Volleyball: Wild win propels Rams in playoffs
Like most games have been all year for the Gavilan volleyball team, the first round of the Nor-Cal playoffs was a tough grind for the Rams, even when it didn’t need to be.
FIP is often deadly virus
Q: We recently had our stray kitty put to sleep. She was sick when we found her and she never got any better. The vet said she had FIP, and that she could never be healthy again. I don’t understand why this disease is so untreatable. Can you explain?
Holiday lights come on downtown
Residents and visitors to Hollister can start their holiday season with the Lights On Celebration on Saturday, with activities from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Last year, the organizers expanded the activities to the daylight hours for the first time.
Volleyball: Gavilan hosts playoff match
The No. 8 Gavilan volleyball team (18-8) will host No. 9 Taft (17-7) in the first round of the North Regional playoffs at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Getting Out: Enjoying the fall in Hunting Hollow
Last weekend, a restless itch sent me out the door to Hunting Hollow, Henry Coe State Park’s closest and most accessible entrance. I wasn’t in the mood for a long hike, just a place for a quiet stroll. To my surprise, while I was there, I found fall.
A time to show gratitude, globally
As I think about a bigger view, outside my own little world, I realize that we as a country and as a world really have much to be thankful for. In the United States, we continue by most measures to be the greatest country in the world, and live with an amazing level of comfort and freedom compared with many other places and times. The following is food for grateful thought.
Soccer: Rams roll through first round of playoffs
Gavilan picked a good time to play its best soccer of the year. The No. 10 Rams defeated No. 7 Modesto Saturday in the opening round of the North Regional playoffs.
Lewis: Playing the odds on the golf course
The only way to continue to improve your putting game is to focus on putting at different distances and levels.
VOLLEYBALL: Rams win first outright title
Gavilan College won its first ever outright Coast Conference championship after defeating Chabot 25-19, 28-26, 25-21 Tuesday in the final regular season game. They shared the title in 2009 with Cabrillo. Gavilan (18-8) also finished with their most ever wins.
Second Harvest Food Bank feeds area’s needy
Thanksgiving and Christmas are coming, and this is the time of year when many people feel the urge to help others. Canned food drives seem to be held all around us: at schools, religious congregations, even places of business.
















