Quarterly Newsletter of Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks

Fall 2008
Inside this Issue
Advocacy Continues page 2
Castro Adobe Scrapbook page 4
Upcoming Not-to-Miss Events page 6

ParkViews More than 30 years ago, a group of park lovers shared a vision of preserving and protecting Seacliff State Beach. That group
became Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks. Now, supporting more than 12 parks and beaches in Santa Cruz County, our vision is to
preserve and protect our parks so that everyone can explore tide pools teaming with sea life, walk in an ancient redwood forest and experience history at our
parks. We believe that these activities enrich our lives and touch the hearts of our children, inspiring them to become the next generation of park stewards. •

Photo by Randy Widera.

Friends
Of
SantaCruz
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 s Photography above and right by Pete Esteban.

Friends Continues to
Advocacy
BOARD & STAFF
Officers

Carry Your Message

Jim Brownson – Treasurer
Pat Clark
Val Cole – Vice-Chair
Linda Hoff – Secretary to Sacramento
F
Charlie Kieffer
riends would like to thank all of the members who
Lani LeBlanc
answered our call for support when our beloved State
Barney Levy
Parks were threatened by budget cuts. Along with thou-
Ed Newman sands of other Californians, your voices were heard, and the
Don Nielsen proposed park closures and cuts to beach safety were dropped.
Jim Toney – Chair While the immediate crisis was resolved in favor of parks, there
Chief Ranger are still significant threats to be faced.
Kirk Lingenfelter – CAL
Recently, the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee
staff
held a hearing to examine how we are protecting and maintain-
Jan Cohen –
Interim Executive Director ing the State Parks System. Randy Widera, our Director of
Randy Widera – Strategic Development and Partnerships (photo, right), headed
Director of Strategic up to Sacramento to testify before the Committee. Randy was
Development & Partnerships joined by other noteworthy Parks supporters, including Assem-
Joe Sutton – blymember John Laird; Michael Harris, Deputy Director for
Office Manager Policy, Department of Parks and Recreation; and Elizabeth
Peg Danielson – Development, Goldstein, President of the California State Parks Foundation.
Communications & Events
Manager In closing his remarks, Randy said “The citizens of California
Annie MacHale – have shown time and time again that protecting and maintain-
Retail Operations Manager ing State Parks are a high priority. They have passed three major
Photo by Mike Miller
Dana Cramblet – bonds in the past few years and responded with a tremendous
Bookkeeper groundswell of support to keep Parks from closing and Lifeguards on our state beaches. The California public values its State Parks and
Lily Geisler – Retail Assistant expects our legislature to do what it should to keep these treasures open and accessible to all Californians.”
Lauren Keller – Retail Assistant Friends is proud to carry your message supporting our Parks to Sacramento and we will continue to be strong advocates on behalf of our
Dave Johnson – Data Guru members and our parks.
Marianne Wyllie –

Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks

Graphic Artist
State Park
interpretive staff

by the numbers
Jodi Apelt 150 TREES PLANTED to preserve the Monarch Grove
Jeff Barnes Habitat at Natural Bridges
Jean Bernard 21.6 MILES OF COASTLINE, half of Santa Cruz County’s
Barbara Cooksey coastline is within our state parks
Amanda Dall
11,011,577 VISITORS enjoyed the State Parks in the
Pajaro Coast Sector of the Santa Cruz District 12 STATE PARKS: Castro Adobe, Coast Dairies, Manresa,
Cecelia de Giere Natural Bridges, New Brighton, Nisene Marks, Santa
John Goldberg 611,262 DOLLARS contributed to the interpretive and Cruz Mission, Seacliff, Sunset, Twin Lakes, Seabright
Elizabeth Hammack educational programs and projects by Friends and Wilder Ranch
Roberta Haver 209,969 SCHOOL CHILDREN, FAMILIES & INDIVIDUALS 10 TALENTED BOARD MEMBERS giving vision, wisdom
Linda Hitchcock participated in environmental education, living history, time, and resources
Jan Leppe volunteer training, campfires, hikes, tours, Jr. Rangers,
and Jr. Lifeguards 8 MAJOR ANNUAL EVENTS: Migration Festival, Spring
Chris Lynch Planting Day, Cement Ship Festival, Old-Fashioned
Elise McFarland 176,192 HOURS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION done by state park Independence Day, Mission Adobe Day, Welcome Back
Martha Nitzberg interpreters and docents Monarchs Day, Heritage Harvest Festival and Ranch
Julie Sidel 19,938 ACRES OF LAND, preserving every natural habitat Holiday Festival
Sunny Schacher significant to the county 5 VISITOR CENTERS where you can learn more; each has
Varyl White 3,800 MONARCH BUTTERFLIES overwintered in the a Park Store that helps provide funding for educational
Natural Bridges State Reserve project and programs
599 WONDERFUL DONORS who are the heart and soul 3 ADOBES from the Spanish and Mexican era: the Santa
of Friends’ Mission Cruz Mission Adobe, Bolcoff Adobe at Wilder Ranch,
450 DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS who assist with nearly and the Rancho San Andres Castro Adobe
every role in our parks: restoring habitat, maintaining 2 HISTORIC FARMS: Van Laanan Dairy at Sunset State
trails, leading educational programs, preserving cultural Beach and Wilder Ranch State Historic Preserve
artifacts, welcoming visitors and much more
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 by Peg Danielson

