Aptos Times April 15th 2013

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April 15 2013 • Vol 22 No. 8 • www.tpgonlinedaily.com Aromas Country Garden Tour 2013

The annual Aromas Country Garden Tour is May 11, the day before Mother’s Day, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.

Treat your mom to the country gardens of Aromas. I have already previewed the tour and the gardens are exceptional this year. Whatever it is you love--flowering, beautiful, vegetable, practical, droughtfriendly or old-fashioned gardens and orchards, you will love this self-guided tour.

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Bay Fed Announces Scholarship Winners

Five Santa Cruz County students are a little closer to their education goals thanks to Bay Federal Credit Union.

President and CEO Carrie Birkhofer announced today the winners of the Credit Union’s annual Mac McCormac Employee Scholarship and the 2013 “Be The Change” Scholarship.

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Rhododendron Sale and Tours in Aptos

On Saturday the Fourth of May, shortly after 7:15 choice rhododendrons from Bay Laurel Nursery will be unloaded as the Monterey Bay Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society starts its Plant Sale at the Aptos Farmers Market at Cabrillo College, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos.

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Aptos Blue Low-income Apartments Behind the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County building just across from the Rancho Del Mar Shopping Center, a new 40-unit apartment housing project is under construction. The name of the project is Aptos Blue and its

one, two and three bedroom apartments will be available to low, very low, and extremely low-income affordability levels, as set by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. continued on page 4

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Community News Bay Federal Credit Union Announces Annual Scholarship Award Winners Groundbreaking is Good News for Affordable Housing • Spring in la Selva Beach’ annual Scholarship luncheon Fundraiser CERT training • Heroes Breakfast for the Santa Cruz County Chapter American Red Cross • She Sells Seashells and More Holding its Grand opening! • Save our Shores Seeks Volunteers for Earth Day Festival on April 20 Online Auction Supports Red Cross – Get Prepared, California! Auction funds California disaster preparedness Supervisor Zach Friend – The First 100 Days by Noel Smith Aromas Country Garden Tour 2013 By Joyce Oroz Annual Student Art Exhibit – April 19 - May 17, County Government Center 701 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz UCSC Arboretum holds Spring Plant Sale Santa Cruz County Symphony Launches Daily Music Listening Program at Local Elementary Schools Grind Out Hunger and Santa Cruz CORE Launch 5k River Run & Expo • Hospice Opens New Care Facility 2013 Fair Theme Selected: Cowboy Boots and Country Roots scwd2 Monthly Project Update for April Rhododendron Sale and Garden Tours Time To Prepare for Fire Season Caltrans Breaks Ground on New U.S. 101 and San Juan Rd. Interchange Pianist Ang Li performs in Master Class Concert – Saturday, April 27, 2 p.m., 8 p.m. First Congregational Church, Santa Cruz • Technology Shaping Career Landscape A Reminder to Leave Young Wildlife Alone

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Local Sports Aptos Girls Track Ready to Defend Title By Clayton Lawrence-Emanuel – Aptos Scoreboard

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The Wonder of Words The Writings of Mar Vista Elementary School Students-Poems and Prose

Kids Camp 12 Research into the Camping Experience

Letters to the Editor 23 Wonder of Words Applauded

Home & Garden 24 Garden Detective – Clues to determine and deter unwanted animals in your yard and garden

Community Calendar • Arts & Entertainment – Pages 28 & 29

Monthly Horoscope • Page 29 - Your April Horoscope - Annabel Burton, Astrologer©

Featured Columnists 26 The Book Bag by Robert Francis – Non-fiction for kids…

30 EarthTalk® – Earth Day Theme: ‘The Face of Climate Change’

SPCA Featured Pet • Page 31 – Oodles of Poodles

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“Aptos Blue” from page 1 Community concerns have been expressed about the project. First, because the entire 40 units are devoted to low income residents with no mixing of income levels, and secondly, the five units being reserved by the Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency for MHSA (Mental Health Services Act) tenants.

The original description of those that would qualify for MHSA housing on the county’s website, in the words of Giang Nguyen, the new Director of the Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency, “Was totally incorrect. As soon as it came to my attention, I ordered it pulled down. Supervisor Friend and I met with the a group of concerned residents about the project last Friday and will meet again with them next week.”

One nearby resident who attended that meeting is Kevin Painchaud. His concerns were communicated to his neighbors, which prompted the county’s outreach meetings. Painchaud said, “A year ago we heard that these were to be all condos, then that they would be one-third low income rentals, and now all forty units will be low income rentals. However, our primary concern is the five units for the MHSA tenants. The original description on the application form for these five tenants has been changed, but we are not convinced that anything has really changed except the wording. (See both versions) I feel there has been a lot of deception and misinformation on the part of the County. These MHSA tenants will still be very disturbed, unsupervised people living among the other residents and in our neighborhood.”

Financing for the project comes from several sources, including Santa Cruz County, the California Department of Housing and Community Development, and CalHFA -- Mental Health Services Act that mandated the five units of MHSA housing. Former Supervisor Ellen Pirie declared in the announcement for the groundbreaking last November

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Original MHSA Application Description “Tenants to be served are adults 18 years of age and over who are diagnosed with a qualifying psychiatric disability and certified as homeless or at risk of homelessness. The individuals served can be expected to have multiple challenges, including co-occurring addiction disorders, physical health issues, a lack of support systems, and criminal, credit, and housing history that present barriers to other rental housing.”

••• Revised MHSA Application Description The goal criteria for the five units of housing are: 1. To assist a qualified individual who has a diagnosis of psychiatric disability including depression or anxiety disorders with permanent supportive housing to avoid homelessness.

2. The individual was not recently discharged from an acute hospital or crisis unit. that, “Aptos Blue brings much-needed affordable work force housing to our county.”

The next meeting with residents will be at the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County – 7807 Soquel Dr Aptos – on Friday April 19 at 10 a.m.

Aptos Blue is in a prime location. It is near the Aptos library, public transportation lines that connect to both Watsonville and Santa Cruz, and is just across the street from a major shopping center. The project consists of four studios, four one-bedroom, 16 two-bedroom and 16 three-bedroom apartments on about two acres of the 5.5acre former Aptos Ranch parcel.

The contractor is Kent Construction and MidPen Resident Services Corp. will be the property manager, coordinating and managing onsite programs and services for residents. Beth Fraker, Director of Marketing and Communications for MidPen Housing, said, “The development is expected to be complete in October 2013 which is when we will welcome residents.”

When asked about whether the units for the MHSA tenants will be dedicated apartments, Fraker told us, “The 5 MHSA clients will be in 2 studios and 3 onebedroom units. There are a total of 4 studios and 4 one-bedroom units so

3. The individual has been assessed by mental health clinician and deemed to be alert, oriented, calm and cooperative.

4. The individual is mentally stable and receiving outpatient behavioral health services.

5. The individual is able to care for themselves with support and live independently. They must demonstrate conduct and skills in prior living situations that the admission to independent housing would not negatively affect the health, safety or welfare of themselves or other residents, the physical environment or the financial stability of the property.

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All tenants living in the h ousing unit shall comply with the MidPen Housing’s resident selection criteria, including credit check, criminal history, background check and prior housing experiences. the units with MHSA clients may move around.”

According to the MidPen Housing description, “In addition to new construction, Aptos Blue includes the renovation of the historic Castro House originally built in the mid-1870s by Vicente Castro, a prominent rancher and orchardist.”

Aptos Blue is located at 7839 Soquel Drive, Aptos, on about two acres of the 5.5-acre parcel that was part of the original Aptos Rancho, a 6,686-acre Mexican land grant given to Rafael Castro in 1833.

Twenty-two years later Rafael gave 700 acres of land to his son, Vicente Castro. In 1867, Vicente began selling portions of his 700 acres and purchased a 7.5-acre piece of land from his parents, which would become the Aptos Blue site. Vicente Castro became a prominent rancher and successful orchardist. To accommodate his growing family he built a new two-story house in the middle of his orchard property, which he finally sold in 1887.

“The Castro House” will contain Property Management and Resident Services, including a community kitchen, a computer lab, after-school programs, and Mental Health Services Act services for the residents occupying the five MHSA units.

Aptos Blue is just one of six sites selected by Santa Cruz County for “use by right” zoning. The first site approved for development was the Schapiro Knolls Apartments on Minto Road, which is currently under construction in Watsonville.

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Bay Federal Credit Union Announces Annual Scholarship Award Winners

Capitola — Five Santa Cruz County students are a little closer to their education goals thanks to Bay Federal Credit Union.

President and CEO Carrie Birkhofer announced today the winners of the Credit Union’s annual Mac McCormac Employee Scholarship and the 2013 “Be The Change” Scholarship. Recipients of both awards were honored at Bay Federal’s Annual Meeting on March 26.

“Increases in higher education costs are driving students to look for non-traditional sources of financial aid for college,” said Birkhofer, whose daughter is a college student. “My hope is that more businesses will create scholarship opportunities so that more students can afford to go to college.”

Bay Federal’s “Be The Change” Scholarship is a $1,000 award given to local students in pursuit of higher education at any college, university, business or vocational school. In addition to transcripts and letters of recommendation, applicants completed an online financial education course and submitted an essay or short video describing how they planned to “be the change” they wish to see in the world.

This year’s “Be The Change” Scholarship winners are: Maria Avalos Romero, a Harbor High School senior who has used her strong leadership skills and understanding of cultural and legal barriers to immigrant educational support to help numerous students find hope for the future through college Maria Avalos Romero planning and financial aid programs.

Jacob Malsbury, a graduating senior whose childhood experience with speech issues inspired his plans to become a speech pathologist.

He hopes to help restore the gift of speech to stroke patients, wounded veterans, shock Jacob Malsbury patients, and children living with speech impediments.

Bay Federal’s 2013 scholarship winners were honored at the Credit Union’s May 26 annual meeting. From left: Jake Malsbury, Bay Federal President and CEO Carrie Birkhofer, Bay Federal Board Chairman Dennis Osmer, Elisabeth Schlaepfer, Megan Eldredge, Dawn Wingert. Not pictured: Maria Romero.

Elizabeth Schlaepfer, a William Jessup University student pursuing her degree in Psychology.

Elizabeth’s extensive volunteer experiences and her belief in the power of education to change lives has motivated her to become a teacher “who believes Elizabeth Schlaepfer in the potential of all students, and who will

work to help them realize that potential.”

A second award, called the Mac McCormac Scholarship after Bay Federal’s first employee, is a $500 prize given to a current employee enrolled in a course Dawn Wingert of study outside their regular work duties. Dawn Wingert, this

year’s recipient, is a 4.0 student working toward her bachelor’s in psychology while fulfilling her full-time duties as an employee, wife, and mother.

A Surprise Award Bay Federal presented a $500 award to Megan Eldredge, a 7th grader who applied for the “Be The Change” Scholarship to help with the cost of her 8th grade trip to Washington D.C. “Megan realized that she wasn’t eligible for the scholarship after completing her submission package, Megan Eldredge but she decided to send it in anyway,” said Birkhofer. “After watching her amazing video about how small things can cause big changes in the world, we decided that we had to do something for her.”

An additional $500 was given to Megan’s school to help other students with their trip expenses.

To watch Megan Eldredge’s “Be The Change” video, visit www.bayfed.com or www.facebook.com/bayfed. n ••• Bay Federal is a full-service, not-forprofit financial institution that serves over 56,000 members and 1,000 local businesses throughout Santa Cruz, San Benito and Monterey Counties.

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Aptos Girls Track Ready to Defend Title

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By Clayton Lawrence-Emanuel

he Aptos Girls Track and Field team has gotten used to winning. With over 14 SCCAL league titles, and 7 CCS championships to their name, the Aptos Mariners have been on the winning end of most of their meets for over a decade.

The 2013 team is looking to continue this tradition by repeating as the SCCAL league champions, and with the athletes currently in the line-up, they are poised to do just that.

Head Coach Scott McConville expects a strong season from his team this year, especially from distance runner Nikki Hiltz.

