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NOVEMBER 2016

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‘A masterpiece of musical ideas’ World renowned composer commissioned for Cabrillo Choir’s performance at Carnegie Hall

By BEK PHILLIPS

APTOS — Returning to Carnegie Hall after 11 years in celebration of Cabrillo Choruses Director Cheryl Anderson’s 25th anniversary at Cabrillo College, the choir has commissioned a master work from world renowned composer Ēriks Ešenvalds.

With her husband, John Anderson, also celebrating his 25th anniversary with Ensemble Monterey Chamber Orchestra, Cheryl Anderson said she wanted to do something special. The idea for the composer came after years of admiring Ešenvalds’ work.

“At a memorial service in Cincinnati, the choir sang one of Ēriks’s pieces and it was unbelievably gorgeous, so compelling,” Cheryl Anderson said. “I went from the memorial service, went online and instantly ordered the music. We sang the music and we have done others of his pieces, and when it was clear we were going to commission something for the 25th anniversary, I went to Ēriks.”

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A large high relief design adorns the exterior wall of a building at the Monterey Bay Academy campus.

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Dr. Stan Hajduk dies Helped create first specialty emergency practice in Monterey Bay

By TODD GUILD

WATSONVILLE — The 33rd annual Evening of Wine and Roses, a fundraiser for the Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust, will take place Nov. 4.

“As always, the Evening of Wine and Roses will offer all the signature elements our supporters have come to enjoy every November for the past 32 years,” said Kathleen King, Health Trust CEO. The event includes sampling distinguished wines from 20 Santa Cruz Mountains wineries as well as

LA SELVA BEACH — When Dr. Stan Hajduk finished medical school, he approached the person who gave him financial and moral support throughout, asking how he could repay her.

That person told him that all one can do in life is give to others.

According to the people who knew him, Hajduk did just that.

He sat on the Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust Board of Directors from its inception, and was a 25-year member of the Rotary Club of CapitolaAptos.

Despite his busy schedule as an emergency room physician at Watsonville Community Hospital – much of it as chief of staff – Hajduk often took the time to don a clown nose and go to the preschool where his granddaughter attended to perform juggling tricks and make balloon animals, making sure that every child got one.

“Above all else what Stan believed is that you take care of people,” his wife Janette Kolar said.

Hajduk died Oct. 11 in his La Selva Beach home, surrounded by his family. He was 74.

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Soquel artist creates Wine and Roses poster Staff report

HISTORY CORNER

By John Hibble Call: 688-1467 Visit us online: aptoshistory.org Visit the museum: 7605-B Old Dominion Court Aptos, CA

Let’s just Pop Inn If you have ever read the story of the very first “World’s Shortest Parade” in Aptos Village, you know that it ran from the Driftwood Gas Station at Trout Gulch Road to the Pop Inn restaurant and back to the Bay View Hotel. So, where and what was the Pop Inn? First we have to set the stage. Today’s bridge leading into the village from the west is an elegant, arched concrete semi-circle built in 1928. It looks similar to the Bixby Bridge in Big Sur. This bridge replaced an earlier 1873 wooden bridge made for horses and buggies. In the middle, it contained a sharp left turn into Aptos Village. The only photograph that we have of the old bridge shows members of the Mangels family standing on the bridge. The old road use to enter the village where the Little Owl Italian Kitchen restaurant now stands. The new bridge moved Soquel Drive over Please turn to Page 7

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Bodhi Hearly-Gooden is helped into the saddle atop Lizzie, a Percheron draft horse, at the Monterey Bay Horsemanship and Therapeutic Center in La Selva Beach. Photo by Tarmo Hannula

Rosie Maiorello, 14, greets Mikey, a Tennessee walking horse, before a ride.

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Horses and huge gains

Center combines therapy with horsemanship to benefit special needs children

By BEK PHILLIPS LA SELVA BEACH — Diagnosed with autism, Anne Pearson’s son spent his early years unable to walk, with professionals expressing reservations that he would ever become capable, when Pearson had the idea to put him on a horse.

His gains were remarkable and a yearand-a-half later, he was able to ditch the wheelchair completely.

“This is what grew out of it,” Pearson said of her sprawling campus and nonprofit organization that now provides therapy at no cost to families. “And really, there is nothing else for them.”

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and donations, the Monterey Bay and when they pick up on the rhythm of Pearson explained. “They can’t discern Horsemanship & Therapeutic Center in La the horse they completely calm down and between fiction and reality — a stress that Selva Beach is a secured facility designed relax,” Pearson said. “It’s amazing to see. isolates them constantly.”

Sometimes they go from hitting, biting and to serve those with special needs.

CPI instructor John Holbert said this “There are actually very few places that in five minutes they are calm and relaxed. focus on therapy happens off the horse, work with this severity of kids,” Pearson It’s huge. Little things are such huge not just on the horse. Stressing again the said. “They come to us in varying degrees, victories for them.” importance of ritual and process, he said While the program gives parents and it also allows the riders and horses to but for some of them, we are the last stop before they are admitted to an institution.” caregivers respite, participants are learning develop a bond.

Considered a Crisis Prevention Institute and working on behaviors that can make “Brushing, petting are things that are (CPI), employees are trained to redirect home life difficult. For 17-year-old Joshua relaxing,” Holbert said. “Tacking and and talk participants out of violent Parker, the campus has given him an untacking helps them bond, the process of behavior. This is because some of the additional benefit — the opportunity to getting the horse ready helps both of them. participants in their program are violent — interact with adults in real world situations. It is almost like building a friendship.”

“It is hard to find programs for kids with hitting, kicking, biting and even breaking Holbert said he sees their progress play autism,” his father Andrew Parker said. out in front of his own eyes on a day-tothe bones of family members.

“These parents live with this every “Josh is getting older, as he gets older it is day basis. single day,” Pearson said. “If they are harder to find programs for him.”

“I watch them learn to walk after they His father cites several areas he has have been told they would never,” Holbert lucky enough to get referred, we have had watched Joshua Parker improve: balance, said. “The world of autism is real and not an enormously successful success rate.”

Children coming in with 45-degree posture, core strength, courage to feed and something we should push away. For the wheelchairs are developing the core pet the horses, and riding. things they can do, they are amazing.”

“It is huge, he loves it,” Andrew Parker strength to sit straight, eventually The ages of the participants vary, with leaving behind even the smallest back said. “And it is more social with more the one-year-olds being helped onto support. Students struggling with suicidal adults he gets to talk to. Now that he is 17, comparatively massive horses just like all tendencies are healing and making plans it is working out really well.” the others. With 26 full-time staff members, Twice a week Joshua Parker leaves around 30 to 35 volunteers and groups for college. Parents who are overwhelmed and feeling isolated are given reprieve. Soquel High School to end his day at the sponsoring and completing projects, the therapeutic center.

Overall, everyone involved can benefit. center is able to provide almost one-to“It’s all about bringing them in and then one assistance. They also have added a “Our world isn’t their world. Their way of communicating, how they view getting them back out into the real world sensory-friendly gym and small animal everything around them, is completely feeling self-satisfied,” Pearson said. “They farm, and continue to have a full line-up of different from us,” Pearson said. “We all just want to be normal, they want to projects they aim to complete. expect them to survive in a world we made know ‘why can’t I do what my brother “Making a difference is something you and this results in enormous conflict. The does’ — it’s based off anxiety. Horses do chase without knowing it,” Holbert said. person that loses out is always the special something emotionally.”

“We have that here.”

Pearson uses her program to teach them needs child.”

••• To help adjust for this, in the young adult a process. Because children with autism Monterey Bay Horsemanship & program they complete a variety of tasks can struggle with recognizing emotions Therapeutic Center is located on 475 and activities aimed at teaching them life in others, this tool is essential in order to Eucalyptus Way in La Selva Beach. For skills, socialization, how to act in the work bridge the communication gap. information, call 761-1142 or visit www.

“They take things completely literally,” mbhorsecenter.com. place and live independently or safely.

The therapeutic center serves approximately 252 individuals a month, with 10 percent of them classified in the violent behavioral category. And according to Pearson, in several instances across the country where special needs people have come into contact with law enforcement, jail and bullets come before any successful communication takes place.

“People are becoming more aware and more fearful,” Pearson said. “It is just miscommunication, there is something so wrong in that there isn’t a balance.”

And this is where the horses come in.

Being on and around horses can increase serotonin and oxytocin levels but what’s more is the ability for them to regain control over their body.

“They get on a horse and they can be very tense and ticking and rocking, A participant in the Monterey Bay Horsemanship and Therapeutic Center enjoys grooming Sophia.

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Golf with some ‘positive vibes’ Tournament fundraiser supports Jacob’s Heart, others

By BEK PHILLIPS APTOS — Once a child on the receiving end of care from Jacob’s Heart Children’s Cancer Support Services, 18-year-old Cole Rossi now volunteers for the very organization that helped him.

