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from the editors Dear readers, Talk about being pulled in two directions. August is really the cruelest month.

On one hand we are still in the giddiness of summer, hitting the beach, going to camps, taking those last minute trips. On the other, we are in the grips of back to school seriousness.

Some Santa Cruz schools start before Labor Day; others, after.

So, we have two back to school issues, for August and September. This month, we still have some fun and important summer stories.

Miss Placed, page 16, has a new column helping you get organized for the last days of summer and for next summer as well. Erik Chalhoub, page 10, looks at the good and bad of Theme Park food. Sure it always tastes great as a guilty pleasure, but now some parks have found ways to take away the guilt.

To GMO or not to GMO, that is the question answered by Kris Holden, in a must-read family article, page 7.

Speaking of MUST READ, Karen Kefauver got off her bike and took a trip to the dump, uh, recycling center, and got down and dirty with what you need to know about staying green while you get rid of your trash, page 12. It’s so important for all of us trying to be better global citizens.

No family with teens should miss Mary Gaukel’s guide to career pathways for your kids, page 11. There is no better guide to teens’ futures anywhere. Don’t miss her important column here.

There are so many other great stories this issue, including legal advice for divorced parents, advice on keeping flea free, help with getting kids back to school and making sure kids play, play, play.

Please let us know what you like and would like to see in future issues. Contact us at editor@growingupsc.com and share your opinions.

Thanks for reading.

Brad Kava Jennifer Ford

about the cover Cole Giraldo, 13, has been riding horses since he was 4, moving up in skills, winning competitions and pushing his riding to the level of extreme—jumping the magnificent animals. He’s got a special bond with horses and he’s lucky that there are so many great places to ride in Santa Cruz.

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Photograph by Kevin Painchaud Kevin Painchaud is a passionate photographer. He is a photojournalist, action-sport photographer, and professional family photographer. He has been able to shoot around the world but enjoys the endless beauty found here right at home in Aptos CA. You can view many of his photos on his Instagram page @painchaudkevin If you’d like to hire Kevin, contact him at kpainchaudphotography@gmail.com.

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Transitioning from Summertime to Schooltime

By Nicole M. Young, MSW

Summer is almost over, and we’re getting ready for a new school year.

My son will return to college soon (sniff, sniff ), and my husband and I will go back to figuring out the daily puzzle of carpool, sports, school, and work schedules. Neither of my kids will say they’re ready for summer to end – and it will be a shock to their systems when they have to set an alarm and wake up early again – but I can feel the anticipation and excitement starting to build. As hard as it is to leave behind the relaxed pace of summer, the start of the school year represents new opportunities and experiences that can be just as meaningful and memorable as summer vacations.

This monthly column provides tips for anyone who is helping raise children, based on the worldrenowned Triple P – Positive Parenting Program, available to families in Santa Cruz County. If you have a question or idea for a future column, please email me at triplep@first5scc.org.

Dear Nicole, My 6- and 7-year old kids are enjoying their summer break because my partner and I have been really lax about bedtime, chores, and screen time.

We’ve also been spending a lot of family time together, which is hard to do when our schedules are so hectic during the school year. It’s been nice, but now I’m worried that getting them back into the school routine will be a rough transition! What can I do now to ease them back into the school schedule?

– Frank Dear Frank, I love that you’re planning ahead for the transition! That will make a big difference. Transitioning from a relaxed summer schedule to the structured school routine is difficult for many children and families. Taking a few steps now can make it easier for everyone when school starts again.

Here are a few tips to try: Talk about school. Start having casual conversations about the new school year. Ask your kids what they’re looking forward to, which friends they’ll be happy to see, and what they’re excited to learn. If your kids express fear or worries, encourage them to talk about why they feel that way. Listen, and reassure them that a lot of kids feel nervous or anxious about starting school. Let them know that sometimes the feeling goes away when school starts, and other times, kids need support to learn ways to handle their feelings. Let

transitions and big emotions a little easier for them (and you) to manage. final thoughts: Even children who love school can have a hard time transitioning from summertime to schooltime. Taking small steps now to prepare children for the transition will help them enjoy what’s left of the summer and be ready to start the new school year with a positive attitude and eagerness to learn.

them know you’re available to talk and offer support any time.

Re-establish your family rules.

Talk with your children and acknowledge that summertime was a fun “break” from the family rules, and now it’s time to get back into your usual routines. Take small, steady steps to re-establish the rules.

This helps prevent power struggles and gives your kids plenty of time to adjust before school starts. For example, gradually reduce the amount of screen time they get each day so that by the time school starts, following the family rule about screen time limits doesn’t feel like a sudden or drastic change.

structured school routine might be hard no matter how much you’ve planned ahead or prepared your kids.

Spending quality time together makes children feel safe, secure, and loved, which can help make difficult

Nicole Young is the mother of two children, ages 15 and 18, who also manages Santa Cruz County’s Triple P Positive Parenting Program, the world’s leading positive parenting program.

Scientifically proven, Triple P is made available locally by First 5 Santa Cruz County, the Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency (Mental Health Services Act) and the Santa Cruz County Human Services Department. To find a Triple P parenting class or practitioner, visit http://triplep.first5scc.org, www.facebook.com/triplepscc or contact First 5 Santa Cruz County at 4652217 or triplep@first5scc.org.

Practice your morning and evening routines. Talk with your kids about the steps to get ready for school – get up, eat breakfast, brush teeth, get dressed, etc. If they’ve been sleeping in during the summer, have them get up a little earlier each morning and go through their routine, beginning at least a week before school starts. Give descriptive praise when they follow the steps of their routines independently – “Nice job getting yourself up and dressed this morning!”

Do the same with bedtime routines.

Prepare your children by talking with them about their weeknight bedtime and the steps of their evening routine – brush teeth, pajamas, read, hugs/cuddles, etc. If they’ve been staying up late during the summer, have them start their evening routine a little earlier each night, beginning at least a week before school starts.

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research Supports a “Playful” approach to Preschool/Kindergarten learning By hema Walker

Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.

Albert Einstein

Everyone knows that young children love to play, but the latest in brain research clearly shows that children need to play in order to develop the skills that are required for success in academics and into adulthood. This knowledge guides the heart of high quality programs for

young children by providing an engaging, creative, hands-on curriculum in a rich environment with plenty of free play time to explore the outdoors and develop friendship skills.

In my preschool/kindergarten program, we consider play to be an essential component and balance to our age-appropriate academic curriculum. Our approach to teaching the ABC’s and 123’s incorporates movement, song, storytelling, art and outdoor exploration, thus providing meaningful experiences that satisfy the young child’s need to engage playfully in their learning explorations.

While reading readiness and number sense skills are inherent in our activities throughout the day, we let these skills develop at each child's pace by challenging each child at their own level, and not pressuring those who need a little longer to develop these abilities.

Whether it’s grinding acorns for the squirrels in the forest, building a spaceship out of blocks, baking “cakes” in the sandbox, or creating play props in the art area, opportunities for child-directed play permeate our children’s preschool/kindergarten experience. With teachers poised to help the children express their ideas, negotiate positive solutions when conflicts occur and guide them in the core values of kindness and compassion, the developmental needs of the whole child are addressed.

Play involves the implementation of roles with rules, deep engagement, symbolic props, advanced planning, changing scenarios and voluntary self-regulation. Brain research has found

More Info:

“Smart Moves: Why Learning is Not All in Your Head” by carla Hannaford

“Pretend Play and Brain Growth: The Link to Learning and Academic Success” published by the gesell institute of child development The National Association for the Education of Young Children 6 Growing Up In Santa Cruz • August 2019

that all of these activities serve to develop a child’s prefrontal cortex which is the home of executive function. Pretend play forms neurological connections in the brain which in turn help children to make meaning of their world. The use of symbols in pretend play also provides the foundation for future reading.

When young children engage in hands-on and interactive activities such as drawing, painting, baking, using scissors, felting and sewing, as well as large motor activities such as yoga, dancing, running, jumping, climbing, swinging and calming “ocean” breaths, their “play” is actually developing their vestibular and proprioceptive neural systems. The development of these systems is called sensory-motor integration or “brain mapping.” Studies show that sensory-motor integration is essential for developing the executive function abilities required for reading readiness and number sense.

Pretend play and well-developed executive functioning are linked to a variety of positive outcomes including increased language, communication, creativity, problem solving skills and the ability to delay gratification. We know that a child who walks earlier will not be a “better” walker, and reading earlier is not an indicator of higher intelligence.

In studies that follow children through adolescence and into adulthood, the level of executive functioning was more predictive of positive adult outcomes than both IQ scores and socioeconomic status.

Recent research in brain development solidly supports the wisdom of our “playful” developmentally appropriate approach to preschool and kindergarten. This approach is the antidote to today’s misplaced high pressure “the earlier the better” focus for young children and the sedentary electronic activities that are filling up more and more of our children’s experience. The outcome of our efforts are capable, compassionate and creative children who have a joyful and positive attitude towards education that follows them into adulthood.

Hema Walker is the director of the Mount Madonna School (MMS) preschool/ kindergarten program as well as one of its lead teachers. She has taught in the Pre/K program for 17 years and also teaches in the MMS Mountain of Fun summer day camps. Hema recently completed her certification in teaching yoga and mindfulness to children through the Mount Madonna Institute, and loves to weave movement and breath awareness into her teaching.

healthy eating

Organic vs gMO’s

By Kris holden Summer is in full gear, kids are out of school and the pantry and refrigerator are expected to be stocked with plenty of snacks for hungry active kids.

Thankfully, the summer season brings a variety of delicious fruit that kids enjoy snacking on as well as sweet cherry tomatoes and corn. But how does one navigate buying produce if organic is too expensive or not available? What about GMO’s?

The Environmental Working Group puts out a Dirty Dozen list.

The Dirty Dozen is a list of the 12 fruits and vegetables that contain the highest concentrations of pesticides AFTER washing and peeling. The Clean Fifteen, is a list, also put out by the EWG, consisting of 15 fruits and vegetables containing the fewest concentrations of pesticides, which they believe are the safest foods to buy conventionally. The Dirty Dozen and the Clean Fifteen lists are updated annually, as the lists do fluctuate. For instance, kale is now on this years Dirty Dozen list, ranked at number 3.

Strawberries have maintained their number 1 spot, for the past 4 years, as being the most contaminated with pesticides. I like to keep a copy of the Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen list on my phone for quick reference while shopping.

Genetically Modified Organisms or GMO’s are another thing that I pay attention to while grocery shopping.

These are prevalent in many of the foods we all eat, including produce, meat, eggs, dairy and up to 75% of all processed foods. GMO, refers to plants and animals whose genetic material has been changed in ways that do not occur naturally. When you see the “non-GMO” seal it means that the food is made without ingredients that were derived from genetically engineered organisms. The USDA requires manufacturers to disclose if their products are “bioengineered” or contain genetically modified ingredients. The issue is that there are many ways for the manufacturers to get around having to disclose this.

For meat, poultry, dairy and eggs the “non-GMO” seal claims that animals were not fed a diet containing GM crops, but the USDA does not require on-farm inspection or yearly paperwork audits. For processed foods, plant-based foods, eggs and dairy products, there is no common stan-

dard that companies have to meet for labeling if it’s made with GM ingredients. The Food and Drug Administration or FDA, does not require safety testing or safety assessments of genetically modified crops before they are sold.

The 10 most genetically modified crops in the US are: soybean, corn, sugar beets, canola (rapeseed), cotton, Hawaiian papaya, alfalfa, apples, potatoes, and summer squash. Much of the corn and soybeans, as well as alfalfa, are used as animal feed for beef, pigs, poultry and dairy cows. Most produce, grown in the US, is GMOfree with the exception of those listed above. With all this being said about pesticides and GMO’s it’s far more important to continue to eat mostly fruit and vegetables, regardless of it being organic or not, as the health benefits outweigh the risks.

There are a few ways you can choose to avoid GMO foods. When looking at labels on packages there are some verified seals that will assure you the food does not contain GMO ingredients or pesticides. Look for: NonGMO Project Verified, GMO Guard, USDA Organic Seal, Certified Organic or 100% Organic. Additionally, Aptos Natural Foods store has committed to being GMO-free as well as 100% of their produce organic. Lastly, preparing your own food at home, with the ingredients of your choosing, is always the healthiest way for you and your family.

The following is a treat that our whole family enjoys.

There are a variety of flavors that you can add with this base. Our favorite is adding 2-3 tbsp of peanut butter and 3 tbsp of cocoa powder.

You can also add your favorite berries or fresh mint. For a pina colada flavor use 1/4 cup canned coconut milk and 1/2 cup frozen pineapple.

Recipe by chocolatecoveredkatie.com *Bananas provide 3 grams of fiber, 450 mg of potassium, vitamin C and a variety of other vitamins and minerals. the 2019 dirty dozen list: 1. strawberries 2. spinach 3. Kale 4. nectarines 5. apples 6. grapes 7. peaches 8. cherries 9. pears 10. tomatoes 11. celery 12. potatoes

the 2019 clean fifteen list: 1. avocados 2. sweet corn 3. pineapples 4. Frozen sweet peas 5. onions 6. papayas 7. eggplants 8. asparagus 9. Kiwis 10. cabbages 11. cauliflower 12. cantaloupes 13. Broccoli 14. mushrooms 15. Honeydew melons Kris Holden is a mother of 3 teens. She’s always been passionate about health and nutrition and eager to share with others what’s worked for her and her family.

She’s a Feel Good Coach with focus on healing and energizing through a plant based whole foods lifestyle. You can view other recipes and healthy food selections on Instagram @feelgoodpicks. Email: feelgoodpicks@gmail.com

recipe: Banana Ice Cream 2-3 overripe, frozen bananas* optional milk of choice, if needed. (oat milk, coconut milk, nut milk) pinch of salt Instructions: 1) Start with bananas that are turning brown, they’re sweeter. Peel and cut into several pieces, then freeze in an airtight bag or container. (You can freeze a whole bunch at once so they’re ready whenever you want to make banana ice cream or a smoothie.)

2) To make the ice cream, put around, the equivalent, of 2-3 frozen bananas into a high speed blender or food processor.

3) Add a pinch of salt and 2-4 tbsp of milk for a smoother blending, if desired.

4) Blend until you achieve a softserve consistency.

5) You can serve immediately, or transfer to a container and freeze an additional 30 minutes, then scoop out with an ice cream scoop.

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county scoop

It’s Time for a new library in downtown SC

By Deb Tracy-Proulx, Santa Cruz City Schools Board of Education trustee

As a parent, advocate for education, and former librarian, I have a deep understanding of the vital role public libraries play in the lives of children in our c o m m u n i t y.

The Downtown Santa Cruz Library is where I brought my own young children for story and craft time. Then they went as third graders to learn how to do research for their California history projects. As middle and high school students, they went to our public libraries to meet classmates for group studying and tutoring. Many Santa Cruz kids spend their after school hours in our public libraries working on homework, doing online research, or reading graphic novels with friends while they wait for their parents and family members to get off work.

The Downtown Santa Cruz library is the largest and most central branch of our local library system. Yet

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it has no dedicated teen spaces and the children’s room is too small and antiquated. Construction professionals say that because the current building is in such poor structural condition, and features a significant amount of dangerous asbestos that needs to be removed, a renovation will result in a less usable library.

Specifically, there would be less square footage and no room for a teen space. In fact, we would also lose the current children’s space upstairs. A smaller library also means fewer professional library staff members, and therefore less programming and services for our kids. A smaller library will also deeply affect the majority of homeschool and independent school students who currently rely heavily on the Downtown Branch as their primary library. We can do better.

Our kids want and need safe, accessible, and imaginative public spaces where they can think and learn and create. A completely brand-new, 21st century library is exactly what our kids and our community deserve -and what voters approved in 2016 when they passed a bond measure to fund it.

Building the new library as the central feature of a mixed-use project will maximize library bond funding in order to retain the current amount of square footage, while also building in state-of-the-art technological infrastructure and expanded free technological services. Additionally, the cost-savings from being a part of a mixed-use space partnership will give our library the capacity to expand vital librarian-provided services and programming to youth and teens.

This is also an idea that our local school librarians strongly support.

Among the many reasons why remodeling the existing Downtown branch is not a good idea is that doing so would require the library to be completely closed for at least two full years. That means two years with no access to books and librarians, no story time or other services and programming for children, and no safe public space downtown for kids to do homework and research.

Furthermore, the current library is rife with asbestos. A library renovation will only mask, not remove, 100 percent of this carcinogen from the building. Critics argue that the asbestos is not a problem. But I am not okay with asbestos in a public space used heavily by children -- are you?

The new center would be located where the Farmer’s Market is now, the parking lot across from Calvary Church and Hula’s. Calvary Church is going to develop the parking lot it owns (the city currently rents it for public parking) and so the Farmers Market is going to lose its adjacent parking. If the mixed use project goes in, the city will help the Market relocate to another lot it owns behind Kianti’s and will also build a permanent storage structure for them. The Farmers Market supports this move.

Ten local residents volunteered to serve on the City of Santa Cruz’s Downtown Library Advisory Com-

mittee. This group worked closely with an architectural consultant and spent several months reviewing the feasibility of renovating the existing library, completely rebuilding it in its current location, or building a brand new library in a mixed-use space.

After many meetings that included a lot of public input, the committee recommended the mixed-use space option as having “the desired square footage balanced with the fiscally responsible price.”

Based on their extensive study of all potential options, the committee concluded that a mixed-use space library “has the potential to be a beautiful and vibrant asset to the community.” As a member of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries’ Library Advisory Commission, I studied the DLAC’s process and report in depth.

Along with my fellow commission members, I endorsed their recommendation to pursue a new library in a mixed-use space.

Building a brand new library is a win for our kids and our community as a whole. The proposed mixed-use project will also include desperatelyneeded affordable housing and new, permanent home for the Farmers’ Market, as well as “shared parking” that will bring a greener, 21st century approach to addressing parking needs.

After well more than a year of research and community input, I’m confident the proposed project is the right one for Santa Cruz. To learn more and draw your own conclusion, I encourage readers to visit www.downtownforward.org.

Deb Tracy-Proulx serves as a trustee on the Santa Cruz City Schools Board of Education, as well as a member of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries Library Advisory Committee and a board member of the Teen Kitchen Project.

around town Cabrillo College Wins naSa Swarmathon Edges Out 23 Other Colleges and Universities in Competition’s Fourth and Final Year Cabrillo College’s Robotics Club has won the NASA Swarmathon, a nationwide autonomous robotics competition with the goal of advancing future space exploration. Cabrillo received the award at the NASA Swarmathon Workshop and Awards Ceremony held at the Kennedy Space Center June 1113.Cabrillo has participated in the NASA Swarmathon since 2016, when it entered a field of 20 universities and colleges. Cabrillo won the virtual competition, in which participants wrote code for the rover and the code was executed in a simulator. In 2017 and 2018 the Cabrillo Robotics Club was invited to enter the physical competition, in which participants build robot kits and program the robots with algorithms to go out and forage for resources in the form of coded blocks to bring back to the nest.

For NASA Swarmathon IV the virtual and physical competitions were combined and evaluation of the participating teams’ coding was performed at the University of New Mexico in May, 2019.

“I couldn't be more proud of so many students who gave enormous amounts of their time to make the team successful,” said Cabrillo Robotics Club Faculty Advisor Michael Matera. “Over the course of three years of competition, we struggled to understand how complex and error-prone navigating the world is, and we learned a lot, each time improving our design, culminating in this year’s win.”

The code that ultimately won the competition was written by two Computer Information Systems (CIS) students, Carter Frost and Darren Churchill. Carter created software that systematically tested every code change.

As soon as the change was checked in Carter's software, the team tested it against scores of different simulated worlds to see if the changes had unin-

Photo Contributed ROBOTS ALIVE cabrillo college Faculty adviser mike matera poses (left) with the school’s first place trophy and $2,000 check in the 2019 nasa swarmathon in new mexico. (second place went to the university of puerto rico at arecibo.)

tended side effects, proving that the final code was solid and error-free.

Not satisfied with how one of the key sensors in the robot performed, Darren did a lot of research and found a way to calibrate the sensor in a way that removed systematic errors. The consequence of that fix was revolutionary--with calibrated sensors Cabrillo’s rovers could navigate with accuracy that was two orders of magnitude better than the other teams. This allowed Cabrillo to make maps of obstacles and enabled the team to travel through complicated spaces with very high confidence. This year’s course was hardest yet. In the final round, the second-place team collected five resources; Cabrillo’s team collected 20 resources.

“This is the best swarming team that we’ve seen over the past four years of the competition,” said Professor Melanie Moses, the Principal Investigator for the NASA Swarmathon. “Their amazing engineering skills and algorithms went into winning this award, and all of this work will advance the future of space exploration.”

