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vol . I , no. 49 : August 10-16, 2022 : losgatan.com
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TOWN’S EFFORTS TO ACKNOWLEDGE NATIVES FRAUGHT WITH CHALLENGES Groups at odds over who should be considered the original inhabitants
LOS GATOS HIGH FOOTBALL TEAM KNOWS HARD WORK PAYS OFF Wildcats accomplish off-season goals
Drew Penner, Reporter
Emanuel Lee, Sports Editor
Earlier this year while tweaking the history section of the Draft General Plan, Los Gatos planning commissioners suggested zooming-out from the previous version, which only told the story of settler expansion, to also share the history of the original inhabitants. What may have seemed, to many, a relatively easy— and necessary—change to the Town’s official guiding document, has opened the door to a fraught process involving representatives of two at-odds native groups. And it’s highlighted the extent to which the Town—despite hearing frequently from single-family homeowners concerned about increased housing production— failed to seriously consult with the First Nations groups about the community’s long-term blueprint. At the April 25 Planning Commission meeting, Commissioner Kylie Clark explained she’d decided it was important to strengthen the language in the General Plan to clarify that what happened to native people is “widely cited as a genocide,” and make other changes, after
The football games that are won in the fall are often decided by the work that was done in the spring and summer. That’s why Mark Krail feels refreshed and confident entering his 10th season as the Los Gatos High coach. As the idiom goes, the hay is in the barn. The returning players have been conditioning and lifting for several months, and the Wildcats also took part in several 7-on-7 passing league games from early June to July 22. The latter was done with schools such as Branham, Mitty, Wilcox, St. Francis and Valley Christian. Krail looks for
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PLAYMAKER Jaylen Thomas, a junior flanker and defensive back, displayed tremendous versatility last season for the Los Gatos High football team, breaking up passes on defense and gaining yards on carries and receptions on offense.
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