On Sept. 30, his volunteerism was coupled with his hobby of golfing when he got to participate in the 23rd annual Jordan & Kyra Memorial Golf Tournament fundraiser at his place of employment: Seascape Golf Club.

“It was good and kinda fun to play my home course,” Rossi said. “There was a good mix of people, some semi-pros at least, just a lot of fun.”

Rob Stewart, the founder of the event, said that more than $200,000 was raised.

Funds will be distributed between Jacob’s Heart, pediatric brain cancer research and Family House as determined by the Foundation’s Board of Directors.

“I am really grateful for the continued support for something that started in tragedy when my son was diagnosed and ultimately died 15 months later from

cancer,” Stewart said. “It is heartwarming and shows the good in humanity as Jordan’s memory continues to live on — helping kids in the here and now.”

Rossi, who once had a tumor he describes as the size of a small orange, said it is a cause he actively supports.

“It just meant a lot to me because I could do good — I could support golf and Jacob’s Heart because both are very important in my life,” he said. “It was really cool to be around people I know and it was for a cause I really enjoy serving.”

Seascape Golf Club General Manager Gary Nelson also felt that the cause was crucial to get behind.

“We do it because it’s important,” Nelson said. “As far as the tournament, I just participate because it is the right thing to do to try to help out other people. It was a great, beautiful day with lots of positive vibes from all the golfers.”

All the support, both from the golfers and the community is what makes the difference to Stewart.

“I’m left with a heart full of gratitude that they would support a grassroots

The Jordan & Kyra Memorial Golf Tournament held at the Seascape Golf Club is a fundraiser for Jacob’s Heart as well as pediatric brain cancer research and Family House. Photo by Bek Phillips

organization and make a difference collectively,” he said. “Everyone had a blast, it was a great day, a great event

aimed to eradicate the disease and bring compassion and assistance to families who are dealing with this tragedy right now.”

Giving music stores a chance Jansen Music reopens in Aptos, aims to be more than a store

By BEK PHILLIPS APTOS — For almost a century, Jansen Music has been a staple in the music community, offering instruments, equipment, lessons and repair services.

In July, its existence was threatened when the business was displaced from the Crossroads Shopping Center in Watsonville to make way for Kaiser Permanente. But current owner Jose-Luis Fonseca, or Jody as people know him, was not going to let the legacy end there. Instead, he relocated to Aptos and recently held a grand opening and 90th anniversary celebration.

“Like a lot of the merchants, we were displaced,” he said. “I looked around for the best spot, and here it was.”

More than a music store, Fonseca said he is providing community — a place for community to happen — by holding open mic nights, performances, music lessons and sharing his knowledge with others.

“On one level it is a way for me to pull together some of my own talents,” Fonseca said. “My knowledge of music and knowledge of printed music, and knowledge instruments and my love for tinkering with mechanical objects and fix things.”

For Fonseca, retail is no longer just about setting things out in the open and selling them. Rather, he said it is about creating an experience. The combination of internet sales and a decrease in musical education are nationwide contributors that Fonseca said are forcing shops to reinvent

themselves.

“Music stores, like bookstores, have been under a lot of pressure,” he said. “They have to invent themselves in ways that are meaningful to the community. Things can happen differently within these walls, and you are valued for different things inside these walls than you might be outside.”

Already with a history of hosting open mic sessions for burgeoning artists, he is wanting to be more of a performance venue — complete with a mobile stage — with more performances than previously.

“I want to be other than just a place to come in and buy stuff,” he said. “Because there are lots of places to buy stuff — people can buy stuff and not even leave their home or get out of bed. You have to provide people with more.”

But it is taking time to reintegrate into a new community, according to Fonseca.

While some of his customers who originally hailed from Aptos were thrilled, awareness is not what it used to be.

“That’s what is taking some time,” he said. “Getting them to just come in to the store once or twice, I call it putting myself in their flight path, because people shop out of habit.”

Instead, he wants his store to be the default destination.

“Hopefully they will get used to going here,” he said. “Because people don’t like change, Even if it’s good, they still don’t like it.”

Combating the disassociation that comes with change, Fonseca is hoping to spread

the message that Jansen’s is “alive and well.” Although his new location is already open to the public, he is planning a party.

The grand opening of Jansen Music in Aptos was held Oct. 29 with live music scheduled for its entirety.

In addition, the day was a celebration of the store’s 90th anniversary, as Jansen was founded in 1926.

••• Jansen’s Music is now open at 7960J Soquel Drive in Aptos. For information, call 724-4798.

In one of the practice rooms, Jansen Music owner Jose-Luis Fonseca shows off a special cymbal designed for quiet spaces. Photo by Bek Phillips

Fonseca reopened Jansen Music in Aptos in time to celebrate their 90th anniversary.

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Small Business Saturday approaches Staff report SANTA CRUZ COUNTY — With the holiday season approaching, the Santa Cruz County Office for Economic Development is once again encouraging local small businesses to sign up for Small Business Saturday.

Last year, more than 900 local businesses participated in Small Business Saturday, a nationwide shopping event sponsored by American Express and focusing on local small businesses. The annual event follows Black Friday, with this year’s event being held Nov. 26.

“The response last year was tremendous, with residents turning out from the San Lorenzo Valley to Capitola-Soquel to the Pajaro Valley to support our local businesses,” Economic Development Coordinator Barbara Mason said. “We hope this year can be even bigger.”

Eighty-two percent of local businesses have nine or fewer employees, and provide most of the jobs in the community, according to county officials. Area chambers of commerce, Think Local First! and others have been partners in supporting Small Business Saturday.

This year’s Small Business Saturday will coincide with numerous community events, such as Capitola’s “Surfin’ Santa” and the Santa Cruz Mountains Makers Market in Felton. Additional events will be announced.

Local business owners are being asked to register their business for Small Business Saturday at www. americanexpress.com/us/small-business/shop-small to receive free, customized marketing materials. They may also follow local developments by “liking” the County’s Small Business Saturday Facebook page at www. facebook.com/santacruzcountysmallbusinesssaturday.

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Cabrillo presents ‘12x12’ Staff report APTOS — “12x12 — An Open Invitational” will be presented at the Cabrillo College Gallery, 6500 Soquel Drive, Library Room 1002, from Nov. 7 to Dec. 9.

All pieces of artwork will be 12-by-12-inches in size, by a maximum of 12 inches deep.

A reception will take place Nov. 5 from 5:30-7 p.m.

Plein Air event returns Staff report CAPITOLA — The City of Capitola Art & Cultural Commission is hosting the second annual Capitola Plein Air, juried art competition, exhibition, and sale.

It is a free event, with hands-on art-making for all visitors, live music, and 40 local and regional artists selling their works and competing for the top prize.

On Nov. 5, dozens of professional and amateur artists will paint “en plein air” in varied mediums, outdoors, throughout Capitola, at locations including New Brighton Beach, Depot Hill, the Esplanade, and the Jewel Box. The public is invited to view those artists in action, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Then on Sunday, Nov. 6, from 11 a.m.-4 p.m., at New Brighton Middle School Performing Arts Center (250 Washburn Ave.), more than 100 paintings will be on display. Sunday at 11 a.m., their finished, framed works are on display for the competition, and the exhibition and sale begin. The public is invited to vote for the People’s Choice Award and enjoy the fine art sale, competition, live music, scavenger hunt, and hands-on art making with Linda Cover of Watershed Arts.

The best in show will be purchased for $1,500, and displayed as part of the city’s public art collection. An $800 second place prize and other pro and amateur division ribbons will be awarded.

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Santa Cruz Community Health Centers awarded $11,000 Staff report SANTA CRUZ — Blue Shield of California Foundation awarded a grant of $11,000 in unrestricted funds to Santa Cruz Community Health Centers in recognition of their role in the wellbeing of families and individuals throughout the community. The award aims to help Santa Cruz Community Health Centers provide ongoing healthcare services and lead efforts to meet the needs of many Californians.

“As a longtime partner and ally of safety net organizations across the state, we’re proud to support Santa Cruz Community Health Centers by providing them with core operating funding,” said Peter Long, PhD, president and CEO of Blue Shield of California Foundation. “This flexible grant reinforces our confidence in their ability to respond to new challenges and opportunities while continuing to ensure access to high-quality care for thousands of residents in Santa Cruz County.”

Santa Cruz Community Health Centers operates two clinics: the Santa Cruz Women’s Health Center and the East Cliff Family Health Center.

Cabrillo College Theatre Arts presents ‘Noises Off!’ Staff report APTOS — The Cabrillo College Theatre Arts Department presents its fall semester performance of Michael Frayn’s “Noises Off!,” a production about a second-rate British touring theatre troupe rehearsing and performing a sex farce called “Nothing On.” Performances begin Friday, Nov. 4 at 7:30 p.m. and run weekends through Saturday, Nov. 19.