Faculty Advisor Michael Matera and

CIS student Darren Churchill attended the Swarmathon Workshop at the Kennedy Space Center, during which the Cabrillo Robotics team received its first-place award that included a $2,000 check and a gold ‘Swarmie’ trophy. A video clip of the award ceremony is included here: youtu.be/YxrKu1-OV60?t=3340.

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What’s Cooking at Theme Parks?

By Erik Chalhoub

A theme park without food is like a car without wheels — you can’t operate one without the other.

With most guests at parks making their visit a day out of it, coupled with the amount of walking to and from attractions, it can be a good workout, and a great way to work up an appetite.

But theme park food is notorious for being greasy, unhealthy, heavilyprocessed grub. Worst of all, it’s overpriced ($40 pizza, anyone?).

Sadly, that is still the case, but fortunately no longer the entire story.

Over the last few years, theme parks have taken notice that their price-conscious guests are demanding healthier options.

Two major chains that operate theme parks in our region — Cedar

Fair (Gilroy Gardens and California’s Great America) and Six Flags (Discovery Kingdom) — offer deals to make their food more appetizing.

Great America, in particular, offers an “All Day Dining Plan,” where, for $32, guests can enjoy an entrée and a side at more than 15 dining locations throughout the park. Even better, there’s only a 90-minute wait between meals (if you are really that hungry).

When one meal can easily exceed $20, the dining plan is enticing.

Frequent visitors to the park who hold season passes may want to consider adding the All Season Dining plan to their passes for $94. For the entire operating season, pass holders can eat lunch and dinner on every visit. It essentially pays for itself after two visits.

Discovery Kingdom offers similar passes. Its Deluxe Season Dining Pass is currently on sale for $80, and includes lunch, dinner and a snack for the rest of 2019 for both Discovery Kingdom and the Hurricane Harbor water park in Concord. The Basic Dining Pass is currently being offered for $40,

Photo by Erik Chalhoub CALIFORNIA’S GREAT america executive chef erick J. ponce demonstrates how to cook a catfish slider with tangy slaw. and includes lunch and a snack for every visit.

A one-time Family Meal Deal at Gilroy Gardens for $37 includes an entrée and four 20-ounce fountain drink at three restaurants in the park.

Keep an eye out for deals throughout the year at all of these parks. These prices are known to change, and could also be combined with other deals depending on the promotion.

Sure, the prices may be relatively inexpensive, but would you actually want to eat the food?

Great America stands out above the rest of the parks in the area, and has made an effort to improve its food offerings over the past few seasons. Led

by Executive Chef Erick J. Ponce, the park has not only invested in new restaurants and its existing ones, but it is pushing the boundaries of typical theme park fare.

Its two food festivals, Red, White and Brews and Taste of Orleans (held in June and July), have become a growing tradition at the Santa Clara park. Just take a look at this sampling of the menu, and you wouldn’t believe it comes from a theme park: chicken lollipops over apple slaw, brisket burnt ends over corn pudding, deep fried 10 Growing Up In Santa Cruz • August 2019

frog legs with Creole aioli, praline bread pudding and more.

You also wouldn’t think the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk would offer more than just hot dogs and cotton candy, but it does. One of its newest restaurants, Cruzin’ Crêpes, offers just what it promises: made to order crêpes with either sweet or savory fillings.

Wraps, bowls, quesadillas and other types of cuisine are offered at various locations throughout the seaside park.

And you have to indulge in the deep-fried cheesecake. It’s almost a requirement for a Boardwalk visit.

Gilroy Gardens not only offers the traditional hamburgers, pizza and hot dogs, but its restaurants also have nonfried foods, reduced calories, vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options.

Those who are health-conscious will appreciate digital menus that are now being implemented at most food spots across all parks, which showcase calories and other nutritional information for each offering.

If none of this sounds tempting, you can always leave an ice cooler filled with food from home in your vehicle and head out for a parking lot picnic at lunchtime. You won’t be the only one.

career pathways

The answer to “I’m bored”, Part 2

By Mary Gaukel Forster

In this month’s article I will continue to share summer and on-going opportunities for career exploration.

Many summer experiences, courses, clubs, events can help a young person learn more about their own interests, skills, talents, and values. Adults in their lives can help youth see the connection between their interests, skills, talents, values, and potential career pathways.

EV3 Robotics: programming, engineering, construction Create Advanced mechanical devices and program motors with EV3 Lego Mindstorms. Ages 10-17 building, programming and commanding your own LEGO robots with materials provided in the class. Santa Cruz Public Libraries, www.santacruzpl.org.

Youth Writing Workshop- author, journalist: Join Debra Niemira’s Writing Workshops Wednesdays July 10th through July 31st from 1:00-2:30p at the La Selva Beach Library. Open to aspiring writers grades 6th through 12th. Santa Cruz Public Libraries, www.santacruzpl.org.

Elkhorn Slough - Naturalist, Biologist, Botanist, Environmentalist Camp SEA Lab fosters lifelong excitement, scientific understanding, and stewardship of our coasts and ocean by providing quality marine oriented programs that promote Science, Education and Adventure for youth. campsealab.org Natural History Nature Camps Naturalist, Historian, Archaeologist Can you Dig it? Entering grades K2 Unearth the fossils, rocks and ancient history of Santa Cruz! Spend a week exploring the many surprising things you can learn from digging in the ground. Art and Science in Nature Entering grades 3-4Calling young artists and scientists curious about nature! This summer, young explorers will join us on a journey to investigate symmetries, patterns and curiosities in the natural world. Biomimicry Entering grades 5-6 Explore sustainable solutions by finding inspiration in nature! Spend the week navigating challenges and engineering solutions that promote sustainable living. Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, www.santacruzmuseum.org.

SPCA- Veterinarian: Volunteer (16 years+): Be trained and provide Canine TLC and Exercise, Feline TLC and Socialization, Dog Bathing and Grooming, Foster Care, General Animal Care. www.spcasc.org/volunteer/ Summer Camp (1st-7th grades) Every summer, the Santa Cruz SPCA offers eight sessions of Summer Camp (each session is one week long).

Campers learn key elements of animal care, experience shelter animals first-

Whether your child is 8 months or 18 years old, I hope that the above offerings inspire you to look for activities for your child that you can help them connect to careers. Next month I will begin a series on the career awareness/exploration offerings at our local school/school districts. Knowing about them will help you initiate career conversations.

Photo Contributed FIXIT students can learn the intricacies of bike repair at the Bike church. hand, take part in animal themed arts and crafts, and enjoy a variety of animal “visitors” from other local organizations. www.spcasc.org/events/ summer-kids-camp-2019.

Habitat for Humanity - Construction: (16 years+) Volunteering at a Habitat construction site is a uniquely rewarding experience. Under the direction of the site manager, volunteers work alongside our experienced, dedicated construction team and partner families to build affordable homes for low-income families, while having a great time learning construction skills. Volunteers assist with construction tasks as assigned, according to the progression of the build. No previous construction experience is necessary, however, willingness to follow Habitat’s safety standards and construction practices is a must. www.habitatmontereybay.com/volunteer.

Summer of Service Institute- computer science, agriculture, teaching This free, 6-week program helps youth recognize their passion, share their talents and realize their power to transform our community through service. Each year up to 20 Summer Service volunteers are hosted at local non-profits for dedicated youth in grades 7-11. Santa Cruz Volunteer C e n t e r , scvolunteercenter.org/programs/junior-volunteers-summer-of-service Bike Church: transportation, engineering: The Bike Church is a community bicycle shop and tool collective where people (youth, also) can learn to repair their bicycles with the help of knowledgeable mechanics.

We offer sliding scale services and affordable used and new parts. As a col-

lectively run organization, we are committed to honoring the contribution of individuals while recognizing the importance of collaboration. thebikechurch@gmail.com

Career questions have been a part of Mary’s life since she was first asked what she wanted to be when she grew up. She began teaching elementary school, had her own children, taught in middle school and high school, became a high school principal, finally a grandparent, and currently the executive director for the non-profit organization, Your Future Is Our Business. Mary now focuses on fulfilling the mission of “providing all youth in our county with career explorations”. Your Future Is Our Business is funded by the County Office of Education in partnership with the University of California Santa Cruz, Cabrillo College, and Cal State University Monterey Bay. Reach Mary at marygaukel@gmail.com

August 2019 • Growing Up In Santa Cruz 11

go green IS IT TraSh Or TreaSure?

City of Santa Cruz Offers Free Tours of recycling Center

By Karen Kefauver Did you know Santa Cruzans place 30 to 50 tons of material in their blue recycle bins every day? It’s a staggering amount. I strive to recycle as much as possible to help our beautiful city and to reduce my impact on the planet.

However, after 25 years living in Santa Cruz and being a devoted recycling nut, I had grown complacent, thinking I pretty much knew it all. Recently, I learned from a local expert that I can do a better job at recycling.

Last month, I fulfilled a long-held goal of spending a “Day at the Dump.” Actually, it was just 90 minutes, and it wasn’t at the dump, (officially called a landfill). Instead, I joined a free public tour of the recycling center at the City of Santa Cruz Resource Recovery Facility, about three miles north of downtown Santa Cruz, off Highway 1 on Dimeo Lane.

The facility houses both the landfill and the recycling center, (the tour does not include the landfill).

Leslie O’Malley, a Waste Reduction Program Manager with the City of Santa Cruz, educated and entertained about a dozen of us curious adults and kids about what happens to our recycling once it’s hauled away. I’d always wondered about the process and I finally got all my questions answered.

We started our tour in a small, makeshift classroom where Leslie launched a lively, show-and-tell presentation. One-by-one, she showed us an astonishing array of items that had been discarded, incorrectly, including stuffed animals in excellent condition, metal cogs, dirty pizza boxes, soy milk and milk cartons, and even camp stove canisters that can and do explode if they still contain propane.

“Contaminants are the biggest cost of recycling,” Leslie explained and then showed a video of city workers who hand-sort a non-stop stream of items as they roll past on a conveyor belt on their way to a sorting machine.

Plastic bags, in particular, said Leslie, can tangle the machines (and also fly loose at the facility) and that’s why it’s so important to bundle numerous bags within one bag before they are placed in the blue bins.

Wrapping up the classroom portion of our visit, we learned the term “wishcycling,” the wistful belief that you can place almost any item in the recycle bin and that it will magically end up in the right place. Sadly, that’s not the case. She reminded us to check recycling guidelines posted in the public works sections of the city and county 12 Growing Up In Santa Cruz • August 2019

Photos by Karen Kefauver LESLIE O’MALLEY of the city of santa cruz's public Works department makes recycling fun as she explains the workings of city of santa cruz resource recovery Facility during a free tour open to the public in august. reservations required and kids must be at least 8 years old. websites.

The kids on our tour were delighted as we donned hard hats, orange florescent vests, and headsets in order to hear Leslie over the noisy machinery. We launched the walking portion of our tour on a sunny afternoon, beneath the brilliant blue sky, with a fantastic panoramic view of the bay — I’d bet that it’s one of the most scenic landfills in the nation.

Guided by Leslie, we walked around towers of colorful, crushed cans and mountains of bundled plastic bags. We saw a truck packed with mattresses. To me, the warehouse that contained the sorting machinery looked like a recycling museum. The kids were fascinated by the machinery, heavy equipment and clear narrative.

Leslie pointed out a dozen vintage surfboards that had been thrown away and then put on display by the workers. On the sprawling grounds, the kids gawked at a bulldozer stationed next to piles of loose paper and cardboard.

I spotted various items that I would’ve liked to take home, including chairs, crates and bicycle odds and ends. However, no one is allowed to take anything home, much less rummage through any part of the area due to numerous hazards. However, select

artists can apply to take some goodies through the Santa Cruz Recycled Art Program (SCRAP).

One topic that came up was whether recycling had become pretty much futile due to extensive national media coverage about China’s drastic reduction of the amount of recycling it accepts, impacting U.S. profits on recycling.

To learn more on this this subject, after the tour, I followed up with Gary Wilens, the Resource Recovery Supervisor in charge of the recycling processing in the City of Santa Cruz, who’s been with the city nearly 32 years — since the curbside recycling pickup program launched.

Gary confirmed that, yes, the change in China does impact Santa Cruz’s program. “We get a lot less money,” he said, noting that a peak

year for Santa Cruz recycling generated $2.1 million dollars.

Despite the change in China’s purchasing, Gary said it’s critically important that local residents continue their recycling efforts and don’t slack off. In fact, it’s been a danger that people may be abandoning recycling due to the grim reports.

Another factor in the importance of local recycling is that the Santa Cruz landfill has limited capacity and therefore that space comes at a premium.

“We are not giving up and we don’t want the public to give up despite what we are hearing. The markets have always fluctuated and we hope the markets go up again.”

As for the tour with Leslie, it ended on a positive note. I was excited that Leslie mentioned the possibility of starting a thrift store; I am a true scavenger and it will raise money for the center. As we said goodbye, I walked away with a handy refuse, reuse and recycle sticker, a resolution to buy my groceries more selectively and best, of all, optimism that kids are growing up caring about recycling.

The City of Santa Cruz’s next free summer tours of its recycling center, the Resource Recovery Facility, at 605 Dimeo Lane, happen at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on August 22 and 23. Reservations are required.

Visit https://www.eventbrite.com/d/ca-santa-cruz/santa-cruz-recycle-tour and contact Leslie O’Malley at lomalley@cityofsantacruz.com.

resources: The City of Santa Cruz: cityofsantacruz.com/ recycleright,

Santa Cruz County: dpw.co.santa-cruz.ca.us/ Home/recyclingsolidWaste/ recycling.aspx Grey Bears: greybears.org grey Bears accepts computer equipment and other items the recycling center cannot.

Karen Kefauver is a Santa Cruz-based social media marketing coach, freelance journalist and avid cyclist. Read about her traveling and cycling adventures here: www.karenkefauver.com.

extreme sports

gymnastics on a horse

By Kevin Painchaud

In Western riding there is a horn on the saddle. In Western riding you do barrel racing and other events in the cowboy style of riding. Vaulting is like gymnastics on a horse and it takes a lot of balance and strength. I do vaulting too. Vaulting is really fun because you are standing on a horse and you’re really high up.

What style do you compete in?

I compete in English riding.

What’s your favorite event that you compete in?

Jumping. I practice jumping a lot at my home stable so it’s fun to jump at shows. I just did a two-day clinic at my barn that was all about jumping.

Is your family supportive of you riding and competing?

Yes, my family has been really supportive. They watch my lessons, come to all my horse shows and drive me to the barn constantly. They also come with me to the barn to watch me do free rides, which is when we can ride without our trainer present as long as we don’t jump.

Growing up, many kids fantasize about riding a horse through the dusty streets in the old west, jumping over fences and aiming their six-shooter at bad guys. Cole Giraldo, 13, may not be wearing a cowboy hat and spurs, but he is sure living the dream of riding horses and competing at a high level.

It was a hot sunny day at White Rock Ranch in Watsonville when I sat down and spent some time talking and taking photos of Cole and his horse that he gets to train with,

If you could create your future, what would it be?

My ideal future would be living on a nice ranch with a stable, having my own horses, and a nice arena that I can jump in. I’d also like to compete in bigger shows and train horses.

If there are other kids in the Santa Cruz area that are interested in riding, where can they learn?

If kids are interested in riding, they can start by taking lessons once or twice a week. They will need to find a trainer or a program with the kind of style they want to learn. My trainer Laurie teaches kids of all ages and levels. The older kids at a barn also help the younger kids learn how to do everything. That’s how I learned.

Where do you go to school?

I’m in 8th grade at Aptos Junior High.

When was the first time that you rode a horse?

The first time I rode a horse was when I was 4 years old. I did a horse camp with a pony named Mickey Blue Eyes at my preschool. I actually ended up riding Mickey for a few years and even showed him in my first show. He is now retired and stabled in Soquel and I visited him recently. He belongs to my first trainer, Brittany.

What inspired you to ride?

I don’t know. It’s just something that I’ve always wanted to do.

What’s your favorite thing about riding?

I get to go spend time at my barn and hang out with the horses. I get to work on my jumping and my flat skills.

Photos by Kevin Painchaud APTOS JuNIOR HIGH student cole giraldo, 13 takes his horsemanship to the extreme, jumping in competitions.

When did you start riding competitively?

I did my first show when I was 9. I was nervous but I ended up winning lots of first places and I was the grand champion of the show.

Many people are not familiar with the different styles of riding, can you explain them to us?

Some styles of riding are English, Western and Vaulting. I do English riding, which involves jumping. English is different from Western because in English riding the saddle is smaller.

Have you had any scary moments when riding?

Yes, I’ve fallen off, usually when horses stop before a jump. Horses have also galloped and bucked, but I managed to stay on. Sometimes horses get spooked by things that happen around the arena, like if they see something that startles them.

Have any final words or thoughts for our readers?

I guess just do what you love to do.

For me, it’s riding horses. It’s really fun and such a huge part of my life.

August 2019 • Growing Up In Santa Cruz 13

talking pets Flea Meds, why are they not working!?!?

By Dr. Nichole Brooks Fish are not the only things biting this summer! Fleas are out there and plaguing our pets. A frequent frustration expressed to me by owners is why the expensive flea medications are not working.

The truth is that fleas are incredibly tough to get rid of and can take months to eradicate. Several years ago I treated a young cat with such an intense flea anemia that she needed a blood transfusion.

She went on to live a normal healthy life once we got her fleas under control.

And just the other day I was looking at my Mom’s 17 year old cat….. Fleas!

On my Mother’s cat! Fleas are all around us, as they love the weather as much as we do, and they live naturally in our environment. They can overpopulate and infest our world in a blink of an eye without us even knowing its happening.

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Fleas are a small wingless insect that feed on the blood of animals. Although there is close to 2,000 species, the most common culprit is Ctencephalids felis, the cat flea. The flea goes through several phases: Eggs, larval, pupal, young adult and adult. An adult female flea can shed 40 to 60 eggs a day which fall to the ground wherever they are. It takes about 1 to 6 days to hatch into the

larvae which take cover in cool dark places such as carpet, under furniture, cracks in a floor or other hidden places.

The larvae goes through a pupal phase which is near impossible to eradicate and can survive in their cocoon phase for over 150 days! The pupae will become immature adults in about 1 to 2 weeks and then the adults seek out for their first meal on any unsuspecting animal.

Flea bites are one of the most common causes for skin allergies in our pets.

If a pet has an allergy to fleas it only takes one bite to trigger a massive outbreak of itchy skin. Some pets do not have an allergy and can live with fleas on them without a single sign of itchiness. Often animals with flea allergies present with missing fur, secondary skin infections constant scratching and even tapeworms.

So what do we do about this epidemic of fleas? The answer takes work and dedication. Sadly no flea product can guarantee a 100% repellent against fleas. A good quality medicine can be extremely effective at defending our pets from fleas, but we have to do more in the presence of even 1 identified adult flea. If you find 1 you can assume there are hundreds lurking around. You may hear your Veterinarian recommend treating the environment as well as your pet. We often recommend treating the most frequented areas to reduce the amount of exposure, however many of us here have the occasional visit from our local wildlife. We cannot apply flea meds to our visiting squirrel but you can tackle and limit the amount that live in your yard or house. There are several types of flea products available. There are adulticides that kill adult fleas, insect growth regulators that stop young fleas from becoming an adult, insect development inhibitor which stops fleas from forming their outer shell and there a combinations of all these drugs.

Treating your yard and your house

can be challenging. No one wants to spray harsh toxic chemicals in their home or yard. I don’t either! However, I really don’t want fleas around biting my dog, cat and kids. Treating the house usually means treating the bad spots or the places your pets spend the most time (with or without carpet). Exterminators use a combination of Adulticides and an insect growth regulator, but even these professionals may have to treat a second time around to keep your home free from infestations.

There are a variety of flea medicines available today. There are products that are applied to the skin, taken by mouth, or worn full time as a collar. Each flea medicine targets a certain part of the flea life cycle When it comes to choosing the right flea medicine use what has worked for you. All flea medicines as long as they are a good quality product work to the best of their capability. There are so many choices that the decision about which one is complicated. Don’t be persuaded by powerful expensive marketing schemes use what your animal tolerates. If you don’t like the greasy or wet spot ones, try an oral flea med.

There is even a collar (when used appropriately) works for 8 months. One tip I will give about flea medicines is that if it says give monthly give it every 30 days, this will ensure that your pet has coverage and there is no issue when some months are shorter and others longer.

Overall, fleas are sneaky and elusive and can infiltrate without us knowing.

