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PV Chamber Annual Awards

The Pajaro Valley Chamber Of Commerce and Agriculture announced the recipients of its 2019 Annual Awards. They will be honored at the 57th Annual Dinner on February 2, 2019. This is an amazing group of individuals, businesses and organizations have all made Santa Cruz County a better place with their unending dedication and giving of their time.

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Oysters Seeded in Elkhorn Slough California’s First Program to Restore Native Population Through Aquaculture

On October 23, 2018, a new generation of Olympia oysters settled into their home on the tidal mudflats of the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve. These oyster babies were raised at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories’ new Aquaculture

Facility, with a grant from the Anthropocene Institute and support from California Sea Grant. This effort represents the first attempt to support native oyster restoration through aquaculture in the state of California. ... continues on page 4

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Community News PVCC&A 57th Annual Awardees Make a Difference in Your Community! Aptos Adopt-A-Family Congressman Panetta to Incentivize Automation Aptos Library Renovation Planning Begins • Aptos–La Selva Fire Protection District Open House a Success • Bay Federal Aptos Relocation to Rancho Del Mar Center • Hope Services in Aptos Receives Donation • La Selva Beach Holiday Fair Nov. 17 • La Selva Beach Library Meeting Second Harvest Holiday Food & Fund Drive Espressivo to Feature Pianist Peter Serkin • Relocation Of Service Center “Round Up the Red, White and Blue” • Brookdale Lodge Is Now Open! • Journey for Change • Special Food Truck Friday Honoring Local Veterans History–Sharing Day At Castro Adobe State Historic Park 450 Attend This Year’s Be the Difference Awards Gala Robert Bailey Talks Real Estate, by Noel Smith Local Measures on the November 6 Ballot CYT Presents James and the Giant Peach Bringing Buffalo Bill Cody to Life BFCU Promotes New Chief Lending Officer 40 Years of Mountainfilm on Tour Coast-Tel Planning to Merge into Bay Fed • November Business Building Workshops

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Featured Columnists 23 Water Wisdom, by Melanie Mow Schumacher – SCWD Making Strides Toward Obtaining New Water Sources 24 Exalted’ on New Grand Piano, by Richard Lynde 24 Business Matters, by Ron Kustek – Do You Know Your ‘BEST’ Customer?

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PVCC&A 57th Annual Awardees T he Pajaro Valley Chamber Of Commerce and Agriculture announced the recipients of its 2019 Annual Awards.

They will be honored at the 57th Annual Dinner on February 2, 2019. This is an amazing group of individuals, businesses and organizations have all made Santa Cruz

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softball, which included several CCS appearances, football, boys and girls basketball and served as Athletic Director for over 15 years. During a two-year stint, he was the department chairperson for Math and Science. Brad also volunteered to teach classes that he never taught before — especially classes no one else wanted.

He learned how to coach “free-hand, by watching and asking.” Brad is always willing to learn and ask questions.

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Cover Story “Planting Oysters” from page 1 Elkhorn Slough’s native oyster population is at real risk of disappearing entirely.

Native American middens and paleo-ecological data reveal oysters have lived in the estuary for ten thousand years.

Elkhorn Slough Reserve’s Research Coordinator, Dr. Kerstin Wasson explains: “In all the years I’ve been monitoring, we only had a good crop of new juveniles appear twice, once in 2007 and once in 2012,” says Dr. Wasson.

For the past decade, the Elkhorn Slough Reserve and Elkhorn Slough Foundation have been committed to conservation of the native Olympia oyster in Elkhorn Slough. Their goal is to ensure that this iconic bivalve thrives in this estuary as a legacy for future generations.

In 2012, Dr. Wasson, along with Elkhorn Slough Reserve Biologist Susie Fork and the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center’s Dr. Chela Zabin, deployed hundreds of clamshell reefs to provide habitat to native oysters, which need hard substrate that prevents them from being buried in the mud.

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••• Man of the Year — Brad Hubbard rad Hubbard came to Watsonville in 1983. Anyone involved with Watsonville High athletics in the past three decades knows of his steadfast dediBrad Hubbard cation. Brad has served in many capacities including coaching

Photo Credit: Dan Goassard, MLML

MLML Aquaculture Specialist Peter Hain holding shell “mobile” he designed to deploy settlement substrates in the tank holding oyster larvae.

Photo Credit: Kerstin Wasson, Elkhorn Slough Reserve

Elkhorn Slough Reserve volunteers Ken Pollak and Celeste Stanik deploying clam shell reefs with oyster restoration expert Chela Zabin.

“Raising oysters is a finicky business Since then, however, virtually no new recruits have appeared on these reefs or anywhere in but we got them through,” says California Sea Grant Aquaculture Specialist and MLML the estuary.

Estuaries with high failure rates tended Research Faculty member Luke Gardner.

Finally, about 2,500 fresh oyster to have small remaining oyster populations and strong marine influence resulting in cold recruits are ready for the real world – about waters and larvae being swept out to sea 10 times the number of live oysters in the rather than retained in the bay. One solution part of the Elkhorn Slough Reserve where was to raise native oyster spat in a hatchery, they will be transplanted.

On October 23, a team of Elkhorn the way commercially grown, non-native oysters are produced because waters are gen- Slough Reserve staff and volunteers attached clam shells bearing newly settled erally too cold for natural reproduction.

Moss Landing Marine Laboratories oysters to wooden stakes, and put these (MLML) Dr. Wasson and her former student out in the mudflats of the Reserve. Past Dr. Brent Hughes, now a professor at Sonoma data suggests that oysters, once settled, State University, received a grant from the grow and survive quite well.

“Linking oyster restoration to aquaAnthropocene Institute to fund the aquaculture may be the answer to saving this culture project.

After larvae release from the female species in Elkhorn Slough and other highly oysters, free swimming larvae were moved altered estuaries,” says Reserve Manager to separate rearing tanks until they were large Dave Feliz, who manages Elkhorn Slough enough, with eyespots and a mobile foot, to National Estuarine Research Reserve for the begin settling on native gaper clam shells as a California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), which owns the property. n settlement surface.

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Aptos Adopt-A-Family

wenty-five years ago, a local businessman in Aptos was diagnosed with inoperable cancer. As the cancer progressed, he was unable to work or support his family as the holidays approached. Our community put on a spaghetti feed and the money collected went to help his family. Patrice Edwards, of Times Publishing Group, Inc., and a friend worked tirelessly to collect toys, food, clothes, rent money, and more to carry his family through the coming months. This was the birth of Aptos-Adopt-a-Family.

Over the years there have been hundreds of stories, and thousands of gifts.

Gifts of wheelchairs, a handicap accessible van, lifts, food, clothes, toys, bikes, rent — gifts that helped many a family enjoy the holidays.

There are people from all walks of life who undergo changes in circumstances that force them to depend on others to help keep their families from becoming fractured and feeling that there is no hope.

That’s where Aptos Adopt-A-Family comes in and connects families with families.

Sponsors provide their “adopted” family with gifts and sometimes decorations and a tree. Though the adopted family identity is anonymous, some of them choose to meet their sponsor. Some families even go holiday shopping together! Several of these families have stayed friends over the years. Adopt-A-Family helps out by providing gift certificates to local stores along with the gifts that the sponsor family has provided.

Aptos Adopt-A-Family focuses primarily on families that are having financial challenges due to a medical catastrophe within their family. Death or illness in a family is devastating and can emotionally and financially cripple. Our program can step in, find someone to adopt the family, and help out with needed medical equipment, home care, etc.

Please give us a call to find out how you can adopt a family this year or how you can help make this a Merry Christmas for one of our families by donating to the program. We will always take referrals from families facing medical challenges.

All referrals are confidential.

Look into your heart and find that by helping others, it makes you a better person and brings the true meaning of the season into your life. n ••• Call Aptos Adopt-A-Family at 688-7549 x10 to refer someone.

To send a donation: Aptos Adopt-AFamily c/o Times Publishing Group - 9601 Soquel Drive - Aptos, CA 95003.

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“PV Chamber Awards” from page 4 When a coach was needed, he would jump in no matter the sport. His dedication to the students of Watsonville High included tutoring countless kids in math during his own time whenever he heard it was needed.

If he learned of a student in need, he quietly helped them giving clothes, food or money.

Brad is the organizer of countless fundraisers – carnivals, golf tournaments, chicken dinners, tri-tip dinners – for youth sports that have raised tens of thousands of dollars each year. He has nearly singlehandedly raised funds enough for nine athletic vans – including one for Pajaro Valley High School – and keeps them maintained.

He was given the “Distinguished Service Award,” the highest award given by the Central Coast Section (CCS) for his service to the entire section that stretches from San Francisco to King City and is widely known throughout the section for his sportsmanship, generosity, and volunteerism Elaine Legorreta, Principal of Watsonville High School stated, “Every WHS principal has been told by people in the community to “look out for Brad,” “Take some of the load off of Brad,” etc. - and then he just adds more! Brad is a force that can’t be stopped.

Woman of the Year – Lori Butterworth ori started Jacob’s Heart in 1998 at her kitchen table when her friend’s son Jacob was diagnosed with leukemia. Lori has since built the organization from the ground up. Under her leadership, Jacob’s Heart has grown from serving one child with cancer 19 years ago, to Lori Butterworth a nationally recognized model of community-based pediatric palliative care serving hundreds of children and thousands of family members each year.

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In 2002, in response to a crisis in public health services for children with serious illnesses, Lori co­ founded the Children’s Hospice and Palliative Care Coalition and served as Co-Executive Director for eight years along with Devon Dabbs. There, they built a state-wide coalition dedicated to improving care for children with life-threatening conditions, spearheading several healthcare policy initiatives including the enactment of the Nick Snow Children’s Hospice and Palliative Care Act of 2006, which paved the way for the Partners for Children pediatric palliative care program in California.

Lori was instrumental in the enactment of Provision 2302 of the Affordable Care Act, which allows children to receive hospice care concurrently with curative therapies. These provisions allow for an entirely new hospice and palliative care service delivery model for children with cancer and other life-threatening conditions. The service delivery model created

by Jacob’s Heart was key to the design of these public policy initiatives.

Business of the Year — Alladin Nursery and Gift Shop lladin Nursery was founded in 1919

by Niels Peter Jensen of Denmark and in 1946 was purchased by Ben and Dorothy Roth. Alladin’s will be celebrating their 100th Anniversary in 2019, which is extremely rare for an independently owned nursery to be in operation in the same location for so many years. This shows Alladin’s has been an outstanding business supported by generations of loyal customers.

Alladin was taken over by Eldon and Les, the Roth’s two sons in 1970, and they ran the business with their wives Susan and Joyce.

Alladin Nursery has survived fire in 1969, floods in 1982, severe drought in 1987, and the earthquake of 1989. The business grew from a small wholesale bedding plant business into a thriving retail nursery, landscape design and full-service florist and gift shop.

Gustavo Beyer became the new owner of Alladin Nursery in 2005 and is still running it today hosting gardening classes and other events throughout the year. You can find him there nearly every day of the week, greeting his customers with a smile.

Whether it’s donating to a non-profit or hosting a fundraiser, it has always been Alladin’s policy to support schools and organizations. There is an almost unending list of recipients that have been supported

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Organization of the Year — Dientes

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wo out of every three Pajaro Valley Medi-Cal recipients are not able to access the dentist. This creates a risk for oral health issues, for overall health, problems with eating and affects the self-esteem of our neighbors.

Dientes has been serving Pajaro Valley for over 25 years, and in 2015 Dientes opened a 4-chair clinic on Freedom Blvd in Watsonville which provides 7,000 visits per year. In the future, they plan to expand the Watsonville clinic with an additional chair.

The number one reason low-income children miss school is due to dental problems. In the past year, Dientes added five Pajaro Valley schools to the Outreach Program bringing its reach to 25 local schools where dentists and clinic staff

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Event of the Year – Aldina’s Chili Cook Off ldina’s Charity Cook-Off has grown over the past five years and truly brings the community together. The Cook-Off connects an array individuals and businesses together for fun comradeship, yummy competition and all to benefit their favorite charity. With 19 competitors this year, the judges had the challenge of tasting and selecting the best-of-the-best chili.

