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With the new housing construction on Luchessa Avenue, how soon will Suburban Propane be required to move out?

The May 15, 2015, issue of the Gilroy Dispatch article on the Gilroy Welcome Center has prompted this letter.  My hope is that the community will reach out to elected officials and that the City Administrator will take an active role in explaining the positive, financial benefit this public-private organization brings to the City of Gilroy.

It’s summer and parents of college students know one thing: it’s the time of year when your little birds find their way back to the nest, hauling a trailer full of stuff they collected over the last two semesters.

A resident in a north Morgan Hill neighborhood glanced into her backyard and discovered a California gull running around in circles and thought that maybe it was injured or sick. So the kind lady captured the bird and quickly brought it to the Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation Center. WERC staff could find no obvious injuries and the bird acted very alert and feisty. It was transferred to a flight enclosure with a small swimming pool. And then it became immediately apparent that the gull was actually just a big baby, although adult-sized and fully feathered and “thisclose” to flying.

AROMAS—Over the last few years, Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero has lived up to his nickname, but not in the sense that he’d like. While he’s maintained his boxing spirit, Guerrero has been more like an apparition with his appearances in the ring being few and far between.

It’s all about the economy and health and wellness of Gilroy. I appreciate how the council has “lived within its means” and pleased that the city council members’ decisions have not built the city to resemble what is happening in our neighbor to the north, Morgan Hill. I understand the need to keep at-risk youths entertained and off the streets to make for a safe community and I am thankful the seven elected officials sitting on the council dais are making it a priority.

If I were to rate Sierra Vista Open Space Preserve based on my first visit, I would award it just two stars out of a possible five. But that was four years ago and things have changed.

Eevery weekday morning before the official start of school, 26 students at South Valley Middle School in Gilroy take extra time to make sure their shirts are tucked in, their belts are adjusted, and their sweaters are straightened. Why? Because they know their teacher, Carmen Kotto, expects the best from them.

On a warm spring afternoon 22 years ago, my dad and I sat chatting on the lawn outside a clinic where my mother, who suffered from early onset Alzheimer’s Disease, was having an MRI. My dad had been her caregiver for nearly 10 years. During a lull in our conversation, he took his worn leather wallet from his pocket and, from between two old photographs, he pulled out a lock of hair. “I think it’s time I told you about Helen…” he began.