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It will be a summer full of witty laughs and high-flying adventure as Cabrillo Stage presents their 28th season of live, professional musical theatre. This year’s repertory productions are I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change performing in the Cabrillo Schilling Forum, June 26 to July 26, and The Wizard of Oz in the Cabrillo Theater from July 17 to August 16.

The season’s first show, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, is the hit musical comedy that tackles the truths and myths behind the contemporary conundrum known as “the relationship.” Four actors play over forty characters in a hilarious series of vignettes that take us through the complexities and absurdity of dating, love and finally marriage—from in-laws and newborns, to trips in the family car and pick-up techniques of the geriatric kind.

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Each year, on the fourth Sunday in July, thousands of runners from across America and around the globe come to Santa Cruz, California for the annual six-mile race to Capitola-by-the-Sea. This famous race, which is held this year (2009) on July 26, draws runners, joggers, and walkers from across America and around the globe. Demographically, participants from 42 different states and 8 foreign countries are expected.

The annual Wharf to Wharf Race is renowned for its fun, casual atmosphere in an idyllic beachside setting and has become world-famous as one of the funnest of the fun runs. From the scenic route and stunning weather to the amazing number and variety of bands along the course, the Wharf to Wharf is to running what a luau is to partying.

In 1961, much to the horror of local citizens, a zoning change was proposed that would have allowed a cement batching plant to be built in the center of Aptos Village. Locals rose up against the proposal.

Concerned women such as Lucille Aldrich, Anne Isaacs, Babe Toney and others formed the “Aptos Ladies Tuesday Evening Society” and organized themselves to defeat the zoning change. Their efforts were successful, and after their victory, a barbecue was held on Memorial Day in celebration. The event was so popular that a parade and potluck were planned to follow on the 4th of July.