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A Thanksgiving dinner takes time to plan, and part of the

I have been thinking a lot lately about what can only be described as the schizophrenic nature of the teaching experience in America today.

Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving when hordes of shoppers looking for holiday deals pillage the aisles of chain retail stores like the Vandals sacking ancient Rome. It’s a fun annual tradition for some families to get up early in the morning to go to the malls, outlets and shopping centers and find the marked-down bargains. We at MHAT-19 would like to encourage South Valley locals who are looking for special holiday gifts to consider during the holidays and throughout the year supporting the local economy by purchasing some merchandise and services from local shops and businesses.

Pantone Color Institute, the world's leading color authority, recently named radiant orchid - which it described as “a captivating, magical, enigmatic purple” - as the color for 2014.

The 2007 California Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) results were released in August, and according to State Superintendent of Education Jack O'Connell, "This year's results offer both encouragement and reasons for serious concerns."

I received more than a few letters asking about a new vaccine

For those of us unable to travel across the pond for the

School has started, and summer's end will soon be marked by the

In a previous column, I detailed the rights and responsibilities

Gilroy's St. Mary Roman Catholic Church has several thousand