$1 • Friday, December 15, 2017 • Vol. 123, No. 50 • morganhilltimes.com • Serving Morgan Hill since 1894
District to consider new fees for youth sports leagues HIGHER FIELD FEES AFFECT OVTOROS, MH PONY AND SPIRIT SOFTBALL Scott Forstner Reporter
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Rebekah’s Children’s Services in Gilroy, from House of Thunder in Morgan Hill Dec. 9.
Bikers bring holiday joy Michael Moore
Photographic artist Julianne Skai Arbor bonds with nature
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Inside this issue: Tree Girl signs book
The South Bay motorcycle community came together in Morgan Hill Saturday to help make the holidays merry and bright for local children who are less fortunate.
The House of Thunder Harley Davidson annual Toy Run started in the dealership’s parking lot on Condit Road the morning of Dec. 9. More than 50 bikers loaded up new stuffed animals, dolls, kids’ bicycles and other new presents onto their motorcycles and a trailer, and rode together to donate the gifts to Rebekah’s Children’s Services in Gilroy. More than 2,000
new toys were donated to House of Thunder in the weeks preceding the Dec. 9 toy run— mostly from the annual Hells Angels “Red and White Toy Drive” which took place at the dealership the previous week, according to House of Thunder Marketing Manager Joel Milburn. More than 20 motorcycle clubs and 400 bikers
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TEDDY BEAR Alberto Fregoso, of Soledad, carried two inanimate passengers on his motorcycle to
MORGAN HILL TOY RUN DONATES GIFTS, TOYS FOR GILROY
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The local school district has proposed increasing its sports field use fees paid by youth teams, in some cases by thousands of percentage points—a cost hike that would fall on the backs of participating families, according to the presidents of two long-established, local leagues. “If our field rental costs increase, we would have no choice but to pass that on to our club’s families,” said Joel Middleton, President of the Orchard Valley Youth Soccer League/ Orchard Valley Toros Football Club. OVYSL/OVToros, a nonprofit established in
TIME TO RIDE Claudia Sandoval of Rebekah’s Children’s
Services pauses for a photo while helping to load up new bicycles and toys donated through House of Thunder’s
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Sailor’s Ink hosts ‘Toys for Tats’ toy drive STOP IN NEXT TWO FRIDAYS FOR DISCOUNT ON TATTOOS Scott Forstner Reporter
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Christmas tree in the tattoo parlor. There are two dates remaining: Dec. 15 and Dec. 22, where customers can get the deal that discounts the regular $80 minimum. Coffee, hot cider and cookies are provided and holiday music will be playing all day long. Those interested can call Sailor’s Ink at (408) 762-7352 to reserve a time slot, or just walk into
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The holiday spirit is alive and well at Sailor’s Ink tattoo shop, where owner Jen Kelso is offering discounts on ink for customers who donate a present for the shop's Christmas toy drive. To participate in the
inaugural "Toys For Tats" drive, all customers have to do is bring a toy of $10 or more in value to the 15 El Toro Ave. business any of the next two Fridays (Dec. 15 and Dec. 22) and they will receive a discounted tattoo chosen from designated flash sheets of various figures. The discounted cost is between $20 to $50. With two Fridays in the bag already, donated presents are already protruding out from a decorated
INK FOR CHARITY Sailor’s Ink owner Jen Kelso works
on a wrist tattoo Dec. 8 as part of Sailors Ink’s “Toys For Tats” toy drive at her El Toro Avenue shop.
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