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Aptos Chamber announces annual award winners Staff report

Editor’s note: The Aptos Chamber of Commerce provided the background information on the recipients.

APTOS — The Aptos Chamber of Commerce announced the recipients of its annual awards.

During an awards dinner on Nov. 4, Kate Minott of Santa Cruz County Parks will be honored as Woman of the Year, while Steven Allen of Allen Property Group, Inc. is Man of the Year.

Two businesses will also be honored. Kiss Catering will receive Small Business of the Year, while Watsonvillebased S. Martinelli & Company will be recognized as the Sustainable Business of the Year.

Organization of the Year goes to Friends Cure Cystic Fibrosis, while Rep. Sam Farr will receive the Lifetime Achievement award. Rounding out the recipients, the Aptos Mural Committee will be recognized with Outstanding Achievement, and the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office and California Highway Patrol will be Please turn to Page 9

A woman has found a perfect perch on the cliffs of Pleasure Point. Photo by Tarmo Hannula

HISTORY CORNER

Howard Kelly (center) directs the truck drivers tasked with pulling the Hihn Apple Barn. Kelly’s company Kelley Brothers House Movers is moving the barn 80 feet to the west of its original location, and then turning it 180 degrees. Photo by Todd Guild

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

Monsters, murders and go back to school mayhem A group of women chat in between classes during the first day of Cabrillo College’s fall semester. Photo by Todd Guild

Workers move Hihn Apple Barn College students

By TODD GUILD APTOS — The aged and unwieldy Hihn Apple Barn began its move on Sept. 22, a process that involved two trucks, a system of cables and a team of men crouched under the structure, helping to keep it on moving rollers placed on long steel rails.

That method of moving a large object dates back centuries, said Howard Kelley, whose company Kelly Brothers House Movers is doing the work.

“The Romans taught us this,” he said.

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Cabrillo opens to low, but growing, numbers

By TODD GUILD APTOS — Thousands of students returned to Cabrillo College’s Aptos and Watsonville campuses Aug. 29, as classes resumed for the fall semester.

Jessica Metcalf, 19, said she is planning to attend the community college for two years to complete her Please turn to Page 13

I enjoy writing fun stories. But most of what makes the nightly news, tomorrow’s newspaper and your news feed is bad stuff. History is filled with scary stories. Since Halloween is all about scary, we thought this would be a good time to relate some scary tales about the time when Santa Cruz was the “Murder Capital of the World,” as coined by District Attorney Peter Chang. For all of you crime buffs who like Crime Scene Investigation type shows, this is for you. So, if you will permit me … it started over 40 years ago.

In October of 1970, fire and law enforcement personnel responded to a house fire in the hills above Soquel.

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Another approach needed for anxiety issues To the Editor,

The annual festival drew large crowds to the beach front where more than 150 vendors displayed their wares. Photo by Bek Phillips

Annual Art and Wine Festival a draw for families

By BEK PHILLIPS CAPITOLA — The annual Capitola Art and Wine Festival closed the Capitola Esplanade to parking, and instead of cars, it was filled up with booths of artists for the weekend of Sept. 10.

While adults sipped on wine, children ran about admiring one piece and than another as baubles, jewelry, chimes, paintings and more called to them in their bright, inviting colors.

One noise maker was Scott Ebersole’s

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“Everything here would have ended up in the trash,” he said before casually hitting one of his bells with a gong to attract visitors. “Anything from a fire extinguisher to scuba tanks to firefighters’ breathing apparatus that failed hydrostatic testing and would have been scrapped, I buy back and turn them into this.”

“This” is wind chimes and bells in all forms, shapes, sizes and colors. Old gears, farm equipment, drive gears and even pieces as old as the 1800s are also used.

“All that is from the scrapyard, and all that for something that can really call the kids home for dinner,” he said.

For the children, there are the noise makers, for the adults, there are the wine holders. Combining art and practicality, Ebersole played to the wine theme after being inspired by his wife to create wine holders from old barrel staves.

“She wanted something to hold her wine while sitting out by the fire pit,” he said.

“That works out good for Art and Wine.”

Nautical and beach themes are also rampant in many of the different artists’ works. Kim Hogan, a Santa Cruz artist, paints nature, ocean scenes, clouds and hummingbirds in dramatic pieces that showcase the local environment of Capitola.

“I paint just whatever comes to me or makes me happy,” Hogan said. “I’m kinda in touch with what we’re all about here.”

The artist selected for the Art and Wine Festival poster in 2013, she has had experience both in working for the Art and Wine Festival and as an artist selling.

“I used to work the event before I decided I kinda like showing my art,” she said. “This year it has been a really great crowd. I have seen lots of kids picking out art and what they like — that’s the best part, the kids.”

And sure enough, everywhere you looked there were strollers toting infants, toddlers waddling, and pre-teens and teenagers strolling the esplanade.

For one family, it was the parents’ first time in Capitola. Having recently moved from Seattle to Aptos, they instantly approved of the “village.”

“I was wondering why haven’t they showed us this place before,” the mother, Cecilia Francisco, said. “We have to come back.”

And while the parents raved about the scenery, cute houses and cool temperature, the children raved about the art.

“There is a lot of really nice photography,” Aleena Francisco, 16, said.

“The landscapes and sunset photos — they are so vivid, the colors pop out.”

Her younger sister, 10-year-old Alana, and an artist herself, said she was happy to see more art than anything else.

“I have like five books filled with drawings and sketches and stuff,” she said.

“It’s a really big hobby; I usually draw at night when I have a lot of free time. “ What she saw at the festival will only serve as inspiration when she starts back up again.

“I think they look beautiful. I most definitely want to draw like that someday,” Alana said. “Sometimes I try to make my drawing look just like this. If it looks this good here, I hope it can look just as good in my books too.”

With at least 150 artists showing their wares, children and adults had plenty to browse. There were also 22 wineries serving samples in exchange for tokens and the food court boasted of a variety of plates.

“The artwork and the wine, it’s everywhere,” Manuel Francisco said.

“Even the walk to get here had things for you to see.”

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Scott Ebersole makes his pieces using upcycled materials that would have gone to junk yards and landfills. Photo

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I was glad to see that Nicole Young is a certified therapist (Life, September 2016); however when answering a question from a concerned parent about a child’s anxiety, Ms. Young’s answer alarmed me.

As a holistic counselor, it seemed apparent to me that the child in question has a very serious anxiety disorder that “talking it through” may just not address. Although Ms. Young’s suggestions were grounded and thoughtful — especially in how to work with children’s normal fears and maturing process — it seemed the parent was describing a child who could benefit from investigating possible physiological roots as well.

Medical science has shown that nutritional deficiencies (particularly magnesium, B vitamins or protein deficiencies — far more common than imagined) — can cause such worried behavior, as can low or high thyroid, food allergies or many other factors. A holistic psychiatrist or physician could help to support the physiology, and ascertain if drugs might be useful to balance brain chemicals. Telling someone not to worry who cannot control it for physiological reasons adds fuel to the problem.

A balanced and holistic approach seems most wise for this young girl. Possibly only when all levels are addressed will she feel successful and more thoroughly able to utilize Ms. Young’s fine suggestions.

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Trump unfit for the presidency To the Editor, President Jimmy Carter stated on Free Speech TV, “We have become an Oligarchy with unlimited political bribery.” Presently, we have an Oligarch running for president, one Donald Trump. An Oligarch in the White House is the last thing we need. Hopefully, there are not enough voters ignorant enough to elect this guy. For those who know, let us not forget, and for those who never knew, voters in Germany actually elected Adolf Hitler! Will Trump, who is lying every day in his effort to win, be elected president?

Mr. Trump, in an interview, told the reporter he would be making a huge announcement soon. She asked if he might finally be admitting that President Obama was born in America. He responded “no,” and told her to keep watching and telling her that “We have to keep the suspense going.”

Later, a reporter is quoted saying, “It may not be good for America, but it’s damn good for CBS.” Later still, Trump is on TV stating that President Obama was “born in Hawaii, period!” which draws a huge audience making loads of money for the media.

So, this is Trump, the showman, spouting outrageous things, mostly lies, which the media picks up on, and he gets literally hours of free advertising. The man is pathological and a complete and utter liar. He has no clue what the presidency entails, what a president can do or not do or how. He is totally unfit for the awesome responsibility.

He does say a thing or two that is needed.

His tag line, “Make America Great Again,” is one, but he would not do the first thing, or anything, to bring that about. He says things like bringing our jobs back home in hopes of attracting undecided and unwitting voters, but, “believe me,” he would not follow through on them.