With a little dedication you can eradicate an entire infestation. Ask your Veterinarian for help if you get frustrated with fleas and your animal is itching out of control! We can help! Let’s all work together to make our pets healthier and happier so we can all worry less!! tips for effective flea control • treat every pet in the household every month (or as prescribed, some flea medications last 3 to 8 months) • make sure it is applied /given correctly.

• treat fleas all year round • thoroughly vacuum areas frequented by your pets • empty your Vacuum bag (flea eggs can hatch inside the bag ) • Wash pet bedding in very hot water • treat environment as needed eggs can be in the environment for months

Dr. Nichole Brooks, DVM. Del Mar Pet Hospital. 7525 Sunset way, Aptos.

Locally owned and operated for over 50 years! delmarpethospital@gmail.com (831) 688-2016

community FrOM FarM TO FIlM

new business Teaches Kids to be the next Steven Spielberg

By Kevin Painchaud stuff, but the instructors never lose sight that the main goal is to have fun.

Each group is taught by an experienced filmmaker. They bring in special guests who demonstrate such things are movie make-up and cinematography.

“We want this camp to be all about fun,” says Kari Lee. “So we focus on getting the kids to use their imagination and take part in the filmmaking process. We don’t spend all day shooting. We make sure we give them plenty of time for them to just be kids. We give the kids a polished script to shoot and act in. After the weeks end, we have the instructors edit the projects, so that at the end of the summer, the kids will have a finished film that they can be proud to show.

On Sunday Sept. 8, 10 short films made at the Thomas Farms Film Camp will be screened at the new DNA Comedy Lab located at the old

River Street Theater located in down town Santa Cruz at 155S River St. the schedule is as follows: sunday september 8 3:45pm matinee showtime 5:30 to 6:45 reception/redcarpet/ parent paparazzi 7:00pm evening showtime Tickets through brown paper tickets. Link on our website: thomasfarmfilms.com Adult tickets $15, youth 12 and under $10–includes one show plus red carpet reception.

2 show package deal available— $20 adult. $14 youth—includes both shows plus red carpet reception.

Photo by WORDS words It’s pretty common in our area to go into a restaurant and expect amazing food come straight from the farm.

What if you took your kids to a farm and they came back as filmmakers?

That is exactly what The Aptos based family farm, Thomas Farms, is doing.

Thomas Farms an organic flower farm owned by Aptos locals Kari Lee Thomas and Joshua Thomas. After running a successful business supplying beautiful flowers to New Leaf and Whole Foods and being pioneers in organic farming, Kari Lee, 43,always felt the urge to do something bigger.

“As a young women, in my most honest moments, I knew I wanted a career in either music, filmmaking or a nonprofit,” says Kari Lee. “Music and movies were my first loves. Lifting me up, even as a small child. The nonprofit part came to me as an epiphany when I was shopping in Safeway at age 16 and came upon Newman’s Own cookies. The label struck me. It said “all profits donated to charity.” This idea made complete sense to me. A business that takes care of its employees and does good for others. That’s what I want to do!”

Josh, 47, who was raised in Aptos and attended Cabrillo College, is currently getting his Masters of fine arts in film at San Francisco State University. While working on his homework assignments, he enlisted their children

and their children’s friends to act and crew in his film projects. The kids got so much enjoyment out of the experience, that Kari Lee had the idea about running a film camp at their farm.

Kari Lee and Josh soon reached out to the community for support, and the idea soon became a reality. They created a board of business professionals from all walks of life. They spent countless days cleaning out their barns and making their farm into an ideal place to create a camp for kids.

Being a nonprofit, they were also able to bring in other Bay Area businesses to support their vision.

Their goal is to create an organization that educates children about how to make movies. From script to screen, their hands-on curriculum promotes creativity, self-confidence, and critical thinking. During this summer, Thomas Farms Films has been running five one-week sessions.

Each session bring kids from all over the county together to act, direct, be a camera operator and sound technician. They all work together over the course of a week to shoot a complete movie. The kids learn how to use all the equipment including cameras, lenses, microphones, booms, sound recorders and slates. The camp covers a broad spectrum of filmmaking subjects from Dutch camera angles to Italian neorealism. It’s heady August 2019 • Growing Up In Santa Cruz 15

life

Miss Placed helps you get Organized

By Jhoneé Fillmore Still not too late for summer supplies.

The summer days in Santa Cruz can lead us into many spontaneous family activities.

Be prepared by keeping summer adventure supplies ready. Be sure to include: Backpack, sunscreen, dry snacks, water bottle, picnic blanket, towels, umbrella, trash bags and a change of clothes. With this assortment of items you are prepared for any adventure including a stop at one of the many Santa Cruz beaches, a picnic at Wilder Ranch State Park, a hike in Niscene Marks or an outing to a local playground.

Keeping these items in a backpack is efficient and comfortable. You can remove from the bag what doesn’t seem appropriate for the activity. Remember; always refresh your summer bag. If you are not one for remembering, send yourself a text or email as soon as you return with a diminished supply.

Photos by Jhoneé Fillmore SuMMER ADVENTuRE SuPPLIES keep you prepared for the likely changes in weather and lots of spontaneous fun. the calendar wall keeps you under control by setting up a family command center. summer calendar success: As children are not in their regular school routine, summer is a huge shift in the family’s schedule. And if you are like most families, each week of the summer is different with sports, camps, summer school, daycare, vacations and parties. What is even more challenging is

that each of these come with registration paperwork, permission slips, crucial dates, snack schedules, photo dates, etc.… Whew! I know you’ve been there and it can get downright overwhelming.

Keep control by setting yourself up successfully with a family command center. This should live in a spot of your home that is highly visible to you.

Here are the supplies you will need: (1) Yearly calendar to hang on the wall or refrigerator (paper calendar is great) (2) dry erase Weekly calendar with Bulletin strip (corkboard) (1) Folder (1) pack of multi-colored ultra Fine tip dry erase markers (fine tip is crucial for small, tidy writing) yearly calendar: On this calendar you can see the month as a whole at a glance. Every time an event or deadline arrives, place it on this yearly calendar. If any paperwork is given to you for any event or deadline that is further out than two weeks, place it in the folder next to this calendar.

Dry Erase Weekly Calendar with Bulletin Strip: Hang two separate Dry Erase Weekly Calendars. Allow enough space for a letter size paper to hang off each corkboard. One will be used as the current week and the other as the upcoming week.

Every new week that approaches, pull the agenda from the monthly calendar and place on the weekly calendar. You can also apply more daily tasks that need to be accomplished to the weekly calendar. Then attach any paperwork that is applicable for that week from the folder to the corkboard. You now can very visibly see the paperwork due and can actively plug away at it at least two weeks in advance.

Get extremely organized by main-

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taining a certain color of marker for a certain program. Or, within each day vary the colors so that each task stands out to you. Our goal here is to catch your attention.

Not only will this system get you through the summer, it is also a gem to utilize throughout the school year. reoccuring summer checklists: Do you find yourself trying to remember all of the items you need to take to repeat events such as camps, sports, classes, daycare, etc?

Free up some brain space! Create a specific checklist for each event that you regular this summer. When you are trying to get kids out the door on time with all of their gear, such lists can be a foolproof way to a successful day.

Make a list of all the items you need to gather for each event. An example for baseball practice or game might be: bag, water bottle, sunscreen, uniform, hat, ball, bat, helmet, glove, cleats, towel, snack and paperwork. Adding “paperwork” to your list is an opportunity to remind you if there were any forms that were due. This list is particularly useful if some of the same objects venture to and from multiple events and also when these items are used outside of practice and games.

Laminate these lists or simply place them inside of clear sleeve protectors using a dry erase marker to check items off and reuse for next time. Include your kids by having them use these lists. Photos or clipart can be added next to the text for younger children.

Enjoy your organized summer self!

Missplaced Organizing was started in 2005.

Missplaced focuses on organizing physical clutter, developing systems and setting up events for residential and business clients. www.thedavenportcompany.com/missplaced

parenting haPPy and SuCCeSSFul KIdS lIFeSKIll 4:

Making Connections

Have you ever wondered why some people are artists, writers or inventors?

How is it that some people quickly understand the way a story works or the heart of a poem? At least part of the answer is that those persons are able to make connections between bits of information to build a broader understanding.

School teachers understand the importance of making connections. Those students able to find the connections between various pieces of information arrive at correct conclusions faster and also come up with unique understandings. They’re good thinkers and often creative thinkers.

Very young children develop a sense of object, that is they identify the things they see in their environment: toys, clothing, food items. They also develop a sense of space that is location and direction. And thirdly, they develop a number sense: the concept of the number of objects or how much of something. These basic skills later grow into understandings in physics, geometry and general mathematics. Combined with executive functions such as focus, communication, and perspective taking children make connections that lead to basic understandings and sometimes to unique, creative ways of thinking.

Making connections is at the heart of all learning. We determine what is the same and what is different. We sort things into categories and see the relationships between parts. Making connections goes beyond memorization to using the information to gain broader understandings. Real learning happens when we see connections between various facts, findings and concepts.

Learning to make connections involves remembering two or more “rules” at a time, such as sorting blue toys into one basket and red in another. Focus skills pave the way for seeing and making connections. Making connections help children understand their environment, how one thing relates to another.

It helps them learn right and wrong and make good decisions.

Parents can support the development of making connections skills in many ways. Here are some of them.

By Jan Pierce Which one doesn’t belong, memory seashells, find books and videos about games, matching games, what is alike or the ocean. different. Have your child build patTeach your child that making misterns and extend them. takes is an essential part of learning.

Allow flights of fancy where creative All great thinkers have tried many theideas and solutions are okay even if ories before coming to important conthey don’t “work.” Making new and clusions. Too much focus on the “right startling connections is the way invenanswer” can stop children from thinktions come into being. ing creatively.

Encourage early writing skills that Purchase toys that promote openfocus on creating interesting characended play. Allow experimentation and ters, settings and story lines. Allow the don’t insist on the “right way” to play child to dictate stories while you write, with them. Instead ask, “Where do you and later allow for inventive spellings as think that block should go?” “Can you unique stories are created. Encourage find a shorter one?” your child to change a story ending or Play games that require spatial lanadd a character to a favorite, wellguage such as moving forward and known story. Or have them “write back, up and down, near and far. “Take themselves in” to a favorite story. five steps forward and then turn Have you ever wondered why some around.” A sense of space is important people are artists, writers or inventors? to mathematical learning.

How is it that some people quickly unPlay games that build a sense of derstand the way a number and quantity. “How many dogMaking connections is an important gies do you see?” Or, there are three skill in all of learning. It’s especially imcookies, you may have one.” “Can you portant in reading comprehension show me five doggies and then one skills. Whenever your children can find more? a similar character, setting or story line Encourage early learning games that or see differences between them, they’re include sorting in many different ways.

making important connections that lead to broader understanding. Your efforts to encourage your child in this important skill will pay dividends all throughout life.

Jan Pierce, M.Ed., is a retired teacher, reading specialist and the author of Homegrown Readers and Homegrown Family Fun: Unplugged. Find Jan at www.janpierce.net.

How to Promote Making Connections: Include the arts in your child’s early learning years. Dance, music, drawing and drama have been shown to have a positive influence on cognitive learning.

For example taking music lessons can increase mathematical understanding.

Follow your child’s unique interests and introduce him or her to that world.

If he loves Star Wars, find books and information about space. If she loves August 2019 • Growing Up In Santa Cruz 17

family law

alien-nation

By Bob Derber and Judge Paul Marigonda Custody disputes are difficult and seldom rewarding. More so, where a parent alienates the child against the other parent.

This is not a norm for families. But custody disputes are high conflict situations and alienation is often present.

Alienation can be hard to identify. It might be the child calling the new ‘significant other’ Dad or Mom, off-hand comments to the child that the other parent is irresponsible or the scheduling of doctor visits difficult for the other parent to attend.

Where there is positive co-parenting, these matters may simply reflect circumstances. But if active alienation is involved, this behavior destroys parent/child. The child is the real loser.

Judges face a difficult task sorting

alienation from occasional parental frustration. Sometimes it's obvious, as when a parent ‘coaches’ the child to excess. More often, proving alienation requires professional input.

And even if proven, there are few custodial options to combat it.

The solution may be therapy for the alienating parent. But what therapy is successful if the person is not open to therapy? so what should you do when you are the alienated parent: 1. educate: educate yourself on how to temper alienating conduct.

2. engage: Be an active parent; take responsibility for your child’s life.

3. document: Journal, keep text messages and a calendar of events to help identify alienating behaviors.

4. protect: consider therapy for the child to help them identify and process the confusion and uncertainty alienation creates.

Educate: An alienating parent seldom changes, but you can under-

stand the behaviour and actively neutralize its affect. Books and videos abound on the subject. Organizations provide helpful resources and forums. A therapist can help you develop coping strategies that fit your circumstances.

Engage: Be present for your child.

Know the teacher and coach or manage the team. Attend doctor visits: schedule them yourself! Review regularly your school’s on-line attendance, conduct and grading system.

Document: Journal to identify and recall alienating events. You may need to prove this in court, but more importantly, you will sharpen your own understanding of the challenges you face.

Protect: Get a therapist involved with your child who specialized in alienation. This is not a ‘recognized’ specialty, but there are individuals trained in the area and it is terribly complex.

So how can a court help? Our courts often order parents to not speak poorly of the other parent or discuss a family law case in front of the children. These orders are difficult to enforce but they provide a foundation for the judge to make custodial adjustments if alienation is suspected. You may need a court order requiring therapy for a child, or even the other parent, and the court may require the therapist report his or her findings. two major judicial tools exist where alienation is suspected by the court: 1) a custodial evaluation and 2) a parental psychological evaluation.

Both options are expensive, but the

court can allocate the cost between the parents based upon the circumstances.

Custodial Evaluations are indepth analyses to identify parenting issues and propose solutions to the court. They take several months and multiple visits with a professional so that s/he can analyze your matter indepth and help find solutions. The professional may interview parents, children, teachers and others who have experience with your child. Specific guidelines exist for the process and a detailed report is typically issued.

The Psychological Evaluation is a more ‘radical’ tool typically focused on the parent suspected of challenging conduct. It is far more expensive and is performed by a psychologist or psychiatrist. Court’s will hesitate to order this. There must be a strong suspicion of a parent’s conduct before this tool is used. Like the Custodial Evaluation, it is a several months’ process involving multiple visits with the professional.

Alienation can reflect parental conflict, but it may also result from a parent’s psychological disorder. We are lucky in Santa Cruz to have judges who are trained in child development and take alienation matters seriously. But they are also aware that parents often allege alienation to get an upper-hand in custody battles, and they are not equipped to identify complex parenting issues without help. If your circumstances require a more in-depth analysis for input to the court, consider the above tools FROM THE BENCH

By Judge paul marigonda Never involve children in parental matters, and never speak poorly of the other parent. No matter what you think, display a neutral attitude toward the other parent. Court orders typically require this. When we see alienating conduct, you can expect ordered therapy for your child to protect him or her and to inform the court if alienation is a factor we need to address.

Bob Derber is a local attorney practicing family law. He served as a State appointed Guardian ad Litem in high conflict matters in the State of Utah before returning to his home in Santa Cruz four years ago.

Your situation may differ and the above is not intended to be legal advice to you in your own custodial matters. Be sure to consult with your family law attorney as appropriate if you need help in this area.

Have questions for him to answer? Send them to editor@growingupsc.com

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birth matters What Could be More natural?

By Laura Maxson, lm

Information: Breastfeeding health fair & walk aug 23, 3-6pm Watsonville plaza park

resources for Breastfeeding help and support: www.Birthnet.org Breastfeeding support groups listed in the calendar section of guisc

People have a wide variety of expectations and experiences when it comes to breastfeeding. Many can be surprised when breastfeeding turns out to be harder than they expected. Although most go on to have an enjoyable breastfeeding experience for months or years, they will often remark that they thought breastfeeding would have been more natural.

The terms natural, second nature and physiological are often used interchangeably, but they can mean very different things. Lactation is a physiological process – babies have a sucking reflex and breasts produce milk.

In that respect, breastfeeding meets one definition of natural.

However, while lactation is natural, the act of breastfeeding will feel natural and become second nature only after repetition results in muscle memory and reflexive response. Eventually women breastfeed without thinking too

much about what they are doing. In fact, if she does try to analyze it step-bystep, she might find it difficult to describe what she is actually doing.

Think about how a student driver feels sitting in the car, drivers permit in hand, as she prepare to make a righthand turn for the first time. Now compare this to the last time you made a right-hand turn. Chances are you simply knew you had a right turn coming up and you didn’t think about it at all, you just did it. However, no amount of rehearsing will result in the student turning with the same relaxed, competence of an experienced driver because that only comes with practice.

Breastfeeding, like driving, is not always easy at first. In fact for some, it can feel hard and scary. Breastfeeding is a life skill that will become as natural as driving or riding a bike. Once you have the basics down you’ll hardly give it a thought. But it takes time to lay down

that muscle memory, not only for you, but also for your little one as well. When it comes to honing skills, we know that practice makes perfect (or at least good enough) and anyone with a newborn will get plenty of practice time.

Breastfeeding soon becomes second nature for most, but unfortunately, not all. There are those who have a more complex relationship with breastfeeding. Issues with latching or milk supply can result in pumping, bottle feeding, supplementing with formula, or using nursing aids that can really add to the learning curve. A rocky start often re-

solves with time and help, but specific situations and medical conditions can result in on going issues no matter how much practice, pumping, or helpful advice is given. It can be a real heartbreak when breastfeeding doesn’t work out as expected.

Everyone begins at the beginning doing everything for the first time holding baby in arms, arranging pillows, recognizing the wide-open mouth at just the right moment to pull baby into the breast for a good latch. Appreciate the intention and effort as your journey plays out. No matter how those feedings go, remember to take a breath, drop your shoulders and drink in that beautiful baby as she drinks in her meal and your love.

Laura Maxson, LM, CPM, the mother of three grown children, has been working with pregnant and breastfeeding women for over 30 years. Currently she is the executive director of Birth Network of Santa Cruz County and has a homebirth midwifery practice.

Contact her at midwife@scshop.com or postmaster@birthnet.org

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back to school guide Summer is coming to a close and kids and parents are getting ready for a new school year. As children take on new experiences in the classroom they are also growing and challenging themselves in other areas. This year’s Back to School Guide gives an overview of some of the many options available to develop, increase or augment a skill or interest as well as options in classroom and preschool education. Whether it’s looking at a new school, learning to paint, being tutored in French or participating in dance, there are many quality programs available to enrich our children’s lives. schools & preschools Coastal Community Preschool Lic #444408854 900 High Street, Santa Cruz 831.462.5437 coastalcommunitypreschool.org CCP serves children ages 2 years 3 months through 5 years with a safe, stimulating, and caring learning atmosphere. We have a curriculum that encourages development at each child’s own pace. Among our program highlights, we offer flexible year-round schedules, a highly experienced teaching staff, and a bright, secure West side location overlooking the Monterey

Bay. Join us as we continue working with parents and caregivers to raise a community of strong, confident and happy children.

Gateway School K-8 Where Experience and Innovation Meet Santa Cruz, CA 831.423.0341 www.gatewaysc.org Gateway School offers a dynamic, challenging education that prepares children for the fast-changing world by focusing on scholarship, citizenship and compassion. Using neuroscience and research to inform our program, we teach reasoning, collaboration, kindness and the other essential skills that lead to academic excellence and personal integrity. Our expert teachers empower students to recognize injustice, to advocate for others, and to stand up for those who need help.

Founded in 1970, Gateway was the first school in the county to build a maker’s space, institute a mindfulness curriculum, and implement a comprehensive SEL program. We are the only K-8 school in Santa Cruz accredited by the California Association of Independent Schools. We invite all families interested in Gateway School to visit, ask questions, and get to know our community! For more informa-

tion and to schedule a tour, please call or visit our website.

Kirby School 425 Encinal St., Santa Cruz 831.423.0658 kirby.org Grades 6 through 12 Kirby School empowers students to shape their futures with confidence.

Our independent, non-sectarian middle and high school has been preparing students for college and beyond for over 20 years. In classes averaging 12 students, teachers are responsive to each learner’s strengths and interests.

Our rigorous academic and arts curriculum, intensive study paths, and inspiring faculty challenge each student based on their interests and readiness, rather than grade level. Kirby graduates go on to attend excellent four-year colleges and universities.

Live Oak School District 984-1 Bostwick Lane, Santa Cruz (831) 475-6333 www.losd.ca Located in the heart of Santa Cruz County, Live Oak School District is the only California Exemplary District on the Monterey Bay. Our mission is to empower, inspire and ensure equitable opportunities for every student to thrive. We teach and nurture the whole child in an academically rigorous, collaborative and innovative learning environment. Our district includes three K-5 schools: Del Mar, Green Acres and Live Oak Elementary; and Shoreline Middle School. In addition, Ocean Alternative offers a K-8 homeschool and online program.