O
n a foggy Saturday morning, you can hear them com-
ing long before you see them, the clip-clop of big hooves
echoing in the tunnel from the back side of Wilder Ranch.
Small children vibrate with excitement as they wait for their
first glimpse of the enormous horses. Randy Clayton pulls the team to a
stop in front of the Meder House, and the children scramble aboard the
wagon for a ride into the past.
Randy owns and operates Draft Horses for Hire, holding a Historic Con-
cessionaire Contract with California State Parks. That means that Randy
can offer hay rides and carriage rides at Wilder Ranch. At the ranch, Randy
also does special events, such as weddings, birthday parties, and demonstra-
tions of driving, horse shoeing, and farming. In return, Randy has a place
to house his horses, and an excellent opportunity to provide interpretive
programs about the nearly vanished way of life on the ranch.
And Randy is passionate about giving people a chance to experience ranch
life and horse culture. When you ask Randy about himself and his busi-
ness, he immediately brings the conversation to the horses. His excitement
at being able to provide people a hands-on experience with the past is clear.
Local school children especially benefit from Randy’s commitment to the
educational programs at Wilder Ranch. The draft horses provide a unique
way to start a conversation about California’s past, and even our future.
Randy says that “with the way things are going, we are not done with
Randy, Greta and Rick take Elizabeth Hammack and the State Park Commissioners for a ride.
horses in our society” and points out that high fuel prices may provide an
incentive to return to “real” horsepower.
As part of the Ranch Kid’s program (see sidebar), the kids spend part of their day with the horses — 
brushing them, helping to harness them, going for a wagon ride, and sometimes even driving. “We Who’s Living at theRanch?
learn the gees and the haws and the whoas and the goes, then put the lines in their hands, and off we f Greta and Rick are English Shires
go.” Randy points out that driving a team of huge horses not only requires that the kids focus com-
pletely on what they are doing, it also gives a sense of natural power (real horsepower!) as opposed to f Jed is a Percheron (He’s 24 years old and has been
mechanical power. The kids feel the power coming from the horses through the lines into their hands at the ranch since 1991)
and learn that they are in control. f Rocky is a Percheron/Morgan cross
One unique aspect of Randy’s program is that everything he does, from growing hay, to shoeing the f Josh is a Belgium
horses, to training and discipline is open to public scrutiny. In some of the larger draft horse programs,
such as Disneyland’s horse drawn trolleys, and the Budweiser Clydesdales, the horses and handlers
work backstage most of the time, emerging only for performances. In contrast, Randy and his assistant,

Ranch Kids Day

Andy Egger, are out in the open at all times and people are free to ask questions, make comments, and
make contact with the big, beautiful horses. Randy feels that having the program in the open provides
an excellent opportunity for “100% interpretation on everything we do.”
Ranch Kids Day gives third graders the chance to travel
Randy was part of the original Friends of Wilder group, and we have been lucky enough to have him back in time to the early 1900s and learn what it would
as part of the Wilder experience for more than 21 years. Many people, adults as well as children, have be like to live on a dairy farm. The kids participate in the
had their first hands-on encounter with horses under Randy’s careful eye. Randy continues to provide many chores that would have been part of every day life on
a first-class program and would like to expand by rebuilding Wilder’s draft horse barn as a site to allow the ranch. Students wear period dress and assume the lives
even more possibilities for interpretation. He is also working on a saddle horse program to begin lead- and activities of the past, including:
ing interpretive trail rides and hopes to have it running in 2009. In the meantime, if you’re out at the wagon rides, preparing period meals,
ranch and you see Randy, go up and introduce yourself, and he’ll introduce you to the gentle giants working in the blacksmith shop, old-
who are his companions, and such an important part of life on the ranch. fashioned laundry techniques, animal
care, gardening, old-fashioned
games and crafts, calligraphy,
For more information about current schedules, or to make a journals, microscope, music, stories,
reservation, call Randy Clayton directly at (831) 588-2850. and nature walks.

