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Nearly two months after the death of Steven Juarez in police custody, friends and family of the Gilroyan are not giving up in their effort to demand answers from City Hall and its police department. Specifically, Juarez’ family—consisting of several generations of Gilroy residents—wants to know more about the Gilroy Police Department’s use of force policy, review the police camera footage from the Feb. 25 incident that ended in Juarez’ death and learn why nobody from the city or police department has expressed their condolences to the family, according to Juarez’ cousin Rebeca Armendariz. They also want to know the names of the seven officers involved in the Feb. 25 incident on Chestnut Street in east Gilroy, and why none of them were placed on any kind of leave following Juarez’ death. “Why haven’t our elected officials done their due diligence?” Armendariz wondered. About 30 people, including the brother and sister of Juarez, packed a
COLORFUL FRIENDS Three young ladies celebrate the Hindu festival of Holi Sunday, April, 15 at Community Park in Morgan Hill. Left to right Sruchi Patel, Aashri Singh and Nishika Chabra.
Holi celebrates spring INDIAN COMMUNITY OF SOUTH VALLEY CELEBRATES ITS SPRING FESTIVAL OF RENEWAL Debra Eskinazi
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A colorful springtime celebration came late this year for celebrants of the South Asian spring festival of renewal, Holi. The Sunday, April 15 event took place in a smash of colors at Community Park in Morgan Hill with more than 160 festival goers in attendance. Heavy March rains forced the rescheduling of the event from its
normal new moon celebration on Poornima day—typically occurring during February or March in the Hindu calendar, which is lunisolar, meaning it is guided by both the moon and the sun. Hosted by the Indian Association of South County (IASC), Holi celebrates the victory of good over evil— the bright spring season emerging from the cold winter. Steeped in love and vibrant colors, vice president of IASC Monica Iyer said the traditional Hindu festival celebrates the Avatar Lord Vishnu and the story of how he defeated and killed an evil demon called Hiranyakashyap and his evil sister, the demoness Holika. The holiday is typically
celebrated with a bonfire, reminiscent of the fire that according to legend was used by Lord Vishnu to burn Holika. “In modern times, it has also become a bigger celebration with colors,” said Iyer. Although it has its origins as a Hindu festival, Holi has a broader cultural significance and is observed among various Indian subcultures, she added. With more than 400 community members in South Valley, Iyer noted the IASC is a secular non-profit. Beyond Indian celebrations, the IASC is eager to share its cultural traditions with the broader community. “Our aim is to celebrate our culture and traditions and pass it down to our kids,” she said. “At the same
time, we also want to share our rich tradition with our friends in the community who are not from India. Our celebrations are open to all. We are not religion-based.” Meeting new people and making new friends is an important part of the festivities, she added. “There is a lot of fun and frolic and most importantly our children have a fabulous time together,” Iyer said. “It is one event where even our teen kids love to come, get painted, play with water guns and just have a chilled-out time all day. It is a really feel good day for all of us.” For more information about the Indian Association of South County, please visit iascinfo.com.
Gilroy HS pool project on the horizon BOARD APPROVES $5 MILLION OPTION Scott Forstner Reporter
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Gilroy High School’s two swimming pools will be merging into a single large competition pool, as early as next year. The Gilroy Unified School District staff had outlined three renovation options for the aging high school swimming pool complex. The district’s Board of Trustees approved an option that
combined two smaller pools into one $5 million larger competition pool. Gilroy coach Doug Pickford is ecstatic about the larger pool. He said the school’s water polo team has never been able to play in a regulation water polo pool, which has been a handicap when the team plays away matches at larger pools. At its March 22 meeting, the board heard three proposals, each with a different price tag and scope of work. In the end, they opted for the approximately $5 million
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option that includes a 25-yardby-35 meter pool, a new tiled pool deck with underground utilities and drainage, upgraded filtration and mechanical room, timing system, ADA gate upgrades, restrooms and showers. “Like all of our facilities, (the pools) get a lot of use, not only from the schools, but the community, and 40 years is a lot of wear and tear,” said Board President Linda Piceno, who explained that the board did not choose the priciest plan nor did it select the least expensive option.
Option 1 maintained the smaller two-pool layout, but Piceno said the health department required the district replace the mechanical support/filtration unit with two new ones for each individual pool. “That increased the cost (for Option 1) and it just didn’t make sense,” said Piceno, who joined the board on a visit to the Gilroy High pool complex prior to determining the best option moving forward. ➝ GHS Pool, 17
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