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THE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE OF MORGAN HILL, GILROY & SAN MARTIN

MARCH 8, 2019

A supplement to the Gilroy Dispatch & Morgan Hill Times

‘VELOCITY’ REVIEW P8 WINE PASSPORT TOURS P12 MUSIC THERAPY P16

South Valley artist gains a following

SOUTH VALLEY MAGAZINE INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Infused art

Nacho Moya illustrates a life of dreams P4

HOSPITAL SUBSIDIES GROW P2 | DISTINGUISHED SCHOOL P9 | TEACHER FEATURED P9

THE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE OF SAN BENITO COUNTY

ESTABLISHED 1868

MARCH 8, 2019

Diane Ortiz provesFriday, a worthy ally for local youth A New SV Media publication March 8, 2019 ‘VELOCITY’ REVIEW P8 WINE PASSPORT TOURS P12 MUSIC THERAPY P16

SAN BENITO MAGAZINE INSIDE THIS ISSUE gilroydispatch.com • Vol. 152, No. 10 • $1

A supplement to the Hollister Free Lance

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FINDING MY PLACE

El Camino Hospital seeks to buy Gilroy Clinic Youth Alliance helps kids pave a path P4

FIVE CLINICS WOULD CLOSE IF BANKRUPTCY COURT DOESN’T OK SALE BY VERITY Barry Holtzclaw Managing Editor

Barry Holtzclaw

A subsidiary of El Camino Hospital has a purchase agreement with Verity Medical Foundation to buy five healthcare clinics in Santa Clara County, including clinics in Morgan Hill and Gilroy. The Feb. 27 offer by Silicon Valley Medical Development of Mountain View is awaiting approval by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Los Angeles, the same court that approved the purchase of O’Connor and St. Louise Hospital by Santa Clara County. Employees at the clinics last month were told by Verity Medical Foundation, which is part of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding of Verity Health System, that seven clinics owned by Verity would close March 31 unless they were sold.

READING ALOUD Gilroy Supt. Deborah Flores reads The Most Magnificent Thing to second-graders

in Ashley Martinezís class at Glen View Elementary.

Supt. in the Hat GILROY SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY CELEBRATE DR. SEUSS’ BIRTHDAY Staff report

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Barry Holtzclaw

DR. SEUSS Gilroy Supt. Deborah Flores donned hat for authorís birthday.

Gilroy Unified School District’s elementary school students welcomed special guest readers from throughout the community March 1 as part of the annual Read Across America Read-in event. Supt. Debbie Flores pulled double duty, first reading selections at Eliot Elementary School before heading over to Glen View Elementary

to read aloud to those students. Flores, pictured above reading the book “The Most Magnificent Thing” in Ashley Martinez’s second-grade class at Glen View, wore a Dr. Seuss hat as she entertained her student audience. More than 50 staff employees and community members volunteered to read aloud book selections in each classroom, from transitional kindergarten through fifth grade. The nationwide National Education Association event is a celebration of beloved children’s author Dr. Seuss’ birthday as well as an opportunity to promote literacy.

‘Welcome to Gilroy and California’ GILROY GETS DESIGNATION AS OFFICIAL CALIFORNIA GREETING SITE Jaqueline McCool Reporter

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The Garlic City secured a new spot on the California state map as the month of March began.

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learning is more intentional.

The Gilroy welcome center is now a designated state welcome center, one of just 18 throughout California. The new designation will provide state money to promote Gilroy and new signage to indicate to visitors that a state welcome center is in the city. A celebration of the rebranding March 1 was a who’s who of city officials, with council members,

the mayor and Chamber of Commerce members all present. “By bringing people into our community, they spend money,” said Jane Howard, director of Visit Gilroy, which staffs the site. “If they hear more about Gilroy they might say, ‘Let’s just stay another day.’” The work toward the new designation began in 2011, when the welcome center moved from its

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downtown location to a larger space by the Gilroy Outlet Mall. The board first applied for the California welcome center designation eight years ago but was rejected. Howard said the main reason the application was rejected was because the visitor’s center was unable to operate 360 days a year at the time. After the ➝ Welcome Center, 4

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Saturday, March 16th 10am to noon


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