Aptos Times: October 15, 2014

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Iron Man Educator

It is not often you find a father, husband, principle, friend and community mentor until you have met Casey O’Brien, principle of Aptos High School, who set out to accomplish one of the most physically and mentally challenging goals in his life.

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New Chief for Aptos-La Selva Fire Department Jon Jones will be taking over the reins of the Aptos-La Selva Fire Protection District as its chief on October 20, 2014 replacing retiring Chief Jeffrey Terpstra. Chief Jones is coming to the Central Coast from the Orange County Fire Authority in Southern California where he was Fire division Chief for Division 1.

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Grey Bears Needs Volunteers!

The disastrous fire on Sept 7 at Grey Bears in their workshop and thrift store has not slowed down this venerable organization. The Thrift Store has reopened for business and is just “bursting” with wonderful holiday gifts and special treasures at great prices. But what Grey Bears really needs are Volunteers!

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Community News Iron Man Educator by Theresa Kloepfer Conservationists of the Year 2014 • Community Writers (formerly Community Reading Series) New Chief for Aptos-La Selva Fire Department by Noel Smith • Annual Farm Progressive Dinner Celebrates 25 Years of “Focus Agriculture” • Toastmasters Humorous Speech Contest County Supervisor Election 4th District • Capitola Soroptimists Seeking Applicants for $2,000 ‘Live Your Dream’ Award Aptos High School 2014 Homecoming by Denise Russo & Noel Smith Making Peace with Neighborhood Wildlife Poll Workers Needed for Nov. Election by Gail Pellerin Halloween Hoedown and Pet Costume Contest

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Local Sports 15 Breakers host Fifth Halloween CUP • Aptos High School Scoreboard

Wonder of Words 16 Spiders are Cool! — Rio Del Mar Elementary School

Business Profile 20 DanceSynergy — Dance, Fitness, and Fun for Adults by Maggie Caldwell

Pajaro Valley Chamber 22 Schedule of Events

Community Calendar • Arts & Entertainment – Pages 28 – 29 Monthly Horoscope • Page 29 - Your October Horoscope

Featured Columnists 18 Financial Focus by Julie K Taurianen – Avoid These Scary Investment Moves 23 Work in Progress by Camille Smith – Drink Up To Improve Your Performance!

24 Two New Parks in Progress by Zach Friend • Goodbye to Jeff Terpstra by Mike Conrad and Sarah Melton 25 Seniors in Action by Noreen Santaluce – Tin Pan Alley Cats: Music From The Past 26 The Book Bag by Robert Francis – Some special treats for Halloween…

30 Technology Upgrades in Aptos Schools by Jeff Ursino

SPCA Featured Pet • Page 26 – Willy Gets Along

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The produce collected goes into the brown bag program so there will be more fresh food and fruit pies for dinner at Grandma’s house.

Grey Bears began connecting and sustaining seniors in 1973 with garden produce for 100 members. Over the next 41 years and 84 million pounds of food distributed, “seniors helping seniors” has grown into “seniors changing the world.”

The Brown Bag Program delivers shopping bags of fresh produce to a network of sites, such as non-profits and churches to distribute, and to homebound seniors in Santa Cruz County every week. This year Grey Bears will deliver 2.8 million pounds of healthy food to 4,500 Santa Cruz County seniors.

Everyone is invited to become a supporting member of Grey Bears for just $20 a year. Those 55 years and older are eligible to receive a weekly bag of groceries.

Recycle rey Bears operates two recycling drop-off facilities at our Chanticleer Recycling Center and at the Buena Vista Landfill Recycling Center where they take everything that is recyclable at curbside and in greater quantity, plus metal, aluminum, electronics and more, diverting 18,000 tons of materials out of the landfills annually. Visit the Grey Bear website at www.greybears.org for a complete list of what is accepted at each site. Chanticleer is open every day from 7:30 am – 3:45 pm, and Buena Vista is open Monday – Saturday, 7:30 am – 3:30 pm.

E-Waste t the Chanticleer E-waste Center they recycle all electronics and appliances including computers, printers, monitors,

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TVs, hot water tanks, washers, dryers, refrigerators, microwaves and other household electrical items (anything with an electric cord) free of charge, seven days a week. We also accept lead-acid and UPS (surge protection, laptop, lithium ion) batteries.

Thrift and Computer Electronics Stores he Grey Bears Thrift Store is run by volunteers who sort through and select donated treasures, antiques, furniture, clothing, books, music, kitchenware, nickknacks and much more — all for sale at low prices. Our Chanticleer Avenue Center offers refurbished desktop and laptop computers and components, hard drives, keyboards and monitors to CD ROMs, memory, modems and cables, stereo hi-fi, audio/visual gear including TVs, DVD/VCR players, stereo tuner/amplifiers, speakers, consumer electronics, and appliances including refrigerators, microwave ovens, vacuums and more.

Here are some volunteer opportunities at Grey Bears: • Brown Bag: Help assemble & deliver bags of food to seniors on Thurs & Fri mornings.

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• Thrift Store: Cashier, price and display merchandise with a fun team.

• Computer Electronics Store: Technically savvy? Come on over!

• Online Books: Evaluate, price and enter books and fulfill orders on amazon.com.

• Grey Bears Recycling Facilities: Handymen (and women) always welcome!

If you are interested in being a volunteer contact Tess Wood, Volunteer & Event Coordinator at 831-479-1055 ext. 226 or Email: Tess@greybears.org or visit the Grey Bears main campus at 2710 Chanticleer Ave in Santa Cruz.

One of her volunteers told us that she is, “the best boss I have every had in all of my many years of being a volunteer. Another accolade is found at www.greybears. org/a-volunteers-thoughts-on-grey-bears/ A volunteer’s thoughts on Grey Bears I love Grey Bears!! As a volunteer with this organization and as one of its newer members, I not only see the benefit to others in my community but to my family as well. Grey Bears is a unique and local organization that takes the stuff that most cities throw away and resurrects it into:

Endorsed by the Community for Soquel Creek Water Board

electedleaderssupport “Jim Bargetto, Soquel Creek Water Dist (ret)” “Jack Beebe, Soquel Creek Water Dist. (ret)” “Tory Delfavero, Trustee, Soquel Union Elementary District” “Leslie DeRose, PVUSD Trustee“ “Zach Friend, Santa Cruz County Supervisor“ “Jim Hart, Santa Cruz County Sheriff“ “Gary Hazelton, Soquel Creek Water Dist (ret)” “Dan Kreige, Soquel Creek Water Dist. (ret)” “Dennis Norton, Capitola City Councilmember“ “Gayle Ortiz, Past Mayor and Councilmember, City of Capitola” “Steve Robbins, Santa Cruz County Sheriff“

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“Mick Routh, Past Mayor and Councilmember, City of Capitola” “Linda Smith, Capitola Planning Commissioner“ “Michael Termini, Capitola City Council“ “Sandra Wallace, Trustee, Soquel Union Elementary District” “Michael Watkins, Superintendent, Santa Cruz COE” “TJ Welch, Capitola Planning Commissioner“

meals, products, funds, compost, and most importantly, meaningful and fulfilling roles that sustain our citizens, our community and our earth.

As a resident of Scotts Valley, I have come to rely on the Brown Bag grocery program to supplement my weekly groceries. Personally, I drop off bags for over 40 other families in Scotts Valley. And I have witnessed and participated in Grey Bear ’s brilliant food program where they offer a conduit for the “day old” products and produce to fill stomachs instead of dumpsters.

In addition to working with grocery retailers, the gleaning program with local farms also provides an avenue for produce that may not be cosmetically

“market worthy” to find very grateful consumers.

Before “Green” was a thing, Grey Bears set up systems for reusing and recycling that are models for other communities.

They are a great example of a creativite and future-visioned business model.

I encourage you to directly support Grey Bears as your contribution remains local, vital and easily witnessed — and we have added and continue to add more households to the program. And if you’ve never seen the Grey Bear campus – get yourself over there on a Brown Bag morning and be amazed. And don’t forget the Thrift Store, it’s the best one in Santa Cruz County.

Sincerely, Ruth Poe, Scotts Valley

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Iron Man Educator

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By Theresa Kloepfer, Inspired parent at Aptos High School

t is not often you find a father, husband, principle, friend and community mentor until you have met Casey O’Brien.

Why you might ask?

On September 13 Casey O’Brien, principle of Aptos High School, set out to accomplish one of the most physically and mentally challenging goals in his life.

Casey competed in the first Iron Man to be held on the central Coast finishing 4th (#4!) out of one hundred athletes. If that is not amazing enough look at what he had to do? For those not aware of the intense demand an Iron Man has on the body as well as the mind.

To prepare for The Iron Man Casey had to start his training in June with his good friend Marne Erasmus who also competed in the Iron Man .

You must be able to: Swim 2.4 miles in the open ocean • Complete a 112-mile bike ride • Run a marathon distance of 26.2 miles Aptos High School coaches Roberto Zuniga; soccer, and Dan Gruber; cross country, were a great influence and support in his training and preparation for the Iron Man. When asked what was the hardest part in preparing for the Iron Man? Casey replied, “It was keeping the balance in my life between training, home, family and work.”

Every day Casey would have to train in the early mornings, be at the High School by 7 a.m. and sometimes not leave work until 9 or 10 at night.

“You have to have the support from your family to do something as big as competing in The Iron Man.” When asked what advice you would give your students at Aptos High School, Casey said, “Being an athlete makes you sharp and attentive it teaches you to persevere.”

My favorite quote in our interview was when he said, “You can accomplish seemingly impossible things; it can be done!” These words apply to all aspects of our lives and goals we wish to accomplish.

Some highlights and meaningful moments of the Iron Man according to Casey were when your body and mind want to give up. “You are having a major leg cramp and your mind tells you, ‘You cant do this anymore,’ then you look over and see the support of personal friends and spectators, it’s what gets you to the finish line.

“The most amazing highlight is when you see your wife (Holly) as she is running up to you to give you a water bottle and your kids are cheering you on. That was a really big deal for me. It was a knurly day.

Just knowing and feeling how proud they were of me made it all worth it.”

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Conservationists of the Year 2014

Land Trust Board of Trustees Dr. Jodi McGraw and Dr. Chris Wilmers Presented Awards

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he Land Trust of Santa Cruz County Board of Trustees named Dr. Jodi McGraw and Dr. Chris Wilmers Conservationists of the Year at an event on Sunday, October 5. The award was in recognition of their work in setting the priorities of the Land Trust and in educating the public about the natural resources that make Santa Cruz County special.

The awards were present by John Gilchrist and Val Cole, members of the Land Trust Board of Trustees at an event at the home of Patty Quillin and Reed Hastings. More than 130 Land Trust Conservation Circle members attended.

Jodi McGraw

Dr. Jodi McGraw began her work with the Land Trust in 2004, writing the Land Trust’s Sandhills Protection Plan.

Since then she has brought her skills to bear on almost every landscape the Land Trust has worked to protect—the Pajaro Hills, Pajaro Valley farmland, and the Santa Cruz Mountains.

She was the lead scientist on the development of the Land Trust’s Conservation Blueprint in 2010 and 2011. Dr. McGraw leads walks and does presentations throughout the year. She will be part of panel of experts at the Land Trust’s “Insiders Peek into the Highway 17 Wildlife Crossing” on December 3, from 7-8:30. Visit www.

LandTrustSantaCruz.org for more information and to sign up.

Dr. Chris Wilmers is an Associate Professor in Environmental Studies at UC Santa Cruz, and heads the Santa Cruz Puma Project. He served on the Steering Committee for the Land Trust’s Conservation Blueprint. His research is a foundation stone for the Land Trust’s Highway 17 Wildlife Crossing and is a vital part of the planning for public access at San Vicente Redwoods, which avoids sensitive mountain lion breeding and denning areas.

