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So Gilroy has a great reserve of money, where most cities are panicking about their deficits. Well done, Gilroy! Let's keep some of that money on reserve in the thought that harder times may be coming ... but I have some ideas of how we could spend a small portion of it and maybe make things better.

Lately I've been wondering what happened to all the meaningful

It's one thing when politicians and their backers call each

Otherwise known as goobers, ground peas, manila nuts and pinders, peanuts are a homely staple in much of our country.

It's time for one of my periodic roundups of news that makes me

You've probably heard the old expression, "a tree is known by its fruit." In the Bible, Christians are likened to fruit trees, and we are taught the kind of fruit we should be bearing: "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control" (Galatians 5:22-23). In the coming weeks, we will look at what God calls the "fruit of the Spirit," noting those things God says come from a life that is going in the right direction.