Aldina and her team have been hosting this event for five years and each year it seems to grow not only in participants, but the community comes out in droves to support a great afternoon of fun, music, prizes and food. Participants bring awareness to a large amount of non-profits who serve the Pajaro Valley. Community leaders, media personalities and city officials are invited to be Chili Judges.

Jynette Sousa-Melo says, “We have really enjoyed bringing together our community of participants and learning about so many charities.”

Charities benefitting from Aldina’s Chili Cook Off include: The Salvation Army, Together In Pajaro, Cindy’s Celebrations, Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust, Azteca’s Youth Soccer League, Santa Cruz Prostate Cancer Support Group, CASA, Santa Cruz Toddler Center, St. Francis High School, Rancho Cielo Youth Campus, Pajaro Valley Little League, Pajaro Valley Shelter Services, Bay School, and the Equine Rescue Center.

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Lifetime Achievement – Alex Solano he Pajaro Valley Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture is pleased to honor Alex Solano with the 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award He has given so much to not only our community, but to our country.

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Congressman Panetta to Incentivize Automation SALINAS — Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20), co-chair of the Congressional Agriculture Research Caucus, introduced the Specialty Crop Mechanization Prize Challenge Act. The bipartisan legislation incentivizes innovative agriculture technology development and deployment. The bill encourages public-private partnerships between the agriculture industry and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to

“PV Chamber Awards” from page 6 Alex’s son, Manny Solano states, “We are overjoyed to hear the news that our father, Alex Solano, was selected to receive the Chamber’s Lifetime Achievement Award. He has always been a hero in our eyes and a model for what it means to live a life of service.”

Alex Solano Here are just some of Alex Solano’s notable achievements: • Born in Mexicali Mexico December 5, 1931.

• Came to the US as infant on a green card along with family who worked in the fields, sleeping in tents and farmworker housing until they could save for a house. They settled in Watsonville in 1941.

• Son of Salome Solano, who worked as a Labor Contractor for Borina Farms.

His mother, Silveria Solano, worked for Watsonville Canning Company.

• Married to the former Patricia LouAnna Gospodnetich in 1959 until her passing on April 3, 2017.

• Raised 5 children; GeriAnne, Susan, Manny, Michael & Michelle • Staff Sergeant, United States Air Force (enlisted) 1952-1956 assigned as Crew Chief in charge of Saber Jet maintenance.

• Naturalized Citizen in Nice, France while serving his country overseas.

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develop mechanization technology that can alleviate stress on farmworkers or automate activities where workers are not available.

“The Specialty Crop Mechanization Prize Challenge Act is an important way to inject innovative federal investments in the central coast of California’s agriculture industry,” said Congressman Panetta.

“Research, development, and evaluation of new specialty crop technologies can help farmers, farmworkers, processors, and shippers at all levels of the supply chain.”

“Innovation in agricultural technology will benefit farmers and their employees, while strengthening ties between Silicon Valley and farm country,” California Farm Bureau Federation President Jamie Johansson said. “Farmers of many crops and commodities would welcome new robotic or automated methods that would be practical, safe, and efficient. We thank

Rep. Panetta for introducing this bill and look forward to reaping the benefits of the public-private partnerships it would create.”

“California fruit, vegetable, and tree nut farmers face many daunting challenges, including water scarcity and labor shortages, which threaten the continued production of a safe, healthy, and affordable domestic food supply,” said Western Growers President & CEO Tom Nassif. ”Solutions to these problems will require the rapid acceleration of technology geared toward agriculture. We are pleased that Rep. Panetta understands the role government can play, alongside private sector investments, in speeding the development of innovations aimed at ensuring California farmers meet the needs of a growing population with fewer resources and a smaller footprint.”

The Central Coast is home to a $5

billion agriculture industry, producing over 100 different specialty crops. The fruits and vegetables that drive the local economy, such as strawberries, lettuce, and spinach, are particularly labor-intensive.

This legislation aims to support the development and deployment of technologies to alleviate stresses on the existing workforce and to mechanize activities where there is not a readily available workforce. n

• Member, American Legion, Edward H. Lorenson Post in Watsonville • Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars in Watsonville • Inductee, 2009 Watsonville High School Hall of Fame • Member, Mexican American Political Association (MAPA) • American GI Forum (Hispanic Veterans, Education & Civil Rights organization) • Watsonville Fiesta Patrias (Mexican Independence Day) Committee Member • Hall District Elementary School PTA • PVUSD School Board Member, 19761984 (first Mexican elected to the board, two terms) • PVUSD named a school in his honor “Solano Summit Academy” (alternative middle school formerly on East Lake Avenue).

• Watsonville Veteran’s Day Committee member • Volunteer Registrar of Voters • Commercial Refrigeration Mechanic for Hunting-Bye Refrigeration for 41 years • Volunteer, South County Veterans Services providing outreach to veterans needing assistance (regularly assists Veteran’s Services Representative Lorena Vasquez) • Took in a homeless veteran and his developmentally disabled son while waiting for veterans medical and housing benefits. Police found the man and his son one winter, sleeping in the cab of their pickup truck at

Ramsey Park. The man had no idea he was eligible for benefits until Alex came along.

Member of Watsonville Slavic American Cultural Organization since its inception in 1979 WHS Class of 1952 High School Reunion Committee Board member for the Pajaro Valley Historical Association. Member of the Garden and Facilities Committee.

Member of Watsonville Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 119 Volunteer, Watsonville Young Eagles

“Kid’s Fly Free” Program, Watsonville Municipal Airport.

• Member, Corralitos Grange • Volunteer, Elkhorn Slough Foundation (tide gate project) • Selected to participate in 2018 “Honor Flight Central Coast” trip to Washington, DC. He flew out of San Luis Obispo Airport on October 15th and returned on the 17th. He was one of 22 veterans who have been selected on this special trip.

They visited national monuments and memorials dedicated to those who have served. It was an all-expense paid trip for veterans and a trip of a lifetime! n

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Community Briefs Aptos Library Renovation Planning Begins anta Cruz Public Libraries and the County of Santa Cruz invite the Aptos community members of the public to join us for a series of meetings to help plan renovations to the Aptos Branch Library.

Opened at its current site in 1975, the Aptos Branch Library includes a large collection, a children’s room, community meeting space and more. A major renovation and possible expansion will address accessibility, upgrade building systems and enhance the user experience. The project is being funded by Measure S. The public is invited to learn about the process and how to stay informed on project developments. Two meetings are planned, with a third to be determined.

Aptos Branch Project Meeting #1: Tuesday, Nov. 13 from 7 - 8 p.m. Aptos Branch Library 7695 Soquel Dr., Aptos Aptos Branch Project Meeting #2: Tuesday, Dec. 11 from 7 - 8 p.m. Aptos Branch Library 7695 Soquel Dr., Aptos

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••• Aptos–La Selva Fire Protection District Open House a Success he Aptos/La Selva Fire Protection District’s Annual Open House was a huge success this year, with a crowd of 287 visitors attending.

Many thanks to the volunteers and local agencies that helped make this event happen; including the Santa Cruz County Sheriffs Office, California Highway Patrol, State Parks Lifeguards, American Red Cross, Salvation Army, Soquel Creek Water District, American Medical Response, and CERT Council of Santa Cruz County.

A variety of fun an informative activities for all ages were featured, including Junior Firefighter activities, a bounce house, fire engine and ambulance tours, free refreshments, and safety and disaster preparedness information booths.

For information on future community events, follow us on social media or visit our website at www.aptosfire.com.

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https://nextdoor.com/agency-detail/ca/aptos/ aptos-la-selva-fire-protection-district • Twitter: https://twitter.com/AptosLaSelvaFPD ••• Bay Federal Aptos Relocation to Rancho Del Mar Center ay Federal Credit Union has announced that they will relocate their Aptos Branch to the Rancho Del Mar Shopping Center in mid-2019.

Bay Federal will move into 48 Rancho Del Mar, which was recently vacated by Comerica Bank when they moved into another location at Rancho Del Mar Center. The new location allows for easier access from the freeway and plenty of parking for their members. The branch will also undergo an extensive new redesign to create a modern banking experience and environmentallyfriendly atmosphere.

“It has been a longtime dream of ours to have a branch at Rancho Del Mar Center,” said C a r r i e B i r k h o f e r, President and CEO of Bay Federal. “We are excited to offer this new convenient location to our membership.”

The current Aptos location, 105 Post Office Dr #A in Aptos Village, will remain open until the Rancho Del Mar branch construction is complete. Construction on the new location will begin later this year.

The Credit Union anticipates that the new branch will be completed around May 2019.

••• Hope Services in Aptos Receives Donation Knights of Columbus Council Presents Check for over $1,300 ope Service’s mission is to improve the quality of life for individuals with developmental disabilities and has been the leading provider of services for over 66 years. They serve more than 3,500 people and their families in six counties and provide a broad spectrum of services for infants through seniors such as children’s services, day programs, staffing, mental health services, community living services, and senior services.

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In Aptos Hope Services’ Adult Day Services support individuals with developmental disabilities in their communities through paid work, instructional classes, volunteer work, and personal enrichment activities.

The Knights of Columbus is a fraternal service organization composed of Catholic men dedicated to helping in our community: from donating to local charities, to visiting the elderly, to assisting local churches, to supporting youth programs.

KOC council #9580 of the Resurrection Church in Aptos raised the money for Hope Services through its annual Tootsie Roll sale fundraiser.

••• La Selva Beach Holiday Fair Nov. 17 Kick off or finish up your holiday shopping at the La Selva Beach Holiday Fair on Saturday, November 17! Over 50 arts and crafts vendors will showcase their work at the La Selva Beach Clubhouse. This one-day event also includes the La Selva Beach Friends of the Library Book Sale, with a huge selection of books and media, including many suitable for gifts.

Fair booths will feature handmade jewelry, woodwork, pottery, cards, photography, textiles and bags, candy, jams, soaps, garden art, plants and much more.

The event runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the La Selva Beach Clubhouse, 314 Estrella Avenue, La Selva Beach and admission is free.

Enjoy coffee and guilt-free homemade baked goods while shopping the booths and browsing the books – proceeds benefit projects for the Library. Enjoy lunch or a snack from two local food trucks.

The LSB Friends of the Library will be selling raffle tickets and drawing winners throughout the day for fine art and craft prizes donated by vendors. The La Selva Beach Library will host kids’ holiday craft activities at 1:30 p.m.

The event is sponsored by the La Selva Beach Improvement Association and the Friends of the La Selva Beach Library.

••• La Selva Beach Library Meeting upervisor Zach Friend and the County of Santa Cruz invite the La Selva Beach community and members of the public to attend a meeting and design discussion for renovations to the La Selva Beach Branch Library.

La Selva Beach Library Community Renovations meeting Thursday, Nov. 8 from 7 - 8 p.m., La Selva Beach Branch Library, 316 Estrella Ave., La Selva Beach

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Second Harvest Holiday Food & Fund Drive S econd Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County is entering it’s most intense two months of the year, in which it encourages and empowers the community to organize the dozens of local food and fund drives throughout the county which

together are the Holiday Food & Fund Drive. County business, civic, and community leaders and activists will come together to raise food and funds for this campaign.

The drive is Second Harvest’s biggest of the year, and 100% of the food and funds it raises supports food donations to its network of 200 pantries, soup kitchens, recovery centers, assisted living homes, and food and nutrition programs throughout the county.

This year the goal for the drive is 4.8 million meals, an ambitious target that the drive’s co-chairs — Martina O’Sullivan, engaged citizen and John Laird, California Secretary for Natural Resources — intend to meet.

Though the economy is on an upswing, expensive housing continues to strain people’s budgets. So high numbers of local individuals and families still rely on help from The Food Bank. The holidays are a great time for those of us who are a little more fortunate to come together and help those around us who are most in need.

O’Sullivan said, “As Co-Chairs of the Second Harvest Food Bank Holiday

Food & Fund Drive, John Laird and I are thrilled to be a part of this necessary community effort which will ensure 4,800,000 meals will be provided for children, families, and individuals who struggle to keep themselves fed with healthy food in our very own community. Thanks to each and every one of you who participates, rest assured you will be changing the lives of thousands of our Santa Cruz residents.”

For the fifth straight year, Dignity Health — Dominican Hospital and Dignity Health Medical Group — Dominican are Presenting Sponsors of the Holiday Food & Fund Drive.

Information for participating in the Annual Holiday Food & Fund Drive can be accessed at thefoodbank.org/hero.

About Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz C ounty: Founded in 1972, Second Harvest Food Bank was the first food bank in California and the second in the nation. Its mission is to end hunger and malnutrition by educating and involving the community.

Its network of 200 local agencies and programs feeds 55,000 people in Santa

Cruz County every month. For every dollar donated, it provides four healthy meals. “Be a Hunger Hero. Let’s Fight Hunger Together.” n ••• www.thefoodbank.org

Letter to the Editor Why I am Voting NO on Measure H on Nov. 6th easure H will costs all residential and commercial property owners $274,000,000 dollars in property tax increases includes interest on bonds of up to 12% for 35 years making housing even more expensive for everyone in Santa Cruz County, including renters.

Measure H Does Not Exempt Seniors from paying property taxes-just postpones it, leaving a growing property tax balance to be paid off later down the road, at 7% interest charge for each year postponed. Seniors have to meet specific conditions to even qualify for this program, if this program even remains available.

Measure H may induce landlords to increase rents on tenants to cover increased property taxes. Taxing housing isn’t the solution to creating affordable housing Measure H is not really needed for 1st time homebuyers because most mortgage lenders, credit unions, and banks already offer 1st time homebuyers programs of various kinds for teachers, firemen, veterans and others, through existing State and Federal (FHA & VA) housing programs.

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15% Affordable Housing should have been built each year by developers under Measure J, passed by the voters in 1978, but since 2015 the County allowed developers to make the decision themselves or pay in lieu fees, instead of making it mandatory for builders to build 15% low and moderate income housing.

Measure H would only provide a tiny fraction of its proposed tax allotment for fixing up 54 existing homes and ADU’s and would be spread between 4 cities and the county government with uncertain results for just a few home owners at a tremendous cost with uncertain administrative costs.

Measure H housing program though well-intentioned is vaguely written.

Measure H staff report to the Board of Supervisors proposed building 987 apartment units (40 in Capitola, 277 in the City of Santa Cruz, 39 in Scotts Valley, 133 in Watsonville, 498 in County) of low to moderate income housing including two (2) vaguely described ‘navigation centers?

Measure H does not take into consideration that land in Santa Cruz County and cities mentioned, is so expensive, if these units were to be built, may not even pencil out to keep these units affordable.

Measure H makes it harder for seniors who are struggling on fixed incomes to maintain living in their homes and may be forced to sell and move elsewhere to pay for ever increasing property taxes levied by Santa Cruz County, is Not The Solution

for Affordable Housing. Makes housing more unaffordable, as the cost to pay for Measure H increases combined with all the other existing parcel, special district property taxes, increases the total tax burden for all property owners.

— MD Lee, Santa Cruz County, CA

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Espressivo to Feature Pianist Peter Serkin R enowned pianist, Peter Serkin, Grammy award-winner and multiple nominee, will add Espressivo to the list of orchestras with which he has soloed in the past sixty years, including the major ones on three continents.

He will join Espressivo in Bach’s d-minor keyboard concerto, with augmented orchestral accompaniment based on Mr. Serkin’s original research.

The wind section of Espressivo will play a second arrangement by Mr. Serkin, of a Mozart piano duet.

In a program that consists of selections with more than one creator, the orchestra will also play Pulitzer Prizewinning composer Charles Wuorinen’s arrangement of John Bull’s organ composition “Salve Regina,” and Arnold Schoenberg’s reduction for six instru-

“Briefs” from page 8 The meeting is an opportunity to share ideas for the new space, which is a joint project of the County and Santa Cruz Public Libraries. The County has hired Jayson Architecture to lead the design of library renovations.

The planned renovations are the latest County library project funded by Measure S, which is funding library improvements throughout Santa Cruz County. The County recently broke ground on a new Felton Library, and the design process for a new Live Oak Library Annex, as well preliminary planning for renovations to the Aptos and Boulder Creek branch libraries, is already underway.

Separate projects in the Santa Cruz and Capitola communities are also moving forward.

••• Relocation Of Service Center he County of Santa Cruz advises the public that a public service center located in the Rancho Del Mar Shopping Center has been closed due to ongoing construction.

Supervisor Zach Friend has temporarily relocated his constituent office hours, which occur Wednesdays from

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ments of Johann Strauss’s “Lagoons” Waltz.

Michel Singher founded Espressivo, a small, intense orchestra of local professional musicians in 2015 after an illustrious career as an internationally renowned conductor of major symphonies and opera companies. He retired to Santa Cruz and put his considerable lifetime talents to use by founding Espressivo.

9 a.m. – 10 a.m., to the Community Foundation Santa Cruz County, 7807 Soquel Dr., Aptos. For more information on Board members and their office hours, go to www.santacruzcounty.us/Government/ BoardofSupervisors.aspx.

Negotiations regarding a potential relocation of the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office Aptos Substation are underway.

••• “Round Up the Red, White and Blue” 2019 Santa Cruz County Fair Selects Theme WATSONVILLE — “Round Up the Red, White and Blue” will guide the joyous celebration that is each annual Santa Cruz County Fair. “A department head informed us during our wrap up meeting that the 2019 Fair would open on September 11” explained manager and CEO David Kegebein. “That helped the group narrow down a list of great theme possibilities to our overwhelming choice” he added.

For those who were on the grounds preparing for opening day of the 2001 Fair that fateful morning of 9/11, the theme is a sober reminder of just how important community is.

The Santa Cruz County Fair celebrates the rich agricultural history of our community and people, and invests heavily in bringing this heritage to our youth. The 2019 Fair will be held September 11-15 at the Fairgrounds located on Highway 152 just east of Watsonville.

Information on the Fair, and the Fairgrounds — a year round entertainment and event venue, can be found at www.santacruzcountyfair.com ••• Brookdale Lodge Is Now Open! upervisor Bruce McPherson, the Santa Cruz County Office for Economic Development the public and the San Lorenzo Valley community all celebrated the grand reopening of the historic Brookdale Lodge – 11570 Highway 9 – on Wednesday, October 24.

Since purchasing the Brookdale Lodge in 2015, hotelier Pravin Patel has worked closely with the County on the

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Now in its fourth season, Espressivo has an impressive track record, having received consistently glowing reviews for their performances and an increasingly larger and loyal audience.

The concert takes place at Peace United Church in Santa Cruz on Thursday, Nov. 8, at 7 p.m. n Tickets: www.EspressOrch.org, or at the door until sold out.

restoration of the rooms, lobby and retail spaces at the historic property. The grand reopening celebrates the return of the Brookdale Lodge as a public accommodations and community destination.

“For almost 100 years, the Brookdale Lodge has been a tremendous community resource, and the restoration and reuse of the building has been one of my top priorities since I came to the Board of Supervisors,” McPherson said. “With Previn’s leadership, the Brookdale Lodge is poised to serve San Lorenzo Valley residents and visitors for generations to come.”

The event was hosted by the Brookdale Lodge, the Office for Economic Development and the San Lorenzo Valley Chamber of Commerce. For more information on the Brookdale Lodge, visit www.brookdalelodge.com or call (831) 609-6010.

••• Journey for Change Walking from Watsonville to Santa Cruz on November 10 and 11 ourney for Change is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Santa Cruz. The goal of Journey for Change is to raise awareness about the veteran suicide epidemic. This walk from Watsonville to Santa Cruz is 22 miles to represent that 22 veterans a day commit suicide.

Anyone is free to walk with us at any point during the walk. The start time is 8 a.m. at 215 West Beach St. Watsonville the end of the first day we will

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arrive in Capitola. The second day start time is 8 a.m. at 110 Monterey Ave. We will walk to the Santa Cruz Wharf to stage and wait until 10:15 then finish by walking to the WWI memorial on Front St. Vets for Peace will meet us there for a wreath laying ceremony to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of Armistice Day. ••• Special Food Truck Friday Honoring Local Veterans Food Trucks, Beer & Wine Garden Fundraiser n Friday, November 9, Food Trucks A Go Go is honoring local Vets by treating them to complimentary dinner & dessert at the season finale of Food Truck Friday at Skypark in Scotts Valley.

People can nominate a local Veteran by tagging them or posting their name on the Facebook Event Page: https://www. facebook.com/events/2070998969896507/ There will be a special, dedicated section for all Veterans to sit and receive “Thank You for Your Service” from people in the Community.

The Scotts Valley Educational Foundation will be hosting their Beverage Garden Fundraiser, with drinks for all ages, including local wine and craft beer from Steel Bonnet Brewing. Scotts Valley Recreation is collaborating with Food Trucks A Go Go to make this Veteran’s Day Event extra special by having the children in their after school programs make Thank You cards.

The event is from 4:30 – 7:30pm. There is plenty of open space for families to spread out and enjoy the evening, along with plenty of picnic tables. n ••• This event is weather permitting. Follow @foodtrucksagogo for updated information and to see the food truck line-up.

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Season Record (8-1, League 5-1) Coach: Randy Blankenship Palma 40 – Aptos 35 (Oct 26, H*) Aptos Stats: Marcos Reyes 4 TDs; Hunter Mays 1 TD Aptos 54 – Christopher 7 (Oct 19, A*) Aptos Stats: Marcos Reyes 2 TDs; Vaughen Holland 1 TD; Casey Bailey 1 TD; Shane Modena 1 TD; Dre Gomez 1 TD; Hunter Mays 1 TD; Christian Mendoza 1 TD

Girls Volleyball

Aptos Season Record: (20-6, League 10-2) Coach: Lake Merchen CCS D III Playoffs Aptos def Prospect (Saratoga) 3-0 (25-21, 25-20, 25-16) (Oct 30) Aptos Stats: Jillian Rodriguez 12 Kills, 3 Blocks; Peyton Dueck 10 Kills, 6 Digs, 1 Block; Natalia Ackerman 8 Kills, 1 Block; Gabby Giuffre 4 Kills, 4 Blocks; Chloe Manor 33 Assists, 8 Digs Aptos def Santa Cruz 3-1 (26-24, 23-25, 25-20, 25-18) (Oct 24, H*) Aptos def Scotts Valley 3-1 (24-26, 25-17, 26-24, 25-16) (Oct 22, A*) Aptos Stats: Peyton Dueck 18, Kills 9 Digs, 2 Aces; Natalia Ackerman 14 Kills, 4 Blocks; Jillian Rodriguez 9 Kills, 6 Digs, 2 Aces; Chloe Manor 46 Assists, 14 Digs, 4 Aces Aptos def Mount Madonna 3-0 (25-15, 26-24, 25-12) (Oct 18, H*) Aptos def SLV 3-0 (25-14, 25-10, 25-10) (Oct 16, H*)

Water Polo

Girls Season Record: (18-5, PCAL Gabilan Division 10-2) Coach: Mark Knapp PCAL Gabilan Postseason Tournament Soquel def Aptos 16-1 (Oct 27) Aptos def Santa Cruz 11-4 (Oct 25) The Mariners earned their way into the PCAL-G Div. championship game with a convincing win 11-4 over Santa Cruz High.

Mariner Highlights: Kristin Malone 5 goals, 2 assists, 4 steals; Jordan Wagner 3 goals, 3 assists, 2 steals; Jesse Chamberlain 2 goals, 1 assist, 1 steal; Bella Stephens: 11 saves Aptos def Carmel 12-4 (Oct 23, A*) The Mariners finished off their regular season schedule with a solid 12 - 4 win over Carmel High School.

Mariner Highlights: Kelly Taylor 6 goals, 1 assist, 1 steal; Jordan Wagner 2 goals, 3 assists, 3 steals; Kristen Malone 2 goals, 3 assists, 2 steals; Jesse Chamberlain 2 goals, 1 assist, 1 steal Aptos def Christopher 12-5 (Oct 17, A*) Mariner Highlights: Kristen Malone 7 goals, 1 assist, 4 steals; Kelly Taylor 3 goals, 1 assist 1 steal Boys Season Record: (PCAL Gabilan Div. 2-10) Coach: Cody Gilbert Carmel def Aptos 9-5 (Oct 23, A*) Christopher def Aptos 16-15 (Oct 18, A*)

Girls Golf

Season Record: (4-4) Coach: Matthew Anderson Aptos def Harbor 146-151 (Oct 18, Seascape*) Scotts Valley def Aptos 138-156 (Oct 16, DeLaveaga*) Aptos def SLV 145-189 Oct 11, Boulder Creek*

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Aptos Season Record (6-8, League 4-6) Coach: Linda Hitchcock Santa Cruz def Aptos 7-0 (Oct 18, H*) Aptos def SLV 7-0 (Oct 16, A*) n

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History–Sharing Day At Castro Adobe State Historic Park

Friends Of Santa Cruz State Parks Calling All History Buffs

SANTA CRUZ — Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks (Friends) announced it would host a history-sharing event Castro Adobe State Historic Park on Saturday, Nov. 17 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

“Thanks for the Memories” is a chance for history buffs, locals and Castro family descendants to visit the new state historic park in the Pajaro Valley and share historic photos of the property and surrounding area.

