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July-August 2021

SLV Water District Proposes New Surcharge Surcharge May be Added to Cover CZU Fire Recovery

by Mark Dolson Regular readers of my “On the WaterFront” summaries of San Lorenzo Valley Water District (SVLWD) Board meetings already know about an important agenda item on the upcoming August 5th Board meeting. As part of the Proposition 218 mandated citizen review process for all proposed water district rate increases, the Board will be tabulating ratepayer objections to the proposed 5-year CZU fire-recovery surcharge (roughly $10 per month for typical customers). If a sufficient number of customers (roughly 3950) register formal objections, the proposed surcharge will not take effect, and the District will be effectively back to square one in confronting the financial impact of the fire.

A key assumption of the Proposition 218 review process is that citizens will take the time to adequately inform themselves of the relevant underlying facts. Our community will be very poorly served if ratepayers object to the surcharge simply because of something they heard on the radio, read in a newspaper opinion piece, or heard from a neighbor. It will be equally tragic if people object to the surcharge purely to “send a message” (e.g., because they think their water rates are “too high” or because they have complaints with the way the SLVWD has operated in the past). The goal of this article is to provide valley ratepayers with a full and accurate understanding of our current predicament so that they can decide for themselves what response makes the most sense.

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last year’s CZU Fire caused more than $20 million in damages to the District’s infrastructure, including melted water pipes, damaged or destroyed water diversion facilities and storage tanks, and other equipment. The District also faces fire-related costs associated with watershed restoration and fuel reduction. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will ultimately reimburse the District for 75% of the cost for a prescribed set of infrastructure repairs, but this will still leave SLVWD to cover the remaining 25% (i.e., at least $5 million because not all costs will be reimbursed by FEMA).

Happily, it appears that the state of California will likely reimburse the District for some of this 25%, and the Board has specified that the surcharge can end early if it turns out the District doesn’t need the full $5 million. On the other hand, there are good reasons to fear that the $5 million figure may turn out to be an underestimate.

Unfortunately, SLVWD has not been able to identify any other significant source of revenue.

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Santa Cruz Water Rights Project

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by Wendy Sigmund

Water is a hot topic as California faces severe drought conditions.

The Santa Cruz Water Rights Project is a proposed project aimed at creating a policy to distribute water to areas including the San Lorenzo Valley Water District.

The San Lorenzo Valley is losing its closest access to urgent care as the Scotts Valley Urgent care prepares to transition its facility to pediatric care, open to appointment only, while reopening Westside Urgent Care to meet the needs of the valley. This causes great concern for many valley residents as well as many community groups and stakeholders.

Environmental impact report (EIR) evaluates the potential for significant environmental impacts from the Santa Cruz Water Rights Project (Proposed Project). It examines the project and alternative projects proposed to control the distribution of water as we face the coming years of drought.

County residents are invited to visit the project’s environmental documents webpage to view the document and for information on how to comment on the Draft EIR www.cityofsantacruz.com/Home/ Components/BusinessDirectory/ BusinessDirectory/126/2089

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A Sutter Health representative responded to Bulletin inquiries by saying, “As part of our commitment to providing safe, personal, affordable care, we regularly assess our service offerings to better steward our resources and meet the changing needs of our patient population. On Aug. 30, 2021, Scotts Valley Urgent Care will transition to providing primary and pediatric care by appointment only and the Westside Urgent Care will reopen.”

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CZU Fire Surcharge - Continued FEMA requires that any insurance payments reduce its own 75% portion of the payments, not SLVWD’s 25%. The District is also aggressively seeking (and, in some cases, receiving) grants, but these will do very little to reduce the $5 million in infrastructure-related expenses that the District is currently facing.

There has been some public speculation about possible property sales or some other innovative way of generating additional revenue, but these ideas have received substantial Board attention in the past two years, and they have yet to prove viable. This is why the proposed surcharge was approved by the Board by a vote of 4-1.

The only remaining question is whether the surcharge should be designed (as is currently the case) to raise the full $5 million or whether the District could somehow manage with a lower surcharge amount. The only scenario in which a lower surcharge would be conceivable is one in which the District’s operating expenses are reduced (both immediately and for the foreseeable future). Unfortunately, the lion’s share of the operating budget goes to salaries, and a rapid reduction in staffing levels is simply not feasible. The current staff is already under enormous pressure due to the added workload imposed by fire recovery responsibilities (including increased oversight of contractors and intensified pursuit of grants).

