- Inspecting Carol Continues at the Morgan Hill Playhouse –
Friends Holiday Book Sale Preview – Give the Gift of Reading – Help
Design Water Wise Landscaping – Magic Ship Sails for the Holidays
Recycling Posters Available for Viewing
Inspecting Carol Continues at the Morgan Hill Playhouse
South Valley Civic Theatre presents “Inspecting Carol,” a hilarious adult comedy. Mix together a struggling theater company, a tired production of “A Christmas Carol,” a really bad actor and a visiting inspector from the National Endowment for the Arts and you end up with this zany off-the-wall holiday farce.
The show is produced by Frank Mc Gilla and Bruce O’Hara and directed by Kae Jenny-Spencer. Shows play Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm through Dec. 10 with two Sunday matinees at 2pm on Dec. 4. Performances are at the Morgan Hill Community Playhouse on the corner of Monterey and Dunne Avenues in Morgan Hill. Tickets are $12 for seniors and students and $15 for adults. Tickets may be purchased at the Gilroy Visitors Bureau, BookSmart in Morgan Hill and the Morgan Hill Community Center. Details: (408) 842-SHOW or www.svct.org.
Friends Holiday Book Sale Preview
The Friends of the Morgan Hill Library will host its quarterly Members-Only Book Sale Preview Dec. 2 from 7pm to 8:30pm in the meeting room of the library. Members of the Friends will have the opportunity to buy books before the regular sale begins on Saturday morning. Memberships good through 2006 ($10) may be purchased at the door. Refreshments will be served. Select from hundreds and hundreds of books: fiction and nonfiction, paper and hardcover, many children’s books including Christmas titles. For a list of some of the specially priced books available for sale, go to www.santaclaracountylib.org/morganhill. Details: 782-9029
Give the Gift of Reading
Help a child improve reading skills and develop a love of books by donating new, unwrapped books to the Gift of Reading program. The holiday book drive provides free books to thousands of at-risk and underprivileged children in Silicon Valley. It is sponsored by the San Jose Mercury News. BookSmart, a designated drop-off site, offers a 10 percent discount on any books purchased for the program. Books for all ages (infants to teens), including fiction, nonfiction and books in Spanish are needed. But don’t delay–the book drive ends Friday, Dec. 2. BookSmart is located at 17415 Monterey Road, Morgan Hill, 778-6467.
Help Design Water-Wise Landscaping
Looking to install beautiful, low-maintenance landscaping that won’t burst your water budget’ By using water-efficient gardening techniques, you can create a beautiful garden while cutting landscape water use from 20 to 80 percent. Whether you’re planting a new landscape or renovating an established one, the City of Morgan Hill can help you with your water-wise landscaping design. We have set up a computer station at City Hall that is loaded with the Santa Clara Valley Water District’s new software, “Water-Wise Gardening for Santa Clara County.” You can use this software to get water-wise design ideas for your landscaping project. Visit outstanding gardens, view landscape photos that are grouped into 18 categories such as Front Yards, Back Yards and California Native Gardens, get detailed descriptions for more than 1,000 plants and create a printable plant list that you can take with you to your local nursery. A world of ideas is just a few mouse clicks away. Come to City Hall at 17555 Peak Avenue and take advantage of this free resource. It is open Monday through Friday from 8am until 5pm
For more information, call 779-7247 or e-mail en*****@mo********.gov .
Magic Ship Sails for the Holidays
For the last 30 years Santa Claus has enjoyed making holiday memories for the young and young at heart in Morgan Hill.
Santa starts his initial Morgan Hill visit by sailing his ship in the Holiday Parade and then for two weeks after can be spotted sailing his Magic Ship of Christmas around town with Boy Scouts from Troop 799 as he visits local shopping centers, convalescent homes, schools and block parties. Anyone who has spent a holiday season in Morgan Hill has seen the Magic Ship slowly making its way around town with lights ablaze and Santa at the helm. This year Santa will begin his magical journey to Morgan Hill at the Holiday Parade on Dec. 3. Then from Dec. 7 through Dec. 21 he will be available for the children of Morgan Hill to visit him at one of his public outings. Santa and the Magic Ship can also be scheduled for block parties and corporate events. The Magic Ship of Christmas is run as a community service project by the Boy Scouts of America, Troop 799. If you are interested in scheduling the Magic Ship of Christmas, contact Gretchen at (408) 892-9015.
Recycling Posters Available for viewing
The public is invited to come and view the artistic talent of Morgan Hill’s students. The winning entries from the 2005 Recycling Rewards Poster Design Contest will be displayed at the Morgan Hill Community and Cultural Center until Dec. 22.
The winning posters were selected from over 30 finalists by attendees of the Annual Earth Day Art & Science Fair in April. The designs were judged by grade level, with the top winner in each category receiving a check for $100. For more information on the 2006 Recycling Rewards or Earth Day Art & Science Fair, contact the City of Morgan Hill Environmental Programs Division at 408 779-7247.
