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Celebrating Marine Sanctuaries • Capitola Aids Watsonville Com munity Hospital Purchase
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Celebrating Marine Sanctuaries
The U.S. Postal Service celebrates the nation’s underwater treasures with the release of the National Marine Sanctuaries stamps.
For 50 years, U.S. national marine sanctuaries and marine national monuments have protected areas with special ecological, cultural and historical significance.
The 16 new Forever stamps showcase the abundant wildlife and diverse ecosystems that can be found throughout the National Marine Sanctuary System.
The stamps include photographs taken by Daryl Duda, Michael Durham, Mark Sullivan, Peter Turcik, Norbert Wu, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration employees Wendy Cover, Jeff Harris, Elliott Hazen, Joseph Hoyt, Ed Lyman, Greg McFall, Matt McIntosh, G. P. Schmahl and Kate Thompson.
Art director Greg Breeding designed the pane using existing photographs. A map of the National Marine Sanctuary System illustrated by Todd M. Detwiler is printed on the back of the pane.
Orders for the Marine Sanctuaries Forever stamps can be made online at usps.com/stamps.
Customers also may purchase stamps through usps.com/shopstamps, by calling 844-737-7826, or at Post Office locations nationwide.
The Postal Service reports it generally receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations. n
In a special meeting Thursday, the Capitola City Council authorized a 60-day loan agreement for $5 million with the County of Santa Cruz to help close the purchase of Watsonville Community Hospital by a Pajaro Valley nonprofit. The vote was 5-0, contingent on the cities of Santa Cruz and Watsonville each putting up a $5 million 60-day loan. After Watsonville Community Hospital filed for bankruptcy, Santa Cruz County faced the challenge of raising $67 million to buy the hospital operation from the out-of-town owner or see it close, leaving county residents with just one hospital with an emergency room. About 40% of emergency room visits are at Watsonville Community Hospital, which County Administrative Officer Carlos Palacios said is “critical to the overall medical system of the entire county.”
More than 400 donations came in, with state legislators agreeing to allocate $25 million from the historic budget surplus. However, due to a budget drafting error, the state is unable to release those funds before the Aug. 31 hospital sale date, Capitola City Manager Jamie Goldstein explained.
Palacios expected a budget amendment would make the $25 million available by mid-September.
So Palacios reached out to community partners to ask for a $5 million “bridge loan” until the budget error is rectified.