Staff will be on-hand to scan the images and add them to the park’s archive and for potential use in the site interpretation. Friends staff is also interested in hearing personal stories and anecdotes

“Thanks for the Memories” event aims to collect historical photos of the Castro Adobe and its past inhabitants, and solve an enduring mystery.

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about the Castro Adobe and families that have resided there.

“Part of restoring and opening the Castro Adobe as a State Historic Park is learning all of the history of the property and interpreting it for the public,” said Bonny Hawley, executive director of Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks. “But we need help. Please check your attics, photo albums and even family bibles for information related to the Castro family or the property. We’re crowd-sourcing in the 21st century to get a look at life in the 19th century.”

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450 Attend This Year’s Be the Difference Awards Gala T he Volunteer Center of Santa Cruz County and sponsors celebrated the 2018 Be the Difference Awards honoring the individuals, groups, and businesses that transform Santa Cruz County through volunteerism at the Cocoanut Grove Friday Oct 24, 2018.

A sold-out crowd of 450 individuals, community leaders, and business representatives joined in honoring local service champions.

“Everyday at the Volunteer Center we have the fortune of seeing how lives change when people connect through volunteerism. The ‘Be the Difference’ Awards provide the annual opportunity to be inspired by the powerful stories of our local change-makers,” states Volunteer Center Executive Director Karen Delaney.

“This event resonates with so many individuals and as such the number of nominees and event attendees has grown larger each year. This year we hosted our largest crowd ever. We were incredibly inspired by the response and the desire to come together for what works in our community. A love for Santa Cruz County was palpable in the room,” states Delaney.

The 50 honorees come from every corner of Santa Cruz County supporting a myriad of causes. “Our collective of nominees demonstrate that volunteerism and a willingness to giving back are at the heart of what makes our community a vital and vibrant place to live,” states Delaney.

Additionally, at this year’s awards event, the Volunteer Center proudly shared their award as the 2018 California

Nonprofit of the Year. Earlier this year the organization was selected by the Office of the Governor and California Volunteers as the 2018 California Non-Profit of the Year for Volunteerism and Service.

“On the heels of our 50th anniversary last year, this was the perfect honor to receive for 2018. It is wonderful testament to the incredible legacy and impact of volunteerism in Santa Cruz County,” states Volunteer Center Executive Director Karen Delaney.

The Volunteer Center was selected among 265,678 registered nonprofits in California for the organization’s outstanding ability to leverage volunteers in service to their organization and for their long-term commitment to the local community.

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Robert Bailey Talks Real Estate

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obert Bailey graduated from Aptos HS in the class of 1972. He and his brother Paul’s roots go deep into the community of Aptos and Santa Cruz County in their involvement in the Aptos Sports Foundation and their business, Bailey Properties.

His talk to the Aptos Chamber centered on his understanding and concerns about housing in Santa Cruz County.

Robert started by reminding us that 2018 is the 9th rear of recovery from the economic recession of 2009, which centered on the huge loss of real estate market value and it’s effect on homeowners who lost so much equity and caused many to even lose their homes. Nationally, the real estate market has recovered but here in California the problem is that the

Propositions & Measures on the Nov. 6 Ballot that could affect Real Estate

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State Propositions Proposition 5: If passed (50%) would allow homeowners 55 years or older, those with severe disabilities, and those whose homes have been affected by a natural disaster to take a portion of their lowered property tax base (including Proposition 13) with them if they sell their home, no matter where they move in California, or how many times they move.

Proposition 10: If passed (50%) would allow local governments to pass any rent control laws they wish.

Local Measures Measure H: If passed (66/6%) allows County of Santa Cruz to issue up to $140,000,000 ($140 Million) in general obligation bonds to finance Affordable Housing with an additional estimated levy of $16.77 per $100,000 of assessed valuation for the next 35 years. The purpose is to underwrite the building of affordable, temporary and emergency housing to help reduce the number of homeless in Santa Cruz County.

Measure M: If passed (50%) Measure M would allow the city of Santa Cruz to limit rent increases and evictions and create an elected rent board for enforcement.

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current cost of housing has had a much different effect.

Some of the highlights of Robert’s talk were: • The national average for home ownership is 65 percent with 42 percent of potential homebuyers able to afford buying a home • In California it’s a much different picture with home ownership currently at 53 percent with a potential homebuyers market of only 26 percent.

• For Santa Cruz County the percentage of potential homebuyers is just 12 percent!

• Nationally the average entry-level housing is $85,000, in California it’s $165,000 and in the San Francisco Bay area it’s $ 1.5 million.

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Local Measures on the November 6 Ballot

Measure G Santa Cruz County 1/2-Cent Sales Tax Majority (50%) Vote to pass.

Unincorporated Area Retail Transaction and Use Tax ne-half cent sales tax on retail transactions in the unincorporated area of the County for twelve years providing approximately $5,750,000 annually, subject to annual audits and independent citizens oversight. If approved by the voters, this measure would increase the total sales tax rate in the unincorporated area to 9.00% for 12 years and the County would receive an additional one-half percent (1/2%) for general County services.

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A “YES” vote on Measure G is a vote to approve the increase in the sales tax.

A “NO” vote on Measure G is a vote against the increase in the sales tax.

Measure H Santa Cruz County $140 Million Affordable Housing Bond Two-Thirds (66.7%) Vote to pass llows County of Santa Cruz to issue up to $140,000,000 ($140 Million) in general obligation bonds, with an additional estimated levy of $16.77 per $100,000 of assessed valuation, generating approximately $8,600,000 ($8.6 Million) annually through maturity, subject to independent citizen oversight and regular audits.

Measure H is a 35-year bond measure and will cost property owners ~ $273,768,000 (~$274 Million) including principal and interest. Measure H does not exempt seniors.

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A “YES” vote on Measure H authorizes the issuance and sale of up to $140,000,000 in general obligation bonds to be secured by property taxes on property located within the County.

A “NO” vote on Measure H will not authorize the issuance and sale of general obligation bonds.

Measure P La Selva Recreation District Temporary Parcel Tax Two-Thirds (66.7%) Vote to pass llows the La Selva Beach Recreation District to levy a temporary parcel tax on properties in the District of $50 per year for a period of 7 years beginning July 1, 2019 to raise approximately $40,000 annually, with no funds used for administrative salaries or benefits. Funds to be used to correct structural flaws in the La Selva Beach Clubhouse; to upgrade and maintain District facilities; secure ADA compliance; and to qualify for potential state grants.

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CYT Presents James and the Giant Peach November 9-18 at the Louden Nelson Community Center – Main Stage

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musical for the whole family to enjoy and the perfect start to the holiday season! Featuring a wickedly tuneful score by the Tony Award-nominated team of Pasek and Paul (Broadway’s Smash Hit Dear Evan Hansen, Dogfight, A Christmas Story the Musical and the recent blockbuster feature-films La La Land and The Greatest Showman) the critics rave James and the Giant Peach is a “MasterPeach!”

A rhinoceros ate the parents of James Henry Trotter. That was bad enough. Next, James is sent to live with his awful aunts.

But all is not lost! When James is sent by

his conniving aunts to chop down their old fruit tree, he discovers a magic potion that results in a tremendous peach and launches him on a journey of enormous proportions.

Suddenly, James finds himself in the center of the gigantic fruit – among human-sized insects with equally oversized personalities. As he makes his escape with six very funny but quarrelsome bugs, they all must learn how to get along as they cross the Atlantic. This peculiar group faces hunger, sharks and plenty of disagreements while learning about communication, courage and self-discovery.

Eventually the story unravels with a whole new twist once they land on the Empire State Building. Behind its wit and whimsy, this epic adventure of unusual

friendships explores some sophisticated themes. How do we define our family? How do we start over after a big loss? This show will quickly become one of your all-time favorites as the talented cast and magical music warms your hearts!

CYT Santa Cruz promises to present a delightfully offbeat, funny and heartwarming adaptation of this classic adventure that you too will get caught up in the excitement. James is a child put in a remarkable situation, and with the help and support of some new friends, he discovers he can achieve great things. Similarly, the CYT Santa Cruz students and families are working together in extraordinary ways to present this musical. This will be a show not to be missed! n

••• Adapted for the stage by David Wood; based on the book by Roald Dahl; music by Pasek and Paul Performances: Nov. 9 – 7 p.m. • Nov. 10 – 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. • Nov. 11 – 12 p.m. and 5 p.m.

• Nov. 15 – 7 p.m. • Nov. 16 – 7 p.m. • Nov. 17 – 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. • Nov. 18 – 12 p.m.

Louden Nelson Community Theater 301 Center Street Santa Cruz Tickets: (www.cytsantacruz.org) Standard $17, Senior (Age 65+) Child (Max Child Age: 12) $15, At Door $20 Production Team: Tera Torchio – Director, Laura Sondreal – Vocal Director, Erin Loofbourrow – Choreographer, Angelic Navarro – Artistic Director CYT Santa Cruz: 804 Estates Drive, #210 Aptos, CA 95003 • 831-298-0001

years, serving as treasurer, secretary, and chairperson.

Michael Allen has given his time, energy, talent, and personal resources to coach the Pleasure Point Surf Club (originally the Shoreline Surf Team) since 2009. With the help of his volunteer coaching team, he is able to take up to 40 students out to surf every Wednesday.

Michael goes above and beyond to make sure all safety precautions have been taken through his Surfing Wilderness First Aid Training program. His patient and gentle nature brings even the shyest children out of their shells and into a sense of wonder.

2018 Be the Difference Award Group Winners The 60 Plus Senior Program Committee at the Diversity Center consisting of Tom Ellison, Larry Friedman, Francis Garcia, Bev Bishop-York, Doug Urbanus, Anne Forsberg, Joe Eugene, Steve Trujillo, Marc Zammit, Colleen O’Connell Northcutt, David Crain, and Bob Pitman, have collectively given over 5,000 hours in volunteerism over the past 15 years.

This unique and driven crew creates a welcoming environment for everyone in attendance and they demonstrate that we can engage in volunteerism at every age.

Camp Erin Santa Cruz recognizes that when grief is left unaddressed in a child’s life after the loss of a loved one, the results often lead to life long emotional challenges.

As a branch of Hospice Santa Cruz, this camp aims to help youth develop tools they can use throughout their lives to manage stress, support mental health, deepen their capacity for empathy, and thrive. The camp is a free weekend-long experience for ages 6-17 held at Mount Hermon Ponderosa Camp, a peaceful and rustic setting among Redwoods. Through a combination of traditional camp activities (archery, swimming, arts and crafts, music, etc.) and education/support, the wonderful and creative camp volunteers are able to make a transformative positive impact on the lives of many.

2018 Be the Difference Award Business Winner Superior Foods supports children with cancer and their families through their volunteer partnership with Jacob’s Heart Children’s Cancer Support Services.

Superior Food employees have been volunteering to help deliver fresh groceries to families in need throughout Santa Cruz, San Benito, South Santa Clara, and Monterey Counties. Every time a Superior Foods’ employee steps through the door of Jacob’s Heart, they wear a smile on their face. Whether it’s Lulu who delivers to Salinas, or Erika who consistently delivers to Watsonville. Without support from volunteers like Superior Foods, Jacob’s Heart would not be able to support food deliveries to 70 families. n ••• To learn more about the awards visit www. scvolunteercenter.org.

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“Everyday I think how lucky we are to have so many talented people on our team.

We are lucky to live in a community where people are kind, generous and committed.

