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The South Valley Running Club presents the “Couch to 5k” training program to help beginning runners prepare for the Morgan Hill Freedom 5k, which is held annually on the Fourth of July. The program offers to train any interested runner for the 5k in nine weeks. The cost of $45 includes SVRC membership, a Couch to 5k t-shirt and training. The program starts 8am April 7 at the Coyote Creek trailhead entrance near the corner of Eagle View Drive and Morning Star Drive in Morgan Hill. For more information, email m44haro@gmail.com, or call (408) 665-5020, or visit svrchome.org.
THIS WEEK: Poppy Jasper screens Luis Valdez’s ‘Ceasar’s Last Fast’
Tree survey The City of Morgan Hill is seeking residents’ input for the development of a new tree management plan that will meet the community’s social, economic and environmental needs for now and future generations. The survey can be completed online at surveymonkey. com/r/TQPJVYY.
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The annual Gamma Alpha Bunco Luncheon will take place 12pm to 3:30pm March 24 at the Grange Hall, 40 E. Fourth Street. Tickets cost $30 and includes salad and dessert luncheon, several rounds of Bunco and raffles galore. Email cindy.miller@cbnorcal.com for questions or to make a reservation. The deadline to purchase tickets is March 8. No tickets will be sold at the door. Gamma Alpha Chapter is a local honorary organization for women educators.
PINT-SIZED WERC Volunteer Jennifer Will presents one of the center’s resident animals, Owlivia, a rescued Western Screech Owl.
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COMMUNITY ATTENDS FUNDRAISING EVENT FOR WERC WILDLIFE PROGRAMS By Debra Eskinazi Magazine and Features Editor
Twenty-five bowlers flocked to Morgan Hill Bowl Sunday, March 18 helping to raise $2,200
in funds for Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation Center’s fifth annual Bowl-A-Thon. The Morgan Hillbased nonprofit takes in injured birds of prey and other animals and nurses them back to health. Animals, like Owlivia, a Western Screech Owl, that cannot be released into the wild often become part of WERC’s resident animal team.
WERC educational coordinator Anna Pascual said the fundraiser provides needed resources for their busy spring season. “We put it on in March specifically for our spring season because that’s when we have the most animals coming in,” said Pascual. “It helps with the cost of caring for baby animals. It basically helps pay for food and medical care.” Community supporter
Emily Shem-Tov said her family became involved with WERC years ago and have become devoted regulars at its events. “Clara, my daughter, is utterly obsessed with owls and the work WERC does—she’s gotten the whole family involved,” Shem-Tov said. Shem-Tov said her daughter, who also took first place, raised $250 this year with the
Bowl-A-Thon, which she said is unique because her daughter is not an official WERC volunteer. ShemTov says she and her family are please to participate. “They need a new location, it’s just great to get the word out,” ShemTom said. To learn more about WERC’s programs or to make a donation, visit werc-ca.org.
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Two local groups, the Morgan Hill Federation of Teachers (MHFT)
and Showing Up For Racial Justice South County (SURJ) are co-organizing a March 24 Morgan Hill March for Our Lives in support of gun control. The event is part of a nationwide movement dreamed up by the survivors of the Feb.
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14 Parkland, Fla., high school shooting that resulted in 17 deaths at Stoneman Douglas High School, according to local organizers. “On March 24, the Morgan Hill community will join our students to march to demand that our
lives and safety become a priority, and that we end gun violence and mass shootings in our schools and communities,” according to the announcement. Marchers will gather at the Morgan Hill Community and Cultural Center
(17000 Monterey Road) and will march to the farmer’s market and then return to the CCC for a rally with a host of speakers. Those interested in participating can sign up at act.everytown.org/ event/march-our-livesevents_attend/10004.
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