Olympic cyclist with local connection places seventh in road race
Former Gilroy resident Shelley Olds – who has trained in South Santa Clara and San Benito counties for the Olympics – placed seventh Sunday in the women's road race in London.
Lobito: The great escape artist
Lobito (which means little wolf) is a white male Chihuahua with short legs and really bad breath that smells like a dead rat. He just walks and does not bark too much; also he is blind at night. We celebrated his 15th birthday on Sept. 24.
Running early and late; running and cars; Mission 10 Mile and 5K, January 25
The other day I was driving on No Name Uno in Gilroy at dusk when the car in front of me swerved out of our lane into the empty oncoming lane and then swerved back into the proper lane. It was a good thing too. Because of that driver's actions, I noticed the woman in dark clothes facing traffic, walking in the scrubby grasses alongside of the roadway with three leashed dogs. They were very hard to see and only a few feet separated them from cars traveling 50mph or more.
First Harvest Moon Ball brought out glitterati
The first annual Harvest Moon Gala, last Saturday night, celebrated one of Gilroy’s most important businesses, St. Louise Hospital’s completion of the emergency department renovation and two new breast care centers. The community’s glitterati, many in ball gowns and tuxedos, showed up in force at Guglielmo Winery where the fundraising cocktail party and dinner were held.
Gilroy church aids troubled African nation
Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation with 158 million
