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The Bulletin provides a look at local life beneath the Redwoods in the Santa Cruz Mountains February 8, 2013
Local Environment Gets Impacted By Homeless in SLV
Law Enforcement Sweeps Shanti Towns & Encampments
by Steve Kuehl
was writing about this topic, and one or two now
have a serious disdain for my general presence.
on the streets for thirty of her years, rotating between this county and Los Angeles as these two
areas have the “best services.” She offered the loI feel it important to first help the reader undercations that are “available” in Boulder Creek, instand why this story was written and how it led to BOULDER CREEK/BROOKDALE
cluding a shed and the two bridges that most of
this valley-wide homeless research, and in some
cases, me recording the visible environmental Laura, a 53-year old woman (and one of only the people (she knows of) will use when they are
impact of soon to be discussed homeless living three homeless women I could find) has been CONT. ON PAGE 3
locations.
INCEPTION
LOCAL ARMY MOM WINS PHOTO OF THE YEAR
I, and several of my neighbors along Highway
9north of Boulder Creek, happen to live next
to an elementary school, a YMCA camp and an
Easter Seals camp.Within the last six months, we
noticed several individuals regularly entering
the woods from the roadway and disappearing
overnight, only to reappear the next morning
and walk away. Upon further investigation, it appeared that these men might be homeless and
camping nearby. The first and foremost result
of this search was the plain-sight discovery of a
large garbage dump next to this entrance point,
rife with furniture and other illegally placed materials spreading over several thousand square
feet. Some of this material was finding its way
into the nearby San Lorenzo River.
Taking it upon myself, I chose to follow one these
guys when I later saw him in downtown Boulder
Creek. Doing that then led me to finding and following other “local” individuals to their respective destinations or as I termed later: camps. That
then led me to morecamps further south of town.
After severalpicture-taking missions toother locally known camps under certain highway bridges, I was becoming familiar with this “network”
of permanent and semi-permanent living locales
of the SLV transient population.
A recent homeless census for Santa Cruz Countyshowed that over 2,700 homeless people were
present in our 600 square mile region.In researching the SLV area of this story, I personally
came across over 25 of those people whomight
fall into this group. I spoke with as many of these
individuals as would communicate with me,
even getting one or two lengthy interviews about
the Valley homeless community and how it functions here. But several others were very upset I
By Bree Karpavage
Boulder Creek resident and Army mom of three, Kimberly Monack took this amazing photo
of her grandson at the Veteran’s Memorial at Memorial Park in Cupertino on Oct. 3, 2012. She
submitted her photo to the Army’s “Photo of the Year” contest and watched her photo go viral on
Facebook. Maybe you saw this photo shared on your Facebook page, I know I did! Kim collected
over 14,000 likes, more than 6000 shares, and hundreds of comments on the Army’s Facebook
page post of her photo. She won the contest with 565 votes, a margin of 110 votes from her closest
competition. Her photo shows the deep awe and respect that the memorial brings to its visitors,
even one as young as little Eddy. This condensed version of the Army creed touches the hearts of
many around the nation. Kim is excited that her photo won, but says it’s all about supporting the
many heroes both deployed and at home, as well as their families that continually sacrifice with a
loved one in the Army. Kim commented on Facebook, “As I look through the many photos that
were up for the title “Army Photo of the Year,” I see hero after hero, sacrificing so much for our
county. We need to continue to support and pray for those serving, near and far, remember to
thank those who have served and honor those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for the freedoms we have.” Congratulations, Kim!
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Contents
Restaurant Review
2
End of the Rainbow
2
Jay Baker Retires
3
Letters to the Editor
4
On the Other Hand
4
Propane Co-op
4
Air District Funding
5
Healthy is Wealthy
5
SLV History 6
Ron’s Garden Muse
7
Gum Flappin’ 7
Arts & Music
8
Valley Business
8
Community Calendar
9
Local Services10
Boulder Creek Matters
11
Pinewood Derby11
Tips for Teens
11
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Wasserman, Ron Emerson
Enertainment Editor - Bree Karpavage
Reporters - Steve Kuehl, Wendy Sigmund
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The Restaurant Review
by Steve Kuehl
Casa Nostra
One important thought that permeates my food
loving mind when I review restaurants, is that it is
an industry I would never want to brave operating
within. Satisfying people’s eating wants and widely
varying nuances of what they think food should
taste like – is too terrifying for me. But the triumvirate of food passionate men that opened up Casa
Nostra in Ben Lomond recently, has shown me (on
several occasions now) how having their hearts invested with the love of Italian food creates a delectable experience right here in our little valley.
Raffaele Cristallo is their “idea guy”. Hailing from
Torino, Italy he now lives locally with his family and has been in the restaurant business for 15
years. I admittedly know nothing of understanding
Italian as it is spoken, but listening to these guys
bark in that language over menu ideas and I am not
sure what else, is thoroughly enjoyable. Mario Ibarra is from La Paz, has been in the industry for over
15 years, and crazily enough finds the time to also
run his restaurant in downtown Saratoga. Pasquale
Bianco is another Italy native, from a town just
outside Naples. He has been working with food for
over 18 years in a wide swathe of worldly locales,
including Paris, Sweden, San Francisco and now –
Ben Lomond (I sense a shirt idea there).
day so I cannot speak for their twenty offerings of
sandwiches, salads and pastas on the lunch menu
(even though I was there at noon one day). The dinner menu has your mix of pastas, seafood, raviolis,
gnocchi, polenta and many other staples. The chefs
have stressed a simple approach to their cooking
and recipes; combining fresh local ingredients and
spices,so this straightforward approach to presentation and substance makes for a relaxed feel.Plus
they are offering Gluten-free pasta, a nice bonus
for those embracing the healthier option. During
my visits, I sampled a veal plate, some gnocchi with
marinara, the carbonara, and some amazing raviolis. I had no complaints and I could taste the unique
style they spoke of as compared to the food I ate in
Italy and elsewhere.The wine selection is satisfying,
and a glass poured here is not one of those onesecond-pour-into-an-abysmal-sized-glass things I
cannot stand at a couple places around Santa Cruz,
but actually a real serving. The deserts have been
perfect, especially the house made tiramisu.
Most of the dinner items, side plates and piattis
range from 8 to 17 dollars, with a couple of the
fish plates edging towards 19. The portions are just
right for not having to take home leftovers or feel
there is no room left for dessert. The desserts are all
6 dollars, and their sweetness has kept my kids and
other dinner guests of mine very satisfied.
The inside of the old Ciao Bella building has been
completely remodeled and an adornment of beautiful art pieces cycle the walls. The interior decorating is managed by Sarah Bianco, a Tannery Arts
Center alum and amazing artist. My favorite piece
is the lighted branch attached to the ceiling; it adds
a wooded feel amongst the newly painted sheetrock. The two eating areas can hold thirty people
comfortably, but the last time I was there I chose to
eat at the bar instead. I love how the wine bottles,
mirrors and new cappuccino machine all adorn the
back bar in a way that feels like a little bit of Italy is
being mixed into a big part of Ben Lomond.
