Fun and fright for all at Harvest Festival
Everything from zombie softball players to Elsa and Anna from Disney’s “Frozen” converged on Luigi Aprea Elementary School during the annual Harvest Festival and Haunted House Oct. 18.
Spice up holiday traditions
Traditions of Christmas can be hard to change. New traditions may face some resistance. I have been caught between the old and new before. With the easygoing nature of my family, anything new or different has been completely embraced as part of the celebration.
Women’s Christian Conference On the Way
On Friday and Saturday, Jan. 26 and 27, a South Valley Women's
Slim pickings
Gilroy and Morgan Hill Cherry farmer Ralph Santos said this year he got half of the average total harvest, which workers picked twice as fast, and slim pickings for you-pick cherry farmer Kathy Kraintz prompted the closure of her small-scale Silicon Valley agritourism attraction Lazy K Ranch to the public.
A hill called Christmas
What's in a name: "Hello Red Phone! While at a wedding the other day, my husband and I and another couple were sitting at the table and my husband, being born and raised in Gilroy, they all wanted to know how Christmas Hill Park got its name. My husband looked at them and said, 'I've been here my whole life and I don't even know how it got its name.' So if you could find that out for us and publish it, we'd really appreciate it. We're wondering too. Thank you."














