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TRI TRICOUNTY COUNTY
ENTRY VOL. XXVII NO. 38
A new album and fresh hits for 'game changer' Johnny Gill n See page 12
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
Kitten Party IS A PLAYFUL ROMP
By Chris Frost chris@tricountysentry.com
Ventura—The Ventura Pet Barn was kitten central, Sept. 8, as the retailer hosted a kitten adoption party in conjunction with Surfcat Café and Adoptions.
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HE event featured a large group of kittens experiencing their first trip away from their home. They were a little nervous at first but settled in and made the day a big kitten party for attendees captivated by the fun. Surfcat Café and Adoptions is dedicated to compassionate care for cats that end up with everyone in a forever home. Executive Director Leslie Ann Weiss said they usually don’t have kitten adoptions because the nonprofit often focuses more on adult, senior, special needs, and hospice kitties. “We had a hospice kitty come in, and she was pregnant,” she said. “She had her kittens, and it turned out that she was completely healthy. That’s why we have the babies now.” The group uses an extensive social media presence for advertising the kittens, and she hopes people will come in and adopt the kittens. An excellent example of the work the group does is with “Natasha” a small Calico kitten that came
from the shelter. “We have a direct partnership with them, and we only take cats from the shelter in Camarillo,” Weiss said. “On a rare occasion, we will take a cat from another rescue on a transfer, but we don’t take from the public.” The shelter has tremendous educational resources, she said, and the goal is to educate the public to become responsible cat owners. “We’re trying to educate the public not to dump the cats when they are done with them,” she said. “If they’re interviewed through the shelter system and given other ideas—wow, a light may go on and say that person might want to adopt my kitty instead of leaving him at the
shelter.” An adult cat adoption party means setting up a big tent, she said, which is a five-sided tent for camping that is safe inside. “Kittens get sidetracked enough that they don’t want to jump over n Kitten Party, see page 6
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Jason Ingalsby works on his Slappy Street art creation from Goosebumps.
Higher pumping fees are coming to Oxnard which can affect the economy By Chris Frost chris@tricountysentry.com Ventura—The conversation about increased pumping fees for groundwater in the Oxnard basin continues with seawater invasion and how it relates to the groundwater locally. The Fox Canyon, Groundwater Management Agency, held its fourth workshop, Aug. 21, and discussed the reasons why the area will reduce pumping in the future to meet its sustainability goals as it moves toward 2040. Cities can expect considerable pumping fee increases per acre-feet of water and can have far-reaching effects on the local economy. Jill Weinberger made the presentation to the attendees and said because of groundwater elevations and the tie to seawater intrusion in Oxnard, the undesirable result is net seawater intrusion over climate cycles of wet
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Lorraine Lombardo, president of American Agri-Women, expresses concerns over the groundwater sustainability plan.
and dry periods. For groundwater in storage, it's a volume of groundwater produced that would exceed the amount of
fresh-water recharge over cycles of drought recovery. "Seawater intrusion, it's an intrusion that results in a net
landward, so we're talking about the expansion of those areas and making them larger," she said. "Net landward migration of that saline water impact from beyond the currently impacted area. Groundwater quality is tied to that landward migration of the saline water impact front. Any subsidence is subsidence that interferes with surface land uses. These are undesirable results." Finally, she said interconnected surface and groundwater, which you can sometimes see in streams, can be a loss of a water-dependent ecosystem habitat. "For Pleasant Valley, there is a little bit of a change," Weinberger said. "Although those water levels interact with the water levels in Oxnard and influence each other, there is no direct seawater intrusion into the Pleasant Valley Basin. We've done modeling and n Higher pumping, see page 2
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Zina Glukhovsky and Inga Goodman showed off their unique jewelry and clothing at the festival.
Ventura Art & Street Painting Festival showcases the creative community By Chris Frost chris@tricountysentry.com Ventura—Ventura Harbor was the picturesque backdrop for the Ventura Art & Street Painting Festival, Sept. 7 n Ventura Art, see page 6