We are currently enrolling PK-8 students. Contact us at 475-6333, or visit our website at www.losd.ca.

Mrs. Bus Stop Preschool Lic #444411906 3215 Axford Road, Santa Cruz (near Capitola Mall) 831.476.8659 www.mrsbusstop.com Come join us at Mrs. Bus Stop Preschool! Your child will experience the joy of making new friends as they explore, learn, and grow together. Our nurturing environment naturally promotes a sense of community and the well-being of every child. Ages 2-5 years. Hours: 7:30 a.m.- 5:30 p.m.

Flexible schedules.

Nature’s Nursery Preschool (ages 2.5 - 5 years old) Local state parks 831-227-4995 naturesnurseryschool@gmail.com natures-nursery-school.business.site facebook@NNS.NaturePreschool Nature’s Nursery School is a Waldorf influenced outdoor morning program for children ages 2.5 - 5 years old M - Th. We will spend our mornings exploring local parks where the imag-

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ination is the limit. Organic snacks and lunch are provided. With over 25 years of teaching experience, Laurie Dodt is a trained Waldorf early childhood teacher and she has completed the Professional Puppetry Training Course offered through Juniper Tree Puppets. Laurie is devoted to creating a sense of wonder and awe through storytelling, movement, singing, speech, and art. Enroll your child where they will be nurtured in nature.

Space is limited.

Ocean Alternative Education Center & Ocean Online 831.475.0767 oc-losd-ca.schoolloop.com Ocean Alternative, Live Oak School District, supports your homeschooling adventure. Seven credentialed teachers are available to guide you to build an exciting education plan for your child. Our weekly classes include literacy, math, science, and art.

Students learn to communicate and collaborate in a group-learning environment. Community events, field trips & more! Ocean Online is a nonclassroom based independent study program. We offer a wide range of services including: quality, adaptable online curriculum, weekly teacher consultation and instruction, assessment and feedback, social networks of homeschooling families, resources, and a Chromebook to loan.

Orchard School K-6 2288 Trout Gulch Road, Aptos 831.688.1074 www.orchardschoolaptos.org Orchard School, established over 30 years ago, provides a unique, yet comprehensive K-6 education. At Orchard, we weave together the magic of an extraordinary faculty, a 14-acre campus and a down to earth philosophy that nourishes and honors the natural growth and development of children. Small class sizes, an organic garden and an animal farm create enriching “whole child” learning experiences that are hands-on and individualized. We provide Strong Core Academics, Excellent Science Curriculum, Art, Music, Physical Theater/Circus Arts, Electives, Ceramics, Archery, Swimming, Leadership, Field Trips, Drama Productions, and more.

Play, Laugh and Learn 4000a Granite Creek Road, Scotts Valley www.playlaughnlearn.com 831-331-9824 Encouraging developmental growth in a loving and secure environment!

Play Laugh n Learn is an in-home daycare and preschool dedicated to nurture the growth and well being of your children ages 0 to 5. We are located in Scotts Valley off of Granite Creek Rd, about 100 feet up from the freeway. We offer a curriculum where we

back to school guide learn through activities, fun lessons, circle time, games and daily crafts. We are all Inclusive with organic meals, diapers and wipes included.

Rose Blossom Nursery School Preschool, T-K, Kindergarten Lic #444403616 6401 Freedom Blvd, Aptos 831.662.8458 www.roseblossom.org Register for Fall 2019. Preschool, TK, & Kinder for girls and boys starting at 2.5 years old. 9am-12pm. Before school care starts at 8am, after school care until 2pm. Strong focus on social and emotional development, to create a cooperative school community. We offer a play-based and emergent curriculum covering: alphabet/reading, writing, numbers/math, science and social studies, integrated with creative drama, games, music, and art, and organized into monthly themes and musical performances. Individualized instruction, age-appropriate activities, circle time, and free play. Rose Blossom is an NVC-based school. Since June of 2000 we have been practicing the Compassionate Communication process that was taught by Dr. Marshall Rosenberg. Beautiful, country setting in Aptos. See website for intro video and Facebook page for updates and activities. Contact Sharon Rose, director, for tour and registration info: roseblossomschool@me.com Spring Hill School 250 California Street, Santa Cruz 831.427.2641 springhillschool.org Raise a creative, confident, compassionate child at Spring Hill School!

A PreK-6th Grade program, the STEAM and Language Arts focused curriculum helps students develop empathy along with critical thinking.

Featuring a Design Lab, students invent and discover how to contribute to the world around them. Spring Hill applies a growth mindset to identify each child’s readiness for the next step on their learning path. With expert teachers specializing in small class sizes, children experience a vibrant learning environment where each is valued for their strengths and supported in tackling the next challenge.

Call or email for a personal tour.

Tara Redwood School Elementary Campus 4746 Soquel Drive, Soquel 831.475.0201 Preschool Campus 5810 Prescott Road, Soquel 831.462.9632 www.tararedwoodschool.org Since 1989, Tara Redwood School has been empowering children to make a positive difference in the world by educating the heart and mind. We nurture the innate positive qualities within each child, while awakening

their curiosity and love for learning.

Our curriculum is an integration of Creating Compassionate Cultures and Montessori Methodologies. This includes a strong focus on global studies, sciences and environment, creative arts, social emotional learning and compassion in action. Classes include: Preschool for ages 2 - 5 years and Elementary for children TK-6th grade.

Our classes are multi-age with low student – teacher ratio. Register now to ensure your space. Phone or visit our website to learn more.

Santa Cruz Waldorf School, Parent-Child Classes and Preschool-8th 2190 Empire Grade, Santa Cruz 831-425-0519 www.santacruzwaldorf.org enrollment@santacruzwaldorf.org Waldorf Education nourishes the whole human being in every phase of development. In Preschool and Kindergarten, children learn through supervised free play, protected from inappropriate intellectual demands.

Elementary school is filled with rich and deep study of the whole of human experience, engaging head, heart, and hands – math, science, and reading, fully integrated with artistic development and bodily engagement through crafts and movement. Waldorf graduates love to learn and are prepared for whatever is to come next. They thrive on solving problems. Colleges and universities are now seeking them out for their promise, for the whole human beings that they are. Visit our campus, which borders UCSC and is touched by redwoods.

Westside Parent Education Nursery School 1231 Bay St. Santa Cruz est 831.429.3995 www.wpens.org Westside PENS celebrating 49years WPENS is located on the Westside on the Bay View Elementary campus.

Preschoolers and their parents play, learn and grow together. This exceptional preschool program brings out children’s ideas and creativity. Adults develop their parenting skills and build friendships with other families.

Thrive in a supportive environment at this much-loved parent co-op, a part of the Santa Cruz community since 1970. Its award-winning teachers inspire a passion for learning. WestsideParent Education Nursery School was the 2016 Santa Cruz Sentinel’s Readers’ Choice for Best Preschool!

WPENS is a part of Watsonville/ Aptos/Santa Cruz/Adult School under the Pajaro Valley Unified School District.

Santa Cruz Parent Education Nursery School 411 Roxas Street, Santa Cruz 831.425.4495 www.scpens.org Santa Cruz PENS celebrating 44 years SCPENS provides affordable, highquality toddler and preschool programs. A parent education co-op preschool, SCPENS offers an opportunity for parents to develop their parenting skills and meet other families in a supportive environment. Children and their parents participate in a developmental toddler or preschool program emphasizing children’s expression, ideas and creativity. The instructors provide training in child development and effective parenting techniques via seminars, observation and discussion. Positive guidance and problem-solving strategies are emphasized. SCPENS is a part of Watsonville/Aptos/Santa Cruz Adult Schools and the Pajaro Valley Unified School District.

Soquel Parent Education Nursery School 397 Old San Jose Road Soquel 831.429.3464 www.soquelpens.org Soquel PENS celebrating 70 years Soquel PENS provides a high-quality preschool experience for children ages 2.5 to 5 while simultaneously providing parent education. Both children and parents are provided a rich learning environment to explore, question, gain information, observe, discuss, develop friendships and establish a place of acceptance within our community. Parent's develop skills in supporting their child's school success in the years ahead and gain invaluable skills in establishing life-long healthy family relationships. Our school's teaching philosophy is based in open, creative, child-driven exploration of curriculum materials in art, science, cooking, literacy, numbers, and physical skills balanced with structured participation in group and snack time. This is all guided by veteran teachers well trained in the arts of child development, communication and parenting skills, and human psychology. Soquel PENS is a part of Watsonville/Aptos/Santa Cruz/Adult School under the Pajaro Valley Unified School District. after school activities Adventure Sports unlimited 303 Potrero St., #15, Santa Cruz 831.458.3648 www.asudoit.com Adventure Sports Unlimited (ASU) is the premier store for aquatics instruction in Santa Cruz. We teach infants through adults the joy of water through our Swim School. Our instructors strive to develop a trusting,

special relationship with each child, encouraging them in a gentle but firm manner to stretch their limits as abilities grow. It all starts in our custombuilt aquatics facility with our tropically heated pool including Jacuzzi, and classroom. We want to make your entry into the water world truly enjoyable. ASU-you deserve it!

All About Theatre 325 Washington St, Santa Cruz 831.345.6340 www.allabouttheatre.org Celebrating 16 years of theater, and over 130 productions in Santa Cruz County. Offering training in the performing arts for children aged (3-6), Youth (6-10), Pre-teen & Teens (1016) and Adults. Our upcoming Fall Season includes two premiere musicals, just off broadway; Matilda the Musical for all ages (10 through adults) and Frozen Jr. (6 to 10 year olds), as well as training and advancement classes in broadway dance, voice and more…. We will also be announcing our advanced teen production later this month (13-19 year olds). There’s a role for everyone and everyone will leave with skills that they didn’t have when they arrived. We rehearse predominantly at our downtown Santa Cruz. Come be a part of the magic…!

The Bookakery www.BookakeryBoxes.com Check out our Bookakery Boxes, monthly subscription boxes filled with picture books, recipes, baking tools and other goodies, curated to foster a love of reading and baking in kids and encourages parent-child activities.

Bookakery Boxes facilitate activity based learning of reading, following instructions, counting and more.

Bookakery Boxes are perfect for preschoolers and early elementary age children as they head back to school and throughout the year.

Dancenter 810 Bay Ave., Capitola (831) 475-5032 www.dancenterinfo.com Our School Year begins Sept. 3rd!

Classes for all ages and levels in predance, ballet, modern, contemporary, jazz, tap, hip hop, and Latin. Expert teachers and supportive atmosphere…Come join the fun!

Jim Booth Swim School Santa Cruz at Harvey West Pool and Watsonville at Duncan Holbert Pool 831.722.3500 jimboothswimschool.com At Jim Booth Swim School our comfortable 94° pools have always made swimming fun and enjoyable.

When possible, we try to include all in our small group lessons. For those who need a caregiver, our recreation swim is free of charge to visit and August 2019 • Growing Up In Santa Cruz 21

back to school guide enjoy the benefits of the pool. For more information call 831-722-3500.

SLVE students. Resister at mikez@feltonpresbyterian.org.

JuneBug’s Gym 3910 Portola Drive Ste 2 & 3, Santa Cruz 831.464.2847 www.junebugsgym.com JuneBug’s Gym is a place where your child from ages crawling-8 years of age can experience a fun filled adventure in movement and gymnastics.

Leading research teaches us that brain development occurs through a child’s movement and motor development and directly enhances reading, writing and math skills. Our classes are designed to give your child a wide range of fun, creative and challenging movement activities in every class. Besides classes, we also have Open Gyms, birthday parties, and Parents Night Out! Come join the fun!

Motion Pacific Dance 131 Front Street, Downtown Santa Cruz 831.457.1616 www.motionpacific.com Motion Pacific provides dancers, ages 3-17 years old, the opportunity to experience dance in a context that values the individual and the creative process. We are dedicated to highquality technical training within a non-competitive environment and offer access to many forms of dance.

Our curriculum caters to each student’s strengths and is designed to encourage creative expression and a positive body image. Motion Pacific is a nurturing, exciting and dynamic setting for students who seek either sheer enjoyment or a career in dance. We offer Scholarships and Payment Plans for dancers 8 yrs and up. Open enrollment through September 30th.

See website for class schedule and to register.

Kids Club Felton Presbyterian Church 6090 Hwy. 9 Felton, CA 95018 831-335-6900 www.feltonpresbyterian.org Free after school program, Wednesdays, 3:30 - 5:00, for kindergarten 5th grade students. Kids will enjoy snacks, free-play, games, and Bible lessons. Bus transportation available to

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Music Together & Canta y Baila Conmigo w/MusicalMe, Inc. Locations throughout Santa Cruz and Santa Clara County 831.438.3514 www.MusicalMe.com Discover your Family’s Rhythm! Make music an exciting & enriching part of your child’s life! In our weekly classes, babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and the grownups who love them come together for 45 minutes of fun-filled, learning-filled, bonding-filled family time. You’ll have so much fun singing, dancing, playing, and laughing that you may not realize how much learning is taking place (hint: A LOT!). We can help your child grow into a confident music-maker while also tapping into all the developmental benefits that music brings. And as you discover fun ways to play with music and rhythms all week long, you’ll be supporting your child’s music-learning and overall development. Classes are offered throughout the year, with a new song collection each season. Contact us today and bring the joy of music into your family’s life.

Santa Cruz Gladiators 831-295-2331 www.scgladiators.com Santa Cruz Gladiators is your local

Rec & Santa Cruz County Futsal Competitive League! Futsal is variation of soccer played between two teams of five players each, one of whom is the goalkeeper. Unlike some other forms of indoor football, the game is played on a hard court surface delimited by line.The surface, ball, and rules together favor ball control and passing in small spaces. The game emphasis is on improvisation, creativity and technique. Be part of this growing sensation! Affiliated with Cal North, US Futsal, USFF & FIFA. Be part of the Futsal craze.

Santa Cruz Gymnastics Center 2750 B Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz 831.462.0655 Scgym.com We at Santa Cruz Gymnastics Center understand how important physica movement is to develop a healthy brain in children. Healthy brain development leads to proficiency in learning and overall confidence to lead a successful life. Our gymnastics instructors take pride in offering gymnastics training packed with fun in every class. Each lesson offers a wide range of sensory integration activities through the usage of our gymnastics equipment on floor, bars, balance beam, vault, trampoline, rings and our foam pit. We offer a wide range of

back to school guide classes and special activities to the new walking toddlers through teenage girls and boys. Check out our website to see what is available for your child today.

Santa Cruz Public Libraries 224 Church St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060 831-427-7713 www.santacruzpl.org The Santa Cruz Public Libraries deliver information, education, enrichment and inspiration through a network of neighborhood library branches, a web-based digital library, a Bookmobile, and community-based programs. We improve reading readiness with early literacy classes, family crafts, and Read-to-Me kits; we support students with reading comprehension and homework tutoring, online resources for homework help, and project-based STEAM learning programs. We support the learning needs of all ages with internet access, computers, printing, Wifi, and high tech tools like 3D printers and virtual reality. Your library is a fun and safe place to gather after school, have some fun, and learn.

SantaCruzSoccerCamp.com 831.246.1517 Santa Cruz Soccer Camp has witnessed over 30 years of making sport

fun, entertaining, and empowering for boys and girls ages-5-15. At this camp, they are taught by skillful educators, who have graduated in Leadership Development ages 13-15 and have participated as young campers immersed in the philosophy of Making Soccer Fun. Seahorse Swim School Seascape Sports Club (Aptos) NEW! Private Home Pool (Aptos) Santa Cruz Elks Lodge (Summer) 831.476.7946 (swim) www.SeahorseSwimSchool.com Swim Lessons: Group, private, semi-pvt, custom classes & a noncompetitive swimteam for youth & teens. Parent-tot classes (6 months +) teach parents how to instruct babies safely. Instructors are engaging, fun & interactive. The positive, specific feedback used in classes builds confidence while learning new life-long, life-saving skills.

Santa Cruz Elks Lodge (Summer) 831.476.7946 (swim) www.SeahorseSwimSchool.com Swim Lessons: Group, private, semi-pvt, custom classes & a noncompetitive swimteam for youth & teens. Parent-tot classes (6 months +) teach parents how to instruct babies safely. Instructors are engaging, fun &

interactive. The positive, specific feedback used in classes builds confidence while learning new life-long, life-saving skills.

Tannery World Dance & Cultural Center 1010 River St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 www.tanneryworlddance.com Tannery World Dance & Cultural Center is a dance and cultural hub located at the Tannery Arts Center.

Children and Teen classes including modern, contemporary, ballet, African, hip hop and more! Visit our website: www.tanneryworlddance.com or call: 425.1440 for more information. health and well-being Children’s Dentistry 7545 Soquel Dr, Aptos 831.6622900 www.santacruzkidsdentist.com We provide comprehensive dentistry in a caring environment for children of all ages. We are preventivedentistry oriented and very thorough in our evaluations and consultations.

We have a pediatric anesthesiologist on our premises and are able to treat special, challenging children safely and comfortably under a general anesthesia. We have a 24-hour emergency

service available for all of our patients.

Dientes Community Dental Care 1830 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz (near Marshalls) 831.464.5409 302 Riverside Avenue, Santa Cruz (near the Boardwalk) 831.464.5411 1430 Freedom Blvd, Suite C, Watsonville (near Cardenas) 831.621.2560 www.dientes.org Dientes Community Dental Care is a full-service dental clinic with offices in Santa Cruz and Watsonville. We practice whole family dentistry including kids, adults and seniors; but children hold a special place in our heart – half of our patients are kids. In our Santa Cruz clinic, we have a dedicated pediatric wing where Dientes’ dentists excel at making parents and children comfortable and offering preventive education with each visit. As a non-profit dental clinic, our focus is on high-quality, low-cost dental services, including exams, x-rays, fillings, sealants and root canals. We accept Medi-Cal and have affordable rates for uninsured patients. We offer bi-lingual services – Se habla Español!

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Calendar

AuGuST 2019

Photo by Brad Kava WhOLE LOTTA PArKS is there a community with more great parks for kids than Santa Cruz? Which are your favorites and why? Send answers to editor@growingupsc.com

thursday, august 1 Food Addicts Anonymous Meeting 9am. Ongoing Thursdays. Trinity Presbyterian Church. A 12-step group that helps people not eat addictively one day at a time. There are no fees. www.foodaddicts.com. 420 Melrose. Entrance is through the yellow gate to the library.

Toddler Time 10am. Ongoing Thursdays. Aptos Library and Scotts Valley Library. For families with children ages 0-3 years old. Join us for early literacy practices involving music, movement, stories, rhymes and more for your child and you.

New Parents with Babies 4 Months to 9 Months 10am-11:30am. Ongoing Thursdays. Sutter Room at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center.

Classes are drop-in (no pre-reg required). 4772229.

Working Together 10am-11:30am. Ongoing Thursdays. Downtown Library. Information navigation and social support open to all. Work individually with an information advocate on any information need: (housing search, application, resume?).

Shark Science Week 10am-5pm. Through Aug 3.

Seymour Center. We’ll reveal fascinating facts about these cartilaginous fishes. Come explore amazing shark adaptations including their extraordinary senses, the unique ways in which they reproduce, and so much more. Shark touching pool open every day!

Armchair Travel Adventures 10:30am-12pm. 1st Thursday. La Selva Beach Library. See the world without having to pack! Join our local travelers as they share their travel adventures to places near and far.

Creative Exploration 12pm-1pm. Ongoing Thursdays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. Children may let their natural curiosity flow as they

explore how art and science materials work together. Some of the best child projects are related to some or all of STEAM: science, technology, engineering, art and math.

Baby Happy Hour at JuneBug’s Gym!! 12:15pm1:15pm. Ongoing Mondays, Wednesdays, & Thursdays. 3910 Portola Dr. Ste. 2 & 3 Pleasure Point-Santa Cruz. Explore the world of early motor skill development and support visual and auditory development through ramps, rocker balls, parachute play, music, and more. $12 drop in $10 with Inchworm punch card. www.junebugsgym.com Minecraft.edu 2pm-4pm. La Selva Beach Library.

Learn how to survive in the world of Minecraft.

Ages 8 to 18. Space is limited to 19 on a firstcome basis. No advance registration.

Open Rehearsal (Notorious) Free Cabrillo Music Festival Rehearsal 2:30 pm - 5:00 pmSanta Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church Street Free!

Today’s rehearsal program: Kristin KUSTER: When There Are Nine (with Jamie Barton, mezzo and Roomful of Teeth, vocal ensemble) Nina YOUNG: Agnosco Veteris Caroline SHAW: Entr’acte for string orchestra To see entire rehearsal schedule at once, or download a printable version in July, click here. Please note rehearsal schedule is subject to change.