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Dozens of mediums on display Open Studios art tour begins

By BEK PHILLIPS SANTA CRUZ COUNTY — For more than 30 years, Open Studios has worked to bring artists and the public together in a mash up that results in people going to and buying from the artists directly.

This year, the tour will feature 278 artists from across the county, including some who have participated in the annual event for more than 20 years.

One of those artists is Watsonville native Elaine Pinkernell, who works with clay and first opened her studio to the public in 1992.

“I quite my job at Apple in 1990 to see if I would get sick of making pots every day — and I haven’t,” Pinkernell said. “It may look mysterious or hard to do, but I can teach anyone to make a pot in one day using this method.”

Pinkernell divides her time creating functional pieces out of clay using patterns and textile tools and creating raku wall pieces. Drawing from her experience in quilting, she said she strives for variety.

“Functional work is more controlled; you try to figure out which texture tools are right to make it look interesting,” Pinkernell said. “With raku wall pieces I’m waiting to see what the clay gives me — it’s the lack of control that makes it interesting, makes it addicting.”

But for both kinds of her slab built art, the common tie that binds them is the textiles and textures used to create them.

And through of decades of experience, she has learned not to question the “kiln gods.” Her process is displayed openly and already preparations for the public are in place.

“I always look forward to [Open Studios],” Pinkernell said. “It’s a big party every year where I get to see old friends, make new friends and help people understand my work.”

The art tour is organized by the Arts Council Santa Cruz County, and artists working in dozens of mediums – painting, printmaking, clay, glass, wearable art and more will begin opening their studios to the public beginning in South County Oct. 1 and Oct. 2. North County artists will show on Oct. 8 and 9, and all artists will be

open for visitors Oct. 15 and 16. Hours of availability are from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

“The Arts Council is a wonderful support for artists,” said Rosy Penhallow, an Open Studios veteran who creates wood sculptures. “The art world is so varied. [My work] definitely has a place in abstract art and people like it very much. I have gotten some really good responses.”

Penhallow, who also hails from Watsonville, said her process rarely involves sitting down. Rather, she allows herself to be inspired directly by the wood she works with, creating her designs on a whim.

“When I make a piece, I hem and haw and change it up,” Penhallow said. “I’m hoping people find a connection. There’s a levity about them, inquiry, friendliness and also a seriousness.”

As she messes with the collected and stashed pieces of wood, she said the pieces make themselves known as she is building them.

“I never know what I am making,” Penhallow said. “Wood is this strong natural material. There is this warmth about it I can share. It has been very friendly to me.”

The Arts Council has made efforts to make finding and mapping out artists to visit easy with free artist guides found throughout the county and now with an app as well.

“This year we’re giving away the guide and the app for free, truly making Open Studios an all access event. We hope loads of locals and visitors choose to venture out and discover for themselves how incredible it is to meet artists in their creative space,” said Open Studios & Events Manager Ann Ostermann.

A Preview Exhibit featuring work from all 2016 Open Studios Art Tour artists runs through Oct. 16 at the Santa Cruz Art League, 526 Broadway in Santa Cruz.

Exhibit hours are Wednesday through Friday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Preview Exhibit will be part of the First Friday Art Tour on Oct. 7, from 5-9 p.m.

••• For information, visit artscouncilsc.org.

Rosy Penhallow is one of 278 artists who is opening her home studio to the public. The Watsonville resident will be receiving visitors as part of the Open Studios Art Tour.

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Elaine Pinkernell creates functional pieces out of clay using patterns and textile tools.

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Elaine Pinkernell has participated in Open Studios for more than 20 years.

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One of Rosy Penhallow’s creations, it was made in part with pieces taken from her daughter’s rocking horse.

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CABRILLO FESTIVAL

Music festival appoints new conductor Staff report APTOS — The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music appointed Cristian Măcelaru as its new music director and conductor.

Măcelaru will conduct his inaugural season in August 2017. He succeeds longtime Music Director and Conductor Marin Alsop, who stepped down after her 25th anniversary season this August.

Liza Culick, chair of the Artistic Leadership Transition Team, hailed Măcelaru as a “great young talent.”

“On behalf of the Cabrillo Festival’s Board of Directors, I’m very gratified that we’ve been able to find such a worthy successor for the helm of Cabrillo Festival,” Culick said.

“I am excited and humbled by the prospect of joining this beautiful artistic family,” Măcelaru said.

“Cabrillo’s vision is unique — it has contributed immensely to the creation and performance of great art. It is an organization that nurtures innovation while maintaining the highest professional standards.

I look forward to working with the incredible Festival Orchestra and building on the great legacy established by my illustrious predecessors, including Marin Alsop whose work I deeply admire. I hope to expand our artistic vision while ensuring that the Festival continues to be a destination for those seeking a unique experience and a deeper understanding of a truly remarkable art form.”

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APTOS — After 12 years in business in Aptos, Bike Station has decided to move north in the county.

“We want to give our customers a first-rate shopping experience,” owner Joanne Thompson said. “So we are opening in the Brown Ranch Shopping Center near Trader Joe’s.”

The shop was just named one of America’s 100 best independent bike shops in the country, an honor bestowed by the National Bicycle Dealers Association.

“The online application asks shop owners to explain what sets them apart from the competition, how they develop customer loyalty, and what they are doing to make their corner of the globe more bicycle friendly,” according to the NBDA. Bike Station is the only shop in Santa Cruz to achieve this distinction. The award required a detailed entry form, addressing not only the shop’s day-to-day service, but also its philosophy, community involvement, and cycling advocacy.

“It’s a tremendous honor,” Thompson said, giving credit to the staff.

Among its usual inventory of road and mountain bikes, there will be an increased focus on “around town” bikes including the ever-expanding market of e-bikes. E-bikes are bicycles but with electric motors.

“With gas prices not going any lower, e-bikes are a way for the environmentally conscious to reduce car travel and get exercise, especially with the ups and downs of Santa Cruz County roads,” Thompson said.

Santa Cruz County has one of the highest rates in the country of commuting by bike at 9.5 percent of the population. In 2015, Santa Cruz was elevated from a Silver to Gold Level Bicycle Friendly Community by the League of American Cyclists.

Bike Station will initially occupy a space between Trader Joe’s and Bed Bath and Beyond in October, and plans to expand into a larger space near FedEx in the spring.

SANTA CRUZ — Drive for Schools, Santa Cruz County’s largest school fundraiser, kicked off its 12th year.

Volunteers from more than 80 schools in Santa Cruz County will coordinate Drive for Schools ticket sales over the next month, giving the community an opportunity to win a new car, cash prizes, merchandise, and gift certificates for local businesses.

This year’s Grand Prize winner will choose a new car (Toyota Prius or Subaru Outback) or $25,000 in cash donated by two major sponsors — the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk and Capitola Auto Mall Dealer Group. The Boardwalk and Capitola Auto Dealer Group are also donating 10 $1,000 cash prizes.

Dozens of other prizes and gift certificates are donated by local businesses, including a $1,000 gift certificate from Dell Williams.

The public can purchase tickets through Oct. 16 for their chance to win the prizes. Tickets are $5 each or $25 for six. Drive for Schools tickets include a coupon to park for free at the Boardwalk on Oct. 25 for the prize drawing at 1 p.m. Winners need not be present to win.

During last year’s event, 82 local schools raised $630,000. Drive for Schools has raised $4.07 million for local schools since 2005. The leading 2015 fundraiser was Soquel High School, which brought in $37,371. Other big earners were Tierra Pacifica Charter School ($26,600) and Valencia Elementary ($25,725).

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.

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Saturday Shakespeare club looks at political tragedy Staff report APTOS — “Coriolanus,” the story of an egotistical war hero who believes his services earn him automatic placement on the Roman consul, is the final play to be examined by the Aptos Shakespeare Club over five Saturday mornings beginning Oct. 1.

Four noted scholars on Shakespeare and the time periods he created will speak to Club members at the gatherings, open to the public at Christ Lutheran Church, 10707 Soquel Drive in Aptos, all starting at 10 a.m. Michael Warren, UCSC emeritus professor of literature and consultant to Santa Cruz Shakespeare, will be the opening speaker.

Buck Sharp, UCSC emeritus professor of history, will be the speaker on Oct. 8, looking at life in Roman city-state in the 5th century BC, the setting of “Coriolanus,” who is based on an historical figure. The title character successfully and almost single-handedly carries out a siege of Corioli, a city-state in central Italy, for which he is given the title of Coriolanus.