Earlier this year, Mr. Wilmers gave a presentation on the Santa Cruz Puma Project research for 600 Land Trust

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members, selling out Santa Cruz’s Rio Theatre.

Wilmers and McGraw join an illustrious list of previous Conservationists of the Year, including Diane Cooley (2007),

Robert Stephens (2008), Bill Locke-Paddon (2009), Randy Repass and Sally-Christine Rodgers (2010), and all the contributors to the Land Trust’s Campaign to Protect 10,000 Acres (2012). n

Community Writers (formerly Community Reading Series)

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he Community Reading Series has a new name! They are now Community Writers.

They also have an expanded schedule meeting year-round on every 4th Saturday from 2:30-4:30 pm, at our same location, the Porter Memorial Library on 3050 Porter Street in Soquel. We have the same format of open mike for prose writers and poets (sign-up to read at 2:30 pm), with regular featured readers.

Several wonderful members of Community Writers have helped us take this big step forward: special thanks to Cate Munch and Jerry Simpson for their insights and wonderful service; to Wilma and John Chandler for helping schedule our 2015 featured readers; to Jennifer Pittman for taking over some of our p.r. duties. And thanks to Beth Svee of the Porter Memorial

Library for their help and welcome since day one. Thanks to all.

But mostly thanks to you, our members and regulars who pitch in every time to make our readings happen. ‘Community’ really is our first name. To everyone who comes and reads, helps out or listens thank you!

Fall 2014: • Oct. 25 Magdalena Montagne • Nov. 22 Amber Coverdale Sumrall • Dec. 27 All open mike!

In 2015, Community Writers meet every 4th Saturday, 2:30-4:30 p.m. Stay tuned for list of featured readers.

Porter Memorial Library 3050 Porter Street Soquel, Calif. Parking behind the library, entering off Soquel Drive Info: www.poetrysantacruz.org or call Jean (831) 475-4221.

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New Chief for Aptos-La Selva Fire Department

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By Noel Smith

on Jones will be taking over the reins of the Aptos-La Selva Fire Protection District as its chief on October 20, 2014 replacing retiring Chief Jeffrey Terpstra.

Chief Jones is coming to the Central Coast from the Orange County Fire Authority in Southern California where he was Fire division Chief for Division 1. To give you an idea of the area he Jon Jones commanded, the area of Division 1 covers such diverse communities as Huntington Beach, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Westminster, Los Alamitos, and Seal Beach with seven fire stations and 107 employees.

Jones will be the new chief of the Aptos/La Selva Fire Protection District that encompasses 27 square miles and has a population of approximately 22,000 residents and a 2013/14 budget of over $9,000,000.

The Fire District operates three fire sta-

tions with nine Firefighters, 12 Firefighter/ Paramedics, 9 Fire Captains and 3 Division Chiefs who supervise Fire Prevention, Operations, Emergency Medical Services, Training and Support Services.

The Division Chiefs share incident command duty coverage on a rotating basis, twentyfour hours a day, seven days a week. The District also has a Deputy Fire Marshal, Business Manager, Fire Prevention Specialist, Administrative Assistant and the Fire Chief, for a total of thirty-eight employees.

The Aptos Fire Protection District was established in 1930 as a volunteer organization and hired its first full-time employees in 1964. In 1968 the District constructed Station #1 at 6934 Soquel Dr. District and constructed Station #2 at 300 Bonita Dr. in 1973. The District implemented the County’s first Paramedic Program in 1978. In 1985 the District joined with La Selva Beach Fire Protection District and added Station #3 at 312 Estrella Dr. in 1985 and finally consolidated with La Selva Beach FPD in 1986.

The District boundaries include Aptos, La Selva Beach, the Day Valley Area, the Spring Valley Area and was finalized with the Eastern Boundary Area in 2007.

Chief Jon Jones was born and raised in Orange County, California graduated from Mission Viejo High School and Cal State Long Beach. He is married to Tamara and they have two children, Son JonPatrick and Daughter Sara.

Jones became a firefighter in 1982, which means he has 32 years in his profession. Starting as a Fire Suppression Volunteer in 1982 he became a fulltime firefighter in 1987 and graduated from paramedic school in 1991.

In 1996 Jones was promoted to Fire Captain and was assigned for 12 years to the busiest Paramedic unit in Orange County running approximately 6000 calls for service a year as this part of Orange county has such popular tourist spots such

as Disney Land and Knotts Berry Farm.

Next, he was assigned to the Investigations Section.

In 2008, he was promoted to Fire Battalion Chief assigned to Battalion 4 in the City of Laguna Hills serving the cities of Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Lake Forest and Aliso Viejo.

Jones was promoted in 2012 to Fire Division Chief for Division 1, Battalion 1, serving the cities of Los Alamitos, Seal Beach, and Westminster and serving as program manager for Orange County Fire Authority Air Operations with 4 aircraft and 16 employees.

Jones was temporary promoted to Assistant Chief of Operations behind an injured employee and recently returned back to Division 1.

Jon and Tamara enjoy traveling, boating and spending time with family and friends. n

Annual Farm Progressive Dinner Celebrates 25 Years of “Focus Agriculture” he organization Agri-Culture is sponsoring its 18th Annual Progressive Dinner on Saturday, October 25. One Hundred Guests will be whisked away, aboard buses, to three farm related destinations not normally open to the public for hors d’oeuvres, dinner and dessert. Each stop is kept a secret until guests arrive. This year’s theme is “Celebrating 25 Years of Focus Agriculture.”

This theme is a hint for each of the stops.

This fun event is Agri-Culture’s major fundraiser of the year. Proceeds are used to fund the many community and educational programs sponsored throughout the year. Tickets are available at $100/person.

For additional information and/or reservations, please contact the Agri-Culture office at 722-6622, email agri-culture@sbcglobal.net or online at: www.agri-culture. us and see upcoming events.

Limited Number of Tickets Still Available •••

Toastmasters Humorous Speech Contest Saturday, Oct. 18, from 12:30 to 3 pm Pajaro Valley Community Center oastmasters in Santa Cruz County will host their annual humorous speech contest where members throughout the county will battle for the opportunity to represent Toastmasters in the northern California humorous speech contest.

Come hear local comedy talent such as Santa Cruz Downtown Toastmaster Greg

Pepping speak on “American Pastime,” a hilarious look at our love affair with cars and his personal experiences owning a variety of vehicles. Or laugh with Dave Emphey of Peninsula Pros as he gives a lighthearted take on the Toastmaster experience.

See how a Toastmasters meeting is conducted and see how you can improve your public speaking skills. Toastmasters International is a world leader in communication and leadership development.

Membership is over 300,000 strong throughout the world.

Along with the humorous contest will be an evaluation contest. You will see how Toastmasters encourage each other to improve their skills through the evaluation process.

Toastmasters Humorous Speech Contest Pajaro Valley Community Center, 85 Nielson St, Watsonville, Saturday, Oct. 18, from 12:30 to 3 pm. $7 at door. (831) 277-2829 http:// www.toastmasters.org/

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County Supervisor Election 4th District F

or County Supervisor of the 4th District there are two candidates.

Incumbent Greg Caput running for re-election and his opponent Terry Medina.

Times Publishing Group, Inc., as the publisher of the Aptos Times, is devoted to the task of informing the voters concerning the candidates’ positions on current issues rather than endorsing a particular person for the office. We asked these three questions of the two candidates.

Question 1: The current drought is greatly affecting local agriculture and our communities. What do you see as the most viable long-term solution to address drought in our area?

Question 2: As farm-workers and their families continue to move on to other vocations, how would you help the agricultural industry address the growing farm labor problem?

Question 3: The city of Watsonville has recently had financial and economic problems. How could the county help the city grow its economy and therefore its tax base?

Here are their answers in the order received.

Q1) The current drought is greatly affecting local agriculture and our communities. What do you see as the most viable long-term solution to address drought in our area?

Terry Medina: There are 3 long-term solutions. One, create storage for treated water referred to as “purple pipe” water

produced by the PVWMA so we have more water readily available for agriculture. The net result of this is less pumping of fresh water that causes overdraft and saltwater intrusion. Increasing storage would create more water available for use by local farmers.

Two, collaborate with the PVWMA, the City of Watsonville and local farmers to develop year round storage of water year at College Lake. This allows rain and runoff water to be captured and reused more efficiently. Three, work aggressively and collaboratively with regional partners in the Monterey Bay area to consider all water options that are sustainable and support the local economy.

Greg Caput: Unfortunately, there are no quick fixes. Recently, our local PVWMA succeeded in landing a grant to replace an aging filtration system along the Corralitos Creek.

I believe that we must continue to ramp up our recycling of wastewater as well as our efforts to preserve and protect water on both the commercial and residential levels. The agriculture industry has done much to adopt technology that improves efficiency of water usage, and I believe we can still improve more. We must continue these efforts while actively looking for grant revenue sources.

Q2) As farm-workers and their families continue to move on to other vocations, how would you help the agricultural industry address the growing farm labor problem?

Terry Medina: I will work tirelessly with our Federal representatives to put a temporary worker provision into the farm bill that is currently stalled in Congress. I would work to

bring together agriculture leaders and elected officials to address this issue and work with Federal leaders to break the logjam on this issue. I would also work to ensure that local farmers that want to use temporary modular housing on their land to provide housing for farm-workers are able to do so.

Greg Caput: Such a matter is largely in the hands of external market forces. However, in my time as Supervisor I have worked towards improving our local housing stock and making life more affordable in our County. We live in one of the most beautiful yet unaffordable regions of the state and must continue to support living conditions for all of our residents. I highly value the labor of all our residents and will continue to take every available measure to ameliorate our local housing stock and resources in general.

Q3) The city of Watsonville has recently had financial and economic problems.

How could the county help the city grow its economy and therefore its tax base?

Terry Medina: I would bring forward a proposal to hire an additional economic development specialist at the County level to compliment the only specialist currently working on economic development. Once we have two people working on this we can dedicate Barbara Mason to work specifically in the Pajaro Valley with a coalition consisting of City of Watsonville Economic Development Coordinator Kurt Obermeyer, Pajaro Valley Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture, the Santa Cruz County Business Council and the local agriculture community.

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This would allow us to focus on redeveloping and infilling existing business areas of South County that will produce quality jobs and sales tax. Any sales tax generated could be shared between the City and County to fund this position following the example of the Freedom Shopping Center.

Greg Caput: Whereas there are jurisdictional limitations as to the extent that the County could directly help the City of Watsonville, I do believe that there are a number of indirect means of aid available. First off, we need to continue to improve our County services to local residents. We are currently adding another medical facility at our Freedom Center and have also extended the availability of Veterans counseling. We continue to provide aid in social services, agricultural assistance and community programs funding. This coming Fall, we will be introducing a series of updates to our County Code as it relates to agriculture that is poised to create various business opportunities around bed and breakfasts, wineries and you-picks to name a few that will ideally stimulate business activity in the greater Watsonville area. n

Capitola Soroptimists Seeking Applicants for $2,000 ‘Live Your Dream’ Award Capitola — Soroptimist International (SI) of Capitola-by-the-Sea is seeking qualified candidates to apply for its 2014 “Live Your Dream” Award (LYD), formerly known as the Women’s Opportunity Award.

Winners who are enrolled in an educational program are presented with a $2,000 check that can be used to meet any needs such as childcare, rent or car repairs. While it is a Capitola-based club, all women who are heads of households in Santa Cruz County are eligible to apply for the LYD award and applications will be shared with the Watsonville Sorop-

timist club as well as with others in the region.

To be eligible to apply for the LYD award, women applicants must be enrolled in or have been accepted into a vocational/skills training program or an undergraduate degree program, and be the primary financial support of their families.

