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Gavilan College officials unveiled its new Veterans’ Resource Center on the Gilroy campus, located at 5055 Santa Teresa Blvd., during a grand opening ceremony Nov. 4.

One of the first priorities for local veterans groups when they took over management of the Veterans Memorial Building in downtown Hollister was to survey a long list of necessary repair projects.

South County residents will have an opportunity next month to honor U.S. veterans buried in local cemeteries. Remembrance ceremonies will be held in Gilroy and Morgan Hill on Dec. 13 at 9 a.m. simultaneously with a national observance at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

After a quandary sparked over use of the Veterans Memorial Building on July 4, motorcycle rally organizers and local veterans groups have come to a compromise.

The Veterans Memorial Building is getting a fresh coat of paint on the inside and an array of improvements throughout the historic structure.

American Legion Commander Joe Love, who served in Vietnam, oversaw the “Battlefield Cross” portion of the Veterans Day ceremony in downtown Hollister on Monday. It is a symbolic tradition replicated by soldiers on the battlefield where the rifle, helmet, boots and dog tags of a soldier killed in action are laid out, in the shape of a cross, on the spot where the soldier was killed. The tradition started during the Civll War and continues to this day.

The Hollister City Council unanimously approved a resolution Monday to transfer management of the Veterans Memorial Building in downtown Hollister to the local chapters of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion.

The city’s financial situation with the Veterans Memorial Building is so dire, Hollister officials have talked of possibly closing the historic facility, said the commander of the local American Legion chapter involved in discussions to potentially manage it.

The city got itself into a mess with the Veterans Memorial Building and should fix the problems before handing them off to the nonprofit sector.

With the Veterans Memorial Building facing about a $75,000 annual operating deficit, Hollister officials have been in talks with local veterans groups about the potential for the organizations to take on operations and maintenance of the property.