On Oct. 15, Sean Keilen, UCSC professor of literature, will discuss aspects in the middle section of the play, in which Coriolanus, a favorite of the aristocracy but feared and distrusted by the populace, whom he openly despises, must gain their approval if he is to become a consul, the highest of elective offices.

On Oct. 22, Abigail Heald, UCSC professor of literature, will talk about the last portion of the play, in which Coriolanus is seen as a traitor, stripped of his title and banished. In response, he joins forces with Rome’s enemies and helps them attack Rome.

A potluck gathering at the church, during which a film version of “Coriolanus” will be shown, is set for Nov. 5. All meetings are free, although a voluntary contribution of $2 per session is asked to cover facility rental.

For information, call 462-5767.

Aptos High School students Sophia Tatum-McNeilly (left) of Corralitos and Sarah Hancock of Aptos were recently named National Merit Semifinalists. Contributed photo

Students named National Merit Scholars Staff report APTOS — Aptos High School students Sophia Tatum-McNeilly (left) of Corralitos and Sarah Hancock of Aptos were recently named National Merit Semifinalists.

Last October, students from across the country entered the competition by taking the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test.

To receive the recognition, Hancock and TatumMcNeilly scored in the top one percent of all the students who took the test.

“Winter Moon” is an oil on canvas painting by Heidi Hybl, which is part of the current art exhibit showing at the Santa Cruz County Bank.

Bank holding art show reception Staff report SANTA CRUZ — Santa Cruz County Bank Arts Collaborative invites the public to an art reception for its latest exhibit, “Color & Light.”

Attendees will meet the artists, sample local wines, and snack on small bites from Michael’s On Main.

Artwork on display at the reception is for sale and all proceeds from art sales go directly to the artists.

“Color & Light” brings together four area artists, John Babcock, Kathleen Crocetti, Stacy Frank and Heidi Hybl, whose works explore the nature of light and color to convey emotion.

The free reception will be held at the bank’s Santa Cruz branch, 720 Front St., on Oct. 5 from 5:30-7 p.m.

To RSVP, visit www.eventbrite.com/e/color-andlight-art-reception-tickets-27334589493?aff=es2.

What a Wonderful World My mom has always been an optimist. She sees hope when others just see rain.

For as long as I can remember, each fall, when temperatures cooled and the autumn rains rolled in over our pasture, she pointed out a symbol of that hope. We would wait, and when the sun broke just the right way, it would emerge. A rainbow!

I cling to those now. Rainbows. Because they are harder for her to point out.

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Honoring the begonia bloom Capitola Begonia Festival now in 64th year

A begonia-covered float moves slowly along Soquel Creek in the annual Capitola Begonia Festival’s Nautical Parade. Photo by Tarmo Hannula Bob and Judy Allan take part in the annual Nautical Parade for the 29th year in a row. Photo by Tarmo Hannula

A young girl poses for a photo in front of a begonia peace sign. Talita Suassuna of Pleasanton sports an array of begonias Photo by Tarmo Hannula in her hair. Photo by Tarmo Hannula

By TARMO HANNULA CAPITOLA — The 64th annual Capitola Begonia Festival’s Nautical Parade drifted along the waters of Soquel Creek Sept. 4 as thousands looked on and cheered. With a theme of “Begonias Around the World,” eight floats showed off their décor of thousands of colorful begonias as onlookers packed the Stockton Street Bridge, the overhead rail trestle, Cliff Avenue, Wharf Road and from the banks of the creek.

“We’re seeing begonia themes from around the world today,” said announcer Romney Dunbar. “The floats are beautiful.”

The four-day festival features a horseshoe tournament, a fishing derby, a sand castle building contest, activities with begonias, sidewalk chalk art for kids and row boat races. With the main arteries through the village shut off to motor traffic, Capitola transforms into a buzzing party throughout the Labor Day weekend.

Talita Suassuna, who is originally from Brazil and now lives in Pleasanton, said it was her first time to view the Nautical Parade.

“It is so beautiful,” she said. “All the flowers are amazing.”

First Place in the Nautical Parade this year was “Inter-Galactic Begonia Explorer: Mission 14-64,” by Casa Finkel.

This sand castle, “It’s a Small World,” was named the grand prize winner. Contributed photo

Team Tola, who entered “Tola Travelers,” claimed second place.

Javier Espinola and Ernesto Reyes took first place in horseshoes and the grand prize winner in the sand castle contest went to “It’s a Small World.”

The Begonia Festival would not be possible without the support of the begonia growers at Golden State Bulb Growers.

They are the descendants of Brown Ranch and owners of the Antonelli’s Amerihybrid begonias, which were historically grown in Capitola. They now have greenhouses in Watsonville and Marina.

The festival was initially established to celebrate a booming begonia growing business, which has since shrunken and

moved.

“Today is outstanding and the weather is perfect,” said Amy Christey, who was sworn in a week ago to her post as Chief of Police in Pacific Grove. Christey rose to the rank of lieutenant while serving with the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office.

“I love this event. I’ve been coming here since 1982 and I always have a wonderful time.”

Bob Cox, a Vietnam veteran from the U.S. Navy, said he has been coming to the festival for years.

“They put on a pretty good show,” he said. “It’s a good crowd.”

Happy Riders brave the Drop Zone ride Sept. 17 at the Santa Cruz County Fair.

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Fair continues to edge upwards

By TARMO HANNULA WATSONVILLE — The Santa Cruz County Fair pulled off another successful year, with good turnout at the gate, auction and food sales and a wide mix of live acts along with the traditional staples of exhibits and educational booths.

“Things went really well this year,” said Dave Kegebein, fairgrounds manager.

“This year the livestock auction set a new record for pricing and the kids did really well. It always proves to be a good educational experience for the kids each year. The fair continues to bring in 8-10 percent more a year. People were spending a little more this year and more folks were loosening up when it came to purchases.

The food businesses did real well and there were no major hiccups.”

Kegebein said the camel rides, which returned to the fair this year after a couple years’ break, “seemed to be wildly popular.” He added that on opening night the motocross event and the monster truck show were a “huge draw.”

In addition, Kegebein said the weather on the first few days was “chamber of commerce perfect.”

“It did warm up over the weekend with Sunday being downright hot, but it was a good overall experience,” Kegebein said.

“I think we’ve done a good job of making the fair a safe place. One of the most important things is that the fair family is a very dedicated group of volunteers and wonderful employees who strive to continue to improve our fair every year.

As we see the economy slowly improve so does the fair.”

The next big items on the menu at the fairgrounds will be Second Saturday on the Farm, dubbed “From Sheep to Socks.” With something for everybody in the family, the free event will include spinning, weaving and finger knitting demonstrations, hulahoop weaving, storytelling and fall crafts on Oct. 8, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the fairgrounds.

The return of the Burrito Bash, a oneday celebration of everything burrito, will take place the following week on Oct. 15.

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History Corner

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What they found was the gruesome murder of five people whose bodies were floating in the swimming pool. The victims were renowned eye surgeon Dr. Victor Ohta, his wife, secretary and two of his children.

When the Ohta’s car was found later it had a note on the window that said the murders were to preserve the environment and that anyone would be killed who tried to despoil it, (and you thought the Sierra Club is tough).

Ultimately Sheriff Deputies arrested John Linley Frazier, a hippie with severe mental problems. He said that God gave him a mission to return the earth to its natural state and that anyone who did not join his army would be killed and their property destroyed. The 13-week trial was held in Redwood City and Frazier was found guilty and sentenced to death.

The death penalty was overturned and his sentence was commuted to life in prison.

In 1972, there were 36 homicides. It changed the way people felt about our community. In a five-month period from October 1972 until February 1973, Herbert Mullin killed 13 people. A neighbor witnessed the last murder on the west side of Santa Cruz and called the police. Mullin was arrested at the intersection of Highway 9 and Highway 1 trying to leave town.

Mullin’s defense attorneys admitted that Mullin had committed the murders but

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they pled him “not guilty by reason of insanity.” Mullin said that voices told him to make human sacrifices to prevent earthquakes. He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison.

The third murderer is especially creepy because he lived in Aptos with his mother. Edmund Kemper killed his grandparents when he was 15. After serving time in a mental institution he was released to his mother’s John Linley Frazier, Herbert Mullin and Edmund Kemper. Aptos History Museum archives custody. Kemper’s many victims were usually female walk in to our office asking for any kind of Please join us at the Rio Sands Hotel hitchhikers.

Ultimately community room for our “Coffee, Tea Kemper brutally killed his mother and her assistance.