Consequently, nobody on the Board has yet been able to suggest

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an actionable plan for meeting the Valley’s fire recovery and ongoing water needs with a significantly reduced SLVWD operating budget.

Absent a dramatic reduction in operating expenses, a lower surcharge would inevitably force the District to cannibalize a portion of its recently secured $15 million low-interest loan. The District obtained this loan to restore its reserve funds and pay for capital projects and long-deferred maintenance. Repurposing this resource would constitute poor financial planning in its own right because it would once again defer investment in the District’s infrastructure to cover current costs.

This is the relevant background that may not be apparent to valley residents who have not been closely following the SLVWD Board meetings. Both the surcharge and the District’s budget have been extensively discussed in recent Board meetings, and no viable alternative scenario has been identified. The Board has already taken the precautionary step of ensuring that surcharge revenues can only be spent on fire-related recovery costs (by placing these funds in a restricted account). The District has also committed to renewing its Ratepayer Assistance Program so that those ratepayers who are least able to afford the surcharge are entitled to a comparable monthly rebate.

District is contending with. It is absolutely true that water rates have risen dramatically in recent years, but this has been happening across the state, and it has been primarily driven by two distinct factors: (a) the heightened costs of aging infrastructure with decades of inadequate maintenance (resulting, in part, from insufficient funding due to artificially low water rates), and (b) increased operating costs driven by increasing regulatory demands and other issues associated with climate change.

The fire recovery surcharge is addressing a completely independent expense driven exclusively by the catastrophic CZU fire.

The bottom line is that the Board is unanimous in wanting the District to operate as cost-efficiently as possible, and it has been actively pushing for new ways to promote this outcome. But the suggestion that the District can somehow avoid the proposed 5-year, $10-per-month fire recovery surcharge is simply wishful thinking. A separate and deeper concern is that the promulgation of this purely hypothetical scenario in local media is detrimental both to the effective operation of the Board and to the well-being of the District because it rejects the Board’s established and informed deliberative process in favor of a public campaign rife with misleading suggestions and personal opinions.

This is the current reality that our

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SLV History

On the Water Front

Jennie Elizabeth Stevens - Female Inventor

San Lorenzo Valley Water District Board Meeting Summary

by Lisa Robinson

by Mark Dolson

Few female inventors filed patents in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

The reason was discrimination, particularly in education and business. Even in the first half of the 20th century, some believed that women were not equipped for solving problems or scientific thinking, and some believed that women would become ill if they used their brain too much. Jennie Elizabeth Stevens (nee Lewis), who was born in 1871 in Wisconsin, was an exception.

Jennie married mining civil engineer Albert Freeman Stevens in 1890. They moved to Ben Lomond around 1905, to a property named Glen Artney on Love Creek. They continued to have business interests in Silver City, Idaho and travelled back there occasionally. Albert passed away in 1916 while on such a trip.

Jennie was a talented embroiderer; the Santa Cruz Sentinel referred to her work as magnificent and, in 1915, exhibited a piece of her work in their offices on Locust Street before it was sent on to the Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco.

In 1920, Jennie filed a patent for a technique for creating an artificial flower, which was granted in 1922.

Her goal was tocreate a realistic three-dimensional artificial flower for use on hats for example, that was robust enough to be re-usable.

She achieved this by attaching a rigid fabric to a wire frame that constituted the flower petal using a buttonhole stitch. Then with varying shades of a color, light to dark, she used a radial Kensington embroidery stitch to gradually cover the fabric from the outer petal edge inwardly to the stem.

Once the petals were formed, she secured them to an artificial sepal.

The gradual change in color, and the fact that the stitches were on the back and the front of the petals, gave the flowers a realistic look.

This is a technique still used today in three-dimensional Appliqué.

Jennie is also the co-inventor of a gadget. In 1923, along with anoth-

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er Ben Lomond resident Henry H. Olson, she jointly filed a patent for a false-teeth cleaner. Henry, a carpenter who also lived on Love Creek, is credited with the construction of several Valley homes.

The patent, which was granted in 1924, was and quote - “a false tooth cleaner comprising … a plurality of bristles secured upon opposite sides of the handle”, a feature still present on denture brushes today. It also had a blunt scoop and a pointed cleaning blade, which could be folded back into the handle.

Jennie left the area in 1938 to be with her daughter. She passed away in 1947.

For more local inventions visit www.slvmuseum.org.

