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Historic Sand Rock Farm This story is in two parts. The first half is about the man who built Sand Rock Farm and next month’s installment is about the farm itself, what it is today, and an invitation to visit.

What is Sand Rock Farm and where is it located? I first learned of Sand Rock Farm in 1997 when the new owners, Susan Van Horn and Brian Denny showed my wife Karen and me the property which they wanted to turn into a bed and breakfast inn. It needed a lot of work. It had been a long-term rental property and was red-tagged following the 1989 earthquake. There was a large house, a winery ruin and a large barn where Brian said musicians such as Carlos Santana, the Grateful Dead members, and others, used to jam in the early 1960s. That may or may not be true but it makes for a good story. So, what is the history behind this property?

The history of Aptos includes the stories of some people who are well known and some

Staff report APTOS — The Aptos Chamber of Commerce announced the winners of its annual awards.

Zach Friend received the Man of the Year award, and Christy Licker was recognized as Woman of the Year.

John Fuchs Properties received the Business of the Year award, and the Agricultural History Project was honored with the Community Enhancement award.

Grey Bears netted Organization of the Year, and the Rio Del Mar Improvement Association was honored with the Outstanding Achievement award.

The Community Hero honor went to Robert Salazar.

The awards will be given to all honorees at the annual awards dinner and auction Oct. 30 from 6-10 p.m. at Seascape Beach Resort in Aptos. This year’s theme is “Fall into the Magic.” Admission is $85 per person. For reservations, call 688-1467.

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Aptos High marks World Cleanup for Coco Event organized for crash victim Suicide Prevention Day

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By TODD GUILD APTOS — Amidst the frenzied assemblage of young people in the packed quad at Aptos High School on Sept. 10 sat a sobering reminder that no life is limitless.

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Aptos High School students Laura Acevedo, Harper and Allyson Picone talk about World Suicide Prevention Day. Photo by Todd Guild

APTOS — Pacific Coast Charter School student Colette “Coco” Lazenby was passionate about community service, and Coastal Cleanup Day was one such cause she advocated for.

But after the 12-year-old Aptos resident died in a car crash on Highway 1 in August, friends, family and teachers looked for ways to honor her life and her passion for the community.

And so, Martha Miller, who taught Coco through the school’s

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school’s wellness team as a part of World Suicide Prevention Day. There, students signed a pledge to help their schoolmates who may be at risk of suicide, and to relay those concerns to a trusted adult when necessary.

Dozens of students were wearing purple and teal, part of a worldwide effort to raise awareness of the issue.

Allyson Picone, a senior, said she had a personal reason for wearing teal.

“My grandmother committed suicide, so I have a deep connection to the cause,” she said. “It was something that has really affected my family.”

In addition, teachers throughout the school held anchor activities — a reference to the school’s Mariner mascot — in which the students listed the things that “anchor” them. Those were later posted in a visible place on campus.

While AHS students have marked the day in the past, their efforts have increased since 2013 Camille after three students committed

K-8 newsletter “The Scoop,” worked with Save Our Shores to organize “Coastal Cleanup Day for Coco,” held Sept. 19 at Hidden Beach in Aptos.

The cleanup was part of a number of sites around the county, as well as around the world, for the annual event that draws hundreds of thousands of volunteers that remove millions of pounds of trash from beaches across the globe.

“It seemed like a way for all of us at PCCS to do something to honor her cherished life,” Miller

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Farr seeking reelection Has kept seat for 22 years

By TODD GUILD CENTRAL COAST — Congressman Sam Farr, who has held his seat on the 20th Congressional District for more than two decades, is running for another term next year.

“Why do I want to do it? Because I’m good at it, and I love this district,” he said.

Farr will face off against Republican Casey Lucius, a political newcomer who currently sits on the Pacific Grove City Council, her only political experience to date.

Farr disputes assertions by his opponent that long-term politicians are at risk of complacency.

To do the job effectively, he said, requires a great deal of experience.

“It’s complex and it takes time to learn it all,” he said. “Seniority has its benefits.”

A veteran in the political arena even before his inauguration in 1993, Farr served 12 years in the California State Assembly and six years as a Monterey County Supervisor.

Farr said he enjoyed those positions, because as a local lawmaker it was relatively easy to identify a problem, find a solution and get it done.

He said that’s not true in Congress, which he compared to a supertanker that doesn’t want to change course.

“It’s a huge institution,” he said. “It’s a very old, ancient bureaucracy.”

Farr is credited with writing the legislation that established Pinnacles National Park and with helping establish the Central Coast Veterans’ Cemetery at Fort Ord, which is expected to open next year.

He also boasts a list of legislation and accomplishments stretching back to his 1993 inauguration, including helping to secure funding to underwrite CSU Monterey Bay and saving the Aromas Post Office from closure.

He also has been working on securing federal funding for improvements on the Pajaro River Levee. This year, he has forced the Federal Aviation Administration to review a recently changed flight path that puts planes over Santa Cruz and Capitola.

He has also worked on agriculture issues, authored federal standards for organic food and authored legislation to establish Pinnacles National Park.

Farr serves on the House Appropriations Committee, which oversees the distribution of the federal budget. He is the ranking member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development and Food and Drug Administration, and is the longest serving Democrat on the Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs. He also serves on the Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch.

He says he knows the pressure of being a federal lawmaker, and is set to return to session with a House and Senate dominated by often recalcitrant Republicans.

“We have fiscal year ends, and we haven’t adopted a budget and we have nothing but crisis after crisis when we get back,” he said. “And we have deadlines to resolve, and the big question is how much are we going to get done? We haven’t done a transportation bill, we haven’t done any of the appropriations bills and if we don’t do this government comes to a screeching

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halt.”

Currently, Farr joins a slight majority of federal lawmakers who support the Iran Nuclear Deal, a 109-page document that, if approved, would require Iran to give up 97 percent of its uranium stockpile and was designed to hobble that country’s ability to build a nuclear weapon.

Farr praised the controversial agreement, which many lawmakers are hailing as a victory between western countries and the Middle East.

