We’ve said it before, and we’re happy to say it again: We are lucky to have a top shelf, wonderful, Sushi restaurant in this small mountain town.
Tonight, Tae’s Edo is donating 20% of proceeds to Boulder Creek art programs.
If you’re looking for an excuse to enjoy some great food…. now you have it. Starting tonight at 5:00 p.m.
We’re a volunteer-run outlet dedicated to this town.. to highlight the good, showcase our local talent, people and events.
Got a tip? A picture from Boulder Creek? A historical story to tell? Have a skill or hobby that could help others in this town?
Please reach out to us – We’d love to have your contribution. bouldercreekinsider@gmail.com
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On Saturday, July 18, a “Spaghetti Feed” fundraiser will be held at the Boulder Creek Recreation Center from 4-8 p.m. All proceeds from the event will go directly to the family of Ramey White as he continues his journey of recovery.
The event will feature live reggae music from Blazeen, children’s activities, including arts and crafts and a bouncy house, a silent auction and a drawing for a private Chardonnay Yacht Cruise, valued at $2000. Raffle tickets for the drawing are $2 each or 7 for $10.
For father of two, Ramey White, this past Father’s Day was his first since he was suddenly struck with Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) in January of this year, an unexpected illness that turned his whole world upside down.
Tickets for the Spaghetti Feed, purchased in advance are $12 for adults, ($15 at the door), and $5 for children, ($7 at the door). A family of four “To Go Pack” is just $32. Tickets may be purchased online at http://bit.ly/rameyspaghetti.
The Spaghetti Feed is sponsored in part by Beauregard Vinyards, The Mountain Mechanic, the Santa Cruz Pasta Factory, and Chardonnay Charters.
The Boulder Creek Business Association is looking for fourth of July volunteers to help run the parade. Right now only a handful of positions are filled out of all 33 they are hoping to have volunteers for.
If you’re interested, please email the Boulder Creek Business Association at info@bcba.net, or go to www.bcba.net and sign up on the main page. You can also call Anne-Marie Conrad at BC Hardware 831-338-6833 to volunteer.
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Tonight starting at 6:30 p.m. there will be a fundraiser for the employees of the Boulder Creek Brewery – happening at Joe’s Bar. Please come down to Joe’s, listen to some great live music from Heathen Hill and others and support our good town folks who are suddenly without employment.
photo credit: Jeff Hill
Below is an article written by Beth Volz about a Boulder Creek Family who is experiencing difficult, unforeseen times. If you’d like to help this family in their time of hardship, please visit: http://www.gofundme.com/RallyForRamey
Ramey White’s Arduous Journey Just Beginning
Can a story be heart-wrenching and heartwarming at the same time? Ramey White’s tale is both.
It began on Friday, January 23, when Boulder Creek resident Ramey White and his family were on a ski trip at Lake Tahoe for their six-year-old son Ryder’s birthday. But the next day, a devastating event occurred that would drastically change their lives.
On Saturday, Ramey spent the day teaching Ryder to ski. But when they returned to the car, Ramey told his fiancé, Lindsay Jamieson, that he could not feel his legs. That night, she massaged his legs, but he awoke in the middle of the night with excruciating pain and numbness.
Lindsey rushed Ramey to the nearest hospital, where doctors conducted a barrage of medical tests over the course of four agonizing days. The doctors finally determined that Ramey had been stricken with Guillian-Barre Syndrome (Ghee-yan Bah-ray) or GBS. GBS is an autoimmune disease that attacks a person’s nervous system, causing paralysis throughout the body, including the lungs. Recovery can take up to three years.
Ramey was then transferred to the Neurology Department at Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno, and was placed in the ICU, where he spent 18 nerve-racking days.
In her first post on the gofundme.com site http://www.gofundme.com/RallyForRamey, Lindsay began: “It’s hard to know even where to begin. This last week, of this journey we call life, has been harder than anything I’ve ever had to endure. We are starting a blog to keep everybody who loves Ramey up to date on his progress.
“As the reality of the situation sets in,” she continued, “Ramey was our only source of income, as I have been at home raising our six-month-old baby and six-year-old boy.” She added, “This is very difficult and very humbling, but we realize we can’t do this on our own. Continue reading
Come out and help clean up downtown. This Saturday from 8:00am – 12:00noon is the second town sweep of the year. Help clean up after Halloween and this long summer. Bring your shovels, brooms, rakes, power tools, and pride for Boulder Creek and help make our downtown shine.
Reminder that this year is a little different, due to the drought there will be no power washing or use of hoses.
The comment period for the Santa Cruz County Economic Vitality Strategy was lengthened thanks to our own Business Association, but it is ending on August 15. So if you want to comment you need to do so now.
This strategy is currently in draft form and will be revised and then finalized by our board of supervisors. The current draft over looks many issues in the San Lorenzo Valley, and on the whole doesn’t seem to have many plans at all for the economic needs of our valley.
Current Draft – Santa Cruz County Economic Vitality Strategy (110 pages)
http://www.sccoplanning.com/Portals/2/County/Planning/economicdev/Draft%20Economic%20Vitality%20Strategy.pdf
The text of this document is not searchable, making it difficult to find information with out reading the entire document. Page 3 of the document does mention San Lorenzo Valley and the valley is mentioned throughout the report but in very general terms. Also individual towns in our valley are not really mentioned.