Routine Approvals and Some Open Issues. (July 15, 2021) The July 15th Board Meeting for the SLVWD had just four fairly routine agenda items and was a mere one hour in duration. The Board began by unanimously approving the first instantiation of its new past-due collections process which transfers debts to the property tax roll rather than shutting off water. Recognizing the potential for Covid-related financial hardships, the District is initially pursuing only accounts with long-standing past-due balances from the end of 2019 or earlier.

The Board also unanimously accepted the long-delayed and recently completed 2020 Annual Report for the Lompico Assessment District. The SLVWD is continuing to follow through on its established commitment to improving the Lompico infrastructure.

The third agenda item involved the selection of a contractor for the design of relocated water mains along Highway 9 in two locations where Caltrans has determined that existing bridges must be replaced. There were two bidders, and there was unanimous agreement that MME was the superior choice with a bid of $152,567.80.

Lastly, the Board unanimously accepted the final project report from Utility Services Associates for its tri-annual waterline leak detection survey. As a consequence of the District’s aging infrastructure, water leakage (e.g., from storage tanks, from mainline pipes, and from service meters) is quite a significant concern (because wasted

water negatively impacts both the District’s spending and its water conservation efforts). The District has made recent progress in reducing leakage from tanks, but the Board discussion highlighted the potential for further savings via more frequent (e.g., annual) leak detection surveys of its pipes.

Two other items of note surfaced during the opening comments section of the meeting. President Mahood explained that a subgroup had reviewed the recently released Environmental Impact Report (EIR) from the City of Santa Cruz and determined that there is very little in the EIR that bears directly on the District’s water rights; hence, it would not be a good use of Staff time to prepare a critique of the EIR for SLV public consumption.

Director Henry noted that Director Fultz has recently been acting contrary to widely-shared expectations for a public board member in that he has been campaigning to undermine the Board’s 4-1 decision to pursue a fire-recovery surcharge. The District is facing an anticipated $5 million in CZU-Fire-related expenses that will not be covered by FEMA, by insurance, or by grants. No other actionable plan for addressing this shortfall was identified in multiple Board discussions leading up to the Board’s decision. For more information on this topic, see the FAQ at: https://www.friendsofsanlorenzovalleywater.org/fire-recovery-surcharge The next Board of Directors meeting is scheduled for 6:30 PM on August 5th.

Urgent Care - Continued tinue to meet patient demand for time-sensitive care at the Scotts Valley Center by offering same-day appointments, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For night and weekend needs, patients and families have several nearby urgent and walk-in care options from which to choose, including the expanded services available at Westside Urgent Care, located just 6 miles from the Scotts Valley Center.” What Sutter Health fails to realize is that 6 miles can add an hour or more in traffic and even more time if a patient needs to use public transportation.

In response to the transition, Congresswoman Anna Eshoo wrote a letter to Sarah Krevans the President and CEO of Sutter Health in Sacramento urging the health care giant to re-think the transition and consider the impact on valley residents who are still recovering from the CZU Lightning Complex fire as well as the economic issues caused by the COVID pandemic.

Valley residents are urged to weigh in on this important issue by contacting the following stakeholders: Karen.Chapman@mail.house.gov (District Chief of Staff for Anna Eshoo), Angela.Chesnut@sen.ca.gov (District Director for State Senator John Laird), Maureen.McCarty@ asm.ca.gov (District Director for Mark Stone), JM.Brown@ santacruzcounty.us (Analyst for Supervisor Bruce McPherson), pamfpatientrelations@pamf.org 888-850-4598

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Taking the Bull by the horns THE MOUNTAINEAR Utilizing Rat Traps and Avoiding Larger Critters

Fire Hardening

by Kevin Foster

by MJ Stearns & Marybeth McLaughlin

We at Native Animal rescue get thousands of calls each year with unintended wildlife being caught in rat traps. As a long-time wild animal rescuer, it always tugs at the heart to remove larger wildlife caught in traps… thinking of how it would feel for one of us to have a trap stuck on our foot or hand for a day or two. Our larger wildlife such as bobcats, skunks, possums and raccoons are beneficial to the environment, so by doing our best to protect them we help the planet and Mother Nature. So, we’ve come up with a few ideas we would like to share to help avoid catching skunks, possums, and squirrels In the plastic snap traps.

I have cut a small mouse hole opening in a plastic storage bin to place over my trap and pin it down to the ground with tent spikes in order to prevent larger animals from pushing the container to get to the bait on the trap.

Another useful idea is cutting a mouse hole notch in the side of a cardboard box as shown in the picture. Start with a smaller hole because as we all know rats will chew and make the hole big enough for them to enter to get to the food/bait on the trap. You can make multiple entry points.

