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Photograph by Dai Sugano
Russ Wintle, 92, serves lunch to Harold Browning, 87, and his wife, Fern Browning, at the Live Oak Nutrition Center. Wintle has volunteered with the center for 12 years.
Senior Services
The town's loose network of services lacks a coordinator
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At a time when senior centers are booming, the Los Gatos senior center has been shrinking. In fact, there's hardly a senior center at all. Los Gatos serves seniors through a loose patchwork of independent nonprofit organizations, each with its own board of directors and its own agenda. While the town's Community Services Department oversees the funding of senior programs as part of its duties, no one person on the town's payroll is responsible for an overall senior program. By parceling out funds to agencies instead of offering a town program for seniors, the town avoids the expense of salaries and benefits for those who would run a senior center. This also means the town has little say over its senior program. Although the town appears satisfied with its approach to senior services, the agencies themselves have been frustrated by the lack of a focal point for Los Gatos seniors, and for those elderly who are slipping between agency cracks.
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Los Gatos Mobile Home Park
Council delays decision on closure debate; both sides threaten litigation.
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Blossom Hill Road Apartments
Planning commissioners reject proposal for 56-unit complex.
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Education
College For Kids
West Valley College program offers fun, educational courses for youth.
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Taste
Whole Foods Deli
Natural foods store offers salad bar, hot and cold entrees.
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Los Gatos funds a loose network of senior services, but lacks a coordinator
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News Briefs
Council delays decision on mobile home park closure
Police seek suspect in Saratoga Savings robbery
Repairs completed on buckled pipe at Lexington
Santa Rosa neighborhood students will not transfer
Metricom gets cash to build a national wireless network
Handwriting leads to arrest
Planners deny 56-unit apartment complex
Police Report
Photo: Road repairs
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Letters
Editorial: Senior services
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On Campus
WVC College for Kids offers educational, fun courses for youth
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The Prowler
'FABulous FANaticism' exhibit showcases Beatles memorabilia
Eastfield Ming Quong earns national awards
Births
Photo: The Young Continentals
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Main Street
Picture From the Past
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Summer weather spurs ripening of fruits and vegetables
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Whole Foods deli offers salad bar, hot and cold entrees
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Sports Briefs
Los Gatos Little League all-star team
Los Gatos advances to youth soccer regional quarterfinals
Local baseball all-stars shine
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