Rhoades Ranch to be designated on historic registry
The California State Historical Commission will consider giving Morgan Hill's Rhoades Ranch a “National Register of Historic Places” designation at 9 a.m. Friday at the Secretary of State Auditorium, located at 1500 11th St. in Sacramento. The public is invited to present oral statements at the hearing at the appropriate time. Written comments may also be submitted to the following address:
Britton student takes first at science fair
Kyle Zentner won first place in the middle school division of the Pauchon Foundation Science Fair hosted at Oakwood School Jan. 31. He took home $100 for his project “Extracting Energy from Ocean Waves.” This is the second year in a row that a student from Britton Middle School has placed first. Jim Levis and George Flores, who are the instructors for Zentner’s eighth-grade class, have helped their students to demonstrate science proficiency exceeding the statewide average by six percent.
Rotary donates $10,000 for community grants
Rotary Club of Morgan Hill has granted $10,000 to local organizations for wide-ranging local needs that include hot meals, music, fingerprinting, sheep scales, lab stools, therapy toys, kitchen cabinets and raptor enclosures.
Friends, family to celebrate Tara Romero’s 16th birthday
Friends and family of Tara Romero will celebrate the late Morgan Hill teen’s 16th birthday Friday at the Coyote Grange Hall, nearly 15 months after she was killed in a drive-by shooting in Morgan Hill.
Do you feel safe?
A survey designed to gauge Morgan Hill residents’ feelings about local safety showed overwhelmingly positive results, but police and City officials plan to use the data to identify areas where they can improve their public safety efforts in order to reach desired long-term outcomes.
Glitz, glamour and fun at ‘Celebrate’ community awards
Saturday night’s Chamber of Commerce Celebrate awards ceremony brought local bureaucrats, politicians and other official types together with farmers, retirees and small business people together with black ties and red carpets to honor those who exerted the most effort to improve Morgan Hill and the Chamber last year.
Stitch-by-stitch to beat cancer
Linda McGinnis took up quilting around the same time doctors told her she had breast cancer. Eleven years ago during a routine mammogram, a physician at the Saint Louise Regional Hospital Breast Care Center found a lump. Doctors said the cancer invaded her lymph nodes and would have spread to her brain, bones and throughout her body had they caught it any later.