Deadline to apply or be nominated for the award is November 15, 2014.

Applications can be downloaded at the SI of Capitola-By-TheSea website www. best4women.org. For more information, contact Mary Kashmar at sicapitola.by.the.sea@gmail.com or (831)

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706-7289. Winners will be announced in January and will be honored at an annual awards dinner in March 2015.

“Soroptimist International has re-named the Women’s Opportunity Award and designed a beautiful new logo to provide a spirited and lively graphic identity that more clearly identifies the goals of the program,” explained Kristin Rohan, SI of Capitola president. “Live Your Dream” is the outcome we, as Soroptimists, hope for when we help women overcome personal difficulties and better their lives through education and skills training.”

Since 1972, the Soroptimist Women’s Opportunity Awards, now known as the Live Your Dream Award, has disbursed more than $25 million to tens of thousands of women who have overcome poverty, domestic and sexual violence, divorce, the death of a spouse, or other life challenges. n ••• Soroptimist, a coined Latin phrase meaning Best for Women, improves the lives of women and girls through programs leading to social and economic empowerment. For more information, or to become a member willing to work to help us help women and girls, visit the SI Capitola website at www.best4women.org or contact SI Capitola at info@best4women.org.

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t was a special week for homecoming starting with the parade on Wednesday, September 24 starting at 3 p.m. down Soquel Dr. from Wells Fargo and ending at Bay Federal Credit Union.

The homecoming parade represented all four classes with each represented by football players, cheerleaders and other members of the student body.

Each class carried a sign thanking their sponsors. Sids BBQ sponsored both the Freshman and Senior classes while Kauboi sponsored the Sophomore Class, burger was the Junior Class sponsor and Baskin Robbins was the Senior Class co-sponsor.

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with a rolling marquee. The Freshman princess was Daphne Carrera escorted by prince Nick Romero “The Zoo,” was the Sophomore float and skit theme complete with animals in a cage and a horse painted as a zebra.

Sophomore Prince Michael Heffner accompanied Princess Cassandra Hayes.

In honor of Halloween the junior float and skit theme was “Haunted House,” with large spiders on webs, ghosts and a werewolf. The Junior princess and prince were Taylor Lee and Nathan Gurney.

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The Homecoming football game was an exciting display of a team destined for great things with the final score Aptos 70 – Clovis East 27.

Winding up the festivities was the Homecoming Dance with the theme “Carnival” held at the Upper Quad.

And, by the way, the Aptos High’s Football Team in the Homecoming Parade senior class won first place, Next on the Homecoming calendar overall, which is a combination of float, was the Friday morning assembly at which skit and spirit during the homecoming each class presented their skits to the week. Congratulations! n student body, teachers, staff, judges and ••• parents.

Our thanks to Denise Russo for her photos Friday evening the Homecoming (found at denirus.smugmug.com) and for all King and Queen were announced. The her help. nominees were: Kelly Murphy and Michael Chavez • Kristina Avalos and Jacob Whitwam • Maura Richmond and Ben Dorfman • Teagan Knight and Brandon Gruber • Jezebel Powers and Joseph Karn King and Queen, for the 2014 Aptos High Homecoming were … Brandon Gruber and Maura Richmond.

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n light of the recent investigation into allegations that a local pizza restaurant owner ordered employees to kill a baby opossum by drowning it in bleach, the Santa Cruz Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals sees the need to send an educational message to the public about humanely coexisting with the common wildlife with which we share our beautiful community.

Our organization receives hundreds of calls per year from community members with questions regarding what should be done and what can be done with neighborhood wildlife such as; raccoons, deer, opossum, skunk, coyotes and squirrels, that make their way into homes, yard, garages, gardens and other structures. While some of their behaviors can be a nuisance, we strongly urge people to seek safe, respectful and humane ways to deter them rather than kill or harm them.

It’s important to remember that killing, harming, live-trapping and relocating wildanimals in not a final solution and is also illegal.

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However, if you encounter a wild animal that you suspect is injured, ill, or a baby animal that has been abandoned please contact the Native Animal Rescue of Santa Cruz County by calling 831-462-0726. If you are unable to reach Native Animal Rescue, please contact the Santa Cruz Animal Shelter at 831-454-7200.

For more resources and information on coexisting peacefully with wildlife in your area, species-specific deterrent methods, or an in-depth guide to handling injured or ill wildlife please visit Native Animal Rescue’s website at www.nativeanimalrescue.org. n

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Breakers host Fifth Halloween CUP

Costume contest adds another layer of competition at this tournament SANTA CRUZ — The Santa Cruz County Breakers, the county’s nationally recognized soccer club providing boys and girl with year-round professional soccer training, announced today that its 2014 Breakers Halloween Cup is set for Oct. 25 & 26 at Cabrillo College and will again feature a team costume contest.

The Breakers Halloween Cup, now in its fifth year, will draw nearly 50 boys and girls teams from all over Northern California for the two-day event. The tournament focuses on U9 to U11 teams (players ages 7-10) with several levels of competition.

Teams will play three games over two days, with the possibility of a fourth match.

The tournament is open to USYSA, US Club Soccer, CYSA, and FIFA-affiliated teams. All

games will be played at Cabrillo College.

This year’s tournament will kick off with a costume contest. When teams check in Saturday morning, judges will evaluate their costumes and the tournament photographer will take photos of them. The costumes must be themed for the entire team and athletes must be able to play in their costumes. In fact, teams will play their first game in costume, then can decide if they will return to their typical uniforms or keep the Halloween spirit going all tournament long.

“It’s just generally a lot of fun,” said Breakers President Carson Kelly.

Honors will be awarded to the bestdressed boys’ and girls’ teams, as well as an overall best of the tournament award.

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Another reason is tarantulas can eat birds and lizards. Tarantulas spring out of holes. Also, a black widow’s venom is more powerful than a rattlesnake’s.

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Avoid These Scary Investment Moves W hether you have young children or not, you’re probably well aware that Halloween is almost here. However, despite the plethora of skeletons and ghosts you might see floating around this week, you probably don’t have much to fear (except, possibly, running out of candy). But in real life, some things genuinely are frightening — such as “scary” investment moves.

Of course, investing, by its very nature, is not a risk-free endeavor. Ideally, though, these risks are also accompanied by the possibility of reward.

Nonetheless, some investment moves carry very little in the way of “upside” potential and should be avoided. Here are a few to consider: Not investing — The scariest investment move you can make is to not invest at all — because if you don’t invest, you are highly unlikely to achieve a comfortable retirement or meet any

other important financial goals. In a recent survey conducted by the National Council on Aging and other groups, 45% of the respondents who were 60 or older said they wished they had saved more money, and almost one-third said they wished they had made better investments. So make investing a priority — and choose some investments that have the potential to provide you with the growth you’ll need to meet your objectives.

Overreacting to “scary” headlines — The financial markets like stability, not uncertainty. So the next time you see some news about domestic political squabbles or unsettling geopolitical events, such as conflicts in foreign lands, don’t be surprised if you see a drop, perhaps a sizable one, in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and other market indices. But these declines are usually shortlived. Of course, the markets do not exist in isolation — they can and will be affected by what’s happening in the world. Yet,

over the longer term, market movements are mostly governed by mundane, nonheadline-grabbing factors, such as corporate earnings, interest rate movements, personal income levels, and so on.

Here’s the point: Don’t overreact to those scary headlines, or even to shortterm market drops. Instead, focus on the fundamentals driving your investments — and maintain a long-term perspective.

Chasing hot investments— You can receive tips on “hot” investments from multiple sources: television, the Internet, your friends, your relatives — the list goes on and on. But by the time you get to these investments, they may already have cooled off — and, in any case, may not be appropriate for your needs. Stick with investments that offer good prospects and are suitable for your risk tolerance.

Failing to diversify — When it comes to investing, “too much of a good thing” is a relevant term. If your portfolio is dominated by one type of asset class, such as aggressive growth stocks, and we experience a downturn that is par-

ticularly hard on those stocks, you could face sizable losses. But if you spread your investment dollars among growth stocks, international stocks, bonds, government securities and certificates of deposit (CDs), you can lessen the impact of a market drop. Keep in mind, though, that while diversification can reduce the effects of volatility, it can’t guarantee a profit or prevent losses.

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anceSynergy, Aptos’ go-to place for a wide range of fitness and dance classes, now owned by the sister-brother team of Caitlin and Thomas Fahey, is better than ever. How did the Aptos duo end up owning a dance and fitness studio? “It all started with the lemonade stand,” laughed Caitlin. “We grew up near the Seascape Golf Course. One summer we had a lemonade stand. It was near the 8th hole, just before the club, and golfers were hot and thirsty by the time they saw us.”

“They had to call the sheriff to have us shut it down,” said Thomas. “I guess you could say we’ve always been entrepreneurial!”

The two went to Aptos schools and credit P. E. teachers and coaches with pointing out their eventual career paths.

“Mr. Wallace at Aptos Junior High was a huge influence on me,” said Thomas.

“And Mark Dorfman at the high school always pushed us to do our best,” agreed Caitlin.

They each went away to college: Caitlin focused on studying dance and acting, Thomas led Cuesta College’s crosscountry team. Their adult partnership solidified after Caitlin was cast as a flying monkey in Cabrillo’s production of Wizard of Oz. “I was teaching the Beach Boot Camp

Dance, Fitness, and Fun for Adults and needed help,” she explains. “I thought Thomas would be a natural coach – he’d been an athlete his entire life.”

Thomas went on to get certified as a personal trainer, so after longtime DanceSynergy owner Frank Duncan approached Caitlin last year about taking over the business, she asked Thomas for ideas about classes he could teach. “It didn’t take long for us to decide to become partners,” Caitlin said.

The two of them are thrilled to get to pursue their complementary careers in their hometown. “We have the chance now to uplift our community members here.

A lot of our peers don’t ever have that chance,” pointed out Thomas.

The two take a functional training approach to each of the dance and fitness classes they offer. “Proper form is really the key to preventing injury,” points out Caitlin. They also invested in a brandnew sprung floor for the studio. “It’s set on foam blocks, which creates the give and absorbs impact. It’s typical in dance studios, but not so much in fitness studios.”

Tai Chi, Yoga, and Dance homas and Caitlin are strong believers in a physical, emotional, and spiritual balance, and they’ve set out to create DanceSynergy as a space where people can increase health AND have fun.

“I love the inspirational/willpower aspect of exercise,” explains Thomas.

“It’s as much about personal development as much as feeling good.”

The classes offered reflect this synergistic trend; for instance, renowned marital artist Sithan Pat teaches the Dynamic Healing Tai Chi classes twice a week. Pat’s focus is on health, breath, and healing elements.

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martial art based on self-defense.” Thomas said.

“It gets intense,” agreed Caitlin, “especially when you hold your pose for several minutes.”

They also have a roster of other popular local instructors at DanceSynergy: Korinne Fitz comes in to lead Friday morning yoga classes and Mindy Pedlar teaches ballet on Wednesday and Saturdays.

“We offer a great number of adult dance classes, which are often hard to find locally,” points out Caitlin.

In addition to ballet, Caitlin teaches jazz, hip hop, and belly dance. Colleen Rifkin and Shaunah Trumball lead Zumba!, and Matt Reyes teaches Cardio kickboxing.

Tabata Comes to Aptos abata is an interval training protocol developed in Japan with Olympic speed skaters in which several minutes of a high-intensity, targeted workout are followed by a short period of rest. It’s designed to strengthen muscles as much as to provide a cardio workout.

“It’s a great way to exercise if you’re short on time or really don’t like to workout very much,” points out Thomas.

“It’s used quite a bit in CrossFit gyms.”

