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$1 • Friday, March 16, 2018 • Vol. 124, No. 11 • morganhilltimes.com • Serving Morgan Hill since 1894

Charter school acquires $14M in funding UPGRADES TO CLASSROOMS, BATHROOMS AT TOP OF LIST Scott Forstner Reporter

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THE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE OF MORGAN HILL, GILROY & SAN MARTIN

MARCH 16, 2018

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A supplement to the Gilroy Dispatch & Morgan Hill Times

The couple who just can’t say ‘no’

Kathy and Brian Sullivan

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Inside this issue: Couple’s volunteer efforts earn them top spots

Robert Eliason

Leaders for the Charter School of Morgan Hill confirmed this week that they have been granted nearly $14 million in Proposition 51 state rehabilitation funds to help revitalize their aging campus. The Morgan Hill charter school leases the old Encinal School property from Morgan Hill Unified School District whose top officials opposed their application to receive the Prop 51 funds. However, the MHUSD Board

FINE WINE Local wine lovers Mariam Barragan, Shel Cassini and Sarah Medina sample some of Morgan Hill Cellar’s

special blends during Spring Passport. The month-long event showcases regional wineries through March 31.

More time for wine SPRING PASSPORT CONTINUES THROUGH MARCH 31 Debra Eskinazi

Magazine and Features Editor

Oenophiles can expect the same for the Fall Passport, which Giannini said will be held during the month of September. Passports cost $45 and are good at member wineries on the Santa Clara Valley Wine Trail through March 31. Wineries may offer music, food and special pricing, in addition to wine tastings. Additionally, many “Passport Partner” businesses are offering deep discounts. For information, visit santaclarawines.com/ passport.html.

Robert Eliason

This year, the Wineries of Santa Clara Valley welcomed eight new winery members to its collective—making it possible for wine lovers to visit 32 tasting rooms during the 2018 Spring Passport.

The event, which is a major fundraiser for the nonprofit and has traditionally occurred in a single weekend, has offered— for the first time—an entire month of wine tasting along the Santa Clara Valley Wine Trail. “This change has also given our tasting room staff the opportunity to do what they do best—educate each customer about the uniqueness of their wines,” said Wineries of Santa Clara Valley Director of Marketing Stacy Giannini.

SMALL BATCH Winery owner Ed Castro grows red grape

varietals on his five-acre winery at Miramar in San Martin.

MH man accused of making explosives CHEMICALS, LABORATORY SEEN WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED MARCH 12 Michael Moore Reporter

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A Morgan Hill man is accused of making explosive materials in a home that is neighbored by schools, a church and other residences.

On March 13, police arrested Dennis Fritsinger, 63, of Morgan Hill, on suspicion of possessing “materials and compounds and mixtures to make explosive materials,” Morgan Hill Police Sgt. Troy Hoefling said. He is also accused of being a felon in possession of ammunition, namely handgun and rifle rounds. No weapons were recovered during the police search of his home. The crimes Fritsinger

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is suspected of are felo- 13 searching his home on nies. He has not yet been McLaughlin Court. charged by the That search, Santa Clara County which lasted several District Attorhours and closed ney’s Office, which McLaughlin Court has up to 72 hours to traffic, yielded after his arrest to the materials that arraign him. Fritsinger was planFritsinger’s ning to combine to identity and the make explosives, crimes he is sus- Dennis Fritsinger police said. He also pected of were had “hundreds of revealed after MHPD and pieces of equipment” that the Santa Clara County constituted a sort of home Sheriff’s Bomb Squad chemistry lab in Fritsingspent the afternoon March er’s house.

McLaughlin Court— which forms an “L” shaped residential neighborhood off East Central Avenue, just north of downtown Morgan Hill— was covered with patrol cars, bomb squad trailers and fire trucks during the six-hour-plus search. Residents neighboring Fritsinger’s home were asked to stay away while authorities executed the search warrant. ➝ Explosives, 16

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