Cabrillo’s Theatre Arts performance of “Noises Off!” is directed by Robin Aronson, with set design

by Skip Epperson, costume design by Maria Crush, lighting design by Caleb Wildman and prop design by Donald Grube.

“Noises Off!” is a “play about a play,” full of comic characters and zany mishaps that spin out of control into a total fiasco. The action takes place both onstage and backstage.

It will be performed in the Cabrillo College Crocker Theater, 6500 Soquel Drive. Friday and Saturday performances are at 7:30 p.m., with Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. Admission is $19 general, $17 senior/student, $9 Cabrillo SAC holder. For information, visit www. cabrillovapa.com or call 479-6154.

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Capitola PD swears in new officers Staff report CAPITOLA — The Capitola Police Department recently swore in two new police officers.

Scott Newton, 24, born and raised in Stockton.

He spent a majority of his summers growing up in Capitola. Newton graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Santa Clara University and completed the South Bay Police Academy in December 2015.

He has completed his orientation week of training and has begun the first phase of the Field Training Program. He lives in Aptos and his hobbies are reading, spending time on the beach, the gym and spending quality time with family and friends.

Aron Quolas, 23, was born and raised in Santa Cruz. He graduated from Soquel High School and is currently attending Cabrillo College.

He recently graduated from the South Bay Police Academy and is starting his first phase of the Field Training Program. He lives in Live Oak and his hobbies are playing and coaching hockey for the youth AAA team called the Silicon Valley Quakes and spending time with his family.

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Dr. Stan Hajduk Hajduk loved to travel, and worked as an on-board doctor for students of the California Maritime Academy aboard the Golden Bear, Kolar said.

She described Hajduk’s fun-loving nature and his love for his community, family and friends. He was an avid athlete who ran numerous marathons and ultramarathons, and practiced tai chi, she said.

Later in his life he took up art and poetry, activities he told Kolar would give him the “gentle landing” he desired in life as he became unable to pursue the physical activities he enjoyed.

Hajduk’s mentor, Wiggsy Sivertsen, said she met Hajduk 61 years ago when he was a 16-year-old gas station attendant, whose dream of attending medical school was stymied by his poverty.

Several people in a nearby apartment complex took a liking to the “warm and friendly” boy, and agreed to help him financially through school, Sivertsen said.

“He was just a really special kind of a kid,” she said. “Going to medical school would have been impossible otherwise.”

Sivertsen is co-founder of the Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee (BAYMEC), an LGBTQ political action committee.

Hajduk sat on the board of that organization as the “token straight person,” Sivertsen said.

Once he was in University of Southern California Medical School, it was Hajduk’s low-income upbringing that proved to be a connection for a man who would become a lifelong friend.

Dr. Kent Benedict, retired Medical Director for Emergency Med Services for Santa Cruz County, said he saw Hajduk’s beat-up 1962 VW Beetle in a parking lot full of much fancier vehicles. Coming from a similar background – and driving a similar car – he knew he wanted to meet the owner.

“I suspected this guy was probably kind

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of an outlier, like I was,” Benedict said.

Sure enough, Benedict spotted Hajduk wearing blue jeans and a ratty sweatshirt, sitting in their first class.

“I said, ‘you don’t happen to be the guy driving that beat-up piece of crap out there, do you?’” Benedict said. “(Hajduk) said, ‘yeah so what?’ and I said, ‘well, I drive a car just like it.’”

The pair became friends and roommates, and went on to form the first group of doctors in the Monterey Bay that focused solely on emergency medicine.

“It wasn’t even recognized as a specialty until the 1980s,” Benedict said.

In those days, doctors would rotate through the emergency room on oncea-month shifts many of them dreaded, Benedict said.

Hajduk, Benedict and three other doctors formed a group that enjoyed the thrill of treating critically ill or injured patients.

“All five of us were committed to making this our career,” he said. “We were all in our late-to-mid 20s and early 30s. We were young and crazy and, to be honest, a bit adrenaline addicted.”

That was good news for the doctors who found emergency medicine distasteful, and for hospital administrators who were constantly concerned about the liability of having a series of physicians constantly filtering through the ER, Benedict said.

In 1984 the group became the first fully board-certified emergency specialty group in the entire Monterey Bay area.

Hajduk was drafted into the U.S. Army during the height of the Vietnam War, but filed as a conscientious objector after seeing the U.S. bombing of Cambodia and the Mai Lai massacre, Benedict said.

“He said, ‘I feel strongly enough about this, that it’s something I have to do,’” Benedict said. “He told me he would go to the brig if he had to.”

That inspired Benedict to do the same.

“It got me thinking,” he said. “We

Composer Commissioned According to the both of them, the proposal was an instant hit.

“I had been getting these commissions of pieces four to six minutes long,” Ešenvalds said. “So when I was approached with this project I immediately said yes.”

The world renowned composer said

became part of a group of people who were against the war. That was a solid example of (Hajduk’s) sense of social justice.”

That sense, Benedict said, dovetailed perfectly into emergency medicine.

“Because we take care of everyone,” he said.

A San Jose native, Hajduk discovered Watsonville when he worked occasional shifts at Watsonville Community Hospital when stationed at Fort Ord, Benedict said.

“He really fell in love with Watsonville,” he said. “He found he really enjoyed the community.”

According to Benedict, Hajduk ran the group democratically, bucking the trend of hierarchical leadership after which many groups are modeled, Benedict said.

“He really believed in teamwork,” he said.

Hajduk won the 2015 Phil Dr. Stan Hajduk is shown in 2015 at the Pajaro Valley Rather Award for Leadership Community Health Trust after he was presented with the in Healthcare from the Pajaro Phil Rather award. Hajduk died Tuesday at his La Selva Valley Community Health Beach home. Contributed Trust, which is awarded to people and organizations that make a difference in community According to Pajaro Valley Community health care.

Health Trust CEO Kathleen King, Dr. Hajduk’s son Jason Hajduk, who is Santa Hajduk was the Health Trust’s longestCruz Fire Division Chief of Operations, serving board member with a tenure of 17 described his father as a man who helped years. others in the way he was helped through “Stan was a unique leader, who had medical school. both empathy and respect for all people in “He very much believed in championing need,” she said. “On our board, he worked the people that don’t have a voice, or who hard to ensure that people who struggled didn’t have access to health care,” he said. to receive health care services got the care “I’m going to miss him. I’m sad he is gone, they needed.” but I am also grateful for the time and the impact he had in my life.”

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he derives his inspiration from the local atmosphere and nature where the piece has been commissioned.

Wrapping up his US tour, Ešenvalds decided to spend four days in Santa Cruz County in order to capture the correct mood. His itinerary was filled with trips

from sailing to hiking to visiting the agriculture fields in Watsonville.

Ešenvalds said he is also planning a return trip.

“I hope to make it back for the grand rehearsal in order to tweak a couple details,” he said “This is an incredible

place, I will be back.”

For Anderson, she said this is a testament to the success of her mission statement created 25 years ago. With the goal of putting singers together with musicians they have performed from metropolitan, to opera, to concert stages and symphonies and she said they are inspired to be better through working with the finest musicians.

“These people, who are not professional singers, achieve the level of ability to go out and do that,” she said. “When you experience great art at that level, you are changed forever and it solidifies a depth of belief in yourself that is hard to achieve in any other way.”

Students have gone on to university and conservatories to find themselves at the top of their class, Anderson said. And while the community singers vary in background and ability, she said that has not stopped them from achieving excellence. Under her supervision, the choir has sung at the Vatican, in great concert halls in Europe, and numerous times at the American Choral Directors Association.

“From professional singers to untrained voices who are willing to work hard – their achievements speak for themselves,” she said. “To even imagine that we will be able to breathe life into a work that could live for centuries, that is why we are here – to keep art alive.”

As far as Ešenvalds agreeing to write their master piece, Anderson said it is a tremendous honor. They will perform in a concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall on June 26, 2017.

“This is what I was trained to do,” she said. “It’s about understanding the power of art, the power of the spoken word and how a genius mind can weave them into a masterpiece of musical ideas.”

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to the right and created a space next to the railroad track. That space is where the Pop Inn was located at 8017 Soquel Drive.

The current restaurant owner told me that the first building on that site was a livery stable but I have not been able to confirm that.

The business which occupied the current building prior to the Pop Inn was The Old Crest Antiques which opened in January of 1959 and moved away in January of 1960.

They sold antique rugs, china, glass, and furniture. If they had not relocated, The Old Crest Antiques would be memorialized in the history of the parade instead of the Pop Inn. The Pop Inn was opened by Bob and Betty Boysol as a coffee shop style restaurant serving breakfast, lunch and dinner on March 1, 1961, just in time for the first parade. The first newspaper article

that I could find about the restaurant said that it was robbed of $297 overnight on Sunday, Nov. 19, eight-and-a-half months after it opened. In March of 1962 the county approved a permit for the addition of an office.

