Opinion

Dear Editor,

I just celebrated my 10th Fourth of July in Gilroy with my family, friends and neighbors. My first Independence Day in Gilroy was a little different. At that time, my three children were babies who were both fascinated and terrified by the fireworks display at Gilroy High School. Now they are more intent on arguing over who gets first use of the lighter to set off the fireworks in front of our driveway.

More than 2,400 years ago, the Athenian leader Pericles offered a tribute to fallen soldiers that still applies to the more than 1 million Americans who have died in combat: “Not only are they commemorated by columns and inscriptions, but there dwells also an unwritten memorial of them, graven not on stone but in the hearts of men.”

We're glad to see that Gilroy Unified School District officials

On Jan. 1, people all over the globe start making their New

Dear Editor,

Dear Editor,