The Hollister Exchange Club will host a golf tournament at the Bolado Park Golf Course, 7777 Airline Hwy. in Tres Pinos, Sept. 17, with a noon tee off time. The tournament includes men and women's four-men best ball scramble for $60 per person. The cost includes 18 holes, a cart for 2, a barbecue steak lunch, tee prizes, close to the pin prizes for first, second and third, and a chance to win a Chevy vehicle with a hole-in-one on hole No. 4. Sign up by Sept. 14 at the Bolado Golf Course. Details: Gene Francis, at 637-7762 or Rick Rhodes, at 637-3832.
Economic stories of success and failure continued to dominate the local news scene in 2011, with the various machinations of financial tumult affecting nearly every aspect of life in San Benito County.