THE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE OF MORGAN HILL, GILROY & SAN MARTIN
MARCH 22, 2019
A supplement to the Gilroy Dispatch & Morgan Hill Times
Mattie Scariot is framing the Poppy Jasper film fest as a must-see event
A FRESH TAKE
Poppy Jasper Film Festival blossoms
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Poppy Jasper’s director is leading the film festival in new directions P2
JUAREZ FAMILY SUES P8 | HOMELESS ARRESTS P12 | GEORGE W. MILIAS P14
THE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE OF SAN BENITO COUNTY
MARCH 22, 2019
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Seabrisa’s Eatery doing Friday, March 22, 2019booming business
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Medicare awards St.Louise 3 stars NEW ‘QUALITY OF CARE’ SURVEY RATES GILROY HOSPITAL HIGHER THAN TWO ‘SISTERS’ Barry Holtzclaw Managing Editor
Robert Eliason
New federal quality ratings for U.S. hospitals give St. Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy a three-star rating, which means that less than 38 percent of U.S. hospitals scored higher. Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital in Hollister scored in the second-lowest category—with a two-star rating—which means that approximately 72 percent of U.S. hospitals had higher quality ratings. The ratings of U.S. hospitals by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services place two of the three hospitals in the newly expanded Santa Clara County Health System in the lowest category—a one-star rating— which represents the bottom 7.5 percent of more than 3,725 hospitals. The CMS updated its Overall Hospital Quality
KICKING INTO SPRING Boys at Ascencion Solorsano Middle School enjoy the warm weather in a just-for-fun soccer match March 18.
Spring warms up OFF-AND-ON RAIN CONTINUES, BUT ARRIVAL OF SPRING BRINGS WARMER TEMPERATURES
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out and flowering trees and bulbs chances to bloom. Despite off-and-on showers as the equinox arrived, temperatures still stayed well above the chilly days of early March, which the National Weather Service predicted to hit its monthly average high of 69 degrees this weekend. Kids at local parks and school fields took turns chasing soccer balls and fly balls and moms pulled out the sunscreen.
Staff Report
Robert Eliason
ALL SMILES Playing with friends in the sun.
Weekend temperatures, helped by sunny skies, boosted Gilroy temperatures above seasonal averages on the weekend, giving field and gardens a chance to dry
Gav enrollment continues to drop ‘COUNTERCYCLICAL’ TREND CONTINUES TO IMPACT NUMBERS Scott Forstner Reporter
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Gavilan College enrollments are continuing to decline, and the college blames a low unemployment rate and strong economy in south Santa Clara County for the drop. The latest available numbers
show that Gilroy-based Gavilan’s student count dropped from 11,744 in the 2016-17 year to 10,394 in the 2017-18 year. Gavilan officials—who are planning the community college’s Centennial Celebration later this year—are not panicking due to what they call a “countercyclical” trend between its enrollment and the economy. “When the economy is down— and there are fewer employment opportunities—enrollment
goes up. People who have been laid off or can’t find work go back to school for more training,” explained Gavilan communications director Jan BernsteinChargin. “When the economy is strong and there are a lot of jobs, enrollment declines.” According to Gavilan’s Educational Master Plan, which includes enrollment data prior to 2016, its enrollment increased 5.9 percent annually (53 percent overall) from 2000-2009. The annual
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unemployment rate in San Benito and Santa Clara counties climbed during that period and peaked in 2010 at 6.29 percent. Data further showed that Gavilan’s enrollment decreased by 4.1 percent annually (25 percent overall) from 2010-2014 as the unemployment rate declined over those years. In May 2018, local unemployment rates, according to Bureau of ➝ Gavilan, 4
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