Background Report – Santa Cruz County Economic Vitality Strategy (86 pages)
http://www.sccoplanning.com/Portals/2/County/Planning/economicdev/Ec%20Vitality%20Trends%20Report%209-30-13.pdf
If you notice on page 3 under “Local Economic Development Initiatives” San Lorenzo Valley is not even mentioned. Our valley is mentioned on pages 13, 63, 65, and 74.
Ben Lomond is mentioned on pages 14 and 52.
Boulder Creek is mentioned on pages 14, 52, 53, 65, and 66.
Brookdale is mentioned on pages 52 and 53.
Felton is mentioned on pages 14, 52, and 53.
Public Comment – You can leave public comment at the link below or email your comments direct to Kathy.previsich@santacruzcounty.us
http://www.sccoplanning.com/PlanningHome/EconomicDevelopment/EconomicVitalityStrategy/OpenTownHall.aspx#peak_democracy
Petition done by our Business Association gathered 146 signatures and brings up many issues with this report. They include sewer systems needed for downtown areas, high-speed internet, road maintenance, parking, tourism / hospitality, public safety, and branding issues. See link to their petition for details about their concerns.
http://www.change.org/petitions/supervisor-bruce-mcpherson-our-response-to-the-santa-cruz-county-evs-report?share_id=fAbXvliTeV&utm_campaign=friend_inviter_chat&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition&utm_term=permissions_dialog_false
Santa Cruz Mountain Bulletin wrote an article in last months paper about this petition along with Bruce McPherson’s responses to it. There might still be some copies of the paper in town.
So if you have an opinion about this email it to Kathy.previsich@santacruzcounty.us by August 15 and make your voice heard.
It’s that time of year again, help us clean up downtown and socialize at the same time. This Saturday, May 10th from 8am – 12noon is the annual BC Town Sweep. So bring your shovels, brooms, rakes, power tools, and pride for Boulder Creek and help us make our downtown shine.
This year is a little different, due to the drought there will be no power washing or use of hoses.
Info on the event
http://bcba.net/news-events/
Pictures from last years sweep
http://bcba.net/photo-gallery/?cat=27
Other events happening this Saturday are
2nd Saturdays in the Park Flea Market & Concert
When: May 10th from 8:30am – 2:30pm, music is from 12noon – 3pm
Where: Junction Park, MAP
Space rental is $15, to sign up for a space call (831) 338-4144 or email bcrpd2@gmail.com
Check out the flea market, find new treasures, and stay for live music. It should be a real blast.
Website:
http://www.bcrpd.org/#!concerts/c1bue
This is the first one this year, the schedule for 2014 is
May 10th
June 14th
July 12th
August 9th
September 13th
October 11th
Boulder Creeks Farmers Market
When: Saturdays from 12noon – 4pm
Where: in the Oddfellows parking lot, corner of Forest & Pine Street, MAP
So after you have helped with the Town Sweep or checked out the Flea Market come by the Farmers Market and get some wonderful fresh produce for the week. There are going to be many venders there, and many things to buy besides just produce. Also there will be live music.
Website:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Boulder-Creek-Farmers-Market/656430807707413
KBCZ first fundraising event was a huge success, more then 200 attended the Dance Party in March and they raised $4500 to help build the Radio stations infrastructure. They are still waiting for the FM license to be assigned to them by the FCC.
Their tech support guru Logan was able to configure the Internet stream and it soon will be live. They are now in the process of cataloging local music, interviews, and radio dramas for broadcast. This is going to be a large job because most local music is not in the Gracenote database, so all of this information is going to have to be labeled. Liner notes about local artist and other relevant information also needs to be added. They are currently in the process of getting a programming group together who can help with these tasks, so if you want to help contact KBCZ.
They also need more local music, so if you know musicians in the SLV or even Santa Cruz county who have good quality recordings, please ask them to deliver uncompressed CDs (no mp3s unless they are very high quality, ie 320kbps) to the station. They can drop them in the mail slot at the Santa Cruz Mountain Bulletin where they share space. They are also looking for other types of programming like radio plays, comedies, educational programs, and so on. It would be helpful if the artist could note any explicit tracks and include any liner note info they would like to share (ie. Boulder Creek harmonica player George Galt also plays with legendary guitarist and songwriter Richard Thompson).
If your interests are in other areas like operations, fundraising, outreach, and so on they need volunteers in those areas as well. Other tasks include putting together the station guidelines, contacting people, putting together the community calendar for broadcast, etc. They also want to connect with the local schools.
The plan is to start pre-programming the automated software with content for broadcast on the Internet starting now and then, start adding live DJ’s, talk shows, etc. The radio station is primarily an educational format as designated by the FCC.
Another focus is to stream traffic and weather via an RSS feed so it is available on mobile devices. The plan is to have people text or call them from the road and let them know where trees are down, roads are closed, and so on. This will also stream on their website. Eventually, they will want someone to do live updates over the FM broadcast. This could be the DJ or someone else.
Progress is also being made on the production studio which will be in the back of Barry Tanner’s BC Music Works studio (the old post office behind The Odd Fellows Building). If you have interest in doing any kind of show, Sam Peacock will be getting together with people in the production studio to do an air-check (a short demo), again contact KBCZ.
90.1 KBCZ
Boulder Creek Community Radio
Address
13090 Central Avenue, Suite 3
Boulder Creek, CA 95006
Email
Tim Welch, Director
tim@kbcz.org
Website
http://kbcz.org
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