Dear Editor,
Because many of your readers participated in or attended our
weekend event:
San Juan Bautista Thanks All Who Helped Make Weekend a Success
Dear Editor,
Because many of your readers participated in or attended our weekend event:
The City of San Juan Bautista wants to express our sincere appreciation and gratitude to California Artists for the fabulous group of professional artisans that they brought to the streets of San Juan Bautista this year. Everything hand made, everything beautiful. Thank you California Artists. We can’t wait to see you again in June.
The City of San Juan Bautista also wants to express our sincere gratitude to The Faultline Shoots Society, The Gunfighters of the Old West, the Coyote Valley Regulars and the California Range Riders for all the wonderful reenactments, the authentic costumes and the great western atmosphere. We also sincerely thank Cisco Jim for serenading the crowd with Cowboy songs, jokes and tales. These people graciously gave donations of their time to provide enjoyment to the San Juan Bautista community and our visitors. Our heart-felt gratitude to each and every one of you.
We also thank our wonderful sponsors: Mrs. B’s Z-Place, The Pizza Factory, and both Daisy’s and Mom and Pop’s Saloons. Your support of the community in sponsoring contests and the Sunday band show the spirit of community so alive in San Juan Bautista.
And to our Crazy Western Hat contestants – thanks for your efforts. To the Whiskerino contestants, or more suitably their wives and girlfriends, may you enjoy that clean shaven feeling once more. The San Juan Bautista Community Foundation also thanks you.
We also express our thanks to the San Juan Bautista Mission for allowing visitors the use of its parking lot Saturday. We could hardly go without thanking everyone who braved the bad weather and attended this event. We thank you as well.
Jan McClintock, San Juan Bautista city manager
Gilroy Center for the Arts Should be a Top Priority the City Council
Dear Editor,
We are looking forward to the day the Gilroy Center for the Arts is built and the doors open. The arts center will be a wonderful addition to our community and downtown; it will be a place for the people of Gilroy to experience music, drama, art and many other events. The Gilroy art scene will certainly be encouraged and enhanced with a building that will showcase the talents of local music and drama groups, children’s productions and touring musicians and artists.
The newspaper has reported the possible purchase of Gilroy Gardens could delay the construction of the center. We certainly hope not. The abundance or lack of cultural arts in a town can determine whether it is just a grouping of buildings or a vibrant, interconnected and creative community.
We trust that the city council and city administrator will draw on their own creativity so that, if the decision is made to purchase Gilroy Gardens, it does not delay the construction of the Center for the Arts.
On behalf of today’s and future generations of Gilroy residents,
Arlene Silva, the Theater Angels Art League and the Gilroy Arts Alliance