The group has embraced the Internet world with
a popular Facebook page and a professionally designed website with menus and actual photos of
the food while also obtaining a high rating on several review sites. They have some grand plans for
the future both inside and with the outdoor seating area that sound appealing in making this the
go-to Italian food destination for summer parties
and families.The inevitable kinks in operating a
new venture like this are met with realism by these
chef/owners, but refreshingly without negativity
I sometimes hear from new restauranteers. They
seem sincere in their desire to satisfy the palates of
SLV dwellers, and whether you can converse with
them in Italian or English, I recommend doing so
as they are approachable guys with fun stories and
ears that actually here what you are asking for regarding their food.
The menus vary between lunch (11AM-4PM) and
dinner (4PM-9PM), but I can eat Italian dinners all
Steve’s restaurant reviews can also be found at his
blog - http://slvsteve.wordpress.com/
The End of the Rainbow
including my personal favorite, the Green Smoothie. Not to worry though, I have been assured that
the old favorite ham and cheese on a croissant will
remain.
By Wendy Sigmund
You may have noticed some recent changes at the
Rainbow’s End. That is because the business has
been sold. The new owners intend to turn this
prime location into The Boulder Creek Roasting
Company. They will roast their own coffee beans
and will expand their menu as well as their hours.
The improvements began by removing the large
rainbow and pot of gold from inside the restaurant.
A fresh coat of paint, coffee with cream color of
course, adorns the walls. The feeling inside is of a
fresh new beginning. They are adding wood burning stoves to create a cozy atmosphere and soliciting local artists to submit their work for placement
on the walls.
The menu will expand to include soups and sandwiches. Healthy smoothies are also on their way,
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In addition to the menu changes there will be new
extended hours. They now keep their doors open
until 7:00 pm and will extend that until 9:00 pm in
the summer time.
Great news for those of you, like myself, who use
this restaurant as a second office: they are taking
the locks off the electrical outlets. Free internet
and power to keep the lap tops running.
There will be live entertainment to go along with
the new hours. They intend to have an Open Mic
Night, Trivia Night and Karaoke Night. This should
give people something to do in the evenings if they
are not in the mood for a cocktail at Joe’s.
Boulder Creek is growing and improving all the
time, and here is yet one more way for us to enjoy
our town.
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CONT. FROM PAGE 1 - HOMELESS
in town. The resulting garbage that some campers leave behind frustrates her, but she tells me
that she, herself, makes a point of cleaning up after staying somewhere.
The two main bridges in Boulder Creek have recently been cleaned up underneath and showed
nothing in comparison to what I have seen there
in the past, and definitely nothing like I found
further downriver in Felton. I found in talking
with several more transients, that their location
preferences followed the lines of what Laura
said – proximity to services,resulting in generally shorter stays in Boulder Creek than further
down the Valley.One gentleman I found that is
part of the Brookdale group is well known locally, both from media articles and daily street
walking. Luckily for him, though, he recently
found temporary shelter by property owner permission.
Getting back to my inception for this story, the
unfortunate outcome of having this now mostly
empty school campus near our property is that
some homeless individuals have been finding
ways to camp on the site. The school district administration is very aware of the situation and
the maintenance crews have been removing any
bedding and associated garbage as soon as it is
noticed. Their property across the street appears
to be getting used for trail access to other areas
past the river. The improvised shelters I found
around there and on the neighboring Buddhist
Temple property appear to be abandoned at the
moment.
BEN LOMOND
The Ben Lomond homeless are a group of longterm campers I found in the Valley, as some
of them have been there well over five years.
The close proximity of their camp to the Valley
Churches distribution center means their weekly
and monthly supplies are only a short walk from
camp. County Parks staff I spoke with made it
very clear that any campers found in the Quail
Hollow Ranch area, the Sunset Trail or Ben Lomond Park areas are immediately removed or
are advised to leave.The last media headline for
this group was when one of the individuals died
in camp (within the last few years) but that fact
wasn’t brought to law enforcement’s attention
until a week or so after the death.
FELTON
This by far was my least favorite part of this journey, as some in the group now knew who I was
and they were watching me watching them. On a
tip from one camper, I watched the distribution
of, shall we say“not the needed food/water items”
in suspect containers (i.e. obviously not containing the product it was designed to hold) from the
Felton Covered Bridge Park.I chose not to follow
the runners as my work was about the homeless,
not whatever was being given out from the back
of a vehicle. This activity did not last long as they
noticed I was watching and immediately left.
The majority of the group in town now uses the
creek system up towards Zayante and Lompico
for long-term camping (half of them over ten
years in varying locations). The main bridge in
Felton apparently serves as a temporary staying place with the recent storms having washed
away the mattresses and assorted debris.Various
local groups and law enforcement occasionally
remove items and/or illegal campers but the individuals I talked with stated campers go right
back. When I went down there this month, only
one hammock and two sleeping locations were
present. A small fire had been called in the prior
week under that bridge, but the fire department
took care of the issue immediately. County Parks
staff stated they have a mutually respectful relationship with the individuals seen in the Covered
Bridge Park, and interactions are typically of a
nature that allows most park users to go unbothered. Any camping near or around the covered
bridge itself is not allowed. Every parent I spoke
with at the park that had children with them was
aware of the homeless people who reside there.
One parent stated only after certain vulgarities
or obvious alcohol related issues stemming from
the campers, do they take their kids and leave.
For the most part, no one I talked with had any
significant run-ins recently at the park and some
only had complaints about the garbage being
left at the main bridge. I further observed some
campers regularly using the available bathrooms
inside certain retail facilities. All of the business
staffers I spoke with refused to comment on their
interactions with the homeless that frequented
their workplaces.
tion resources in two of the towns, unhindered
camping availability along several routes and one
main park that is “nice to hang out in all day”.
When it finally came time for a clean-up to get
organized – I had witnessed literally tons of
garbage, waste and hazardous containers being
strewn into the SLV waterways. The environmental impact was becoming so significant that
the color of the water in some areas was like you
would see in a shocking environmental disaster
documentary. On Thursday, February 7, SLV
Sheriff Sergeant Habermehl led a task force of
deputies, Santa Cruz County inmates and volunteers to tackle the monumental duty of trying
to clean up the Felton bridges and surrounding
areas. Unfortunately, the amount of material was
so large en masse, that only the Covered Bridge
Park, the bridge at Graham Hill Road & Zayante
The campers say they utilize the assistance from and some of the garbage near the Zayante trestle
the Mountain Community Resources center bridge could be worked upon.
in Felton for most of their needs, with a regular supplement coming from one local homeless Mt. Hermon offered a large dump truck for the
woman (who also happens to have a vehicle) resulting materials being drug up the banks and
handing out some other vice-related items.I lat- onto the streets for loading, and Roaring Camp
er found her vehicle staged amongst others that offered a dumpster for getting rid of the junk.
park along East Zayante Road, apparently the The rain began to pour onto the Sgt.’s crew, but
they persevered & did an amazing amount of
jumping off point for a couple of the camps.
work in potentially unsafe locations in less than
SCOTTS VALLEY & ENVIRONMENTAL stellar conditions. Some of the towns built under
CLEAN-UP by the SANTA CRUZ SHERIFF’s the bridges were elaborate, but in the end each
and every camp I saw was leaving large fields of
OFFICE
debris everywhere around them and into each
I asked as many of the campers as would talk to waterway. Within the first three hours, two dump
me why none of them try to reside in the Scotts truck loads and two flatbed truck loads had been
Valley area, and the answer was always the same, filled. I will have more to follow regarding the efthey are removed or advised to leave immediate- fects of this clean-up and how the other Valley
ly. Here in the Valley though, they have distribu- camps continue to impact the local watersheds.