These cases are much more intriguing and Mystery” presentation on Saturday, best friend and fled to Colorado. There he called the Santa Cruz Police and confessed than I can recount in this short article. I Oct. 29 from 3-4:30 p.m. Reservations to the killings. He had to be driven back had to leave out so many interesting parts. only please as space is limited, 688-1467. to Santa Cruz because no airline would fly However, local historian and attorney $15 donation benefits the Aptos History him. The trial lasted three months and the Bob Wall has put together a fascinating Museum.

Much of the information presented jury found Kemper guilty of eight murders. presentation for you entitled “Monsters, Murders and Mayhem” with first hand comes from the book, “A Legal History of He was sentenced to life in prison.

My wife Karen and I moved here in accounts by Harold Cartwright who Santa Cruz County.” Thanks to everyone 1981, fortunate to have missed all of was the lead investigator for the Public for supporting the museum. If you enjoy this violence. But it was still fresh in Defender’s office and former Watsonville dining at Manuel’s Mexican Restaurant, everyone’s minds. Shortly thereafter we Chief of Police Terry Medina, who was and who doesn’t, they will donate a portion began managing the Aptos Chamber of a detective with the Santa Cruz Sheriff’s of the proceeds from your meal to the Commerce. I would not have enjoyed Office. Local historian Kevin Newhouse museum on Oct. 13. Thank you Manuel’s. having 6-foot-8-inch-tall Edmund Kemper will also share his associated memories.

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Community Market and will serve as the centerpiece of the Aptos Village Project, which has been described as the future civic heart of Aptos. It is being moved 80 feet to the west of its original location.

After that, the barn will be placed atop a giant “turntable” and then rotated 180 degrees, Kelly said.

“That’s time-consuming,” he said.

Built in the 1890s by Frederick Augustus Hihn, the barn was the center of the burgeoning apple industry at a time when Aptos was a “rough and rugged” town, said Aptos historian Kevin Newhouse.

It changed hands several times through the years, and eventually became Village Fair, which housed antique dealers, as well as meat and produce vendors.

The Toney family ran that business for nearly three decades before selling it in 2007 to Barry Swenson Builder, the company that is developing the project.

Ann Jenkins, who serves on the project’s historical resources committee, said the painstaking work will be worth the wait. It is the oldest intact apple barn in the county that is still in use, she said.

“We’re keeping the history of the barn alive,” she said. “It was a heart of our community, and we wanted to preserve

some remembrance of that time.”

The Aptos Village Project was approved in 2012. In all, it will cover 11.5 acres and include 70,000 square feet of commercial space and 69 new single and family residential units.

Barry Swenson Builder Development Project Manager Mary Gourlay said the project has garnered calls from businesses and from people hoping to live in the new housing units.

“We have had tremendous interest in this village,” she said.

Construction includes Aptos Village Way, a new road that will connect Trout Gulch Road to Aptos Creek Road. Parade Street will connect Aptos Village Way to Soquel Drive.

The project has drawn opposition from local group We Are Aptos, which among other things, expressed concern about increased traffic from the new businesses and living units. The group sued the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors in March, saying developers did not conduct the proper environmental review.

That lawsuit was dismissed in early September.

Del Crawford, who owns Mulberry Gallery across the street, said he favors the

BFF Boutique & Wine Tyme hosting fashion show Staff report CAPITOLA — BFF Boutique, a retail vintage and recycled clothing boutique, and Wine Tyme Wine Bar, a womanowned business in Capitola, are hosting a fall fashion show on Sunday, Oct. 9 from 2-4 p.m. at Wine Tyme, 321 Capitola Ave., to raise funds for Monarch Services in Watsonville and Walnut Avenue Family & Women’s Center in Santa Cruz.

A professional fashion stylist and image consultant has volunteered to help prepare local models for the event. Monet Salon in Capitola will be doing hair and makeup.

In addition to participating in the fashion show, one of the BFF fashion models will sing and play guitar. Karaoke will follow the show.

Cost to attend the event is $5. Tickets are available at Wine Tyme and at the door on the day of the event. The entrance fee and a portion of the proceeds from clothing sales, drinks and appetizers will be donated to

the two organizations. Parking is available behind the Police Department at 50 cents per hour.

“I believe strongly in women helping women and these two organizations are so critical to the health and welfare of women in this county that I wanted to offer them my support in a special way,” said BFF Boutique owner Terri Foster, who has been in the retail business for three years. “A fashion show is a uniquely enjoyable event for many women, especially when seasons are changing.”

Monarch Services in Watsonville serves approximately 1,500 victims of domestic violence and sexual assault each year, and provides crisis intervention and prevention services in Spanish and English. The Walnut Avenue Family & Women’s Center in Santa Cruz is dedicated to improving the quality of life for women, children, and families in Santa Cruz County.

For information, contact Foster at bff. boutique4u@yahoo.com, or call or text 251-8356.

project.

He acknowledged he has a vested interest in saying so, since it will likely bring new customers to existing businesses. “(Aptos) closes at night,” he said. “I’m looking forward to a time when there are families walking by at night.”

Still, Crawford said that the project will create muchneeded jobs, give The Hihn Apple Barn was placed upon wooden beams, which Aptos a town center rolled on steel pipes. House mover Howard Kelly said the method and help Aptos of moving large objects came from the ancient Romans. Photo by become more self- Todd Guild sufficient.

“The challenge is creating jobs,” he Santa Cruz County has become the victim of the zero-growth model it said. “There is no industry, so we need a constant influx of tourism.” established decades ago, Crawford said.

“Once people get over the idea that no Now, the population far outpaces the infrastructure even as the county struggles change is good change, I think they will to maintain employment numbers in participate,” Crawford added. “Aptos is an area where the only industries are going to be phenomenal.” agriculture and tourism.

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Aptos Chamber Awards honored as Community Heroes.

The Aptos Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Dinner and Awards Night is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 4 from 6-10 p.m. at the Seascape Beach Resort. Tickets are $85 per person, and reservations must be made by Oct. 28. For reservations, call 688-1467.

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Woman of the Year: Kate Minott

Kate Minott is a long-time public parks and land use law activist in the Aptos community. A fifth generation Californian and third generation Aptos resident, Minott earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from UC Santa Cruz. While completing her master’s in Urban and Regional Planning from San José State University, Minott traveled and studied historic urban and recreational park policy and design in China, Cuba, Europe and Canada.

She was appointed by County Supervisor Zach Friend to continue advocating for Santa Cruz County parks on the SC County Parks and Recreation Commission, a commission on which she has served since 2000.

During the late 1990s, Minott organized a coalition of Aptos neighborhoods to form Seacliff Needs A Park, a bi-partisan campaign that resulted in the construction of the Seacliff Village Neighborhood Park.

Minott is an alumna of Leadership Santa Cruz 2006; a member of the American Planning Association; and currently serves as president of the nonprofit, Friends of Santa Cruz County Parks.

FSCCoP provides swim and recreational camp scholarship support to children and teens from lower income families and individuals with disabilities.

Minott lives in her late-mother’s Seacliff home where she raised her daughter, Cambria.

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Man of the Year: Steven Allen

Steven Allen is a third generation resident of Santa Cruz County. He graduated from Aptos High School in 1992, Cabrillo College in 1994 and California Polytechnic University in San Luis Obispo in 1997.

Among many accomplishments, he had an active career in real estate with Grubb & Ellis Company in San Francisco

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and was also a top-producing agent at Coldwell Banker for 10 years before going on to form Allen Property Group in 2008.

He was voted Realtor of the Year in 2009 and served as the president of the Santa Cruz County Association of Realtors in 2010. He served as a board member for the California Association of Realtors

Steven Allen from 2008 until 2015. His firm currently manages approximately 400 rental units, including the Rio Sands Hotel in Aptos and the Venetian Hotel in Capitola, along with three hotels in Morro Bay. Allen is a board member with many businesses and volunteer organizations including Visit Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz County Business Council, Dominican Hospital Foundation, and the Santa Cruz, Aptos and Pajaro Valley Chambers of Commerce.

He received a Community Enhancement Award in 2012 for his work in remodeling the Rio Sands. He again received the award in 2014 for playing a role in implementing the Aptos railroad trestle murals by working with the Transportation Commission to clean up the rail line.

Allen lives in Seascape with his wife Amanda and three children, Sophie, Gavin and Derek.

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Small Business of the Year: Kiss Catering

Scott and Sandy Dexel have owned and operated Kiss Catering since 2001.