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Stories of Heroes, Donors, Volunteers, Neighb
Those Who Made It All Possible
I feel that this project is a part of me.
I say good morning to her every day
and good night every evening. I think
she is very happy now.”
Chris Barraza
On-site Supervisor
Editor’s Note: When the Trabing Fire started, Chris was
at his home in Porterville, some seven hours away from
Watsonville. He turned around and came back to see what
he could do to help. After sweet-talking his way back into
the neighborhood, Chris looked out for all the neighbors’
animals until they were able to come home. He’s one of
our heros!

“I feel a bit like Rip Van Winkle; I fell

asleep frustrated about the increasing
deterioration of an extremely valuable
cultural resource, and woke up one step “Preserving the county’s cultural treasures is
closer to a dream. important to the Foundation. We recognize
the significance of the Castro Adobe and
The most difficult part of any major have been working with local donors
effort is taking the first step. Together interested in saving the building and its
Friends and State Parks have taken history for nearly a decade.”
that first critical step to preserve and Lance Linares, Executive Director
protect the Castro Adobe and each Community Foundation of
remaining step becomes a little easier. Santa Cruz County
Photo by John Goldberg
I do not fear the next earthquake as
much as I have in the past knowing that
we will not lose a significant cultural “The Castro Adobe
resource in the Castro Adobe.” is the physical link
Kirk Lingenfelter, Sector Superintendent through time to
Pajaro Coast Sector people and events
that shape present
day Santa Cruz
I am impressed with all County. The ability
to restore the Castro
the details that are going Adobe, using public
into the reconstruction funds, private
donations, and,
of the Castro. It is the mostly, the wonderful
and loving work
most complex adobe of many, many
dedicated volunteers,
that I’ve worked on. will enhance that connection through time. When finished, children
When we are done, it from our community in general, and from the Pajaro Valley in
particular, will be able to walk, laugh and learn about their history,
will be here forever.” and, thus, it will stay alive.”
Francisco (Pancho) Villa Fred Keeley, Treasurer, County of Santa Cruz
Mason/Plasterer (shown above left with Randy Widera)

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Castro Adobe
Restoration
Phase One
% Completion We’ve made it 70%
70 of the way! Make a
60 donation today to help
us reach our goal of
50
completion of Phase
40 One of the restoration.
30 Go to: www. It means so much to me to see Edna Kimbro’s dream of a
retrofitted Castro Adobe finally happening. She worked so hard
20 ThatsMyPark.org/ for this, and now, 19 years after it was so severely damaged in
donate_form.php the Loma Prieta Earthquake, it has been saved once again.
10 State Parks and DCU, Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks, the
or contact Randy CCCs and the many who have given so much of their time and
Widera at Friends financial support have done such a fabulous job! What a team!
I know Edna is content and proud. I certainly am. But we’re
at (831) 429-1840. not done...I’m looking forward to successful future phases of this
project as well.”
4 Charlene Duval (shown above with Joe Kimbro)
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The Trabin� �ire and �e �astro �dob� by Paul Schoellhamer

I’d been involved with wildfire before. But I’d never heard a fire roar like this one, and I’d never seen a
fire move so fast. Smoldering eucalyptus and pine debris fell from the sky up to a half mile ahead of the
fire, in many places presenting more of a threat than the advancing main body of the fire. And it was
burning debris from the sky that nearly got the Castro Adobe.
I’d stayed behind to prepare our home further up Old Adobe Road and to defend against firebrands
from the sky. At 3:45pm the electricity on the road went out, the pump quit, and I had no more
water. I decided to try to get one more of our vehicles out. I loaded up my last gallon of water and a
shovel and drove down the one-lane road toward the Castro Adobe.
Just before I reached the Adobe, there was a small grassfire on the east side, set by a falling firebrand.
I jumped out and put that fire out. But as I did so, I looked up and saw a huge column of flame, 10
feet in diameter and at least 30 feet tall, roaring up through the center of a big pepper tree in the
backyard of the Adobe. A firebrand had landed at the base of the tree in a lot of brush, and it had
just torched up through the center of the tree and out the top. It was way too big for me to put out
with just a shovel, so I found a fire crew and yelled to them that the fire was behind them, at the
back of the Adobe. They came running and with their pumper truck managed to get the fire in the
pepper tree out.
I barely got my vehicle out, then hiked back in with my shovel to watch for more firebrands.
There were several more small fires along the road that day, including one that burned in under a
pile of the adobe bricks we volunteers had made months earlier for the restoration of the Castro
Adobe. But most just smoldered out, and none posed as great a threat as the fire in
the pepper tree had.
It’s daunting to think how close we came to losing much of the Castro Adobe.

