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Chamber announces winners of people, businesses of the year
The San Benito County Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau has announced winners of the people and businesses of the year to be honored at the organization’s annual dinner dance Jan. 26.
College Beat: Murphy relishes second DI FCS title
In what was an “opportunity of a lifetime” San Benito High alumnus Michael Murphy won his second consecutive Division I Football Championship Subdivision national championship Saturday as a member of the North Dakota State Bison.
Lewis: Use a cup to find help in the sand
During bunker clinics at Pebble Beach, Laird Small would always pass around a 16 oz. cup full with bunker sand and a golf ball on top. The cup allowed each student to see how much sand they needed to move and the sand’s weight.
Marty: It’s about time
If you watch too many sports shows, as I do, you’ll eventually hear the following about the diminished skills of aging athletes, “Father Time is undefeated.” This is a modern, abridged version of a quote by Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor (1878-1932), “Each great athlete must some day bow to that perennial old champion, Father Time, even as I, for Time eventually wins.” And so it does.
Couples offer free meditation sessions
Eugene Trak and Andreanna Staubly want to share the practice of meditation with San Benito County residents through free public meditation offerings and guest lectures.
Always a Friend to the Four-Legged
Local veterinarian Roger Bruce retired at the end of December from his practice on Orchard Road after nearly 30 years of business in San Benito County.
New Year’s organizing sidetracked by margarita machine
It started last summer. I began to get the tiniest inkling that perhaps I was not as organized a person as I thought I was when my sister opened up the guest bath cabinet and said, “You know you fold your towels wrong, don't you?”
Public Health sniffs out flu at local event
Even though San Benito County’s Public Health department waited until January to hold a free seasonal flu vaccination clinic, there was a line of about 50 people when they opened the doors of the Veterans Memorial Building at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, with a line forming again in the afternoon.