He’s a certified Tabata instructor and offers 5 30-minute classes each week followed by a 30-minutes foam roller stretch class. “The foam roller is self myofacial massage. It’s great for recovery, which is why I pair it with Tabata,” he explains.

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Caitlin lends her expertise teaching the dance lesson of your choice. She’s also a choreographer, and will customize a dance for your wedding. “I’ve done special dance mixes just for the couple all the way to “Thriller” with the entire wedding party,” she said. “It’s fun when a couple starts out with a ballroom dance, and everyone is impressed they took lessons, but then it ends up as something else – like hip hop.”

The Dance Synergy space can also be rented for rehearsal space or for other types of parties.

DanceSynergy has a Groupon offer going on right now for new clients as well as those who have not been to a class in over a year. “It’s a screaming deal,” admitted Caitlin. “We’re really excited to have people come in, try us out, and see if they like what we have to offer.” Go to http://www.groupon.com/deals/dancesynergy for details. n ••• Dance Synergy is located at 9055 Soquel Drive on the frontage road between Surf City Coffee and Aptos Village. Visit their Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/dancysynaptos, email info@dance-synergy.com, or call 831-661-0235 for an up-to-date list of classes.

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“Scoreboard” from page 15 The Archbishop Mitty HS Monarchs earned 1st place honors by beating Valley Christian HS Warriors 5-1 in the championship game. Foothill HS earned third place with an 11-2 win against Aptos HS. While San Lorenzo Valley HS came in 5th place with a 9-5 victory over Wilcox HS. Aptos High Highlights and Results: Gm. #1; AHS 7 -. SLV 2: Flora Van der Schoot - 4 goals, 1 assist, Kate Jeffrey - 2 goals, 2 assists, Alexa Knapp - 1 goal, Molly deCastongrene - 2 assists Gm. #2: AHS 7 - Valley Christian 11: Van der Schoot - 3 goals, 1 assist, deCastongrene - 1 goal, 3 assists, Jefferey - 1 goal, 1 assist, Brynn Stanley - 1 goal, Kiegan Lee - 1 goal Gm. #3: AHS 2 - Foothill 11: Knapp - 1 goal, Annie Carrico - 1 goal

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“Breakers” from page 15 The Halloween Cup is one of two tournaments hosted by the Santa Cruz County Breakers. The 13th annual Breaker Cup, held during the summer, drew more than 300 teams from across the West for two weekends of play at multiple soccer facilities in Santa Cruz County. n ••• For more information about the Halloween Cup, visit http://breakershalloweencup.com.

Aptos def Mt. Madonna (25-15. 25-13, 25-11) (Oct 14, MM) Notre Dame def Aptos (25-23, 25-12, 25-19) (Oct 13, Hm) Aptos def San Lorenzo Valley (25-19, 25-16, 25-13) (Oct 9, SLV) Aptos def Harbor (25-15, 25-21, 25-20) (Oct 7, Hm) Aptos def Soquel (25-22, 25-21, 25-22) (Oct 2, Soq)

Happy Hour mon-Fri 3-6 PM • Thursday Locals Night!

Happy Hour 4 pm-Close • Friday Bottomless Mimosas!

11-2 pm • $3 Beers for ALL 49ers Games!

Girls Varsity Golf

Coach Bill Tsudama Aptos def Santa Cruz (170-201) (Oct 7) DeLaveaga Golf Club Six holes, par 23, 1597 yards Aptos Scoring: Stephanie Buecheler – 32 (Co-Medalist), Tai Li Harrill – 32 (Co-Medalist), Mary Alexander – 34, Megan Eldredge – 35, Amanda Fort – 37, Maya Capurro Frosch – 40, Celine Jolly - 43 Aptos def San Lorenzo Valley (197-252) (Oct 2) Seascape Golf Club Six holes, par 25, 2018 yards Aptos Scoring: Tai Li Harrill – 30 (Medalist), Stephanie Buecheler – 40, Amanda Fort – 40, Mary Alexander – 41, Megan Eldredge – 46, Celine Jolly – 51, Maya Capurro Frosch – dnf n

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Founded in 1992, the Santa Cruz County Breakers is a nationally recognized soccer club that provides boys and girls with year-round professional soccer training.

With an emphasis on skill development and competitive play from U8 to U18, the Santa Cruz County Breakers club is affiliated with US Soccer, Normal Premier Soccer, California Youth Soccer Association, Nike Premier and US Club Soccer. For more information about the Santa Cruz County Breakers, visit: http://santacruzbreakers.org.

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Commerce & Agriculture

Dedicated to the success of our members by: • creating a strong local economy • promoting the community • providing networking opportunities • representing business to government

P.O.Box 1748 • 44 Brennan St. | Watsonville, CA 95077 | www.PajaroValleyChamber.com | Phone (831) 724-3900 | Fax (831) 728-5300

Pajaro Valley Chamber Calendar of Events Saturday October 18

Howl-O-Ween Costume Benefit Dance

6 - 10 PM, Watsonville Civic Plaza, Banquet Room 275 Main St upport the Watsonville Police Department K-9 Program! Tickets $50 – Prize Drawings – Appetizers & Cocktails – Music with Night Train (Attendees Must be 21 & over). Raffle Drawing for 2 Firearms and Taser (Winner must comply with All Federal and State Firearm Laws) Tickets can be purchased at the Watsonville Police Department Lobby

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Kids Night In

at Pump’d Inflatable Fun Center

6 - 9 PM, 555 Main Street, Watsonville arents! Pump’d Inflatable Fun Center is hosting “Kids Night In!” This is an evening where children can jump, play, do arts and crafts and have a meal for three hours while their parents enjoy an evening out. $30 each child and $25 for siblings. For more information, call Valerie at 761-5321.

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Adopt-a-School Breakfast

8:30 AM - 11:00 AM, McDonald’s on Freedom, 1598 Freedom Blvd, Watsonville usinesses helping our local schools! Join us on at McDonald’s on Freedom Boulevard for a morning of information on how your business can be part of the Adopt-A-School program.

This program is a partnership of the Pajaro Valley Unified School District and the Pajaro Valley Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture.

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Thursday October 23

PVPSA Fundraiser

5:30 PM - 8:30 PM, Appleton Grill 30 W. Beach Street, Watsonville ajaro Valley Prevention and Student Assistance, Inc. Third Annual Fundraiser Dinner — Cost $30 for Dinner and Raffle Ticket — Additional Raffle Tickets $10. Learn more about the PVPSA and how the agency serves our community.

Raffle Prizes include A Night at the Hotel Paradox and much more

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Facial and Wine Tasting

6:30 PM - 8:30 PM, 130 Downing Drive, Aptos n evening of Pampering and Wine Tasting with Special Guest Shannon Flynn, Founder & President of the Wine Club of The Santa Cruz Mountains.

Enjoy tasting premium wines from local vintners and pamper yourself with a facial! At the home of Beth Bigger.

Please RSVP 915-7865 Friday October 24

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National Food Day

3:00 PM - 7:00 PM, Watsonville Farmers Market — Main St & W. Lake St anta Cruz County will celebrate National Food Day October 22-28 to promote eating healthier through organic and/or sustainable fruits and vegetables. In celebration of National Food Day Mayor, Karina Cervantez will read proclamation at the Watsonville Farmer’s Market on Friday, October 24, at 3:30 pm.

Special thanks to the following: Lakeside Organic Gardens, Charlie Hong Kong, California Grill of the PV, Second Harvest Food Bank, United Way of Santa Cruz County, Jovenes SANOS, Pajaro

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Valley Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture, Agricultural History Project, Museum of Art History Saturday October 25

Watsonville Charter School of the Arts Fall Festival 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM, 75 Paulsen Road, Watsonville Thursday, October 30

Build Your Marketing Toolkit

9:00-11:00 am, Pajaro Valley Association of Realtors 557 Auto Center Drive resenter: Wil Hart Constant Contact Authority Local Expert Constant Contact Solution Provider.

To register, call 724-3900. Cost: $30.00 You will walk away knowing: Where you should focus your marketing efforts (and what you can ignore) How marketing has changed in ways that benefit your small business.

How to set realistic goals and objectives for your marketing efforts.

The 4 Pillars or Marketing Success – a framework that shows how different marketing activities all fit.

How to implement what you’ve learned immediately!

Join us and start to build a foundation marketing knowledge.

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College Awareness Week

12 - 1 PM, Cabrillo College Watsonville Campus 318 Union St our future starts here with Cabrillo College and your local Chamber cheering you all the way!

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Friday October 31

Spooktacular Shopping at Goodwill

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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, 470 Main St. Watsonville oodwill — Your Halloween Headquarters! Come find your decorations today!

Wednesday November 5

Photographing Bobcats

6:30 PM - 8:30 PM, Presented by Watsonville Wetlands Watch t the Fitz Wetlands Education Resource Center, Pajaro HS Campus in Watsonville Admission Free – To make reservations and for direction visit www.watsonvillewetlandswatch.org or call 345-1226 Thursday November 6

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Holiday Food and Fund Drive Kick-Off Luncheon

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM, Coconut Grove at the Boardwalk in Santa Cruz Thursday November 13

Digital NEST Open House and Ribbon Cutting

4 - 7 PM, Digital NEST, 17 Aspen Way Watsonville ome and meet the staff and tour the new facility.

For information about Digital NEST, visit: www. digitalnest.org Tuesday November 18

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The Basics of Social Media

9:00am-11:00am, Pajaro Valley Association of Realtors 557 Auto Center Drive resenter: Sydni Craig-Hart Co-Founder, Smart Simple Marketing Constant Contact Authority Local Expert Constant Contact Solution Provider. To register, call 7243900. Cost: $30.00 You will walk away knowing: • About the 5 most popular social networks: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, and Pinterest - and how to determine which one is right for you.

• How your potential customers are also using social media to help make purchase decisions.

• How building brand awareness and engagement bring repeat customers. Learn about the engagement marketing cycle and the role it plays in small business marketing.

• What kind of content to post on the social media channels • How to plan your content in advance and increase your efficiency.

• How to get started with social media marketing by creating a Business Facebook page.

• How to immediately implement what you’ve learned.

Join us and start to build a foundation marketing knowledge, from which you can build more and more effective social media campaigns to help your business grow.

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Drink Up To Improve Your Performance!

W ater, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.” So says the speaker in Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, remarking about a sailor on a becalmed ship surrounded by salt water that he couldn’t drink.

By extension, these lines are used to describe a situation in which someone is in the midst of plenty but cannot partake of it. Let’s push the metaphor a bit more and see what it reveals about improving performance. For this, let’s change cannot drink to will not drink.

In the Midst of Plenty n 5 minutes, I can be at the Pacific Ocean and walk its shores. Yet… I don’t very often.

Even though every time I do I say, “This is amazing! So re-charging, so beautiful… I should do this every day.” Still, I don’t.

People drive hours to enjoy places a stone’s throw from me: The Forest of Nisene Marks, Cabrillo’s farmer’s market (one of the state’s best), Elkhorn Slough, and Monterey Bay Marine Sanctuary. This doesn’t begin to scratch the surface.

I’m in the midst of plenty of “plenty” from which I don’t drink. What stops me from partaking? 2 things: My over-achiever habits and Newton’s 1st Law of Motion. Newton’s law states that a body at rest will remain at rest unless an outside force acts on it …

An Outside Force ’m fortunate that I have friends and colleagues who know my habits, remember my intention for this year (Releasing) and invite me to act on it.

Their invitations come with two key elements: (1) a conversation that paints a picture of what’s in it for me – physical activity, fun and learning – three things that matter to me, (2) support structure

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(details I need to make an informed choice, e.g., date, time, cost, benefit).

The invitations plus trust in the relationship are the outside force that pulls me out of my automatic, unconscious mindset (“It’s Tuesday — a week/work day — I can’t take off during the week! I have to be available 24/7!