Hiltz, a senior at Aptos, is the defending State Champion for the 1600-meter event, which she won with a record time of 4 minutes and 42.45 seconds. She competes in the 3200-meter, the 400-meter, and the 4X1600 relay events as well. Hiltz has also recently accepted a track scholarship to the University of Oregon, where she hopes to

From Left: Clare Peabody, Ulisa Abundis, Matti Peoples, Nikki Hiltz

compete in the 1600 meter. Despite the fact that she missed the cross country season earlier this year due to having surgery

on a stress fracture in her foot, Hiltz has helped Mariners to victory in every meet so far this season. McConville, himself a

former Aptos runner and a record breaking distance runner at UCSB, said that he“... [is] looking forward to following [Hiltz’s] progression at the next level.”

Another athlete to watch this season, according to Throwing Coach Lloyd Hedenland, is Elijah Marta, another senior.

Marta competes in the shot put and discus events, as well as sprinting in the 100 meters and the 4X100 meter relay. Marta leads the team in shot put with a personal record of 50 feet 7 inches, a well a the discus with a record of 142 feet 7 inches. Ashley Doherty and Vanessa Ramos are also performing well this year, leading the SCCAL in discus and shot put for the girls.

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Aptos High School Scoreboard Baseball

Aptos Season Record: (5-12, SCCAL 2-4) Soquel 2 – Aptos 0 Aptos 7 – Aragon 3 Aptos Scoring: WP Seven Eichhorn; Bryan Bucher 2 for 3, 2 RBIs, HR, 2B; Houston roberts 1 for 1, 2-run HR; Matt Bernard 3 for 4, 2B; Zach Eagan 1 for 1, 2 RBIs

Softball

Aptos Season Record: (11-4-1, SCCAL 3-2) Aptos 14 – St. Francis 0 (5-inn) he Aptos high girls softball team 10-runned St. Francis at Aptos high in 5 innings winning 14-0. Marrisa Bugayong led the offense with 3 hits and 2 RBIs and scored twice. Jen Segura had 3 RBIs while Emma Wilson and Rita McCreesh added

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Boys Golf

Aptos Season Record: (4-2) Aptos 232 – Santa Cruz 260 (Pasatiempo GC) Aptos Scoring: Medalist Joe DeMera

43; Corey Peterson 46; Beau Kittleson 46; Jeffery Lee 47; Conner Maruyama 50 Boys Tennis Aptos Season Record: (3-6, SCCAL 2-3) Scotts Valley 5 – Aptos 2 Aptos Scoring: Singles #4 Jacob Blair def. Greg Beans 6-3. 7-5; Doubles #3 Aptos

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Poems and Prose Firestarter

Alec Minugh • 4th Grade here once was a boy named Robin Firestarter.

His father, William, was working on a mysterious machine.

“Mom,” Robin asks, “what is that smell?”

“I think it’s your father.”

His mother, Sally, replies as her son is getting out of bed. He goes downstairs and finds his father.

“Dad, what is that smell?”

“I don’t know?” said William. “You should get back in the house before something bad happe…” A flash of light went out and then back inside the house, like a yo-yo, taking the family and the house with it.

“What does that machine say?” Sally asks nervously.

“It says 1000 A.D.” William answers shocked.

“Yeah right,” said Robin. “You’re gonna listen to that stupid machine. Watch, I’m gonna open that door and were gonna be at the same second, same minute, same hour and same year.” He opened the door and there were six American Indians right outside the door. “Wow!” said Robin. “I was way off.”

Within minutes, the Indians were leading Robin and his parents up a Mountain. As soon as they got to the top of the mountain, the Indians laid them down on flat boulders. Jaden’s fear was right.

They were going to be sacrificed.

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How the Toucan Got Its Colors

Hannah Hocom • 6th Grade ong before man was created, there was a rain forest just off the coast of Puerto Rico that teemed with wildlife. Big and small animals of the rain forest created an expansive pallet of vibrant colors, but if you looked closely, you might have noticed a single bird dressed in a bland grey coat of feathers. That bird was the first toucan.

The first toucan was never liked. She got teased about her bland feathers. Other animals attacked her when she tried to protest. After a while, she just stayed at the border of the rain forest. One day she had had enough. Apparently, she was not allowed in the rain forest because the colors of her feathers were quite boring and she just didn’t belong. As the toucan flew, she knew she had to plead for help from the powerful king lion.

Fluttering down from the trees, she looked up at the king and showed every ounce of respect she could muster. She begged him to give her color. Finally, he took a shaky breath and slid her a delicate glass jar. He told her the contents of the jar could give her any color in the rain forest. She thanked the wise lion as he lumbered off into his den.

Immediately, the toucan knew what colors she wanted. She flew into the sunset to collect its amazing reds, oranges, yellows, and purples. As she flew down, she poured the trickling sunset all over her body.

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Long before man was created, there lived a rain forest just off the coast of Puerto Rico. This rain forest was an expansive pallet of vibrant colors, and if you looked closely, you might have seen one of the most colorful birds of all. That bird was the first toucan.

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If No One Could Talk

Max Bennett • 5th Grade If no one could talk, we would all act like a flock of birds that silently fly together If no one could talk, it would be like putting on a lock to the insults we share forever If no one could talk, not a chicken would ‘bock’ while spreading it’s beauty and feathers If no one could talk, we would not mock our fellow friends whom are tender If no one could talk, it would be more quiet than a knock on a hollow piece of timber If no one could talk, we would all be like a hawk soaring and listening together.

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The Big Dipper

Houston Day • 4th Grade ne day my mom and I were going to go on the Big Dipper. We were waiting in line.

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The car pulls up. We get in and I see a black hole … it does not look very dark but then … ring!!! The car starts to move then we enter the hole. It is pitch black. I can’t hear anything. There is screaming and yelling everywhere. A speck of light is ahead. I think it’s over… but no, we’re going up the Big Dipper then … silence … more screaming and yelling and then click clack click clack click clack, were going up the Big Dipper. Vrroom!!! We are on the top.

Ziiipppp — screaming and yelling. We take the big turn — zoooommmm more screaming and yelling and we’re swerving all over. We turn up, down, up, down, down, up, down, up and then we drop.

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Groundbreaking is Good News for Affordable Housing

Santa Cruz — Times are tough and the construction of new homes has slowed considerably across the country. But here in Santa Cruz the Sun family will mark an important milestone in the construction of their new home—and the community is invited to join in on the fun! The celebration begins at 9:00 am on Saturday, April 13 at the construction site at 419 Harbor Drive in Santa Cruz. Along with local Habitat for Humanity representatives and Thrivent Financial members, Mayor Hilary Bryant will speak during a short program. Five local Lutheran Pastors will join together to bless the project.

This new home is a result of a partnership between Habitat for Humanity

Sun Family: Ian, Haley, Ethan and Mia

International and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. Called Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity, this partnership has resulted in more than 2,700 Habitat homes across the country and around the world since 2005. Thrivent Financial contributed 55 percent of the house costs—a total of $125,000—and is also engaging local volunteers who are members of Thrivent Financial, members of area Lutheran churches and members of the community at large, to donate additional funds and volunteer their time to work alongside the partner families to build these homes.

“This groundbreaking celebration is a new beginning for a family in Santa Cruz,” said David Foster, Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity Santa Cruz County. “This decent, affordable home will not only give the Sun family a strong foundation, it will strengthen our community, as well.”

The Sun family is more than a little eager to finish construction of their new home. They will complete 500 hours of “sweat equity” helping to build it, a basic tenet of Habitat for Humanity. They will also repay the no-profit mortgage over a period of 29 years, illustrating Habitat for Humanity’s objective to give families a “hand up” rather than a “hand out.”

“Being able to help provide a family with a home means so much to Thrivent members,” added Mary Elizabeth Bellizzi, the local Thrivent Financial Representative.

“Volunteering is important to them, and this gives them a great way to personally support our community by helping families achieve financial security.” n •••

Habitat Harbor Drive Render — Boone Low Ratliff Architects

Habitat for Humanity Santa Cruz County partners with working families and the community to build affordable ownership homes throughout Santa Cruz County. Habitat for Humanity Santa Cruz County has enabled more than 35 families to purchase affordable housing since 1989. For more information, visit www. habitatsc.org.

Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity is a multi-year, multi-million dollar partnership between Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and Habitat for Humanity International. Excluding government funding, Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity is Habitat’s largest single source of funding, con-

structing more than 2,700 homes in the U.S. and around the world since 2005. For more information, visit ThriventBuilds.com.

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is a not-for-profit, Fortune 500 financial services membership organization helping approximately 2.5 million members achieve financial security and give back to their communities.

As a not-for-profit organization, Thrivent Financial creates and supports national outreach programs and activities that help congregations, schools, charitable organizations and individuals in need. For more information, visit Thrivent.com. Also, you can find us on Facebook and Twitter.

‘Spring in La Selva Beach’ Annual Scholarship Luncheon Fundraiser

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he Laselva Beach Woman’s Club will hold its annual scholarship fundraising luncheon “Spring in La Selva Beach” April 25 at the La Selva Beach Clubhouse, beginning at 11:30 a.m.

Icy Young and Ingrid Glazebrook, cochairpersons for the scholarship luncheon, revealed that butterflies and lots of flowers would decorate the clubhouse. Maxine Lane, president, emphasized that the club has been in existence since 1948 and one does not have to be a resident of La Selva Beach to be a member. She stressed the fact that college students today are faced with escalating college expenses while achieving their academic goals. With this fundraising effort, the club members hope to make a small difference in

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some students’ lives. Donations are always welcome from people who cannot attend.

A quilt, two afghans, a bird house, a basket of succulents, overnight stays at two bed and breakfast hotels and at a beach cottage are just a few of the raffle prizes offered this year in addition to a door prize.” n ••• Tickets for “Spring in La Selva Beach” will be $15. Raffle tickets will also be sold for several prizes, intended to bring in enough money for the club to award five or six $500 scholarships for local college-bound high school students. Tickets must be purchased in advance. Ruth Holmoe, phone (831) 684-0991, is the contact person.

La Selva Beach Woman’s Club Scholarship Luncheon Co-chairperson Icy Young and President Maxine Lane admire some of the raffle prizes: a quilt made by Linda Fleck and an afghan made by Jody Young (who are both club members).

CERT Training entral Fire Protection District will be offering CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) training to the public in May of this year. CERT is a program to train members of the community to be better prepared to deal with major disasters including fires, earthquakes and power outages.

The course includes basic training in fire safety, light search and rescue, medical aid and disaster preparedness. Using CERT training, citizens can assist neighbors and coworkers when emergency responders are delayed during overwhelming situations.

The 20-hour course is free to the public and is taught by fire district staff. For more information, contact Central Fire Protection District at 479-6843 or check our website at www.centralfpd.com. CERT training information is also available at www.santacruzcountycert.org.

••• Heroes Breakfast for the Santa Cruz County Chapter American Red Cross lease join the American Red Cross Santa Cruz County Chapter for our 8th annual Heroes Breakfast as we recognize and honor local individuals and organizations in our

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community who have shown courage, dedication and character through acts of heroism and kindness. The Master of Ceremonies will be: KSBW’s Phil Gomez This year’s 2013 Heroes are: Animal Rescue: Lynne Achterberg Education: Stephanie Raugust Good Samaritan: Kevin Koch Law Enforcement: Patrick Dimick Lifetime Achievement: Chuck and Susan Hawley Medical Professional: Matt Ryan, Scott Vahrandian and Greg Vandervoort Military Hero: Tony Rojas Rescue Professional: Anna Kiff Workplace Hero: David Kwan Youth Hero: Autumn and Simone Bushard Eleanor Wasson Lifetime Volunteer: Milt Entwisle The Santa Cruz County Chapter helps our community to prevent, prepare for and respond to disasters. All funds raised at this event help support disaster relief.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 7:00 - 9:00 a.m. Cocoanut Grove Ballroom at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk 400 Beach Street Santa Cruz, CA Tickets: Table Sponsor $1,000 – Individual Tickets $30

••• She Sells Seashells and More Holding Its Grand Opening! will have some of my artists available each day to talk about their art work and sign pieces,” said owner Alyce Shepardson. “I will also have some of the local gourmet food artisans available to talk about their products and offer tastings. It should be a lot of fun. Both days I will offer 10% off everything.”

She continued: “I opened She Sells Seashells and More in The Mercantile, in Capitola to showcase local artists. We just reopened January 2013 to make room for more local artists and include local gourmet foods. I design and handcraft my own jewelry. I create themed charm bracelets and design other jewelry pieces.