They give back to the community several times a year with Big Brothers and Big Sisters Regatta fundraiser, job fairs at Capitola and Santa Cruz, the Leukemia Cup benefit, the Jane benefit for battered woman, contributions to the Aptos History Museum and the “World’s Shortest Parade” Pancake Breakfast.

“We think our detail to service and making food delicious, like our homemade soups, sauces, grilled meats, appetizers, and our freshly baked desserts help set us apart from the competition,” the Dexels said in a press release.

After living in LA, Scott and Sandy came back to Santa Cruz to work, manage and train staff for several restaurants: Stockton Bridge Grille, Stagnaros on the Wharf, Severino’s, Shadowbrook and Cilantros.

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Sustainable Business of the Year: S. Martinelli & Company

S. Martinelli & Company has been in business for 148 years in Watsonville.

Since Martinelli’s first gold medal in 1890, the company has received more than 50 gold medals for product excellence at state,

Sam Farr national and international expositions.

Distribution of Martinelli’s gold medal products now extends to every state in the U.S. and to several other countries in North and South America, the Caribbean, Asia and the Middle East.

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Organization of the Year: Friends for Cystic Fibrosis

Friends Cure CF found its beginnings in 1998 because Danny and Sydney Altano’s first daughter, Gianna, had Cystic Fibrosis. As they dealt with the realities of the disease, they realized that there was not enough money being directed to research on CF. Together with a group of close friends, they started a barbecue booth after the Fourth of July parade in Aptos. The money that was raised by that barbecue, and many after, went to Cystic Fibrosis Research Inc. (CFRI), a primary agency working to find a cure for CF. In 2012, Friends Cure CF partnered with The Living Breath Foundation, who helps those in the local CF community with expenses that they otherwise could not afford.

Friends Cure CF hold its “Surfs Up” dinner and auction each year. Between 10 years of barbecues and eight years of the dinner, the group has raised close to half a million dollars for research and financial assistance for children and young adults with this disease.

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Lifetime Achievement: Sam Farr

Congressman Sam Farr has represented California’s Central Coast for 23 years and is its longest serving member in Congress.

He first entered public service in 1964 as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Colombia.

During his career in public service at the local, state and federal level that spans over five decades, Farr has been an advocate for California agriculture, an activist for affordable housing, and authored legislation to establish Pinnacles

National Park.

First elected to Congress in 1993 by special election, Sam Farr now serves on the powerful House Appropriations Committee, which oversees the distribution of the federal budget. He is the Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural

Mural Committee 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.

Farr co-chairs the House Oceans Caucus, the Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus, the Congressional Organic Caucus, the Defense Communities Caucus, and the Unexploded Ordnance Caucus.

On Nov. 12, 2015, he announced his retirement from Congress after the 2016 elections.

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Outstanding Achievement: Aptos Community Mural Committee

The Aptos Mural Project was a community beautification project funded and supported by local businesses: the mural itself was painted by local artist Arturo Thomae. The committee, spearheaded by Marry Russell, Steve Allen and John Hibble, was able to raise the necessary funds to beautify, preserve and showcase the history of Aptos through this work of art.

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Community Heroes: Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office and California Highway Patrol

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office’s mission is to ensure public safety in Santa Cruz County through open communication with the community as well as professional development of staff to both address crime and promote innovative corrections solutions.

Likewise, the California Highway Patrol of Santa Cruz Area aims to provide the highest level of safety, service and security to the community, protecting hundreds of thousands of residents, commuters, and tourists along the Northern Monterey Bay. The California Highway Patrol offers a number of traffic safety programs and services.

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Transportation funding measure coming to November ballot

By ZACH FRIEND

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY SUPERVISOR

The Regional Transportation Commission’s (RTC) transportation funding measure, Measure D, will appear on the November ballot.

The RTC, on which I serve as a member, has been looking at ways to provide improved local funding for transportation needs including roads, the highway, bus and pedestrian, seniors’ transportation and para-transit. With significant cuts from state and federal funding sources, the RTC has been working on ways to make our county a “self-help” county. Currently, more than 80 percent of California’s population live in self-help counties, which means they have a local, secure and independent transportation funding

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mechanism. This local funding can be used to leverage additional state, federal and grant funding. In fact, as funding has been reduced from state and federal sources it’s common that the funding that’s left requires a local funding match — in a sense advantaging areas with their own self-help funding mechanism. The funding proposal is for a one-half cent sales tax measure, which includes citizen oversight, independent audits, and strict financial accounting requirements.

What does the measure contain?

The aim of the RTC measure is to include a balanced mix of projects. Projects would be geographically dispersed and focus on everything from road and highway improvements to bus, pedestrian, bike and school safety investments. The proposed projects and services would be funded just from this funding stream and most would not be possible absent a local funding mechanism. The RTC developed the ballot measure over the last two years based on extensive public input from evening community meetings, workshops, public hearings at the RTC meetings, surveys and more. As a result, the measure proposes the following: • Neighborhood Projects – The largest amount of the measure goes toward neighborhood projects. Specifically, this

There are several personal finance myths that are floating around today that need to either be clarified and expanded upon or completely thrown away in the trash. At our office, we stress that everyone is an individual who has unique goals, objectives, concerns, etc. While one rule of thumb may work well for one person, it could be completely wrong for the next person. Below are a couple of our favorite personal finance myths.

‘You Don’t Need to Start Saving for Retirement Until You are in Your 30s or 40s’ Disregard this myth. There is one thing that you can’t get more of in this life and that is time. The earlier you start saving, the longer your retirement savings have to grow. If younger people have the excuse that they don’t make enough money to be able to save anything, they should take a few minutes and examine their spending.

Living within your means, prioritizing your spending, and saving what you can regardless of the amount are important pillars to live by. Someone who puts off

mobility access services to help maintain senior and disabled transit service. This funding includes Santa Cruz METRO’s ParaCruz service and Community Bridges Lift Line service as well as general funding for the METRO (bus) system.

This funding allows for the increase in paratransit services through LiftLine, prevents additional cuts in the METRO system and provides a stable income for the potential for route restoration in the bus system.

• Coastal Rail Trail – Funding to construct, operate and maintain a significant amount of the bike and pedestrian trail along the rail corridor.

• Rail Corridor – This is the smallest portion of the measure and it goes toward repair and maintenance of the corridor, including drainage improvements and vegetation/graffiti/trash control as well as an environmental analysis of all possible future public transit (rail and non-rail) uses of the corridor. No new passenger rail service is funded by the measure.

This provides an overview of the November measure. As always, I’d love to hear your thoughts and answer any questions you may have. Please feel free to call me at 454-2200.

on income replacement. Do you have outstanding liabilities that you want paid off at death? Do you have minor children that need college educations funded? How many years of income replacement do you want to provide for a surviving spouse?

These questions and many more add up when determining overall life insurance needs and everyone is different.

contend that they apply to all individuals no matter what their situation. In the “real” world of personal finance every person has a different set of circumstances. An individual’s personal goals, financial means, responsibilities, age and psychological makeup should determine what makes sense in their particular case, and not just adopting a “one size fits all” formula or rule.

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Personal finance myths

By GARY E. CROXALL, CFP® and SOREN E. CROXALL, CFP®

element will maintain local streets and roads and fund safety improvements for children walking and biking to school. In our district we are aiming to construct new sidewalks and put a dent in the significant amount of deferred maintenance on our local roads — including pothole repair, resurfacing and more. In fact, County Public Works has identified an initial draft of more than 50 streets and corridors in our district that can be repaired. This includes roads in Seacliff, Rio Del Mar, La Selva Beach, Corralitos, Freedom and the greater Aptos area (including the hills). Local cities (such as Capitola and Watsonville) in our district will also receive funding and their Public Works teams are putting together a project list as well.

• Highway Corridors – The second largest amount of the measure targets Highway 1. Funding will create auxiliary lanes between 41st Avenue to Soquel Drive, Bay/Porter to Park Avenue, and Park Avenue to State Park. In addition, two bicycle/pedestrian crossings including finishing the crossing at Mar Vista (to help connect Seacliff to the school and Soquel).

Traveler information including real-time traffic conditions and safety programs for Highway 17 are other items funded.

• Mobility Access – One of the key funding elements of the measure is for

saving for retirement until later will likely end up having to contribute more in order to make up for the lost time.

‘The 4% Rule’ This rule of thumb gets talked about a lot these days. In a nutshell, it says that if you want your portfolio assets to be sustainable through retirement, don’t withdrawal more than 4 percent per year (adjusting for inflation). The problem with this rule of thumb is that it is rigid and doesn’t take into consideration the economic and interest rate environment that we are currently living in. This is why you should have a good understanding of your overall cash flow and be flexible with your withdrawal.

