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The Choirs are putting on our first annual "Winter Lights Celebration" concert on Friday and Saturday, December 6 and 7. The concert will be at Rucker's new Theater at 7:30 PM. We encourage you to get there early for refreshments and to enjoy some Christmas Caroling prior to the concert. The students are very excited about this production and I know it would mean a lot to them if they saw you there. This is a family-friendly concert with holiday music, decorations, lights, dancing, and just plain fun! So we invite you to come.

The St. Mary School 27th Annual Blue & White Auction Presents “Saints and Sinners” on Friday, March 7, 2014. 

Residents of Almaden Valley have recently been suffering from an invasion of wild pigs. These creatures have severely damaged a local golf course and many private yards, leaving lawns looking like a rototiller was set loose upon them. Needless to say, golfers and homeowners are dismayed, angry and frustrated at the extensive damage.

Santa will take time out of his busy schedule again this year to join doctors Andrew Huang and Ann Lien of Santa Teresa Dental for the 8th annual toy and food drive from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 14 at the office of Santa Teresa Dental, 16160 Monterey Road, Gilroy.

Michelle Montez of Intero Real Estate Services, Gilroy, has earned Real Estate’s Premier new home sales certification: Certified New Home Specialist™. Montez completed the real estate industry’s most comprehensive new home sales course to earn her national certification. With this certification, she joins a group dedicated to providing the highest level of professionalism and service to builders and new home buyers.

NTime Events USA celebrated its grand opening and ribbon cutting Saturday, Nov. 9 at the Bella Viva Wine Bar, 7423 Monterey St. in Gilroy. Based in California and Rio, Brazil, Ntime Events USA provides Brazilian-themed events, tourism and executive business travel services to Rio, Brazil. NTime Events USA was founded this year in Gilroy and will be offering ongoing Brazilian themed events. Owner Sally Arruda was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and has lived in the United States for 30 years - but still maintains her charming Brazilian accent and culture.

Christmas can be a painful time for some. It may be the first Christmas without a loved family member who has recently died; it may be a time that has always been difficult. The constant refrains on radio and television, in shopping malls and churches, about the happiness of the season, about getting together with family and friends, reminds many people of what they have lost and they feel alone in the midst of the celebrating and joy. 

DEAR ABBY: I am a 38-year-old woman who has been dating a 41-year-old man for seven months. He's wonderful and treats me magnificently. We have similar values and interests and are very much in love. Sadly, although I have always wanted children, he does not.

The National Weather Service has issued a freeze watch for the Santa Clara Valley for later this week, and local emergency authorities are reminding residents to prepare their homes for the extreme cold weather on the way. The NWS alert will be in effect from Tuesday night through Thursday morning for most of the Bay Area, including South Santa Clara County, according to the NWS website. “A mainly dry cold front will pass over the Bay Area by Tuesday morning with the coldest air so far this season filtering in behind the front,” the alert says. A freeze watch means that sub-freezing temperatures are expected, and these conditions could kill crops and other vegetation, according to the NWS. This week’s forecast for Morgan Hill predicts low temperatures of 29 degrees both Wednesday and Thursday nights, and temperatures as low as 27 degrees the same nights, according to the NWS website. The City of Morgan Hill sent out a press release advising the Centers for Disease Control offers the following precautions for residents and homeowners during extreme cold weather: -If you plan to use a fireplace or wood stove for emergency heating, have your chimney or flue inspected every year.-If using a fireplace, wood stove or kerosene heater, install a smoke alarm and carbon monoxide detector near the area to be heated.-Insulate any water lines that run along exterior walls so your water supply will be less likely to freeze and burst. -If you have pets, bring indoors. If you cannot bring them inside, provide adequate shelter to keep them warm and make sure they have access to unfrozen water. The City of Morgan Hill offers its recreation facilities as "warming centers" during periods of extreme cold weather. The hours for these facilities are as follows:-Centennial Recreation Center, 171 W. Edmundson Ave., Monday through Friday, 5 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Saturday, 6:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Sunday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.-Community and Cultural Center, 17000 Monterey Road, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

A fire Saturday destroyed a decades-old building at 35 Washington St. in historic San Juan Bautista housing a Chinese restaurant, antique shop and lamp store.