I have been designing, making and selling jewelry for over 10 years. I am also a photographer, specializing in nature photos.”

Ribbon-Cutting Friday, April 12 at 4 p.m.

Grand Opening Saturday April 13 & Sunday April 14 On Saturday local musician,

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singer/guitar, Lisa Marie will be playing from noon to 3 p.m.

She Sells Seashells and More, The Mercantile 115 San Jose Avenue Capitola, Phone: 831-3597311. Hours: Saturday: 11-7 Sunday: 11-5 ••• Save Our Shores Seeks Volunteers for Earth Day Festival on April 20 ave Our Shores (SOS), the leader in ocean awareness, advocacy and action on the Central Coast, announced today they are seeking volunteers for the Santa Cruz Earth Day Festival.

Have fun, support our planet and volunteer for this year’s Earth Day festival with Save Our Shores!

Save Our Shores is seeking roughly 60 participants to act as volunteer staff at the upcoming Earth Day Festival at San Lorenzo Park on Saturday, April 20th from 11am- 4pm. In collaboration with Ecology Action and the City of Santa Cruz, Save Our Shores is delighted to help host this year’s action packed planet celebration. We will need volunteers for everything from assisting with parking to managing the climbing wall to advising festivalgoers in properly disposing of their waste. You will feel satisfaction in working with a team of committed environmentalists AND enjoy a free lunch! n

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Online Auction Supports Red Cross

Get Prepared, California! Auction funds California disaster preparedness SACRAMENTO — Kicking into high gear this week is the annual Get Prepared, California! auction to promote earthquake preparedness and to support the American Red Cross. The online auction runs through April 26, with many once-in-a-lifetime

items available for bidding at www.

GetPreparedCalifornia.org.

Exclusive items available for bidding include opportunities to meet celebrity bands and musicians such as Shania Twain, Maroon 5 and Justin Bieber, meet star athletes and see them in action, get dance lessons from the pros at Dancing with the Stars and tickets to this year’s final show, and win a Kennedy Space Center All-Access Space Pass astronauttraining experience.

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Sponsored by the California Earthquake Authority (CEA) and managed by Clear Channel Media + Entertainment, the first statewide auction to support American Red Cross in 2012 offered 28 items and raised more than $180,000.

All proceeds of the auction will help support the American Red Cross, its 32 chapters in communities throughout California, and its more than 27,000 volunteers, who provide disaster relief to affected families and disaster-preparedness training to more than 1.3 million Californians.

“We are excited to again join forces with the American Red Cross, to get Californians better prepared for earthquakes,” CEA CEO Glenn Pomeroy said. “This auction creates a great opportunity to reinforce the need for earthquake-preparedness throughout our state. And the proceeds it raises will directly help the American Red Cross fulfill its mission here in California.”

California has about two-thirds of the nation’s earthquake risk — producing an average of 102 earthquakes a day, more than 2,000 a year. Yet, according to a UCLA School of Public Health and Survey Research Center report in 2010, “relatively few [California] households have acted to mitigate losses and reduce injuries” from earthquakes.

To address the preparedness gap, the CEA and the American Red Cross have joined forces to help more people prepare to survive and recover from California’s next damaging earthquake.

“Red Cross appreciates that CEA is again sponsoring this statewide auction and is eager to work to help make earthquake preparedness part of our daily lives throughout California,” said American Red Cross Los Angeles Region CEO Paul Schulz. “Joining forces with the CEA enables the American Red Cross to extend its community-preparedness efforts even further.”

With nearly $10 billion in claim-paying power, combined with the service expertise provided by the CEA’s 19 participating insurance companies, the CEA could cover all of its claims if the 1906 San Francisco, 1989 Loma Prieta, or 1994 Northridge earthquakes reoccurred today.

Just 12 percent of California’s homeowners with fire insurance, however, also have a separate earthquake insurance policy. Visit www.EarthquakeAuthority.com for more information about the California Earthquake Authority. n ••• The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides emotional support to victims of disasters; supplies nearly half of the nation’s blood; teaches lifesaving skills; provides international humanitarian aid; and supports military members and their families. The Red Cross is a charitable organization, not a government agency, and depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to perform its mission. For more information, visit www.redcross.org or contact your local chapter.

Supervisor Zach Friend – The First 100 Days

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By Noel Smith

ach Friend had a conversation with me about his first 100 days in office as the newly installed County Supervisor of the 2nd district.

“I have found that it’s difficult to change the world with limited resources,” said Friend wryly, “Most of our county is not incorporated. This means that county government has to provide law enforcement for half of the residents — roads and bridges and building permits for about 80 percent of our county — and the Zach Friend judicial system, county parks, as well as health & human services for all of the county … and that’s not everything we are responsible for.”

“Also it’s hard to gage success,” Friend continued, “We have to address both the urgent and the important. Those situations that are urgent need to be dealt with ASAP with the resources at hand. This is where

our residents really can make a difference by alerting us to issues from pot holes to crime that affect our safety and our quality of life.”

“Important items need long term planning,” Friend pointed out, “This would include such things as repairing and improving a deteriorating infrastructure such as roads, bridges and sewer lines, assisting all affected parties in the economic development of areas such as the Ranch Del Mar Shopping Center and Aptos Village. We are also working to simplify building codes and zoning criteria to help make the county more agricultural, property and business owner friendly. These are the areas in which county government can make a difference that will affect all of us and our local economy.

Friend provided a list of 16 accomplishments for he and his staff during this first one hundred days: • Held 13 open office hours in Aptos and Corralitos and 6 community meetings in Seacliff, La Selva Beach, Aptos, Watsonville and Pajaro Dunes.

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papers and community newsletters and sent another five e-newsletters from our office informing residents of county happenings.

Voted to bring nearly $700k in traffic and pedestrian improvements to the Aptos Village area Improved sidewalk and crosswalk safety along Clubhouse Drive and Rio Del Mar Elementary (Friend said this was in response to a resident taking the time to contact the county) Allocated funding for the rebuilding of a bridge damaged by a storm in Corralitos Held meetings to continue the undergrounding and median improvements in Seacliff Worked with County Planning on the streamlining of some zoning policies while working to improve and strengthen coastal zone language Voted to move forward with a library master plan that would significantly improve the Aptos and Capitola branch libraries while making improvements to the La Selva Beach branch

• Worked to bring increased enforcement and speed mitigations to Seascape (Also a response to a resident complaint) • Began the process of improving agricultural zoning language for berry growers • Set a public hearing date for the last step in the development of the Nisene-to-Sea trail • Worked with Safeway on protecting small businesses in the proposed redevelopment project • Worked with Sanitation District staff to create a timeline for Rio Del Mar Esplanade re-striping • Addressed dozens of neighborhood road, noise, environmental and infrastructure concerns — all provided by calling/emailing our office • Supported Treasurer Fred Keeley’s proposal for a property tax deferral for low-income seniors and the disabled.

“We know there is more,” said Friend, “But these are some of the highlights! It’s exciting to see what we can do together and I’m looking forward to working with you on the next 100 days and beyond!” n

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Research into the Camping Experience H ow can parents count the ways children grow and flourish at camp? Friends? New skills? Displays of self-confidence? Steps toward independence and thoughtfulness?

Philliber Research Associates teaming with the American Camp Association has just released the results of a landmark study that demonstrate the gains are remarkable—over 5,000 parents, children, and camp staff are readjusting their measuring sticks—growth in positive identity, social skills, physical and thinking skills, as well as the important areas of positive values and spirituality go hand-in-hand

with the camp experience.

According to Peg Smith, chief executive officer of the American Camp Association, researchers confirm that length of camp session isn’t a determining factor—it’s camp itself,” says Smith.

Here are some characteristics that time at camp was found to help foster: Positive Identity: Self-Esteem and Independence Social Skills: Leadership, Friendship, Social Comfort, Peer Relationships Physical and Thinking Skills: Adventure and Exploration, Environmental Awareness

Positive Values and Spirituality: Values and Decisions, Spirituality The impact of camp is resonating with more and more young people and adults— lessons learned, friendships formed—the genuine learning and growth that occurs in these unique environments. As Peg Smith reflects, “We are just beginning to understand and thoughtfully measure the impact of camp in the lives of children and young adults and recognize the opportunity and privilege that we have to serve the camp community—it’s an exciting time to be able to influence the direction of our future.”

Campers Say: Camp helped me make new friends.

(96%) Camp helped me get to know other campers who were different from me.

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Camp helped me feel good about myself. (92%) At camp, I did things I was afraid to do at first. (74%) Parents Say: My child gained self-confidence at camp. (70%) My child continues to participate in activities learned at camp. (63%) My child remains in contact with friends made at camp. (69%) For more information on how camp gives kids a world of good, visit our family-dedicated Web site www.CampParents. org or call the American Camp Association at 800-428-CAMP (2267). n ••• Reprinted by permission of the American Camp Association © 2007 American Camping Association, Inc.

Aptos Academy of Performing Arts Summer Camp 7970 Soquel Drive, Aptos, CA 95003 Phone: 831-684-1800 Camp Dates: July 1 thru August 16 e-mail: frontdesk@aptosacademyofperformingarts.org web: www.aptosacademyofperformingarts.org

This summer we are excited to offer a variety of dance classes and camps, including an Angelina Ballerina Camp! Please call our office for details, Monday through Friday from 3:30-6:30 or Saturday 9:30-1:30.

Monte Vista Horsemanship Camp 2 School Way, Watsonville, CA 95076 Phone: 831-206-9707 e-mail: MVEquestrian@gmail.com web: www.montevistaequestrian.com

The week-long Horsemanship Camp at Monte Vista Christian School is a wonderful opportunity for boys and girls to spend hours every day riding and learning about horses. We have wonderful school horses for riders of every experience level. We offer Western and English riding, as well as crafts, swimming, archery and marshmallow roasting at the evening campfire. Sign up today for an unbelievable summer camp experience! Call Cassie Belmont at (831) 206-9707, email MVEquestrian@gmail.com or visit www.montevistaequestrian.com for more information today!

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Aromas Country Garden Tour 2013

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By Joyce Oroz, Aromas

he annual Aromas Country Garden Tour is May 11, the day before Mother’s Day, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.

Treat your mom to the country gardens of Aromas. I have already previewed the tour and the gardens are exceptional this year.

Whatever it is you love--flowering, beautiful, vegetable, practical, drought-friendly or old-fashioned gardens and orchards, you will love this self-guided tour.

Enjoy the occasional bird, duck, chicken, goat, artist. Yes, artist. Aromas Hills Artisans will be stationed along the dappled paths, showing off their artwork.

You can expect to see paintings, jewelry, pottery, etchings, stained glass, gift cards, photos and so much more.

We invite you and your friends and family to join us at the Aromas Grange, corner of Rose Ave. and Bardue Ave., where tickets are just a $15.00 donation, (tax-deductable) per person, $25.00 for two people and $10.00 for seniors (sixty-five and older) and AHA members. You will be given a booklet with a map of the gardens in it.

Follow your map, weaving through the Aromas hills and discover one garden gem after another. May is an excellent month for flowering bushes and trees, sprouting and climbing vegetables and quiet moments near lake, pond or waterfall. This year there are ten lovely properties ranging from mostly flowers with some vegetables to mostly vegetables and fruit trees.

Personally, I enjoy seeing old barns, chickens and goats. And don’t forget the horses and ducks.

Two Master Gardeners will be available for your gardening questions and the Aromas 4-Hers will be on hand at the Aromas Community Grange to sell plants and boxed lunches. The Aromas Water District will have a drought tolerant plant list available free.

Don’t miss this garden! There is a very special garden and orchard this year, located at Anzar High School. ¼ acre of raised beds and ½ acre of fruit trees have been planted and cared for by students in Principal Charlene McKowden’s horticulture class. The beds are host to veg-

etables and flowers in season. The organic vegetables and fruits are picked, packaged and sold to the school staff and students to help pay for seeds, plants and tools.

Aromas sits at the corners of three counties (Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito). In 1999, local artisans, headed by a poet, formed the guild known as the Aromas Hills Artisans, or AHA’s, which now boasts more than seventy members.