I have talked to several people who enjoyed going to the Pop Inn because it was friendly, local, it was not expensive, and the food was good. As business improved the Boysols applied for a permit and began selling beer and wine in January of 1964.

Bob Boysol was elected as President of the Aptos Chamber of Commerce in November of 1966 and the Chamber began holding their monthly meetings at his coffee shop. Sadly, in August of 1967 Mrs. Boysol passed away. Bob eventually remarried.

A Sentinel food columnist in 1969 described, “luxurious dinning with dinner dancing Saturday nights to the music of Jean Knight at the piano bar. The specialty of the house, Barbequed Beef Ribs is a gourmet’s delight.” The article goes on to say that Bob and his new wife Marge have come a long way from their small coffee shop. The “expansion includes the Vintage Room, a Delicatessen, a Danish Bakery

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and the Candle Room; the newest of the group provides gifts, candy, wine cellar and many beautiful items for your dining room table.”

Another food writer said the Pop Inn featured “taste tempting tidbits of tantalizing, titillating, tender cuisine served in king-size portions.” The 9th Anniversary dinner special was Barbecued Beef Ribs or Southern Fried Chicken including: soup, salad, whipped potatoes, toasted French bread, dessert, coffee tea or milk for $2.25.

For 1971 the Boysols decided to take it up a notch. They expanded their alcohol license so that they could serve cocktails

and on Friday nights they expanded their music venue to include groups like Buttermilk Sky. Finally, after 20 years in business, the Boysols sold their restaurant which reopened in 1981 as O. H. Hannigan’s, an Irish pub. It changed hands again in 1986 as McCarthy’s Restaurant, which was also an Irish pub, became Britannia Arms in 1995. The building’s final days as a pub ended on Nov. 26, 2012. The building was transformed into a sushi-oriented restaurant call Kauboi, and in August of this year reopened as Little Owl Italian Kitchen.

The museum has only one photograph of the Pop Inn. We would love to have more if you have one to share. Also, if you have any great stories to add we would love that too.

If you enjoy these stories of our community’s past, please help support the Aptos History Museum by joining. If you are already a member please consider renewing your membership as that is how we keep the doors open and the stories coming.

Triton Museum of Art. In 2015 and 2016, her paintings were chosen as the poster images for the KPFA Summer Art Fairs in San Francisco’s East Bay. She was awarded two public art commissions from the City of Santa Cruz and was selected as a finalist in the annual Daniel Smith Faces and Places international competition.

“When painting, all my senses are engaged to communicate my impression of a subject,” Hausman said. “The act of painting is a constant process of decision making. Each painting explores shape, form, color, value and texture. I must orchestrate how the viewer will be drawn into the painting and travel around in its elements. I hope to captivate and entertain.

Look for contrasts: soft and hard edges, bright and dark colors, thick and thin

paint.”

Suzanne Mine Eguchi, Health Trust Board Chair, said, “We are very grateful to the participating wineries, restaurants, rose growers, artists, volunteers, local business sponsors and thousands of community residents who’ve shown their generous support over so many years.”

The Evening of Wine and Roses is the major special event fundraiser of the Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust, a 501 (c) 3 public benefit health care foundation. Event proceeds help to support healthcare services for low-income Pajaro Valley families.

The Evening of Wine and Roses takes place from 6-9 p.m. on Nov. 4. Tickets can be purchased online in advance at $75 each at www.pvhealthtrust.org or by calling the Health Trust office at 761-5639.

The Pop Inn can be seen in the right hand side of this undated photo.

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a wide array of gourmet hors d’oeuvres provided by 16 area restaurants and caterers. Bouquets of roses and other flowers cultivated in the Pajaro Valley will be displayed throughout the evening and sold by the dozen.

In addition, a live and silent auction offers guests an opportunity to bid on gourmet dinners, gift items, collectibles, original art and special wine varietals.

Back by popular demand this year, King said, the Health Trust is offering (with a separate ticket purchase) its Winner’s Choice Vacation Raffle. Tickets are $100 each and only 300 will be sold. Second prize is $1,000 cash.

The winner of the first prize luxury trip for two with airfare will get to choose from one of three vacation destinations and book travel within 12 months of winning.

“The icing on the cake for this vacation raffle is that the Health Trust will pay the trip value taxes on behalf of the winner, making this raffle prize a tremendous value,” King said.

All three vacation packages include airfare (Some blackout dates apply around national holidays). The winner can choose

from: • New York Broadway three-night weekend stay for two at the New York Hilton Midtown Hotel with tickets to two Broadway shows of your choice and airfare.

• Costa Rica five-night stay for two at your choice of participating Marriot Resort Hotels with daily breakfast and airfare.

• Fairmount Bermuda four-night stay for two in Fairmount Southampton with daily breakfast and airfare.

In keeping with another event tradition established in 2008, the Health Trust has produced a colorful Wine and Roses commemorative poster, which will be available for purchase at the event. The original painting used to create this year’s poster was contributed by award-winning artist Michele Hausman of Soquel and will be offered to the highest bidder during the live auction.

Hausman is represented in California

by Local Color in Big Sur, York Gallery in Santa Cruz, Art of Santa Cruz in Capitola, and ACCI Gallery in Berkeley.

She has received many awards and honors, including a Best of Show award at the

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Retirement planning checklist closer to your ideal retirement date, begin to carefully fine tune your budget to allow for more accurate projections.

By GARY E. CROXALL, CFP® and SOREN E. CROXALL, CFP® Planning for retirement seems like a daunting task for many. Husband and wives often disagree on their opinions and expectations about retirement. Others simply choose not to plan at all and say they will “work forever.” However, by beginning to plan sooner rather than later will allow you to feel more confident about your choices. While this checklist below is by no means exhaustive, it will at least provide some things to consider. #1 – Define Your Ideal Retirement Before you delve right into numbers, take a step back and visualize what your ideal retirement might look like. Do you want to continue to work part time or consult?

Do you want to volunteer? Do you want to travel the world? Where to do you want to live? Do you want to continue to live in the same home or downsize? These are a few questions that will help formulate your retirement goals and objectives. #2 – Create a Retirement Budget After you have thought about some of your goals in retirement, begin building a budget for post-retirement. The numbers don’t have to be detailed down to the last cent, but should be in the ball park of what you expect to spend. Be sure to account for things like health care costs and extra travel or hobby expenses that may be different than what you currently spend. As you get

#3 – Understand Various Income Sources, Assets, and Liabilities You Have As you begin thinking about retirement, begin acquainting yourself with various income sources you may have available to you in retirement. This can include sources such as Social Security, pensions or annuities. Review Social Security claiming options and begin to think about what age may be best for your situation to file for benefits. Also review the assets that you currently have. Are your maximizing contributions to retirement plans? Have you assessed whether your current portfolio assets are projected to last through retirement? Have you reviewed your overall portfolio allocation recently to ensure it still aligned with your risk tolerance, time horizon, goals and objectives? In terms of liabilities, do you anticipate having any outstanding liabilities at retirement? Will your home be paid off at retirement, or will you need to factor in a mortgage payment into your retirement budget?

adjustments that may be necessary to meet various goals that you may have. If you feel overwhelmed, consider working with a qualified financial professional who can help you develop retirement goals, assess if you are on track to meet those goals, and help you make any changes, if necessary.

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Preparing for winter rains

By ZACH FRIEND

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY SUPERVISOR

As we head into the rainy season it’s always good to do some advance preparations for your home or business.

Wet winters, while always welcome news for our recent drought, do bring with it the possibility of flooding, mudslides and downed trees. What can you do to prepare and what is the county doing ahead of the winter to get ready?

One of the first things that you can do is visit the county’s winter prep resource

page: www. santacruzcounty.us/ elnino. While it was originally created for last year’s El Nino, it has been updated and provides a wealth of information on what to do before, during and after a storm. It provides checklists on what to have on hand at your home, contact numbers and more. This information is also available via the county’s mobile app (called Citizen Connect), which also allows for the reporting of non-emergency road hazards and more.

In advance of the storms, Public Works is requesting that you call them at 4542160 if you know of any culverts that need inspection or repair or brush that needs to be cleared. Public Works has already begun the process of clearing some of these locations and your input will help guide the process. Additionally, Public

Works is also asking that residents rake (if it’s safe) and clean storm drains to help prevent flooding. This simple task can significantly improve drainage. Road hazards can always be reported via the 24-hour Public Works dispatch number at 477-3999 (option 1) or via 911.

If you believe that a tree has the potential to impact a power line, PG&E is offering to have their arborists inspect trees and perform maintenance if needed.

You can call them at 1-800-743-5000.

Residents can also sign up for mobile alerts regarding power outages directly from their website. Our local 911 center suggests residents sign up for mobile alerts (called Code Red) from their website, www.scr911.org. These alerts will be used for evacuations, boil-water notices and other critical information.