With the plastic storage container upside down with a hole cut in it you can stack everything on top to prevent other wildlife from being able to push the container out of the way to get to the trap.

We’ll leave it up to California to require new disclosures regarding wildfires. I wonder what brought this on. A few years ago we didn’t know much about this locally, but last year changed everything for homeowners in the Valley and other potential fire zones in the area.

Beginning January 1, in California the seller of a home in a designated high fire area built before 2010 must disclose to the buyer any conditions that make the home vulnerable to wildfires. buy the proper drill bit for pottery (most hardware stores can educate you on the proper drill bit for whichever type of planter pot you choose). Next, drill the entry hole in the side, then turn the pot upside down and place a slightly smaller diameter planter pot on top with a nice plant to keep your gardens and landscaping looking aesthetically pleasing. Another great option for the trap to look just like a potted plant is to place two rocks in the bottom of a larger planter, drill the hole and place a slightly smaller diameter planter pot inside that’s in a separate planter pot. This inner pot with plant can be lifted out to water and access the trap below to reset or check the trap or remove mice and rats that have been caught.

These are just a few ideas of ways to avoid catching larger wildlife than you intended to. Sometimes thinking outside the box, no pun intended, can be of help to others.

Taking time to set things up properly from the get go, will always yield the optimum outcome.

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Beginning July 1, 2021, the seller of a property in high or very high fire hazard zones shall provide documentation to the buyer stating that the property is in compliance with laws pertaining to state law defensible spaces (Public Resources Code 4291**) or local vegetation management ordinances. The new law will require maintaining a defensible space of 100 feet from each side and from the front and rear of a structure, but not beyond the property line. Building material, building standards, location, and type of vegetation will determine the amount of fuel modification needed. Also, fuels must be kept in such a condition that a wildfire burning under average weather conditions would be unlikely to ignite the structure.

The new addendum you’ll see if buying or selling has 5 sections: 1. Fire Hardening and Defensible Space Advisory 2. Fire Severity Zone 3. Fire Hardening Disclosure 4. Defensible Space Requirements 5. Final Inspection Report Defensible space, coupled with home hardening, is essential to improve your home’s chance of surviving a wildfire. Defensible space is the buffer you create between a building on your property and the

grass, trees, shrubs, or any wildland area that surround it. This space is needed to slow or stop the spread of wildfire and it helps protect your home from catching fire — either from embers, direct flame contact or radiant heat. Proper defensible space also provides firefighters with a safe area to work in to defend your home.

Plant and Tree Spacing: The spacing between grass, shrubs, and trees is crucial to reduce the spread of wildfires. The spacing needed is determined by the type and size of brush and trees, as well as the slope of the land. For example, a property on a steep slope with larger vegetation requires greater spacing between trees and shrubs than a level property that has small, sparse vegetation.

Proper landscaping for wildfire isn’t necessarily the same thing as a well-maintained yard. This type of landscaping focuses on plant characteristics, properties and maintenance to resist the spread of fire to your home.

The disclosure of a list of features that may make the home vulnerable to wildfire and flying embers if the seller is aware is required. The list includes, among other things, untreated wood shingles, combustible landscaping within five feet of the home, and single-pane glass windows.

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Healthy Tidbits water a day. Water helps regulate our body temperature, helps with healthy detoxification and helps with cellular health, immune, and brain function. Water is the elixir of life, literally! But please drink filtered water, the water that comes from our tap contains chlorine which damages our own bacteria, causes our livers to have to work more to detoxify, and interferes with our thyroid’s absorption of iodine, slowing down our metabolism.

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by Marcey Klein BS, CNC Here’s some tips on how to stay safe and enjoy your outdoor excursions. It’s easy to bask in the sun, stay out all day and overdue it either at the beach or at festivals and amusement parks. I have a tendency to become a weekend warrior myself, and when that happens, I come home fatigued, burnt from the sun, and bleary eyed. It takes a few days to recover, and this is when we need to take extra care of ourselves since our immune systems are more susceptible to the things going around. This summer I have vowed to not let this happen. With

just a few tweaks we can make sure not to get sunburned, to keep ourselves energetic by upping our electrolytes and hydration, and getting our antioxidants and vitamin C from summer fruit.