The Rose-Schoellhamers are Castro Adobe

neighbors and have been there to help from the
“The Castro Adobe Restoration project is beginning (and a nearly fateful ending due to
important to me because, when finished, it the Trabing Fire). Read their stories here.
will be a place where people can recognize
the contribution that Mexican and Spanish It was my job to come down and water the bricks.
immigrants made to California’s early history Mr Aguilar explained that they had to be watered
and our culture today.” enough so that the paper that covered them was
Jim Toney, Friends Board Chair damp but not so much that the bricks turned back
( Jim is pictured far left, with fellow into mud. At first, there weren’t many bricks, but
Boardmember Barney Levy & Randy Widera)
each day, there was another row. Some needed to
be watered three times a day. Some were cured and
couldn’t be watered. The hose system became as
elaborate as a circulatory system. I would ride my
bike down from our farm and try to sort out which
bricks needed what and which hoses went where. I
worried about those bricks. It was like taking care of
“My grandson Javi (pictured left) and I someone’s pets. As I watered, I would try to imagine
hope to associate our lives and actions how the Castro Adobe would look when it was done.
with those who passed this way years ago. Kathleen Rose
The Castro Adobe and its restoration is a
fine opportunity for us to have a fun and
interesting time together.”
Dobie Jenkins, Volunteer Castro Adobe History Makers
Thank You for Your Generous Donations!
Founding Builders Brick Builders
Friends of Santa Cruz State Associated Rebar Inc. Richard C. Otter
Be a Builder like our Friends • Parks Board of Directors Richard J. Carter Robert & Rosalind Gingg
shown here! Please consider a gift Diane & Don Cooley Bill & Kathy FitzGerald
Burton Kendall &
Russell H. Wright
Shirlie Nielsen Spitoni &
to save the Castro Adobe. Go to Wall Builders Sally Joan Towse James Nielsen
The Community Foundation Christy Kieffer & Stu Branoff
www.ThatsMyPark.org/donate_ form.php of Santa Cruz County Glen Williams Timothy L. Richardson
Borina Foundation Janice French Kerswill in Honor of Christy Kieffer
or contact Randy Widera at Anonoymous Lynne McCall Caldwell & Valerie Augustine
Big Creek Lumber Co. John Caldwell Veronica Romero
Photo by Don Nielsen
Friends at (831) 429-1840. Castro Family Wall Adam Davis Virginia R. Davies
Nichols Concrete Bay Federal Credit Union William M. Shakespeare
Betty & Bob Watts Descendents Frank Pritchard & Cynthia
Full Row Builders of Joaquin Isadro Castro Pritchard-Hernandez
Jerry & Millie FitzGerald Carols Dudley Cantua Jeannie Miller
Ben & Mary Ellen Irons Dee Frye Lew Merrill
It’s been fun, but it is a lot Berryessa, Castro, Lordge
Family Fund
Diane Crawford
Doris & Leo Pfiffner
Terri & Ted Lodge
Betty Deleon
of work! I like the work Linda Lee Lester
Scott Mackie & Alison Platt
Emil Gumper
Frederick & Aileen Heitz
Hannah Nielsen
Colleen FitzGerald

and am learning a lot.” Harriette J. Proctor Glenice Magee in memory

Half Row Builders
(AJ) Joseph Johnson Ernest C. Fenn
Gregg S. Walsh
AJ works with the California Conservation Hardie & Scott Setzer
Corps (C’s) team as an intern. He has been John & Robina Riccitiello
Kathy & Bruce FitzGerald
with the C’s for five months and has been Leanne & Greg Luna
assigned to the Castro for four months, since Deeann Hartzell, Marinovich
Cold Storage, Inc.
the very beginning of the project. This is a
Ocean Honda
photo of AJ installing the first new brick. AJ Rowland & Patricia Rebele
grew up on Palm Avenue in Watsonville, and Rocky & Judy Franich Fund
never knew about the Adobe until he came
there to work.
of Mark Magee
Helen & Walter Boronda
James & Dina Cavanah
Jeannie & John Kegebein
Jo Mueller
John & Carole Ann Simpson
Jon & Jean Hooper
Joni L. Janecki
Kathy Dice
Marcella & Joe Hall
Marianne Wyllie
Marion Pokriots
Nancy L. Thomas
Nita Gizdich
Patrick Fitzgerald
Paul & Donna Lauesen
Richard & Anne-Marie
Winterhalder
Douglas G. Proctor
Ed Kerswill
G. Lee FitzCerald
George Kohn
In Memory of
Courtney Elwood Proctor
Ivy Fine
J. Millie Brewster
Jerry FitzGerald
Joshua Fine
Kailyn FitzGerald
Martha Proctor
Peter FitzGerald
Rebeccaa Westerfield
Richard & Susan (Proctor) Kidd
Ryan FitzGerald
Ted & Jan (Proctor) Weiser
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 s Natural Bridges tidepool photography by Pete Esteban.

