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Story By Noel Smith

Community News

Carrie’s Dream Hosts Its First Dance Showcase & Auction

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When Bad Things Happen

Community Bridges Takes Financial Hit From Theft, Vandalism, and Accident

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Community Bridges operates ten programs and twenty sites throughout Santa

Cruz County focused on children, families and seniors. Each year, they uplift the lives of more than 27,000 residents in need. The Community Bridges Family of Programs includes: Meals on Wheels for Santa Cruz County; Elderday Adult Day Health Care; Lift Line; Child Development Division; Child & Adult Care Food Program; Women, Infants & Children (WIC); La Manzana Community Resources; Live Oak Family Resource Center; Nueva Vista Family Resource Center; and Mountain Community Resources.

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Admission to the concert is $10 at the door or you can pre-order discounted tickets (family rates available) and pizza online at: tinyurl. com/rockforscience

This concert is not just for our school but for our community as well. Bring your family and friends for a fun night with music, food,

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It would be helpful to the Committee (but not required) if the artist would notify their intention to submit an artwork. For notices, and any questions about submissions and delivery details, please contact: Gail Wingert at 831-295-1622 or email: gailjw831@gmail.com

Meet the Author at Porter Memorial Library: Karen Joy Fowler

For more information, call the library at 475-3326 during library hours: Monday-

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CYT Santa Cruz Presents Beauty and the Beast Performance February 13, 14, 15, 20, 21 and 22

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after-school classes of drama, dance and voice for kids ages 6-18. CYT also produces high quality, family friendly musicals three times a people of all faiths are welcome. By employing quality teachers and directors, CYT teaches theater in a healthy environment while promoting qualities of commitment, self-esteem, mind, CYT aims to develop character in kids, one stage at a time!

Performance Dates and Times

The AIDS Walk and Fun Run: A New Name but Same Great Fundraiser SANTA CRUZ —

SCAP is a community organization that provides compassionate services, support, and

advocacy to people in Santa Cruz County living with HIV/AIDS. SCAP also works to decrease HIV transmission, eradicate stigma, and raise awareness of issues surrounding HIV/AIDS through education and prevention programs.

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Community News

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Founded in 1972, Second Harvest Food the second in the nation. Its stated mission is to end hunger and malnutrition by educating and involving the community. For every $1 dollar donated, they can provide four healthy meals.

For more information: www.thefoodbank.org

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Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter Expands Hours of Operation

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For more information please visit www. scanimalshelter.org or call 831-454-7200.

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2015 Valentine’s Day Poetry Contest

Community News

The Annual TPG, Inc Competition for Santa Cruz County Residents

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2015 Poetry Contest Rules Please Read Carefully Open to Santa Cruz County residents only

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In Memoriam

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Get Ready, Get Set, Get Healthy in 2015

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Business Profile

Customers are Family at Upper Crust Pizza

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Business Profile

SAFE AT HOME SENIOR CARE Providing the Highest Quality In-Home Care

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phone assistance; call them at 831-462-3500, or visit their website for more information at http:// located at 820 Bay Avenue, Suite 101, Capitola, CA 95010 and are open Monday – Friday from 8AM – 5PM. Safe At Home Senior Care guarantees all caregivers are bonded, insured, and covered by workers’ compensation insurance, they have clean criminal backgrounds and driving records, and can be replaced any time upon request. Safe At Home Senior Care accepts Visa and MasterCard and works with long-term care insurance companies.

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Business Profile

PRECISION SPORTS MEDICINE

State of the Art Care To Get Back Out There

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From concussion management to regenerative therapies, his head to toe treatments are results-oriented and designed to get you safely back to doing what you love.

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For additional information contact the City of Capitola at 475.7300.