Jay Baker Retires
by Steve Kuehl
f there is anything that Boulder Creekians should
be proud of and grateful for, itis the long and
distinguished careers of those that have served
at their local fire department. Such names that
come to mind include Pep Piccioni, Hoot Cress,
Johnny Montanari, Phil Hartman, to name a few.
Recently, one of those long term alums retired
from the fire district commissioner ranks: Jay
Baker. I recently had a chance to talk to him and
his wife Mabel (newlyweds of 65 years) before his
with all of the men that served in that era, he reretirement dinner last month.
members the single fatality in the history of our
As is often true when hearing some of those col- town’s department when Michael Ryan was killed
orful stories from the good ol’ days, Jay’s made responding to a fire in 1970. He fondly rememme laugh.Having moved to Boulder Creek from bers those he served with for many years that
the Bay Area in 1957, Jay was in the right place have since passed, including his good friend Leo
at the right time (and not thinking about being a Kuhnlein, and even one that is still kicking today
fireman) when a fire broke out at the town bak- on the fire board, Jack Kuehl (yes – I am related).
ery. Jay happened to have a key to that business
and the firefighters were then able to gain access Jay acquired some properties here in town durand put the fire out. Bill Kleyn, the fire chief at ing his residency, including the Mountain Inn
the time, asked Jay (or as some might tell you and the hardware store buildings. He was hoping
who knew Kleyn back then, he strongly advised) to have a quiet send-off, but as with anyone who
to join the fire department. The year was 1964, has served long enough, they get a nicely cooked
and for the next nineteen years Jay worked his meal for one hundred of your closest family, fireway up the ranks all the way to Assistant Chief fighters and friends at the firehouse. The newly
under then Fire Chief Bud Tomlin. After retir- appointed Fire Commissioner to replace him,
ing for a few years from the department, he came Sam Robustelli, prepared some stuffed mushback as Fire Commissioner in 1989 and served rooms, meat, and assorted side dishes to the aton that board until his retirement this past De- tendees, who, when given the chance, had their
cember.That impressive career puts him in the time at the microphone telling their best or worst
small company of individuals in the history of recollections aboutthe guest of honor. Another
the Boulder Creek Fire Department who have name gets added to the wall of names thatwill be
long remembered for quietly providing a service
served with four fire chiefs.*
to this town that most never know about.Thank
When asked about the calls he remembered you, Jay.
most, he gazed off into space as hundreds, if not
thousands of instances flooded his mind. I know *Bill Kleyn, Bud Tomlin, Sam Robustelli, and
it is a tough question to ask someone who has Kevin McClish are those four fire chiefs. Only
served the public as long as he has. He recalled two other chiefs have served since 1930; Art Waa forest fireheaded towards the golf course while ters and Phil Hartman.
he watched a fire plane clip off the top of a large
tree as it was making a run – it didn’t crash. As
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COMMUNITY OPINION
Letters To the Editor
Thank you so much to all the
members of the BCBA for the
time, money, and love you give to
the Boulder Creek community. I
can’t tell you how much the events
you sponsor mean to my family,
most notably the 4th of July parade
(hands down best in County), and
the Christmas tree lighting event.
I am not ashamed to admit that I
get all misty at both events, every
year, because they create a sense of
community from a time gone by.
I would also like to express deep
appreciation for the ongoing support, both financially and service
in kind, to the schools here in the
Valley. Even during the darkest of
economic times, the merchants always step up!
Where ever you put the tree, we’ll
go there, and when my family goes
to shop, we will always shop local
first.
-Tess Fitzgerald
A kid with a dream and desire
who wrote a letter, came forward
sparked all this!? I am proud they
spoke up .It seems responses could
have toned down a touch considering. Maybe just gear towards ways
to support community and help
raise towards next year. Thanks for
all the details in your letter Chris.
-Surprised
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Propane Co-op in Boulder Creek
A group of Boulder Creek residents is working to establish the Boulder Creek Propane Buyers
Co-op, in order to negotiate more affordable propane prices with companies that serve this rural
area. The Co-op is asking that Boulder Creek Area residents who are interested in the Co-op to
express their interest, by signing in on a Google Group Page. By signing in on the Google Group
Page, residents will help the steering committee to get an idea of how many people are interested
in participating, and provide an email address for them to receive future information. There is
no obligation for expressing interest. No names or email addresses of those expressing interest
will be shared with any propane suppliers, or with any other group or business. All information
will be kept confidential.
The Google Group Page address for the Boulder Creek Propane Buyers Co-op is:
https://groups.google.com/d/forum/bc-propane-coop
Or one can email:
[email protected]
For residents who do not use computers, they may send a letter via USPS to:
Boulder Creek Propane Co-Op
P.O. Box 381
Boulder Creek, CA 95006
Once a significant number of residents express interest in participating, the steering committee
can request proposals from propane suppliers, based on that number of potential customers
ON THE OTHER HAND
Our Problem
and Its Solution
more than the United Nations World Health Organization.” Most of this aid is uncompensated,
and these volunteers live under conditions that
most development aid workers would not accept.
The report continues, “international service [for
this country] is a sign of political maturity” and
taught in the schools as “the highest value.”
Here is an interesting question: Could Al Qaeda
go to the Union of South Africa and raise a military threat against this country? Not a chance in
hell! This is the way to make a nation safe from
by Al Wasserman
terrorists. By helping others with food, medical
We have a major international problem. We aid, educational aid, fresh drinking water and
believe that we need to conduct perpetual wars other basic needs, this small nation is keeping its
against Muslim nations to keep us safe from people safe—what country would ever think of
the behavior of Muslim people. We are wrong waging war against it, and for what reason? No
about that. Our problem is not their behavior, military power in the world could keep this nabut rather our ability to behave as realJews and tion safer than the protection afforded by simply
Christians. If what I am saying is true, then the doing good in the world.
question to ask is how can we behave in ways that
What if the United States sent one hundred ophreflect what we say we believe?
thalmologists to Third World countries to travel
Fortunately for us, we have a wonderful example to villages conducting cataract surgery from mobile hospital trailers, training locals to perform
of how this can be done.
the same service; dentists to do the same; plumbThere is a country with a population of eleven ers and engineers to help provide clean drinking
million people. This country, without the ben- water for all? If our military budget was cut by
efit of large financial reserves, has managed to a mere ten percent, we could bring fresh water
do the following: it has 57,000 doctors for its to every village in the world! What would that
people (South Africa, by way of contrast, has just do to our reputation, and what chance would Al
25,000 for its population of forty million). Since Qaeda, or any other terrorist organization, have
1963, this nation has sent 51,820 doctors, den- inciting local people to bring death and destructists, nurses, and other medical practitioners to tion to us? Love and caring, the very basis of the
the poorest third world nations, providing medi- teachings of Moses and Jesus, will create safety
cal aid completely free of charge, in most cases. and honor to our country—not militarism, agWhen these medical workers arrived in South gression and war which will only generate more
Africa, they were welcomed with singing and hate and endless wars. We need to become real
dancing in the streets. One month after their Jews and Christians.
arrival there, some were dispatched to Haiti to
Are you ready? Who is this country famous
study and aid in the meningitis outbreak.
for its international humanitarian efforts? It is
A leading West German journal reported in 1988 Cuba. Cuba. In the listing of 145 countries by
that Third World countries regarded this country the number of physicians per capita, the United
as “an international superpower” because of the States is ranked #53. Cuba is #1. Is it possible
teachers, construction workers, physicians and that we who have been Number One in almost
others involved in international service. In 1985, everything could learn to be more Christian and
16,000 medical people from this same country Jewish from largely atheist Cuba?
worked in Third World countries: more than
twice the combined total of Peace Corps and In this essay, I am not advocating that we adopt
Communism, Socialism or any other kind of
AID specialists from the United States.
ism. Except maybe that piece of Humanism that
By 1988 this country had “more physicians work- will enable us to be proud of who we are: our
ing abroad than any industrialized nation, and brother’s keeper.
