A FORMER CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHER, WHO WAS ARRESTED ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES, USED TO TEACH AT SAINT MARY?S SCHOOL IN GILROY. ALTHOUGH POLICE DON?T BELIEVE THAT 57 YEAR-OLD DAVID JOSEPH WELSH (WHO TAUGHT IN GILROY FROM 1989 UNTIL 1991) EVER VICTIMIZED ANY STUDENTS), THEY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM ANYONE WHO MAY HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR FROM THE FORMER TEACHER. WELSH CURRENTLY FACES 1 MISDEMEANOR CHARGE OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.
GILROY TEEN KILLED IN CANCUN S.S.
A MEMORIAL FUND HAS BEEN SET UP IN HONOR OF A GILROY TEEN, WHO WAS KILLED IN A HIT-AND-RUN ACCIDENT IN MEXICO RECENTLY. DONATIONS CAN BE MADE TO THE JR MEMORIAL FUND, AT THE BRANCH OF COMMUNITY BANK OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA, (THAT IS LOCATED AT 761 FIRST STREET IN GILROY). WELL-KNOWN GILROY RESIDENT, AND VALLEY CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL STANDOUT, LOVELL KEITH ?JR? ADAMS WAS KILLED MARCH 18TH, WHILE VACATIONING WITH HIS FATHER IN CANCUN. THIS IS VALLEY CHRISTIAN?S 2ND STUDENT DEATH IN 4 WEEKS, AND 4TH OVER THE PAST YEAR.
17 YEAR-OLD SENIOR ?JR? ADAMS WAS KNOWN AS AN OUTSTANDING FOOTBALL PLAYER, AND TEAM CAPTAIN. HE WAS VOTED THE TEAM?S MOST VALUABLE PLAYER, AND SELECTED TO PLAY IN AN ALL-STAR GAME IN JULY. THE 6-FOOT, 180-POUND HALFBACK LED THE WEST CATHOLIC ATHLETIC LEAGUE WITH 17 TOUCHDOWNS THIS YEAR, AND WAS ONE OF THE LEADING RUSHERS, AVERAGING 6.51 YARDS PER ATTEMPT DURING THE REGULAR SEASON. HE WAS SELECTED AS A FIRST TEAM ALL-LEAGUE PLAYER THIS YEAR.