What will people think if I don’t answer their email immediately??”). The invitation wakes me so I can choose to break the inertia or not.

The result: This summer I took my first water color class, tried SUP (stand up paddling) in the ocean, and enrolled in a professional development class on strategic planning.

70% of Development orn Ferry, a global talent management firm, found that 70% of development happens on the job. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that, on average, employed Americans between the ages of 25-54 with children spend approximately 8.6 hours working and related activities. (Seems low, doesn’t it?)

Connecting these two data points with my assertion that we are influenced by our environments (e.g., work culture), I have this question: What is being developed?

At work, are you developing your capacity to think strategically? Lead a team?

Solve intractable problems? Or are you developing more of an attachment to inertia because there’s no outside force calling you to develop your potential and be your best?

What “plenty” are you in the midst of at work that you aren’t partaking of? Getting to know an employee who doesn’t report to you? Learning to be a mentor? Offering to job share? Modeling the espoused value of personal health and living an integrated life?

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What “plenty” are you in the midst of in your life that you aren’t partaking of?

Having friends over for the dinner you’ve been promising? Listening to some of the 300 CDs in your jukebox intentionally, not as background sound? Taking a welding or yoga class?

The Partaking and the Performance Takeaways y partaking in the both the leisure and professional development classes, I dealt with my beginner’s mind (not easy), felt the self-imposed angst of wanting to master something right now (had to dial back), and appreciated (again) what I ask my clients to do every day: learn and change.

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In the watercolor class, the instructor gave us color Xerox of Paul Cezanne’s L’Estatque and said we’re going to paint this. It didn’t seem like a beginner’s task.

What she had to teach us and what we had to attempt to accomplish the task really accelerated our learning.

• Performance takeaway: Take a “big leap”, know that your commitment to a desired outcome is more important than to understanding where are all the footholds are, and create a structure of support as you leave what’s familiar.

In the Strategic Planning class, we take practice exams to benchmark our knowledge. So far, my results indicate, “more studying is required”. Not knowing doesn’t mean I’m stupid or unintelligent, it means I don’t know the material yet.

• Performance takeaway: It’s a learning curve, not a flat line. Be kind to yourself on the curve and stick it out.

With all the “plenty” around us that can contribute to our health, well-being and performance, none of us has to be thirsty. Drink up! n

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This summer I took my first water color class, tried SUP (stand up paddling) in the ocean, and enrolled in a professional development class on strategic planning.

kneeling or sitting was my mode. I was still out in the ocean, watching dolphins and otters, building my core.

• Performance takeaway: Baby steps work. Keep moving forward. (Yeah, this isn’t me)

Below: Mine

In the Stand Up Paddling class (also known as SUSUP: Swim Until Stand up Paddling), I wished I had a stronger core, especially when I had to pull myself back on the board after falling a couple of times.

When I wasn’t successful standing up,

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Two New Parks in Progress

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wo new neighborhood parks will soon break ground on the newly paved McGregor Drive - running between Capitola and Aptos. The two parks will offer different features, providing unique opportunities for residents of Seacliff and Capitola to enjoy everything from playground equipment and picnic benches to a bike pump track and skate park.

New Seacliff Park he long-awaited parked in Seacliff, at McGregor and Searidge, will finally break ground in the late spring or early summer of 2015. During our budget hearings I voted to finalize the funding for the park and over the last year I have been working closely with Parks staff and our great Aptos Parks Commissioner, Kate Minott, to work out the administrative details surrounding the park. The Santa Cruz County Planning Commission is holding a hearing in early October to review design and building elements and the Parks Commission is holding a hearing on October 20th to recommend a name for the new park. The public is welcome to participate in all of these hearings.

Public art, building elements and landscape designs will come forward to the Board of Supervisors for final approval early next year. Bids for construction are expected around April with construction expected to begin in May or June with completion by the end of the year. This is as close as we’ve been to the park’s construction and I’m pleased that the hard work of the

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Seacliff Improvement Association, Parks Commission, Parks staff and our office will pay off with a new neighborhood park.

What elements will the Seacliff Park have?

The Seacliff park will have a children’s play area, small amphitheater, public art, restrooms, shade structure with seating, a small skate feature and walkways throughout the park that lead to ADA accessible parking. It will provide much-needed children’s play space in Seacliff!

New Capitola Park ver the years the City has discussed numerous uses for the City owned McGregor Drive property from a hotel to a parking lot. However, recognizing the need for additional youth recreational opportunities in Capitola, the City Council authorized the McGregor property as a multi-use park in November of last year. The uses include a bike pump track, skate park, children’s play area and dog park. Ground was broken in September with completion of the park expected in November.

The plan calls for a 9,500 square foot bike pump track on the north end of the park, a seating area, a 5,000 to 8,000 square foot skateboard park fronting McGregor Drive and a 12,500 square foot dog park located in the rear of the property. Parking for 30 vehicles will be at the southern portion of the lot with a gated entrance.

The City has collaborated with local community members and businesses to fund the park elements.

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For example, the Monte Foundation has generously committed to donating $50,000 for the construction of the skate park. The Monte Foundation is best known for their annual fireworks show that took place in Capitola on October 11 off of the Capitola Wharf. Funds raised by patrons visiting local restaurants that weekend will be used to fund the skate park. Many other local community members and businesses have helped fund the pump track and dog park.

Sponsorship opportunities still exist for each of the park elements. If you are

interested in donating to the park, please contact Lisa Murphy, City of Capitola Administrative Services Director, at lmurphy@ci.capitola.ca.us.

It’s exciting to have two new parks opening within our area in less than a year.

Both of these parks offer significant new recreational opportunities for our community and I encourage you to enjoy these parks when they open! n ••• As always, I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Please call me at 454-2200 if you have any questions or comments.

Goodbye to our Chief, Jeff Terpstra

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n October 1, 2014 Chief Jeff Terpstra retired from the Aptos La Selva Fire Protection District. Chief Terpstra started his fire service career in 1977 and worked for both the Scott’s Valley Fire Protection District and the City of Campbell Fire Departments. He joined the Aptos La Selva Fire District in 1985 as a Firefighter Paramedic. Over the following 29 years he advanced up the ranks and became the Chief of the District in 2011.

In the early years Jeff became very interested in emergency medicine and became an Emergency Medical Technician. He later

By Mike Conrad and Sarah Melton, Aptos La Selva FD

(EMSIA) and became the General attended Daniel Freeman HosManager. The EMSIA brought pital’s paramedic program and together all of the fire agencies and became a Mobile Intensive Care the private ambulance company, Paramedic. He also had a passion American Medical Response to to share his medical knowledge provide standard training, policies and taught EMT classes for Cabrillo and procedures county wide.

College’ Regional Occupational Chief Terpstra was also Program and later for Emergency a member of CalFire Incident Training Services in Santa Cruz.

During his time teaching he became Chief Jeff Terpstra Command Team 1 from 1997 to the Director of Education for the Santa Cruz 2013. Jeff was one of a few hand picked local government firefighters for a pilot program County Paramedic Training.

In 1997 Jeff helped create the Emergency on the use of local government firefighters on Medical Services Integration Authority Incident Command Teams, which up until

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then was made up of mostly CalFire personnel. Jeff serviced in many capacities while serving on the command team and was deployed to many large fires across the State. He was also activated for Hurricane Katrina spent time in the south assisted with the rescue efforts.

Chief Terpstra has been a leader in the fire service. His dedication and vision of the fire service will be greatly missed by not only the Aptos La Selva Fire District, but also throughout the county. n

Tin Pan Alley Cats: Music From The Past T in Pan Alley is more than just a phrase to describe a type of music.

There was an actual Tin Pan Alley in New York City, a small street that ran between Fifth Avenue and Broadway. It was the center for sheet music publishers when sheet music was the rage and the public waited eagerly for the latest songs to come out. The tinny sounds of many cheap pianos demonstrating the latest attempts to produce a hit tune were said to sound like a hundred people pounding on tin pans.

Many famous songs and well-known musicians came out of Tin Pan Alley until the 1930’s when phonographs and radios replaced the piano players who needed the sheet music.

Today, thanks to Owen Hand and his group The Tin Pan Alley Cats, this music is making a comeback in this area. This five-member band is performing locally, playing the typical Tin Pan Alley songs from some of the original sheet music.

Their style is warm and lively.

Dressed in black with red highlights, they capture the attention of the audience with their opening number. Lead Singer, Cherie Fischer, and Band Leader, Owen Hand exchange banter with the other three musicians and a rapport is established with the audience that lasts through the evening. Dancers take the floor, others tend to sing along and everyone is foot tapping.

This all started two years ago when Owen Hand was asked by the Historical Society to put together a musical group for one of their events. He gathered some of his creative musical friends and from that has evolved the present day Tin Pan Alley Cats.

Owen leads the band, plans the programs and plays the banjo, and ukulele and sings. After he retired from teaching at 55, Owen continued to be a national and state ranked tennis player. He became

instruments for 54 TIME” “BABY FACE” “ALEXANDER’S a musician quite years and especially RAG TIME BAND” and the list goes on accidentally when loves this type of and on. The band has played at Bruno’s, a tennis buddy put music. They call him Bocci’s Cellar, Seascape Resort, several a banjo in his hands “The Mitchapedia Sports Clubs and Pajaro Historical Society. and he was hooked.

By Noreen Santaluce At the present time, you can catch of Tin Pan Alley His second hobby became music, playing and performing Music” because he knows the words to all them every first Tuesday of the month with various groups including Banjos by these songs and the history of that era. He at the Mid County Senior Center, 829 the Bay, Beach Bums and Sons of the Beach. is great on exchanging repartee with the Bay Ave, Capitola. The music starts at Vocalist Cherie Fischer is the Lead band and the audience.

4:30, before dinner is served for Tuesday The band’s up-beat lively music brings Night Live.

Singer and M.C. She has been playing the banjo and ukulele for many years and 12 back memories as old-timers take to the Why not come to sing and dance to years ago she started singing in public. She floor or sing along. Who can forget: ‘FIVE this great music before enjoying a home was the first policewoman in Santa Cruz in FOOT TWO ... “ “BILL BAILEY” “ANY cooked dinner for only $8.00? n 1972. Cherie can be called a well-traveled person, having flown with United Airlines and later owning her own travel agency for 17 years. Best of all, she owns a suitcase full of Tin Pan Alley sheet music.

Doug Meyers plays tenor saxophone, flute and baritone ukulele. He considers himself the woodwind section of the band.

A multifaceted performer, he also plays the flute and banjo, sings and dances with other groups. His whole life has held a wide variety of musical experience. He started playing the tenor sax when he was 9 years old, played in an Army band while in the service and played around many campfires during his 27 years as a Park Ranger in San Juan Baptista and Henry Coe State Park.

Jerry Whitney plays bass guitar with this group and three others. He is a Building Designer and has always been involved with music. His father, a performing musician, was a strong influence his early life. He moved here from Monterey six years ago and feels that the people of Santa Cruz are very much into the arts.

Jerry met the other musicians that formed the Tin Pan Alley Cats at the yacht harbor while playing with The Sons of the Beach.

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30. Elevated box 66. *1925 World Series 11. Sportscaster ____ ACROSS sings with the band. He has been playing

Seated: Jerry Whitney (from left), Owen Hand and Doug Meyers. Standing: Mitch Sakolsky (left) and Cherie Fischer.

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24. Type of Asian food 25. On most pants and skirts 28. High fidelity

35. October birthstone 37. Winningest Super Bowl coach 39. Run off, as in couple 40. Have the blues 41. Russian prison 43. *Go to extra innings when the score is this 44. “Bravo! Bravo!” e.g.