The artists meet on the first Wednesday of each month from 7:00 to 9:00 PM at the Aromas Grange. The guild plans events, supports and inspires fellow artists and shares new ideas and techniques. Membership is only $25.00 per year. n ••• The “Aromas Hills Artisans” is now a non-profit philanthropic organization that promotes art education through scholarships to members, enabling them to attend workshops.

AHA sponsors hands-on workshops for the community twice each year and they have a continuous, revolving exhibit of artwork at the Aromas Grange.

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Annual Student Art Exhibit

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he Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County is proud to present our Annual Student Art Exhibit featuring the artwork of students ranging from Kindergarten through 6th grade.

Works in a variety of media are on display — paintings, drawings, mixed media and more.

“This exhibit promises to be inspiring

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as nearly 500 children are recognized for their hard work and creativity, publicly displayed for one month, and honored by a crowd filled with their families. When I see a child who is beaming with pride find their art work on the wall and proudly point it out to their loved ones I’m moved. This year, we’re inviting the public to join us in this colorful celebration of these students’ accomplishments.” – Sarah Brothers, Arts Education Manager.

For the first time, the Student Art Exhibit will host a First Friday reception for parents of student artists who were unable to attend the award ceremony and the public. The

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reception will feature a hands-on art activity led by Mariposa’s Art teachers.

Included in the show is student work from Amesti Elementary, Boulder Creek Elementary, Calabassas Elementary, H.A. Hyde Elementary, Linscott Charter, Mintie White Elementary, Mission Hill Middle School, Ohlone Elementary, Radcliff Elementary, San Lorenzo Elementary, Starlight Elementary, Tierra Pacifica Charter School, Watsonville Charter School of the Arts, and Watershed Art Studio. Participating Arts Education instructors include Noelle Correia, Linda Cover, Isabell Fearnsby, Maria Orr, Taylor Reinhold, Claudia Stevens, Gwen Toevs, and Susan Trimingham. n ••• S t u d e n t R e c e p t i o n : Thursday May 2, 4:00 - 6:30 PM — Public reception and certificate presentation to student artists by Supervisor Zach Friend First Friday: Friday, May 3, 2013, 5:00 - 8:00 PM — With handson art activities led

by Mariposa’s Art teachers (Mariposa’s Art, a program of the Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County).

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In its 34th year, the Cultural Council’s mission is to promote, connect, and invest in the arts in order to stimulate creativity and vibrancy in Santa Cruz County. Visit our website: www.ccscc.org.

SPECTRA (Special Teacher Resources in the Arts), is the Cultural Council’s award winning arts education program, now in its 32nd year, bringing professional teaching artists to conduct classes and performances in dance, music, theater, literary and visual arts to schools throughout Santa Cruz County.

Mariposa’s Art programs provide after-school art and music programs where youth learn to express themselves, creatively problem-solve, make healthy choices and positively affect their communities.

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UCSC Arboretum holds Spring Plant Sale

SANTA CRUZ — The UC Santa Cruz Arboretum will hold its annual Spring Plant Sale on Saturday, April 20, from 12 noon to 4 p.m. at the Arboretum’s Eucalyptus Grove on High Street near the intersection with Western Drive.

Since 1977, the Arboretum has been providing gardeners with new, colorful, and unusual plants for creating dynamic central coast gardens. Many of the selections available at the sale are normally hard to find. This year’s spring sale will feature some of the newest treasures from the UCSC Arboretum.

The Arboretum’s sale is held in con-

junction with the spring plant sale of the California Native Plant Society (CNPS).

Both sales are open early (from 10 a.m. to noon) to members of the Arboretum Associates and CNPS, and to the general public from noon to 4 p.m.

Among the Arboretum’s offerings this year are plants that may be unfamiliar because they are new introductions, but will eventually become well-known to gardeners, said Stephen McCabe, director of research at the Arboretum. Examples include the winter-blooming Banksia ‘Fireworks’ with red and yellow on the bottlebrush-like flowers. It is drought tolerant, frost tolerant down to at least 20 degrees, and should do well along the coast as well.

Another new one is a perennial with 2-inch, deep purple-blue flowers, a Dampiera trigona called ‘Purple Wire.’ Both of these were tested at the Arboretum for years and are part of the Koala Blooms Australian Plant Introduction Program.

There will be many other banksias, grevilleas, leucadendrons, proteas, and California native plants. Among the choice natives is the hard-to-find island bush poppy (Dendromecon harfordii) that seems to bloom year-round once established.

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On Sunday, April 14, Rick Flores, curator of the Arboretum’s Native Plant Collection, will lead a Native Plant walk at 10 a.m. at the Arboretum entrance, offering a preview of some of the plants that will

be for sale the following weekend. Both the Arboretum and the CNPS will have a flowery mix of native plants for sale. Most of the natives are drought tolerant, but some of the CNPS offerings are canyon or riparian plants that can use some supplemental water in summer. As usual, the Arboretum will be offering a range of unusual exotics, including some new ones. The Arboretum’s non-native plants are screened to be noninvasive. The two sales present a colorful array of options for spicing up the garden for spring. n ••• For more information, contact the UCSC Arboretum at (831) 427-2998 or visit arboretum.ucsc.edu. The Arboretum is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day. Norrie’s Gifts is open daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Santa Cruz County Symphony Launches

Daily Music Listening Program at Local Elementary Schools

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his school year, students in Santa Cruz County elementary classrooms have heard more than the school bell and announcements as they start the school day. As part of a new program being launched by the Santa Cruz County Symphony, these students will experience a short excerpt of notable works of classical music every day by Mozart, Beethoven and countless other great composers. Teachers are given background information about the music’s tempo and dynamics, the instruments being played, or the composer and the history surrounding the work that they can use to elicit students’ thoughts and emotional reactions to the music,

encouraging students to process what they have heard.

This innovative program reaches students each and every school day and spans five years. The selections and information are customized for maximum benefit of the student’s grade level. The materials in the program have been honed and developed over many years in a nation-wide systemand the results are remarkable! In addition to learning more about music and history, students participating in the program are calmer and more alert throughout the school day, and the advantages of the music extend into other academic subjects. Students receive the benefits of the program, and teachers receive ready-made kits with music CDs and daily scripts, to ensure the program does not detract from their regular classroom planning.

The listening program has been piloted since September in four schools in Santa Cruz and Watsonville, and has been very well received by teachers and

students alike. The Symphony plans to double the number of schools participating in the listening program each year, with a goal of eventually providing the program to every district in the county. The listening program meets the Symphony’s education goals in its mission and complements its in-school visits by musicians and free concerts for 4th and 5th graders. Santa Cruz County Office of Education has reviewed the program and is very enthusiastic about its implementation.

Quotes from Participating Teachers: “The music listening program has provided me with an opportunity to not only teach about different composers to my students, but has given me a jumping off point to further their education by integrating ideas/discussion of musical theory and history through the song of the week.” — Evelyn Veal, 6th grade at Alianza “What I like most about the program is watching the individual responses to the music, whether it be in body movements or closing of the eyes-I love seeing their connection to what they are hearing.” — Wendy Molin, 3rd grade teacher at DeLaveaga Comments from 3rd grade students in Wendy Molin’s class: “The music seems real.” • “I love to sit and listen.” • “It takes me to different places and gives me time to relax.” • “It’s peaceful and quiet” • “I love the feeling of the music” • “It tells a story” • “It’s fun to imagine” • “It’s calming” •

“I like learning about the different composers” • “It’s awesome” “It was exciting to observe this innovative program in some of our county classrooms!

The potential for expansion is great and the County Office of Education is thrilled to be able to support providing more access to music instruction for students in Santa Cruz County.” - Mary Ann James, Assistant Superintendent of Education Services, Santa Cruz County Office of Education n

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Grind Out Hunger and Santa Cruz CORE Launch 5k River Run & Expo W hat do Grind Out Hunger and Santa Cruz CORE Fitness + Rehab have in common? They are partnering to organize a fundraiser on June 22, the first ever Santa Cruz CORE 5k River Run. If you missed the sign-up for Wharfto-Wharf you can still run this beautiful San Lorenzo River levy pathway and help out Grind Out Hunger at the same time. This public-private partnership will include the

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1st Annual Family Health Expo and they are seeking sponsors and volunteers for both the River Run and the Expo.

Last year Santa Cruz CORE was recently honored with a Helping Hands Award given out by Second Harvest for the raffle they sponsored to fight hunger raising enough funds to provide 10,000 meals. With the Expo, sponsorships, raffle and River Run, Santa Cruz CORE has set a goal to generate $10,000 for Grind Out Hunger. “We have already begun to sign up sponsors for our annual event to give back to the community for another year of business.

Sponsorships and booth space at the Expo are limited so we encourage folks to get on board with this great community event ASAP, while space is still available,� said Jaimi Ellison owner of Santa Cruz CORE. Danny Keith of Grind Out Hunger and Ellison are hoping to help reinvigorate the downtown area & recapture the levy for a positive purpose, involving families in a day promoting healthy lifestyles and fun activities. Grind Out Hunger whose mission is to engage the youth and fight hunger is bringing a skateboard ramp and Potrero

Center for End-of-Life Care in Watsonville with a ribbon cutting. Shown (left to right) Supervisor Zach Friend, Watsonville

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River Runners will receive a t-shirt, a reusable shopping bag with the race logo filled with donations from some of our sponsors. SC CORE hopes to have over 250 runners in this first ever 5K River Run for the whole family. Runners can sign up

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Sign up for the race at: http://www.active. com/5k-race/santa-cruz-ca/santa-cruzcore-river-run-2013 . n To find out how you can get more involved call Santa Cruz CORE at 831-425-9500 or email jaimi@santacruzcore.com.

2013 Fair Theme Selected: Cowboy Boots and Country Roots

Watsonville — The 2013 Santa Cruz County Fair theme is, drum roll please, “Cowboy Boots and Country Roots.” The theme was submitted by Sierra Hermosillo of Salinas, a 16-yearold fan of the Fair. In addition to showing animals in the past, she also enjoys entering her crafts.

Cowboy Boots and Country Roots may be the theme but the philosophy guiding the planning of the 2013 fair is “Make it new and interesting.” That philosophy was even extended to the way in which this year ’s theme was selected.

Traditionally the Fair board of “Words” from page 7

We drop so far down I scream. I am sweating. The ending turn comes and we go super fast, like a rocket. Through the silence, a bell rings. I get out. My mom says, “Come on let’s go on another ride.”

“No,” I responded, “I have a better idea.”

Ring… here we gooooo!!!!

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By Hannah Mendoza-Mendoza • 5th Grade ave you ever wondered if there is a town that is so peaceful and exists in real life? Well I think you know (the answer is on the top of this page).

I have lived in Aptos for about 11 years.

I love it here. When I need peace and quiet from my noisy house, I like to go outside because it so quiet here. Even if I move to

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directors chose the theme from amongst those submitted by members of the community.

The list of more than fifty suggestions still came from the community but the board asked the Fair department heads to meet and select this year ’s rallying point. “After all they’re the ones who work most closely with another place, I always think of all of my memories here.

Wherever I end up in life, I will always go back to my childhood.

A p t o s may seem small, but to me it is big.

I cannot believe that there are people that have no clue about Aptos. Even though there aren’t famous people, a red carpet or a big huge theme park, Aptos is still very special. All of my family is here and this is my home.

Aptos may not have zoos, malls or a theme park, but it does have people that

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Young Miss Hermosillo will receive tickets to the 2013 Fair for herself and her family plus all the fame associated with her theme’s selection. n ••• 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 2013 Fair will be held September 10 – 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

care about this small place. Aptos to me is like a friend I have never had. But most of all it has me (so that means Aptos is the number one town).

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Tales Of Blue

By Camryn Gurnee • 5th Grade Blue, Blue, Blue The sad times, the good times.

The funerals, the walks on the beach The blue, blue tears of the people whom cry The salty spray of the waves that go by.

Blue is, the sweet that melts in your mouth The sour that make’s you pucker your lips The blue rain, the blue, blue sky Blue is magical Blue is Beautiful

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scwd2 Monthly Project Update for April Special Joint Study Session on the Draft EIR scheduled for May 7 he City of Santa Cruz (City) and Soquel Creek Water District (District) will hold a special joint study session Tuesday, May 7 at 7 p.m. at the City Council Chambers to receive information on the scwd2 Regional Seawater Desalination Project Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) that is expected to be released in mid-May. This primer will be comprised of presentations on: ‘Water Shortage Challenges facing the City and District’ — An update that addresses shortages during drought conditions, reduction to existing surface water withdrawals to protect fish and other threatened/endangered species, and protection of the groundwater basin from seawater intrusion.

