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THE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE OF MORGAN HILL, GILROY & SAN MARTIN

A supplement to the Gilroy Dispatch & Morgan Hill Times

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Local pumpkin farms provide family-fun or spooky experiences

Autumn Craze

Area pumpkin farms offer tricks or treats

SOUTH VALLEY MAGAZINE INSIDE THIS ISSUE

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MADE BY MATT P8 | AUTUMN OUTINGS P16

MAN ARRESTED IN DEATH OF CO-WORKER P2 | VERITY CEO TALKS ST. LOUISE SALE P4 | BULLDOGS FIND THEIR FOOTING P19

THE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE OF SAN BENITO COUNTY

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Autumn Craze

Area pumpkin farms offer tricks or treats

SAN BENITO MAGAZINE INSIDE THIS ISSUE

A supplement to the Hollister Free Lance

Local pumpkin farms provide family-fun or spooky experiences P4

MADE BY MATT P8 | AUTUMN OUTINGS P16

$1 • Friday, October 12, 2018 • Vol. 124, No. 41 • morganhilltimes.com • Serving Morgan Hill since 1894

Council, public debate local gun control CITY COUNCIL PLANS TO VOTE ON ORDINANCE AT OCT.17 MEETING Jaqueline McCool Reporter

➝ Gun Ordinance, 8

Robert Eliason

After months of meeting and soliciting community input, the Morgan Hill City Council is set to vote on the adoption of an ordinance that would make gun laws stricter within city limits. Councilmembers will consider accepting the ordinance drafted by City Attorney Don Larkin at the Oct. 17 council meeting. The draft ordinance was completed after two meetings where the public was invited to discuss proposals for the ordinance and drafts. The current version of the ordinance has seven points, addressing a permit for discharging weapons outside a designated

CALABAZA QUEENS Sisters Or and Maya Ereo pick their perfect holiday pumpkins at Uesugi Farms Pumpkin Park in Morgan Hill.

Pick of the patch

For much of the country, the fall season means cooler weather, changing leaves and pumpkin spice. Where there is no cool weather to be had, we’ll settle for pumpkins—lots of them—in all shapes and sizes. Uesugi Farms, a South Valley grower in Morgan Hill, brings the crowds to its farm, where its annual Pumpkin Park is a central fall attraction. The Pumpkin Park is only a one-month operation, opening Oct. 1 and closing up for the year after Halloween. The park, which is open every day during October, employs close to 200 people and

can attract 10,000 or more visitors per day over the course of October. On Saturday, Oct. 13, Uesugi Farms will host the highlight of its fall season at the Pumpkin Park with the 28th annual Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off, when mindbogglingly large pumpkins from all over Northern California will be weighed. The owner of the heaviest pumpkin wins a prize of $7 ... per pound. For the fattest pumpkins that can reach weights of close to 2,000 pounds, that’s a nice payday. The park is located at 14485 Monterey Road. Read more in this week’s South Valley magazine.

A Q&A with your school board candidates EACH CANDIDATE ANSWERED THE SAME THREE QUESTIONS Scott Forstner Reporter

This week the Times sent three questions to all of the local candidates for

the Morgan Hill Unified School District Board of Education and Santa Clara County Board of Education. The questions were selected after asking Morgan Hill residents what they would like to hear from their future elected representatives. Answers were limited to 50 words. Here’s what they had to say:

MORGAN HILL UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Board of Education candidates

Trustee Area 1 PETER MANDEL The hiring and retaining of highly

qualified teachers has become more and more challenging. How would you help Morgan Hill Unified School District address this issue? We need to find new revenue (e.g. parcel tax) to allow for increased compensation; improve teachers’ work satisfaction through greater teacher empowerment over their work; and work with

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the cities of Morgan Hill and San Jose on options for teacher housing to deal with the high cost of living here. What are some of your ideas for improving school safety and eliminating bullying in schools? While in-person bullying ➝ School Board, 13


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