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Basketball Harbor Boys Season Record: (5-12, SCCAL 2-4) Coach Robert Shipstead Harbor 78 – Scotts Valley 60 Santa Cruz 61 – Harbor 54 St. Francis56 – Harbor 41 Soquel 53 – Harbor 42 Harbor 60 – San Lorenzo Valley 52 Aptos 72 – Harbor 33 Palma 65 – Harbor 40 Soquel Boys Season Record: (4-12, SCCAL 1-5) Coach Stu Walters Santa Cruz 62 – Soquel 28 San Lorenzo Valley 60 – Soquel 39 Aptos 52 – Soquel 34 Scotts Valley 47 – Soquel 36 Soquel 53 – Harbor 42 St Francis 46 – Soquel 39 Harbor Girls Season Record: (1-15, SCCAL 0-5) Coach Mike Glasgow Scotts Valley 79 Harbor 6 Santa Cruz 58 – Harbor 13 Watsonville 38 – Harbor 35 St Francis 68 – Harbor 16 San Lorenzo Valley 48 – Harbor 21 Harbor vs. Soquel Aptos 58 – Harbor 15 Watsonville 44 – Harbor 24

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Soquel Girls Season Record (9-6, SCCAL 3-1) Coach Kanani Thomas Soquel 54 – Santa Cruz 33 Soquel 50 – Aptos 47 Scotts Valley 75 – Soquel 44

Soquel vs. Harbor Soquel 59 – St Francis 51 Soquel 70 – Castilleja 57 Monterey Bay Sweet 16 North Salinas 57 – Soquel 52 Soquel 57 – Seaside 33 Soquel 66 – Sequoia 43

Soccer Harbor Girls Season Record (7-3-2, SCCAL 3-2) Coach Emily Scheese Harbor 4 – Soquel 0 Harbor 5 – San Lorenzo Valley 1 Harbor 8 – St Francis 0 Live Oak 1 – Harbor 0 Aptos 2 – Harbor 0 Scotts Valley 2 – Harbor 0 Soquel Girls Season Record (2-7-3, SCCAL 1-4) Coach Michael Fong Harbor 4 – Soquel 0 Aptos 3 – Soquel 0 Scotts Valley 1 – Soquel 0 Santa Cruz 3 – Soquel 1 Soquel 7 – San Lorenzo Valley 1 Notre Dame (Belmont) 5 – Soquel 2 “Scoreboard” page 24

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Ensuring safe, reliable, high-quality drinking water

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Soquel Creek Water District conducts water sampling weekly to test and make sure it meets state and federal water quality standards.

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Jim Reding: 1927 ~ 2014

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Please make donations in her name to Grey Bears of Santa Cruz located at 2710 Chanticleer Ave., Santa Cruz, CA 95060.

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Community News

Nominate a Capitola-Soquel Hero

Deadline for Nominations for the American Red Cross Hero Awards is February 28

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Harbor 5 San Lorenzo Valley 0 Harbor 3 – St Francis 0 Harbor 3 – Aptos 1 Scotts Valley 1 – Harbor 0

Soquel Boys Season Record (7-3-1, SCCAL 3-2) Coach Jon Baron Harbor 1 – Soquel 0 Soquel 4 – Aptos 1

Scotts Valley 2 – Soquel 0 Soquel 3 – Santa Cruz 2 Soquel 2 – San Lorenzo Valley 1

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For more information on water quality, please visit our website at www.soquelcreekwater.org/ water-quality or contact me at 831-475-8500 or

kima@soquelcreekwater.org. The District strives to provide safe, reliable, high-quality drinking water to our customers and the mid-county community.

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16. Letter’s end 17. The lower this is the better 18. Unwilling 19. *_______ Center, Grammy Awards event host 21. *It’s shaped like an antique record player 23. Fool 24. Not quite an adult

25. Mother, sister or daughter 28. 1/168th of a week 30. Depart 35. *1983 Grammy winner, Men at ____ 37. “... the good ship and ____ was in peril,” according to Gordon Lightfoot 39. _____ firma 40. “Terrible” czar 41. Attached to the collar of a horse, pl.