“After two decades in Congress, this is the first time I will be able to vote for peace, not just against war,” he said.

Farr rarely misses an opportunity to bring up his service in the Peace Corps in Columbia in 1964, where he said he

learned socioeconomic lessons that still apply to his job in the Senate, including the importance of access to health care and housing.

“The essentials for working yourself out of the culture of poverty are access to education, to learn how to read and write,” he said.

The challenge, he said, is finding a way to make a difference as one of 435 representatives to represent his district and make sure the federal government is adequately serving it.

“It’s my responsibility,” he said. “I’m the only one in the nation that has this responsibility.”

“I love leaving it better than I found it.”

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Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Sgt. Patrick Dimick talks about school safety plans with teachers and administrators at Mar Vista Elementary School. Photo by Todd Guild

APTOS — A few times a year, various and sundry events prompt a school in Santa Cruz County to go into lockdown, in which teachers lock doors and windows and students hunker down until a school official gives an all-clear signal.

These might be a police chase that ended near a school, a bank robbery in the neighborhood or a far more serious and rare “active shooter.”

Santa Cruz County Superintendent of Schools Michael Watkins said lockdowns occurred approximately every two weeks last year.

“Given the overall conditions across the country — we’ve seen an uptick in violence in schools — it’s important for us to be proactive and vigilant, and show parents and students how to be safe,” he said. “If students don’t feel safe at school they aren’t going to learn.”

California Education Code requires all schools to have a comprehensive school safety plan, and also requires them to update that plan annually.

To help guide them in these endeavors, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office offers its services to staff, teachers and administrators at schools throughout the county, so they can be better prepared to create and update their own plans.

“We’re putting the word out that this is available,” said Sheriff’s Sgt. Patrick Dimick, who was at Mar Vista Elementary School Sept. 2 to give a presentation. “We give them tools and a lot of things to think about.”

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By TODD GUILD WATSONVILLE — Thousands of students walked onto Cabrillo College’s Aptos and Watsonville campuses as classes began Aug. 31, many of them for the first time since graduating high school last spring.

“I’m really excited,” said Mikaela Gregory, 18, of Soquel. “This is a new chapter in my life.”

Gregory said she plans to take general education courses, a plan she hopes simultaneously will help her decide on a major and complete her general education courses, thus paving her way when she transfers to a four-year university.

Gregory is one of 11,882 students currently enrolled at Cabrillo, a number that is expected to change in a few weeks when college officials do the final census.

Nearly 1,900 students are taking classes at the Watsonville location.

Those numbers are still approximately 3 percent below last year’s enrollment, following a trend for community colleges statewide over the past three semesters,

said Cabrillo spokeswoman Kristin Fabos.

While the college’s number crunchers might fret about such a decline, it points to an improving economy in which would-be students are working more hours and have less time to take classes, Fabos said.

At the same time, Cabrillo is seeing an increase in students taking online and distance education classes, likely because of their busy schedules, Fabos said.

Despite the decline in enrollment, the college’s Emergency Medical Technician program is full, and despite three classes and an expansion into Watsonville’s Solari Center, all of them have a sizable waitlist.

“There is great demand for this program in the community,” said Dr. Isabel A. O’Connor, Dean of the Human Arts and Social Sciences division.

The move to the Watsonville campus allows teachers to use the lab at the relatively new Solari Center, a plus after using the parking lot at the Aptos campus, O’Connor said.

It also put the classes in South County, where a large percentage of students in the program live, she said.

Students fill the quad at Cabrillo College in Aptos on the first day of the fall semester.

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Teacher Shane Bell, also a firefighter with Alameda County Fire, said the class is so popular because it is required for entry into most firefighting programs.

It is also ideal for future paramedics, police officers and other emergency personnel. The medical training, he said, is a good lead-in to several medical careers including nursing and physician’s assistant, Bell said.

“From my first year, I have five students who are in medical school,” he said.

Bell said Cabrillo’s program recently placed in the top 25 such programs in the nation, and that 90 percent of the students pass their state exams on their first attempt.

But those numbers aren’t important to Bell as the program’s placement rates.

“Our students get jobs, that’s the important thing,” he said.

Salad bars expanding across county schools Staff report SANTA CRUZ COUNTY — The County of Santa Cruz announced an expanded partnership with the Silicon Valley Leadership Group that increases the availability of fresh fruits and vegetables for schoolchildren across the county.

Through the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and its donors, the “Let’s Move Salad Bars to Schools” program will add at least five new salad bars at local

schools. In addition to a number of schools that already provide salad bars for their students, New Brighton Middle School and Boulder Creek, DeLaveaga, Gault, Bay View, Rio Del Mar and Starlight elementary schools also have salad bars as a result of the partnership.

“Providing salad bars to schools throughout Santa Cruz County ensures greater access to locally grown, healthy fruits and vegetables for every child, all at no local cost,” said Santa Cruz County Supervisor Zach Friend.

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Under direction from the Centers for Disease Control and in support of State Superintendent for Public Instruction Tom Torlakson’s “Team California for Healthy Kids” initiative, the Silicon Valley Leadership Group has provided 122 salad bars cost-free to schools in Alameda, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties, serving 98,000 children.

“It’s very clear that if young children are put on the rightpath to a healthy lifestyle — eating right and getting plenty of exercise — they will be better students

and will receive a quality education. This is an opportunity to make a difference in children’s lives,” said Casey Beyer, a senior advisor at Silicon Valley Leadership Group.

The new schools to receive salad bars have not been determined. In conjunction with the Board of Supervisors and health officials, the partnership hopes to provide at least one in each of the county’s five supervisorial districts.

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Tobin Keller’s “narrative cloths” will be on display at the Cabrillo Gallery.

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APTOS – The Cabrillo Gallery hosts the exhibition “The Narrative Cloth: Tobin W. Keller Sabbatical Exhibition,” presenting the work created by Tobin Keller during his yearlong sabbatical from Cabrillo College.