Investing in a double walled water bottle is a great idea to keep our water nice and cool, no one wants to drink warm liquids. I invested in a 40 oz hydroflask, and let me tell you, it was fantastic at the last camping trip I went to. It kept my water cool all day long. We want to drink about half our weight in ounces with electrolytes if we are really active and sweating, otherwise it’s 8 or more 8oz glasses of

Some shade and good sunscreen will protect our skin from UV damage. Yes we want some sun to help us with our vitamin D levels, but it’s very easy to get burned out there, there is a fine line. The hours before 10 a.m. and after 4 p.m. the sun’s rays are UVA, the healthy sunshine; this is the time to sunbathe. Mid-day sun is UVB, containing the most damaging rays.

Skin that isn’t normally exposed to the sun needs to be especially protected, and the sunscreens that I like to use are the physical sunscreens, not the chemical ones.

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charge. They help us with energy, contraction of our muscles and regulating our heart beat. The major electrolytes are calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, and phosphate. I love electrolytes because they make me feel all charged up, they give me good energy. I’ll drink an Ener-C packet, a trace mineral packet, or magnesium packet. Of course you can get electrolytes in nutrient rich foods like coconut juice, watermelon, avocado and bananas, it’s just sometimes easier to carry packets of them you can take with you and take them when you need the energy. You can also make your own electrolyte sport drink with a pinch of sea salt, honey, and a squeeze of honey or maple syrup.

Last but not least, eating ripe fruit in season will give you the most nutrition, hydration, antioxidants and phytonutrients they can offer. These include watermelon, cantaloupe, nectarines, peaches, cherries, raspberries, and grapes… look to seasonal produce. They deliver a highly absorbable form of nutrients to our cells helping us stay active and healthy during these hot sunny days.

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One Tribe Spirit Intention is Everything What An Intentional Touch Can Do

~ An Excerpt from “A Journey of Heart and Mind” ~

by Lori Suzanne Holetz We are born, and as babies, we are completely of free choice. We are also completely free of judgment, and all “assigned” meanings and feelings, precepts. We know that what we feel either feels good or not. If it feels good, we want more of it and move towards it.

If it does not feel good, we move away from it. As we grow up we begin to make “rules” based in judgment, right vs. wrong, good vs. bad. These rules, influenced by outside forces, impact us deeply and those individuals we come in contact with. This ultimately begins to make it appear as if we have less and less choice around life. The more rules perceived, the less perceived choice available.

With awareness expansion through touch, hands-on presence we can work to dissolve the barriers, created by negative thoughts

and rules imposed, in the body’s energetic, mental, emotional, and physical and karmic fields. Thus we are able to increase and free up movement in these particular fields. The more freedom of movement, the more possibility, the more choices we will have available at any given moment in our life. Anything can happen, and often does. Make a wish for yourself, your work, or relationship… it can become a reality.

When you create a sincere intention to “show-up” in your own life, and ask for assistance, presence in the moment is created.

Energetic hands-on healing is the lending of a person’s presence to your own. At this point, your intention for change and healing becomes exponential. It is no more complicated than that. Attention is brought to a particular part of the body; muscle holds memory, connective tissue is emotional, bone

is karmic, etc., and when touched, the cellular memory is accessed.

When intention for change is desired, and touch without judgment is added, old and outdated thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors, created by outside forces and imprinted before the age of three, can be “re-written” to become more congruent and updated to the present moment’s needs and life experiences, for the choice of betterment in all aspects of one’s life.

Choice is absolute and intention

will facilitate ease of that choice for change, with the help of additional presence through touch. The skin is the largest “organ” of the body, and the most sensitive and responsive to touch. Newborn premature babies in incubators have proven time and again that they need to be held and touched in order to thrive. That need never goes away at any age. Just as we need to eat and drink water to survive, we also need to be touched in order to thrive! Reach out, and touch someone today! You both will feel better for it.

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Mountain Mama Making Oat Milk at Home

by Mountain Mama Alternatives to milk are something I never thought I would like, but life can be funny sometimes. My first try was almond milk. I love its richness and its versatility. Plus, unlike cow or goat milk, it can be stored on the shelf which is great when the power goes out. But almond milk and I didn’t work out. We broke up when my kids told me it takes more than a gallon of water to produce one almond. It was a tough breakup but I moved on. I got a little experimental with all the options on the shelf. I tried hemp, hazelnut, rice, and soy, and then I found it. The one I could see myself with for the long haul. I found oat milk. It was great in my chai, my coffee, my cereal, with my cookies and it can be stored on the shelf.

I knew it was true love when I took it one step further. I wanted to make blueberry muffins one day. But I had run out of milk. Instead of accepting defeat, I looked up how to make oat milk. I was so excited when I learned how easy it is, and you can make it in minutes and in small batches.