We are lucky to have some many stupendous volunteers engage with us. We are lucky that our donors and funding partners believe in our work and are generous with their support. This award belongs to every incredible person, business, and group who have devoted their time to volunteerism in Santa Cruz County and we are proud to share it with our community at the 2018 Be the Difference Awards,” continues Delaney. n ••• 2018 Be the Difference Award Individual Winners Carol Williamson has worked relentlessly for over 10 years as an advocate for mental health treatment and support here in Santa Cruz County. Not only has she served as president of the Santa Cruz County chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, but she has also developed Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) for Law Enforcement in Santa Cruz. As a result, this community is now becoming safer for all its citizens.

Carol Miller has been a volunteer at Mountain Parks Foundation (MPF) for over two decades. Carol’s duties include recruiting, training, and managing volunteers who work in the Nature Store at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park that is open 365 days a year and serves over 900,000 visitors annually. Carol has been an active member of the San Lorenzo Valley Rotary Club for over fifteen

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Friends is trying to solve one mystery in particular — what did the family of Juan Jose Castro and his wife, Rita Josefa Pinto Castro look like? To date, no photos of this particular family have surfaced. Friends is also seeking historic photos that include: • Castro family members and nearby rancho families, such as Rodriguez and Amesti • The Castro property and historic buildings including outbuildings • Nearby properties and surrounding lands • Old Adobe Road from various angles Photos and documents will be returned immediately after they are scanned.

The Saturday event also will include tours of the Adobe and is free to attend.

Castro Adobe State Historic Park is located at 184 Old Adobe Road, Watsonville. Parking is extremely limited and carpooling is encouraged. Learn more at www.thatsmypark.org.

For those who cannot attend the event, but still want contribute to the historical archive at Castro Adobe State Historic Park, please contact Friends at 831-429-1840.

Located in Larkin Valley, near Watsonville, the two-story Castro Adobe, built between 1848-49, is one of the finest examples of a rancho hacienda in the Monterey Bay area and is one of only four adobe buildings still standing in Santa Cruz County. The historic adobe includes a restored cocina (kitchen), a second-floor fandango (a Spanish dance) room and a more-modern garden designed in consultation with noted landscape architect Thomas Church.

Friends is leading a multi-year restoration effort to preserve and interpret the new State Historic Park in partnership with California State Parks is currently working to restore the interior, finalize the preservation of the historic adobe and establish a visitor center. It is Santa Cruz County’s second state historic park. To follow progress visit www. thatsmypark.org/castroblog. The Castro Adobe, located at 184 Old Adobe Road, is open on a limited basis for special events, such as Open House Days. Admission is free; donations are gratefully accepted. n ••• Established in 1976, Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks provides funding for educational programs, visitor services and capital projects. It also operates six ParkStores at Natural Bridges, New Brighton, Santa Cruz Mission, Seacliff, Wilder Ranch and Online.

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Community News

Bringing Buffalo Bill Cody to Life H is for:

Affordable housing First-time homebuyers Housing the homeless We all benefit when our vulnerable community members have access to affordable housing.

Measure H will re-invest in our local community, helping seniors, firsttime homebuyers, veterans and families find stable housing.”

SANTA CRUZ — The Santa Cruz Public Library System (SCPL) will host an exciting program offered courtesy of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West (BBCW) in Cody, Wyoming on Thursday November 8 at the Downtown Library, 224 Church St., from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.

Writer and historian Gregory Hinton will present a dynamic lecture with vintage posters and photographs illuminating the remarkable legacy of William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody - frontiersman, scout and world famous showman. Hinton’s talk will underscore Cody’s deep ties to the Golden State. From 1877 through 1916, Cody’s bond with California was strong. He conducted statewide tours in multiple cities stretching from Oakland to San Diego.

Buffalo Bill visited Santa Cruz in 1910, 1914 and 1915. The event is free and open to all.

Gregory Hinton is a writer, historian, lecturer and consultant for this nation’s finest western museums and historical institutions. In 2015, Hinton was appointed Associate Editor of the Papers of William F. Cody for his abstract, “Out West with Buffalo Bill.” Gregory Hinton was

honored to offer the keynote at the General Assembly of the 2016 Western Museums Association Annual Meeting in Phoenix. A proud Wyoming son, Hinton takes equal pride in his adopted state of California, dividing his efforts between both.

The Santa Cruz Public Libraries (SCPL) system delivers information, education, enrichment and inspiration through a network of 10 neighborhood library branches, a web-based digital library, a Bookmobile and community-based programs.

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ENDORSED BY: Supervisor John Leopold • Capitola Mayor Michael Termini • Capitola Councilmembers Ed Bottorff, Stephanie Harlan & Kristen Peterson • Community Bridges – Lift Line & Meals on Wheels • Democratic Women’s Club of Santa Cruz County • Habitat for Humanity Monterey Bay • Housing Authority of Santa Cruz County • Monterey Bay Economic Partnership • People’s Democratic Club of Santa Cruz County • Santa Cruz County Business Council • SEIU • Sierra Club • United Way of Santa Cruz County • Visit Santa Cruz County • Affiliations for ID only

affordablehousingscc.org Paid for by Santa Cruz County Housing Solutions Bond, FPPC #1406691.

Committee major funding from MidPen Housing and PG&E.

Branch locations include Aptos, Boulder Creek, Branciforte, Capitola, Downtown Santa Cruz, Felton, Garfield Park, La Selva Beach, Live Oak and Scotts Valley.

Learn more about SCPL at SantaCruzPL.org or via Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter and YouTube. n ••• Presentation by Writer Historian Gregory Hinton from Centennial Celebration of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West (BBCW) in Cody, Wyoming Comes to Santa Cruz Library

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• Median priced housing for most of California is $600,000, for Santa Cruz it’s $950,000, for Santa Clara it’s $1.5 million, and for San Francisco $1.75 million.

He also pointed out the recent Federal tax changes that are affecting the homeowner: • The Federal tax deduction for state and local property taxes is capped at $10,000 • The new Federal Robert Bailey tax changes have limited the real estate interest deduction to mortgage debt of $750,000.

Robert summarized that the housing crisis in California is due to one factor – a lack of housing. He said that the only way to again make housing affordable to the average Californian is to build more residential units whether they are singlefamily homes, apartments, or condos.

Government can’t tax and spend enough money to fix the problem while more laws and regulations will only make it worse in the long run. The solution to meeting the demand for housing is building new housing. Only in this way will California solve its housing crisis. n

Community News

BFCU Promotes New Chief Lending Officer B ay Federal Credit Union has announced the promotion of Megan Rhodes to Vice President/Chief Lending Officer following a decade of demonstrating strong leadership of Mortgage and Consumer Lending production and operations at the Credit Union.

Megan Rhodes “In the financial world, Bay Federal stands apart,” Ms. Rhodes said. “Not only do we

have strong leadership and dedicated employees, but everyone who works here truly cares about the people in our community and wants to help them be successful in their financial lives. I’m honored to be a part of this Credit Union each day.”

Ms. Rhodes joined Bay Federal in 2008 with two decades of mortgage lending experience under her belt. Her impact at the Credit Union has been far-reaching, from record growth to helping members one-on-one.

Under her leadership, new technologies have been implemented to streamline

processes and funding operations are now entirely electronic. During the recession, Ms. Rhodes was instrumental in developing loan preservation programs that allowed members to keep their homes and vehicles. These programs are still in use today.

Ms. Rhodes serves on the Board of Directors of Habitat for Humanity Monterey Bay, and she is passionate about affordable housing in Santa Cruz and Monterey counties. Ms. Rhodes, a San Jose State alumna with a degree in Liberal Studies, lives in Hollister and has seven grandchildren. n

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40 Years of Mountainfilm on Tour

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ountainfilm on Tour brings a selection of culturally rich, adventure-packed and incredibly inspiring documentary films curated from the Mountainfilm festival held every Memorial Day weekend in Telluride, Colorado.

The tour visits Santa Cruz at the Rio Theatre on November 11 with films that will explore the themes connected to Mountainfilm’s mission: using the power of film, art and ideas to inspire audiences to create a better world. A Mountainfilm presenter will guide the audience through the program providing insight on the films, filmmakers and subjects.

The festival has attracted leading documentary filmmakers, artists, photographers, conservationists, mountaineers, scientists, journalists and explorers from around the world to engage in the festival’s tag line of “celebrating indomitable spirit.” For more information and tickets visit riotheatre.com.

Locally sponsored by KindPeoples, Well Within, Adventure Sports Journal, Dream

Sunday, November 11 • Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz

Aime Bigirimana, finds the real meaning in his life by pedaling across Canada to its frozen Arctic Ocean shore.

Permafrost Now

Directed by: Stash Wislocki.

Brothers Of Climbing

Directed by: Duncan Sullivan.

With a mission of boosting minorities’ involvement in outdoor activities, the group’s positive energy is increasing diversity and challenging stereotypes in the climbing world.

Drop Everything: Michelle Parker Segment

Life Coach

Directed by: Scott Gaffney. Fast, fearless, steep and deep. That about sums up Michelle Parker as she carves graceful lines into the spines of Alaska.

Escape

Directed by: Nick Waggoner, Zac Ramras. The Wolf Pack chronicles the Braford-Lefebvre family — mom, dad and three kids raised the right way on fresh air, high peaks and the wonder of the outdoors.

The Wolf Pack

Inn and Aquarius Restaurant, Good Times & SantaCruz.com, Erik’s Deli Café, Sandbar Solar, CaboVillas.com, Santa Cruz Waves and Pacific Coffee Roasting Company ••• List of Films

A Letter To Congress

Directed by: Christopher Newman. In hindsight, the 1960s were hopeful; today, the exhortation is more urgent than ever.

Directed by: Renan Ozturk, Taylor Rees.

Climber and filmmaker Renan Ozturk and fellow climber Alex Honnold. What unfolds is not your typical climbing film, but rather a touching examination into life’s big questions.

Directed by: Anjali Nayar. A risk-averse, non-athletic, native Rwandan DJ, Jean-

The Wolf Pack

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Featured Columnist

SCWD Making Strides Toward Obtaining New Water Sources

By Melanie Mow Schumacher

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s many of you know, the groundwater basin in the Santa Cruz Mid-County area is plagued with seawater intrusion at the coastline. The threat of its moving further inland toward our drinking water wells is scarier than all the Halloween horror movies out there.

However, the seawater intrusion horror has come to haunt most of the populated coastal regions of the world that rely on groundwater for drinking water.

Water conservation, redistribution of pumping, and maintaining our water demand offset program (where developers must offset their projected water use by 200% to ensure they maintain a zero impact to our water supply) are all part of our Community Water Plan (Plan) to reduce impacts to our groundwater supply.

Another important part of our Plan is evaluating and securing new water supplies to increase reliability, diversification, and sustainability. Two of these supply options are surface water transfers and recycled purified water.

This month, I’m pleased to share some exciting updates.

Pilot Surface Water Purchase of Excess Winter Water from City of Santa Cruz: A small amount of treated water from the City will be served to an isolated area of Soquel and Capitola as part of a pilot test to see how the surface water mixes with the groundwater and monitor for any water-quality changes.

This test will transfer water through the City-District intertie near the inter-

section of Soquel Drive and 41st Ave. The test is not about the quantity of water we purchase (amount is limited due to water rights, environmental permitting, and the availability by Santa Cruz), but rather water quality and will go into effect from the end of November 2018 through April 2019.

Postcards will be sent by the District to all residents, homeowners, and businesses affected during this pilot water purchase and a dedicated webpage on our District Website has been created.

The webpage has an interactive map where someone can type in their address to determine if they will be in the isolated zone during testing. Plus, it will include a robust set of questions and answers to address any concerns you may have.

The District anticipates another year of purchasing winter water through an existing agreement with the City that goes through 2020; any long-term agreement after that will have to go through additional environmental review, permitting, design (if additional infrastructure is needed to receive a larger volume of water), and a better understanding on the cost to purchase the treated surface water (which City officials have noted will increase following the pilot project).

For more information, visit www. soquelcreekwater.org/surfacewaterpilot Pilot Seawater Intrusion Prevention/ Recharge Well: The District received a $2 million dollar grant from the State Water Resources Control Board earlier this year.

Part of those funds are going toward constructing a pilot well to test the recharge capacity and rate of water that can be effectively stored into the basin to serve as replenishment and to create a barrier against seawater intrusion.

