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vol . 2, no. 52 : august 30-september 5 , 2023 : losgatan.com
remembering dodi gaines p4 : water polo p10 : housing element p14 : ny times crossword puzzle p17 Photo courtesy of Valley Water
LGHS CROSS COUNTRY ON A GOOD RUN
$2.4 million spent, nine tons of trash collected in waterways
Boys, girls teams aim for State again
Drew Penner, Reporter
Over the last decade, Valley Water has continued to spend more money on cleaning up homeless encampments around Silicon Valley. In fiscal year 2013-14, the regional water wholesaler put $786,085 into the initiative. That grew to $1.5 million just a few years later, then dipped to a low of $364,896 during the first year of the pandemic. This year it soared to new heights—costing the agency $2.4 million. That’s in addition to spending $403,594.60 on litter removal (down from $1 million last year, but still up from the $130,881 it put into the task in 2013-14). ➝ Water, 6
Emanuel Lee, Sports Reporter
With a stable of talented runners, Los Gatos High cross country coach Paul Lawryk knows the formula for the boys and girls teams to have another successful season. “It’s not too complicated this year. Keep them healthy and they’ll do well,” Lawryk said. “It’s just managing them properly over the course of a long season where they feel like they can optimize themselves in the invites and races. We’re spending a lot more time now paying attention, having better plyometric drills and stretching. And just managing their efforts better.” Junior standout Aydon Stefanopoulos returns and is poised to make further history in what is shaping up to be a storied LGHS athletics career. After a spectacular track and field season last spring in which he was the only boy to finish in the top eight in the CIF State Championships for both the 1600 and 3200 meter run, Stefanopoulos enters the 2023 cross country season as one of the elite talents in California. ➝ LGHS, 12
WATER DISTRICT’S CREEK CLEANUP PROGRAM GROWS
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CLEANUP EFFORT Valley Water crews are shown during a routine three-day garbage pick-up at Los Gatos Creek.
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