A 4 percent withdrawal may work in years when markets are doing well and the overall economy is strong. However, in market downturns, you should aim to be flexible with your portfolio withdrawal rate and possibly withdraw less to let your portfolio have time to potentially recover.

‘You Need 10x Your Income in Life Insurance’ This is a cookie cutter guideline that needs to be fine-tuned to individual needs. The amount of life insurance you need depends on many factors, not just

‘Your Asset Allocation Should be a Number Minus Your Age’ Your asset allocation should be based on a variety of factors including, but not limited to: risk tolerance, time horizon, tax situation, overall portfolio size, etc.

There is a difference between the ability to take risk versus willingness. Some people may be able to take on more risk with their portfolio because maybe they are younger and don’t plan on touching the money for a long time. However, they may be psychologically unwilling to assume higher levels of risk. It is important to find an overall asset allocation you are comfortable with, not just adapting a preset formula.

There is nothing wrong with paying attention to basic and sound money management principals and guidelines when making financial decisions and implementing your own personal financial plan. However, keep in mind that there are many financial rules of thumb that

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OCTOBER 2016

New season, same stars Aptos’ new one-two punch leading pack of strong runners

By TONY NUNEZ APTOS — Marea Zlatunich remembers what it was like to be a freshman on a team of superstars trying to live up to unbelievably high expectations.

It was intimidating, nerve racking, daunting.

But Zlatunich also remembers a junior by the name of Matti Peoples taking her under her wing to help mold her into the runner she is today.

So when promising freshman Reina Garcia showed up for the first day of practice last season, Zlatunich, now a junior, knew what to do.

“I took her under my wing,” she said.

“I was like Matti’s little sister and she was like mine. I took her into the team and she was one of us immediately.”

Zlatunich was just continuing the Mariners’ cycle.

Amy Schnittger passed the keys to the powerhouse program to Marissa Farrante in 2007, Farrante handed them over to Nikki Hiltz in 2009, Hiltz gave them to Clare Peabody in 2012 and Peabody followed the trend in 2013, dropping them into Peoples’ hands.

Peoples, a two-time Central Coast Section champion now running at UC Santa Barbara, did the same last year with Zlatunich.

Little sister turns into big sister. Big sister finds little sister. Lather, rinse and repeat.

Oh, and win a mess of league, section

and state titles in the process.

“What Matti did with me was really awesome and I really appreciated that,” Zlatunich said. “Now doing it with somebody else, it makes me feel like a leader. I really think I’ve stepped up into that role.”

Garcia would say so.

As a freshman, Garcia said she was “terrified” of the rest of the league’s top runners and leaned on Zlatunich throughout the season for just about everything from what type of mindset to have during races to how to train through pain.

A full season of constant back-and-forth between the two brought the duo closer.

“I’m like the third member of her family,” Garcia said. “I’m always over at her house.”

Added Zlatunich, laughing: “She’s always over eating all our cereal.”

The relationship has not only been as sweet as a big bowl of Lucky Charms off the trails but on them as well.

Zlatunich is the Mariners’ de facto No. 1 runner this season and Garcia is running behind her trying to make up ground in the No. 2 spot.

The two lit up Pinto Lake County Park in their first Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League meet and took first and second, respectively, while leading the team to big wins over Santa Cruz High and San Lorenzo Valley High.

“Those two are a pretty good one-two punch,” said Aptos head coach Dan Gruber.

The Mariners hope the pair will serve as

Junior standout Marea Zlatunich (second from left) will look to lead the Aptos High Mariners cross country team back to the podium at the CIF state meet a year after winning the state title. Photo by Tony Nunez

a haymaker to the rest of the league, section and state as they look to defend their trio of crowns from last year.

Aptos won its 10th SCCAL title in the last 11 years in 2015 and also captured its sixth CCS championship in the last seven seasons. The crown jewel of the season, however, came in the form of a California Interscholastic Federation Division III championship at Woodward Park in Fresno.

Their goals are all the same as last season but this season they’ll have to do it without Peoples leading the way.

“We’re working really hard to be at our best because we lost Matti,” Garcia said.

“It’s definitely hard to be up there again but we’re going to work ourselves up there.”

If Zlatunich and Garcia are seen as the knockout blows, then freshman Sofia Natividad, junior Annika Niles and their lone senior Annika McBride are the slow-burning body blows in the rest of the Mariners scoring five. Junior Olivia Berhan and freshman Abby Watkins add

depth and Gruber said both have a chance of sneaking into the top five in any given race.

They’ll need all the depth they can get if they want to win their fifth straight league championship.

Standout junior Mari Friedman leads Santa Cruz, which took second in the CIF D-IV race last season, and SLV also has a strong group of athletes.

“They’re ready,” Gruber said. “It’s a dogfight but I think, right now, we’re the lead dog.”

In Watsonville the St. Francis High Sharks have what head coach Ramona Young called their “strongest team” in recent memory.

The Sharks’ top two runners, sophomore Riley Croghan and junior Olivia Burke, return and have improved their fitness over the summer.

Mt. Madonna Hawks’ first-ever CCS qualifier, senior Cat Ching, returns to the team.

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Mariners still going strong Two-time defending SCCAL champs return four from last year’s team

By TONY NUNEZ APTOS — The Aptos High Mariners like to have fun but they also like to work hard.

They’ll lounge around and crack jokes but they’ll also break a sweat while powering golf balls at the driving range.

Head coach Bill Tsudama calls his girls a “true team.”

And if you don’t want to take his word for it, you can just take a look at them at any practice.

There are no outsiders. No lone wolves.

The Mariners stay locked at the hip, talking, smiling and growing ever closer.

“Look at them,” said Aptos High assistant coach Fred O’hara, pointing at the group of girls all chirping back and forth during a break at a Thursday afternoon practice at the Seascape Golf Club. “That’s a true team. They’re never apart.”

And that, Tsudama said, is the secret sauce to their program which has not only led them to a pair of Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League championships but a steady turnout every year.

Aptos is one of the few teams in the area that have had no problems filling out its roster as of recent.

In the SCCAL alone, Soquel High and St. Francis High will not field teams, while other schools around the Monterey Bay

have also struggled putting together a team of five in the past handful of years.

The good news is the SCCAL is back to five teams this season with the return of Scotts Valley High, which did not field a team last year. Harbor High, San Lorenzo Valley High and Santa Cruz High have also had solid turnouts this season.

Likewise, the Mariners have six girls on their roster. Juniors Amanda Fort, Megan Eldredge and Gianna Marinshaw and sophomore Italia Riccabona all return from last year’s league-champion team.

With no seniors on the squad, Fort and Eldredge, both of whom are two-time defending SCCAL champions, took over the leadership duties and made the rounds recruiting new players at the school’s campus. They came away with two new players in sophomore Samantha Castaneda and freshman Gali Carrillo.

Both have not only stuck around but made big strides since joining.

“You get some girls that come out and try it and find that they really like golf,” Fort said. “I think we try to be very enthusiastic about being on the golf team. Take Sam, she’s never been on a golf course and it was really exciting to see her do so well.

We just cheer each other on.”

That type of leadership takes a lot of weight off the shoulders of Tsudama, O’hara and assistant coach Tim Eldredge.

Having your best two players, Eldredge and Fort, be best friends and golf together all summer doesn’t hurt either.

“The core group of girls is super helpful to the rest of the team,” Tsudama said.

“They remember what it was like to come in fresh to a team and have to try to fit in.

They remember how the other girls took them in. They’re doing the same to the new girls and they do a great job of that. It makes a huge difference.”

Eldredge and Fort took second and third, respectively, at last year’s SCCAL championships to Santa Cruz’s Kayla Karst.

The two have pushed each other in the summer through some friendly competition but neither said that winning the league’s individual title and lone Central Coast Section bid is their goal this season.

A third straight SCCAL title isn’t on their radar, either.

They simply want to get better.

“That’s what we want,” Eldredge said. “Just working hard at practice and becoming better golfers. Yeah, winning the title again would be nice but that’ll come if we just get better.”

Added Fort: “If we don’t win it, that would be OK but that would be kind of crazy if we won it. Having never won it before and then wining three straight, that would be exciting.”

The Aptos High girl’s golf team led by Amanda Fort (from left), Italia Riccabona, Gianna Marinshaw, Megan Eldredge and Samantha Castaneda, has continued its year-in-year out solid play despite the continued decline of girl’s golf in the area. Photo by Tony Nunez

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general education requirements, and then transfer to a four-year university to major in biology.

