$62,000 in scholarships awarded locally by Gilroy Rotary Club
Sixty-two thousand dollars was awarded to 18 local Gilroy Rotary Club scholarship recipients last week at Gilroy High School, Christopher High School, Valley Christian High School and Gavilan Community College. Rotary President Hamdy Abbass, assisted by Rotarian Joel Goldsmith and Syngenta Seeds' Mark Wilson, presented the awards in ceremonies May 19 and 20 at the various schools.
Police blotter: Prowling, battery
The Gilroy Police Department recently responded to a variety of crimes, including battery, peeping or prowling and possession of ammunition by a prohibited person. Arrests were recorded in the GPD blotter May 21 through 28. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty.
Program allows Gavilan transfers to law schools
For Gavilan College graduate Michael Treviño, an initiative to get more students to law school is personal. Treviño was the first in his family to go to college. He attended community college before transferring to the University of California, Berkeley, and eventually went to law school at the University of Washington. Treviño is now the director of undergraduate admissions for the University of California system.
Musical magic of Phil Robb to live on at Gilroy High
Described by supporters as a “catalyst behind restoring Gilroy’s choral music program,” an educator who “instills character,” “dedicated” and “truly a hard act to follow” a Garlic Capital’s revered choir director whose melodies enchanted the lives and hearts of thousands of youth singers will have a lasting legacy.
‘Stronger Than Yesterday’
"Just keep moving! It doesn’t matter how fast you go,” a voice yelled in a bustling fitness facility on a Monday night, music blaring and sweat pouring from the faces of participants as they performed lunges, climbed ropes and practiced their form on overhead barbell squats. This is a familiar scene at Morgan Hill’s Brethren CrossFit 5 p.m. class and the voice is that of Nicole Perry, one of the seven certified CrossFit trainers that teach classes at the gym. Opened in January 2009 and owned by Lee Pappas, Brethren CrossFit is one of two CrossFit affiliated gyms in Morgan Hill attracting locals to take up the popular fitness regimen.
