A Sales Taxing Dilemma: Sides make cases on ballot measure
Unlike 2007, an official opposition group is pushing against supporters of an extension to the city’s 1 percent sales tax, and both sides have launched campaigns with starkly contrasting messages to the public.
Ag values were up in 2011, but is 2012 less rosy?
San Benito County maintained its reputation as a bastion of agriculture again in 2011 when the value of local crops and livestock increased by $8 million over numbers from 2010.
Man arrested for alleged possession of illegal firearm
Hollister Police officers responded to a report of a suspicious subject at Hillcrest Mini Storage, on Industrial Drive Aug. 22. Police arrested David Arenas, 30, on charges of possession of a sawed-off Shotgun and other drug charges.
Top 5: YMCA/Rotary golf tournament, ‘The Neverending Story’ and more
1.) YMCA/Rotary golf tournament: The YMCA and the Hollister Rotary are hosting a golf tournament and dinner Friday at San Juan Oaks Golf Club, 3825 Union Road. The even will support YMCA’s youth development programs and Rotary scholarships for college students. The tournament and dinner is $130. Dinner only is $40. A golf clinic starts at 9:30 a.m., with registration and a book signing with Tom Flores at 10:30 a.m. The shotgun start is noon. No host cocktails at 5:30 p.m., followed by the awards and dinner at 6 p.m. Details: http://www.centralcoastymca.org or call 637-8600.
‘Cavalia’ hosts sensory tour with Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
A group from The Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired experienced the first ever hands-on sensory tour of “Cavalia: A Magical Encounter Between Human and Horse” on Aug. 17 in San Jose. Students experienced “Cavalia” through a variety of senses including touch and sound. A spokesperson guided the group through activities that included grooming and feeding the horses, learning about horseshoes, sitting in a trick riding saddle and listening to a horse's heartbeat. The tour ended in the warm-up tent, where students and their chaperones stood in a circle while riders rode their steeds around the group. The students were able to feel the ground quake. Each participant was sent home with a horse of his or her very own – of the fuzzy, plush variety – and a used horseshoe from one of the show’s equine stars.
Hollister locals climb Half Dome
From left to right, Hollister residents A.J. Rowe, Nate Mendoza, Courtney Young, Chase Graves and Mark Sullivan climbed to the top of Half Dome at Yosemite National Park on Aug. 5.
