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THE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE OF MORGAN HILL, GILROY & SAN MARTIN

A supplement to the Gilroy Dispatch & Morgan Hill Times

MAY 24, 2019

Fallen soldier’s brother keeps memory alive STILL FIGHTING

SOUTH VALLEY MAGAZINE INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Fallen Korean War soldier’s brother vows to keep memory alive P2

PHONE SCAM P11 | CELEBRATE VETS P12 | NISSAN EXPANDS P12

THE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE OF SAN BENITO COUNTY

MAY 24, 2019

ESTABLISHED 1868

Hollister family fallen son Friday,remembers May 24, 2019

SAN BENITO MAGAZINE INSIDE THIS ISSUE gilroydispatch.com • Vol. 152, No. 21 • $1

A supplement to the Hollister Free Lance

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Hollister family remembers fallen son P2

Federal money pulled from rail project RAIL AGENCY SAYS STATE DIDN’T COMPLY WITH FUNDING AGREEMENT Jaqueline McCool Reporter

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Robert Eliason

The Federal Rail Administration has pulled funding for California’s High-Speed Rail Project. In a letter sent to HighSpeed Rail Authority President Brian Kelly, the FRA said it will be terminating the 2010 cooperative agreement between the two agencies. This will pull $929 million in funding from the project, which has never been fully funded. The FRA has also requested the authority return the $2.5 billion in funding already given to

SISTER ACT Summer and Sophia Felice collect bags of trash from Uvas Creek in Gilroy May 18 as part of National River Cleanup Day.

Keeping streams clean VOLUNTEERS REMOVE 23 TONS OF TRASH FROM COUNTY WATERWAYS Staff report

Robert Eliason

Skies cleared on Saturday, May 18, giving more than 1,000 volunteers in Santa Clara County time to clean up the banks of creeks and rivers in the county as part of

National River Cleanup Day. The effort, which included Uvas Creek in Gilroy and collected more than 46,000 pounds of trash along 60 miles of streams and reservoirs, was coordinated by the county’s Creek Connections Action Group and included volunteers of all ages, with assistance from Valley Water and county Parks and Recreation Department.

YOUR TURN Isaiah, left, and Layla Smith pitch in to clean up Uvas Creek.

Kylie Kuwada is Garlic Festival Queen CAL POLY STUDENT AWARDED $12,200 IN SCHOLARSHIPS Staff Reports

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Kylie Kuwada

Kylie Kuwada, a 20-year-old Cal Poly San Luis Obispo student from Gilroy, is the 2019 Miss Gilroy Garlic Festival Queen. The Christopher High School alum was selected May 19 at the annual scholarship pageant held at New Hope Community Church. She and her court of nine young women will represent the 41st annual Gilroy Garlic Festival at

numerous pre-festival activities and throughout the three days of the festival, July 26-28. Kuwada was awarded the $1,000 top prize from the Gilroy Garlic Festival Association as well as a $10,000 scholarship from Christopher Ranch. She also was awarded the Past Queen and Past President scholarships valued at $400 and $800. Additionally, she tied for Best Speech with Lilly Higgins from San Jose’s Presentation High School, and tied for Best Talent with Christopher High School alumna Brianna Budelli.

Higgins received $5,500 in scholarships as first runnerup. Second runner-up Lauryn Longoria, a Vanguard University student, received $3,250 in scholarships. Christopher Ranch awarded $1,500 to princesses Amaya Leyba-Guerra, Katie Van Horn and Rae Ceballos, all of Gilroy High; Simran Sihra, of the Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy; Jenessa Andrade, of Christopher High School and Gavilan College; and Brianna Budelli and Gisselle Oliveira, of Christopher High School.

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