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Air District Will Fund
Replacement Of Diesel Engines
Monterey, California – February 1, 2013
Healthy is Wealthy
Let’s Talk About Sugar
by Ray & Chandala Snow-Shiva
The Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control
District will hold a workshop at their office 10
It seems everywhere I go people
a.m., February 12, 2013, to assist applicants of
are talking about sugar and it’s
the Carl Moyer Grant Program. Applicants are
effects in the body. There are
encouraged to attend the workshop for assistance
scientists working hard to uncompleting their application. Over a million dolderstand how sugar contributes
lars is available to replace diesel powered engines
to the recent meteoric rise in metabolic dysfuncor equipment.
tion and the diseases it may cause, like diabetes,
The District is accepting applications for the Carl obesity, and cancer. There are many theories on
Moyer Grant Program for two months through the subject, and some scientists are lobbying to
March 15, 2013. Application materials are avail- have sugar regulated like alcohol and tobacco.
able on the District’s website. The workshop is an
opportunity to bring specific questions to find Studies by the American Heart Association
out whether a project would be eligible or for as- show that on average we are eating half a cup
of sugar every day. That’s twenty two teasistance with the application.
spoons. Whoa! When you think of this aston“Incomplete applications will be considered in- ishingly high amount of sugar, you may think of
eligible,” says Nathan Pierce, Air Quality Planner. sugary beverages like soda and fruit juice as pri“So we want to help people make sure their ap- mary culprits and you would be correct. Sugary
beverages account for about one third of our sugplication is filled out properly.”
ar consumption. Next you might think of candy
To improve air quality and promote economic and sweets like ice cream and cookies. These
benefits, the District applies for and expends sweets do contribute a lot to sugar intake, about
funds from the California Air Resources Board’s one sixth of the average total.
Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program. The program provides grant Here is the mind-blowing part. If you remove
funding to encourage the voluntary purchase of sugary beverages and sweets completely, that
cleaner-than-required engines, equipment, and only accounts for half of the average sugar inemission reductions technologies. For the past take. So where the heck are the other 11 teafourteen years, the District has administered spoons of sugar coming from? They’re in reguthe program in Monterey, San Benito, and Santa lar food. In the 1970’s food manufacturers were
pressured to reduce total fats in foods. Guess
Cruz counties.
what they replaced the fat with to keep food tastJust since 2006, the District’s Carl Moyer Grant ing good? Yep, sugar. It’s in just about everyProgram has given away $6.7 million to 152 proj- thing, and it adds up to a full half of total sugar
ects that replaced older heavy-duty diesel engines intake on average.
and equipment, such as agriculture irrigation
pumps, agricultural tractors, off-road construc- Now to be fair, a certain percentage of total sugtion equipment, and marine vessels. These proj- ars are part of the ingredients themselves. Most
ects are achieving annual emissions reductions foods have varying naturally occurring sugars
of 114 tons of nitrogen oxides, reactive organic that add to “total sugars” you see on food lagases, and diesel exhaust particulate matter. The bels. The difficulty is that there is no way to deaverage grant amount has been $88,450 per proj- termine how much sugar is added and how much
is naturally occurring. This gives food compaect.
nies the ability to hide added sugars in just about
To learn more about the District’s Carl Moyer every food, even processed meats and vegetables.
Program, please visit www.montereybaycleanair.
org, go to Programs, then Grants and Incentives,
and select Carl Moyer Program.
The mission of the Monterey Bay Unified Air
Pollution Control District is to protect the public
health while balancing economic and air quality
considerations.
To make this subject even more complicated,
many studies are looking at the addictive qualities of sugar. Sugar is processed in the liver, and
the process is almost identical to the way alcohol
is processed. Sugar affects opioids and dopamine in the brain, as well as stimulating beta endorphine receptor sites, the same sites stimulated
by the ingestion of heroine and morphine. For
more information on this subject, check out the
Wikipedia entry on “sugar addiction”.
I’m not a scientist, and I don’t have any proof that
I am addicted to sugar but I know how it feels,
and to me it feels like a drug. When I choose not
to eat it there is a pull, a sticky urge to reconsider
and eat it anyway. It reminds me of when I quit
smoking and it feels like addiction.
So what to do? The first thing to do is to become
aware. Start learning about the sugar you eat and
where it is in your diet. The biggest step you can
take is to reduce the obvious things that contribute to sugar intake. This is different for everyone but a good place to start is sugary beverages.
Soda has no nutritional value and can contain 10
teaspoons of sugar in a single serving. Don’t be
tempted by “diet” options as artificial sweeteners
are just as bad for you and may be worse. Do what you can. Reduce by a reasonable
amount and take note of how you feel. Above all,
don’t stop trying. You deserve to be healthy and
you WILL GET THERE as long as you don’t give
up. If you’re really stuck, seek help. There are
many people who make it their life’s passion to
help others get healthy. If you’d like more information about this article or help reducing sugars,
let us know. You can reach us by email at: [email protected].
Much of this article is based on the work of Dr.
Robert Lustig. A quick Google search of his
name will lead you to a wealth of information on
sugar and it’s effects.
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SLV HISTORY
er shop, a
printing
shop, a bottling works
and a radio station.
Numerous
roadside
attractions,
i n clu d i ng
the Holy
City Zoo
and an astronomical
observatory, lent
a surreal
carnivallike atmosphere to
the place.
Holy City’s Flim Flam Man
William Edward Riker was a small fish in the big
pond of religious crackpots and bamboozlers,
the kind that flourished during the 1920’s and
30’s. He undoubtedly had a charismatic persona,
even as his narrowlybigoted mind was overflowing with the strange and eccentric ideas of a religious cult leader. Whether his con game was
really about religious beliefs, or was just a philosophy of flim flam flamboyancy, is mostly a
matter of conjecture as we look back to survey
the phenomena known as Holy City.
Born in 1873, Riker grew up in various small
towns in Northern California, leaving school after the fourth grade. He left for San Francisco
when he was 19, finding employment in several
menial jobs while he delved into his fascination
with the realms of spiritualism and the occult.
Moving up and down the West Coast between
the years 1907-17, Riker preached his new “Divine Way” religious philosophy, picking up a core
group of disciples. He was married to several
women during these years, and he had his men
operate several businesses on Hayes St. in San
Francisco to finance his acquisition of the Holy
City site, eight miles above Los Gatos.
destroyed most of the buildings in Holy City.