The Narrative Cloth opens with a free public reception on Saturday, Oct. 3, 5:30-7 p.m. There will also be a free public closing reception on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 4:30-6 p.m. Keller will present an artist talk on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 6:30 p.m. in VAPA Room 1001 on Lower Campus. The exhibition continues through Friday, Oct. 30. Combining traditional techniques with experimental tools and materials, Keller has an extensive background in mixed media work and screenprinting on paper, glass, and acrylic sheets. Keller has had a sustained interest in portraiture, investigating the multi-faceted nature of life and human consciousness by representing both the physical beings and the layered personalities and emotional lives of his subjects. In combining collected images with his own photographs he creates narratives on cloth, reflecting his continued interest in symbolism, one that was heavily influenced by artist Jay DeFeo, an early mentor.

Staff report SANTA CRUZ COUNTY — The Santa Cruz County Open Studios Art Tour begins Oct. 3.

The tour features nearly 300 artists working in dozens of medium. The tour kicks off on Oct. 3 and 4 in North County, from the Santa Cruz Harbor and north.

The second leg of the tour takes place Oct. 10 and 11 in South County, from Watsonville to the harbor.

Oct. 17 and 18 is the encore weekend, with most of the artists from both legs of the tour opening their doors.

An exhibit featuring works by every artist runs through Oct. 18 at the Santa Cruz Art League, 526 Broadway in Santa Cruz.

For information, visit artscouncilsc.org or call 4759600.

CAPITOLA — Soroptimist International of Capitola-By-The-Sea’s 10th annual “Bras For a Cause” fundraiser will be held Oct. 24 starting at 5 p.m. with a no host bar and food at Seascape Golf Club, 610 Clubhouse Drive, Aptos.

“In celebration of our 10 th anniversary, we’re going wild with an evening safari-themed auction and gala,” said KC Carlson, event coordinator. “We’ll have choice golf packages and fabulous travel including two South African safari trips, and our traditional but wildly creative artistically-inspired bras.”

Past bra entries have been created from a wide variety of materials including duct tape, seashells and concrete with themes ranging from baseball to Mt. Rushmore to glamour and bling.

Some artists have dedicated their bras to friends, mothers, sisters who have been stricken with breast cancer.

These artful creations, coupled with baskets of items donated by local merchants, will be sold to the highest bidders during a silent auction while items such as golf outings, travel adventures, and gift certificates for beauty and spa treatments, are sold at a live auction.

Funds raised at this event benefit women and girls of Santa Cruz County through Soroptimist programs.

Tickets to the event are $45 or two for $80 and are available online at the SI website www.best4women. org, by calling 476-8239, or from any SI of Capitola member.

“We’ve never had an evening event before so we hope everyone will come on safari with us, in costume or not, to have fun and join us on this new adventure, including men for whom we will have ‘man cave’ items such as sports tickets, tools and other guy stuff,” Carlson said. “While we’re having all this fun, we can still do great things together by raising funds for women and girls.”

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Drive for Schools returns Staff report SANTA CRUZ COUNTY — Drive for Schools kicked off its 11th year on Sept. 16.

Volunteers from more than 70 schools in Santa Cruz County met at Toyota of Santa Cruz to pick up materials and share tips on successful ticket sales. The community will have about a month to purchase tickets for the opportunity to win a new car, cash or 100 other prizes.

This year’s Grand Prize winner may choose $25,000 in cash or a new car (Toyota Prius or Subaru Outback) donated by the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk and Capitola Auto Mall Dealer Group. Dozens of other prizes are donated by local businesses. The Boardwalk and Auto Dealer Group are also donating ten $1,000 cash prizes.

“Drive for Schools is the biggest fundraiser of the year for Soquel High School,” said principal Gail Atlansky.

“It benefits our teachers and athletic programs. We are so appreciative and hope the Drive for Schools program continues.”

Each school keeps all the money they raise selling tickets with no overhead costs. Schools receive everything they need including tickets, posters, prizes and support. New this year, trophies will be awarded to schools in four categories (high school, junior high, elementary and spirit) for raising the most money.

Winning schools will hold their trophy for a year.

Drive for Schools has raised $3.4 million for local schools since 2005. Last year, 74 schools raised more than $567,821. The leading fundraiser was Soquel High School, which brought in $40,888. Other big earners were Tierra Pacifica Charter School ($25,125), Valencia Elementary ($23,474) and Good Shepherd Catholic ($21,856). Schools use Drive for Schools income for art, music, and sports programs as well as field trips, science camp, and classroom supplies.

The public can purchase tickets for $5 each or $25 for 6. Ticket sales end Oct. 18. Drive for Schools ticket stubs include a coupon to park free at the Boardwalk for the prize drawing at 1 p.m. on Oct. 25. Winners need not be present to win.

Visit www.beachboardwalk.com/driveforschools for a list of participating schools, prizes, rules and ticket information.

Submissions sought for Porter Gulch Review Staff report SANTA CRUZ COUNTY — Porter Gulch Review, which is produced by Cabrillo College, is seeking submissions of literature, photography and artwork for its next issue.

Prose, poetry and plays should be single spaced, with name, phone and email address on them. Images should be submitted at 400 DPI. The deadline to submit is Dec. 1. Submissions should be emailed to dasulliv@yahoo.com.

The Porter Gulch Review, which began 30 years ago, is put together entirely by Cabrillo College students, is professionally bound, and boasts nearly 200 pages of literature, photographs and other artwork with 1,000 copies yearly.

The publication receives about 400 submissions a year from authors across the county, including Cabrillo instructors and students, and even some thousands of miles away.

For information, call 479-6345 or visit www. cabrillo.edu/publications/portergulch.

“Capitola Dreaming” by Maggie Renner Hellman.

Capitola holding first painting event Staff report CAPITOLA — The City of Capitola is hosting its first Plein Air painting event and contest Nov. 7-8.

Professional and amateur artists will paint in various spots within a two-mile boundary along the costal area of Capitola from Depot Hill to Wharf Road. Painting will be live, outdoors and exhibiting their work for sale at their paint sites. Community members are encouraged to watch them paint and purchase artwork.

