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Writing may not seem like a strenuous activity, but it can hurt! Gripping a small implement places potentially painful pressures on the tiny muscles of the hands and fingers. Writing frequently or for long durations escalates the risk of pain.

Monsignor Fran Cilia, vicar general of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose, led a Prayer Service and Catholic Religious Recognition Ceremony March 18 honoring hundreds of assembled participants in area scouting programs: Cub-Webelos Scouts, Boy Scouts, Venturers, Sea Scouts, Girl Scouts and Camp Fire. Eight Gilroy girls were among those honored at St. Joseph Cathedral Basilica in San Jose.

We don't typically think of seafood as seasonal. Some forms of salmon, sea bass, crustaceans and lobster are available in supermarkets year-round.

Anyone who isn’t familiar with the plays of Howard Pinter should be alerted of what to expect. They are not everyone’s cup of tea. Pinter can terrorize with characters who inhale the air around them with long pauses and stories that really have no real plot but are gripping, cruel and callous.

HONORS: Gavilan employees of the month Gavilan College named Connie Phillips and Fran Lopez as its Employees of the Month for April.

Here is a look at the American League: Tough field – Even with the expanded playoffs, and assuming favorite Detroit wins the Central Division, at least one of these American League teams won't make the playoffs – the New York Yankees, Boston, Tampa Bay, Texas and the Los Angeles Angels. And that doesn't count an improved Toronto team. So the playoff field won't be watered down.

Millard Hoyle was the publisher of the Hollister Free Lance many years ago. He was a man well known and well liked in the San Benito County community, and he had a big influence on me going into journalism. Hoyle knew that if a community newspaper like the Free Lance is going to be successful, it needs to serve the public good by informing citizens with local news and providing a forum for diverse local opinion.

Kaleidoscope: from the Greek kalos, beautiful and eidos, form. A noun meaning a succession of changing patterns or colors; a succession of changing phases or action.