She said she welcomed the opportunity to attend Cabrillo.

“This is a way to get used to going to college, instead of jumping in all at once,” she said. “And I have to work and earn some money to be able to afford it.”

With approximately 13,000 students starting this year – roughly the same numbers as fall 2015 – Cabrillo officials expect the enrollment numbers will grow as students add and drop classes, and as they sign up for cyber classes and late-start courses, said Cabrillo spokeswoman Kristin Fabos.

The college’s numbers are also taking a hit because students who are 25 and younger – the college’s largest demographic – are leaving Santa Cruz County to seek lower housing costs, Fabos said.

Cabrillo has slightly bolstered its enrollment numbers by increasing outreach to high schools to promote its concurrent enrollment program, which allows students to take college courses before they graduate.

Cabrillo this year began offering several new courses, including an associate of art degree in music technology and recording arts.

In addition, South County students may now earn an associate degree in business, all at the Watsonville campus in as few as five semesters and as many as nine, said Rachel Mayo, Dean of Education Centers and Online and Innovative Learning.

“They can take their degree and transfer to any CSU, guaranteed,” she said.

Cabrillo is also now offering a handful of free, non-credit math and ESL classes for students with busy schedules who need to brush up in those areas, Mayo said.

Offered during the evening and on Saturday mornings, students may take the classes as often as they like and attend when they can.

“Even if you can only come to a couple of these it’s OK,” Mayo said.

“It’s going to serve a population in the community that has not been able to access them.”

Cabrillo has seen a shift from students taking arts and humanities classes to more profitable fields such as science and engineering fields.

The problem is that the college lacks sufficient lecture halls and laboratory space to meet the demand for the students, said Terrence Willett, Dean of Research, Planning and Institutional Effectiveness.

That could be offset somewhat by a recent philosophical shift in the way Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) are taught.

By adding arts, thus changing the acronym to STEAM, students can add humanities and create such majors as graphic design, video game design and 3-D printing, Willett said.

“The nexus between science and art is very much present,” he said.

Students climb and descend the steps at Cabrillo College’s Aptos campus.

Photo by Todd Guild

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‘A good cup of coffee’ Local coffee bean roaster roasts beans to order

By BEK PHILLIPS SOQUEL — For the last 11 years, Peter Maestas has worked his way up in the Surf City Coffee Company, eventually making his way to coffee roaster.

Starting in delivery, packaging and pick-up, Maestas mostly did odd jobs and did not start roasting coffee until five years ago. As people left the company, he learned more about the business until coffee roasting sort of “fell into” his hands.

“Pretty much anything they have, I’ve done or I do,” Maestas said. “My favorite part is probably roasting the coffee. Being able to see it go from the green bean all the way to the brown, roasted wonderful tasting coffee.”

On the wall of his office, maps showing different locations and origins of beans are scattered throughout. Other diagrams describe the different qualities of the beans — like butter or chocolate.

“Some of our coffee will have a nutty fruity flavor to it,” he said. “If you sip your

coffee and you can taste that, that’s a good cup of coffee.”

For Surf City, the coffee beans are bought from their distributor Royal Coffee in Oakland, who gets their beans from all over the world.

“So if it says it’s a Mexican coffee, it comes from Mexico,” Maestas said. “A Papua New Guinea comes from Papua New Guinea, Costa Rican’s from Costa Rica — it comes from all over the place.”

But beyond just being able to roast the beans and watch the product transform, Maestas has also cultivated relationships with many of the clients he delivers to.

“There is definitely a relationship that develops with my customers,” he said with a laugh. “It’s a love relationship for the caffeine, you know, the legal stuff.”

The way the people treat him has a big influence on him, with some of his customers stopping him and checking up on him and his life.

“Certain stops I do care for more than others and that’s only because of the way

Pete Maestas, warehouse manager for Surf City Coffee Co., checks an organic dark roast Papua New Guinea coffee bean.

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people treat me when I show up,” he said.

“Some people stop and ask me questions and we learn about each other’s families.”

Maestas has hopes for his coffee roasting as well. Currently, he roasts two days a week, but he would like to see that number go up.

“I would like to see us grow and start being able to roast four to five days a week and have that much business going through our warehouse,” he said. “I think with having a local roaster in the area, people from the area will gravitate to that because it is a local company.”

Starbucks, he says, is everywhere and you can get that any time. Surf City is not.

Beyond locality, Maestas is also proud of the product he delivers.

“A local roaster is a little different,” Maestas said. “I can personally look at someone straight in the eyes and say ‘I guarantee this is the best coffee you are gonna have.’”

His brand loyalty doesn’t just stop at Surf City. While he says that is the only

Pete Maestas empties a load of coffee beans into the roaster as a batch of roasted beans cools.

coffee he drinks locally, he also maintains that when he vacations, he searches out the “mom and pop” locations.

“I really don’t drink coffee from other companies, unless I’m on vacation. It’s nothing personal,” he said. “It’s the local business, it helps support a local company.

And that’s what I hope people see with Surf City — that they see us as a local company and they are able to help us continue to thrive and go for another 30 years.”

With three storefront locations — Aptos, Moss Landing and Scotts Valley — growth is on their minds. Right now Surf City is in the process of getting into K cups in hopes of getting into hotels and expanding the business. Already, they have had sample packages made.

“We have to find someone to package it for us,” Maestas said. “From there it’s talking to customers, finding people who want them and putting in the orders and saying ‘we will have it for ya.’”

But, like how he roasts the coffee, orders will not be placed until the demand is there.

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K-LOVE makes bid for former station Local broadcasters struggling to make counter offer

By TODD GUILD SANTA CRUZ — A local group of media advocates is hoping to purchase the broadcasting license and assets of KUSP radio station, which declared bankruptcy after going off the air earlier this year.

But the group Central Coast Community Radio – working under the umbrella of local nonprofit Media Watch – has a tough battle ahead of it.

The Educational Media Foundation, which broadcasts as the Christian station K-LOVE in more than 300 stations in 48 U.S. states, has put in a $400,000 bid for the broadcasting license and transmitter for the defunct station.

Other interested parties have until the middle of October to produce a counterbid.

After that, the sale will go through.

“We’re excited about the opportunity,” said Joe Miller, vice president of signal development at K-LOVE. “The station has a wide coverage area, and we’re looking forward to the opportunity to enhance our services.”

Miller estimated the company reaches 15 million listeners.

The 88.9 signal reaches from Santa Cruz to Big Sur and includes Hollister.

Central Coast Community Radio hopes to create a new entity focused on public service and community concerns, said Rachel Goodman, a former KUSP broadcaster and Cabrillo College journalism instructor.

Goodman is helping to spearhead the project.

“This is a chance to preserve our right to control our media locally and to celebrate the unique voices and culture here on the Central Coast,” she said. “We find it very

troubling that a large religious network from outside the region would try to buy our station out from under the community.

We hope the community rallies for this important cause.”

Goodman said that the proposed programming would have a local focus and feature cultural, political, and artistic voices that she said are excluded in other media.

“The goals are to improve communication, inclusiveness, and access to diverse ideas,” she said.

In May 2015, the Pataphysical Broadcasting Foundation, which ran the station, approved a plan to sell its broadcasting license, transmitting equipment and its 88.9 frequency, a deal that never occurred. The sale was a way to help pay off $700,000 debts.

A decision to switch to an all-music format failed to garner listener support necessary to pay off debts to keep the station afloat.

Since that happened, local advocates have struggled through grassroots efforts to raise approximately $100,000, not nearly enough to outbid the offer.

Media Watch founder and executive director Ann Simonton said the acquisition

by K-LOVE would exclude local voices.

“We’re very much frightened by the idea,” she said. “The foundation of KUSP was to bring community radio to Santa Cruz. It is a dire situation. We now have to compete with this station with such deep pockets.”

••• To make a donation to help Central Coast Community Radio, visit www. youcaring.com/central-coast-communityradio-media-watch-648820.

Reward jumps to $20,000 in sea otter shootings Sea otters relax in the waters of the Moss Landing Harbor. Recently, federal and state officials doubled a reward to $20,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction who is responsible for shooting four sea otters, killing three of them. The second half of the reward was put forth by the Center for Biological Diversity. Sea otters are protected by the Federal Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act and by state law. Killing a sea otter is punishable by as much as $100,000 in fines and possible jail time. Anyone with information about the shootings is asked to call the CalTIP line at (888) 334-2258 (callers may remain anonymous) or the Fish and Wildlife Service at (650) 876-9078. Photo by Tarmo Hannula

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A Cal Fire air tanker drops a load of fire retardant onto the Loma Fire on the crest of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Photo by Tarmo Hannula

These alpacas are somewhat confused by their new temporary surroundings at the fairgrounds after they were evacuated from their Corralitos home due to the Loma Fire.

