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NAMI Offers Free Help

NAMI, National Alliance on Mental Illness Santa Cruz County is offering free programs on Zoom for adults with mental health challenges as a safer alternative to in-person classes due to COVID-19.

Peer-to-Peer is an 8-week educational program for individuals living with mental health conditions interested in learning more about their challenges and living in recovery. This begins Wednesday, Aug. 26, from 6-8 p.m.

Family-to-Family is an 8-week educational program for loved ones of adults living with mental illness. Participants learn about the nature of mental illness, its effect on the family and best practices to support your loved one. The next classes are tenta tively scheduled for September and October.

The 12-week Family-to-Family class is offered in Spanish for family and friends of adults with mental health conditions. This starts Aug. 17 at 6:30 p.m. school year will have a modified season, with fall sports starting in December and winterspring sports starting in February and March. T h r o u g h the guidance and support of the California Interscholastic Federation and their continued work, we are continuously monitoring the directives and guidelines released from the Governor’s Office, the California Department of Education, the California Department of Public Health, and local county health departments and agencies as these directives and guidelines are followed by our member schools/school districts with student health and safety at the forefront, Commissioner David Grissom said.

As guidelines change, CCS schools may allow for athletic activity to resume under the summer period rules. Given this calendar change, the CIF and CCS has temporarily suspended certain bylaws thereby allowing students to participate on an outside team at the same time they participate on their high school team. n

Here are the start dates for practice and the dates of first competition and section finals.

To sign up, visit https://www. namiscc.org/ and indicate your interest; you will be emailed instructions on how to enroll. For questions, call 831-824-0406 or email anastasia@namiscc.org.

The NAMI help line is 831-427-8020 x7. Your call will be returned within 24 hours by a trained volunteer. •••

Talk About Home Insurance Woes: August 5

Santa Cruz County Supervisor Bruce McPherson will co-host Supervisor John Leopold’s weekly Tele Town Hall on Aug. 5 featuring a special presentation by California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara ahead of wildfire season.

Commissioner Lara will cover the issues of non-renewal insurance notices, wildfire preparedness and insurance resources for homeowners, among others. Assemblymember Mark Stone also will join the meeting as a special guest.

The town hall will be from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Aug. 5 on Zoom. Join online at https://zoom. us/94821286249, or call 1-669-900-9128 and

Fall Sports Moved to December

The CIF Central Coast Section’s Executive Committee has determined that education-based athletics for the 2020-21

use Meeting ID 94821286249. n

Season 1

Practice Cross Country 12/14 Field Hockey 12/14 Football 12/14 Water Polo 12/14 Volleyball 12/14

Season 2

Badminton 2/22 Soccer 2/22 Tennis-Team 2/22 Tennis-Individual 2/22 Swimming & Dive 3/8 Wrestling 3/15 Basketball 3/15 Baseball 3/15 Boys Golf 3/15 Girls Golf 3/15 Lacrosse 3/15 Softball 3/15 Track & Field 3/15 Traditional Cheer N/A Gymnastics TBD Competitive Cheer TBD

Start 12/28 12/28 1/8 12/28 12/28

3/8 3/8 3/8 3/8 3/22 3/29 3/29 3/29 3/29 3/29 3/29 3/29 3/29 N/A TBD TBD Finals 3/20 3/20 4/10 3/13 3/13

5/22 5/29 5/29 TBD 5/29 6/5 6/12 6/19 6/8 6/9 6/17 6/19 6/19 4/3 TBD TBD

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