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Every year about this time, I write a list of New Year’s resolutions. It’s the usual stuff: Work out three times a week, cut back on coffee and alcohol, floss daily, relearn Spanish, watch less television, etc. I then put the list in the drawer of my bedside table, where it remains until I take it out a year later and laugh at my lack of progress.

Fifty years ago, the film "12 Angry Men" had its premiere. Based on a play originally performed on television, "12 Angry Men" had an all-star cast. Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, E. G. Marshall, Ed Begley, Jack Klugman, Jack Warden and Martin Balsam, among others. The film is about the 12 men, jury members deciding the fate of a young man from the tenements of New York accused of murdering his father.

The Morgan Hill Times is undertaking a new "Accountability in Community Leadership Project" in 2007. The newspaper is implementing the project by capturing the goals of community leaders and having its readers, members of its editorial board and elected officials grade goal accomplishment.

It's been an interesting time for my family in terms of learning more about our clan. My nephew had a school project on family histories. My mother shared a story as she worked on it with him and my sister. The first story piqued my brother's interest, prompting requests for more, which I suspect served as a great diversion from the tension he experienced. Also, my mother recently turned 70. As the dutiful daughter of the oldest of 13, who ran a dairy that employed and boarded them all as she grew up, she knew a lot of the "old ones" during the prime of their youths and is very conscious of her role as the link between generations.

A recent Around the Water Cooler question asked:

Have you noticed a change recently? That bit of a nip in the

The members of the first graduating senior class of Ann Sobrato High School will receive their diploma Friday. Principal Richard Knapp is proud of the Class of 2007 because those seniors have established a welcoming culture and have set a positive tone for the growing student population.

Recently the Morgan Hill Times has printed several letters to the editor regarding the ongoing negotiations between the Service Employees International Union and the Morgan Hill Unified School District. The issue has been the topic of conversation locally and the subject of public comment at recent board meetings. To communicate the district's offer to date and to provide clarification, I offer the following:

I owe a note of thanks to the Republicans of Morgan Hill. Santa Clara County was the only one of the four counties of the 11th Congressional District where I defeated Pombo in last June's primary election.