43. Of a dark black 44. Foul smell 46. Typically passed down by word of mouth 47. Miscellaneous, abbr.

48. Used for spreading plaster or cement 50. Carl Zeiss’ product 52. Your, to Shakespeare 53. Carpenter’s groove 55. Do needlework 57. Measurement of acceleration

7. Mischief-maker 8. Rid of impurities 9. Real estate ____ 10. *_____ Levine of Grammy winning band, Maroon 5 11. C in NYC 12. “A likely story!”

15. It revolves around a star 20. Geologic period 22. Hi-___ 24. Trembling effect in music 25. *”Shake It Off” singer 26. A helicopter parent might do this

"7 27. Muse of love poetry 1. *”All About That 29. Eurasian mountain ____” range 2. Dismounted or 31. Do like bees climbed down 32. Path of #15 down 3. “Animal House” party 33. First-year undergrad garb 34. *Iggy Azalea’s hit 4. It starred Erik Estrada 36. *Best Rock Song at 5. Sabbath loaf ‘96 Grammy Awards, 6. Steeped beverages “You Oughta ____” 60. *”Frozen” song 64. Weeping queen of Greek mythology 65. *Grammy winner, rapper and actor, ___-T 67. D-Day beach 68. Cupid’s projectile 69. Sticky stuff 70. 16 seed over 1 seed, e.g.

71. William McKinley High School ____ club 72. ‘90s rock band “4 ___ Blondes” 73. Little ones

38. *Grammy in ‘75 for Best Original Score, “The Way We ____” 42. Is it really that common?

45. Made a new picture 49. French lake 51. Take the first steps 54. Condescend 56. “Diary of a _____ Kid” 57. *Pharrell Williams’ album 58. “Watch out!” in golf 59. Double-reed instrument 60. *Grammy winning group, Kings of ____ 61. Homework to a student 62. Clarified butter 63. Feed bag contents 64. Old horse 66. Dove’s sound © Statepoint Media

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Community News

Tandy Beal and Company presents First Saturday Family Concert Series May 2 @ 11 AM

February 7 @ 11 AM Tickets range from $10-$15 and are March 7 @ 11 AM

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Concerts start at 11 a.m. Tickets range from $10-$15 and are available at: tandybeal. com or FirstSaturday.BrownPaperTickets.com Get Deals on Family Show Passes and Family Season Passes!

Tandy Beal and Company is proud to partner with sponsors to make this series possible: Carolyn Hyatt, Maggie Collins, Jasmine Burke and Scott Roseman, Porter Fund at the Community Foundation Santa Cruz County, Faye Crosby-Provost of Cowell College, California Arts Council, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Bill Graham Supporting Foundation of the Jewish

Community Federation & Endowment Fund, Downtown Association, Community Foundation Santa Cruz County, Arts Council Santa Cruz County, Fleishhacker Foundation, Gumm Fund for the Performing Arts & General Endowment Fund of the Community Foundation of Monterey County, The National Endowment for the Arts, Good Times, KAZU and KUSP. Partners include: Leadership Circle, Santa Cruz County Veterans Memorial and Santa Cruz City Schools (Soquel, Live Oak, San Lorenzo and PVUSD) and the John Steinbeck Center.

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Community Calendar

Capitola Calendar of Events

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Second and Fourth Mondays First and Third Wednesdays

Business Showcase

4 – 7 p.m., Capitola Mall

Monday: 2:00 - 3:30pm Wednesday: 5:30 – 7:00pm Conference Room at Elena Baskin/ Live Oak Senior Center, 1777-A Capitola Road, Santa Cruz.