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7. Freudian topic 33. Met’s offering 8. Pentateuch 34. Xe 9. Pest command 36. Grassy land tracts 10. In ____ of 38. Cleanse or wash hero and HOFer, ___ Traynor 68. Put up with 69. *A hard hit ball 70. Funerary vase 71. Fiji’s neighbor 72. *2013 World Series ended with one for Cardinals 73. Teacher’s ___ 74. Atones, archaic

45. *______ Field, where Braves hosted 1999 World Series 49. Chronic drinker 51. Misprints 54. *When it landed in 1996, Yanks were champs 56. Shish _____ 57. Be a snitch 58. Hodgepodge 59. *You need more than opponent to win a game 60. Lyric poems 61. Closely confined 62. Like Tim of “A Christmas Carol” 63. U2 guitarist 64. Red one and Yellow one, e.g.

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By Robert Francis

Some special treats for Halloween …

By Sonali Fry Illustrated by Sanja Rescek Little Simon. $5.99 n this little board book the itsy bitsy pumpkin meets some spooky characters as he tries to find his way back home.

The little pumpkin rolls down a spooky street and travels past a cornfield and a red barn.

Totally lost and wanting to get back home, the pumpkin is rescued by a friendly witch who takes him back to where all his other pumpkin buddies are.

A cute rhymed text accompanies the itsy bitsy pumpkin’s adventures and explains what is happening as he rolls along. Adults will recognize that this book offers a new twist on the classic “Itsy Bitsy Spider” tale. Nice thick pages mean that toddlers will have no problem turning them and the art is very eye appealing with fall colors.

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Olivia Loves Halloween

By Maggie Testa Illustrated by Jared Osterhold Simon Spotlight. $3.99 livia and her friend Francine are helping decorate their classroom for Halloween. Since red is her favorite color, Olivia wants to use red and black but Francine insists on the more traditional orange and black color scheme.

Once the room is ready Olivia must decide what costume she’ll wear this year. After consulting family and friends, Olivia settles on being an artist because she can don a red smock and beret.

Oops, guess who also is going to be an artist?

Yup, Francine! Now we have a touchy situation.

Will the two friends work it out? You’ll have to read this level one reader to find out.

Young beginning readers who can’t get enough of Olivia will find this special Halloween installment a special treat. They’ll also discover how two friends can resolve a ticklish issue without destroying their friendship.

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Happy Halloween, Daniel Tiger

A Lift the Flap Book

By Angela Santpmero Simon Spotlight. $6.99 iscover what Daniel Tiger’s friends are going to wear to the Halloween Parade by flipping the flaps to see what is behind them. Daniel will be going as his favorite explorer. Pull back the flap and you’ll see what he looks like.

Other characters will dress up as a firefighter, a robot, ballerina, a traffic light, a superhero and a gold nugget. When

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everyone is ready, the parade can begin and you can go back to the first page and read the book again.

Like so many books today, this series is tied to a TV show but if it gets a child to want to look at a book, why not? This spinoff from “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood” has been quite popular with the younger set.

Katy Duck’s Happy Halloween

By Alyssa Satin Capucilli Illustrated by Henry Cole Simon Spotlight. $16.99 aty Duck is excited because it is time to create a special costume for Halloween trickor-treating. ‘I will be a dancing unicorn,’ says Katy Duck. ‘No one will have a costume like this.’

Katy was certainly right. No one was dressed like her!

Unfortunately, when Katy saw her best friend, Alice, in her mermaid costume that glittered and shimmered, Katy didn’t much care for what she was wearing. In fact, she didn’t want to go out trick-or-treating. Poor Katy!

But when Alice said she really like Katy’s dancing unicorn getup the little duck was no longer in a funk and decided to go out with her friends.

This level one ready-to-read book will be a nice treat for youngsters who are ready to tackle the chores of read aloud sessions. The narrative is easy to follow and the print is nice and large.

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Apples and Pumpkins

By Anne Rockwell Illustrated by Lizzy Rockwell Little Simon. $7.99 ith the trees sporting their fall colors and a chill in the air, it is time to head to Comstock Farm to pick apples and select some pumpkins.

First, mom and dad fill a basket with fresh, ripe, red apples. Then it is off to the pumpkin patch where the youngest member of the family gets to select a nice, orange pumpkin.

Once the family arrives back at their house the jack-o’-lantern carving begins. Once the scary face is carved, a candle is placed inside the pumpkin because Halloween night is just around the corner when the neighborhood children go trick-or-treating.

This seasonal board book captures the sights of autumn and, for any family who likes to go out to the farm to find a pumpkin, this offers a nice memento of the yearly tradition.

The illustrations are top notch and are worth the price of this celebratory picture book. n

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Willy Gets Along

illy is a very sweet little lap dog. A small male Pomeranian/Papillon Black/Tan almost 2 years old, he spent the night at our home, and on his visit he was a very good boy. He rides nicely in the car, walks well on the leash, and appears to be housebroken. He shows no interest in toys, and prefers petting and napping on his human’s lap. He likes to be allowed onto the furniture, but chose to sleep on a dog bed after treats and petting. He sat quietly while I played the piano.

He is very quiet. I never heard him bark. He tried to make friendly overtures to my old, visionimpaired dog. She rebuffed him with a snarl, and he quietly stayed out of her way. I took him to the barn where my horse lives, and he was curious about the big animals there but remained quiet and patiently waited for me to do my chores, then napped on the back seat of my truck while we drove back home.

He likes treats, enjoys a good meal, but prefers canned food to kibble. He would be fine with another dog, or as an only dog. He is gentle, and very well behaved. He’s really just a darling doggy in search of his forever home. On a long walk, Willy first passed by our neighbor’s big lab, which normally barks at everything that passes. He did not bark at Willy. Instead, they sniffed noses and wagged tails.

Then we went to the dog park. There Willy met many dogs and humans of all shapes and sizes and greeted everyone with a smile and a wagging tail. After that we walked all along the harbor and across the beach. He welcomes petting from all adults. He is a bit wary of children at first, as if not sure what to expect.

He will back away until they extend their hands for him to sniff and then he welcomes gentle petting. He is consistently quiet and very well behaved with everyone, dogs, cats, adults, children, even horses and mules.

The Santa Cruz SPCA is a 501c3 charitable organization and receives no government funding, relying solely on public donations to run its many programs that benefit the animals and people of our community. For more information call the Santa Cruz SPCA at 465-5000, or visit www.spcasc. org. The SPCA is located at 2685 Chanticleer Avenue in Santa Cruz, CA 95065 and is open to the public Tuesday through Sunday, 11:00 A.M. to 5:00 p.m. The SPCA Mall Adoption Center and Gift Shop is located at the Capitola Mall near Target and is open on Friday from 11am-5pm and Sat-Sun 11am-4pm.

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Celebrity Judges —County Supervisor John Leopold, Capitola Police Chief Rudy Escalante, Gayle Ortiz of Gayle’s Bakery.

• Community Pet Parade at 1:30 pm • Live Music, Food and Cool Raffle Prizes • KPIG Emcee Laurie Roberts All adoptions include spay/neuter, microchip (including registration), age appropriate vaccinations, Felv/FIV testing, routine treatment for fleas/worms, and a free pet wellness exam with local participating veterinarians. n ••• For more information, please visit www.scanimalshelter.org or call 831-454-7200.

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Aptos Chamber of Commerce Friday Oct. 24

Annual Dinner Awards and Auction

7:00pm, Seascape Beach Resort Cost: $80 per person (Table Sponsorships Available) elp us celebrate the people and the businesses of the year at our Annual Dinner Awards & Auction.

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5 -6:30pm, Comerica Bank, Rancho Del Mar, Aptos oin us for our November mixer at Comerica Bank in Aptos.

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7:30am-9:00am, Best Western Seacliff Inn 7500 Old Dominion Ct, Aptos oin the Chamber for its November breakfast meeting with special guest speaker Santa Cruz County Sheriff, Phil Wowak. Breakfast meetings offer you the chance to hear what the guest speaker has to say, network with other community and chamber members, hand out promotional material, hear important committee reports all while enjoying a wonderful breakfast.

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2 -5 pm, Aptos Village Tree - Corner Soquel Dr & Aptos Creek Rd. oin us for our Annual Holiday Craft Fair & Tree Lighting.

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review the child welfare system and to give you a chance to have your question answered by child welfare staff.

6:30pm at the Santa Cruz SPCA, To register to one of the meeting 2685 Chanticleer Ave., Santa and for directions, please call Cruz (cross street is Soquel Ave.). 454-4687.

Tail Wagging World of Dog Ownership

o-dependents Anonymous is a 12-step group for people hat is co-dependency? What who want healthy relationships is enabling? What is this insanity? Am I the only one who and self esteem. Weekly meetings feels this way? Join Nar-Anon, a are offered free of charge in Santa First Tuesdays and world wide fellowship of relatives Cruz and Watsonville.

Third Wednesdays each month For a schedule and more and friends of addicts who have information, go to www.coda.org Orientations to Become been affected by someone else’s addiction. Three meetings are now or e-mail gratefulcoda@gmail.com Advocates for Children being held in Santa Cruz County, or call (831) 469-6096.

North County, 5:30-7p.m., first on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Tuesday of month (for location Thursdays.

Second and Fourth Mondays details contact Danielle at 761For a meeting near you call First and Third Wednesdays 2956 X102) South County, 5:30-7 (888) 374-1164 or email p.m., third Wednesday of the Alzheimers Support Groups saveyoursanity@aol.com Visit month at the CASA Office, 813 Monday: 2:00 - 3:30pm http://nar-anon.org/Nar-Anon/ Freedom Blvd. Watsonville Wednesday: 5:30 – 7:00pm California.html for more info.

ASA (Court Appointed Special Conference Room at Elena Baskin/ Advocates) needs volunteers, 3-5 Live Oak Senior Center, 1777-A hours per week, to provide support, Capitola Road, Santa Cruz. and a powerful voice in acilitated by Jill Ginghofer, this guidance, court for children who have been group is for caregivers and removed from their homes because family members of people with of abuse or neglect. Everyone Alzheimers Daily men and bilingual folks Wednesdays Facilitated by Francie welcome, encouraged.

Overeaters Anonymous Newfield & Kathleen McBurney especially To RSVP call 761-2956 vereaters Anonymous is a 12-Step Ext. 102, or email support group for those who Tuesdays Danielle@casaofsantacruz.org wish to stop eating compulsively.

Meetings daily. See our website for WomenCARE Support Group uesday Support Group is a Second Tuesdays each month a current list of meeting times and gathering for women with all Free Job Seek Workshop! locations: www.santacruzoa.org types of cancer. We offer support 6:00pm-7:00pm, Gateway Bible for women through all stages from Church, 5000 Granite Creek Rd. Mondays diagnoses through treatment.

Scotts Valley. For more inforMeal Solution Mondays For more information or to mation, visit http://hirewire.org 4:00pm-6:00pm, New Leaf Com- register call (831) 457-2273 munity Markets, 1210 41st Ave. PFLAG (Parents, Families, and Capitola (Also down town and at MovementR West side stores) Friends of Lesbians and Gays) ome explore Feldrenkrais et fresh ideas for easy-to-prepare, 7:00pm-9:00pm, 900 High St. Awareness Through Moveaffordable, and nutritious main First Congregational Church of mentR. These classes will increase entrees from a member of the New Santa Cruz your comfort and confidence in Leaf Community Markets culinary To learn more, call (831) 427-4016 moving as they heighten your team. A different recipe featured or visit www.pflagscc.org self-awareness.

Class is from every Monday, ranging from meat 9:30 10:45a.m. at Pacific Cultural dishes, to gluten-free, to vegan. Try a Wednesdays sample, get a recipe card, and learn Center, 1307 Seabright, Santa Cruz. First class is free for new Toastmasters: tips for meal prep and leftovers. students.