Local public works, fire and emergency services personnel are encouraging residents to winterize their homes and create supply kits. If strong rains and winds occur, it’s possible that areas will be without power for multiple days or roads can become impassible. Therefore, one of the best things we can do to help out local

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emergency responders is to be as selfsufficient as possible so they can dedicate their resources to the most pressing needs.

What can you do to prepare? According to FEMA, here are a few tips: • Clear drains, rain gutters and downspouts of debris; • Get flood insurance. If you already have it, check your policy to make sure you have enough coverage; • Make copies of all your important documents and make sure the originals are stored safely somewhere outside of your home; • Take photos of your possessions (furniture, collectibles, electronics) in case you need them for an insurance claim.

• Build an emergency kit with water, nonperishable food, flashlight, batteries, radio, and baby items and medicines (if needed) to last a few days.

• Keep your pets indoors if possible during heavy rain events.

As always, I’d love to hear your thoughts. Please feel free to call me at 4542200 if I can be of any help to you.

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Who will pay for the Aptos Village traffic problems?

By BECKY STEINBRUNER The Santa Cruz County Department of Public Works held an on-site meeting Oct. 18 to discuss the proposed Aptos Village Phase I Improvements with prospective

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bidders and interested members of the public. There were bidders from as far away as San Luis Obispo and Hayward ... the residents were all from Aptos.

We learned that the project, out to bid a second time and with an engineer’s

We don’t want to waste over $100 million on a 30-year tax for widening Highway 1, which the Caltrans report says will not relieve congestion. Let’s not squander our tax dollars making bad decisions. Our children deserve real alternatives, not a legacy of debt.

— Bob Morgan and Valerie Girsh,

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Why we’re voting NO on Measure D

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Measure D fails to give our bus

system adequate funds to prevent the recent 12% cut in service, the latest in a series of cuts over the years. We need excellent transit, not another misguided attempt to widen the highway.

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— Ernestina Saldaña, Bus Riders Association

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estimate increased by nearly $300,000 (for a total of $1.5 million) will have some challenges for both contractors and the general public. The project, in addition to a new traffic light, includes replacing 200feet of railroad track at the Trout Gulch Road and Soquel Drive intersection, excavating down 32 inches, replacing the rock ballast and installing a new concrete railroad crossing pad. The challenge for the contractor is all track work must be completed in 48 hours. The challenge for the public will be navigating the area when that busy Trout Gulch railroad crossing is closed for 48 hours.

The project also includes moving the westbound bus stop from near the Bayview Hotel back to the other side of the Trout Gulch intersection. Excavation into the railroad bank with the construction of a retaining wall will create a new bus turnout near the trestle underpass. Metro bus drivers interviewed have all expressed opposition to the relocation for safety reasons: line of sight visibility for safe reentry into traffic is poor due to the blind corner and underpass. The relocation is being done only to serve the Aptos Village Project developers, Barry Swenson Builder, Pete Testorff and Joe Appenrodt, to make room for the new Parade Street entrance to Aptos Village Project. So, why are the taxpayers footing this bill? Bike lanes? There are no designated bike lanes on Soquel Drive.

Public Works Traffic Engineer, Mr. Jack Sohriakoff, did not seem to know how the public will be notified of the construction work or how traffic will be routed while work on the rail crossing is in progress. It seems to me that an informational community meeting is in order, but it will take great pressure from the public to convince County Supervisor Friend to organize one. Do call or write to request this be done,454-2200 or Zach.Friend@ santacruzcounty.us.

Meanwhile, we also learned that Phase II of the Aptos Village Improvements is in progress. This includes a new rail crossing and traffic light at Aptos Creek Road and Soquel Drive intersection, construction of the new Parade Street railroad crossing that will serve as the gateway to the Aptos Village Project, new turn lanes added to Soquel Drive, and probably some railroad track replacement as well. A grant application submitted by the county to the Regional Transportation Commission

estimates this phase of the project will cost $2 million and serve 22,000 vehicles per day. RTC information states existing traffic counts are 15,000 vehicles per day, expected to rise to 20,000 per day when the development is occupied. Wow. I have two big issues with this. Mr. Sohriakoff had assured me long ago that the Aptos Village Project developers would be responsible for constructing the new Parade Street railroad crossing.

Why are taxpayers now being expected to fund it? Also, if you have tried to navigate through the chronic gridlock of Aptos Village recently, you are probably wondering, as am I, how adding two traffic lights to Soquel Drive while also adding 7,000 cars per day (7,000?!) will really be possible. I understand that Mr. Sohriakoff has informed the Rio Del Mar Improvement Association that soon motorists crossing the historic 1929 two-lane Aptos Creek Bridge will not be allowed to turn left onto Spreckles Drive at all.

Mr. Sohriakoff did not have any answers at the Oct. 18 site meeting when Aptos residents asked if there will be opportunity for public input on these traffic improvement plans. The RTC website claims the Phase II design will be finalized in December 2016. That doesn’t give citizens much time to weigh in with comments, does it?

County Supervisor Leopold recently held an evening meeting in Soquel Village to discuss constituent ideas for traffic problems. It seems that County Supervisor Friend is unwilling to afford the Aptos community the same level of public involvement. It seems to me that in this case, the people are just a source of taxpayer funding for the Aptos Village Project traffic problems.

••• Becky Steinbruner is a resident of Aptos. Her opinions are her own and not necessarily those of Life.

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Clinton unfit for the presidency To the Editor, In response to Thomas Stumbaugh’s letter in Aptos Life, October 2016, we the people ask why he is ignoring 30 years of documented lies by Hillary Clinton.

Thomas accuses Donald Trump of being a “complete and utter liar” without submitting any example except Obama not being born in Hawaii which everyone knows was a lie started by Hillary four years ago.

Hillary’s lies have included saying “I did not send classified emails on my private server” and lies to the Congress

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and FBI. Destroying 33,000 emails and at least five cell phones with a hammer so We the People could not see the corruption and lies!

Hillary is also busted for telling the Wall Street banks that she wants open borders and trade and then lying to us.

Hillary is paid off by donors and special interest like Saudi Arabia and worst!

Even Chelsey warned her that she would be busted for the corrupt Clinton slush “pay to play” Foundation.

Hillary wants to double taxes on small business and double down on the failing Obamacare that Bill Clinton calls “the craziest thing ever”.

It offends these ignorant people in Aptos when Thomas compares Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler! How dare he!

Hillary’s corrupt dishonest plan to crush small business would not bring any

jobs to this area. It would hurt all people in the Santa Cruz County for decades.

Will seniors vote for Hillary and the paid off establishment to regulate Social Security as an “entitlement”?

Hillary rigged the system and left wing media against Bernie Sanders, Herman Cain and Mitt Romney. She is doing the same lies and corruption now. Hillary says one thing to Wall Street and another to us.

The DNC has been busted recently for paying $1,500 per person to incite violence at Trump rallies!

Hillary has been busted for saying Catholics and Christians are barbaric and need to be changed. Will Thomas vote to get rid of religious freedom and our constitution?

Right now our children are $20 trillion in debt with 45 million on food stamps

and 1 percent growth.

All our police, veterans and military are against Hillary as their leader. They all endorse Donald Trump.

Hillary’s campaign people have been busted for saying she has “bad instincts” concerning foreign affairs such as Benghazi and so much more!

Thomas, am I “ignorant” for saying God bless America and ALL the people I have loved all my life?

Then please let everyone know that you were paid off to write that nasty letter by the Clinton slush fund and move to Venezuela where you belong.

Steven Austen Aptos

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Ask Nicole: Gearing up for the holidays

By NICOLE M. YOUNG, MSW

Anthony

I love this time of the year. The holidays my family celebrate serve as an important reminder to be thankful for what we have – including each other – and help others in need. I love how holiday celebrations from many religions and cultures share a similar purpose and bring out the best in people.

However, holidays can also be a difficult time for many families, and heightened stress and tension can highlight our human flaws. Holidays can quickly become something “to get through” instead of a time for reflection and celebration. Sound familiar to anyone?

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

Dear Anthony,

Dear Nicole, I’m visiting my family for a week over the holidays, which means traveling with two young children (2 and 5). I’m worried about how the kids will react to being away from home for that long. We’re staying at my parents’ house, and my kids tend to have epic melt-downs when they’re in unfamiliar places. My relatives like to give me unwanted parenting advice since I’m a single dad, and I really don’t want to deal with that. Got any tips for me?

Many children and adults love the excitement and special activities during the holidays, but it can also be a stressful time. Hectic schedules, endless shopping, high expectations, tight budgets, family conflict, or different beliefs about holiday celebrations can all create enormous pressure on parents. Holidays can be hard for children, too, if they get bored, tired, hungry, overstimulated or overwhelmed.

Children often communicate their needs and feelings through behaviors such as whining, complaining, tantrums, and refusing to follow directions – which adds to parents’ stress. Here are a few tips to try: Maintain your children’s daily routines for eating, sleeping and playing. The predictability of daily routines helps children feel secure and can prevent meltdowns caused by being tired, hungry, overstimulated or overwhelmed. Ask family members about their plans for mealtimes, visits, exchanging gifts, or other holiday activities, and let them know about your children’s schedules.

