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Gilroy’s St. Mary School (7900 Church St.) recently observed its 141st year of service to the South Valley community. Despite all the changes it has witnessed (like the disappearance of nuns from the classroom, rapid growth of the city, building a state of the art science lab and increased use of computers in instruction), it has remained true to its mission of providing a quality education within a Catholic environment.

Most of us read the paper, watch the news on TV and pay fairly close attention to what is happening in the economy. Especially after what we’ve experienced in the last few years, many of us have become fixated on the economy and concerned how it might impact our lives.

Every January, the residents of Morgan Hill honor their own with the Celebrate event organized by the Morgan Hill Chamber of Commerce. The volunteers of Morgan Hill Access Television (cable channel 19 in Morgan Hill)  will help with the Celebrate 2013 event that takes place at the Morgan Hill Community Center Saturday.

Let's go to the theatre. We’re going to see a play about a woman with a manic-depressive personality and how she and her family cope, and it's a pop-rock musical! Huh?

John Kehriotis, who owns Ridgemark Golf and Country Club, was surprised by Monday's announced agreement between the Kings' Maloof family and investors from Seattle. Kehriotis owns 12 percent of the Sacramento franchise. 

The San Francisco 49ers are heading to their sixth Super Bowl and their first since 1994.

There are some members of the newspaper’s Editorial Board who are darn tootin’ tired of the latest brochures and pamphlets touting Gilroy’s economic attributes and they are tired of hearing “we’re working on it” when plenty of tax dollars are being spent on economic development. I understand. My eyes gloss over on the “latest brochure,” too. What we all want are tangible results, facts that you can get you arms around:

The Dish. Pop into any Palo Alto coffee shop or deli and you are likely to overhear someone talking about the Dish.

Truffled Egg on Toast, Oysters a la Russe, Lobster Rissoles in Mousseline Sauce and Cavados Glazed Duckling. For those of us in the United States who saw last Sunday’s episode of “Downton Abbey” on PBS, these items sound very familiar from a meal scene featuring the downstairs staff.