Pre-Rehearsal Talk with Tim Munro, 6:15 pm 6:45 pm Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church Street. Tim Munro, principal flutist, moderates a panel discussion with Festival Orchestra members.

DIY Crafts 3pm-4:30pm. Ongoing Thursdays.

Boulder Creek Library. Drop in and make a fun craft every Wednesday afternoon. Families are welcome.

Tales to Tails 3:30pm-4:30pm. Live Oak Library.

Trained therapy dogs will be available at the Li-

brary to be attentive, non-judgmental reading partners for children reading aloud. Children have individual 20-minute appointments to sit with a dog and read. Registration required. To register, e-mail tales2tails@santacruzpl.org or call 831-427-7717.

Entre Nosotras 6pm-8pm. 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month. WomenCARE’s Watsonville Office. Open to Spanish-speaking women with all kinds of cancer. Groups are led in Spanish and meet at our Watsonville office. Please call 831761-3973 for details.

Apple Roasting Drop-In Campfire 3:30pm5:30pm. Big Basin State Park. Drop by and enjoy roasting ranger apples and marshmallows, playing games, listening to tunes, and making some fun crafts! Touch and learn about the skulls and pelts of Big Basin animals.

Citizen Science 6:30pm-8pm. 1st Thursday.

Downtown Library. A presentation and Q&A with local experts and researchers in the field discussing life science, ecology, geology, genetics, climatology and more. A collaboration between the Santa Cruz Public Libraries, SCCMOD, and UCSC.

Spanish Conversation Group 4pm-5pm. 1st and 3rd Thursday. Aptos Library. Facilitator-led discussion and activities. All levels are welcome, including beginners. For more info, contact Ivan Llamas at llamasi@santacruzpl.org or 831-4277702.

Thursday Beach Parties 5:30pm. Crow’s Nest.

With live entertainment on the outdoor beach stage, and Crow’s Nest’s famous BBQ and outdoor bar, beach parties are a unique and popular event. Families are welcome, and there is no admission charge!

Trivia on Tap 6pm-7:30pm. Ongoing Thursdays.

Steel Bonnet Brewing Company. Bring your friends, form a team (or take it on solo), and compete against other groups to win the grand prize.

4-Week Triple P Brief Group: Helping Children Understand Limits 6pm-8pm. La Manzana Community Resources, 18 W. Lake Ave, Suite E, Watsonville. Learn: Common reasons why children may be uncooperative or refuse to follow instructions; Positive ways to teach your child to accept limits and cooperate with you; How to respond calmly and consistently when your child refuses to follow directions. (831) 724-2997 x211 or sandrar@cbridges.org.

Special Campfire: Sssnakesss! 7pm. Big Basin State Park. Meet a snake! Learn how they hunt, how they move, and why they’re so important.

Fire lighting and marshmallows (we provide the sticks and marshmallows!) at 7pm; program begins at 7:30pm. Stroller and wheelchair accessible. Good dogs welcome!

friday, august 2 Free First Friday 10am-10pm. Santa Cruz MAH. Explore three floors of exhibitions for free and dig into a hands-on activity that’s great for all ages.

Free First Friday 11am-4pm; 5pm-7pm. Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History. Enjoy the Museum for FREE with your family on the first Friday of every month. Enjoy our intertidal touch pool, large-screen microscope, and other exhibit features like our fossil dig pit! Stop by from 5-7 p.m. to enjoy our the final reception of our Summer Art Series, featuring local photographer Cody Mattson.

Ask Us: Downtown Outreach Worker Office Hours 10am-12pm. Downtown Library. An Encompass Downtown Outreach worker will be available for questions about connecting to social

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AuGuST 2019 services, county mental health, addiction recovery options, housing applications, the Homeward Bound and more. For more info contact Jesse at koshlaychukj@santacruzpl.org Storytime with Author Joyce Oroz 11am-12pm.

Scotts Valley Library. Kids preschool-2nd grade.

Local author and illustrator, Joyce Oroz, will read from her children’s books Annie Gets Her Bounce and Annie Gets a Brother. She will also talk about writing and illustrating books.

Redwood Grove Loop Walk 11am & 2pm. Ongoing Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Big Basin State Park. Join us for this fun and informative guided half-mile stroll through a magnificent oldgrowth redwood forest. Hwy 236 at 21600 Big Basin Way. 338-8883.

Infant/Toddler Workshop 11am-11:45am. Ongoing Fridays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. Early Childhood Exploration (0-3). Come and enjoy this fun exploration-based program for infant and toddlers! Your young child will have the opportunity to engage in fascinating explorations of light and shadows. Your child will have the opportunity to explore open-ended materials in a safe space while developing skills and exploring cognitive concepts such as cause and effect.

Sack Puppet Making 11:45am-12:15pm. Ongoing Fridays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. Join Puppet Master, Ricki Vincent and his staff and create imagination-inspired Sack Puppets.

Fun n’ Tumble Open Gym 12pm-3pm. Ongoing Fridays. JuneBugs Gym 3910 Portola Dr. Ste. 2 & 3 Pleasure Point-Santa Cruz. Ages: walking to 7 years. Parents may leave children over 3 yrs.

Parents can drop off their children for 1, 2 or all 3 hours for tumbling fun! Call 464-BUGS (2847) to sign up or drop by/ www.junebugsgym Make and Explore at the Capitola Mall 2pm4pm. Ongoing Fridays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. Most suitable for 6-12 year olds. We provide materials to explore creativity, build things, make art and make discoveries. Usually they will be able to take their creations home. Sometimes they will be building something for that day only.

Please join us and have some fun!

Watsonville Farmers Market 2pm-7pm. Ongoing Fridays. Downtown Watsonville Plaza. This market is in the heart of the famously bountiful Pajaro Valley. Peaceful and family-oriented, the Hispanic heritage of this community gives this market a “mercado” feel. You’ll find a large variety of Latin American treats, including some lesser known dishes such as pambasos, huarache and chicharrones.

Tales to Tails 3pm-4pm. Felton and La Selva Beach Libraries. See Aug 1.

Y&T Free Friday Night Bands on the Beach 6:30pm; 8:30pm. Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk.

The band received extensive airplay with hits such as “Forever,” “Rescue Me,” “Mean Streak,” and “Summertime Girls.” After five Top 100 albums and two Bammie Awards, Y&T’s hits are still played on VH1 Classic and classic rock radio stations everywhere.

Pop-Up Campfire 7pm. Big Basin State Park Campsite 73 in Huckleberry Campground. Bring your camp chair—we’ll bring the marshmallows, songs and stories! Sit around the campfire, roast marshmallows, sing some songs and hear stories about Big Basin.

Opening Night: Notorious, Orchestra Concert, 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm, Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church Street. Pre-concert Festivities: 6:30pm Ticketed al fresco dinner; 7:00pm Free talk with Cristi Măcelaru. 8:00pm Notorious Orchestra Concert, featuring: Nina C. Young – Agnosco Veteris; Caroline Shaw – Entr’acte for string orchestra; Melody Eötvös – The Saqqara Bird; Kristin Kuster – When There Are Nine (Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano; Roomful of Teeth, vocal ensemble) Pre-Concert Talk with Tim Munro, Cristi Macelaru and When There Are Nine artists, 7:00 pm 7:30 pm, Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church Street. Free! Principal flutist Tim Munro moderates an outdoor pre-concert conversation

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about When There Are Nine with Music Director Cristi Macelaru, composer Kristin Kuster, poet Megan Levad and Roomful of Teeth Artistic Director Brad Wells.

saturday, august 3 Strawberry Jam Fun Run 6:45am. Ramsey Park.

This is a moderate hilly, fun course that starts and ends at Ramsay Park and traverses Watsonville’s famous sloughs with an out and back section on Ohlone Parkway. No dogs, but families and strollers are welcome. Register on Active.com or pick up a hard copy application at the Watsonville Parks and Community Services Department office at 231 Union St. Watsonville, CA 95076.

Aptos Farmers Market 8am-12pm. Ongoing Saturdays. Cabrillo College. Featuring more than 90 vendors, supplying a variety of fresh produce, prepared goods, items for the home. Live music, coffee, fresh baked goods.

UCSC Garden Tour 9am. 1st Saturday. UCSC Arboretum. Sometimes you will see New Zealand, South Africa, or California and Australia. Sometimes you might see combinations of several gardens or the developing World Conifer Collection or Rare Fruit Garden. Requires admission to the Arboretum.

Open Gym 9am-12 pm. Ongoing Saturdays.

JuneBug’s Gym. 3910 Portola Dr. Ste. 2 & 3 Pleasure Point-Santa Cruz. Ages walking to 8 years old (or 80 lbs.). Parents can drop off for up to 3 hours for tumbling fun! Call 464-BUGS (2847) to sign up or drop by. www.junebugsgym.com Scotts Valley Farmer’s Market 9am-1pm. Ongoing Saturdays. SV Community Center parking lot. Join the SV Public Library for story time, enjoy some live music, get your face painted and get fresh food.

Westside Farmers Market 9am-1pm. Ongoing Saturdays. Mission St. Ext. and Western Dr.

Redwood Grove Loop Walk 11am & 2pm. Ongoing Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Big Basin State Park. See Aug 1.

Old Growth Redwood Tours 11am. Ongoing Saturdays. Henry Cowell State Park. Are there different kinds of redwoods? How do coastal redwoods grow to become the tallest organisms on earth? Why are there so few old growth trees left?

How important are banana slugs to the redwood ecosystems?

Old Cove Landing Trail 11am-1pm. Wilder Ranch. On this 2.5 mile, 2-hour family friendly walk, we’ll explore the plants, animals, and geology of our coastal bluffs. Bring water, hat, closed toe shoes, layered clothing, and binoculars if available.

DIY Crafts 11am-4pm.Ongoing Saturdays.

Branciforte Library. See Aug 1.

Felling the Giants 11:30am. Big Basin State Park.

Join docent Paul Fewel as he tells stories of the logging days and demonstrates how loggers were able to fell these giants—without chainsaws! You get to use some tools too!

Discover Big Basin Redwoods Hike! 12pm. Ongoing Saturdays. Big Basin State Park. This moderately paced hike will be individually tailored to your group. Based on group size, experience level, and weather conditions, we will choose from the many trails that explore the park’s most scenic areas. Bring water and good hiking shoes. Meet at park headquarters.

Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf Experience 12pm3pm. End of the Santa Cruz Wharf. Hosted by the Seymour Center, come learn more about Monterey Bay, from a vantage point a half-mile out to sea, without ever leaving land!

Ranch Tours 1pm-2pm. Wilder Ranch. Ongoing Saturdays and Sundays. Discover what life was like a century ago on this innovative dairy ranch.

This hour-long tour includes the 1897 Victorian home, 1859 Gothic Revival farmhouse, 1896 water-powered machine shop, barns and other historic buildings.

Coffee Talk and Crafts 9:30am-12:30pm. Big Basin State Park. Free coffee or hot chocolate!

This is a great way to start your day in Big Basin.

Docents will be happy to answer your questions about the park and help get you going on the right trail.

Open Art at the MOD 1pm-2pm. Ongoing Saturdays and Sundays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. There is no coloring within the lines during Open Art. We let the children’s imaginations soar through art projects.

Community Poetry Circle 10am-12pm. 1st Saturday. Downtown Library. Join the circle led by local poet, Magdalena Montagne, for this free workshop. Create your poems in a friendly supportive atmosphere. All levels welcome.

Origami Club 1pm-3pm. 1st Saturday. Aptos Library. Make beautiful creations in this ancient oriental art of paper folding. We will also demonstrate more contemporary arts of book folding and 3-D modular origami.

Ohlone Plant Use 10am-12pm. Big Basin State Park. Docent Eva Fewel will have plant samples and tools that the local Native Californians used.

Learn how they collected, processed and used the local plants.

Family Fun Do-It-Yourself Crafts 1:30pm4:30pm. Ongoing Saturdays. La Selva Beach Library. A new self-directed project every week.

Saturdays in the Soil 10am-12pm. Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History. Come and help our native plant garden grow! You bring the people power, we’ll show you all there is to know about native plants and sustainable gardening. All ages welcome, no experience necessary.

Story Time Walk 10:30am. Ongoing Saturdays.

Big Basin State Park. Bring the whole family and join us for a walking story time! Starting at park headquarters, we’ll walk through ancient redwoods while reading a story. We’ll stop and read one page, walk a bit, then read the next page until we finish the story.

The Church Street Fair 11 a.m. to 7pm offers an inspiring immersion into the famously vibrant cultural scene of Santa Cruz, California, as expressed through music, dance, art, food, and wine. Non-stop performances from global traditions will keep your spirits high as you select from a variety of local food purveyors, vintners and brewers, and explore the work of dozens of regional artists and craftspeople. Free activities include the Creativity Tent for Kids and the Cabrillo Festival’s Free Family Concert with Tour of the Orchestra. Held in front of the Civic Auditorium.

Star Walk 9pm. Henry Cowell State Park. Join us for a stroll to the observation deck to listen to stories, serenade the glittering stars, and discover the night sky. Meet at the campfire center

sunday, august 4 Live Oak Farmers Market 9am-1pm. Ongoing Sundays. 15th and Eastcliff Dr. Overeaters Anonymous 9:05am-10:15am. Ongoing Sundays. Sutter Maternity & Surgical Center.

Come join us for a friendly, FREE, 12-Step support group with the solution. Teens and adults welcome. Includes compulsive overeating, anorexia and bulimia. 2900 Chanticleer Ave 4297906 santacruzoa.org The Road Less Traveled: A Dog Friendly Walk 9:30am-11:30am. Ongoing Sundays. Big Basin State Park. Ongoing Sundays. We tour stunning old-growth redwood groves along beautiful Opal Creek. We’ll discuss redwood ecology and park history while exploring the deep shade of the redwood forest. This is a fun and easy, 3-mile walk.

The Church Street Fair 11 a.m. to 7pm offers an inspiring immersion into the famously vibrant cultural scene of Santa Cruz, California, as expressed through music, dance, art, food, and

wine. Non-stop performances from global traditions will keep your spirits high as you select from a variety of local food purveyors, vintners and brewers, and explore the work of dozens of regional artists and craftspeople. Free activities include the Creativity Tent for Kids and the Cabrillo Festival’s Free Family Concert with Tour of the Orchestra. Held in front of the Civic Auditorium.

Redwood Grove Loop Walk 11am & 2pm. Ongoing Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Big Basin State Park. See Aug 2.

Open Art at the MOD 1pm-2pm. Ongoing Saturdays and Sundays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. See Aug 3.

Ranch Tours 1pm-2pm. Wilder Ranch. Ongoing Saturdays and Sundays. See Aug 3.

Bachata by the Sea 1pm-3pm (picnic) 3pm-4pm (class) 4pm-7pm (dancing). Ongoing Sundays.

106 Beach St. Free Bachata dance class, followed by 3 hours of non-stop social dancing! Before the dancing starts we will do a fun Beach Picnic.

Sunday Seaside Crafts 1pm-3pm. Ongoing Sundays. Seymour Center. Come create and take home a fun souvenir, an activity for the whole family to share.

One-on-One Tech Tutoring 1pm-3pm. Ongoing Sundays. Downtown Library. A tech savvy librarian will provide instruction in the use of a wide range of technology services. To best support learning, please bring the following items: devices (i.e., laptops, tablets, and/or smartphones), necessary passwords (Google Play, App Store), and library card! First-come, First-served.

Friends of SCPL Church Street Fair Book Sale 1pm-4pm. Downtown Library. A Friends Book Sale featuring our excess lobby books at very inexpensive prices!

Downtown Maker’s Market 1pm-7pm. 1st Sunday. Pacific Avenue. There will be vendors selling handmade items; such as clothing, jewelry and one of a kind treasures!

Watsonville Nature Walks 1:30pm. Ongoing Sundays. Watsonville Nature Center (30 Harkins Slough Road). Come experience the incredible bird life that the Wetlands of Watsonville have to offer. The wetland system of sloughs and their uplands offer breeding and year-round habitat for over 220 species of shorebirds, waterfowl, raptors and song birds.

Redwoods and Climate Change 2pm. Henry Cowell State Park. How have coast redwoods adapted to the natural environment? How can we make a difference? Answer these questions and walk through the ancient old-growth forest while discussing our relationship with the forest and the prospective future. Recommended for age 12 and older.

Tour of the UCSC Farm 2pm-3:30pm. 1st Sunday. UCSC Hay Barn. Enjoy a free tour of the UCSC Farm.

Advisory Council of Teens, East Region 2pm4pm. 1st Sunday. Aptos Library. Open to all young adults, ages 12-18 in the Live Oak, Soquel, Capitola, Aptos and La Selva Beach areas.

This is a good opportunity for students to fulfill community service credits, obtain job skills, develop leadership abilities, and acquire college extracurricular experience. imperios@santacruzpl.org Nar-Anon Family Groups 6:30pm-8:00pm. Ongoing Sundays. Sutter Hospital. A 12-step program/support group for friends and families who have been affected by the addiction or drug problem of another. Meets in Sutter Room. 2900 Chanticleer Avenue. Newcomers, please come 15 minutes early to get acquainted.

Twilight Adaptations Walk 7:30pm-9pm. Big Basin State Park. Twilight marks the end of day and the beginning of night. Animals who come out at night have special adaptations to survive.

Come test your nocturnal abilities on this fun, half-mile walk.

AuGuST 2019 monday, august 5 Make Art Monday 11am-12pm. Ongoing Mondays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. Each session, Doris introduces new projects that are educational and fun. All projects incorporate aspects of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics). Explore the creative human expression of objects through the use of varied artistic mediums. Children will paint, sketch, sculpt, design and assemble as they make new discoveries.

Weekly Jewish Baby Group 11am-12:30pm. Ongoing Mondays. Temple Beth El. Quality social time with parents and babies birth to age 3. Get out of the house and make some new friends! In the coffee lounge at Temple Beth El, 3055 Porter Gulch Road, Aptos. Questions? Contact Sarah sclarkson@tbeaptos.org Knitting 11:15am-1pm. Ongoing Mondays. Live Oak Library. Get together with other knitters to knit, chat, and make new friends. No registration required.

Baby Happy Hour at JuneBug’s Gym!! 12:15pm1:15pm. Ongoing Mondays, Wednesdays, & Thursdays. 3910 Portola Dr. Ste. 2 & 3 Pleasure Point-Santa Cruz. See Aug 1.

ARM-in-ARM Cancer Support Group 12:30pm2pm. Ongoing Mondays. WomenCARE Office.

Open to women with Advanced, Recurrent, or Metastatic cancer. Pre-registration (office intake and a conversation with the group facilitator) is required. Please call 831-457-2273 to provide us with necessary client information.

Knitting in the Library 3pm-4:30pm. Ongoing Mondays. Scotts Valley Library. Join us for a knitting party. All you need to do is bring some yarn and knitting needles. All ages are welcome.

Tails to Tales 3:30pm-4:30pm. Aptos Library. See Aug 1.

One-on-One Tech Tutoring 4pm-6pm. Ongoing Mondays. Downtown Library. See Aug 4.

Big Basin Nature Club 4:30pm-5pm. Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Big Basin State Park. Designed for children ages 3 to 6 and their families. Pretend, play, sing, and explore! Meet at the campfire center.

Evening Campfire Program 7pm. Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Big Basin State Park. Serenade the glittering stars and learn about redwood ecology, creatures of the forest or stories of the park while relaxing in the shadows of the towering trees. Fire lighting and marshmallows (we provide the sticks and marshmallows!) at 7pm; program begins at 7:30pm.

tuesday, august 6 UCSC Arboretum: Community Day 9am-5pm.

UCSC Arboretum. 1st Tuesday. The Arboretum is open without charge to visitors.

Exploring Big Basin 9:30am-2pm. Ongoing Tuesdays. Big Basin State Park. Learn about redwoods, forest plants, fires, geology, history and more on these fun, varied hikes with docent Diane Shaw. Hikes are 5-8 miles and last up to 5 hours. Meet at park headquarters. Rain or shine, but strong winds may cancel.

New Parents with Babies 3 Weeks to 4 Months 10am-11:30am. Ongoing Tuesdays. Sutter Room at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center. Classes are drop-in (no pre-reg required) donations accepted (no required fee). 477-2229. 2900 Chanticleer Ave. Downtown Tuesdays 10am-10pm. Ongoing Tuesdays. Downtown Santa Cruz. Featuring specials all day throughout Downtown – come relax and meet your friends in your Downtown.

Tumble-On-Tuesdays at JuneBug’s Gym 12pm3pm. Ongoing Tuesdays. 3910 Portola Dr. Ste. 2 & 3 Pleasure Point-Santa Cruz. Ages walking to 7 years. Parents may leave children over 3 yrs.