Featured recipes are posted on Speak for Success Pre-registration is required. the New Leaf Community blog at 12:00pm-1:00pm, St. Philip’s Contact suzie@suzielundgren. www.newleafcommunity.com.

Episcopal Church, 5271 Scotts com or call (831) 332-7347 Valley Drive, Scotts Valley. iving a business presentation?

Head to the Islands!

Interviewing for a job? ine on any Monday and 10% of Felton’s Farmer Market!

2:30-6:30 p.m. spring, summer Improve your speaking skills in a the total sales go to a local non- and fall friendly, supportive environment profit! Hula’s Santa Cruz selects a he main drag along Highway with Redwood Ramblers Toastlocal non-profit each month of the 9 will come alive with the masters. Open to all levels. year as part of the Mahalo Monday bustle of farmers and food artisans Drop-ins welcome. For more information, call 831-335-3693.

Program. Hula’s Island Grill and selling a colorful variety of Tiki Room is located at 221 Cathcart delicious edibles to shoppers and diners alike.

Street in Santa Cruz.

TOPS Hula’s is open from lunch Tuesday – For more info, visit www.santacruz (Take off pounds sensibly) farmersmarket.org or contact Sunday from 11:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Nicole Zahm, Education and 8:45 am, Felton Firehouse dinner nightly from 4:30 p.m. – close, Events Coordinator at education@ et support for loosing and happy hour Tuesday – Sunday santacruzfarmersmarket.org or weight at these health group 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., Monday Executive Director Nesh Dhillon at meetings. info@santacruzfarmersmarket.org Learn more by calling (831) 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. For more 335-3510. information go to www.hulastiki.com or call (831) 655-HULA. Tuesdays, Thursdays

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7-8pm Inspire Salon in Capitola hat does your style say about you? Learn the difference Scotts Valley Farmer’s Market between fashion and style, how to 9a.m.-1p.m. SV Community up level your look and up level your Center, 360 Kings Village Drive income, use color effectively, create a www.santacruzfarmersmarket.org Second and Fourth Wednesdays great look without sacrificing comfort.

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6:30-8:00pm Aptos Fire Station 7:00pm, Firehouse on Soquel Dr. Aptos on Soquel Dr. peakers helping speakers get pen Support meetings on second Wednesday. Adult Only gigs.

Call (831) 332-8221 for more meetings on fourth Wednesday. information.

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Stichers By the Sea

7:00pm, Live Oak Senior Center, 1777 Capitola Rd. Santa Cruz egular meeting of Stichers by the Sea local chapter 7:00pm, Soquel Creek Water of the Embrioderers’ Guild of District Headquarters, 5180 America. Event is free, the public Soquel Dr. Soquel is welcome. eetings are open to the public For more information, contact and the location alternates Irene at (831) 475-1853. between the City of Santa Cruz Police Community Room, and Fourth Thursdays each month the Soquel Creek Water District Headquarters.

Aptos Veterans of Visit www.scwd2desal.org Foreign Wars Post 10110 for more info.

6:30 pm, Severinos, 7500 Old Dominion Ct., Aptos Thursdays ommander Chuck Woodson leads the meetings.

Capitola-Aptos For more information, call (831) Rotary Club Meeting 295-1939 12-1:30 p.m. at Seascape Golf Course.

Contact Chuck at 831-462-6092 Fridays or e-mail charleswhitt@att.net for Loss of Spouse or Partner more information.

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annual Rummage Sale coming up in October! Proceeds will go to benefit Second Harvest Food Bank and Coast Chapel. The event will take place between 8a.m. and 1p.m.. We will have a BBQ in which we will be selling all kinds of really good food!

For more information contact Scott at Coastchapelsc@gmail. com or find out more by going to coast chapel.org or by calling (831) 475-4351

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Sunday Oct. 19 Through Dec. 6 10:00-11:30 pm, Aegis of Aptos. New Leaf Capitola’s 21st Birthday offman’s in downtown n 8 week discussion group for 12-4 p.m.

Santa Cruz will donate 10% seniors who have lost a spouse oin your neighbors in celebrating of total sales to Second Harvest or partner.

New Leaf Capitola’s 21st every Thursday night from 5-10 Please call (831) 430-3058 for birthday. With a beer garden, mini p.m. Every $1 donated provides more information. skate park, food, raffle prizes, healthy 4 meals to people in need face painting, live music, and throughout Santa Cruz through 200 more! Sales for raffle tickets, wine Clutterers Anonymous different programs and agencies and beer will benefit Grind Out 5:30-6:45 Sutter Maternity that Second Harvest support.

Hunger. Must be 21 with valid ID & Surgical Center, 2900 Drop by and support Hoffman’s to enter beer garden.

Chanticleer Ave, Soquel Dr. Bistro & Patisserie at 1102 Pacific Admission is free. Facebook.com/ Santa Cruz.

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7500 Old Dominion Court, Aptos Second Thursdays each month To learn more, call (831) 515-8699. peaker will be Mr. Nan Su on Chinese Civilization, “Much Veterans of Foreign Wars of the interesting culture and First and Third Fridays 6:30 pm, 2259 7th Ave. Santa Cruz tradition has been lost during the Friday Shakespeare Club ommander Ronals Petty leads 1:30 pm-2:30pm, Lounge of the communist regime. Now there is a Thursday Dec. 11 the meetings.

First Congregational Church, 900 great effort to revive this important For more information, call (831) December Breakfast Meeting High St. Santa Cruz part of their society.”

475-9804 7:30 -9:00 am, Best Western Meets monthly on the first and Overeaters Anonymous Call Jack at 688-0977 for more thru Saturdays Seacliff Inn 7500 Old Dominion PROFILE of Santa Cruz third friday until June 5. Come 6:30-7:30pm at Teach by the Beach information.

Ct, Aptos #50 Rancho Del Mar, Aptos 9:00am-12:30pm, 2045 40th Ave. Ocean Gate Zen Center Second and Fourth Thursdays join us, a group of diverse women, ur guest speaker will be Dr. Clares St. Capitola in stimulating discussions of For more information, call (831) Zazen Instructions Cabrillo Host Lions Club Laurel Jones, President of Shakespeare’s plays. Guests are 429-7906 eed help finding a job? Join Thursday November 6 7:00pm, 920 41st Ave. Suite 7:00pm at the Cabrillo ComCabrillo College. Bring your welcome.

PROFILE of Santa Cruz. Its B, Santa Cruz (next to Family Genealogical Society of Santa munity Center, Aptos Village business cards and promotional free and it works. Last year it Cycling Center) First Wednesday each month Park, 100 Aptos Creek Rd. material so you can network with places 126 of its members in jobs, Cruz County orning meditation schedule ublic is invited to all programs. Saturdays other chamber and community 1:00 - 3:00p.m., Santa Cruz Public and we can help you too. Ongoing is Tues. & Thurs. 6:45am; Fri. Adoption/Child Welfare Orientation Contact President Jess Allen Aptos Certified Farmers Market Library, upstairs meeting room. members. workshops will cover resume 9:00am, & Sat. 8:30am followed by 6:00pm- 8:00pm 1400 Emeline 831-684-2721 or Past President 8:00 -12:00pm at Cabrillo College Please call or email for reserva- writing, communication, and “Come As You Are Zen” at 9:00am. Avenue room 206, Santa Cruz. ues speaker Ron Arons, Barbara Chamberlain at 831he Aptos Market, with over 80 he first step to becoming tions, 831-688-1467 or Meggie@ interview skills.

Zazen instruction First Tues. of M.B.A., B.S. will discuss 688-3356 for meeting/dinner vendors, is open year round, with a foster and/or adoptive aptoschamber.com For more information, call profile each month at 6:30pm. reservations or information or visit the best selections of fresh foods. In “Nifty Technologies for Geneaparent is to attend orientation.

Cost: $20 members, $25 nonat (831) 479-0393 or visit www. For more info. visit both www.cabrillohostlions.org. logical Research” n addition, family activities, music, The orientation is designed to members santacruzprofile.org. oceangatezen.org and facebook.

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Lucky Steppers Modern Square Dance

6:30 pm, German American Hall, 230 Plymouth St. Santa Cruz he Monterey Symphony is quare dancing! Try it, seeking volunteers. If you love you’ll like it! Friendship music and want to be involved, put to music, event is family please call (831) 646-8511 or visit friendly. Classes through Jan www.montereysymphony.org for 29 are free. Teacher Don Benson more information.

For more information, contact Sue or Don at (831) 72-7053 or e-mail at caller4u@att.net.

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7:00pm, German-American Hall Santa Cruz, 230 Plymouth BINGO all (831) 726-7053 or e-mail 6:30 p.m. Santa Cruz Elks Lodge, caller4u@razzolink.com for 150 Jewell St. more information! osted by Soquel Sports Last Thursdays each month Foundation. Buy-In $15. Full Monthly Argentine Tango at Star snack bar available. First Tuesday Bene Italian/Argentine Restarante of each month is special $25 buy in 4:30pm-9:30pm, Star Bene (up to five packs). Join us!

Italian/Argentene Restarante, www.soquelsports.com 21245 East Cliff Dr. his is a night for true “Social Wednesdays Tango.” Order a wonderful Peninsula Banjo Band meal from the Star Bene 7:00 - 8:30 p.m., Harry’s Hofbrau, Argentine Menu, (or their well 390 Saratoga Ave, San Jose known italian menu), and enjoy orty-seven years of perthe ambiance of Argentina and forming in the Bay Area, over join us in a social tango dance 250 popular tunes. Come see our band for Free in Sunnyvale to music from the Golden Age of Tango.

Every Wednesday. No cover.

Private instruction and classes Contact Lee McLaughlin, by arrangement. For more Booking Agent, at 408-993information, call Michael (831) BAND (2263) for information 239-2247. about booking the band for Non-profit events (donations are First Fridays each month tax deductible). www.PeninsulaBanjoBand.org First Friday Art Tour he First Friday Art Tour is a Capitola Twilight Concerts Santa Cruz Institute of Cont wouldn’t be summer without temporary Arts event, managed in the Wednesday evening concerts conjunction with the participating at the Esplanade ark Bandstand. art venues. The event takes place Bring a picnic or pick up dinner year-round and illuminates some t an area restaurant. Seating is on of the most talented local artists the lawn, seawall benches or the from local galleries. beach.

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College. Proceeds benefit the Cabrillo College Culinary Arts Second Fridays each month program.

Tickets: $55.00 person or Big Band Dance $500.00 table.

7:30pm-10:00pm, at MidCounty Senior Center 829 Bay Ave, Capitola Saturday Oct. 25 allroom dancing to live Tree Planting music by The 10th Ave. 10:00am to 1:00pm, The Santa Band. Refreshments, large Cruz County Fair Grounds, 2601 floor, friendly atmosphere, free E Lake Ave, Watsonville oin us for a tree planting! The parking. Open to the publicTrees, shrubs and equipment singles welcome! have been graciously donated. We Suggested donation, $6 per need a large group of enthusiastic person. Proceeds benefit volunteers! Bring friends, family, MCSC. For more information, gloves and help enhance the Santa call (831) 476-4711.

Cruz County Fairgrounds RV Park with beautiful and enduring Second Sundays Each Month landscaping.

Make a Difference Day is Downtown Santa Cruz celebrated annually on the 4th Antique Fair Saturday in October. This national 9:00am-4:00pm, Lincoln St. day of community service connects (Between Pacific and Cedar) people with opportunities to endors offer an eclectic serve, increases the strength of blend of antiques and communities, and promotes civic unique items. Come and engagement. check it out! Browse through a wide assortment of treasures including books and photographs, vintage jewelry, clothing, glass and ceramic collectibles, vintage hawaiian kitsch, turquoise, original artwork, and a whole lot of whatnot!