Don Miss Out on these Special Annual Festivals

Mission Adobe Day
September 14
Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park
Noon to 4:00 p.m.
This adobe structure was built by Native American
labor during the waning days of Mission Santa
Cruz’s existence. Designed as native worker “family
apartments,” it is the only original of its kind in
California today. This event specializes in sharing the
native ways and new Spanish skills practiced at this
site, and include crafts, outdoor cooking, equipment
demonstrations and living history activities. This free
admission event is just a block from downtown Santa
Cruz on School Street off of the Mission Plaza. For
more information, please call (831)425-5849.
Welcome Back Heritage Harvest
Monarchs Day Festival
October 12 October 25
Natural Bridges State Beach
Wilder Ranch State Park
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Join us for this joyful, monarch-filled day and welcome
Celebrate: the harvest is in! See tractor, drafthorse
the monarchs back to this park, their over-wintering
and other living history demonstrations, listen
habitat. Participate in numerous activities including
to music, do crafts, try your hand at harvest-time
arts & crafts, active games for kids, music by the 5M’s
activities. Food available for sale, or bring a picnic
(the mostly mediocre musical monarch mariposas),
lunch. The park is located 2 miles north of Santa
hand-cranked “monarch” ice cream (pumpkin),
Cruz on the coast side of Highway 1. For more
information and action booths as well as more about
information, please call (831)426-0505.
monarch butterflies and how-to’s for a butterfly garden.
The park is located at the end of West Cliff Drive at the
north end of Santa Cruz. For more information, please
call (831)423-4609.

Members-Only Events
W
e know why you give so generously of your time and money. You love our parks. We want to
give our members a treat this year — a sort of thank you gift for all your support. What better way
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to say thank you than to provide unique opportunities for you to explore and learn…a sort of back-
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stage pass, only for our members.

Our first Members Event will be Monarch Education Day at Natural Bridges in October (tentatively on Sunday,
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October 26). We plan a special walk into the grove to be followed by presentations by noted monarch researchers
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John Dayton and Mia Monroe. The details are still to be arranged, but we wanted to give you something to look
forward to. For the latest information check our website. To sign up, call Peg Danielson at the Friend’s office
(831) 429-1840.
On November 22, Friends will take you to the Sea­cliff State Beach for wine and cheese and to learn about the
political, economic and cultural significance of the new Marine Protected Areas established in the Monterey Bay
Sanctuary. What exactly is a Marine Protected Area, and what does it mean for us? Call Peg at (831) 429-1840 to sign
up and we’ll all learn more together at beautiful Seacliff State Beach.
December brings thoughts of shopping and the annual Holiday Sale at Seacliff State Beach, this year December 5
through 7. As a Member Benefit this year, Mike Miller and Bonnie Minford, who have recently collaborated on a
new book, Santa Cruz on the Monterey Bay — Gem of the California Coast, will hold a book signing on December
7, during the sale, and we will host a reception from 2 – 4p.m. Come in and purchase your copy, or one of Mike’s
beautiful calendars, and say hello to Mike and Bonnie.
Finally, in January Friends will take a limited number of members to the West Coast’s only Native American site
on the National Register of Historic Places. The site is recognized because of its archeological significance. Join
California State Parks Archeologist Mark Hylkema on an exclusive tour of this hidden gem. You must call Peg at
(831) 429-1840 as soon as possible to reserve your spot.
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over the past year. William E. Ackerknecht

