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Three rising science stars recently attended the week-long American Association of University Women Marie Curie Science Camp held at Stanford University.

Hollister’s Dunne Park will soon be the site of more than 30 interactive stations to help children learn about a healthy and safe lifestyle.

Many regions of the country in the southern barbecue belt specialize in their own unique barbecue. Many of those different styles of barbecue can be found here in California. I appreciate these different styles, but it is high time we had our own unique barbecue. This week, I introduce a style of barbecue and sauce residents of the South Valley can finally call their own.

From the moment Mark Hanson raises his baton to start the overture for “South Pacific,” you know you are in for a truly enchanted evening. Although 65 years old, “South Pacific's” music is ageless, with a love story that has a simple delicate message from a more innocent time, and a thread of morality and a sense of what is right and wrong running through like a gentle brook. You know you are in for a fine evening of entertainment when the overture becomes an unforgettable moment.

A recent newsletter of the Gilroy United Methodist Church contained an interesting article by Dispatch columnist Kat Teraji. She explained how the daughter of a former pastor (back in 1938) recently donated to the church “a wealth of artifacts and articles” from that time period.

If you are of a certain age, you may remember hearing about Mineral King long ago. In the 1960s, Walt Disney planned to develop a ski area in this region at the very southeast corner of the Sierra Nevada. The original proposal met no resistance from environmental groups, but when the plan grew to 27 lifts and an estimated two million visitors per year, the Sierra Club and other groups united to fight and defeat the project.

Volunteering is good for your health.

Who else is ready for the enormous annual gathering of people who love all things garlic? I know I sure am.

TheatreWorks does it again—and again and again. This classy production company doesn't seem to know how to do any-thing wrong. The theater has hit an all-time high with its 45th season opening world premiere of “The Great Pretender.” This entire story is crammed into 90 minutes of sheer charming delight.

Today, a pop quiz. If you know someone who is a pilot and flies their own airplane, raise your hand. If you know someone who’s a pilot and owns a private invest-igation company, raise your hand. If you know a pilot who owns an investigation company and recently purchased a wine bar in downtown Morgan Hill, raise your hand.