April 1 2012
C O M M U N I T Y N E W S T H AT M A K E S A D I F F E R E N C E
Vol 21 No. 7
Serving Aptos, La Selva Beach, Corralitos, Freedom, Watsonville, & Pajaro
Santa Cruz County
Spring Fair
Playing games at the Spring Fair Free Event brought to you by the 4-H Clubs of Santa Cruz County pring Fair held at the Santa Cruz County Fair Grounds on April 28, 10 am-3 pm is a great family destination. Smaller and more intimate than the county fair held in September, this fair offers many of the same attractions. Enjoy the horse show, poultry show, rabbit show and petting farm. Watch the fashion review, where youth are challenged to put together outfits given certain constraints, and show them off with poise. Enjoy the animal dress up contest. Only 4-H project animals can be entered in the live animal category, but all are welcome to enter the stuffed animal dress up contest. See a variety of items exhibited that have been made by local youth. Bid on delicious treats at the dessert auction with winners every half hour throughout the afternoon. There will be fun, low-cost carnival games, and a $6 barbeque lunch available. At 11 am, Gail Harlamoff will be giving a demonstration on dog training tips and techniques and showing off her bull terrier’s skills. At 2 pm, we hope to have a fire truck for youth to explore and ask questions of firefighters.
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Dominican Hospital’s Mobile Wellness Clinic travels around the county.
HEALTH CARE WHERE YOU ARE Dominican Hospital’s Mobile Wellness Clinic
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Second District Candidate Questions Redrawn Area Complicates
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many cannot afford health care or do not have it provided to them by their employer. For these people finding healthcare has become difficult and confusing. Dominican Sister Michaella Siplak has found a way to serve those in this position, take the healthcare to them. Sr. Siplak
Walk to Stop the Silence Watsonville
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our days per week, a colorful converted motorhome travels to a different destination in the county. After it moves into position, its staff of four opens the facility for its clients from 9 am – 3 pm. It’s the Dominican Hospital’s
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Mobile Wellness Clinic. The purpose of the clinic is to expand our county’s health safety net. There is a growing population of those who are called the working poor. Because of the current chaos of changing government healthcare regulations and the rising cost of healthcare,
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By Noel Smith
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has been at Dominican Hospital over forty years, since 1969. In 1999, she began the Mobile Clinic. Just this last year they replaced their original Mobile Clinic and have expanded what they do and where they go.
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