This allows you to discuss whether any plans can be modified so your children can participate, or at least helps others understand that your children may have to follow a different schedule than the adults.

Talk to your children about your holiday plans. Talk about your travel plans, which relatives they will see, and any important

family, cultural or religious traditions. Talk about what it will be like to stay at their grandparents’ house – what room they’ll sleep in, any rules they’ll have to follow, and how it will be different from being at home. Talking with children not only increases their vocabulary and thinking skills, but also gives them a “mental picture” of what to expect, which helps prepare them to face unfamiliar situations.

Have simple, engaging activities ready for your children. This helps prevent meltdowns caused by boredom or restlessness.

Take healthy snacks, some books, and a few of their favorite toys on your trip. Play guessing games, make up stories, or sing along to your favorite songs. And let’s face it – letting children have a modest amount of age-appropriate screen time (TV, movie, video games, computer, etc.) can give both children and parents a much-needed break after constant activities and socializing.

Encourage the behavior you want to see more of. Give descriptive praise when your children are being kind, helping others, following family rules, or expressing their feelings appropriately. This lets them know you appreciate their efforts and encourages them to keep it up.

Take time for yourself. Being a single parent during the holidays while surrounded by advice-giving relatives can be incredibly stressful. It’s important to find ways to relieve stress before it affects your ability to enjoy the holidays

with your family. If possible, ask another family member to watch your children so you can do something you enjoy, such as catching up with a relative, getting some exercise … or sitting in a quiet room by yourself.

Final thoughts: Holidays provide special opportunities to enjoy quality family time, but they can also add stress and pressure for many families. Try a few of these positive parenting strategies to help you and your family not just survive, but thrive, during this holiday season.

••• Nicole Young is the mother of two children, ages 13 and 16, 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. For more information about how Triple P helps parents handle everyday parenting challenges, visit triplep.first5scc.org, www.facebook.com/triplepscc or www. youtube.com/triplepsantacruzco.

To find a Triple P class or practitioner, contact First 5 Santa Cruz County at 465-2217 or triplep@first5scc.org.

Big winners at Drive for Schools Karley Pope, director of promotions and entertainment at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, pulls raffle tickets at random during the annual Drive for Schools fundraiser on Oct. 23. The fundraiser, put on by the Boardwalk and Capitola Auto Mall Dealer Group, raised more than $645,000 for local schools. Craig Geddes won the grand prize, which is his selection of either a new car or $25,000. Drive for Schools has now raised more than $4.7 million for Santa Cruz County schools since 2005, according to the Boardwalk. Photo by Erik Chalhoub

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Fort ‘solid,’ captures league title

By TONY NUNEZ SANTA CRUZ — Amanda Fort’s round did not start as planned. It also had an inauspicious end.

But everything in the middle was championship material.

The Aptos High junior golfer fired a 93 to capture the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League championship on Oct. 25 at DeLaveaga Golf Course in Santa Cruz.

“It’s exciting,” said Fort, who modestly kept her words in victory short.

Fort sent her first shot of the day out of bounds and carded a triple bogey on hole No. 1 but did not panic. She did as her coach Bill Tsudama taught her.

“Flush it,” she said. “Just get rid of it.”

She responded with a pair of pars on the front nine to build a five-stroke lead on defending SCCAL champ Kayla Karst of Santa Cruz High. Fort did just enough over the back nine to hold off Karst, who put the pressure on her with two birdies and cut the lead to just three strokes.

“I was nervous,” Fort admitted. “It was a bigger stage.”

Fort placed third in last year’s SCCAL championship behind Karst and teammate Megan Eldredge but entered the match as the favorite. She earned medalist honors in every league match this season and led the Mariners to their third straight league title as a team.

She shaved 11 strokes off her score from last year’s championship despite the shaky start and a two-stroke penalty on No. 18, after her chip from the bunker caromed off the lip, bounced backwards and hit her.

“On 18, she had a bad break and she still scored 93,” Tsudama said. “She’s super solid.”

Karst’s 97 landed her in second place, while fellow Cardinal Sigi Allen followed her with a 106 and Harbor High’s Roselyn Marc took fourth with a 108.

For Aptos, Gianna Marinshaw was fifth (110), Eldredge was sixth (117) and Italia Riccabona placed seventh (118). Galli Carrillo (120) and Sam Castaneda (132) also completed the 18-hole course for the Mariners, who will return all six golfers next season in search of their fourth straight SCCAL team title.

“It’s special,” Tsudama said. “We have a solid group. They’ll all be back one more season and hopefully pull out another.”

Despite winning the team title, Aptos will not advance to the upcoming Central Coast Section championships as a team.

Only team champions from a league with six or more teams earn automatic qualification, according to the CCS bylaws — Soquel High did not field a team this

Aptos High junior Amanda Fort sends the ball for a ride during the SCCAL championships at DeLaveaga Golf Course in Santa Cruz. Photo by Tony Nunez

season, leaving the SCCAL with five. The Mariners will not petition for an at-large berth.

Fort was the league’s lone representative the following week at Rancho Canada West Course in Carmel. She said she

has no experience on the course but will hopefully golf a practice round in the coming days, when the level of golf will be much higher.

“The winner at CCS will probably be under par, as usual,” Tsudama said. “I just

hope that that experience of seeing the talent that’s out there will help her because she’s a natural. I think that she can develop into a really great player.”

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‘Life would be flat’ Musician Vinny Johnson talks about the role of music in community

By BEK PHILLIPS APTOS — In the fourth grade, Vinny Johnson began his musical education on the trumpet.

More of a rock and roller, when he found guitar two years later, he said it just felt “more me.” And thus his lifelong journey to find the funk began.

“It just means everything to me,” he said. “I mean, I’ve been doing it ever since I was a kid and I’m 44 now. It was definitely a defining moment when I got my guitar.”

Sporting a shirt reading “without music, life would be flat,” Johnson said music creates a conversation and dialogue that brings people together.

“Music affects everybody in a positive way, I mean you can say you don’t like that song, but everybody has a song that touches them,” he said. “It’s their go-to song or it’s in their car all the time and I think that is what brings people together. It is the best message of music.”

Johnson started out playing gigs in Santa Cruz County at the Windjammer, having moved to Aptos in 2000. Now closed, Johnson plays all around the county at local venues such as Zelda’s, the Crow’s Nest, the Pocket and more.

“I’ll play anywhere, with anybody,” he said with a laugh.

But playing requires an audience, and where many musicians can find an audience by playing at local bar or food Vinny Johnson plays at the Pocket in Santa Cruz. Photo by Bek Phillips venues, public knowledge of live music falls short. For people looking for live praises the county for — the number “It doesn’t pay much, you do it because music, Johnson said he thinks there is a of music festivals and family friendly you love it, so if you see someone playing disconnect between musicians and the events that feature local musicians. But at a bar or playing for tips, they are not public. beyond the limiting bar scene he said the getting paid a lot,” he said. “It’s a meager “I think you have to go out and seek live disconnect also is because it takes work. means but I don’t know a musician who music,” he said. “To know that you can see “It’s because people feel it’s a hassle,” would do it for the money. As my friend TJ just as good as music, even better music, he said. “You have to go out and seek the always says, ‘Yes, be a musician and you for free in your own town, I just don’t music you want to hear. You have to be too can make hundreds of dollars a year.’” think people know.” vigilant and sometimes you gotta drive — Instead, he said that most people who leave town, get out of your own area and don’t frequent bars pay upwards to $100 to find something.” listen to someone they heard on the radio.

Lack of awareness and promotion also To raise awareness, Johnson and others means a person might miss a show simply have begun to advertise their gigs on they were not aware of it. While Johnson social media websites such as Facebook or said the best thing to do is follow the websites like Reverb Nation, but he said bands you like and show up early to see that does not help reach the people who headliners you might not have been aware have distanced themselves from the bar of, he also said it is worth it to step out of scene. their comfort zone to listen to new music.

“The problem is a lot of people, they While many struggle and work day jobs don’t want to go to a bar, they don’t want to support their passion, Johnson said he to be in a bar scene,” he said. thinks they have a wonderful scene here.

Part of the solution is something he

Guitarist Vinny Johnson plays all around Santa Cruz County at jams, gigs and festivals.

Photo by Bek Phillips

Citing a music rich culture, he said he would like to see more people come out and support local musicians and more bands come in from out of town. But he said he is happy.

“I think we are on the right track where we are,” he said. “But I guess more money would be great.”

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Fun to share Owners present new take on coffee, business at new shop Cat & Cloud

By BEK PHILLIPS LIVE OAK — When two decade-long friends met Charles Jack three years ago, they did not realize they were that much closer to realizing their dream of creating their own kind of coffee shop.

