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Wildflower run a success
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The 32nd annual Wildflower Run, held March 29, drew a record 1,166 participants, ranging from parents with babies in our 5K Stroller event, to a 10-year-old boy attempting a world record for his age in the 10K Run, to over 100 children (age 2-10) in the 2K Kids’ Fun Run, to a 90-year-old woman running the 5K (and placing second in the 70+ age group).
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On behalf of AAUW-Morgan Hill, I would like to thank the members of our remarkable community for their outpouring of support, year after year. The 150 volunteers included, in addition to our members and scholarship winners, Live Oak and Sobrato High School students, MHUSD Superintendent Steve Betando, Chamber Board Chair Rich Firato, County Sheriff Laurie Smith, and other community leaders.
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We are also the beneficiary of many local business sponsors, several of whom—Jamba Juice, Ford, Honda, Family Wealth Consulting Group, Commonwealth Credit Union, American Institute of Mathematics, and the Morgan Hill Times—have supported us generously for many years.
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We anticipate record profit of over $45,000 from the combination of runner registrations, business sponsorships and individual donations.
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Proceeds will enable us to provide and expand our local scholarships for women and girls and to support national AAUW programs, such as legal advocacy, research, and educational grants and fellowships. For details, including a list of this year’s scholarship winners, go to our website,WildflowerRun.org.
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We appreciate the generosity of the Morgan Hill community, and we invite you to come run with us once again on April 3, 2016!
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Elizabeth Mandel, Wildflower Run Director
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AAUW – Morgan Hill
Depot Center has historical value
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My name is Dakota White. I am a sophomore at Live Oak High School. I understand that the Times had a meeting/interview with my mother, Cherisse White, owner of Cherisse’s Hair Salon.
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The possible movement of her business has brought up many areas of conversation, one of which was the historical age and value of the building on Second Street. With some further research, I have found that on page 70 of The Historic Context Statement for the City of Morgan Hill that the building that houses my mom’s salon, the United Academy for Martial Arts, BookSmart, Peking Restaurant, Continental Stitch, Media Access Coalition of Central California, Jesus’ Restaurant, Davy’s Sprockets Used Bicycles and Marco Polo’s Eastern Treasures was built near 1918-1923.
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Here is the exact excerpt from the statement:
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“The 1918 section of the building was originally built to house the first Farmers Union Store and feedhouse. When a new store was constructed in 1923, this building was sold to Dee-Hi Fruit Products Co. After World War II, it was used by the Nulaid Eggs Coop as a shipping center for eggs and poultry feed. In 1960 it was converted into a hardware store and retail shops. The buildings represent what once was an industrial and processing district centered around the train station.”
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As some would like to argue that the building on the west side of Monterey Road between First and Second can’t be renovated due to historical value, I would like to do the same about the Second/Third Street building on the east side that backs up to Depot Street due to it being nearly 97 years old.
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Sincerely,
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Dakota White, Morgan Hill
