Open studios weekend
HOLLISTER
– The San Benito Open Studios Tour is this weekend, April 21 and
April 22. Pick up a map and stop by local artist studios homes. One
featured artist is Dale Yarmuth, who will be presenting watercolor
and pen and ink paintings at his home, 501 Chardonnay Way, in
Hollister. Other artists will be sca
ttered through San Juan Bautista, Aromas and Hollister with many
of the art pieces for sale.
Open studios weekend
HOLLISTER – The San Benito Open Studios Tour is this weekend, April 21 and April 22. Pick up a map and stop by local artist studios homes. One featured artist is Dale Yarmuth, who will be presenting watercolor and pen and ink paintings at his home, 501 Chardonnay Way, in Hollister. Other artists will be scattered through San Juan Bautista, Aromas and Hollister with many of the art pieces for sale.
Golf balls for the troops
HOLLISTER – The members and staff at Ridgemark Country Club, along with residents of the Ridgemark area have taken on a monumental project. They hope to send 50,000 golf balls to U.S. troops in Iraq.
According to Ridgemark General Manager Eric Dietz, hitting golf balls has become a popular way for the troops to blow off steam and get some recreation time in. But typically, balls can only be hit once, since they often land in areas that are mine fields or covered by enemy snipers.
Acushnet has supplied packaging for the balls, and Dietz and his staff are looking for a way to ship them to the front. The balls themselves are being collected in the golf shop at Ridgemark. Many come from residents who collect errant balls from their course side homes.
The effort will produce 174 packages of 288 balls each. Donors can sign a special thank-you card supplied by Ridgemark to indicate support for the troops.
The people behind the effort also need 174 supporters to help offset shipping, since each box will cost $35 to send via APO.
Checks may be made payable to RG&CC, and can be mailed or dropped off to: Eric Dietz, RG&CC, Inc., 3800 Airline Highway, Hollister, CA 95023.
“We appreciate your support of this important initiative,” Dietz said, “and look forward to the day that our troops will be playing the great game of golf back on their home turf.”
Donations will be accepted until July 4, and an event to thank supporters is also in the works, Dietz said.
SVS Open House
HOLLISTER – The Social Vocational Services, Inc., staff invite the public to their open house, Wednesday, April 25, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at 340 Sixth St. The nonprofit organization works with disabled adults.
For more information, call 638-0103.
California Indian Market
SAN JUAN BAUTISTA – The 23rd annual California Indian Market and Peace Powwow celebrating Cinco de Mayo and world cultures is set fore the weekend of May 5-6 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the large field off The Alameda next to San Juan School.
California Indian and Aztec dancers will perform, as will drummers. Arts, crafts and food will be available. Admission is free, but donations are sought.
Further information is available at www.peacevision.net.
Top reining equestrian
SAN MARTIN – San Martin horse trainer Gabe Davide last week won in the reining section of the Grand National Rodeo at the San Francisco Cow Palace.
Davide was aboard RR Nicolodeon, owned by Susan Williams.
Davide trains riders at Buck’n Horse Ranch in San Martin.
Local artist’s show goes nationwide
HOLLISTER – Local artist and CMAP public access cable producer Shannon Grissom has been airing her show over a handful of Bay Area stations since 2003.
That’s all changed.
Last October, encouraged by a Pico Rivera station’s decision to air her show, Grissom began actively marketing to stations across the country. Stations in Manhattan, N.Y., Abuquerque, N.M. and Germantown, Tenn., snapped up the show. In a late March tour of Southern California Grissom pitched the show to 33 stations, and 23 of them have already promised to air the show.
“GiveYour Walls Some Soul” can now be seen on 32 stations nationwide.
Further information is available from Grissom at 638-4928 or via e-mail at Sh*****@sh************.com.
Fremont Peak Day
SAN JUAN BAUTISTA – For nearly a century, people have gathered on a spring day to mark the first raising of the American flag in California.
Capt. John C. Fremont of the U.S. Topographical Engineers ascended what was to become Fremont Peak and flew the colors in defiance of orders to leave.
This year, Fremont Peak Day will be observed Sunday, April 29 at the park atop Fremont Peak.
The public is invited to attend the free barbecue, festivities and games for all ages. Hosts for the day are Native Daughters of the Golden West and the San Juan post of Veterans of Foreign Wars.
The state park staff cooperates by waiving admission fees for the day. The barbecue picnic should be ready by about 11 a.m.
People with limited mobility are asked to make arrangements for assistance in advance.
The flag will be raised atop the peak at noon as a bugle sounds. Speeches, water balloon and egg tosses and mounted riders are part of the day.
Further information is available from the San Juan Bautista Historical Society at 623-4904. Charles Clough’s book, “San Juan Bautista: The Town, The Mission and The Park” also describes the tradition.
Scout – O – Rama
HOLLISTER – The annual San Benito District Scout – O – Rama is set for this Saturday, giving kids a chance to clamber on a monkey bridge or a fire engine, to glide along on a zip line, to learn Dutch oven cookery and to enter in drawings.
The flag will be formally retired at 1 p.m.
It all takes place at Veterans Memorial Park, off Memorial Drive in Hollister.
Food will be available, and the modest cost goes to support local scouting.
A trading patch area will be open for Scouts interested in swapping.
The pinewood Derby runoff is set for noon.
Further information is available from Shari Hastings, 637-0109.
Gang intervention training
HOLLISTER – The Hollister Youth Alliance has received a grant from the City of Hollister to conduct gang awareness presentations for parents and two days of training for professionals who work with gang-involved youth and families. The first gang awareness presentation will be Wednesday, May 9 at 7 p.m. at Maze Middle School. Other one-hour bilingual sessions will follow.
The training sessions will be May 17 and May 18 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Building, Rm. 218. For more information, call 636-2853.