Photo by Tarmo Hannula

Evacuations lifted in Loma Fire

By TODD GUILD and BEK PHILLIPS SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS – Evacuation orders were lifted Sept. 28 for Santa Cruz County residents displaced by the Loma Fire, even as officials warned the residents to limit their travel on the still-closed roads and to closely monitor conditions for the still-burning fire.

Fire officials expect to have the fire contained by Oct. 3.

Firefighters working Sept. 28 managed to keep the Loma Fire from growing, and as of Sept. 28 reported that the blaze had consumed 2,500 acres and was 10 percent contained.

The fire has so far destroyed one home and damaged another, and firefighters were trying to protect another 300 structures.

Firefighters said the blaze has largely been contained in Santa Clara County, thanks to ocean winds and Summit Road, which has acted as a fire break.

“It’s burning pretty aggressively,” said Cal Fire Battalion Chief Mike Mathiesen.

Dozens of firefighters were waiting at a staging area on Summit Road, where they watched air tankers drop loads of red fire retardant on patches of forest in hopes of slowing the advancing flames.

The firefighters were joined by Santa Cruz County and Santa Clara County sheriff’s deputies, who were there to

help with road closures and help with evacuations.

They were also there to provide security for the homes of evacuees, said Santa Cruz Sheriff’s Sgt. Mike MacDonald.

“We’re waiting to see what the fire is going to do, because that will tell us what we are going to do,” he said.

No injuries have been reported.

Approximately 27 horses were evacuated to a stable in Graham Hill, and five went to the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds. The equine guests were joined by five alpacas that were also evacuated from their home on Buzzard Lagoon Road.

Those animals were rescued thanks to Santa Cruz County Equine Evacuation Unit, but there were others who are standing by ready to help if fire conditions change.

Bruce Clausen has volunteered his efforts to help large animals that need to be evacuated.

Repeating previous efforts of responding to the Soberanes Fire, the Marina resident has offered three rigs that are ready to haul anything fleeing residents require. He is working with Rafter C Equine Service’s Blake Cadigan, who transports the animals at no charge.

“People can get themselves out, animals don’t have the ability to leave their pastures, leave their stalls,” Clausen said.

“They are kinda screwed, you know, so I just thought this was the right thing to do.”

With 300 homes threatened, his voicemail is full and people are waiting to see if the fire will veer toward them.

“We are on standby waiting for calls,” he said. “We’ve had a lot of calls of people checking to see if we can come if the fire shifts our way. We will offer as long as they need it.”

Clausen and Cadigan can be reached at

975-1575 or 747-5037, respectively.

Fire officials said the blaze started in the area of Loma Prieta and Loma Chiquita roads approximately 3 p.m. on Sept. 26.

A throng of residents was standing on a ridge the following day, watching a DC10 air tanker drop fire retardant.

Kevin Cunningham said he was asked to evacuate, but chose not to leave. The former Cal Fire firefighter said he has his own equipment and the knowledge and experience to stop the flames, should the blaze shift direction toward his home.

“I’m not worried as long as the wind keeps going the way it’s going,” he said.

Art Johnson, who has lived in the area for 40 years and who also declined requests to evacuate, said he has also equipped his home to battle a blaze, with a pump near his swimming pool and a 25,000-gallon underground water tank.

“We can put three fire hoses on our house for an hour,” he said. “If you can stay for a half-hour, the flames go over your head.”

In addition, Johnson said he cleared the brush and trimmed the trees around his house to take away fuel a fire would need to burn.

He said he lived through the Lexington Fire in 1985, which burned 15,000 acres from Lexington Reservoir to Summit Road.

“When you live through fires like that, you know what to do,” he said. “You do whatever you can and you keep doing it.”

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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.

Boy Scout Overnight

Boys will be able to camp outside on the Boardwalk. A package can be purchased for $69.95 a person and each package includes: camping under the stars, free play in the arcade, dinner under the stars, boy scout oath and law ceremony, outdoor movie, breakfast, sand castle contest, all-day ride wristband and an event patch. For information, visit www. beachboardwalk.com/Boy-Scout

Oct. 9 Farm and Garden Market

October Breakfast

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Manuel’s Mexican Restaurant, 261 Center Ave. in Aptos, will donate a portion of the proceeds from your meal on Oct. 13 to the Aptos History Museum. Reservations are preferred.

For reservations, call 688-4848.

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Oct. 27 Film screening

The Aptos Branch Sons in Retirement will hold a luncheon at Severino’s Restaurant, 7500 Old Dominion Court in Aptos, at 11:30 a.m. The menu includes meat lasagna, garlic bread and Caesar salad. The speaker will be Bill Connolly, former Minnesota Twins MLB player. For information, call Jim at 708-4133.

The open house will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on 184 Old Adobe Road. The two-story Castro Adobe was built between 1848 and 1849 is one example of a rancho hacienda in the Monterey Bay Area. Open house visitors will be eligible to view the restored kitchen and the Potter-Church Garden. The garden was created by the original owners Elizabeth and David Potter in 1968. Tourists will be able to make homemade tortillas as well.

Oct. 29 ‘Coffee, Tea and Mystery’

Oct. 25

The free film screening event will start at 7 p.m. with free admission located at 1124 Pacific Ave. in Santa Cruz. The film “Ghosts of Amistad: In the Footsteps of the Rebels” by Tony Buba is about The Amistad Rebellion, an Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom. The film takes place in Sierra Leone in 2013 visiting homes and villages of the people who seized the slave schooner Amistad in 1839.

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

Oct. 4 Museum Board, 5:30 p.m.

Oct. 22

The Aptos Chamber of Commerce will hold its monthly breakfast meeting at the Best Western Seacliff Inn, 7500 Old Dominion Court, from 7:30-9 a.m.

This month’s topic, “Get Santa Cruz Moving,” will be presented by Fifth District Supervisor Bruce McPherson and Executive Director of the Santa Cruz County Business Council Casey Beyer. Admission is $20 for chamber members, $25 for non-members.

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Aptos Heritage Festival

The Aptos Heritage Festival will take place at the Bayview Hotel, 8041 Soquel Drive in Aptos, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event, which celebrates agriculture in Aptos, will feature heirloom apple tasting, guest speakers, crafts and food. The event is free, but attendees are asked to RSVP to Becky at 685-2915.

Oct. 13

The Corralitos Farm and Garden Market opens at 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. rain or shine at 127 Hames Road. The market is composed of local farmers and gardeners who bring things from fruits and vegetables to baked goods and homemade soaps. The market welcomes any local residents of Corralitos who grow anything from a garden to fruits. To set up a booth the market requires a $5 donation to the CVREA, the nonprofit that maintains the Corralitos Cultural Center, who hosts the event.

The 22nd Monte Foundation Fireworks Extravaganza will take place at the Capitola Pier at 8:30 p.m.

Admission is free. For information, visit www.monte-foundation.com.

Oct. 8

The Aptos History Museum presents “Monsters, Murders and Mayhem,” the story of three serial killers when Santa Cruz County was the “Murder Capital of the World.” Local historian and attorney Bob Wall has put together a presentation with first hand accounts by Harold Cartwright who was the lead investigator for the Public Defender’s office and former Watsonville Chief of Police Terry Medina, who was a detective with the Sheriff’s office. Local historian Kevin Newhouse will also share his associated memories. The event will be held at the Rio Sands Hotel community room, 116 Aptos Beach Drive, from 3-4:30 p.m. Reservations only as space is limited, 688-1467. $15 donation benefits the Aptos History Museum.

Oct. 30

Soquel Creek Water Board, 6 p.m.

Oct. 6 Planning Commission, 6 p.m.

Oct. 11 Art & Cultural Commission, 6:30 p.m.

Oct. 12 Architectural & Site Review, 3:30 p.m.

Oct. 13 Capitola City Council, 7 p.m.

Oct. 18 Library Advisory Committee, 3:30 p.m.

Soquel Creek Water Board, 6 p.m.

Oct. 26 Architectural & Site Review, 3:30 p.m.

Commission on the Environment — Workshop, 6 p.m.

Oct. 27 Capitola City Council, 7 p.m.

Halloween Parade

The Capitola Village Halloween Parade will be held from 2-4 p.m. The parade will head down Capitola Avenue, ending at Esplanade Park.

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