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“You’re Funny, but You Don’t Look Jewish”

Temple Beth El, JCC 3055 Porter Gulch Road, Aptos Friday Oct. 17 he show features four fantastic Wine Harvest Dinner Jewish Comedians who are 6-9p.m., Sesnon House at Vietnamese, African American, Cabrillo College Aptos Indian, and Italian American: Joseph Nguyen, Gina Gold, oin us for a wine harvest evening under the stars. Meet Samson Koletkar and Mike Capozzola. celebrity wine professionals and enjoy award winning wines Tickets $18.00, on sale at the door. and culinary delights prepared www.tbeaptos.org n

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Times Publishing Group, Inc. Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)

It seems like the whole world is smiling. That might be because they are all in a terrific mood.

This is going to really buoy your day, too, so enjoy the good energy. It doesn’t happen all the time. When it does, it deserves to be noticed. Do something special and fun for the Full Moon.

Accept that invitation, go out, and be part of the happy crowd. New insights come in happy, empowering flashes. Practical and business matters thrive. There can be financial improvements as well as recognition for your talents and your less orthodox or traditional ideas.

Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 21)

Need to save money? Why not skip all the complicated stuff and just try a few simple tricks, like bringing a bag lunch to work? It will be healthier for you, too. Life at home is cozy and dreamy at the Full Moon. Relax, indulge in music and movies, and let the e-mail check itself. It will be good news, anyway. This is a strong period for career and reputation. While next year at this time should be especially strong, this year, you have extra energy and charm working for you, and this can impress people in high places!

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 20)

This month starts out with a pretty amazing, energetic, successful, fun-filled bang! Your job is going so well! Your outfit fits like a glove! The weather suits your taste exquisitely! Wow! Enjoy this. Get creative, particularly with your writing. Communicate as much as possible.

Tread carefully at work and keep your eyes out for hiccups. You can handle them, as long as you’re aware of what’s going on. Just be sure to prioritize. What’s really, really important to you? Make some long overdue plans to see friends. They miss you, and want an update on everything that’s happening.

Aquarius (Jan 21-Feb. 18)

One of the biggest rules in life is that you just have to keep showing up and keep trying.

Then take a rest and go back and try some more. Forget all the fancy gadgets and the splashy workout clothes. Get up every morning, go for a run, and then concentrate on your work and your relationships. Avoid snap judgments or promises regarding money. Give yourself time to get all the facts and numbers straight. Gain some major insight and intuition about your relationships or the role you play in your favorite group of people at the harmonious New Moon.

Pisces (Feb. 19-Mar. 20)

It looks like you have lots of friends in high places. This is always a good thing! Be sure you make the most of the help they offer you, and be sure to show your gratitude for their efforts.

Love, happiness, success, contentment and a whole lot of other wonderful feelings are in store for you on. Be sure that you don’t spend so much time in front of the computer that you don’t get a chance to really revel in all this bounteousness! Poetry and other forms of open-ended creative pursuit are what really speak to you.

Aries (March 21-April 20)

Why run when you can walk? Speed is not the name of the game. You want to keep in mind that the journey is a destination, instead. You want to take your time and smell the roses (or ocean breezes or campfires). Inhale! Ah! Exhale! Relax! Repeat! If a dream place has been waiting for you, escape now. This is a month of getting your life into most specifically through managing health, lifestyle, work, and daily routines. New and old partners and partnerships are there for your benefit and comfort. Your super-special someone may have a great gift for you.

Taurus (April 21-May 21)

Go ahead and think long and hard about everything you want, need, and desire. This is a great time for self-actualization, which is just a fancy term for knowing who you are and making choices that are right for you. Remember to stop and smell the flowers. Don’t forget to work out, because your body is really important to your happiness! The month is strong for family, romance, creativity and work. Even so, there are some illusions to bust through in the process.

You might need to come to a friend’s aid or you could find yourself in high demand.

Gemini (May 22-June 21)

If you’re feeling stymied and annoyed, frustrated and irritated, pent up yet sort of spent, all at once there is only one thing to do: Drop everything and go for a nice long run, walk, or a swim.

You really want to work through the body: Get your blood moving and your spirit will follow, getting out of the funk and into a bright, airy, soaring kind of place. Tap your creativity and you’ll release a whole slew of endorphins. A new point of view is liberating. Let unreasonable expectations sort themselves out. Say little and smile a lot.

Cancer (June 22-July 22)

When you wake up you might wish you could just hit snooze, roll over, and go back to sleep for another couple of hours. Well, if you can, do it! If you can’t hit snooze because you absolutely, positively have to be at work on time, that means you have all the more motivation to figure out how to better balance your life. You are especially busy. Focus is strong on communicating, learning, connecting, and moving about. You are taking more pride in your mind and personal interests, and you’re bringing more gentleness and peace to your communications.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 23)

Ah! The ego. Yes, everybody has one. Everybody needs one. Everybody struggles with their ego, sometimes. It’s true that you might struggle more than the average bear, when it comes to managing your ego. But don’t give up. You’ve got to get that ego under control, if you really want to succeed, personally and professionally, right now! But don’t worry: You’re stronger than your unruly ego, and you’ll triumph in the end. Instead of balancing your checkbook do something creative, like finger painting, or singing in the rain. Sometimes you’ve just got to follow your mood!

Virgo (Aug. 24-Sep. 22)

Who says work and play don’t go hand in hand? Nobody, that’s who! If someone does say it you should completely, totally, and utterly ignore them. Work, play, productivity, and pleasure are all wrapped up together in one great big beautiful ball as the month gets started. Amazing!

Wonderful! Great! Reserve criticism until you’re absolutely sure about what it is that you think deserves to be criticized. Reorganize but stay open minded about it. You could come up with something amazing! Going forward, you’re ready to make important changes, particularly in attitude. There can be breakthroughs on a psychological or intimate level now.

Libra (Sep. 23-Oct. 23)

If you are not feeling your best don’t fret! Fretting will just plunge you into an even bluer mood. No: Instead, make a decision. Will you take a nap? Or go workout? Either is fine.

Just make up your mind, one way or the other. A lot is going on in your heart. You’re less inclined to take action in your day-to-day life. You’re quite talkative, however. You may not be revealing much, but you’re inclined to speak up. While your mind is active, it’s important to recognize that it’s time for a spiritual and emotional check-up.

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By Jeff Ursino, PVUSD Trustee Area VII

s students get settled into the new school year I thought it would be a good time to review the technological upgrades that have happened in our Aptos area schools since Measure L was passed in 2012.

First, let’s review the history of the Measure L bond. The bond was the largest single bond authorization in Santa Cruz county history with 69 percent voter approval. The bond will provide over $150 million in facility and instructional technology upgrades at school sites throughout PVUSD. The upgrades planned that students and staff would have range from solar power installations, quick and efficient access to the such as is currently being installed at internet. The bond has also given Aptos High, to new play equipment the District the opportunity to install and running tracks like the ones new high-speed wireless network already installed at Rio Del Mar that will cover all instructional areas of a school allowing equipment such school.

In speaking with different as laptops and tablet computers to be stakeholders in local schools, it was utilized more freely in the classroom. apparent is that Aptos area parents This installation is due to be comwere concerned not only about the pleted within the next year.

When I first became a Trustee school facilities, but also about the quality of technology provided at the and started visiting schools within local schools. Many recognized the the District, I was struck by the disparity in access to technology importance of technology in their between schools. Due to federal children’s lives and wanted funding requirements some to make sure their children’s schools had new computers, education kept up with techservers and other technonological advances. Thus a logical advances while other major factor in Measure L’s schools were forced to ask approval by parents to raise funds to voters was its provide technology in the emphasis on classroom. To address technological this issue Measure L upgrades and money has been set aside the improved

BY JEFF URSINO to fund what is called a Bond Techlearning enviPVUSD TRUSTEE nologyVIIEndowment Fund. These ronment these updates would foster AREA funds are allocated annually over for our students.

Many of our local schools were ten years. These funds are used to built 40 years ago or more. Therefore install and modernize instructional as technological advances occurred technology in our schools.

In total, more than 269 comand sites needed to be updated, the District was unable to provide the puter workstations have been placed physical requirements to implement in Aptos area schools. The four these advances due to budgetary elementary schools, Rio Del Mar, constraints. For instance, Aptos High Valencia, Bradley and Mar Vista, school had for years been reliant on getting 38 each and Aptos High and outdated internet servers. To remedy Aptos Junior High getting over 40 this situation, not only at Aptos High each. In addition during this past but the other Aptos area schools, new spring the District was able to purnetwork equipment was installed so chase over 100 new Chromebook

computers for Aptos schools that can move from class to class. These computers are essential in teaching children digital literacy and for the new Common Core State Standards and related student testing.

Finally, to utilize this technology in the most efficient and effective way possible, the District is investing in the education of our teachers.

Over the summer several local teachers were sent to Technology Cadre Professional development to better utilize the technology being provided. In addition, administrators from several local school sites are in the process of attending this same training all in an effort to ensure that each school is able to maximize the benefit from these new computers.

In short, a lot is happening at our local schools. When voters passed Measure L over two years ago they were making a commitment to education at the local level. Voters were making it clear that they wanted and expected the children in our local community to have access to technology in the classroom that would enhance their education and give them tools to lead a successful life.

By upgrading internet hardware, replacing older computers with more current equipment, and providing resources to maintain and upgrade this technology and then training teachers on the newest ways to utilize this technology, PVUSD is showing they share that commitment. n ••• As always I welcome your comments. I can be reached at 831-254-4562.

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Elected Leaders “Jim Bargetto, Soquel Creek Water Dist (ret)” “Jack Beebe, Soquel Creek Water Dist. (ret)” “Tory Delfavero, Trustee, Soquel Union Elementary District” “Leslie DeRose, PVUSD Trustee“ “Zach Friend, Santa Cruz County Supervisor“ “Jim Hart, Santa Cruz County Sheriff“ “Gary Hazelton, Soquel Creek Water Dist (ret)” “Dan Kreige, Soquel Creek Water Dist. (ret)” “Dennis Norton, Capitola City Councilmember“ “Gayle Ortiz, Past Mayor and Councilmember, City of Capitola” “Steve Robbins, Santa Cruz County Sheriff“ “Mick Routh, Past Mayor and Councilmember, City of Capitola” “Linda Smith, Capitola Planning Commissioner“ “Michael Termini, Capitola City Council“ “Sandra Wallace, Trustee, Soquel Union Elementary District” “Michael Watkins, Superintendent, Santa Cruz COE” “TJ Welch, Capitola Planning Commissioner“

Community Leaders Will Anderline Al Alhamburu Steven Allen Will Anderline Jean Anderson Joe Appenrodt Tom and Pegi Ard Michael Arnone John Bargetto Ruth Bates Norman Bei Shareen Bell Ted Burke Dan Carillo Chalon & Mardel Carnahan Nikki Castro Terry Cessari Karen Christensen Bill Comfort Bob & Hannah Cornell Eric Costello Thom & Sandy Coyle Linda Cumstay Al Decamara Fred Doak Harry & Norma Domash

Brian Dueck Richard & Leslie Dye Pat Emard Loretta Estrada Greg and Micke Evans Michele Eveland Judith Feinman Lew Feinman Herb Finkelman John Fisher Mike & Melanie Freitas John & Robin Fuchs Dick & Heidi Garwood Jeff & Diane Goody Steven Graves Jason Green Tom Griffin Tila Guerrero Krista Harris Tom Hart Anita & Gary Heath John & Karen Hibble Mark Holcomb Chuck Hyde Heysa Janssen Steve John

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