Call 464-BUGS (2847) to sign up or drop by www.junebugsgym

Cancer Support Group 12:30pm-2pm. Ongoing Tuesdays. WomenCARE’s Office. Open to newly diagnosed women throughout the course of their treatment and up to 4-6 months post-treatment.

Pre-registration (office intake and a conversation with the group facilitator) is required. Please call 831-457-2273.

Ask Us: Downtown Outreach Worker Office Hours 1pm-3pm. Ongoing Tuesdays. Downtown Library. See Aug 2.

Lego Club 3:15pm 1st and 3rd Tuesdays. Scotts Valley Library. Directed LEGO construction for kids 7 and older. Each week we will construct models based on a common theme.

Chess Club 3:30pm. Ongoing Tuesdays. Aptos Library. Ages 6-18 learn from a master and practice with peers.

Grupo de apoyo femenino del superviviente 6pm-7:30pm. Martes en curso. En Espanol.

Monarch Services ~ Servicios Monarca ofrece un espacio seguro y de apoyo. Gratis. Actividades de cuidado de niños proporcionadas. 1685 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. 425-4030. 24hr: 888 900-4232. Wcs-ddm.org Birth Center Tour 6:30pm. Ongoing Tuesdays.

Call to register. Dominican Hospital, 1555 Soquel Dr, SC. 462-7709 Divorced Fathers Network 7:30-8:30pm. Ongoing Tuesdays. Aptos La Selva Fire Dept. DFN provides non-adversarial techniques to achieve healthy co-parenting through a support group network. 6934 Soquel Dr. 234-5578

wednesday, august 7 All Together Now! 9am-11am, Ongoing Wednesdays. Live Oak Family Resource Center. Share the joys and challenges of parenting as we grow and learn together. Drop-in classes in English for kids 0-5 years old. Recommended fee of $3-$7 for those able to pay. 1740 17th Ave. 476-7284.

Latch Clinic 9am-11am. Ongoing Wednesdays.

Dominican Rehab Lactation office 610 Frederick St. Receive personalized, one-on-one breastfeeding support from an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. A Baby Weigh® scale is also available.

Capitola Book Discussion Group 10am-11am.

1st Wednesday. Aptos Library due to the closure.

Preschool Adventures 10am-11am. Ongoing Wednesdays. Sanctuary Exploration Center.

Come enjoy weekly preschool adventures with ocean themed book readings, show-and-tell, and crafts! Perfect for kids aged 2-5.

Ribbon Arts Guild 10am-1pm. 1st and 3rd Wednesdays. Scotts Valley Library. Join Roxanne Langan for ribbon work and hand sewing.

Triple P @ Together in the Park (drop-in playgroup) 10:30am-12pm. Ongoing Wednesdays.

Felton Covered Bridge Park. Parent education is offered as part of the playgroup led by Mountain Community Resources every Wednesday, April through October. Offered in English or Spanish

by Rosa Reyes, Community Bridges. Light snacks will be provided.

Mini Mint Mamas Meet Up 10:30am-12pm.

Ongoing Wednesdays. Mini Mint. Join us for a fun walking mom group! We will meet at Mini Mint then head out along East Cliff for a walk along the ocean with our babes. Join our community of Mamas and enjoy the sunshine! Free One-on-One Tech Tutoring 11am-12pm. Ongoing Wednesdays. Aptos Library. See Aug 4.

What If Wednesday 11am-12pm. Ongoing Wednesdays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. A combination of science and art that prompts the wonder and discovery of “what if?” Example “ we add salt to watercolor, or “what if” vegetable oil is put of the paper first, with the watercolor mix with it? Wednesday is when weird wacky science becomes wonderfully wild while art and science are brought together.

New Moms Support Group 11:30am-1pm. On-

going Wednesdays. Dominican Rehab Yoga/Pilates Room. 610 Frederick St. Free for babies 0-6 months old and their moms to discuss common concerns with other new moms.

El Patio De Mi Casa 12pm-2pm. Ongoing Wednesdays. Live Oak Family Resource Center.

Inspiring playgroups for moms, dads, caregivers and children 0-5 years old. Instructor: Yolanda Provoste-Fuentes. Recommended fee of $3-$7 for those able to pay. Drop-in. Classes facilitated in Spanish. 1740 17th Ave, Santa Cruz. 476-7284

Thursdays. Downtown Library. Information navigation and social support open to all. Work individually with an information advocate on any information need: (housing search, application, resume?).

Adult Book Discussion Group 10:30am-12pm.

2nd Thursday. La Selva Beach Library. For more information and/or book selection, call 831.427.7710.

Baby Happy Hour at JuneBug’s Gym!! 12:15pm1:15pm. Ongoing Mondays, Wednesdays, & Thursdays. 3910 Portola Dr. Ste. 2 & 3 Pleasure Point-Santa Cruz. See Aug 1.

Cabrillo Stage Into the Woods 12pm. Crocker Theater. Special matinee for kids! Enjoy pictures with the cast, a backstage tour, and a live orchestra demonstration. Save $5 with promo code GROWINGUP. cabrillostage.com. 831-4796429.

Volunteer Housing Navigators 12:30pm2:30pm. Ongoing Wednesdays. Downtown Library. Work with a “housing navigator,” who can help you set goals, overcome barriers, access documents and search for opportunities, helping you to transition back into housing, health and wellness.

Creative Exploration 12pm-1pm. Ongoing Thursdays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. Children may let their natural curiosity flow as they explore how art and science materials work together. Some of the best child projects are related to some or all of STEAM: science, technology, engineering, art and math.

Santa Cruz Farmers Market 1pm-5pm. Ongoing Wednesdays. Cedar and Lincoln St.

Baby Happy Hour at JuneBug’s Gym!! 12:15pm1:15pm. Ongoing Mondays, Wednesdays, & Thursdays. 3910 Portola Dr. Ste. 2 & 3 Pleasure Point-Santa Cruz. See Aug 1.

DIY Crafts 2pm-4pm. Ongoing Wednesdays.

Scotts Valley Library. See Aug 1.

Nature Art with Sue 3pm-4pm. Ongoing Wednesdays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. Sue introduces new projects that explore art in nature and nature in art. The classes are aligned to STEAM objectives (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) objectives.

Wednesday Night Sailboat Races 5:30pm. Ongoing Wednesdays through October. Santa Cruz Harbor, 135 5th Ave, Santa Cruz. Harbor restaurants & the beach are great viewing areas to watch the sailboat races against the setting sun.

Evening Indie/Documentary Movie 5:30pm7pm. 1st Wednesday. La Selva Beach Library. For more information and/or movie selection & age appropriateness, call 831.427.7710.

Female Survivor Support Group 6pm-7:30pm.

Ongoing Wednesdays. Monarch Services. Safe, supportive space for survivors of sexual assault or domestic violence. Childcare provided.1685 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. 425-4030. 24hr: 888 900-4232. Wcs-ddm.org Foster Parent Orientation Meeting 6pm-8pm. 1st Wednesday. Live Oak Family Resource Center.

There is a need for loving, stable families to care for children of all age groups all over Santa Cruz County. Be an adoptive or foster parent to a child, adolescent or teen. 1740 17th Ave., Santa Cruz. For information or to sign up for an orientation, please go to www.fostercare4kids.com or call 345-2700.

Board in the Library 6:30pm-8:30pm. Scotts Valley Library. Bring your favorite board game or play some of the library’s many games. No prior gaming experience is necessary.

Bumblebee Free Movies on the Beach 9pm.

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. There’s nothing like watching your favorite movies right on the beach with the world-famous Giant Dipper roller coaster lights twinkling overhead and the smell of Kettlecorn, corn dogs, and salt water taffy filling the air!

thursday, august 8 Food Addicts Anonymous Meeting 9am. Ongoing Thursdays. Trinity Presbyterian Church. A 12-step group that helps people not eat addictively one day at a time. There are no fees. www.foodaddicts.com. 420 Melrose. Entrance is through the yellow gate to the library.

New Parents with Babies 4 Months to 9 Months 10am-11:30am. Ongoing Thursdays. Sutter Room at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center.

Classes are drop-in (no pre-reg required). 4772229.

Aptos Library Book Discussion Group 1pm2:30pm. 2nd Thursday. Aptos Library. Reading selections will be made by the group with an emphasis on thought provoking fiction and challenging non-fiction.

DIY Crafts 3pm-4:30pm. Ongoing Thursdays.

Boulder Creek Library. See Aug 1.

Tales to Tails 4pm-5:30pm. Garfield Park Library. See Aug 1.

Thursday Beach Parties 5:30pm. Crow’s Nest.

With live entertainment on the outdoor beach stage, and Crow’s Nest’s famous BBQ and outdoor bar, beach parties are a unique and popular event. Families are welcome, and there is no admission charge!

4-Week Triple P Brief Group: Helping Children Understand Limits 6pm-8pm. La Manzana Community Resources, 18 W. Lake Ave, Suite E, Watsonville. See Aug 1.

Trivia on Tap 6pm-7:30pm. Ongoing Thursdays.

Steel Bonnet Brewing Company. Bring your friends, form a team (or take it on solo), and compete against other groups to win the grand prize.

Be Red Cross Ready + Hands-Only CPR 6:30pm-8pm. Downtown Library. you will learn how to prepare for a variety of emergencies and natural disasters, what to keep in your emergency bag, and get instruction in hands-only CPR. This is not a CPR certification class.

Special Guest Campfire: Nature’s Supermarket 7pm. Big Basin State Park. Find out how as we take a look at Nature’s Supermarket and make dinner the way it was done by the native Ohlone people 500 years ago! You even get to taste our creation! Fire lighting and marshmallows at 7pm; program begins at 7:30pm. Stroller and wheelchair accessible. Good dogs welcome!

friday, august 9 Ask Us: Downtown Outreach Worker Office Hours 10am-12pm. Ongoing Fridays. Downtown Library. See Aug 2.

Infant/Toddler Workshop 11am-11:45am. Ongoing Fridays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. See Aug 2.

Redwood Grove Loop Walk 11am & 2pm. Ongoing Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Big Basin State Park. See Aug 2.

Sack Puppet Making 11:45am-12:15pm. Ongoing Fridays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. See Aug 2.

Working Together 10am-11:30am. Ongoing

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AuGuST 2019

Photo by Brad Kava FAvOriTE TOuriST ACTiviTY? Well, it sure seems that watching sunsets brings in some of the 2 million tourists we get each year. There were swarms of them on the cliffs all summer long.

Fun n’ Tumble Open Gym 12pm-3pm. Ongoing Fridays. JuneBugs Gym. 3910 Portola Dr. Ste. 2 & 3 Pleasure Point-Santa Cruz. See Aug 2.

Ranch. This hike includes several descents and ascents. Bring water, lunch, and hiking shoes. Meet in parking lot. Rain cancels.

Live Oak Book Group 2pm-3pm. 2nd Friday.

Live Oak Library. Reading selections will be made by the group with an emphasis on thought provoking fiction and challenging non-fiction.

Check with the front desk staff for the current month’s book selection.

Guided Hike at Mima Meadow 9am-12pm.

UCSC Arboretum. Hosted by the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History. Join us for a walk of discovery as we hunt for insects, spiders and other hidden gems of the meadow, including host plants and predators, and learn how an ecosystem is more than just a collection of species. Entomologist Peter Oboyski will lead.

Make and Explore at the Capitola Mall 2pm4pm. Ongoing Fridays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. See Aug 2.

Watsonville Farmers Market 2pm-7pm. Ongoing Fridays. Downtown Watsonville Plaza. See Aug 2.

Tales to Tails 3:30pm-4:30pm. Boulder Creek Library. See Aug 1.

Living Colour Free Friday Night Bands on the Beach 6:30pm; 8:30pm. Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Although the band scored a number of hits, Living Colour is best remembered for their signature anthem “Cult of Personality”, which won a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance in 1990.

Scotts Valley Farmer’s Market 9am-1pm. Ongoing Saturdays. SV Community Center parking lot. See Aug 3.

Westside Farmers Market 9am-1pm. Ongoing Saturdays. Mission St. Ext. and Western Dr. Volunteer with the Trail Crew 9am-mid afternoon. 2nd Saturday. Big Basin State Park. Please bring your own work gloves, lunch, and water.

Join us for a unique perspective of Big Basin, a lively and productive experience with others who share a love of these redwood forests, and the satisfaction of participating in a vital part of the park‘s ability to educate and inspire the public!

Coffee Talk and Crafts 9:30am-12:30pm. Big Basin State Park. See Aug 3.

saturday, august 10 Aptos Farmers Market 8am-12pm. Ongoing Saturdays. Cabrillo College. See Aug 3.

Beach Cleanup 9am-11am. Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History. Come help us clean up Seabright State Beach just across the street from the Museum’s entrance. We’ll provide the equipment and record trash and recycling data to support ongoing research.

Open Gym 9am-12 pm. Ongoing Saturdays.

JuneBug’s Gym. 3910 Portola Dr. Ste. 2 & 3 Pleasure Point-Santa Cruz. See Aug 3.

Wilder Ridge Loop 9am-12pm. Wilder Ranch.

On this challenging hike, we’ll explore the natural and cultural history of the upper hills of Wilder

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River Health Day hosted by the Coastal Watershed Council 9:30am-12:30pm. 2nd Saturday.

East bank of the San Lorenzo River downstream of the Soquel Avenue Bridge on the Santa Cruz Riverwalk. Plant, water, and weed native plants and remove invasive competitors along the river bank to revitalize the river habitat. Gloves, tools and light refreshments provided. Dress in comfortable gardening clothes, include long pants and sturdy closed-toe shoes. Visit coastal-watershed.org/events for info and to sign up. (831) 464 9200 x104.

Pine Needle Basket Making Workshop 10am12pm. Henry Cowell State Park Campground off Graham Hill Road. Participate in a marvelous family workshop learning how to make a basket from local ponderosa pine needles. No experience

necessary. The class capacity is 20. Children 10 and older may attend if accompanied by an adult.

Tales to Tails 10am-11:30am. Downtown Library. See Aug 1.

Yin Yoga for All 10am-11am. 2nd and 4th Saturdays. Scotts Valley Library. Gentle yin yoga and stretches. BYO yoga mat or towel. Good for all ages and abilities.

Story Time Walk 10:30am. Ongoing Saturdays.

Big Basin State Park. See Aug 3.

Sempervirens Falls Hike 10:30am-1:30pm. Big Basin State Park. This beautiful hike takes you by Sempervirens Falls, old-growth redwoods, Ohlone grinding rocks, the birthplace of Big Basin, and more! Join docent Hal Anjo on this 4mile hike. Bring water and snacks.

Redwood Grove Loop Walk 11am & 2pm. Ongoing Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Big Basin State Park. See See Aug 2.

Old Growth Redwood Tours 11am. Ongoing Saturdays. Henry Cowell State Park. See Aug 3.

Agricultural History Project 11am-3pm. 2nd Saturday. Agricultural History Museum, 2601 East Lake Avenue, Hwy 152, Watsonville. We have created some unique interactive educational activities to help you have fun learning about past agricultural practices.

Life on the Ranch Day 11am-3pm. Wilder Ranch. Come experience firsthand the early days of life on the dairy ranch. Join in old-time activities from the rancho, dairy, and rodeo days. Our docents will be dressed in period costume. See living history demonstrations.

DIY Crafts 11am-4pm. Ongoing Saturdays.

Branciforte Library. See Aug 1.

Discover Big Basin Redwoods Hike! 12pm. Ongoing Saturdays. Big Basin State Park. See Aug 3.

Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf Experience 12pm3pm. End of the Santa Cruz Wharf. See Aug 3.

Hiroshima Day Vigil 12pm-4pm. Town Clock Pacific Avenue and Water Street. Please join other community members for the virgil and gathering to remember Hiroshima Day. This will also include cleaning the “Collateral Damage” Sculpture.

Board in the Library 12pm-5pm. 2nd and 4th Saturdays. Scotts Valley Library. Adults need playtime too! Come play with us for hours of tabletop gaming fun. Bring your favorite board game or play some of the library’s many games.

No prior gaming experience is necessary.

Open Art at the MOD 1pm-2pm. Ongoing Saturdays and Sundays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. See Aug 3.

Ranch Tours 1pm-2pm. Ongoing Saturdays and Sundays. Wilder Ranch. See Aug 3.

Community Poetry Circle 1pm-3pm. 2nd Saturday. Aptos Library. Join the circle led by local poet, Magdalena Montagne. Create your poems in a friendly supportive atmosphere. All levels welcome.

Boulder Creek Writers’ Group 1pm-3pm. 2nd Saturday. Boulder Creek Library. Are you a serious writer looking for a local writers’ group? The Boulder Creek branch is hosting a writers group at the library. The group follows a Milford workshop critique format and is open to all genres of fiction. You must be 18 or older to join the group.

“Feast of Beams/ Keepers of Light” Ocean Art and Musical Festival 1pm-8pm. Lighthouse Point. Indexical engages the public in radical and unfamiliar artistic work through an ongoing series of performances, workshops, and publications.

Family Fun Do-It-Yourself Crafts 1:30pm4:30pm. Ongoing Saturdays. La Selva Beach Library. See Aug 3.

AuGuST 2019 Spanish Speaking Cancer Support Group 3pm4:30pm. 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month.

WomenCARE’s Office. Open to Spanish-speaking women with all kinds of cancer. Provides emotional support, education, and referrals to other social services. Group is led in Spanish.

Please call 831-336-8662 to register.

Pop-Up Campfire 7pm. Big Basin State Park Campsite 73 in Huckleberry Campground. See Aug 2.

Star Walk 9pm. Henry Cowell State Park. See Aug 3.

ARM-in-ARM Cancer Support Group 12:30pm2pm. Ongoing Mondays. WomenCARE Office.

See Aug 5.

Invisible / Alienated Grandparent Support Group 2:30pm-4pm. 2nd Monday. Christ Lutheran Church 10707 Soquel Dr. Led by Dr. Pat Hanson author of Invisible Grandparenting and cosponsored by Alienated Grandparents Anonymous www.AGA-FL.org, providing information and support to grandparents who feel alienated or estranged from access to their grandchildren. pat@invisiblegrandparent.com Knitting in the Library 3pm-4:30pm. Ongoing Mondays. Scotts Valley Library. See Aug 5.

sunday, august 11 Live Oak Farmers Market 9am-1pm. Ongoing Sundays. 15th and Eastcliff Dr. Downtown Antique Fair 9am-5pm. 2nd Sunday.

Downtown Santa Cruz. Come and find your collectibles and treasures.

Overeaters Anonymous 9:05am-10:15am. Ongoing Sundays. Sutter Maternity & Surgical Center.

See Aug 4.

The Road Less Traveled: A Dog Friendly Walk 9:30am-11:30am. Ongoing Sundays. Big Basin State Park. See Aug 4.

Coffee Talk and Crafts 9:30am-12:30pm. Big Basin State Park. See Aug 3.

Berry Creek Falls Hike 9:30am-4:30pm. Big Basin State Park. Travel deep into the heart of Big Basin as you experience a wide range of habitats on this moderate to strenuous 11-mile-loop hike.

Bring lots of water, lunch, and wear layers.

Redwood Grove Loop Walk 11am & 2pm. Ongoing Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Big Basin State Park. See Aug 2.

Open Art at the MOD 1pm-2pm. Ongoing Saturdays and Sundays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. See Aug 3.

Ranch Tours 1pm-2pm. Wilder Ranch. Ongoing Saturdays and Sundays. See Aug 3.

Bachata by the Sea 1pm-3pm (picnic) 3pm-4pm (class) 4pm-7pm (dancing). Ongoing Sundays.

106 Beach St. See Aug 4.

Sunday Seaside Crafts 1pm-3pm. Ongoing Sundays. Seymour Center. See Aug 4.

One-on-One Tech Tutoring 1pm-3pm. Ongoing Sundays. Downtown Library. See Aug 4.

Watsonville Nature Walks 1:30pm. Ongoing Sundays. Watsonville Nature Center (30 Harkins Slough Road). See Aug 4.

Redwoods and Climate Change 2pm. Henry Cowell State Park. See Aug 4.

Nar-Anon Family Groups 6:30pm-8:00pm. Ongoing Sundays. Sutter Hospital. See Aug 4.

Twilight Adaptations Walk 7:30pm-9pm. Big Basin State Park. See Aug 4.

monday, august 12 Birds with Bracelets?: Jays and Murrelets Demonstration 8am-9am. Big Basin State Park. Come watch our jay researchers as they set up their nets to capture and band the Steller’s jays. Find out what they’re learning about these clever birds

One-on-One Tech Tutoring 11am-12pm. Ongoing Wednesdays. Aptos Library. See Aug 4.

