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From the Editor
Holy summer ? Well that ’ s what if feels like today and it ’ s barely spring . This has been such an interesting year , weather wise . I have my closets totally messed up trying to find the appropriate attire so that I won ’ t be too hot or too cold depending on the whim of the day ’ s J . Chris Mickartz climate . You just can ’ t count on anything anymore and the weather is working it .
Enough about the weather . This has been a fun issue to put together . We ’ ve enjoyed visiting all the wineries in the area , first the Gilroy wineries that we highlighted in our Gilroy Today spring publication and now the Morgan Hill , San Martin wineries . From the large established wineries like Clos LaChance to the small new , by appointment only wineries like Paradise Valley Vineyards , we found them to be friendly , inviting and each unique . And the wines are amazing . Back when we had our B & B , we had a couple stay with us who specifically came to visit from Napa to go wine tasting . Naturally we had to ask , why would they come here when they lived in the wine capital of California ? They simply said “ this is what Napa used to be .” See pages 26-30 .
Mike Wasserman spoke at our Rotary Club meeting a month or so ago . I must admit , I had not had the opportunity to hear much about the county and how some of the decisions made at the County Supervisor ’ s office can impact our quality of life here in South County . Some of the numbers and figures he shared were a little scary . I encourage you to go on the county website and read his State of the County address — sccgov . org / sites / opa / newsroom / Stateofthe- CountyAddresses / Pages / State-of-the-County-Address-2014 . aspx . You can get to know a little about the man on page 14 .
This year ’ s Leadership Morgan Hill ’ s Excellence Award will be presented to George Chiala and his family for their contributions to the community . Our writer , Robin Shepherd , sat down with George and Alice and talked about their amazing journey as parents , farmers and food processing innovators , community leaders and philanthropists . It ’ s a wonderful story of business growth and community involvement . We congratulate them on the award and thank them for helping make Morgan Hill such a special place to live and work .
We live in a historical 1885 Queen Anne Farmhouse so have a deep appreciation of older homes and the amount of work involved in restoring and maintaining them . So , the Giancola ’ s home and property , known as The Rhoades Ranch , was a treat for us to tour and photograph . Joe and Sheila Giancola have done an exceptional job restoring their home . Instead of finding new replicas of the old fixtures , they took the old ones down and refurbished them . And the ones they couldn ’ t fix , they painstakingly found replacements . We could only share a few photos with you within these pages , but will post all the photos on our website at morganhilltoday . net . See pages 32-37 .
I want to thank Laura Lundy and Sherry Hemingway for sharing the story of their amazing adventure in Burma . I enjoy traveling vicariously through our friends so I was happy to visit Burma through the eyes of Laura and Sherry . I ’ m sure you will enjoy readying about the their travels as well . See pages 58-63 .
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T O D A Y A MAGAZINE FOR AND ABOUT THE COMMUNITY OF MORGAN HILL
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