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So here it is. How to make oat milk: You add one cup rolled oats to 4 cups water, put it in a blender for 30-40 seconds. That is the tricky part, you really have to stick to that time frame. Any more will make straining difficult any less, and it will not be rich enough. So stick to 30-40 seconds. Then strain into a mason jar. For best results strain it again. Twice is very nice in this case.

In order for this relationship to move forward, I had to take it to the next level. Being self-reliant means I would have to grow the oats too. This alternative to dairy cows or goats makes sense for my family, which is what the mountain mama column is all about... finding what makes sense for your unique family situation. So I did some research.

It turns out it is not hard to grow oats. Start with moist rich soil, pH of 6 to 7.5. Then just throw out the seeds. It’s called broadcasting. Try to distribute them evenly. Rake the soil so the seeds are ¼ inch underground. Just enough soil so the birds won’t get them. Keep the soil moist. That’s it. No other care is needed. In about 45 days when your stalks are 2 to 5 feet and the tops turn from green to a

cream color, it’s time to harvest.

Harvesting is easy. Just cut off part of what looks like the bud. Try to cut it as close to the bud as possible. The rest of the plant is just straw and can be used as such.

(Ladies, Oatstraw makes awesome sweet tea that keeps us juicy as we age!)

At this point, it needs to be cured. Yes, just like the other kind of buds.

Leave them in a warm dark place for a few days up to a couple of weeks. Then comes the fun part. Place all the kernels on a tarp and thrash them. Fold the tarp in half covering the kernels with half the tarp. Beat the heck out of them. You can use a broom or a bat or just stomp on them. You want to break the kernels apart to get the oats out from the inside.

Once this is done you will have a pile of light straw and the oat.

You can use the wind to take out the fluffy part. Just toss it in the air. The fluffy part will flow away leaving only the oats.

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The Joyous Kitchen Three Fabulous Popsicle Recipes A Perfect Way to Beat the Heat

by Joy Gordon Stewart When it’s hot outside, there’s nothing more refreshing than a popsicle. With an abundance of lovely summer fruit available, our favorite popsicles are the homemade kind. My son and I recently got a popsicle mold that came with cellophane popsicle bags, and we had a blast thinking up different ingredient combinations to fill them. He also had a ton of fun actually filling them with the tiny funnel.

Macerating the strawberries will take 30 minutes and deeply enhances the strawberry flavor in these pops. Macerated strawberries are also a fantastic dessert with some whipped cream, especially when they’re macerated with a sip of grand marnier or another orange liqueur. They’ll keep for 3-4 days covered in the fridge, should you want to double the recipe. If you want to skip this step you can gently crush your strawberries before adding them to your lemonade (use the same amount of berries).

If you’re an aesthete it might bother you that the lime juice settles at one or both ends of the pop. That being said, the watermelon, lime and mint popsicles taste utterly amazing--sweet, fresh and slightly tangy.

If you want fiber free mango yogurt pops, be sure to strain your pureed mango through a fine mesh strainer over a bowl, pushing the mango pulp through with the back of a large sturdy cooking spoon.

Read on for our three favorite recipes.

Strawberry Lemonade Popsicles Makes 10 (3 oz) popsicles Ingredients: For the Macerated Strawberries: 1 pint strawberries, sliced Juice of 1 lemon 2 Tablespoons fine granulated sugar For the Lemonade: Juice of 3 lemons 3 cups filtered water 1/2 cup sugar Macerated strawberries Method: Macerate the strawberries: In a mixing bowl, toss the berries together with the lemon juice and sugar. Cover and let it sit in the refrigerator a minimum of 30 minutes, and up to 4 days. Use the macerated strawberries in the strawberry lemonade.

Make the lemonade: Mix the lemonade ingredients and strawberries together thoroughly.

When sugar is dissolved and ev-

erything is combined, pour equally into your molds. Freeze on a level surface in your freezer until solid.

Watermelon, Lime & Mint Popsicles Makes 10 (3 oz) popsicles Ingredients: 1 “personal” sized seedless watermelon (about the size of a volleyball) Juice of 2 limes Small handful (about 1/4 cup) mint leaves, washed Method: Quarter watermelon and cut flesh away from the rind. Rough chop.

Roll mint leaves together into a tight bundle and slice through thinly (chiffonade). In a blender combine mint, lime juice and 3/4 of the chopped watermelon. Blend until the watermelon has liquified.