Thursday March 19

First Mondays: 2-3 p.m., in Watsonville Second Tuesdays: 5:30-7 p.m. in Capitola Third Wednesdays: 5:30-7 p.m. Wednesdays Facilitated by Francie in Watsonville Tuesdays Third Thursdays: 2-3 p.m. in Santa Cruz First 5/Triple P Third Fridays: 12-1 p.m. in Aptos

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Annual Community Awards 6 – 9 p.m., Seascape Golf Club Mondays 610 Clubhouse Dr., Aptos Meal Solution Mondays CSCC Website: www.capitolachamber.com

Announcements

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Head to the Islands!

Free Job Seek Workshop!

6:00pm-7:00pm, Gateway Bible Church, 5000 Granite Creek Rd. Scotts Valley. For more information, visit http://hirewire.org

PFLAG (Parents, Families, and

Friends of Lesbians and Gays)

Second and Fourth Wednesdays

Santa Cruz/ Monterey Bay Branch ADHD Support Group Meetings 6:30-8:00pm Aptos Fire Station on Soquel Dr.

Any Questions, contact Judy Brenis at (831) 818-9619.

7:00pm-9:00pm, 900 High St. First Congregational Church of Santa Cruz Third Wednesdays To learn more, call (831) 427-4016 or Meeting Schedule for the

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Aptos Noon Toastmasters 12:00-1:00p.m. Rio Sands Hotel, 116 Beach Drive

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First Tuesdays each month

Tail Wagging World of Dog Ownership

Ongoing Events Daily

Overeaters Anonymous

at (831) 479-0393 or visit www.

Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays

Co-dependents Anonymous

Meetings daily. See our website for a current list of meeting times and locations: www.santacruzoa.org

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7:00pm, Firehouse on Soquel Dr. Aptos

Road, Santa Cruz, 95060

Call (831) 332-8221 for more information.

Aptos Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10110

6:30 pm, Severinos, 7500 Old Dominion Ct., Aptos

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Science Sunday does not meet in December. For more info visit seymourcenter.ucsc.edu

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Capitola-Aptos Rotary Club Meeting

One Billion Rising Santa Cruz

Park in lower lot and walk up 12-1:30 p.m. at Seascape Golf Course. driveway and turn right at the sign.

Contact Chuck at 831-462-6092 or Helpline (888) 688-7834. Find e-mail charleswhitt@att.net for more meetings at www.nar-anon.org information.

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5:30-6:45 Sutter Maternity & Surgical Center, 2900 Chanticleer Ave, Soquel Dr. Santa Cruz.

B12 Fridays 3:00pm-6:00pm, Thrive Natural Medicine, 2849 Park Ave. Soquel

Overeaters Anonymous For more info. visit both oceangatezen.org and facebook.

Science Sunday

Visit www.scwd2desal.org for more info.

p.m., dinner nightly from 4:30 Ocean Gate Zen Center TOPS p.m. – close, and happy hour Zazen Instructions Tuesday – Sunday 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 7:00pm, 920 41st Ave. Suite B, Santa (Take off pounds sensibly) 8:45 am, Felton Firehouse p.m., Monday 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 Cruz (next to Family Cycling Center) p.m. For more information go to www.hulastiki.com or call (831) Learn more by calling (831) 655-HULA. 335-3510.

9:00am-12:30pm, 2045 40th Ave. Clares St. Capitola

Third Sunday of Every Month

6:30-7:45 p.m., 3192 Glen Canyon Road, Scotts Valley in the Bison Center and The Camp Recover Center

Tuesdays, Thursdays Hula’s is open from lunch Tuesday thru Saturdays – Sunday from 11:30 a.m. – 4:00

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9:45am: Bible Study; 11:00: Worship, First Baptist Church 7565 Sunset Way, Aptos

Church Bible Study/Worship

Scotts Valley Nar-Anon Family Group

12:00pm-1:00pm, St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, 5271 Scotts Center, 1307 Seabright, Santa Cruz Valley Drive, Scotts Valley.

