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When 15-year-old Samantha Sadoff exited Pixar Animation Studios in Emeryville following her August audition for a voiceover role in the upcoming “Monsters University” film, she suddenly stopped in the parking lot and told her mother: “Wait, I want to do it one more time.”

Mary Tillman, mother of former professional football player Pat Tillman, who voluntarily left the Arizona Cardinals to enlist in the U.S. Army in 2002 and died two years later in Afghanistan, will be the guest speaker July 10 at the Rotary Club of Morgan Hill.

This year’s Morgan Hill Freedom Fest promises to offer all the excitement and celebration that area Independence Day revelers are accustomed to during the local commemoration of the holiday, capped off with “the largest fireworks show ever produced in Morgan Hill,” according to organizers.

San Jose-based Orchard Supply Hardware filed for bankruptcy Monday, but will remain in business after a $205 million pending sale to rival hardware store Lowe’s, which bought out at least 60 of the 91 Orchard Supply stores in California, according to Reuters.

The South Valley Quilt Association awarded $4,000 in scholarships to local students who plan to pursue careers in the fiber arts and fashion design.

Four local wineries made South County proud at the California State Fair Wine Competition in Sacramento. The winners were announced Thursday.

The Daughters of Charity Health System, a regional healthcare system with 22 sites including Saint Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy, recently announced the creation of a Santa Clara County Market that aims to bolster communication between hospitals; continuity of patient care from the Emergency Room to the physician’s office; and placing a heightened emphasis on preventative, informative care as well as ongoing chronic disease management.