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A supplement to the Gilroy Dispatch & Morgan Hill Ti

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A supplement to the Gilroy Dispatch & Morgan Hill Times

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THE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE OF SAN BENITO COUNTY

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LOCAL SCENE Celebrate Japanese culture The 58th annual Morgan Hill Haru Matsuri (Spring Festival) and Nor Cal Taiko Expo will take place 11am to 5pm April 22 at the Morgan Hill Buddhist Community Center, 16450 Murphy Ave. The festival features arts and crafts vendors; cultural and historical displays; Asian cuisine; a farmers market; and a White Elephant sale. Martial arts demonstrations will be performed by Renkishin Dojo of Morgan Hill. On display will also be beautiful Ikebana arrangements, created by renowned artist Kika Shibata and her students. There will also be a collection of intricate bird carvings by Sakaye Kobashi. The Taiko Expo will feature several drum groups from northern California. Admission to the festival and Taiko Expo is free. The event is hosted by the Morgan Hill Buddhist Community.

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The Morgan Hill Alumni Association and Sobrato Boosters will host the 15th annual Spring Auction April 27, to raise funds for Live Oak and Sobrato Future Farmers of America. The event starts at 5:30pm April 27, at Guglielmo Winery, 1480 East Main Ave. Tickets cost $20 in advance, or $25 at the door. The event includes great wine, scrumptious finger foods, generous sponsors, a live auction and a silent auction. For more information, contact Kayla Mulch at kaylamulch@gmail.com. The auction benefits the Students Scholarship funds and grants for both Live Oak and Sobrato High Schools’ FFA programs.

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

Magazine and Features Editor

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.

Well owners will see 7.9% fee increases AGRICULTURAL WELLS UP 22% IN NEW PLAN By Barry Holtzclaw Managing Editor

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Municipal water districts, homeowners, farmers and ranchers with their own water wells face fee increases of 7.9 to 22.2 percent from the Santa Clara Valley Water District.

Well users don’t use the district’s treatment plants, pipes or pumping stations, but they do dip into the same groundwater resources, and the district uses the well-user fees, and rates by “retail” consumers to sustain the system. The rate-setting process for the sprawling water district is scheduled to conclude on April

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24, when the board meets to affirm rates it already approved. Public hearings were held April 10 and April 12 to explain the new rates. Groundwater rates would rise up to 7.9 percent for non-agricultural water wells, and up to 22.2 percent for agricultural well users. “As Santa Clara County’s primary water

wholesaler, the water district strives to make sure there is enough clean, safe water to sustain the region’s economic vitality and quality of life,” the district said in a letter sent earlier this month to all landowners who draw their drinking and irrigation water from private wells. Much of the water used by Santa Clara County

residents provided by the water district comes from so-called surface water sources—local reservoirs and water piped and pumped from the Sierra mountains. The water charges for these wells help underwrite the costs of the infrastructure and services required to deliver ➝Water Rates, 19

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