‘The EIR and How to Participate’ — A general overview of how the document is laid out, the review period, and how the community can participate (environmental findings will not be discussed at this meeting).

‘What about the Vote?’ — An overview of how the EIR process, certification, and formation of a project are prerequisites to a formal vote on the construction of the desalination plant for City of Santa Cruz residents.

This meeting is open to the public.

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City of SC and Soquel Creek Water May Call for Summertime Curtailment oquel Creek Water District, as a result of below-normal rainfall conditions for the past two years, is expected to issue a Stage 2 Water Shortage Warning for their customers at the April 16th Board of Directors meeting. Under its water shortage contingency plan, the District will aim to

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achieve a 15% demand reduction during the summer season by asking customers to reduce water use, promoting water conservation, and enforcing its water waste ordinance. If initiated, curtailment would be May 1-October 31, 2013.

“With our only water supply coming from rainfall that is stored in underground aquifers,” said Taj Dufour, Soquel Creek

Water District Interim General Manager, “it is important for our customers to reduce their use and to recognize that below normal rainfall means less recharge and increases our vulnerability to seawater intrusion.”

The City of Santa Cruz issued its third Water Supply Outlook for this season on March 25, requesting that the Water Commission recommend City Council adopt a resolution on April 23 declaring a Stage 1 Water Shortage alert for 2013, pending an improvement in local water conditions. If initiated, curtailment would be May 1-October 31, 2013. Stage 1 includes both voluntary and mandatory measures aimed at achieving a 5 percent reduction goal for the season. The water year is currently classified as “dry”, but this is assumed to be upgraded to “normal” in the coming weeks as cumulative runoff in the San Lorenzo River increases.

Stop by the scwd2 Information Booth at ‘Earth Day Santa Cruz’ on April 20 scwd2 will be hosting an information booth at the upcoming ‘Earth Day Santa Cruz’ event on Saturday, April 20 from 11AM to 4PM. This is an exciting community event that will be held at San Lorenzo Park, just behind the County Government Building. We will be providing information on the proposed scwd2 Desalination Project and will be available to answer questions. Please look for us next to the Santa Cruz County’s Water Conservation Coalition booth. n

Rhododendron Sale and Garden Tours

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n Saturday the Fourth of May, shortly after 7:15 choice rhododendrons from Bay Laurel Nursery will be unloaded as the Monterey Bay Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society starts its Plant Sale at the Aptos Farmers Market at Cabrillo College, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos. Bay Laurel Nursery website: www.baylaurelnursery.net Rhododendron Garden Tours n Sunday, April 21, at 1 PM, and Sunday, May 5, at 1 PM, the Monterey Bay Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society will feature a tour of the Monte Toyon Garden of Maury and Fran Sumner, which is located at the Monte Toyon Camp and Conference Center, 220 Cloister Lane, Aptos. From the parking lot, please walk uphill to the Observation Platform of Rhododendron Garden.

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View of Monte Toyon from the observation area.

The tour will be led by Mike McCullough, who knew the Sumners from 1975 until they left this life.

The Sumners lived in San Francisco, but in order to test and display their hybrids such as the Maddenii Series rhododendrons My Lady, My Guy, Mi Amor, Saffron Prince, Martha Wright and Owen Pierce; and to grow other rhododendrons, in the 1950s they established the three-acre Monte Toyon Rhododendron Garden in Aptos.

During the tour it is likely that we will be able

to see the Sumner hybrids My Guy, Mi Amor, and the unnamed R. burmanicum x R. dalhousiae should be in bloom, as well as rhododendrons such as such as Rhododendron dalhousiae, Roy Hudson, Cecile and Lem’s Cameo.

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Time To Prepare for Fire Season Felton — San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit Chief, Scott Jalbert, reminds local residents to prepare for fire season early.

At the San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit (CZU) Headquarters in Felton, and all across the region rainfall is well below normal.

The National Interagency Fire Center, Predictive Services shows rainfall levels at less than a quarter of normal this year and drought development likely across the region. We should expect an earlier start to fire season in many areas. In the month of March, CAL FIRE CZU has responded to seven vegetation fires where five were related to burn piles.

Open burn season in the State Responsibility Area ends April 30. If you live in Santa Cruz County where residential pile burning is allowed, make sure you comply with the CAL FIRE pile burning guidelines that you can review at www. santacruzcountyfire.com and only burn on

a permissive burn day as determined by the air quality district.

Please go to the Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District’s website at http://www.mbuapcd.org for more information on burn authorizations by the air district.

For State Responsibility Areas in San Mateo and Santa Cruz Counties any hazard reduction burn must be conducted in accordance with a permit issued by CAL FIRE. More information on the air district regulations can be found at http://www.baaqmd.gov.

Create defensible space around your home by removing dead plants, grass and weeds from your yard, roof and rain gutters. Trim trees and keep branches at least 10 feet from your chimney. Remove flammable items from around and under decks.

See many more tips and illustrations for how to make your home defensible at

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www.readyforwildfire.org/defensible_ space. You can also visit the FIRE SAFE San Mateo website at http://firesafesanmateo.

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Caltrans Breaks Ground on New U.S. 101 and San Juan Rd. Interchange

MONTEREY COUNTY — Caltrans and the Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC) have begun construction on a project that will improve safety and reduce congestion on U.S. Highway 101 between Dunbarton Road in Monterey County and Cole Road in San Benito County.

“One of the biggest benefits of this project,” said Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty, “is that by eliminating the intersections, we’re making this section of 101 safer while at the same time upgrading it from an expressway to a freeway.”

The $69 million project will remove three major at-grade intersections (San Juan Road, Dunbarton Road, and Cole Road) and replace them with a new

interchange near the Red Barn at San Juan Road and U.S.101. The project is supported by $10 million from the Recovery Act and $28 million from Proposition 1B, a 2006 voter-approved bond. In total, nearly $15 billion in Proposition 1B funds have been distributed statewide.

“This corridor is the gateway into Monterey County, so the new interchange will be a huge improvement for our residents,” said TAMC Chair Jerry Edelen.

More than 60,000 vehicles daily travel through the U.S. 101/San Juan Road area.

Granite Construction Company and MCM Construction, a joint venture, are contractors on the project, which is expected to be completed in the winter of 2014. n

Dear Editor, think it is creating a passion for written expression. It is developing a sense that there is more to writing than it being an assignment, and for many it is inspiring them to create meaningful compositions.

Honestly, it is just beginning in my class, and I look forward to the development.

Daniel Jacobsmeyer, 6th grade teacher ••• Dear Editor, he Wonder of Words) is a wonderful program that teaches students about viewing themselves as authors with a larger audience. As a teacher I am able to assign this an extra credit assignment and not part of the regular curriculum due to time constraints. One student, Miabella Harris, was published and it clearly had a positive effect on her confidence and as viewing herself as a writer. Another student submitted work twice and has not been published. One

idea is to provide a brief guideline what students need to know. Any simple assignment type sheet would provide guidance to help focus their topic and guide through revision as to what Aptos Times is specifically looking for. For students who have submitted more than once piece with no publishing, a little feedback would be nice so they could continue to progress as writers and eventually get published, Overall it’s a fantastic program that truly helps build a community of writers.

David Manier 4th grade teacher at Mar Vista ••• Dear Editor, ant you to know how much I appreciate your student writing section (Wonder of Words). I love reading what the talented Mar Vista students have written.

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Garden Detective

Clues to determine and deter unwanted animals in your yard and garden

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olmes and Watson, Riggs and Murtaugh, Starsky and Hutch — when it comes to sleuthing out just what critter is munching on your spring garden, you may feel like your partnership with Mother Nature is as contentious as any that ever graced the big, or small screen.

After all, how are you supposed to fight the “crime” of a decimated garden if you can’t identify the suspect who’s been devouring your daylilies?

And while Mother Nature may

happily grace your garden with rain, warmth and sunshine, she may not always be on the same team when it comes to keeping critters out of your gardens and landscapes. Foraging pests can destroy your yard, literally overnight.

It is possible to thwart garden thieves, but first you have to know what animals have been dining on your plants and shrubs. Once you’ve identified the culprits, you can settle on effective animal repellents that will persuade pests to leave your

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garden alone. Here are some facts to get your detective work under way: Devouring deer - Ragged bites, typically a foot or more above the ground indicate deer damage. Deer are notorious for devouring gardens and landscapes.

You’ll see them, and their offspring, every year, making dinner of your daisies, daylilies and other ornamental plants.

Ravenous rabbits ­- If plant damage is low to the ground — a few inches above the soil — and includes stems clipped cleanly at an angle, you’re probably dealing with rabbits. These four-legged foragers will eat just about any kind of vegetation, including your fabulous flowers, bushes and other woody plants. If you don’t want bunnies nesting and raising families near your garden, remove brush and other debris that could provide them with shelter.

Salacious squirrels - While you might think of them as mostly the enemy of anyone with a bird feeder, squirrels can also cause damage to gardens. They live in colonies, digging underground tunnels and mounds in grassy areas and around trees that can lay waste to gardens and landscapes.

Once you’ve identified the culprits assaulting your garden, you’ll need the right tools to take care of them. Most traditional pest-control measures - row covers, netting, noise deterrents, predator urine or even human hair strewn around the yard simply don’t work. Fences can do the job, but they’re expensive and you may live in a community that restricts the type and height of fences you can erect.

Some small animal repellents, however, do work. Bobbex-R is all-natural, environmentally friendly and proven effective at protecting ornamental plantings from small, four-legged garden critters. In

testing by the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, the product - which works through smell and taste aversion - received a 100 percent efficacy rating at repelling rabbits. Usable in any weather, it won’t burn plants or wash off.

Use it as a bulb dip to deter underground damage, or spray it at the mouth of burrows to prevent animals from reentering. Safe for humans, pets, birds and aquatic life, Bobbex-R contains no petro chemicals.

To thwart deer damage, try Bobbex Deer, an all-natural repellent made from a combination of ingredients, including putrescent eggs, garlic, fish, clove oil and vinegar. By mimicking predator scents, this fear repellent also tastes unpleasant to deer. The product is more effective than nine other commercial repellents (including coyote urine), according to independent testing by the Connecticut AG Station. Testers gave it a 93 percent protection index, second only to a fence at 100 percent. n ••• For more information on keeping wildlife away from your yard and garden, please visit www.bobbex.com.

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Pianist Ang Li performs in Master Class Concert

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t the age of one, Ang Li was playing music by ear on her mother’s keyboard. Her mother recognized her talent and brought her at age four to Ping Guo Zhao, one of the most famous piano teachers in all of China. Ang and her mother weekly traveled 1-1/2 hours each way, on bicycles and buses, to attend piano lessons with Zhao. It was a mutual decision of both Ang and her mother, she says.

Then at age 10, Ang decided her career path.

She wanted to be a pianist, dedicating herself to 1-3 hours of practice

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These days she has a LOT of audiences to connect with.

Ang Li, at age 28, is now considered one of the top 30 pianists in the world.

This is Ang Li’s first visit to the Santa Cruz area. Following her master class for children earlier in the day, so is crafting her evening performance with the bell-like music of a higher register, and themes to connect with the children.

“The Schumann ‘Scenes From Childhood’ and ‘The Music Box’ by Liadov

are tailored to the younger audience. The Schumann is a set of 13 short pieces, sort of Schumann’s adult recollection of his childhood.”

Her program starts with the Mozart Sonata in C major. “This is a piece I have very fond memories from when I first learned it at age 9 while still living in Beijing. I remember thinking that the piece was sparkly, colorful and full of joy.”

“I‘ve recorded 4 Debussy Preludes on my solo album, two of which I will be per-

forming this time: The Sunken Cathedral and Fireworks. The other two are Dancers of Delphi and Mist. These are impressionistic works that evoke images in the listener minds.”

“Granados is a Spanish composer from the romantic era. Allegro de Concierto is a virtuosic, fun piece, almost flashy.” Her program ends with the famous classic,” “Heroic” Polonaise by Chopin. n Tickets: www.distinguishedartists.org and 831-539-0000

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he saying goes: success is when preparation meets opportunity. As technology continues to affect our lives, workers in today’s ever-changing labor market need to be prepared with skills to adapt and succeed in the workplace.