On Sunday, Nov. 8 at the bandstand, museum curator Susan Hillhouse Leask will be giving an informative lecture on “A History of Plein Air and How I Judge a Painting in the Open Air” at 2 p.m. From 3-6 p.m. there will be live music and artists will have paintings for sale. There will also be a children’s “hands on” art event during this time.

For information or to register as an artist for the event, visit capitolapleinair.com.

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Man of the Year Zach Friend

Woman of the Year Christy Licker

Business of the Year John Fuchs Properties

Zach Friend is a policy, public affairs and communications expert who has worked for Barack Obama and John Kerry’s presidential campaigns, the White House Council of Economic Advisers, U.S. Senate, Congressman Sam Farr and the Democratic National Committee (DNC).

With Obama for America ’08, Friend was a press secretary and spokesman in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, where he staffed and briefed Barack Obama, Joe Biden and other campaign principals and surrogates.

In June of 2012, Friend was elected to the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors representing the Second District, and was selected as Chair of the Board of Supervisors for 2014.

Friend has a master’s degree in public policy from Georgetown University and a bachelor’s with honors in history from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Christy Licker opened Caroline’s Non Profit Thrift Shop in July of 2010 hoping to honor and celebrate the life of her daughter, Caroline, who passed away in 2007 when she was 16.

The shop gave money away for the first time six months after it opened — $40,000 to four local nonprofits: Children’s Hospice and Palliative Care Coalition, Hospice of Santa Cruz County, and Jacob’s Heart.

In 2014, Caroline’s gifted $240,000 to 19 local nonprofits, which brought its total donations to local nonprofits serving children with special needs to $600,000 in four years.

“I am so proud to be a part of this community,” Licker said. “We have only been successful because of the support we have received from donors, shoppers, and, most especially volunteers.”

John Fuchs, along with his wife Robin, have owned and operated John Fuchs Properties: Construction & Real Estate since 1984. John, Robin and their staff work with their clients to create new homes, remodels and residential additions in Santa Cruz County. Fuchs was voted Best Builder in Santa Cruz County in 2010, 2011 and 2013.

John Fuchs is an active member of the Aptos community, having lived here with his family for over 30 years.

He has coached the Aptos High School Girls Golf Team. He and Robin have also coached their daughter’s United States Youth Volleyball League team, as well as the American Youth Basketball Association.

They’ve been active in the Aptos Chamber of Commerce, the History Museum, the Rio Del Mar Improvement Association, the Girls Scouts of the Central Coast and the Monte Foundation Fireworks.

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The mission of the Agricultural History Project honors and promotes knowledge about agriculture on the Central California Coast, both past and present.

AHP preserves, exhibits, collects and builds community awareness of the economic, cultural and ethnic aspects of agriculture in the area.

The AHP is a not-for-profit charitable organization founded in 1986. It opened its doors to the public in May 2004.

Grey Bears improves the health and wellbeing of seniors through volunteerism and community participation. Grey Bears’ vision is that all seniors live healthy, meaningful lives.

Grey Bears’ Brown Bag Program delivers bags of fresh produce and healthy staples to 4,500 seniors each week throughout Santa Cruz County. Grey Bears operates two recycling centers for the general public: on Chanticleer Avenue in Santa Cruz (including e-waste and appliances using e-steward certified processors) and at the Buena Vista Landfill in Watsonville.

The Thrift Store offers an array of pre-owned household and office items, and the Computer Electronics Store refurbishes donated computers, audio-video components and other electronics for resale to the public and on eBay.

Rio Del Mar Improvement Association

The Rio Del Mar Improvement Association was organized by nine men in August 1941 at the home of its first president R. F. Brown at 520 Alta Drive.

Articles of Incorporation were filed with the Secretary of State on Oct. 23, 1941, making the Association the second oldest Homeowners Association in the State of California.

Since 1941, the Rio Del Mar Improvement Association has been a non-partisan voice in local government, administration, public works, law enforcement, education, water supply, parks and recreation, coastal management, planning and zoning, arbor disease management and landscaping.

The Association is managed by seven Directors who are elected by members of the Association to serve two-year terms.

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This fall Robert “Bobby” Salazar will begin his 40th year at Aptos High School where he is the Head Custodian.

AHS is the first job he had as an adult and he has been there ever since.

Salazar volunteers and helps organizations such as the CHP, Aptos/La Selva Fire, Cabrillo College, and every athletic group there is in the area including the Aptos Sports Foundation.

Salazar is also known as “The Mayor of Aptos.”

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people who are not well known. In 1872, Claus Spreckels, the sugar millionaire, purchased 2,590 acres of the Aptos Rancho, mostly east of Aptos Creek, from Raphael Castro for $81,000. Twelve years later in 1884, Spreckels sold 1,000 acres, almost 40 percent of his property, to Dr. August Liliencrantz of Oakland. I am guessing, but I would bet that Spreckels recovered his entire investment to Castro through this sale. Aptos was no longer a two-day buggy ride from San Francisco; it had direct rail service from Alameda.

Although Dr. Liliencrantz was in Oakland’s high society, I have only read a paragraph or two about him before now. The 1,000 acres that we are talking about was all on the east side of Freedom Boulevard, (formerly called the Santa Cruz Watsonville Road). The property stretched from Seascape Boulevard east of San Andreas Road up to McDonald Road and included the land where Aptos High School is today.

Dr. August Liliencrantz was a physician and surgeon who moved his family to California from Milwaukee, Wis., in 1874 to settle in Oakland where he practiced medicine as a very prominent physician for 50 years.

Remember, California was only recently acquired from Mexico and became a state in 1850. Twenty-five years later, Doctor and Mrs. Eva Liliencrantz were trying to help provide medical care and hospital accommodations in their community.

Oakland did not have a hospital and the Relief Home did not have any more room for patients.

Mrs. Eva Liliencrantz was a board member of the Ladies Relief Society who organized to finance the Oakland Homeopathic Hospital and Dispensary.

