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When I was growing up, our family sat down to the dinner table for a feast of Mom’s cooking nearly every night. My brother and I may have sought out our softie father anytime punishment was required, but Mom was the go-to for a homemade meal or treat.

The Holiday Cheer Shop Hop brought out many consumers to local shops in San Benito County on Dec. 1. Local businesses made contributions to the 19 baskets that were raffled off during the shopping day - visitors to the shops had a chance to enter a ticket to win one of the 19 baskets. Kathina Szeto, of San Benito Bene, who helped to organize the event, said at least 89 businesses contributed to the baskets.

Q: We took Fiber, our terrier, to the vet for an injury to his eye. He scratched his cornea running after a ball in the bushes. The vet gave us some antibiotic ointment to put in his eye once or twice a day. But he’s not getting any better. The vet wants to see him again to do some tests and we’re not sure what to do. Should we take him to a specialist? Why isn’t the eye getting better?

The Friends of the San Benito County Free Library recently received grants totally $25,000 to benefit programs and services at the library.

The financial planning process is not merely a matter of numbers. When you meet with a financial advisor to map out a strategy for wealth accumulation or wealth preservation, you may find yourself intellectually and emotionally engaged on a level you hadn't anticipated. It may actually give you a better understanding of what you want from life.

Anyone familiar with teenagers knows they seem to follow a different clock than adults, preferring to sleep later in the morning and stay up later at night. In fact, some school systems have recognized this by delaying the start of the school day past the normal 8 a.m. Thus, I was surprised to find a classroom full of Gilroy teens voluntarily meeting at 5:55 a.m. on a Monday morning to study religion – and they do this on a daily basis throughout the school year.

Mitch L. Mariani II – a self-taught amateur chef – is back with his new food column, The Flavor Chronicle. See his first column, with a recipe for Roasted Chicken Amogio, in Friday's newspaper.

In a gripping climax Sunday evening that had everyone biting their nails up to the very last minute, CNN named Nepal social worker Pushpa Basnet its 2012 "Hero of the Year" over nine other admirable candidates, which includes Gilroy's own Mary Cortani.