Job opportunities in technology are growing up to three times faster than other career fields in the U.S.- Long gone are the days of a linear education and career trajectory as technology continues to reshape the world’s workplace landscapes. Nowadays, the career paths of most individuals resemble a scaffold rather than a conservative straight line.

Changes in the education and workplace landscape not only impact job seekers, but educators and employers as well. It’s estimated that by 2025, we could have 20 million jobs without enough qualified people to fill them, according to a report by Georgetown University.

Daniel Burrus, a globally renowned corporate strategist and author of six books including The New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-seller “Flash Foresight,” recently released his inaugural Certainties list, based on a scientific method aimed at providing various employment sectors with a clearer outlook of their respective futures. - As a strategist, he advises a wide range of Fortune 500 firms to develop projections by analyzing trends.

Burrus’ list of Certainties, which highlights 12 technologies that will continue to transform present and future careers, uses his proprietary scientific method of separating “Hard Trends” - trends that will happen - from “Soft Trends” - trends that might happen.

Over the past five years, Burrus has collected Certainties from thousands of senior executives from every industry around the world, providing a clear picture of the direction different sectors are heading.

“The goal is to give people a road map regarding how technology will transform their careers and how to ensure they’re not caught in disappearing careers, but rather preparing and positioning themselves for the predictable changes in their current fields as well as emerging careers with real, long-term demand,” says Burrus.

According to Burrus’ Certainties list, some of the technologies that will transform our world and careers include: 3-D Web and 3-D printing mployment for graphic artists, designers and programmers will grow as the Web-surfing experience transforms from a one-dimensional “flat” page to a dynamic 3-D experience for the user.

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28. Small ornamental case 30. *”Hey, I just met you... but here’s my ______” 35. Like beef with little fat 37. Aphrodite’s son 39. Artillery burst 40. Doing nothing 41. Puzzle combining pictures and letters 43. Hula feast 44. Opinions from Barbara, Elisabeth and Joy 46. *”____ no mountain high enough” 47. Danson and Seth MacFarlane’s stuffed animal 48. Like a smell or taste of soil 50. *Now you’re just somebody that I ____ to know” 52. *”I ___ the bad moon rising” 53. 500 sheets

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42. Dictation taker 45. Corpse’s garb 49. Asian capital 51. *”I didn’t shoot no ______” 54. *”I’m sitting here, doing nothing but _____” 56. *”You and me and the devil makes _____” 57. Door fastener 58. “White Wedding” singer 59. Fodder holder 60. Start of something big?

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By Robert Francis

Non-fiction for kids …

Why Is Milk White?

& 200 Other Curious Chemistry Questions

By Alexa Coelho and Simon Quellen Field Chicago Review Press. $14.95 (Ages: 9 and up) his clever book is the product of a collaboration between an eleven-year-old Los Gatos girl and her n e i g h b o r.

Alexa came up with the chemistry questions and Simon agreed to answer them.

The book they created together not only provides straightforward, easy-to-understand answers to questions such as “How does hair gel work?” and “How do we get electricity?” but it also includes some unique experiments to try at home.

The questions are arranged in chapters with headings like “People and Animals”, “Plants”, “Household Chemistry”, “Health and Safety”, “Things That Catch Fire or Go Bang”, “Thinks That Stink”, “Food”, and “Color”.

Two additional sections, “Chemistry in the World” and “Chemists,” delve into more of the nitty-gritty world of the scientific discipline of chemistry. It is here that questions like “What does math have to do with chemistry?” “Why do chemicals foam up?” and “What are chemical bonds?” are addressed.

This is an excellent book that teachers and parents who are home schooling their children will want to check into. This is an excellent and entertaining way to generate interest in chemistry and embark upon a detailed study of the subject.

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Pretty Costumes

Beautiful Costumes to Color

Illustrated by Hannah Davies and Nellie Ryan Little Simon. $7.99 (Ages: 4-7) ere’s an interesting variation of the traditional coloring book. Constructed on sturdy paper, each illustration is partially colored but it is up to the child to finish the job using colored

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pencils or markers. The theme of the book is cultural styles of dress and all the young girls pictured here are wearing clothing you’d expect them to wear in their native lands.

In addition to these costumes you’ll find patterned aboriginal art from Australia, dragon pattern fabric from China, patterned Grecian urns, a henna pattern from India, a Celtic knot pattern, and patterned glass beads from Italy that all need to be colored.

Given the detail of the art, you’ll want to use coloring instruments with fine points and manual dexterity is a must because of some of the intricate patterns.

The scope and eclectic variety of the selections makes this not only a coloring book that will keep the child busy for hours but it also provides a tour of the world.

The pages can also be carefully removed from the book for display or even be framed if one so desires. Although aimed at a younger audience, older budding artists and even adults will find this a relaxing and pleasurable way to wile away a few hours.

The Art of Stone Skipping and Other Fun Old-Time Games

By J.J. Ferrer Imagine! Publishing/Charlesbridge. $9.99 (Ages: 10 and up) n an age when so many children turn to electronic gadgets to amuse themselves, this book provides a breath of fresh air.

You’ll find a varied collection of games children have played for decades, if not centuries, in this book.

Each entry contains an explanation of how the game is to be played, its purpose, the number of players needed, the necessary equipment, and “tips” or “variations” on how to make the game easier to play or more challenging.

The author divides the games into seven sections. There are games played with a ball, car games, card games, games one can play alone, brain games and games that require either a partner or a group.

While some of these games like “Duck, Duck, Goose”, “Twenty Questions” or “Red Light, Green Light” may

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be familiar to adults, unfortunately many youngsters today have never heard of them.

If you believe it is time to set aside the handheld gizmos and resort to some type of activity that engages more than just the child’s thumbs or fingers, then this is a book you’ll want to purchase.

Not only will you discover scores of games that will build skills like handeye coordination, problem solving and encourage being a good team player but they will also be lots of fun and won’t require a major expenditure of money.

Turn off the computer, shut down the Play Station and Xbox and open this book for new ways of engaging your child. You won’t be disappointed!

New York City History for Kids From New Amsterdam to the Big Apple with 21 Activities

By Richard Panchyk Chicago Review Press. $16.95 (Ages 9 and up) ew York City has a rich, illustrious and long history, which is chronicled in one way, or another in this guide designed for young readers.

From a small, 17th century fur trading post on the southern tip of Manhattan Island, through the days of the Dutch colonists and the tumultuous times of the American Revolution to the appearance of an iconic skyline, blackouts in the 1970s and the tragedy of 9-11, 400 years of history unfold on the pages of this volume.

Well illustrated with concise, short chapters that discuss some aspect of the city’s past, the narrative is enhanced by interactive elements that engage the young reader. The suggested projects range from painting a Dutch fireplace tile and making a replica of Fort Amsterdam to playing a game of stickball, staging a Broadway show or making a batch of genuine New York Bagels.

Not only is this an ideal book for someone who lives in the city or on the East Coast where a visit to New York is possible, but it is also a good way to expose the young reader to some of the important events that affected the entire country and not just one city. For example, there’s information here on colonial history, immi-

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gration, the Industrial Revolution and early American politics.

Use the extensive time line at the front of the book to create additional study projects where the young person can research other important events, people and iconic structures (Empire State Building, Brooklyn Bridge, Old Penn Station, etc.).

It’s Our Garden

From Seeds to Harvest in a School Garden

By George Ancona Candlewick Press. $16.99 (Ages: 5-8) ollow a group of students in Santa Fe, New Mexico, as they select and plant seeds, care for t h e i r classroom garden, a n d enjoy the bounty of the harvest.

A combination of celebrating the joy seeing adults and children collaborating on such an outdoor project and explaining how to make such a class garden a reality, this book is illustrated with photos taken of the students and their garden.

Along the way, you’ll discover how to compost, create special art activities related to the garden, and how to prepare some of the veggies that come from the garden into delicious dishes.

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A Reminder to Leave Young Wildlife Alone D uring this season of rebirth and renewal, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) reminds people to leave young wildlife alone if they see them in the outdoors. The improper handling of young wildlife is a problem in California and across the nation, especially in spring.

“Many people don’t realize that it is illegal to keep California native wildlife as pets,” said Nicole Carion, CDFW’s statewide coordinator for

wildlife rehabilitation. “Never assume when see young wildlife alone that they need assistance. Possibly, their mother is simply out foraging for food. If you care, leave them there.”

Healthy fawns may lay or stand quietly by themselves in one location for hours while their mother is away feeding. Once a fawn is removed from its mother, it can lose the ability to survive in the wild.

The same danger applies to most animals, including bears, coyotes, raccoons and most birds.

On average, the state’s rehabilitation facilities receive an average of around 400-500 fawns per year from well-meaning members of the public. Many of these fawns were healthy and should not have been disturbed. People can call a rehabilitator, who will determine whether there is a need for a rescue. Rehabilitators are trained to provide care for

wild animals so they retain their natural fear of humans and do not become habituated or imprinted.

Nan Powers from Sierra Wildlife Rescue in Placerville gets hundreds of calls a year from concerned foothills residents.

“When people call us about a young wild animal they think is injured or abandoned, we first ask them the circumstances,” she said.

“We may ask them to watch the animal from a distance for a short time and keep children and pets away. If it is clear that the mother is dead, has abandoned the baby, or it is ill or injured, we will either come get the animal ourselves or, if the rescuer is willing, provide information on the safe way to transport it to a rehabber.”

Wild animals carry ticks, fleas and lice, and they can transmit diseases to humans,

including rabies and tularemia, so it is best to leave the responsibility for intervention to CDFW personnel or permitted wildlife rehabilitators.

In addition, it is illegal to keep orphaned or injured animals for more than 48 hours in California.

“It’s always best to leave young wildlife alone, unless it is confirmed that they are orphaned or injured, and never keep them as pets. Wildlife look so cute and cuddly when they are young, but when they grow up, they are difficult to handle and even dangerous,” Powers warned. n ••• For more information on wildlife rehabilitation, visit www.dfg.ca.gov/wildlife/rehab/ facilities.html.

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every Monday, ranging from meat dishes, to gluten-free, to vegan.

Try a sample, get a recipe card, and learn tips for meal prep and Suicide Prevention Service leftovers.

Featured recipes are posted on uicide Prevention Service of the Central Coast is looking for the New Leaf Community blog at www.newleafcommunity.com. volunteers! Join a community of volunteers dedicated to providing support for people experiencing First Mondays loss, suffering, and isolation.

Great Decisions Lecture Series Training begins April 16th.

7:00pm-8:30pm, Episcopal For more information, call (831) Church of St. John the Baptist, 459-9373.

125 Canterbury Dr. Aptos ecture series on “Great Decisions”, put out by The Foreign Youth N.O.W. are about the academic success Policy Association. Lectures led

by Dr. Laina Farhat-Holzman, of underrepresented youth? sponsored by Santa Cruz If so, join us by volunteering Branch, American Association of to provide one-on-one tutoring University Women (AAUW). or homework help for youth For more information, call Lois in Watsonville. No experience Holcomb (831) 688-0541. necessary. Bring your compassion, enthusiasm, time, dedication, Tuesdays knowledge, and familiarity of a Women Care Drop in Cancer subject to a student who wants Support your help. rop in Support Group is a We operate M-Th. from 3:00pmgathering for women with all 5:00pm. For more information, types of cancer. We offer support e-mail amurphy@youthnowcenter for women through all stages from or visit our website at www. diagnoses through treatment. youthnowcenter.com.

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Please register online at edconference.kintera.org/ 2013santacruz.

Ongoing Events Mondays

PROFILE of Santa Cruz

9:00am-12:30pm, 2045 40th Ave. Clares St. Capitola eed help finding a job? Join PROFILE of Santa Cruz. Its free and it works. Last year 126 of its members were placed in jobs, and we can help you too. Ongoing workshops will cover resume writing, communication, and interview skills.

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4:00pm-6:00pm, New Leaf Community Markets, 1210 41st Ave. Capitola (Also down town and at West side stores) ired of preparing the same meals? Get fresh ideas for easy-to-prepare, affordable, and nutritious main entrees from a member of the New Leaf Community Markets culinary team. A different recipe featured

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Drop in Grief Support

6:00pm at Aegis, 125 Heather Terrace, Aptos oin other adults who are grieving the death of a friend or family member. Learn helpful tools for coping: Share stories and receive support from people who care.

