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Local Girl Scouts were recently honored for community projects with Gold and Silver Awards from the organization, two of the highest honors they can receive for community service projects.

Phil Leonard and Bill Heiderich have studio space just a few miles apart off Fairview Road in northern San Benito County, but the art they create is drastically different. Leonard uses metal as his canvass and he colors it with the same paint he uses to detail cars. Heiderich, a ceramics professor at West Valley College, devotes his studio space to three-dimensional artwork in clay or bronze.

SBSC Annual Members’ Choice Awards: The San Benito Stage Company will host its Annual Members’ Choice Awards Feb. 2, at 6:30 p.m., at the Granada Theater. Doors will open with refreshments served at 6 p.m. The annual event is an opportunity to thank volunteers, supporters and participants for their involvement throughout the year. Attendees are welcome to wear their finest attire or a favorite costume. The event is free and open to the public. Details: Call 636-0122 or visit www.sanbenitostage.org.

The countywide intergovernmental committee will hold its next meeting in a week.

Hollister teenager Jesaiah Baer has advanced to the Hollywood round of "American Idol."

Hollister police officers responded to an armed robbery Wednesday morning at Hollister Super Market, at 211 Third St., in Hollister.

In past years, the budget hearing process in San Benito County has taken up to six days, allowing for department heads, members of the public and supervisors to discuss the details of every budget unit in the county. But this year, supervisors are considering a different process.

Jan. 27

The Bureau of Land Management in is seeking public nominations for six open positions on its Central California District Resource Advisory Council, which advises the BLM on public land issues.