Several people were questioned, but no one was
arrested. The following year, Kline sold the 140
acres and what buildings remained to a real estate development company. Nothing since then
has ever been built at this site.
Riker’s long sad demise continued into the
1960’s: strangely, he converted to Catholicism at
the age of 94, and 2 years later, died of cardiac arrest at AgnewsState Hospital, where he had been
sent by authorities because of his “inability to
get along with anyone in private rest facilities.”
Reportedly,at the time of his death, there were
still three of his disciples living in the Holy City
vicinity.
The people who were attracted to “Father Riker,”
mostly down and out men, loners and hard-luck
cases, apparently needed someone to follow.
These were the years of Prohibition and the depression, when many had just given up the notion of making it in this world. Riker and his
cult philosophy (calling it a religion would be a
misnomer) provided a respite of sorts for these
souls; they received no pay, but received room
and board for doing the work around Holy City.
To the thousands of people who stopped for
gasoline or to see the roadside attractions, Riker
walked around handing out his pamphlets full of
bigoted and weird “thinkings.” Looking back, his
only real objective was to keep bringing in the
monies with his flim flam messiah game; and yet,
the dollars seemingly went out just as fast as they
came in.
“Father”
Riker certainly had a fondness for driving around
in big cars, mostly Cadillacs; he had one painted
red, white and blue, with a loudspeaker attached,
and would drive around San Jose announcing his
unique divine philosophy in the hope of picking
up new recruits. His driving habits were seriously appalling however; he ran down two men
After incorporating his new cult in Los Angeles in San Francisco in 1928, seriously injuring both.
as The Perfect Christian Divine Wayin 1918, Riker Over the years, he was involved in numerous
used his drayage business to haul building mate- accidents, with one almost killing him when he
rials salvaged from the 1906 earthquake down to rolled his white Packard, fracturing both his hips.
Holy City. His group of disciples, now numbering
thirty, built Riker’s “New Jerusalem”off the Old During World War II, the FBI brought charges
Santa Cruz Highway; in return, theyturned over against Riker on the grounds of sedition. The Copyright © 2013 Matt Hill
all their worldly possessions to him in exchange cult leader had been writing letters to Adolf Hitfor the promise of future rewards in heaven.Holy ler, whom he admired, and had been publishing
City eventually had a service station/garage, a racially charged pamphlets (read anti-Semitic,
general store,a restaurant, a bakery and butch- anti-Chinese, anti-Negro) in his perennial running for the office of Governor
of California (1938-50). His
fundamental platform was to
protect the white race from all
the others; (and an interesting
note: some of his pamphlets
were illustrated by one Basil
G. Wolverton, who later did
work for MAD magazine in
the sixties). However, Riker
wrote no more pamphlets after the FBI trial, because his
attorney, a young man named
Melvin Belli, managed to get
the sedition charges droppedonly if Riker quit producing
his racist propaganda.
P.O. Box 471
Brookdale, CA
95007
Email:
[email protected]
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The decline of Holy City and
of Riker’s sources of revenue
continued after the war years.
The new Highway 17 had
opened in 1940, and coupled
with wartime gas rationing,
Holy City no longer had the
flow of cars and business to
fill Riker’s bank account. His
longsuffering wife died in
1950 after a massive stroke,
and his followers slowly dwindled to about 20 or so, down
from some 200 during the
1930’s. In 1956, Riker sold
half of Holy City to a Hollywood music director named
Maurice Kline; two years later, Kline purchased the other
half of the place for $64, 000,
with the stipulation that Riker
no longer “preach any of his
philosophy.”In 1959, arson
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RON’S GARDEN MUSE
By Ron Emerson
January gave us a taste of frost as well as a tease
of warm weather(which the honey bees loved) to
get us outside in the garden. The sunny days gave
us a chance to accomplish some pruning and an
opportunity to plant bare root trees or perhaps a
few roses. Winter Daphne started blooming and
Hardenbergia vine began to decorate fences, railings and trellises with its clusters of tiny violet
sweet pea like flowers. With the slightly longer
days and winter flowers in the garden we are on
the way to spring, but we are not quite there yet.
There are still some cold winter days ahead
ing on Feb. 24th and Mar. 10th.Cynthia Sandberg,
who is part owner of Love Apple Farms, has a
wealth of information to impart. Check out their
website.
I have started lettuce seeds during the warm
weather of January by covering my raised
bed with remay
cloth. The cloth
holds warmth in
and protects the
sprouts from the
birds. The robins
and other birds
arrived a few
weeks ago and
are eating the Toiyon berries that grow around
my home. Red-breasted robins in the garden are
a sign that the winter weather is not here for too
much longer. Mountain Feed in Ben Lomond
carries remay, and while you are there check out
their garden offerings.
February marks the forward momentum of the
seasonal procession. February is born from the
Latin word Februarius, from februare meaning
to “purify.” This idea of devoting a month to the
process of purification is invigorating. This is a
month of transitions, and change is in the air.
Trees are beginning to bud and Mother Nature
is preparing to put on a show. February 1st, symbolic of the light half of the year returning, is the
halfway point between the winter solstice and Keep weeding: it is easier to pull unwanted seedlings out while the soil is moist and the weeds
the vernal equinox.
are small. I go after French Broom on my propFebruary is the month of gold with yellow For- erty as it is non-native, invasive and ubiquitous.
sythia and the coming of blooming Narcissus Spreading a cover of wood chips in your garden
with Daffodils pushing up to show us their gold- beds will help block weed growth and keep moisen cups of sunshine and others gifting us with ture in as well as improving the soil as it breaks
the undeniable fragrance of spring. Narcissus down over time.
pair well with Grape Hiacynth as an under planting.The little purple clusters on short stems stand
above chive-like foliage and lend a dash of amethystcolor.
Camellias are preparing to show off their multi
petal blossoms of pinks, white, and rose-reds.
Camellias require an acidic soil (a pH of 5 to 6.5
or so) and grow best in well draining soil with
plenty of organic matter and leaf mold. Theyare
handsome shiny leafed evergreen shrubs that
create bones or framework in the garden and are
very hardy. They can be rounded or rangy and
tall.They have romantic names such as Nuccio’s
Gem, Spring’s Promise, and Winter’s Fire. There
are a few stately specimens around town. They
lend themselves to woodland gardens as they
grow best in semi-shade, but will grow in sun as
well.
Nurseries like to have blooming Jasmine plants
this month to buy as gifts for Valentine’s Day.
They cometrained around small wire frames in
the shape of a heart or a ring.Pair a flowering gift
of Jasmine with a box of chocolate and you will
warm the heart of your loved one.
Die-hard vegetable gardeners know that it is time
to start tomato seedlings indoors to get a jump
on spring gardening.Love Apple Farms is offering classes on growing tomatoes from seed start-
GUM FLAPPIN’
by Deb Longley
Silent Night.
Nine o’clock p.m. PST, Christmas Eve, our living
room. The fire is blazing away and my family is assembled comfortably in front of it, passing gifts to
each other as they are at last removed, one by one,
from beneath the tree. In our house, this has never
been a frenzy. Gifts are opened one at a time, always
beginning with the youngest. This year, there is a new
youngest, and little Olive opened her first Christmas
present, to the delight of everyone who watched and
helped.
fire seven hundred miles from her bedside, unaware
as yet of this transition, she had been listening to carolers singing to her in her tiny darkened room: Silent
Night. A daughter sat to each side of her, clutching
the flesh and the bones of her, for that was all the disease left her with in the end, listening with her to a
sound so sweet, so perfect in that crystalline moment.