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Orientations to Become Advocates for Children

North County, 5:30-7p.m., first Tuesday of month (for location details contact Danielle at 7612956 X102) South County, 5:30-7 p.m., third Wednesday of the month at the CASA Office, 813 Freedom Blvd. Watsonville ASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of Santa Cruz County needs your help. Volunteer 3-5 hours per week to provide support, guidance, and a powerful voice in court for children who have been removed from their homes because of abuse or neglect. Everyone welcome, men and bilingual folks especially encouraged.

To RSVP call 761-2956 Ext. 102, or email Danielle@casaofsantacruz.org

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Second Tuesdays each month

Free Job Seek Workshop!

6:00pm-7:00pm, Gateway Bible Church, 5000 Granite Creek Rd. Scotts Valley For more information, visit http://hirewire.org

Veterans of Foreign Wars

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Dated Events Saturday April 13

Free Intro to Svaroopa®

Second and Fourth Thursdays Yoga Class

Cabrillo Host Lions Club

9:00am-10:30am, Aptos Yoga, 783 Rio Del Mar. Blvd. Ste 23b, 7:00pm at the Cabrillo ComAptos munity Center, Aptos Village xperience how Svaroopa® Yoga Park, 100 Aptos Creek Rd. ublic is invited to all programs. works in your body. Supported Contact President Jess Allen by blankets, you’ll relax into 831-684-2721 or Past President poses that release deep tensions Barbara Chamberlain at 831in your spine. This unique form of 688-3356 for meeting/dinner reservations or information or visit yoga quiets your mind, increases flexibility, and eases pain. www.cabrillohostlions.org.

Preregistration is required. Call (831) 688-1019 or email info@ Third Thursday each month aptosyoga.org to reserve your Pacific Speakers Association place.

7:00pm, Firehouse on Soquel Dr. Aptos peakers helping speakers get gigs.

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7:00pm-9:00pm, 900 High St. First Congregational Church of Santa Cruz To learn more, call (831) 4274016 or visit www.pflagscc.org

Wednesdays

Toastmasters: Speak for Success

12:00pm-1:00pm, St. Philip’s First Tuesdays each month Episcopal Church, 5271 Scotts Tail Wagging World of Dog Valley Drive, Scotts Valley.

Ownership iving a business presen6:30pm at the Santa Cruz SPCA, tation? Interviewing for 2685 Chanticleer Ave., Santa a job? Improve your speaking Cruz (cross street is Soquel Ave.). skills in a friendly, supportive environment with Redwood Ocean Gate Zen Center Ramblers Toastmasters. Open to all levels.

Zazen Instructions Drop-ins welcome. For more 6:30pm. 920 41st Ave. Suite information, call 831-335-3693.

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Child Welfare Review 6:45 am; Fri. 9:00 am (followed 6:00pm- 9:00pm 1400 Emeline by service) and Sat. 8:30 am with Avenue room 206, Santa Cruz.

“Come As You Are Zen” at 9:00 am he orientation is designed to review Visit oceangatezen.org for more the child welfare system and to give info. you a chance to have your question answered by child welfare staff.

To register to one of the meetings and for directions, please call 454-4024.

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Capitola-Aptos Rotary Club Meeting

12-1:30 p.m. at Seascape Golf Course.

Contact Doug at 831- 724-9192

Surgical Center, 2900 Chanticleer Ave, Soquel Dr. Santa Cruz. ired of Clutter? Stuff piling up? Support is available. CLA Santa Cruz Health and Wellness Expo meeting every Friday.

9:00am-5:00pm, Elks Lodge, 150 For more info call 426-1868 Jewell St. Santa Cruz FREE lease join us for a complete group of health and wellness Saturdays Aptos Certified Farmers Market professionals.

If you are interested in exhibiting, 8:00 -12:00pm at Cabrillo College, go to our website: www.atthevineAptos. he Aptos Market, with over 80 yardevents.com or call Karen at vendors, is open year round, (408) 393-4038. with the best selections of fresh fruits and vegetables, plants, seedlings, flowers, local honey, Saturday April 13 fresh eggs, fresh fish, artisan Sunday April 14 baked goods and gourmet foods.

4th Annual Santa Cruz In addition, family activities, music, cooking demos by Mountain Bike Festival professional chefs, gardening Aptos Village Park, Aptos workshops, seasonal fairs and two day festival presented events are a part of the market.

by FOX and Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz that celebrates the Scotts Valley Farmer’s Market world class mountain bike facilities, 9a.m.-1p.m. SV Community Center, riders, and cycling industry of 360 Kings Village Drive Santa Cruz County. The festival www.santacruzfarmersmarket.org includes competitive events, a kids’ rodeo and fun lap, skills clinics, and Sundays an industry exposition area, food court, beer garden, live music and Over-Eaters Anonymous more for bike enthusiasts.

9:00am-10:15am, Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center, 2900 Chanticleer Ave. Sc. A is a 12-step support group for Monday April 15 those who wish to stop eating Just B Paws, Santa Cruz compulsively. All are welcome.

Animal Shelter Fundraiser Free childcare with advance 3:00pm-6:00pm, Café Rio, 131 reservation by 5pm, Fridays. Call Esplanade, Aptos (831) 429-7906. afé Rio has teamed up with the Santa Cruz Animal Shelter to Church Bible Study/Worship help support the shelter. Proceeds 9:45am: Bible Study; 11:00: from the mixer will be donated to Worship, First Baptist Church help the shelter.

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all proficiency levels to come to the 30th Annual Bowl for the Kids Sake event. Every year, over 800 5:00pm, Watsonville City bowlers come together in the spirit Council Chambers 275 Main St. of raising funds for mentoring Watsonville relationships for our local youth he young leaders will once in need. again take their seats in council Learn more by visiting www. members to once again present santacruzmentor.org or by calling the youth perspective on three (831) 464-8691. important issues: education, public safety, and city planning.

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Environmental Report from Sacramento

9:30am, Santa Cruz Police Community Room, 155 Center St. (Center and Laurel) ponsored by the Democratic 7:00pm, Live Oak Grange, 1900 Women’s Club of Santa Cruz 17th Ave. Santa Cruz County. Secretary John Laird will ear a first hand account of special guest speaker Joseph talk about environmental successes Banister, the first whistle blower and challenges faced by the State who stood up to IRS corruption. of California.

Free (donations appreciated). Call This program is free and open to the public. It will be recorded by (831) 708-8626 for more info.

Community Television of Santa Cruz County. Please RSVP to Pat The End of Paganism Shand, (831) 688-2931.

Freedom Forum Presents: Tax Protestor Beats IRS

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1:30pm, MPC Lecture Forum, 103, 980 Fremont St. Monterey entrain instructor Tom Logan spent ten weeks this past winter on an expedition with Eugene Cruz-Uribe to Phylae, Egypt. This lecture will look at the last pagan worship in Egypt and discuss the function of an Egyptian Temple and the worship in it.

Learn more by calling (831) 646-4224 or by visiting www.gentrain.org.

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Thursday April 18

Tack and Saddle Auction

Doors open at 5:30pm, Auction starts at 7:00pm, Freedom VFW, 1960 Freedom Blvd. large inventory of saddles and horse equipment will be sold at public auction. Over 50 new custom made saddles, over 200 lots of custom bridles and horse tack, jeweled bridals and collars, hand tooled saddle bags, and more. Accepting cash, all cards, and debit cards.

Auction is inside and heated. Lots of tack to be given away as door prizes. Learn more by calling (951) 703-3606.

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All day, Santa Cruz Mountain Brewery, 402 Ingalls St. #27, Santa Cruz ome out and life a beer to support the Shelter Pet of Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter.

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Big Brothers and Sisters of Santa Cruz County 30th Annual Bowl for Kids’ Sake Event 9:15 am, Santa Cruz Boardwalk Bowl ig Brothers Big Sisters is seeking bowlers of all ages and

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Aptos Sons in Retirement Luncheon Meeting

11:30 am, Severino’s Restaurant, 7500 Old Dominion Ct. Aptos. peaker will be Duncan MacVicar on “The Invisible Wounds of War”. A Vietnam veteran who himself experienced post-traumatic stess will describe the problems of combat veterans who return home suffering from PTSD.Retired and bored? Come join us “Just for the Fun of it.”

Call Jack at 688-0977.

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Charting Your Course Through Cancer and Beyond A Women’s Healing Intensive & Retreat

5800 Prescott Road, Soquel, CA Friday, 4 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. oin Dr. Loah Grace and guest teachers for a healing intensive and women’s spring retreat.

Designed specifically for women challenged by cancer, from first diagnosis to post-treatment, this all- inclusive weekend is devoted to opening the heart and body to deeper levels of healing. Learn to discharge fear from the mind and heart. 12 seats available. www.loahgrace.com Events page for more information or call 831/531-8122 n

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Contact Lee McLaughlin, Booking at 408-993-BAND (2263) Artist Applications available for Agent, for information about booking 2013 Open Studios Art Tour the band for Non-profit events he Cultural Council of Santa (donations are tax deductible).

Cruz County is accepting artist www.PeninsulaBanjoBand.org applications for the 2013 Open Studios Art Tour online at www. Thursdays zapplication.org.

Modern Square Dancing Class The deadline to apply is midnight 7:00pm, German-American Hall on April 30th. For guidelines, Santa Cruz, 230 Plymouth visit openstudiosarttour.org/ Call (831) 726-7053 or e-mail applications-for-2013. caller4u@razzolink.com for more information!

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Last Thursdays each month

Monthly Argentine Tango at Star Ongoing thru Friday April 26 Bene Italian/Argentine Restarante 4:30pm-9:30pm, Star Bene The Santa Cruz County Italian/Argentene Restarante, Bank Arts Collaborative Presents: 21245 East Cliff Dr.

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What images appear in your dreams? Six local artists share their viewpoints through a variety of mediums in playful and sometimes unexpected, ethereal scenes.

Exhibited artists to include Karen Kvenvold Bailey, Andrea Borsuk, Selena Castro, Chris Miroyan, Sharon King, and Tom Trujjillo.

Exhibit locations include 7775 Soquel Dr., 819 By Ave., 720 Front St., 4604 Scotts Valley Dr..

Bob Finegan’s Wooden Box Show at Aptos Library

11:00am-7:00pm, Aptos Library he display consists of about 25 decorated small boxes illustrating the use of marquetry, fancy veneers, copper panels that have been treated with chemicals to yield unusual patterns, and other techniques.

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

First Fridays each month

Fourth Saturdays each month

Writers and Poets Open Mike

2:00pm-4:00pm, Porter Memorial Library, 3050 Porter St. Soquel (no meeting Jan., July, Aug. or Dec.) riters and Poets are invited to a new monthly open mike reading series. Come and read your fiction, essays, or poetry.

For more information, call Jean at (831) 475-4221

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Live Jazz and Local Art at Zizzo’s Coffee

11:30am-1:30pm, Zizzo’s Coffee, 3555 Clare’s St. Capitola isten to live jazz featuring members of the Santa Cruz Jazz Society. So many talented musicians and singers! And an exhibit of local art will be featured 7 days a week.

For more information, contact Christine Shelton-Anderson at (755) 544-5651.

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Manda Wilderness Choir Benefit Concert at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center

8:00pm, The Kummbwa Jazz Center anta Cruz composer and music he First Friday Art Tour director Stephen L. Bigger is a Santa Cruz Institute presents this benefit which features of Contemporary Arts event, Grammy Nominee Tammi Brown, managed in conjunction with the participating art venues. The Valerie Joi, Bryan Dyer, Dan Robbins, dancer Heather Pixie, and event takes place year-round and illuminates some of the most others to help raise money for the talented local artists from local Manda Wilderness Community Trust. Profits will go to supgalleries. porting one of Afriaca’s last true To find out where to participate wilderness tribes, in sustainable in a First Friday art tour, visit development projects to improve firstfridaysantacruz.com (Most their today and give them hope for galleries are open 12-9 pm for tomorrow.