Phyllis & David Albritton
Eileen Attanasio
Park Stewards Bronze Members Silver Members David Green Baskin
Phyllis & David Albritton Leslie & Richard Andrews William E. Ackerknecht Jana Baumann & Ed Richardson
Mark Alexander Nancy & Douglas Asche Lynne & Dan Alper Bayview Hotel Bed & Breakfast
Dwight & Lindsey Anderson Ernest F. Atkinson Jack Bassett Carole & Tom Beckett
John & Jenny Anderson Jeff & Dolly Barnes Margaret C. Cole David J. Berkland
Bruce C. Bangert Patricia & William Barton Diane Crawford John & Jenny Bost
Students & Seniors Frank Pritchard & Cynthia
Susan Baron David Green Baskin Ricardo de la Cruz & Kate Minott Stu Branoff
Sandra Austin Pritchard-Hernandez Peter & Leona Burge
Carole & Tom Beckett Mary Ann & John Basler Herb Finkelman & Edda Tusinal
Susan Brakenbury Alyce & Richard Prudden Paul & Judy Carmichael
Greg Beebe & Monique Vairo Karin & Jochen Behrens Ed Gilbert
Scott & Lina Britton Charles Quinlan Sid Chapman & Jon Backstrom
Lili & Tom Beggs Connie Brady Jan Pfiffner & Timmy Fasteen
Doreen Buse Susan & Dave Sargent Fred & Kate Chen
Linda Bennett Lynne McCall Caldwell & Pam Rhodes
Leticia Camacho Rich & Lynn Schmitt Margaret C. Cole
David J. Berkland John Caldwell John & Robina Riccitiello
Natalia Camacho Helen Schomberg Peter & Sharleen Cole
Gary Bianchi Fred & Kate Chen Mary Swig
James & Nancy Costanza Pat See Costco
Patricia Blanchette & Karen A. Cogswell Mike & Jeanne Williams
Darryl & Marilyn Dill Hardie & Scott Setzer Diane Crawford
Jerry Dannemiller Mark & Terry Corwin Jon & Jill Winston
Dorothy M. Forster Suzanne & James Shaug Toni Crossen
Heather Butler & Steve Miller Toni Crossen Janis Zinn
Linda & Robert Frisbey Harold Short Mark & Eve Davidson
Paul & Judy Carmichael Brad Davis
Ken Sievers
Dee Frye
John Law Smith
Sid Chapman & Jon Backstrom Eddy & Isabel Dees Gold Members Daniel Davis & Terry-Lynn Winston
Ofelia Garcia Carol Cirar Daryl Dichek Barry Swenson Builders Eddy & Isabel Dees
Dotty Gibb Claire Sommargren Betty Deleon
Carol Clark Mary Edmund Mary & Steven Bignell
Sunshine Gibbs Laura Sullivan Daryl Dichek
Pat Clark & Chela Lucas Rocky & Mary Franich Stu Branoff
Hannah S. Goldstein David Sweet & Elaine Kihara Darryl & Marilyn Dill
Peter & Sharleen Cole J. Friedland & M. Koloski Jim & Carol Brownson
Rose Gong & G. Ness Harriet Talan Pat & Ted Durkee
Bill Cummings Cindy & Paul Geise Jan & Mort Cohen
Louise W. Good United Way Silicon Valley Mary Edmund
George Dies & Meredith Mills John & Susan Glina Val Cole & Freny Cooper
Tenaya Greeninger Doug Urbanus Emily’s Good Things to Eat
Teresa & Gregory Dougherty David & Cheryl Graubart Linda & Ted Hoff
Timothy Haight Betty Vyeda James Engelman &
Pat & Ted Durkee Robin Griffith Linda Lee Lester
Nancy & Walter Hanna Pushya Wahl Claire Witherspoon
Nancy Eaton Marcella & Joe Hall Gretchen & Jim Mair
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Winifred & David Heron Steven & Marjorie Young Ronald A. Foster
Jack & Iris Farr Stephanie Harlan Craig & Dusty Miller
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Jan & Jerry Finney Diane Hirsch Joan & Bob Murphy
Elizabeth Karren Lee & Elizabeth Zalaznik Earl & Martha Gabrielli
Bill & Kathy Fitzgerald Susan Jacobs & Linda Charvet Ed Newman
Jearren Kenner Ronald A. Foster Ann & Dobie Jenkins Lise Peterson & Don Peattie Cindy & Paul Geise
David & Geri Lieby Family Members Joseph & Layla Franks Andrew Jones & Debbie & Louis Salkind John & Susan Glina
Marji Macrury Angela Marie Arnett Shelley Gravem
Earl & Martha Gabrielli Kathryn Haar-Jones Dick Spencer & Shawn Gould
Emily M. Maloney Alan Ashley Betty & Leo Gray
Gerri Gangitano Joni L. Janecki Jim & Carol Toney
Carol McCarthy Nannette Benedict Carolyn K Greene
Anne Thelma Geffner Fred Keeley
Marcus & Elaine Bitter
Nan & Thomas McDonnell
Christina Brandt
Buzz & Susan Gorsky John & Regina Kelbert Memorial Bench Marcella & Joe Hall
Jenni McGuire Melanie Grabe & Charlie & Pat Kieffer Virginia Bessone Mark Hamersly & Ruth Updegraff
Joyce & George Medeiros George Bunch Linda L. Hanson
Barry Hoglund Jeannie & John Kegebein Big Creek Lumber Co.
Frances P. Nurkse Peter & Leona Burge Tonya Haro
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Shelley Gravem Mike & Karen Lasday Donald & Linda D’Angelo
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Tonya Haro Josie Little Anne E. Freitas