The District is currently undergoing environmental review (anticipated to be completed in early November) and developing the basis of design that will be used to construct, develop, and test this well that will be located off Cabrillo College Drive. If the MND (Mitigated Negative Declaration) is adopted and the project approved, the pilot well is projected to be drilled and developed in January-February 2019 with testing to follow and be completed by April 2019.

All on-site testing will use District’s treated groundwater (not recycled purified water). Additional testing will be done, and will also be funded through the grant, on evaluating the geochemical characterization of the aquifer units in this area.

After testing, the pilot well will be capped and could be used as a permanent seawater intrusion prevention/recharge well if the District goes forward with its proposed Pure Water Soquel project.

More information is available on-line at www.soquelcreekwater.org/ pilot-recharge-well

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Response to Comments for Pure Water Soquel Project’s Draft EIR: The Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the District’s Pure Water Soquel (Advanced Water Purification for Groundwater Replenishment project) is part of the District’s environmental evaluation of taking secondary treated effluent from the City of Santa Cruz’s Wastewater Treatment facility, purifying it through multiple treatment steps, and then putting the water into the ground through recharge wells for replenishment and creation of a seawater intrusion barrier well.

Approximately 100 comments were received when the draft EIR was released this summer and the District’s consultant has been reviewing the comments, preparing responses, and determining if any additional assessment/analysis needs to be performed. It is anticipated that a response to comments and final EIR will be available within the next two months. n ••• For more information, visit www. soquelcreekwater.org/PWS-CEQA As always, if you have any questions about this month’s topic or anything else related to Soquel Creek Water District, feel free to contact Melanie Mow Schumacher at melanies@ soquelcreekwater.org or 831-475-8501 x153 and visit www.soquelcreekwater.org.

Featured Columnist Aptos Keyboard Series Presents

‘Exalted’ on New Grand Piano

By Richard Lynde

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ore than 50 piano lovers rejoiced at an all 19th century romantic recital by the sensitive Robyn Carmichael. This event on Sunday October 14 inaugurated the brand new, mid-sized Kawai grand piano provided by an anonymous donor that will permanently grace the Episcopal Church of John the Baptist here in Aptos.

The Aptos Keyboard Series was created by composer and impresario Josef Sekon whose small home in the Rio Del Mar Flats area would almost burst at the seams with even around 20 attendees.

The new Kawai is a satin finished black piano shipped from Hamamatsu Japan. It was delivered untested but is of such high quality that before its first performance, master technician Jeffery Potter simply tuned it.

Madame Carmichael gave us an afternoon of compositions by the “Big Four” — Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1848), Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Robert Schumann (18101856), and Franz Liszt (1811-1886). The recital opened with the twopart Mendelssohn’s “Rondo Capriccioso.”

Both Carmichael and Maria Sekon, a teacher and fine pianist in her own right, had deemed the action of the new piano as “fast,” and this reviewer was impressed by its warm tones and even sequence of sounds.

Chopin’s dreamy Nocturne Op 27

no. 2, inspired by a flower in a young woman’s hair, and his Waltz, Op. 34 no. 3, was a vivace showing off to a Parisian audience.

The centerpiece of the afternoon was Chopin’s Sonata in B minor from 1848 arranged by Franz Liszt for piano solo. Chopin would frequently scold Liszt for “improving” by adding embellishments to his works.

Carmichael then from Schumann’s 1837 “Fantasy Pieces,” played a perfectly contrasting duo first, “The Evenings,” followed by a passionate “In the Night,” for his wife Clara Wieck Schumann. This

woman as a pianist herself, was considered “second only to Liszt,” by both critics and audiences alike.

The program was concluded with Schumann’s works: first the spiritual “Liebestraum” No. 3, with the program concluding with a Tarantella from his “Years of Pilgrimage” with Marie D’ Agoult, “Venice & Naples” from around 1849. Ms. Carmichael was well up to these challenges and as an encore, she played a short, soft Scarlatti sonata, a delicate piece from an earlier age in total contrast to the super romantic program.

This pianist’s gift of communicating her love for the music and her sharing it with us, made Robyn Carmichaels’ inaugural recital on this remarkable, new piano a truly memorable event in the Aptos Keyboard Series. n

Do You Know Your ‘BEST’ Customer?

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f you say, ‘I wish I had a hundred more customers like “Riley” — do you know everything about “Riley” that you should know?

Customers come into our business lives — hopefully making a purchase for a need that we satisfy — and then they are on their way. But how do you keep in touch with them? How do you get another sale from them? What do you know about your best customer?

The answer is, if you knew everything about your BEST customer, you would be able to find more great customers that have similar interests, locations, behaviors, families, hangouts, access points, etc., — right???

Fast Times Demand Information ook, as much as we’d like to think that people seek us out for what we offer, times have changed. Your customers are more likely to depend on word-of-mouth or other ‘social push’ sites to feed them information. We’ve entered the world of anti-search-effort, and many customers today are feeling that if it’s not fed to them

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By Ron Kustek

socially or via other feeds they’ve established, then it’s not popular enough or good enough, or worth their time to seek out to consider.

Which brings us back to your BEST customer — and we need to keep focused on the BEST customer. A BEST customer is one who is loyal, buys your product and/or service, keeps buying additional items and/ or services from you, doesn’t cause issues or constantly makes returns, and also brings their family & friends and/or acquaintances in to experience what you have to offer, who likely also buy from you.

So who is “Riley?” iley is your ‘best customer’ Riley is about 37, loyal to your business and has 3 kids still in school, owns their home, lives within 2 miles of your location, graduated from UCSC and also is an avid coffee drinker from the coffee shop next door.

Riley spends more than your average customer, and also brings in friends from out of town when they’re visiting. Riley also drives a 2-year-old SUV and enjoys going

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to museums, and dines out about 4 times per week.

To know your customer, is to ask them questions when you or your staff are able to talk to them, and then also have a place or system to store that information. What lists do you have of your customers? Hopefully you maintain a current email list that helps you communicate with customers regularly, perhaps through a monthly newsletter.

How to get more “Rileys” t’s quite simple and very effective to do local Facebook and Google ads where you can define your customer based on their demographics (age, sex, number of children, education level, home ownership, proximity to your business, etc.) as well as customer behaviors (local coffee shops, museum fan, dining out frequently, etc.).

These are very effective ways to target potential ‘new best customers’ based on what you already know about your existing best customers.

Knowing information about your best customers is key to your success. If you’re

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not already collecting emails from customers, I’d encourage you to do so. Simple surveys asking customers what social media they use, what other things they like to do and also being VERY specific about how they heard about you, are all great pieces of information that will help you understand which parts of your marketing are delivering customers, and which areas you should re-allocate your marketing budget to in order to get a greater return on your money and efforts! n ••• Ron Kustek is a business instructor at Cabrillo College teaching Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Advertising, Small Business and General Business Management.

Community News

Coast-Tel Planning to Merge into Bay Fed

CAPITOLA — Coast-Tel Federal Credit Union in Salinas, California, has taken the first steps to merge into Bay Federal Credit Union, pending regulatory approval and a vote by Coast-Tel Federal Credit Union members.

Coast-Tel Federal Credit Union has $20 million in assets and 3,200 members, one branch location, and one ATM. Its inception in 1959 focused on serving the needs of the local Pacific Bell employees and their family members and then expanded their reach to include those who live, work, attend school, or worship in Monterey County.

Bay Federal Credit Union has $995 million in assets and 71,000 members, and is based in Capitola, California. Bay Federal members have access to six branch locations, 21 proprietary ATMs, and surcharge-free access to over 30,000 ATMs nationwide through the CO-OP Network.

Coast-Tel Federal Credit Union has a rich history since Coast-Tel Federal Credit Union President and CEO, Judy Meyers, announced her intention to retire after nearly 50 years of dedicated service. This, combined with the increasingly complex and competitive financial services landscape, led the Coast-Tel Federal Credit Union Board of Directors to seek a merger partner that would best further the strategic objectives of the organization and enhance services for its members.

Coast-Tel Federal Credit Union and Bay Federal Credit Union stated their vol-

unteer Boards of Directors unanimously approved a merger agreement. The credit unions have filed an application for the merger with the National Credit Union Administration. Once approved, the merger proposal will be put to a vote to the members of Coast-Tel Federal Credit Union.

With members approving the merger through the voting processes, the credit unions are estimating that the legal merger will be complete in early 2019. The operational merger of accounts will be finalized by mid- 2019.

“Our friends at Bay Federal Credit Union have been a great partner over the years. The merger opportunity enables us to provide enhanced services to our membership, with their long-term best interests in mind. Bay Federal’s focus on providing excellent member service, active community involvement, and collaborative culture are a natural fit for our members.

Moreover, as a part of our intended merger agreement, the team at Coast-Tel will continue to serve our members at our branch location in Salinas.” stated Ms. Meyers. “I am pleased to know that after personally serving my membership for nearly 50 years, my members and employees will be well served by the Bay Federal team.”

“We are excited to pursue this merger

opportunity with Coast-Tel Federal Credit Union,” stated Carrie L. Birkhofer, President and CEO of Bay Federal Credit Union. “Both organizations started as a vision of a few coworkers who pooled their financial resources together to help one another in the 1950s. This philosophy of ‘people helping people’ remains true and strong today, and is evidenced in the work and collaboration among credit unions.

I’ve had the distinct pleasure of working alongside Judy for several decades, and her passion for serving her members is unwavering and inspiring.”

Birkhofer continued, “We believe that this partnership will be mutually beneficial, and will provide even greater options to our collective membership. We are looking forward to welcoming Coast-Tel Federal Credit Union members into our family and expanding our branch network to better serve all of our members throughout the Salinas-Monterey area. We are committed to investing in our partnership and our community for years to come.”

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November Business Building Workshops

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s part of its ongoing commitment to the profitability and development of small businesses in Santa Cruz County, the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Cabrillo College is offering its 2018 Build Your Business Seminars and Brown Bag Series.

Each series offers workshops on a rotating schedule, covering a range of topics from business plans and recordkeeping, to social media and website development.

Brown Bag Series are free and open to the public and Build Your Business Seminars require advanced registration and a fee. The full seminar schedule can be viewed at santacruzsbdc.org/calendar and the Brown Bags at santacruzpl.org/ brownbags/.

Seminars Coming Up in November SBDC Build Your Business Workshop: Writing Your Best Business Plan Saturday, November 3, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Cabrillo College, 6500 Soquel Dr., Rm. 1604 ur popular business plan seminar will help you identify the most appropriate business planning format for starting or expanding a business, marketing basics, and a strategic plan to put your business on the road to success.

Learn how to establish realistic goals and objectives, determine startup costs, as well as various methods of financing your startup or existing business.

Led by Keith Holtaway, 35-year entrepreneur and small business consultant to over 700 business owners in Northern and Central California. Cost: $35 Advanced Registration is required.

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Your November Horoscope Times Publishing Group, Inc. Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 21)

Early November is a precarious time. Quick decisions made seem to be on the nose, but be careful. In retrospect, they may have been made a little too quick. Still, if you believe in yourself, you’ll find a way to make things work. You know how to fight through obstacles mid-month, but a bit of precision while dealing with a critical situation may be a good idea.

Late in the month you find yourself close to finding what you’ve been searching for (whatever that may be).

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 20)

You have a lot on your plate early in the month, but you feel a need to help others burning in you.

Still, it’s better to finish current projects before you take on another task. Moving too quickly may mean you miss something important. Mid-month sees the chances to make mistakes increase.

It seems especially hard to express your point of view; maybe it’s time to take a second look at it yourself. Late in November you find much to enjoy in physical labor. Building up a real sweat accomplishing something meaningful makes for a satisfying experience.

Aquarius (Jan 21-Feb. 18)

You find many obstructions facing you early in the month, but you’d rather push through and get things done, worrying about any backlash after the fact. Better to regret choices made than inaction. You’re ahead of the game mid-November. Your knowledge and experience can help you keep out in front as life throws stuff you can handle in your path. Late in the month feels like a perfect time to travel, even if it’s just a trip to the next town. Go as far as you can, and enjoy some time in a new place.

Pisces (Feb. 19-Mar. 20)

Early November brings opportunities for self-improvement; correcting past mistakes, reflecting on your attitudes towards others, choosing new paths. You can’t changes the past, but you can make amends moving forward. You feel a need to avoid conflict mid-month. It feels like you’re only delaying the inevitable, but it’s nice to have a break from stress for a bit. Still, as you come to the end of the month, your past decisions continue to haunt you, even as you resist the advice of others. Do they have your best interest at heart? You’ll have to think hard about it.

