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September 19, 2006
September 19, 2006 - October 2, 2006
Volume XVII, Issue 19
In This Issue...
Dead Seabirds’ Trail of Oil Leads to Cement Ship
Waste Management Contract Dumped by County
Mid-County Schools Measured Against Federal Standards in Latest Testing
County Buys Live Oak Home for Women’s Transitional Housing
Study Details Neighborhood Traffic Impacts of Highway 1 Expansion
Capitola’s Beach Bandstand Finally Taking Shape
Former Superintendent Candidates Endorse Baker, Watkins
Not Anywhere Near Retirement
Aptos Chamber Announces Top Honors for October’s Annual Awards
Rob Martin Returns Home
Live Oak Community Comes Together to Serve Residents
Superintendent Diane Siri Expected to Continue Work after Leaving Office at End of Year after Election
Capitola City Manager’s Salary Falls Below Neighboring Cities
Measure G on the Ballot
Ammunition Lead Poisons California Condors, Hampering Population Recovery
Great White Again in Monterey
911
Gang Task Force Hits the Streets
Crime Beat
Business
Allstate Insurance Agent Ronald Kaplan Makes It a Policy to Serve Others
History
New Expedition Launched to Explore the 1935 Crash of the USS Macon
Opinions
Santa Cruz County Office of Education â€" Enriching Our Lives with Agricultural History Project
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Live Oak Community Comes Together to Serve Residents
By Linda Fridy
More than 350 Live Oak residents and local leaders gathered Sept. 7 to discuss how the whole community can work together to meet the needs of area families. Brought together by the Live Oak Family Resource Center, educators, parents and religious leaders participated in the bilingual assembly.

Among the success stories shared were Santa Cruz Adult School’s new English as a Second Language classes offered for the first time in Live Oak. Resource Center co-director Elizabeth Shilling said more than 100 people showed up at the Methodist Church for the new classes.

“We are ready to be a learning community if the opportunities are presented,” Shilling said.

County Supervisor Jan Beautz also confirmed plans to move forward with a new location for the Family Resource Center at the corner of Capitola Road and 17th Avenue, adjacent to the Senior Center. She has been a long-time supporter of the $4 million plan, which is in the County’s budget, as County staff and Resource Center officials are currently negotiating use agreements.

The Family Resource Center, which not only provides resource referrals but space for classes and programs of its partners, is presently housed in a 1,200-square-foot converted house at 1438 Capitola Road. The proposed center would be five times as large and share space with the Volunteer Center.

“It seems like a good mix to me,” Supervisor Beautz said. “The centers have a lot in common.”

Shilling agrees, noting that the new location could serve as a civic center for the nearly 30,000 residents of Live Oak.

The Family Resource Center has also been partnering with local schools and churches in a nine-month human services campaign to catalogue the pressures on area families, Shilling said.

“It helps tell the story and go for the resources that’s going to make the right match,” she explained.

Cabrillo College President Brian King was also on hand to support efforts at identifying ways for the college to offer ongoing education in the community, which Shilling said is an overall goal these groups share.

“It’s about engaging larger institutions for mutual benefit,” she added.

Parents and community members also spoke to the value of such programs.
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