Dr Liliencrantz was very progressive and had traveled extensively in Europe to study homeopathy which is based on the idea that the body has the ability to heal itself using drugs, given in minute doses, which would produce, in a healthy person, symptoms similar to those of the disease.

Dr. Liliencrantz was considered a leader in this field. His progressivism got him in to hot water.

Dr. Liliencrantz also practiced standard allopathy which treats disease by the use of agents or drugs that produce effects different from those of the disease being treated, the kind of prescription drugs medical doctors prescribe today. Dr. Liliencrantz supported the union of the two societies but when he

Suicide Prevention suicide.

Among them was 17-year-old Nathan Phillips, whose body was found in the ocean near the Cement Ship at Seacliff State Beach 10 days after his family reported him missing. “(Suicide awareness) is part of the campus culture now,” said socialemotional counselor Jolie Thompson.

Some 400 students signed the pledge last year, she said.

Thompson said that the school offers its services in the classrooms, which she said is particularly important after the rash of suicides.

“Coming out of tragedy, we are making sure that students know there is support,”

1819 map showing the Liliencrantz property.

applied for membership in the Alameda County Medical Association in 1882, he had to publicly renounce homeopathy in order to be accepted. He later delivered a paper which expressed that doctors should be free to choose.

In 1890, Oakland physicians formed a corporation to establish Oakland General Hospital. Dr. Liliencrantz was a trustee.

He was also on the Board of Health and was instrumental in the dredging of Lake Merritt which was literally a sewer. In 1891 Dr Liliencrantz gave up his practice

to specialize in surgery in San Francisco.

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Dr. Liliencrantz generously volunteered his time on committees and to help children and the poor. He wrote and delivered many papers on medical issues.

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wearing teal in an effort to show the campus is a safe environment. She said the subject of suicide cannot be ignored, particularly after the three students took their lives. “…it is always sad when someone dies so young, but it is awful when it could have been prevented,” she said. “It is just really hard on everybody, especially the friends — it’s a reality check, you realize that people have problems that are bigger than yours.”

Marine biology teacher Gregory McBride said the teachers take time to connect with students, especially those in their tutorial classes.

As an example, he pointed to a girl who

had been sitting by herself as she ate her lunch.

“She was sitting alone until just a moment ago,” he said. “That’s what we need to watch out for. We need to do more.”

McBride said the student suicides deeply affected him. He said he keeps resource cards on hand for all his students.

He described Nathan Phillips as “very bright, very happy.”

“We had no idea something like this would happen,” he said. “I have Nathan’s picture in my classroom, and I point it out to my students and tell them, ‘this could be you.’”

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she said. “It is working. We have people coming in mention the ACT pledge, students coming in for other students.”

Principal Casey O’Brian, who was also wearing teal, said he and other school employees have been talking with students and passing out cards listing resource information.

“The emphasis for (Suicide Awareness Day) is wellness,” O’Brien said. “It is the antithesis of what happened with Nathan.

I want to promote access to resources.

Needs vary with each student, and we need to do whatever it takes as an adult, coach, therapist, so that every student has something or someone to anchor them.”

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The 401(k) challenge

By GARY E. CROXALL, CFP® and SOREN E. CROXALL, CFP® Most people who work for small to large companies are familiar with the salary deferral program commonly called a 401(k). Last month we discussed choices individuals have with these programs when they leave their employer through retirement or moving on to a new job.

This month we are going to discuss some challenges (and mistakes) people face when they are accumulating in their accounts.

Over the years the 401(k) has replaced many of the pension plans that at one time were common with many large companies. Although some companies and many government employers still have a traditional pension plan, many corporations have shifted to a predominantly “employee

funded” tax favored savings account which has various investment options that the employee participants can choose from.

Employers may choose to match a certain percentage of the employee contributions, but not all do this. The 401(k) plan is what many employees are counting on for a large portion of their retirement income.

••• The challenge of the 401(k) The challenge of the 401(k) program is the challenge of choice. Many participants fail to think about the choices they are making or the results of the choices they make when it relates to their 401(k). It is a challenge to stay on track and to avoid some common mistakes. Here are a few examples of things to consider when managing your 401(k).

1. Be cautious of gambling on high risk investments. Some investments within your 401(K) may carry more risk than others. Keep your risk tolerance, goals, and time horizon in mind when selecting investment choices.

2. Think carefully before loading up on company stock. Many plans offer company stock as an option, however, you may want to consider the benefits of diversification.

Diversification helps you spread risk throughout your portfolio, so investments that do poorly may be balanced by others

that do relatively better. Diversification cannot ensure a profit or protect against a loss.

3. Another challenge is to keep your contribution level high enough to build an adequate account size for retirement.

Many individuals start with just a modest contribution to their plan and never raise it.

Many professionals recommend saving at least 10-15 percent of wages annually. At the least, you should contribute enough to your 401(k) to take full advantage of any matching employer contributions.

4. Another challenge people face is the temptation to borrow heavily from their 401(k). Up to certain limits many 401(k) plans provide for you to take a loan from the plan. You are borrowing from yourself and the money must be paid back with interest. This can put a serious dent in your long term savings potential. It’s a challenge, but try to avoid it. The amount taken is no longer invested and will not rise or fall with the rest of your portfolio.

Failure to repay the loan will be considered a premature distribution subject to income tax and a 10 percent penalty on the amount taken. Repayment terms are generally nonnegotiable.

A 401(k) is a great way to save for retirement. It allows you to set aside pretax money from your earnings, lowering

your current tax bill. Over the years the money you save grows tax deferred until withdrawn. Plan distributions may be subject to tax and 10 percent penalty if withdrawn before age 59 ½. It’s a valuable tool, but it comes with challenges. The challenge is to make suitable long term choices in managing your account that will most likely be a large part of your retirement planning.

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Change in the face of tragedy

By BEK PHILLIPS

Demonstrating psychic abilities To the Editor, Is your baby psychic?

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Watch for signs and later sense telepathic messages. perhaps not in English at first, only emotions. Later babies become more telepathic, and later perhaps talk about past lives, imaginary friends, relatives from the other side, (you think) plants, trees, insects and more. Most of this “baby talk” is not enforced by unknowing parents and other adults so it is gradually dropped. But now an increasing number of people support the validity of those psychic experiences.