Divide the remaining chopped watermelon among your popsicle molds and pour in liquified fruit to fill the molds. Freeze on a level surface in your freezer until solid.

If you have any remaining liquid it tastes great chilled with rum.

Mango, Yogurt & Cardamom Simple Syrup Popsicles Makes 10 (3 oz) popsicles Ingredients: For the popsicles: 5 ripe mangoes 1 1/2 cups full fat greek yogurt 1/4 cup cardamom syrup (recipe below)

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For the cardamom syrup: 1 Tablespoon ground cardamom 1/4 cup sugar 1/4 cup filtered water Method: First, make the syrup. You can make the syrup up to 4 days in advance (see notes). To make the syrup add the cardamom, sugar and water to a heavy bottomed pan over low heat. Once the sugar is dissolved, take it off of the heat.

Allow the syrup to cool and the cardamom flavor to seep into the syrup. Meanwhile, prepare the mango: peel, rough chop and remove from the pit. Set a fine mesh sieve over a mixing bowl and force mango flesh through with the back of a spoon. For every mango you should retain about 75% of the flesh and only leave a small clump of fibers behind. Once mango has been prepared, mix in yogurt and syrup. Divide equally between your popsicle molds.

Notes: If you like you can allow time for the cardamom flavor to steep in the syrup then strain it out through a fine mesh sieve. I found this step unnecessary as it did not add anything to the flavor and I am planning not to strain the cardamom from the syrup next time, if I can’t find some kind of whole cardamom before the next time we make these popsicles. Freeze on a level surface in your freezer until solid.

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Event Calendar: August 2021 Saturday, July 24

Monday, August 2

Santa Cruz Mountain Classic Car Show 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Firefighter fundraiser. The proceeds from this event will be split between Boulder Creek, Felton, and Ben Lomond fire departments. This event is family-friendly and free. Come out and support the local departments that saved our mountain communities.

There will be live music, a 50/50 raffle, BBQ, taco truck, and face painting. Brookdale Lodge 11570 Hwy 9 Brookdale CA

Little Rangers: Natural Bridges 10:00 - 10:30am

Artichoke Festival Saturday & Sunday, July 24 & 25th Celebrate all things artichokes—with food, music, and fun for the whole family! July 24 & 25, 2021 at the Monterey County Fairgrounds.

Capitola Summer Twilight Concert - Joint Chiefs

Wednesday, July 28 Concert on the Beach 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Bring chairs, jackets, a picnic supper, and the family to enjoy live music and the sunset! Concert takes place at the Esplanade bandstand. Visit our local restaurants and pick up dinner to go and enjoy a picnic at the beach! Suggested to bring low back chairs or picnic blanket for seating. *No dogs or alcohol in the park or on the beach.

Sunday, August 1 The Westside Marketplace Every First Sunday Local art, handmade and vintage shopping + food trucks + LIVE MUSIC Outside at the Old Wrigley Lot - WESTSIDE SANTA CRUZ

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Tuesday, August 3

07/01/2021 07:46 DAVIDSON WAY BOULDER CREEK Officer located a stolen vehicle. The vehicle was towed. There is no suspect information. No further actions are recommended.

07/01/2021 14:26 GULCH RD FELTON Vehicle towed from the scene as driver was suspended and having a medical emergency. The vehicle was in an intersection and blocking the roadway.

07/01/2021 18:23 BEAR CREEK RD BOULDER CREEK This report documents a deceased person.

07/02/2021 12:50 FELTON Suspect was arrested for indecent exposure.

07/02/2021 23:44 6200 BLK STATE ROAD 9 FELTON, An adult female provided a false name to Deputies during a vehicle stop. The female was found to have multiple warrants for her arrest and was taken into custody; she was booked at the jail for her warrants and for PC 148.9.

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Saturday, September 5

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History AMAH Mutsun Fire Relationships 6:00-7:00pm Fire is many things to the Amah Mutsun and other California Indian Tribes — it is sacred, it is a tool gifted by Creator, and it is a way to restore balance to Mother Earth. This presentation hosted by the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History will share more about how the Amah Mutsun are using fire to restore landscapes and relationships in the Santa Cruz Mountains and beyond.