What If Wednesday 11am-12pm. Ongoing Wednesdays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. See Aug 7.

New Moms Support Group 11:30am-1pm. Ongoing Wednesdays. Dominican Rehab Yoga/Pilates Room. 610 Frederick St. See Aug 7.

tuesday, august 13

El Patio De Mi Casa 12pm-2pm. Ongoing Wednesdays. Live Oak Family Resource Center.

See Aug 7.

New Parents with Babies 3 Weeks to 4 Months 10am-11:30am. Ongoing Tuesdays. Sutter Room at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center.

See Aug 6.

Baby Happy Hour at JuneBug’s Gym!! 12:15pm1:15pm. Ongoing Mondays, Wednesdays, & Thursdays. 3910 Portola Dr. Ste. 2 & 3 Pleasure Point-Santa Cruz. See Aug 1.

Downtown Tuesdays 10am-10pm. Ongoing Tuesdays. Downtown Santa Cruz. See Aug 6.

Volunteer Housing Navigators 12:30pm2:30pm. Ongoing Wednesdays. Downtown Library. See Aug 7.

Tumble-On-Tuesdays at JuneBug’s Gym 12pm3pm. Ongoing Tuesdays. 3910 Portola Dr. Ste. 2 & 3 Pleasure Point-Santa Cruz. See Aug 6.

Cancer Support Group 12:30pm-2pm. Ongoing Tuesdays. WomenCARE’s Office. See Aug 6.

Ask Us: Downtown Outreach Worker Office Hours 1pm-3pm. Ongoing Tuesdays. Downtown Library. See Aug 2.

Chess Club 3:30pm. Ongoing Tuesdays. Aptos Library. See Aug 6.

Tales to Tails 4pm-5pm. Scotts Valley Library.

See Aug 1.

Triple P Workshop: Helping With Homework 5:30pm-7pm. La Manzana Community Resources, 18 W. Lake Ave, Suite E, Watsonville.

How to help your child develop a good homework routine; Tools to decrease stress for you and your child during homework time. To register: Contact Liliana Zamora at (831) 724-2997 x212 or lilianaz@cbridges.org or register online at http://first5scc.org/calendar/parent-trainings Grupo de apoyo femenino del superviviente 6pm-7:30pm. Martes en curso. En Espanol.

Monarch Services. Ver Aug 6.

Be Red Cross Ready 6pm-7pm. La Selva Beach Library. In this workshop you will learn how to prepare for a variety of emergencies and natural disasters and what to keep in your emergency bag.

Grupo de Triple P de 8 Sesiones: para familias con adolescentes 6pm-8pm. Al 1 de Oct. Ceiba College Prep Academy, 260 W. Riverside Dr, Watsonville. Construir relaciones positivas con su adolescente. Para inscribirse: Comuníquese con Gladys Gómez al (831) 724-2997 x220 o gladysg@cbridges.org o vea el calendario en http://first5scc.org/calendar/parent-trainings Birth Center Tour 6:30pm. Ongoing Tuesdays.

Dominican Hospital. See Aug 6.

Divorced Fathers Network 7:30-8:30pm. Ongoing Tuesdays. Aptos La Selva Fire Dept. See Aug 6.

wednesday, august 14

Weekly Jewish Baby Group 11am-12:30pm. Ongoing Mondays. Temple Beth El. See Aug 5.

All Together Now! 9am-11am, Ongoing Wednesdays. Live Oak Family Resource Center. See Aug 7.

Baby Happy Hour at JuneBug’s Gym!! 12:15pm1:15pm. Ongoing Mondays, Wednesdays, & Thursdays. 3910 Portola Dr. Ste. 2 & 3 Pleasure Point-Santa Cruz. See Aug 1.

Mini Mint Mamas Meet Up 10:30am-12pm.

Ongoing Wednesdays. Mini Mint. See Aug 7

One-on-One Tech Tutoring 4pm-6pm. Ongoing Mondays. Downtown Library. See Aug 4.

Make Art Monday 11am-12pm. Ongoing Mondays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. See Aug 5.

Knitting 11:15am-1pm. Ongoing Mondays. Live Oak Library. See Aug 5.

Triple P @ Together in the Park (drop-in playgroup) 10:30am-12pm. Ongoing Wednesdays.

Felton Covered Bridge Park, corner of Graham Hill Rd and Mt. Hermon Rd (across from Safeway). See Aug 7.

Latch Clinic 9am-11am. Ongoing Wednesdays.

Dominican Rehab Lactation office 610 Frederick St. See Aug 7.

Preschool Adventures 10am-11am. Ongoing Wednesdays. Sanctuary Exploration Center. See Aug 7.

Dance for Parkinson’s 1pm. Ongoing Wednesdays except the first Wednesday of the month.

Motion Pacific Dance. Classes are appropriate for anyone with Parkinson’s no matter how advanced. No Dance Experience is Required. Free.

Santa Cruz Farmers Market 1pm-5pm. Ongoing Wednesdays. Cedar and Lincoln St. Red Cross Ready for Kids 2pm-3pm. Scotts Valley Library. This workshop for kids ages 4-7 is a fun way to introduce them to the idea of being prepared for emergencies like home fires. Participants and their families will get American Red Cross trained professionals guiding them through preparing for an emergency.

DIY Crafts 2pm-4pm. Ongoing Wednesdays.

Scotts Valley Library. See Aug 1.

Tales to Tails 2:40pm-3:40pm. Branciforte Library. See Aug 1.

Nature Art with Sue 3pm-4pm. Ongoing Wednesdays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. See Aug 7.

Wednesday Night Sailboat Races 5:30pm. Ongoing Wednesdays through October. Santa Cruz Harbor, 135 5th Ave, Santa Cruz. See Aug 7.

Female Survivor Support Group 6pm-7:30pm.

Ongoing Wednesdays. Monarch Services. See Aug 7.

Scotts Valley Friends of the Library 6:30pm7:30pm. 2nd Wednesday. Scotts Valley Library. If you are interested in helping your local library, come to the meeting and learn how you can make a difference in your community. All are welcome.

Santa Cruz Mission: Pop Up Picnics in the Park 11:30am-1:30pm. Santa Cruz Mission 144 School Street. Take a break to enjoy tacos on the terrazza, with food by Taquitos Gabriel available for purchase. Prices range from $2 to $10. Cash only. Taquitos Gabriel will donate a portion of their proceeds back to Friends of Santa Cruz State Park.

Creative Exploration 12pm-1pm. Ongoing Thursdays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. See Aug 1 Munching with Mozart 12:10pm-12:50pm. 3rd Thursday. You are welcome to bring your lunch, and please avoid crunchy food items.

Baby Happy Hour at JuneBug’s Gym!! 12:15pm1:15pm. Ongoing Mondays, Wednesdays, & Thursdays. 3910 Portola Dr. Ste. 2 & 3 Pleasure Point-Santa Cruz. See Aug 1.

DIY Crafts 3pm-4:30pm. Ongoing Thursdays.

Boulder Creek Library. See Aug 1.

Tales to Tails 3:30pm-4:30pm. Live Oak Library.

See Aug 1.

Apple Roasting Drop-In Campfire 3:30pm5:30pm. Big Basin State Park. See Aug 1.

Spanish Conversation Group 4pm-5pm. 1st and 3rd Thursday. Aptos Library. See Aug 1.

Thursday Beach Parties 5:30pm. Crow’s Nest.

See Aug 1.

Workshop: Natural History Ink Journaling 5:30pm-7:30pm. Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History. Explore the familiar California scrub jay with newfound appreciation through this inking workshop led by Hajra Meeks. Learn inking techniques, layout tips and explore how adding water to an ink illustration can transform your image.

Trivia on Tap 6pm-7:30pm. Ongoing Thursdays.

Steel Bonnet Brewing Company. See Aug 1.

Entre Nosotras 6pm-8pm. 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month. WomenCARE’s Watsonville Office. See Aug 1.

Special Campfire: Sssnakesss! 7pm. Big Basin State Park. See Aug 1.

friday, august 16 Birds with Bracelets?: Jays and Murrelets Demonstration 8am-9am. Big Basin State Park.

Ask Us: Downtown Outreach Worker Office Hours 10am-12pm. Ongoing Fridays. Downtown Library. See Aug 2.

Infant/Toddler Workshop 11am-11:45am. Ongoing Fridays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. See Aug 2.

Redwood Grove Loop Walk 11am & 2pm. Ongoing Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Big Basin State Park. See Aug 2.

thursday, august 15

National Rollercoaster Day 11am-11pm. Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Come celebrate with us!

We’re giving the first 100 riders on the Giant Dipper a Boardwalk Souvenir Cup filled with a 32oz soft drink and unlimited .99 cent refills.

Giant Dipper opens at 11am, normal ticket and height restrictions apply. Limit one cup per rider.

Food Addicts Anonymous Meeting 9am. Ongoing Thursdays. Trinity Presbyterian Church. See Aug 1.

Sack Puppet Making 11:45am-12:15pm. Ongoing Fridays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. See Aug 2.

New Parents with Babies 4 Months to 9 Months 10am-11:30am. Ongoing Thursdays. Sutter Room at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center.

See Aug 1.

Fun n’ Tumble Open Gym 12pm-3pm. Ongoing Fridays. JuneBugs Gym. 3910 Portola Dr. Ste. 2 & 3 Pleasure Point-Santa Cruz. See Aug 2.

The Goonies Free Movies on the Beach 9pm.

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. See Aug 7.

Working Together 10am-11:30am. Ongoing Thursdays. Downtown Library. See Aug 1 Book Discussion Group 11am-12pm. 3rd Thursday. Boulder Creek Library. We discuss the book of the month, watch short videos highlighting authors and interesting side notes about the current book, and share personal insights.

Make and Explore at the Capitola Mall 2pm4pm. Ongoing Fridays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. See Aug 2.

Watsonville Farmers Market 2pm-7pm. Ongoing Fridays. Downtown Watsonville Plaza. See Aug 2.

Tales to Tails 3pm-4pm. Felton and La Selva

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AuGuST 2019 Beach Libraries. See Aug 1.

Food Truck Summer Series 5pm-9:30pm. Downtown Santa Cruz. There will be music, local artisans, family fun activities, and of course food trucks! Music by Sasha’s Money Band.

10,000 Maniacs Free Friday Night Bands on the Beach 6:30pm; 8:30pm. Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. They achieved their most significant success between 1987 and 1993, when they released four albums that charted in the top 50 in the US: In My Tribe (1987), Blind Man’s Zoo (1989), Our Time in Eden (1992) and the live album MTV Unplugged (1993).

Pop-Up Campfire 7pm. Big Basin State Park Campsite 73 in Huckleberry Campground. See Aug 2.

saturday, august 17 Aptos Farmers Market 8am-12pm. Ongoing Saturdays. Cabrillo College. See Aug 3.

Open Gym 9am-12 pm. Ongoing Saturdays.

JuneBug’s Gym. 3910 Portola Dr. Ste. 2 & 3 Pleasure Point-Santa Cruz. See Aug 3.

Scotts Valley Farmer’s Market 9am-1pm. Ongoing Saturdays. SV Community Center parking lot. See Aug 3.

Westside Farmers Market 9am-1pm. Ongoing Saturdays. Mission St. Ext. and Western Dr. Saturdays in the Soil 10am-12pm. Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History. See Aug 3.

Aptos FSCPL Book Sale 10am-3pm. Aptos Library. Come browse a wide ranging collection from fiction to children’s books, audio books to CD’s.

Story Time Walk 10:30am. Ongoing Saturdays.

Big Basin State Park. See Aug 3.

Redwood Grove Loop Walk 11am & 2pm. Ongoing Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Big Basin State Park. See Aug 2.

Old Growth Redwood Tours 11am. Ongoing Saturdays. Henry Cowell State Park. See Aug 3.

Old Cove Landing Trail 11am-1pm. Wilder Ranch. See Aug 3.

DIY Crafts 11am-4pm. Ongoing Saturdays.

Branciforte Library. See Aug 1.

Discover Big Basin Redwoods Hike! 12pm. Ongoing Saturdays. Big Basin State Park. See Aug 3.

Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf Experience 12pm3pm. End of the Santa Cruz Wharf. See Aug 3.

Open Art at the MOD 1pm-2pm. Ongoing Saturdays and Sundays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. See Aug 3.

Ranch Tours 1pm-2pm. Wilder Ranch. Ongoing Saturdays and Sundays. See Aug 3.

The Rise and Fall of World Communism in the 20th Century 1pm-2:30pm. La Selva Beach Library. Glimpses of World History with Robert W. Strayer Family Fun Do-It-Yourself Crafts 1:30pm4:30pm. Ongoing Saturdays. La Selva Beach Library. See Aug 3.

Community Poetry Circle 2pm-4pm. 3rd Saturday. Scotts Valley Library. See Aug 3.

Star Walk 9pm. Henry Cowell State Park. See Aug 3.

sunday, august 18 Live Oak Farmers Market 9am-1pm. Ongoing Sundays. 15th and Eastcliff Dr. 27th Annual Aloha Outrigger Races and Polynesian Festival 9am-12pm (Outriggers Races) 11am-5pm (Polynesian Festival). Santa Cruz Wharf. A fun day to cheer on friends in the Outrigger Races, delight in island-style music and

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Polynesian dancing and enjoy a taste of the tropics with “shave ice” and festive drinks. Vendors line the Wharf with unique items perfectly catered to the Polynesian theme.

Overeaters Anonymous 9:05am-10:15am. Ongoing Sundays. Sutter Maternity & Surgical Center.

See See Aug 4.

The Road Less Traveled: A Dog Friendly Walk 9:30am-11:30am. Ongoing Sundays. Big Basin State Park. See Aug 4.

Redwood Grove Loop Walk 11am & 2pm. Ongoing Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Big Basin State Park. See See Aug 2.

Open Art at the MOD 1pm-2pm. Ongoing Saturdays and Sundays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. See Aug 3.

Ranch Tours 1pm-2pm. Wilder Ranch. Ongoing Saturdays and Sundays. See Aug 3.

Sunday Seaside Crafts 1pm-3pm. Ongoing Sundays. Seymour Center. See Aug 4.

Bachata by the Sea 1pm-3pm (picnic) 3pm-4pm (class) 4pm-7pm (dancing). Ongoing Sundays.

Beach St. See Aug 4.

One-on-One Tech Tutoring 1pm-3pm. Ongoing Sundays. Downtown Library. See Aug 4.

Watsonville Nature Walks 1:30pm. Ongoing Sundays. Watsonville Nature Center (30 Harkins Slough Road). See Aug 4.

Science Sunday 1:30pm-2:30pm. Every 3rd Sunday. Seymour Marine Discovery Center. Lectures are designed to make science interesting and “user-friendly” for everyone. Free with membership, admission, or valid UCSC student ID. Redwoods and Climate Change 2pm. Henry Cowell State Park. See Aug 4.

Womb Song 2pm-3:30pm. Every 3rd Sunday.

The Pacific Cultural Center. Prepare for labor and life through vocal toning and breathing exercises. Circles are open to all mothers, mothers-tobe, those trying to conceive, birth workers and women who love to sing. No musical experience necessary, drop-ins welcome. More info and details at: www.wombsong.com

tuesday, august 20 New Parents with Babies 3 Weeks to 4 Months 10am-11:30am. Ongoing Tuesdays. Sutter Room at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center. See Aug 6.

Downtown Tuesdays 10am-10pm. Ongoing Tuesdays. Downtown Santa Cruz. See Aug 6.

Tumble-On-Tuesdays at JuneBug’s Gym 12pm3pm. Ongoing Tuesdays. 3910 Portola Dr. Ste. 2 & 3 Pleasure Point-Santa Cruz. See Aug 6.

Cancer Support Group 12:30pm-2pm. Ongoing Tuesdays. WomenCARE’s Office. See Aug 6.

Movie Club 1pm-2pm. 3rd Tuesday. La Selva Beach Library. Join our discussion of selective movies currently in the theaters. All adults are welcome. For more information and/or list of movies, call 831.427.7710.

Ask Us: Downtown Outreach Worker Office Hours 1pm-3pm. Ongoing Tuesdays. Downtown Library. See Aug 2.

Lego Club 3:15pm 1st and 3rd Tuesdays—Scotts Valley Library. See Aug 6.

Chess Club 3:30pm. Ongoing Tuesdays. Aptos Library. See Aug 6.

Grupo de apoyo femenino del superviviente 6pm-7:30pm. Martes en curso. En Espanol.

Monarch Services. Ver Aug 6.

Grupo de Triple P de 8 Sesiones: para familias con adolescentes 6pm-8pm. Al 1 de Oct. Ver 13 de Aug. Birth Center Tour 6:30pm. Ongoing Tuesdays.

Dominican Hospital. See Aug 6.

Divorced Fathers Network 7:30-8:30pm. Ongoing Tuesdays. Aptos La Selva Fire Dept. See Aug 6.

Thursdays. 3910 Portola Dr. Ste. 2 & 3 Pleasure Point-Santa Cruz. See Aug 1.

Volunteer Housing Navigators 12:30pm2:30pm. Ongoing Wednesdays. Downtown Library. See Aug 7.

Dance for Parkinson’s 1pm. Ongoing Wednesdays except the first Wednesday of the month.

Motion Pacific Dance. See Aug 14.

Aptos Library Writing Group 1pm-3pm. 3rd Wednesday. Aptos Library. Each session begins with a 10 minute writing exercise, followed by a read-aloud (sharing is optional). Next, participants take turns reading aloud from a current writing project. Assistance with editing on current writing projects is provided; please bring additional copies if interested in editorial support.

Santa Cruz Farmers Market 1pm-5pm. Ongoing Wednesdays. Cedar and Lincoln St. Branciforte Book Discussion Group 1:30pm2:30pm. 3rd Wednesday. Branciforte Library.

This month’s book will be The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman.

DIY Crafts 2pm-4pm. Scotts Valley Library. See Aug 1.

Nature Art with Sue 3pm-4pm. Ongoing Wednesdays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. See Aug 7.

Wednesday Night Sailboat Races 5:30pm. Ongoing Wednesdays through October. Santa Cruz Harbor, 135 5th Ave, Santa Cruz. See Aug 7.

Evening Book Discussion Group 5:30pm-7pm.

3rd Wednesday. La Selva Beach Library. All adults are welcome. For more information and/or book selection, call 831.427.7710.

Female Survivor Support Group 6pm-7:30pm.

Ongoing Wednesdays. Monarch Services. See Aug 7.

wednesday, august 21

Board in the Library 6:30pm-8:30pm. 1st and 3rd Wednesdays. Scotts Valley Library. See Aug 7.

All Together Now! 9am-11am, Ongoing Wednesdays. Live Oak Family Resource Center. See Aug 7.

thursday, august 22

Latch Clinic 9am-11am. Ongoing Wednesdays.

Dominican Rehab Lactation office 610 Frederick St. See Aug 7.

Food Addicts Anonymous Meeting 9am. Ongoing Thursdays. Trinity Presbyterian Church. See Aug 1.

Twilight Adaptations Walk 7:30pm-9pm. Big Basin State Park. See Aug 4.

Preschool Adventures 10am-11am. Ongoing Wednesdays. Sanctuary Exploration Center. See Aug 7.

Toddler Time 10am. Ongoing Thursdays. Aptos Library and Scotts Valley Library. See Aug 1.

monday, august 19

Ribbon Arts Guild 10am-1pm. 1st and 3rd Wednesdays. Scotts Valley Library. See Aug 7.

Nar-Anon Family Groups 6:30pm-8:00pm. Ongoing Sundays. Sutter Hospital. See Aug 4.

Make Art Monday 11am-12pm. Ongoing Mondays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. See Aug 5.

Weekly Jewish Baby Group 11am-12:30pm. Ongoing Mondays. Temple Beth El. See Aug 5.

Knitting 11:15am-1pm. Ongoing Mondays. Live Oak Library. See Aug 5.

Genealogy Research Group 10:30am-12pm. 3rd Wednesday. La Selva Beach Library. Hands-on genealogy research. Bring your laptop and research. Experienced genealogists can help you find your way through the mountains of information available to you free through library databases and on the Internet.

New Parents with Babies 4 Months to 9 Months 10am-11:30am. Ongoing Thursdays. Sutter Room at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center.

See Aug 1.

Working Together 10am-11:30am. Ongoing Thursdays. Downtown Library. See Aug 1.

Passionate Readers Book Discussion Group 10:30pm-12pm. 4th Thursday. La Selva Beach Library. All adults are welcome. For more information and/or book selection, call 831.427.7710.

Baby Happy Hour at JuneBug’s Gym!! 12:15pm1:15pm. Ongoing Mondays, Wednesdays, & Thursdays. 3910 Portola Dr. Ste. 2 & 3 Pleasure Point-Santa Cruz. See Aug 1.