Aries (March 21-April 20)

There’s nothing wrong with following your own path, but your desire to find interesting ways to do things early in the month may prove problematic. That doesn’t mean it won’t work, it just may be unnecessarily complicated. It’s rare you are not up for a challenge, but you may have more than you bargained for as you move through the month. It’s not a time to give up, but you may want to pause to assess the situation before moving forward. Late in November you feel a need to connect with more than just your small circle of life. A short (or long) trip sounds like a great idea right now!

Taurus (April 21-May 21)

Patience is a necessity as the month begins. Pay close attention to what’s happening around you; the surface may be hiding an important truth you’ll need to find. You may find yourself sidetracked mid-November; problems from friends and family can be hard to ignore. Still, it’s probably better to deal with people close to you right away and finish current projects afterward. Late in the month you find problems driving you to distraction. Take a short break, rebuild your energy, and dive back into the problem when you’re ready (but don’t take too long).

Gemini (May 22-June 21)

Knowledge is important as November begins. Your penchant for digging is taking you down some fascinating rabbit holes, but the journey is worth the knowledge gained. You may be struggling with an important meeting or presentation mid-month. Make sure the fine details are worked out, and practice over and over until you’re sure you’ll get it right. You feel a bit restless as the month comes to a close. Is something missing in your life, or are you just feeling curious about the “greener grass”? It’s important to recognize the difference.

Cancer (June 22-July 22)

You have many options as the month begins. What is the most important task, or tasks, to you?

You can get more than one thing done, but try to prioritize and don’t worry if you don’t get to everything right away. Later in the month you find opportunities to expand your experiences, and new ones could be very important. This is the time to take chances. As November comes to a close, simple pleasures are what will put a smile on your face.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 23)

It’s important to stay aware of everything happening around you as the month begins. Even so, you can’t affect everything at once. Pick one thing that grabs you and move forward patiently. Keeping quiet on things you’re passionate about is extremely difficult mid-November. That isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but sometimes your delivery is less clear than you think, making interactions complicated. It might be a good idea to take a break and broach the subject another time. Later in the month smoother sailing brings a rise in your energy, making it easier to work towards that successful result you’re looking for.

“Business Workshop” from page 25 Seating is limited. Register by calling (831)-479-6136 or register online santacruzsbdc.org/calendar. (SBDC’s 2018 Build Your Business workshop series is sponsored by Wells Fargo Bank) ••• SBDC Build Your Business Workshop: Record Keeping for Small Business Tuesday, November 13, 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church Street, Tony Hill ABC Room nderstanding “the numbers” of a small business is key to greater profits!

Join us to learn the basics of good recordkeeping. We will cover: the bookkeeping cycle, accrual vs. cash vs. tax accounting, the chart of accounts, journals and general ledgers, and double-entry and singleentry bookkeeping. This class will provide an introduction to help you maintain your accounting records either manually or using computerized systems. Presented by Cathy Van Loon, Accounting

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All counseling services are confidential and free of charge. The SBDC’s mission is to provide quality management and technical assistance for small businesses, resulting in success for the entrepreneur, and economic growth and prosperity for all Californians.

Mathilda’s fantasies and Vala’s eyes.

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Free Like The Birds

A New View Of The Moon

Directed by: Wylie Overstreet. A New View of the Moon is just the reminder we need to keep looking up. Because as Galileo said, back in 1610, “it’s a beautiful and wondrous sight to behold the body of the moon.”

My Mom Vala

Directed by: RC Cone. Vala Árnadóttir lives in the city of Reykjavík, Iceland, with her 10-year-old daughter Mathilda, and teaches Mathilda the art of casting, the tricks of fish, the peace of standing on the banks watching the water flow by.

This short film paints the fantastical and mysterious country of Greenland through

Directed by: Paola Mendoza.

RJ Ripper

Directed by: Joey Schusler, Aidan Haley.

Rajesh Magar has been obsessed with bikes since he was a small child growing up in Kathmandu, Nepal. A bike wasn’t easy to come by but undeterred, he built one. He started racing, and his drive and raw talent led to professional racing. Today, Nepal’s National Champion is living proof that it pays to stick to your passion.

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Virgo (Aug. 24-Sep. 22)

Despite being used to sticking to a known path, you feel a bit adventurous early in November.

Something is telling you that looking for an unexpected way around a problem will be your best bet this time. This feeling continues as problems come up mid-month. Obvious solutions don’t feel right; looking for indirect solutions is “definitely” the way to go. As the month comes to a close, you find distractions getting in the way of your studies. You’ll need to buckle down if you don’t want to find yourself wandering away from your goals.

Libra (Sep. 23-Oct. 23)

You are feeling very sensitive early in the month. You are empathizing with your surroundings, but you also might be reacting more intensely to comments and impressions than what’s intended.

Try not to take offense (or be too excited) if it’s not meant to be. Your compassion is strong midmonth, but try not to take everything personally. You’re ready to make a difference in the world, but you have to start somewhere. “Think Global, Start Local”. Late in November common sense is important, especially since your instinct is trying to drown out reason. Don’t ignore either. It will take listening to both to work through any projects or issues you have.

Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)

Your subconscious is poking you as the month begins. Deep interests and fascinations keep bubbling to the surface. You may seem obsessed momentarily, so be sure to put your friends and family at ease. You find your focus to be pretty strong mid-November, making it easier to deal with problems that arise. You still won’t be able to just force your way through things, but your calm will make it easier to find a smooth path to a successful conclusion. Later in the month is the time to start the small steps needed to eventually reach your larger goals. Preparation is key to your eventual success.

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Kahlua is a 9-month old, spayed female, brown brindle Pit Bull Terrier and German Shepherd Mix To adopt your new friend, visit one of the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter locations, or their website at www.scanimalshelter.org. n ••• Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter has two full-service, open-admission shelters: Santa Cruz Location (Public Entrance): 1001 Rodriguez St., Santa Cruz, 95062 Hours: Daily 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Wednesdays: 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Watsonville Location: 580 Airport Blvd, Watsonville, CA 95076 Hours: Monday – Saturday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. (closed 12-1) Closed on Sunday SCCAS Main line: 831-454-7200. Animal Control: 831-454-7227. After-Hours Emergency: 831-471-1182

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COMmUNITY CALeNDAR Volunteers Needed for the Monterey Symphony The Monterey Symphony is seeking volunteers. If you love music and want to be involved, please call (831) 646-8511 or visit www.montereysymphony.org for more information.

Thursday November 1 Erik’s Delicafe Reopening Ribbon Cutting!

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., 102 Rancho Del Mar, Aptos Join us as we Celebrate the Reopening of Erik’s Delicafe of Aptos!

Reopened as of October 1, 2018.

Thursday November 8 November Breakfast Meeting 7:30 - 9:00 a.m., Best Western Seacliff Inn, 7500 Old Dominion Ct, Aptos Special guest speaker Sheriff Jim Hart. Meet community business members, hear the latest details about our community and bring your business cards for face-to-face networking. Enjoy a wonderful buffet breakfast from Severino’s Grill.

Cost: $23 members/ $28 non-members

Ongoing Events Weekdays CASA Orientations to Become Advocates for Children CASA empowers volunteers to directly influence life-changing decisions affecting children in foster care. Court appointed special advocates are everyday people that, with just a few hours a week can have a lifetime of impact for a child who has been abused or neglected.

More info www.casaof santacruz.org or call (831) 7612956 XT.102

Tuesdays Overeaters Anonymous: Writing/Discussion Meeting 6:30-7:30 p.m., Christ Lutheran Church, Gazebo Room, 10707 Soquel Dr., Aptos (At Hwy One and Freedom Blvd) Do you have a problem with food? Please check out our free, friendly 12-Step support group with the solution.

All teens and adults welcome!

For current times and locations of other meetings: www. santacruzoa.org/meetings.

Or call our Hotline at (831)429-7906.

BINGO 6:30 p.m. Santa Cruz Elks Lodge, 150 Jewell St. Hosted by Soquel Sports Foundation. Buy-In $15.

Full snack bar available. First Tuesday of each month is special $25 buy in (up to five packs). Join us! www.soquelsports.com

Writing/Discussion Meeting 6:30-7:30 p.m., Christ Lutheran Church, Gazebo Room, 10707 Soquel Dr., Aptos, CA 95003 (At Hwy One and Mondays Freedom Blvd) Do you have a problem with food? Please check out our Caregiver Support Group free, friendly 12-Step support group with the solution.

12-1 p.m., PAMF, 2850 Commercial Crossing, Santa Cruz All teens and adults welcome!

Katz Cancer Center, PAMF and Hospice of Santa For current times and locations of other meetings: www.

Cruz County invite you to attend a Caregiver Support santacruzoa.org/meetings. Or call our Hotline at (831) Group for those caring for someone with a serious 429-7906.

Saturday December 1 illness. When a loved one is seriously ill, it can be Annual Tree Lighting & Craft Fair Business Debtors Anonymous a challenge for the entire family. In this ongoing 2 – 5 p.m., Top of Aptos Village Park by the Christmas Tree support group, we will share stories, learn tools for 5:15-6:30pm, Calvary Episcopal Church, Parish Hall, 532 Join us for a festive holiday celebration in Aptos. Cost: Center Street, Santa Cruz. coping and receive support from people who care.

Free! Enjoy a visit from Santa Claus, Christmas carolers, Contact Hospice of Santa Cruz County Grief Support Program. We specifically focus on recovering from debting on dance performances, gifts for sale from a dozen local craft (831) 430-3078 one’s business.

For more information: 831-425-3272. vendors, hot chocolate, coffee, cookies, and much more!

Vendor space available.

Second and Fourth Mondays Tuesdays & Wednesdays Santa Cruz Caregiver Support Group Survivors Support Groups Thursday December 13 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m., Alzheimer’s Association, 550 Water Monarch Services offers a safe space to meet other December Breakfast Meeting Street, Ste. L2, Santa Cruz survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and 7:30 - 9:00 a.m., Best Western Seacliff Inn, 7500 Old If you have a family member who has been human trafficking survivors, and to listen or share Dominion Ct, Aptos diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or a related experiences. Childcare provided on site.

Join us for our monthly breakfast meeting. Great opportunity dementia, a caregiver support group can offer you Spanish – Tuesdays 6:00-7:30 p.m. Servicios to meet community business members, introduce yourself, an opportunity to find out more about available Monarca, 233 E. Lake Avenue, Watsonville (831) and hear the latest details in and around our community. community resources, learn from others who are 722-4532 Bring your business cards for great face-to-face networking going through similar experiences, and obtain English – Wednesdays 6:00-7:30 p.m. Monarch and a wonderful buffet breakfast from Severino’s Grill.

Services, 1590 Seabright Avenue, Santa Cruz (831) additional educational materials. Open to family 425-4030 members, no fee.

For more information about this and other support groups For more information, visit www.monarchscc.org Second Wednesdays in the area, please call 800.272.3900 Santa Cruz Sons in Retirement Monthly Meeting Mondays & Tuesdays Noon, Elks Lodge at 150 Jewell St. WomenCARE ARM-in-ARM This statewide group of retired men invites you to be 12:30 - 2 p.m. our guest at our monthly luncheon. You’ll meet kindred WomenCARE ARM-in-ARM support group for Saturday February 2 (2019) spirits, have a fine lunch and learn something new from women with advanced, recurrent and metastatic Save the date for the 57th Annual Awards Dinner a top notch guest speaker. and Auction as we celebrate Italian style – That’s Amore! cancers. Meets weekly Mondays & Tuesdays, with Cost: $18. RSVP at 479-7096 a separate meeting every First and Third Tuesday every month.

Second and Fourth Wednesdays Announcements Registration required. Call 457-2273 for more information Wellness on the Cancer Journey and to register. No cost to attend.

Cabrillo Youth Strings 11-12:30 pm, Old Soquel Plaza www.womencaresantacruz.org Registration for the Cabrillo Youth Strings Learn how to safely support your body and emotions Chamber Music Program is underway. Classes through the journey of Cancer — from diagnosis Mondays & Wednesdays will be offered for violin, viola and cello on to softening the impact of chemo, radiation, and Fridays, 4:15-5:30 in VAPA5137 and VAPA5141. Alzheimer’s Association recovering well from surgery.

