wanted in connection with her death.

When City Council passed a revised version of Gilroy’s sign ordinance that banned A-frame signs, permanent banners and costumed advertisers, it sparked concern throughout the small business community. But after that spark grew through community activism and door-to-door outreach by business owners and concerned citizens, the fire could not be ignored—or extinguished.

This is my favorite picture of my Dad and I. He has always been my hero, the one I want to be like as I “grow up.” As he handles the life changes and challenges that growing older brings with faith, grace and humor, he is ever more my hero and the one I want to be like! Thanks Dad, love you!

I’m a lucky girl. With Father’s Day upon us, it reminds me just how blessed I am to have had not one, but two dads mold me into the woman I am today.

They say that father-daughter relationships are the hardest, and my dad and I are no exception. I once heard him tell my mom that he felt like he could not talk to me without me crying (and at the time, this was true). But in the end you get past all the hurt and the awkwardness, and underneath, the foundation of it all, is love.

Growing up I remember going fishing, camping and playing catch with my dad.

Dad,

On this Father’s Day, we want to take this time to honor our dad as we approach 20 years you have been gone.