Chris Baca and Jared Truby both came from a coffee background, working together and becoming friends who shared an idea for a new kind of coffee. One, they say, that would merge two contradicting methodologies: that coffee has to be either strong or flavorful.

“It is an interesting take on specialty coffee,” Baca said. “It is a unique take on coffee roasting and what it can be. We roast for sweetness and quality of bean — it is a happy medium that is approachable

by regular coffee drinkers.”

“We met through a coffee barista camp and immediately had this idea that we could do something big, something interesting together,” Baca said.

They had the idea, and when they met someone with the business sense they said could move their fantasy to the next level, it began to look like a reality. Today, their coffee shop Cat & Cloud on Portola Drive has lines out the door.

“Without putting an amazing team together, you can’t do anything,” Truby said. “We’ve all pushed each other. We are just a couple of buds — this is a miracle.”

The design of their shop is open and light, with a window providing visual access to curious bystanders who want to watch the roasting process. With accumulated

experience in customer service, coffee and business, the three owners said they are hoping that their different strengths will be a boon to their business.

“We have this amazing ability to have all these different focus areas,” Truby said of their specialties. “When you have retail service, education and sound financials you got a good start.”

Aside from the strategic planning and experimentation on the business and coffee side, the owners say they are also focusing on grooming knowledgeable employees. The owners work side by side with them, and are planning several trips to enhance their education in coffee and entrepreneurship. In addition, they say they have worked to make sure that they have health insurance and benefits, even for employees still under their parents’ insurace.

“What makes us special is how we take care of our people,” Truby said. “We show them the finances so they know and understand business and can transfer that knowledge in everyday life.”

But they go beyond showing them

finances — they also award them some of the profits with a 10 percent profit shared monthly with all employees.

“It is really fun to share,” Baca said.

“It equips people for life, there is only so much cappuccinos can get you.”

With the barista exchange programs, participants are chosen by lottery until every employee has had the opportunity to go. The logic behind it, according to Jack, is to keep employees “stoked on their job.”

“It is a great way for people to take on responsibility,” he said. “Baristas can go and work in Guatemala for a week and come back and it is something they can take and apply in their own lives.”

With all of this stemming from the love of the coffee culture, the owners say they hope to find success.

“We want people to try it and immediately like it and know it is special,” Baca said.

••• Cat & Cloud is located on 3600 Portola Drive in Live Oak. For information, visit catandcloud.com.

Three friends and co-owners Chris Baca (from left), Jared Truby and Charles Jack talk about opening their new business Cat & Cloud on Portola Drive in Live Oak. Their business philosophy includes sharing with their staff business practices and barista exchange programs. Photo by Bek Phillips

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Jared Truby works the counter at the new coffee shop Cat & Cloud he recently opened with two friends. Photo by Bek Phillips

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Hoping to get the county moving Voters to consider Measure D

By TODD GUILD SANTA CRUZ COUNTY — People on both sides of Santa Cruz County’s controversial Measure D agree that roads need to be repaired, the bus system needs help and bicycle lanes and pedestrian paths need to be upgraded.

They split, however, on the portion of the measure that allocates $125 million for auxiliary lanes on Highway 1 from Soquel Drive to State Park Drive.

Supporters say the move will relieve congestion along the busy corridor, and that it will be a boon for Watsonville commuters who get tied up in the daily backup.

Former Watsonville City Councilman Eduardo Montesino, who is a Metro bus driver and is co-chair of the YES on D to Get Santa Cruz County Moving campaign, said the auxiliary lanes from Morrissey Avenue to Soquel Drive shave off as much as 15 minutes for commuters.

“It’s wonders,” he said. “That’s a perfect example.”

Opponents doubt those claims, and point to studies from around the U.S. that show widening highways instead increase the numbers of vehicles.

“We haven’t seen a highway improvement project that has been demonstrated to be a benefit,” said Rick Longinotti, chair of Widening Won’t Work, No on Measure D. If passed by two-thirds of voters on Nov. 8, Measure D would impose a half-cent, 30-year sales tax for Santa Cruz County residents.

Supporters estimate the measure would raise about $500 million, which would be distributed over five key areas.

The largest slice – $135 million – would be allocated among the cities of Capitola, Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley and Watsonville and to the Santa Cruz County for road

The northbound morning commute (at right) on Highway 1 in Soquel and Capitola inches along toward Santa Cruz. Photo by Tarmo Hannula

repair, traffic safety projects, bicycle lanes and other projects in those jurisdictions.

That money would be allocated based on population and miles of roadway.

Watsonville would get more than $23 million over the 30-year life of the tax.

Capitola would receive more than $10 million, while Santa Cruz would get $33 million.

Santa Cruz County would receive nearly $75 million for the unincorporated areas.

Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transportation District would get $2.75 million every year, which supporters say would help provide transit services for seniors and people with disabilities.

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“Active transportation” projects such as the Coastal Rail Trail – which connects seven cities and towns throughout the county – would receive 17 percent.

Eight percent would go to maintaining the rail corridor that runs through the county, with some of those funds paying for studies of various “non-rail” options.

The Highway 1 widening project would get 25 percent.

That would include building pedestrian bridges in North County, and projects that would promote carpooling.

Longinotti said that making a 30-year commitment to Measure D would hobble future efforts to make major repairs or upgrades that aren’t covered by the measure.

Instead, Longinotti urged voters to turn down Measure D and bring a retooled measure in two years that doesn’t commit such a large amount to the highway.

“Priorities shift,” he said.

Santa Cruz City Councilman Don Lane, who also chairs the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission, said the measure has garnered endorsements from all the cities and from the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors.

Only Supervisor Greg Caput voted against supporting the measure, saying it “shortchanges” South County.

Caput said he would have accepted a quarter-cent sales tax, or one that funded only two areas: county and city roads and to Metro bus service.

He also said he would have compromised on a sales tax that ended after seven years.

“The problem is that they were trying to please everyone, and they ended up not pleasing a lot of people,” he said.

Caput said the measure would add to an already high tax rate in Watsonville, thus unfairly burdening the city’s low-income residents.

He also said the rail study leaves Watsonville out of the picture.

This will not be the first time a transportation measure has been introduced. Voters rejected Measure J, also a half-cent sales tax, in 2004.

San Benito County rejected a similar measure in June.

Of the 125 people and organizations that donated to the campaign, the larger donations come from construction unions and construction companies such as Graniterock, Don Chapin Company and Devcon Construction, Inc. Medical organizations also made contributions, including Physicians Medical Group, and Palo Alto Medical Foundation for Healthcare, Research and Education.

The largest contribution is $50,000 and came from the California Alliance for Jobs, a Sacramento-based organization that represents construction companies and

union construction workers throughout California.

“They know they are going to get jobs, whether that’s building bike lanes or paving streets or building auxiliary lanes on the highway,” Lane said. “That’s all work for people in this community.”

Land Trust of Santa Cruz County President Terry Corwin said the measure gained that organization’s endorsement by including a wildlife tunnel on Highway 17 at Laurel Curve, a $5 million project.

Lane said Measure D has won thumbsup from bicycle commuters and bus riders, as well as several unions.

“One of the things we’re really proud about this measure is the balance it represents,” he said.

Widening Won’t Work has picked up endorsements from 62 individuals, according to the group’s website.

Watsonville resident Nick Bulaich, who is independently opposing the measure, said it would raise sales tax in Watsonville to 9.5 percent, one of the highest in the state.

Bulaich is passing out bright yellow fliers throughout the city, in which he questions the 30-year lifespan of the measure.

“Your children and grandchildren will be paying for this badly planned tax,” he wrote.

Bulaich pointed out that proponents did not state on their campaign literature that the measure would be funded through sales tax, which he called “deceptive.”

Supporters say that Measure D took 12 years to bring to the November ballot, and warn that rejecting it will bring the county back to the drawing board without a way to fund much-needed projects.

In addition, the tax revenue would allow Santa Cruz County to become a “selfhelp” county, making it eligible for state and federal grants.

“It took a long time and a lot of conversations,” Montesino said. “It took a lot of effort to get where we are.”

Montesino said the measure does not answer every need throughout the county, which both sides acknowledge is impossible.

“We can’t get there,” he said. “But this is a first effort to move forward in our community on all these fronts.”

Ernestina Saldaña, who opposes the measure, said that recent cuts to Metro service have left disabled people and seniors struggling to find reliable transportation.

Saldaña, who relies on a wheelchair to get around, said the $2.75 million per year from Measure D won’t be enough to fund bus service, pay for upkeep and maintenance of the county’s aging bus fleet and fill Metro’s $6.8 million deficit.

“It’s not enough, and that’s why I got involved,” she said.

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Santa Cruz approves two new rides for Boardwalk Part of $12 million main entrance project

Work continues on the construction of a new grand entrance to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Photo by Tarmo Hannula

By ERIK CHALHOUB SANTA CRUZ — The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, currently in the midst of a $12 million main entrance renovation, received the city’s approval Oct. 20 to add two new rides in the area.