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295-1939 7:00pm, Soquel Creek Water District Headquarters, 5180 Soquel Dr. Soquel Fridays

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Fourth Thursdays each month

For more information or to register call (831) 457-2273

Santa Cruz County Cycling Club

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Second Tuesdays each month

Must Register by January 20th in Wednesdays order to participate. Contact First 5 Toastmasters: at (831) 465-2217

Featured recipes are posted on the New Leaf Community blog at www. Contact suzie@suzielundgren.com or call (831) 332-7347 newleafcommunity.com.

For a meeting near you call (831) 291-5099 or email saveyoursanity@aol.com Visit www.naranoncalifornia.org/ norcal/meetings for more info.

To RSVP call 761-2956 Ext. 102, or email Danielle@casaofsantacruz.org

SCWD2 Task Force

4:00pm-6:00pm, New Leaf Community Markets, 1210 41st Ave. Capitola (Also down town and at West side stores)

Third Thursday each month

Friends of Scotts Valley Library Image Matters

Any questions (831) 438-2658 or email sylvialee2@sbcglobal.net

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To learn more, call (831) 515-8699.

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Big Book and OA Literature Study

1:00–2:00 p.m., Louden Nelson Community Center, Room 5, 301 Center Street, Santa Cruz

Romance in the Redwoods

Friday Shakespeare Club

10:20 to 12:30 p.m., Lounge of the First Congregational Church, 900 High St. Santa Cruz

6:30-7:30pm at Teach by the Beach #50 Rancho Del Mar, Aptos Second Thursdays each month For more information, call (831) Veterans of Foreign Wars 429-7906 6:30 pm, 2259 7th Ave. Santa Cruz

First Wednesday each month

Saturday February 14

First and Third Fridays

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More info: www.thatsmypark.org Welfare Orientation 8:00 -12:00pm at Cabrillo College 6:30pm at the Santa Cruz SPCA, Adoption/Child 6:00pm8:00pm 1400 Emeline 2685 Chanticleer Ave., Santa Tuesday, February 24th Second and Fourth Thursdays Cruz (cross street is Soquel Ave.). Avenue room 206, Santa Cruz.

Aptos Sons in Retirement Cabrillo Host Lions Club Luncheon 7:00pm at the Cabrillo Community First Tuesdays and 11:30a.m. Severinos Restaurant Center, Aptos Village Park, 100 7500 Old Dominion Court, Aptos Aptos Creek Rd. Third Wednesdays each month Speaker will be Veronica YovoOrientations to Become vitch on “The Santa Cruz Puma Advocates for Children Project”. Veronica is a member of Scotts Valley Farmer’s Market UCSC graduate group studying Tuesday of month (for location 9a.m.-1p.m. SV Community the fascinating Mountain Lions details contact Danielle at 761-2956 To register to one of the meeting Center, 360 Kings Village Drive in our area. Call Jack for more info X102) South County, 5:30-7 p.m., and for directions, please call www.santacruzfarmersmarket.org 688-0977 third Wednesday of the month at the 454-4687.

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

Modern Square Dancing Class 7:00pm, German-American Hall Santa Cruz, 230 Plymouth

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6:30 p.m. Santa Cruz Elks Lodge, 150 Jewell St.

Suggested donation, $6 per person. information, call (831) 476-4711.

Downtown Santa Cruz Antique Street Fair

Monthly Argentine Tango at Star Bene Italian/Argentine Restarante

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7:00 - 8:30 p.m., Harry’s Hofbrau, 390 Saratoga Ave, San Jose

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Peninsula Banjo Band

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Second Sundays Each Month

Last Thursdays each month

Ongoing Events

Saturday February 14

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Private instruction and classes by arrangement. For more information, call Michael (831) 239-2247.

First Fridays each month

Dated Events Friday January 30 Rock For Science

More info: www.thatsmypark.org

Saturday February 21 Santa Cruz Clam Chowder Cook-Off & Festival

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Lucky Steppers Modern Square Dance

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230 Plymouth St. Santa Cruz

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Big Band Dance

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