Triple P @ Together in the Park (drop-in playgroup) 10:30am-12pm. Ongoing Wednesdays.

Felton Covered Bridge Park, corner of Graham Hill Rd and Mt. Hermon Rd (across from Safeway). See Aug 7.

ARM-in-ARM Cancer Support Group 12:30pm2pm. Ongoing Mondays. WomenCARE Office.

See Aug 5.

Mini Mint Mamas Meet Up 10:30am-12pm.

Ongoing Wednesdays. Mini Mint. See Aug 7.

Baby Happy Hour at JuneBug’s Gym!! 12:15pm1:15pm. Ongoing Mondays, Wednesdays, & Thursdays. 3910 Portola Dr. Ste. 2 & 3 Pleasure Point-Santa Cruz. See Aug 1.

One-on-One Tech Tutoring 11am-12pm. Ongoing Wednesdays. Aptos Library. See Aug 4.

DIY Crafts 3pm-4:30pm. Ongoing Thursdays.

Boulder Creek Library. See Aug 1.

What If Wednesday 11am-12pm. Ongoing Wednesdays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. See Aug 7.

Tales to Tails 4pm-5:30pm. Garfield Park Library. See Aug 1.

Knitting in the Library 3pm-4:30pm. Ongoing Mondays. Scotts Valley Library. See Aug 5.

Tales to Tails 3:30pm-4:30pm. Aptos Library. See Aug 1.

One-on-One Tech Tutoring 4pm-6pm. Ongoing Mondays. Downtown Library. See Aug 4.

New Moms Support Group 11:30am-1pm. Ongoing Wednesdays. Dominican Rehab Yoga/Pilates Room. 610 Frederick St. See Aug 7.

El Patio De Mi Casa 12pm-2pm. Ongoing Wednesdays. Live Oak Family Resource Center.

See Aug 7.

Baby Happy Hour at JuneBug’s Gym!! 12:15pm1:15pm. Ongoing Mondays, Wednesdays, &

Creative Exploration 12pm-1pm. Ongoing Thursdays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. See Aug 1.

Thursday Beach Parties 5:30pm. Crow’s Nest.

See Aug 1.

Trivia on Tap 6pm-7:30pm. Ongoing Thursdays.

Steel Bonnet Brewing Company. See Aug 1.

Naturalist Night 7pm-8:30pm. Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History. This month, we learn about the research, staging, sketching, and interviews that must be done to create natural history murals with local artist Ann Thiermann, who has

AuGuST 2019

Photo by r.r. Jones MuSiC iS FuN Whatever you do, don’t miss the Cabrillo Music Festival which runs through Aug. 11. There are free programs for kids and families, free concerts and a chance to meet the musicians up close and personal.

created over 70 California murals including 15 local natural history murals from Half Moon Bay to Pfeiffer Big Sur. Naturalist Nights are free with admission!

friday, august 23 Movie Matinee 10am-12pm. 4th Friday. La Selva Beach Library. Wake up to a good movie.

Ask Us: Downtown Outreach Worker Office Hours 10am-12pm. Ongoing Fridays. Downtown Library. See Aug 2.

Downtown Sidewalk Sales 10am-7pm. Downtown Santa Cruz. Stroll along the Avenue and the side streets, and enjoy a day of shopping and relaxing Downtown.

Infant/Toddler Workshop 11am-11:45am. Ongoing Fridays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. See Aug 2.

Redwood Grove Loop Walk 11am & 2pm. Ongoing Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Big Basin State Park. See Aug 2.

Sack Puppet Making 11:45am-12:15pm. Ongoing Fridays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. See Aug 2.

Fun n’ Tumble Open Gym 12pm-3pm. Ongoing Fridays. JuneBugs Gym. 3910 Portola Dr. Ste. 2 & 3 Pleasure Point-Santa Cruz. See Aug 2.

Make and Explore at the Capitola Mall 2pm4pm. Ongoing Fridays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. See Aug 2.

Watsonville Farmers Market 2pm-7pm. Ongoing Fridays. Downtown Watsonville Plaza. See Aug 2.

Picnic and Shabbat in the Park 5pm. Garfield Park, 634 Almar Ave. Shabbat Singing Service begins at 6:15. For families with children. Community welcome.

Journey former lead singer Steve Augeri Free Friday Night Bands on the Beach 6:30pm; 8:30pm.

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Drawing on diverse musical influences to deliver a unique take on the genre of melodic rock, Steve Augeri is an American rock singer best known as the lead vocalist for Journey from 1998 to 2006.

DIY Crafts 11am-4pm. Ongoing Saturdays.

Branciforte Library. See Aug 1.

saturday, august 24

Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf Experience 12pm3pm. End of the Santa Cruz Wharf. See Aug 3.

Aptos Farmers Market 8am-12pm. Ongoing Saturdays. Cabrillo College. See Aug 3.

Redwood Grove Loop Walk 11am & 2pm. Ongoing Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Big Basin State Park. See Aug 2.

Board in the Library 12pm-5pm. 2nd and 4th Saturdays. Scotts Valley Library. See Aug 10.

Open Gym 9am-12 pm. Ongoing Saturdays.

JuneBug’s Gym. 3910 Portola Dr. Ste. 2 & 3 Pleasure Point-Santa Cruz. See Aug 3.

Discover Big Basin Redwoods Hike! 12pm. Ongoing Saturdays. Big Basin State Park. See Aug 3.

Scotts Valley Farmer’s Market 9am-1pm. Ongoing Saturdays. SV Community Center parking lot. See Aug 3.

Open Art at the MOD 1pm-2pm. Ongoing Saturdays and Sundays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. See Aug 3.

Westside Farmers Market 9am-1pm. Ongoing Saturdays. Mission St. Ext. and Western Dr.

Ranch Tours 1pm-2pm. Wilder Ranch. Ongoing Saturdays and Sundays. See Aug 3.

Tales to Tails 10am-11am. Downtown Library.

See Aug 1.

Family Fun Do-It-Yourself Crafts 1:30pm4:30pm. Ongoing Saturdays. La Selva Beach Library. See Aug 3.

Yin Yoga for All 10am-11am. 2nd and 4th Saturdays. Scotts Valley Library. See Aug 10.

Pine Needle Basket Making Workshop 10am12pm. Henry Cowell State Park Campground off Graham Hill Road. See Aug 10.

Meteor Trail Hike 10:30am-2pm. Big Basin State Park. One of our most diverse hikes—by mountain streams, oak woodlands, chaparral, and redwoods. We’ll discuss forests, flowers, and fires on a six-mile hike. This somewhat strenuous ascent is rewarded with ocean views on a clear day.

Bring water, lunch, and good hiking shoes.

Story Time Walk 10:30am. Ongoing Saturdays.

Big Basin State Park. See Aug 3.

Old Growth Redwood Tours 11am. Ongoing Saturdays. Henry Cowell State Park. See Aug 3.

Old Cove Landing Trail 11am-1pm. Wilder Ranch. See Aug 3.

Spanish Speaking Cancer Support Group 3pm4:30pm. 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month.

WomenCARE’s Office. See Aug 10.

Redwood Grove Loop Walk 11am & 2pm. Ongoing Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Big Basin State Park. See Aug 2.

Open Art at the MOD 1pm-2pm. Ongoing Saturdays and Sundays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. See Aug 3.

Ranch Tours 1pm-2pm. Wilder Ranch. Ongoing Saturdays and Sundays. See Aug 3.

Bachata by the Sea 1pm-3pm (picnic) 3pm-4pm (class) 4pm-7pm (dancing). Ongoing Sundays.

106 Beach St. See Aug 4.

Sunday Seaside Crafts 1pm-3pm. Ongoing Sundays. Seymour Center. See Aug 4.

One-on-One Tech Tutoring 1pm-3pm. Ongoing Sundays. Downtown Library. See Aug 4.

Watsonville Nature Walks 1:30pm. Ongoing Sundays. Watsonville Nature Center (30 Harkins Slough Road). See Aug 4.

Nar-Anon Family Groups 6:30pm-8:00pm. Ongoing Sundays. Sutter Hospital. See Aug 4.

Twilight Adaptations Walk 7:30pm-9pm. Big Basin State Park. See Aug 4.

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monday, august 26

Birding for Beginners 8am (Henry Cowell State Park Campground off Graham Hill Road); 9:30am (Wilder Ranch). Make sure to bring water, comfortable footwear, and a keen eye and/or ears!

Make Art Monday 11am-12pm. Ongoing Mondays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. See Aug 5.

Weekly Jewish Baby Group 11am-12:30pm. Ongoing Mondays. Temple Beth El. See Aug 5.

Live Oak Farmers Market 9am-1pm. Ongoing Sundays. 15th and Eastcliff Dr.

Knitting 11:15am-1pm. Ongoing Mondays. Live Oak Library. See Aug 5.

Overeaters Anonymous 9:05am-10:15am. Ongoing Sundays. Sutter Maternity & Surgical Center.

See Aug 4.

Baby Happy Hour at JuneBug’s Gym!! 12:15pm1:15pm. Ongoing Mondays, Wednesdays, & Thursdays. 3910 Portola Dr. Ste. 2 & 3 Pleasure Point-Santa Cruz. See Aug 1.

The Road Less Traveled: A Dog Friendly Walk 9:30am-11:30am. Ongoing Sundays. Big Basin State Park. See Aug 4.

ARM-in-ARM Cancer Support Group 12:30pm2pm. Ongoing Mondays. WomenCARE Office.

See Aug 5.

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AuGuST 2019 Knitting in the Library 3pm-4:30pm. Ongoing Mondays. Scotts Valley Library. See Aug 5.

One-on-One Tech Tutoring 4pm-6pm. Ongoing Mondays. Downtown Library. See Aug 4.

Money Mondays 5:15pm-6:30pm. Downtown Library. Aware: Keeping your Money Eyes Open: Scams and Threats. What would happen if someone stole your online identity or your computer? Put on your detective hat and arm yourself as we investigate the current landscape of online, email and phone fraud, thanks to the local police.

tuesday, august 27 New Parents with Babies 3 Weeks to 4 Months 10am-11:30am. Ongoing Tuesdays. Sutter Room at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center. See Aug 6.

Downtown Tuesdays 10am-10pm. Ongoing Tuesdays. Downtown Santa Cruz. See Aug 6.

Tumble-On-Tuesdays at JuneBug’s Gym 12pm3pm. Ongoing Tuesdays. 3910 Portola Dr. Ste. 2 & 3 Pleasure Point-Santa Cruz. See Aug 6.

wednesday, august 28 All Together Now! 9am-11am, Ongoing Wednesdays. Live Oak Family Resource Center. See Aug 7.

Latch Clinic 9am-11am. Ongoing Wednesdays.

Dominican Rehab Lactation office 610 Frederick St. See Aug 7.

Preschool Adventures 10am-11am. Ongoing Wednesdays. Sanctuary Exploration Center. See Aug 7.

Triple P @ Together in the Park (drop-in playgroup) 10:30am-12pm. Ongoing Wednesdays.

Felton Covered Bridge Park, corner of Graham Hill Rd and Mt. Hermon Rd (across from Safeway). See Aug 7.

Mini Mint Mamas Meet Up 10:30am-12pm.

Ongoing Wednesdays. Mini Mint. See Aug 7.

One-on-One Tech Tutoring 11am-12pm. Ongoing Wednesdays. Aptos Library. See Aug 4.

What If Wednesday 11am-12pm. Ongoing Wednesdays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. See Aug 7.

Adults with ADHD Meeting 6:30-8pm. 4th Wednesdays. Aptos Fire Station, 6934 Soquel Drive, Aptos. The Santa Cruz/Monterey Bay Branch of CHADD hosts monthly support group meetings. Contact Judy Brenis at jbbrenis@comcast.net or call 818-9619.

Writer’s Open Mic Night 6:30pm-8pm. Scotts Valley Library. Writers can sign up for a 5- or 10minute reading slot on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Attention Magic Lovers! 7pm. Last Wednesday.

Club Room Antonelli Mobile Park 2655 Bromer St. Join our magician’s club! If you do magic or want to get started in this fun hobby, join us.

Questions? Call Jim at 685-3829

thursday, august 29 Food Addicts Anonymous Meeting 9am. Ongoing Thursdays. Trinity Presbyterian Church. See Aug 1.

New Parents with Babies 4 Months to 9 Months 10am-11:30am. Ongoing Thursdays. Sutter Room at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center.

See Aug 1.

Cancer Support Group 12:30pm-2pm. Ongoing Tuesdays. WomenCARE’s Office. See Aug 6.

New Moms Support Group 11:30am-1pm. Ongoing Wednesdays. Dominican Rehab Yoga/Pilates Room. 610 Frederick St. See Aug 7.

Ask Us: Downtown Outreach Worker Office Hours 1pm-3pm. Ongoing Tuesdays. Downtown Library. See Aug 2.

El Patio De Mi Casa 12pm-2pm. Ongoing Wednesdays. Live Oak Family Resource Center.

See Aug 7.

Creative Exploration 12pm-1pm. Ongoing Thursdays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. See Aug 1.

Chess Club 3:30pm. Ongoing Tuesdays. Aptos Library. See Aug 6.

Baby Happy Hour at JuneBug’s Gym!! 12:15pm1:15pm. Ongoing Mondays, Wednesdays, & Thursdays. 3910 Portola Dr. Ste. 2 & 3 Pleasure Point-Santa Cruz. See Aug 1.

Baby Happy Hour at JuneBug’s Gym!! 12:15pm1:15pm. Ongoing Mondays, Wednesdays, & Thursdays. 3910 Portola Dr. Ste. 2 & 3 Pleasure Point-Santa Cruz. See Aug 1.

Volunteer Housing Navigators 12:30pm2:30pm. Ongoing Wednesdays. Downtown Library. See Aug 7.

DIY Crafts 3pm-4:30pm. Ongoing Thursdays.

Boulder Creek Library. See Aug 1.

Tales to Tails 4pm-5pm. Scotts Valley Library.

See Aug 1.

Taller de Triple P: Lidiando con el estrés 5:30pm7pm. La Manzana Recursos Comunitarios, 18 W. Lake Ave, Salón E, Watsonville. Asista a este taller de crianza para aprender: Las causas comunes del estrés y cómo el estrés afecta la crianza; Cómo reconocer las señales del estrés; Formas saludables para reducir y controlar el estrés de la vida diaria.

Para inscribirse: Comuníquese con Liliana Zamora al (831) 724-2997 x212 o lilianaz@cbridges.org.

Grupo de apoyo femenino del superviviente 6pm-7:30pm. Martes en curso. En Espanol.

Monarch Services. Ver Aug 6.

Grupo de Triple P de 8 Sesiones: para familias con adolescentes 6pm-8pm. Al 1 de Oct. Ver 13 de Aug.

Dance for Parkinson’s 1pm. Ongoing Wednesdays except the first Wednesday of the month.

Motion Pacific Dance. See Aug 14.

Santa Cruz Farmers Market 1pm-5pm. Ongoing Wednesdays. Cedar and Lincoln St. DIY Crafts 2pm-4pm. Ongoing Wednesdays.

Scotts Valley Library. See Aug 1.

Tales to Tails 2:40pm-3:40pm. Branciforte Library. See Aug 1.

Working Together 10am-11:30am. Ongoing Thursdays. Downtown Library. See Aug 1.

Thursday Beach Parties 5:30pm. Crow’s Nest.

See Aug 1.

Trivia on Tap 6pm-7:30pm. Ongoing Thursdays.

Steel Bonnet Brewing Company. See Aug 1.

Scotts Valley Genre Book Discussion Group 7pm-8:30pm. Last Thursday. Scotts Valley Library. The group discusses books from a different genre each month.

friday, august 30

Nature Art with Sue 3pm-4pm. Ongoing Wednesdays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. See Aug 7.

Hidden Gems Film Club 6pm-8pm. Aptos Library. Foreign films, documentaries, independents and even some mainstream movies you might have missed!

Ask Us: Downtown Outreach Worker Office Hours 10am-12pm. Ongoing Fridays. Downtown Library. See Aug 2.

Wednesday Night Sailboat Races 5:30pm. Ongoing Wednesdays through October. Santa Cruz Harbor, 135 5th Ave, Santa Cruz. See Aug 7.

Infant/Toddler Workshop 11am-11:45am. Ongoing Fridays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. See Aug 2.

Birth Center Tour 6:30pm. Ongoing Tuesdays.

Dominican Hospital. See Aug 6.

Female Survivor Support Group 6pm-7:30pm.

Ongoing Wednesdays. Monarch Services. See Aug 7.

Redwood Grove Loop Walk 11am & 2pm. Ongoing Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Big Basin State Park. See Aug 2.

Reading in the Redwoods 6:15pm-7:30pm. 4th Wednesday. Felton Library. For more information call 427-7708 or drop by the branch.

Sack Puppet Making 11:45am-12:15pm. Ongoing Fridays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. See Aug 2.

Divorced Fathers Network 7:30-8:30pm. Ongoing Tuesdays. Aptos La Selva Fire Dept. See Aug 6.

Fun n’ Tumble Open Gym 12pm-3pm. Ongoing Fridays. JuneBugs Gym. 3910 Portola Dr. Ste. 2 & 3 Pleasure Point-Santa Cruz. See Aug 2.

Make and Explore at the Capitola Mall 2pm4pm. Ongoing Fridays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. See Aug 2.

Watsonville Farmers Market 2pm-7pm. Ongoing Fridays. Downtown Watsonville Plaza. See Aug 2.

Papa Doo Run Run Free Friday Night Bands on the Beach 6:30pm; 8:30pm. Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Their groundbreaking CD “California Project” (1985) exploded onto the Billboard Hot 100 Chart at No. 17 and earned the band their second Gold Record and a Grammy Nomination.

Alasdair Fraser’s 36th Annual Fiddle Extravaganza—Scotland, Galicia, and Beyond! 8pm.

Civic Auditorium. Presented by Valley of the Moon Fiddle School. Join Indie Award-winning

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Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser, Ryan McKasson & Eric McDonald, special guests from Galicia Riobó, Liz & Feijoó Trio, percussive dancer Nic Gareiss, pianist Cali McKasson, plus more than 200 musicians, singers, and dancers in a celebration of music, song and dance—the culmination of this year’s Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddling School held at Camp Campbell. Buy tickets at santacruztickets.com.

saturday, august 31 Aptos Farmers Market 8am-12pm. Ongoing Saturdays. Cabrillo College. See Aug 3.

Open Gym 9am-12 pm. Ongoing Saturdays.

JuneBug’s Gym. 3910 Portola Dr. Ste. 2 & 3 Pleasure Point-Santa Cruz. See Aug 3.

Scotts Valley Farmer’s Market 9am-1pm. Ongoing Saturdays. SV Community Center parking lot. See Aug 3.

Westside Farmers Market 9am-1pm. Ongoing Saturdays. Mission St. Ext. and Western Dr. Hike to Ocean View Summit 10am-2:30pm. Big Basin State Park. Escape the crowds on this 6mile loop through shaded forest to a hilltop view of the coast. We’ll climb the Meteor Trail through the trees, gaining 600 feet before emerging at Ocean View Summit. Bring at least one liter of water, lunch, snacks, and appropriate clothing.

Story Time Walk 10:30am. Ongoing Saturdays.

Big Basin State Park. See Aug 3.

Outlook from Mt. McAbee Hike 10:30am-2pm.

Big Basin State Park. We’ll stop at the top and enjoy the lovely ocean views, returning through a beautiful old-growth redwood forest on this 6 mile hike. Bring plenty of water, snacks, and good hiking shoes.

Redwood Grove Loop Walk 11am & 2pm. Ongoing Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Big Basin State Park. See Aug 2.

Old Growth Redwood Tours 11am. Ongoing Saturdays. Henry Cowell State Park. See Aug 3.

Old Cove Landing Trail 11am-1pm. Wilder Ranch. See Aug 3.

DIY Crafts 11am-4pm. Ongoing Saturdays.

Branciforte Library. See Aug 1.

Discover Big Basin Redwoods Hike! 12pm. Ongoing Saturdays. Big Basin State Park. See Aug 3.

Snakes Alive! 12pm-3pm. Big Basin State Park.

Come to the Sempervirens Room at park headquarters, meet docent Diane Shaw and her snake, and learn about the fascinating world of snakes.

Open Art at the MOD 1pm-2pm. Ongoing Saturdays and Sundays. Santa Cruz Children’s MOD. See Aug 3.

Ranch Tours 1pm-2pm. Wilder Ranch. Ongoing Saturdays and Sundays. See Aug 3.

Family Fun Do-It-Yourself Crafts 1:30pm4:30pm. Ongoing Saturdays. La Selva Beach Library. See Aug 3.

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