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Recently I have been writing a lot about suicide, specifically about suicide awareness. I lost my brother, Nathan, to suicide in December 2013 and consequently pay close attention to the events surrounding this time of year.

Sept. 10 was World Suicide Prevention Day, and I became aware that Aptos High School was holding an event in their quad to help raise awareness.

Aptos High School is a special place to me. I went there my freshman year of high school, my brothers and sisters went there for parts of their high school. It didn’t take very long before I was talking to people who remembered and who cared deeply about Nathan.

Suicide awareness is now part of the culture of Aptos High School. The teachers advocate for it. The students watch out for

each other. The high school did not just lose one student. After my brother died, another student also died from suicide just five months later. The tragedy of losing two students has marked the campus, and made talking about suicide a strange phenomenon.

People begin by stating how important awareness and prevention is, they talk about how things have changed on campus the last couple years, and then I ask the question why. A thick, impenetrable silence follows, and I can see them wondering about how they should talk about Nathan.

About what they can say about the people they have lost and why this is so important.

But then they say their names, and something remarkable happens.

The passion that follows is unlike any other. They remember those that are lost, and then they talk about what they can change. The deluge of words that follows

that initial hesitation is exactly why we need to continue talking about suicide.

I lost my brother, but I remember him.

He was an amazing person, unlike anyone I have ever met. I have been shaped and changed through my experience, and so have all these other people. Talking about him, about the others that we have lost to suicide, is just the beginning of a conversation long marked by silence and stigma.

What stood out to me while I was at Aptos High School is how much relief and passion was expressed after people got past their initial hesitation. People talked about losing their grandmother, about losing their friends, about losing their students — and then they talked about making a difference and how they look out for one another. This is what suicide awareness is really about.

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New exhibit explores printmaking Staff report APTOS — Santa Cruz County Bank’s latest exhibit “Printmaking: Here/Now” explores new and old methodology in the art of printmaking.

More than 80 works on display represent a diversity of printmaking techniques by 18 member artists of Printmakers at the Tannery, including silkscreen, etching, collograph, monotype, chine collé,

photopolymer etching, photogravure, linocut, collage and woodcut printing.

Printmaker and instructor Jane Gregorius partnered with Janis O’Driscoll, printmaker and Santa Cruz public librarian to create this show at the invitation of Mary Anne Carson, Senior Vice President and Director of the Arts Collaborative at Santa Cruz County Bank.

“The works on display in this exhibition represent the unique versatility of this

medium,” Gregorius said. “Artists have been challenged by the difficulties of making prints for centuries, yet have loved the surprising, sometimes accidental results. There are so many ways to make a print, and Janis and I wanted to include as many as possible. Fortunately, there are 18 of us so we’re able to show almost every aspect of the printmaking world.”

Commenting on the subject matter for this exhibition, Carson said, “In our 12th year of producing art exhibitions, we are excited to debut our first show dedicated solely to printmaking. The exhibition offers an educational opportunity for the public to experience a broad spectrum of printmaking techniques, mastered by a talented collective of local artists.”

“Serigraphy, also known as screenprinting, is so enjoyable to me as a medium since it is very process oriented, requiring attention to detail as well as its graphic quality,” said participating artist Andrée LeBourveau. “I work from my photographs to create transparencies that I

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Andrée LeBourveau’s “Woodies on the Wharf II.”

expose to my screens. I directly hand paint emulsion on the screen as a block leaving only open the areas I want to print.”

Curated by Joan Blackmer, “Printmaking: Here/Now” is on display at all five Santa Cruz County Bank branches through Jan. 15. Locations are 595 Auto Center Drive in Watsonville, 7775 Soquel Drive in Aptos, 819 Bay Ave. in Capitola, 720 Front St. in Santa Cruz, and 4604 Scotts Valley Drive in Scotts Valley.

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Volunteers gather at Hidden Beach in Aptos for Coastal Cleanup Day for Coco. Contributed photo

said. “Joining Save Our Shores on Coastal Cleanup Day, one of Coco’s many community service projects, seemed like one positive step we could take to celebrate Coco and her passion for making the world a better place.”

In total, 65 volunteers collected 87 pounds of trash and 20 pounds of recyclables.

“I know Coco would have been proud of us, but I wish so much that she could have been there with us,” Miller said.

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In addition, Coco’s parents, Kate Pavao and Aaron Lazenby, set up “Birthday Books From Coco” at Starlight Elementary School with the Literacy Project, donating many of the books from her collection to the school.

“I’m hopeful that these tributes to Coco will be a first step in moving us from sadness over this unimaginable tragedy to action and honoring Coco’s beautiful spirit,” Miller said.

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Beaches, begonias and family fun Captitola Begonia Festival deemed a success

By BEK PHILLIPS CAPITOLA — Begonias were tied up in girls’ hair, pinned on hats and shirts, floated on clear water and covered the ground as hundreds celebrated Capitola’s 63rd annual Begonia Festival.

Addison Bernard, 8, has been going every year since she was born, even volunteering one year and helping to pick the flowers.

“It’s fun, it’s awesome, it’s beautiful,” Addison said. “I love getting to see the floats.”

The floats on Sept. 6 were a favorite among the participants, with many saying they were the reason that they come.

Some, though, were disgruntled that it has become a smaller event.

“I have been coming here for 36 years,” Don Enos said. “There used to be more floats, almost 15, but now you only see maybe five.”

Still, Enos said that the mood has not changed.

“It’s just as fun,” he said. “Just look at all the people, they’re all here for family fun.”

Another agreed, saying it has

“maintained its character and feeling of family and arty-ness.”

The three-day festival boasted many family friendly activities, including hula-hooping, sandcastle building, chalk coloring, mural making and boat racing.

Live music was performed and “Happy Feet” was screened for the children.

Willard Schwartz, one volunteer, credited the weather for what he said was a large, happy turnout and successful event.

