Aptos Times: May 1, 2021

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Soquel Creek Water District Unveils New Website

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he month of May means that the spring season is really in full swing! It’s a time of new growth and rejuvenation — and for the Soquel Creek Water District, spring has brought a brandnew website that is streamlined, cleaner, easier to navigate, and designed to better serve our customers. Launched in May, the new website has the same URL that you used for the old one: www.soquelcreekwater.org. But once you’re there, you’ll see an entirely new look-and-feel, countless major improvements, and more functionality. The new website is hosted by CivicPlus, the leading provider of local government websites. We’re thrilled to provide this new website, and for you to try it out! One of the first things you may notice is a much more orderly layout and navigation. The new site’s intuitive search functionality and navigation menus make it easy for you to locate whatever it is you may be looking for from the homepage — from the latest news and updates, Board meetings, and conservation tools, to our WaterSmart customer portal, construction information, our Pure Water Soquel project, and much more. The new website’s dynamic design ensures you can easily navigate and interact with content from any desktop computer, smartphone, or tablet. There’s new calendar functionality to help you stay informed about the scheduling of our public meetings, activities, community events, and other opportunities for engagement. And, you can be sure that this site meets the highest data security standards. The NotifyMe communication subscription feature allows you to sub-

scribe to receive notifications on only those topics that matter most to you — and you can choose to be notified by email or text message. You’ll also see more self-service forms and documents, and a new Agenda Center allowing for the storing, sharing, and searching of public meetings and agendas. I’m sure you’ll agree the new website is a great tool to increase our communications with you, and for you to be more engaged with the District. If you haven’t seen it yet, please be sure to visit www. soquelcreekwater.org soon! I also want to take this opportunity to let you know that our 2020 Consumer Confidence/Annual Water Quality Report is now available — another reason to check out our new website! This report presents the results of test data from all of our supply wells that pump groundwater from aquifers in two groundwater geologic formations — the Purisima and Aromas Red Sands Formations. As water filters into the groundwater basin, it dissolves naturally-occurring minerals and can pick up substances resulting from the presence of animals or from human activity. During the past year, the District tested the groundwater for 181 different

By Rebecca Gold Rubin

constituents, including microbial contaminants, inorganic contaminants, pesticides and herbicides, organic chemical contaminants, and many others. All test samples are collected and reported in accordance with standards and requirements established by the US EPA and the California State Water Resources Control Board.

I’m happy to tell you that all the water quality tests showed that our water is in compliance with State and Federal drinking water health standards. n ••• If you’d like all the details of our water quality analysis, see the 2020 Consumer Confidence/ Annual Water Quality Report at www. soquelcreekwater.org/2020CCR

Fictional Mothers

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1. Build a collection 6. Economic measure acronym 9. *Beverly Goldberg’s schmoopie 13. Use an ÉpÉe 14. Neither here ____ there 15. Tall ancient monument 16. Daisy-like bloom 17. Much of it about nothing? 18. Commotions 19. *She’s ‘Bow’ to Dre in TV sitcom “Blackish” 21. *Mother to Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth March in novel and movie 23. Before tac 24. Ripped 25. Part of Super Bowl entertainment, pl.

28. Homesteader’s measure 30. *”Game of Thrones” Lannister and mother to Joffrey, Myrcella and Tommen 35. Douses 37. Adjutant 39. Article of faith 40. Genuflecting joint 41. *TV mother to Alexis and David, “friend” to Jocelyn Schitt 43. “Will be,” as sung by Doris Day 44. Perform in a play 46. Load sixteen tons, e.g. 47. Peacock’s pride 48. *Mowgli’s adoptive mother 50. Apartment 52. Skeleton in a lock 53. Part of a jousting outfit 55. Spelling competition 57. *Mother to Carlton in “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”

60. “Well, I’m a-standin’ on a corner in ___, Arizona,” from the Eagles “Take it Easy” 64. Country’s LeAnn ____ 65. Hoover’s agency acronym 67. Piano practice piece, e.g. 68. Church song 69. What Usain Bolt did 70. Poisonous substance 71. *Wife to Papa, mother to Baby 72. Sum it up 73. Go on a buying spree

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1. Way, way off 2. ____ Verde National Park 3. Naysayer’s favorite prefix? 4. What bloodhound is after 5. Croatia’s neighbor

6. Nibble away 7. Affirmative action 8. Movie trailer, e.g. 9. Elementary particle 10. *Claire Dunphy and Mitchell Pritchett’s mother 11. Soothing lotion ingredient 12. Bell and Barker, e.g. 15. Christopher Kimball’s “Milk ____” 20. ____’s razor 22. Part of a circle 24. Tiresome 25. Questioner 26. *”Mamma Mia!” mamma 27. Do this or forever hold your peace 29. ‘80s band “Quiet ____” 31. Catch one’s breath 32. ____ a peak 33. Bone-chilling 34. Europe’s “boot” 36. Short for seconds

38. *She played Ricky Schroder’s stepmom on “Silver Spoons” 42. Defendant’s excuse 45. Religious belief 49. ____ Khan 51. Plural of #39 Across 54. Below, prefix 56. Impede 57. “Everywhere you want to be” credit card 58. Muslim holy man 59. Plural of velum 60. *Ellen, Scarlett’s mother in “Gone with the ____” 61. Like the best accommodations 62. War god in Norse mythology 63. Make one’s way 64. Dashboard acronym 66. *Kunis, Hahn and Bell as “____ Moms” © Statepoint Media

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