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RAINCOATS & RUBBER BOOTS Head outdoors for activities including hiking, biking and playing in the creek Mar. 27 in Morgan Hill.

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MORGAN HILL OUTDOOR EXPLORATION

WATSONVILLE JAPANESE JAZZ

Coe Park will host “Raincoats and Rubber Boots.” Participants are advised to bring rain slickers and boots to play in the creek, float rubber ducks and boats and hike along the creek on a scavenger hunt to discover plants and animals that exist there. Kids are encouraged to bring bikes and helmets to ride the obstacle course under supervision of experienced mountain bikers. Saturday, Mar. 7, 10:30am-3pm at Henry W. Coe State Park, Hunting Hollow Entrance. For information, visit coepark.net. World-renowned drummer Akira Tana will bring consummate musical mastery into congruence with his deep Japanese cultural roots as he performs with his group, Otonowa in Watsonville. Guests will be treated to unique melodies as Tana and Otonowa perform Japanese jazz. Proceeds will benefit the Watsonville Buddhist Temple and City of Watsonville Kawakami Sister City Program. Saturday, Mar. 7, 3-6pm at Watsonville Buddhist Temple, 423 Bridge St., Watsonville. For tickets, visit tinyurl.com/srhvkf4.

GILROY DRUMMING WORKSHOP

MORGAN HILL PURIM CELEBRATION

Barbara Borden, percussionist, teacher, composer and subject of the documentary Keeper of the Beat: A Woman’s Journey Into the Heart of Drumming, will lead a beginning drumming workshop at the Gilroy Library. Borden aims to introduce women to the restorative and transformative nature of drumming and music. This program is part of the Silicon Valley Reads programming. Sunday, Mar. 8, 2-3pm at 350 W. Sixth St. For information, visit sccld.org. All ages are invited to connect with the Jewish community and celebrate at the Grand Purim Community Celebration. This celebration will feature a New York style deli dinner, Megillah reading, magic show, Hamentashen Bar, music, children’s activities and more. Participants are encouraged to arrive in costume. Suggested donation is $15 for adults, $10 children and $40 families. Tuesday, Mar. 10, 5:45pm at the Morgan Hill Community and Cultural Center, 17000 Monterey Road. For information and to RSVP, visit jewishmh.com/purim.

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ART & CRAFT FESTIVAL More than 100 art and craft exhibitors will line downtown San Juan Bautista on Third Street between Franklin and Muckelemi streets March 28-29 with unique items, food, face painting, animal rides, The Patty Kistner Band and more. The festival runs 10am to 6pm on March 28 and 10am to 5pm on March 29. Admission is free. For information, visit sanjuanbautistaartandcraftfestival.com.

POPPY JASPER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL The festival runs April 1-8 at various locations in Morgan Hill, Gilroy, San Juan Bautista and Hollister. Film screenings, workshops and more are offered throughout the festival. For information, visit pjiff.org. tells the story of a seedy nightclub in 1930s Berlin—overseen by the strange, omniscient and gender-bending Master of Ceremonies, “the Emcee”—where a young English performer strikes up a relationship with an American writer. For information, visit svct.org.

SAN BENITO DANCE WEEK San Benito Dance Week 2020 will be celebrated April 25-May 2 and will kick off with a free outdoor performance from noon to 2pm on April 25 at McCarthy Park in Hollister. The week-long event highlights the many dance studios, styles, students and partners in the community through an open invitation to the public to participate in free movement-based classes, workshops, performances and events throughout the county. For information, visit sanbenitoarts.org.

ART, WINE, BUBBLY, & CHOCOLATE LOVERS' AFFAIR The annual Art, Wine, Bubbly, & Chocolate Lovers' Affair takes over downtown Gilroy on April 4 from 1-5pm. Local wineries and chocolate will be featured in downtown Gilroy businesses, and local artists highlighted at the Gilroy Center for the Arts. A $40 Wine, Bubbly & Chocolate ticket includes souvenir glass, one-ounce pour and piece of chocolate at the 20 pour stations. For information, visit tinyurl.com/yx5wrz7k. ‘BEAUTY AND THE BEAST JR.’ San Benito Stage Company presents Beauty and the Beast Jr. April 24-May 9. The performance is based on the original Broadway production that ran for more than 13 years and was nominated for nine Tony Awards, and the Academy Award-winning motion picture. For information, visit sanbenitostage.org. ‘CABARET’ South Valley Civic Theatre’s Cabaret, running April 24-May 16, WINE & BEER STROLL The Hollister Downtown Association hosts the seventh annual Downtown Wine & Beer Stroll on May 2 from 1-5pm in downtown Hollister. Downtown businesses along with featured wineries and breweries will come together for an afternoon of wine and beer tasting. Participants will receive a tote bag, event map, wristband and a commemorative tasting glass to sample a variety of local wines and craft beers at 20 locations on and near San Benito Street. Tickets are $35 through April 16 (price goes up to $45 after April 19) and $45 the day of the event, subject to availability. For information, visit downtownhollister.org/downtown-wine-beer-stroll. ‘EVENING WITH ELVIS’ Donald Prieto performs “An Evening with Elvis” at the Gilroy Center for the Arts, 7341 Monterey St. The May 9 event runs 6:30-11pm. Prieto will perform from 7-9pm, and the Elvis film “Blue Hawaii” will be screened after the performance. Tickets are $25, and proceeds benefit the arts center. For information, visit gilroycenterforthearts.com. If the Sharks Foundation wanted to do something for a veteran, they certainly picked the right family. Dave Galtman earned six meritorious medals during World War II, then settled down to raise a family in Gilroy, originally buying a house at Eighth and Church. Dave’s service established a family tradition, which his four sons all followed. Oldest son Emmanuel joined the U.S. Navy as a radio man in the Vietnam era. Son David was also a Navy man, serving in Korea during the Vietnam War. And Bob is a Navy vet as well, serving on aircraft carriers in the Pacific which were transporting Marines into Vietnam.

“I actually joined because I hoped I could link up with my older brother,” said Bob, 69, who lived with his dad at the Rosanna Street house for the last 11 years of Dave’s life, and will now live in the house alone. “I was walking down the street (in Gilroy) right after I signed up, and I see someone walking toward me, and it was my brother Emmanuel. He said, ‘I just got out,’ (and I told him), ‘I just joined. I wanted to get on the same ship as you. Son of a gun!’”

Bob’s niece is also a Navy vet, as are three of his grand-nephews. In his brother David’s house, there is a wall devoted to photos of family members that served.

“We all get a big kick out of that,” Bob said.

Dave Galtman purchased the Rosanna Street Queen Anne back in 1996, when it was already more than a century old (Bob’s records indicate that the house was built sometime in the 1880s). The house was built before central heating and a furnace was never installed (nor air conditioning). The Galtmans rebuilt the kitchen and made a side patio into an interior room. The house’s eccentric nature, said Bob, reflected his father’s character.

“My dad was a real free spirit,” he said.

Rebuilding Together will set up a personal interview for qualified applicants for their service, and assess the needs of the applicant’s home.

“Then we determine which TEAM EFFORT Volunteers from Rebuilding Together and the Sharks Foundation spent a day sprucing up the Galtman home.

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