“It’s going really well,” he said. “The weather is perfect, I remember last year people were complaining about it being cold.”

Schwartz said he has met people from all over the country at this year’s festival.

“I met someone that came from Oklahoma after hearing about it,” he said.

Highlights for him included the nautical parade and the sandcastle competition.

“Really it is very spectacular,” he said.

“They go above and beyond.”

Even the children get very involved, Schwartz said.

“One boy, he was in the eight and under sandcastle competition, he got up and was here at seven working on his sculpture,” he said.

Arriving early brought its own challenges, as his hard work crumbled and dried out.

“It dried up and collapsed two times, but he never gave up, just kept rebuilding it,” Schwartz said. “Now that is devotion.”

The winning adult entry for the competition was “Castles by the Sea.” The nautical parade drew the largest crowd with people shoulder to shoulder, craning to see the floats.

“I’m loving it,” Brenyn Northey, 13, said. “Mostly because the floats don’t look like what they are supposed to.”

The overall attraction to the event was the family-friendly vibe and atmosphere, a sentiment repeated by many attendees.

“It’s a cute little town,” Douglas Sheldon said. “I come every year, and I live in Thailand. It just has a really good feel to it.”

Julie Bernard echoed him.

“It has a really good, fun atmosphere,” Thousands of begonias were made available she said. “It’s got a good family vibe.” for people to adorn themselves with or to But really though, Bryce Ebrahimian, play with. Photo by Bek Phillips 13, said it is the people that make it good.

“The people are so nice here,” he said.

“That’s really what I like.”

The nautical parade commences in front of hundreds of onlookers in Capitola. The float “Begonias Under the Sea” (left) took first place.

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The Begonia Festival events included coloring with chalk on the sea wall at Capitola Beach. Photo by Bek Phillips

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Aptos returns plenty of experience for run at SCCAL title

By TONY NUNEZ APTOS — The Aptos High Mariners were nearly unbeatable during the first half of last year’s Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League schedule. They had beaten every team in the league, including rivals Harbor High and Soquel High, in clean sweeps.

They were cruising to back-to-back league championships. But the Mariners couldn’t stay healthy.

A freak injury to now senior middle blocker Maddy Bol, who was having an MVP-like season by leading the team in kills and blocks, just a few games before the finish line kept Aptos from winning the regular-season league title outright.

After winning 12-straight league games by way of sweeps, the Mariners lost their last two to Soquel and Harbor forcing an awkward three-way tie for the league title.

A league championship is a league championship, according to Aptos head coach Lucas Bol, but winning it outright makes it that much sweeter.

And so, less than a year after tearing her anterior cruciate ligament, Bol is back out on the court to help the Mariners accomplish just that. How does the 6-foot1 powerhouse look?

“Healthy,” said Lucas Bol, the league’s Coach of the Year in 2014, in a phone interview. “She’s strong. She’s moving Aptos High senior middle blockers, Karsen Welle (left) and Maddy Bol (10), both measuring over 6-feet tall, will lead a new defensiveminded group of Mariners this season. Photo by Tony Nunez

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well. Athletically, she’s back.”

With Bol back healthy and in the lineup with key returners Elise Coash, Madi Dueck and Karsen Welle, the Mariners don’t see why they can’t be as dominant as they were a year ago.

Between the four, there is a deep pool of volleyball knowledge. They have 11 years of varsity experience under their belts — Welle, Bol and Dueck are seniors, while Coash is a junior — and two league titles to show for.

“Between those four we have a lot of leadership in our core,” Lucas Bol said.

So even though they lost Elise Coash’s older sister, Claire, to graduation, there’s no worry that the Mariners will have trouble in the leadership department — Claire now plays for UC Irvine.

But their identity will be much different.

In the past two seasons they’ve had plenty of offensive weapons. Namely, two Division I caliber volleyball players in Claire Coash and Jenna Belton, who plays sand volleyball for the reigning NCAA Champion USC. This season Aptos will heavily rely on its defense, which is led by middle blockers

Welle and Bol. The Mariners also got an influx of younger talent in the backline. Sophomore defensive specialist Paige Dueck, younger sister of Madi, and junior middle blocker Maddie Barrios have both impressed through the first four contests, while sophomore libero Dani Hewitt has been a breath of fresh air for Aptos.

“We picked up a couple of young, quick defenders,” Lucas Bol said. “We’re really stoked about that.”

The offensive duties will fall on Madi Dueck and fellow seniors Sophia Bruce and Ashley Devery, with Welle and Bol also being focal points in the attack, led by Coash, who is the starting setter for a third year.

Lucas Bol said he likes where his team is at but they have a few areas where they can make improvements in the days leading up to the start of the league season.

“Every team is returning a good amount of players,” Lucas Bol said. “We always set a goal at the beginning of the season and it’s usually to win the league title. The goal is same this year.”

Author releases three books of poetry

By ERIK CHALHOUB APTOS — Jimmy Russo wants to make readers to laugh with his poetry, but not without some thought.

And the Aptos doesn’t hold back in his three recentlyreleased collections of poems, titled “Kids Ruled,” “I Wanna Hold Your Hand” and “The Sway of Color.” Topics such as politics, the environment, sex and more do not escape his pen and dry sense of humor.

“These collections are part memoir and part observations that encourage the reader to laugh and think,” he said. “I like to make people laugh, I dig that.”

Russo moved to Watsonville in 1963 as a freshman at Watsonville High School. He worked in the fresh produce business in the Pajaro and Salinas valleys for about 20 years.

It was during that time he became involved in the arts

and writing, he said. Russo created a monthly produce industry newsletter at Watsonville Coast Produce for five years.

Russo said as an acting student in San Francisco and West Hollywood he would write and perform drama and comedy.

Although Russo said he has been a writer for “many years,” he has been “serious” about writing and reading poetry for about 10 years. Some Jimmy Russo. Photo by Tarmo Hannula memorable moments as a poet, he said, include “Kids Ruled,” “I Wanna being the featured poet in San Francisco’s North Beach, Hold Your Hand” and “The Sway of Color” are available at where he was born.