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Bonita Sebastian Darren Davison Jeanette & Paul Johnson
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Vickie Simpson Ginny Dillingham Andrew Jones &
Virginia Howard Hila & Jacob Michaelsen Janet Oreb
Ronald Squires Debra Duchala Kathryn Haar-Jones
Marie & Kent Imai Mia Monroe Bill Phillips
Patricia Stewart Lee & Emily Duffus Herbert Kain
Ben & Mary Ellen Irons Dania Moss Jean Helen Sanford
Phyllis W. Stollenwerk William & Joan Dunn Vern Katz
Susan & Paul Karz Victoria Nichols Albert & Robyn Shiely
Leslie Swaha Pat Emard & John Wiechman Dart & Peggy Keech
Vern Katz Don Nielsen Ernie Wasson
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Burton Kendall & Irene Osterbrock Karen & Mark Weber
Alan & Linda Watson Sandra L. S. Fontes Jearren Kenner
Sally Joan Towse Diane & George Pettinger Elizabeth Wrenn
John R. Wiggins Leonard & Jan Foreman Richard & Diane Klein
Wendy & Joel King Pamela Poetsch & David Zirkel
Debbie Wilson Leslie Freund Land Trust of Santa Cruz County
Catherine Larrick James Pellegrin
Cooper Young Jennifer Gille Gladys & Stephen Land
Lesley Lathrop Patricia & William Rackstraw
Joan Zimmerman Charles Hall & Linda Burman-Hall David & Geri Lieby
DeAnne & Rich Hart
Sally & Brian Legakis Steve Radosevich Farm Animal Program
Mark Leitch & Jan West Diane & Charles Reade William E. Ackerknecht Kirsten Liske
Suporting Members Bonny Hawley & Glen Schaller
Jan Leppe Rowland & Patricia Rebele Bill & Kathy Fitzgerald Anne G. Lynn
Sharon & Dick Abrahamson David & Peggy Heyn Glenice Magee
Tamara & Waldon Lewis Diana Redfern
Cara Aguirre Susan Hillhouse Gretchen & Jim Mair
Larry & Charleen Holcomb
Robert & Nancy Ley Cathy L. Richards That’s My Park
Denise Allen Dennis Long Herbert Richards Steve Allen Emily M. Maloney
Sally B. Altick Ellen & Mark Jackson Cynthia Mathews
Joseph & Lee MacDonell Russell S. Rolfe Colleen & Colin Anderson
Sharon Barrett Jeanette & Paul Johnson Fran Maupin
Annie & Rick MacHale Charlie & Mary Jane Roskosz Frank & Joan Brauch
Jennifer Bennett Lydia & Brian Johnson Lew Merrill
Glenice Magee Anne & James Rowley California State Parks Foundation
Salvatore & Constance Bertuca Jeanne & David Jorgensen Lillian & William Minkowski
Cynthia Mathews Cynthia Rybicki City Picture Frame
Gerry & Jane Borg Doug & Gwen Kaplan Margaret Morales
Candace McIsaac John & Pat Sheehan Nicki Danzer
Andria Bossard Kevin Klein & Amy Locks Mike Morton & Nancy Lewis
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Ros & Jim Munro Gabrielle Stocker Susan & Paul Karz
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Patricia & Richard Payne Joe Taylor & Joanie Dellos-Taylor Arthur Lorenzini
Christine Delapp Mike McConnell Pam Rhodes
Doris & Leo Pfiffner Samuel Torres, Jr. & Dan Neely
Betty Deleon Elvira Monroe Cathy L. Richards
Ellen Pirie & Terry Hancock Maria Gitin Torres Susan Riddle
Maggie Dickson Mike Morton & Nancy Lewis Marcia & Robert F. Rider
Lynne & David Press Jean Vandevort Bryce & Julia Root
James & Suzanne Ellmore Sheri Nacht Diane Robey
Jill & Dan Ramar Karene M. Vernor Blake Russell
Roger Emanuels Mark Nockleby Russell S. Rolfe
Marcia & Robert F. Rider Grace Voss Marion Slater
Shari Farlee Jo & Ron Olmstead Wolfgang Rosenberg &
Diane Robey Glenn & Nancy Westreich Jim Snell
Brenda Flegal Debra Puente Norma Del Gaudio
Brian Schaeffer Richard Woodbury Annie & Barrie Weeks
Mike Ford Robert & Paula Quinn Charlie & Mary Jane Roskosz
Randall Schragg & Jody Peugh Carole Wunderlich & Mary Beth West
Marge & Malcolm Fraser Mildred & Walter Radloff Susan & Dave Sargent
Celia & Peter Scott Steve Wilhelm Christine Wiskemann
Zachariah Friend Sally Real & Bill Taggart Jane Schwamberger
Pauline Seales Dick & Gwen Yeo
Robert S. & Minette B. Goldsmith Ofelia & Arnold Reyna Celia & Peter Scott
Shirley & Charlie Sedgwick Chris Young
Ruth Grant Janice & Jack Rhea Seacliff Plaza Store
William M. Shakespeare Toni & Bob Zeiss
Carolyn K Greene Sandra & Lloyd Rice Seascape Resort
Michael S. Sloss
Mike Harrison Veronica Romero Pat See
Kim Steinhardt
Doris Holve-Harvill Tammy & Frederick Rust William M. Shakespeare
Bud & Betty Stump
Richard S. Hyman Rosalind san Felipe Harold Short
Lee Taiz
Stephen Jameson Paul Schoellhamer & Brewster & Deborah Smith
Paul Thiltgen & Maureen Role
Patricia R. Johns Kathleen Rose Dick Spencer & Shawn Gould