Students must provide their own instruments. A Alzheimer’s Association has free support groups for We’ll address nausea, low energy, weakness, Chamber Music Recital will be held on Friday, family caregivers at 1777-A Capitola road. digestion, immune support, grief, stress and more.

December 14, In 5146 of the Music Building, 2nd & 4th Mondays 2-3:30pm facilitated by Jill Feel free to bring your partner or care team to this VAPA 5000. String players ages 7 to 18 are Ginghofer, free class. Please come fed; water is available. welcome to join the program.

1st & 3rd Wednesdays 5:30-7pm facilitated by Limited Seats. Please register all attendees on Eventbrite — For those interested in participating in or making contributions Francie Newfield & Kathleen McBurney.

Wellness on the Cancer Journey or call 831-254-3270 to to this program, please call (831) 479-6101 or see our Cabrillo Call 800 272 3900 for more information.

RSVP. Address given upon registration receipt.

Youth Strings Cabrillo.edu website.

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ADHD Support Group 6:30-8 p.m., Aptos Fire Station, 6934 Soquel Drive, Aptos The Santa Cruz/Monterey Bay Branch of CHADD hosts monthly support group meetings for anyone who would like to learn more about ADHD or has questions or concerns. Come share with those who understand.

Second Wednesdays’ meeting is for parents of children, teens, and young adults with ADHD. The group for adults with ADHD, spouses, partners of someone with ADHD meets fourth Wednesdays of every month.

Contact: Judy Brenis, jbbrenis@comcast.net, or call 831818-9619.

Last Wednesdays Each Month Santa Cruz County Prostate Cancer Support Group 7-9 p.m., Katz Cancer Resource Center, 3150 Mission Drive, Santa Cruz County Prostate Cancer Support Group has been an active group for over 20 years in the community.

First meeting of 2018 will be February 28th.

Thursdays Lucky Steppers Modern Square Dance 6:30 pm, La Selva Beach Clubhouse, 314 Estrella Ave., La Selva Beach, CA 95076 It’s fun and easy to do! Friendship put to music; family friendly. Class takes place every Thursday Night at our new home in La Selva Beach! (Take Mar Monte off of Hwy 1, turns into Playa Blvd., turn right on Estrella) For more information, contact Sue Harris or Don Benson at (831) 726-7053 or e-mail at caller4u@att.net.

Friendship Put to Music!

6:30 p.m., New Hall, La Selva Beach Club House, 3124 Estrella Ave. Classes every Thursday night. For more information call Sue Harris or Don Benson (831) 726-7053 or email at caller4u@att.net San Lorenzo Community Band Practice Sessions 7:30-9 p.m., San Lorenzo Valley High School Band Room (F-1) The San Lorenzo Valley Community Band meets every Thursday at SLV High School. Dues are $30 a semester.

You must read music.

Call Teresa at 336-8637.

Second and Fourth Thursdays Cabrillo Host Lions Club Meetings 6:30 p.m., Aptos Village Park, 100 Aptos Creek Road.

Want to make a difference in our community?

Join the Cabrillo Lions Club twice every month and see what you can do to help in Santa Cruz County.

Please RSVP cabrillolions@gmail.com Last Thursdays each month Monthly Argentine Tango at Star Bene Italian/Argentine Restarante 4:30pm-9:30pm, Star Bene Italian/Argentene Restarante, 21245 East Cliff Dr. This is a night for true “Social Tango.” Order a wonderful meal from the Star Bene Argentine Menu, (or their well known italian menu), and enjoy the ambiance of Argentina and join us in a social tango dance to music from the Golden Age of Tango.

Private instruction and classes by arrangement. For more information, call Michael (831) 239-2247.

COMmUNITY CALeNDAR Fee: $10 General, $8 Students, $7 Seniors/Students with SAC card holders, Children 15 and under Free For more information call 479-6101.

Ongoing Events cont.

Fridays Nar-Anon Scotts Valley 6:30 p.m., Camp Recovery Center (Bison Center Room), 3192 Glen Canyon Road, Scotts Valley.

Nar-Anon is a twelve step support group for families and friends of addicts. There are no dues or fees to join. Just come to a meeting. You will hear others, who are going through similar problems, talk about how they cope and find recovery.

To locate additional times and locations of meetings, please go to our website at www.nar-anon.org.

Drop-in Grief Support 12-1 pm, Hospice of Santa Cruz County, two locations: 940 Disc Dr., Scotts Valley 85 Nielson St., Watsonville Hospice of Santa Cruz County is offering a drop-in grief support group for adults grieving the death of a family member or a friend. This group is a place where you can share stories, learn tools for coping, and receive support from people who care.

For more information, please call (831) 430-3000. Preregistration is required.

First Fridays each month First Friday Art Tour The First Friday Art Tour is a Santa Cruz Institute of Contemporary Arts event, managed in conjunction with the participating art venues. The event takes place year-round and illuminates some of the most talented local artists from local galleries.

To find out where to participate in a First Friday art tour, visit firstfridaysantacruz.com (Most galleries are open 12-9 pm for First Friday viewings.)

Friday Shakespeare Club 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Peace United Church of Christ at 900 High Street, Santa Cruz Curious about Shakespeare? The Friday Shakespeare Club members discuss the life, times, and influence of William Shakespeare.

For information, call 831-684-2832, or go to fridayshakespeare.org or facebook.com/fridayshakespeare.

Friday Shakespeare Club of Santa Cruz 10 am - noon, Peace United Church, 909 High Street This is the oldest women’s club in Santa Cruz. The club meets to study the life, works and times of William Shakespeare. Members share group readings and insights, discuss history, and universal themes found in his plays and writings.

For more information please call 831-684-2832 Fridays thru Sundays Plein Air Watercolor Paintings Exhibition Noon-10 p.m., Mutari Chocolate House and Factory, 504 Front Street, Santa Cruz Aptos Artist David Pfost’s plein air watercolor paintings of Santa Cruz County landscapes are on exhibit.

Exhibit open until the end of December.

Second Saturdays Each Month 2nd Saturday on the Farm 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Ag History Project Center at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds Join us every 2nd Saturday on the Farm for free family activities. Each month we select a new theme to highlight historical agriculture with games, activities, and demonstrations that relate.

We often have guest appearances from farm animals

Scotts Valley Holiday Craft Faire 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Scotts Valley Community & Senior Centers, 360 & 370 Kings Village Road It’s the 25th Anniversary of the Faire! All hand-crafted goods, drawings galore. We’re serving our famous “Chicken Dinners” & more good eats! Visit Grandma’s Bake Sale & La Boutique.

Sunday November 4 and Sunday December 2

41st-annual Albacore Feed Dinner and Raffle Saturday November 10 6 p.m., Castroville Recreation Center, 11261 Crane St., Castroville The Monterey Bay Salmon and Trout Project, a non-profit (501C-3) volunteer organization seeking to restore the native salmon and steelhead trout population in our area, and the Castroville Rotary Club are having their 41st annual fund-raising albacore dinner. It includes a project demonstration along with door prizes, a raffle and a silent auction.

No-host cocktails begin at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m. Tickets at the door: $20 adults; $10 kids 12-and-under.

For more information, send email to: captmikebaxter@yahoo.com • scruzfishing@yahoo.com • mhermansky@cs.com like llamas, draft horses, sheep, goats, chickens, rabbits, will feature Baroque, Classical, Jazz, Blues, Bossa and more! You are sure to find something fun and nova, Tango and Contemporary Music. String entertaining for the whole family.

Orchestra music will be performed by Local Youth.

Check our website and Facebook page for more details. FREE Sundays Nar-Anon Santa Cruz 6:30 p.m., Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center (Sutter Room), 2900 Chanticleer Avenue, Santa Cruz Nar-Anon is a twelve step support group for families and friends of addicts. There are no dues or fees to join. Just come to a meeting. You will hear others, who are going through similar problems, talk about how they cope and find recovery.

To locate additional times and locations of meetings, please go to our website at www.nar-anon.org.

First Baptist Church Bible Study 9:45 a.m: Bible Study 11 a.m.: Worship 7565 Sunset Way, Aptos First Baptist Church of Aptos welcomes you to join their bible study and worship every Sunday.

Call (831) 688-5842 for more info Third Sunday of Every Month Science Sunday Starts at 1 p.m., 100 Shaffer Road, Santa Cruz, 95060 Seymour Marine Discovery Center presents a public lecture from a marine scientist the third Sunday of every month.

Topics are presented in an entertaining and easy-to-understand format, with up-to-date photos, video, and discussion.

Science Sunday does not meet in December. For more info visit seymourcenter.ucsc.edu

Dated Events Saturday November 3 Cabrillo Youth Strings Fall Concert 7:00 p.m., Samper Recital Hall, VAPA5100 (Intersection of Cabrillo College Drive/Soquel Drive) This Fall’s concert is dedicated to Lile Cruse and 29 / November 1st 2018 / Aptos Times www.tpgonlinedaily.com

Santa Cruz Dinner Club Event 5 p.m., various locations Love to cook, entertain and socialize? Our October dinner club events will be held in several homes throughout Santa Cruz County, where members enjoy gourmet meals, fine wine and conversation.

Joining the club provides a great opportunity to cook, to entertain, and to meet locals that share your interests.

Learn more about the SC Dinner Club by contacting Rhonda Mills at info@SantaCruzDinnerClub.com

Saturday November 10 Sunday November 11 “YLI” 15th Annual Holiday Boutique 9 am to 3 pm, Our Lady Star of the Sea Church Hall, 515 Frederick St. Santa Cruz.

Hand crafted items by local vendors. Also homemade baked goods and lunch will be available.

For more information: grammapat222@aol.com or 831-423-8141. n

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Habitat for Humanity ReStores are nonprofit home improvement stores and donation centers that sell new and gently used furniture, home accessories, building materials and appliances to the public at a fraction of the retail price.

Open to the public: Tuesday-Sunday: 9am-5pm Donation Hotline: 831-824-4704

719 Swift Street, Santa Cruz

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Investments in County Parks O ver the last few years there have been significant improvements made to parks within our district. As we work to address years of deferred maintenance, and a cut to the Parks Department of about 50 percent during the Great Recession, we have slowly been able to make investments in local parks that have been promised for quite some time.

From the construction of Phase One of Seacliff Village Park, to the new bathrooms at the Polo Grounds, to a remodel of equipment, walkway and bench improvements at Seascape Park, a new bike pump track at Pinto Lake Park and exercise equipment upgrades (and more planned) for Aldridge Lane Park much has been done.

But we are also aware that more needs to be done. In neighborhood meetings and town halls we have heard a desire to ensure that Phase 2 of Seacliff Village Park is completed, that Hidden Beach Park receives a makeover and that Aptos Village Park (especially the clubhouse) receive the repairs that have been long-desired.

Additionally, ensuring that all kids (regardless of ability) have a safe place to play at LEO’s Haven all-inclusive park, has been a priority.

As a result, we had a groundbreaking for LEO’s Haven (for the initial phase with a goal of completing the park if funding comes

through via Measure G) and we are working with the Parks Department and our district’s Parks Commissioner Kate Minott (who has been a great advocate for parks in our district), on a plan for funding for Hidden Beach, Seacliff Phase 2 and other improvements.

Aptos Village Park improvements (specifically the clubhouse) would come from Measure G funding as well. Some of the funding for these improvements will come from community based funding we’ve been working on (from community organizations such as Rotary and neighborhood associations), some will come from other fundraising efforts by the Friends of Santa Cruz County Parks, some from our district’s Park’s dedication funds and some from Measure G. For Hidden Beach, while some minor improvements have been made recently, we are planning to

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redo the play equipment with a goal of making it appealing to kids of various ages. One common element of feedback we receive is that play equipment is designed for young kids (under 6 for example) but that kids in the 7-12 years-old range have less options. This was taken into consideration with the variety of equipment at the new park in Seacliff and we would like to offer multi-aged options at Hidden Beach as well.

For Seacliff, we want to bring in permanent restrooms (a smaller version of what was done at Polo Grounds) and work on some of the other Phase 2 elements that were committed to during the visioning phase. Additional improvements (multi-aged) are still in the works for Aldridge Lane Park as well. n ••• As always, I appreciate hearing your thoughts. Please feel free to call me at 454-2200 with any questions.

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