When the carolers moved on, Edilia’s eyes were shining. She could no longer speak, but there were tears
and a smile in those still lively eyes. Her daughters
leaned into her, each took an ear and said you can go
now, Mama, and they left the room at 9:58p.m. They
returned at 10:02.
The spellcheck function on my computer has only
two things underlined in red at this moment: Nanee
and Edilia. These words, so beloved by so many, are
not recognized beyond our family, her family. She
said something to her daughters a few days before her
passing: I belong to this family. My own daughter was
so moved upon hearing it, that she wrote it on our
large family chalkboard at home. I belong to this family. –Nanee.Each time someone adds a grocery item
to the list on the board, they remember her. There
is a new tattoo on my husband’s forearm. He had it
drawn upside-down so that he could see it. So that
while he goes about any given day, teaching woodworking, writing math equations on the chalkboard,
eating his lunch, he sees it there and he remembers
her. I planted a Weeping Santa Rosa plum in our
front yard when we came home from her funeral. My
son and I dug the hole wide and deep. I filled it with
all the best soil I could steal from other parts of the
garden to fill it, and I planted the roots of it deeply
and gently. I added some of her ashes and bone fragments to what the roots touch (I want some of these
tiny parts of her to be drawn up into the wood, the
flowers, the sweet fruit), and I hung decorations from
the still-bare branches. Every time I look out my
front window, I remember her.
And every time we remember her, she is here. She is
here now, as I finish up this little story. Her name is
almost certainly spoken by several people who love
her every single day, and I cannot imagine that will
ever stop happening. Because she belongs to this
family. She always will belong.
Ten o’clock p.m. MST, Christmas Eve, Brighten Gardens assisted living facility, room 157. My motherin-law slips quietly out of her body.
At the end, she was a little bird. Barely eighty pounds,
a sufferer of celiac disease. She was a beautiful woman. She loved her children, her grandchildren, her
great-grandchildren. She was “Nanee.” She was
eighty-seven years old. Moments before she left us,
while we were opening our packages in front of the
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Arts & Music
A look at the local art scene in SLV
Santacruzartists.com
Santacruzartists.com is set to launch this
spring with the help of public donations.
They have already met 20% of their
$12,000 fundraising goal for the site,
and the development of the site is in the
beginning stages. Now is a great time for
artists to jump in and claim their space
on the site. For $50, local artists can buy
enough space for ten pieces. Each piece
will have its own page with details and
pricing. Scotts Valley Artisans is willing to help artists develop their pages as
much as possible. They are offering assistance with photography and shipping,
By Bree Karpavage
two things Dawn says often prevent artists from
selling their work online.And they’re not just acScotts Valley Artisans is no stranger to creating cepting small pieces of art. Large paintings and
avenues for local artists to display and sell their three-dimensional pieces are welcome. Ideally,
work. From their 5600 square foot art center to they want the most outstanding work displayed
their “Mural-in-a-Day” project, Scotts Valley on the site to both show-off and expand the repuArtisans is bringing local art to the community tation of our “Creative Art-centric Community”
forefront like no one else. At the art center there and support Santa Cruz County artists.
is work for sale from more than 150 artists, everything from inexpensive crafts to high end fine Scotts Valley Artisans needs monetary help from
art. Still, they have an extensive waiting list of the community to help launch this great vision
artists eager to have an outlet to sell their work.
for local artists and help drive our economy
throughout the county. Go to santacruzartists.
This need for more art venues is what inspired com where you will find a placeholder page with
director, Dawn Teall to launch the latest endeav- a link to donate. Click on “click here for more inor of this non-profit group, Santacruzartists.com. formation” and it will take you to their fundraisHer idea with this site is to give every artist in ing site, Indiegogo.com. Artists can also reserve
Santa Cruz County the opportunity to sell their their space on the site with this same link. Cash
work on a national level. Her goal is to bring to donations are also welcomed at the art center at
light the many artists hidden in this county and 230-D Mt. Hermon Rd.in Scotts Valley.
to position Santa Cruz as a leader in artistic places in the country. In her research she found a sur- On February 9, they are hosting a silent auction
vey conducted by Atlantic Magazine in Novem- event and 2nd Anniversary party from 6-9pm
ber 2011 that stated, “Santa Cruz/Watsonville with wine provided by 37th Parallel Winery and
ranked fifth in the nation of metro areas with the food provided by Bruno’s BBQ. This event also
largest concentration of artists per capita.” This
area she said includes all of the towns throughout the county, including the Santa Cruz Mountains.This unique natural resource in our county
is practically unknown to the rest of the nation
and,given the small number of venues available
to local artists, we are only seeing a fraction of
the artwork that is being produced here, even at
the local level.
features the grand
opening of their new
extension gallery, The
Laurie Zesut Gallery.
Find more information
on their website, scottsvalleyartisans.com or
give them a call at 831439-9094.
February 8, 2013
Valley Business
Ben Lomond Business Association
Out with the old in with the new.
The Ben Lomond Business Association has been
resurrected as a whole new entity. The new
president Zeda Dowell, a cultural diversity trainer and an expert in business and social etiquette
as well as international protocol, is the perfect
woman for the job. The board is formed and the
agenda set. Now all that is needed is the cash
flow to implement some nice programs to bring
Ben Lomond to its glory. Aside from a debt left
by the old administration about an old water bill,
the future looks bright in Ben Lomond.
Boulder Creek Business Association
The Boulder Creek Business Association (BCBA)
met last night to choose new board members for
their 47th year. Each member business of the
association gets a vote on the new board members. Last year’s board consisted of Eric Hammer,
President, Chris Currier, Vice President, Tania
Silvestri, Secretary and five board members at
large, Ann Marie Conrad, Karen Mayer, Tamara
O’Kelly, Wayne Williams and Hallie Greene. We
will give them a hearty thank you for their service and welcome our new board with an installation dinner at Scopazzi’s on February 27. Our
new board has Eric Hammer returning as President, Halley Greene as Vice President, Zypher
Pfotenhauer, Secretary, and Abby Rohrbough,
Treasurer. The members at large are Justin Acton, Ann Marie Conrad, Tonya Silvestri, Tamara
O’Kelly and Chris Currier.
Boulder Creek Radio
As the hub bub of the possibility of a Boulder
Creek Community Radio station is still floating in the air, the topic was a hot button for the
Boulder Creek Recreation Center board meeting. The board seemingly split in their opinion
about the Rec Center taking on the expense and
responsibility of running a community radio station. Their concerns were waning as community
member after community member spoke to the
board about the great benefits they saw in having
a community station to report on things such as
current road closures during storms, evacuation
routes in the event of a fire, and the awesome opportunity for the youth in the community to be
part of programming and implementing a radio
station. The support seemed to outweigh the concerns of Tess Fitzgerald, who said she had done
some research and found a model for the station
out of Hawaii. The Hawaiian station is roughly
the same size community as Boulder Creek. It
was conveyed to Fitzgerald that the great success
and benefits largely outweighed the concerns.
