Tag: family
Walk of His Life: Rocha goes partially blind before graduating
The spot of darkness in his right eye is growing. It gets bigger and bigger until he can't see out of that eye. He's also losing vision in his left eye.
She’s Painting the Town
Judy Goularte, owner of Hollister Paint Company Inc., was a single mother with a 4-year-old son, Lance, and 10-year-old daughter, Ali, when she began to work for her family’s business in the early 1980s.
Women – Empowering Your Financial Life
Given the changing roles women are playing both within their family and within society today, married or single, it’s vital for women to be informed about their finances. While many women have a strong interest in and play a large or the lead role in managing their financial life, many don’t due to lack of interest, lack of time, or complete trust that their spouse has got the family’s financial life in order. I’m here to say that understanding the basics—including how much money they have, how much is owed and what kind of insurance coverage is in place—is critical should they decide to, or need to, take an active role in managing their family financial situation.
Kodomo No Tame Ni (For the Sake of the Children): The...
For twenty-five years, Kichigoro Tanimura called San Juan Bautista home. Arriving in 1897, Mr. Tanimura (pronounced tah-nee-moo-rah) was an Issei, a first generation Japanese immigrant to the United States, who hoped the experience would improve his family’s dire circumstances. For the past several years, Fran Schwamm, Mr. Tanimura’s paternal granddaughter, has painstakingly researched and documented her grandfather’s life in an effort to cement his place in history. Among the first Japanese immigrants to San Benito County, Mr. Tanimura belonged to a community that shaped our county in a myriad of ways. In 1922, Mr. Tanimura returned to Japan, taking with him riches, both material and personal, as well as experiences and memories that defined his later years. As San Benito County left its imprint upon Kichigoro Tanimura, so too, did he leave an indelible mark on our county’s historical tapestry.
Iconic store was a trip down memory lane
As some of the last customers filed in and out of Penny Wise Drugs in downtown Hollister this week, Jeanne Rosati recalled spending her childhood at the store. As a clear contrast of the times, she remembered being a kid, and running the ribbon-making machine used for wrapping gifts.
Home for the holidays …
This time of year, as family members gather for the holidays, is a great opportunity to hold an annual family meeting.
Honoring His Family’s Past
Cemeteries afford the living with both solace and hope, sentiments often reflected in the gray or marbled gravestones and the patches of green grass sprinkled around them. Visiting a loved one’s final resting place often provides comfort to a grieving heart—the gravesite a place where the physical and spiritual worlds meet to acknowledge days remembered, times best forgotten, and the uncertainty of life to come.
New homes are back
Almost everywhere you look, formally littered lots as well as vacant parcels are being developed into new homes. As we drive around Morgan Hill there is everything from low-income senior apartments to luxury homes and everything in between.
