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A supplement to the Gilroy Dispatch & M

Jams Gilroy’s annual Porchfest draws relaxed crowds P2

THE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE OF MORGAN HILL, GILROY & SAN MARTIN

A supplement to the Gilroy Dispatch & Morgan Hill Times

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Gilroy brings music back to the porch

Front Porch Jams

SOUTH VALLEY MAGAZINE INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Gilroy’s annual Porchfest draws relaxed crowds P2

GILROY DISPATCH CELEBRATES ITS 150TH ANNIVERSARY THIS WEEK SPECIAL SECTION INSIDE THE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE OF SAN BENITO COUNTY

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Montoya connects youth with indigenous heritage

Warrior Serpent

SAN BENITO MAGAZINE INSIDE THIS ISSUE

A supplement to the Hollister Free Lance

Hollister’s Noe Montoya helps others reconnect with their roots P4

ESTABLISHED 1868

A New SV Media publication

Friday, September 14, 2018

gilroydispatch.com • Vol. 151, No. 37 • $1

City cop fires gun to stop car near ballfields NO INJURIES IN INCIDENT AT GILROY HIGH SCHOOL ON SUNDAY Michael Moore Reporter

Robert Eliason

A Gilroy Police officer fired his service weapon at a suspect who drove a stolen vehicle through the Gilroy High School campus where hundreds of children and parents had gathered at midday on Sept. 9, according to authorities. The single shot fired by the officer struck the front of the vehicle and did not result in any injuries to the suspect or bystanders, police said. The discharged round disabled the vehicle, allowing arriving police to subdue the driver, who Gilroy Police Capt. Joseph Deras said had been driving recklessly. One adult male bystander who had entered the stolen vehicle in an effort to stop the suspect was uninjured, Deras said. The civilian, who was associated with a youth football game underway at the high school stadium at the time of the disturbance, was inside the vehicle when the Gilroy officer fired his handgun, but the officer did not know this at the time. Deras said the officer fired his weapon as the suspect, Chad Browning, 42, of Fresno, drove a stolen Kia SUV directly

POLO COMBAT Riders jockey for position at high speed in race to score a goal at GIlroy polo match.

Polo thunders in Gilroy

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Robert Eliason

AIRBORNE This polo pony has all four feet off the ground

in gallop during Gilroy match.

For what has long been a “Gentleman’s Sport” for generations, the sport of polo has reached the Gilroy, away from the tony pastures of patrician England, last weekend at South Bay Polo’s Seventh Annual Garlic Cup Polo Tournament. South Bay Polo offers group lessons in Gilroy for 10 weeks starting in July at 1290 Masten Avenue in Gilroy. Mounted on their equine partners, 12 players play on 300 feet by 130 feet grassy fields, horse and rider score by hitting a ball with a bamboo mallet through their opponent's goal. For more information check out southbaypolo.com.

Teachers strike would suspend fall sports DISTRICT SAYS STRIKE WOULD BLOCK GILROY, CHRISTOPHER FOOTBALL, SIX OTHERS Bryce Stoepfel Reporter

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ticking for fall athletics— and many other extracurricular activities— at Gilroy high schools. “In the event of a work stoppage, and for the safety of our campuses, the district anticipates that all other school activities, including athletics, clubs, tutoring, arts and civic events, will be suspended or canceled,” a Gilroy Unified School District representative said in a video update

posted on the district’s website. “I was told that if there was a strike there would be no athletics,” Christopher head football coach Tim Pierleoni said. Pierleoni said he is a representative for the teachers union. Gilroy teachers are holding out hope that things will work out after Sept. 14, when union and district negotiators are scheduled to hear the

results of a fact-finding report. Gilroy Teachers Association President Jonathan Bass said last month that “whether a strike occurs depends on whether an agreement can be reached prior to or during the fact-finding hearing.” If teachers and the school district cannot reach an agreement on a new union contract and all after-school activities,

including high school football and other fall sports, are canceled or postponed, it would have a substantial ripple effect across multiple schools and teams in the Santa Clara Valley and Central Coast. California Interscholastic Federation Central Coast Section Commissioner Duane Morgan said this week he ➝ Strike, 8


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