The Santa Cruz Planning Commission voted to allow the Boardwalk to exceed zoning height limits in order to construct the new rides, called Shockwave and Typhoon.

According to a report by Associate Planner Clara Stanger, Shockwave and Typhoon would stand at 65 feet tall and 60 feet tall, respectively, taller than the allowed 40 feet.

In August, the Boardwalk announced it

would demolish a set of buildings situated between the Speed Bumps ride and Neptune’s Kingdom in order to make way for an expansive entrance plaza, ticketing windows, attractions and more.

Known as a “Mega Disk’O” model manufactured by Italy-based Zamperla, Shockwave seats 24 riders on circular platform that spins as it makes its way back and forth on a vertical, half-circle track.

The ride will be constructed next to the Undertow roller coaster on an expanded “upper deck” area that will extend over a new game and retail building.

Typhoon will be a similar version of a ride of the same name that was removed from the Boardwalk in 2009 to make way for the Sea Swings ride. A mainstay at

City of Santa Cruz Planning and Community Development An artist’s rendering of Typhoon.

county fairs across the country, Typhoon consists of two arms that swing riders in a circular motion. The ride will be located in a plaza area that will be constructed as part of the main entrance project.

Kris Reyes, director of community affairs for the Boardwalk, said the rides will blend in nicely with the theme of the park.

“We think these two rides together are a great complement to our existing rides,” he said.

He added that the original Typhoon was popular with guests, but when it was removed, it left the park with only one ride that flips riders upside down: the Rock-oPlane.

The new version of the ride will remedy

that.

“If you love going upside down, the Typhoon is going to satisfy that desire,” Reyes said.

Shockwave is a ride the park has been looking at adding for awhile, he said, which will offer a “unique experience” in its elevated location.

“It’s going to be a really cool experience for our guests,” Reyes said.

Construction on the main entrance project is expected to wrap up in summer 2017, with the rides expected to open around the same time should the permit process and manufacturing side go smoothly, according to Reyes. A number of rides and games in the area are closed during the construction period.

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Armory renovation begins California Conservation Corps to move into building

By ERIK CHALHOUB WATSONVILLE — During the aftermath of the Loma Prieta Earthquake in 1989, an emergency shelter was set up in the National Guard Armory located on 30 Aviation Way, a place where displaced residents could find food and a place to sleep.

California Conservation Corps member Janet Wohlgemuth was stationed in Watsonville, helping unload planes and feeding people from cot to cot inside the armory.

Oct. 10 marked a full circle for Wohlgemuth, when the California Conservation Corps held a ceremony marking the beginning of the vacant armory’s renovation. The CCC will move into the armory, which was built in 1959, in mid-2017.

“Here I am getting ready to move back into this building,” said Wohlgemuth, who now serves as conservation supervisor with the CCC. “It’s a small world.”

The CCC, a state agency for people ages 18 to 25 who devote a year to natural resource work and emergency response, celebrated its 40th anniversary in July. The Monterey Bay branch of the agency was based at Elkhorn Slough before moving to Pinto Lake in 1996, where it is currently based.

Once the renovation is complete in mid2017, the new location will have room for all 70 corpsmembers with new classrooms, a computer lab, office space and more.

State CCC Director Bruce Saito said the armory location is a major improvement over the current Pinto Lake center, which is “crowded” and “hard to access.”

“This site will provide big classroom space, provide more adequate office space, and a really great area to stage and work out of,” he said.

The CCC is in a lease with the National Guard to use the building, he noted. Work will commence in a few weeks to repair the leaking roof, and later, the facility will be painted inside and out.

In addition to restoring natural habitats, the CCC has provided emergency assistance, such as in 1995, when corpsmembers cleaned out mud from underneath homes in Pajaro after the town was flooded.

Crews have also recently returned from the Loma Fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

The CCC, founded by Gov. Jerry Brown in 1976 during his first term as governor, marked its 40th anniversary in July.

Saito said the CCC is “always recruiting.”

“Those that endure and take the challenge of the California Conservation Corps, after a year many say this is the best year they spent doing something productive and positive in their life,” he said.

Watsonville Mayor Felipe Hernandez said organizations such as the CCC are important to have in Watsonville, especially in a city with a large population of young people.

“When we can get young people out of the streets and get them working here in the community, it’s the best thing we can provide,” he said.

••• The Monterey Bay Center of the California Conservation Corps currently has openings. For information, call 722-2195.

Janet Wohlgemuth, conservation supervisor with the California Conservation Corps, leads a tour of the former National Guard Armory, 30 Aviation Way, where the CCC will soon relocate their headquarters. Photo by Tarmo Hannula

Former Watsonville Mayor Dennis Osmer addresses a crowd at the “roof breaking” ceremony. Photo by Tarmo Hannula

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Nov. 8

Nov. 9

Suicide Prevention Support Group

ELECTION DAY

Countywide Alliance meeting

This peer support group is for anyone who has experienced suicidal depression. It meets at 6:30 p.m. on the first and third Thursdays of the month at Soquel Congregational Church, 4951 Soquel Drive. The free group is facilitated by Diane Brice, former director Suicide Prevention Services, and Jean Wolff, MPH. For information, call 566-1191.

Nov. 10 November breakfast

The Aptos Chamber of Commerce will hold its monthly breakfast meeting from 7:30-9 a.m. at Best Western Seacliff Inn, 7500 Old Dominion Court in Aptos. The guest speaker will be Santa Cruz County Sheriff Jim Hart. Admission is $20 for members and $25 for nonmembers.

Nov. 16 Networking lunch

The Capitola-Soquel Chamber of Commerce will hold a networking lunch at Bargetto Winery, 3535 N. Main St. in Soquel, at 11:30 a.m.

The guest speaker will be Charlie Mixson, IT Solution Consultant at Network Management Solutions.

Admission is $20 for chamber members, $25 for non-members.

For reservations, call 475-6522.

Dec. 3 Holiday Craft Fair and Tree Lighting

The annual event will be held from 2-5 p.m. at the Aptos Village Park Tree. A rain check date is scheduled for Dec. 10.

BFF Boutique Happy Hour

The BFF Boutique hosts a double discount day the first Tuesday of every month from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m on 115 San Jose Ave., in the Mercantile, Capitola. The boutique is offering 50 percent off all regular shoes excluding sandals, flip flops and boots. The store has a selection of men’s and women’s clothing, designer and vintage recyled fashion. The boutique will be offering refreshments, snacks and discounts.

Nov. 12 Albacore dinner

The Monterey Bay Salmon and Trout Project, a nonprofit volunteer organization seeking to restore the native salmon and steelhead trout population in the Monterey Bay area, and the Castroville Rotary Club are having their 39th annual fundraising albacore dinner. The event will be held at the Castroville Recreation Center, 11261 Crane St. in Castroville. No-host cocktails begin at 6 p.m., and the dinner starts at 7 p.m. There will be door prizes, a raffle and silent auction, plus a project demonstration. Tickets are available at the door. Admission is $18 for adults, and $10 for kids age 12 and under.

The Countywide Alliance (formerly the Alliance of Concerned Citizens) will meet at 7 p.m. in the Louden Nelson Community Center, room 3, in Santa Cruz.

Santa Cruz Turkey Trot

All meetings take place at Capitola City Hall 420 Capitola Ave.

Nov. 9 Architectural & Site Review, 3:30 p.m.

Traffic & Parking Commission, 6:30 p.m.

Nov. 15 Sons in Retirement luncheon

The Aptos Sons in Retirement will hold a luncheon at Severino’s Restaurant, 7500 Old Dominion Court, at 11:30 a.m.

The menu will include deluxe cheeseburgers, salad and fries.

Karl Allmendinger will share hang gliding experiences. Call Jim for information at 708-4133.

Nov. 10 City Council, 7 p.m.

Nov. 15 Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors (Governmental Center Building, 701 Ocean St., Room 525, Santa Cruz), 9 a.m.

Finance Advisory Committee, 6 p.m.

Soquel Creek Water Board, 6 p.m.

Nov. 26 Surfin’ Santa

Nov. 19

Public Meetings

Surfin’ Santa will make his way to the shores of the Main Beach in Capitola at noon. For information, call the Capitola-Soquel Chamber of Commerce at 475-6522.

The Santa Cruz Track Club presents the annual Turkey Trot scheduled for the Saturday before Thanksgiving. Flat, fast out and back courses that begin and end on 2300 Delaware St. by the back entrance to Natural Bridges. The 1K race begins at 7:45 a.m., 5K race at 8 a.m. and 10K at 8:45 a.m. For information and registration, visit santacruztrackclub. com.

Nov. 16 Library Advisory Committee — Special, 3:30 p.m.

Commission on the Environment, 6 p.m.

Nov. 22 Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors (Governmental Center Building, 701 Ocean St., Room 525, Santa Cruz), 9 a.m.

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