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Volume 4 Issue 3 • February 2021
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Plans are underway for New Farmer’s Market
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Newtopia Cyder presents the New Scripps Ranch Farmer’s Market is being planned for each Thursday in the parking lot of Newtopia Cyder. (courtesy of Mike & Beverly Cassity)
scheme is in progress to launch a new farmer’s market in Scripps Ranch. Titled “Newtopia Cyder presents the New Scripps Ranch Farmer’s Market,” the event’s planners are targeting an opening date of May 20, according to Beverly Cassity, the New Farmer’s Market manager. The New Scripps Ranch Farmer’s Market will be held
Jada Kim
each Thursday night from 3 to 7 p.m. in the parking lot on the eastern side of Newtopia Cyder, 10045 Carroll Canyon Road. Beverly said nearby Cabrillo Credit Union has agreed to allow Farmer’s Market customers to use its lot for parking during the event. Beverly, who will manage the market along with her husband Mike Cassity, said she is working in conjunction
Rayne Gonzalez
with Newtopia Cyder owner Rick Moreno to open this new weekly event. Timothy Mapes will be the assistant manager. The New Scripps Ranch Farmer’s Market will feature 40 or more vendors, including top quality farmers offering farm-fresh produce, fresh eggs, flowers, food “from around the world,” crafts, jewelry, commercial vendors and more, See FARMER’S MARKET, Page 4
Lily Haigis
Jody Luke, Scripps Ranch High School Senior Parent Committee founder, with her SRHS senior daughter Annalee Luke. (courtesy of Jody Luke)
Committee celebrates high school seniors
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Actors nominated for awards
By Alex Piscatelli
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group of parents are determined to give their kids a great senior high school experience, despite an unprecedented school year. The Scripps Ranch Senior Parent Committee is made up of parent volunteers who work to prepare events for Scripps Ranch High School (SRHS) class of 2021. Jody Luke created the committee in September once she realized the school district wasn’t going to hold events for seniors due to COVID-19. “It didn’t seem like anyone was advocating for kids … That kind of broke my heart right away,” Luke said. “I think at that point I felt like I had to do something.” Luke, the mother of a SRHS senior, a freshman and a sixth grader, called other parents she knew to form the committee. Now, the committee is 15 members strong, with 250 members in their FaceSee COMMITTEE, Page 6
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NEWS, Pages 2-6
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By Nick Ng
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ix Scripps Ranch youth artists from Scripps Theatre Arts were recently nominated for the National Youth Arts Awards competition. This is a huge deal for Scripps Theatre Arts founder Alicia Gonzalez and the actors, especially since they have only been putting on productions for about a year. “We all went crazy over it,” Gonzalez said. As soon as the announcements were made online, she received a text about it and the news “spread like wildfire,” she said. Rayne Gonzalez, 15, was nominated for Outstanding
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LIFE, Pages 7-10
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SCHOOLS, Pages 11-12
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Lead Performance in “Once Upon a Mattress” as Princess Winnifred. Nominations for Outstanding Supporting Performance in “Once Upon a Mattress” and “The Lion King Jr.” went to Jacen Gonzalez, 11, and Lily Haigis, 14, respectively. Nominations for Outstanding Featured Performance went to Jada Kim, 13, and Sydney Taber, 14, for “Once Upon a Mattress,” and Hana Wong, 15, for “The Lion King Jr.” This is their first-time nomination, which means that it is something they can put on their resume and increases their chances of getting a scholarship to go to college. “This is an acknowledgeSee AWARDS, Page 2
HOMES, Pages 13-16