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Aptos History Home Tour

The tour will visit “The Dragon’s Lair,” a home filled with the artistry of “Otar the Lampmaker,” from 3:30-5 p.m. A donation of $10 to benefit the Aptos History Museum is suggested. For reservations, call 688-1467.

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Monte Foundation fireworks

The Monte Foundation Fireworks Extravaganza will be held at Capitola Wharf, 1400 Wharf Road, from 8:309 p.m. For information, visit www. monte-foundation.com.

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Sons in Retirement luncheon

The Aptos Branch Sons in Retirement will hold a luncheon at 11:30 a.m. at Severino’s Restaurant,7500 Old Dominion Ct.,Aptos. Speaker will be Sgt. Patrick Dimick of Aptos Sheriff’s Service Center. Call Jack at 688-0977 for information.

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Coast Chapel of Santa Cruz set to host Live Oak Fun Fest and Rummage Sale on Oct. 4 from noon to 3 p.m. and Movie Night Under the Stars on Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m. The Rummage Sale will feature a free barbecue, games, face painting and more. The church is located on 1275 30th Ave. in Santa Cruz. For information, visit www. coastchapel.org or call 475-4351.

The California Highway Patrol Explorer Program is holding an open house at the CHP Santa Cruz Office, 10395 Soquel Drive in Aptos, at 6 p.m. To qualify for the program, those interested must be between 15-21 years old, have no felony convictions, no drug or alcohol use, and have at least a 2.0 GPA, among other qualifications. For information, call 662-0511.

The Aptos Chamber of Commerce will hold a breakfast meeting from 7:309 a.m. at Best Western Seacliff Inn. Assemblyman Mark Stone will speak on the 2015 legislative session wrapup. Admission is $20 for chamber members, or $25 for non-members.

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The Capitola-Soquel Chamber of Commerce will hold a networking lunch at Bargetto Winery, 3535 N. Main St. in Soquel, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Santa Cruz County Supervisor Zach Friend will be the guest speaker.

Admission is $20 for chamber members, $25 for non-members. For reservations, call 475-6522.

The Aptos Chamber of Commerce will hold a mixer at the Sand Rock Farm Bed and Breakfast, 6901 Freedom Blvd. in Aptos, from 5-6:30 p.m. Admission is $5 for chamber members, $10 for nonmembers. For information, call 6881467.

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Breast cancer affects us all. It affects our mothers, sisters, wives and friends.

It affects people of every age, sex and race, and is the leading cancer among white and African-American women.

This October, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, pink is everyone’s color.

Taqueria Baja MEDICAL CLINICS

200 Monterey Ave. Capitola, CA (831) 465-0228 Find us on Facebook

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2825 PORTER STREET SOQUEL, CA

(831) 713-6751

Dr. On Duty 6800 Soquel Dr. Aptos, CA (831) 662-3611

2 03 E sp l a na d e C a p i tol a , C A ( 831 ) 4 7 5-4 900

KENDALL POTTER Vacation Rentals Property Management, Inc.

Claudia M. DeMaranville 8046 Soquel Dr. Aptos, CA (831) 685-6580

Relax...

Refresh...

Revitalize in a quiet Setting

7500 Old Dominion Ct. Aptos, CA 95003

APTOS

SOQUEL

CAPITOLA

ALLISON 761-7326

(831) 688-7300

www.montereycoast.com

Visit our showroom:

2800 Daubenbiss Ave. Soquel, CA (831) 476-8780

Monday - Friday 9am-5pm Saturday 10am-3pm

After hours appointments welcome!

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www.interiorvision.biz

astenberg@

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PAJARONIAN

THINK PINK

These businesses proudly support this message & ongoing breast cancer research.

Increasing Breast Cancer Awareness, One Person at a time...

Early detection can save lives, and mammograms are the most important tool in diagnosing breast cancer. There is no cure for breast cancer, but mammograms can save lives by finding breast cancer as early as possible. Every woman beginning at age 40, should schedule a mammogram and a physical every year. Women should perform a thorough breast self-exam once a month.

Help spread awareness in your community by educating your neighbors and friends on the signs and symptoms of breast cancer, and encourage the women you know to schedule a mammogram today.

ENHANCE YOUR LIFE IN 2015!

1 Seascape offers over 60 weekly group exercise classes 2 Regular exercise cuts risk of death from heart disease by 50% 3 Seascape has a State-of-the-Art Fitness and Wellness Center 4 Regular exercise promotes leaner, healthier, wealthier lifestyle 5 Seascape Junior Olympic Size Lap Pool is heated year-round 6 Regular exercise builds brain cells and brain power 7 Seascape has more tennis players, tennis teams and tennis events 8 Playing tennis provides valuable interval training (On Our Hard or Clay Courts) 9 Seascape has more junior programs (See Our New Junior Activity Center)

q NEW MEMBERS RECEIVE A 20% DISCOUNT* *Restrictions apply (Offer Ends 10/31/15)

16 B Seascape Village, Aptos, CA

Fresh. Local.

Organic. All-Natural.

We carry an array of organic, local, regional, and sustainable products. Our meats include Meyers, Certified Humane Vegetarian fed Angus Beef and Mary’s air chilled Chicken. Our dairy includes Clover all natural and organic milk and yogurt.

Our eggs come from our local Aptos Glaum Egg Ranch. You will find local Surf City Coffee and Alta Coffee on our shelves along with Marianne’s and Polar Bear ice cream inour freezers. Kelly’s French bakery delivers fresh bread and baked goods daily. Gianna’s cakes and cookies are the perfect hostess gift.

The Seascape Village is turning 25!

We are planning to celebrate our anniversary on

SATURDAY, October 10th, 2015

from 1-5PM and showcase Seascape Village’s Boutique Shops and Offices.

SUNDAY FARMERS MARKET 11:00am - 2:00pm in courtyard in front of

SEASCAPE FOODS

If you are interested in being a vendor and selling at the Farmers Market please contact Julie - 831-251-0093

Fresh. Local. Organic. All-Natural.

SeascapeFoods.com | 831.685.3134