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Santa Cruz Baroque Festival Presents: Hasten to the Sea

7:30 pm, UCSC Music Center Recital Hall ickets can be purchased through the UCSC Ticket Office, (www.santacruztickets. com, (831) 459-2159) and the Civic Center Box Office.

Admission price is $23 general, $17 senior, $6 student, and $3 youth.

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Center for Spiritual Living, 1818 Felt St. Santa Cruz ocal artists and crafters in sacred commerce.

For more information or for vendor signup, please call Shell Oceanna at (831) 334-5821.

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7:30pm, 125 Canterbury Dr. Aptos CA n evening of Evocative Contemporary Chamber Music by Schoenberg, Berg, Webern, Barber, David Bennet Thomas, Jacques Ibert and Shapiro.

Suggested goodwill offering: $20 general, $15 senior, and $10 youth (or what you can afford).

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An evening of dance theatre, multimedia performance, and song by Sharon Took-Zozyaya and Carol Fields

8:00pm, The 418 Project, 418 Front St. Santa Cruz tamping Zebra Dance Theatre and Viz-Art-Dance present “Its About Me,” a work in progress evening of dance theatre, multimedia performance, and Everyday song. Featuring twenty three Local Art at Zizzo’s Coffee dancers, aerialists, singers, and 7:00am-5:00pm, Zizzo’s Coffee, musicians, with a wide variety First and Third Fridays 3555 Clares St. Capitola of abilities and disabilities, Carol Bluegrass, Blues, and Buddha Friday Shakespeare Club njoy the beautiful artwork of 12:00pm-7:00pm, 1307 Seabright Fields presents her multimedia 10:30am-12:30pm, First local talented artists.

Omphaloskepsis and Sharon Ave. Congregational Church, 900 High For more information, contact Benefit for the Ocean Gate Zen Took-Zozaya presents her latest Zizzo’s Coffee at (831) 477-0680. St. Santa Cruz dance theatre work.

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For more information, visit Tickets for these events will be Suggested donation: $15-$20. www.fridayshakespeare.org, available online at brownpaTuesdays Learn more by visiting call Kris at (831) 421-0930 or pertickets.com or you can call oceagatezen.org.

BINGO Nanette at (831) 438-3615.

1-800-838-3006.

6:30 p.m. Santa Cruz Elks Lodge, 150 Jewell St. Cabrillo Youth Strings/Suzuki Second Fridays each month osted by Soquel Sports Music Concert Goes Contemporary Saturday May 4 Big Band Dance Foundation. Buy-In $25.

7:00pm, Cabrillo Samper Hall Sunday May 5 Also, we have a special BINGO, 7:30pm-10:00pm, at Mid-County Recital Hall, 6500 Soquel Dr. Santa Cruz Clay celebrating our 2nd anniversary, Senior Center 829 Bay Ave, Aptos 11:00am-5:00pm, Bargetto Capitola on Sept. 28 at 6:30. Buy-in only he Cabrillo Youth Strings Winery, 3635 N. Main St. Soquel allroom dancing to live $15.

Program will play a spring ver 25 local potters and music by The 10th Ave. www.soquelsports.com concert of contemporary string clay artists will show and Band. Refreshments, large orchestra music, featuring works sell their art at Bargetto Winery floor, friendly atmosphere, free Wednesdays

by Coldplay, Michael Jackson, and out front and in the pleasant parking. Open to the publicmusic from the movies, performed courtyard setting overlooking Peninsula Banjo Band singles welcome! by local youth and guest artists.

7:00 - 8:30 p.m., Harry’s Hofbrau, Suggested donation, $6 per Soquel Creek. Wine tasting will Tickets can be purchased at cabril- be available.

390 Saratoga Ave, San Jose person. Proceeds benefit MCSC. lostage.com or by calling (831) orty-seven years of performing For more information, call (831) Event is free and open to all 479-6429. in the Bay Area, over 250 ages. n 476-4711.

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This month, the focus is on what you are preparing and doing behind the scenes. You are drawn to time away from the usual everyday routine, and seek time out. Here you can recharge your batteries and indulge in creative pursuits. But this is also a time for letting your new ideas start to flourish. When the Sun goes into your sign on the 20th, you will be ready to put your plans into action. The Sun is joined by your ruler, Venus, which brings out your attractiveness and savvy business sense. It is also great for love and romance.

Gemini (May 22-June 21)

The first part of the month is excellent for group activities and getting together with friends and colleagues. Team work pays off and you find that others share a passion that you have too.

It is a great time for charity work and helping out those who could really do with your support, either in a practical sense or with fund raising. Your ruler, Mercury, enters hot headed Aries on the 14th and around this time the New Moon in the same time heralds a great moment to launch a new venture. Take note of events around the 25th, as you are tested and deal with the challenges presented in a totally unique way.

Cancer (June 22-July 22)

While initially there is a focus on career matters, you are now able to go for a promotion of a more challenging role. It may be something you have been considering for a while, or you just so happen to be in the right place at the right time. In any event you have more confidence and circumstances dictate that you are assertive and more proactive, which opens up previously closed doors to you. This month’s New Moon occurs on the 10th and you see that a new beginning is just what you had in mind. By the 25th, your flirtations with a member of the opposite sex lead to something deeper and more permanent.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 23)

You are inspired to doing what is outrageous, fun and expressive and as such you inspire others.

There is a party animal within you who always wants to come out and play and not only do you do yourself good but others are keen to be around you too. This month brings its fair share of challenges but it is not these that matter so much as your attitude towards them. Having a ‘can do’ approach means that nothing gets you down. There is something you feel passionate about and you could be making a journey to the past to deal with unfinished business.

Virgo (Aug. 24-Sep. 22)

Initially, developments in your relationship take up your time and energy. Perhaps there is someone new in your life and you want to create the right impression. A lot rests on what you do or so, so be the real you, not the person you think others will like. Start as you mean to carry on. But this is also a month for letting go, moving on and refreshing what has become jaded and tired. The Aries energy gives you a sparkle and a sense of hope which is clear in your body language and how you present yourself. After the 20th, you are in adventurous frame of mind and enjoy the spirit of exploration.

Libra (Sep. 23-Oct. 23)

While there is such a focus on partnerships you are wondering how this is different since you, more than anyone, understand that is relationships, not money, that makes the world go round. As such, you are keen to make sure everyone is fine, but you must also acknowledge when you are not fine.

Be indulgent and clear if you feel you are being persuaded to be anybody but yourself. It is not necessary to test the strength of what you have but it does no harm to assert yourself when you have to. Money is coming your way a lot more easily than it was and you will notice this in the last week.

Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)

While you are at first concerned with day to day practical matters, adjustments need to be made of a subtle nature. This means that you listen to your instincts more than even and see the connection between what you do and how the world responds. this is empowering and puts you at the heart of necessary changes that need to be made. You are looking for stability and finding that it is not easy to maintain, but even so, you respond in a creative and effective way. Fate has a habit of sending what you need, more than what you want.

Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 21)

The Moon in your sign starts the month and links with all that fiery Aries energy raises the tension until something gives. This is not a bad thing, and you have been aware of pressure and the need for change for a while. More peaceful circumstances are more in evident later this month but meanwhile you need to strike while the iron is hot, go with your hunches and seize the moment, at least in the first couple of weeks. Your creativity and ingenuity lead to spectacular new developments that could be part of your life for some time to come.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 20)

You may not see eye to eye with someone at the start of the month as you are determined that you are right and they are wrong. Of course it is not really as black and white as this, so it important to talk through your differences to find a way forward, which you do. But the main focus for you is on your home life, domestic scene and the past. Creating the right balance between all the different activities takes some doing and a certain amount of compromise. Original thinking leads to a breakthrough on the 25th.

Aquarius (Jan 21-Feb. 18)

Good luck comes just when you least expect, and when you most need it so keep the faith. This is particularly so at the start of April when a change in your circumstances for the better gives you the boost you need and you regain your positive outlook. Important decisions and conclusions are arrived at and practical steps to improve your situation are taken. Your inventiveness is evident as you are resourceful and able to adopt an original approach which helps with finances. After the 20th you maybe moving house or changing the interior of where you live.

Pisces (Feb. 19-Mar. 20)

If you see the year slowly helping you develop along a certain path, then this is a time for making real what was just in the idea stage last month. You have what it takes to put your plans into action, and this is to do with your work or any commercial enterprise. You are excited about how well your ideas have been received and of course, positive feedback is always going to be encouraging. Mercury helps with communication until mid month and then you you are busier, and time is running away with you. Once the Sun changes signs around 20th you have got a viable idea that will be brilliant.

Aries (March 21-April 20)

While the Sun is in your sign, you are keen to start new projects and your enthusiasm is infectious. You show your leadership abilities by getting everyone organized. With the addition of the revolutionary planet, Uranus, you may find that your path takes many twists and turns with unexpected meetings and encounter. Initially, you may be thwarted in your plans, but persistence pays off. Mercury, planet of communication enters Aries on the 14th. From here, your ability to talk your way into any situation and out of it, leads to a possibly lucrative deal.

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Earth Day Theme: ‘The Face of Climate Change’ Dear EarthTalk: What is the theme of this year’s Earth Day festivities?

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rganizers from Earth Day Network (EDN), the nonprofit group dedicated to diversifying and mobilizing the environmental movement through planning and coordinating Earth Day activities and events around the world, have chosen “The Face of Climate Change” as the theme for 2013’s celebration on April 22. According to the group, which works with 22,000 partners in 92 countries, more than a billion people will take part in Earth Day events this year.

Leading up to April 22, EDN is collecting images of people, animals and places directly affected or threatened by climate change, as well as images of people stepping up to do something about it. Anyone can upload a relevant picture for inclusion via EDN’s website. Then on and around Earth Day itself, an interactive digital display of all the images will be shown at thousands of events around the world—including next to federal government buildings in countries that produce the most carbon pollution. The resulting “global mosaic” display will also be available online—including an embedded live twitter feed.

The idea behind the theme is “Landscape” from page 25

Additionally, the manufacturing industry will be revolutionized by 3-D printing, which will allow any size company to manufacture goods quickly, locally and at lower cost.

Gamification of education oth employees and students will have training and teaching methods delivered to them in a highly-personalized and accelerated way, through the use of simulations and skill-based learning systems transmitted through smartphones and tablets.

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to personalize the challenge climate change presents by spreading the stories of those individuals, animals and places affected through imagery.

Some of the images already part of the project include a man in the Maldives worried about relocating his family as sea levels rise, a polar bear in the melting arctic, a farmer in Kansas struggling to make ends meet as prolonged drought decimates crops, a tiger in India’s dwindling mangrove forests, a child in New Jersey who lost her home to Hurricane Sandy, an orangutan in Indonesian forests ravaged by bush fires and drought, and a woman in Bangladesh who can’t get fresh water due to more frequent flooding and cyclones.

EDN is also including many images of people doing their part to address climate change: green entrepreneurs, community activists, clean tech engineers, carbon-conscious policymakers and public officials, and Average Joes and Josephines committed to living sustainably.

“Together, we’ll highlight the solutions and showcase the collective power of individuals taking action across the world,” reports EDN. “In doing so, we hope to inspire our leaders to act and inspire ourselves to redouble our efforts in the fight against climate change.”

For those looking to organize an Earth Day event locally this year, Earth Day Network provides a wide range of useful resources—including basic guides for organizing events at schools and universities, in libraries and within faith communities, as well as posters,

Cloud services and virtualization s more organizations maintain and store information using cloud computing, the demand for professionals skilled in information technology is expected to rise. Employees who can safeguard important company and client data will be vital to business success.

In order to meet the anticipated demands of the 21st century, individuals must reassess their skills to make certain they are equipped with the necessary knowledge to remain relevant in their field.

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Beyond Earth Day itself, EDN runs the Billion Acts of Green campaign throughout the year with the goal of getting billions of people to take action on behalf of the environment, whether through encouraging policymakers to consider sustainability initiatives, recycling e-waste, planting trees, going solar, and much more. So far the group has tallied over a billion individual acts of green and is working on its second billion now. Anyone can register their own acts of green via the Earth Day Network website. n ••• Contact: Earth Day Network, www. earthday.org.

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Burrus urges employers, employees and educators alike to consider these career-transforming Certainties so that the American worker is better positioned for careers of the 21st century. To learn more about Burrus’ full list of careertransforming “Certainties,” visit www.

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