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OCTOBER 5, 2018
Wizard of Wine A supplement to the Gilroy Dispatch & Morgan Hill Times
Local viticulturist grows wine a vine at a time
Viticulturist Ron Mosley creates fields of dreams
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THE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE OF SAN BENITO COUNTY
OCTOBER 5, 2018
Hollister’s martial master
Preader earns martial arts instructor of the year
A supplement to the Hollister Free Lance
Mark Preader receives honors
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Unions are concerned about jobs at Gilroy hospital SAINT LOUISE CHAPTER 11 STATEMENTS STIR ACTION BY EMPLOYEES Bryce Stoepfel Reporter
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Robert Eliason
Union members at Saint Louise Regional Hospital want to be sure their jobs and their union are secure if the hospital is sold. To express this concern, some members of Service Employee International Union-United Healthcare Workers West held a candlelight vigil Sept. 27 at the Gilroy hospital, whose owner, Verity Health Systems of California, had one month earlier announced it was filing for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 to “reorganize and facilitate an orderly and efficient sale process.” Hospital workers are worried the hospital might close. “It would be devastating,” said 17-year Saint Louise ultrasound
KID ZONE Brothers Jayden and Eli Curtis take the tea cups for a whirl during the 29th annual Taste of Morgan Hill event on Saturday, Sept. 29.
Taste the downtown A FUN FALL FESTIVAL FOR NEARLY THREE DECADES By Debra Eskinazi Magazine and Features Editor
and classic cars, Morgan Hill Chamber of Commerce president John Horner said the festival continues to be a success and most everyone had a great time. “One new thing they did this year was team up with the local House of Thunder Harley Davidson dealership to invite a bunch of motorcycles out,” Horner said. The free event included ➝ Taste of MH, 14
Robert Eliason
More than 10,000 people came out for the Taste of Morgan Hill event, which kicked off the fall season in the South Valley Saturday and Sunday Sept. 29 and 30. The festival celebrated
nearly three decades as crowds and cars strolled and rolled into Morgan Hill’s downtown for the event in its 29th year. The street fair offered fun, food, shopping, games and entertainment for the whole family, not to mention crafts from all over the region. Vintage rides parked along the downtown area in the annual car show on the strip. Between the music, food and vendor booths
HOT JAM Angel Phelan and Stacey Habina of Stacey’s Jalapeno
Jelly in Morgan Hill show off the store’s spicy condiments.
Measure X campaign gains momentum GAVILAN CAMPUSES STAND TO BENEFIT Scott Forstner Reporter
A $65,000 check from the Associated Students of Gavilan College, key endorsements from local and regional community leaders and a
well-attended kickoff party have gotten the “Yes For Gavilan College, Yes on Measure X” campaign off to an energetic and optimistic start. The local community college, which serves south Santa Clara and San Benito counties with a main Gilroy campus and satellite campuses in both Morgan Hill and
Hollister, is asking its Gavilan College Joint District voters to approve a $248 million bond in the Nov. 6 election. Measure X, as it is tagged on the ballot, is just the third bond measure developed over the 100-year history of Gavilan College, which used an initial bond in 1965 to
build the Gilroy campus and a 2004 Measure E bond of $108 million to upgrade the main campus as well as purchase land for future expansion of Hollister site, plus the creation of the Coyote Valley Center on a 55-acre plot on Bailey Avenue in south San Jose. “Our fundraising efforts have been
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going on about four weeks now, and we are doing great,” said Esmeralda Montenegro, who heads up the development, events and fundraising for the “Yes For Gavilan College, Yes on Measure X” committee. “We’ve received great support from the Associated Students of Gavilan College. Our goal is to
raise a little more than $200,000, and we are on our way.” Along with the $65,000 check from the ASGC, Montenegro said they have already reached 68 percent of that campaign funding goal (more than $100,000) with other donations ➝ Gav Bond, 12