So in the end the board voted to apply for the
permit, and form a sub-committee to draw up
what the project would actually look like. The
one thing Board Chair Hamilton emphasized is
that this would have to be a volunteer run program because she did not want to put the job of
running a radio station on Rec Center director
Hallie Greene’s plate. If you have any interest in
participating in the radio station program, contact the BCPRD or the Boulder Creek Bulletin
via the web site or the Facebook page and we will
forward your information.
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Community
Calendar
Friday February 8
BC Pizza will donate 20% of the night’s proceeds
to Boulder Creek Elementary Music Program.
For double the fun, there will be a Karaoke starting at 5:30pm.
Order Dine-in, Carry-out, or Delivery at 3382141. Check out the Menu and New Pizzas at
to the UCSC Farm and Garden and Año Nuevo http://www.bcpizzapub.com.
State Park.
8:00 – 12:00 midThursday February 21
night Live music at 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Jam session at the Boulder
Joe’s Bar in Boulder Creek Pizza & Pub. Bring your instrument for a 10:30 am Story time at the Felton Library
Creek
relaxed jam. All ages/skill levels welcome.
7:00 pm- 9:00 pm BC Pizza & Pub Karaoke
Saturday February 9 Thursday February 14
7:00 pm Acoustic Valentine’s Day
Jam Session at the
Rec Center: Grab your instrument, guitar, banjo, 6:00 Karaoke at BC Pizza Pub
drums, and trumpet or just come down and enjoy the biggest jam session in Boulder Creek. All 6:00 – 8:30 pm Joy of Jazz at Scopazzi’s Lounge
ages, instruments, abilities welcome!
6:30 Felton Business Association meeting at the
Sunday February 10
Felton Fire house
10:00 Yoga with Chandala Shiva-Snow
7:00 Bluegrass at BC Brewery
11:30 Belly Dancing Class at the rec center with 8:00 Live music at Joe’s Bar
instructor Chandala Shiva-Snow. All levels welcome
Friday February 15
Monday February 11
No School
Tuesday February 12
3:00 pm Felton Library Book Group @ you
guessed it “The Felton Library”
6:00 pm- 9:00 pm Raku Fridays with Dale Bates
at the Santa Cruz Mountain Art Center, call Dale
@ 354-7565
8:00 pm – Joes Bar Live Music
Friday February 22
5:30 pm Live Music at Joe’s Bar in Boulder Creek
Saturday February 23
5:00 pm- 8:00 pm Kids Fun Night at the Rec Center, movie starts at 6:30
6:00 pm BCBA Installation Dinner at Scapazzi’s.
Fabulous food, wine and silent auction. County
5 supervisor Bruce McPherson will be present
to install the new board members to the Boulder Creek Business Association. The public is
welcome. Come meet the movers and shakers
in Boulder Creek, support your community and
have a great time.
8:00 – 12:00 midnight Live music at Joe’s Bar 8:30 pm Live music at Don Quixote Music Hall,
Foreverland Tribute to Michael Jackson Tribute
Boulder Creek
8:00 PM – 11:00 PM Special “Sweetheart” Contra Sunday February 24
Dance with “The Whoots” at the Felton, Com6:30 Valley Women’s Club Board Meeting at Sa- munity Hall, 6191 Hwy 9, Felton CA. Donation 10:00 Yoga with Chandala Shiva-Snow
is $10. For further information: santacruzdance.
talite in Felton
org
11:30 Belly Dancing Class at the rec center with
instructor Chandala Shiva-Snow. All levels wel7:00 pm Trivia at Boulder Creek Pizza and Pub
come
Saturday February 16
Wednesday February 13
Early Out BCE & SLE
3:00 pm Reading in the Redwoods Group at the
Felton Library
7:00 pm Acoustic Jam Session at the Rec Center:
Acoustic Jazz Night - Jam Session: Grab your instrument, guitar, banjo, drums, and trumpet or
just come down and enjoy the biggest jam session in Boulder Creek. All ages, instruments,
abilities welcome!
BCE Family Dinner Night at Boulder Creek
8:00 – 12:00 midnight Live Music at Joe’s
Brewing Company
Monday February 25
SLV Middle School Late Start
Mondays – Thursdays (ongoing) Suitable for beginners and those with experience. Both Wheel
and Handbuilding, led by Travis Adams
Tuesday February 26
The Brewery will donate 10% of the ENTIRE Sunday February 17
day’s proceeds to Boulder Creek Elementary.
7:00 pm Trivia at Boulder Creek Pizza and Pub
The donation will benefit the 2nd Grade and will 10:00 Yoga with Chandela Shiva Snow
provide financial assistance for their field trips
Wednesday February 27
11:30 Belly Dancing Class at the Rec Center:
The most fun you will ever have getting ex- BCE & SLE Early Out
ercise and having girl time.
Monday February 18
Washington’s Birthday No School
Thursday February 28
10:30 am Story time at the Felton Library
7:00 pm- 9:00 pm BC Pizza & Pub Karaoke
10:00 am -5:00 pm Clay Expression adult
class at Santa Cruz Mountain Art Center
8:00 pm – Joes Bar Live Music
Mondays – Thursdays (ongoing) Suitable Friday March 1
for beginners and those with experience.
Both Wheel and Handbuilding, led by Tra- 5:30 pm Live Music at Joe’s Bar in Boulder Creek
vis Adams
Tuesday February 19
Saturday March 2
10:30 am – 1:00 pm Valley Woman’s Group Envi7:00 pm Trivia at Boulder Creek Pizza and ronmental Committee Meeting at Henry Cowell
Park Nature Store
Pub
Wednesday February 20
Early Out BCE & SLE
4:00-9:00 pm BCE Family Dinner & Karaoke Night at Boulder Creek Pizza and Pub,
February 8, 2013
7:00 pm Acoustic Jam Session at the Rec Center:
Grab your instrument, guitar, banjo, drums, and
trumpet or just come down and enjoy the biggest
jam session in Boulder Creek. All ages, instruments, abilities welcome!
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Local Services
ANTIQUES
Boulder Creek Antiques
Glenda Mercredy
Buy & Sell
13164 Hwy 9
Boulder Creek, CA 95006
831-336-9544
Boulder Creek Antiques
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Buy & Sell
13164 Hwy 9
Boulder Creek, CA 95006
408-838-6143
AUTO REPAIR
George Galt’s Mobile
Repair Service
“Steal Healing”
A.R.D. # 00186563
(831) 338-3660
Box 931 Boulder Creek, CA 95006
Mountain Mechanics
Complete Mechanical - Foreign
and Domestic
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831-338-3903
P.O. Box 432, Boulder Creek, CA 95006
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Construction
831-239-8895
[email protected]
www.erichammerconstruction.com
Lic. #853995
EVENT PLANNING
Beneath the Redwoods
Weddings, Parties, & Events
Boulder Creek, CA
831.278.1613
FIREWOOD
Andy Forbes
Firewood
831-338-2663
R&R Firewood
831-703-4042
Ray Hulins
Permitted with Cal Fire
Home Delivery of any size!
GARDENING
REAL ESTATE
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Connect with us today!
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YOGA
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Boulder Creek, CA
Our Local Services page is
a cost efficient way to
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Call today for rates!
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Real Estate Consultant ID#01744692
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MaryBeth Sundram ~ Realtor
831.252.4085
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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COMPUTER REPAIR HANDYMAN
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Handyman & Custom Woodworking
If you can dream it, we can
make it!