Friends Needs You

Don & Audrey Thompson
Jacklyn Johnston Christina Schwabecher Patricia Stewart
Wendy Toshitsune
Dart & Peggy Keech Gary Silberstein Leslie Stone
Mari Tustin
Sarah N. King Kirk Smith Leslie Swaha
Candace Waage
Sue & Bruce Kissell Brion Sprinsock &
Elaine & Jerry Waggoner
We would love for you to get to know Paul Thiltgen & Maureen Role
Kristine Albrecht
Emil Krejci
Kirk & Kim Strong
Theodore Wallace us better, and get to know you at the Don & Audrey Thompson
Dorothy Kukla Chris White Dick & Marion Vittitow
Linda Ladwig Jill & Mark Susskind same time. We always need volunteers Grace Voss
Pat & Tom Whitaker
Gladys & Stephen Land Ben Taylor
Kristen & Jarret Winter and have opportunities for you to help Birgit Weskamp
Juleen & John Lisher Pamela & Herb Taylor Linda Wilshusen &
Kirsten Liske Donna & Peter Thomas
Ray & Lou Wolfe with office jobs, trail and beach clean Rock Pfotenaur
Andrea Woodworth &
J. A. Logan Nancy L. Thomas
Barry Phillips up, garden work… all kinds of projects. Debbie Wilson
Andrea Losee Jenifer Lienau Thompson & Jon & Jill Winston
Margaret & Jan Ysselstein
Dorothea M. Lyons Jeremy Thompson If you have some extra time, please let Ray & Lou Wolfe
Nancy McNulty Bonnie & Lee Tinder Richard Woodbury
Dick & Marion Vittitow us know by calling Peg at (831) 429-1840
Don & Patty McPherson Andrea Woodworth &
Lois Meyer Peter & Christine Wang or email peg@ThatsMyPark.org Barry Phillips
Ralph Mooers Suzanne Wengrin Carole Wunderlich &
Margaret Morales Birgit Weskamp We welcome you. Steve Wilhelm
Hannah Nielsen Marinka Willig Lee & Elizabeth Zalaznik
J. Olsen Joy & Arthur Wood Rosemary Zarate-Crevello &
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau Rosemary Zarate-Crevello & Albert Crevello
Ann & Richard Pinkham Albert Crevello
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Quarterly Newsletter of Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks Fall 2008
ParkViews
Let us help you get more
from your travels.
T he Wilder Ranch State Park map is back in print! This is the most
up-to-date topographical map of the park. It illustrates multi-use and designated
trails, points of interest, picnic areas, etc. Also includes parts of Henry Cowell
State Park, UC Santa Cruz campus and the Pogonip. The reverse side of the map is illus-
trated with stunning photographs and a cultural and natural history overview of the park.
The Northern California Nature Guide is new from Lone Pine Publishing. This book
features over 400 species of plants and animals that you will likely come across during
your explorations. Includes information about ecology and range, traditional native uses
for plants, and animal behavior. You’ll also find color maps of all regions showing parks
and nature areas.
Both the map and guide are available in the State Park stores.
Happy Trails!
All Friends materials are printed on recycled paper.
Printed by Community Printers, Santa Cruz, CA.