Published in the Oct. 28 – Nov. 10, 2015 issue of Morgan Hill Life
By Robert Airoldi
Robert Airoldi
We’re not exactly going back to the future, but more than a dozen former Life Oak High School varsity football players and cheerleaders gathered for the 50th reunion of the team’s Mission Trail Athletic League Championship, an accomplishment that saw the team go from last place to first place. In honor of the title, the city of Morgan Hill proclaimed the school’s homecoming day of Oct. 9. 2015, as “Live Oak Champions/Coach Darrell Guthrie Day.” Coach Guthrie instilled in the players a sense of character for developing strength and knowledge as sportsmen in performing on the gridiron, according to the proclamation.
Congratulations to (back row): Candice Moreno Cunha, Kim Moreno, Dale Riley, Gene Mammini, Tom Nelson, Bill McClintock, Paul Ware, Jeff Pedersen, Fred Borns, Brian Mullins, Stan Stockam, Chris Gose, Allan Fellows, Sharlene Tracey and Sharon Palma Alciati. (Front row): Janis Geraty Jud, Jim Xavier, Gene Guglielmo, Ruben Escamilla, Duane Asplund, Head Coach Darrell Guthrie, Jack Todd, Ed Ferri, Henry Gracia, Dan Crumrine and Gary Nakao.
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Morgan Hill’s annual Holiday Parade is a long-standing, family-fun tradition, and this year promises to be no different. Groups from throughout the area come out for an evening of celebration. The parade ends when Santa’s Magic Ship leads the crowd to the ceremonial tree lighting.
This year for the first time there will also be a holiday show inside the Community Playhouse. This is also a great opportunity to put your nonprofit or commercial organization out in front of the community. If you would like to enter your company or organization in the parade, visit http://cloud.chambermaster.com/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/1806/File/Emailed_Files/HolidayParadeEntryForm-2015.pdf.
I look forward to seeing you out there!
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The South Valley Fleurs Garden Club is looking for applicants for the EduGrow-Planting to Learn program. The Garden Club supports education in horticulture by offering grants to teachers who wish to include gardening in their curriculum, and to nonprofit youth groups such as Scouts, 4H and FFA. Schools and youth groups in Morgan Hill, San Martin, Gilroy, Hollister and San Juan Bautista are invited to submit grant applications by Feb. 1, 2016. For more information, or to request a grant application form, email [email protected].
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For the second consecutive year, Wreaths Across America is coming to 0organ Hill. The National Wreaths Across America day is a program designed to honor veterans buried in Arlington National Cemetery and in local cemeteries across the country, including Mt. Hope Cemetery in Morgan Hill.
Last year, more than 1,000 wreaths were placed on veterans’ graves in South County alone. Organizers hope to do the same this Dec. 12. You can sponsor a wreath for $15 by going to www.gilroy.org and clicking on the Wreaths Across America icon. Learn how you can help lay wreaths that day at Gavilan Hills Memorial Park, St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery and at Mt. Hope Cemetery by contacting the Gilroy Chamber of Commerce at [email protected].
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Wine will pour and music will play at Guglielmo Winery hosts the Lyric Theater, a performing group of more than 150 dedicated volunteers who have committed themselves to the art of stagecraft have brought quality family entertainment to the South Bay for more than 40 years. And they’ll be at Morgan Hill’s oldest family-run winery from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday Nov. 1 for an afternoon of Music and Auction at the Vineyard.
Your ticket will include wine tasting, including the Gold Medal winner from the California State Fair, hors d’oeuvres and sweets, entertainment, and a live auction. Tickets are $49 and 200 tickets will be sold. All proceeds benefit Lyric Theater. For tickets, visit https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?ticketing=lt01
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Oct. 21 was “Back to the Future” Day, and also the day Morgan Hill Life’s good friend Mike Cox traveled to Torrence to get a star-studded peek at his new car — and it’s not a DeLorean. His Toyota Mirai is a hydrogen-fuel cell vehicle he hopes might help to create popular demand for clean energy cars. In the classic movie “Back to the Future,” Marty McFly, played by Michael J. Fox, arrives in Oct. 21, 2015 from 1985 in a DeLorean fueled by trash.
Cox is the South Valley’s version of genius scientist Doc Brown, (played in the movie by Christopher Lloyd). He’s working to take the world back to the future with a revolutionary fuel production method. His Anaerobe Systems company uses primitive anaerobe bacteria to break down farm and food waste to produce hydrogen — which can fuel his new Mirai. Toyota invited 300 owners to the event.