Call for a free quote
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JEWELRY
Hand Carved Jewelry Creations
Boulder Creek, CA
831.246.3238
www.skyfiregems.com
Boulder Creek says
good bye to
Mike Smith
TREE SERVICES
Richard’s Tree Service
24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Voted #1 in the Valley
(831) 338-9294
Travis Tree Professionals
Sky Fire Gems
Steve Briscoe
CA Contractor Office - 831-338-7129
Cell - 408-234-1847
#479302
[email protected]
www.briscoeconstruction.com
Massage of Boulder Creek
Recycling and Hauling
[email protected]
CONSTRUCTION
MASSAGE
Weekly, Bi-weekly, & Monthly Pick-ups
www.kunzvalleytrash.com
[email protected]
(831) 359-5909
P.O. Box 1692
Boulder Creek, CA
computerrepairscottsvalley.com
Boulder Creek, CA
831-421-0308
Surf City Media Group
Kunz Valley Trash
Book Keeping &
Business Management
Reliable Mobile Computer Services
Steve Harris - Technician
225 Navarra Drive
Scotts Valley, CA 95066
831.818.5716
The Law Offices of
Keith Dysart
831.338.WELL (9355)
BOOK KEEPING
Scotts Valley Computer Repair
LEGAL SERVICES
WEB DESIGN
Every time we cut, we plant two
Bob Pilgreen
831-338-6361
831-588-2306
Please join us for a celebration
of the very creative life
of Michael Aaron Smith.
1/31/1955 -1/25/2013.
It will be on Sunday, February
10th from Noon to 4 at PASS
Studio, 13111 Pine Street,
Boulder Creek, Ca. Bring a
memory to share or a song to
play.
Donations to help his family
are welcome.
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Boulder Creek Matters
ProBuild joins ECV at Evergreen Cemetery
By Dennis Gobets
Here’s the deal about cemeteries: they don’t take
care of themselves.And the older the grave, the
less likely there are still living relatives left to tend
it.A well-tended graveyard is one of the signs of a
healthy, tight knit community.
ProBuild in Felton is helping The Santa Cruz
Museum of Art and History and E Clampus Vitus maintain our historic Evergreen Cemetery,
where many pioneers and early settlers of Santa
Cruz are resting, by donating building supplies at
their cost. The discount allows the museum and
ECV to stretch the money they gather in various
fundraising events.Which is, as the “Clampers”
say: “Satisfactory”.
The Clampers have
a long history at Evergreen
Cemetery,
placing
historical
plaques,doing cleanup
and grounds works,
rebuilding the white
picket fences and
tending
neglected
graves. In particular,
the old graves in the
Grand Army of the
Republic section, those of Civil War veterans,
deserve attention.In 1998 ECV buried the “Unknown Clamper,” skeletal remains of an unfortunate individual who died near Roaring Camp
around 1890. The skeleton had a rusted revolver
and a whisky bottle near it, reason enough for the
Clampers to accept it as one of their own.
Visit Evergreen Cemetery next time you visit
Costco or Harvey West Park. Walk its cool pathways and read some of the markers and historical information plaques. You’ll find Isaac Graham of Graham Hill Road, or Louden Nelson or
any of a number of other settlers. Marie Holmes
is towards the west end, near the park entrance,
up near a red painted retaining wall, in the area
known as Pauper’s Corner.Look at the dates these
past townspeople lived and let your thoughts
drift back to the years of early Santa Cruz.
Pinewood Derby
rie Holmes, a resident of early Santa Cruz, whose
headstone went missing decades ago. The stone
marker from 1898was recently found in Bonny
Doon Creek by a hiker who then alerted the museum.
Interest in the people who lived before us, who in
many ways built the towns that we live in sometimes skips a few generations. Eventually, some
individual who gets interested in local or family
history starts digging (figuratively speaking) and
sometimes the puzzle of who came before us can
come together in a satisfying way.
My wife and I experienced the pleasure of finding the grave of her great, great, great, great, great
Grandmother in Cherokee, California, where she
was the postmistress in 1852.Cherokee (at least
that particular town of Cherokee, since there
were several) no longer exists, except as a few ruins, a historical marker or two and the old graveyard. My wife’s ancestor’s daughter’s resting spot
was next to hers and supplied a missing maiden
name, which allowed my wife to explore further
down her genealogical line. It took six generations for somebody to be interested enough to
find those graves, and I’m happy that they were
still there to find. We came back as a family and
Next month, members of E Clampus Vitus will tended the graves in that old, almost forgotten
be replacing the long missing headstone of Ma- graveyard.
by Wendy Sigmund
Cub Scout Pack 602, of Ben Lomond, held their
annual Pinewood Derby on Wednesday, January
23rd at the San Lorenzo Valley LDS Ward. This
year there were
39
participants
grouped into three
rounds: Cub Scouts
ages 5 - 11, Activity Girls ages 5 - 11
and Adult Unlimited Category. Connor Nolan was the first place winner in the Cub
Scout Category. Cienna Bailey was the first place
winner in the Activity Category. Finally, Rowan
Nolan was the winner of the Adult Unlimited
Group. Every participant received an award
for their hard work and innovative designs.
Girl Scout Cookie season will begin with booth
sales on February 22nd and will continue through
March 17th. Girls are now taking pre-orders. In
the San Lorenzo Valley, people can look for girls
at Johnnies in Boulder Creek and at the Felton Safeway on weekends. Customers can go
to http://cookielocator.littlebrownie.com/ and
type in their zip code to find out the times that
booth sales will be held in their area.
(and a little help for the rest of us!)
Frustrations!
Have you ever gotten so frustrated with someone that you just want to say “WHAT THE bleep IS
YOUR PROBLEM??!!!” Or maybe you’ve actually said this. Or had it said to you. Well you might
have noticed that this phrase doesn’t really foster a positive discussion about the problem. I know
when someone says that to me, it makes me want to either shut down or tell the person to… you
know what. So I’ve come up with a better way that I have slowly been practicing on my family. It
goes something like this: “What is your intention here? What is your agenda?” I’ve noticed a friend
of mine says “Where are you going with this?” Even if you say it angrily and with a few spicy words
thrown in, it still gives the other person a chance to answer you instead of shutting down or fighting
back. Maybe they weren’t conscious of their own intentions. Asking a question like this can open
a whole discussion about what’s going on and then you can work towards a solution that works for
both of you, (even if it’s as silly as where the toothpaste should go--we all have our opinions!)
We all know that parents and kids have different agendas that can clash and cause problems; sometimes small problems, sometimes big problems. So the next time you get in an argument with your
parent(s), respectfully ask them what their agenda is or what their intentions are. You might be surprised by what you find out. And maybe you could have a great discussion and come to a compromise that works well for both of you. Maybe you’re unclear about just how clean your room needs to
be in order to be eligible to watch TV or use the car. Or you might find out that your mom/dad would
let you got to that great party if you only compromise a little bit.
The key here is respect. It might be tough, but the more respect you
can show, the more your parents will listen to you. Actually, the more
respect you show the more ALL people will listen to you.
Marnie Defosset - Certified NLP Practitioner
Life Coach for Teens & Families
[email protected]
If you have any topic requests or other questions, drop me a line at the email above.
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