Guided Hike: Castle Rock Falls and Goat Rock 10:00am - 3:00pm Hike one of the most exciting and scenic trails in the Bay Area! This moderate 5.15-mile loop has 1,190 feet elevation gain and amazing panoramic views. This hike is rated “moderate” because hikers need to step onto rocks, balance, and scramble over rocks. Hikers should be comfortable with their sense of balance. Pre-registration is required: https://santacruzstateparks.as.me/schedule.php Robert C. Kirkwood Entrance at Castle Rock State Park 15451 Skyline Blvd. Los Gatos

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SAVE THE DATE

26th Annual Watsonville Strawberry Festival 11:00 am - 5:00 pm Delicious foods, family activities, vendors, and live entertainment!

Downtown Watsonville

Annual Santa Cruz County Fair September 15- 19th, 12:00 pm - 10:00 pm Five days of fun and festivities, including a large carnival. Safe, fun and affordable. Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds 2601 E. Lake Avenue Watsonville, CA

Tri Santa Cruz Race 8:00am - 12:00pm Come play at one of the most fun and scenic events on the west coast. This race has a sprint and international (Olympic) distance triathlon, with relays and Aquabike categories for both races. Clydesdale and Athena registration categories are available. There is a special, non-competitive Family & Friends wave for people who are new to triathlon or just want to race with family and friends regardless of age or gender. Sheltered swim and flat bike and run course make this a perfect place for your first race or a PR. Voted one of the best late-season triathlons in the country.

The bike ride is a totally closed-course and both

SLV Crime Blotter 07/02/2021 05:45 NUGGET DR FELTON Officer responded to the report of an assault and determined a female subject was having a mental health crisis. MH6 completed a 5150 hold and she was transported to Telecare without incident.

the bike and run courses follow the coastline to create one of the most scenic races around!

Santa Cruz Mountains SOL Festival September 18th & 19th, 11:00 am - 7:00 pm Three annual day music festival in the beautiful Santa Cruz Mountains at Roaring Camp Meadows. A weekend of great music, community, craft beer & wine, camping and art. Beach Train Shuttle also available. 2020 Artists: We are stoked to announce the first round of artists appearing at Sol Fest 2020 and welcome back our pals Michael Franti and Spearhead and The California Honeydrops along with first time Sol People; The Devil Makes Three, Rising Appalachia Music and Jerry’s Middle Finger. More to be announced! Get on the Sol Train!

Betsy Flickinger & Ron Reynolds 8/10/53-6/7/21 & 2/11/58-12/11/19 subject was intoxicated and unable to care for himself. He was transported and booked in the county jail.

07/05/2021 17:30 HWY 9 BOULDER CREEK Contacted a subject with negative OR felony warrants. The subject was arrested and taken to county jail.

07/07/2021 15:00 BOULDER CREEK A1 trespassed and committed felony vandalism on V1’s property, where she had previously been evicted for illegal squatting. A1 confessed and declared her intention to continue committing similar crimes. Arrested and booked into SCCJ. 07/07/2021 22:32 BROOKDALE A woman bit her husband’s arm.

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07/09/2021 14:34 Hwy 9 BOULDER CREEK Larceny Vehicle, Suspect siphoned gasoline from a preschool work vehicle.

07/10/2021 14:55 BOULDER CREEK Vandal Suspect broke a window to a cabin in Boulder Creek. The suspect used a bottle to break one of the windows. The bottle was left on the scene which was later collected and booked into Sheriff’s Property for DNA.

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Betsy is now at peace with her life partner Ron Reynolds! Ron was born 12/11/1958 and passed away from an illness on his birthday 12/11/2019. Ron is missed by all who knew him.

Betsy endured the loss of her life partner just before the COVID lockdown and the CZU Fire evacuation. Ron’s passing took its toll on everyone, especially Betsy.

Betsy was born on August 10, 1953 and her medical condition took her from us on June 7, of this year. Betsy and Ron enjoyed traveling to Mexico for vacations. Both worked locally for many years in Boulder Creek, Felton and Ben Lomond. Betsy had been a resident of Boulder Creek since 1980. In 2019 Betsy and Ron both had been working at the Easter Seals Camp Harmon in Boulder Creek for a time, and enjoyed being part of the farm and helping the visiting disabled campers there.

Betsy was a manicurist in our mountain communities for over 20 years. She enjoyed making beautiful nails and giving amazing pedicures.

Everyone who knew Betsy realized she was a wonderful person and she will be sorely missed.

Please join us for a CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR BETSY FLICKINGER and her life partner RON REYNOLDS on August 6 from 5pm to 9 pm at Scopazzi’s Restaurant in Boulder Creek.

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Lovingly maintained 2Bd/1Ba overlooking creek 2 car garage, RV extra parking Bonus room downstairs

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